Caffey Reunion July 24 at Patterson Center

The Sanford and Lucy Caffey family reunion for friends and relatives will be held at Patterson Center adjacent to Fair Park on Saturday, July 24 at 10:00 am. A pot luck lunch will be served at noon with drinks, plates and utensils furnished.

Milam County Girl Scouts acts of service

Girl Scouts of Central Texas (GSCTX) will celebrate their centennial, the 100th anniversary of the first Girl Scout troop formed in our area in 1921. “As part of our centennial celebration, Milam County Girl Scouts has chosen to perform service in Milam County.

AA meeting weekly at Crossroads Church

Rockdale Peace Seekers AA meetings are at Crossroads Bible Church, 811 Burleson St. The meetings are scheduled on Tuesdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting Thursdays

Narcotics Anonymous meets every Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. For more information call Terry at 512-429-2429.

Heavenly Treasures shifts their open days

Heavenly Treasures is now open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 9 a.m.-noon. This month special is $5 bags on the July 20.

Groundwater summit names panelists

One of the panels of speakers for the seventh annual Milam and Burleson Counties Groundwater Summit will have Steve Young and Stephanie Moore, both of Intera, comparing the projected and actual impacts of pumping on the aquifers by Vista Ridge.

Supremacist rally in Lexington fizzles

They were loaded for bear, but not so much as a squirrel showed up.  And officials were happy about that.

Look up, look down, all around in Austin

Editor’s note: Here is an entertaining, educational and relaxing way to spend a few hours in the state’s capital. There are a lot of things to see and do in nearby Austin and these three places put together would make for an interesting day in the big city.

Texas House Democrats leave Austin creating lack of quorum in the Capitol

Most of the Democrats in the Texas House branch of the legislature left Austin for Washington, D.C., where they landed Monday night. The Democrats left to deny the House a quorum in an effort to keep the Republican’s bid to pass legislation dealing with voting requirements in the state.

City Council takes steps to annex Industrial Park into city limits

Monday night in City Hall, Rockdale City Council members approved the first reading of an ordinance that would put a little over 55 acres inside the city limits.