Proposition 7

Vote for this proposition to keep the lights on during a Texas emergency Coming off a brutally hot summer i n which Texas set 10 unofficial state records for electricity demand and issued nearly a dozen requests for energy conservation to keep the lights on, it would be reasonable to be a bit...

My brush with America’s first supermodel

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE During my time at two of the newspapers I worked for in Houston, I had a customer named Dolores Phelps. She sold country properties in Washington County back when rich people from Houston were buying those properties, and she did very well for herself.

Get out the vote, Milam County

This is a busy time here in Milam County and the State of Texas as a whole with the biennial state constitution election and the third called special session of the state legislature in Austin.

LOOKING BACK

YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… The chief business of the board of directors at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, at which 10 members answered to roll call, was the discussion of the road situation as it affects Rockdale business interests. Facts were presented by Dr.

Delicious burre blanc sauce

When I was on vacation eating all that delicious seafood, some of it was served with a burre blanc, which is French for white butter sauce. It was so good that I think we should all learn how to make it. This is Julia Child’s recipe, therefore foolproof if you do exactly what it says.

Tell all about Jesus

My friend Deacon Dave would sometimes talk about how people can get the “blues.” I get it. This past week was kind of a dumpster fire for me. Oh, it’s not that my life is not great because my life is great!

He is a glorious sight to behold

When she was nineteen months old, Helen Keller suffered what was most likely Scarlet Fever, which left her blind. She wrote in her autobiography, The Story of My Life, “In the dreary month of February, came the illness which closed my eyes and ears. The doctor thought I could not live.

Downtown’s do-over

Rockdale is looking better, and downtown’s potential is huge A“star marks the spot” and a landmark in progress will make a good impression to visitors. Downtown Rockdale, after years of struggle, is looking up.

Dad’s surgery: coincidences abound

The Cooke family is happy to report our father, Bill, who wrangled words on these pages for 60-plus years, is doing very well after hip replacement surgery.

Stress-free for a while after holiday

Ever since I got back from my vacation I have felt like a wet noodle. It’s been a long time since I’ve been stress-free. I’m sure it will all come back at some point but I’m enjoying it while it lasts.