News
Rockdale troop wins first place at Night Ops event
The Southern Plains Region of Trail Life USA held its fourth annual Night Ops event just outside of Calvert on Nov. 2. All year long, Trail Life troops’ eleven to seventeen- year-old members practice outdoor skills, including fire-building, knot-tying, compass navigation, first aid and much more. This year the event saw record participation with 106 Trailmen divided among 16 patrols of five to six boys from troops ranging from Dallas to Houston.
Milano grad retires from Army
Chief Warrant Officer Chris Barnes is retiring from the Army this Monday, Nov. 18, after 23 years of service.
CHURCH NEWS
Connect Church is relocating to the Rockdale Intermediate School, 1338 W. US 79, on Sunday, Dec. 1.
Faithfully obeying what God commanded
Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick, not only tells the allegorical story of Captain Ahab’s pursuit of the great, white whale, but has a wealth of barely hidden spiritual treasures. A reading of the whale skiff’s approach to Moby Dick is such.