February 17, 2021 Winter Texan Times Vol. 34, No. 15 by Winter Texan Times

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Valley Star Awards Show

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Serving Winter Texans From Mission To South Padre Island Since 1987 Call (956) 580 - 7800 Vol. 34, No. 15 © 2021 www.wintertexantimes.com Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Valley Star Awards Show Postponed Due to the inclement weather and power outages, the Valley Star Awards have been postponed. Originally scheduled for today, the show will now be held next week, Wednesday, February 24. Event will still be held at Mission Bell RV Resort in Mission. Your tickets will

Port Isabel – Small town feel by the coast

You cannot miss Port Isabel. Especially if you are going to South Padre Island. Port Isabel is a welcoming small town with little shops, museums, piers, and a beautiful lighthouse. Lots of history sits in the little square just before the Queen Isabella Causeway. Like South Padre Island, and parts of the Rio Grande Valley, Port Isabel was inhabited by the Coahuiltecan Indians. It was not until 1710 when the first Spanish colonial settler started to fish and visit the Laguna Madre. By 1828, a village was settled in the area and Rafael Garcia was given ownership of the area – calling it Santa Ysabel.

See VSA pg. 18

Rina’s Ramblings

Oh Boy! Has it been a cold one! I can not believe what this cold has done

to the Valley, and the entire state of Texas. People are without power, running water, and more. Some people have been without power for over 30 hours (as of press time). I have friends that have been using their camp stoves to cook their family food. We are lucky enough to have a camp stove if we need it (we have been using food that is in the fridge first) and food storage. I have also been thankful that I filled up the car so we can sit in it to warm up if we need to – and charge our phones. I do hope all of you are making do with what you have and are staying as warm as you can. Many cities have opened shelters, so if you need a warm place to stay, check with See RINA’S RAMBLINGS pg. 19 INDEX Parks Calendar “On the Road” Column Events Calendar Taste of the Valley Business Guide Classifieds

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Two other villages were nearby – PoSee PORT ISABEL pg. 14

Mission Chamber Celebrates Winter Texans with a Drive-In Concert

The Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce a new take on their annual Winter Texan Fiesta, sponsored by Mission Regional Medical Center and The City of Mission. This year’s event is going to be a Drive-In concert. It’s GMCC’s way of bringing the same quality event in a safe and socially distant way. The drive-in concert will be held at the Mission Event Center parking lot, 200 N. Shary, Mission, TX, on Thursday, February 25, with two different show times. The first one is from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. with VIP admittance starting at 1 p.m. and General AdmisSee CELEBRATES pg. 17

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McAllen International CarFest: Social Distance Edition McAllen International CarFest returns to the McAllen Convention Center, 700 Convention Center Blvd., Saturday, February 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a Social Distance Edition and free admission. This year, due to COVID-19, CarFest is set to take place outdoors in the McAllen Convention Center’s Oval Park. Just like past years, guests will have the chance

to see over 100 cars, listen to live music, shop local vendors and enjoy delicious street food. Car enthusiasts will see a mix of 55 categories ranging from classic and antique, to muscle cars, hot rods, modern and concept vehicles. “We are committed to the safety of our guests, staff and our community and stay true to our mission to creating an enjoyable event experience,” said Yajaira Flores, Director,

McAllen Convention Center Facilities. “McAllen International CarFest: Social Distance Edition will require all staff and guests to wear face masks at all times, keep six feet of distance apart from one another and temperature checks are required at the entrance.” Reliant and Payne Auto Group proudly bring the McAllen International CarFest: Social Distance Edition to all area car enthusiasts.

