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Texas Retired Teachers Association Spring Leadership Conference was held on Thursday, May 3, at First Baptist Church in Junction.
State Representative, Andrew Murr, spoke to the group of about eighty retired teachers from District 15. He encouraged the members to communicate with their State Representative and Senator about the issues before the Texas Legislature, which will be voting on protecting TRS Health Care and pension, the Defined Benefit Plan.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as the National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which that date falls to be National Police Week. An Annual Memorial Service began in 1982 that is sponsored by the Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The Mason Lions Club met May 8th for their regular weekly meeting. There were 33 members and no visitors in attendance.
Lion Michael Cope was responsible for the program and spoke about the Mason ISD Scholarship Foundation that has been established by a gift from Geneva Rogers Keller’s estate. Michael gave a brief history of the formation of this 501c3 entity to generate scholarships for Mason ISD graduates, beginning next spring.
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”Bruce Lee
I know one of these warriors. Despite having had to fight back from the injuries he received from a wreck after his last visit to Mason, he kept his eye on getting to come back to help.. . As soon as he regained consciousness after his wreck, his laser-like focus on getting well kicked in to gear.
During the past few weeks the City has continued to move forward with both of our major projects. As you are probably aware, the City is working with Texas Water Development Board to fund a water treatment project, and we are in the process of completing the permitting of a new landfill, since the old landfill is rapidly filling up and will need to be closed in a year or so.
The Youth Agricultural Lifetime Leadership opportunity is a 6 day exploration for youth in 4-H Districts 7,10,11 & 12 to experience South Texas agricultural production.
Youth that have a strong interest in production agriculture who are outgoing high school freshmen through outgoing seniors or ages 15—18 as of September 1, 2016 are invited to apply and 30 youth will be selected.
Mason High School had a record-breaking 5 participants and 6 artworks advance to the state VASE competition this year.
Participants included: Jill von Donop, Caroline Lemke, Anthony Martinez, K.O. Tedder, and Tiani Tovar. Out of an original 35,000 pieces, 2,321 were state qualifiers.
Tiani Tovar had one out of 1,290 pieces that received a medal at the state competition.
FREE FOOD!!!!
This summer in the Mason ISD cafeteria. ALL children 18 yrs and younger are welcome and encouraged to come eat Breakfast and Lunch.
Breakfast will be served from 7:15 until 8 a.m., Monday thru Thursday. Lunch from 11 a.m. until noon, Monday thru Thursday. The child does not have to be enrolled in the Mason schools to come eat.
The Punchers became Area Champs last Saturday after beating Port Aransas in a baseball marathon.
The team played a 2 of 3 game series vs. Port A. In the first game, it was a back and forth affair as the game lasted 4 hours going into 5 extra innings. In the end, the Punchers came out on top 8-7 in the bottom of the 12th scoring on a pass ball.
In game 2, it was yet another back and forth affair.
The Mason Jr Punchers took 4th place honors last Monday at the Brady Bulldog Open. Leading the way for the Punchers was Travis Parker, Ivan Wofford, Derick Ontiveroz, Marques Harding and Cason Jacoby.
The Jr Cowgirls had a marvelous day taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd spots at the Bulldog Open. The 1st place team was made of; Annabelle Herrington, Madalynn Del Toro; Madalynn also placed third for the overall individual, Jacie Smedley, Madison Martinez and Isela Rodriguez.
The 2nd place team; Madi ...
The Youth Agricultural Lifetime Leadership opportunity is a 6 day exploration for youth in 4-H Districts 7,10,11 & 12 to experience South Texas agricultural production.
Youth that have a strong interest in production agriculture who are outgoing high school freshmen through outgoing seniors or ages 15—18 as of September 1, 2016 are invited to apply and 30 youth will be selected.
That north wind is blowing in notorious a tumbleweed, Tumbleweed Smith to be exact. He first performed in Mason at the Mason Chamber of Commerce banquet to a packed house in February 2011. He has aired interviews on his syndicated radio show with some of our memorable members of the county.
FREE FOOD!!!!
This summer in the Mason ISD cafeteria. ALL children 18 yrs and younger are welcome and encouraged to come eat Breakfast and Lunch.
Breakfast will be served from 7:15 until 8 a.m., Monday thru Thursday. Lunch from 11 a.m. until noon, Monday thru Thursday. The child does not have to be enrolled in the Mason schools to come eat.
