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ARockdale minister once told a story about a church business meeting attended by a very elderly man who was one of the “pillars”—quotation marks on purpose—of the congregation. After about an hour, the gentleman began banging his cane loudly on the floor until he was recognized by the chairman.

Raw eggs, hamburger patties, mac & cheese, mumps

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE When I was in the fifth grade in Mrs. Joan Thoede’s class I got a terrible case of the mumps in my salivary glands. You don’t hear too much about mumps anymore, but they are still around even though there is a vaccine.

Milam County: Jobs and opportunities

JUDGE’S COMMENTS Recently we met with Bitmain, Whinstone, Texas Workforce Solutions, the school superintendents and others to discuss filling the many new jobs that are coming to the area.

Through The Reporter Files

Looking back... 100 YEARS AGO.... Otis Dodson, described as a young man from Alabama, died when apparently trying to dismount in Thorndale from a freight train on which he had been hitching a ride from Thrall. The freight car passed over him.

Ultimate honor

Monday was Veterans Day. Four days previously, a Rockdale veteran, and legendary businessman, received an award that is mind-boggling. Milton R. “Jim” Currey, a World War II veteran, received his 75-year-pin from the American Legion that day at his home.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor: I hear people talk about how bad the youth of today are, they’re lazy, you can’t trust them and all they want to do is play their video games. Well, I’ve been hearing that since I was a kid, except for the video games part.

Finnish pancakes big hit at Zombie Run

For those of you who know me know I like to cook. And I like to eat even more. We haven’t had much in the way of food writing or recipe sharing in The Reporter for a while. If we do something food-related it’ll be elsewhere in the paper.

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Looking back... 100 YEARS AGO.... A Thorndale resident was hit by a train at an area crossing. After a stay in the Cameron Sanitarium he was advised no surgery was necessary but his left leg would always be an inch shorter than his right.

Talk is cheap

Years ago God put a handful of men in my path. Two were adult children of people I knew, and the other was a former lawyer from Hawaii. Each of these men was chronically unemployed or underemployed, and at the time I wondered if any of them would ever overcome the challenges life had given them.

Lessons from a cat

He told me to tell you that ’m not a morning person but the Blonde is, and, after almost 37 years of marriage, I ’m changing. What I ’m saying is I wake up grumpy and in a bad mood. They say most old people are already mad because they are old so it doesn’t take much to tick them off.