Announcements

The Llano Country Opry will present a special performance by The Ragin Cajun Doug Kershaw on January 11, with shows at 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $30 for reserved seating and are available at www.heartoftexascountry.com or by calling (325) 247-5354. Born in an unincorporated community called Tiel Ridge in Cameron Parish, Doug Kershaw did not learn English until the age of eight.

Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 2:00 PM First United Methodist Church in Mason, Texas* *This concert is generously sponsored by Mason County M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library A program featuring masterpieces performed by two outstanding Piatigorsky Foundation artists: Evan Drachman, cello and Chelsea Wang, piano For over 29 years, The Piatigorsky Foundation’s commitment to artistic excellence and public outreach has fascinated many avid concert goers as well as curious first-timers.

Please join us for a celebration of the life of the late Julie Alford. Come see her artwork and talk with friends and family about her life here in Mason. Day: Saturday Jan. 18. Anytime between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Place: Our home at 1106 Hofmann St. Mason.

Ready or not, we are in a new decade. I thought how much has changed in my life in the last ten years. I retired 10 years ago. I tried my hand at remodeling our home about that time. Just finished the last room a few months ago. I gained a grandson in law and a great grandson.

All Legionnaires and interested veterans are invited to our monthly meeting on Thursday, 9 January 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. For more information contact Commander Tommy Koepke at (325) 347- 6021 or Post Adjutant Holly B. Gilmore at (325) 347-2274.

The 2020 Mason County Livestock Show & Expo is this week! Head out to the Fort Mason Park Community Building this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3-4 and show your support for Mason’s hard-working youth participating in this year’s show. The stock show will feature cattle, swine, sheep and goats as well as the Food and Nutrition Show, the Eldon Kothmann Memorial Ag Mechanics Show and the Fastest Torch in Mason County competition.

In the immortal words of the noted poet Eric Burdon, and echoed by everyone in my High School Class of ‘69, “we gotta get outa this place!” Mason’s Scarlet Punchers, those intrepid women “of a certain age,” who absolutely insist on living life to the fullest, have taken this quote to heart for our inaugural get-together of 2020, as we hit the road for a field trip to scenic Brady, Texas. But first, a recap of our fabulous Christmas party, celebrated at the home of “Mrs.

Thursday, January 9, 2020 7:00 PM the Mason County Republican Party will be hosting a forum for Republican United States Congressional candidates at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Mason. To date, seven of the 10 announced Republican candidates have confirmed attendance. During the summer, Congressman Mike Conaway announced his retirement from Congress.

This year the Mason County Stock show will be dedicated to two very special people that have made a powerful impact on more people in this barn than can be mentioned. Our Honorees this year are Jay Lee and Beverly Marek. This honor does not nearly encompass all they have done for this show or for the many generations of Mason ag students that they influenced.

High school students in the Central Texas Electric Cooperative service area can now submit an essay to be one of three winners for the 2020 Government-in-Action Youth Tour, an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., June 17-26. Essays must be turned in by January 24th for this opportunity that truly is the trip of a lifetime.