We will start picking up leaves on December the 12th. Please try not to put any limbs in the piles of leaves so our vacuum can pick up all leaves. Please put all leaves on side of street. If you miss us for any reason be assured that we will be back by the following week.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars held their monthly meeting Tuesday, November the 15th to elect officers to fill vacancies created by the recent death of Larry Spell, Commander.
The meeting was called to order by the former Sr. Vice Commander, Bill Hight, who assumed the duties as Post Commander due to the void.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Headquarters annually sponsor an essay writing contest designed for the elementary student titled “The Patriot’s Pen” and the theme was “The America I Believe In” and high school students essay title was “The Voice of Democracy” with the theme being “My Responsibility to America”.
Members and spouses of the American Legion and VFW Mason Post and the Auxiliaries are invited to the annual Christmas feast to be held Thursday eve, Dec. 8. at 7 PM at the American Legion Post hall.
VFW is to furnish the food and drinks and the American Legion will furnish the desserts for the dinner.
Everyone is invited to join St. Paul Lutheran Church for the "Journey to Bethlehem Drive Thru Christmas Luminary." The luminary is sponsored by St. Paul.
The location is Fort Mason City Park and the time will be 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Come and be blessed by the Living Nativity, portrayed by the youth of St.
River of Life Church is hosting its third annual senior angel tree! The last couple of years has seen great success in meeting the needs of a humble group of individuals: our senior citizens.
Most of the senior citizens live on a fixed income which may barely cover necessities such as shelter, medication, and food.
Christmas is a time for family, fellowship and celebrating the love of Christ. The family of River of Life Church wants to share in food and fellowship with our family of Mason at our annual Christmas Dinner. Please join us on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25th at the River of Life Gymnasium for a delicious traditional Christmas dinner.
We’re about a month away from our annual Veteran’s Hunt, so I thought I’d let you know what has been going on with our program.
Back in September, Ronnie Zesch and Ronnie and Gary Johnson hosted thirty nine veterans out at Grossville for the annual Mason County Dove Hunt. As usual, great food, great fun, not as many dove as last year, but a great hunt as well.
Operation Orphans, Inc. enjoyed successful youth hunts October 29, November 19 and December 3. Results from the three hunts had 136 boys and girls harvesting 213 animals. The final hunt of the 2016 season will take place January 7.
During the October hunt, 39 girls from 9 childcare facilities harvested 40 animals.
On behalf of the Mason Ministerial Alliance, I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas! For those of you who are not aware of who we are or what we do, our simple mission is to bring a unified body of Christian Churches to bear on the problems of our community, feeding and clothing the poor, educating those in need of a better opportunity and other types of work which could better be done by a dedicated group of churches.
The 2016 Puncher football season came to a close on Friday night in San Marcos. The Refugio Bobcats, a perennial rival, will move on ahead to the semifinals while the Punchers move on with their other activities.
The Punchers did not make it an easy win for Refugio. Mason had 158 yards for the night to Refugio's 300.
The Long Mountain Community Club will hold their monthly meeting Friday evening at 6:30 PM, December 9. 2016.
A donation of BBQ sausage is being donated by Roy and Shelia Cooper of the Junction Cooper’s BBQ for this event.
I ask that those attending, please bring a suitable food, beverage or dessert to merge with the BBQ.
The Llano Country Opry will feature Heart of Texas Recording Artists Amber Digby and Justin Trevino on Saturday, December 10, at 7:30 PM at the Lantex Theater in downtown Llano, Texas. Admission is $15 and tickets are now on sale at www.heartoftexascountry.com or by calling (325) 247-5354.
The Traditional Country show will include some special Christmas selections as well.
Raised in Nashville, Tennessee--the capital of Country Music--Amber Digby is one of the most refreshing country singers in ...
The Mason County Livestock Show Board has authorized a change in entry fees for the 2017 show. All entries are $10.00 per head (hogs, steers and heifers had been set at $20.00 per head). If you have previously entered the show please return to the Mason County AgriLife Extension office, located at 505 Moody St., where you may:
Ask for a refund of monies owed to you under the new entry fees
Add additional animals for show under the new entry fees
Make any changes to your entry information
The Ma ...
Mason, Texas – Residents living in and around the Mason, Texas can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. City of Mason Community Building will host this community event on 12/19/2016. The site is located at 1015 San Antonio St in Mason.
