October 26, 2016 Issue

    King of the Crag     “Falling.”     That’s what rock climbers say, when they’re falling. Which sounds perfectly logical, of course. If you start to fall from the face of a cliff you’re trying to climb, it wouldn’t make any sense to shout, “Omaha!” or “AAAAHHHH!” Those code words have their place, I’m sure, but they aren’t useful for rock climbers, as a rule.

    Warren Eugene Ullom Jr. passed away on October 17, 2016. He was born on April 11, 1937 in Marion, Ohio to Sara and Warren Ullom Sr. Warren married Joyce Donop Trimble on May 22, 1986 in Lorraine , Ohio. Warren and Joyce resided in Round Rock for the past fourteen years.     Warren enjoyed golf and was an avid player until bad health limited his mobility.

    Mason-Llano County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director CED Randy Maenius, reminds producers to review available USDA crop risk protection options, including federal crop insurance and the 2017 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage, before the signup deadline of December 1, 2016.     NAP covers losses from natural disasters on crops for which no permanent federal crop insurance program is available, including forage and grazing crops. &n ...

    Decorating     Dear Gerry,     "Thanks for the Memories" sung by the late Bob Hope at the end of his shows, goes to Debbie and her mother, the late Marian Hey Ellison, for the Fantasyland yard display before and on Oct. 31 - Halloween!! Besides the "spooky" yard, those two made 300 to 400 gift bags to hand out to the eager little "trick or treaters"

    Vampires—supernatural, blood-drinking, dead humans—are a worldwide myth...most of the time. Some stories are difficult to classify as fiction.     Thursday, October 27, 6:30 p.m. at the Stribling Room of the Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library (located at 410 Post Hill Street), John L. Davis will talk about whether vampires have appeared in places other than questionable books and bad movies.     Some time ago, as a university teacher of rhetoric and ...

    Third grade students at Mason ISD put seeds in the ground this week. Students successfully met the requirements for “GROW” in the Learn, Grow, Eat and Go program. Mason ISD students, parents and faculty began their competition to meet the requirements for “GO” by starting the Walk Across Texas program.     Mason Building Supply donated seeds including carrots, radishes, lettuce, kale, spinach, squash and others for the students to plant.

    The Mason Ladies Golf Association held their annual meeting on Oct 17. Several members enjoyed a 9 hole cross country tournament, a putting contest, & then all met at Kay Evans home for our luncheon & meeting.     After a review of the past year's activities our new officers were elected.

    The JV White team played Wall for a third consecutive time last week.     They played hard and continued to progress and get better. The Punchers fell to the Wall Hawks 21-0. It was a hard fought game and they lost to a good Wall team.

    7th vs. Glenn Junior High     The 7th grade Punchers played a tough game against Glenn Junior High. Unfortunaetly they ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard. We made some good catches and had some decent runs but we could never quite get anything put together.

    JH District 27AA Cross Country Meet @ Mason (Golf Course/Puncherdome)     7th Grade Girls-District Runner-Up     2nd Place- Tori Perliceck 15:01     6th Place- Alex Row 15:36     7th Place- Isis Martinez 16:03     10th Place- Mariah Avalos 16:51     11th Place- Tristen Keller 17:00     13th Place- Brooke Stockbridge 17:13     14th Place- Kyleigh Ake 17:30     ...

    Sue Gierisch, aka Grammies Goodies, has been selling her products at the Farmers Market from its beginning. Sue creates wonderful body creams from all natural products, including shea butter, coconut oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E oil, sweet almond oil and essential oils. At the market, you can choose your favorite fragrance and she will put it together right then for you.

    Fall is in the air and Halloween is just around the corner! Come spend a delightful day with us on Saturday, October 29th in Mason. Over 20 artists from the Hill Country will be participating in the Mason Fall Arts Fest from 11am-4pm. The historic Seaquist House will have a storyteller for children from 11am-Noon.

    The start of the second six weeks began with studies in Texas History and art. The staff is getting an education, too. Teachers and administrators have been receiving training in different areas over the last month.     The Friends of Doss had their monthly meeting Monday October 10.

    The Cowgirls and Punchers held the District 27AA cross country meet at the City Park this past Wednesday. We would like to thank the golf course members for closing the golf course for us to run, the city, the school faculty, parents, the band boosters and all of the volunteers who came out to help put on the meet.

