Silverleaf at Mason had its official ground breaking ceremony, Wednesday, November 15, 2017. The new apartment homes for Seniors 55+ are located at 1161 Austin Street, Mason, Texas.
Stoneleaf Companies is a family business owned by Mike and Victoria Sugrue and their son, Ben Dempsey. They have built a number of communities in the state of Texas, including Dalhart, Chandler, Gun Barrel City, Eustace, Fairfield and Panhandle Texas.
The Silverleaf apartment development will feature a fully f ...
(November 17th, 2017) – On Tuesday, November 7th, students from Mason High School spent the day along Comanche Creek at Fort Mason City Park. As part of the School District’s Blue-Ribbon Service Day, these five students learned about the importance of creek-side (riparian) systems, and the negative impacts of non-native, invasive plants such as Chinaberry trees.
“When riparian areas have a diversity of native grasses, shrubs and trees, they provide people with a variety of values,” ...
First Grade
A Honor Roll
Parker Bownds
Tanner Bradley
Bella Brown
Emily Calhoun-Lumpkins
Matthew Calhoun
Jake Cortez
Brooklyn Garrett
Blythe Grote
Shane Haley
Bailey Hearn
Georgia Hicks
Lily Jackson
Michelle Mun
Abigail Munsell
Corbyn Neece
Brooklynn Orta
Everly Rabon
Elias Sanchez
Sienna Smith
Elizabeth Whitworth
Jarrett Worrell
Samuel Wyatt
Savannah Yates
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Isabella Balderas
Emily Barros
Cuatro Beaty
Juan Calderon
Lilah ...
Each Monday, Mason elementary students continue in their ten-week Learn, Grow, Eat and Go (LGEG) lesson. During week four students learned about the basic needs of growing plants. Plants need:
P- Place to grow
L- light
A- air
N- nutrients
T- thirsty for water
S- soil
Week four’s lesson was followed by a learning activity game of Hot Potato - LGEG style!
On November 14, “Boss” Lion Jim Heidelberg gaveled to order the weekly meeting of the Mason Lions Club. Twenty-nine members were present. In addition, six guests attended the meeting.
Two Mason High School seniors, Jenna Johnson and Molly Schwertner, were among today’s guests. Jenna and Molly shared with club members their prospective plans after graduation next year.
Each fall, during the first couple of weeks of November, Monica and I take a vacation to get out of town and refresh ourselves away from Mason. It is always much needed and when we returned to town this past weekend we both felt relaxed and ready to deal with the many activities and challenges of the holiday season.
The Board of Trustees of MISD met for their regular meeting on October 30, 2017 at the School Administration Office. Board President Jeff Durst called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm with members Tommy Bierschwale, Jim Bob Smith, Julio Ramon, Tina Cantu-Navarro, Treg Hudson and Kathryn Martin in attendance.
Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday it was 100 degrees-plus - oh wait - this is fall in Texas, it WAS yesterday! Despite the calendar now being situated firmly in November, time change firmly behind us, and toilet paper streaming from many trees in Mason a reminder that Halloween is already “in the bag,” the rest of the year - holiday season - approaches with lightning speed.
The white team traveled to Llano last week to take on the Jackets. Llano started off with a quick touchdown early in the game. The Punchers then took a long drive and was finally able to punch it into the end zone.
A few costly mistakes put the game out of reach as Llano won the game 41-14.
The 216 students and the entire faculty of Mason High School agree this was the best Blue Ribbon Service Day ever. The icing on the cake was the unveiling of the newly refurbished Lillys’ Garden. Some may not know that Lilly Joy Gamel, the teenage daughter of Steve and Merlina Gamel, died in a tragic accident in 2004.
