As easy as shooting fish in a barrel

“It’s a piece of cake.” We have all said this phrase which means something is easy. I’m not much of a baker so I don’t think making a cake is easy. Maybe the phrase means how easy it is to eat a cake. Here are a few examples of how other languages say something is easy.

Working on the budget for 2024

When we came into office in January, I met with all the department heads and then explained that we would be working on the budget starting in February with the goal of being about 80% complete by the time we had the public hearings for budget proposals in early July.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… A dear little 10-pound son made his appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Trim Hale and is so well pleased with the warm welcome and surroundings that he announced he had come to stay. Joe Garrett, small son of T.P.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, This has been weighing on my heart. I am writing to address a pressing issue that has been affecting our community: drug addiction. It is a problem that has become increasingly prevalent and is causing significant harm to the well-being of individuals and families alike.

LOOKING BACK

100 YEARS AGO… In line with the proclamation of President Coolidge, calling upon the nation to observe the day of the funeral of President Harding as a time of mourning and prayer, Mayor H.C.

Everyone needs to calm down

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE Everyone needs to calm down and take a deep breath after the news from Sandow Lakes Ranch (SLR) two weeks ago. Everything is going to be fine. Anything that goes on at SLR (the former Alcoa property) has absolutely nothing to do with the City of Rockdale.

Handy country girls

Dear editor, Please ask Mary Lou if she makes house calls to Taylor. Need rear brakes on the pick-up and think transmission fluid needs changing. Also, it takes a big man to admit he’s not a shade tree mechanic! Why is it assumed that it’s always in the male gene pool?

Happenings around Milam County

School starting— Every year about this time school starts up and it seems like it comes earlier and earlier. Some of the schools in Milam County are starting this week with the rest kicking off next week.

Love, rain or shine

Afew weeks ago I had one of the worst weeks I’ve had in about the last ten years. It started out by me doing what I am supposed to do, praying for my enemies. My prayers were accurate, I was praying for God to bless them, and I was even asking the Lord, how I could be the one to do the good.

Gather the fragments so nothing is lost

In John’s Gospel story of the feeding of the 5000, he gives us this special detail. When everyone had eaten their fill, Jesus told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost.