Boss Lion Michael Murphy gaveled the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. at Nacho’s Café on February 4. Mason Independent School District Senior Tad Kirby was introduced.
Guests were Will Douglas and Roxy Benefield.
The Program Chairman was Chase Smith. He introduced himself as the guest speaker.
He said he only knows much about two things-finance and second grade girls’ basketball.
The City is moving forward with several projects, and our next regular meeting of the City Commission will be Monday, February 24 and there will be a few important issues then. We will be presented the bids for construction of the entrance lane from Hwy 29, and determine the details of that contract, and we will hear information regarding the eventual financing of the various contracts for the construction of the new landfill.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (January 28, 2019) - The students listed on the Dean’s List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours.
The Llano Country Opry will host the Johnny Bush 84th Birthday Bash on Saturday, February 9, featuring Johnny Bush and his award-winning band The Bandoleros at the Lantex Theater in downtown Llano, Texas. There will be two performances at 2:30 & 7:30 and tickets are $20. They are on sale at www.heartoftexascountry.com or by calling (325) 247-5354.
Johnny Bush began his career as a member of Ray Price’s Cherokee Cowboys.
Dixie Flag Manufacturing Company made the largest flying flag in the United States, the 60’ by 90’ flag that flies on the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey.
Pete Van de Putte, president and CEO of the Dixie Flag Manufacturing Company, will present “The History of the Texas Flag” Thursday, February 7, at 6:30 P.M.
The Hill Country District Junior Livestock Show was held in Kerrville on January 13 to 19th. Mason 4-H entered 31 members with a total of 57 animals. Of those animals, 13 placed in the top ten. Here are how our Mason 4-H members finished.
Fisher Bradley had a 1st place steer.
Hunter Bradley had a 2nd place heifer and a 2nd place steer.
Eliza Cope had a 7th Place market hog.
Mason Hatfield had a 4th place market goat and a 5th place market goat.
Kelton Jordan had a n 8th place market ...
At the area contest January 19th, Mason had 6 teams competing. Mason’s team of Jack Gillespie, Wyatt Row, Cy Nobles, and Ryne Todd placed 4th with their automated tractor. The team of Leroy Bobbitt, Laney Lastly, and Cutter Couvillion, placed 3rd with their automated plant picker. Taking 2nd place, and qualifying to go to state robotics in May, were Hunter Bradley, Jordan Lyles, and Scout Magnus.
On February 1st, the Mason Jr.
Farmers and ranchers from across the state traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana recently to shape national agricultural policy at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) 100th annual meeting.
The Texas delegation helped chart the course for the national organization through the policy session.
Language submitted by Texas farmers helped craft a national policy position that defines clear labeling boundaries as imitation meat products become more widely available.
Cell-cultured prot ...
Interim Boss Lion Michael Murphy opened the January 29 meeting of the Mason Lions Club, and he recognized two guests, senior students from Mason High School, Kate Gillespie and Otto Wofford.
Lion Chad Schmidt had the program, but first, some background. Recently, Mason 4-H made an emergency request to the Mason Lion’s Club for grant funding for its contestants in the District 7 Food Challenge, a part of the 4-H Food and Nutrition Project, where 130 teams competed.
There were four teams ...
ABILENE, TX (01/22/2019)-- Stephen Horn of Mason TX has been named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s Honor Roll for McMurry University. To be eligible for the Dean’s Honor Roll, a student must have maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average while taking six to eleven credit hours.
McMurry University was founded in 1923 as a United Methodist institution, and is a vibrant and comprehensive center of higher education.
