It even included the hat toss

The goal was to make it as much like graduation as possible for the historic Rockdale High School graduating Class of 2020. Goal accomplished.

Food distribution serves 765 Thursday

The second “new look” surplus food distribution drew hundreds of persons to the KC Hall Thursday afternoon. Pam Warren, chair of Rockdale Christian Services, said the Central Texas Food Pantry event served 328 households with 765 individuals.

The beat goes on

It may be a lot different than it was a month ago, but everything in Rockdale hasn’t stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The orders issued last week at the city, county, state and federal institutions allowed “essential” services to continue. And they have.

In other news, hey–it’s spring!

Did you notice something that happened on Thursday? Probably not with all the you-know-what news cropping up. It was the first day of spring. Thursday was a pretty special first day of spring. It was the earliest first day of that season since 1896.

NEW CHAMBER MEMBER

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.

Helpers

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.

Video conference

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.

ORGANIZATIONS

MCT Youth Theater changes due to virus CAMERON—the Milam Community Theater Board has decided to delay the opening of “Aladdin, Jr.” until a date to be determined.

HONOR ROLLS

Thorndale Junior High Third Nine Weeks All-A Sixth grade—Juan Acosta, Allyson Gerren. Seventh grade—Morgan Rabel. Eighth grade—Hannah Alexander, Colton Casey, Jessica Yount, Kaleb Yount.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

March 28—Cole Rickman. March 30—Helen Zapata.