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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has mailed ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the local FSA county office or postmarked by December 7.
“FSA has over 7,000 county committee members nationwide who serve their communities by providing input on our programs at the local level,” said FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce.
Mason Jr. High 7th and 8th grade robotics classes are working with NASA to create an app for the next moon landing. It is a coding challenge where NASA presents technical problems to middle and high school students. The student teams then follow the engineering steps to create an application for a computer device.
It’s not about how you start, it’s all about how you finish. Yes, that can be quite a cliché statement, but it certainly was true for the Mason High School varsity football team on Thursday, Nov. 12 as the Punchers shook off a sloppy start to the first quarter to hammer the Weimar High School Wildcats 40-7 in the first round of the 2A-1 Region IV playoffs at neutral site Bob Shelton Stadium in Buda.
Two first-half turnovers for the Punchers, an interception thrown very early in the fir ...
The Mason High School varsity cross country program made the trip to take part in the 2020 Class 2A Region IV Cross Country Championships on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at Dugan Soccer & Track Stadium on the campus of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and had some superb performances.
With 60 points as a team, the Cowgirls placed second behind Shiner High School’s 53 points and ahead of District 29 rival San San Saba High School’s 65 points amongst a field of 14 Class 2A schools and qualified fo ...
JH Mason Cowgirls vs Center Point
Wednesday, 11/11
Mason 20-4-12-6=42
Center Point 0-6-0-2 = 8
Burns-7, G. Lehmberg-2, Aguero-6, Henniger-6, McFarland-2, Criswell-2, Bownds-2, Whitworth-3, Holbrook-2, Broyles-2, Dominguez-2, Magnus-6
JH Mason Cowgirls Purple vs San Saba
Saturday, 11/7
Mason 16-4-8-7=35
San Saba 7-10-12-8=37
Burns-2, Henniger-5, Bownds-5, Whitworth-10, Magnus-13
JH Mason Cowgirls White vs San Saba
Saturday, 11/7
Mason 2-0-2-0=4
San Saba 10-10-7-7=34
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The City of Mason will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26th and November 27th for the Thanksgiving Holidays.
Trash trucks will run and pick up as scheduled Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (November 23, 24, and 25).
Thursday trash pickup, November 26th, will be on Tuesday, November 24th.
Friday trash pickup, November 27th, will be on Wednesday, November 25th.
Landfill operations will resume Saturday, November 28th from 8:00 to 12:00 noon and trash pickup will resume on regular sc ...
Last week, Mackenzie Cano officially signed with the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor to play for their basketball team. She was joined in the signing by her family, and also by the coaches who have been involved in her career. Left to right: Kade Burns, Jeff Guice, Mackenzie and Michael McLeod.
Martha Kirchhoff Smith went to be with the Lord on November 9, 2020. She passed away at her Mason, Texas, home surrounded by her family.
Martha was born to LeJeune and Wilbert “Bert” Kirchhoff on June 9, 1951. After graduating from Mason High School in 1969, she attended Texas Tech University where she earned a Bachelor degree in English and History in 1972 and a Masters of Education in Reading in 1974.
Larry Cavaness of Mason, passed away at home on Saturday, November 7, 2020, at the age of 74.
Larry was born on July 31, 1946, in Mason to Perry Baze Cavaness and Grace Skurlock. He married Pamela Easterwood. They were married for over 50 years and their marriage was blessed with three children.
Larry worked for the Texas Highway Department for many years and retired as a construction supervisor.
A week from today, November 24, I will turn 61. My 60th birthday last year was full of promise and excitement for the future. Needless to say, it was not really a stellar year.
My friends and family threw a big 60th bash for me. It was tinged with the memory of my dad who we had lost a couple of months earlier.
"One of the hardest things for me to believe about the Bible is that there were only two turkeys on the Ark!" fumed old pastoral friend Tex Luther. "There had to be more than that to produce all the turkeys I've dealt with lately in my church."
"Having some problems, are you?"
As the name implies, these are quick and easy, and will be consumed by the dozens. They do require a bit of kneading, and they are a bit of a mess to make, but the results are well worth the clean-up!