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MOSTH presents Callandret

The Museum of South Texas His- and questions on the live feed. The tory will host the Sunday Speaker Se- presentation will also be recorded and ries Online presentation, “Callandret, posted for public access on the museThe Man, The School, The Times,” um’s website at mosthistory.org. featuring Sandra Tumberlinson and This program is made possible by Lonnie Davis at 2 p.m. on Feb. 21 on the generous support from the Carmen Facebook Live. C. Guerra Endowment. Mrs. Guerra This presentation is part of the Vir- was committed to educational causes tual Pioneer & Ranching Crafts Day in the Rio Grande Valley. This named programming, which endowment was crehighlights regional ated by her family to pioneers in educahonor her memory and tion, industry and city to continue providing founding. educational opportuTumberlinson and nities for the commuDavis from the Calnity. landret Black History About Museum of Museum in San BeniSouth Texas History to will discuss the hisThe Museum of tory and importance of South Texas History the Callandret Schoolis accredited by the house, a school estabAmerican Alliance lished in 1952. It was of Museums. It is lobuilt on land donated cated downtown Edby the Callandret faminburg at 200 North ily. Closner Boulevard on Tumberlinson is a the Hidalgo County founding member of Lonnie Davis Courthouse square. the San Benito HisFounded in 1967 as torical Society and the the Hidalgo County standing Treasurer. Historical Museum She is also a founding in the 1910 Hidalgo member of the MuseCounty Jail, the muum of San Benito. She seum has grown over has dedicated her life the decades through a to the preservation of series of expansions local history and is on to occupy a full city the Board of Directors block. In 2003, folat Callandret Black lowing the completion History Museum. of a 22,500 square Davis is a memfoot expansion, the ber of the Village museum was renamed in the Valley Black the Museum of South History and CelebraTexas History to bettions Committee and ter reflect its regional a Board Member of scope. Today, the muthe Callandret Black seum preserves and History Museum of Sandra Tumberlinson presents the borderSan Benito. His inland heritage of South volvement in the Rio Texas and NortheastGrande Valley community extends ern Mexico through its permanent from volunteer work with the West- collection and the Margaret H. McAlside Center to presentation of Black len Memorial Archives and exhibits History to local schoolchildren. Davis spanning prehistory through the 20th was one of the first Black students to century. For more information about graduate from Harlingen High School MOSTHistory, including becoming in 1961. a FRIEND, visit MOSTHistory.org, The presentation will broadcast at like us on Facebook and Instagram, facebook.com/MOSTHistory/live. follow on Twitter, find on YouTube Viewers are encouraged to interact or call (956) 383-6911. with panelists by posting comments

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Vendor space available

Ron Hoover is having a boat expo next week, February 27-28, and will have vendor space available. All proceeds from vendor space will be going to the Rio Grande Valley Make A Wish Foundation. Vendor space will be sold by donation. Minimum donation is $100. Those interested can contact anyone in sales for a booth. Also at the event will be The Ernest Cisneros seminar called ‘Tid Bits and

Fishing Tips.’ The event will be free admission for visitors. Free drinks as well. A full seminar schedule will be held both days. There will also be food vendors, games and prizes. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 27, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 28. It will be held at the RV & Marine Center at 101 Expressway 83 in Donna.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Items for the Parks Calendar must be open to the public activities in the parks only and must be submitted by park owners, managers or activity directors. Listings must come from the park and are to be submitted on the Winter Texan Times Parks Calendar Submission Form. Request this form from the Winter Texan Times office. Multiple activities may be submitted on the park’s letterhead, provided the same information is provided in the format of the Submission Form. We do not accept listings for reviews, workshops, lessons or dance classes. Submission deadline is Wednesday noon, one week prior to the publication date. Send to: Winter Texan Times, 1217 N. Conway Ave., Mission, Texas 78572 or email to parkscal@wintertexantimes.com or fax to 956-580-7898. Wednesday, February 17 Breakfast - Oleander Acres, Mission, 8-11am, Homemade buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy, buttermilk

pancakes with or without blueberries, or a breakfast sandwich. $3pp to $6pp. Drive thru only. John Autry Scramble - Monte Cristo Golf & Country Club, Edinburg, 2pm. Thursday, February 18 Country & Gospel Jam - Mission Bell Resort/ Tradewinds, Mission, 1-3pm, Lunch is 12-1. Outside stage, weather permitting. Open to public. Soup Supper - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 3:30-4:30pm, $5 per 32 oz pre-filled container; four flavors. Drive thru only, pick up and take home. Friday, February 19 Craft Show/Patio Sales - Mission West RV Park, 8am-Noon, Biscuits’n’gravy available for breakfast and sloppy joes for lunch - Take Out Only. Masks are required, along with social distancing. Don’t miss it! Homemade Lunch - Oleander Acres, Mission, 11am-1pm, $6pp. Homemade individual turkey pot pie,

