FIRE CALLS

Rockdale VFD Responded to: • US 77 at CR 314 for a truck which ran off the road on May 6 at 1:50 p.m. • FM 1786 at East US 79 for a two-vehicle accident on May 7 at 8:12 a.m. • 2800 CR 232 for a tractor on fire on May 7 at 2:07 p.m. • 2300 block of West Cameron for a vehicle vs.

QUICK LOOK

The 91st annual Citywide Homecoming will be held at the KC Hall on June 8. This year’s honorees are Charlie McGregor and the RHS Class of 1975. Coffee and donuts begin at 9 a.m. with class photo being taken at 11 a.m.

Voters choose Willie, Casas, Heintze, Miles

In yet another poor voter turnout for Rockdale city and school elections, the following races were determined. Rockdale City Council— Daniel Willie won the open westside spot with 130 votes (56.77%) to incumbent Kyle Walker’s 78 votes (34.06%) and Taylor Hjorth’s 21 votes (9.17).

Liu family churns out scholars

Alvan Liu has received acceptance letters from some very fine schools including Yale, Brown, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, John’s Hopkins and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and has chosen MIT because they offered a good financial aid package.

RIBBON CUTTING

Rockdale Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Craven It Specialties on Friday with a DJ playing music, food and goody bags to celebrate its opening. The store sells tie-dyed apparel, home decor, mugs and more and supports causes like autism aware ness, anti-bullying and animal rescue.

National Train Day set for Saturday at depot

National Train Day is May 10, and celebrates the completion of the first transcontinental railway in 1869. The Rockdale Depot Museum, Hearne Depot and Milam County Railroad Museum in Cameron are collaborating to offer a special day trip to all three museums.

MUSICAL FRIDAY

Matinee Musical Club hosted First Fri day Coffee at Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library. Club members (L-R) are JoAnn Bradford, Margie Dunkel, Gloria Waker, Pat Owen, Mona Butala and Donnie Rinn.

Council okays $9.2 million contract

The City of Rockdale City Council approved a $9.2 million contract with Lopez Utility of Houston to replace 40,000 linear feet of water distribution lines in the city. “This comes to nearly eight miles of water line replacement,” said Rockdale Mayor, Ward Roddam.

Summer movie series

Rockdale Chamber of Commerce, the Kay Theater and Rockdale Rotary Club have teamed up for a summer movies series to be presented at Wolf Park on the third Saturday of the month in May, June and July beginning at 8 p.m. The movies are Shrek on May 17, The Goonies on June 21 and Toy Story on July 19.

ORGANIZATIONS

The American Legion Post 358meets the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Legion Hall. New members are welcome. For more information call Rod at 512-4293458. Milam County Ham Radio Club meeting Milam County Radio Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.