Milano 4-H sets first meeting

MILANO NEWS Milano 4-H Club will hold its first meeting of its new year will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday at the MISD cafeteria. AG BOOSTERS—The Milano/Gause Ag Booster Club will have their next meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the school cafeteria.

Gause Founders Day set for September 14

GAUSE NEWS Remember Gause CIP Founders Day is Sept. 14 at the Gause community picninc tables. If you want to be in the parade, it forms at the Gause School at 9 a.m. If you need more info, give me or Delores Fisher a call.

RHS band members have a lot of ‘Heart’

RHS Big Blue Band’s first performance of the 2019-20 season was last Friday duringm halftime of the Tiger’s 48-24 victory over Giddings at Tiger Stadium. They debuted their halftime show “Heart” by composer Randall D. Standridge.

Mini ag conference set for Monday in Canadian

CANADIAN – The 2019 Mini Ag Conference on Cow/Calf and Stocker Cattle Nutrition will be hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Hemphill County on Sept. 9 at the Hemphill County Exhibition Center, 10865 Exhibition Road, Canadian. The program will be from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

4-H projects listed for new school year

Milam County 4-H enrollment is underway and a new list of activities has been posted. The 2019 Texas 4-H Rabbit Extravaganza competition registration deadline is Sept. 10. The competition will be held Sept. 14 at Bell County Expo.

119 roofing jobs boost permits

With 119 roofing projects beginning since May, following a spring hailstorm, in the Rockdale city limits, building permits for the first two-thirds of the year now stand at $2,630,579. Permits are issued at City Hall and only reflect construction within the city limits.

Elementary: Capture kids’ hearts, two free meals every class day

RISD REPORT The staff at Rockdale Elementary is looking forward to another outstanding school year, and Principal Alesha Eoff has some exciting news and information regarding the plans made for this year: Rockdale Elementary is ready for an amazing adventure this year.

QUICK LOOK

Garage sales all over city this weekend It’s that weekend again. Rockdale turns into a giant flea market on Labor Day weekend and that’s the case Friday through Sunday. The annual event is sponsored by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce.

‘I kicked my way out’

Jessica Diehl didn’t know how she would react when she walked into the field. It’s not much of a field. Actually, it’s a mostly forgotten strip of land between a couple of housing developments in Rockdale. It was the second time she had been there, but the first time she would walk in.

City eyeing virtually no hike in tax rate

With Rockdale city residents now facing a new tax from another entity—see story this page—the Rockdale City Council plans to virtually eliminate a proposed 3.81-cent tax rate increase.