    The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, October 18th, for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. There were 36 members and 7 visitors in attendance. Among the visitors were 4 Mason High School Seniors. Elijah Timms plans on attending either Southwestern University or Texas A & M, Margaret Graves has been accepted at Texas A & M, I did not hear where Jody Evans plans on attending, and Jessica Hanscheck plans on attending either A.S.U.

    Mason knows how to celebrate Halloween. From a soiree to an artfest and more, folks have a lot of terrorific choices. But don’t miss the library’s goings-on! Thursday, John L. Davis’s presentation on vampires is sure to be creepily informing and fun, and Miss Shay and Mr. Bones will entertain with Halloween stories at the Seaquist House on Saturday from 11:00-12:00.

   So often, I see postings online, or in articles and pieces submitted to me, that express a yearning to return to the "good old days." Most people aren't specific when they put forward that dream... It seems that all days prior to our own must qualify as "the good old days."    As I've been putting together our annual Hunting Guide (coming out in next week's paper), I was looking at the historical article we have this year, and didn't always see that all olden days were qu ...

    Sometimes I just don’t have any perspiration (Aspiration)! This seems to be one of those times. The networks on television don’t have any, either. They're all reruns! If you want to get your blood pressure up, you can watch the news channels. When you're at the bottom of the channels, go back to the cooking network and get hungry!

    Words Can Hurt Us...     The old adage first appeared in an American publication in 1862. Generally, we have gone along with the declaration that sticks and stones can be “bone-breakers.” That words are skating by without harmful effects, however, hasn’t been true for decades--maybe never. When they first saw the light of day, words weren’t assaulting us so often and in so many ways as they are currently.     Yep, words--in add ...

    Things continue to be busy with the cooler weather. The Street crew is working hard to get most of the potholes and some of the curb edging worked over. Also if you travel in the area of the new bridge over Comanche Creek be aware that in the next week or two the City will be putting up speed limit signs, “Children at Play” signage in the proper areas, and new Stop signs at some of the intersections to provide for better traffic flow and reduce some of the speeding along longe ...

    It has been a great week. We had good weather, a few drops of rain, good football game, and a good trip to see our grandson.     For your calendar: Church workday at the Art United Methodist Church on Saturday, October 29th, from 9 to 12, with lunch provided; Church congregational pictures on Sunday, October 30th, at 10:55; and Church Charge Conference on Sunday, November 6th.     Best of all, I just realized that Daylight Savings time ENDS on Sunday, November ...

   Hallow.    Eve.    Hollow.    Weave.    Holler.    Fever.    Witch’s cleaver.    Gloomy ghoul.    Ghostly gal.    Spider web.    Web-foot giant.    Skeleton.    Hairy monster.    Skull and bones.    Scary mobster.    Dragon fire.    Dinosaur.    Big-tooth rat.    Sneaky snake.    Sword swallow ...

    On November 5th, the FIRST SATURDAY of DEER HUNTING SEASON, the Castell School will be serving homemade chili, cornbread, desserts and all the trimmings from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm, or as long as it lasts. Tickets for the meal are $10 and will be purchased at the door.     You will be able to drive through the old Castell Schoolyard in “Downtown” Castell and get your chili and fixings to go, or “come on in” and sit down in the historic Castell School and enjoy yo ...

    Buddy's Animal Rescue will be selling Krispy Kreme Donuts Friday, November 4th (locations TBA) from 8 a.m. until sold out. You can preorder your dozen (s) by contacting Terry Hensley at 325-347-0651, Karen Scantlin, Brian Wright, Traci Cavaness at 830-613-5320, Denise Blackwell, or Rosemary Scarth. Preorders are due by November 1st and will be available to pick up at Mason Bank on Friday, November 4th.     Your generous donation of $10/dozen will help support our Snip/Sn ...

    LUBBOCK, TX – Today, Sen. Charles Perry announces a series of town hall forums across the district, with a stop in Mason, Texas.     Sen. Perry said, “Town halls are a great way for citizens to get engaged in the political process without traveling all the way to Austin.