served with a garden salad and dessert. Drive thru only, must pre-order. 503-593-1457. Friday Dance - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 2-5pm, Steven May Band, $8pp. Outside. BYOB, snacks, chairs. Popcorn and soda for sale. 50/50 sales. Fish Fry - Lamplighter Park, Palmview, 4-5:30pm, Drive-thru, no need to exit your vehicle. Enter on Lampshire to get started. Served 4-5:30pm or until gone. Hope to see you!! Fish Fry - Mission West RV Park, 4:30-5:30pm, Fish dinner - 3 pieces, fish served with coleslaw and fries, $8pp. Serving from 4:30-5:30 pm. Drive thru only. Dance - Mission Bell Resort/ Tradewinds, Mission, 7-10pm, Poison Ivey, $10pp. Hot food available from 5:30-7:30pm. Saturday, February 20 Breakfast - Oleander Acres, Mission, 8-11am, Homemade buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy, buttermilk pancakes with or without blueberries, or a breakfast sandwich. $3pp to $6pp. Drive thru only. Open Jam - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 1-3pm, Event is held outdoors, at South Hall. Bring your

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own chair, beverage, snacks. Fresh mic covers used with each performer. Entertainment - Mission Bell Resort/ Tradewinds, Mission, 6-8pm, RESCHEDULED: Rusty Rierson, $8pp. Open to public, outdoor stage. Entertainment - Mission West RV Park, 7-9pm, Lindley Creek, $9pp. Don’t miss this energetic family group. Masks are required and we’ll be set up for social distancing. Sunday, February 21 Church Service - Mission West RV Park, 10-11am, Everyone welcome to join us for our non-denominational church service every Sunday at 10am. We will have social distancing and masks will be required throughout the service. Our address is 511 E Loop 374, Palmview, TX 78572. Church Service - Pleasant Valley Resort, Mission, 10:30-11:30am, Church Service is held in Clubhouse Rec Hall. Line Dancing - AmeriCana RV Park, Mission, 2-3:30pm, Activity will be outside on cement Lot #37. Half hour beginner with instruction, half hour intermediate, half hour practice. All steps called. Donations accepted. Will follow CDC guidelines. See PARKS pg. 10

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Bingo - Pleasant Valley Resort, Mission, 7-9pm, Bingo is held in the Clubhouse Rec Hall. Monday, February 22 Monday Night Hamburgers - Mission West RV Park, 4:30-5:30pm, Please note time change: Serving our famous Monday Night Hamburgers ($5pp) and Cheeseburgers ($6pp) from 4:30-5:30 pm. Both are served with french fries and all the ‘fixins’. Drive Thru only. Tuesday, February 23 Hamburgers - Oleander Acres, Mission, 11am-1pm, Your choice of hamburger, cheeseburger, or bacon cheeseburger served with french fries. $5pp, $6pp, and $7pp. Drive thru only. Entertainment - Mission Bell Resort/ Tradewinds, Mission, 7-8:30pm, The Hainings, $8pp. Wednesday, February 24 Breakfast - Oleander Acres, Mission, 8-11am, Homemade buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy, buttermilk pancakes with or without blueberries, or a breakfast sandwich. $3pp to $6pp. Drive thru only. John Autry Scramble - Monte Cristo Golf & Country Club, Edinburg, 2pm. Thursday, February 25 Country & Gospel Jam - Mission Bell Resort/ Tradewinds, Mission, 1-3pm, Lunch is 12-1. Outside stage, weather permitting. Open to public. Soup Supper - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 3:30-4:30pm, $5 per 32 oz pre-filled container; four flavors. Drive thru only, pick up and take home. Friday, February 26 Fish Fry - Lamplighter Park, Palmview, 4-5:30pm, Drive-thru, no need to exit your vehicle. Enter on Lampshire to get started. Served 4-5:30pm or until gone. Hope to see you!! Fish Fry - Mission West RV Park, 4:30-5:30pm, Fish dinner - 3 pieces, fish served with coleslaw and fries, $8pp. Serving from 4:30-5:30 pm. Drive thru only. Delicious Dinner - Oleander Acres, Mission, 5-6:30pm, $8pp. Two homemade chicken and sour cream enchiladas, served with spanish rice, chips and salsa, and dessert. Must pre-order, drive thru only. 503-593-1457. Saturday, February 27 Park Wide Garage Sale - Lamplighter Park, Palmview, 7:30-

