March 24, 2016 - Winter Texan Times

The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is always filled with fun things to do and many Winter Texans go year af-ter year. But this year when the Winter Texan Times visited, many of the Winter Texans interviewed had never been to the livestock show before. To them it was a new experience that they were enjoying immensely.

The first stop the I made was to the an-tique farm equipment barn. There Dennis Duke, a blacksmith from Jamaica, Iowa, had a setup where he was heating metal and making what appeared to be metal parts for a wagon or buggy. He was at-tracting many visitors who watched him form the hot metal into pieces that could

possible be used on some of the antique farm equipment. Another live display in-cluded rope making.

The center of the barn held a display of a typical farm in South Texas with fields of cotton and a miniature cotton bailer on one side of the barn. The other side of the field held a crop of corn with miniature equipment for harvesting the corn.

There were displays of old farming and household equipment and people were reminiscing about the things Grand-pa and Grandma had that were just like the ones on display.

Then it was on to the 4-H/FFA project barn where some of the items displayed

By Kathy OlivarezIn a recent meeting my publisher and I

were looking at the Parks Calendar to see what activities were still going on in the parks. He saw the Painted Cup Farewell Party listed at Pharr South. “Hmm, paint-ing cups. Sounds interesting. Why don’t you go out there and see what that’s all about.”

I agreed and put it on my list of things to do.

Surprise! They were not painting cups! They were having a farewell party sponsored by the residents of Painted Cup Street! This is the 28th year Painted Cup has sponsored the last block party of the year.

Elaine Botelho, one of the sponsors, explained that each street in the park hosts a block party during the year, and Painted Cup Street is the last one to have a party. Instead of having only residents from their street, several years ago they opened to the entire park. This year, they also invited the public because some of the people who come to their weekly

jams wanted to come. About 200 people came to participate.

The event started with a dinner where the hosts provided flaming chicken from HEB as the meat and everyone who came was supposed to bring a covered dish to share.

Afterwards, entertainment was pro-vided by the new band, “Travelin’ South” that plays classic rock & roll, 60’s and 70’s music plus country. Ared Allen, Bob Reed (no relation to the late Bob Reed who ran the Chicken House Opry), Dan Steele and others comprise the band. Bruce Wutsky was helping out that day. They played several rock & roll classics before taking a break for door prizes.

Some members of the band have al-ready headed north. Many residents start leaving in March while others wait until April. But of the 400 winter residents about 90 are now year-round residents.

“The Judge” Mike Botelho, acted as emcee for the show and also played in the

WinterTexanTIMES

Serving Winter Texans From Mission To South Padre Island Since 1987Vol. 29, No. 22 © 2015-2016 www.wttrgv.com Thursday, March 24, 2016

Happy TrailsTill We Meet

Again!

Livestock Show offers many adventures for Winter Texans

Business Guide...............pg. 23Feature Index

Classifieds......................pg. 24Coupon Index..................pg. 04

Events Calendar..............pg. 03Medical Services............pg. 20Parks Calendar...............pg. 08

Reunions & Meetings....pg. 04Taste of the Valley..........pg. 14WintertainersTM...............pg. 18

Painted Cup farewell party is fun

See PAINTED CUP pg. 03

See LIVESTOCK SHOW pg. 04

Margie Katzman, Bruce Wutsky, Jane Heinen and Dan Steele perform at the Painted Cup Farewell Party at Pharr South. Photo by Winter Texan Times.

Ernest and Mary Howden and Kendra Tenny, of Lake, Mich., enjoy getting up close to the livestock at the 2016 RGV Livestock Show. These Winter Texans enjoy their winters at Fun N Sun Resort in San Benito, Texas.

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band. They vary the type of music each year. This year it was rock & roll. Last year, they had a bluegrass band. They have also had country music at other par-ties. During the break, he also handed out door prizes. Marion Platte won a green “Irish rabbit” in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Several others also received door prizes including a pot, a bottle of wine, and some candy to go in a frog basket.

The Judge told the audience the lady from the Winter Texan Times was there to see the cups they painted, bringing laugh-ter from the audience. But then he compli-mented the paper, saying the original pa-per for Winter Texans, the Winter Texan Times, is still the best. (Thank you! We think so!)

After the intermission, the line-up changed a bit and people from the park came up to sing as they would at jams. Pharr South has a large jam in January and February that attracts up to 350 peo-ple for country western music.

Margie Katzman came up in a black

poodle skirt, with a white blouse and black neck scarf. She also had on black and white oxford shoes with socks. She sang, “Splish Splash, I Was Takin’ a Bath,” and “Johnny Be Good.”

Jane Heinen also dressed in a black poodle skirt, white blouse and oxfords, sang “I Don’t Have a Wooden Heart,” and “Bye, Bye Happiness.”

Dale Wayman sang “Sugar Cane Time.” Afterward, Wayman who was a professional musician born the same year as Elvis, sang, “You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog.” With the audience calling for an encore, he sang a Merle Haggard song “Way I Am.”

Dan Steele played “Tequila Sunrise.” The Judge sang, “Green-Eyed Elaine,” a song about how much he loved his wife. The band ended with “Take It to the Limit One More Time.”

When the party was over , everyone was bidding their friends farewell until next season. Even though there were no actual painted cups, it was a very nice event!

Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your event.

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PAINTED CUPFrom pg. 01

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Mar. 24 -- Ranger-led tour of Fort Brown, 300 River Lee Road, Browns-ville, at 11 a.m.

Mar. 24 -- Resaca de la Palma Bat-tlefield, Brownsville, will have Ranger Talks at 2 p.m. Call (945) 541-2785 ext. 333 for information.

