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The from home. funkeeps keeps coming;fun wekeep keep dancing, fun we dancing, dining, and coming; having all summer fun keeps coming; we keep dancing, It’s noand secret thathaving word oftomouth is the dining, and having fun all all summer dining, and fun summer dining, and having fun all summer long, we’d love have you join number-one reason retirees choose South long,and and we’d love have youjoin join we’d love to you long, and we’d love totohave have you join us.long, Texasus. as their retirement destination. We us. us. count on allfeel of you spreadgo, theI’d word If you youtomust like to Ifyou you feel you must go, I’d liketo you feel you go, I’d like If you feel you must go, I’d like toto about our sunshine, affordable cost ofword inviteIf to help usmust spread the invite youto help us spread theyou word invite you help us spread word invite you toto help us spread the word living, andSouth proximity to the beach andthe to about Texas to everyone about South Texas to everyone you about Texas everyone you about South Texas to everyone you meet along the way and those you see Mexico. WhoSouth wouldn’t love itto down here? meet along the way and those youto see meet along the and those see meet along the way and those you see every day back home. Invite them We have RV resorts inway every shape andyou every day back home. Invite them every day back home. Invite them to every day back home. Invite them toto join you next season! We would love size and with all of the amenities needed joinyou you next season! We would love next We would love join you next season! We would love to join have them join The (for those who like toseason! beus. on the go)more and the havethem themjoin joinus. us.The Themore morethe the to have toto join us. The merrier! with nohave frills them (for those who prefermore a the merrier! merrier! merrier! quieter home base). In addition to all of This September, we will host our these benefits, here in South Texas, we Thisnot September, we willhost host our This September, will our This September, we will host our second, so annualwe (thanks to the have countless community events; live second,not not soannual annual (thanks the second, so (thanks to second, not so annual (thanks totothe the pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion entertainment; places to shop, eat, and pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion Story by Eryn Reddell Wingert pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion Tour, so and we’d also like tobusiness invite you volunteer; the friendliest Tour, sowe’d we’d also like invite you Tour, so also like to you Tour, so we’d also like totoinvite invite you Photos courtesy of “Fun N Sun Shuffleboards” Facebook group page to to join usresidents. at oneone of of ourour stops. owners and join usat one our stops.Stay Stay us stops. Stay totojoin join us atatone ofofour stops. Stay tuned as we announce our travel he World Shuffleboard Championship Tournament is competition,” shares Ann. “But, it’s the people; If tuned you loveas thewe Winter Texan lifestyle tuned as we announce our travel travel announce our tuned as we announce our travel plans. Special totoWelcome Welcome Home RGV coming to San Benito, Texas! The 41st annual event plans. plans. that’s why plans. and want others to understand why, grab Special Welcome HomeRGV RGV we do it.” Special to Home Special to Welcome Home RGV will be hosted by Encore’s Fun-N-Sun RV Resort, and a few copies of this week’s issue and Fun-N-Sun was scheduled to host the 2021 It has been a real pleasure toto serve like only yesterday we has been real pleasure toserve serve It been aaareal ItIthas has been real pleasure to serve excitement is already brewing. leave them here, there, andpleasure everywhere seemslike like onlyyesterday yesterdaywe we but it was canceled due World tournament, IIttttseems seems only seems like only yesterday we youyou this year. We will work throughout you this year. Wewill willwork work throughout this year. We this year. We will work throughout were celebrating the long-awaited “We are expecting over 100 participants from 10 alongyou your journey home—and withthroughout your to the pandemic. After reapplying, the Resort were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited thethe summer months onon allall ofof our the summer months on all our summer months our the summer months on all ofof our hometown friends,so once you season arrive. different countries,” says event chair Ann Engell. return of so many of our friends. ultimately secured the 2024 event. return of so many of our friends. return of so many of our friends. return of so many of our friends. programming next will be programming sonext nextDrop season willbe beEngell winters each year at Fun-N-Sun with her programming season programming so next season will be Safe travels than to allso of you! us awill Now, here we are bidding you The Tournament has been hosted in countries Now, here we are bidding you Now, here we are bidding you even better this one! Now, here we are bidding you evenbetter better than this one! how than this even better than this one! noteeven along the way to let usone! know husband, Evan. Shuffleboard was a big draw and in the globe, farewell and safe travels. All ofincluding Australia, Canada, farewell and across safe travels. travels. All of safe All farewell and safe travels. All of you’re doing. determining where they stayed. “We us have big Brazil, theRGV U.S. and Austria. Players represent Safe travels, Y’all! • ••• Safe travels, Y’all! Welcome Home RGV look Safe travels, Y’all! Safe travels, Y’all! us at ataWelcome Welcome Home RGV Home look us at Home RGV look ~We're just connecting the dots. • shuffleboard family here in the Valley.” each of these countries, as well as Great Britain, forward your return. Plans are forwardto toyour yourreturn. return. Plans Plansare forward to return. Plans are We’re just connecting the dots, We’re just connecting the dots, We’re just connecting the dots, The couple are very active in the sport--here the Netherlands, Norway, Japan, and Germany. We’re just connecting the dots, FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON FAREWELL WINTERTEXAN TEXANSEASON SEASON WINTER FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON and at home in Ontario, Canada. “I loveFAREWELL the
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