Last Sunday, April 28, the Odeon All-Stars kicked off a very successful fundraising drive with a free concert to purchase new seating for the Odeon Preservation Association’s (OPA) Odeon theater. The Odeon All-Stars, consisting of Bill Worrell, Daryl Watson, David Halley, Sam Baker, Spider Johnson, and Chip Dolan performed for three hours to some Odeon faithful patrons.
Boss Lion Marty Bentson opened the April 23 meeting of the Mason Lions Club by welcoming Randy Hinckley, Monica Hinckley, Ann Scarth, Carol Ann Weston, and Sue Pledger as our guests.
Lion Jerry Ellis introduced Katherine Hassler as the first speaker. Mrs. Hassler was a nurse in the U. S. Air Force for about eleven years, until the birth of her third child.
In December of 1989 Nurse Hassler was an intern with the Air Force when she suddenly received orders to deploy to an unknown destinati ...
As we get closer to summer the City tasks and projects seem to just grow. The crews are still working on the drainage improvements on Spring St, and we are hopeful that the concrete will be poured and cured in the next few days and we can reopen that section of road.
BRYAN, Texas – For Capital Farm Credit, 2018 was a record year. Thanks to strong financial results, the largest agricultural lender in Texas is able to return $87.5 million in cash patronage to its borrowers, with another $96.8 million set aside for future disbursement consideration. This total 2019 patronage declaration of $184.3 million marks a record, as well.
Capital Farm Credit has returned almost $1 billion in patronage dividends since 2007.
On April 25, 2019, The Texas Federation of Republican Women will sponsor a meeting at the Sheridan Hotel near the state capitol to share ideas and hear from legislators in our districts.
Five officers/chairpersons of the Mason County Republican Women’s Club (MCRWC) will represent Mason County, Jan McCann, President, Laura Fulkerson, Vice-President, Annette Thomas, Secretary, Mary Carlman, Campaign Activities, and Sabin Nelson, Vice-President of Legislative Affairs.
This trip is to educa ...
It was a windy few days in Corpus Christi during the Region IV tennis tournament last week, but the Punchers and Cowgirls prevailed to win four of the five divisions and will represent Region IV in 14 of the 16 available spots at the State tennis tournament in College Station on May 16-17.
Lyla Crouch, Operation Orphans, Inc. Camp Supervisor
Operation Orphans, Inc. held a Fishing Day for boys who are wards of the State, April 13th. 69 boys from seven child residential homes participated. Homes represented were Sweeten Home, Brownwood; Gulf Coast Trades Center, New Waverly; West Texas Boys Ranch, San Angelo; Fosters Home, Stephenville; Texas Boys Ranch, Lubbock; Presbyterian Home, Itasca; and Big Springs Ranch, Leakey.
A pair of bills that seek to reform the private entity use of the eminent domain process in Texas were filed in mid-January, and they have the support of Texas farmers, ranchers and rural landowners.
“Right now, the eminent domain process is very one-sided. Landowners are often left in the dark on the details of the project that will cross their land,” Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said.
That’s why landowners are asking for reform this legislative session, Wor ...
Boss Lion Marty Bentson opened the April 16 meeting of the Mason Lions Club by welcoming Chip Edmondson as our guest. He also presented a membership award to Lion Michael Cope.
Chuck Bearden introduced Jax Tedder as our speaker. Jax is 17, and he is a junior in Mason High School, where he is a member of the Future Farmers Association and is very active in sports.
It is fully spring now, and all of the trees are showing green and the wildflowers are coloring the fields and highways with a wide variety of color and beauty. One of the municipal issues that come along every spring is the election of one or another of the City Council positions.