Mar. 25 -- Brownsville Guitar Festi-val: Guest artist. Begins at 7:30 p.m. at Texas State College Arts Center-Browns-ville.

Mar. 25 -- Ekachai Jearakul, Gui-tar Foundation Winner, 7:30 p.m., at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex at the Edinburg campus. Call (956) 665-3881 for information.

Mar. 25-27 -- Camille Playhouse, lo-cated in Dean Porter Park in Brownsville, will present “In the Heights” Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Adults $20.

Mar. 26 -- Ekachai Jearakul, Guitar Foundation Winner, 7:30 p.m. at TSC Arts Center-Brownsville. Call (956) 882-8287 for information.

Mar. 26 -- Harlingen Art Night event in downtown Harlingen, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Mar. 26 -- Palo Alto National Historic Site will conduct living history demon-strations from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (956) 541-2785 ext. 324 for information. The park is located at the intersection of FM 1847 (1024 Paredes Line Road in Brownsville) and FM 511/FM 550 near the city of Los Fresnos.

Mar. 29 -- Ranger-led tour of Fort Brown, 300 River Lee Road, Browns-ville, at 11 a.m.

Mar. 31 -- Resaca de la Palma Bat-tlefield, Brownsville, will have Ranger Talks at 2 p.m. Call (945) 541-2785 ext. 333 for information.

Mar. 31 -- McAllen Chamber pres-ents Taste of McAllen at Oval Park at the McAllen Convention Center from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Advance tickets $25, on site tickets $35.

Apr 1-3 -- McAllen Convention Cen-ter will host RGV Home & Garden Show. Friday, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admis-sion is $17 for adults, or for ages 65+ and active military $5.

Apr. 2 -- Harlingen Market Days will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jack-son Street between 4th Street and Com-merce Ave. Live music, fresh produce, collectibles, places and much more. Call (956) 423-4041 for information.

Apr. 2 – Sizzling in the Tropics Bar-B-Q Cook-off will be held at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce from noon to 5 p.m. BBQ brisket, chicken pulled pork, pan de campo and beans will be served. There will be live music. $15 per person.

Apr. 2 – Texas Onion Fest will be held in Weslaco.

Apr. 5-10 – International Museum of Art and Science Brew-seum Battle of the Brew Home Brew Competition Craft Week. For more information call (956) 682-0123.

Apr. 6 -10 – “Disney on Ice: 100 years of Magic,” State Farm Arena. 956-458-4153.


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As the active Winter Texan season winds down, so have the number of reunions. But there are still a couple of reunion opportunities before we all say farewell for the summer. Have a great summer! We’ll see you in the fall.

Bremer County, IowaBremer County, Iowa will hold a breakfast at Rosie’s Restaurant, 2100 E. Griffin

Pkwy (FM 495), Mission at 8 a.m. on Friday, Apr. 8. Contact Sam Smith at (319) 269-9308 for questions.

Sons of NorwayThe Sons of Norway will meet Saturday, April 9, at Mr. Gatti’s Pizza, 4100 N. 2nd

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were quite elaborate. Bill and Mary Baer of St. Louis, Missouri, a couple of first time visitors to the livestock show, were enjoying the projects the students had made. Bill grew up on a farm and said he had made projects for FFA while in high school, “but nothing as elaborate as this one.”

He was admiring an outdoor barbe-cue-cooking center on a trailer. The unit had a barbecue pit, a smoker and sever-al burners for cooking. It had iceboxes or coolers, two pull-out tables for food preparation and a built in picnic table for eating. There were cabinets in front for storing food goods. The top had a west-

ern motif with cutouts of horses, cattle and other items around the square frame where the lights were located.

A couple of other projects that were not quite so elaborate were the teardrop trailers used for hunting or veterinary supplies as one was labeled, These were rounded trailers on wheels that opened in the back to provide space for cooking supplies and equipment. The front had a lockable compartment that could be used for storage.

In the woodworks section another dis-play had a den set that featured several


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drawer and shelf units with a large gun cabinet in the front. And for the pooch there was a Texas A&M dog palace paint-ed maroon and white. There was a house where the dog could go inside and a cover over the bowls for water and food. One end had stairs for the dog to go up on top and lie in the sun.

There were many barbecue pits and other similar items on display and sever-al groups of Winter Texans were moving about looking at the projects.

Then it was on to the animal exhibits. First were the pigs in various breeds and colors from pink to dark red and spotted. I took my great grandchildren along – ages 2, 3 and 5. They could not decide which pig they liked best but they wanted to take one home. I told them I did not think the landlord would like to have a pig in their small apartment.

In the show barn arena many people were watching the youth taking part in the Brahma showmanship event. Dean and Jan Stumbo of Iowa, first time RGVLS visitors, were among the many Winter Texans watching the event. They were farmers back in Iowa.

We continued our walk through the cattle barn where Brahman and Brangus cattle were in the stalls. Then we passed the chickens and crossed into the goat barn where goat and sheep were on dis-play. There was a goat show going on and

many youth were outside with their ani-mals grooming them for the show.

Back toward the fairway there was an animal petting zoo and since I had little ones in tow, the zoo was a required visit. My little ones got to see goats with tiny kids, a small deer, a llama, and there was even a small camel on display although no petting was allowed. I bought them a cup of food and they enjoyed feeding the baby goats out of their hands. When the food ran out, my little one tried to feed them the shavings from the floor and was disappointed they would not eat them too.

