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Mary Carlman, Study Club President, and Nan Larrimore, Study Club Treasurer, present a check to Mason County Librarian, Patti Grote, from a recent Study Club fundraiser. The Study Club and Library are extremely grateful to the community for their unending support of literacy.
The next Study Club fundraiser, Afternoon Tea, will be held Sunday April 28th 3:00 pm at St.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Andrea Bray has joined the Frontera Healthcare organization and will be providing Pediatric care to patients in our Mason Clinic starting April 8th.
Dr. Bray has practiced General Pediatrics in Fredericksburg since 2005 and practiced in Dallas for four years prior to that. She graduated from Texas A&M with a BS in Genetics and attended Medical School at UT Southwestern.
03-01-19@1453 Deputy Horn responded to a Minor Crash on Merrill St
03-01-19@1657 Deputy Moller responded to a Minor Crash on Mesquite St
03-01-19@2051 Deputy Moller responded to Colorado St for Harassing Phone Calls
03-02-19@0800 Deputy Horn responded to Hwy 71 at Deer Creek for Loose Livestock
03-02-19@2125 Deputy Moller provided a Welfare Check on Broad St
03-03-19@1343 Trooper Eckert conducted a traffic stop that resulted in an Arrest for an outstanding warrant
03-03-19@1345 De ...
Boss Lion Marty Bentson opened the March 26 meeting of the Mason Lions Club by welcoming our guests, Tim Lehmberg, our presenter, Frank Kremek, Lyle Johanson, and Remedio Silerio, guest of Lion Ken Cordero.
Boss Lion Marty presented Lion Galen Thorne the Melvin Jones Fellowship award, with plaque, for Lion Galen's outstanding service to the Lion's Club in general and the Mason Lion's Club specifically.
It is Spring in Mason, and even with the swings in the temperatures the wildflowers are popping up and coloring the roadsides and hills with their special brand of magic. Along with the bluebonnets showing up all around town, you can tell it is spring also by the multitude of political signs that have appeared in the past couple of weeks.
Come to the square on Palm Sunday, April 14th and bring your appetite! The Annual Hamburger Picnic will be held on the west side of the square under the awning of the Odeon Theater on Palm Sunday from 11-1. In addition to delicious hamburgers hot off the grill, guests will enjoy a bag of chips and an ice cold soda for just $7.
SAN ANGELO, TX (03/27/2019)-- Angelo State University’s chapter of the Alpha Chi national honor society inducted 39 new student members and one honorary member during a special initiation ceremony on March 25 in the Houston Harte University Center.
Kaley McBee of Brady (76825)
Christopher Habecker of Mason (76856)
Angelo State University, founded in 1928, is a thriving four-year public school in Texas.
Come hear the classic tale of The Hare and the Tortoise on Monday, April 8. Helen Ward’s version retells the famous race between the boastful rabbit and the persevering tortoise.
In March, kids painted shamrocks, read about “not-a-boxes” and learned a little about honeybees. One week kids created bumble bee puppets they could use to race to find nectar, and another week they constructed from boxes cars, fire trucks, a dump truck, and a building on fire.
Storytime is held Mondays a ...
Micah Walker, County Extension Agent for Mason County has announced the deadline to purchase validation tags for Steers and Heifers going to major shows. Validation tags for sheep/goats or swine for State Fair also need to be ordered. The deadline to order is Tuesday, April 16 and each tag costs $15.00.
Jesse Throws Shutout As Mason Cowgirls Varsity Defeat Eldorado
Jesse Armstrong threw a gem on Tuesday for Mason Cowgirls, allowing zero runs and besting Eldorado by a score of 13-0.
Mason Cowgirls got on the board in the first inning when an error scored one run. Mason Cowgirls put up five runs in the seventh inning.
Our Mason Junior High Cowgirls competed in the Harper Longhorn Relays on Thursday, March 21. Our 7th and 8th grade girls teams competed well winning the meet in their respective divisions. Congrats to these girls on a great meet.
7th Grade Girls Results
100m dash: Alondra Lugo, 4th, 15.00; Lynn Rae Lehmberg, 5th, 15.08
200m dash: Lucy Rochat, 2nd, 31.68; Caedance Palmer, 4th, 32.62
400m dash: Lucy Rochat, 1st, 1:12.19; Laney Lastly, 5th, 1:19.28; Alondra Lugo, 6th, 1:20.06
800m run: ...
Our Mason Cowgirls competed in the Brady HOT Relays on Thursday, March 28. Unfortunately we were only able to compete in running events through the 4x200m relay because of inclement weather, but our Varsity team finished in 1st place through the events completed. Our JV Cowgirls team finished in 4th place.
JV Girls Results
100m dash: Kaelee Silerio, 2nd, 14.46
3200m run: Isis Martinez, 2nd, 15:01
4x100m relay: Graci Weber, Reagan Norman, Sydney Renfroe, Vivi Gomez, 4th, 59.32
4x200m ...
