Milano homecoming king, queen to be crowned Friday

Milano High School celebrates homecoming this week and will crown its homecoming royalty on Friday at the Eagle football game. The 2020 MHS homecoming king and queen will be crowed during halftime ceremonies. Senior king nominees are Marquise Jones, Abraham Perez, Cordell Spears and Jeremy Reyes.

ORGANIZATIONS

Historical Commission meeting on Monday The Milam County Historical Commission will hold their meeting at the Little River Baptist Church. The meeting will be at 10 a.m. Monday, according to Beth Brooks, publicity editor.

GAUSE NEWS

Hope all the parents enjoyed Monday with your children at home. It is hard to believe the kids have been in school for six weeks; first report card for the year already. There will be a volleyball game in Gause on Monday against Aggieland. Then on Oct.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Anniversaries Oct. 3—Jesica and Steven Oct. 3—Jesica and Steven Rickman. Oct. 6—Kristen and Jason Zapata.

49 indicted by grand jury

CAMERON—Forty-nine persons were indicted on 68 counts by a Milam County grand Jury Thursday, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey, who listed case dispositions as follows: • Damion Dominique Duran, 27, Rockdale, possession of controlled substance (less than one gram)— drug free zone.

WHAT A PHOTO!

WHAT A PHOTO!—No, The Reporter didn’t steal this photo of a bald eagle in flight at close range from The National Geographic. In fact, we’re not convinced that hallowed magazine has ever run a comparable photo of our national symbol.

Meet the 2020 Miss Rockdale Fair Queen Contestants

One of these 23 contestants will be the new Miss Rockdale Fair Queen in the annual beauty pageant sponsored by Rockdale Fair Association, as part of the 2020 Fair activities. The pageant is set for October 10 at the Firemen’s Hall in Thorndale.

Clothe yourself with love

I’m spoiled and I know it. What I mean is the Blonde irons the clothes that I wear every day but every day I have to answer a question. That question is: “What are you going to wear?” I’m old, I’m tired and I care so much I’ve become cynical.

How can Christians combat racism?

As Christians, we know that racism is a sin against God. We were all created in the image of God (Genesis 5:1-3). Because each of us was created by God, we are all united together with Him and each other.

The numbers

Milam County Judge Steve Young has recently included in some of his daily updates of the county’s COVID-19 numbers a warning for residents not to see the continuing avalanche of numbers as “just numbers” and not feel the human toll behind them. Exactly.