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This is Sue Jordan Pledger your city commissioner enjoying our recent wonderful rain and cooler weather. And especially enjoying Mason being ranked No.1 in 2A Football this year! I attended the game against Comanche and was so impressed with Mason’s skillful execution of plays. I also really enjoyed our band’s performance which was excellent on all levels.
On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Riata’s monthly membership meeting was held at the beautiful home of Doris Courtright. Co- Hostesses were Susan Coe and Becky Griffith. A delicious salad luncheon was enjoyed, with 28 members in attendance.
The meeting was called to order by President, Laura Tallent. Members recited The Woman’s Creed and committee reports were given by chairpersons.
The Mason HS Band will attend the Concho Classic Marching Festival in San Angelo on October 6th.
The Festival includes many 1A, 2A, and 3A bands from around the area. Mason is slotted to perform at 1:20 p.m. The contest is held at San Angelo Stadium and admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, and 8 years old and under are free.
Every week the band has learned a bit more of the show and this Saturday will be our first time to perform the show in its entirety publicly.
The closing game of Mason's 2018 pre-season schedule last Friday night welcomed in a great night of fall weather, and saw the Punchers clinch a 42-7 victory over the Comanche Indians.
The Punchers took the opening kickoff from Comanche, and after only a few plays, Jake Cockerham raced across the goal for the first Mason touchdown of the night.
According to Micah Walker, County Extension Agent in Mason County the Hill Country Youth Commercial Heifer Show and Sale is currently entering its fifth year of existence.
“It all started with a group of passionate ranchers who believed in facilitating an opportunity for youth to acquire knowledge of life in the commercial beef industry.”
The project is one that is undoubtedly most practical in terms of its goals.
Participants from seven counties commit and dedicate six months to ra ...
Last week, the White team traveled to Comanche to take on the Indians.
The Punchers played well from the very beginning, scoring first. After a late touchdown by the Indians, the Punchers led at half time with a score of 8-6.
After halftime, the Punchers continued their first half success scoring on 2 more drives while only allowing another late score to Comanche.
Mason High School's annual Queen's Coronation event is right around the corner: Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 for pictures. Please save the date on your calendar.
This year’s theme is “A Walk in Central Park.” Tickets are $10 and are available in the High School office or by contacting a Band Booster Officer: Piper Perlichek, Deandra Palacio, Tiffany Klaerner or Misty Standard.
If you would like to volunteer to help with decorations, food or clean-up, ...
Old age is not for the faint of heart! Varicose veins, saggy skin, wrinkles, bulges where flesh was once firm (as memory serves). And that’s just the superficial: most of us have paid for multiple doctors’ world cruises or orthodontics for their entire families! Why the gloom and doom? Because sometimes when I look in the mirror I scare myself!
The Mason HS Band will attend the Concho Classic Marching Festival in San Angelo on October 6th.
The Festival includes many 1A, 2A, and 3A bands from around the area. Mason is slotted to perform at 1:20 p.m. The contest is held at San Angelo Stadium and admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, and 8 years old and under are free.
Every week the band has learned a bit more of the show and this Saturday will be our first time to perform the show in its entirety publicly.
The Castell Area Wildlife Management Association will be meeting on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at the Trinity Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Castell, TX. Chris Mostyn, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), will provide the white-tail deer harvest recommendations for the WMA.
Members are encouraged to attend whether one leases for hunting or just harvests for personal use.
When: October 16, 2018
Where: Bella Sera
Italian Restaurant & Pizza
2124 Sidney Baker Street
Kerrville, TX 78028
Speaker: Phil Bob Borman, an accomplished painter and sculptor. He has been a professional artist since 1986. A native of Texas raised in north Central Texas.
Time: Social starts @ 10:00 a.m.
Meeting starts @ 10:30 a.m. till 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $18.00 per person
Contact: Please RSVP call or text to Kitty-Sue Quinn at 512-644-3508 or [email protected] on or before Sep ...
Joe Manuel an 11 year member of George Strait’s Ace in the Hole band along with Larry Allison, retired Lampasas County Attorney present Lora Cheney, Development Coordinator and Kaylee Gaines, Outreach Coordinator with a new Fender Guitar signed by George Strait to be auctioned off during the upcoming 5th Annual Rifles, Racks & Deer Tracks fundraiser benefiting the Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center.
Event is October 27th, 2018 at the YMCA of the Highland Lakes in Burnet.
For more ...
