Brain Health Awareness webinar for Texas Veterans on Oct. 5th

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is holding a free webinar for Texas veterans and their families on Tuesday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. to provide them with information about brain health, memory screenings and veterans benefits.

GAUSE NEWS

Hope all of you had a nice Labor Day. Monday was kind of a bad day for a holiday. If you have Saturday, Sunday and Monday off, who wants to get up and go to work on Tuesday? Believe me, when they say you are too old to work, that’s an insulting remark.

MILANO NEWS

SUNFLOWER FUN RUN/WALK—The Melodie Hope Jones Memorial Scholarship “Sunflower Fun Run/Walk” will be held Sept. 25 at Davidson Creek Park in Caldwell. There is a kids’ one-mile color run at 9 a.m. and the 5K starts at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $30 for the 5K and $25 for the kids run.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Sept. 10—Thomas Coffield. Sept. 11—Denise Starnes. Sept. 15—John Williams.

Don’t live in the past

God tells us in Isaiah 43:18-21, “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Why surely the Lord is in this place

In the 28th chapter of Genesis it is told how Jacob was traveling and had stopped at night in the wilderness to sleep. The story says that as Jacob dreamed, “The LORD stood by him” and spoke promises to him: “Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go.

Excuses for not allowing God to use us

The story of Jesus’ compassion shown in the Gospel of John about feeding the five thousand with a little boys lunch, paints a vivid picture of God taking the little we have to offer so people can see him through us. Jesus had taken the disciples to a place where he could minister and teach to them.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

Call additions or corrections to The Reporter, 446-5838. • American Cancer Society, donate at www.cancer.org. • American Heart Association Processing Center, PO Box 8411125, Dallas, TX 75284-1125. • American Legion Carlyle Post 0358, PO Box 501, Rockdale, TX 76567.

Don’t worry, just pray

“The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry.” (Psalm 34:15) My hometown just lost a great saint. He died from the virus. From my perspective I don’t understand. It seems like we need every Jesus person working harder than ever during these end times.

Blessing of the backpacks

Rev. Michelle Bonner blessed 10 backpacks and school supplies donated by St. Thomas Episcopal Church members to the Rockdale Intermediate School. Submitted photo