Cooler temps are here!

Ihang out with some men from my church on Monday nights. It’s low-key and we sit on the back deck of a house where great Christians live. We sit in lawn chairs with some of those “fun” lights hanging above us.

But the fishing’s good

It was made into a screenplay for film, but the book is one of the most inspiring I have read: Where the Crawdads Sing, written by Delia Owens. It’s a murder mystery/love story/ overcoming- the-odds book. Kya is a girl who raised herself from age 10 in the marshes of North Carolina.

NEW QUEEN CROWNED

NEW QUEEN CROWNED—Georgia Woodard was crowned homecoming queen at Friday night’s game against the Troy Trojans. Georgia is the daughter of Wendell and Sharee Mitchell and plans to attend Texas A&M University to pursue a doctorate in education.

Milano VFD garage sale fundraiser this week

The Milano Volunteer Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary will hold their annual garage sale fundraiser Oct. 5-7 at the Milano Fire Station at 305 E. Ave. C. Hours of operation are Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations are still being accepted.

Yates benefit set for Nov. 4

A fundraising benefit for Diane Yates will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 4 at the Cameron VFD Post No. 2010, 1106 W. 22nd St., in Cameron. Yates is an 80-year-old woman who lost $60,000 when she gave the money to contractor Brandon Myers for home renovations last winter which were never completed.

ESD town halls

Town hall meetings will be held to discuss creating an Emergency Services District (ESD) in Milam County. This imitative was put on the May 7 ballot earlier this year but was not done correctly and canceled. It will hopefully appear on the November ballot this year.

HOMECOMING COURT

One of these lovely ladies on the front row will be crowned homecoming queen at Friday night’s football game against Troy at Tiger Stadium. Queen nominees are (L-R) Halle Jimenez, Taylor Woolverton, Georgia Woodard and Madalynne Brinkman.

There’s a new street in town

East Seventh Avenue will now be known as Gertrude Calvin Hardway Street after a renaming ceremony took place on Saturday. Mrs. Hardway, who is 103 years young, has lived most of her life on East Seventh Street after being born in Liberty Hill on Feb. 6, 1920.

BIG CROWD

A crowd of people turned out for Brooke Graham’s concert at East Bell Taphouse’s Rocktoberfest on Saturday evening. It was her last home singing gig before the launch of her big Nashville band in Gulf Shores, Alabama, for the 31st annual Jimmy Buffet Festival.

Is Rockdale’s small-town charm in danger?

A recurring sentiment I have heard is that folks want Rockdale to keep its small-town charm. This was also expressed in results from the recent community survey. What is that exactly? Is it endangered? How can it be preserved? When I hear “small-town charm,” a few things come to mind.