ATTENTION SINGERS: The Mason Community Choir will begin rehearsals for a Christmas cantata titled “More Than a Manger” this Monday, October 8, 7:00 p.m. at First Methodist Church.
We plan to present this spiritually meaningful program on Sunday, December 2. Even if you have never sung with us, come and give it a try.
The Republican Woman’s Club will sponsor a mixer at Lea Lou Restaurant on October 13th, 2018, at 5:30 pm. It will be a cash bar. Our featured guest is James Dickey, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. He has served in this position since 2017. For most of the prior years, he was chairman of the Travis County Republican Party.
Mr.
The holidays and deer hunting season usually mean company is coming! Don’t forget about the Mason Square Museum for a fun activity. Those folks who have never been to Mason or to the museum can learn all about the history of this area. For those who have been to the museum before, we have changing exhibits so you can always learn something new.
According to Micah Walker, County Extension Agent in Mason County the Hill Country Youth Commercial Heifer Show and Sale is currently entering its fifth year of existence.
“It all started with a group of passionate ranchers who believed in facilitating an opportunity for youth to acquire knowledge of life in the commercial beef industry.”
The project is one that is undoubtedly most practical in terms of its goals.
Participants from seven counties commit and dedicate six months to ra ...
The Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library is offering a free Microsoft Office 2010 class beginning Tuesday, October 9, at 6:00 in the library. Carol Tucker, who has just finished teaching the Excel class, will be the instructor. Please pre-register by calling Carol at 281-788-5145 or the library at 325-347-3447.
MASON, TEXAS - The USDA Rural Development will host a housing workshop on Tuesday, October 9th, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Mason County Food Bank (Greater Works Building) at 601 Brazos Ave. in Mason. Representatives will be available to provide information and application assistance for housing loans, as well as information on other USDA Rural Development programs.
USDA Rural Development's Direct Loan program provides 100% appraised value financing through low-interest, no-down-payment l ...
The Hext Volunteer Fire Department invites you to their annual fundraiser and fish fry. It will be held this Saturday, October 6th, at the firehouse, next to the Post Office in Hext.
Lunch will be served from 11:00 to 12:30. It is a free will donation, eat in, or take out.
There will be a raffle which includes about 30 items including 8 guns.
Gather your friends and family and join us for a day full of fun at the Fort Mason Cookoff and Wild West Extravaganza, Saturday, October 13. All activities will be held at the Fort Mason Park – rain or shine.
The event, hosted by the Mason County Livestock Show & Expo Inc., will feature a live music concert, cookoff contest, goat roping, washer pitching tournament and golf tournament.
Students from Surrounding Communities Invited to Oct. 6 Gathering
(Mason, Texas) - students from around the Mason Area invite students from surrounding communities to share their Christian faith with fellow students during our 3rd Annual National Fields of Faith Event. This interdenominational outreach event will be held in over 500 locations throughout the nation.
Fields of Faith is structured as a student-to-student ministry.
Mason High School's annual Queen's Coronation event is right around the corner: Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 for pictures. Please save the date on your calendar.
This year’s theme is “A Walk in Central Park.” Tickets are $10 and are available in the High School office or by contacting a Band Booster Officer: Piper Perlichek, Deandra Palacio, Tiffany Klaerner or Misty Standard.
If you would like to volunteer to help with decorations, food or clean-up, ...
This fall weather is wonderful. The rain and cooler weather puts me in the mood for Thanksgiving. However, we have to endure all the television shows about Halloween first.
This is a busy month at the Art United Methodist Church. The boxes for the Mexico Christmas are at the back of church.
Henry LeRoy James, known as LeRoy to most, passed away on September 22, 2018, at the age of 77.
LeRoy and his beloved wife, Shana K James, moved to this beautiful town in the 1990’s, but Mason was always a home away from home for them and their family. LeRoy is remembered by his wife, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, loved ones and friends as a caring, light hearted, godly, and joyful man to be around.
Lee Roy Westbrook Jr., age 74, formerly of Dallas, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home in Mason County on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
Lee Roy Jr. was born on March 10, 1944, in Tonopah, Nevada. Lee Roy spent much of his life in Dallas where his family owned and operated JGB Enterprises, Inc., also known as Westbrook Construction.
In my last story, I told about going to my first of many camp meetings at Lower Willow Creek. The whole family really enjoyed our brief vacation among our friends and extended family. We also made some new friends. We were anxious to go to another camp meeting to see them and bring one another up to date.
During the winter, Mamma & Pappa started talking about going even though it involved a lot of preparation, especially for the women folks.
