Ranch Potato-Topped Chicken Bake
Chicken, Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers frozen mixed vegetables baked with potato mix and ranch dip gives you a flavorsome casserole dinner. You are going to want to ad this to your “favorite’s” list. Tasty veggies, with mashed potatoes and chicken.
Filling:
2 cups cubed cooked chicken or turkey
2 cups Green Giant (Steamer’s) frozen vegetables, thawed
2 cans (10 ¾ oz each) cream of chicken
½ cup chicken broth
Potatoes:
1 3/4 cups wa ...
Before I start writing about some other issues, I want to remind our residents that there will be a Special meeting of the City Commission today, Wednesday, May 31 at 5:30 at the Eckert Civic Center. The agenda includes a closed discussion with a municipal attorney about subdivision issues with particular importance to the Tyler subdivision on the west side of town, and then there will be an agenda item to allow any action that might result from that consultation.
We celebrated a great Memorial Day weekend. Our air conditioner went out Saturday night. The weather was kind to us on Sunday with cloud cover and a shower. Hope Monday is as calm. I seriously thought of riding around in the car after lunch Sunday to cool off. However, I never had air conditioning until I was a junior in college and moved into an upper classman dorm.
Driving out to The Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve on Sunday evening was almost like being in the middle of a fireworks display. Lightning flailed about in the sky like giant long- fingered hands trying to reach out and grab something. Rain hit in huge splats on the windshield, but I continued on out thinking that maybe the system was already past the Preserve.
Fine.
Be that way.
O very, merry month of May.
June’s right behind you.
Just waiting.
So go ahead.
Leave.
Not that anybody could stop you.
You sure didn’t last long.
In fact, you sped right by.
Or so it seems.
But you packed a wallop while you were here.
You brought rain.
And wind.
Thunder and lightning.
Hail.
Tons of wildflowers.
And 90-degree days.
You brought a ton of pollen too.
And allergies.
Asthma.
Pneumonia.
Bronchitis.
Nothing very merry about that.
Still, a month has to do what a ...
On Monday, May 29th, under overcast skies and the blessed shade of the venerable pecan trees on Mason’s Courthouse Square, approximately 100 folks gathered together to honor the memory of America’s military men & women who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend this great land.
Joaquin Velez, himself a Vietnam War veteran and Commander of The American Legion Fort Mason Post 285, officiated along with Chris Dyer, an Iraqi war veteran and member of VFW Post 8554.
Reunion, Baptisms, Confirmations and a Funeral....
It is almost a certainty of life that we cannot control the timing or pace of events in that life. We may have long periods of quiet and ennui, followed by periods of mayhem and excitement. There will be the occasional periods of moderation and balance; but, they really do seem to be the exception, not the rule.
This last week was a perfect example.
The Youth Agricultural Lifetime Leadership opportunity is a 6 day exploration for youth in 4-H Districts 7,10,11 & 12 to experience South Texas agricultural production.
Youth that have a strong interest in production agriculture who are outgoing high school freshmen through outgoing seniors or ages 15—18 as of September 1, 2015 are invited to apply and 30 youth will be selected.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Auxiliary will hold their monthly meeting at the Mason Greater Works Center Tuesday nite. June 20 at 6:30 pm, which will kick off the 2017 fund raising campaign , to offer assistance for those veterans in need.
We were fortunate this year in having two local businesses support us with raffle items, for which we are great full.
Micah Walker, Mason County Extension Agent for Ag and Natural Resources has announced the date and time for steer and heifer validation. Anyone wanting to show during the 2017-2018 stock show season will need to validate their livestock. Non-members of 4H or FFA are welcome.
The date is Thursday, June 22 at 8:30 am at Worrell Enterprises located at 7141 U.S.
