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06/11/2025

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06/11/2025

06/11/2025

Today's Highlight in History:
On June 11, 1986, John Hughes' comedy about a high school student's elaborate plan to skip school hit theaters. Ferris Bueller's Day Off became a box office success and produced quotes and catch phrases that permeate pop culture to this day.
On this date:
In 1509, England's King Henry VIII married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
In 1770, Captain James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, "discovered" the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running onto it.
In 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain.
In 1938, Johnny Vander Meer pitched the first of two consecutive no-hitters as he led the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the Boston Bees. (Four days later, Vander Meer refused to give up a hit to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who lost, 6-0.)
In 1942, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in World War II.
In 1947, the government announced the end of sugar rationing for households and "institutional users" (e.g., restaurants and hotels) as of midnight.
In 1949, Hank Williams Sr. made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry, where he became the first performer to receive six encores. By August of 1952, the Opry finally had enough of Williams’ repeated drunkenness and unannounced absences from shows and they gave him the boot. Williams tragically passed away only months later. Fans have been petitioning to posthumously reinstate Williams for years.
In 1955, in motor racing's worst disaster, more than 80 people were killed during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France when two of the cars collided and crashed into spectators.
In 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again.
Thought for Today: ""It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." Vince Lombardi, American football coach born on this day in 1913
1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner.

06/11/2025

June 11th
Alvin Walker
Audrey Williams
Brady Stillwell
Bryan Scott Lovelace
Cody Wade Smith
Cory Burns
Daniel Ross
Derrick Smith
Dustin Anderson
Eris Surratt
Frances McCoy
Gerald Boyce
Jamie Blackburn
Jana Flint
Jon Norwood
Joyce Jarred
Kyle Whiteman
Lana Frost
Mabel Shepard
Mandi Holcomb
Matt Wicks
Michelle Quernsey
Nora Owens
Ronnie Clayton
Stephen Viard
Sydni Goza
Tonya Lynn

Anniversaries
Clearance & Wilma Turner
Leslie & Judy Milligan
Randall & Joana Wilson
Ronnie & Sue Lummus

06/10/2025

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06/10/2025

Boil order for City of Atlanta

Public Water System ID # 0340001

06-10-2025

Due to water distribution system pressures below 20 psi, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the City of Atlanta Public Water System ID #0340001 to notify all customers to boil their water prior to consumption (e.g. washing hands/face, brushing teeth, drinking, etc.). Children, seniors and persons with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to harmful bacteria, and all customers should follow these directions).

To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and ice making, should be boiled and cooled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes. The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and the boiled for two minutes.

In lieu of boiling, individuals may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source for drinking water or human consumption purposes.

When it is no longer necessary to boil water, the public water system will notify customers that the water is safe for drinking water or human consumption purposes.

Once the boil water notice is no longer in effect, the public water system will issue a notice to customers that rescinds the boil water notice in a manner similar to this notice.

Please share this information with all other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

If you have questions concerning this matter, you may contact Bobby Washington, Director of Public Works at 903-796-7153 (email: [email protected] . Customers may obtain a copy of the “Boil Water Notice” at the City of Atlanta City Hall, 315 N. Buckner, Atlanta, Texas 75551.

06/10/2025

Today's Highlight in History:
On June 10, 1829, Cambridge student Charles Merivale and his friend, Oxford's Charles Wordsworth, devised a competition to determine which of the two premier British universities boasted the best rowers. The Boat Race is now one of the oldest sporting rivalries and the world’s most famous rowing race attracting 250,000 or more spectators annually.
On this date:
In 1692, the first ex*****on resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took place as Bridget Bishop was hanged.
In 1907, eleven men in five cars set out on a race from "Peking to Paris"; Prince Scipione Borghese (ship-ee-OH'-nay bohr-GAY'-seh) of Italy was the first to arrive in the French capital two months later.
In 1935, two recovering alcoholics, one a New York broker and the other an Ohio physician, founded Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), a 12-step rehabilitation program that eventually helped countless people cope with alcoholism.
In 1963, In an attempt to end gender-based wage discrimination, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. It states that for jobs performed under similar working conditions and requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility, gender may not be used as a basis for paying lower or higher wages. Wage differences based on non-gender factors such as seniority or merit are allowed under the act.
In 1967, six days of war in the Mideast involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq ended as Israel and Syria accepted a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
In 1978, Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, won the 110th Belmont Stakes to claim horse racing's 11th Triple Crown. (Alydar was second while Darby Creek Road came in third in a five-horse field.)
Thought for Today: " Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." _ Judy Garland, American Actress born on this day in 1922

06/10/2025

June 10th
Aiden Johnson
Ali Ginger Seward
Alyssa Oliver
Anita Byrum
Betty Donnelly
Billie J. Hale
Brittany Martin
Cory Glover
Decoya Walker
Donnie Lowry
E.J. Williams
Fred Calhoun
James Lemmon
Jamie Green
Jasmine Lawson
Jason Lynn
Joshua Hugh Wilbanks
Julia Bryan
Laurie Cruson
Leann Lacy
Logan Simmons
Lorie Lee
Margie Manning
Mary Tilley
Odelia Womack
Randell Brown
Rev. Herbert Harper
Rhonda Moore
Robert Cherry
Rod Mullens
Ruth Smith
Ryan James Williams
Scott Lee
Sherry Hooten
Stacy Hood
Susan McGough
Tonya Price
Wilma Epps
Zachery Hoop

Anniversaries
Doug & Mindy Rutland

06/09/2025

Today's Highlight in History:
On June 9, 1954, during the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., asking: "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
On this date:
In A.D. 68, believing Roman troops sent by the Senate were coming to kill him, thirty year old Roman Emperor Nero committed su***de, ending a 13-year reign.
In 1588, construction began on the present-day Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, with the laying of the first stone; the structure was completed in 1591.
In 1934, the first Walt Disney animated cartoon featuring Donald Duck, "The Wise Little Hen," was released.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, which reintroduced federal income tax withholding from paychecks.
In In 1972, heavy rains triggered record flooding in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the resulting disaster left at least 238 people dead and $164 million in damage.
In 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. His record-breaking win, where he left the field 31 lengths behind him, is widely regarded as one of the greatest races of all time.
In 1986, the Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
Thought for Today: "It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't." _ Mignon McLaughlin, American journalist (1913-1983).