I’m tired of pushing buttons on the telephone. I’m an American living in America, so I speak English. A wee bit of German and lesser Spanish. I’m not bilingual, unless you consider profanity a language.
If I call a number, I want to talk to a warm body, who speaks Texas English.
By far, the greatest outdoor invention of our time is the jeep. Well, maybe not the greatest outdoor invention of our time. That would probably be the space blanket. Those things have saved no telling how many hunters and fishers and campers from freezing to death. And from being inconveniently uncomfortable.
Maybe the greatest outdoor invention of our time is the ziplock bag.
The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, January 5th, for it’s monthly business meeting. There were 31 members and no visitors in attendance. “Boss” Lion Joel Kuykendall was responsible for the meeting. Lion Thom Canfield announced that former Lion and long time Mason resident Alex Grosse passed away this morning at The Wyndcrest Convalescent Home in Fredericksburg.
CLEANSING is a great topic for the New Year. If you would like to be healthier or would like to lose weight, a cleanse would be a fabulous place to start. The purpose of cleansing is to help the body get rid of harmful toxins so that it runs more effectively and efficiently.
The standard AMERICAN DIET is full of processed and refined foods plus fast foods that tend to overwhelm our bodies and clog not just our arteries, but our livers, colons, lymph systems and kidneys as well.
Today I’d like to start out with an addendum from Senior Center Director, Mario Arteaga, to last week’s Spotlight of Apolinar Arteaga, Sr. .... Apolinar is reminded of his action in the life he gave his six children: Juana (Reynol) Garza, Maria (Federico) Medellin, Joe (Eva), Mike (Barbara), Paul (Minnie) and Mario Arteaga.
Mason Bank held their annual drawing for their Bonus Bucks "Shop at Home" promotion during their Open House prior to Christmas. They handed out the awards just after the first of the year. Left to right: Pam Evans, Joan Williams, Sandee Shaw and Sherry Lehmberg. Other winners who were not available for the photo: Shay Baker, Elvira Sanchez, Sherryl Bibb, Larry Haines, & Alyssa Nash.
Kristin Jordan graduated December 18, 2015 from Texas A&M University. She is the daughter of Ken and Kynda Jordan of San Saba, Texas. A 2012 graduate of San Saba High School, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Leadership Education and Development, with an emphasis in Recreational Parks and Tourism Science.
Because I was born in England, it only makes sense that I would love kettles and teapots. The surprise is that I don’t like tea! Perhaps I was born in England by mistake. But although I don’t care for tea, I am quite taken with tea kettles. I love kettles fashioned from brass and copper, pewter, nickel, and iron.
In response to Mayor Hinckley’s City Corner column in last week’s paper where he states “in no way did I, or any person associated with the City, intended to pressure or suggest that we want a significant change in the current law enforcement”. I’m sorry, but Mr Mayor, were you not the one on the local radio station telling us we needed a city police force and were you not the one writing columns in the newspaper stating that the City should have a police department?
