Columns & Opinions

Greatest idea

News Staff
Thu, 07/04/2019 - 00:00
EDITORIAL Freedom ought to be pretty high on the list of our nation’s achievements Not long ago the fantastic director Ken Burns created an equally fantastic television series entitled “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.

Branson performer’s poem perfect for 4th

News Staff
Thu, 07/04/2019 - 00:00
EDITOR’S CORNER Igot a visit from one of my favorite people the other day. Claude Spence is a Forest Grove resident, a tireless volunteer worker for the Rockdal Fair Association and one of the nicest people you will ever know, as are all the Spences. Claude is something else.

Looking back...

News Staff
Thu, 07/04/2019 - 00:00
10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO.... Bugs were bugging Texas farmers. E. E. Scholl of the Texas Dept. of Agriculture came to Rockdale to instruct area farmers how to combat the Mexican Boll Weevil which had arrived in Texas in 1900 and continued to pose problems for cotton growers.

One last time

News Staff
Thu, 06/27/2019 - 00:00
EDITORIAL One of the greatest, and most repeated, stories from the deliberative body which produced the U.S. Constitution deals with Benjamin Franklin approaching the chamber as work neared its end. He was confronted by a woman who asked: “Well, Dr.

Highway 79: It’s going to be gorgeous

News Staff
Thu, 06/27/2019 - 00:00
EDITOR’S CORNER As you can see from this week’s front page, downtown Rockdale is about to get the greatest, most positive, change to its appearance in a half century or longer.

Rockdale hosting 2019 ‘Fireworks on the 4th’

News Staff
Thu, 06/27/2019 - 00:00
CHAMBER CHAT Rockdale will host Fourth of July Fireworks this year at Fair Park, with kids games from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wristbands are $5. Fireworks display at dusk is free to the public. From 6 to 10 p.m.

Looking back...

News Staff
Thu, 06/27/2019 - 00:00
10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO....

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

News Staff
Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00
Mail carrier retiree story ‘brought tears’ Dear editor What a wonderful article you wrote about my daughter, Rebecca, and her dad, on their life as city letter carriers (Reporter, June 6). They were both dedicated and cared for their patrons. They also made many lifelong friends during those years.

‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’

News Staff
Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00
EDITOR’S CORNER Friday is the first day of summer, the season with which Texas is identified by most of our fellow Americans. And, of course, they are right to do so. Our summers are something special, to use a word that doesn’t begin to describe the last week of August in Wichita Falls.

County okays air ambulance pact

News Staff
Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00
JUDGE’S COMMENTS Iam pleased to report that your Milam County Commissioners Court has approved a new contract to provide air ambulance service.