The first week of the year is usually a busy and often confusing period when there are a number of tasks to end one year and get the new year started in the right directions. Last week our County Judge, Jerry Bearden, did a great job of getting a change that I believe will positively impact our traffic around the square and through town.
Art was a busy place this weekend. Steve Toone and his Patriot Warrior Foundation had a large group of disabled veterans on area ranches hunting. The lunch on Friday was a combination of great food and good fellowship. The crowd was much larger than last year.
My husband John was honored with a quilt of valor.
Blank.
Blank.
Blankety-blank.
What a funny word.
Blank.
Rhymes with bank.
Sank
Tank.
Frank.
Rank.
But its history isn’t blank.
The word originally was “blanc” (“white”).
Pronounced “blonk.”
Comes from Middle English and Old French.
According to trusty Webster.
From there it went to Frankish “blank.”
(Frankish? Is there a Fredish?)
The Frankish word means: white, gleaming, akin to Old English “blanca”
(meaning “white steed”).
And that got convoluted with Indo-European
The City of Mason will be holding a City Election, Saturday, May 6, 2017. City positions up for election this year are: City Commissioner District 2 and City Commissioner District 4. Residents of the City of Mason who desire to place their name on the ballot for one of these positions may do so beginning Wednesday January 18, 2017 until Friday February 17, 2017.
For some people the daily grind of a full work week isn’t enough, they need a full weekend of grinding as well, Gravel Grinding to be precise. What the heck is Gravel Grinding!? In a nutshell, Gravel Grinding is road cycling that features dirt roads over asphalt and uses mountain bikes, cyclo-cross bicycles or modified road bikes.
There will be no The American Legion Fort Mason Post 285 meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2017. The next regularly scheduled meeting of The American Legion Fort Mason Post 285 will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at 6:30pm, at The American Legion Post Hall, 237 Post Hill [behind the Jail.
44 Boys Harvest 58 Animals with Operation Orphans
Operation Orphans, Inc. held its final hunt of the 2017 deer season Friday and Saturday, January 5th and 6th. 44 boys from 9 foster and child residential homes traveled to Camp Gene Ashby located in Mason County, eager to enjoy a deer hunt.
First Grade
A Honor Roll
Isabella Balderas
Parker Bownds
Tanner Bradley
Bella Brown
Juan Calderon
Emily Calhoun Lumpkins
Jake Cortez
Eleanor Ducellier
Parker Ellis
Brooklyn Garrett
Blythe Grote
Shane Haley
Bailey Hearn
Georgia Hicks
Lily Jackson
Michelle Mun
Corbyn Neece
Brooklynn Orta
Everly Rabon
Sienna Smith
Koen Soto
Yanet Trejo
Elizabeth Whitworth
Jarrett Worrell
Samuel Wyatt
Savannah Yates
AB Honor Roll
Emily Barros
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Last Friday the JV Purple team traveled to Coleman to take on the Bluecats.
Scoring was low for much of the first half as the score was 25-24 in favor of the Punchers. The game went back and forth for much of the second half until the Punchers were able to pull away late in the fourth quarter.
For the New Year, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) released the top 10 worldwide fitness trends for 2018, and Hill Country Memorial Wellness Center Director John Phelps said the local fitness and aquatic center offers them all.
The ACSM Health and Fitness Journal reported the 2018 trends are based on surveys completed by more than 1,800 ACSM health and fitness professionals worldwide.
Phelps said the Wellness Center has been able to stay ahead of trends by maintaining a holi ...
