REUNIONS & MEETINGS!
Meet up and mingle across the Rio Grande Valley!
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Check out this week’s listings of what’s happening in the RGV!
www.welcomehomergv.com • • • March 7, 2018 1 RECIPE CONNECTION! Executive Chef Bettina Tolin shares a simple but elegant Marcello’s dish!
Welcome Home See upcoming dates on page 21.
VOLUME 3 • ISSUE 20 • March 7, 2018
See calendar starting on page 25.
Try this recipe on page 41.
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WINTER TEXAN
• • • your official connection to the rio grande valley • • •
As we wind down, and the season
comes to a close, I have had a few spare moments to reflect on all we’ve done over the past six months (and 10 years!). It’s mind boggling to think of all we do at Welcome Home RGV, but we do it with a whole lot of help. We have a great team, that’s for sure, and boy do they make my life easy! Each season brings with it new ideas, which means more work for all of us. My team has a ‘bring-it-on’ attitude, and they very rarely complain. I also have a team of volunteers, and we’d be in big trouble without them! From manning booths at trade shows to helping with mail-outs to helping out in the office, our volunteers are invaluable. They give us so much, always with a smile on their face. I’d also like to take a minute to thank all of our columnists and everyone who has submitted a story this season. Our columnists write from the heart, and I know you’ve enjoyed their stories because of all the wonderful feedback we’ve received over the last few months! This is truly YOUR newspaper, so to all of you who have submitted stories, I thank you. As we get ready to say our goodbyes, I hope you’re already making reservations for the fall so you can see all of the new ideas we plan to put into action by the time you make your return! Thank you again for all you do! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
10 South Texas Resort
Communities Olympic-Ready
with the Encore Games
Special to Welcome Home RGV
As
the 2018 Winter Olympics kicked off, South Texas’ Encore Games were already in full swing. Nearly 700 residents across 10 different Encore RV Resort locations had already been competing in various community games. The three weeks of events culminated in a dance/social, medal presentation, and dinner ceremony February 28. The Encore Games feature competition categories for men and women as they seek championships in events such as pickleball, bocce ball, swimming, horseshoes, slow bike, table tennis, shuffleboard, and darts. This is followed by select card games, featuring euchre, bridge, cribbage, pinochle, 10 Point Pitch and Texas Hold ‘Em. Now in its ninth year, the annual event is always an exciting time for residents. “Our manufactured home and RV resorts offer residents a variety of amenities, each highlighting their own events and activities,” said
Bill Englert, games coordinator for Encore RV Resorts in South Texas. “but the Encore Games bring all of our South Texas communities together. With it being an Olympic year, it makes for a little more topical competition, but every year our residents just love that the communities unite for a fun, friendly competition.” The 10 communities that participated span from Alamo to Harlingen: Alamo Palms, Country Sunshine, Fun-N-Sun Resort, Lakewood Resort, Paradise Park RV, Paradise South RV, Southern Comfort, Sunshine RV, Tropic Winds RV, and Victoria Palms. •
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR 2017-2018 SEASON SPONSORS