Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO An Austin builder was awarded the contract to build the new high school during a joint meeting of the Rockdale City Council and the RISD school board. The contract was for $57,000 which included heating, lighting and plumbing.

Pay attention to God

“The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.” (Proverbs 20:27) The Blonde and I do a small group discipleship event every Sunday night in our backyard. We call it The Porch even though we don’t actually have a back porch but we are getting there.

VFD is home away from home for vets

Dear editor, The editorial from the September 9th edition of The Rockdale Reporter was from the American Legion magazine publisher talking about what the American Legion can do for veterans in general. We have a post here in Rockdale that stands ready to assist any veteran in any way we can.

Reader says stay out of unwinnable wars

Dear editor, America needs to wake up. This is the second conflict that America has fled with our tail between our legs. I say conflict because Vietnam was considered a police action.

What now?

In last week’s Reporter we told you about a possible 1500 jobs coming to town. In the hopes that it actually happens, what’s next for Rockdale when all the jobs arrive? You’d think that there would be an immediate boom in housing but that is not the case. At least not right away.

Dog grooming went better than planned

Both dogs got groomed on Monday at The Dogspaw’s new location in Lexington and everyone lived to tell the tale. Kallie will always hop into the car, but Flaco was very wary. This fat guy had to chase him all over the yard and pick him up and put him in the car. He’s the almost still feral one.

When the nest is empty, there’s a loud quiet

“Hear that?” I asked my wife late one night. “What? I don’t hear anything,” she answered. “Exactly,” I said, noting there was no 11 p.m. tuba, electric bass, guitar or singing coming from the other side of the house.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO Isolated from the outside world with destruction and devastation lying at the feet of the city in the bottoms of Brushy Creek, San Gabriel and Little Rivers, where the torrential storm broke forth shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, citizens of Rockdale executed an example of...

9/11 style commission

The lesson of presidential power is not learned from how it is exercised in the best of times but how it manifests in crisis. In crisis come mistakes and from mistakes hopefully come knowledge to improve future decisions.

Vote Best of Rockdale; visit all our murals

The worst part of becoming the editor last week is that my right-hand man, Shannon Whorton, is on a well-deserved vacation to the Grand Canyon this week. He’s the one who makes sure the paper looks nice and makes us all look good.