Vitual public meetings will help TxDOT plan

TxDOT will hold virtual public meetings that can be accessed using the link below. The link, listed after the time of the session, will go live on the date and time listed.

Family reunion planned for friends too, July 24

The Sanford and Lucy Caffey family reunion for friends and relatives will be held at Patterson Center adjacent to Fair Park on July 24 beginning at 10: a.m. A pot luck lunch will be served at noon with drinks, plates and utensils furnished.

VFW Auxiliary seeking school supplies for kids

As one school year ends, the beginning of a new one is just a summer away. So preparation for the coming school year is already underway in some corners of the area. The VFW Auxiliary Post 6525 in Rockdale is now accepting donations for its 2021 School Supplies Drive.

Springfield Baptist VBS

Springfield Baptist Church held their annual Vacation Bible School last week with over 30 attendees shown here with Pastor Shawn Hancock and lots of helpers. They celebrated the last day with a barbecue lunch with all the fixings.

A day at camp

The 4-H Cloverbud Day Camp was held July 7 at the Youth Exposition Building. The Cloverbud kids are kindergarten through second-grade students. The 4-H teen leaders taught 4-H lessons in horse basics, goat tying and barrel racing.

Recipes for using fresh veggies

This recipe comes from my friend, Wilma Owens, and she mentioned that it would be a good thing to make with all these fresh veggies available. Wilma says she added zucchini, cilantro and V8 instead of tomato juice. We sure have been eating a lot of good tomatoes lately.

Doing good works

Girl Scouts of Central Texas are celebrating the organization’s centennial, the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Girl Scout troop in the area in 1921. The Milam County Girl Scouts is performing various good works around Milam County.

Temple College to offer 4 health-care programs

The Temple College Business and Continuing Education Division will offer four healthcare-related training programs in Taylor this fall. All four programs will enable interested residents to train for a new career in a year or less.

Donation for RHA

Hochheim Prairie Insurance of Rockdale recently donated money to the Rockdale Homecoming Association. At the check presentation from left to right are Eddie Dodd, who is the president of branch 142; Pat Watson, Debby Currey, Dee Maines, Mike Pruett and Ashley Pruett Crittenden. Reporter photo

Theater camp

These kids participated in the Milam Community Theater’s annual drama camp program recently. There were three separate weeks for the camps. This year’s camp production was “Charlotte’s Web.” Over 125 children ages 6 to 18 participated in the production sold out crowds. Submitted photo