Combined Community Action Annual Casino Night Will Held in Winchester

The Annual Casino Nite sponsored by Combined Community Action will be held at the St. Michael’s Hall on June 7.

Dinner will be served prior to the gaming, with doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 each and include dinner, drinks (BYOB) and $10,000 gaming tokens. VIP tickets can be purchased for $75 each and include reserved seating, dinner, drinks (BYOB) and $30,000 gaming tokens and more.

There will be door prizes, a silent auction, and a grand prize of a $1,000 Southwest Airline gift card. Tickets are available online at www.ccaction. com.

Round Table Book Club 

“If the Creek Don’t Rise” is the book selected for the May read. The book has a colorful cast of characters and is the debut novel from Leah Weiss. Join the group to discuss the novel of a tenacious community of Baines Creek on May 21 at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Childrens Movie Night 

At the monthly meeting of the Winchester Area Civic Association, it was announced that an Outdoor Children’s Movie Night would be held on June 8 at 8 p.m. on the lawn of Zilss Hall. Anyone attending is asked to bring their own drinks, lawn chairs/blankets and bug spray. Popcorn will be provided. The movie selection is TBD.

Pictures Needed 

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Winchester Community Center & Winchester Civic Association the association is working on a historic calendar to sell for 2025. Funds will be used for building maintenance/painting or scholarships.

The association is looking for historic Winchester area pictures, buildings, people, family, or events. If you have any pictures that you might like included, please call Michele Weth at (281) 4359245. Your pictures will be scanned and returned to you.

Quilt Block Trail 

Drive out to Winchester, pick up a map at Murphy’s

view-or Zilss Hall, and enjoy viewing the sixty-five quilt blocks displayed in our area on the Quilt Block Trail. The trail is self-driven, available at your convenience, and is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon viewing quilt blocks on fences, gates, barns, and houses that can be seen from the road. Winchester Barn Board Quilt Trail maps may be picked up at the Texas Quilt Museum, Casino Hall, the Wendish Museum, quilt stores, and other businesses in Giddings, Smithville, and La Grange.

Recycling Trailer 

The Winchester recycling trailer is located on the side of Zilss Hall on Memorial Hall Street. Please place your recycling in the appropriate bins. We would appreciate it if you made sure that you close the bins so that any trash will remain in the bins and not blow out.

Zilss Community Hall 

Anyone wishing to rent Zilss Hall should contact (512) 434-0292. The hall is inexpensive and air conditioned. The hall is now available for rentals.

The Little Free Library 

The library is on the covered patio at Hall and is always open and has a variety of authors. Space is limited, so please, if you donate a book(s) look through the current selection and take as many as you leave. Also on the patio, there is a bulletin board available to post event notices.

Birthdays 

Wishing happy birthdays toGregRoeber-May22;Debra Craig and Julie Bundick-23; Greg Fryer-24; Jordon Davis and Taylor Schultz-25; Jeanette Franke-26; Katherine Pease and Reyna Adams-27.

Anniversary 

Anniversary congratulations

to Molly and Kyle Koenning- May 24.

First United Methodist Church The Winchester First United Methodist Church has service on the first and third Sunday of the month at 9 a.m. Richard Johnson is the interim pastor.

Shiloh Baptist Church The Shiloh Baptist Church is located on FM 153 at North Raymond Road. For more information, contact Rev. Paul Whitmill at (512) 629-1428.

St. Michael’s Lutheran The weekly worship service takes place at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning in the sanctuary. Following the worship service, you may gather in the Education Building for Bible Study and Sunday School beginning at 10:15 a.m. The Reverend Nate Hill is the pastor. You are welcome to visit.

In Our Prayers 

Those on the prayer list include: Kourtney Burton, Sam Gibbs, Bea Kilian, Ramona Lopez, Travis Miertschin, Colton Montgomery, and Layne Schramm.

Remembering Our Shut-Ins Charlene Franke, Evelyn Kasper, Lillian Pietsch, Thelma Kieschnick, and Audrey Koenning.

Calendar of Events 

May 21-Round Table Book Club meets at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall reading “If the Creek Don’t Rise” by Leah Weiss.

May 28-Young at Heart meets at 2 p.m. at Zilss Hall.

May 28-Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department meeting at 7 p.m. at the Fire Station.

June 3-Winchester Area Civic Association meeting meeting at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall.

June 7-19th Annual Casino Nite sponsored by Combined Community Action Inc. at St. Michael’s Hall, 310 Frio St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

June 8-Childrens Outdoor Movie Night at Zilss Hall at 8 p.m.

Have News? 

If anyone has news to share with readers of the Winchester News column, contact Rhoda Gersch at (512) 237-0842 or email rmgersch@yahoo.com.