THEY REALLY SAID THAT?

“I started at the top and worked my way down.” —Orson Welles, whose first movie was “Citizen Kane.”

PANELISTS

PANELISTS—From left, Drayton McLane, businessman, former Houston Astros owner; Bryan Daniel, executive director of the Governor’s Economic Development and Tourism; Steve Young, Milam County Judge; and Robert Allen, president/CEO Texas Economic Development Corporation discuss planning for economic...

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO.... Thomas Chandler, 24, of Cameron, who had returned home from serving overseas in the World War a few months previously, died when a binding machine he was repairing at the Cameron Cotton Oil Mill came loose and fell on him.

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SENIOR CITIZENS MENU

Monday—Barbecue beef, red roasted potatoes, broccoli with cheese, wheat bread, banana pudding with wafers, milk. Tuesday—Chicken salad on lettuce, carrot-raisin salad, whole wheat bread, oatmeal cookie, milk.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Athletes to be honored at RJH Rockdale Junior High will honor their student athletes for the 2018-2019 school year with Sports Recognition Day on Wednesday. A ceremony will be held in the junior high gym followed with hot dogs served by the Rockdale Tiger Athletic Booster Club on the practice field.

Laywell signs with Hardin-Simmons

Thorndale High School senior Landry Laywell signs her letter of intent in front of her parents Hank and Kim Laywell to continue her tennis career at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene.

Track state champ Thurman signs to play basketball

Before becoming a state champion on Saturday at the state track meet, Milano High School senior Christian Thurman signed his letter of intent to continue his basketball career at Brookhaven College near Dallas on Friday in the MHS library in front of friends, family and MISD administrators.

Rockdale ISD gears up for summer school programs

RISD REPORT The Rockdale iTigers Program is winding down their 2018-19 regular school program, and have some helpful pointers for parents for the end of the year. However, the end of the regular school year means the beginning of RISD Summer School.

Yee-haw

One of the surest signs that the school year is about to end is the presentation of “Texas,” a musical featuring first graders at Rockdale Elementary School. The play was performed Friday in the elementary gym before an appreciative crowd of parents and other visitors.