It’s Fiesta Season! THROUGH ERYN’S LENS!
Capturing some bull-riding action at the RGV Livestock Showgrounds! See photos on page 11.
• • • February 6, 2019 UPCOMING VALLEY EVENTS! www.welcomehomergv.com BON APPETIT! Check out this week’s listings of what’s happening in the RGV! See calendar starting on page 26.
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Executive Chef Bettina Tolin shares an easy, stress-free soup dinner recipe! Try this recipe on page 43.
VOLUME 4 • ISSUE 16 • February 6, 2019 • • • your official connection to the rio grande valley • • •
hello FROM KRISTI
By the time you’re
reading this, I’ll be on my third annual cruise with...well...five busloads of Winter Texans! We rode buses to Galveston before sailing away to Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. I’ve been blown away by the response this year, which beat all records! I’m beyond thrilled and looking forward to coming home with a whole lot of new friends. There is no other way to travel than with a group, especially one that shares the same sense of adventure and zest for life as I do. When you travel in a group, you might start out with a few friends, but by the time you return, you realize you’ve established bonds with others that could, in fact, last a lifetime. It’s the camaraderie that makes it the most fun, as building new relationships--and fostering the ones we already have--is what makes life so interesting and so joyful. You never know what direction those connections will take you. We’re already planning our 2020 cruise, and I’d like to invite you all to join us! You can request more information on our website, welcomehomergv.com/2020cruise, or by calling our office at 956-6875115. We guarantee a great time, and we’ll get with you as soon as we get back to the office! Come sail away with me... • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
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he 2019 St. Baldrick’s headshaving event and raffle will be held Saturday, February 16, at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance, located at 118 Paseo Del Prado. Music and the raffle will begin at 1:00 p.m. Head shaving starts at 2:00 p.m. This head-shaving event helps fund research into cures and improved treatments for childhood cancer. Over $270,000 has been raised in the ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 >>