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Last week’s decision by the City Commissioners to return $284,000 in federal funding drew a large crowd to the Monday night meeting, mostly in support of the action. Twenty or more citizens who attended were in favor of giving back the funding, but at least five there opposed it. Individuals from each group were given an opportunity to express their views.
The returned funds were available to the City of Mason through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) as part of the Coronavirus Local Fi ...
Some voters in Mason County will have a new polling location next year after the county commissioners court realigned half of its precinct boundaries during a redistricting process.
“We had to align two of our four commissioners court precincts to within 10% of the population on the voter rolls, so that the numbers are evened out,” said Mason County Judge Jerry Bearden, on Monday.
Mason County’s voting district lines have been redrawn per a state-mandated redistricting and were approved by County Commissioners Monday. Population numbers determined by the last census called for changes in voting districts two and four. The new districts are “effective immediately,” said Judge Jerry Bearden, and new polling places will be assigned before the next election.
Twenty four members of the Mason FFA recently competed at the Bluebonnet District Leadership Development events in Marble Falls. These students have been working hard since the beginning of school to develop their teamwork and presentation skills. All teams placing first or second advance to the Area VII FFA LDE contest on November 17.
Results are as follows:
Senior Quiz - 3rd
Kimberly Suarez-Ramirez, Karen Galaviz, Isela Rodriguez, Esme Lugo, Jessie Phillips, and Mariah Avalos.
Green ...
The Mason High School varsity football team suffered a shocking 29-16 season-ending upset loss to Schulenburg High School on Friday, November 12, in the 2A-1 Region IV Bi-District Playoffs at neutral site Texan Stadium in Wimberley.
On the first drive of the game on offense for Schulenburg, the Shorthorns used their running game to march downfield into Punchers territory.
The Mason High School girls’ varsity basketball team has begun its 2021-22 regular season under first-year head coach Alicia Cummings. Following a close 38-37 loss vs. Round Rock HomeSchool and a lopsided 66-34 loss to 4A powerhouse Fredericksburg High School, the Cowgirls will look to continue their eventful regular-season schedule.
The Cowgirls varsity squad will have the following non-district schedule this season: 6:15 p.m.
Raymond Lee Brandenberger, 79, of Mason, Texas, died on November 9, 2021. Raymond was born on March 19, 1942, in Brady, Texas to Howard and Dessie Brandenberger. Upon graduation from Mason High School in 1960, he joined the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Raymond married Patsy Mahan on January 21, 1984, and together they shared a blended family of three daughters, Dee Ann Brandenberger, Sammie Veit, and Jodie Mahan.
Raymond was an active member of the communit ...
Peggy Ann (Zesch) Laverty died on August 24th, 2021, in Durango Colorado. Her funeral service will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mason, Texas, on November 27th, 2021, at 2:00 pm. She chose the church where she was baptized, confirmed, and married- this was her home.
Peggy was born in the ranch home her parents built during the Great Depression in Mason, Texas.
David Priess, of Fredonia, passed away on Monday, November 11, at the age of 60. Mr. Priess is survived by his mother Ora May Morris Priess of Fredonia, a brother Randy Priess and wife, Sheila, of Cottula, a sister Melissa Haliburton of Fredonia, nieces and nephews: Robert Priess, Randy Priess Jr.
U.S. Highway 290 originally followed the old stage coach route west from Junction, through Sonora and Ozona, across the western end of the Edwards Plateau. It then wound down the steep western escarpment of the Plateau adjacent to Fort Lancaster, before crossing the Pecos River.
If you get off I-10 and take old Highway 290 west today, just before you drop off the Plateau into the valley of the Pecos, there is a scenic roadside picnic spot.
We would like thank both the Mason Friends of the Library and the Mason Study Club for all of their fundraising work these past few weeks. We are truly fortunate to have two great groups to support our library! Next week, the library will close at noon on Wednesday, November 24, and will remain closed for Thursday and Friday to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Did you ever wonder what plants provide food for which wildlife species? And what kinds of food they provide? For grazers and browsers there are three categories of food; browse (tree and shrub leaves), forbs (weeds and wildflowers), and grass. Other types of foods for various species are berries and fruits of all kinds, seeds, and insects.
Since junipers and hardwoods constitute the largest amount of biomass in our area, let’s start there.
I would like to recommend a book for those of you who seriously save seeds, beginners or those of us who have saved for generations. Many rules have changed from my grandparents’ day. They just grew with know-how and wisdom passed along from gardener to gardener- often in the same family.
…your spouse asks, “Where are we going to worship today?”
…you wear a T-shirt with the inscription: “My rod and my reel, they comfort me.”
…you're invited to 50th anniversaries of weddings you performed.
…your last congregation retires your robe.
…you realize retirement is having nothing to do– and the rest of your life to do it in.
…you actually look forward to hearing the phone ring.
…you realize wisdom doesn't necessarily come with old age– sometimes o ...
It must be winter now. Football for our little town is over for another year. Our beloved Punchers lost their playoff game Friday night. We watched our little screen in disbelief as the game unfolded. They had a great season. We always want them to go to Cowboy Stadium, but it was not to be this year.
Apologies are rarely easy or fun, but I find myself in the uncomfortable position of having to offer the occasional mea culpa. A couple of weeks ago I wrote that not all of the 30,000 delegates to the climate change summit in Glasgow traveled on private jets. That made it sound like most of them probably flew their personal Gulfstream G700s to the conference.
On November 9, the Mason Lions Club met for their weekly club meeting at Nacho’s.
One of the worker Lions at the recent Lions hamburger sale on the Square announced that income from the sale to be used for Service to the Mason community was higher than previously reported. This Lion also reported that Lion Sheriff Joe Lancaster and his wife Kelley donated to the Lions Club all of the “fixins” for the sale, including meat, buns, vegetables, drinks, etc.
