One Calendar for All of Milam County — and It's Free, Just Like the Voice
Church suppers, school events, festivals, fundraisers, live music, club meetings — the calendar is where our community keeps track of itself, and it's yours to use.
CAMERON, TX — If it's happening in Cameron or anywhere in Milam County, it belongs on one page: the Cameron Community Voice Community Calendar. Church suppers, school events, festivals, fundraisers, live music, club meetings — the calendar is where our community keeps track of itself, and it's yours to use.
Best of all, submitting an event to the Community Calendar is completely free. If your church, school, club, business, or organization has something coming up, send it our way and we'll get it on the calendar for the whole county to see.
Take a look at the calendar here: https://www.cameron-community-voice.com/community-calendar/
Coming up on the calendar
Here's just a sample of what's ahead — check the calendar often, because new events are added all the time:
Thursday, October 15
- Culpepper & Merriweather Circus — Thorndale
Friday, October 16
- Cameron Rotary Spaghetti Supper — 5:00–7:00 p.m., Yoe High School Cafeteria, Cameron; $15
- Rockdale Fair & Rodeo opens — October 16–17, Rockdale Fair Park & Rodeo Arena; performances at 7:30 p.m. (Shenandoah in concert Friday night)
Saturday, October 17
- A Hogwarts Halloween at the Rockdale Community Market — 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 106 N. Main St., Rockdale, with a community-wide trunk or treat
- Sorting Hat Ceremony Candle Class (Wild Owl School of Chandlery) — 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Moon Brew Coffee Company, 109 N. Main St., Rockdale
- Women's Retreat, "The Gifts of the Holy Spirit" — 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 200 N. Travis, Cameron; free, lunch included
- American Red Cross Disaster Action Team Academy, Part 1 — 12:00–5:00 p.m., Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department, 301 N. Wilcox St., Rockdale (Part 2 Sunday, October 18, 12:00–5:00 p.m.)
Monday, October 19
- Early voting opens for the November 3 general election (runs through Friday, October 30)
- Yoe FFA Meeting — 6:30 p.m., Yoe High School Ag Building, Cameron; pumpkin decorating contest, pumpkin bowling, and food
Tuesday, October 20
- Treble Soul (Milam Arts Society Artist Spotlight) — Moon Brew Coffee Company, Rockdale; doors 7:00 p.m., show 7:30 p.m.; free admission, donations at the door
Wednesday, October 21
- Milam Arts Society Open Mic Night — Moon Brew Coffee Company, Rockdale; doors 7:00 p.m.; free and open to everybody
Saturday, October 24
- 44 Farms Fall Bull Sale — 10:00 a.m., 44 Farms, Cameron
- Warehouse of Horrors (Crime Stoppers) — also Saturday, October 31
Sunday, October 25
- Milam County Junior Livestock Association Turkey & Dressing Fundraising Dinner — 11:00 a.m. until sold out, Youth Expo Building, 301 S. Houston, Cameron; $15 a plate, dine-in or drive-thru
- Tea with Slashers: A Victorian Halloween Tea — seatings at 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m., Over the Moon Mercantile, Rockdale; $40 per guest
Tuesday, October 27
- Milam County Genealogical Society meeting — 2:00 p.m., Lucy Hill Patterson Library, Rockdale; John Pruett presents a program on the Ada LeBoeuf–Thomas Dreher murder trial; guests welcome
Friday, October 30
- Psycho at the Kay Theatre — 7:00 p.m., Cameron; kick off Halloween weekend with the Hitchcock classic
Saturday, October 31 — Halloween
- Milam County Sheriff's Office 2nd Annual Spooktacular Fall Festival — trunk or treat 12:00–3:00 p.m., haunted house 1:00–3:00 p.m., games and food, 512 N. Jefferson, Cameron
- Downtown Cameron Trunk or Treat (Cameron Chamber of Commerce) — 5:00–7:00 p.m., downtown square, Cameron
- Buckholts Volunteer Fire Department Fall Festival — 5:00–8:00 p.m., Buckholts fire station; free food, games, and a children's costume contest
Saturday, November 7
- Día de los Muertos "Camino de Recuerdos" Fun Run & Festival (Mexican Patriotic Committee) — 500 S. Columbus Ave., Cameron; walk or run in honor of those forever in our hearts (details coming soon)
- 31:30 Women's Ministry Holiday Market — 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., 3394 FM North 486, Thorndale
- Fall Festival (The Remnant Church of Cameron) — 3:00–6:00 p.m., 412 W. Batte St., Cameron; free entry, free food, games, face painting, and more
- Picnic on the Square — 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., courthouse lawn, Caldwell; $40 per person (register by October 29)
Sunday, November 8
- "Fall in Love with Jesus" Fall Festival — 5:00 p.m., Rockdale Full Gospel Church, 465 N. US Highway 77, Rockdale; free entry, live music, food, and games
Thursday, November 12
- Free Well-Woman Cancer Screening (C-STEP) — see the calendar for details
Saturday, November 14
- Sip, Shop & Stories with author Nicole Lenz — 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., Cameron Coffee Company, Cameron
- Cameron Rotary Club Paint & Pints for Polio — 4:00–6:00 p.m., Milam County Museum, Cameron; $50 per ticket, open to the public
- 11th Week Till Christmas Market — see the calendar for details
And that's only the next few weeks — the calendar rolls on into December and beyond. Bookmark it, check it before you make your weekend plans, and never hear "I didn't know that was happening" again.
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This paper runs on your news
The Voice isn't just something to read — it's something to be part of.
- Have an event or something newsworthy? Let us know. If it's happening in Milam County, we want to hear about it.
- Want to contribute? We have room for volunteer community writers. If you love this community and like to write, there's a place for you in these pages.
- Send us your announcements. Email us your press releases, classified ads, and your birth, wedding, and engagement announcements — we love celebrating this community's milestones with you.
Send it all to cameroncommunityvoice@gmail.com.
A new crossword every Wednesday, and favorites all week long
Every Wednesday, readers get a brand-new printable crossword puzzle — with the answers published on Fridays — alongside a full lineup of favorites: the Recipe of the Week, our Business of the Month and Book of the Month features, interviews, obituaries, breaking news, and much more. Add in Yoemen sports, school news, county government, church and club happenings, and Milam County history, and there's always something new in the Voice.
So bookmark the Community Calendar, send us your events, and keep the news coming. This is your paper, Milam County — we're just honored to help you put it together.
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