The Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library will be offering a free Microsoft Excel class in September. Carol Tucker will be teaching primarily Excel 2010, but she will also highlight the differences in Excel 2016 and explain Microsoft 365. The class meets on eight consecutive Tuesdays; the first four sessions cover the basics, and the next four more advanced applications.
Students, artists, schools, organizations, government entities and non-profit organizations from across Mason Country are invited to be a part of history in the creation of a collaborative painting to be installed in the Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library. World- renowned wildlife conservation artist, Vickie McMillan, with a long history of leading collaborative community mural projects throughout Texas, has been commissioned to design and direct the efforts of those who pa ...
KNEL Radio owner and general manager, Lynn Farris, has announced that the station’s more than 40-year tradition of broadcasting Mason Puncher football will continue in 2016 with the broadcast team of Will Lehmberg and Dennis Cano providing live coverage of all the action and excitement of Mason Punchers football every Friday Night .
Beginning with Lee Graham and continuing for over 40 years, Mason Punchers football has been a part of the weekly sports line-up through ...
The annual meeting of the Mason County Historical Society will be on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at 7 p.m. at the River of Life Church. Featured speaker will be Jeff Salmon of Abilene, the executive director of Frontier Texas.
Jeff has served as the Executive Director of Frontier Texas since September of 2003.
The 128th Gillespie County Fair–the oldest continuous county fair in Texas–kicks off this week with four days of traditional family fare, three nights of live musical entertainment, and two days of pari-mutuel horse racing in Fredericksburg from Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 25-28, 2016.
Visitors will enjoy traditional county fair activities including a parade, carnival and midway, displays of agricultural and home products, livestock competitions, queen’s contes ...
More than 200 Central Texas Electric Cooperative members gathered August 16 in the Fredericksburg High School Auditorium for the co-op’s 68th annual members’ meeting.
Board president Riley Kothmann welcomed everyone and introduced the 11 members of the board of directors. Director Jack Asbill from Mason provided an invocation.
The business of the meeting included the election of four directors to represent their respective districts on the board.
The Mason Community Foundation would like to remind local non-profit organizations that the deadline for grant applications is fast approaching! Annually, this round for grant applications is due on September 1st . Non-profit groups and organizations that have projects intended for the betterment of the community are encouraged to submit an application, which can be picked up at the Community Thrift Store at 206 Moody Street, during store hours (Monday – Friday, 9 a.m.
The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, August 16th, for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. There were 31 members and 4 visitors in attendance.
“Boss” Lion Jess Irwin could not attend and First Vice President Jim Heidelberg was in charge. Jim passed out sign up sheets for the hamburger cook on Wednesday, September 7th, at the cross country meet.
Ready or not, school has begun, and we want to wish all the teachers, coaches, students, and other Mason ISD personnel a great year. We’ll be starting a new Excel class on Tuesday, Sept. 6th—call 325-347-5446 to register. There is not cost for the class.
Non-fiction: (new to our library)
Trump Revealed by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (921 TRU)
Joe the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend by Ron J.
Wrinkled Under Armor
What I want to know is: Who stole my America and replaced it with a country full of whiney, mamby-pamby, complaining, wimpy, weak sisters? Americans used to be tough, self-motivated, resilient, strong, and independent. We used to take responsibility for our own actions. We valued accomplishment and praised those who did difficult things.
