Columns & Opinions

POSGCD ‘summit’ set in Caldwell

News Staff
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 00:00
The date for the 2019 Milam and Burleson Counties Groundwater summit in the Caldwell Civic Center has been set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aug. 14, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. “All are encouraged to attend,” Doug Box, POSGCD spokesman, said. The summit is free and open to the public with lunch provided.

Photography camp scheduled July 29th

Micah Holcombe
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 00:00
MILAM 4-H NEWS Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Milam County 4-H will hold a free photography day camp for youth this summer. Photography Day Camp will be held July 29 at the Cameron Chamber Meeting Room. Ages 7-11 will meet from 8 to 11 a.m. and ages 12-18 will meet from 1-3 p.m.

Keep picnic food safe

Micah Holcombe
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 00:00
COMMENTS FROM MICAH It’s picnic season. Are you doing everything you can to make sure you don’t get ill from food-borne bacteria? Follow these tips to reduce your family’s risk of food-borne illness at picnics: • Take just enough food.

More kindness, less judgment is Christian way

Ken Ansell
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 00:00
He told me to tell you that The joke about pastors is they only work an hour on Sunday. Nothing could be further from the truth. I work about 55 hours every week and that’s not an exaggeration.

Best face forward

News Staff
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 00:00
EDITORIAL Imagine it’s, oh, 2024. Jack and Mary have just completed a trip from Round Rock to Jacksonville on US 79. They get out of the car and Mary says: “That was a nice trip. Remember that pretty little town we came through. What was it? Oh, yes, Rockdale.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

News Staff
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 00:00
Liked online podcast with Reporter edit0r Dear editor Last week I sat in an audience. Well, not really. I didn’t go anywhere. I was sitting at my desk listening to the audio on my computer.

‘Buschdale’: Oh say can you ‘c’?

Mike Brown
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 00:00
EDITOR’S CORNER Looking through the July 10, 1919, Rockdale Reporter, to write part of the column you can find at the bottom of this page, I saw it again. That little community just northwest of Rockdale. One hundred years ago they called it “Buschdale.” Yep, with a “c.

Six months in, cooperation is the key

Steve Young
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 00:00
JUDGE’S COMMENTS When I began to consider running for county judge, I thought, “What’s the most important issue’?” It didn’t take long to realize it was economic growth. I ran and was elected on that issue.

Looking back...

Through The Reporter Files
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 00:00
100 YEARS AGO.... It was a close call for Rockdale Mayor H. C. Meyer. His car was struck by a train near Yoakum. The mayor was en route to Corpus Christi where his wife and children were spending the summer. Meyer sustained severe bruising but had no broken bones or internal injuries.

Greatest idea

News Staff
Thu, 07/04/2019 - 00:00
EDITORIAL Freedom ought to be pretty high on the list of our nation’s achievements Not long ago the fantastic director Ken Burns created an equally fantastic television series entitled “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.