Amanda McMillan of the Mason Rodeo Association presented a beautiful Tres Rios buckle to Kallie Criswell at the Round Up Rodeo performance. Kallie had the fastest time of all the Mason County contestants in the Round Up Jackpot on Friday. She and her horse, Pokie made a smoking run and also had the second fastest time of the entire jackpot!
Roll ‘em, roll ‘em, roll ‘em.
Keep them dogies rollin.’
Round ‘em up!
And RoundUp Weekend is coming up.
This Friday and Saturday to be exact.
So roll on out and have some fun.
Enjoy the parade.
Enjoy the music.
Enjoy the food.
Create and make something special.
Sell it on the Courthouse lawn.
Or browse around.
And buy those handcrafted items.
Round ‘em up.
Head ‘em out.
Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’.
Mason’s oldest event.
For 52 years.
We got it all.
RoundUp Queen.
RoundUp Dance ...
This is a busy part of summer. I was ready for lazy days. I don’t think this is the week for lazy.
We welcomed our new pastor, Tim Fahrenthold, on Sunday with a delicious lunch. Welcome Pastor Tim and Claudia.
This week is Roundup in Mason. After an Independence Day celebration, Mason will continue the party.
Chauvinism Back in the Day...
Strange, isn’t it, how issues lodged far back in the recesses of our memory seemed critically important at the time, but considered in the here and now, fail to warrant yawns?
On the front end of my career, students streaking on college campuses caused uproars as well as countless furrowed brows on college administrators.
Holidays should mean more than: mattress and car sales. Some say, that this is a new area in our history. We’re all tech. and if you aren’t you’re behind times. Well, I guess I’m behind times. Oh, I love the convenience of the phone, microwave, air conditioning and the coffee pot.
Burgers and lies
There’s a burger place right next to the Bass Pro Shops store in Little Rock, Arkansas called David’s Burgers. It’s not a fancy place, really, unless your typical Saturday night dining experience begins with, “Drive up to the second window, please.” The food comes in paper trays and there’s a lot of noise and the beverage dispenser is out in the middle where you can fill up your drink as often as you want, even if you’re going to the bathroom and ...
Summertime is often the time of family reunions. If you’re looking for something new and scrumptious to take along, come browse our cookbook collection. You’ll find everything from the Weight Watcher New and Complete Cookbook, the hilarious Being Dead is no Excuse: The official Southern ladies guide to hosting the perfect funeral (you don’t have to wait until someone passes on to try the recipes), to Riata cookbooks that will never steer you wrong.
The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, June 28th for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. There were 34 members and 2 visitors in attendance.
Incoming President Jess Irwin passed out the program schedule for July and August. Lion Michael Cope announced that the Commercial Bank will have a 115 year celebration at Lea Lou Co-op Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Stove Top Pizza - (in about 25 minutes!)
This is another one of those recipes that, when I first saw it, I said, “no way will this work.” I mean, after over 30 years of baking experience, a person gets to where they can just look at a recipe and predict the results.
And Now, Your Round Up Weather Forecast!
This is Mason's big weekend. Once a year, everyone fills up every available room, bunks with local relatives, or just drives in for the day. It's Round Up time again.
From Thursday through the early hours of Sunday, Mason is about to be overrun with trailers, boots, cowboy hats and country music.
