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Last week, the Mason VFW and the American Legion presented a check to the Mason County Historical Commision to help defray the costs associated with repariing the Veterans' Memorial on the courthouse lawn. Pictured, left to right: Lawrence Spell, Jane Hoerster and Chris Dyer. Front row, left to right: Rae Lehmberg, Roger Luckenbach, Curtis Kuhlmann, Don Bradshaw, Boone Kemp, Roy Lehmberg and Nolan Donop.

On Saturday, March 13, from 1:00 to 6:00 pm, Operation Orphans, Inc. will celebrate 50 years of serving less fortunate youth at Camp Gene Ashby. Since 1960, over 17,000 boys and girls from Texas child-care facilities and foster homes have participated in the "Take a Child Hunting" program. The success of the program is due largely to the many caring individuals who have assisted throughout the years. Many Mason county residents have served as directors (past and present), hosted chil ...

Pam Kruse will be the guest speaker at the March 17th meeting of the Mason County Republican Women. Mrs. Kruse is the newly appointed superintendent of Mason ISD. While attending Angelo State University on an academic scholarship she met her husband, Randy, after graduation in 1987 they moved to Mason.

Pysanky means Ukrainian Easter Eggs. This old art form, having been practiced in Ukraine since before the birth of Christ, is a traditional Lenten practice in the Ukraine. Designs are drawn on raw eggs with melted beeswax, then dyed. Successive markings of wax and dye baths, with each successive dye darker than the previous one, follow until the desired design is achieved. The eggs are created during the forty days of Lent and distributed as gifts to friends and families at the first ...

Hero status isn’t reserved only for those brave men and women who serve our country on the front lines of war. There is a hero in all of us. Ordinary people are saving lives every day. They do it while they are on their lunch break or while they are running errands.

Mendy Lindsay won 2nd place in the Novelty tiered and in Buttercream only categories at "That Takes the Cake Sugar Art Show" in Austin TX. Each entrant is placed in division according to how many years of decorating they have and hour of classes they've taken. This year's cake show had over 300 entrants.

Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday morning at 2:00 a.m. You will want to be sure and set your clocks AHEAD by one hour before going to bed on Saturday night so that you are not late to church on Sunday morning.

MASON, Texas – The Hill Country Region offices of Capital Farm Credit (CFC) announce their 2010 scholarship program. CFC will award $10,000 in scholarships to students pursuing a degree in education or an agricultural-related field of study. Students from the following counties are eligible: Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano and Mason. Capital Farm Credit, Texas’ largest rural cooperative lender, has a tradition of supporting local youth.

Edwin Dickens of Fredericksburg, an accredited member of the Professional Golfer’s Association of America (PGA), is helping Hill Country Memorial Wellness Center start a PGA-recognized indoor golf training facility. Dawn Bourgeois, Wellness Center director, said Dickens will be a personal trainer specializing in golf. "We are so excited to be able to offer this program and to have Edwin here to help us fold golf into our growing list of services as another option for fitness an ...

AgriLife Research ecologist: Careful management is the key Writer: Kay Ledbetter, edited by Mike Innis VERNON – The application of summer patch burning to heal native rangeland may be best accomplished using rotational grazing, according to a Texas AgriLife Research range ecologist. Dr. Richard Teague recently completed a study of native rangeland vegetation and soils subjected to summer patch burns followed by cattle being allowed to graze either cont ...