Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... Rockdale was to have a baseball club and the young men promoting it had everything lined up for a successful season.

Showstopper

If you haven’t driven through downtown lately you should definitely do so just to see the facelift that has been given to the old Gaither buildings. Building owner, Keith Hagler, got a façade grant from the Municipal Development District (MDD) and hired Friendship Painting to complete the work.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, I just read Kyle Cooke's article in the March 4 issue of The Rockdale Reporter commentary page. He shared his story so well and with such compassion. I almost “fell out” of my chair laughing at his experience at the funeral in Houston.

I’m celebrating spring and free vaccines

I received two wonderful phone calls last Thursday. The first was from my friend, Carolyn Hafley, telling me she had seen a sure sign of spring on the road between Rockdale and Milano: Indian Paintbrushes. She was excited about them and so was I.

It’s time to get vaccinated in Milam County

If you have been thinking about getting vaccinated, now is the time to get on the list. This week, we plan to vaccinate about 1,100 individuals, which may deplete our waiting list. This means you can get a shot as early as next Tuesday, if you act now.

Looking back...Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... All financial arrangements had been made for the building in the Rockdale-Minerva oil fields of a four-inch pipeline and a 300-barrel first unit refinery.

Spring forward

We’ve all heard the stories that Daylight Savings Time (DST) is about either farmers or school children. And actually neither of those are true. Farmers hated it at first. The school children walking to school in the dark weren’t really mentioned until the 1970s.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, Despite a global pandemic, residents of Rockdale shared the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season.

The anniversary no one wanted is upon us

I have an iPhone 8 that is on its last leg so I’ve had to get a new phone. The day it bit the dust I really felt like my arm had been cut off. Isn’t it strange how much we get used to using them? It turned out to only be a charging cord issue but it’s still time to get a new one.

Milam County is in home stretch on virus

After over a year of the deadly COVID-19 virus, we are truly on the home stretch. We now have three safe, effective vaccines that will prevent deaths and serious illness.