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The Mason Puncher Alumni football players will face the Brady Bulldogs in Puncher Stadium on Friday June 7th with a 7:30 p.m. start. It will feature two fine teams with most of our great ones coming together again one more time.
Cost to register this month is $60 and $75.00 in June. ...
Mason High School students will culminate an outstanding literary academic year with a trip to the UIL State Meet. Events will be held on University of Texas campus on May 21st and 22nd. Students advanced to state as a result of placing the top three at the regional meet. Advancing students include: Lorri Ann Drazan in current events and informative speaking, Cassie Benefield in prose reading, and Kristian Dale in literary criticism. ...
KERRVILLE— Eighteen high school graduates from the Hill Country have been chosen to receive scholarships from The Cailloux Foundation (the Foundation) of Kerrville, Texas. The Foundation established The Cailloux Foundation Scholarship Program in 2000 to benefit graduating seniors from pre-selected Texas Hill Country high schools.
The 2013 recipients have been chosen from high schools in Bandera, Center Point, Fredericksburg, Harper, Ingram, Junction, Kerrville, Mason, Medina, and Rockspring ... ...
“Surf and Turf” says it all! This beautiful one-of-a-kind original piece of art will look amazing at your place! Four inspired Mason residents, under the instruction of our own Bridget Langdale…at The Painted Tree Studio/Paint & Sip, painted for hours to create this unique and timeless piece.
Kent Bruce’s creative wood working talents put the surf around the turf. ...
Why did the Thrift Store cross the road? Read this newspaper next week to find out where the Mason Community Thrift Store is going and why.
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The Mason County Historical Commission’s symposium “Comanches of the Texas Hill Country” will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at 2:00 P.M. at the Odeon Theater (not at the high school auditorium, as previously announced).
The speakers will be Glenn Frankel, Daniel J. Gelo, Esther Lehmann, and Donaly E. ...
Before a word is written about our tennis team, we would just like to take this opportunity to thank all those that made their way to College Station to support our team. So many came that didn’t have kids playing…just came to support our team. It was totally amazing. Probably the best part about the support was that it was in great sportsmanship and in great appreciation of good tennis. ...
Final work is progressing quickly now on the county courthouse, and one of the latest changes will be difficult to see until the pecan trees drop their leaves in the fall -- the new faces of the clocks on all four sides of the dome. The hands of the clock will also be gold colored, anodized aluminum, and should be installed in a short time.
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The Mason County Historical Society is pleased to invite everyone to the dedication of the Wilburn “Wibby” Shearer Artifacts Room at Fort Mason on Friday, May 17, at 11:00 A.M. President Charles Eckert will act as master of ceremonies.
This newly refurbished room contains a secured exhibit of artifacts from Fort Mason’s heyday that Wibby started collecting about 75 years ago. ...
Mason’s First Grade classes completed this year’s ‘Leader in Me’ Community Project by planting a tree on the Elementary School playground. The Monterey Oak was purchased from Debbie Owen with money the students earned with their Readers Cafe fundraiser earlier this year. A plaque is being made by the High School Ag Department with the graduation date for this class.
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There are certain places that, for one reason or another, I try to avoid at all costs. Houston, Texas is about six of those places. Not only is Houston huge and confusing and full of people who evidently learned to drive by playing the go-cart Wii game, it’s also surrounded by a dense, interwoven net of toll roads.
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Pearl Leifeste, age 100, of Art, passed away on Sunday, January 27.
Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, January 30th, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Mason Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be Thursday, January 31st, 1:00 p.m. at the Art United Methodist Church.
Interment follows at Gooch Cemetery.
Services under the direction of Mason Funeral Home.
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Everything in the universe circles around the earth! If you were early man, this wasn't just a guess, it was a fact that could be proven by observing the sun, moon and stars leaving and returning each day in approximately the same location they were in the day before.
But, facts change as we gain access to more information and more methods of observation.
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May 23, 2013
6:30 p.m.
Mason Cafeteria
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Most pet owners spend time and money to make sure their pet is protected. They put up fences, provide vaccinations, provide a good diet and plenty of exercise, and keep pets away from harmful substances. But one area that is sometimes overlooked is pet interactions with wildlife.
The results of some interactions with wildlife may only be annoying, such as when an overly curious dog gets sprayed by a skunk.
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Thomas Gabriel Jennings, homeschooled, has been awarded a four year $5,000.00 Youth Livestock Scholarship sponsored by the State Fair of Texas. The $1,250.00 a year scholarship is renewable by maintaining a 3.0 GPA.
Since 1992, the State Fair of Texas Scholarship Program has awarded scholarships to academically talented students who graduate from high schools in the Dallas State Fair Park area.
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Last week's hail storm followed a path from Hext, to Streeter, then on to Erna, Hilda and Loyal Valley. These large stones fell at Ray and Judy Uherek's.
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Charles Creighton Steapp, 76, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at home in Grapevine, Texas.
He was born to the late Edward L. and Eola K. Steapp on July 13, 1936, in Menard, Texas, formerly of Deming, New Mexico. He was preceded in death by his brother, Dudley Steapp, of Mason, Texas.
In 1956, he married the late Mary Ruth Bishop.
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Our boys' track team will be sending two relays and a 300 hurdler to the state meet in Austin next weekend at Mike Meyers Stadium. We will begin our running on Saturday, May 11th at Noon.
SHOT PUT: Hector Medina – 42’6.5” 6th place
HIGH JUMP: Go Chanriang – 5’4” 11th place
4x200 RELAY: Rio Schmidt, Cody Wood, Go Chanriang, Miguel Castillo
1:32.05 1st place (advances to state meet)
300H: Go Chanriang 40.85 1st place (advances to state meet)
Luis Castillo 43.97 10th place
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