FORE! GOLFING IN THE RGV!
This week features La Floresta RV Park & Golf Course in Mercedes.
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Check out this week’s listings of what’s happening in the RGV!
www.welcomehomergv.com • • February 7, 2018 RECIPE •CONNECTION! Executive Chef Bettina Tolin shares a coffee cake recipe all will love!
Welcome Home See details on page 10.
See calendar starting on page 29.
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Try this recipe on page 45.
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WINTER TEXAN
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SAVE THE DATE By the time this newspaper hits
your RV park, I’ll be far, far away sail-ebrating on the 2nd annual ‘Cruise with Kristi’. As a matter of fact, I’ll probably more than likely be snorkeling with stingrays in Grand Cayman. It’s a tough job, I know – but somebody has to do it! This year, we have 172 Winter Texans who have signed up to go with us. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around that – that so many people want to celebrate with us. I’m beyond thrilled with the response and we look forward to doing it all over again next year.
Clogover Vine! Cowboy! Stomp Double! Special to Welcome Home RGV
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RGV annually hosts an afternoon clogging festival, aptly named Clog-in-Fest Fun Dance, which is open to all cloggers. This year’s event was held January 23 and was hosted by the Texas Country Cloggers at Bentsen Grove in Mission. Clogging steps are cued by the instructors, and the dancers execute
them with style and flare. Outhouse! Clogover Vine! Stomp Double! Walk the Dog! Cues are given in time for the dancers to complete the current step in anticipation of the next one. The dancers have a great sense of rhythm and timing. Their shoes have metal double-taps on the heels and CLOGGING FUN AT BENTSEN GROVE RESORT CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 >>
Traveling with a group of this size is something I’ve never done before but I’m a new believer in the benefits in group travel. It’s so fun to meet new people, share the experience yet still have the opportunity to disappear if the urge to do so grabs you! We have a lot of things in the works at Welcome Home RGV, and we hope you’ll join us on one of our many outings scheduled for the coming year. Interested? Call our office at 956-687-5115 and learn more about how you can ‘get away’ with us! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
La Floresta Chili Cook-Off Winners (l to r): Don Skinner, 3rd place, Roger Else, 2nd place, and Sharon Wilson, 1st place.
La Floresta RV Park Hosts First Chili Cook-Off Special to Welcome Home RGV
Residents of La Floresta RV Park
1st Place: Sharon Wilson in Mercedes recently hosted their 2nd Place: Roger Else first Chili Cook-Off. Twelve Winter 3rd Place: Don Skinner Texans competed in the event, After the cook-off…..there was providing a wide variety of thickness Karaoke! What a fun-filled day! • and flavors. LA FLORESTA CHILI COOK-OFF PICS ON PAGE 13 >>
Meet the Welcome Home Winter Texan Columnists February 8 in McAllen Special to Welcome Home RGV
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read their columns in the weekly issues of this publication. Now meet them in person! Thursday, February 8, is Meet the Columnists Night at Tony Roma’s in McAllen. The following columnists will be there: • Randy Hoelscher, The Border Cook • Jess Merrill, a Winter Texan who writes stories about residents of Snow to Sun RV Resort, many of them honored veterans who served our country • Sandy Olson, who writes “The Cool Kitchen” recipes and restaurant reviews • Bill Ward, author of “Things I Have Learned” • Some of our “Perspectives” columnists who also serve as chaplains in RV parks and resorts across the Valley: Al and Shairon Dickey, Roy and Paula Gee, Lee and Grace Tracy, and Keith and Susan White Welcome Home Winter Texan editor, Chris Ardis, will also be on hand, as will our talented graphic designer, Jenny Carpenter, who takes all of the columns and stories MEET THE COLUMNISTS FEBRUARY 8 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 >>
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