Lake Fork Mavericks MC Benefit for Maria Rabe

Executive Scholarship Walk Information

RC Airplane Demonstration

  

www.foundersdayfestival.org
903-473-2465 x 106 or 112
 (4.28.11)

Monday, May 2^nd

Noon                           Executive Scholarship Walk            $ 35.00 donation per person

                The walk is sponsored by the Rains Chamber of Commerce to provide educational opportunities to graduates. 
Please join us at the east side of the Rains County Courthouse square at the law office of Ivan Alexander Jr. and walk
to the Rose Community center where a complimentary lunch will be served.  

Friday, May 6^th

6:00 – 8:00 pm.          Wildcat Bingo & Class of 2012 Fish Fry                Rains Fairgrounds

            The Rains Athletics Department will entertain you with “Wildcat Bingo” while the graduating class of 2012 will feed you!!! 

Saturday, May 7^th

7:00 – 9:30 am.          Lions Club Pancake Breakfast                    Emory Fire Department

            The Emory Lions Club is fixin’ breakfast! Join us for pancakes, sausage and eggs…

7:00 – 3:00 pm.          Vendor Booths – Rains Chamber               Downtown Emory

            Booth space is available through the Rains County Chamber of Commerce.   $15 for 10’ x 10’ space.  All booths will be outdoors and will be l
ocated on the north side of the Rains County Courthouse.  Vendors will need to bring their own tables, chairs, backdrops, etc. 
For more information, contact the Rains County Chamber of Commerce at 903-473-3913, or email them at rainschamber@verizon.net.

All Day                        RC Air Show and Swap Meet                      Heritage Park / Hwy 276

            Begins at 8 am.  Swap Meet, Buy-Sell-Trade anything RC, Open Flying all Day, Combat Flying, Aerobatic
Demonstrations, concessions, etc... For more information go to www.rainscountyrc.com.

8:00 am.                      5K Walk – “Bling on the Cure”                   Courthouse

            Deann Dickens and Team “Bling on the Cure” will be hosting this walk / run to raise money for the Susan B. Komen 3 Day
Cure coming up in Dallas on November 4^th.  Registration is $25, if received before April 29^th you will receive a free t-shirt!
There will also be a 1 mile route available!  For more information, call Deann at 903-473-2444 or by email at
pictureitbyd@yahoo.com or contact Denita at 903-473- 4580 or by email at djyoung@ag.tamu.edu.

8:00 am.                      Women in Mission Garage Sale                  United Methodist Church

            Cheap stuff! Proceeds will go to local mission efforts! For more information, call 903-473-2411. 

9:00 am.                      Motorcycle Benefit Ride                              Courthouse

            The Lake Fork Mavericks MC is hosting a benefit ride, sponsored by S & S Cycle and Big D’s BBQ, for Maria Rabe.
They will leave from the courthouse area around 10 am (some will join the parade!) and expect to return around 2 pm. 
They will have a Bike Show, raffle and bake sale when they get back to the courthouse. Winners will be announced at 3 pm.

9:00 am – 3:00 pm     Forever Ford Car Show                               Downtown Emory

            The participants will meet at the Emory Baptist Church for breakfast before lining up to be in the Parade at 10 am. 
The Forever Ford Car Show will be at the Rains County Courthouse from 10:30 am – 3 pm.

9:00 – 3:00                  Piecemaker Quilt Show                               Courthouse

                The quilt show will be inside the Courthouse! The Founder’s Day Quilt show is a judged quilt show featuring quilts and
quilted items made by members of the Piecemakers Quilt Guild and residents of Rains County.  This year, the quilt show
will be located at the Courthouse on the square.  Quilts will be displayed inside the courthouse building and depending on
weather may also be outside.  Awards will be given for Best of Show, Pride of Rains County, and Viewer’s Choice.  Entries will be
received at the Agri-Life Center (on Highway 276) in Emory on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3^rd and May 4^th at 5:00-7:00 pm. 
The Founder’s Day Quilt Show will open at 9:00 am and close at 3:00 pm.  For more information contact Cindy Callentine,
903-473-2391 (daytime) or 903-473-3154 in the evenings.

10:00 am.        A. C. McMillian African American Museum          415 S. Texas Street

            The building in Emory has a number of exhibits and artifacts that detail the stories of the Reconstruction era in Texas, as well as
Negro League baseball and Buffalo soldiers. The museum also includes a number of vintage U.S. postage stamps as well as a display
of the Rosenwald Schools in the South. In fact, the museum is now in the midst of a fund-raising campaign to ultimately
preserve and restore a vacated Rosenwald School building in the community.  For more information, call
903-473-0083. http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/15720.

