ROCKDALE POLICE REPORT

Officer Jeremiah Harden had to arrest Jacob Julius Mitchell, 35, of Rockdale on Tuesday on a Milam County warrant for bond forfeiture/prohibited substance in a correctional facility and another warrant for bail jumping/failure to appear.

FIRE CALLS

• Tuesday, 1:27 a.m., Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call for smoke on the east end of Rockdale. • Wednesday, 6:23 a.m.

The One thing

I became a statistic recently. Whoever said running was not a contact sport was not with me a couple of weeks ago. They say the emergency room treats over 24,000 runners every year due to accidents.

CHURCH NEWS

St. Paul holds BBQ fundraiser Feb. 21 THORNDALE—St. Paul Lutheran Church and School will hold its annual barbecue brisket meal and live auction fundraiser from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Thorndale Firemen’s Hall on FM 486 North.

Some recipes without cheese for Evelyn

Letters. We get letters. I get lots of comments on my recipe column but the one I got last week is, by far, my favorite. Loyal reader, Evelyn Boyd, renewed her subscription the other day and sent a note along with her check. “Here is my renewal. I miss Mike Brown. He was great.

Two weeks left to enter MVFD gun drawing

Just a little over two weeks left to get your tickets for the Milano Volunteer Fire Department annual gun drawing. Cost is $5 each or five for $20 and need not be present to win. Prizes include (in the form of Academy gift cards): two Henry Golden Boy 22 long rifles, two Taurus Public Defenders .

ORGANIZATIONS

Milano VFD chili supper set for Feb. 20 Milano Volunteer Fire Department will hold their annual chili supper on Saturday, Feb. 20, starting at 4:30 p.m. Dinners include chili, beans and all the fixings including tea and dessert. There will also be an online auction and a gun drawing.

Scholarships for Rockdale seniors

Here are available scholarships and their deadlines for seniors at Rockdale High School to apply for this year: Bartlett Electric Cooperative Lawrence Karl Memorial Scholarship, deadline April 1; Blue Gold Scholarship, deadline April 30; Knights of Columbus Scholarship, deadline April 30; New Salem...

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Milam County courthouse records for Jan. 23-29. Compiled from public records available at milam.tx.publicsearch.us. Warranty Deeds Tractor Tire LLC to John D. Corley and Catherine A. Keyes – 18.712 acres, V.W. Swearengen Survey 409. Donald Eric Pimpler and Shanon V. Pimpler to Krista Chambers – 1.

GAUSE NEWS

The Gause Bears will play Westpahlia in Gause this week. Hope they win! Can you believe it is going to be time for the school kids to have spring break? Before you know it, school will be out and summer time and hot weather will be here.