17 draw district court terms

CAMERON—Seventeen persons have been sentenced in 20th District Court during the past several weeks, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey, who listed case dispositions as follows. • Terry Page Clark Jr.

NEWSBRIEFS

RVFD Smoke-N-Stroke set Saturday at RCC The Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department is holding its Third Annual Smoke & Stroke, golf tournament/ steak cookoff, Saturday at the Rockdale Country Club. There is also margarita and salsa competition. Tee off is at 8 a.m., turn in times are: 3 p.m.

Chamber directors

The Rockdale Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its board of directors. Nominations will be accepted through Sept. 28 at info@rockdalechamber.com. For more information call 512-446-2030.

(Really) funny money appears during the week

POLICE REPORT They call it “funny money,” but the kind of counterfeit bills floating around Rockdale during the past week were a little funnier than usual. “You can look at them and right away see that whichever president is on the bill has a much bigger nose than on the real money portrait,” Lt.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the jail log for Sept. 4-10 from the Milam County Sheriff’s Department. Jail logs list all persons charged with offenses through the county jail docket. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

EGGS-CELLENT!

—Thursday’s program at the city library was a special one. “Egg-art” expert Deborah Grassel displayed her works before an interested and appreciative crowd. Grassel obtained her masters of egg art in carving, filigree, beaded and diorama and has created works of art in many categories.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CALLS

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: Sept.

FIRE CALLS

Fire calls dispatched to South Milam County Volunteer Fire Departments during the past seven days from the Rockdale Police Station were listed as follows: • 1:11 p.m. Sept. 4, grass fire in ditch, US 79 at County road 142; Thorndale VFD. • 1:21 p.m. Sept.

NEW MEMBER

—Jobi Brock, realtor with Schneider Group, Texas Premier Realty is a new Rockdale Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center member. He was on hand for a ribbon cutting recently at the Chamber’s Rock House Headquarters/Visitor Center.

JOINS CHAMBER

—Amanda’s Honey Pots has become a Rockdale Chamber of Commerce member. On hand for a photo were Paige Platz, Sam Dowdy, Owner, Micah and Doug Bonney of Amanda’s and various Chamber ambassadors and board members. Amanda’s Honey Pots is located in Taylor at 421 Talbot Street, Suite B.