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Congratulations to Pruett Insurance for being our Business of the Month for September. Please join us in welcoming our newest member of the Chamber, Marvin R. Clement CPA, located in Milano. Don’t forget the city pool is open 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through October.

North, south, east, west it looks good to me

If you, like me, pass by the construction site of the new Tiger Field at least once a day, it’s been a lot of fun watching the progress on a day-to-day basis. It’s really been fun in the past two and one-half weeks.

It’s sure not easy becoming an octogenarian

GUEST COLUMN It ain’t easy reaching 80 years old and beyond. Just ask someone who has reached that age and older. Many factors go into play. They could be genes, life style, and many other things in and out of our control. On Aug. 24 I turned 80.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO.... Lt. Harley Perry, brother of A. E Perry of Rock-dale, was attacked by three German planes in France. Lt. Perry shot down one of the planes and helped lead his Allied pilot companions safely back to base.

‘Tariffic!’

Commission torpedoes proposed move which would have hurt papers There’s fantastic news in regard to a potentially very serious situation first commented on in this space on April 12.

Crypto What? Bewildering Bitcoin revolutionary

Ikeep hearing about this magic computer money called bitcoin, and I have no idea what it is other than it is currency. After reading Mike Brown’s stories in The Reporter and a hundred articles later, give or a take a few, I’m starting to understand a bit (no pun intended).

Who wants to invest in Poupon Pants?

Have received, and continue to do so, favorable comments on The Reporter’s weekly Faith page, its church news items and particularly on retired minister Clyde Nichols columns.

Milestone

EDITORIAL Last week’s Reporter carried an interesting story that only becomes more interesting the more you think about it and what it signifies. After 42 years the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) has “closed out” the mining permit for Alcoa’s Sandow lignite mine.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Historic Lockett home Dear editor, Enjoyed the column on the three historic homes moved from Rockdale. In 2016, the Milam County Historical Commission received an inquiry regarding where the J.L. Lockett home had been moved. Dr. Lucile Estell was kind enough to reply from memory.

Auf wiedersehen, my Germany-bound son

His hand shook slightly as I handed him his suitcase for his early morning flight last week. I think it finally hit him — he was going to be in another country for almost an entire year.