MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Jail log lists all people charged with offenses through the county jail in Cameron. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. • Niels Hunt Beery, 71, Rockdale, criminal trespass, released. • Jeremy F.

FIRE CALLS

Rockdale VFD Responded to: • 143 CR 303 for a grass . re on July 8 at 3:26 p.m. • 2452 CR 305 for a car- bon monoxide alarm on July 8 at 9:34 p.m. • 957 CR 323 for an unattended brush pile on . re on July 10 at 8:46 p.m.

POLICE REPORT

Arrests RPD officers made six arrests over the past seven days including one each for public intoxication, a Milam County Sheri 's O$ ce war- rant, criminal trespass of habitation, criminal mischief ($100 to $750), disor- derly conduct, and criminal attempt theft of property ($30,000 to...

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

Calls for the Milam Count y Sherif f 's Of f ice during the past week included: Tuesday, July 7-Assault, CR 353; information, FM 2116; tra$ c complaint, US 79; trespassing, CR 333; traffic hazard, US 77; 911 open line, FM 2027; tra$ c complaint, US 79; threats, FM 112; civil matter, CR 2 41; civ i...

Museums, musicals and baseball

July is really showing off right now. It’s the spastic weather that makes Texas the best place to be. I spent a weekend in Dallas watching both Texas teams play baseball. Caught a musical Monty Python’s Spamalot while we were there. We visited The Dallas Museum of Art.

ORGANIZATIONS

The American Legion Post 358 meets the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Legion Hall. New members are welcome. For more information call Rod at 512-429-3458. Trail Life meetings Trail Life meets at 6:30 p.m.

Rockdale Chamber of Commerce Awards Night

The Lone Star State takes the lead

The 1877 tall ship Elissa, the Official Tall Ship of Texas, leads the fleet of Class A tall ships past the Statue of Liberty during the historic Parade of Sail in New York Harbor on July 4.

News from Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library

At First Friday Coffee last Friday at the library some interesting archives were presented. At left, Pat Landrum found a treasure left to her by her great-grandmother in a cedar chest. This is a needlework celebrating America’s first centennial in 1876.

A passionate prayer

Hidden in Christ with God “The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit prays for us with sighs too deep for words.” So wrote Paul to Christians in Rome. “Sighs too deep for words.