The Texas Legislature is debating proposed changes in the states’ eminent domain process.
“For too long, entities and companies with eminent domain authority have been allowed to offer landowners below-market-value for their land,” Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said. “If the landowner wants what is fair, he’ll have to pay a lawyer and sue for what is right.
Dennis Blocker will present The Heart of Hell: The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima on Tuesday, May 2, at 6:30 P.M. in the Stribling Room of the Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library, 410 Post Hill Street. Admission is free to the public.
Blocker succeeded in getting Pulitzer Prize Winner Mitch Weiss to write the book.
Mason Cowgirls Varsity Grabs Lead In Sixth Inning For Victory Over Miles
Mason Cowgirls Varsity took the lead late and defeated Miles 15-8 on Tuesday. The game was tied at eight with Mason Cowgirls Varsity batting in the top of the sixth when there was an error, scoring one run.
Jodie Evans collected four hits in five at bats to help lead Mason Cowgirls Varsity to victory.
The regular meeting of the Mason County Commissioners' Court on Monday began with an introduction. Sheree Hardin, formerly the Consumer and Family Sciences agent for the Mason AgriLife office has been hired as assistant to Judge Jerry Bearden. Mrs. Hardin replaces Nikki Stringer, who along with her husband, Chief Deputy Dean Stringer, has moved to Abilene.
Best Ever Gingersnaps
courtesy: Barbara Blanton
This recipe will yield about 50 cookies and I think you’ll be amazed at how quickly they will disappear from your cookie jar! It’s one of the few recipes that I’ve made that I say, “I would not change a thing.” These are rather “soft” gingersnaps, unlike most, which I find attractive.
The Mason Lions Club met April 18 for its weekly luncheon meeting. 25 members attended the meeting.
“Boss” Lion Jess Irwin reminded the members of several important events that occurred on April 18. In 1783, fighting ceased in the American Revolution. The old Yankee Stadium (“The House That Ruth Built”) opened in 1923 and the Yankees beat their arch rival, the Boston Red Sox.
Michael Stork will be back in the library on Friday, April 28th at 11:00 a.m. for an informational meeting on Alzheimer’s and dementia. He’ll also be hosting a meeting of the Alzheimer’s support group at 2:00 p.m. at the Senior Center that day. He’s a wonderful resource with thirty years of experience in the area, and you can educate yourself further with books we have here in the library, such as Living your best with early-stage Alzheimer’s: an essential guide, Alzheimer’s: a care ...
The unfriendly skies
For the record, I knew something like this was going to happen. Judging by the way I’ve been treated almost every time I’ve flown anywhere on a commercial airplane, I figured that, at some point, I was going to show up for a flight and be told, “Well, we’re a little overbooked, so your seat is on the left wing.” Which might not be too bad, if they gave me a shotgun, so I could entertain myself by shooting at birds and such.
United Airlines adopted ...
I’m officially out of the weather forecasting via old folk theory! No frost or freeze on April 19th. In fact it was shorts weather. Then came the cool week end. Go figure! I’ll still pay attention to the Bee Brush blooming.
There is always something to do, but I’m at the stage of my life when I pick and choose.
