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News  from organizations

 

 

Trout Unlimited

The Winchester Chapter of Trout Unlimited will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Oak Crest Realty Office, 126 N. Kent St., Winchester. Dinner before the meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Piccadilly Public House, 125 E. Piccadilly St., Winchester.

The group will not meet at the Gander Mountain Store as in the past.

For more information and directions, visit winchestertu.org or contact Bill Prokopchak at 540-722-2620 or wilpro@comcast.net.

 

Northern Shenandoah Valley Tea Party

The Northern Shenandoah Valley Tea Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Perkins Restaurant, 711 Millwood Ave, Winchester.

A discussion on the General Assembly session and a preview of 2013 elections will be held.

The speaker will be Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor and Ross Spicer, Frederick County commonwealth attorney.

Contact Jay L. Marts at 410-440-1344.

 

Alpha Omega

Alpha Omega 2060, ESA International, will meet at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Courtyard by Marriott.

 

Educational directors Laura Button-Cain and Polly Look will lead a discussion on the book (second in a series), “A Light in the Window” by Jan Karon.

 

Members are to bring items needed for donation to the Henry and William Evans Home for Children.

 

A planning meeting for a large project will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 19 at the Courtyard by Marriott.

 

Women’s Civic League

Women’s Civic League will meet at noon Friday at Best Western Lee-Jackson in Winchester.

 

The program will be presented by John Flood of Big Legends. Call Ruby at 540-667-8865.

Copies of “True Stories of Old Winchester and the Valley” are still available for purchase. Call Margie at 540-662-0198.

 

Rotary Club  of Frederick County

The Rotary Club of Frederick County will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Shenandoah University in the Clement Board Room of Allen Dining Hall.

A club assembly will be held by the club’s committee chairs.

A Board of Directors meeting will be held following the club assembly.

For more information contact Stephen M. Gyurisin at 540-336-7357 or smgyurisin@advanceplanningassociates.com.

 

 

Alpha Rho

Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Sorority will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the library of Millbrook High School.

The program will be about a member’s trip to Australia.

 

 

Korean War Veterans

The Shenandoah Valley Chapter 313 of the Korean War Veterans Association will meet at 2 p.m. Jan. 8 at the American Legion Post 21 at 1730 Berryville Pike.

Any member of the military who served in Korea, including territorial waters and airspace from Sept. 3, 1945, to the present, and any veteran who served outside Korea between Jan. 25, 1950 and Jan. 31, 1955, can become a member.

Contact Lew Ewing at 540-678-1787 or lewewing@gmail.com.

 

Winchester Connection

The Winchester Connection, a social group for single professionals over 40, will meet at 6 p.m. Friday Italian Touch, 229 S. Loudoun St., Winchester.

Dress is business casual and prospective members are welcome.

For more information, call 540-313-6303; visit winchesterconnection.org or email winchesterconnection@hotmail.com.

 

Embroiderers Guild  of America

The Winchester Chapter of Embroiderers Guild of America will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Activities Room at Westminster Canterbury.

All levels of stitching are welcome. For more information or directions, call 304-754-7916 or 540-665-5739.

 

Kiwanis Club  of Winchester

The Kiwanis Club of Winchester will meet at noon today at the Best Western Lee-Jackson.

For more information, contact John Westervelt at 540-667-2409 or jwestervelt@hotmail.com.

 

Winchester Rotary

The Rotary Club of Winchester will meet at noon Thursday at the Travelodge.

Author Roger Engle will share examples from his book, “Stories from a small town: Remembering my childhood in Hedgesville, WV.”