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J.D. Pratt was honored Friday, Dec. 15, at the annual City Christmas party at the Yards of Cameron. Pratt celebrated his retirement with family, colleagues and friends. He served the City of Cameron with 29 years of service beginning in October 1988. He and his family are long time residents of Cameron. He was given a plaque by Street Superintendent Craig Arnold and Mayor Connie Anderle.

Second graders at Ben Milam Elementary sing songs of the season during the Second Grade Christmas Concert on Monday afternoon. Students sang several Christmas songs.

Ben Milam Elementary students will return to classes in January with a new principal.

Beginning, Jan. 3, Assistant Principal Terry Dawson will take the reigns at Ben Milam as principal. Rod Allen will leave Cameron ISD to pursue other career opportunities according to CISD.

Dawson joined CISD during the summer of 2017 after serving in an administrative roll at Connally ISD, West ISD and Tyler ISD.

“I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for being named Principal at Ben Milam Elementary School,” Dawson said. “I have worked in public education as a teacher/coach for a decade and spent another decade as an administrator on secondary campuses. Schools across the state are facing changes, and that coupled with an evolving accountability system continues to raise the bar and drive innovation within the schools to improve the student learning experience.”

The Cameron Elementary UIL academic team took top honors at the District UIL competition this past week. This is a big accomplishment for these students.

Winners included:

Fifth Grade ART took second place team with Jacqueline McKinney placing second. Team members were Kiersten Hubnik, Samara Garret, Emily Rodriquez, and Addison Boyett. Rodriguez and Boyett tied for fifth place. Alternate team members were Tyler Williford and Reagan Akin.

Fifth Grade Listening took third place team with Tessa Vaculin placing sixth. Team members were Grace Cunningham, Reagan Akin, and alternate Zakyea Henderson.

Fifth Grade Number Sense took third place team with Eduardo Cardona placing fifth. Team members were Ariana Salazar, Zachary Frausto, and alternate Kenan Mingus.

In Fifth Grade Oral Reading Kenan Mingus got fourth place, Tessa Vaculin got second place, and Mackenzie Mahan got second place. Alternate was Reagan Akin.

Christmas Parade-goers were surprised with a snowy night for the Cameron Chamber of Commerce's annual event. 

Certain customers in the Sharp area must boil their water today. 

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Bell-Milam-Falls Water Supply are notifying customers in the Sharp area east of County Road 411 of the need to boil their water due to a leak in the system.

To ensure destruction of harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for consumption should be boiled two minutes and cooled.

For more information, call 800-826-4322.

Cameron ISD students celebrated reading at the Book-A-Palooza on Nov. 30. Students had a chance to meet their favorite book characters, play reading games and hear readings of their favorite books. Each child got to go home with a book also. The event was sponsored by Delta Kappa  Gamma.

Cameron Connection is taking its next step to find a way to help Cameron ISD students with academic endeavors.

A group of over 20 community members, teachers, parents and business owners from around CISD met on Nov. 28 to discuss topics the community brought to the forefront during four community meetings in September and October.

The district got input from the community during those four meetings that brought several topics up for discussion including mentoring, career and technology training, helping parents help their children, offering English classes for adults, bullying concerns, communication and help with signing up for college testing and applications.

The Milam County and District Attorney’s Office will sponsor the Tree of Angels ceremony Monday, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m., at the Milam County Museum located at 112 West First Street in downtown Cameron.  

The Tree of Angels program is celebrated each year across Texas and enables survivors of violent crime and victims’ families to place an angel ornament on a special Christmas tree in support of or in memory of their loved one.  This tradition was started in 1991 in hopes that the blessings of the holiday season would comfort the victims and their families during this difficult time.

Members of the armed services and law enforcement will also be remembered and honored. All military and law enforcement families are invited to attend and place an angel on the tree in honor of or in remembrance of their loved one.

The public is invited to attend the ceremony to show their support.  

Christmas lights, music, stories, model railroads, and Christmas fantasy can be enjoyed this holiday season at the new Cameron Historic Railroad Museum and Old Town Cameron, 101 West Main on the square in Cameron.

Volunteers have been working like elves to transform the museum and the iconic Old Town Cameron Model Railroad for families and children of all ages to enjoy.  A 15-foot tall Christmas tree, lights, garland, bows and a storefront window like you might see on 5th Avenue in New York City along with a dazzling re-creation of a Cameron Christmas in the 1940’s is being displayed.  Period appropriate steam engines will be puffing around the massive train layout along with the Polar Express complete with bells, whistles and lighted passenger cars.