Students from Surrounding Communities Invited to Oct. 6 Gathering
(Mason, Texas) - students from around the Mason Area invite students from surrounding communities to share their Christian faith with fellow students during our 3rd Annual National Fields of Faith Event. This interdenominational outreach event will be held in over 500 locations throughout the nation.
Fields of Faith is structured as a student-to-student ministry.
A Different Entry Into Winter
What a difference a few weeks can make!
One month ago, pastures in Mason County were bare. There was no grazing available for livestock or for wildlife. Surface water was not to be found. Springs had slowed to a trickle. Landowners were bracing for what was shaping up to be a very tough winter, full of difficult decisions.
And then, it started to rain.
Cold.
Wait for it.
Hot.
And so it goes.
Sweater.
Jacket.
Hat.
Flip the switch.
AC.
T-shirt.
Cap.
Speaking of T-shirts and caps.
You can get them monogrammed at Beaty’s Embroidery & Signs.
And Mason Monograms & More.
And T-shirts printed too.
They’re right across the street from each other on Hwy 87 north.
Near the Short Stop.
And Nacho’s Café.
Monogrammed towels make a nice gift.
So do monogrammed pillowcases.
Nice gifts can be found at The Thing ...
Old age is not for the faint of heart! Varicose veins, saggy skin, wrinkles, bulges where flesh was once firm (as memory serves). And that’s just the superficial: most of us have paid for multiple doctors’ world cruises or orthodontics for their entire families! Why the gloom and doom? Because sometimes when I look in the mirror I scare myself!
In my last story, I told about going to my first of many camp meetings at Lower Willow Creek. The whole family really enjoyed our brief vacation among our friends and extended family. We also made some new friends. We were anxious to go to another camp meeting to see them and bring one another up to date.
During the winter, Mamma & Pappa started talking about going even though it involved a lot of preparation, especially for the women folks.
Cold.
Wait for it.
Hot.
And so it goes.
Sweater.
Jacket.
Hat.
Flip the switch.
AC.
T-shirt.
Cap.
Speaking of T-shirts and caps.
You can get them monogrammed at Beaty’s Embroidery & Signs.
And Mason Monograms & More.
And T-shirts printed too.
They’re right across the street from each other on Hwy 87 north.
Near the Short Stop.
And Nacho’s Café.
Monogrammed towels make a nice gift.
So do monogrammed pillowcases.
Nice gifts can be found at The Thing ...
Jam Filled Thumbprint Cookies
courtesy: loveandoliveoil.com
This is the first of a large group of “thumbprint” cookies that I stumbled across on the ‘net. They sounded good, and appeared to have almost limitless possibilities for the filling. They don’t have any unique or hard-to-find ingredients in them, and have been loved by everyone who’s put a tooth to them.
This fall weather is wonderful. The rain and cooler weather puts me in the mood for Thanksgiving. However, we have to endure all the television shows about Halloween first.
This is a busy month at the Art United Methodist Church. The boxes for the Mexico Christmas are at the back of church.
The recent rains have provided many blessings here in Mason and few of the significant challenges some of our neighbors in West Texas and around the country have had. This weekend in Mason was fun with a good football game on Friday night and great activities all around the Square on Saturday.
A Road Less Traveled….
He’s far more than a “once was,” but, even with an odometer he disconnected several years ago, he’s still well short of being a “has been.”
At age 78, Ray Hildebrand still is a Christian entertainer, most remembered for writing and singing Billboard magazine’s number one musical hit for February, 1963.
The Muddy Spartan
Poor intelligence caused Custer to lose the battle of the Little Big Horn. Poor intelligence caused Napoleon to lose the battle of Waterloo. Poor intelligence caused me to believe the Spartan Sprint obstacle course race in Pulaski, Tennessee would be 3.1 miles. At the starting line I found out the race was in fact 4.3 miles long, and contained 23 obstacles.
As most of you know, the library has a digital counterpart for downloading free ebooks, audiobooks, and emagazines. The easiest way to get started is to go to www.masontexaslibrary.com, log into your account, and click on the Overdrive icon. You will be asked to select your library and log in again (your card number is your user name and your seven-digit phone number is your password).
“Boss” Lion Marty Bentson gaveled to order the weekly meeting of the Mason Lions Club on September 25.
Shannon Worrell gave the program, about the forthcoming Fort Mason Cook-off and Wild West Extravaganza at the Fort Mason Park on Saturday, October 13. The Mason County Live Stock Show & Expo, LLC.
