Looking back...

At a joint meeting of the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce and City Council committees, final plans were worked out for the big all-day holiday street working which Rockdale was to pull off on March 7 under the auspices of the American Legion.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, I want to thank all the wonderful people who donated money and sponsored our children in foster care for Christmas. Our children are all from Milam County and have been traumatized by parental physical and emotional abuse and severe neglect.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, I am writing to thank Rockdale area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season.

Parents’ reactions to school bomb threat

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE Not to trivialize last week’s school bomb threat hoax, but I do hate it when big events happen on Thursdays in the weekly newspaper business.

What’s going on in Milam County

JUDGE’S COMMENTS One thing about our c ount y, ther e i s always something going on here in Milam County. I try weekly to write an article on one subject, but sometimes I can’t. So, let’s look at a few of those things.

LOOKING BACK

City Health Officer R.W. Wallis recently sent specimens of the city water from which Rockdale derives her drinking water to the State Health Officer for examination. In reply he received a letter from V.N.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, On behalf of our organization “Bring CASA to Milam County,” we want to thank you for the six used chairs that you donated to us. We are excited to announce that we received our 501(c)3 certificate and are dream is coming true.

Budget, debt

Can congress control its budget and debt mess? Working together maybe. The national debt is now at $31.5 trillion and counting. Were it to be divided among all income taxpayers, we’d each be on the hook for about a quarter million dollars.

A little teacher humor for you this week

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE Back in my day we used to say, “Kids say the darndest things, but nobody seems to say “darndest” anymore. I think our teacher readers, both past and present, will enjoy this. 1. “Oh I can’t wear my new glasses in your class because it’s math.

If a vacuum really sucks, it that good or bad?

The following story is making its rounds in cyberspace and I’ve received it from several readers. There’s a real lesson in economics here, so if you’re puzzled about how things are being done nowadays, this might be very enlightening.