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. […]
Columns
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. […]
Sherri Cockrell teaches students who want to go into education
When students at Rains High School think education might be a field they want to eventually work in, Sherri Cockrell can give them the opportunity to explore the profession. […]
It was a blessed day!
Last Thursday could have been a really bad day. […]
Junior Yanez is accomplished in business skills as well as rodeo horse roping
Junior Yanez has worked in his dad’s business, JBA Tex Trailers, in Emory, since he was a kid and has now earned a place as co-owner with his dad. […]
Job Satisfaction
Last week while I was sitting in the surgery waiting room while the doctor replaced one of David’s defective parts, I was texting with my son. […]