Winter white

Both ends of Veterans Park were empty on Sunday when Reporter photographers were out snapping shots of winter scene in Rockdale. The palms looked a bit odd with snow on the fronds and the pavilion was lifeless and its surroundings bleak. Reporter photos

Men nabbed in felony arrests

A 36-year-old Rockdale man was arrested Friday at 8:50 p.m. on a county warrant alleging aggravated sexual assault of a child.

FIRE CALLS

• Tuesday, 6:39 a.m., Gause Volunteer Fire Department along with AMR, the Milam County Sheriff’s Department and volunteer fire units from Robertson County responded to an accident on east US 79 in Gause. • Tuesday, 1:16 p.m.

MILAM COUNTY SHERRIF’S REPORT

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: Jan.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

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

Know know Jesus

John Donne told us, “No man is an island, entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own or of thine friend’s were.

Cabbage roll soup and a tasty crab salad

Mom made chicken noodle soup the other day when the weather got so cold. Highly recommended if you haven’t already thought to make some. It just warms you right up. Last week I made crab salad. We were all craving something a little lighter to eat after all the beef we’d eaten over the holidays.

HONOR ROLLS

Rockdale High School Third Six Weeks All-A Freshmen—Blaydn Barcak, Chloe Buegeler, Jaylen Delz, Carson Eoff, Saint Juan Medrano III, Mason Meschwitz, Ciara Miles. Also, Shakira Richards, Chase Rutherford, Kellsie Simmons, Riley Spears, Jimena Valdivia, Mason Willard, Taylor Woolverton.

GAUSE NEWS

Wow, plenty of snow around here! Completely overcast and looks as if it might hang around for a while. Our granddaughter, Addy, has had so much fun. Gause students are back in school this week. As messy as it is around with water and mud, I’m sure parents are glad they are back in school.

Year’s first big rain

Rockdale got 3-3/4 inches of rain Jan. 6, according to the gauge at the city wastewater treatment plant. The public works department responded by checking low-lying areas and blocking off streets that were temporarily impassable, said Jerald Brunson, the city’s public works director.