Longtime pastor, teacher says he is stepping down

Saul’s journey to conversion came on the road to Damascus; Dennis Brooks’ came while he was asleep. Brooks was brought up in the church, but as an adult he drifted away. “I was one of those people who thought he was heaven,” Brooks said.

Our Lord alone is either enough or he isn’t

Have you ever told a lie? Not a big one, at least not at first, but one of those of the small white variety. Like a similarly colored snowball rolling downhill, one becomes two and two becomes four, and faster than you can stop it your white lie is crushing houses as it picks up size and speed.

CHURCH NEWS

Church of Christ hosts Vacation Bible School Murray Street Church of Christ will hold their Vacation Bible School from 5:30 to 8 p.m. July 12-15. Registration will start at 5 p.m. and a meal will be served from 5:30 to 6 p.m. St. Thomas Episcopal Church news, updates St.

Farmers’ Market this Saturday morning

The Rockdale Chamber of Commerce is holding a farmers’ market on the grounds of the of the historic Coffield Stone Tree House at 1203 W. Cameron. The market is held each Saturday from now until the end of October. The hours are 8 a.m. to noon.

Department donations

Hochheim Prairie Insurance donated money June 16 to 10 area fire departments to show the agency’s support for the community volunteer fire departments.

NEWSBRIEFS

Railroad Museum sets dates for Jr. Engineers The Milam County Railroad Museum is setting aside four Saturday mornings for Junior Engineers. Beginning July 10, the museum will be open from 10 a.m. to noon for Junior Engineers ages 9-17 to enjoy sessions in model railroad building.

County work

Work to renovate the former Little River Hospital building is under way. The building is being stripped to the walls and ceilings before the new construction begins.

Police make three felony arrests over past week

A 33-year-old Rockdale man was arrested Friday at 5:15 p.m. by officer Zachary Krejci on a Mason County warrant for man/delivery of controlled substance (less than 1 gram). A 36-year-old woman out of Austin was arrested Saturday at 1:12 a.m.

FIRE CALLS

• Wednesday, 9:46 p.m., Milano VFD responded to the 1100 block of CR 336 for a report that a house that was being torn down was on fire. Firefighters discovered that there was an unreported controlled burn going on. • Thursday, 5:05 a.m.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Jail log lists all people charged with offenses through the county jail in Cameron. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.