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Of the 8,787 people who have died in Texas due to COVID-19 since early February, at least 43 were fully vaccinated, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. That means 99.5% of people who died due to COVID-19 in Texas from Feb. 8 to July 14 were unvaccinated, while 0.

Correction

A letter last week from Ron Rabinowitz had his organization erroneously listed as the VFW. It should have been listed as the American Legion. The Reporter regrets the error.

Some historical jewelry going to auction

As someone who can’t stand wearing jewelry of any kind, I have an unusual interest in jewelry. Especially historical jewels. Christies Geneva will soon put up for auction two diamond bracelets that were owned and worn by the last Queen of France, Marie Antionette. That’s pretty interesting.

Milam County news, updates this week

American Statesman Glove Company—As I reported back on Sept. 16, there is a good chance that American Statesmen Glove Co. will come to Milam County. In the last few days we met with Mr. Bill Hart, the CEO of the company, to discuss training for and filling of the prospective jobs.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO An Austin builder was awarded the contract to build the new high school during a joint meeting of the Rockdale City Council and the RISD school board. The contract was for $57,000 which included heating, lighting and plumbing. Mr. A.E.

Pay attention to God

“The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.” (Proverbs 20:27) The Blonde and I do a small group discipleship event every Sunday night in our backyard. We call it The Porch even though we don’t actually have a back porch but we are getting there.

VFD is home away from home for vets

Dear editor, The editorial from the September 9th edition of The Rockdale Reporter was from the American Legion magazine publisher talking about what the American Legion can do for veterans in general. We have a post here in Rockdale that stands ready to assist any veteran in any way we can.

Reader says stay out of unwinnable wars

Dear editor, America needs to wake up. This is the second conflict that America has fled with our tail between our legs. I say conflict because Vietnam was considered a police action.

What now?

In last week’s Reporter we told you about a possible 1500 jobs coming to town. In the hopes that it actually happens, what’s next for Rockdale when all the jobs arrive? You’d think that there would be an immediate boom in housing but that is not the case. At least not right away.

Dog grooming went better than planned

Both dogs got groomed on Monday at The Dogspaw’s new location in Lexington and everyone lived to tell the tale. Kallie will always hop into the car, but Flaco was very wary. This fat guy had to chase him all over the yard and pick him up and put him in the car. He’s the almost still feral one.