Festival Hill Grounds & Garden Service Day Saturday
Saturday, Sept. 9 is Grounds and Garden Service Day beginning at 9:30 a.m. Grab your boots, loppers, and trail clearing gear and come help create trails for a future birding trail that will be established at Festival Hill. Meet up is at the Log House, where there will be a meet and greet and light snacks. Then everyone will be broken into smaller groups to head out.
The Houston Brass Band will be at Festival Hill on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. Lunch is available with reservations. Call (979) 2493129 for more information or to reserve tickets.
Farmers Market
Vendors wanted! The Halles is hosting their first Farmer’s Market during the Fall Antiques and Design Show on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. They are seeking growers and makers of natural products who would like the opportunity to sell at the venue during the show. Send an email to
info@roundtop.com for more information. Cooking Class
Chef Grady Spears will be back at The Stone Cellar for another cooking class on Sept. 27 from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased at
roundtop.com.
Learn how to make Cream of Jalapeno and Cilantro Soup, Pepper Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Deviled Hollandaise Sauce, as well as five other entrees. Drinks and food are included in the price.
Round Top-Carmine ISD
The Texas A&M School of Nursing and their Mobile Health Unit will be on the Round Top-Carmine campuses every Wednesday during the school year. Their schedule will rotate from morning to afternoon. All students, staff, and community members are eligible to be seen. They will perform a wide variety of services form primary care, to acute and chronic conditions, to dental screenings, and telebehavioral health. You may contact them to make an appointment by calling (979) 436-0587.
Students have an early release Friday, Sept. 22, and a school holiday Monday, Oct. 9.
Round Top Family Library
Thursdays there will now be a Jazz Dance Class for kids with Anna McBride, a past Kilgore College Rangerette. The Kindergarten through second grade meets 5 to 5:30 p.m., followed by third through sixth grades from 5:30 to 6:15. Registration is required but the class is free Also new this fall is a Teen Art Class. This is for grades 8 through 12 and meets Mondays from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Once again, this class is free but registration is required.
Family Game Day is Saturday, Sept. 9 beginning at 2 p.m. Board games and light snacks are provided.
Saturday, Sept. 16 will be an Advanced DSLR Photography Class with photographer, Sandy Flint. This class is for ages 14 and up. Learn how to use your DSLR’s Manual mode. The class will cover aperture, shutter speed and ISO, and how they all work together. Bring your camera and manual. Registration is required.
For more information about any of the programs offered by the library, call (979) 249-2700 or visit
ilovetoread. org.
Live Music
Busted Oaks will have Anthony Moreno and Cody Reynolds Friday, September 8 from 6 to 9 p.m., and Ella B and Robert Herridge Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, September 10 enjoy Mitch Marcoulier from 2 to 5 p.m. Bingo night is Thursday, Sept. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Stone Cellar is hosting Philip Griffin Friday, Sept. 8 from 7 to 10 p.m., and Daniel Andres and Brian Sowell Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m.
Round Top Town Council
Wednesday, Sept. 13 was the second Town Hall Meeting to develop a Strategic Plan for the Town of Round Top. If you have an idea of the direction the town should go, submit a written statement of your ideas to the Town Clerk at the town office. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. at the Round Top Rifle Hall.
The opportunity to be heard is open to residents, non-residents, property owners, merchants, visitors and all of those interested in the future of Round Top. Your input is greatly appreciated.
For more information visit
www.townofroundtoptexas. org.
The Round Top Town Council meetings are held the second Monday of the month at the Town Hall located at 100 Main Street unless otherwise posted. Citizens are encouraged and welcome to attend. Agendas are posted on the website at
www.townofroundtop. org at least seventytwo hours prior to the meeting time.
Round Top Rifle Hall
Monday Night Hamburger Social takes place the first, second and third Mondays each month starting at 5:30 p.m. All proceeds benefit the continued improvement of the RTRA.
Sunday, Sept. 17 come out for an evening of traditional German fun. The 151st Annual Celebration of Schutzenfest will begin at 3 p.m. at the Rifle Hall. Round Top Brass Band performs beginning at 4, followed by the crowning of the New Koenig and Ceremonial keg tapping at 5. Enjoy a free dance 5:30 to 8 p.m. A chicken fried steak meal will be served beginning at 6:30 p.m.
For more information about the Rifle Hall or to book
it for upcoming events, visit roundtoprifle.com.
Church News
St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Warrenton holds a monthly service at 8 a.m. for the intentions left on the altar. This month’s mass is Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 8 a.m. View the bulletin online at
stjohnfayetteville. com
for more information.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church holds services with Pastor John David Nedbalek Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school is the first Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Ruth Circle is the first Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Sewing Circle is the second Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. Pastor John David leads adult bible study the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.
The monthly Church Council meeting will be Sunday, Sept. 10 following the service. The WELCA Western Fall Gathering is tentatively set for Oct. 21 at United Evangelical Lutheran Church at Swiss Alp.
St. Paul Lutheran Church in Shelby holds worship service at 8 a.m., followed by fellowship, coffee and Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Game Day is held the first Wednesday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m. Quilting meets the third Wednesday of each month at 9 a.m.
The annual church service in the historical church across the road will be Sept. 24 at 8 a.m., followed by the church picnic in the education building. The church is looking for two volunteers to make Meals-on-Wheels deliveries once a month. Please see Tom Rabb or Oscar Voelkel for more information.
St. Cecilia’s Round Top Episcopal Church holds services with Father Bill Miller Sundays at 8:45 and 10:45 a.m. in the historic Haw Creek Chapel in Henkel Square. The Saint Cecilia’s Sisterhood Study Group meets from 10 to 11:15 a.m. For more information, visit
www.StCecilias.org.
Round Top Christian Fellowship Church holds service at 10 a.m. For more information, visit
www.roundtopchurch. org.
The City of Refuge Church on 237 in Round Top holds bible study on Sunday at 10 a.m. followed by church service at 11 a.m. For more information visit its Facebook page at
facebook. com/cityofrefugeHC.
Celebrations?
Happy birthday wishes go out to Dustin Levein on Sept. 8, Tracey Faske on Sept. 9, Ann Aschenbeck on Sept. 11, Elsie Schulze and Kyla Goebel on Sept. 12, and Calvin Krause on Sept. 14.
Happy anniversary to Robert and Mary Kolkhorst and Kyla and Reese Goebel on Sept. 9, Tanner and Amy Weinert on Sept. 12, Rodney and Diann Goebel on Sept. 13, and Terry and Sandra Krebs on Sept. 14.
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Kyla@roundtoprealestate.com.
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