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First State Bank - Central Texas donated a new flag set to Grace Christian School this week so that the school would have new flags for their campus. The presentation was made by Rick Tisdale of First State Bank to Dr. Fritz Landers of Grace Christian School.

Mason Community Kitchen launched its operations at school on January 6. About 22 volunteers prepared and packaged Santa Fe Soup, a longtime favorite from the Riata Service Organization’s cookbook. The meals were frozen and distributed free of charge to needy families on January 9. If you would like to volunteer for this organization, please contact Scott Zesch at szesch@hctc.net or (325) 347-6291.

The "Take a Child Hunting" program concluded the 2011-2012 season Saturday, January 7th. 74 boys from 13 children's homes hunted at 21 area ranches, harvesting 67 animals. Home participating were: Methodist Children's Home, Waco; Presbyterian Children's Home, san Antonio; Methodist Boy's Ranch, Waco; Christ's Haven, Keller; Texas Baptist Children's Home, Round Rock; Hughes Home, San Angelo; Boy's Country, Hockley; Still Creek Boy's Ranch, Bryan; Cherokee Home, Cherokee; Texas Baptist Home, W ...

The Mason Volunteer Fire Department received a check for $150 recently from the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies as an expression of thanks for the department's work on the property of Mauriece Lehmann.The money will be used for their loss prevention program.The Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies pay fire departments this amount when the department works at a fire in rural areas, involving property insured by them.

Are you looking for a safe, fun and enriching afterschool program for your K-8th grade students? The ACE program offers all this and more beginning on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. We meet immediately after school Monday through Thursday (at 3:15 for K-4th and at 3:30 for 5th -8th) and the program ends at 6:15.

For the last seven years, Mason ISD has been a recipient of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers federal grant. For the first five years, the program served the elementary and junior high schools. For the last two years, we began including the high school level – but with a twist!

=Mason County Habitat for Humanity has begun construction on its tenth home. The location of the home is 603 Brazos St., on the north side of town.Habitat for Humanity is a Christian-based ministry that builds safe, affordable homes and then sells the home to a partner family “at cost” with low or no interest.

It’s that time again! It’s time to honor the best of Mason folks and Mason businesses. As a Chamber member, you are invited to participate in the Business Awards selection. Please nominate the businesses that you would like to see recognized and return the Business Awards Nomination Form to the Chamber.Each year the Chamber sponsors the Public Civic Awards to honor those Mason folks who have helped the community, have done good deeds in the past year or have spent a lifetime in s ...

The Friends of the Library will host an Open House at the Mason County M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library on Monday, January 9 from 6:00-7:00 P.M. The new shelving and furnishings were made possible by a Tocker Foundation grant, and the renovation project was funded by the Richard and Beven Eckert Fund.