Moving back down the fairway we just missed the Swimming Pig Show. Groups of Winter Texans had attended and were moving on to other displays. We came to the Action Spot where the action of the moment seemed to be eating instead of entertainment. There I met two Winter Texan couples who were finishing lunch-es of burgers, hot dogs and stuffed pota-toes, some of the many foods available for sale along the fairway.

I asked them what their favorite part of the show was and Ron and Louise Schmitz of Crawfordsville, Iowa said they liked the sheep best because they

had a sheep farm back home. Craig and Nancy Afeld of Glenwood, Arkansas pre-ferred the cattle because they raise Angus and Brahman cattle on their Double A Ranch back home in Arkansas. Both cou-ples winter at Alamo Rec-Veh.

Craig went on to tell me he also had a humpback mule named Belle who was a cross between a Brahman cow and a donkey. I raised a skeptical eyebrow and asked if by any chance he was the presi-dent of the Liars Club at Alamo Rec-Veh.

His wife, Nancy whooped and said I

Amazing Shop ExhibitsGene Maurer and Carolyn Thomson of Waterville, Iowa and Rio Valley Estates, check out the creative shop projects on display at the RGV Livestock Show. The projects were made by local high school students. Photo by Winter Texan Times.

Just Having Fun!Alice and Gerrit Brink of Thunder Bay, Ontario and Paradise Park have a good time at the livestock show in Mercedes. Photo by Winter Texan Times.

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See PARKS CALENDAR pg. 9

EDITOR’S NOTE: Items for the Parks Calendar must be open to the public ac-tivities in the parks only and must be submitted by park owners, managers or activity directors. Listings must come from the park and are to be submitted on the Winter Texan Times Parks Calendar Submission Form. Request this form from the Winter Texan Times office. Multiple activities may be submitted on the park’s letterhead, provided the same information is provided in the format of the Submis-sion Form. We do not accept listings for reviews, workshops, lessons or dance classes. Submission deadline is Thursday noon, one week prior to the publication date. Send to: Winter Texan Times, P.O. Box 399, Mission, Texas 78573-0399 or email to [email protected].

Thursday, March 24Bible Study - Tropic Winds MH &

RV Resort, Harlingen, 10-11am.Lunch - Bentsen Grove Resort, Mis-

sion, 11am-12:30pm, burgers & more.Country Jam & Western Jam - Bent-

sen Grove Resort, Mission, 12:30-3pm.Jams - Shady Acres MH & RV Re-

sort, Donna, 1-3pm, refreshments available.

Jam - Val Verde RV Park, Donna, 1-3pm.

Big Band Jam - Dream Valley Ranch, Mission, 1pm, cookies and cof-fee available.

Jam Sessions - Dixieland Retire-ment Community MH and RV Park, Harlingen, 1-3pm, snacks & coffee at intermission, donations accepted.

Happy Hour - Snow to Sun Park, Weslaco, 3-4:30pm, Reagan James, pass the hat, BYOB, free ice.

Unique Open Mic Jams - Heritage Square, Mission, 3-6pm, music, come-dy & poetry, no food.

Can/Am Dance - Sunshine (En-core) RV Resort, Harlingen, 3:30pm, Friendship Hall.

Pancake Dinner - Lemon Tree RV Inn, Mission, 4:30-6pm, BYOTS.

Jam - Restful Valley Ranch, Mis-sion, 5:30pm, food served at 4pm.

Show - Casa del Sol, Donna, 7pm, Razz-Ma-Tazz, donation.

Bingo - Enchanted Valley Ranch, Mission, 7:30pm.

Friday, March 25Bible Study - Palm Gardens, Har-

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Bicycle club, quilters honor WWII VeteransBy Jamie Treviño

As flag after flag was retired by flame, as tradition goes, tenants at the W & I Resort stood proudly and looked on as new flags fluttered in the wind.

Saturday, Feb. 26, the W & I Re-sort’s Bicycle Club had its flag re-tirement ceremony for the second year in a row. The ceremony this year honored the resort’s retired World War II veterans, Cecil Massie, Willis Boynton, Barnie Mossburg and Bob

Schawb, who sat in the front row with their wives and were saluted by the many other veterans living in the community.

Garry Davidson, a 77-year-old from Miami, Oklahoma, who spent eight years in the Army Reserves, or-ganized the event both this year and last.

“There were so many flags,” Da-vidson said. “And I wondered what would happen if we did a retirement

See FLAGS BURNING pg. 16

Members of the W&I Resort Bicycle Club retire tattered and worn U.S. flags in a respectful flag-burning ceremony as members of Boy Scout Troop 83 participate in the event. Four WWII veterans were honored at the ceremony.

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lingen, 10-11am, bring your own bi-ble, meet in library, led by Rev. Don Hickman, BA & MDIV.

Jam Session - Split Rail RV Park, Mission, 1pm, cookies & coffee served.

Rock N Roll Jam - Green Gate Grove, Mission, 1-3pm.

Variety Jam - Bentsen Palm RV Park, Mission, 1pm, good free music, dancing allowed, coffee & homemade goodies.

Yoga - Paradise Park, Pharr, 1:30-2:30pm.

Happy Hour - Snow to Sun Park, Weslaco, 3-4:30pm, Ken Thompson, pass the hat, BYOB, free ice.

Happy Hour - Sunshine (Encore) RV Resort, Harlingen, 4pm, Winston, $7pp in advance, $8pp in advance, followed by fish fry at 5:30pm.

Jams - Hidden Valley Ranch RV & MH Park, Mission, 5:30pm, refresh-ments will continue to be available at 4:30p.m.

Dance - Texas Trails RV Resort, Pharr, 7-10pm, Route 66, $5pp.

