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   4-H Enrollment Meeting    Monday, September 19    5:30 to 7    Mason County Library    410 Post Hill St. in Mason    Come and go!    Kids ages k to 12 grade may enroll.    Cost is $20.00 per child.    Bring a debit or credit card to enroll    For more information call the Texas AgriLife Extension Office at 325-347-6459 or find us on find us on Facebook at Mason County Texas Ag ...
   Notice of Meeting    American Legion Ft. Mason Post #285    237 Post Hill Road    Mason, TX    Thursday, 8 September 2016 at 6:30 p.m.    All members and interested veterans are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Holly B. Gilmore at 325-347-2274.
   Color.    What a word.    And what a world it would be without it.    Rainbow.    Blue sky.    Green grass.    Butterfly.    Just think.    A black-and-white world would be, well...    A horse of a different color.    Buildings around town sport new hues.    The Odeon Theater.    Reigning Cats & Dogs.    Market Square.    All on the west si ...
   Now that school is back in session, we all seem to be busier, even us old retired people. On Sunday, the Art United Methodist Church was crowded with lots of visitors.    For your calendar: The Art –Trinity United Methodist Women will meet Tuesday, September 13th, at Art at 2:30.
   Hops, Skips and Slithers....    In these turbulent days when much of the news is awash with controversy that rages beyond ugly, my commentary remains blissfully gentle. Cover up my name, and some readers might think Miss Manners writes it.    Still, some folks may race to Wikipedia to verify my assertion that no other county in Texas--or maybe even the nation--can match Nolan County in “round-ups.” For almost six decades, they’ve annually ...
   I’ve become a Facebook junie! Love the dog posts the most. The funnies bring a chuckle to my day. And the stupidity of folks gets my hackles up. It keeps me informed on friends and family. Some of my friends I’ve not seen since forever, but I still count them as friends.    Of course, I could be doing other things!
   You get what you pay for    When the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 it was, overall, a Good Thing. It all started with the bald eagle, our national bird, which was going south because lousy people were shooting them. You have to be a real jerk to shoot a bald eagle but, unfortunately, some people are real jerks.
   We’re up to bat, folks! Tomorrow is painting day! Please join us for Vickie McMillan’s slide show and lecture at 9:00 and stay a little while to put your brush strokes on the community painting. No admission fee for the presentation and no artistic ability required to paint! If you can’t make the morning shifts at 10:15 and 11:15, the afternoon shifts run from 1:30-6:00, with a repeat of the presentation at 6:30.
   The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, August 29th, for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. There were 35 members and 2 visitors in attendance.    “Boss” Lion Jess Irwin presented Lion Bruce Lehmberg the Lions Silver Award for sponsoring new members. “Boss” Lion Jess then read a thank you letter from L.C.I.F.
   Beer-based Pizza Crust    Courtesy Delish.com and Mark Bello    In my on-going quest for the “perfect” pizza crust, I’ve tried a lot of recipes. I want the finished product to be thin, crispy and tasty. Up until this recipe, I have made dozens of crusts that meet at least two of the three requirements, but none of them have gotten it all right!

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