MILANO NEWS
The Milano Senior Citizens annual fundraiser is set for 7:30 pm. Sept. 8 at the Milano Civic Center. The Family Sowell Pickers will be playing bluegrass and gospel music. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children and $17.50 for a family. Call Jane Friedrichs at 512-455-9560 for tickets, there is also opportunity to buy tickets at the door.
Concessions will be sold starting at 6:30 p.m. Items for sale will include a variety of sandwiches, pies and chips, coffee, tea, sodas and water.
KRISTI’S KRUSADERS—The annual Kristi’s Krusaders MS Rally for a Cure event will be held Saturday at Nat’s in Milano. This one will be for Kristi (Bode). The event will include a motorcycle run, barbecue meal, live auction, a raffle, 50/50 drawing, T-shirt sales and live music from both Brooke Graham and Chris Kleiber.
Cost for the bike run is $20 per rider or $25 for rider and passenger. First bike out at 11 a.m. and last bake in at 4:30 p.m. Stops are Fort Half Moon, Cyndi’s, The Ranch, and Nat’s. Registration includes a barbecue plate meal. Plaques will be awarded to: oldest bike, oldest rider and greatest distance traveled.
Barbecue plates will be for sale to public for $10 each starting at noon until sold out. T-Shirts will be sold for $20. Live auction will start at 5 p.m. There will be a raffle and 50-50 drawing also. For more information, contact Ray Ditto (512-760-0143), Amber Ditto (254-214-3042) or Kristi Bode (512-429-8942).
4-H MEETING—The Milano 4-H Club will hold its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The group will elect officers for the new 4-H year. The meeting will be held in the high school cafeteria.
FALL GARAGE SALE—The Milano Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary’s fall garage sale is set for Oct. 4-6 at the fire station, 305 E Avenue C. The group is now accepting donations and can be contacted for pick up. For more information, contact Thur-la Hubert (512-45-3635) or Lois Love (512-455-7915).
SUNFLOWER RUN/WALK— The first Sunflower/Melodie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund 5K run/walk and kids one-mile fun run/walk is set for Sept. 29 at Davidson Creek Park in Caldwell. The event is in honor of Melodie Jones who died in a car accident in 2017.
Registration is $30 for the 5K and $25 for the kids run. Online registration is at www.melodiesmeow.com. Same day registration is 7:30-8:15 a.m. The kids run will start at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K is scheduled for 9 a.m.
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