11:30am, Plenty of interesting items to choose from, 2240 S Bentsen Palm Drive, Palmview. Breakfast - Oleander Acres, Mission, 8-11am, Homemade buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy, buttermilk pancakes with or without blueberries, or a breakfast sandwich. $3pp to $6pp. Drive thru only. Park Rummage Sale - Sun Valley Village, Harlingen, 8-11:30am, Sun Valley Village, 15659 Buttercup Court, Harlingen. Sale in parking lot at Clubhouse (off Expressway 83 and north on Altas Palmas Rd). Kitchen & household goods, small appliances, crafts, decor, Christmas, clothing (sold by bag), books, linens, windows, & lots of misc. All items priced to sell! Something for everyone! Masks required and please social distance. Open Jam - Bit-O-Heaven RV Park, Donna, 1-3pm, Event is held outdoors, at South Hall. Bring your own chair, beverage, snacks. Fresh mic covers used with each performer. Sunday, February 28 Church Service - Mission West RV Park, 10-11am, Everyone welcome to join us for our non-denominational church service every Sunday at 10am. We will have social distancing and masks will be required throughout the service. Our address is 511 E Loop 374, Palmview, TX 78572. Church Service - Pleasant Valley Resort, Mission, 10:30-11:30am, Church Service is held in Clubhouse Rec Hall. Line Dancing - AmeriCana RV Park, Mission, 2-3:30pm, Activity will be outside on cement Lot #37. Half hour beginner with instruction, half hour intermediate, half hour practice. All steps called. Donations accepted. Will follow CDC guidelines. Bingo - Pleasant Valley Resort, Mission, 7-9pm, Bingo is held in the Clubhouse Rec Hall. Monday, March 1 Monday Night Hamburgers - Mission West RV Park, 4:30-5:30pm, Please note time change: Serving our famous Monday Night Hamburgers ($5pp) and Cheeseburgers ($6pp) from 4:30-5:30 pm. Both are served with french fries and all the ‘fixins’. Drive Thru only.

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We have been asked often about where to go for vaccinations. We have put very little in the paper because availability have been known to change at publication time or shortly after. We have been able to put a few notices on our Facebook page and have tried to monitor them as much as we can so we can unpublish when they are no longer valid. Several cities, including Mission and Brownsville, have had some recent clinics that have been successful and are looking at having more in the near future. I would like to get some of this information out to you so you know where to go for information. As I have said in previous ramblings, check your city and county sites on a regular basis. They are all doing a good job at posting when clinics are, how to register, and where to go. Most have been able to streamline the process better by requiring online or by phone registration to get qualified and your name on the list. This way you do not have to wait in line, just to find out they are out of vaccines by the time it is your turn.

Besides checking your county and city websites and Facebook pages, some cities have special pages to check as well. For instance, Brownsville, residents are invited to visit www.btxcares.com, for more information on future vaccination clinics. Hidalgo County’s website is https:// www.hidalgocounty.us/coronavirusupdates. Cameron County’s website is https://www.cameroncounty.us/publichealth/index.php/coronavirus/. I have also been told by someone that received her vaccine in good time, that Doctors Hospital at Renaissance is a good resource and site for vaccines. If you have a local doctor, and they are not doing vaccines, they might have a list of clinics for you. Check with your local pharmacies as well. Some of them are getting limited supplies of vaccines. This information is ever changing. If you know of a resource or website that someone should know about, please let us know and we will put it on our Facebook and add it to this story as we can.

