April 6, 2016 Issue

Mason County is in the top 4% of the State of Texas. With the cooperation of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, Mason County Attorney, Mason County 452nd District Attorney and the Clerk’s Office we are at a 98% rate. There are only 6 other counties that have the same rate and only one county at 99% and that is Throckmorton that does not have 20 arrest in any given year.

Saturday, April 9th from 10 am-2 pm on the Courthouse Lawn Proceeds benefit the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America 2016 scholarship for a graduating senior. Thank you for your support and we hope to see y’all there! Special thanks to Carlene Brollier for donating many of the items to be sold.

Linda Lorene Kensing Linda Lorene Kensing, of Mason, passed away on Thursday, March 31, at the age of 93. Mrs. Kensing is survived by her children Patricia Ann Neale and husband Bob of Longview, Seth H. Kensing Jr. and wife Cheryl of Willow Park and Katherine Pitzer and husband Richard of Mason.

Melvin Seth Leifeste Melvin Seth Leifeste passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at the age of 92 years. His parents were Charlie and Cordie Leifeste. Melvin was born May 20, 1923, in Mason County where he lived all his life on the same ranch. Melvin was one of the last true ole time cowboys when a hand shake and your word really meant something.

Mike Ritchey William Michael Ritchey, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, mentor, and friend, passed away on March 29, 2016, at his home in Mason, Texas at the age of 71. Mike was welcomed into heaven and reunited with the love of his life, Mary with whom he shared 33 wonderful years. Mike was also preceded in death by his parents Dr.

Since her last visit to Mason, Stephanie Urbina Jones has been around the world and back. The international artist is crossing one border at a time taking her Latin Country/Americana Rock across the U.S., Europe and Japan. Stephanie brings her unique blend of bicultural, transformational music to the Odeon Theater in Mason Saturday April 23 at 7:00 p.m. From listening rooms to private parties, honky tonks to churches, the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland to the Kerrville Folk in Texas Ste ...

Mason High School’s performance of scenes from You Can’t Take It With You won the Bidistrict contest on April 1 and will travel to Area contest at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville on April 8, 2016. The company overcame some adversity when the light board did not function at the opening of the show.

Varsity Cowgirl Track Results--Comfort Relays--Thursday, March 31st 100m--Madison Anderson, 6th, 13.60; 200m--Raegan Palacio, 2nd, 27.44; 400m--Angelica Ramirez, 6th, 66.19; 800m--Angelica Ramirez, 1st, 2:31.73; Shay Baker, 4th, 2:38.70; 100m Hurdles--Sandra Duarte, 4th, 17.60; 300m Hurdles--Sandra Duarte, 4th, 51.93; 4x100m Relay--5th, 53.23, K’lee Anders, Corinne Perlichek, Raegan Palacio, Madison Anderson; 4x200m Relay--4th, 1:57.95, K’lee Anders, Corinne Perlichek, Shay Baker, Kirsten A ...

Here we are in April, were you fooled on Friday the 1st? We at the Senior Center decided we are beyond being fooled or acting foolish. In other words, they didn’t fall victims to my April fool’s joke. They are much smarter than me. Sometimes I feel like a small child on their watch. Judge Bearden declared yesterday, Tuesday, April 5 as National Service Recognition Day.

Mason – Major livestock shows around the state include Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston and Austin. Mason County kids have had an excellent showing in all four shows including the two final shows of the season; Houston and Austin. Here are the results from Mason: At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Champion Steer – Aspen Martin Champion Goat – Aspen Martin 1st Place Goat – Aspen Martin 4th Place Goat – Dakota Martin 5th Place Goat – T.

An outstanding effort by Emanuel Martinez carried Punchers to a 2-0 win in seven innings over Junction on Tuesday. Martinez baffled Junction , striking out 13 batters. The Punchers’ pitcher tossed seven innings of shutout ball and allowed only one hit. Martinez got a hit in each of his three at bats.

The Mason County Republican Women’s 30th Annual Home Tour is set for Saturday, April 16, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Each year the home owners graciously agree to open their homes to the public in order to benefit graduating seniors who are college or trade school bound. Two $1000.00 scholarships are awarded each year based on the essays submitted by these seniors.

Crusty White Bread Courtesy: Delish.com This is a quick, easy bread that requires no kneading. You do have to plan ahead a little bit, but it’s a snap to put together. You make up the dough the night before, let it sit out on the table top until you get home from work the next day, then slap it in the oven.

The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, March 29th for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. There were 38 members and 8 visitors present. Among the visitors were 3 Mason High School Seniors, Seth Hudson, Levi Hofmann, and Luke Gillespie. First Vice President Jess Irwin ran the meeting. President Joel Kuykendall was at home recovering from kidney stones.

As the recent events in Mason indicate, spring brings renewed activities after winter’s end. Fund raisers, spring sports, one-act play, and, most importantly, wildflowers! Mason and surrounding roadways are awash in bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, and many others, bringing visitors from far and near to our fair city. After the wildflowers have begun blooming, traffic on the road becomes hazardous, as many visitors stop to take pictures of our colorful display.

We had yet another great turn-out for the Scramble on 3/30: 28 golfers! They were divided up into 5 teams and began play under clear but rather breezy conditions. At the end of the match, two power teams emerged with a very impressive -7. Brent and his team of Brad, Richard, Penny, Candy and Logan tied with Seth’s team of Sheila, Aaron, Carol, Margaret and Barry. In the putt-off that followed, Richard was able to get his ball closest to the target hole, thereby securing a first place victory ...