10:00                                       Parade                                                Downtown

            The Rains County Founders Day Parade will begin at the Senior Suites Rehab & Nursing Home, go down Hwy 19 towards
downtown, turn right on Quitman Street and right up Alexander Street back towards Hwy 19. Registration forms are available
on-line or at Emory City Hall and can be emailed back or turned in at Emory City Hall.  For more information, call 903-473-2465 x112.

10:30 – 3:00                Vendors, Performances and Exhibits        Rains Co. Courthouse

            Vendor Booths, Forever Ford Car Show, Piecemakers Quilt Show, RHS FFA Antique Tractor, RHS Robotics Display,
RHS Spanish Club Performance, RHS Theater Performance, …

11:00 – 1:30 pm.        Emory VFD Chicken Roast                          Emory Fire Department

Noon – 4 pm              Come visit the Luckett House at the Rains Co. Historical Park

            The Rains County Historical Society is opening the Rains County Historical Park on Hwy 276 for the afternoon! 
Tours will be available from noon – 4 pm. Lemonade and cookies will be served!

1:30 pm.                     “Stroll through History”                              Pocket Garden

            The Emory Park & Recreation Commission will have a booth in the Pocket Garden at the corner Texas Street (Hwy 19) and
Quitman Street from 8 am until 1:30.  They are using this opportunity to increase awareness of our city park and our dreams of expansion!  
At 1:30,  join us for  “A Stroll Through History”.  This leisurely stroll will include local storytellers telling short stories about Emory’s past! 
The stroll will conclude at the Emory Cemetery where we will learn about our City/County namesake, Emory Rains!  Bring the whole
family --- strollers and wagons welcome – it is a perfect way to walk off lunch!!!

Park Activities…..

 10:30 – 5:00 pm.       Stage Coach Rides                                       $ 3 per person

            Step back in history…. Ride an authentic 1800’s stage coach, pulled by a team of horses, through the park! It is also a great
photo opportunity!  For more information, call the EDC at 903-473-2465 x112

10:30 – 5:00 pm.           2 in 1 Bounce House & Slide                       $ 5 arm band

            Keep the kids busy in this 2 in 1 Bounce & Slide Combo featuring a moonwalk with a slide on the side! Climb up one side, slide down
the other! Arm band is good for the entire day! Ages 2 and over. For more information, Call Tabbie at 903-217-4382.

TDB                                    “3 ON 3” Basketball Tournament               $ 25 for 3 man team

                Hosted by the RYSA…. Details coming soon!

10:30 – 5:00 pm.           Fingerprinting                                               Free

            The Cub Scouts / Venture Crew #345 will be offering free Fingerprinting in recognition of “National Missing Childs Day” which
is later this month. For more information, call Tammy Legenza at 903-383-2367.

10:30 – 5:00 pm.           Shadow Hawk Blades                                  Free

          Come join our interactive Forging Demonstrations and see how traditional bladesmithing impacts our lives today!

11:00 am.                          42 Domino Tournament                               Free

                Bring your partner, chairs and a table.  Drawing for opponents will be held at 11 am. Prizes will be given for the 1^st and 2^nd Place Teams. 
Call Becky Potts 903-473-3191 or Oren Northcutt 903-473-0221 for more information.  Entry form available at www.foundersdayfestival.org . 
Filled out entry forms can be turned in at Emory City Hall or emailed to keeley@emorytx.com .

2:30                             Kid’s Pedal Tractor Pull                               Free

                …hosted by the Mars Hill Mason’s Lodge….. details coming soon!

3:00                 “Where’s the Beef” at ATMOS Energy Hamburger Stand!

            Atmos Energy will be cooking hamburgers and serving chips & popcorn at the City Park.  All donations will go directly to our Founders Day Charities!

3:00                             The Duck Race                                              Ducks $1 each / 6 for $5

                Don’t forget to buy your duck and enter our Duck Race! The race takes place IN Sandy Creek at the city park…
1^st Place winner will get a Nintendo Wii with game!!!

3:30                             Flaming Duck Derby                                     Free

                Come watch a representative from each of our county’s Volunteer Fire Departments compete to get their LIVE duck to the finish line
first!!! Point VFD will be bringing our traveling trophy to the Derby… let’s see if they go home with it again – they have won 2 years in a row!!!

4:00     Get the Scoop! Homemade Ice Cream Contest                $2 for bowl and spoon

                The Rains 4-H Club is hosting our “Get the Scoop” Homemade Ice Cream Contest… for $2 you can purchase a bowl and spoon,
sample the entries AND vote for the “People’s Choice” winner!