FIRE CALLS

• Wednesday 10:27 a.m. Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department along with Milam County Sheriff’s Office and AMR responded to US 79 by Wiley's Auction for a major rollover. • Wednesday 8:39 p.m. Rockdale VFD responded to the 200 blocks of west Bell for a transformer on fire. • Friday 9:32 p.m.

Baby boomlet happens at Fort Worth hospital

A COVID baby boom had been expected but it never happened – at least not on a nationwide scale, says the Association of Mature American Citizens. But Andrews Women's Hospital in Fort Worth experienced a mini boom recently, delivering 107 newborns in the space of just 91 hours.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: July 13—911 abandoned call, CR 203 Loop, Cameron area; medical call, North FM 486, Pettibone area; civil matter, North FM 486, Thorndale area; information, FM 3242, Milano area; alarm, CR 305, Rockdale area; animal call,...

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.

MILANO NEWS

FOOTBALL CAMP—A freshman football camp will be held for incoming freshmen July 26-27. The camp is free and will be held from 8-11 a.m. both days. It will provide instruction, competitive drills and activities to get a jump-start on the upcoming season.

Try Summer Sauce this summer

Mr. Dale Jaecks is a good friend of The Reporter Gang and he has twice blessed us this summer with lots and lots of his homegrown tomatoes. I was looking for a recipe to do something different with his tomatoes and I ran across this recipe for “Summer Sauce.

GAUSE NEWS

I’m another year older. I celebrated my 80th birthday on Sunday with family and friends who are like family. I know I can’t do some of the things I did at an earlier age, but I don’t care. If it is something that I need done, I just ask for help and always get it.

Acts of Service

Girl Scouts like (L-R) Isabella Owens, Cassidy Crowe and Maryetta Owens cleaned up the grounds of area cemeteries over the summer, one of their 100 acts of service in Milam County.

Milano VFD collecting items for garage sale

The Milano VFD Ladies Auxiliary is accepting donations for their fall garage sale. To arrange for pick of your donations contact Kain Dodd 979-436-5723, Jesse Love 979-255-1540 or Travis Yoakum 512-657-2660. You can also drop off donations at the fire station.

Caffey Reunion July 24 at Patterson Center

The Sanford and Lucy Caffey family reunion for friends and relatives will be held at Patterson Center adjacent to Fair Park on Saturday, July 24 at 10:00 am. A pot luck lunch will be served at noon with drinks, plates and utensils furnished.