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. […]
Columns
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. […]
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. […]