What a rare opportunity this year for the gardening novice, as well as those with decades of experience. Experts in Succlents, Landscape Design, Companion Gardening, and Hill Country Natives will be the featured speakers at the Llano Lawn and Garden Show. It all takes place at the Methodist Church Family Life Center in Llano on Saturday, April 2 from 9:00 until 1:00.
The monthly demo at the Llano Fine Art Guild will held Monday March 7th at 10:00 am. It will be hands-on, fast sketch portraits taught by Daniel Adams. It doesn’t matter if you think you can draw or not. Bring a pencil, charcoal pencil, or Conte pencil and drawing paper or a sketch pad.
Once head of an art department for Walt Disney Productions and winner of the “Idea of the Year” award at Disney World, Daniel Adams has taught many different art processes and techniques over the years.
All are welcome to join us on Wednesday evenings at St. Paul Lutheran Church as we continue our special Lenten Worship series “Living the Christmas Promise.” A light supper is served at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, followed by the worship service at 7 p.m.
Each Wednesday night, the children and youth tell how characters in the Christmas story reacted to the birth of our Savior.
The Birthday Dinner Group first originated in May, 1993, at the home of Marilyn Mahon. This group consisted of friends of the Mason High School classes of 1950 and 1951. The group meets every other month at a different home.
The group began with eight members. Later, Mary Lee Kothmann Thomas (deceased) joined; and, in 2010, Frankie Mueller Hendley was added.
The photo was taken in the beautiful bluebonnet field of the later Werner and Beatrice Schmidt on Post Hill Street in May of 1993.
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Mason County 4-H’ers are having an excellent year at the major stock shows around Texas. Here are the results through the San Antonio Livestock Show.
Fort Worth
Heather Shaw 4th place goat
San Angelo
Avery Brooks 3rd place fine wool
Heather Shaw 1st place goat and reserve Champion Division
Aspen Martin 4th place fine wool cross, 6th place dorper, 2nd place with her goat
Dakota Martin 3rd place dorper
Jay Ahlschwede 8th place steer
San Antonio
Kimbrea Broyles 4th place Southdown
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A field trip to Grommer’s fresh seafood market in San Antonio will take place on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Groomer’s offers a wide selection of fresh fish (150 types when I visited a week ago).
The tour will include behind the scenes watching employees cut up fresh seafood with an explanation of the process and types of fish.
The Seaquist House in Mason, TX will begin its 2016 tours on Saturday, March 5th from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The house is located at 405 Broad St., about a block north of the Mason Courthouse Square. The house was listed as one of twelve of the most endangered sites by Preservation Texas in 2014.
During the last week, multiple reports have come into the News office of sightings of rattlesnakes out of their dens and on the move. Residents are encouraged to keep their eyes open during this warm weather as the snakes are getting very active very early this year.
Also, Daniel and Belinda Gainer reported that a skunk they killed at their place between Fredonia and Pontotoc tested positive for rabies.
Recently, the Mason Square Museum had a visitor from Angola, New York, who made an unusual impression on Pat Reardon. That day Pat was the docent when a family stopped by.
The young man’s name is Becket Panfil. He is sixteen years old and was working on a high school project.
We’re “cooking up a good time” for you and your family on Saturday, March 19th at 5:00 p.m. at the Mason Community Building. Steady Steps will host their annual fundraiser with a catered meal from Willow Creek (donation only) served at 6:00 p.m., a fabulous cake auction, and a silent auction with great buys.
