HUGE DONATION

HUGE DONATION—The Alpha One Chevrolet Buick team raised and donated to Rockdale Christian Services 916 pounds of food, 18 pounds of toiletries and household goods, 27 toys and $258 to feed Rockdale’s hungry.

Rockdale Christmas events set for Dec. 4

Two Christmas events are happening in our town on December 4. Sponsored by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce, breakfast with Santa runs from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Patterson Civic Center. Rockdale McDonald’s will be providing pancakes, milk and juice.

Tiger welding competition held with largest group ever

Last Wednesday the Tiger Tough Welding Competition was held in the SWAT (Servicing Welders Across Texas) building with students from 26 high schools from all over the state competing and earning welding certifications.

HONOR ROLLS

Rockdale H igh School Second Six Weeks Freshmen—Abigale Ammons, Andy Dowell, Jazalle Dunn, Kayla Ehler, Klaybourne Eschberger, Jacie Hartley, Andrew Hernandez, Brenda Hernandez, Jasmine Lawhon, Alvan Liu, Jack Luckey.

Happy smiles at RDA Christmas Tree Lighting

Attendees enjoyed chili cooked by the team at Climate Control AC & Heating, hot chocolate and cookies donated by Rollo Insurance

CHILI TIME

CHILI TIME—The good folks at Climate Control AC & Heating offered to make chili for the Rockdale Downtown Association’s Christmas Tree Lighting last Thursday. Attendees enjoyed 20 gallons of their homemade chili and ate all 20 gallons of it by 6:40 p.m.

Two soups to warm us all up

First off I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and that you were stuffed and miserable afterwards and enjoyed your nap. The colder weather last week made me want something hot and filling and I think this mushroom soup would be just the thing. And it’s easy too and only uses one pot.

Recipes for corn casserole and herb-flavored potatoes

This is the classic Jiffy cornbread mix corn casserole, a perfect Thanksgiving side dish. The only difference is the added cheese. Normally there are only five ingredients. This one has cheese on top after it’s baked. But that is optional.

Green beans three ways

I have a kind of love/hate relationship with green bean casserole. I love it because it was one of Kathy’s favorite Thanksgiving sides and she normally made it for our gathering. So nice memories there, but I don’t love it. But I’ll eat it. I do purely love green beans though.

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH—Marvin R. Clement, CPA was chosen Business of the Month by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce. Clement is located in the Classic Bank building at 1707 W. Cameron Ave., Ste A.