FORE! GOLFING IN THE RGV!
This week features one of the best-kept golf courses with Brownsville Golf Center!
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Check out this week’s listings of what’s happening in the RGV!
RECIPE CONNECTION!
Executive Chef Bettina Tolin shares a light and healthy exciting dish!
Welcome Home See details on page 10.
See calendar on page 17.
VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 14 • January 25, 2017
Try her recipe on page 37.
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WINTER TEXAN
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am still on cloud nine after the amazing turnout we had at the 24th Annual Winter Texan Expo. Thank you for coming to our party! We work year-round planning, strategizing, and fine-tuning everything we do. I am incredibly humbled by the outpouring of support from all of you! Planning has already begun for next year when we’ll celebrate the Expo’s 25th anniversary!!! And that’s not the only big celebration you can expect during the 20172018 season because Welcome Home RGV will be celebrating another anniversary---our 10-yearsin-business anniversary!! Right from the beginning, I had a vision of what I wanted Welcome Home RGV to be. I’m happy to report it is just as I imagined... and so much more! It’s all thanks to the unwavering support of my family, friends, staff, volunteers and faithful followers!
Hottest Eight Seconds of the Year is back…and it’s bigger and better than ever!! The National Professional Bull Riders bring some of the nation’s top bull riders to town for a two-day event January 28 and 29 at the Payne Auto Group Arena at the RGV Livestock Show Complex in Mercedes. Top cowboys will compete for an average of $14,000 in money and prizes. This includes a chance to win one of three $600 Monsoon Silver Champion trophy buckles and a sack full of money. The NPBR is one of the premier bull riding tours in the country and has been entertaining crowds since established in 2000. The four-footed beasts cowboys will be trying to score points on will be top bucking bulls that are the upand-coming stars of professional bull riding. Many of the bulls that have performed in the Mercedes NPBR in the past have been featured bucking bulls on television. This is your chance to be up close and personal with the bulls and the bull riders. You will experience the thrills and spills of each one and be able to cheer on your favorite contestant. Afterward, join the NPBR Bull Riders for the “After Party”
Saturday night at Mustang Lounge! Returning this year is the South Texas Bull Fight Challenge. This will be the first stop on the South Texas Bull Fight Challenge Tour. Five top bull fighters will be competing against each other, not only for money in their pockets but also for a chance to perform in the finals held in September. In a freestyle bull fight, the bull fighter goes one-on-one against a Mexican fighting bull for 70 seconds. The bull fighter is judged on his willingness to expose himself to risk and on his aggressiveness. Chase
White, tour champion, will be there defending his current title. You won’t want to miss this action for sure! Pro Rodeo Clown and Barrelman Rockin’ Robbie Hodges of Cave Spring, Georgia, will be showing off his comedy routine from inside the “clown barrel” at each performance. Robbie has established himself as one of the hottest barrelmen and funny-guy personalities in the world of professional rodeo. Robbie always promotes positive, non-violent, HOTTEST EIGHT SECONDS CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 >>
So many exciting things are happening, and we are excited that you are a part of it. The fun has just begun!! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
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