$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.

Yogi: 90 years of one-liners, wisdom

(An October 2015 column from the late editor Mike Brown combining two of his favorite things: baseball and humor.) Lawrence Peter Berra’s final gift to the world of columnists and compilers of quotes came last week when he passed away at the age of 90.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO… Rockdale hog and dairy men just about cleaned up on the premium list at the livestock show held in Cameron. There was quite a nice display of all kinds of stock, it was said, with some excellent entries in all classes. In Jersey cattle W.E.

Milam County news and updates from judge

Be a’s K i t c he n— Bea’s kitchen, which is located at the new Milam County Annex, plans to open on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. The long-awaited vent hood has been installed and new coolers were delivered last week. Congregate meals will be served at the noon hour for $3 per person.