🌱 Patch AM: Round Rock grad delivers keynote address at Wayland Baptist commencement

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In today's newsletter:

• Round Rock grad delivers keynote address at Wayland Baptist commencement
• How one Round Rock grandmother hopes a second car changes everything
• Have you seen the healing metal tree at Round Rock’s hospital?

Also on today's calendar: Holiday Sizzle Social with GFP and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 56 and low of 43 degrees.
• Tuesday: Low clouds, temps: high: 58, low: 54.
• Wednesday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 72 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wayland Baptist University awards diplomas to 59 graduates (kcbd.com) — A Round Rock student, Tyler Daniel Hartgrove, was spotlighted at Wayland Baptist University’s winter commencement, delivering the student address and graduating with honors in digital marketing. The ceremony in Plainview recognized 59 graduates from Texas, other states, and several countries, spanning doctoral to associate degrees at the Christian university.
   

• Your used car, car repair service could greatly help families (statesman.com) — A Round Rock grandmother with breast cancer, Julie Freeman, is among several Central Texas families hoping for donated vehicles or repairs through the Statesman’s Season for Caring campaign. Her wish is a second car so her teenage grandchildren can help drive their siblings to school. The program, backed by a large matching donation, is already supporting multiple families with serious health and financial challenges.
   

• Creative convalescence (sanmarcosrecord.com) — Patients visiting Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital in Round Rock can encounter metal sculptures by Central Texas artist Joshua Farrell, whose work is meant to bring comfort and hope. His pieces, including a towering tree symbolizing strength and healing, appear in several Seton facilities and public libraries across the region, turning clinical spaces into more welcoming environments.
   

📸 Around Round Rock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Round Rock

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Tristan Roberson: Round Rock, TX
  Sharon Prete Main Street Plaza, 221 E Main St, Round Rock
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Author Visit Donna Janell Bowman -3rd -5th Grade
  Great Oaks El Round Rock, TX 78681
• Walsh MS Student Art Show
  Walsh Middle School , 3850 Walsh Ranch Blvd , Round Rock
  5:30 pm
• Early College High School & PTECH Nursing Info Session
  Ridgeview Middle School , 2000 Via Sonoma Trail #5659 , Round Rock
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Boys 7th Basketball vs Deerpark
  Walsh Middle School , 3850 Walsh Ranch Blvd , Round Rock
  5:30 pm
• Boys 8th Basketball @Deerpark
  Deerpark Middle School , 8849 Anderson Mill Rd , Austin
  5:30 pm
• Holiday Sizzle Social with GFP
  The Alcove Cantina , 119 E Main St , Round Rock
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• The Light Park
  Dell Diamond , 3400 E Palm Valley Blvd , Round Rock
  7:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Hometown Holiday Shows
  Downtown Round Rock , 221 E Main St , Round Rock
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 15

• 8th Girls Basketball @ Ridgeview
  Ridgeview Middle School , 2000 Via Sonoma Trail #5659 , Round Rock
  5:00 pm
• 7th Girls Basketball vs Ridgeview
  Walsh Middle School , 3850 Walsh Ranch Blvd , Round Rock
  5:00 pm
• Girls Basketball vs Grisham - Neary
  Chisholm Trail Middle Round Rock, TX 78681
  5:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Author Visit Donna Janell Bowman -3rd -5th Grade
  Great Oaks El Round Rock, TX 78681

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• House Cleaning
  Hello, I’m looking for someone to deep clean my house. Any suggestions? (Nextdoor Siena)
• Lost pet!!
  My boys Sirius got out a little over an hour ago. If you see him he may be meowing at your door. He's very sweet and loves treats. He doesn't have… (Nextdoor Ryans Crossing)

• SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Round Rock. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Cedar Park

• Cedar Park's Joy Udoye: Central Texas volleyball player of the year (statesman.com)
• Camp Mystic to get new flood warning system ahead of summer (newsnationnow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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