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The Mason High School girls varsity cross country team happily poses together on Oct. 19, 2020, after the Cowgirls won the District 29-2A championship held at San Saba River Golf Course. Photo courtesy of Mason Independent School District.
The Mason High School boys and girls varsity cross country teams will open up their 2021 season in less than a month as the Punchers and Cowgirls unveiled their meet schedule earlier this week.
After early morning practice throughout the month of August, Mason will have its first official meet of the year on Wednesday, Aug.
James McCall Poynor went to his Heavenly home on July 21, 2021 at the age of 93. James was born on December 15, 1927 to Thomas Clyde and Annie Lorena (Huffman) Poynor in Brady, TX.
Formal education began in Fredonia Public School, and he graduated from Mason High School in 1945.
Michael Ray Taylor lost his battle with a long term illness on July 22. He was 59.
He resided in Mason for the past 18 years having spent most of his life in San Antonio, Texas and graduated from R. E. Lee High School.
He led a pretty busy life having a wide range of jobs over the years but enjoyed being a “roadie” with big name entertainers, the one he enjoyed the most.
A memorial service for Deena' Anderegg will be held on Sat. July 31st 2021, 3:00 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church in Castell, TX. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Castell Cemetery Association PO Box 113, Castell, TX, 76831 or Castell Preservation Inc, PO Box 113, Castell TX.
In 1875, an enormous plague of locusts moved across the Great Plains of North America, from Canada to Texas, eating everything in its path. (Locusts are a special form of swarming, migratory grasshoppers that are stimulated to change their color and behavior by crowded conditions.) The 1875 swarm consisted of the Rocky Mountain Locust, Melanoplus spretus.
Most of this column was written nine years ago to describe the changes that had occurred in the vegetation inside our high fence the previous 11 years. Obviously, we made numerous changes by planting things and cutting back other things, but the discussion below pertains only to the natural changes as some things grow, some things die and some things propagate new plants with no involvement by us.
Our Retro Video Game Night was so fun that we will host it again on August 11! We will have two sessions: from 1:00 to 3:00 and from 6:00 to 8:00. Join us for some old school video games! Children under the age of twelve should be accompanied by an adult for this event.
Mostaccioli, known in Italy as "Penne Lisce," or pasta in the form of a short tube, are a specialty of the Campania Region in Southern Italy, which includes the cities of Naples, Capri, and Sorrento. Penne are tube-shaped with angled ends cut to resemble a quill or pen point. Unlike Penne pasta, which are ridged, Mostaccioli are smooth in texture.
This week I am combining two of my favorite foods, pasta, and pizza.
As those of you who regularly read this column know, 95% of the recipes I share with you are recipes that I’ve collected (borrowed/stolen?) over the years from friends, relatives, cook books and the internet. I always try to give credit to the person or organization that supplied me with the recipe.
Retired pastoral buddy Tex Luther and I were having a Monday morning debriefing breakfast. As regular relief preachers for pastors on vacation or congregations with pastoral vacancies we often get together to share our previous day's experiences.
Tex had supplied a church whose pastor had just accepted another call. It was a congregation notorious for having had a passel of hassles, resulting in splits among the members and revolving pastors.
What is the definition of permaculture? Originally, the word “Permaculture” came from the combination of two words: “permanent” and “agriculture.” Two Australian men—Bill Mollison and David Holmgren—coined the term in the 1970s. Permaculture is an agricultural philosophy that allows us to use the resources readily available around us to their fullest potential.
The principles of permaculture include observe and interact, catch and store energy, obtain a yield, apply self-reg ...
Summer heat is really here. We were blessed with cooler temperatures for a few days but summer is back. I have to water my garden every other day as most of it is in raised beds. Tomatoes have slowed down, but we are still enjoying our fresh vegetables.
We had our great grandson, Tanner, visit for the weekend.
One of my role models when I was a kid was Patrick McManus, who wrote outdoor humor in the bigs, like Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, and Sports Afield. He also published quite a few books, and my favorite was ‘A Fine and Pleasant Misery.’ It was full of stories about camping, real camping, with tents and campfires and bugs and rain and suffering.
On July 20 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!
The Lions welcomed as guests Jim Lyles and David Lampman, guest of Lion Will McCann.
County Commissioner Lion Will Frey brought the Lions up to date on the courthouse projects, particularly the status of the damaged trees on the north side.
Like all of us, Lion Frey regretted that ...
