FIRE CALLS

Responded to: • Near the intersection of Us 79 and CR 335 for a two-vehicle accident with no injuries on May 14 at 3:15 p.m. • 886 FM 1712 for a structure fire along with Milano, Minerva and Cameron VFDs on May 14 at 7:46 p.m. • 578 East 3rd Street for a pasture fire on May 19 at 4:11 p.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. • Kaemon Joshua Alonzo, 20, Cameron, harassment, released.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff's Office during the past week included: May 13—Alarm, Fourth Street, Buckholts; medical call, CR 432; security check, CR 112; security check, East US 190, Buckholts; assist other agency, US 190, Buckholts; suspicious vehicle, CR 448A; assist other agency, Highland...

ROCKDALE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER MENU

Monday—Closed. Tuesday—Chicken spaghetti, green beans, pound cake, garlic bread, 2% milk. Wednesday—Pepper steak, mashed potatoes, squash, biscuit, lemon pudding, 2% milk. Thursday—Chicken tenders, rice, broccoli, Jell-O, 2% milk.

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FISHING REPORT

Granger GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.45 feet above pool. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good to 2 pounds on jigs fished over brush piles all over the lake. White bass are fair on slab spoons fished on points and roadbeds.

Rockdale Chamber Banquet award winners

Chamber Ambassador of the Year Julia Cardona Cardona and Board President Victoria Otto

Summer with Jesus

Summer is about to drop. A lot of churches shut down during the summer which is the opposite of what we saw back in the day. I know I’m old, tired and cynical but when I was a kid, we hired a summer youth guy and he hung out with us all summer long.

And that will be enough

“Then sha l l ou r names, Famil iar in his mouth as household words Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red” (Shakespeare, from St. Crispin’s Day speech in Henry V). May is the month of Memorial Day.

Foundation gives out nearly $25,000

The Rockdale ISD Education Foundation raised nearly $25,000 and passed it out to teachers on Thursday as 11 of the 22 grant applications they received were funded at all grade levels.

Swearing in, proclamations, HOT funds at meeting

Rockdale City Council swore in two council members at Monday night’s meeting. New council member Daniel Willie was sworn in to his west side seat and Esmeralda Ruelas-Olivares was sworn in to her second three-year term. Mayor Ward Roddam was ill on Monday so he will be sworn in at the June meeting.