ORGANIZATIONS

County Child Protective Services seeks sponsors The Milam County Child Protective Services Board is requesting your help to sponsor a child for Christmas. For a donation of $125 you will receive a child’s first name and a wish list completed by the foster parent or caseworker.

Things you may not know about Christmas

The Christmas season is full of traditions, folklore and rich history. However, amid all of the traditions we’ve come to know, there are many bits of trivia of which you may not be familiar. Here are a few little-known facts about Christmas.

Liberty CC sets Christmas service, dinner for Sunday

MILANO NEWS Liberty Community Church will hold its Christmas service and dinner at 4 p.m. Sunday on the church grounds. Everyone is invited to join in and bring a side dish. The church also held a successful fundraiser for the local senior citizens group with Santa pictures over the weekend.

GAUSE NEWS

Our family had a very nice Thanksgiving Day at home. Plenty of good food and a great time of getting together, visiting and eating. Then comes Christmas so we can do it all over again. Sherri and James Rasco shared parties Saturday at Pony Express in Bryan.

Christmas play slated in Cameron

Milam Community Theater announces its second annual Christmas performance. The MCT Children’s Theater is presenting “A Suessified Christmas Carol” a twist on the classic Charles Dickens. Shows are set for 10 a.m., 2 and 5:30 p.m. Dec. 14 and 2 p.m. Dec. 15, all in the Williams Event Center.

EDUCATION NOTES

Elementary Wednesday—Mid-year TPRI and Circle Review. Thursday–Admission, review and dismissal meetings; last day of iTigers for fall semester; progress reports sent home.

Film classics rev up the holiday spirit

Families often have their own unique traditions when it comes to the holidays. Lately, families have begun to include films in many of those traditions. That’s thanks largely to the array of classic holiday films that have consistently put people in the holiday mood.

‘Tree of Angels’ ceremony Monday

The 21st annual Tree of Angels ceremony is set at 6 p.m. Monday at 112 West First in downtown Cameron on the courthouse square. Participants are asked to bring a decorative angel commemorating a loved one lost to violent crime. Members of the military and law enforcement will also be honored.

RHS senior in semis

Rockdale High School senior Devon Whitsel has been named a semifinalist for the 2020 class of Coca-Cola Scholars Program, moving to the next round of the selection process in becoming a Coca-Cola Scholar.

EDUCATION NOTES

Elementary Wednesday—Mid-year TPRI and Circle Review. Thursday–Admission, review and dismissal meetings; last day of iTigers for fall semester; progress reports sent home.