The Hill Country Sheep and Goat Organization offers scholarships to graduating high school seniors and full time college students enrolled in an Agriculture-related degree program in a Texas College or University. The students must have graduated from an accredited high school in Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Menard, Real, Mason, or Sutton counties. HCS&GO wishes to remind potential applicants that the deadline to receive completed applications is April ...

The Mason Division of Emergency Management will conduct its monthly test of the emergency siren warning system at noon on Thursday April 7. The test should last from 1 to 3 minutes. Monthly test are to be conducted on the first Thursday of the month at noon, weather permitting.

What a Great Beginning to Our Spring! Were you in Mason last weekend? Though spring officially began almost three weeks ago, I think we could all agree that, with weather and events, this last weekend was a poster-perfect example of how exciting and fun a few days in Mason can be. The flowers along the highways had already started drawing them in on Thursday and Friday, so there were lots of cars all around the square. Tennis players were popping in and out of downtown between ...

We want to send out a huge “Thank you!” to the Friends of the Library. They have the setup, sale, and take down for the annual Book & Bake Sale down to a science—it was a wonderful success! We also thank everyone who came and donated to the library—I’m always amazed at the unbelievable generosity of this little community! DVDs: The Peanuts Movie A Place in the Heart A Walk in the Clouds A Country Called Home Daddy’s Home Audiobooks: No Safe Secret by Fern Michaels (CD F MIC) Orh ...

Mildly threatening Those of you who have absolutely nothing better to do might want to check out the listing for alligators, found in the ‘Reptiles & Amphibians’ section of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park website. And when I say ‘absolutely nothing better to do,’ that includes rearranging your sock drawer and rotating the wheels on your lawn mower.

I really need to get out more. Because when I do, I hear things that are really good material for this article. For example, some folks feel like I do. And there are those who don’t feel like I do. Of course I appreciate the ones who think like me and the ones that don’t won’t make it in print.

A “Fine” How-Do-You-Don’t... Easter Season reminds us annually of the “ultimate wrongness.” Christians hope to make good on half of the directive to “go, and sin no more.” We go, but we sin some more. Creative, we mere mortals be--adding new “wrongs” on a daily basis. Thankfully, seasons are not named to commemorate our blunders. Some miscues are the result of fiendish premeditation inflated by dreams of “15 minutes of fame.” I remember extreme tackiness l ...

Spring has definitely arrived in Mason, and with it we have the variety of benefits and activities that crowd our calendars every year at this time. This last weekend was the Chamber Music Festival, the Artfest around the Square, the gun show and rattlesnake roundup at the City park for the Loyal Valley VFD, the annual book sale at the Library and several other planned activities.

I trust you had a good week. There is always a letdown after Easter when the company goes home, you eat all the leftovers, and the Easter Chocolate is gone. Our family was saddened to learn of the death of my aunt, Linda Kensing, this past week. She was 93 years old and had lived a long, happy life.

Soft rain. Slight breeze. Still a chill in the air. Kids cut across the grassy lot, talking talking. Walking to school. And above, the towering pecan. Its limbs stretched over the three teenagers walking on... On into their lives. They know not what lies ahead. But then, who does? Forward they go, oblivious of the witness. The pecan tree watching, listening. As it has for more than 60 years. And what it has seen...and heard...it keeps to itself. Confidentiality is key. Being a tree, there isn

The Mason County Child Welfare Board’s Annual Hamburger Picnic Fundraiser and Community Easter Egg Hunt was a smashing success again this year! The citizens of Mason County once again came out in full force to show their support for the work the MCCWB does towards raising community-wide awareness regarding child abuse, neglect and prevention.

(MASON, Texas) – This month, Capital Farm Credit (CFC) is returning $56.7 million in cash to its member customers in the form of patronage dividends. Of that $56.7 million, the Mason office paid out $1.7 million to local members. “Our patronage dividend program is what sets us apart from other lenders,” said Ben Novosad, CFC’s chief executive officer.

7th Shot Put – Gage Watson – 2nd – 29’9 ½” Discus – Gage Watson – 1st – 103’ 6”, Joseph Martinez – 5th – 85’ Triple Jump – Aeron Dayton – 2nd – 30’ 2 ½” High Jump – Matthew Kerr – 4th – 4’6”, Aeron Dayton – 4th – 4’6” Pole Vault – Rylan Jordan – 1st – 7’ 6”, Ty Spencer – 4th – 6’0” 4x100m Relay – 3rd – Gage Watson, Tyler Schmidt, J.J.

Varsity Boys: Marion 151 Llano 146 Antonian 90.5 Comfort 73 Mason 61 Heritage 48 McMullen County 26 Stacey 22 100-Josh Herrera 11.7 4th 200-Marcelino Segura 24.27 5th 400-Garrett Bibb 54.7 4th 800-Cason Dudney 2:10.8 5th, Evan Dayton 2:11.1 6th 1600-Dudney 5:01.9 6th 110H-Caleb Hyatt 16.09 3rd 300H-Jackson Chapman 42.2 3rd 4x100-Segura, Martinez, McMillan, Herrera 46.3 6th 4x200-Segura, Martinez, Hyatt, Herrera 1:36.7 5th 4x400-Bibb, Bierschwale, Dayton, McMillan 3:45.8 4th Shot-Bricio Balderas ...

The Mason County Child Welfare Board’s Annual Hamburger Picnic Fundraiser and Community Easter Egg Hunt was a smashing success again this year! The citizens of Mason County once again came out in full force to show their support for the work the MCCWB does towards raising community-wide awareness regarding child abuse, neglect and prevention.

Crusty White Bread Courtesy: Delish.com This is a quick, easy bread that requires no kneading. You do have to plan ahead a little bit, but it’s a snap to put together. You make up the dough the night before, let it sit out on the table top until you get home from work the next day, then slap it in the oven.