MARC thanks organizers, riders, community

Dear editor, The MARC Ride began as a Motorcycle Poker Run. It was sponsored by the Tropicana Club and a group of bikers. I read in The Rockdale Reporter that first year that a group was sponsoring a Poker Run to benefit the MARC Center.

La Escuelita sends out ‘thank you’

Dear editor On behalf of the La Escuelita Board and Members, we would like to send out a sincere Thank You to all the supporters of our recent La Escuelita and St. Joseph’s Cemetery Spring Dance Fundraiser on May 14. The event was a huge success for our organization.

Regeneration Singers bring memories

I was really impressed with the Regeneration Singers reunion at Homecoming 2022 on Sunday. I remember Kathy being in the group and hoping to be involved with them when I was old enough. Unfortunately, they disbanded after director Arnold Sherman left Rockdale around 1977 when I was in eighth grade.

A little Rockdale fire whistle history

(Some history on Rockdale’s 6 p.m. whistle from 2010.) And now we get to the nitty-gritty: the town’s 6 o’clock whistle. Son Kyle asked this question in a family email exchange: “There used to be a fire alarm that went off every day at 6 p.m.

LOOKING BACK

100 YEARS AGO… The local Post American Legion was planning to hold a big Fourth of July picnic and celebrations in Rockdale, with committees being active to that end.

Love people anyway

Some days are diamonds and some days are coal. We all have some thorns in our sides that we pray God would remove (2 Corinthians 12). My thorn list is growing and I’m thinking that’s not a positive but they don’t put you on a cross because they like you. I pray for the haters.

Christians should be ready when needed

Years ago, on a warm, summer night at a girls softball game, I overheard a player complaining to her coach, “… but I don’t want to play outfield!” Just then I heard the smack of the bat. The ball flew over the pitcher and sailed over second base. Runners on the loaded bases began sprinting.

Baked beans and pulled pork

I don’t remember when I first ate baked beans, but it was probably with Mom’s family in Crandall, TX. But I have loved them ever since. The Mexicans in our family do not like them and can’t imagine eating sweet beans, but that just leaves more for me.

Open up

I’am a father, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and an American. I was also born in Uvalde, Texas. That’s why I’m writing this. I I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second Amendment right, enshrined by our founders, to bear arms.

It’s insulting to salt your food in Egypt

As Americans, we get used to our way of doing things. But when traveling there are some customs that are completely opposite of the way things are here. A few examples: In Chinese culture, when you gift money you send it in a red envelope. A white envelope signifies misfortune such as funerals.