It’s Fiesta Season! THROUGH ERYN’S LENS!
Capturing memorable moments at WHRGV’s Connection Fair 2018. See photos on page 11.
• • • November 14, 2018 UPCOMING VALLEY EVENTS!www.welcomehomergv.com BON APPETIT! Check out this week’s listings of what’s happening in the RGV!
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Executive Chef Bettina Tolin shares a dip that you will keep coming back for!
See calendar starting on page 14.
Try this recipe on page 25.
VOLUME 4 • ISSUE 5 • November 14, 2018 • • • your official connection to the rio grande valley • • •
hello FROM KRISTI
There’s nothing
like a little friendly competition among friends. Whether it’s at the RC track, at the pickleball courts, at the card table, or on the golf course, you’re never at a loss for games here in South Texas. RC car racing is a sport that has made its way to RV parks in South Texas. As you’ll read on the pages that follow, the RC bug has hit San Benito, but Fun-N-Sun is certainly not alone when it comes to RC fanatics. I got a tour of the tracks at Alamo Palms and Bit-OHeaven not too long ago, and it made me want to go “play,” too! No matter what your game is, I’ll wager that there’s enough of you to put a team together and put on a friendly match. If you’re into golf, join us November 29 for our very first Winter Texan Golf Tournament at Tierra Santa in Weslaco. We’ll have plenty of prizes, food, fun, and door prizes for those who aren’t so lucky on the course. It’s a four-person scramble, and we’re willing to wager that you’ll have a great time! To sign up, call our office at 956-687-5115 or visit our website at welcomehomergv.com. FORE! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
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Bob Ross, center, reacts while racing a radio-controlled car around a dirt track with John Peacock, left, and Lesta Theone at the Zoomers RC Car Club facility at Fun-N-Sun RV Resort Friday, November 2, in San Benito. The club holds friendly races in the fall and a competitive league from January to mid-March. // photo by Nathan Lambrecht
Story and Photos by Nathan Lambrecht
Going off track doesn’t matter for RC racers
An RC car flies over a jump during friendly night racing at the Zoomers RC Car Club track. The track is composed on an oval or winding technical course, depending on the race.
It’s Friday evening and the light is
getting dim in the sky over Fun-N-Sun RV Resort in San Benito. Standing on a wooden deck, 11 people line up shoulder-to-shoulder as a computer’s voice starts a countdown over a loudspeaker. 5-4-3-2-1, followed by a loud beep. At that moment, high-pitched squeals of nearly a dozen small motors pierce the evening air as four-inch tires peel away dirt from the Zoomers RC Car Club track. The Zoomers is a radio-controlled car club that has operated and maintained a 100-by-60-foot dirt track at the RV resort for the past four years.
ZOOMERS RC CAR CLUB CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 >>