Lion President Marty Benson opened the October 23rd meeting by recognizing Lion Gene Gammill’s guest. His son ,John Gammill was visiting from Fredericksburg. Lion Benson next introduced the visiting high school students and asked them to introduce themselves to the club. This week the Lions Club was pleased to be joined by seniors, Raegan Glentz and Sydney Anderson.
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CITY CORNER
by Mayor Brent Hinckley
With the past few days of sunshine and dry weather there are some issues that are beginning to get back to some semblance of normal. Of course there are fences and water gaps that need attention and many miles of County roads that will be under construction for the coming months.
The MHS Class of 1958 gathered for their 60 year reunion at the Peter's Prairie Schoolhouse on September 22, 2018, for a barbecue lunch, dessert and coffee and lots of reminiscing. 36 people attended, including spouses and guests.
Classmates pictured are: back row - Ken Bode, Dwayne Leifeste, Corky Mueller, James Ray Durst, Kenneth Durst, Gary Garner, Arlee Leifeste, Mike Seaquist, Bill Kothmann, George Schoenfeld, Charles Kramer (hidden), and Janet Mayo Robertson.
After a long and stressful week of flooding, both the communities of Junction and Mason were ready for the escapism of some Friday night football. Though the Eagles would lose 41-7, the score doesn't reflect the good game that the Junction team played on Friday night.
Junction took the opening kickoff, but the Puncher defense would establish their dominance early.
The Mason County Livestock Show and Expo, Inc. hosted its Fort Mason Cookoff and Wild West Extravaganza on Saturday, Oct. 13. There was an awesome turnout for the numerous events. The Fort Mason Cookoff hosted 16 teams. Top Honors went to John Truesdell of Little John’s BBQ and Reserve Champion was awarded to Corey Albert of V Bar B Q.
Central Texas Electric Co-op would like to thank all of our members for their patience, understanding and encouragement as we dealt with outages in our service territory due to the recent historic flood. CTEC also wishes to extend that appreciation to each of our employees who have worked tirelessly to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
On Monday, the Mason County Commissioners' Court spent the bulk of their regular meeting discussing the damages from the flooding of the last two weeks. County Road Supervisor, J. P. Murray, explained to the Court that his road crew had been dealing with the severest situations as quickly as they could; but, acknowledged that the extent of the damages were overwhelming their capacity to respond.
At the end of last week, the County Road & Bridge Department had already addressed some of the m ...
We now meet annually, and this year on October 20 we intended to gather under the magnificent live oaks where we played each year through eighth grade. Because of life-giving rain, we met, instead, in our nearby grammar school. We want to share with you readers the lyrics of a poetic song portraying the character of those live oak trees that we then young students were so privileged to witness for so many, many years.
Something Beautiful
by Stephanie J.
With all of the recent rain and cloudy days, the ground is still saturated and even with a few beautiful days of sunshine it will be awhile before the City crews can get back to our many regular jobs. The Street crew is well aware of the many new potholes and the other obstacles that have just grown larger with the rains, but until it dries out there is no good way to patch them and expect it to hold.
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Mason Opens District Play with 49-0 Upset of Brackett
By Gerry Gamel
Mason began 2018 district play last Friday, welcoming the Brackett Tigers to the Puncherdome for the opening game of the season.
Brackett received the opening kickoff, and made a series of impressive drives; but, couldn't quite get within scoring range before turning over possession to the Punchers.
