Winedale Online Zoom Talk Tuesday

The next Winedale online talk is “Juneteenth – A Celebration of Emancipation”. Sharon Gillins, genealogist and researcher, will recount the story of how freedom came to Texas more than two-and-a-half years after the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation and the evolution of the celebrations that followed from 1865 to present day, including efforts to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday. This zoom talk will be on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 12 p.m. E-mail tricia. blakistone@austin.utexas.edu for the link to this talk.

The Winedale quilt exhibit “Citizen Stitching: Political Quilts in the Winedale Quilt Collection” displays examples of how some quilters have expressed party affiliations and support for candidates with both original and well-known patterns throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The exhibit is at Winedale, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1617 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 18 from 12-4 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2425 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 25 from 12-4 p.m. Contact Winedale at (979) 278-3530 or e-mail tricia. blakistone@austin.utexas. edu for more information. 

Gumbo Cookoff

There will be a Gumbo Cookoff at The Stone Cellar

on Saturday, Feb. 24. Visit their website at thestonecellartx. com for more information or to sign-up your team!.

Food Drive 

The Fayette County Texas Exes are collecting nonperishable food items to support AMEN Food Pantry Feb. 9-24 at Round Top Brewing & Kitchen and Round Top Real Estate.

Round Top Family Library 

The library has tons of wonderful opportunities for kids during the week including story time, Junior Master Gardeners, art class, jazz dance class, chess club, and Taekwondo. Contact the library for details on dates and times. Email info@ilovetoread.org or call (979) 249-2700.

The Library and FYI… presents “Author! Author!”, featuring Mike Vance on Sunday, Feb. 18 from 2-4 p.m. Vance is one of the most entertaining historical storytellers in Texas. His eighth book, “Getting Away with Bloody Murder,” is the story of Houston attorney James Brockman, who tried high-profile true crime and murder cases between 1895 and 1910. After the presentation, all are welcome to stay for a reception, visit with Mike, purchase his books, and enjoy refreshments. This is a free event and open to the public.

RTC-ISD 

The students have a holiday on Monday, Feb. 19. Monday, Feb. 26 there will be a public hearing of the Texas Academic Performance Reports at 6 p.m., followed by a school board meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Round Top Rifle Hall 

The Round Top Rifle Hall’s Monday Night Hamburger Socials are back on the schedule. The first, second, and third Mondays of each month, the Hall is open from 5:30-8 p.m. for hamburgers, “The Rooster,” hotdogs, or chilidogs, along with fries or onion rings. All proceeds benefit the continued improvement of the Round Top Rifle Association.

Church News 

The Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul in Shelby will be Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. There will be a 7 p.m. service at Bethlehem Lutheran. The first, third, and fifth Wednesday Lenten Meals and services will be held at Shelby. The second, and fourth Wednesdays will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

Festival Hill 

The Fayette County Texas Exes Annual Scholarship Fundraiser will be Saturday, March 2 from 11:30 a.m.3 p.m. at Festival Hill. This event raises money to provide scholarships for Fayette County high school graduates planning to attend the University of Texas at Austin. The Fayette County Chapter of the Texas Exes invites everyone to come out for a great afternoon! There will be a meal, speaker, Kelly Brooks, an auction, and a tour of Round Top Festival Institute. Tickets are $50 per person and include admission, the fried chicken dinner, and beverages. This is a family-friendly event. Children 12 and under are free. RSVP by Feb. 27 to Julie at (832) 451-2309, or Veronica at (512) 971-5189.

Birthdays 

Happy birthday to Mary Chevoustie on Feb. 16, Marilyn Wagner and Shirley Cmajdalka- 17, Katie Kovar and Christopher Simpson-20, and William Noak and Tommy Burger-23.

Have news? 

Send any news or notices you wish to have announced two weeks in advance to Kyla@roundtoprealestate.com.