The Mason Cowgirls track & field team competed well at the Harper Longhorn Relays on Saturday, March 23. Our JV Girls won the meet in their division, and our Varsity girls came in 2nd just a few points behind Eldorado.
JV Girls Resutls
100m dash: Kaelee Silerio, 3rd, 14.16
200m dash: Brooke Stockbridge, 1st, 28.82; Kaelee Silerio, 3rd, 29.49
800m run: Alex Row, 1st, 2:46.41
1600m run: Isis Martinez, 3rd, 6:40.58; Kyleigh Ake, 5th, 6:59.62
3200m run: Isis Martinez, 3rd, 14:39.22; K ...
The Mason Cowgirls track & field team competed well at the Harper Longhorn Relays on Saturday, March 23. Our JV Girls won the meet in their division, and our Varsity girls came in 2nd just a few points behind Eldorado.
JV Girls Resutls
100m dash: Kaelee Silerio, 3rd, 14.16
200m dash: Brooke Stockbridge, 1st, 28.82; Kaelee Silerio, 3rd, 29.49
800m run: Alex Row, 1st, 2:46.41
1600m run: Isis Martinez, 3rd, 6:40.58; Kyleigh Ake, 5th, 6:59.62
3200m run: Isis Martinez, 3rd, 14:39.22; K ...
Area high school students will develop leadership skills and learn about the Constitution as Mason County Farm Bureau invites them to apply for the annual Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Youth Leadership Conference (YLC).
Students who attend YLC engage in patriotism, free enterprise and leadership opportunities, Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said.
“We encourage our youth to take advantage of these opportunities to learn how our U.S.
The Mason High School UIL Academic Team won the District 2A-27 Championship at San Saba High School on March 25. By the end of the meet, Mason had amassed 739 points, besting second place San Saba’s 397 points.
In all, thirty-three Mason students advanced to compete in the Regional Academic Meet at Texas A&M Corpus Christi on April 12-13.
ger/apr 3 boys track in brady
HS boys track at HOT Relays in Brady Texas 3/28/19
By Coach Coby Owen
The High School Track Teams competed at the HOT Relays in Brady this past week. The meet was cancelled halfway thru due to lightning. Here are the results:
JV Boys Team - 3rd - 70 pts
800 - 2nd - Fernando Callejas
5th - Colby Brown
110h - 5th - Tyler Schmidt
6th - Braden Hollingshead
4x1 - 2nd - Jaden Scantlin, Blake Lewis, Jose Valdez, Aaron Estrada
4x2 - 1st - Estrada, Lew ...
Come hear the classic tale of The Hare and the Tortoise on Monday, April 8. Helen Ward’s version retells the famous race between the boastful rabbit and the persevering tortoise.
In March, kids painted shamrocks, read about “not-a-boxes” and learned a little about honeybees. One week kids created bumble bee puppets they could use to race to find nectar, and another week they constructed from boxes cars, fire trucks, a dump truck, and a building on fire.
Storytime is held Mondays a ...
Micah Walker, County Extension Agent for Mason County has announced the deadline to purchase validation tags for Steers and Heifers going to major shows. Validation tags for sheep/goats or swine for State Fair also need to be ordered. The deadline to order is Tuesday, April 16 and each tag costs $15.00.
Republican Women Home Tour (Week 1)
The Mason County Republican Women’s 33rd Annual Home Tour will be on Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 10 am to 5 pm. This home tour is a fundraiser which provides two scholarships...one for a college bound and one for a trade school bound graduating senior.
Family Life Center, Methodist Church
FREE ADMISSION: Come and join us for the Llano Master Gardeners annual
Lawn and Garden Show at the Family Life Center at 800 Wright Street, just a block west of the courthouse, We will open at 9 AM with breakfast tacos, yummy cinnamon rolls and muffins along with tea, coffee and water.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Andrea Bray has joined the Frontera Healthcare organization and will be providing Pediatric care to patients in our Mason Clinic starting April 8th.
Dr. Bray has practiced General Pediatrics in Fredericksburg since 2005 and practiced in Dallas for four years prior to that. She graduated from Texas A&M with a BS in Genetics and attended Medical School at UT Southwestern.
The annual Book and Bake Sale is the primary fundraiser for the Friends of the Library and it starts Saturday, April 6th.
An extended special preview opportunity and sale for members of Friends of the Library will be held Friday, April 5th from 12:00 - 6:00. The sale will continue on Saturday, April 6th from 9:00 - 4:00.
Area high school students will develop leadership skills and learn about the Constitution as Mason County Farm Bureau invites them to apply for the annual Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Youth Leadership Conference (YLC).
Students who attend YLC engage in patriotism, free enterprise and leadership opportunities, Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said.
“We encourage our youth to take advantage of these opportunities to learn how our U.S.
Spring in Texas struck again. We have had so many pretty, warm days. Then a little cold spell came through. Although this happens annually, we always seemed surprised and upset by the cool weather. I don’t start cleaning up my yard until the oak blooms fall. It is hard enough to breath in the house, but out in the yard where every step makes a green cloud rise, I am not ready for the sneezing.
