FORE! GOLFING IN THE RGV!
This week features the tough little Long Island Village Golf Course!
www.welcomehomergv.com • • December 6, 2017 RECIPE• CONNECTION! Check out this week’s listings of Executive Chef Bettina Tolin shares what’s happening in the RGV! her super yummy bar cookie recipe!
UPCOMING EVENTS!
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VOLUME 3 • ISSUE 8 • December 6, 2017
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don’t know about you, but time seems to be moving at lightning-fast speed! I look at the calendar, and it seems like November came and went in the blink of an eye. As I look forward, it seems certain that December will follow suit. Is it me or does everyone feel that way? I’ve heard that the older you get, the faster time flies. I’m not sure I can imagine it going much faster! But the good news is, even though we are busy at Welcome Home RGV, we enjoy what we do. After 10 years of being in business, we have a really good handle on our workload. So over the course of the last few years, we’ve been able to strike a better balance between work life and home life. With my daughter off in college, it’s easier to work a little later to be prepared to not work quite as much while she’s home for the holidays. It was so nice for all of us at Welcome Home RGV to take a few days off over the Thanksgiving holiday to recharge and spend some time doing the things we enjoy, aside from work. Over the next few weeks, I look forward to seeing you all out and about and hope our time together doesn’t fly quite so fast. • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
Beautiful, Larger-than-Life-Size Murals Featured on Downtown Harlingen Tours Special to Welcome Home RGV
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interested in art and history will enjoy viewing and learning about 11 beautiful, larger-than-lifesize murals along the Downtown Harlingen walking-tour route. The walking tours are free and open to the public Saturday mornings through March 24, 2018, except on the first Saturday of each month, which is Jackson Street Market Days. The Saturday tours depart at 9:00 a.m. from J&B’s Café, 204 E. Jackson in Harlingen, and last approximately 90 minutes. Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Free walking tours of Downtown Harlingen also may be scheduled
for schools, churches, RV parks, and Red Hat and reunion groups on other days of the week. Harlingen has a long mural tradition, with works from the 1940s and 50s still on public display. Among the most interesting artworks on the walking tour is the monumental History of Mexico and Mankind mural created by Raúl Esparza Sanchez of Torreón, Coahuila (Mexico) in 1975. This spectacular artwork, comprised of 905 handcrafted tiles, was commissioned by the Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles and now is displayed in Harlingen’s MURALS ON HARLINGEN TOURS CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 >>
New Knapp Family Practice Residency Clinic Seeing Patients in Mercedes Special to Welcome Home RGV
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A new family practice clinic is open in Mercedes to see patients of all ages as part of a new Knapp Medical Center / UTRGV Family Practice Residency Program for the MidValley (photo by Paul Chouy / UTRGV).
new family practice clinic in Mercedes is now open and seeing Winter Texans and Valley residents as part of a new Knapp Medical Center / UTRGV Family Practice Residency Program for the Mid-Valley. The new clinic is housed in a recently constructed, 13,800-square-foot building right off Expressway 83 at the N. Mile 2 West Rd. exit in
KNAPP FAMILY PRACTICE IN MERCEDES CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 >>
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