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They say that time flies when you are having fun. Perhaps that is true. But it seems to me that time has flown this past year...and it has not been much fun. A little over a year ago, the Corona Virus found its way into the United States. By mid-March, we were really in the midst of a pandemic that was truly affecting all of us. Soon midMarch will be here again. Have we progressed? Did time fly by? What progress have we personally made in the fight to conquer the pandemic? Most of us feel a little stir crazy from trying to stay isolated. There definitely is an itch - an itch to get out and travel, to get back to normal. Perhaps soon that itch will go away when once again the majority will be vaccinated, and we can travel again. Have you been vaccinated? For me, the first shot was a breeze, especially so since it was done by appointment. The whole process from arrival at the location until the time of departure was less than an hour which included the 30-minute wait to see if there would be a reaction. Now that is organization. It was not quite that way for one of my employees. No appointment but up at 3 a.m. to be in line by 4 a.m. Af-

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KMB holds virtual Arbor Day event Keep McAllen Beautiful (KMB) will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary of the Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, March 6, 2021. The Arbor Day Celebration is a fun-filled event where participants take part in a 5K, 10K run, 25 mile or 100 kilometer bike tour. Due to COVID-19, the event will be held virtually this year, which means that participants can set their own date, place, and time to get those miles in, get active and enjoy the beautiful Rio Grande Valley spring weather. “Arbor Day is a day when we celebrate nature's gift of trees, the tall providers of shade, fruit, fun, and habitat for many different kinds of wildlife,” said Chris Lash, program coordinator

for KMB. All events are $25. Anyone who participates can virtually help make a difference by registering for the event, picking up the packet and walk, run or ride away. Revenue from the event will help KMB raise funds for tree plantings and tree give-aways. Register at www.keepmcallenbeautiful.org or call 681-4562 for more information. Packet pickup will be held on March 4, at the Keep McAllen Beautiful office. On that day, participants will pick up their event packet and a free tree. “Together, we are making our city greener, cooler, and more beautiful!” concluded Lash.

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changed to Port Isabel because of the newly proposed port being planned. The lighthouse was built at a cost of $7,000 in 1855. According to some history, it served as a lookout during the Cortina Wars, the first three years of the Civil War. By 1859, the area was exporting $10 million worth of cotton annually. According to history, on May 12, 1865, the Battle of Palmetto Hill – the last battle of the Civil War – was fought in the Rio Grande Valley 33 days after General Lee had surrendered. Fort Polk, named for President James A. Polk by General Zachary Taylor, was a supply depot for troops during the U.S. War with Mexico and housed one of the largest military hospitals in the U.S. at the time. The location of the fort was the area where the Lighthouse now stands. The fort

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WINTER TEXAN TIMES housed in the historic Charles Champion building. The Point Isabel Lighthouse, again built in 1852, closed in 1864 due to the Civil War, re-opened in the 1870s, and shut down again in 1905. Since 1905, it has been a tourist attraction. The Lighthouse was declared a Texas State Park – the second smallest park in the state – in 1952. The keeper’s cottage, a replica, was complete in 1995. The Texas Parks and Wildlife completed a 2 ½ year restoration of the Lighthouse in 2000. It is the only Lighthouse in Texas open to the public. The Museums of Port Isabel includes the Historical Museum, The Treasures Museum, the Port Isabel Lighthouse and the Keeper’s Cottage. The museums are operated by the City of Port Isabel’s Department of Historical Preservation. The Light-

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look around and see how many dolphins you can find. Like some other Valley cities, Port Isabel has some visible artwork to entertain you. There are several dolphins that greet you just as you enter the city, one at the museums, another at the Lighthouse and a few m o r e . See if you can find them all. F o r s o m e other fun history facts, visit https:// www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/port-isabel-tx and https://portisabel-texas.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-port-isabel/. You’ll even learn about a Spanish treasure fleet that left Mexico en route to Spain and was

demolished by a violent hurricane in 1554. Some boats were wrecked on Padre Island and a few survivors walked through the area trying to get back to Mexico. All but one fell victim to the harsh elements and ferocious Indians. If you visit http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCoastTowns/PortIsabelTexas.htm, you will be able to read some stories from the Texas Tales column – one of which was titled the Sea Monster of Port Isabel.