Friday Night Dance - Fun N Sun Resort, San Benito, 7-10pm, Texas Country Band.

Dance - Bentsen Grove Resort, Mis-sion, 7-10pm, Diego, $6pp.

Dance - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 7-10pm, Over The Hill Band, $5pp, popcorn/soda for sale.

Saturday, March 26Saturday Breakfast - Chimney

Park, Mission, 7-9am, $4, menu varies weekly, bring your place setting and join us for a great start to your week-end, call 956-585-5061 for more infor-mation.

Breakfast - Paradise Park, Pharr, 7-9am, menu varies, see website Phar-rParadisePark.SharePoint.com for weekly menu.

Breakfast - Aladdin Villas, Mission, 7:30-9am, $3.50pp, your choice of ham or sausage, pancakes or waffles or french toast w/applesauce and hot coffee or water.

Jams - Big Valley Trailer Park, Don-na, 12:30pm.

Dance - Snow to Sun Park, Wesla-co, 7-10pm, Lynn Dvorak, $5pp, BYOB, free ice.

Dance - Casa del Valle Park, Alamo, 7-10pm, Texas Country Band, $5pp.

Dance - Leisure Valley Ranch, Mis-sion, 7-10pm, The Castaway, $6pp, doors open at 6pm.

Dance - Llano Grande Lake Park Resort and Country Club, Mercedes, 7pm, Diego, $6pp.

Pancake/Sausage Breakfast - Snow to Sun Park, Weslaco, 7-9am, $3pp, for more information call 712-336-4675.

50’s Rock N Roll Dance - Palm Re-saca Park, Brownsville, 7:30-10:30pm,

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Sunday, March 27Non-denominational Church

- Bentsen Grove Resort, Mission, 8:30am, Pastor Jesse Hernandez, bible study follows the service.

Church Services - Rio Valley Es-tates MH & RV Resort, Weslaco, 8:30am, Non-denominational, all wel-come, Tom Cassidy.

Non-denominational Church - Winter Haven Park, Pharr, 8:45am, Pastor Robert Kracht, Communion first Sunday of each month, everyone welcome.

Church - Oleander Acres, Mission, 8:45am, Non-denominational.

Church Service - San Juan Gardens, 8:45am, service led by Pastor Len Mitchell, public is welcome to attend.

Non-Denominational Church Ser-vice - Hidden Valley Ranch RV & MH Park, Mission, 9am, Pastor Cliff Stew-art, coffee and refreshments available at 8:30am.

Non-denominational Worship Ser-vice - Citrus Valley RV Park, McAllen, 9-10am, Pastor Jim Troutman, com-munion service 1st Sunday of every month.

Non-denominational Church Ser-vice - Alamo Palms MH & RV Park, 9am, Pastor Brian Dent.

Church Service - Southern Com-fort Resort, Weslaco, 9-10am, Non-de-nominational, everyone welcome.

Church Sevices - Eastgate RV & MH Park, Harlingen, 9am, Non-de-nominational.

Church Service - Fiesta Village, Mission, 9am, Pastor Bob Pueblos.

Non-denominational Church - Tro-phy Gardens, Alamo, 9am, 8am choir practice, 9am church service, commu-nion first Sunday of every month, Pas-tor Darrel Hardy, social with snacks and coffee to follow service, everyone welcome.

Non-denominational Church Service - Southern Comfort Resort, Weslaco, 9am.

Church - Big Valley Trailer Park, Donna, 9am, Pastor Roy Gee, Non-de-nominational.

Church Service - Yellow Rose RV, La Feria, 9am, Non-denominational with Pastor Mike Hendrick.

Church Worship Service - Siesta Retirement Village Park, Weslaco, 9am, non-denominational, Pastor Ralph Hunt, all are welcome, for in-formation call 956-532-8707.

Non-denominational Service - Palm Gardens, Harlingen, 9:15-11am, coffee and refreshments 9:15-10am, worship service 10-11:00am, commu-nion first Sunday of the month, Fiesta

Hall, Rev. Don Hickman, BA & MD.Non-denominational Church Ser-

vice - Lakewood RV Resort, Harlin-gen, 9:20am, Pastor Charlie Fry.

Church - Peñitas RV Park, Peñitas, 9:30-10:30am, Pastor James L. Geb-hart.

Church Service - Quiet Village II, Donna, 9:30-10:30am, Inter-denom-inational services with Pastor Curt Bentham and Pastor Mary Chamber-lin, coffee and fellowship begin at 9am.

Church Service - Tropic Winds MH & RV Resort, Harlingen, 9:30-10:30am, Non-denominational.

Church Service - Pharr South Park, Pharr, 9:30-10:30am, Pastor Dr. Gerald Parriott, everyone welcome, coffee fellowship following service.

Church Service - Country Palms RV Park, San Juan, 9:30am, non-de-nominational, Pastor Tom Shouse, open to the public.

Church - Casa del Sol, Donna, 9:30am.

Church Service - Mission West Re-sort, 10am.

Church Service - Paradise Park, Pharr, 10-11am.

Church Services - AmeriCana RV Park, Mission, 10-11am, Non-denomi-national church service by Pastor Lee Tracy, coffee social following church, with a potluck dinner following at 1pm.

Church Services - Split Rail RV

Park, Mission, 10am, coffee & donuts prior to service.

Church Service - Sunshine (Encore) RV Resort, Harlingen, 10am.

Church - Pleasant Valley Resort, Mission, 10:30am, traditional Luther-an Church Service (LCMS), Rev. Tom Hedtke.

