The 2022 Fair

2022 Fair Officers President Jimmy Patin President Elect Kris Moreland Secretary Cindy Hughes Vice President of Accounting Kris Moreland Vice President of Activities Scott Heintze Vice President of Fiscal Affairs Sheree Smith Vice President of General Affairs James Birkhead Vice president of...

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… An item of interest to all readers of The Reporter was found in the announcement that the old firm of Perry and Quebe Pharmacy would hereafter be called Quebe and Prewitt Pharmacy. Our fellow townsman, A.P. Perry, Jr.

Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil recipe

Because my Dad is allergic to chocolate, we normally have Payday candy bars at home because he loves them. He also likes those round pink things with peanuts in them. Can’t think of the name. I’ve seen this recipe going around on several food websites so it must be good.

$80,000 goal

Newly formed RISDEF sets goal for their first year The Rockdale ISD Education Foundation (RISDEF) is starting its first year with plans to raise $80,000 for teachers and students.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO Plans were made for the Rockdale Public Schools to hold a Halloween Carnival on the school campus on Oct. 31.

Milam County news, updates from judge

JUDGE’S COMMENTS Cour t Appointed Special Advocates of Milam County— Milam County is in the process of establishing a Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) entity. Our CPS caseworkers, attorneys ad litem and prosecutors are overwhelmed.

Photo aging? Nope, they need more apps

(Former editor Mike Brown’s funeral was last weekend and we got to laugh a few times remembering him. Here’s are more laughs from 2019.) Have your gotten a post yet from some of your favorite millennials which shows a photo of them aged to look like they are “old?

Send me your Halloween activities

I got a letter from the Ford company saying my driver’s side airbag needed to be replaced at no charge. It was a recall. So I took it in and, naturally, with the car being a 2010, they found several other things that needed to be fixed not for free. All good.

Colonoscopies

New study asks, ‘Is is worth it?’ The short answer is yes. Anew European study on colonoscopies – the largest of its kind – has complicated results, and it’s left some people wondering whether they should have the procedure to screen for colon cancer.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… Rockdale’s beautiful new high school building was formally received and Supt. J.H. Hodges opened school with every grade in its proper place in the new building.