News
KIDS 1K TRICK OR TREAT RUN Boys—1. Leland Weaver; 2. Milam Giles; 3. Collin Pickel. Girls—1. Aubrey Tibbitts; 2. Malaya Dodson; 3. Sydney Hall.
WIENER DOGS First—“Manny,” owner Cathy Jones, Cameron. Second—“Pete,” owner Billy Allen, Thorndale. Third—“Chewie,” owners Avery and Dylan Honeycutt, Round Rock.
Chili—1. Perry & Perry Builders. Beans—1. Perry & Perry Builders. Bloody Marys—1. Rock-dale Meat Market. Margaritas—1. Rockdale Meat Market.
Sports
RHS CHS
18 First Downs 16 31-220 Rushing 44-145 11-19-2 Passing 9-26-1 135 Passing yards 102 355 Total yards 247 0-0 Fumbles 1-1 7-37 Punts 5-39 13-110 Penalities 10-85
Milano’s Parker Jones won his fourth consecutive District 25-2A title and the Thorndale boys and girls cross country teams finished in first place at the cross country meet in Gause.
By Wynton Thomason
Last year’s seventh grade Rockdale Junior High School Volleyball Tournament winners took the crown again as eighth graders on Saturday at RJH gym.
Columns & Opinions
The new Tiger Stadium is an impressive upgrade for our school district.
By Ken Esten Cooke
COMMENTS FROM MICAH
National 4-H Week is this week, October 7-13.
By Micah Holcombe
Lifestyle
Rockdale got an instant tradition Saturday when the first Fall Music Festival drew hundreds of people for a day and night of fun activities at several downtown venues.
WONDER WOMEN—Costumes were encouraged for Saturday’s Kay Theatre runs and there were plenty of them, including a full contingent of Wonder Women.
CARNIVAL TIME—The annual Rockdale ISD P-TO Fall Carnival was held in tandem with Saturday’s first annual Rockdale Fall Festival.
Obituaries
Walker Eugene “Gene” Arledge, 87, of Rockdale died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, at Legacy Nursing & Rehab Center in Cameron.
Funeral services for Thelma Hill, 86, of Rockdale were held Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rock-dale. Burial followed at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Rockdale.
CAMERON—Irene Paulin Rummel, 88, of Longview, formerly of Cameron, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in a Longview medical center.
Photo Galleries
Traffic was re-routed just before 5 p.m. Thursday due to this spectacular two-vehicle accident at the corner of Cameron and Main (US 79 and FM 908) in downtown Rockdale.
Rockdale Reporter
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