W The Winchester Area Civic Association will be preparing the spaghetti dinner to benefit the Winchester 4-H Club on Sunday, Sept. 22 beginning at 11 a.m.

C The City of Carmine has put mandatory water restrictions in effect until further notice. One of the water wells went down on Aug.

News The City of Fayetteville has recently acquired two grants totaling nearly $4 million. A $300K grant was awarded as part of the Resilient Communities Program.

The final bids are in on the Note Sale of the shuttered St. Mark’s Medical Center in La Grange. But we may not find out who the winning bidder of the hospital is for a couple of weeks. According to St. Mark’s Board Chair Dudley Piland, in “our weekly video conference with HUD they kicked off the meeting by announcing that they would not share any information on the potential sale of the SMMC note until after the September 11 required closing date.”

New construction on Highway 77 did not slow down the Fair’s Patriotic committee honoring our Veterans, First Responders, Police and Firefighters. Erich, Daniel, Johann, and Caleb Lehmann have been setting up the Patriot Flags at the Fair for many years. Since TxDOT has been working on expanding highway 77, the committee had to relocate our Patriotic flag display this year.

The upcoming Fall/ Winter exhibits at the Texas Quilt Museum showcase two much-beloved traditional patterns and the work of a multi-talented artist who found a passion for Crazy Quilts. “Princess Feathers and Feathered Stars and Allison Aller: Contemporary Crazy Quilts” will open on August 29 and run through January 4, 2025.

Pogo Sticks. Johnny Was hand-me-down jackets.

W The annual Holy Cross Lutheran Church picnic will be held Sunday, Sept. 1 at the picnic grounds.

OP News The third annual “Rock the Halls” event will be held at the Round Top Dance Hall Saturday, Sept. 21, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

E St. John Lutheran Church in Ellinger will hold a Noisy Offering this Sunday, Sept.