Karen Etchepareborde oversees food service at Rains ISD
Karen Etchepareborde has been in the food business for about 30 years, and for the past three years she has served as Food Service Director at Rains ISD. […]
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Courtney Short is Assistant Director of Operations at Rains ISD
Courtney Short has worked for Rains Independent School District for 13 years. […]
Saylor Barrios loves teaching junior high language arts
Saylor Barrios is in her fifth year teaching seventh grade language arts at Rains Junior High School. […]
Lake Country Neighbors have raised money for scholarships since 2008
A local Mardi Gras celebration in 2007 led to the beginning of an annual fundraiser for scholarships in 2008. Lake Country Neighbors (LCN) held the first Mardi Gras charitable event that raised $2,000 for Rains […]
Greg and Becky Connaughton owners of Tri-Point Surveying in Emory
Tri-Point Surveying, located at 903 E. Lennon, is a family-run business. Greg Connaughton is a highly skilled land surveyor whose business serves Rains, Hopkins, Hunt, Wood, Franklin and Van Zandt counties. […]
Jesse and Linda Rhodes are having the time of their lives volunteering at Good Samaritans
Linda Rhodes worked in a food bank when she and her husband Jesse lived in Iowa. […]
Taylor Poling is a Special Education aide at Rains ISD
Taylor Poling has been working as a Special Education Pre-kindergarten aide at Rains ISD since the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year. […]
Kelsey Hernandez learned the art of massage on her grandmother’s shoulders
Kelsey Hernandez massaged her grandma’s shoulders when she was young and decided she would be a massage therapist when she grew up. […]
Dirk Schutter has had an interesting, miraculous life in his 80-something years
Long-time readers of past Rains County Leader newspapers might remember articles about Dirk Schutter, a current Emory resident, in 2003, and again in 2022. […]
Brittany Pitre makes daughters her priority while they are in school
When Brittany Pitre was in seventh grade, she decided she wanted to be a hygienist, and in high school and college, she worked many jobs in Emory to help pay for her education. […]