June 3, 2020 Issue

2020 Senior Football Accomplishments #2 Conner Leifeste - 2nd team All District OLB - Varsity 1 Year * 21 Tackles - 3 TAckle For Loss - 1 Fumble Recovery #5 Whitt Bierschwale - 1st Team All District Defensive Back - Varsity 2 years * As QB - 4 of 6 62 Yards * As WR - 6 Rec for 45 Yards and 1 TD. * DB - 13 Tackles - 1 INT - 1 Forced Fumble - 1 Recovered Fumble #11 Tad Kirby - 1st All District WR and DB - THSCA Academic All State - Varsity 2 Years. * 35 Tackles - 1 INT - 1 Pass ...

The Commercial Bank honors Kim Jackson, current Vice President/Internal Audit and Compliance, on her retirement after twenty-seven years serving the community of Mason at The Commercial Bank. Bank President Michael Cope said,” Kim’s outstanding career at The Commercial Bank is what community banking is all about. Her longtime commitment to TCB customers is the real difference in banking with your home-town community bank.

Congratulations to our Mason Puncher athletes that were selected as FCA ALL STARS. Klay Klaerner & Slone Stultz - Football - Coach Michael McLeod. Kyle Montoya - Basketball - Coach John Keller. Conner Leifeste - Baseball - Coach Immel. Coach Denis Cano -Mason FCA Huddle Leader. Thank you to our FCA Area Rep, Kurt Newton, for brining these ALL STARS their FCA Awards.

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches-- All-State--McKenzie Cano All-Region--McKenzie Cano, Tristin Keller, & Lauren Olson Texas Girls Coaches Association-- All-State--McKenzie Cano, Tristin Keller, & Lauren Olson TGCA All-Star Game--McKenzie Cano, 7pm, July 7 @ Arlington Lamar HS. San Angelo Standard Times All West Texas Team-- Super Team--Offensive MVP McKenzie Cano Super Team--Newcomer of the Year Lauren Olson Super Team--Tristin Keller 2A All West Texas Team--McKenzi ...

1) ROBOCALL CHECK SCAMS: The scammer will call pretending to be the IRS and ask for your personal financial information. They will claim they need this to deposit the stimulus check into your account and will also ask for a fee to deposit said check. In reality, they want your information so that they can pretend to be you, claim the check for themselves.

Numbers, Graphs, Interactive Maps for Covid-19 There is news. There are opinions. But what are the numbers? Mason readers might find the following easy-to-understand interactive websites interesting. To make the most of this article, get online and explore the links below. COVID-19 GLOBAL DATA -- https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html The interactive map is a window into the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in countries around the globe.

Last Wednesday’s Storm: What an amazing city we live in. It was incredible to see how the community responded to their neighbor’s needs and assisted them in recovering from the storm damage to their property as a result of last Wednesday’s storm. During the storm I was with 3 of my Christian friends when Lesa received a call from her daughter Arett Gentry that the roof had blown off her’s and Dave’s business, including the Hoffman Insurance side of the building.

The tax revenue that would be generated by changing Mason County from a “dry county” to a “wet county” is substantial. That’s why there is a petition circulating to make Mason County a “wet county” with legalized alcohol sales. Much of the economic development happening all across the Texas Hill Country is directly related to tourism and food and wine culture, and alcohol sales are a big part of that. Studies show that counties that go from “dry” to “wet” not only incr ...

Congratulations to our Mason Puncher athletes that were selected as FCA ALL STARS. Klay Klaerner & Slone Stultz - Football - Coach Michael McLeod. Kyle Montoya - Basketball - Coach John Keller. Conner Leifeste - Baseball - Coach Immel. Coach Denis Cano -Mason FCA Huddle Leader. Thank you to our FCA Area Rep, Kurt Newton, for brining these ALL STARS their FCA Awards.

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches-- All-State--McKenzie Cano All-Region--McKenzie Cano, Tristin Keller, & Lauren Olson Texas Girls Coaches Association-- All-State--McKenzie Cano, Tristin Keller, & Lauren Olson TGCA All-Star Game--McKenzie Cano, 7pm, July 7 @ Arlington Lamar HS. San Angelo Standard Times All West Texas Team-- Super Team--Offensive MVP McKenzie Cano Super Team--Newcomer of the Year Lauren Olson Super Team--Tristin Keller 2A All West Texas Team--McKenzi ...

