Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO... Just as we were getting a little uneasy about dry weather, we were visited by a very heavy rain, and for several days it had rained. In all we have had about three inches and still the weather was not settled.

Thanks-giving

(This editorial was written one year ago by then editor Mike Brown. Some people Mike couldn’t have known about a year ago are all of the volunteers who are helping the county vaccine operation run like a well oiled machine.

A few instances of a return to normalcy

There have been a couple of instances of a return to some sense or normalcy around my house lately. Mom and her bridge club, Monday Night Bridge Club, got together for the first time in a year a couple of weeks ago.

More grant opportunities for the county

The American Rescue Plan Act provides a lot of fertile ground for more Milam County grant opportunities, and rest assured we will take advantage of them all.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO... The Rockdale Reporter presented the complete program for the County Interscholastic School Meet which was to come to Rockdale April 15. It wasn’t decided until the first of the week that the event would be held in Rockdale, and the arrangements were quickly made.

Eastertide

Chances are if you grew up in the United States you’ll have Easter memories of getting all dressed up in a fancy new outfit for the Easter service at church, moms doing their daughters hair and wearing hats, dying Easter eggs and going Easter egg hunting and eating lots of candy.

Why do cows have bells? Their horns don’t work

Because, at heart, I’m still just a boy in junior high, I give you…puns. Dad, are we pyromaniacs? Yes, we arson. What do you call a pig with laryngitis? Disgruntled. Writing my name in cursive is my signature move. Why do bees stay in their hives during winter? Swarm.

National debt lasts longer than the coronavirus

With the new $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed, we hope Congress and the White House will now show some concern about something that will hang around longer than this pandemic — the national debt.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... A very interesting visitor to the executive office of the Chamber of Commerce was D.E.

Three friends in life

I recently read that most people who attend church regularly have a “silent goal” of becoming a better Christian. That sounds good except these same people have no plan in order to become a better Christian. This is like saying I’m going to lose weight but never exercising or going on a diet.