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On February 23 the Mason Lions Club met in general session at their den at Nachos for their weekly meeting.
The motto of the Lion's Club is “Service”. Previously the Lions had worked to serve the community by having fund-raising drives to raise money to be distributed to other organizations for the benefit of the Mason community.
Recently the Mason Lion's Club decided to shift its focus from fund-raising for other groups to providing direct services to the community by its members.
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The Mason High School varsity baseball and softball teams began their 2021 seasons this past week as both the Punchers and Cowgirls are back in action for spring sports.
PUNCHERS BASEBALL
Mason varsity baseball started its 2021 campaign at the annual Comfort High School Tournament with four games played in two days.
The Mason High School girls varsity basketball team continued a busy week in the UIL Class 2A Playoffs this past week with two victories and one season-ending loss.
MASON COWGIRLS 54, PREMONT COWGIRLS 35
In the 2A Area Playoffs hosted by Medina Valley High School, it was a battle of Cowgirls as Mason squared off with Premont High School.
The Mason Cowgirls competed very well in their first varsity track meet of the season at the Sonora Bronco Relays on Saturday, February 27. The Cowgirls finished 2nd as a team behind Crane. Individual results are as follows:
3200m run: Ana Segura, 1st place, 12:45.18
4x100m relay: Linden Chapman, Kate Taylor, Madi Carter, Graci Weber; 2nd place, 55.28
800m run: Kamryn Loeffler, 1st place, 2:31.97; Tori Perlichek, 3rd place, 2:43.53; Alex Row, 2:53
100m hurdles: Linden Chapman, 1st pla ...
Finn is a super cute fellow with wonderful fun and bouncy puppy behavior. He is still in need of some training, of course, but he will keep you laughing along the way. At first he may be timid, but he warms up to his happy self pretty quickly! Finn is 7 to 8 months young and weighs about 27 pounds.
Carolyn Airheart, of Mason, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, at the age of 76. Mrs. Airheart is survived by a son Tim Airheart and wife Charla, of Early, a daughter Mary Gail Estes of Mason, 2 brothers Johnnie Bailey and wife Mae of Mason, Richard Bailey and wife Norma of Junction, a sister Angela Awtrey of Junction, 8 grandchildren: Amber Tupin, Kayla Estes, Mary Bernice Estes, Rita Dickson, Heather Marriott, Keagan Gilmore, Krysta Airheart, Kayleith Airheart and 13 great-grandchildren: ...
Clarence William “Billy” Kothmann was born June 24, 1940 in Pearsall, Texas to Ryland and Evelyn Kothmann. The family moved when he was 3 years old to the family ranch in Mason. He graduated from Mason High School in 1958. In October 1960 he married his high school sweetheart, Marsha Bodenhamer.
Jordan Zesch went to his eternal home with his Lord on February 23, 2021, surrounded by his family at home in Mason. Jordan is survived by his loving bride of nearly 73 years, Blan Loeffler Zesch; their son William Harold “Hal” Zesch and his wife Amy Daviss Zesch; grandchildren Kellie Zesch Weir and her husband James Weir, Jessica Zesch and her husband Glen Lam, Jordan David Zesch, and Hannah Kristine Zesch; and great grandchildren Thomas Harold Weir, Helen Ora Otis Weir, and “Baby Girl ...
Jordan Zesch went to his eternal home with his Lord on February 23, 2021, surrounded by his family at home in Mason. Jordan is survived by his loving bride of nearly 73 years, Blan Loeffler Zesch; their son William Harold “Hal” Zesch and his wife Amy Daviss Zesch; grandchildren Kellie Zesch Weir and her husband James Weir, Jessica Zesch and her husband Glen Lam, Jordan David Zesch, and Hannah Kristine Zesch; and great grandchildren Thomas Harold Weir, Helen Ora Otis Weir, and “Baby Girl ...
Lettie Faye Beam Bailey was born the third child of Pershing and Cora Lee Martin Beam on April 8, 1950 in Mason, Texas, where she also attended school throughout her childhood.
She was the beloved wife and best friend of husband Milton Bailey, whom she wed on February 14, 1964. They were married for 56 years, had 2 wonderful children and a life full of adventures together.
Mrs. Curtis E. Voges nee Ramona C. Wirtz of Mason passed away on Friday, February 26th at the age of 84 years
Ramona was born on December 17th, 1936 in Midland, Michigan to William and Agnes Gray Wirtz.