New Blue Grass Jam - Mobile Gar-dens Park, Mission, 1-3pm.

Gospel Jam - Mission West Resort, 1:30-3:30pm, snacks available.

Variety Jam - Tropical Valley Acres, Mission, 1:30pm, refreshments avail-able.

Jam Sessions - Lazy Palm Ranch, Edinburg, 2pm, open to everyone.

RC Racing - Fun N Sun Resort, San Benito, 2pm.

Country Jam Sessions - Sleepy Val-ley Ranch Resort, Mission, 6-8pm.

Karaoke - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 6pm.

Movies - Paradise Park, Pharr, 7-9pm, free admission, visit the web-site at pharrparadisepark.sharepoint.com for movie titles, snack bar open.

Bingo - Pleasant Valley Resort, Mission, 7pm.

Monday, March 28Rock and Roll Jam w/ Host Ed

Murray - Enchanted Valley Ranch, Mission, 1-3pm, lunch for sale 11:30a.m. to 1p.m.

Jam - River Ranch Resort, Rio Hon-

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Gospel Jam - Yellow Rose RV, La Fe-ria, 1:30-3:30pm, Friendship Hall, all listeners welcome.

Chicken & Noodle Dinner - Bent-sen Grove Resort, Mission, 4:30-6pm.

Tuesday, March 29Women’s Bible Study - Tropic

Winds MH & RV Resort, Harlingen, 11am-Noon.

Jam Session - Lakewood RV Resort, Harlingen, 1pm.

Country Music Jam - J-5 Mobile Home Park, Mission, 1-3pm, Marion Price, coffee & cookies served.

Bluegrass Jam - Kenwood RV Park, La Feria, 1:30pm.

Happy Hour - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 3:30-5pm, Diego, dona-tions taken, popcorn and soda for sale.

Country Jam w/ Host Ed Murray - Enchanted Valley Ranch, Mission, 5:30-7:30pm, meal sold from 4p.m. to 5:30p.m.

Jam Session - Siesta Retirement Vil-lage Park, Weslaco, 6-9pm, bring your instrument and/or voice, and enjoy a fun night out, all welcome.

Bingo - Paradise Park, Pharr, 7-9pm, doors open at 6:15 p.m., snack bar open.

Wednesday, March 30Biscuits and Gravy - Bentsen Grove

Resort, Mission, 7-8:30am.Pancakes - Palmera Heights Park,

La Feria, 7:30-9am, all you can eat pancakes, 2 sausage patties, apple-sauce, coffee, $3pp, B.Y.O.T.S.

Blue Grass Jams - Bentsen Palm RV Park, Mission, 9-11am, good free mu-sic, dancing allowed, coffee & home-made goodies.

Weight Watchers Meeting - Palm Shadows RV/MH Park, Donna, 11:30am-1pm.

Music Jam - Paradise Park, Pharr, 12:30-3pm, lunch served starting at 11:30am.

Jam - Eastgate RV & MH Park, Har-lingen, 1-3pm.

Happy Hour - Country Sunshine, Weslaco, 3-4:30pm, Diego.

Happy Hour Dance - Southern Comfort Resort, Weslaco, 3-4:30pm, dance to the oldies, country, etc., pass the hat.

Hamburger Night - Pleasant Val-ley Resort, Mission, 5pm, hamburger, chicken sandwich, 1/4lb hot dog in-cluding chips, drink and dessert for $5, Karaoke follows.

Country Jam - Circle T RV Park, Mission, 6-8pm, refreshments served during break time.

Karaoke - Paradise Park, Pharr, 7-9pm, snack bar open.

Thursday, March 31

Bible Study - Tropic Winds MH & RV Resort, Harlingen, 10-11am.

Lunch - Bentsen Grove Resort, Mis-sion, 11am-12:30pm, burgers & more.

Country Jam & Western Jam - Bent-sen Grove Resort, Mission, 12:30-3pm.

Jam - Val Verde RV Park, Donna, 1-3pm.

Big Band Jam - Dream Valley Ranch, Mission, 1pm, cookies and cof-fee available.

Jam Sessions - Dixieland Retire-ment Community MH and RV Park, Harlingen, 1-3pm, snacks & coffee at intermission, donations accepted.

Pancake Dinner - Lemon Tree RV Inn, Mission, 4:30-6pm, BYOTS.

Jam - Restful Valley Ranch, Mis-sion, 5:30pm, food served at 4pm.

Bingo - Enchanted Valley Ranch, Mission, 7:30pm.

Friday, April 1Summer Jam - Casa del Sol, Don-

na, Noon-3:30pm, summer jam starts from April 1st thru October, refresh-ments will be served.

Dance - Texas Trails RV Resort, Pharr, 7-10pm, Sweetwater, $5pp, concessions available.

Saturday, April 2Dance - Enchanted Valley Ranch,

Mission, 7-10pm, Sipe & The Country Playboys, BYOB and snacks, water and soda for sale, ice provided.

Dance - Snow to Sun Park, Wesla-co, 7-10pm, Ron & Nancy, $5pp,

BYOB, free ice.Sunday, April 3

Church Worship Service - Siesta Retirement Village Park, Weslaco, 9am, non-denominational, Pastor Ralph Hunt, all are welcome, for in-formation call 956-532-8707.

Church Service - Paradise Park, Pharr, 10-11am.

Country Jam Sessions - Sleepy Val-ley Ranch Resort, Mission, 6-8pm.

