Winchester Neighbors Night Out Returns Wednesday

Winchester’s Neighbors Night Out will be held Wednesday, Aug. 21 with the Breeden family hosting. It will be an ice cream social, bring your favorite ice cream, toppings, or a dessert to go with the ice cream. It will be at Zilss Hall starting at 6:30 p.m. Come and enjoy fellowship with your neighbors.

Financial Peace University Saint Michael’s Lutheran Church in Winchester will be offering Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University during the months of September and October. Financial Peace University is a comprehensive financial education program designed to help individuals and families create a plan for getting out of debt, managing their money, and building wealth. This nine-week course will be held every Wednesday in September and October at Saint Michael’s Park. A meal will be served at 6 p.m. and the class itself will run from 6:30-8 p.m. The cost for the course is $79 but anyone who has previously taken the class can participate again for free. If you would like to sign up, please contact Pastor Nate Hill at pastor@stmichaelswinchester. org or at (979) 9668036. Winchester VFD Winners The following is a list of winners of raffle prize winners drawn at the Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry. 1. Steven McGary; 2 Nathan Johnson; 3. Jamie Murphy; 4. Don Buck; 5. Ronnie Chernosky; 6. Linda Jones; 7. Randy Jatzlau; 8. Trish Herzog; 9, Josh Young; 10. Daniel Bamsch; 11. Antoni Bruno; and 12. Elna Koenning. Scarecrow Fun Run

The run is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 26 with an 8:30 a.m. start time. Early registration is Aug. 15 and will include a limited edition T-shirt. Start planning to participate in the fall fun run with the whole family. Scarecrows will be along the route and you can come dressed in a scarecrow costume and compete in the “Best” scarecrow costume contest. All proceeds from the Run/Walk will benefit the Winchester Area Civic Association’s Scholarship Fund. More information will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead. If you are interested in sponsoring the event or would like to participate, please contact Michele Weth at sweetcity@ aol.com or Karen Derr at karencderr@gmail.com.

Rabbs Creek Deer Count During the night of August 28, The Rabbs Creek Wildlife Management Association will complete the annual deer survey in your area. The association’s intent is preserving and improving the wildlife habitat in the Warda and Winchester area of Fayette County. The survey has been conducted between sundown and midnight and will use spotlights to locate deer. The survey team is Ron Kaiser, Denby Morrison and James Hafer.

WACAAward 

The Winchester Area Civic Association is announcing a new award to be presented to an individual, group, organization or business who has made a significant contribution in furthering the WACA work of community service. Nominees are to be residents of the greater Winchester area or if a business, their business area must include Winchester. Only current members of WACA may make a nomination through a written resume of the nominee’s contribution. Applications must be submitted by Nov. 1 to the current WACA secretary. The award will be presented at the annual WACAChristmas party. More information will be forthcoming in future columns.

Round Table Book Club The Round Table Book Club will not meet in July or August and has set the September meeting for Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. The selection for reading is “The Berry Pickers” by Amanda Peters. Please mark your calendars.

Pictures for Calendar 

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 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. Place your recycling in the appropriate bins. We would appreciate it if you made sure that you close the bins.

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 to Penelope Nunn- August 20; Sandi Hepner – 21; Annabelle Zoch and Linda Mertink – 23; Charlene Franke – 24; Heather Deters, Katrina Miertschin and Nancy Buck - 26.

Anniversaries 

Anniversary congratulations are sent out to Darline and Ron Kaiser – August 26.

First United Methodist 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, please contact Rev. Paul Whitmill at (512) 6291428. St Michael’s Lutheran Church 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 

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, Audrey Koenning, Marie, and Raymond Schulz.

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.