MILANO NEWS

PARADE, MEAL—The City of Milano will hold its annual Independence Day parade on Saturday. The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. in the football field parking lot. There will be a free community hot dog meal immediately following the parade at the Milano Civic Center.

GAUSE NEWS

Can you believe 2021 is about to be half gone? That means I have another milestone coming up—my birthday. I am so thankful for each day and the activities I can still do on a regular schedule. Fresh vegetables are really good these days. I’m “retired” from cooking but Kelly and Leah do a great job.

Rockdale Homecoming

More than 100 people attended the annual Rockdale Homecoming Association’s homecoming celebration Sunday in the Patterson Civic Center.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

June 10—Karley Breithaupt.

High ratings

On May 7, members of the Rockdale Junior High School Symphonic and Beginning bands participated in the Rockdale ISD Solo and Ensemble Contest. Students received superior and excellent ratings from the judges.

RHS band students honored at concert

At the Rockdale Independent School District Bands Spring Concert last month in the high school gym 12 students were honored for their work over the past school year.

Scholarship award

Elizabeth Galloway-McQuitter, a former standout athlete at Rockdale High School and now president of Legends of the Ball, presented a scholarship to Elexus Cooper at her graduation in May. She is shown here giving the award to Lexington High School graduate Elexus Cooper.

At the top of the RHS class

“We have all of the students going to college, the workforce, or the military, who no matter what they end up doing, are working on bettering themselves, the world, and others.” Arianna Eastridge RHS Valedictorian, Class of ‘21 “I crave these few remaining minutes as a high schooler...

Top graduates of area high schools

ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL—The top graduates had GPAs that ranged from 4.26 to 3.71 at the end of their high school career. Those top graduates are Arianna Eastridge, daughter of Antoinette Martinez with a 4.26; Kaitlyn Rash, daughter of Russell Rash with a 4.

Area students rewarded with scholarships

Rockdale Fair Association awarded the following scholarships recently: • Abigail Mayer received a $2,000 scholarship. She is the daughter of Trey and Frieda Mayer. She graduated from the C.H. Yoe High School. She plans to attend Angelo State University. Her major will be agricultural business.