Summer has now begun and the heat has started that reminds us that summer in Texas is a time for swimming, cooking outdoors and enjoying the air conditioning. We are also doing a few City tasks to try and keep your summer pleasant. We have finished spraying two passes through the neighborhoods for mosquitoes, and have reordered some more of the insecticide to do another pass in the next couple of weeks.
Gwen’s Beef Enchiladas
This is one of my family’s favorite recipes. Raegan requests it for her birthday every year and it is really a pretty simple recipe. I like to serve it with Spanish rice or fideo on the side.
1 lb. ground beef
½ cup chopped onions
1 jalapeño, chopped
½ tsp. garlic powder or fresh garlic
2 Tbs.
A Tip-Off to Truckers...
Somewhere between pig Latin and social media’s abbreviations substituted for words--perhaps a quarter-century ago--American drivers communicated on CB (citizens’ band) radios.
Truckers used CBs best, and probably still do, warning of wrecks up ahead, bad weather and “smokies”--the “do right” guys who write tickets when excessive speed is detected.
I miss the chatter, including such expressions as “breaker one/nine” and “got your ears o ...
I was raised on “Old sayings.” Seems my Mother had a saying for just about everything. Yes, I rolled my eyes back then, however, I started using them when I had children. Especially, the teen years.
They weren’t from the Bible, but some had biblical ties. “Sweep your own door steps, before you go sweeping others.” In other words, don’t judge others.
Friends and enemies
By now everyone has heard about the horrible tragedy in Orlando, where 49 innocent people were killed and more than 50 were wounded because of hate. As usual, fingers are being pointed in several directions as various groups either try to accurately reveal the cause of the massacre or to further their particular agenda.
Take a walk on the wild side with Wild Things Zoofari tomorrow at 1:00 P.M. Admission is free, and the kids will love it! It will be in lieu of Read to Swim, but the kids will get swim passes for attending. Don’t forget Angel Arredondo will be signing her debut book I Love My Red Wagon on Saturday from 3:00-6:00 P.M.
The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, June 14th, for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. There were 34 members and 2 visitors in attendance. Our visitors were John Schumaker, new Mason I.S.D. District Superintendent, and Tad Kirby, Lion Mark Kirby’s Son. “Boss” Lion Joel Kuykendall reminded the members of our commitment to provide the food and drinks at the Roundup on Saturday, July 9th.
This year has been a fulfilling year for the Mason Senior Center Nutrition Program. We are currently operating at maximum service for the senior members of our community. Every Monday through Friday several members of our senior community receive a nutritious warm meal that satisfies a willing soul. In order to maintain the service we provide and assist the community we serve, we must ask for your patronage and support for our nutrition program.
Several of our seniors in Mason County are unable ...
KERRVILLE, TX - “Dr. Robert Puckett will be the Texas Master Naturalist Hill Country Chapter’s speaker at the June 27 monthly meeting.” Dr. Puckett is Assistant Professor and Extension Entomologist at Texas A&M University and his research is primarily involved in the investigation of the biology, behavior, and management of invasive social insect species including red imported fire ants, tawny crazy ants, and Formosan subterranean termites.
Members of Central Texas Electric Cooperative’s District 3 attended their annual district meeting Tuesday, June 7 at Mason Junior High School. Incumbent board member Jack Asbill was approved by attending members at the meeting.
Members viewed a special video explaining some important updates and changes at CTEC.
Board President Riley Kothmann introduced the video overviewing the major topics of the meeting – bylaw updates, building construction, a rate adjustment and CTEC’s Operation Roun ...
