GAUSE NEWS

This Monday morning was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and it was not too cold. With it being November, you can’t tell from one day to the next. Time to star t making plans for Christmas. When it is time for a family get-together, our children make the plans and let us know, and that is fine.

ROCKDALE MULTISERVICE CENTER MENU

Monday—Pork chops, cornbread, rice, greens, angel cake, 2% milk. Tuesday—Meatloaf, roll, mashed potatoes, squash, Mandarin oranges, banana, 2% milk. Wednesday—Barbecue pulled pork, wheat bread, hot potato salad, baked beans, peaches, 2% milk.

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Milam County courthouse records for Nov. 10-21. Compiled from public records available at milam.tx.publicsearch. us. Deed Without Warranty The Master’s Gateway Ministry to James Castaneda and Rita Castaneda (4,830). Warranty Deeds Billie Wied to Louis R.

Making disciples

Ilike Twitter (now called X). I’m not a big fan of its evil twin Facebook. It seems like Twitter is the serious sibling in the social media family and if there was a Christian in the family I’m sure it would be Twitter. All of that was free and please don’t hate me.

CHURCH NEWS

Liberty Church to hold holiday service Dec. 10 Liber t y Communit y Church will hold a Thanksgiving/ Christmas service at 4 p.m. Dec. 10. A meal and fellowship will be enjoyed and everyone is asked to bring a covered dish.

On Christmas night all Christians sing

“On Christmas night a l l Chr i s t ians sing,” chants Sussex Carol. As if to sustain this truth, John Killinger, in Parables for Christmas, transposes Mark’s parable of the sower: “A group of carolers went forth to carol.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Rockdale Downtown Association’s annual Community Christmas Tree lighting was a big success last Thursday evening with the most attendees to date in the past three years.

LIGHT UP ROCKDALE

Juan Rubio and his crew put up lights on all the downtown buildings this year, the first decorations for Rockdale in three years. A group of individuals, organizations and businesses raised $32,850 for new decorations, and a workday on Saturday saw a lot of them go up.

City, RMDD adopt new logo in rebranding effort

The City of Rockdale and the Rockdale Municipal Development District (RMDD) recently adopted a new logo and tagline. The RMDD approved the new brand at their Oct. 23 meeting and the city council adopted the brand on Nov. 13.

Early filings announced

Early filings for county positions were announced last week by Milam County Judge Bill Whitmire. The deadline to file 6 p.m. Dec. 11 so this story could change in the next few weeks. Two positions, so far, will be contested races.