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Friday, April 8 7:00 PM La Joya High School Coyote Theatre presents “James and The Giant Peach” Saturday, April 9 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM La Joya High School Coyote Theatre presents “James and The Giant Peach”Thursday April 14 6:00 PM La Joya HS Jewelettes Spring ShowcaseThursday, April 21 6:00 PM De Zavala MS & Chavez MS Theatre Showcase Tuesday, April 26 6:00 PM De Zavala MS Fine Arts ShowcaseThursday, April 27 6:00 PM Juarez Lincoln HS Theatre present OAPThursday, April 28 6:00 PM Baccalaureate CeremonyFriday, April 29 6:00 PM La Joya HS Theatre present OAP

MAYMonday, May 2 6:00 PM La Joya High Spring Choir Concert Tuesday, May 3 6:00 PM La Joya High School Spring Orchestra Concert Thursday, May 5 6:00 PM La Joya High School Spring Classical Guitar ConcertFriday, May 6 7:00 PM LJISD Annual Mother’s Day Mariachi Concert Saturday, May 7 TBD Region 15 Middle School Choir Clinic & ConcertFriday, May 13 5:30 PM Palmview High School Theatre & Choir End of Year ShowcaseSaturday, May 14 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM Palmview High School Theatre & Choir End of Year ShowcaseSunday, May 15 2:00 PM Palmview High School Theatre & Choir End of Year ShowcaseMonday, May 16 7:00 PM Palmview HS Choir ConcertTuesday, May 17 7:00 PM Juarez-Lincoln HS Band ConcertWednesday, May 18 7:00PM Palmview HS Band ConcertThursday, May 19 7:00 PM La Joya High School Band ConcertFriday, May 20 TBD JFK Elementary End of Year Celebration

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Jan Bergman, new Exalted Queen of the Rio Grande Valley Red Hat Society, announced the annual Festival of Tables will be held Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. J.C. Harrisson will provide the entertain-ment. The event will be held at the No-mad Shrine Club in Pharr. Doors open 11 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon with entertainment provided at 1 p.m.

Ladies who would like to sponsor ta-bles with special décor should contact Bergman at [email protected]. Tickets will need to be paid by November so plans can be finalized. Queens should contact members who do not come to the Valley until later so they can make their reservations.

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 the Daz-zling Dolphins will have their annual beach party at the Schlitterbahn on South Padre Island. She reminded the ladies the 2017 theme is Mexican Fiesta so ladies could start planning their costumes for the event.


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LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLLOne of the things we love about our job at the Winter Texan Times is seeing all the fun times Winter Texans have while in the Rio Grande Valley. With Red Hat activities, Texas Citrus Fiesta parade, golf, and jams. Winter Texans have lots of reasons to get out and have a good time.


60,000 omelets and still flippin’Dave Roundtree is back at Victoria Palms for his

seventh season of flipping omelets filled with tomatoes, black olives, ham, bacon, jalapenos, spinach, mush-rooms, green peppers and onions as the customers re-quest. And, of course, topped before folding with lots of cheddar cheese. Just watching the show as he flips the omelets can be fun. Just don’t go away thinking his movements can easily be repeated at home. After prepar-ing 60,000 omelets, Dave has had lots of practice, and he has it down to a science. Perfection!

While Dave’s omelets are a big draw for customers who come not only from Victoria Palms, but also from parks in the surrounding area for breakfast, there are a number of other items on their Sunday buffet that at-tract visitors. Large waffles are made upon request and can be topped with strawberry or pineapple topping and whipped cream. Or they can be topped with both, half and half. Syrup is also available.

They also offer a full breakfast bar with your choice of scrambled eggs -- plain or with bacon, ham or sau-sage. There are hash browns or diced potatoes, ham, ba-con, sausage patties, corned beef hash, fried pork rinds in salsa, and eggs benedict. Look for oatmeal with all kinds of accompaniments, toast, biscuits, sausage gravy

and a full fruit bar with grapes, watermelon, cantaloupe, peaches, grapefruit, oranges and yogurt.

All of these items are available for $10.49 for the breakfast buffet. Chef Mark Arevelo said customers who want something special on the Sunday buffet such as silver dollar pancakes or a baked egg casserole can call one day in advance and request the special items. Victoria Palms is open for breakfast Sunday, and Tues-day through Friday.

Dinner buffets include burgers on Tuesdays, meatloaf or liver and onions on Wednesdays, create-your-own-pasta on Thursdays, and a fish fry on Fridays.

The dining room was filled with Winter Texans who were enjoying breakfast. Jan Brom of Magnolia Park said she came on Sundays for the wonderful omelets that were so reasonably priced.

Daily lunch specials are $6.49.Phyllis Smithson of Iowa and Alamo Rec-Veh said,

“I love the waffles. They are so good with strawberry topping!”

When asked what his favorite thing about the Victoria Palms Sunday buffet was, Joe Stinchfield of Wisconsin answered, “ I like the whole (darn) thing! Everything is good!”

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ceremony. And boy, was the response great. We ended up retiring about 97 flags this year.”

He was pleased with the success of the actual ceremony, and surprised with the number of people in atten-dance.

“I never thought we’d have this turnout,” Davidson said. “I mean, I think there was 300 people here. Last year, there were about three-quar-ters as many people. So it was still a good turnout, but even more came this year.”

After realizing how many people were willing to participate and attend, Davidson decided to put on a flag re-tirement ceremony for all the worn, older flags, and do it properly. The organization for the event took four months.

“After you scout it out, and you see all the work there was to it, you have to get so much stuff done,” Davidson said. “You have to call the Fire Mar-shall and the police and everything. But we did got it all done, and it just gets bigger and better.”

Davidson had been collecting flags to be retired all year, and also orga-nized getting new flags to be put up around the W & I Resort.

