Round Top to Celebrate 150 Years
Another exciting event to add to your calendar: Round Top is celebrating 150 years. Join Round Top for the Anniversary celebration on Friday and Saturday, July 31 and Aug. 1. The celebration will be packed with fun activities, including a BBQ cook-off, historic home tours, games, live music and tons of family fun. Stay tuned for more information as the event draws closer.
Fourth of July Parade
The longest-running parade west of the Mississippi is fast approaching. Round Top’s annual Fourth of July Parade begins on Saturday, July 4, at 10 a.m. The cannon will signal the start of the parade. The Round Top Rifle Hall is taking extra precautions to ensure everyone stays safe and healthy, including a longer parade route to allow for more distance between spectators. An additional loop along Gretchen’s Way is being added at the end of the parade as it travels northward on Highway 237 leaving Round Top. You can view the updated parade route at www.roundtoprifle.com.
After the conclusion of the parade, the Rifle Association members are planning to prepare and serve a meal of delicious BBQ chicken and smoked sausage, potatoes, green beans and coleslaw. All dinners will be packaged and distributed in to-go containers. Outside tables will be available, following social distancing guidelines at that date, and sanitation stations will be available on the grounds. Vis it the Rifle Association’s website for a full list of safety precautions being taken.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Sunday services for Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Pastor John David Nedbalek are available to view on the church’s Facebook page. Please keep in touch with the Church Office at (979) 249-3686 for the most up-to-date information. Bulletins are available each week in the kitchen for those who would like to follow along.
For those who wish to support the church via offering, please mail it to the church at PO Box 38, Round Top, Texas 78954, or place in the Offerings and Donations box located in the kitchen area.
Birthdays
Birthday wishes are extended to the following celebrants: Max Baranowski and Frances Glueck - June 19; Clair Norsworthy - 20; Kenneth Anderson - 21; Linda Stall, Marianne Hambrick and Angela Plattsmier - 23; and Wilton Schoenst, BJ Finke and Phillip Sikes - 24.
Anniversaries
Anniversary wishes are extended to the following couples: Wilton and Pamela Schoenst and David and Sharon Pieper - June 21; Patrick and Rhonda Clemons - 22; and Thomas Jr. and Patsy Rabb - 23.
RT Christian Fellowship
Round Top Christian Fellowship services are held on Sundays at 10:45 a.m. Chairs are spaced for couples and families to abide by social distancing regulations. Bible study is currently not taking place. For the most up-to-date information, please visit their website at www.roundtopchurch.org.
Round Top Family Library
The Round Top Family Library is open Monday through Friday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. with new guidelines in place. For a full list of these guidelines, please visit ilovetoread.org.
The Kid’s Summer Education and Enrichment (S.E.E.) program is now online. Visit ilovetoread.org and follow the library on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for all of the information. All children are welcome to participate in the program. A local news cast, presented by local kids, will air on Tuesdays. On Thursdays, there will be fun S.E.E. activities. Free activity materials will be available for pickup at RTFL during regular hours while supplies last.
The Summer Reading Program has started and runs through the end of July. Kids are awarded a ticket daily upon checking-in of books read. Each ticket enters you into a drawing for a big prize each week. There will also be a grand prize draw to win an Amazon Fire Tablet at the end of the program.
For more information about this or other library events, visit www.ilovetoread.org.
Hermann Sons Life No. 151
The next meeting for the Round Top Hermann Sons Life Lodge No. 151 is planned for Thursday, June 25, at the Quade-Werchan American Legion Post 338 in Round Top. The social time will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting and meal following at 7 p.m. The Lodge will provide the meal, dessert and drinks. For more information, please call Lila Garlin at (281) 705-4647.
Winedale
Winedale is hosting a virtual Lunch and Learn on July 7 at 11 a.m. with Dr. James Kearney entitled “The Forty-Eighters on Possum Creek; A Texas Civil War Story.” Please send an email to Tricia.Blakistone@austin. utexas.edu for the meeting link if you would like to participate.
RT-C School News
Transfer paperwork and kindergarten and pre-K registration information is available on the website at this time. For more information on this or other school news, please visit rtcisd. net. To contact the Elementary school, call (979) 249-3200. For the High School call (979) 278- 3252.
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