January 27, 2021 Issue

Whether you’re selling your home for the first time or the fifth, your goals stay the same: Attract buyers and secure a good sales price. Take these simple steps to reach your home-selling goals. Price Is Right A REALTOR® can access reliable market data to help you determine the right price for your home.

Mason & Brady, Texas- The Board of Directors of Hochheim Branch 160 in Mason and Brady has announced the Annual Board meeting's cancelation due to caution with COVID. A new plan has been made to allow Members and potential donation recipients to select the charitable organizations that will be considered and receive funds in 2021. The Board is requesting that Members nominate candidates to receive funds by email to [email protected].

Junction @ Mason Cowgirls Tuesday, 1/19 Mason 25--21--19--17 = 82 Junction 3--6--2--11 = 22 Scoring: Elliott 8, Brooks 11, Keller 10, Leifeste 12, Cox-Kelton 17, Guice 10, Olson 12, Cockerham 2. Rebounds: Stockbridge 1, Elliott 4, Keller 4, Leifeste 3, Cox-Kelton 8, Guice 2, Olson 2, Cockerham 2, Ma. Cano 4. Assists: Stockbridge 3, Elliott 1, Brooks 3, Keller 7, Leifeste 1, Cox-Kelton 1, Guice 4, Olson 3. Steals, Deflections, & Blocked Shots: Stockbridge 7, Elliott 4, Brooks 2, Ke ...

The MTA would like to invite everyone to the newly rededicated Helen Tallent Tennis Center. We will have a come and go to show off all of our improvements over the last year on Sunday January 31st from 2-4PM. Refreshments will be served. If you haven’t been to the courts recently, there have been many improvements made to the courts over the last year thanks to the generous contributions towards our capital campaign. Over the last year, we have reconstructed courts 1-4 and 9-10 with post ...

Higinio “Trey” Ramon III of Mason, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2021 at the age of 35. Trey was born on January 7, 1986 in Fredericksburg, Texas to Higinio “Pepe” II and Natalia Ramon. In 2013, he married his high school sweetheart, Amanda Garcia. They have two sons Higinio “Derek” Ramon IV (11 years old) and Cruz Alexander Ramon (3 years old). Trey graduated from Mason High School in 2004, where he participated in numerous extracurricular activities including football, ba ...

“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity.” Psalm 133: 1 The above psalm verse of 3000 years ago reminds us of how “VERY” good it is when family members live “in unity” with one another. The psalmist is not only speaking of blood relatives, although doing our best to share unity within our families is a huge blessing.

I was proud of my new ranch bedroom clock. Push a button and the digital numbers lit up in the dark of night, big and bright enough that even without my glasses I could read them. The only problem was-the alarm didn’t work. But I figured I could live with that small defect.

A Texas automobile driver was “tooling” down a rural highway on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Most motorists had already reached destinations, or maybe decided not to go. He felt alone, not another vehicle in sight on a long stretch of pavement. Suddenly, flashing lights in his rearview mirror were strong indicators that he wasn’t alone.

If you're a chocolate lover, these large, soft, fudgy, chocolaty cookies will be right in your wheelhouse. If you aren't a chocolate lover, anyone around you and near and dear to you, and who are chocoholics, will be your best friend forever. Or at least until all the cookies are eaten.

After many months of drought. January has been kind to us with snow and several rain events. My yard has a tinge of green showing. We are so grateful for this moisture. Hopefully the spring flowers will appreciate this water and will be beautiful this year. Don’t forget to bring two dozen cookies on February 7 for teacher appreciation day. Class Meetings continue on Wednesday evenings at 6. Happy Birthday to Charlie Leamons on January 30 and to Tina Ceynowa on February 1.

My family moved to Mason in 2005, and we subscribed to the Mason County News for 2 years before the final move, when we were "weekenders." I always read the articles about the Scarlet Punchers and told myself, "someday...". As a dog trainer (now retired), one of the things I did in with my therapy dogs was visit nursing homes every week, before and after we came to Mason.

New to the Library: DVDS: Blast from the Past Double Indemnity Love and Monsters Love’s Abiding Joy Love’s Unending Legacy Love’s Unfolding Dream The Sting Wander Fiction: (all quotes from publishers’ summaries) The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson (F JON Hul.1) “A body is found off the coast of Iceland. A cursory police investigation calls it suicide. But not Detective Hulda Hermannsdóttir. Difficult and unconventional, Hulda is being forced into early retiremen ...

New to the Library: DVDS: Blast from the Past Double Indemnity Love and Monsters Love’s Abiding Joy Love’s Unending Legacy Love’s Unfolding Dream The Sting Wander Fiction: (all quotes from publishers’ summaries) The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson (F JON Hul.1) “A body is found off the coast of Iceland. A cursory police investigation calls it suicide. But not Detective Hulda Hermannsdóttir. Difficult and unconventional, Hulda is being forced into early retiremen ...

Dear Readers, I am sure that among those who read my columns there are folks who are seriously concerned with the condition of our planet and want to do what they can to solve it, others who either don’t believe in Global Warming or consider it something modern technology can find a cure for, and lots of folks in between. David Attenborough’s book, “A Life on Our Planet,” discusses about every aspect of this topic, what the problem is, how it happens, what causes it and what we can ...

Two vaccines for COVID-19 have now been approved for use in the United States, and additional ones are likely to be approved in the near future. Initial supplies are limited, so people are beginning to receive vaccinations on a priority system. Health care workers and those most at risk from the virus are receiving the vaccine first, but anyone who wants to be vaccinated can sign up for a waiting list.

This year CTEC is offering twenty-five $1,000 college scholarships, bringing the combined amount of financial help awarded to area students over the program’s 24-year history to $639,000. Completed scholarship applications must be in the Fredericksburg CTEC office by 5 p.m., Friday, February 26. In order to be eligible, applicants must attend a recognized Texas institution of higher education in the fall 2021 semester and be considered a full-time student.

The Texas Legislature is back in session, and Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) members from across the state are working with their lawmakers to ensure agriculture’s needs are addressed. The session kicked off with new protocols in place due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Although the legislative session looks differently this year with COVID-19, we are still working with our elected leaders to address the needs of farmers, ranchers and rural communities,” Will Frey, Mason County Farm Bur ...