ROCKDALE CHRISTIAN SERVICES

CS 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.

Ag fundraiser drawing set for Saturday

MILANO NEWS This is the last day to get your “freezer full of meat” tickets. The Milano/Gause Ag Booster Club is selling tickets as a fall fundraiser. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20. Prize includes 7 cu. ft. freezer, processed pig, turkey, and chicken, along with processing cost cuts.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Oct. 20—Jason Zapata. Oct. 21—Brandyn Gibson. Anniversaries Oct. 20—Judi and Paul Kruse.

And the winner is...

Reporter/Wynton Thomason Sabrina Pantaleon was named the 2019 Rockdale High School Homecoming Queen during halftime of Friday’s football game at Tiger Stadium. She is the daughter of Guillermo and Susan Pantaleon.

Old Friends Annual Gathering

Pictured above are members of the Old Friends Annual Gathering which was held Tues., Oct. 8 at the Rockdale Country Club. The group was founded in 2011 by the late Leon Wenzel who was a member of the 1959-1962 American Legion Baseball Team.

SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER MENU

Monday— Chicken and dumplings, cornbread, peas and carrots, Mandarin oranges, milk. Tuesday— Stuffed bell peppers, garlic bread, squash medley, fruit, milk. Wednesday— Swedish meatballs, egg noodles, spinach, blonde brownies, wheat bread, milk.

Boyd reigns over 2019 Rockdale Fair

Whitley Boyd, an 18-year-old senior at Rock-dale High School, was crowned Miss Rockdale Fair 2019 Saturday before a crowd of more than 300 in the RHS Auditorium. First runner-up at the annual pageant was Malinda Storey and second runner-up was Maddy Moody.

Music Fest draws downtown crowds

Rockdale’s second annual Fall Music Fest felt like a Summer Fest. The first-Saturday-in-October event missed the actual fall weather by a couple of days—high temperatures had dropped to the 70’s by that day—but still brought good crowds to downtown.

Acosta, Rodriguez win Kay Theatre run

Alex Acosta of Thorndale and Laura Rodriguez of Cameron won the male and female divisions of the Kay Theatre 5K Zombie Run, held Saturday morning as part of the annual Rock-dale Fall Music Festival.

2019 Fair Children’s Pageant contestants

Here are contestants who will take the stage at 11 a.m. Saturday in the RHS Auditorium for the annual Rockdale Fair Children’s Pageant. Photos were submitted to The Reporter by pageant officials who were unable to provide identifications or list full names of the contestants.