July 24, 2019 Issue

Pictured are Nan Larrimore, Patti Grote and Sherie Clarkson. Nan and Sherie are Mason Study Club members who recently presented proceeds from the April Afternoon Tea fundraiser to the library. These funds will be used to complete the Discovery Garden. The Garden was created within the last few months and is located in the shaded area behind the main building.

KERRVILLE, Texas (July 16, 2019) - Schreiner University has named qualified students to its President’s and Dean’s List. To be eligible for the President’s List, full-time students must earn at least a 4.0 grade point average for the term, passing all classes, and have at least 12 hours credit for the term.

INGRAM, TX – July 22, 2019 – HCTC, headquartered in Ingram, Texas, announced today that it has been awarded the 2019 “Top Internet Speeds in Texas” within the small provider category by BroadbandNow. The purpose of the BroadbandNow Provider Awards Program is to grant awards to Internet providers who display operational excellence across a range of categories.

Will and Rita Frey of Mason County were among the more than 450 farmers and ranchers from across the state who gathered in San Marcos recently to talk trade, eminent domain, hemp and other issues important to agriculture at Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) annual Summer Leadership Conference. “This was a great conference with many relevant topics,” Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said.

Lion Boss Michael Murphy called the meeting to order at noon thirty at Natchos on Tuesday July 16. One guest, Ella Canfield, was home from college and elected to come to Lions with her dad, Lion Thom Canfield. The program chair of the week was Lion Jim Heath who introduced Pastor Peter Aguilar. Peter said when he was young, he had many fond memories of going to grandma’s house and she would fry up the best tasting homemade fresh fried chicken in the state.

A week ago the City Commission held a rather crowded meeting on Monday night, and after much discussion decided to approve the concept of a City owned and operated landfill. The motion that was approved provided for our consulting engineers to present some plans and designs that will provide a larger initial portion of the permitted area to be used for trash disposal, and some additional ideas that will save the City and its residents millions of dollars through the years and provide for futu ...

The Mason High School Class of 1974 celebrated their 45th class reunion on Saturday, July 13th at the home of Lindell and Pam Estes. “We had Joy, We had Fun, We had Seasons in the Sun”..... and we continued that tradition during the reunion. Most of us started out in Kindergarten at Tootsie Brannies’ school and were together all the way through graduation...… what a wonderful group of friends.

The American Legion Auxiliary Fort Mason Unit 285 was honored to sponsor Maddy Heath and Shiloh Peaden at the 2019 American Legion Auxiliary’s Bluebonnet Girls State Program, held at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. Their attendance was underwritten by the generous donations of J. K. & M. L. Schmidt and Mason Bank. The Girls State Program was begun more than 50 years ago as a way to educate young women in the duties, privileges and responsibilities of American citizenship and to give ...

This year we will host a Fundamental basketball camp for 3rd through 9th grade girls & boys. The Fundamental camp will be July 29--August 1 & will be from 9am to noon. The cost for the Fundamental will be $50 per camper. Checks for the Fundamental Camp should be made out to Jeff Guice.

The Mason County Republican Women’s Club will sponsor a mixer at Lea Lou Restaurant on July 27, 2019 at 5:30 PM. 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.

Please be advised that the Long Mountain Improvement Corp. (the cemetery) will hold their annual meeting the last Saturday of July, July 27, 2019, at 10 AM. The meeting will be at the Long. Mt. School bldg. and purpose is to discuss business of cemetery and elect officers. I will have cold water and a watermelon, if one can be found unguarded?

Mason County Historical Society annual meeting & workshop on Saturday, August 3, 2019. In the Stribling Room, Eckert Library, 9:00/9:30 a.m. registration & pay dues: $10 /or $10 workshop fee 9:30 a.m. “Geneaology 101” workshop, led by Jeannier Berger, Kerrville **Pre-registration is required, so that enough materials will be available. Phone: Charles Eckert, 325-347-6225, or Sheri Clarkson, 325-347-5762, or Nancy Jordan, 817-917-7770 SPEAKER: Jeannie Berger of Kerrville is a Hil ...

Mason, Texas- Mason County Habitat for Humanity will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, August 6th at 6 pm at the Eckert Civic Center to review the process of applying for a Habitat home in Mason. All persons considering applying this year should attend. Habitat for Humanity representatives will be explaining the application process, what is required of the applicant, the timing for getting your information completed and the expectations for when a homebuyer will be selected and notified. Mas ...

I hope you are enjoying the wonderful days of summer. Somehow, these days were more fun when I was a child. Now, I face my yard that is quite crunchy as well as the many appointments for doctors and other health professionals that we face at my age. However, I really don’t want to get out in the heat and swim or sit around a campfire and sleep in a tent on vacation.

This year we will host a Fundamental basketball camp for 3rd through 9th grade girls & boys. The Fundamental camp will be July 29--August 1 & will be from 9am to noon. The cost for the Fundamental will be $50 per camper. Checks for the Fundamental Camp should be made out to Jeff Guice.

