CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS

These five Rockdale Junior High students are the winners of the Sesquicentennial Committee’s request for t-shirt designs commemorating Rockdale’s 150th anniversary. All five students’ designs will be used on commemorative shirts which will be available to purchase.

POSTHUMOUS HONOR

Master of ceremonies Dr. Denise Monzingo presents Sue Brown, wife of late Reporter editor Mike Brown, a Rockdale ISD Distinguished Alumni plaque at Friday night’s ceremony in the high school auditorium.

ART II—eighth grade water color paintings

Abel Castillo Dimitri Walton Roan Obando-Rangel Paisley Fisher Vanessalynn Aguilar Jonathan Fuller

Custom Truck and Car Show

The annual Texas Showdown Freedom Rally Custom Truck and Car Show sponsored locally by R&B Accessories Tire and Trailer Sales took place at Apache Pass over the past weekend and included a chili cookoff and lots of awards. Here are a selection of some of the custom cars taken on Saturday.

Milam 4-H third at Nationals

Milam County 4-H members competed at the National 4-H FCS Championship in San Antonio on Jan. 12. They won third place overall with many other placings in the individual categories.

Rockdale Earth Day lists 2023 accomplishments

With the close of another year, our organization would like to highlight some of the great activities from last year. Begun in 2015, Rockdale Earth Day has grown and evolved over the years into a community service organization that educates and serves throughout the year.

The 23rd Psalm

Ihave been hanging out with Jesus in the 23rd Psalm. Most of us know the first part of this Psalm, “The Lord is my shepherd;” I don’t know about you, but I need someone to lead me, to guide me, to care for me, to protect me, to provide for me and to give me perspective.

Do you feel connected?

The feeling of being connected is one we all long for. We desire to feel connected to family, to friends, and yes, even our church family. There are times, however, when things happen and we no longer feel connected.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… The employees of the old-reliable firm of Scarbrough & Hicks Company received a surprise Christmas remembrance in the shape of an extra full week’s pay accompanying their regular weekly paycheck.

Good luck food for New Year’s

Iwrote this method of cooking black-eyed peas in 2021, the hated year when we all needed good luck! It is hereby decreed by the authority vested in me that you have to eat blackeyed peas on New Year’s Day, and I don’t want to hear any bellyaching about it.