Track meet ahead for Gause

GAUSE NEWS Gause School will have a track meet in Bremond on Monday. The Sweetheart Banquet at the Baptist Church was very nice—and a huge success. Baseball season for Gause will start shortly. Check with the school for the schedule.

Trustees talk PBMAS, discipline

Rockdale ISD trustees heard administrators give a presentation on the state’s Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) and heard first semester discipline statistics during a regular meeting Monday.

Milano, Thorndale races

Milano and Thorndale voters will each have one contested race to decide on May 4. MILANO—In Milano, that’s for the school board with a four-person contest for three at-large positions. Candidates are incumbents Carl Blake, Lynnette Taylor and Michael Taylor, along with challenger Dennis Magee.

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Texas State of Veterans Land Board to Michael James Waldrum – James Shields Survey (610). Warranty Deeds Florence G.

MVFD fundraiser ‘a great success’

The Milano Volunteer Fire Department’s annual chili supper fundraiser and drawing was a great success on Saturday. Winners of the drawing were as follows: Cheryl Stewart, Henry Golden Boy 22 LR; Nancy Wadlington, Taurus Public Defender .

ROCKDALE CHRISTIAN SERVICES

RCS food pantry Rockdale Christian Services operates a food pantry at 224 West Cameron Avenue, 10 a.m.-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.

BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM

—Springfield Baptist Church hosted a Black History Month Program Sunday with Margaret Green (front row, second from right) as speaker. Her topic was “We’ve Come a Long Way. Men of the church dressed in black and white for the occasion, according to Henry Miller, spokesman. Rev. S.L. Ross Sr.

CHURCH NEWS

The Reporter welcomes news of special events at local area churches. Email mike@rockdalereporter.com or fax to 512-446-5317.

A Swift look through history

BLACK HISTORY MONTH Many in Rockdale know Dr. Leroy Victor Swift as the former pastor of the Mount Tabor Baptist Church in Gause or as the kid from Two Mile Community whose father was saved in the 1913 flood by Rockdale resident Walter Seuss.

Piper’s 42nd series starts next week

MIGRATION IN CENTRAL TEXAS “Migration in Central Texas,” the 42nd consecutive Black History Month series by Susie Sansom-Piper in The Reporter, will begin next week. Mrs. Piper said Black Migration is the theme for this year’s Black History Month, which is observed each February.