MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT CALLS

Milam County Sheriff’s Department calls included: May 26—Assist other agency, Washington Street, Cameron; animal call, Goetz Road, Cameron area; alarm, CR 315, Rockdale area; information, CR 455, Thorndale area; information, CR 326, Rockdale area; civil matter, CR 263A Branchville area; traffic...

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the Milam County Jail Log for May 26-June 1. 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.

GAUSE NEWS

Wow, can you believe it is June? This year is moving on. But I remember a saying, “The older you get, the faster time passes.” So true! “Mayhem in America”— that’s all you hear on the TV. Just heard a lady say “He is our president and it is our duty to check our own way of how we feel.

Milano ISD students honored

Modified and virtual graduation ceremonies were held last week for Milano ISD students. Valedictorian for the MHS Class of 2020 was Abbigail Miller and salutatorian was Angela Zeig. Both girls plan on attending the University of Texas at Austin.

Plot F, Row 6, Grave 31

Thousands of Americans died 76 years ago Saturday when Allied forces turned the tide of the European part of World War II in France. A 21-year-old parachutist, from a longtime Rockdale family, is still there. Pfc. Francisco “Frank” Garza was one of the first American casualties of that historic day.

Tigers forever

There was no chance classmates Monterious Hancox and Ahkeem Williams would be forgotten by the RHS Class of 2020. The two, ages 9 and 8 respectively, died in a vehicle-train collision east of Rockdale on May 24, 2010. Also killed was four-year-old Ki’ade Hancox.

God created us equal

You gotta have your priorities right even in a pandemic, so I went to Lowe’s and bought a new charcoal grill last week. I went old school and bought a Weber. I was so well covered in my PPE I could have done surgery. Totally protected. Ain’t no virus going to get me. Enough about that.

St. John’s United Methodist reopens office

St. John’s United Methodist Church reopened its church office on Monday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Worship services are continuing online at 11 a.m. Sundays on the church Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/stjohnsrockdale.

Tithing, a charitable option for many

People all over the world donate to charity. The National Center for Charitable Statistics indicates that individual giving in the United States amounted to $258.51 billion in 2014, an increase of 7.1 percent from the previous year.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

Call additions or corrections to The Reporter, 446-5838. • American Cancer Society, donate at www.cancer.org. • American Heart Association Processing Center, PO Box 8411125, Dallas, TX 75284-1125. • American Legion Carlyle Post 0358, PO Box 501, Rockdale, TX 76567.