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The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, August 24th, for its regular weekly luncheon meeting. There were 36 members and 3 visitors in attendance. "Boss Lion" John Gammill, along with Lion Lee Graham and Eva Tannehill gave reports on the 5K/10K Run/Walk to be sponsored by the Lions Club on October 2, 2010.

The City crews continue to be busy taking care of several projects around town. The Street department continues to work at cleaning the edges of the streets and cutting tree limbs that overhang the roadways and drag on the school buses and other vehicles. This is a problem all around town, and although they recently worked around the schools to provide good access and visibility, they will be continuing to work at a number of locations that have been noted as being a problem.

Well, well, well. If it isn’t September. How the heck are ya? It’s been a month of Sundays since we last saw you. Actually longer. Welcome back. I believe it’s been an entire year. Bring any rain with ya? How ‘bout cooler temperatures? Wait and see, huh? Wise guy, eh? Got us over a barrel, don’tcha? That’s for sure. Nothing we can do about it. Se ...

On Thursday night at The Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve we had two visitors; on Friday night, 4; on Saturday night, 42; and on Sunday night, 0 visitors. This tells me several things: (1). If you are planning on visiting between now and October it appears that Thursday and Sundays would probably be the lightest visitation and you would almost certainly get a seat; (2).

Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Salmonella from Eggs I do not want to encourage you to avoid eggs, as they are one of nature’s most nutritious and economical foods. Of course you do have to be careful with them if you have high cholesterol, but if you don’t, eggs are right up there with beans as one of my favorite cheap and easy sources of protein!

Clucks—Here, There, Everywhere…. Humpty-Dumpty’s great fall comes across as mere child’s play against the backdrop of today’s serious egg issues. Egg farmers in the dell and beyond are suffering negative publicity, stroked broadly with brushes that, truth to tell, ought rightly to cover as few as two farms in Iowa. With confirmed salmonella cases approaching 2,000 at this writing, egg distributers are scrambling to recall some ...

The first "Down The Drain With Jane." was printed on September 5th, 1980! That’s THIRTY YEARS!!!!!! So, I’d like you to read my very first that went out on Wednesday, September 5, 1980, in the ONION CREEK FREE PRESS: How to tell when you’re having Septic tank problems: 1. When your children beg to go next door to use the john, because their’s flushes everything down. 2.

Sometimes I wonder if the Remington people realized, when they came out with the 870 shotgun in 1950, that it would end up being the most popular shotgun in the world. I wonder how many people can say they shot their first dove or quail or duck with an 870.

Pets use teeth and claws. Toddlers color and scribble. They like new books best. NEW ARRIVALS – Quotes are from the publishers summary. The Ultimate Medical Encyclopedia: Understanding, Preventing and Treating Medical Conditions edited by Martine Podesto (613 ULT). Medical Nonfiction. Living Your Best With Early-Stage Alzheimer’s by Lisa Snyder (616.8 SNY). Medical Nonfiction. "…a practical guide on coping with the diagnosis, effecti ...

There are many myths about food and nutrition today. Those about fats are some of the most confusing. Myth: Saturated fat clogs the arteries. Truth: 74 percent of the fats found in artery clogs are unsaturated with 41 percent polyunsaturated. Myth: Optimal serum cholesterol levels should be less than 180 mg/dl for good health.