Screenings can check for:
The level of plaque buildup in your arteries, related to risk for heart disease, stroke and overall vascular ...
Moving Through the Rest of 2016...
Every week, we here at the News finish one paper and get ready to move on to the next. Preparation for the next issue involves erasing all the articles, photos, calendars and details from the current week and looking one week, two weeks, a month ahead.
The regular meeting of the Mason Garden Club will be on Tuesday,December 13, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. at the Mason County M. Beven EckertMemorial Library, Stribling Room. Please note the date and time change.
This will be the club’s annual Christmas party. Members are asked to bringtheir favorite pot luck dish and a white elephant gift that can either be garden related or not.
A coalition of nearly 20 Texas agriculture groups is pursuing fairness in the eminent domain process for all property owners, and the legislative effort is very important to Mason County farmers and ranchers, according to the president of the Mason County Farm Bureau.
The Texans for Property Rights coalition includes the Texas Farm Bureau as one its members.
“Unfortunately, Texas landowners continue to struggle with an unbalanced set of laws that are at odds with a state revered for private p ...
We invite you to support “Operation Christmas Greeting”; Mason County’s annual fundraiser for the EMS Association. For new participants, it works like this: A donation is made to the “Greeting” fund and your name is listed on a full page Greeting Card that appears in this paper’s Christmas edition on December 21st.
Austin, Texas – A growing coalition of 18 Texas-based organizations, leading the Texans for Property Rights grassroots initiative, will host a meeting at the Mason Community Building in Mason, Texas, on Monday, December 12th at 5:30 p.m. There will be discussion of eminent domain issues along with ideas to safeguard Texans’ private property rights.
Property owners who attend will learn about upcoming legislative efforts to achieve fairness in the laws that govern the use of eminent domain i ...
High school students in the Central Texas Electric Cooperative service area can now submit an essay to be one of three winners for the 2017 Government-in-Action Youth Tour, an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., June 7–16.
Essays must be turned in by January 27 for this opportunity that truly is the trip of a lifetime.
Central Texas Electric Cooperative (CTEC) is collecting toys again this holiday season. A free koozie will be given to individuals that bring in donation items.
CTEC is working with Bluebonnet CASA for this toy drive. The ages served range from one month to 18 years of age. Some of the items they are looking for are books, infant toys, baby dolls, Legos, board games, footballs and soccer balls.
CTEC will be collecting until December 11th.
One of the tools that range scientists use to observe and study habitats is to erect fences around small areas to exclude browsing and grazing animals, and to then observe the changes inside these exclosures compared to adjacent areas outside the exclosures.
We essentially did this when we built our house 16 years ago and put up a high fence around it.
Over the years I also planted a number of native trees and put cages around them as well as around a few other places where I found newly sprout ...
11-01-16@0025-Stabbing-Shooting-Deputies Wall, Hebert, Mason EMS responded to RR 386 for stabbing. Then Deputies Wall and Hebert plus Llano EMS, and Llano County deputies responded to Castell for gunshot victim.
11-01-16@0823-Suspicious Person Complaint-Deputy received information for suspicious person.
11-01-16@1258-Vehicle Unlock-Deputy Horn responded to Bryan St for vehicle to be unlocked.
11-01-16@1335-Suspicous Person-Deputy Horn responded to Art for a suspicious person but the person was ...
Dutch Oven Bread
courtesy: Ron Merlin
In my constant quest for breads and other baked goods that are quick to make and great to eat, I occasionally stumble across a real winner. This is one of those breads! The total “active involvement” time by the baker is really small; possibly 20 minutes, at the outside.
The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, November 29th, for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. There were 32 members and one visitor in attendance. 1st. Vice President Jim Heidelberg was in charge as “Boss” Lion Jess Irwin was out of town. “Boss” Jim read some interesting facts to us. Today is legendary L.A.
For many of us, December is a “cooking” month, and I’m always on the hunt for a new recipe. Of course, the library has a great cookbook section, but don’t forget our magazines: Food Network, Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living, Woman’s Day, and others will offer their holiday recipes as well.
A mower runs over it
Let’s say you’re out mowing your lawn and you run over an Australian green tree frog. Not that such a thing is likely to happen, if you live in Texas, since Australian green tree frogs are native to Australia. Which is a good thing, I guess.