Come to the square on Palm Sunday, April 14th and bring your appetite! The Annual Hamburger Picnic will be held on the west side of the square under the awning of the Odeon Theater on Palm Sunday from 11-1. In addition to delicious hamburgers hot off the grill, guests will enjoy a bag of chips and an ice cold soda for just $7.
Mason, Texas- Calling All Music Lovers- The Fourth Annual Mason Chamber Music Festival will take place April 4th -7th and is sure to be the gem of the weekend’s festivities in Mason, Texas.
Bruce Williams, Artistic Director for the Mason Chamber Music Festival spent the day Monday on a press junket to promote this weekend’s events in Mason.
The Mason County Chamber of Commerce challenges all Mason residents and visitors to a Golden Egg Hunt this year! Please join the fun by using sleuthing skills to solve each riddle for a chance to win money! Three gold eggs were hidden inside Mason’s city limits at public venues and are worth $100 each.
The Castell Area Wildlife Management Association will be hosting a pot luck meeting on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 12:00 noon at the Trinity Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Castell, TX. The CA WMA invites anyone to attend who is interested in learning about our Association or who would just like to meet folks who own property in the Castell area.
Native American artist Bill Hart will premiere his work in Mason at the Arnold Art Gallery on Thursday, April 4, from 5:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M. Bill’s exhibit will run at the gallery until May 27.
One of the striking features of Bill’s art is the variety of media in which he works.
BRADY – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s office in McCulloch County will host a Private Applicator Training on April 11.
Participants will receive the training needed to obtain a private applicator license from the Texas Department of Agriculture. This license will enable the applicator to purchase and apply state limited-use and federally restricted chemicals on their own property.
Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m., with the training to follow from 8 a.m.-noon.
Pedro Govea Castillo was born July 30, 1942 in Madero Del Rio, Mexico to Jose Castillo and Augustina Govea.. Purisima was raised and lived in Acuna Coah. as a child.
He is survived by his wife of 11 years, Delma Castillo of Midland, his sons Rafael Castillo and wife Imelda of Mason, Pedro Castillo Jr.
June LaVerne Viser Grote, 94, longtime resident of Corpus Christi, Texas and most recently Columbia, Missouri, died on March 23, 2019, after a full and useful life.
On Friday April 5, 2019, friends’ and family visitation will start at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 900 S Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78401.
John Henry Hofmann was born on March 5, 1937, in Mason, Texas, the second child to Virgil Banks and Chester Victor Hofmann. John Henry, named for his two grandfathers, was a typical small town boy who spent hours hunting the Texas Hill Country and fishing the Llano and James Rivers.
Deciding What's Good for Mason
For the last couple of months, groups working with the City of Mason Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board, have been asking questions of the Mason community. Their queries are fairly straightforward: What does Mason need that it doesn't currently have? What does Mason have that it doesn't need?
Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
courtesy: Jiffy Mix
In my effort to get as many folks as possible to do some baking, I’ve been researching lots of recipes to see it there is a really quick and easy way for busy cooks to put some home-made goodies on the table. The Jiffy Mix company has been around a long time, and they make a lot more mixes than just Corn Bread Muffin Mix!
The Friends of the Library Annual Book & Bake Sale starts this Friday with the Friends members’ preview sale from 3:00-6:00 P.M. Then Saturday It’ll run from 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., and the Garden Club will have their plant sale, too. You can still buy books Monday, 10:00 A.M.
Green Raw Deal
Well, we’re all doomed. If you don’t have your affairs in order, you have just over a decade before the end comes. It’s inevitable, now that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal plan failed in the Senate. Before long the waters will begin to rise and cover the coastal areas, which might not be such a bad thing, if it only meant the demise of California and the Eastern seaboard, but Corpus Christi and Rockport, Texas will also go under.
He’ll Do to Ride the River With…
Many Texans--and no doubt some abiding outside our borders--have used the expression for years: “He’ll do to ride the river with.”
We give little thought to its origin, but typically it is used to convey highest praise for others in whom we have confidence--whether we’re fording a river, or even if we don’t have a horse underneath us.
They say it originated a century and a half ago, when cowboys herded cattle to northern railheads.
Spring in Texas struck again. We have had so many pretty, warm days. Then a little cold spell came through. Although this happens annually, we always seemed surprised and upset by the cool weather. I don’t start cleaning up my yard until the oak blooms fall. It is hard enough to breath in the house, but out in the yard where every step makes a green cloud rise, I am not ready for the sneezing.
Collapse.
Collision/Upset.
Explosion.
Falling Object.
Fire.
Flood.
Freezing.
Glass Breakage.
Hail.
Hurricane.
Land Vehicle.
[As opposed to Space Vehicle?]
Lightning.
Smoke.
Theft.
Vandalism/Malicious Mischief.
Water.
Weight of Ice, Snow or Sleet.
Wind-Driven Rain.
Windstorm.
That’s the official list of insured events.
Some of it right here in our own back 40.
Ask Hofmann Insurance Agency.
Citizen Insurance.
Or Farm Bureau Insurance.
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