Columns & Opinions

How Great Thou Art!

‘OLord my God, When I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout The universe displayed.’ Those are the words of Stuart K. Hine in his great hymn “How great Thou Art.

Three wrong ways, and three right ways

The Christian has to make hard decisions on a regular basis. We have three battles We fight the world, the devil and ourselves. All three are worthy adversaries. I have a theory about “most” Christians. I think most want to grow, mature and experience God…maybe they are just unsure of how to do it.

Yes they do!

EDITORIAL As a rule of thumb, the best thing to do when something ill-informed pops up in the spectacularly wrongly-named form of communication everyone calls “social media” is to ignore it.

Lege, make public schools a priority

The new Tiger Stadium is an impressive upgrade for our school district. At the open house and ribbon cutting, we all go to marvel and talk about what a boost this was from the days we were in school and for our town.

4-H Week activities to wrap up Saturday

COMMENTS FROM MICAH National 4-H Week is this week, October 7-13. It’s a great week to celebrate all the wonderful things that 4-H has to offer in the nation, state, county and club. Milam County 4-H has a large variety of activities for National 4-H Week.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO.... The inevitable happened. Mr. and Mrs. William Fiesler were advised that their son, Cpl. Rudolph Fiesler, had been killed in action in France. He was the first Rockdale soldier, and the fifth Milam County resident, to die in World War I.

REPORTER NEWS DEADLINES

Your news article will receive ample attention if submitted according to deadline: • Letters to the editor—10 a.m. Monday. • General news, Lifestyle, Sports, Business and Farm/Ranch—Monday noon. (Thursday and Friday copy encouraged.) • Rural community correspondence—Monday noon.

THEY REALLY SAID THAT?

“A eulogy at a funeral is a belated plea for the defense, delivered after all the evidence is in.” —Irvin S. Cobb

College: Here are tips to make the tough decisions

RISD REPORT RHS Principal Tiffany Whitsel has great information regarding making that very important decision: As you begin your college search, one of the first decisions you need to make and one that helps narrow your list is what size college you want to attend.

Christmas Cottage, gift exchange ahead

COMMENTS FROM MICAH Christmas Cottage provides you an opportunity to shop for holiday gifts and decorations, get new ideas and enjoy a great lunch. Mark Nov.2 on your calendar for the Christmas Cottage and Craft Fair at Bea’s Kitchen on the courthouse square in Cameron.