CHURCH NEWS

Rising Star to celebrate 117th anniversary Rising Star Baptist Church will hold it's 117th Anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15. Guest speaker will be Pastor Kevin Nelson from Calvary Baptist Church in San Antonio.

‘Charlie Brown’ big hit in Rockdale

Milam Community Theater’s production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown in Rockdale on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon drew the biggest crowds for the cast and crew since the play started in late July in Cameron. About 80 people attended here.

Council to vote on budget

The Rockdale City Council was not able to vote on the proposed budget during Monday night’s regular council meeting due to a council member being out with an injury. They will vote next Monday in a special called meeting. The first reading of the ordinance set the budget at $5.

HOLE IN ONE

Rockdale’s Munroe Jungmann, above, made a hole in one on July 10 on hole No. 5 at the Rockdale Country Club and was awarded $500 by the Men’s Golfing Association. He used a utility club from 142 yards and the shot was witnessed by Gerald Morton, Randy Fletcher and Kent Greenway.

SENIOR PARKING

RHS seniors painted their reserved parking spaces last week in time for school to start this week on Tuesday. This is a new custom for the parking lot on Childress. The Reporter will have enrollment numbers in next week’s paper.

Rockdale businesses can target key customer segments for success

In the last article, we talked about the importance of having good data for local businesses. Insightful data is already available on the Rockdale Municipal Development (RMDD) website at www.RockdaleMDD.org under “Data Center.

GETTING READY

The Big Blue Band is getting ready to energize the crowd and motivate the Tigers under the Friday Night Lights at Tiger Field. The band is now under the direction of Andrew Quinn who replaced Adrian Acevedo when he retired last year.

QUICK LOOK

Meadowbrook hosts Operation Christmas Child Meadowbrook Baptist Church will host an Operation Christmas Child informational event at 10 a.m. next Saturday, Aug. 24, in the fellowship hall.

Serious business

My business is a serious one. It really is a matter of life and death. Being a Christian is kind of like being pregnant. What I mean to say is you either are or you aren’t.

‘Lord, I’m coming home’

Aman stopped beside a Chic ago news stand which advertised “Papers From Your Old Home Town” and inquired of the boy, “Have you got a Dallas paper?” “Yes, sir, here you are,” replied the youth, and went on about his work.