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It is Spring in Mason, and even with the swings in the temperatures the wildflowers are popping up and coloring the roadsides and hills with their special brand of magic. Along with the bluebonnets showing up all around town, you can tell it is spring also by the multitude of political signs that have appeared in the past couple of weeks.
Come to the square on Palm Sunday, April 14th and bring your appetite! The Annual Hamburger Picnic will be held on the west side of the square under the awning of the Odeon Theater on Palm Sunday from 11-1. In addition to delicious hamburgers hot off the grill, guests will enjoy a bag of chips and an ice cold soda for just $7.
SAN ANGELO, TX (03/27/2019)-- Angelo State University’s chapter of the Alpha Chi national honor society inducted 39 new student members and one honorary member during a special initiation ceremony on March 25 in the Houston Harte University Center. Kaley McBee of Brady (76825) Christopher Habecker of Mason (76856) Angelo State University, founded in 1928, is a thriving four-year public school in Texas.
Mason’s Scarlet Punchers, those intrepid women “of a certain age,” who absolutely insist on enjoying life to the fullest, are getting out of town! In case that statement conjures up visions of Sheriff Nixon and his trusted deputies escorting us to the city limits, shotguns in hand, dial back the crime channel tv show images to something a little more realistic.
On March 22 at Kerrville Tivy HS, the company of PICNIC advanced to the Area meet. Judges ballots praised the actors for their “commitment to the text and the emotions to the characters” as well as “good ensemble quality.” They were also complimented on being “really grounded and very connected.” At the awards ceremony, Ethan Powell earned Honorable Mention All Star Cast while Hannah Bishop and Grace Perlichek took away All Star Cast honors for the second time this contest seaso ...
Spring arrived last week and the wildflowers are beginning to color the landscape. The weather is pleasant and soon the trees will bud out and our yards will be green and full of life. The City is also working toward getting some spring projects underway. There should be some tree trimming happening this week to keep our electric lines free of limbs and interference.
Boss Lion Marty Bentson opened the March 19 meeting of the Mason Lions Club by welcoming our guests, Gus Swanson and Alex Villarreal of Austin, grandsons of Lion Jess Irwin, Chip Edmonson of Katemcy, a future new member of the Mason Lions Club, and Remedios Silerio, guest of Ken Cordero. Boss Lion Bentson then presented awards for bringing in a new member to Lion Chase Smith, Lion Fritz Landers, and Lion Will Lehmberg. The Boss Lion announced that the Mason Lions Club is performing a comm ...
At their meeting on Monday, March 25, the Mason I.S.D. School Board officially hired Michael McLeod as the Mason Puncher Athletic Director and Head Coach. McLeod replaces Kade Burns who has been hired as the new high school principal.
Don Jacques exceeds the speed of sound in 1953 and still moves at a supersonic pace as he approaches 90 Local resident Don Jacques has been part of the Mason community since 1991, when he and his late wife, Wanda Faye Hurley, returned to the area to restore her family ranch in Camp Air.
Boss Lion Marty Bentson opened the March 12 meeting of the Mason Lions Club by welcoming our three guests, Marie Jo Westermeier, M.D., Tad Kirby, son of Lion Mark Kirby, and Landyn Smith, daughter of Lion Chase Smith. The Mason Lions Club was pleased to learn that it had been given a Melvin Jones Fellowship to award to one its deserving and outstanding members for service to the Lions Club and the Community.

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