CHURCH NEWS

The Reporter welcomes news of special events at local area churches. Email mike@rockdalereporter.com or fax to 512-446-5317. Christian music concert set for Friday, March 8 Rockdale Christian Church will host the Garms Family, 7 p.m. Friday.

RHS Band members win honors at contest

SMITHVILLE—Nineteen members of the Rockdale High School Big Blue Band received medals at the recent UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest, held at Smithville High School. STATEBOUND—One RHS band member will head to the state contest later this spring.

Public school week winds down

Texas Public School Week concludes Friday, with activities at all campuses.

FFA project

Rockdale High School’s Future Farmers of America chapter students constructed this octagonal=shaped metal and wood table and entered it in the San Antonio Livestock Exposition’s Junior Agricultural Mechanics project show. The entry placed fifth and was sold to a San Antonio-area business for $4,450.

ORGANIZATIONS

Lions Pancake Supper ahead Tuesday at park The 19th annual Rockdale Noon Lions Club’s Pancake & Bacon Supper is set for Tuesday in the New Salem Clubhouse at Fair Park. Hours are 5 to 7 p.m., price for adults is $8 per plate, $5 for children 6 to 12 and children 5 and under eat free.

‘Secrets,’ lunch, pancakes ahead during next week

CHAMBER CHAT There are lots of happenings in Rockdale this spring. Ginno’s Italian Restaurant is our “Business in the Spotlight” this month. Ginno’s has been in Rock-dale for two years and has now opened a bar at their restaurant to enhance their dinner menu. Ginno’s is located at 1200 W.

HONOR ROLLS

Rockdale High School Fourth Six Weeks 90 and Above Freshmen—Annamarie Acevedo, Hayden Aguilar, Cady Barcak, Brande Breithaupt, Destiny-Okara Clarke, Seth Davis, Brianna Estrada, Jessica Flores, Talayeh Green, Jake Hasselbach, Katia Hernandez.

Consumer teams win at SA contest

MILAM 4-H NEWS Milam County 4-H coaches took 37 youth to the San Antonio Stock Show Consumer Decision Making Contest recently. The youth did a fabulous job and all kids worked very hard. Milam’s Marisol Hill won first place among 116 entries in the individual intermediate competition.

EDUCATION NOTES

Rockdale Elementary Celebrate Reading-Dr. Seuss Week Thursday–“Cat in the Hat,” wear favorite hat; Kinder PLC meeting; ECC/RTI meetings, first and kindergarten; ARD meetings. Friday— “If I Ran the Circus,” wear clothes backwards, inside-out of mismatched.

Black migration: The beat goes on

2019 BLACK HISTORY SERIES, PART THREE The Baby Busters or Generation X involved those who were born between 1961 and 1980. We see the arrival of “latchkey kids,” many broken families, the emergence of the flower children, the spread of AIDS and diminishing family values.