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Pasta, chicken, cucumber salads

Kyle Cooke

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 00:00

Kyle’s Kitchen Once tomato and cucumber season comes, Mom usually makes a big bunch of that cucumber, tomato and sweet onion salad with vinegar and peppercorns. We all love it and have it with most meals. Here is an Asian version of cucumber salad that is also very good.

Rockdale High School 2024 Graduation

News Staff

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 00:00

Rockdale High School’s 2024 graduation went off without a hitch to a packed crowd on Friday night. Firetruck sirens and confetti signaled the end of the ceremony as the 96 seniors threw their hats in the air.

Recipes using Joe’s tomatoes

Kyle’s Kitchen Kyle Cooke

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 00:00

Mom and I have been trying to think of ways to use Mr. Joe’s tomatoes, so here are some recipes I found. There is definitely nothing wrong with a plain old BLT, but here is a souped-up version from Chef Billy Parisi.

Pet of the Week

News Staff

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 00:00

Pet of the Week Meet Chester. He is a 14-year-old, microchipped Rat Terrier/ Chihuahua mix, weighing 14 pounds. Chester is dog-friendly and kennel trained. He is sweet, elderly dog that wants to please and loves to be in someone’s lap.

German noodles and more

Kyle’s Kitchen Kyle Cooke

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 00:00

Last Sunday Dad got us some barbeque chicken plates from the Milano Seniors at the KC Hall and included on the plates were the German noodles that are so popular everywhere but Rockdale. I wonder why it is that in Rockdale they are not popular. A mystery because they are so delicious.

Food safety tips for your crawfish boil

Comments From Micah Micah Holcombe

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 00:00

Planning a crawfish boil is a great way to bring your friends, family and community together. With it being the middle of crawfi sh season, follow these food safety tips when preparing for your crawfish boil. Look for the label: Look for tags on sacks or containers of live shellfish.

Rockdale celebrates Earth Day

News Staff

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 00:00

The Spanish Club from RHS got to work on the flower beds at the Rockdale Senior Center on Green Street on Friday. New plants were added and a lot of winter debris was swept up, bagged and taken away.

Stay warm spiritually

He Told Me To Tell You That Ken Ansell

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 00:00

I’ve been reading in 2nd Timothy and the Apostle Paul tells Timothy, a younger-middle aged pastor to throw another log on the fire. Actually, he tells him to, “fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands” (2nd Timothy 1:6).

‘I know suffering and have come to deliver’

Hidden In Christ With God Greg Nichols

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 00:00

The central saving act of God in the Hebrew Bible is the deliverance of Abraham’s children from slavery in Egypt—the Exodus.

Matinee Musical Club attends the 109th TFMC convention

News Staff

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 00:00

The 109th Texas Federation of Music Clubs held April 4-6 at the Crown Plaza Airport Hotel in San Antonio with an “April Showers Us With Music” theme.