What a ride

EDITORIAL Talk about a rollercoaster ride that puts Six Flags to shame. In about five days we’ve gone from “Bitmain is abandoning its Rockdale project” to “they’re hooking their supercomputers up in about a month and will be mining two months after that.” So what should we make of it all?

At synagogue, a strategy for squirrels

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Well, we have a new year three weeks in progress and it seems a fitting time to share some religious humor. You can thank Reporter reader Griff Singer of Austin, a retired journalism professor and great friend of our family, for this first item.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RCS thanks volunteers for its 2018 successes Dear editor, During 2018 Rockdale Christian Services (RCS) Food Pantry fed an average of 200 families (450 individuals) per month in South Milam County.

Thanks to donors for Senior Citizens Center

Dear editor, On behalf of the Rock-dale Senior Citizens Center we would like to thank the community for sharing and helping make our senior citizens feel special. This was the first year they participated in the Angel Tree program.

‘Guardian Angel’ saved his life 37 years later

Dear editor, Let me preface this story by saying that I have always believed God places Guardian Angels in our lives to protect and take care of us. Little did I know. Thirty-seven years ago I took a teaching job at Rock-dale High School.

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THEY REALLY SAID THAT?

“I never learn anything talking. I only learn when I ask questions.” —Lou Holtz

Adjusting to life via a school bus ride

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez the best cure for an obsession is to get another one. Grandson Esten Cooke, 18, a Rotary foreign exchange student in Germany, writes a monthly report back to the Fredericksburg Rotary Club, which sponsored him. This is a recent one.

Start out 2019 with healthy lifestyle

COMMENTS FROM MICAH The start of the new year is the perfect time to establish new goals, habits, and a healthy lifestyle. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service recommends starting this year off on the right foot by getting active and eating right.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO.... It was front page news in The Reporter when former president Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep in his home in Oyster Bay, New York. The former president had been in failing health since the death of his son, Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, in World War I combat.