Mason County Appraisal District will be closed December 21, 22, and 23 to observe the Christmas Holiday.
Our office will be open Monday-Thursday, 8 am-5 pm and Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., December 26-30. For those who are in no hurry to pay taxes in 2016, we will be closed Monday, January 2, 2017, but will resume normal hours on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.
Payments made on January 3rd or postmarked on January 3rd may be posted for 2016, if you so choose.
Mason Elementary/Jr. High PTO held their General meeting on 12/7/2016.
PTO members voted to disperse the money from the Fall Fundraiser for the following:
$5000 for PE Equipment given to Coach Owen and Coach McLeod
Financial Assistance for 4th Grade Spring Field Trip
iTunes gift cards for Mrs. Tedder’s 3rd grade Math Class.
Thank You to all who contributed to the Fall Fundraiser!
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Mason, Texas – Residents living in and around the Mason, Texas can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. City of Mason Community Building will host this community event on 12/19/2016. The site is located at 1015 San Antonio St in Mason.
Screenings can check for:
The level of plaque buildup in your arteries, related to risk for heart disease, stroke and overall vascular ...
Ms. Shay the Storyteller is back with Christmas stories and songs to share with children and adults at the Come-and-go Cookie Day Christmas Celebration to be held at the Mason County M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library, 410 Post Hill St., on Tuesday, December 20th. Come join us for refreshments all day and Christmas stories at 3:00 P.M.
Shay Tindall DeVos, an 8th generation Texas from several storytelling cultures, is an enthusiast of sharing oral histories, stories, and traditions, and Christmas ...
Arnold Art Gallery is pleased to announce Kim Paxson’s embroidered felt piece, Mary Oliver’s Question, was selected by JoAnn Edwards of the Museum of Craft and Design to be included in the 30th annual Materials: Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition.
This was a record-breaking year with 1,413 entries submitted from 21 different countries around the world.
December 16th is the deadline for making your donation to the annual Mason County E.M.S. fundraiser: “Operation Christmas Greeting”. This paper’s Christmas edition is December 21st, and it will contain a Texas size “Community Greeting Card” that has an alphabetical listing of all contributors. Only the total amount of all donations is ever listed.
The Mason County “Greeting” began fifteen years ago and the goal each year is to provide funds for equipment needs.
The Doss School students have been extremely busy this fall with music being added to the curriculum, UIL competitions, field trips to the “Mazed and Confused” cornfield, where we were able to go on a hayride, jump on a giant bouncing mat, hunt for arrowheads, wind their way through the corn maze, shoot off apple cannons and have a hot-dog picnic.
They were also able to share a Thanksgiving dinner with their school family before getting out for Thanksgiving Break.
KERRVILLE, Texas (Dec. 12, 2016) - The Schreiner University chapter of Alpha Chi inducted 23 new members during a ceremony on campus.
New inductees from Mason are:
Damian Del Toro
Alpha Chi is an honor society which admits students from all academic disciplines. To be inducted a students must be in the top 10 percent of their junior/senior class.
The Mason Lions Club met on Tuesday, December 6th, for a regular meeting with 32 members in attendance.
Lion Charles Reichenau was responsible for the program and introduced William Taylor, Ph.D. from Angelo State University who gave a fascinating program on the The Battle of Iwo Jima. Dr. Taylor is a marine himself and his field of academic study is military history.
He was able to share with the club insights from his study and a personal visit to the island when he was stationed on Okinawa i ...
