May 22, 2019 Issue

The benevolence of the Mason community was on full display this week as the Greater Works organization donated their facility to the Mason Ministerial Alliance. Greater Works is a non-profit organization birthed over 7 years ago to provide a home for the Mason Food Bank and to help meet other needs in the community such as provide a home for Mason Young Life.

The City of Mason is approaching a significant event next week with the retirement of our long serving City Secretary, Pattie Grote. Pattie has served the City as a faithful employee for 36 years and we have all grown accustomed to her many contributions and smiling presence in the City office every day.

On May 14 the Mason Lions Club met in general session at Nachos, with Samantha Whyte in diligent attendance, for its weekly meeting and heard about the most recent adventure of Ethan West. At age 22, Mason’s own barber, young Ethan West, seeks adventure as part of his life. Last year’s adventure was a long and difficult hike up the Appalachian Trail, where he found danger, beauty, good people, and a physical challenge. This year Ethan floated down the Llano River in a 14-foot kayak (w ...

The Mason tennis program won its 97th, 98th, 99th and 100th individual state championship titles Friday at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center on the Texas A&M campus in College Station. Coincidentally, of the 100 titles Mason has won, 100 different players have won them, while a staggering 80 other players have gone to the state tournament and not won a title.

On May 15th, the Mason County Republican Women honored their scholarship recipients for this year. Three senior students will each receive a $1,000.00 scholarship. The three students are John Benefield, Kate Gillespie and Raegan Glentz. Every year the students applying for these funds submit an Application, as well as, a typed Essay. These essays are based on a question that the MCRW’s Scholarship Committee presents to them on a timely topic.

Enrollment for the 2019 Summer Program is underway for Kingdom Kids, River of Life’s Mom’s Day Out program. Kingdom Kids mission is to provide a loving, Christ-centered environment where children are nurtured and the mother’s needs are met. Summer activities for children ages 3 months to 5th grade include age appropriate Bible stories, music time, crafts, baking, and recreation time. This summer we will be offering (2) three week sessions for ages 3 months – 5th grade.

Enrollment for the 2019 Summer Program is underway for Kingdom Kids, River of Life’s Mom’s Day Out program. Kingdom Kids mission is to provide a loving, Christ-centered environment where children are nurtured and the mother’s needs are met. Summer activities for children ages 3 months to 5th grade include age appropriate Bible stories, music time, crafts, baking, and recreation time. This summer we will be offering (2) three week sessions for ages 3 months – 5th grade.

This year’s Llano County Beef & Range Field Day is set for Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the John L. Kuykendall Arena & Events Center, 2200 Ranch Road 152, about 1.7 miles west of Llano. The program will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and there is no charge to the participant.

The descendants of Johann Ernst Heinrich Christian Franz Jordan are invited to honor this Republic of Texas pioneer on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 2:30 p. m. at the Art West Cemetery. The William Carroll Crawford Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas is presenting a ceremony honoring the memory of Ernst Jordan. The mission of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas is to honor the memory and spirit of men and women who settled and maintained the independence of Texas.

Memorial Day is May 27. This is the day designated to honor those veterans who died in wartime service to their country. Take a moment to remember them. The cemetery will have many flags at graves. There will be a special program Sunday afternoon, June 2, at the Art West Cemetery to honor Ernst Jordan. Men’s choir will practice at the Art United Methodist Church on Tuesday, May 28, at 6. Last week there was an error in the date of the Eckert Reunion.

Please join us as we continue the tradition of remembering our fallen heroes on Memorial Day. The American Legion Fort Mason Post #285 invite veterans, families and the public to attend the Memorial Day Salute to be held on May 27, 2019 at 10:30 AM at the Mason County Veterans Memorial on the Courthouse Lawn. Memorial Day originally called Decoration Day, was founded as a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nations service.

Mrs. Lillian Jean Kordzik Zenner nee Pinn of Fredericksburg passed away on Monday May 13th in the Knopp Nursing and Rehab at the age of 93 years. Lillian was born March 9, 1926 in Cistern, Texas to Eugene James and Lilly Kotwig Pinn. Lillian is predeceased by her husbands, Lee Kordzik and Wilburn Zenner Lillian is survived by two children and spouses: Connie and Roy Kramer of Fredericksburg; Terry and Karen Kordzik of Kerrville; Grandchildren and spouses: Regina and Will Weidenfeller of ...

The benevolence of the Mason community was on full display this week as the Greater Works organization donated their facility to the Mason Ministerial Alliance. Greater Works is a non-profit organization birthed over 7 years ago to provide a home for the Mason Food Bank and to help meet other needs in the community such as provide a home for Mason Young Life.

Congratulations, Class of 2019! This week's paper also contains the special Graduation Supplement honoring the Seniors of 2019. We've got portraits of 58 seniors, and we have the bios for 57 of them. All in all, about average for what we're able to pull together in the last few weeks of school, and we're proud of the way it looks! The cover photo of the senior class was taken just upstream of White's Crossing on property that was donated to Mason I.S.D.

Small towns all across the nation have suffered in recent decades from two overwhelming problems: growth too rapid to control, or its opposite, decline. Some communities managed to fall prey to both these problems at the same time. The towns that grew too fast were often overcome by the deterioration of their traditional downtown shopping areas at the expense of newer and more modern shopping malls and strip developments being built out along their highways.

Buttermilk Breads (a 2-fer!) I don’t want anyone out there rushing to the conclusion that I sit around the house and drink buttermilk by the gallon. Buttermilk and I don’t get along too well as a drink; it tastes nasty and the condition it leaves the glass in is just disgusting. However, it works beautifully when added to recipes.

Be sure to pause for a few moments next Monday, Memorial Day, to remember the sacrifices our military men and women have made to keep us free and safe. We have a great selection of movies and books about past wars, but be sure to come in by Friday--the library will be closed on Monday. DVDs: Miss Bala Fighting with my Family Sgt.

Me, myself, and why To some readers it may seem like I spend a lot of time bashing California because of all the silly things they do out there. For the record, I’d like to point out that it only seems like I make fun of California a lot because I make fun of California a lot.

Lots in a Name… Brits have long been viewed as folks who seem bent on probing details of “whys” on many topics, some of them unlikely. Maybe it’s because they’ve been around a long time. Like the Farmers Insurance commercial, they “know a thing or two because they’ve seen a thing or two.” Many of them reach “lathered status” when another name is added to the list of potential royalty “throne-holders,” even though the probability of reaching “number one” is ab ...

Memorial Day is May 27. This is the day designated to honor those veterans who died in wartime service to their country. Take a moment to remember them. The cemetery will have many flags at graves. There will be a special program Sunday afternoon, June 2, at the Art West Cemetery to honor Ernst Jordan. Men’s choir will practice at the Art United Methodist Church on Tuesday, May 28, at 6. Last week there was an error in the date of the Eckert Reunion.

Two. What a strange little word. Born out of “twa” and “zwei” and “duo.” But pronounced as “too.” You…and you too. One more than one. Not that there’s anything wrong with one. The lone wolf. A solitary oak. One roadrunner. The sun. One is the number expressing unity. Forming a whole. Undivided. After all, it takes one to get to two. There’s no way around it. Some twos stay two forever. Two Inca doves. Two red birds. Two swans. Two ...