MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CALLS

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department over the period from Dec. 20-30 included: Dec. 20—Information; West Gillis Ave.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the Milam County Jail Log for Dec. 20-30. Jail logs list all persons charged with offenses through the county jail docket. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

ABOUT LETTERS

The Reporter welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Short letters are most likely to be chosen for publication. The editor reserves the right to edit letters to meet space requirements, for clarity, or to avoid obscenity, libel or invasion of privacy.

REPORTER NEWS DEADLINES

Your news article will receive ample attention if submitted according to deadline: • Letters to the editor—10 a.m. Monday. • General news, Lifestyle, Sports, Business and Farm/Ranch—Monday noon. (Thursday and Friday copy encouraged.) • Rural community correspondence—Monday noon.

Eagle Scout

RHS senior Bert Hale III received his Eagle Scout badge at St. John’s United Methodist Church in front of family, friends and fellow members of Troop 790. Hale received the award while standing with his grandfather, Arthur Davis. and his mother Trelsa Davis.

CHURCH NEWS

Meadowbrook Baptist holds grief seminar Meadowbrook Baptist Church will sponsor a weekly GriefShare recovery workshop from Jan. 13 to April 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. “This program is for people grieving the death of a family member or friend,” according to program director Malda Burns.

ROCKDALE CHRISTIAN SERVICES

RCS food pantry Rockdale Christian Services operates a food pantry at 224 West Cameron Avenue, open 10 a.m. until noon weekdays. Donations of non-perishable food items are welcome, especially one-pound bags of rice, pinto beans, macaroni and cheese, canned soups and peanut butter.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

Call additions or corrections to The Reporter, 446-5838. •American Cancer Society, Gaye Bland, memorial chair, 963 N. FM 908, Rockdale TX 76567. • American Heart Association Processing Center, PO Box 8411125, Dallas, TX 75284-1125.

FOR BROWN SANTA—

Bad to the Bone Riders and the 14th Annual Buddy Oney Toy Run presented Milam County Sheriff Chris White with a $950 check for the Sheriff’s Department Brown Santa program recently. That represented Brown Santa’s share of the approximately $8,000 raised for children-oriented entities by the run.

ORGANIZATIONS

Master Naturalists set training class El Camino Real Master naturalists will host training beginning Jan. 16 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Hermit Haus in Cameron on Thursday evenings. The class is a joint effort of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension program.