Food Pantry changing operating days, hours
In order to “try to ensure the safety of our volunteers and clients, and that our disinfecting supplies last), the RCS Food Pantry is changing operating hours and days,” spokesperson Pam Warren said.
The food pantry will be open on alternate Thursdays only, the 2nd, 4th and 5th (if applicable) Thursdays of the month.
“With the CTFB Mobile Pantry at the KC Hall on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays, we will open the RCS food pantry on those alternate Thursdays to ensure food is available to the community each week. In light of our shortened schedule, we will expand our hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.”
The pantry will be open Thursday (March 26), April 9, 23 and 30.
“In a food emergency, contact us at 512-446-5710 to schedule a food pickup. We will respond within 1-2 days,” Warren said.
She said distributions of the “Senior Commodity” box from the RCS Food Pantry are suspended until further notice.
Milano ISD providing free meals for students
MILANO—Grab and Go pickup times for student lunches and breakfasts in the Milano ISD are as follows:
Monday-Friday from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. for breakfast and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for lunch at the Milano High School Cafeteria.
For questions, call (512)- 455-1200.
POSGCD asks patrons to send emails for now
MILANO—Those wishing to contact the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District are asked to speak directly to the staffer they wish to contact by email.
Doug Box, POSGCD spokesman, said district staffers will continue to be available, working at normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at least until April 3.
Garbage collection now only in the green carts
Waste Connections, the City of Rockdale’s trash collection contractor, will only service the green trash cans and dumpsters through the end of April.
City Secretary Terry Blanchard said all trash must be bagged prior to being placed in the cart or dumpster.
“No extra items—bulk, bags, cans and others—will be picked up,” Blanchard said.
Thorndale ISD online during the shutdown
THORNDALE— Thorndale ISD students should keep up with assignments online for the duration of that district’s shutdown, according to Supt. Adam Ivy.
“High school and middle school students have had Chromebooks issued to them and we plan to deliver a variety of assignments,” he said. “Please make sure your children check their emails at least twice a day.”
He said elementary students should use the familiar Class Dojo application.
Ivy said as long as the TISD is closed, students may pick up free lunches from 11:30 am. to 12:30 p.m. daily in a drive-through in the parking lot behind the cafeteria on the north side of the middle school.
“Students must be present in the vehicle to pick up a free meal,” he said.
No more face-to-face for City of Thorndale
THORNDALE—The City of Thorndale is no longer providing face-to-face service for the public at City Hall but is continuing operations.
City Secretary Stacy Irwin said a drop box is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the building entrance, 105 North Main, and there is a black box on the north side of City Hall.
“The public can continue to pay water bills, traffic tickets and drop off other correspondence.
Call 512-898-2523 for more information.
Appraisal District sets closure for office
CAMERON—The Milam Appraisal District (AD) is closed to the public until further notice, according to Chief Appraiser Dyann White.
Staffers will remain in the office Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is a drop box outside the office during those same days and times, according to White.
Thorndale trash pickup under new guidelines
THORNDALE—Waste Connections, the City of Thorndale’s trash collection service, has announced new guidelines to safeguard the health of its personnel.
The company is suspending residential bulk and brush service, limiting pickup only to carts.
The change will be in effect through the end of April.
Customers who don’t have a cart must place trash in tightly sealed garbage bags for pickup. The company said open bags will not be collected.
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