Summer with Jesus

Summer is about to drop. A lot of churches shut down during the summer which is the opposite of what we saw back in the day. I know I’m old, tired and cynical but when I was a kid, we hired a summer youth guy and he hung out with us all summer long.

And that will be enough

“Then sha l l ou r names, Famil iar in his mouth as household words Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red” (Shakespeare, from St. Crispin’s Day speech in Henry V). May is the month of Memorial Day.

Foundation gives out nearly $25,000

The Rockdale ISD Education Foundation raised nearly $25,000 and passed it out to teachers on Thursday as 11 of the 22 grant applications they received were funded at all grade levels.

Swearing in, proclamations, HOT funds at meeting

Rockdale City Council swore in two council members at Monday night’s meeting. New council member Daniel Willie was sworn in to his west side seat and Esmeralda Ruelas-Olivares was sworn in to her second three-year term. Mayor Ward Roddam was ill on Monday so he will be sworn in at the June meeting.

PROCLAMATION

Mayor pro tem Lin Perry read a proclamation congratulating the 11 RHS students who graduated from Temple College. Three students were at the meet ing Monday night. Shown here (L-R) are Perry, Jack Luckey, Alvan Liu and Jazalle Dunn.

BEST OF SHOW

The 2025 Art Fair Awards went to 8th grade group scale drawing by James Dean, Hayze Hamrick, Neveah Switkowski, Brisa Castillo and Ophelia Delarosa.

RHS students graduate from Temple College

Rockdale ISD had 11 students (nine seniors and two juniors) graduate with their associate’s degrees from Temple College on Saturday, May 10. Rockdale ISD currently has nearly 100 students enrolled in dual credit through Temple College.

Movie series starts Saturday

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.

Genealogical society meeting set for May 27th

Milam County Genealogical Society will hold its May meeting on Tuesday, May 27, at 2 p.m. in the Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library in Rockdale. The speaker for the program will be Claude Vaughn who will be sharing information about his ancestors. Guests are always welcome.

Tornado causes minor damage near Cameron

The May 6 storm brought fierce rain into the county, flooding county roads, and it dropped a tornado on the east side of the US 77 Long Bridge near Cameron. The National Weather Service surveyed the damage the next morning.