July 7, 2021 Issue

After a grand jury handed down five felony indictments against a man accused of setting fire to the Mason County Courthouse in February, the county will have to set aside hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for expenses related to the jury trial against him. Nicholas Jarret Miller, 42, was booked into the McCulloch County Jail on April 28, where he was being held on Tuesday for Mason County on bonds totaling $1.7 million.

Mason’s 56th Annual Rodeo is just a few days away from its much-anticipated re-introduction after last year’s delay due to health restrictions. However, nothing is slowing down the momentum and growing excitement for this year’s event. Kicking off the rodeo will be a colorful entry-filled parade and then it’s on to the Ft.

The Mason High School varsity baseball team had one player and its head coach honored late last month for their superb efforts during the 2021 season that saw the Punchers advance all the way to the 2A regional semifinals of the playoffs. For the 2021 All-West Texas Baseball Team compiled by the San Angelo Standard-Times, the Punchers were well represented by the duo of senior pitcher Colby Brown and Mason head coach Jay Immel. Brown, who was the very reliable senior ace on the mound thro ...

Mason’s 56th Annual Rodeo is just a few days away from its much-anticipated re-introduction after last year’s delay due to health restrictions. However, nothing is slowing down the momentum and growing excitement for this year’s event. Kicking off the rodeo will be a colorful entry-filled parade and then it’s on to the Ft.

Lola Fay Kruse Hohn of Mason, Texas passed away on Monday, June 28, 2021 at the age of 86. Lola was born March 29, 1935, in Brady, Texas, to John William and Veda Ruth Butler Kruse. She graduated from Mason High School and Southwest Texas State Teachers College, where she met and married Henry Joseph Hohn on July 9, 1955, in Mason. Henry and Lola raised eight children who all attended and graduated from Mason ISD and all successfully received college degrees. Lola was a positive influence ...

Janet Elizabeth Canfield of Fredericksburg passed away on July 1, 2021 at the age of 77. She was born to John “Jack” Stradinger Jr. and Jane Howard Stradinger in Wharton TX on September 10, 1943. She married Thomas Hale Canfield on February 13, 1965 in Bellaire TX. She is survived by her husband Thomas H.

A recent comprehensive study of North American bird populations found a drop of nearly 3 billion U.S. and Canadian birds over the past 50 years. That represents a 30% decline in our native bird populations. The drop in birds that live and breed in grasslands has been even greater, with a decline in populations of more than half.

As I sit at my computer writing this, I can look past my monitor and watch the queen butterflies literally flocking to the blooms on Gregg’s mistflower, or the hummingbirds probing each tiny bloom on the prairie larkspur, both of which are growing just off the porch only a few feet from where I sit.

We will have our next Legomania on July 14th from 2:00 to 3:00. The next day on the 15th, we will host Rob Holladay for his Magical Balloon Show at 2:00! Summer Reading and Read-to-Swim will stop for the year on July 16th New to the Library: DVDS Animaniacs Season 1 Daniel Deronda Georgetown The Road to El Dorado/ Sinbad/ Joseph King of Dreams The Mill on the Floss Nobody Fiction: (all quotes from publishers’ summaries) The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman (F STE) ...

This is harvest season. We plan and carefully prepare our gardens, plant and tend to seeds, spend our days watering and fertilizing, anxiously keep an eye on the clouds and the weather, but the outcome of our harvest is always a question. But we always hope the answer is a good one. This year is a bumper harvest for tomatoes, pepper, and cucumber.

I thought everyone might have had enough of hot dogs, hamburgers and grilled stuff so I thought I would share one of my easy Mexican food recipes. You know I love my Mexican food and this Tortilla Stack is great because it can be served as a main dish or an appetizer.

Preacher, You Might Be In Trouble If... … the congregation votes to put a clock on the back wall of the church. … the notes in the pulpit are for last Sunday's sermon. … someone has replaced the pulpit Bible with a copy of “The Quick And Easy Way To Effective Speaking.” … church attendace rises dramatically – while you're on vacation! … while nervously waiting to enter the church for your first sermon there, an usher attempts to comfort you by whispering, “Don't ...

While I am presenting the original recipe, just as I found it, I want to hasten to assure everyone that when I actually got around to making it, I corrupted it terribly! Every place Ms. Burke called for “reduced fat,” or “fat-free” ingredients, I substituted “regular,” high octane, full fat products.

We have had a break in the hot weather. Temperatures in the 80s are much nicer than over 100. The city says we can’t water until they get the new water radon system working. A break in the heat has been helpful. I usually plant a garden. For several years I have had little success with harvesting anything.

One of Jimmy Stewart’s most popular movies is ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ the story of George Bailey and his dream of being on television every Christmas season forever. At one point in the movie George says the three most exciting sounds in the world are train whistles, airplane engines, and anchor chains.

On June 29 the Mason Lions Club met at Nachos for their weekly meeting. Any ladies or gentlemen who are interested in joining the Mason Lions Club and serving the Mason community need only ask any Mason Lion! We were delighted to have as guests Bobby Bednarik, of Mason, Homer Martin, Gage Reichenau and Ian Reichenau, grandsons of Lion Charlie Reichenau.