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4-H Annual Shrimp Boil The 5th Annual Shrimp Boil to benefit the Winchester 4-H youth projects will be Saturday, Feb. 3. The shrimp boil will begin at 6 p.m. at the St. Michael’s Park. Tickets are available from any Winchester 4-H member, the Winchester Depot and Ice Cream Junction, and Shorty’s. Tickets are $40 each. Please support the youth of Winchester.

Round Table Book Club

The Round Table book club will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall. Two books will be discussed. “Walking Across Egypt” by Clyde Edgerton was postponed from December and the January read is “Someone Else’s Shoes” by Jojo Moyes. Everyone is welcome, 2024 Quilt Block Classes After a three-month hiatus, the Winchester Quilt Block classes will begin on Feb. 10. The classes taught by Margaret Atkin, Pat Karisch and Rhoda Gersch start at 10 a.m. and will run to 4 p.m. at Zilss Hall. The class participants will complete a 2-foot x 2-foot quilt board suitable for hanging on a fence, barn, porch, etc. You must register for the class at quiltblocktrail.com. You may also pay for the class on that website. If you have any questions, please contact Rhoda Gersch at rmgersch@yahoo.com.

Barn Board Quilt Trail

Wanting to take a drive in the country? Then drive out to Winchester, pick up a map at Murphy’s or Zilss Hall, and enjoy viewing the 65 quilt blocks displayed in our area. 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. Reminder: these bins are not for household garbage.

Zilss Community Hall

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

The Little Free Library

The library is on the covered patio at the 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.

Birthdays

Wishing happy birthdays to Brazos Vick and Matthew Qualman-Jan. 9; Elizabeth Kipp and Don Jakobeit-10; Dinah Breeden-11; Amy Miertschin- 13; Jerry Hielscher and Hadley Deters-14; Chuck Breeden and Dillon Miertschin- 15.

First United Methodist Church The Winchester First United Methodist Church has service on the first and third Sunday of the month at 8:30 a.m. The Rev. Patricia Zaiontz-Newcomer is the 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 Rev. Nate Hill is the pastor.

In Our Prayers

Kourtney Burton, Sam Gibbs, Bea Kilian, Ramona Lopez, Travis Miertschin, Colton Montgomery, Marceil Prestridge, Layne Schramm, and Pastor Patricia Zaiontz-Newcomer. Remembering Our Shut-Ins Charlene Franke, Evelyn Kasper, Mary Lehmann, Lillian Pietsch, Thelma Kieschnick, and Audrey Koenning.

Calendar of Coming Events Jan. 9-Young at Heart meets at 2 p.m. at Zilss Hall.

Jan. 9-Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department meeting at 7 p.m. at the Fire Station.

Jan. 16-Round Table Book Club meeting at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall discussing “Walking Across Egypt” by Clyde Edgerton and “Someone Else’s Shoes” by Jojo Moyes.

Jan. 23-Young at Heart meets at 2 p.m. at Zilss Hall.

Jan. 23 - Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department meeting at 7 p.m. at the Fire Station .

Jan. 28-Taste of Winchester at Zilss Hall.

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.