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The 2021 Hereford Herdsman of the Year will be announced at the Cattlemen’s Congress stock show on Sunday, Jan. 10. The winner will be recognized prior to the selection of the supreme champion Hereford.
A link to vote for the 2021 Herdsman will be emailed to exhibitors at the email address submitted with their original entries to the Cattlemen’s Congress.
It’s a great time to be a member of the Mason County Farm Bureau, and the organization welcomes new members to add strength to its numbers and influence, according to its president.
“We pride ourselves in being the voice of Texas agriculture, but you don’t have to be a farmer or rancher to be a member of the Mason County Farm Bureau.
The Mason County Courthouse will be closed December 21-25, 2020 in order to accommodate the move to the new Annex and to celebrate Christmas.
Courthouse offices – Judge, Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, and Clerk - are scheduled to reopen in the new Annex (205 Westmoreland St.) on Monday, December 28, 2020.
District Judge’s Office will be located at Mason Bank on the second floor.
There is a fierce group of women in Mason who know how get things done and have a heart for helping others. Last year, they held an event at Restored Rocks called “Give and Gather” to raise awareness of the Mason Food Bank and collect non-perishable goods. The event was so successful that an extended-bed pick-up truck was filled to overflowing with canned goods for our local community.
This year, this same group of women were joined by additional motivated ladies to host this year’s f ...
The Mason High School girls’ varsity basketball team continued its strong start to the 2020-21 season this past week as the Cowgirls picked up a pair of double-digit victories on Dec. 1 and Dec. 4 over Jarrell High School and Marble Falls High School, respectively.
Mason Cowgirls 48, Jarrell Lady Cougars 38
In their five victories this season for Mason, the Cowgirls have proved to be a very good second-half team.
Wanda Sue Caldwell was born on January 29, 1936, in Mason, Texas to W.C. (Pinkie) and Gladys Willmann.
Sue graduated from Odessa High School in 1953, and attended Southwest Texas State in San Marcos. She married Bob Oates on February 5, 1959 in Odessa. She and Bob owned and operated Lamesa Tire and Battery for many years, until Bob passed away on November 3, 1968.
Marian Louise Dannheim Leifeste of Mason, age 91, passed away peacefully from this life into the arms of Jesus on December 2, 2020.
Marian, or “Tootsie” as she was known by many, was born February 1, 1929, to Alvin, Sr. and Eddie Grace Boston Dannheim, in Mason, Texas. She attended school in Mason, graduating from Mason High School in 1946 as valedictorian of the class.
Come experience the love of Christ and savor the special season as depicted in "The Journey to Bethlehem Drive Through Christmas Luminary" on December 8.
The luminary is sponsored by St. Paul Lutheran Church.
December 13 is the date for the 2020 Luminary. Fort Mason City Park is the location for the lovely presentation.
If there was a common lament for 2020, it would be that we're all exhausted of not being able to do anything. We didn't have graduation at the Puncherdome; we didn't have a Round Up parade; and, we didn't have a normal Wild Game Dinner. Or, just about anything else, with the notable exception of Friday night football!
In April and May, we were in full lockdown.
We Veterans count our many blessing and the one that sticks is the admiration of the locals of the Western Hill Country of Texas to give us recognition, we pray, deserved.
I have to start with our fund raising efforts which this year, of all years, has been a success. We have to give thanks for the cooperation of the employees of the Mason Feed Store, Mr.
After reading Cheri Glasses letter in the November 25th edition of the Mason County News I was amazed that anyone living in Mason would suffer through a self imposed lockdown of such length due to fear of Covid-19. It’s true that this disease can be deadly, especially to older people with pre-existing conditions & many older people have pre-existing conditions.
"I was almost old enough to shave before I realized the hymn was not "There Is A Bomb In Goliad."
That statement by a native Texas got me to thinking about all the garbled religious song titles I have heard about over the years.
The oldest is undoubtedly the one about the child coming home from Sunday School and telling his mother he'd learned a new song about a bear, a cross-eyed bear named Gladly.
What do you do with all the left over smashed potatoes that you have, particularly around the holiday season? Besides eating them every chance I get, I like to make biscuits with them. The recipe uses an entire cup, so it will begin to make a dent in your leftover spuds, and I’ll pretty much guarantee you that you will not have to make any room in the fridge for “leftover” biscuits!
Ingredients:
1/2 stick salted butter, grated
3/4 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese, divided
2.5 cup ...
