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ROCKDALE FAIR— Last weekend Rockdale held its 46th annual Fair. What a huge success! Thanks to all the youth of this county who worked so hard with an animal or a project. These are truly our leaders of tomorrow. We have outstanding 4-H and FFA programs in Milam County and all you have to do is look at the work they produced at the Fair last week to know it.

Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who work so hard to make the Fair a success. They do so much for so little, and why? It is all for the youth of this county. The Fair is the largest single event of the county and over the years it has raised millions of dollars to support the youth of our county.

I was pleased to buy commercial heifers from two of our future leaders, Mallory Miller and Kloie Cargill. Both of these fine young ladies worked hard to raise two fine pens of heifers that made the sale.

I was also pleased to be one of the judges for the rib cookoff. I tasted ribs from 22 different cookers. Thanks to Julie Sulak and her entire crew for working so hard to make this a tremendous success.

RADIO SHOW—Be sure and tune into KMIL 105.1 and KRXT 98.5 this Wednesday, October 20 at 9:05 a.m. for the County Judge show. Our guests will be Melanie Reed of the Cameron Chamber, Brett Boren of Brett’s BBQ and Scott Heintze of the Rockdale Fair.

Melanie will talk about “Steak, Stein & Wine” which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the square in downtown Cameron. This is a great event with food and entertainment for everyone. The steaks are those of our very own 44 Farms, and Trey Felton of the Thorndale Meat Market will cook the steaks. Events get underway at 2 p.m. For more information, check out their webpage at: https://www.cameron-tx.com/

Brett Boren will talk about “Brettfest” which will be held at Brett’s BBQ on Sunday, Oct. 24 beginning at 3 p.m. Over 30 BBQ joints will have food at the event. Tickets are on sale for $75 each and the event is about sold out. For more information, check out his Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/185189606795459

Scott Heintze of the Rockdale Fair will finish off the show with an update on the Fair. We will talk about the success of the event and the funds raised for the youth.

44 FARMS—On Saturday, Oct. 23 beginning at 10:30 a.m. 44 Farms will have its famous Fall Bull Sale, located at 963 PR 44, Cameron. This is truly the “Neiman Marcus” of livestock sales with high quality bulls. The event is attended by buyers and guests from all over the United States and many other parts of the world. Even if you don’t need a bull come see this unique event and enjoy a free meal. For more information, check out the 44 Farms Fall Bulls Sale web page at: https://www.44farms.com/public-sales/the-fall-bullsale/.