Relationships within the community are essential for agriculture and Mason County Farm Bureau. A partnership with the Volunteer Fire Department strengthens the commitment to safety in rural areas.
Mason County Farm Bureau recognized Mason, Pontotoc, and Loyal Valley Volunteer Fire Departments with a complimentary membership, $100 donation and a metal Texas Farm Bureau membership sign this past week at their annual county convention.
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Families from across Mason County recently met to help shape policy for the state’s largest farm organization.
“Each year, we invite Mason County Farm Bureau members to our county convention so we can discuss issues important to agriculture and rural Texas,” Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said.
Mason ISD will host an informational session on October 19th, 2016, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in the MHS Library. Dallas Swafford, Director of Student Disability Services at Angelo State University, will share information about the student’s roles and responsibilities in preparing for post secondary education. Parents and students are invited to attend.
Fall is the time of the year the City Commissioners spend a lot of time preparing our town’s budget for the next year. We also have been reviewing our 2015 audit report. Between the two documents, I have learned a lot about Mason’s financial status.
One of my main objectives when I took office was to look into ways to cut city spending, so we could give people relief on their electric bills.
The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, October 4th, for its quarterly business meeting. There were 30 members and no visitors in attendance.
“Boss” Lion Jess Irwin was responsible for the meeting. “Boss” Lion Jess passed out 100% attendance pins to a number of us and irony of ironies, one of the recipients was not present to receive his!
October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. If you’re considering a rescue pet, good for you! I’ll guarantee that when you start looking, you’ll see plenty of older dogs waiting for their next family. Please don’t dismiss the older choices until after you’ve read our new book My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts.
The gift that keeps on maiming
My friend, Jackie Holloway, always had cooler stuff than I did while we were growing up, so when I got the chance I always enjoyed spending a weekend at his house. He had guns, and a mini bike, and right across the road from his house was a sand plant, where they dug frac sand out of the ground There were several acres of waste sand, which we used as a substitute for the Sahara Desert, so we could play Rat Patrol.
Folks, I’ve got a case of the “Don’t Want a’s!” I don’t want a do much of anything. I guess I’m in what you would call an extended vacation in Piddle around land. I should do something about it, but changing my life back to “Pick it up, Clean it up, and Put it up,” just doesn’t interest me.
When I get like this, I start to feeling guilty!
Dak Biggest Football Name Since Doak?...
Only fans longest of tooth, grayest of hair or baldness of pate could possibly remember a time when there was anyone to compare with the “Dak-to-Dak-to-Dak” wins posted by the Dallas Cowboys. A Texan named Doak Walker stirred similar acclaim in Dallas, beginning with high school exploits at Highland Park High School in the early 1940s, then at Southern Methodist University prior to his half-dozen years of pro stardom wit ...
