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CLASS OF ‘69

CLASS OF ‘69—Homecoming’s 50-year honors class was the Rockdale High School graduating class of 1969.

MARC Run set Saturday at The Ranch

QUICK LOOK The traditional ride to benefit the Milam Adult Resource Center (MARC) will be Saturday, beginning and ending at The Ranch. “We’ve moved the date in hopes of not conflicting with other local fundraisers,” Charles Starr, spokesman for Bad to the Bone Riders, who stage the event, said.

Worth waiting for

Thursday and Friday were the days for which San Gabri- spring’s rainfall. Several blocks in the northern part of San el Street residents have been waiting. The street was paved Gabriel had severely deteriorated.

RMH buildings out of bankruptcy

As anticipated, and reported in a story last week in The Reporter, the buildings at the former Richards Memorial Hospital campus have been released from bankruptcy. It’s a milestone, according to Dick Burns, chair of the Rockdale Hospital District board of trustees.

New law to help out RISD taxpayers

Don’t panic when you read the required Rockdale ISD notice on the new school tax rate on page 7B of this Reporter. It appears to indicate trustees are proposing a six-cent tax hike, from $1.36 to $1.42.

Following in some big footsteps

Lots of people say they had careers “following in their father’s footsteps.” Becky (Pounders) Nink means that literally. Nink retired Friday from the Rockdale Post Office after running City Route Two for 22 years.

TOP BUSINESS—

Rockdale Building Material Center, 108 Owners Greg and Debbie Brinkley displayed the banner along South Main, was Business of the Month for May in the with employees and Chamber of Commerce officials, direcmonthly designation by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce. tors and ambassadors.

Ten draw district court sentences

CAMERON—Ten persons were sentenced during the past two weeks in 20th District Court of Milam County, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey.

NEWSBRIEFS

Milano gets new 2019 valedictorian graduate MILANO—A recalculation of grade-point averages at Milano High School has produced a new valedictorian, according to Catrina Steinbecker, Director of Student Services. Parker Jones, previously announced as the salutatorian, is the 2019 valedictorian.