ER prospects

EDITORIAL Rockdale needs some kind of emergency room-trauma care-urgency care facility. That much is obvious. Our town lost its facility in December when Little River-Rockdale Hospital closed and, of course, the emergency room went with it.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Board should address hospital bankruptcy Dear editor: I see in The Reporter there will be a public hearing this week on proposals made by the hospital district in their effort to get a healthcare facility up and operating in Rockdale following Little River Healthcare’s bankruptcy.

Growing up in Rockdale ‘like Mayberry’

GUEST COLUMN Editor’s note: Rev. Jim Muston has been pastor of Cordova Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee for almost 27 years. He grew up in Rockdale across from the current junior-high and graduated RHS in 1972, Class of 1972. He is the son of the late Lee and Nannie Muston.

County unity boosted by Friday event

Friday was truly a historic event for all of us in Milam County, as the first ever Rockdale-Cameron Football Extraordinaire was held. The KC Hall was packed with a standing room only crowd to honor the two best Class 3A Division 1 football programs in Texas.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO.... A resident of the Liberty community was shot to death of the streets of Lexington. A deputy sheriff turned himself in to the town constable as a result of the shooting.

Christmas Cottage set November 8th

Christmas Cottage provides you an opportunity to shop for holiday gifts and decorations, get new ideas and enjoy a great lunch. Nov. 8 will be the date for the 2019 for the Christmas Cottage and Craft Fair at Bea’s Kitchen on the courthouse square in Cameron.

Just got real

The choices faced by Rockdale residents in getting a new health care facility—a first-rate clinic affiliated with St. Joseph’s in Bryan—just got real. On Monday the Rockdale Hospital Board proposed a 16.9-cent property tax to fund the new clinic.

Fate’s ‘East Side Cast of Characters’

This week I’m again turning the column over to the great Fate Arnwine, a resident of upstate New York and a graduate of our Aycock High School. He sends me reminiscences of Rockdale in the 1950s and I think you will really enjoy this one. I sure did.

Senior Expo continues vendors search

Vendors are being sought for the Milam County Triad Senior Expo, set for 8 a.m. to 12-noon Oct. 16 at the Rockdale KC Hall. A guide will be distributed with a multitude of resources. Vendor fees will include advertisement in the resource guide. Fees include: • Quarter page and booth space, $55.