The Mason County Library invites families with children and infants all the way through Pre-K to join us and be a Book Puncher!
From August 2018 through August 2019, read just 100 books in that one year period. There are rewards for each 25 books completed during the year.
Register at numerous locations:
1) Mason Elementary's "Meet the Teacher Night"
The Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve’s bat viewing season, which typically runs until early October, will end on August 8, 2018. Recent events and increased visitation at the preserve have given us reason to step back and reconsider the operations that support the cave’s nightly public viewings. The Nature Conservancy will use this time to evaluate how to best monitor and manage the visitor experience going forward.
Working closely with our revered Bat Cave Steward, Vicki Ritter, sc ...
The Mason County Chamber of Commerce knows it is HOT outside!
The 5th Annual Softball Classic has been rescheduled for September 29, 2018. We hope you will join us in celebrating America’s greatest pastime… with lower temperatures!
For more information please contact:
The Mason County Chamber of Commerce
Augusta Banner
[email protected]
(325)347-5758
As a result of requests from readers for an online version of the newspaper, both in-town and who subscribe from out-of-state, the Mason County News will begin offering a subscription for a weekly online edition at www.MasonCountyNews.com.
Effective Aug. 15, 2018, there will be an e-edition published with access to all content in the printed paper, including all the stories, photos and ads.
In 2009 the Odeon Preservation Association in Mason Texas started a concert series to bring top notch entertainers to the hill country at the Odeon theater. Tish Hinojosa kicked off the Odeon theater’s concert series in 2009. She returns to the Odeon theater Saturday August 18 to perform music from her latest album West.
Her 17th album, West is yet another brilliant body of work displaying Hinojosa’s enchanting blend of folk, country, and pop while always paying homage to her Latino her ...
Enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year is underway for Kingdom Kids, River of Life’s Mom’s Day Out program. Kingdom Kids mission is to provide a loving, Christ-centered environment where children are nurtured and mother’s needs are met. Daily activities for children ages 3 months to 4 years old include Bible and age appropriate pre-school lessons, music time, crafts, and outside play plus added events throughout the school year.
The program runs Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting Sept ...
If your child loves to color, don’t miss out on the Back-to-School Coloring Contest at the Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library! Children in grades Pre-K-2 will be judged as one group; Grades 3-5 will be judged in a separate group. Cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded in each group.
The 54th annual Harper Frontier Days will be held Friday & Saturday, Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 at the Harper Community Park.
A weekend of activities are planned, with the annual rodeo highlighting the action on Saturday night. The Harper Community Park Assoc. is once again proud to have The Crenwelge Auto Group as title sponsor for the weekend!
Friday evening will see team roping competition at 7 p.m.
Long, hot days are drying out soil and grasses across much of the Lone Star State, prompting a gentle reminder to be fire-wise from Mason County Farm Bureau.
“We have plenty of dry grasses that could catch fire in an instant if people aren’t careful,” Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president said.
Shannon encourages drivers to refrain from tossing lit cigarettes and other flammable materials onto the side of the road or in areas with dense vegetation.
People using grill ...
Micah Walker, County Extension Agent for Mason County has announced the deadline to purchase Sheep and Goat Validation Tags as Friday, August 24 at 5 PM. Each tag is $15.00. Families wishing to show livestock at the major shows in Texas should purchase an ear tag by this deadline. Tags must be paid for at the time they are ordered.
For more information, contact Micah Walker, Mason County Ag and Natural Resources Agent l 505 Moody Street l PO Box 247 l Mason, TX 76856 l [email protected] ...
