MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the Milam County Jail Log for May 28-June 3. 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.

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.

D-Day plus 75: A world changed

It was one of those days when the world changed. June 6, 1944. This week’s Reporter is dated for the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany.

From ‘the corner’ to Omaha Beach, and back

Editor’s note: This is part of a profile of the late Adolph McVoy which ran in The Reporter on June 2, 1994. It commemorated the 50th anniversary of D-Day and ended up as being the first of an 18-part series on Rockdale veterans and their World War II experiences.

Summer fun activities on tap for kids

MICAH HOLCOMBE Extension Agent MILAM 4-H NEWS Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Milam County 4-H will hold three free day camps and some other fun activities this summer. Fun Day Camp will be held Friday, June 7 and is for Clovers-K-2nd grade at the Bea’s Kitchen in Cameron Hours are 8 a.m.

Building permits top $1-million

One big construction project and a lot of re-roofing thank to an early spring hailstorm have combined to lift Rock-dale building permits over the $1-million level just five months into 2019. Permits, issued at City Hall have totaled $1,097,556 through the end of May.

MDD to hear presentation

The Rockdale Municipal Development District will meet in special session at 6 p.m. Friday in the MDD Building to hear a presentation on the cultivation, processing and distribution of industrialized hemp.

Practice makes perfect disciples

AFrench tightrope walker stretched a wire across Niagara Falls back in the 1860’s. He then walked across it and people were in awe. He asked the crowd if they believed he could push a wheelbarrow across the same wire and the crowd shouted, “We believe, we believe!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CAMPS

Vacation Bible schools offer a variety of activities with a Christian message for students of all ages. These are the programs in the area: June 3-6 – Meadowbrook Baptist Church will host VBS “In the Wild Amazing Encounters with Jesus” from 9 a.m.-noon at 1401 Colorado Ave., Rockdale.

CHURCH NEWS

Cowboy Christian camp for teens Signup for Summer Cowboy Church camp in Oklahoma is underway at the Milam County Cowboy Church.