LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New column is a welcomed addition Dear Mavis, Your column is a welcome addition to The Rockdale Reporter. It is a very good newspaper, but it was lacking that warm, cuddly feeling you get when felines take to the keyboard.

Fun with all kinds of animals Saturday

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE KYLE COOKE Idid something nice for the Class of 1982 on Tuesday. I turned 59 before any of the rest of them to light the way and show them it’s not so bad being almost 60.

Some musings from our newest employee

MUSINGS OF MAVIS Ihollered all day long. These tall things must not have ears. After what seemed like an eternity, they finally lifted the grate, and I ran out and entered the building where it was nice and cool. At first, they placed me unceremoniously in a trash can. I was not amused.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO… The Sparks Coal Company, Dr. J.P. Sparks, manager, placed on display last week in one of the Coffield Hardware Company’s show windows a lump of lignite from their new mine south of Rockdale, on the Lowe Bros. farm hear Hicks.

Milam County news and updates

JUDGE’S COMMENTS STEVE YOUNG Milam County Judge Another Tax Rate Reduction— Milam County plans to further reduce the tax rate from .684100 to .661356. This will be an overall reduction of about .7 per $100 of evaluation from the original .73. On Monday, Aug.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Mayor looking for citizens to get involved Dear editor and citizens of Rockdale, Growing up all I wanted to do was play baseball. My favorite thing to do was to play catch. It was the smell of the grass throwing grounders that stuck to the ball.

It’s easy to be comfortable, but is it good?

Pastor, Meadowbrook Baptist Church School has started. The families of our communities are back to their regular routines. The adventures of the summer have settled and now things seem somewhat normal. We like routine; it’s comfortable, familiar, easy. What if our comfort was not a good thing?

Be a friend like Jesus

Itell the church I’m glad they show up on Sunday mornings because during the week as I prepare my sermon I step on my toes and by Sunday I need a break. In other words, I need to step on someone else’s toes. This Sunday I’m going to teach about God’s plan for friendship.

Because of Mary’s ‘Yes,’ we have Christ

Aprofessor once shared with me a story of a Lutheran pastor baptizing an infant of his congregation. The pastor himself was a very large and burly man, intimidating if not wearing his white cassock. The parents handed him the tiny child.

Labor Day Law Enforcement

Two important messages from Milam County Sheriff Mike Clore As part of the Texas Department of Transportation’s Labor Day campaign, the Milam County Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement officers across Texas will increase DWI/DUI patrols to pull over motorists suspected of drunk driving.