Blake Cooper is Gate Keeper at the Rains County Fair
Blake Cooper is the fourth generation of his family to volunteer at the Rains County Fair. […]
Columns
My Three Stooges
Since Kodak made some of the first personal cameras available in the late 1800s, people have loved to show off pictures of their children and grandchildren. […]
Nicolas Shaw, EMT, has served in the Emergency Medical Services for 18 years
Nicolas Shaw and his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) partner respond to medical calls in an ambulance in Rains County. […]
A Strange Trip
Some of my recent columns have focused on the fact that people of a certain age – people like me – tend to talk about the past – a lot. […]
Denita Young has sponsored Rains County Beauty Pageants since 1995
The first Miss Rains County Fair Queen was selected in 1935 when the pageant stage was nothing more than a flatbed trailer. […]
School Lunches
In a column in late July, I began with a warning that, at this stage in my life, many of my columns consist at least in part of memories of days gone by. […]
Extension agent Sarah Latham loves Rains County Fair time
Sarah Latham has been an Extension Agent in Rains County since February 2020 and held a previous position in Hunt County where she was a County Extension Agriculture Agent for five years. […]
On the Road
When you’re stuck at home recovering from knee replacement, or caring for someone who is recovering from knee replacement, you watch TV – a LOT of TV. […]
Samples returns for year 33 of teaching high school English
Janet Samples always wanted to be an educator, possibly because her older sister and sister-in-law were teachers. […]
Dinner has arrived!
Throughout the years, there have been many ways of calling the family to the dinner table. […]