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Historical Highlights: Making an Impression on a Movie Star
It’s been almost 50 years since the Hollywood film “Adam at 6 am” was filmed in Cameron by Steve McQueen’s film company Solar Productions. There are plenty of stories about the pre-show meetings, the multiple takes of scenes, the local...
Pamela (Pam) Hatala, is the daughter of Phil and Janet Ronczkowski of Cameron. Pam retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain, NC, USN (equivalent of Colonel in sister services).
Pam graduated from the University of Iowa’s College of Nursing in May 1987. She went on to receive a Master’s...
The Cameron Dragon Baseball team and coaches honored three teachers in the Cameron school system who have been battling cancer. The teachers are Ann Clark, Laurie Tunks, and Zimber Zubeck. There was a short ceremony between the varsity and junior varsity games on Monday, April 8. The teachers were...
The next time you step through the doors at the library be sure to slow down and take in the artwork on the north wall. Several framed artworks by local artist Patti Evans, adorn the wall. Patti is a lifelong artist and resident of Cameron. She said she has always been an artist “for as long as I...
The Cameron High School Symphonic Band earned accolades and a unanimous ‘Exemplary’ (‘I’) rating at MSHSAA State Large Group Music Festival at Platte County High School’s Wilson Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 2. Comments from adjudicators included “very musical performance”, “wonderful...
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt visited Cameron on Tuesday, April 16. He met with a small contingent of people at NW Electric to discuss the status of rural broadband in Northwest Missouri. Senator Blunt stated that this is an important topic, “If we are going to be competitive, the high-speed broadband is...
Carl, born and raised in rural Maysville, was inducted into the U.S. Army in July of 1952, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After a week at Leonard Wood, he went to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas for 16 weeks of intensive Basic Training.
After a one-week furlough, Carl boarded a train in Kansas City,...
Twins Kiersten and Trey Howell both signed a letter of intent to play golf at North Central College in Trenton. Kiersten is the daughter and Trey is the son of Darrel and Billie Howell of Cameron. Both have been outstanding golfers at Cameron High School.
Kiersten is excited to play golf at the...
The Special Olympic State Basketball Games were held in St. Joseph on Saturday, March 30, at Benton High School. The State Games were attended by fans from all across Missouri. The Punishers team played both Oak Hill and Kansas City Metro on Saturday. They won both games that were played and...
Several years back the Historical Society came across some unusual documents that were printed on Vellum paper (animal skin parchment). They had US presidential seals and signatures from Presidents John Tyler, James K Polk and Millard Fillmore. We quickly figured out these were original land...
