Spring Fling Will be Held April 4
The annual Spring Fling hosted by WACA will be held on Saturday, April 4 beginning at 9 a.m. Mark your calendars and plan to attend the pancake breakfast, the Easter Egg hunts and welcome the Easter Bunny.
Winchester VFD Meeting Does the Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department respond to your property? You are welcome to attend the March 24 annual public meeting at Zilss Hall. A social will begin at 6 p.m. followed by a meeting of voting for officers at 6:30 p.m.
Round Table Book Club “Best Offer Wins” a novel by Marisa Kashino is the book selected for the March meeting of the Winchester Round Table Book Club scheduled for Tuesday, March 17 at Zilss Hall at 7 pm. All are welcome Recycling Trailer
All cardboard boxes need to be broken down before placing them in the recycling trailer. We would appreciate it if you made sure that you close the bins so that any trash will remain in the bins and not blow out. The Winchester Recycling trailer is located on the side of Zilss Hall on Memorial Hall Street. Please place your recycling in the appropriate bins.
Winchester Quilt Block Trail Drive out to Winchester, pick up a map at Murphy’s or Zilss Hall, and enjoy viewing the 65 quilt blocks displayed in our area on the Quilt Block Trail. The trail is self-driven, available at your convenience, and is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon viewing quilt blocks on fences, gates, barns, and houses that can be seen from the road.
Winchester Barn Board Quilt Trail maps may be picked up at the Texas Quilt Museum, Casino Hall, the Wendish Museum, Zilss Hall, Murphy’s Steakhouse, quilt stores, and other businesses in Giddings, Smithville, and La Grange.
Zilss Community Hall
Anyone wishing to rent Zilss Hall should contact (512) 434-0292. The hall is inexpensive and air conditioned and available for rentals.
The Little Free Library
The library is on the covered patio at the Hall and is always open and has a variety of authors. Space is limited, so please, if you donate a book(s) look through the current selection and take as many as you leave. Also on the patio, there is a bulletin board available to post event notices.
Birthdays
Wishing birthday greetings to Georgia Appleman and Kurtis Hankemeier-March 19; Bill Karisch and Kelton Schulze-21; Arla Hart-22; Leighann Bedient and Michael Adams-23.
Anniversaries
Wishing anniversary congratulations to Dinah and Chuck Breeden-March 20; Rhoda and Sherwood Gersch- 22; Krystal and Bryan Burton and Pam and Bob Prendergast-23.
Winchester United Methodist The United Methodist Church has service on the first and third Sunday of the month at 9 a.m. Richard Johnson is the pastor.
Shiloh Baptist Church
The Shiloh Baptist Church is located on FM 153 at North Raymond Road. For more information, contact Rev. Paul Whitmill at (512) 629-1428.
St. Michael’s Lutheran
Lenten midweek services have commenced and will be held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through the Lenten season at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church. The weekly worship service takes place at 9 am on Sunday morning in the sanctuary. Following the worship service, you may gather in the Education Building for Bible Study and Sunday School beginning at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Nate Hill is the pastor. You are welcome to visit.
In Our Prayers
Kourtney Burton, Irma Gersch, Sam Gibbs, Bea Kilian, Ramona Lopez, Travis Miertschin, Jodi Miller, Scott Miller, Kolton Montgomery, Travis Odom, Eddie Schneider, Dana Srubar, and Layne Schramm.
Calendar of Events
March 17-Round Table Book Club meets at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall. Book to be discussed Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino. All are Welcome.
March 24-Young at Heart meets at 2 p.m. at Zilss Hall.
March 24-Annual Meeting of the Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department begins at 6 p.m. at Zilss Hall.
April 4-WACA Community Spring Fling begins at 9 a.m. at Zilss Hall.
Have News?
If anyone has news to share with readers of the Winchester News column, contact Rhoda Gersch at (512) 237-0842 or email rmgersch@yahoo.com.