Besides teaching art and drama at Lamesa High School and working on his own artwork in his limited off-time, teacher Tommy Rodgers can now put “published illustrator” on his list of personal accomplishments.It is his oil painting of a mouse and a church, surrounded by antique British coins, that is on the cover of “ Digby the Church Mouse: Saving Home,” a book written by friend Kyle Vernon, for readers ages 10 and up.“I’ve done illustrations before, but they never made it into press,” Rodgers said. “I did some paintings that were published, but this is the first child’s book.”In ...