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The worst part of becoming the editor last week is that my right-hand man, Shannon Whorton, is on a well-deserved vacation to the Grand Canyon this week. He’s the one who makes sure the paper looks nice and makes us all look good.

Possible big new county industry eyed

Ever since Alcoa left we have all talked about finding a replacement. Things got worse when Luminant left. Monday, we got some big, big news about a possible replacement.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO The Matinee Musical Club met at the home of Mrs. E.A. Camp. After the guests arrived they were refreshed with punch. The president then took up the regular procedure of the meeting. Then a most helpful and entertaining program was rendered.

Be a red letter person

I’m a Red Letter guy. I love the stuff that Jesus said. In John 5 He sees a guy in a crowd who is sitting in one of those scooters from Walmart and He asks him, “Would you like to get well?

RCS food pantry

Rockdale Christian Services operates a food pantry at 224 West Cameron Avenue, open the second and fourth Thursday and Friday of the each month from 10 a.m. to noon.

Heavenly Treasures

Rockdale Christian Services “Heavenly Treasures” thrift store, 233 North Main, serves the needy with gently used clothing and household items at prices from 25 cents to $5. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday.

God creates time; cast away your ‘trash’

In the summer of 1986, municipal workers of Philadelphia went on strike. During that hot summer, the trash got higher and higher. Orange rinds, drink bottles, old newspapers. Junk mail, aluminum foil, chicken bones. Old shoes, dead batteries. Coffee grinds, half-eaten hot dogs, tin cans.

Abide with Jesus

I am currently reading the Charles Dickens classic, David Copperfield and there is a perfectly fitting section in it that describes Copperfield's first evening with Dora, his first true love.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

Call additions or corrections to The Reporter, 446-5838. • American Cancer Society, donate at www.cancer.org. • American Heart Association Processing Center, PO Box 8411125, Dallas, TX 75284-1125. • American Legion Carlyle Post 0358, PO Box 501, Rockdale, TX 76567.

Welcome Home

A common greeting among Vietnam War veterans is “welcome home.” Our use of this expression is rooted in the homecoming we never received upon returning from service during a war many Americans wanted to forget.