Ingredients:
1 cup of Greek, plain yogurt
1 ½ cups of self rising flour
(That’s it, folks; that’s really all there is!)
Process:
Preheat oven to 500 degrees
Combine ingredients in a large mixing bowl
Dump out onto a well floured surface and knead for 5-8 minutes, adding lots ...
Labeling the recent national election as one of “entanglements” may be the kindest of descriptions. But, it’s a start.
Even the golden throats of radio and television news often got their “tangs tongueled.” Oops, I mean “tongues tangled.”
At one point, a Dallas radio newsperson claimed that “Vice President Widen’s lead is Bidening.”…
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My aging Uncle Mort, wishing he could stay in bed with covers over his head for the balance of November, says he’s never he ...
With this colder weather makes hungry for stews, soups and chilis. This ground beef stew can go from stove top to your tabletop in 30 minutes. The Dijon mustard gives this dish an extra kick! I usually do corn on the cob and a cornbread mix, to go with it.
1 lb.
Fredericksburg, Texas - Hill Country Memorial’s (HCM) Give Wellness campaign to renovate its Wellness Center has $428,953 left to raise of its $5,100,000 goal. As HCM looks to complete funding for this project, it is excited to announce that the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation has offered a challenge grant of $1,000,000, to be awarded if the balance is raised before the spring of 2021.
The HCM Wellness Center focuses on the full continuum of healthcare by keeping community members out of t ...
The City of Mason will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26th and November 27th for the Thanksgiving Holidays.
Trash trucks will run and pick up as scheduled Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (November 23, 24, and 25).
Thursday trash pickup, November 26th, will be on Tuesday, November 24th.
Friday trash pickup, November 27th, will be on Wednesday, November 25th.
Landfill operations will resume Saturday, November 28th from 8:00 to 12:00 noon and trash pickup will resume on regular sc ...
MASON, Texas – The Seaquist House Foundation will repair and replace the roof and gutter system on the historic Seaquist House, a unique 19th-century Hill Country landmark, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of Mason.
The grant, along with $63,650 in matching funds, will help improve the physical integrity of the house and move the foundation closer to being able to open the house to the public.
The concerns of Mason County farmers and ranchers were well represented this month as Farm Bureau members from across the state discussed Farm Bureau policy.
Will Frey of Mason was among those elected to serve on the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Resolutions Committee, which examines policy resolutions submitted by county Farm Bureaus (CFB) for consideration at TFB’s Annual Meeting in December.
“The Resolutions Committee plays a vital role in addressing the concerns of Farm Bureau members f ...
Mason, Texas, November 17, 2020 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Executive Director in Mason County, Ben Rush, today announced that ranchers and livestock producers may be eligible for assistance from the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for grazing losses incurred in 2020.
According to Rush, “Mason County recently met qualifying drought ratings that ‘trigger’ eligibility for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program on native and improve p ...
During the regular meeting of the Mason County Commissioners' Court on November 9, Judge Jerry Bearden informed county officials that 2020 will end in a big way for all officials.
Though Mason County knew that the Historic Courthouse Preservation Grant that they had received would require moving out of the courthouse while the work was being done, the architects had indicated that the need to move would probably require moving in late winter or early spring.
It is the best of trees; it is the worst of trees. Texans have long had a love–hate relationship with Honey Mesquite. In the right form, in the right place, mesquites can be among the most beautiful and useful of trees. They can also be some of the most annoying and troublesome woody vegetation on Texas ranches.
Honey Mesquite has a very deep taproot that may extend 100 feet or more below the surface, down to the water table.
Thank you to everyone who came to the Mason Study Club’s Chili Off the Square, and a big thank you to all of the Study Club members whose hard work made the fundraiser a success! Your support of our library is greatly appreciated! Our next Book Club selection is Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile.
This is a busy time of year, even in a year like 2020. We seem to be running to a doctor appointment every few days. Pray for rain, we really need some.
The Art United Methodist Church will observe Hanging of the Greens next Sunday, November 22. A light breakfast will be served at 9:30.
