Fredericksburg, TX (September 8, 2020) – The latest production at the Fredericksburg Theater Company (FTC) is the rock n’ roll musical revue Smokey Joe’s Café. The show will have six performances at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater, 1668 Hwy 87 South, Fredericksburg, TX, 78624. Smokey Joe’s Café features numerous hit songs that were composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the songwriting duo for many popular artists of the 50’s and 60’s, such as Elvis Presley, Dion, The Coasters ...
Mason Community Kitchen kicked off its fall season Saturday by making 163 containers of Dee Henrich’s taco soup with beef, beans and vegetables. The frozen containers will be distributed through the food pantry, the senior center, and the local schools. The organization was grateful to receive recent donations of ground beef from Whitworth Ranch, Missy Crocker’s MTXBeef, and the Hill Country CattleWomen.
Jarrett Worrell, a Mason County 4H member, recently exhibited his Hereford cattle at the West Texas Fair in Abilene, TX. Jarrett had really good day when he exhibited his cattle in the Open show. That means that he was competing against other Hereford ranches from across the state. Jarrett was awarded Grand Champion Hereford Female with WORR Borrowed Lace 4988 ET.
Difficult times bring out the most creative and industrious impulses in people. That could not be truer about Cindy Kothmann and the measures she began enacting during a very hot and dry summer that was plagued with crop after crop of grasshoppers. At night, Cindy would go out into her garden with a headlamp on in the evening and pick the grasshoppers off her plants.
Mason resident, Chelsea Fore, has assumed the duties of the Advertising Director of the Mason County News. Originally from Lohn, where she was crowned Miss Heart of Texas, 2008, Fore is the mother of four, three of them in school and one still at home, along with her husband Joshua Fore.
“I have been a stay at home mom for the past 7 years,"
It’s Bubbles’ time to shine! She is about is 4 months old and is a total sweetheart. She recently enjoyed spending some quality time with a couple of our volunteers at the city park where her favorite activity was hanging out for tummy rubs! Bubbles is up to date on her vaccinations and is scheduled to be spayed soon.
Second Chance is taking applications for Bubbles.
If you would like a biscuit that's just a bit different in taste, you gotta try these. Nothing fancy, but the results are unlike any other biscuit you've ever eaten!
Ingredients:
2 cups A/P flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
1 teaspoon chopped, fresh dill ( or 1/3rd teaspoon dried dill)
¼ cup lard
½ cup whole milk
½ cup buttermilk
Process:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
While it's heating up, sift together flour, baking powder, ...
Although we had to cancel Old Yeller Day this year, we are staying in the spirit of the event by having an Old Yeller Day Display at the library. We have photos and newspaper articles from past Old Yeller Days in the foyer, as well as a few other items on display.
It quickly became the perfect storm, powerful enough to make strong men cry. The same goes for strong women, too, but Kim Peacock, president of GNS Foods in Arlington, is giving her all to keep her family-owned specialty premium nut company afloat despite “blows to the bow” that might cause others to jump ship.
Consider this: She started her company with hopes, dreams and plans in 1990, and until recently, things were going well with roasting of absolute best nuts, then packaging them f ...
Mason County is known for its majestic oak trees, and most of the county is best described as oak–grassland woodland and savannah. Although seven species of oaks— Plateau Live Oak, Post Oak, Blackjack Oak, Spanish Oak, White Shin Oak, Burr Oak, and Chinquapin Oak—are native to the county, the first three of these oaks dominate in most areas.
