JUST THE BEGINNING

JUST THE BEGINNING—The transformation of 84-year-old Tiger Field into a brand new football and track facility is a big project in more ways than one. First task was to demolish the old facilities and within the first couple of days last week that was in high gear.

RHS val-sal revelation set Thursday

QUICK LOOK As has been the custom in recent years, names of Rockdale High School’s 2017 valedictorian and salutatorian will be announced Thursday. The annual RHS Awards Ceremony, during which the valedictorian, salutatorian and other honor graduates will be saluted, is set for 6:30 p.m.

City settlement dodges suit

The Rockdale City Council has apparently avoided litigation by taking a series of actions Monday designed to remedy a 26-year-old situation which left a water line on church property.

Yee-haw, Texas!

There’s no doubt where these first-graders hail from. The annual, and much-loved, “Texas” play was performed Friday in the Rockdale Elementary School Gym before an appreciative crowd of parents and guests.

‘It was much ado about nothing’

A Milano ISD teacher has been reinstated, and a student has been disciplined, after the school investigated a charge of an “inappropriate relationship” and found it baseless. Supt. Robert Westbrook told The Reporter Friday the rumor-filled flap turned out to be “much ado about nothing.

Security topic for TISD after bonds fail

THORNDALE—School trustees in the Thorndale ISD are mulling what their next step will be in upgrading campus security in light of the failure of all three bond proposals May 5.

Game Warden: “Leave ‘celebrity’ hawks alone”

Seven persons have been “dive-bombed”—one twice—by a nesting pair of hawks over the past few weeks on a placid residential block in Rockdale.

TCEQ rules for POSGCD in petition

AUSTIN—The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has rejected a petition filed by an area resident challenging the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District’s (POSGCD) actions and maintaining it was not protecting aquifers long-term.

NEWSBRIEFS

Singer hosting library program on Thursday Programs are set at the Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library on consecutive Thursdays the next two Thursdays, according to Librarian Melanie Todd. Robert Lawhon will present an evening of music May 17 and author Sean Wall will host a book signing May 24.

Arrests charge two juveniles on ‘indecencies’

POLICE REPORT Two juveniles—one male and one female—were charged with indecency with a child during the past week involving separate incidents. Lt. Stephen Goodrich said both involved allegations of “inappropriate touching.