Mason County Habitat for Humanity’s live and silent auctions will include works of art, custom designed jewelry, overnight getaways and much more this year! The Spring Benefit is on Saturday, May 19th, from 6 – 9 p.m. Tib and Chantel Scallon are hosting this year’s benefit at their beautiful venue, The Park at Scallon Ranch which is located on the east side of FM 386 less than three miles north of the Mason Square.
Habitat President, Jess Irwin commented, “This should be a stellar y ...
The Ceynowas have had a wonderful week. Nephew Mitch Jordan and brother Fred Jordan organized the troops and the leaf mess is about gone. We have hauled six loads and have about one more load to go. On Sunday, we enjoyed a Mother’s day dinner cooked by grandson, John Sanders.
Starbucks lost a loyal customer on Friday May 11, 2018. Tom was a kind, intelligent and loving man who enjoyed life to the fullest with his energetic wife and partner, Shellie Smith Yokum, who was always by his side.
Tom was born in Dallas, Texas on July 30, 1948, to Betty (Brown) and John Yokum.
Hubert Morgan, of Pontotoc, passed away on Monday, May 14, at the age of 88. He was born at the family ranch at Field Creek in Llano County on July 14, 1929 to Otto V. Morgan and Virginia Simpson Morgan. Hubert attended school at San Fernando Academy in Pontotoc and in Llano where he graduated from high school.
After high school Hubert worked as a cowboy and also did carpentry work.
525,600 Minutes - Moments in Time
The Broadway show "Rent" has many great musical numbers. It is a contemporary re-imagining of the opera, "La Boheme," and it follows a group of friends on the lower east side of Manhattan, down in Alphabet City. I was fortunate enough to get to see the original cast in the production shortly before it took home multiple Tony Awards back in 1995.
Near the end of the show, as all the plotlines begin wrapping up and character stories are being resolved, one ...
Kendall
I am betwixt and between with regard to Kendall and his columns, but I think I have a solution. Somewhere along the way Kendall seemed to become a serious columnist. Maybe it was his bible college training, maturity, or things are just that serious in our country.
He now writes well reasoned, well written columns about serious issues in our country.
Trash
Today, my dog asked me a question.
"Say partner, does it seem that more people are throwing their trash out on the streets than they used to?"
My answer to Ringo was, yes it does boy. I think most people are very careful and never do that. Maybe some people are just so busy that they never think about what they are doing.
Mexican Chocolate Cookies
courtesy: FOOD.com
These are great cookies, nice and soft, and a bit gooey. You and your family or friends will not be able to eat more than 10-12 of these at a sitting, so you may wish to make more than one batch!
Ingredients:
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus one tablespoon
2 ¼ cups powdered sugar, plus two tablespoons
1 ¼ cups vegetable shortening, plus two tablespoons
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla ...
The Library Book Club has been meeting for about five years now, but, for me, it’s still a fun experience with good-natured, lively discussions of the books. This month’s selection is One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus, who has just come out with the sequel The Vengeance of Mothers.
The end of honor
When Don Zaidle called me in 2002, I had no idea what to expect. Don was a large, gregarious fellow, with a huge beard and shoulder-length hair, although he was bald as an egg on top. He reminded me of Grizzly Adams. He was also the managing editor of Texas Fish & Game magazine, and he opened the conversation with, “Hemphill, you write that newspaper column that irritates everybody, don’t you?”
I allowed that my column had, on occasion, angered some readers, but sin ...
While strolling through the pasture one day
In the very merry month of May
We were taken by surprise
By a loud rattle noise
While strolling in the pasture one day.
Hey, hey.
Yep.
They’re heeeeeeeeere.
Rattlesnakes.
On the move.
In the shade.
On a rock.
Under a tree.
In the grass.
By the deck.
Over yonder.
Under foot.
Watch your step.
Keep your eyes and ears open.
Scientifically known as Crotalus.
From the Greek, meaning “castanet.”
And Sistrurus ...
The Ceynowas have had a wonderful week. Nephew Mitch Jordan and brother Fred Jordan organized the troops and the leaf mess is about gone. We have hauled six loads and have about one more load to go. On Sunday, we enjoyed a Mother’s day dinner cooked by grandson, John Sanders.
