Speak up

EDITORIAL Yes, visitors can have their say at school board, city council meetings One of the great cartoons of all time was published many years ago. It shows a man, late at night—a dark sky and stars visible through an open window behind him—seated at a computer.

Don’t tell me about your magic socks

EDITOR’S CORNER Whenever I am away from my office for any extended period of time, someone always checks my emails for me. Yes, I can do it remotely with any number of gadgets but when I get to go on vacation, dagnab it, that’s the kind of stuff I go on vacation from.

Dear God, was the giraffe an accident?

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez he thought it a strange way to open a conversation when his wife said, “You weren’t even listening, were you?” Been a while since I offered up anything for your collection of religious humor, so here goes.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks for assistance with Earth Day events Dear editor, On Friday, April 20, 85 high school students from six student organizations led the way for Rockdale’s 4th Annual Earth Day festivities.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, Reading the excellent sports section article about Larry Jackson brought to mind a very touching story that a friend of ours shared. Larry was a classmate and close friend of her daughter. Larry (along with several other friends) spent quite a bit of time at their house.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, When I was either a junior or senior at Rock-dale High I coached a Cub League team, playing where the hospital sits now. Two of my players were from Milano, David and Robbie Westbrook.

129 years in, her life hasn’t been happy

EDITOR’S CORNER Warning: Don’t read this column if you’re depressed. I’m not particularly depressed and it was no barrel of laughs to write either. And it should have been. The (London) Daily Mirror last week had a story about Koku Istamulova. She may be the oldest person on record.

Bass fiddle fits in Falcon station wagon, barely

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez bread is like the sun; it rises in the yeast and sets in the waist. That lousy car deal I wrote about making last week prompted a good bit of comment.

No relief ahead

EDITORIAL County financial situation probably headed for tax hike and cutbacks It’s not what Milam County taxpayers want to hear, especially not those whose home appraisals just went up, and that would be most of us.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, Rockdale Veterans of Foreign War Post 6525 has been awarded “All State Post” in the state for 2018. This award has not been accomplished in Rockdale since the mid 1990’s, so we are honored to accept it. Our post has 104 members and an auxiliary to help us along.