BOMB THREAT AT RHS

Rockdale ISD   We want to inform you that Rockdale High School has received a bomb threat. The Milam County Sheriff's Office is currently responding to the situation and has bomb detection dogs en-route.

Gause VFD holds BBQ fundariser

Gause Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual Barbeque and Silent Auction fundraiser on Saturday, April 5 at the fire station from 11 a.m. until sold out. Plates are $15 and include brisket, sausage, potato salad, beans, bread, pickles, onions, barbecue sauce and dessert.

Blacksmith demo to be held April 5

Abe Doss will demonstrate historical blacksmithing skills at the I&GN Railroad Depot on Saturday, April 5 from 1-4 p.m. Doss will demonstrate artistic blacksmithing and talk about the process. The Depot’s blacksmith shop is a replica of what an early 1900’s shop would look like.

Easter egg hunt set for Thorndale

St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Thorndale 4-H Club are hosting an Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday, April 19, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church located at 101 N. Third St. in Thorndale.

Cole book signing Saturday

Rockdale native Susan Wallis Cole will hold a book signing and reading from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 29 at Main Street Bookshop. The children’s book is called Ella and Mac Want A Dog which is about Cole’s real-life daughters, Ella and Mackinley Cole, who are determined to get a dog.

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Council forum slated for April

The Rockdale Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Rockdale Downtown Association (RDA), will hold a City Council Candidate Forum at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Patterson Center.

BENCH DEDICATION

Members of Rockdale’s Thursday Reading Club dedicated a bench on Monday morning at the Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library to Dr. Lucile Estell, a long-time member of the club, as well as being an advocate of education, community and historic preservation.

YARD OF THE MONTH