FIRE CALLS

Rockdale VFD Responded to: • Texas Burger for a strong smell of gas on Jan. 16 at 11:32 a.m. • 5711 CR 322 along with Milano VFD for a grass fire on Jan. 16 at 1:47 p.m. • 606 Marshall Street for a smell of gas inside the residence on Jan. 16 at 6:37 p.m.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Office during the past week included: Jan.

RJH debuts state-of-the-art cafeteria

Students at Rockdale Junior High returned from winter break to an exciting surprise: the grand opening of their brand-new cafeteria.

PARTNERSHIP

Milano ISD announced a partnership with the Law Enforcement Support Service of Texas.

MLK parade January 20th

The annual Martin Luther King Day Parade will be held at 1 p.m. Monday starting at Wolf Park, going down US 79 and ending at Sumuel Park where there will be refreshments of hot dogs and chili dogs and drinks.

QUICK LOOK

The Little River Basin Master Gardener Association has extended the registration date for its 2025 training program to Feb. 1. This course contains the curriculum necessary to become a Master Gardener in Milam County. The t raining program will run from Feb. 5 through mid-May on Wednesdays from 8 a.

EERIE

Pct. 3 Constable Jay Bethard captured this photo of last week’s cold front moving in just before sunset.

St. Paul BBQ fundraiser, auction

St. Paul Lut heran Church and School will hold its annual barbecue dinner and live auction fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Thorndale Fireman’s Hall on FM 486 North. The meal will consist of brisket with sauce, noodles, pinto beans, potato salad, pickles, onions and bread.

ORGANIZATIONS

Milam County Radio Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. Odd number months, the club meeting is at Banda’s Mexican Restaurant. Even number months the club meets at the Dairy Queen in Cameron. For questions email Nobles at jvnobles2@outlook. com.

Soups for this cold weather

Idon’t know about y’all, but I thought I was going to die last week with the cold weather. This week I have cold weather food to try to warm us up. This first one is very easy.