With God, aim high

He told me to tell you that Iwant to accomplish big things. I like to set goals – big goals. When I was younger I wanted to go to the moon. Of course back then the Apollo program was in full tilt boogie mode. Going to the moon was a thing, now days not so much. I also want to climb Mt. Everest.

FOUNDERS DAY PARADE

—Gause Baptist Church parade float riders (L-R) Dixie Lasher, Elizabeth Moore, Will Shehane, Lilly Shehane and Melissa Shehane enjoyed the annual Gause Founders Day parade last Saturday.

CHURCH NEWS

Five-day revival scheduled at First Assembly of God First Assembly of God is holding a Holy Ghost Revival Monday-Friday at 7:30 p.m. Revs. Randy and Rhonda Whited from the Army of the Lord Ministries will be preaching and ministering in music. First Assembly is located at 310 Childress Drive.

ROCKDALE CHRISTIAN SERVICES

RCS food pantry Rockdale Christian Services operates a food pantry at 224 West Cameron Avenue, open 10 a.m. until noon weekdays. Donations of non-perishable food items are welcome, especially one-pound bags of rice, pinto beans, macaroni and cheese, canned soups and peanut butter.

Archaeologist gives lecture about Israel on Saturday

Dr. James Fleming will present a program called “Lessons About God From the Lands of the Bible” at St. John’s United Methodist Church Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with check-in at 8:30 a.m. Fleming is a lecturer and director of Biblical Resources, LLC located in LaGrange, GA.

GAUSE NEWS

Many thanks from the Gause Community Improvement Program (CIP) for all of you from Gause and surrounding area that helped make Founders Day a success Saturday. We had a great time together and received many donations from area businesses for the auction.

Alumni/exes dinner set for Sept. 27

MILANO NEWS Milano Alumni & Exes Association will host its only scholarship fundraiser on Sept. 27 with a fajita dinner at the Milano Elementary School cafeteria. Serving starts at 5:30 p.m. until sold out. Cost is $10 per plate and includes fajita with your choice of fixings, tea and a dessert.

REUNIONS

RHS class of 1979 reunion scheduled Rockdale High School class of 1979 will hold a reunion at Sat., Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. at The Ranch. Please call Margaret Coker if you need more information. 512-970-8177.

ORGANIZATIONS

Networking lunch set for Thursday CTWP Digital Solutions is holding a networking luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce office. RSVP to Denise at info@rockdalechamber.com.

No gun, lots of talk about incident

There was no gun brought to Rockdale Junior-High School last week—not a real one, anyway—but the school district was plagued with a Facebook firestorm which caused it to send out a clarifying email on Monday afternoon. First the reality. Supt. Dr.