Come celebrate social distancing with your friends at the 11th annual Melvin Burns Scholarship Golf Tournament on June 13th and 14th at the Comanche Creek Golf Course. It is a 2-day, 2-man, low ball tournament (Saturday/Sunday). And, a 1-day, 3-man scramble tournament on Saturday. Entry fee for the 2-day is $100 per person.

Mason County M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library will have our first program in a series of virtual shows for kids this week. Summer Reading at the library will officially begin on July 6, but we will have virtual shows and activity packets available for the month of June. Since we are not able to have a program in the library at this time, we are bringing the programing to you at home!

BROWNWOOD – May 29, 2020 – Howard Payne University invites the public to the groundbreaking for the Newbury Family Welcome Center on June 25 at 1:30 p.m. The event will take place at Old Main Park, located near the intersection of Austin Avenue and Center Avenue on the HPU campus.

1) ROBOCALL CHECK SCAMS: The scammer will call pretending to be the IRS and ask for your personal financial information. They will claim they need this to deposit the stimulus check into your account and will also ask for a fee to deposit said check. In reality, they want your information so that they can pretend to be you, claim the check for themselves.

The tax revenue that would be generated by changing Mason County from a “dry county” to a “wet county” is substantial. That’s why there is a petition circulating to make Mason County a “wet county” with legalized alcohol sales. Much of the economic development happening all across the Texas Hill Country is directly related to tourism and food and wine culture, and alcohol sales are a big part of that. Studies show that counties that go from “dry” to “wet” not only incr ...

Today was a wonderful day. The Art United Methodist Church opened for worship again. The service was different from services three months ago. But, we were all ready to meet together and worship. For those that are unable to attend, the service is still on You Tube. Class Meetings will resume this week.

FRESNO, OH- On May 20, 2020, Russ Brintnall passed on due to cancer. He was in his home surrounded by his wife and girls. Russ was born in Lakewood, Ohio, on October 1, 1948, to Roger and Martha Brintnall of Medina Ohio. He was a 1966 graduate of Buckeye High School.

Gordon Lee Kidd Jr. of Harper passed away on May 27, 2020, at the age of 79. He was born in Fredericksburg on October 21, 1940, to Gordon Lee and Olivia Maner Kidd. He served his country in the Army for 20 years and 9 months retiring as a Master Sergeant.

Things We've Learned After Covid-19 The past couple of weeks, as the world opens up again after two months of pandemic lockdown, I've been seeing lots of new things in our world. We spend so much time lamenting the things we no longer have close at hand due to Covid; but, that often clouds our view of the new things happening right in front of us. We have learned to appreciate service people more than in the past.

Mowing Thanks to the ROW crews who are cutting the right of ways in Mason County. It is so nice to travel down the hightway and see something besides weeds! Rex Smith

Health Care Open Letter to Sens. Cornyn and Cruz, and Rep. Mike Conaway: I have written to you a number of times about my son who works in an ER in Austin. I have written about the lack of PPE. I have written about the lack of testing. I have written about how his hours and shifts have been cut to the point he will lose his apartment in a couple of months if things don’t change. He works hard.

A Helluva Way to Get to Heaven I don't like suffering. Anything the dictionary defines as "something painful or unpleasant," with synonyms like agony, misery, distress and torment -- that is not my idea of a good time. Nor is suffering my idea of a blessed experience, something given to us for our own good, to help us grow spiritually and draw us nearer to God.

Speedy No-Knead Bread courtesy: Mark Bittman Here’s another no-kneader for you to try. I think you’ll be very happy with the loaf you create, and will, of course, appreciate the fact that you do not have to go through the kneading process to get this beauty to your dining table. Ingredients: 3 cups bread flour 2 ½ teaspoons yeast 1 ½ teaspoons salt 1 ½ cups water Oil, as needed but not included in the mixture Process: Combine flour, yeast and salt in a large mixing ...

We have or first virtual Summer Reading program this week on our Facebook page: Pint Size Polkas! Summer Reading will officially start July 6 and will be a little different this year, so keep an eye on our social media pages and our newspaper articles for the latest information on how to watch these fun events at home.

Today was a wonderful day. The Art United Methodist Church opened for worship again. The service was different from services three months ago. But, we were all ready to meet together and worship. For those that are unable to attend, the service is still on You Tube. Class Meetings will resume this week.

Look Both Directions… It’s a parental directive virtually all of us have lodged in our minds dating back to childhood days when our memories started to take root. “Look both directions,” they implored, emphasizing dangers posed by passing cars. Often, they’d throw additional dangers at intersections, thus providing more dreadful statistics that made us even more fearful of road-crossing.