“We’ve got almost 200 new flags in

the park,” Davidson said, “but the or-ganization of the ceremony didn’t get intense until about Feb. 1.”

During this year’s flag retirement ceremony, a few additions were made to further praise both the WWII and other veterans present. The Bicycle Club included Boy Scout Troop 83 from Mission in the ceremony.

The boys were introduced to the four World War II veterans, and rec-reated the famous Iwo Jima flag pose with a flag, famously photographed in 1945. The troop stood in a circle around the barrel as the flags were being lowered into the flames, saluting each time a new flag was retired.

“I used to be a Cub Master when my boys were young,” Davidson said. “So I just went to their center and approached them. And they did good; they did a won-derful job.”

The post-ceremony surprise quilt giv-ing was also a new addition this year. The W & I Quilters, a group of women who get together and quilt unique things every year at the park, got together and made this one of their projects this year. Sandi Carstensen, a 74-year-old member of the club, headed up this project.

“I was actually the chairman of the National Committee for Quilters for eight years,” Carstensen said, “and we had done a project similar to this where we would send quilts to troops overseas in Iraq and

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Afghanistan.”The Quilters decided to surprise

the WWII veterans being honored this year, and made each of them a quilt to thank them for their years of service. The project meant a lot to Carstensen.

“I come from a military family,” Carstensen said. “My daughter, my son-in-law are in the military, my hus-band was, by brothers, my father. So many members of my family served in some way. It’s been an honor to do this. I love doing this. I will continue as long as I can take a breath.”

After the closing prayer during the flag retirement ceremony, Barbara Davidson, who helped Garry a great amount in organizing everything, made an announcement that there would be cake and punch in the club-house immediately after, and a few surprises.

Once there, the WWII veterans and their wives were seated once again in the front. They were not told about the gifts they were receiving. Each quilt was held up for the room to see, and wrapped around each vet by the wom-an who made it.

“You never forget,” said Bob Schuab, who spent most of his time on the USS Boxer (CV-21), an aircraft carrier, in 1944. “You never forget if

you’ve served or done things at that time. Thank you.”

All of the veterans expressed their thanks to the quilters, and told the group stories about their time in the military during WWII.

“What a wonderful thing they’ve done for us,” said Barnie Mossburg. “And everybody. My father served in World War I, I was in II. I had a broth-er in II as well, and my uncles. All in the Navy.”

Mossburg went on to further thank not only the quilters, but the bicycle club and the W & I Resort as a whole.

“You know, this is a wonderful place. All you have to be is a little old,” Mossburg said. “I’m just getting into that bracket, I’ll be 95 next year. How much more happier could you be?”

The people in attendance, WWII and other veterans alike, commented on the success of the event and the new dynamics that were included.

“Memories come back during the ceremony,” Davidson said. “A lot of hardships, and a lot of fun. This is for America. I’m thinking about involv-ing other parks next year, so more people can join in. This is patriotism, to honor the troops, and get the flags out there.”


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The event will offer some of the best in McAllen’s Cuisine, enticing attendees with a variety of delicacies from their menu entrées such as prime rib, pasta, su-shi, international cuisine and more.

Taste McAllen will be hosted on

Thursday, March 31, from 6 to 9 p.m. Over 1000 people are expected to attend.

The event will also feature a chef’s cooking pit where members of the RGV Texas Chef’s Association will perform a live cooking demonstration for sampling.

Pre-sale tickets may be purchased for $25 at the McAllen Chamber of Com-merce, located at the 1200 Ash Avenue. Tickets at the door will be $35.

For information about Taste McAllen contact the McAllen Chamber of Com-merce at (956) 682-2871.


Amish quilts at Texas Quilt MuseumFor those quilters heading home in an

eastward direction at the end of March, La Grange, Texas, located a bit north of Houston is the home of the Texas Quilt Museum. Beginning March 31, they will have an exhibition of Amish quilts on dis-play from the Darwin D. Bearley collec-tion.

The collection features antique Amish quilts created between 1884 and 1940 by Amish quilt makers located in Ohio. The Amish use bold colors, geometric shapes and simple designs that have appealed to quilters for centuries. Ohio Amish quilts are known for scintillating surfaces that incorporate many small pieces of fabric. They often embrace asymmetry in their compositions.

“Examples of these quilts include the Nine Patch, the Double Irish Chain, Log Cabin, Railroad Crossing, Ocean Waves and Star patterns,” states museum curator Dr. Sandra Sider.

“The Darwin D. Bearley collection is by far the most impressive single col-lection of these jewels of American art,” stated Dr. Sider. The exhibit of 24 quilts is located in gallery I.

Galleries II and III showcase 22 works from the “Amazing Applique from 500 Traditional Quilt Books. This is an all new collection never before shown at the museum,” added Sider.

The Texas Quilt Museum is located at 140 W. Colorado Street in La Grange.

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Winter Texans traveling home through San Marcos may want to make plans to at-tend the Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos’s Spring shindig on April 23 at 6 p.m. at the Texas White House in the Oak Grove at the LBJ National His-toric Park in Stonewall Texas. Luci John-son and Lynda Johnson Robb will be hon-orary chairs of the event and will establish the Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson Endowment for the Museum.

There will be performances by Michael

Martin Murphy, with Ryan Scott Travis, who will open for Murphy. Jan Seides and others from the Texas entertainment scene will participate.

The event will feature Ken Black’s delicious Texas barbecue, wine and beer tasting from Hill Country vineyards, and unique auction items. For more informa-tion, call (512) 353-3300. The museum is free and open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


On February 25, the 6th Annual Hands Across the Border dinner/dance took place at the Victoria Palms Ballroom.