    Mason citizens are better informed on early detection and awareness of breast and cervical cancers thanks to several area partners who were represented at a Pink Fiesta event.     The event was held on Thursday, October 20 at the First United Methodist Church. Attendees packed the room to listen to speakers, visit exhibits, enjoy a free meal and register for several door prizes and health screenings.

    The Mason Band Boosters would like to request the honor of your attendance at the 59th Annual Queen’s Coronation. It will be held on Saturday, November 5th at the Fort Mason Park Community Building. The doors will open at 7:00 and the event will start at 7:30 p.m.

    Hobart College junior punter Rio Schmidt (Mason/Mason, Texas) was named the Liberty League Football Special Teams Performer of the Week by the conference office today. Senior linebacker Marcus Jemison (Saint Joseph/Nyack, N.Y.) and junior wide receiver Brandon Shed (Benjamin School/West Palm Beach, Fla.) earned a spot on the Liberty League’s weekly honor roll.     The Statesmen rallied past Springfield 12-7 on Saturday, scoring the game-winning touchdown with just 1:47 ...

    Furniture artists from across Texas have submitted their entries for this year’s Texas Furniture Makers Show, and the jury is in! Cindy Goldman and Spider Johnson, residents of Mason, are two of the top Texas furniture makers selected for this year’s show. [email protected] and [email protected]     Artists will have their work presented to the public in a formal gallery atmosphere in the Kerr Arts & Cultural Center (www.kacckerrville.com) in Kerrville, ...

   St. Joseph’s parishioners invite you to mark your calendars for the first Sunday in November (Nov. 6TH); this year’s date for their Annual Mexican Dinner.    Serving will begin at 11 AM in the Mason ISD Cafeteria on College Street. As usual, you may “Eat In” or request “Take Out”.    Each plate is $10.00 and the meal consists of enchiladas, beans, rice, salad, tea and a dessert.

    The Mason Band Boosters would like to request the honor of your attendance at the 59th Annual Queen’s Coronation. It will be held on Saturday, November 5th at the Fort Mason Park Community Building. The doors will open at 7:00 and the event will start at 7:30 p.m.

    The Cowgirls and Punchers held the District 27AA cross country meet at the City Park this past Wednesday. We would like to thank the golf course members for closing the golf course for us to run, the city, the school faculty, parents, the band boosters and all of the volunteers who came out to help put on the meet.

    The start of the second six weeks began with studies in Texas History and art. The staff is getting an education, too. Teachers and administrators have been receiving training in different areas over the last month.     The Friends of Doss had their monthly meeting Monday October 10.

    JH District 27AA Cross Country Meet @ Mason (Golf Course/Puncherdome)     7th Grade Girls-District Runner-Up     2nd Place- Tori Perliceck 15:01     6th Place- Alex Row 15:36     7th Place- Isis Martinez 16:03     10th Place- Mariah Avalos 16:51     11th Place- Tristen Keller 17:00     13th Place- Brooke Stockbridge 17:13     14th Place- Kyleigh Ake 17:30     ...

    7th vs. Glenn Junior High     The 7th grade Punchers played a tough game against Glenn Junior High. Unfortunaetly they ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard. We made some good catches and had some decent runs but we could never quite get anything put together.

    The JV White team played Wall for a third consecutive time last week.     They played hard and continued to progress and get better. The Punchers fell to the Wall Hawks 21-0. It was a hard fought game and they lost to a good Wall team.

    Third grade students at Mason ISD put seeds in the ground this week. Students successfully met the requirements for “GROW” in the Learn, Grow, Eat and Go program. Mason ISD students, parents and faculty began their competition to meet the requirements for “GO” by starting the Walk Across Texas program.     Mason Building Supply donated seeds including carrots, radishes, lettuce, kale, spinach, squash and others for the students to plant.

    There had been some talk last week that indicated Bracketville might pose a challenge this season in our district. While that may yet be true for their future opponents, for Mason, the Punchers were able to easily tame the Tigers during Friday night's meeting.     After a dramatic delivery of the game ball via a Life Flight helicopter to start off the game, the Punchers set out to take control of the game quickly.     Just three minutes into the game, Haddon Hu ...

   The Mason Study Club will host a lunch event featuring Texas author Rosa Walston Latimer on October 26, 2016, 11:30 a.m. at the Mason County Library. The author will discuss Harvey Houses of Texas: Historic Hospitality from the Gulf Coast to the Panhandle, the first book in her Harvey House series published by The History Press.