Clinton Durst passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Fredericksburg, Texas at the age of 92 years. He was born and grew up in the Fly Gap Community. In 1944 he graduated from Mason High School and immediately upon graduation enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps. He was on a boat bound for Japan when the Armistice was signed.

Phillip T. Schmidt, born July 31, 1937, in Mason, Texas, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 16 in Georgetown, just shy of his eighty-second birthday. Phillip’s career included over thirty years as a cartographer with the Texas Department of Transportation. He built a comfortable life for his family in Austin before moving to Georgetown in 1987.

Mr. Elgin Lewis Dodd of Tow and Fredericksburg passed away on May 27, 2019, at the age of 74 due to complications from an ongoing battle with kidney disease. Known by many as Lewis, Elgin, Sonny, Lil’ Brother, Red, Mr. Dodd, Uncle Sonny or Uncle Elgin, Grandpa, Mr. Dodd, or simply as Dad, he leaves behind a legacy of love and laughter. He was born on August 12, 1944, in Buck Hollow, Texas, to Edgar Alton Dodd and Lillian Louise Gifford Dodd.

How Many Things Can You Hate? "Raindrops on roses And whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things" Our world today seems consumed by an overwhelming desire to identify all the things that irritate us. All the things that make us angry.

Letter to The Editor: This is a copy of the last email from Commissioner Pledger to her email list before the Monday 15th meeting to vote: The City meeting will basically covers only one topic- New Landfill Options- Both the landfill engineer and Robin Lee will present the pros and cons of Type 1 landfill vs Transfer Station. The commissioners will also give their opinions, and then the public after the presentation will be given the opportunity to speak once regarding their thoughts an ...

Race for mayor has begun City politics can be like a bad joke. Commissioner Sue Pledger claims she saved the City of Mason money by voting FOR the new landfill in the face of stiff community opposition to her transfer station. When in truth her flawed research into building a transfer station, like that of San Saba's, to facilitate hauling our garbage to Brownwood, resulted in more than $12,000 extra engineering fees, lost time, and lots of wasted energy. She cannot take credit for a more ...

City Meeting Mayor Hinckley & Commissioners I was extremely proud of you Monday night (July 15th) You conducted yourselves very proffessionally & made Mason even prouder Thanks Jane Fowler

Gerry, You must be envied by your peers in the journalism field. MCN is a very fine paper, and look at all the good news to be reported. Mason stands tall amongst other communities of it’s size. Excellence in arts, academics, sports, philanthropy, public service up to state wide. Our courthouse and square shine.

Gerry, The Sovreign People of Mason, Texas, U.S.A. prevailed at the Mason City Council meeting on July 15, 2019. The system of government that our forefathers established for us 243 years ago functioned the way it was designed to function. Someone tried to pull a fast one and replace our good (and improving) landfill with an inferior transfer station.

Baguettes, the P.B. Way The Practical Baker really enjoys experimenting in the kitchen. From taking tried and true recipes and altering them in different ways, to sometimes striking out and attempting to build something from scratch, I get a lot of pleasure in seeing how many different ways I can make a baked good!

We got off to a great start last week with our Lego Mania! It’s for children ages 4+ and runs from 1:00 P.M. -2:00 P.M. on Mondays through the summer. Carol Lampman supervises and gives each child a bag of random LEGO pieces to construct whatever they can dream up.

On the second day of our cruise I figured out how to take a shower onboard. Which was a good thing, according to my wife. She contends that this event occurred just before the ‘man overboard’ signal was about to be broadcast. Not that I didn’t know how to shower. I’ve been doing it for years.

Our Daily Bread… Assurance that “man does not live by bread alone” is provided in Matthew 4:4 of the Good Book. It fails to address the possibility that we may die from ingesting it, however, so the U. S. Food and Drug Administration is doing its part, suggesting the recall of hamburger and hot dog buns sold recently that may contain pieces of sharp plastic. There have been no further details as to ascertain origin of said pieces, but it’s easy to imagine that swallowing them co ...

I hope you are enjoying the wonderful days of summer. Somehow, these days were more fun when I was a child. Now, I face my yard that is quite crunchy as well as the many appointments for doctors and other health professionals that we face at my age. However, I really don’t want to get out in the heat and swim or sit around a campfire and sleep in a tent on vacation.

ger/july 24 col-around the square AROUND THE SQUARE Time flies. Whether or not you’re having fun. Time has its own speed limit. Which seems to increase as time passes. When we’re 10, time drags on. At 10 mph. When we’re 30, it’s 30 mph. And ramping up. By 50, time’s zipping along at 50 mph. And so forth. I guess it makes sense that the eyesight goes. Since it’s all a blur at 80 or 90. Time rules. Nature’s stopwatch. Calling the shots. Ready, set ...