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COASTAL BEND, TEXAS – Over 340 volunteers participated in the 2021 Annual Adopt-A-Beach Winter Cleanup that took place on February 5 and 6, 2021. Volunteers worked together to clean a total of 28.5 miles of beach and bay area. The two-day trash cleanup event resulted in over 8,900 pounds of trash being removed, leaving our Texas beaches clean and beautiful for wildlife and the community alike to enjoy. Sixty-three volunteers helped clean South Padre Island on Friday and collected 1,512 pounds of trash. Hundreds of other volunteers cleaned up areas along Padre Island National Seashore, Cole Park, Port Aransas, North Corpus Christi Beach, Packery Flats, and Aransas Pass where they collected 7,468 pounds of trash. All volunteers were required to wear a mask, social distance from separate parties, and bring their own gloves as a COVID-19 precaution. Volunteers came primarily from South Texas, including Brownsville, Donna, Edinburg, Laguna Vista, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Port Isabel, Rancho Viejo, South Padre, Corpus Christi, and the Coastal Bend area. Texas volunteers also traveled from Austin, Dripping Springs, San Antonio, Kerrville, Palacios, Athens,

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Just in its first month of registration in October, RootsTech Connect 2021 had more than 111,000 people from 168 countries signed up for the virtual event. And 86% of them have never attended RootsTech before. RootsTech Connect — a free, global family history conference with classes, keynote speakers and virtual expo hall — will be held Feb. 25-27, 2021. For the first time in RootsTech’s 10-year history, classes will be completely virtual and offered in multiple languages. Presenters will teach from international locations. Of the more than 111,000 registrants, “nearly 10,000 in Europe, over 10,000 in Latin America, almost 90,000 in North America and nearly 5,000 in the Pacific,” said Tyler Stahle, RootsTech marketing manager. “We’re humbled. We’re excited. And it’s just been really fun to see the growth that takes place when you can remove the barrier of time and location,” Stahle said.

Throughout the three-day event, livestream and on-demand content will be offered to accommodate participants’ time zones. Sessions will also be available to watch on-demand after the event concludes. Live chats and question and answer sessions will allow attendees to interact with presenters, exhibitors, and other attendees. Stahle said RootsTech organizers have received submissions of class ideas and speakers from around the world. He emphasized that the approach to this virtual conference is localization, not translation. “We’re not creating all the content here at headquarters, and then just translating all of it,” he said. “But we’re really trying to work with people throughout the world and area offices to help them create their own localized content. And then we’re just giving a place for it to live and be dis-

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Rick McEwen, member of Traditional Country Hall of Fame, and Curt James, Valley Star Awards 2020 RGV Male Vocalist of the Year. Parking passes are on sale and available for purchase from 9 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce, located at 202 W. Tom Landry, Mission. General Parking Passes are $7 (Per-Vehicle up to 7 passengers) and VIP Parking Passes are $10 (Per vehicle – Up to 7 passengers. Happy Hour & Prime Parking location) Sponsorships and vendor booths are still available for purchase by contacting C.J. Sanchez, GMCC Vice President at vicepresident@missionchamber.com or Jennifer Espinoza, Tourism Director at jennifer@missionchamber.com. For more information about this event, visit www.missionchamber. com or call (956) 585-2727.

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The International Museum of Art & goal of art may be to ask questions and Science (IMAS) announces the open- to stimulate. When these efforts are ing of a new exhibit, Spectrum Dynam- combined with an interest in people ic, on February 20. and our interactions with our world, Indiana University’s the result is something alCaleb Weintraub, Assotogether different...it yields ciate Professor, Eskenazi a space for the reframing of School of Art, Architecconversations, the acknowlture, and Design, and Dr. edgment of difference, and Dan Kennedy, Associate the exercising of respect for Professor, Department of the variety of human experiPsychological and Brain ence.” Science, collaborated with Spectrum Dynamic comstaff and students at CIP prises a series of dye-subliBloomington, Indiana, mation prints and an accomto complete a series of panying video that presents artworks entitled Specvisual interpretations of trum Dynamic. CIP is an Passage, Chromatic motor stereotypies, someagency that assists young Dye Sublimation on times termed stimming. people on the Autism Aluminum, 42” x 36” The community is inSpectrum. An initial body vited to visit the IMAS of work was part of (Re) exhibits Thursday through imagining Science, an exhibition at Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $1. University which featured collabora- Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. are tive projects by teams of researchers in reserved for visitors with sensory senthe arts and sciences. sitivities. For most up-to-date informa“The goal of science is to find an- tion or advance tickets, visit theimaswers and to solve,” Weintraub. “The sonline.org or call (956) 681-2800.

