According to the calendar it is now officially Fall, and as we look forward in a couple of weeks, the polls will open for early voting here in Mason. Just a glance at the daily news or social media and it become abundantly clear that there is a great deal of concern and emotion involved in this election, and only occasionally is it really clear just what a particular candidate thinks about a specific topic other than the flaws of their opponent.
Monday night's City of Mason Commission meeting was the end of the budget process for the upcoming year, and the group approved the budget and tax rate for the upcoming year with minimal discussion. Since they've had several meetings and workshops on those items during the last two months, they agreed that there was little remaining to discuss on those topics.
There was a longer discussion on the possibility of an enhanced ordinance to deal with nuisance issues within the City.
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Despite the significant changes to our daily lives, the 18th Texas Silver-Haired Legislature (TSHL) has been “doing business as UNUSUAL.” Our legislative session – where we study proposed resolutions by TSHL members, process them through committee, and then vote on them for presentation to the Governor, Lt. Governor, and the members of both houses – was postponed from early May to late July in Austin so that we could ensure the safety of our TSHL representatives who are ...
With the continued presence of COVID-19, getting a flu shot is “more important than ever,” according to James Partin, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Hill Country Memorial.
“People need to remember there is a significant number of worldwide deaths from influenza every year,” Partin said. “So we have to deal with that on top of COVID-19.
To help fifth-grade students explore agriculture and better understand the science involved in farming and ranching, Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) is launching the Ag Inquiry Science Fair (AISF).
It is the first project of its kind for the state’s largest farm and ranch organization, but one TFB hopes cultivates agricultural literacy and awareness.
“Modern agriculture looks much different than what many kids and adults often picture when they think of farming and ranching,” Will Frey, Mas ...
It seems as though the only story that is in the daily news is the political campaigning happening on the national scene, and you may have noticed that locally the political signs for the City election have started to reappear in the yards around town. Although the City campaigns will certainly not play out with the emotionalism of the national politics, because the local elections were delayed when the spring time concerns with Covid were so strong they will be held at the same time as the s ...
Mason, Texas-October is breast-cancer-awareness month. The Mason Wesley Nurse’s committee has worked together with Frontera Healthcare and Heart of Texas Hospital in Brady to provide free pap smears and mammograms for a limited number of Mason County women 40 years old and above who qualify financially. Single women and those who have one or more children, are within 200% of the Federal poverty guidelines, are uninsured or underinsured are eligible to participate in the application process.
On Saturday last, a ceremonial Ribbon Cutting took place at Fort McKavett State Historic Site sponsored by the Mason County Chamber of Commerce. Even though Fort McKavett SHS has been open and operating for several decades, they recently joined the Chamber Membership and the ceremony was held in the spirit of welcoming the Site into the fold.
The event was occasioned by the unveiling of a new rotating exhibit.
The Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Learning from the Ground Up Garden Grant Program was created to support schools and organizations as they teach students about the sources of their food, fuel and fiber.
And the program is currently accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year.
“Texas Farm Bureau wanted to help educators connect small-scale gardening to the bigger picture of farming operations so students can better understand food production,” Mason County Farm Bureau president Wil ...
Doriann Rochelle Damerau joined the Mason Resource Team in July as our Mason Soil Conservationist.
Doriann is the 6th generation of Damerau’s to be raised in Guadalupe County, Texas. She grew up on the family farm in Marion, Texas, where she attended Marion Independent School District, graduating class of 2016. Throughout high school, Doriann was active in FFA and 4-H.