She married Curtis E. Voges on July 1st, 1977 in Comfort, Texas.
Ramona is survived by her husband: Curtis E.
On January 21, 2020 the first known case of Covid-19 was diagnosed. February 22, 2020 it was announced as a global pandemic. On March 19, 2020 Governor Abbot announced a statewide shutdown. Happy Anniversary?
There are two words that are spiritual gifts that aren’t specified in scripture: adapt and innovate. I did a word search in several versions and nothing came up.
Welcome March. It is our hope that we have more rain, less wind and certainly less freezing temperatures. Hopefully the spring flowers will be spectacular this year.
I am already depressed that daylight savings time is coming in two weeks. No daylight is saved.
The Mason Ministerial Alliance has cancelled their Lenten Lunches.
Mason ISD will have Spring Break March 8 through March 12.
Happy Birthday to Randall Brown on March 4, and to De’Aun Bryan and Tyra Jordan on March 6.
This is the season of Wait.
Even the growing regions with warmer weather are waiting. The ease we use to have, and the regular schedules are now ineffective, due to the cold and ice storms.
This makes it, wait till the sun shines. Our usual time to plant potatoes is Valentine's Day Feb.
First off, this is a No Knead bread, so those of you who don't like the kneading process will find this one most attractive. It is what is referred to as a “batter bread;” one that has no yeast in it and so you do not have to go through the waiting and rising and punching down routine to put it together.
"It was colder than a penguin's armpit."
"How 'bout, colder than a polar bear's footprints?"
Old friend Tex Luther and I were trying to come up with clever descriptions on the recent record cold spell.
"I heard a couple of good ones at the feed store," said Tex. "One guy said it was so cold he had to get up and break the smoke off his chimney.
Mason citizens are so fortunate to have your column in our newspaper. Your extremely timely and well written article in the February 24, issue was just what we needed to help us understand, in part, the disaster that engulfed our state as a result of our 'cold snap'. I certainly hope Mason residents utilize your valuable weekly information.Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge with us.
Warmest regards,
Carol Kothmann
Mason, What a wonderful county to live in!
My son Bill Elton and I, Johnnie Rossing, had moved to Mason in the late 1990's and never have regretted it. The last snowfall has reassured us we picked the right town to live in.
Both my son and I want to really thank all the people in this
county for their loving thoughtfulness during our bad storm.
Yes, we like all of us in town were without electricity which
caused a big problem for us as we are both on oxygen.
Mexican food is still one of my favorite foods. I could probably eat it every day. I have been known to eat enchiladas for breakfast. This is one of my family’s favorite recipes. This is the dish my kids used to request for their birthdays. I usually make it for Christmas every year and it is really a pretty simple recipe.
In the 1700s, Spaniards introduced a number of exotic animals to what is present day Texas and Mexico, including cattle, horses, sheep, goats and pigs. None of these animals were native to the Western hemisphere. When the settlers of northern European ancestry began moving into the Hill Country in the early to mid-1800s, they brought more of these animals with them, all things we now refer to as livestock.
New to the Library:
DVDS:
A Call to Spy
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Freaky
Love, Weddings, and other Disasters
Lovecraft Country
Miss Scarlet and the Duke
Fiction: (all quotes from publishers’ summaries)
Faithless in Death by JD Robb
“The scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion: two wineglasses by the bed, music playing, and a young sculptor named Ariel Byrd dead.
When you think about iconic Texas animals, the Nine-Banded Armadillo is probably high on your mental list. But did you know that armadillos are actually relatively recent immigrants to Texas?
In 1880, a biologist by the name of Edward Drinker Cope wrote a paper, published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., titled “On the Zoological Position of Texas.” The point of the paper was to determine the boundaries of the major biological realms of North America—where east meet ...
Now that fields have thawed, Texas farmers and ranchers are evaluating their crops and livestock and estimating the economic impact of Winter Storm Uri.
The damage is apparent in the vegetable and citrus crops grown in the Winter Garden and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. But the frigid temperatures also impacted other crops, dairies, livestock, and poultry across the entire state.
“Although we don’t know the total economic losses to Texas agriculture, we know the damage will be treme ...
March is here and hopefully spring is close. As I was driving around I saw green grass. The last several weeks it has been terrible, the worst winter storm in our lifetime. I just hope and pray that you are safe, have power, and water.
It’s time to think about outdoor activities.
