CHURCH NEWS

New Hope Baptist holding Family/Friends Day April 24 A Family and Friends Day Program at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church will be held at 3 p.m. April 24. Speaker for the program will be Dr. Dennis Brooks of New Jerusalem Church.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

Call additions or corrections to The Reporter, 446-5838. • American Cancer Society, donate at www.cancer.org. • American Heart Association Processing Center, PO Box 8411125, Dallas, TX 75284- 1125. • American Legion Carlyle Post 0358, PO Box 501, Rockdale, TX 76567.

Permanent

On Tuesday of last week, the US Senate did something somewhat remarkable: It passed a piece of legislation by unanimous consent. As in, no member of the Senate objected to it. What was this legislation that broke the partisan logjam that has long dominated politics?

Very good friends and very bad weather

First off some important information. AT&T has been suffering with a major outage for three weeks with no estimate about when service will be restored. This has caused Rockdale Christian Service’s food pantry to be without phone and internet service.

Samsung’s economic impact on Milam

This week I attended a meeting in Taylor with some of the Samsung representatives to learn more about the schedule for the new Samsung facility in Taylor. Some of the dirt work has already begun and by mid 2023 there could be as many as 10,000 individuals working to build the new facility!

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO… The annual membership meeting of the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce was held, and in connection, as was the annual custom, a barbecue was served. The meeting was held at Mineral Park with the entertainment committee in charge of the eats, and needless to say it was a success.

Bad times? Jesus helps

It’s been a hard four months. Do you ever have those seasons? It seems like death is always hanging around. If I never go to another funeral I’ll be fine. The challenges are endless and often without any clear answers. You can’t make right out of wrong, when sin is it you can’t win it.

Long ago, in a Galilee far, far away

Long ago, in a small town not so very far away, our very young grandson was spending the day with us. Star Wars Episode 1 was rather recent and there he was parked three feet from the TV screen.

A neighbor’s tribute to Harold Parsley

We drove from our rented house in Taylor trying to find our forever home. The town was called Rockdale. We drove on Highway 79, and there it was. Quiet on a Sunday morning, little traffic, a calm floating feeling embraced me. I told my husband, “This is a gentle place.

Support our senior citizens

Dear editor, Last week during our last cold ice day I saw friendship in action. A lady walked up to Brookshire Brothers deli counter for breakfast. She wore only a moth-eaten sweater, thin dress and worn flats on bare feet. I knew this 80ish-year-old lady from other visits.