From left, Rockdale Intermediate School Assistant Principal Cheyenne Miller and Principal Kathryn Pelzel confer with school personnel during Friday teleconference to plan strategy for continuing education during shutdown. See story, page 1A.
Michael Stewart, Rockdale VFD Third Assistant Chief, and son, Junior Firefighter Michael Stewart, help stock shelves at Brookshire Bros. The Rockdale VFD will shop for groceries for residents 75 and over during the COVID-19 crisis. Those needing assistance should contact Fire Chief Ward Roddam at 979-220-9034. Do not call police/fire dispatch or 911.
NEW CHAMBER MEMBER—Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, and restrictions on number of people in a gathering, the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting at new menber Las Tortugas. Those helping celebrate the occasion were: (L-R) Homer Mowdy, Theresa Balderas, Jim Morse, Kelli McCall, Ofelia Lopez, Angelica Balderas, Alejandro Lopez, Iscaras Balderas, Adelina Isabella Lopez, Betty Backhaus and Renate Rocha.
Editor’s note: Susie Sansom Piper, who died last October at age 98, authored Black History Series for The Reporter over a 42-year period. This year’s series is being written by her granddaughter, Tamara Powell.
Judith (Judy) Anne Mudge Ingram passed away on Jan. 28, 2020, at the age of 91. On Feb. 27, 1928, she was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Irvia C. Munger
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