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Museums, musicals and baseball

Fawn Simpson Reporter Correspondent

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 13:13

July is really showing off right now. It’s the spastic weather that makes Texas the best place to be. I spent a weekend in Dallas watching both Texas teams play baseball. Caught a musical Monty Python’s Spamalot while we were there. We visited The Dallas Museum of Art.

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ORGANIZATIONS

American Legion Monthly Meetings

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 13:13

The American Legion Post 358 meets the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Legion Hall. New members are welcome. For more information call Rod at 512-429-3458. Trail Life meetings Trail Life meets at 6:30 p.m.

The Rockdale Rotary Club received the Community Impact Award. Here are (L-R) Steve Laukhuf, Leslie Davidson, Melissa Barchuch, Gaye Bland, Terry Richter, Sandy Langwell, Braden Wallis, Tim Kelty, Homer Mowdy and Barbara McWhirter.

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Rockdale Chamber of Commerce Awards Night

News Staff

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 13:13

Courtesy photo/Galveston Historical Foundation

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The Lone Star State takes the lead

News Staff

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 13:13

The 1877 tall ship Elissa, the Official Tall Ship of Texas, leads the fleet of Class A tall ships past the Statue of Liberty during the historic Parade of Sail in New York Harbor on July 4.

News from Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library

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News from Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library

News Staff

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 13:13

At First Friday Coffee last Friday at the library some interesting archives were presented. At left, Pat Landrum found a treasure left to her by her great-grandmother in a cedar chest. This is a needlework celebrating America’s first centennial in 1876.

A passionate prayer

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A passionate prayer

Greg Nichols

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 11:44

Hidden in Christ with God “The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit prays for us with sighs too deep for words.” So wrote Paul to Christians in Rome. “Sighs too deep for words.

He told me to tell you that

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God will provide

Ken Ansell

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 11:44

“This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit.” (Amos 8:1) Iwas in a Bible study the other day and we were looking at 1st Peter 2:11 that encourages us to live as “sojourners and exiles.” Some translations use the phrase “temporary residents.

Happy July 4th

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Happy July 4th

News Staff

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 11:44

4 th About 3,000 people enjoyed Rockdale’s Independence Day celebration at Fair Park on Saturday with live music, water slides, food trucks, a dunk tank, cornhole tournament and a hot dog eating contest. At 9:45 p.m. attendees enjoyed a 15-minute fireworks show.

Tommy Neinaber with Sandow Lakes Ranch makes a donation to depot museum manager April Doss.

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Project Access begins at the depot museum

News Staff

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 11:44

I&GN Depot Museum accepts its first corporate donation from Sandow Lakes Ranch. Rockdale Historical Society 501 (c) (3) non-profit announces its important accessibility initiative, “Project Access.

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Groundwater Summit brings state water experts

News Staff

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 11:44

Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District will host its 12th Annual Groundwater Summit on Thursday, August 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Caldwell Civic Center.