Mason’s 7th & 8th Girls Track teams competed in a dual meet with San Saba on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.
The 7th & 8th girls competed in one division against each other. Their times (& places for field events) are as follows:
Long Jump: Aunnecy Elliott, 3rd, 14’11”; Courtney Hanscheck, 4th, 14’5”; Shea Dudney, 5th, 14’3”
Triple Jump: Aunnecy Elliott, 1st, 30’6”; Kendra Munsell, 3rd, 29’
Pole Vault: Catherine Lemke, 5’6”
High Jump: Courtney Hanscheck, 1st, 4’10 ...
The Arnold Art Gallery is featuring the multidimensional work of Karen Sharbo during the Mason Bloomin Art Fest on Saturday, April 2 with an opening reception the evening before from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday April 1. The work will remain on view in the Gallery through May 11, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.
Don’t miss the Loyal Valley Volunteer Fire Department’s Fifth Annual Benefit, featuring a “Gun Show” (Buy, Sell or Trade Guns, Knives and Ammo), PLUS a “Rattle Snake Roundup” with the Heart of Texas Snake Handlers.
It all happens Saturday, April 2nd 9-5 and Sunday, April 3rd 10-4 at Ft. Mason Park Community Building and Mason County Fairgrounds.
Event admission is just $5.00 per person, with kids under 6 admitted free!
The March 2016 edition of School Administrator magazine has a feature story by Marguerite Roza entitled, "The Productivity of Rural Schools." The article highlighted the superior job that rural districts are achieving in education; and, even singled out comments from Mason I.S.D.'s own superintendent, Pam Kruse, in the article.
The six key elements of success, as identified in the article, are:
• The human touch with students, staff and the community
• Sense of flexibility, creativity and s ...
Mason, Texas is the home of the first ever-high school viticulture program in the state. The soil is some of the best in Texas for growing grapes. Sandstone Cellars Winery has established themselves in Mason but other producers and growers like Compass Rose Winery, previously housed in Mason, have joined the ranks of the wineries on the wine trail along Texas Highway 290, leaving Mason with a strong base of Texas growers but few tourists to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Clearing Out the Cobwebs - Spring Cleaning
It's that time of year again. Time to rifle through the flotsam and jetsam and to dust it all off, and then put it away for a while.
I like to do that with my physical space, as well as my mental space. So, let's get out the broom!
Campaigns
Though the Republicans are down to only three candidates and the Democrats to two, there couldn't be more drama, smears, innuendo and intrigue in a Real Housewives episode.
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Younglife-Mason Chuckwagon Dinner & Dance. This year's event will be held at the beautiful Selah Springs Ranch on the San Saba River (and, only just over the Mason County line). Music will be provided by Lynn Massey & Band.
Reserve a table for you and your friends for $1,000 (a table seats 8 guests).
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service is offering four CEU credit hours at the Multi-County Wildlife Tour to be held on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from 9 am to 3 PM at Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area located at 6318 Old Katemcy Mason Rd, Mason, TX. The program begins at 9 AM.
The Mason Study Club combined its monthly meeting with a Habitat for Humanity Luncheon for the Cara-vaners on March 22, 2016, at the First United Methodist Church.
After a brief business meeting conducted by President Alberta Birk, the meal was blessed by member Margaret Persky. The Study Club members prepared a lunch consisting of an assortment of sandwiches, salads and desserts with a colorful Easter theme of yellows and blues of table decorations.