This event is coordinated and orga-nized by Canadian Winter Victoria Palms residents who volunteer their time. After dinner, the guests are anxious to get on the dance floor and enjoy the music by Renais-sance Rockers. They truly did not disap-point anyone. Their wide range of music appeals to all.

Each year, the committee reaches out to the merchants in the Valley for contribu-tions to be used as door prizes and silent auction packages. Some merchants pre-fer to give a cash donation. All proceeds from the silent auctions, 50/50, a Heads & Tails game, together with any donations re-ceived, go to the Boys & Girls Club to help the youth in Weslaco/Donna area.

Due to the success of the evening, a do-nation of $4,600 was made to Mary Lopes and her assistant, Ashley, of the Boys & Girls Club on Thursday, March 10. The organizing committee is very grateful and extremely thankful of all the Valley mer-chants and resort individuals who gener-ously support this event each year.

A member of the Boys & Girls Club at-tends to speak to the guests of their partici-pation at the club. This year, a presentation was made by Megan Fuentes, a 10-year-old, fifth grader at Memorial Elementary. She has been attending the after-school and summer program since she was 5 years old. Megan is a straight-A student, and loves to volunteer by helping other kids with their homework during power hour. She has also created an art program at the club in which she helps members draw.

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Palm Resaca Spring TeaOn Feb. 12 the ladies of Palm Resaca in Brownsville held a “Spring Tea” and style show for ladies in the RIo Grande Valley. While the ladies enjoyed their luncheon, a fashion show with clothes from the Dress Barn in Brownsville were modeled. Everyone enjoyed the event that was organized by June Hoffman and Carole Mar-chetti and made a success by the volunteers who helped with everything.


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had that right. Craig told me that if I did not believe him I could come to Alamo Rec-Veh and see it because he brought it to Texas to show off. He said Belle was tied to the back of his trailer so the folks in South Texas could see what a hump-backed mule looked like. Somehow I did not buy his tall tale but I bet he won the Liars Club award the day he told that one.

Heading toward the exhibit hall we enjoyed walking the aisles and looking at the items on display. Just inside the door, Tom and Ross Curtsinger of Kentucky and Lorna and Grant McLean of Canada were watching the artist draw pictures of

the people seated in front of him. When I asked what their favorite part of the live-stock show was so far, Tom said it was watching the blacksmith in the antique farm equipment barn.

There were lots of boots and hats and western couture available with a big vari-ety of other items available for purchase. Food was available in the back of the room. That’s where I spotted first time visitor Scott Bailey from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He caught my eye because he was wearing a bright red t-shirt that pro-claimed him to be a member of the “Eh Team,” so I knew he had to be Canadian.

On another aisle I met Wayne and Charon Lotz, Winter Texans who were volunteering to give away crosses and re-

ligious materials provided by the Luther-an Churches of the Rio Grande Valley.

We also met a Curtis Rodriguez, a young man showing off his pet, a sugar glider, named Rodeo. The animal ran around his arm and around the neck of a man he put it on. Jaydon, 3, found him fascinating.

Outside, a large crowd had gathered for the chainsaw woodcarving show. There I met Daniel and Denise Descruisseaux of Quebec and Jerry and Belinda Cross of Michigan. All four were first time visitors to the show.

Their favorite part of the show was going down the aisles of the animal barns and seeing the animals. One of the men’s grandfather had been a farmer, so

it brought back memories of his grandfa-ther’s farm. They also enjoyed looking at the 4-H and FFA youth projects.

I asked Belinda if she had enjoyed the group CrossStrung, since she was wear-ing their shirt. She said she had enjoyed the group but especially liked the shirt since their last name was Cross. Jerry was wearing a shirt with Tibet on it so I asked him if he had been to Tibet. He said they had traveled to the base camp for climb-ing Mount Everest.

Wednesday was Winter Texan day at the RGVLS and seniors could get in for half price. It appeared many Winter Tex-ans were taking advantage of the lower cost and enjoying the sights of the live-stock show.


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Bit O’ Heaven has Mardi Gras costume danceOn Tuesday, Feb. 9, residents of

Bit O’ Heaven RV Park in Donna cel-ebrated Fat Tuesday with a costumed dance. Many residents were dressed up in costumes, from traditional Mar-di Gras clown or jester costumes to other colorful characters.

There were costumes from the Colonial era, leprechauns, kings and

queens, waitresses serving drinks, and ladies looking like genies just released from their bottles, and oth-er colorful garb. Many residents had fancy masks or colorful bow ties or other items that go with Mardi Gras celebrations. Gold, green and purple beads were passed out to party partic-ipants.

Benola Robinson, one of the host-esses for the event, said she was en-couraging people to come out in cos-tume for the dance. “Over the past few years, more and more people are getting into the spirit of things and dressing up in costumes. It gets bet-ter each year,” she added. Benola and her husband Jerry were dressed in tra-ditional gold and purple Mardi Gras costumes complete with masks.

Kathy Olivarez of the Winter Texan Times and Fran Adams of Welcome Home RGV were invited to be judges

of the best costumes. After viewing the costumes on parade the two judg-es decided the best costumes were of a couple dressed as devils. Don and Paulette Kraichy of West St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada took the honors.

Marvin Van Keulen of Mineral, Il-linois, won Most Ridiculous Costume in his purple tutu.

The Best Single Costume went to “almost” 85-year-old Bonnie Cad-walader of Bushnell, Illinois who wore a jester suit and hat.

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