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It seems like just yesterday that Mason High School’s class of 2021 received their diplomas and charged into the next phase of their lives, but the district already is planning for next school year amid all the uncertainty that the coronavirus brings.
“I think our students really rose to the challenge and have been working hard academically throughout the year,” said Stan Whittle, Mason Independent School District superintendent.
“Hear my voice rise across the desert, my heartbeat echo for miles afar. Across the mountains and upon the sturdy shoulders of the Bighorn Sheep who carry me upwards, into their secret places. I am here.”
This past August 2020; a young pioneer of conservation was lost not only to his beloved family, but to his community and to the world of preservation in Texas.
It seems like just yesterday that Mason High School’s class of 2021 received their diplomas and charged into the next phase of their lives, but the district already is planning for next school year amid all the uncertainty that the coronavirus brings.
“I think our students really rose to the challenge and have been working hard academically throughout the year,” said Stan Whittle, Mason Independent School District superintendent.
It was announced last week that the Mason High School varsity baseball team awarded many of its players as all-district selections for District 29-2A following a magical 2021 season.
As just a freshman, the Punchers’ had Ryne Todd selected as the Newcomer of the Year for District 29-2A after a fantastic first season on the varsity level.
Two outstanding Mason pitchers were selected as first-teamers with senior Colby Brown and freshman Wyatt Row, while senior Cody McBee was named a first ...
The 2020-21 Mason High School girls varsity basketball team was honored on Saturday, June 5 as the Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes 2021 Impact Team of the Year during the FCA basketball awards banquet held in Brownwood.
“The team members are a part of a Mason High School FCA organization that for many years saw participation numbers range from 20-25 students,” announced Big Country FCA on their official website,” This year, with the impact of the team, the school’s FCA ...
Ethan McKinney, of Mason, passed away on Sunday, May 30, at the age of 25. Ethan is survived by his parents John and Angela Gammill, of Mason and Quinton McKinney of Mason, brothers Julian and Christian Gammill and Caden McKinney, grandparents Mary and Dewey Eckert, of Mason, Rob and Jacklyn McKinney of London, Taylor and Beverly Hetzell of of Rockwood, Greg and Donna Holmes of Phillipsburg, Montana and Gene Gammill of Mason and Ethan’s fiancé Megan Obeid.
This is a topic I have discussed before, but it is a message that needs to be repeated. Simply put, for the health and sustainability of the local ecosystem, native plants are essential and non-native plants are either mildly or severely detrimental.
Unfortunately, most of us grew up and learned whatever we know about plants and gardening without any regard to the distinction between natives and exotics.
Next week will be busy at the library with both an adult and a children’s program. On Tuesday June 15th, Sigrid Carter will speak for the adults in the Stribling Room, while on Wednesday June 16th, Dinosaur George will perform for the kids. Read-to-Swim also started June 7th and will run until July 16th.
Going through memories from the month of June and beginning of summer, we spent nearly every Sunday in June going to reunions. The Eckert reunion was always the first weekend and was held at Doss. It always so fun seeing my Eckert cousins. We usually would sneak into Reeh’s Service station/store for a cold soda pop and a candy bar or go “Pich-pochin’” in Threadgill Creek.
This is a “cheating” recipe, since it calls for cans of refrigerated biscuits instead of “scratch made” biscuits. If using the store-bought ones is not appealing to you, feel freee to whup up a batch of your favorites and use them instead.
Ingredients:
½ c. pecans (chopped)
2 cans Jumbo Biscuits (use Grands, don’t use the flaky kind)
¾ c.
You Know You’re In a Small Country Town if…
…its Zip Code is “E—I—E—I—O.”
… “Main Street” isn’t paved.
...there are more dead people in the cemetery than people living in town.
…the local Veterinarian is also a Taxidermist. The sign over the office door says, “Either way, you’ll get your dog back.”
…it’s known as a “Poke and Plumb” town.
June veggies to plants with seeds include cantaloup, warm greens, okra, southern peas, and pumpkin. If the vine borer got your squash, re-plant at the end of June or around the first of July. Transplant sweet potato slips.
Flowers for this month include Mexican heather, marigold, flowering balsam, lantana, impatience, nicotiana, periwinkle, verbena, camellia, begonia, salvia, purslane, zinnias, petunias, pentas, gomphrena, cosmos, cleome, coreopsis, dusty miller, coleus, aster, Jacobina.
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The rain has been a welcome introduction to summer. Showers have been spotty with areas accumulating varying amounts of moisture. We are grateful for every drop.
Children’s Sunday school at the Art Methodist Church has gone on vacation for the month of June. Adult Sunday School Classes meet as usual at 10 on Sunday Mornings.
The Community Bible School is not scheduled this year.
Honestly, no one with an IQ higher than plywood expects politicians to keep their campaign promises, but you have to admit Joe Biden has come closer than most. He said he would reverse a lot of Trump’s policies, and he’s kept his word on that. Unfortunately, they were policies that made sense.
