EDUCATION NOTES

Rockdale Elementary Wednesday—RES College Colors Day; first-grade PLC Meeting, 7:30 a.m.; TPRI overview for kindergarten,first and second-grade staff; principles of education, 9 a.m.; Principles of Education, 9 a.m. Thursday–Kindergarten PLC meeting, 7:30 a.m.

THERE THEY GO!

Rylan Barber, being held by her mother, Trina, tries to get mom to follow the path of a departing Painted Lady butterfly outside the city library. The library’s Judy Shelander (L) released six of the “newborns” as part of a Story Time project.

Autopsy in city worker’s death

An autopsy has been performed in the death of a City of Rockdale employee April 8 at his home. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Andy Isaacs told The Reporter an insurance company ordered the autopsy of 48-year-old Brian Galbreath. (Obituary page 7B).

Tasty springtime fruitcake option

COMMENTS FROM MICAH Here’s a nice springtime twist on a fruit cake. These iced fruit cake bars feature more tropical fruits along with some delicious icing. The star of this recipe really is the ultra fluffy icing that tops off these dense cake bars.

4-H’ers judge horses, agriculture products

MILAM 4-H NEWS The District 4-H Horse Judging Contest took place on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6. Milam youth had great success. Thanks, to Cassie Callahan, for coaching the horse judging teams and to Cindy Widner and Jocelyn Ramthun for judging the Ag Product ID teams.

IT’S CALLED ‘POLITICS’

Rockdale-area artist Melton Guthrie’s vision of a red rooster and blue rooster fighting over a lizard bears that title and you are free to draw your own conclusions. The painting won second place in the prestigious Conroe Art League’s Fourth Annual Invitational Juried Art Show.

EDUCATION NOTES

Rockdale Elementary Wednesday—Student grade verification due; first-grade PLC meeting, 7:30 a.m.; Principles of Education, 9 a.m. Thursday–Kindergarten PLC meeting, 7:30 a.m., admission, review and dismissal meetings. Friday—Report cards sent home; pre-K field trip to Crowe’s Nest Farm, 9:15 a.m.

Zapata earns honor at Concordia

AUSTIN—Rockdale native Michael Ryan Zapata has been named to the dean’s list at Concordia University. Zapata was named to the list for his academic achievement in the fall semester of 2018. He is the son of Michael and Gloria Zapata of Rock-dale and is a sophomore at Concordia.

iTigers planning summer program

RISD REPORT The Rockdale ISD iTigers program will be ending by the middle of next month. However they will be up and running again soon after for their summer program which begins by the end of May. Rockdale Elementary School iTigers Coordinator Valarie Willingham has more information below.

THANKS

Rockdale American Legion Carlyle Post 358, represented by Ron Rabinowitz (L) recently presented an appreciation certificate to Brett Bowen/Brett’s Backyard Barbecue for support of the Legion’s activities.