Carmine Chamber to Host Casino Night Aug. 12
Mark your calendars for the “Wild Wild West Casino Night” on Saturday, Aug. 12, sponsored by the Carmine Chamber of Commerce.
Dinner tables for eight are available for $500. There are no separate tickets this year. Contact (979) 451-1507 for choice of donation such as sponsoring a gaming table, donating items and gift certificates for gaming prizes, other costs, and to reserve a table.
Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Lion’s Club Makes Donation Lion Ricky Weyand, President of the Carmine Lions Club along with several other club members donated their time and efforts to the Brenham Shrine Club on June 23 and 24 with a successful fundraiser at Paw Paw’s in Carmine recently.
A big thank you to all the Lions who volunteered, donated items for the auction, or helped in any way. “Where there is a need, there is a Lion.”
Carmine VFD
Carmine Volunteer Fire Department drill night is July 13 at 7 p.m.
There is more information about the Firemen’s Feast and Fundraiser that will be held on July 16. Fried chicken plates will be served as drivethru only and donations will be taken as payment for the meal. Pickup will be from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. or until sold out. Tickets are being sold for a drawing and are available from any Carmine VFD member.
Bingo for Seniors
Bingo for Seniors (60 and older plus guests) will be held Sunday, July 9, from 2-4 p.m. at the Ledbetter Community Center. Cost is $5 per card, which covers 10 plus games and prizes. Chips, snacks and drinks are available for a freewill donation. This is a nonprofit community event for entertainment.
Cedar Creek Schuetzen Verein The Cedar Creek Schuetzen Verein, also known as the Carmine Hall, will be conducting a monthly gun and gift card drawing on the third Tuesday of each month from September 2023 through August, 2024. Three tickets will be drawn each month-two for guns and one for a $500 gift card.
They are working to raise some funds for maintenance and future major renovation of the historic dance hall. Tickets ets are $100 each and only 500 tickets will be sold. Winning tickets each month will be placed back in for future drawings. You must be 18 or older to win a long gun and 21 or older to win a pistol. All winners must be in compliance with Federal Firearms Regulations. In the event all tickets are not sold, Carmine Hall reserves the right to return all monies collected. For tickets and information on guns, call (512) 431-8871 or (979) 542-8312.
RT-C School News
The RT-C administrative offices will be closed July 3-7. Regular hours are 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday through Aug. 3.
Sports Summer Camp Schedule is on the www.rtcisd. net/athletics website. Contact number is (979) 966-6118.
The deadline for registration for the following camps is July 10 to receive a T-Shirt and cost is $60. Basketball camp is July 17-19 for incoming first through twelfth grades. Volleyball camp is July 26-28 also for first through twelfth grades. Baseball camp is July 27-29 for incoming second through eighth grades.
Strength & conditioning and summer skill work are both free and held Mondays through July 14, for incoming seventh through twelfth graders. The first one is 8-9 a.m. and the second 9-10 a.m. Registration is not needed for these two. They will be off July 3-7.
Check the website for the time schedules and more information.
The City of Carmine is now offering Online Bill Pay. This new customer portal allows customers to easily manage their utility account, monitor usage, view bill, receive text/email alerts and enroll in auto pay.
Please email carmine@cityofcarmine.com with updated cell phone, and email address to be included in the new alert system.
Visit http://cityofcarmine. com/ and click on the tab “Online Bill Pay” to access the new portal.
Customers wishing to have the convenience of paying and viewing billing information online, will need to create an account. Please be sure to have your account number.
You may also pay your bill 24/7 by calling (888) 5793829 (toll free number to pay over the phone.) Have your account number handy and follow the prompts.
MLLC News
Worship Committee meets Thursday, July 6 at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday worship with Holy Communion is at 6 p.m.
Sunday School is Sunday at 9 a.m.
Sunday worship with Holy Communion, observing the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost is at 10 a.m. Praise Team leads songs and the Noisy Offering will be collected. The Rev. David Tinker is the pastor.
Quilting for Lutheran World Relief is Monday at 9 a.m.
Meals on Wheels
Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels with Combined Community Action meet every Wednesday at Martin Luther Lutheran Church Mission and Ministry Building located at 250 Augsburg Ave., Carmine.
Come early to play dominoes and enjoy the camaraderie. Hours are 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Food usually arrives about 10 a.m. and is for pick-up only until 11:30 a.m. There are five meals in a box along with milk, dessert and bread. Cost is a donation of $10, which makes it $2 per meal. It is for seniors age 60 and up.
To sign up, come by on any Wednesday morning to fill out the paperwork. For more information, contact Marilyn Wagner at (979) 277-4134.
Recycling Trailer
The recycling trailer is at the Carmine Hall on Thursdays from noon until 4 p.m.
Accepted are clean no. 1 and no. 2 plastic (please separate them, and note that no. 5 plastics are not accepted), dry newspapers, telephone books, magazines, cardboard, paper, junk mail, all colors glass, steel food cans, and aluminum cans. Attendants are available to help unload.
The trailer is in Ledbetter from 8:30-11 a.m., also on Thursdays, behind the Ledbetter Fireman’s Hall.
Visitors’ Center
Carmine Chamber of Commerce Visitors’ Center at the restored Train Depot is open on the second and fourth Fridays and Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Birthdays
Birthday wishes are extended to twins Kennedy Jasinski and McKinley Jasinski- July 4; Debbie Eckert and Susan Leppard-5; Joseph Vogel- 6; Floyd Braun and Lori Weigelt-7; Emily Ortiz-8; and Clint Eilers and Shelley Scheffer-9.
Have News?
If you have news for the Carmine column, you may email me at w5ten@industryinet. com or call (979) 2783645, or send it to P.O. Box 95, Carmine, TX 78932.