Lifestyle

MISD collecting for Christmas Round-Up

Marie Bakken
Thu, 11/22/2018 - 00:00
MILANO NEWS Milano ISD is collecting certain items for the area’s Christmas Round-Up. Each campus is accepting donations of unwrapped toys, soup of any kind, instant potatoes and canned chicken. Deadline to turn in items to MISD campus is Dec. 6.

Homemade taco seasoning can spice up winter

Micah Holcombe
Thu, 11/22/2018 - 00:00
COMMENTS FROM MICAH It is Taco Tuesday yet? Making your own taco seasoning may seem like a hassle. Why not just purchase a package at the grocery store, right? Buy, you can make your own with the spices you already have in your pantry and save a buck or two at the grocery store.

GAUSE NEWS

Wanda Lee
Thu, 11/22/2018 - 00:00
Gause ISD students are having their Thanksgiving holidays this week. Many families have trips planned. Hope you all have a nice holiday and safe trips. Wanda And Al Coats hosted a birthday party Sunday for their great-grandson, Grant Ward, who turned 8 years old.

Thanksgiving luncheon serves 1,041

Reporter Photos By Mike Brown
Thu, 11/22/2018 - 00:00
Volunteers were determined 2017’s one-year lapse in Rockdale’s annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon was going to be just that, a one-year lapse. Rockdale obviously wants it back.

Veterans get songs, tributes from students

News Staff
Thu, 11/15/2018 - 00:00
It was a special Veterans Day ceremony for a number of reasons as hundreds of students, veterans and guests packed the RHS gym. First, because Sunday is the 100th anniversary of World War I. Observances of that date, first called Armistice Day, led to the creation of what is now Veterans Day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

News Staff
Thu, 11/15/2018 - 00:00
Nov. 15—Eva Strong. Nov. 18—Clayton Bland. Nov. 19—Lynda Lagrone, Vickie Miller. Nov. 21—Shirley Rogers, Collin Pickel.

Milano Elementary hosting book fair

Marie Bakken
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 00:00
MILANO NEWS Milano Elementary School is hosting a Book Fair this week. Times are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday, Nov. 2, in the school cafeteria. Book fairs hold a special place in my heart and are some of my fondest memories from grade school.

Programs continue at city library

News Staff
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 00:00
The Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library just wrapped a busy month with three Thursday evening programs and a Friday genealogical “lock-in.” Programs continue this month. At 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, Lynn Forney Young will present “100 Years Since the Armistice: Sharing the Story of World War I.

Veterans Day honors set for Nov. 8

News Staff
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 00:00
The public is invited to a 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 program in the Rockdale High School gym honoring all area veterans. “Please join Rockdale ISD students, faculty, and staff in honoring and thanking all who have served in the United States Armed Forces,” Allen Sanders, RISD spokesman, said.

RIBBON CUTTING

News Staff
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 00:00
—HT Fitness of Cameron has recently become a member of the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center. Eric Puckett, store manager, snipped the ribbon at a ribbon-cutting held recently which also featured Rock-dale Chamber directors, officials, supporters and well-wishers.