First day of school is filled with hope

The new school year got off to a terrific start, according to area school officials. “RISD had a great first day of school. While administrators enjoy time in the summer for planning, nothing is better than getting our students back on campus.

Two parks between Austin, Bastrop offer day adventure

Have you ever wondered what you would do if while traipsing through the woods you suddenly spied a 123-foot long Diplodocus munching on leaves from low-hanging three branches or a 69-foot-tall Brachiosaurus eating from the top of the tree?

Keep running to Jesus

“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16) Until a few years ago I played tennis two or three nights a week. I miss my old tennis partner. Good, committed tennis partners are hard to find, and good friends even harder (love you Rey).

God is the only real comfort we possess

In 2 Timothy, Paul is in prison in Rome about thirty five years since his amazing conversion on the way to Damascus, and twenty years after he began his three missionary journeys. He wrote, “To be absent from the body meant he would be present with the Lord.

Yes, my friend, Jesus always does that

The Gospel of Mark retells Jesus’ entering the synagogue and seeing a man with a withered hand. Mark says, “They watched him so see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.” Why were they watching Jesus?

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.

Correction

A photo credit in last week’s Reporter was in error. The photo of the Murray Street Church of Christ breakfast for RISD teachers was taken by church member Robyn Detert.

NEWSBRIEFS

Rockdale ISD announces new hires at meeting The Rockdale Independent School District has made the following hires for the new school year: Emory Glover, Cassandra Loskot, Ashley Smith, Brittin Mulligan, Jessica Janak, Kaitlin Rodenbech, Bertha Stewart, Troy Hirt, Robert Brister, Johnny Thomas, Lori...

Downtown cheer

Rockdale cheerleaders painted the windows of some downtown businesses to show Rockdale High School spirit Sunday. Shown here spiriting up downtown are junior varsity cheerleaders Brandilyn Musto and Nicole Collins, both freshmen, and junior Tatiana Olivares who is on the varsity squad.

Officers deal with separate 3-vehicle wrecks in one day

One vehicle fled the scene of a three-vehicle wreck Saturday at 11:54 a.m. in the 500 block of west Cameron. Officer Christian Fain responded to the multiple vehicle wreck in which no injuries were reported.