Uncle Mort’s “throwaway” lines grow mountainous in trash heaps on his place back in the thicket.
Some heard, though, are “keepers,” worthy of repeated consideration.
When still in his 90s, he warned about paying the least bit of attention to kitchen recipes that have unrecognizable or multi-syllabic words, exotic wines or ingredients to be “folded in.” He also said upon sighting the words “foie de gras,” one should “duck” into simpler, less “uppity” recipes.
This dish is a different twist on lasagna. The sour cream and cheese give it a rich flavor your family or guests will want to devour! Whether you are tail-gating or going to your next church social, I think this will be a hit! I also think this dish would do well in the freezer.
Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon canola oil
2 cups chunky salsa
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
1 cup sour cream
2 cups shredded cheddar
12 corn tortillas, halved
1 bag (14 ounces) Bird’s Eye Recipe Ready So ...
Time is flying as Christmas Day is getting closer. Our daughter Tina and granddaughter Amber decorated the tree last week. Great grandson Tanner likes to touch the ornaments to see if someone will notice and yell at him. The dog ate one ornament. I don’t think she found it to be tasty as there has not been another chewed up ornament found.
In the midst of this strange year, our family has decided to purchase and give gifts.
Over 200 fishers and other celebrants came out for the 4th Annual WinterFisch Celebration on Saturday, December 5th to celebrate good times on the banks of the Llano River with an afternoon of trout fishing, fishing demos, and live music.
The WinterFisch Celebration kicked off the three months long Rainbow trout fishing opportunity known as Mason County WinterFisch (WinterFisch).
We invite you to support “Operation Christmas Greeting”; Mason County’s annual fundraiser for the EMS Association. For new participants, it works like this: A donation is made to the “Greeting” fund and your name is listed on a full page Greeting Card that appears in the paper’s Christmas edition. Thursday, December 17th, is the deadline to make your donation.
“Greeting” accounts are set up at each of the three Mason banks.
I can almost hear the drums beat now. That echoing beat of the Mexican Danza drums will ring in Mason once again this Thursday, December 10, 2020. We invite you to witness the celebration to the adoration of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The annual celebration commemorating the historic apparition of our Lady to a newly converted native Nahua man named Juan Diego near the hill of Tepeyac, on December 9, 1531.
This Thursday the celebration will be held at Mi Pueblo restaurant.
Laura Lewis is a local artist, having moved with her husband Don to their property in Mason County in 2011. For twenty plus years, Laura Lewis has been making paintings of west Texas. While some people can only think of what west Texas does not have, Laura has enjoyed making paintings that draw attention to the beauty and resources that abound there.
After living on the plains for years, the brain becomes attuned to a horizontal format and Laura’s compositions reflect that influence.
Twelve years ago, we put out a special publication celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Mason County. We worked closely with Kyle Martin who provided some incredible artwork and editing skills, and used a photo of unidentified Mason County road hands from the early 1900s. At least they were unidentified until Hal Reichenau was going through some old photos and found the same image, with the names of the men written on the back.
Look at all of these sweet faces that Second Chance Mason Animal Rescue took into their care and helped to find their forever home in 2020, that is 37 and the year is not quite over yet! 32 of these were rescued directly from the Mason City Pound. These animals were cared for by our wonderful volunteers until a good permanent home could be found.
There is a fierce group of women in Mason who know how get things done and have a heart for helping others. Last year, they held an event at Restored Rocks called “Give and Gather” to raise awareness of the Mason Food Bank and collect non-perishable goods. The event was so successful that an extended-bed pick-up truck was filled to overflowing with canned goods for our local community.
This year, this same group of women were joined by additional motivated ladies to host this year’s f ...
New to the Library:
DVDS:
Better Call Saul, Season 5
Blue Ridge
Cobra Kai, Seasons 1-2
Holiday Inn
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Irishman
Mrs. Bradley Mysteries
CD Audiobooks:
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (CD F FOL)
Fiction: (all quotes from publishers’ summaries)
The Dirty South by John Connolly (F CON Par.18)
“It is 1997, and someone is slaughtering young women in Burdon County, Arkansas.
Almost everyone knows (especially this time of year) that if we eat a lot of food, we will gain weight. The food we eat is converted into fat, which is stored in fat cells in our bodies. The more fat that is stored, the more weight we gain. If we want to lose weight, we have to eat less, and exercise more.
