The drawing for the 2016 Puncher Dome football home games will be held Tuesday, August 23 @ 10:00 am. The drawing will be held at the MISD Admin office on the north side of the square (200 Fort MAcKavitt St).
In order to be entered into the drawing, a check for $240.00 needs to be delivered to the Admin.
All incoming 7th-12th boys and girls are invited to attend the summer strength and conditioning camp. This is a good chance to get a “jump start” on the upcoming season. This free camp will be from 6 - 7 p.m. Monday thru Thursday. Dates are as follows:
July 11th - 14th
July 18th - 21st
July 25th - 28th
Also, don’t forget to get your physicals taken care of if you didn’t get that done in May.
The Mason High School cheerleaders are gearing up for another season.
The youth cheer camp will be held Monday, August 8th through Friday, August 12th in the high school gym from 9:00 a.m. through 12:00 p.m. The camp is for anyone from the age of 4 all the way through 8th grade and costs $60.
Registration forms can be picked up and dropped off at the MISD administration office located on the square.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mayor Brent Hinckley has indicated that he has reaffirmed the positions they've received from legal counsel concerning possible conflict of interest issues. He has also offered that the issue will be addressed at an upcoming City Commission meeting rather than through an exchange in the newspaper. He also told the News that Commissioner Pledger has been included in these most recent meetings.
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In last week's editorial, I had stated that Mason County bought road material from one of the Commissioners' nephews, when it is actually his brother-in-law that sells the material to the county. I also stat-ed that the former road supervisor used a company to do hauling of material for the county that em-ployed his son.
On the 27th of July we remember the Korean Armistice was signed. This was the end of fighting in the Korean War. This war has never been settled.
The veterans will hold a remembrance of this event on August the 2nd at 1:30 p.m. at the Post on Post Hill Street.
Questions about the VFW may be directed to Lawrence Spell, Post commander, at 325 429 6224.
Khyren Reign Morquecho is the son of Aaron Morquecho of Mason and his mother is Christina Castro of Austin. Khyren is also the grandson of Mary Lou Morquecho and the late Tony Morquecho. He is 8 years old.
On June 10, 2016, Aaron Morquecho learned his young son Khyren was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a high grade tumor, located in his brain.
Who’s ready for a Yeti? Or a 4’ Ever-Bloomin’ Bluebonnet?
These are just some of the prizes to be given away at the Customer Appreciation Celebration currently underway at the Community Thrift Store. Pictured here are store personnel Hortencia Cardoza and Wendy Fisher assisted by two long time volunteers Amanda Orozpe and Carolyn Phillips displaying the three (3) YETI tumblers and the 4’ metal Bluebonnet yard art from Country Collectibles that will be given aw ...
Winners of the 2016 Mason County Team Roping Buckles were Karson Johnson (at right, header) and Jim Bob Thomas (at left, heeler). The Thursday night County Roping had174 teams and winners of that roping were Cody Schuessler and Reagan Bownds. Special thanks to the Mason Bank and the Commercial Bank for sponsoring the buckles this year!
Anna McMillan, the Round Up representative for Capital Farm Credit, received the Miss Congeniality award from her fellow contestants during the proceedings on Friday and Saturday.