   St. Joseph’s parishioners invite you to mark your calendars for the first Sunday in November (Nov. 6TH); this year’s date for their Annual Mexican Dinner.    Serving will begin at 11 AM in the Mason ISD Cafeteria on College Street. As usual, you may “Eat In” or request “Take Out”.    Each plate is $10.00 and the meal consists of enchiladas, beans, rice, salad, tea and a dessert.

    Furniture artists from across Texas have submitted their entries for this year’s Texas Furniture Makers Show, and the jury is in! Cindy Goldman and Spider Johnson, residents of Mason, are two of the top Texas furniture makers selected for this year’s show. [email protected] and [email protected]     Artists will have their work presented to the public in a formal gallery atmosphere in the Kerr Arts & Cultural Center (www.kacckerrville.com) in Kerrville, ...

    The Mason Band Boosters would like to request the honor of your attendance at the 59th Annual Queen’s Coronation. It will be held on Saturday, November 5th at the Fort Mason Park Community Building. The doors will open at 7:00 and the event will start at 7:30 p.m.

    LUBBOCK, TX – Today, Sen. Charles Perry announces a series of town hall forums across the district, with a stop in Mason, Texas.     Sen. Perry said, “Town halls are a great way for citizens to get engaged in the political process without traveling all the way to Austin.

    Buddy's Animal Rescue will be selling Krispy Kreme Donuts Friday, November 4th (locations TBA) from 8 a.m. until sold out. You can preorder your dozen (s) by contacting Terry Hensley at 325-347-0651, Karen Scantlin, Brian Wright, Traci Cavaness at 830-613-5320, Denise Blackwell, or Rosemary Scarth. Preorders are due by November 1st and will be available to pick up at Mason Bank on Friday, November 4th.     Your generous donation of $10/dozen will help support our Snip/Sn ...

    On November 5th, the FIRST SATURDAY of DEER HUNTING SEASON, the Castell School will be serving homemade chili, cornbread, desserts and all the trimmings from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm, or as long as it lasts. Tickets for the meal are $10 and will be purchased at the door.     You will be able to drive through the old Castell Schoolyard in “Downtown” Castell and get your chili and fixings to go, or “come on in” and sit down in the historic Castell School and enjoy yo ...

    It has been a great week. We had good weather, a few drops of rain, good football game, and a good trip to see our grandson.     For your calendar: Church workday at the Art United Methodist Church on Saturday, October 29th, from 9 to 12, with lunch provided; Church congregational pictures on Sunday, October 30th, at 10:55; and Church Charge Conference on Sunday, November 6th.     Best of all, I just realized that Daylight Savings time ENDS on Sunday, November ...

    Fall is in the air and Halloween is just around the corner! Come spend a delightful day with us on Saturday, October 29th in Mason. Over 20 artists from the Hill Country will be participating in the Mason Fall Arts Fest from 11am-4pm. The historic Seaquist House will have a storyteller for children from 11am-Noon.

    Sue Gierisch, aka Grammies Goodies, has been selling her products at the Farmers Market from its beginning. Sue creates wonderful body creams from all natural products, including shea butter, coconut oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E oil, sweet almond oil and essential oils. At the market, you can choose your favorite fragrance and she will put it together right then for you.

    Vampires—supernatural, blood-drinking, dead humans—are a worldwide myth...most of the time. Some stories are difficult to classify as fiction.     Thursday, October 27, 6:30 p.m. at the Stribling Room of the Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library (located at 410 Post Hill Street), John L. Davis will talk about whether vampires have appeared in places other than questionable books and bad movies.     Some time ago, as a university teacher of rhetoric and ...

    Mason-Llano County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director CED Randy Maenius, reminds producers to review available USDA crop risk protection options, including federal crop insurance and the 2017 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage, before the signup deadline of December 1, 2016.     NAP covers losses from natural disasters on crops for which no permanent federal crop insurance program is available, including forage and grazing crops. &n ...

    Lawrence Spell, Jr., of Mason, passed away on Friday, October 21, at the age of 69.     Mr. Spell is survived by two sons Lawrence Spell III of Jasper and Jesse Spell and wife Brittany of Lumberton and a sister Velma Barras and husband Gene of Nederland.     He was preceded in death by a sister Laura Spell.     Visitation with the family was Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m.

