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You might even find This September, will host ourPhoto courtesy of Don and Cheryl Matthews yourself aSeptember, recipientwewe of Thisnot September, wecupid’s willhost host our This will our This September, we will host our second, so annual (thanks to the arrow this year…when you second, not soannual annual (thanks the second, not so (thanks to second, not so annual (thanks totothe the pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion least expect it.Winter pandemic), Winter Texan Texan Reunion Reunion pandemic), pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion Tour, so so we’d also like totoinvite you Tour, soone we’d also like toinvite invite you Tour, we’d also like you Tour, so we’d also like to invite you thing Istops. know. toThere’s join us at one of our Stay joinus usat oneValley ourstops. stops. Stay Stay to join of totoRio join us atatone one ofofour our stops. Stay The Grande loves tuned as as wewe announce our travel tuned as we announce our travel tuned announce our travel tuned as we announce our travel our Winter Texan community, by Ric Cavazos plans. Special totoWelcome Welcome Home RGV plans. plans. plans. and I hope you’ll consider Specialto WelcomeHome HomeRGV RGV Special Special to Welcome Home RGV heryl Matthews was just on the other side of 20 on about her brother’s age, but Cheryl wasn’t this issue of Welcome Home It has been a real pleasure to serve tttwhen like only yesterday we dissuaded from meeting him. and had recently ended an engagementII a like has beenmy real pleasureto serve It been aaareal pleasure to ItIthas has been real pleasure totoserve serve tseems seems like onlyyesterday yesterday we seems only we seems like only yesterday we Winter Texan valentine youyou this year. WeWe will work throughout “If I go out with him, it doesn’t mean I’m going you this year. We will work throughout this year. will work throughout workplace girlfriend got a call from her brother. you this year. We will work throughout were celebrating the long-awaited werecelebrating celebratingthe thelong-awaited long-awaited were each and every one ofonyou. were celebrating the long-awaited thethe summer months allall ofof our the summer months on on all our“I can’t talk right now,’’ Matthews return summer months our the summer months on all ofof our to marry him,” she recalled saying. recalls her of so many of our friends. ~We're just connecting the dots.will •will returnof ofso somany manyof ofour ourfriends. friends. return return of so many of our friends. programming soso next season bebe programming sonext next season will be programming season will programming so next season be Cheryl would do just that, as it turned out, after friend saying on the phone. ``I have aNow, girlfriend here we are bidding you Now, here we are bidding you Now, here we are bidding even better than this one! Now, here we are bidding you evenbetter betterthan thanthis thisone! one! even even better than this one! a courtship thatyou didn’t make it to even a year. from work here with me.’’ farewell and safe travels. All of aware of a health issue that farewell and safe safe travels. All of and All farewell and safe travels. All of Dontravels. made Cheryl Don Matthews was recently divorced, so he Safe travels, Y’all! • ••• Safe travels, Y’all! us Welcome Home RGV look Safe travels, Y’all! Safe travels, Y’all! us at at Welcome Welcome Home RGV us at Home RGV look wasHome in itsRGV earlylook stages and likely to worsen. He asked, “Is your friend single?” forward your return. Plans are working in the auto plants forward to your return. Plans to your return. Plans are forward to return. Plans are was a draftsman, So began a romance that initially seemed We’re just connecting the dots, We’rejust justconnecting connectingthe thedots, dots, We’re We’re just connecting the dots, of Michigan, and unlikely, given a nearly 17-year age gap between FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON FAREWELLWINTER WINTERTEXAN TEXANSEASON SEASONwas beginning to experience FAREWELL FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON neuromuscular Don and Cheryl. Her friend was upfront early CONTINUED CONTINUED ON PAGE >> CONTINUEDON ONPAGE PAGE4issues. CONTINUED ON PAGE 444>> >>
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