Oh Tannenbaum

Isn’t she a beauty? Rockdale now has a new, big, beautiful Christmas tree in Wolf Park for the whole town to enjoy each holiday season. The idea was conceived by the Rockdale Downtown Association with a lot of help from Chad Harris with Whinstone US.

Thanks for all these things, and so much more

The late Reporter Publisher W.H. Cooke, who died July 3, 1991, wrote the following Thanksgiving column in 1989. It is reprinted here as a tribute to his memory.—K.W.C. Thanksgiving Day brings hope that your day will be fulfilling as well as full-feeling. Every day should be a day of Thanksgiving.

Let’s all come together to get to year’s end

We have all been through a very trying year. Some have been very ill, some have lost family members and/ or friends, some have been quarantined and some have lost their jobs. Schools and businesses have closed and we don’t socialize like we used to.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO... The Rockdale High School football team met Rosebud and, after a hard-fought battle, defeated them, 53-13. This was the second game of the season between Rockdale and Rosebud with the first game ending with a score of 7-6 in Rockdale’s favor.

Are you thankful?

Happy Thanksgiving or if you are reading this after Thursday, I hope you had a great holiday! I like Thanksgiving. It gives us the opportunity to take an inventory.

Thanksgiving casserole, mushroom gravy

After you eat your leftover turkey sandwich that you’ve been looking forward to all year, if you still have leftovers this Thanksgiving casserole sounds pretty good to me.

Turkey pardon

The tradition of giving a turkey to a president before Thanksgiving goes back farther than you think. According to some sources, all the way back to Honest Abe Lincoln and the tradition has continued all the way up to President Donald Trump.

Polling hobby: who wants another lockdown?

Even though the election was two weeks ago, it is still being played out because of the recounts, lawsuits and runoffs. But I want to say a word about polling which is a particular interest of mine. When I was getting my journalism degree, I took a course on polling and I found it fascinating.

Many Milam County updates to report

BROADBAND—We are working to bring more broadband to Milam County. The first step is to complete the survey, so we get an idea of what is available. We have 11 providers in the county, but we don’t know what the individual uses are.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO... Armistice Day marked the beginning of the Fourth Red Cross Roll Call of 1920. Possibly there could not have been a more appropriate day set as this day marks the ending of the struggle in which the American Red Cross played such a great part.