    Walter Vinson Barwise of Mason Texas, has gone home to be with the Lord. He passed peacefully on Monday October 17, 2016, in Fredericksburg Texas at the age of 80.     Walter is survived by his son Dr. Britt Barwise and his wife Christy Barwise of Port Aransas, his two cherished grandchildren Kylee Ann Barwise and Mason Thomas Barwise also of Port Aransas, Texas and his sister Patricia Hardage of Little Rock Arkansas.     He is joined again in Heaven with his b ...

    Warren Eugene Ullom Jr. passed away on October 17, 2016. He was born on April 11, 1937 in Marion, Ohio to Sara and Warren Ullom Sr. Warren married Joyce Donop Trimble on May 22, 1986 in Lorraine , Ohio. Warren and Joyce resided in Round Rock for the past fourteen years.     Warren enjoyed golf and was an avid player until bad health limited his mobility.

   St. Joseph’s parishioners invite you to mark your calendars for the first Sunday in November (Nov. 6TH); this year’s date for their Annual Mexican Dinner.    Serving will begin at 11 AM in the Mason ISD Cafeteria on College Street. As usual, you may “Eat In” or request “Take Out”.    Each plate is $10.00 and the meal consists of enchiladas, beans, rice, salad, tea and a dessert.

   So often, I see postings online, or in articles and pieces submitted to me, that express a yearning to return to the "good old days." Most people aren't specific when they put forward that dream... It seems that all days prior to our own must qualify as "the good old days."    As I've been putting together our annual Hunting Guide (coming out in next week's paper), I was looking at the historical article we have this year, and didn't always see that all olden days were qu ...

   Hallow.    Eve.    Hollow.    Weave.    Holler.    Fever.    Witch’s cleaver.    Gloomy ghoul.    Ghostly gal.    Spider web.    Web-foot giant.    Skeleton.    Hairy monster.    Skull and bones.    Scary mobster.    Dragon fire.    Dinosaur.    Big-tooth rat.    Sneaky snake.    Sword swallow ...

    It has been a great week. We had good weather, a few drops of rain, good football game, and a good trip to see our grandson.     For your calendar: Church workday at the Art United Methodist Church on Saturday, October 29th, from 9 to 12, with lunch provided; Church congregational pictures on Sunday, October 30th, at 10:55; and Church Charge Conference on Sunday, November 6th.     Best of all, I just realized that Daylight Savings time ENDS on Sunday, November ...

    Words Can Hurt Us...     The old adage first appeared in an American publication in 1862. Generally, we have gone along with the declaration that sticks and stones can be “bone-breakers.” That words are skating by without harmful effects, however, hasn’t been true for decades--maybe never. When they first saw the light of day, words weren’t assaulting us so often and in so many ways as they are currently.     Yep, words--in add ...

    Sometimes I just don’t have any perspiration (Aspiration)! This seems to be one of those times. The networks on television don’t have any, either. They're all reruns! If you want to get your blood pressure up, you can watch the news channels. When you're at the bottom of the channels, go back to the cooking network and get hungry!

    King of the Crag     “Falling.”     That’s what rock climbers say, when they’re falling. Which sounds perfectly logical, of course. If you start to fall from the face of a cliff you’re trying to climb, it wouldn’t make any sense to shout, “Omaha!” or “AAAAHHHH!” Those code words have their place, I’m sure, but they aren’t useful for rock climbers, as a rule.

    Mason knows how to celebrate Halloween. From a soiree to an artfest and more, folks have a lot of terrorific choices. But don’t miss the library’s goings-on! Thursday, John L. Davis’s presentation on vampires is sure to be creepily informing and fun, and Miss Shay and Mr. Bones will entertain with Halloween stories at the Seaquist House on Saturday from 11:00-12:00.

    Decorating     Dear Gerry,     "Thanks for the Memories" sung by the late Bob Hope at the end of his shows, goes to Debbie and her mother, the late Marian Hey Ellison, for the Fantasyland yard display before and on Oct. 31 - Halloween!! Besides the "spooky" yard, those two made 300 to 400 gift bags to hand out to the eager little "trick or treaters"