NEWSBRIEFS

Landowners partner with POSGCD effort For the past two years, landowners in Burleson and Milam counties have partnered with the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) to place more than 45,000 acres of land into the District’s Aquifer Conservancy Program (ACP), according to...

Red Cross blood drive set for Saturday

An American Red Cross blood drive is slated for Saturday at the Milano Fire Station, according to event spokesperson Devin Love. The drive will take place from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more information, call 979-436-5723.

ORGANIZATIONS

Pleasant Retreat UMC to host annual chili supper Saturday Pleasant Retreat UMC will hold its annual chili supper at 5 p.m. Saturday. This will be a drive-through event and will last until the chili runs out. The church is located at 825 CR 458 in Thorndale.

Facts about dining out and COVID-19

When dining out, patrons trust that restaurant staff has taken all necessary precautions to ensure a safe experience for customers. Restaurants are bound by strict food handling and cleanliness regulations and undergo periodic inspections to make sure they are in compliance.

GAUSE NEWS

The Coats family, Wanda and Al, Sherri Rasco and Noah, have returned home from Natchez, Mississippi, where they attended the funeral of Paula Coats’ mother, Carolyn Button. They also received word that Wanda Sue’s cousin Patsy Cox’s husband passed away. This was a relative of Cora and O.C.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Sept. 26—Darla Willingham. Sept. 27—Miller Bassler.

One of the first recipes I cooked

Here is a trip down memory lane for me. When I was a junior in college I moved out of the dorm and into my first apartment. Mom gave me a recipe box full of easy dishes since I was just learning to cook, and this was the first one I made.

United Way Radiothon results: $26,000 and counting

Thursday’s South Milam County United Way Radiothon, held at KRXT-FM, has yielded $26,000 in donations and pledges, so far, according to Gaye Bland, SMCUW vice-president.

Most recent COVID-19

Most recent COVID-19 pie chart from the Milam County Health Department shows what all the others have, a large majority of cases (more than three-fourths) have occurred in the county’s most heavily populated areas.

Two RHS positives back in school

Just like many other school districts, the Rockdale ISD has not escaped the COVID-19 pandemic entirely. Supt. Dr.