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CALENDAR February 12 through March 6 The Hidalgo Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit will open February 12 and run through March 6. The exhibit will be displayed at the Upper Valley Art League (UVAL) at 921 E. 12th St. in Mission. The exhibit features art made by Winter Texans and local artists. A “Meet the Artists” event will be held on Saturday, February 13th, outside, with gallery viewing from 4 to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Masks and social distancing are required for all events. For more information, call the gallery at (956) 583-2787. Now through March 28 IMAS presents Max Vityk’s Warriors of Light on exhibit in the main gallery. In this series Vityk investigates the narrative elements and figures of ancient rock engravings and mythological and folk symbols. The exhibit is comprised of 12 large acrylic paintings. Find out more information online at theimasonline.org. February 27 While the official events – parade, carnival, costume ball – for Charro Days have been cancelled for this year, The Sombrero Festival will be held virtually. There will be a Sombrero Festival en Casa virtual show on Saturday, February 27. The show will feature a virtual variety show that you can watch in the comfort of your own home. There are several events you can get involved in now to be part of that show. More information, and

where to go to enter any of the contests can be found on their Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/ SombreroFestival/, and on their website at https://www.sombrerofestival. com/. The show will be live on Facebook at 7 p.m. on Saturday February 27. Weekly The Mission Food Park will be open weekly Thursday through Sunday. Thursday will be from 4 to 10 p.m., Friday 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., Saturday 2 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Sundays will be open from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mission Food Park, powered by the Mission EDC, is located at the CEED building on Bryan Road and U.S. Business 83. The site is the permanent location of Jitterz coffee bar and local brewery 5x5 Brewing Co., which will be operating during the food park hours. The food park will host a variety of food trucks including Queenie, Motoramen, Sahadi’s, and Pineapple Ninjaz. Hours and regular updates of vendors will be on their Facebook page, www. facebook.com/MissionFoodPark, and website, www.missionfoodpark.com/. The Senior Texas Slow Pitch Fun Softball League, geared for players over 55, will be meeting weekly at 9 a.m. at West Side Park on Ware Road in McAllen. The B League (intermediate ability) will be meeting on Mondays and Wednesdays. The A League (more competitive) will be meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call Fred at (956) 8976961 or Ed at (956) 581-2254. If you have an event coming up, please submit to news@wintertexantimes.com. Please include contact information, social distancing requirements and any additional information that would be helpful to the community.

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still be valid for the new date. The event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Lunch will be from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Mission Bell Resort is located at 1711 E. Bus. 83. Tickets are still available. Wintertainers include Dave and Daphne, Diego and Edith, Mark Staggs Festus Live Comedy Show, Jamie Layton, The Midnight Mustang

Band and Redneck Revival. Tickets are $15 per person. Tickets are available for $12.50 per person for groups of 15 or more (although seating is being set up to follow current state and county guidelines). Tickets are available at Winter Texan Times, by phone at (863) 253-2514 or (956) 585-4833, or online at www.wintertexantimes. com

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REUNIONS Kanabec County The reunion at Gatti’s Pizza is cancelled for this year. Any questions please call Judy Sundet 320-282-6845 RGV Woodcarvers The Rio Grande Valley Woodcarvers will not be holding their Thursday morning carving meetings until further notice. The Nomad Shrine Club is being used for Covid19 testing. Meetings will resume when the testing is completed. RGV Woodcarvers will publish an announcement when meetings resume. If you have any questions, please contact Fred Stenman at (651) 485 0580.

Newmar Kountry Klub Luncheon Newmar Kountry Klub Luncheons are cancelled for this season. Any additional information, or if anything changes, will be published at a later date. The hostess, Candace Marquis, says she is looking forward to holding meetings again in 2021. Thief River Falls & Northwest MN Area Reunion The 2021 reunion is cancelled this year. Watch for an announcement next year. For further information, call Bjorsness’s at (218) 689-4289. If you have a reunion or meeting coming up, please submit to reunions@wintertexantimes.com. Please include contact information, social distancing requirements and any additional information that would be helpful to the community.

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your city to see if they are providing something. I know some of them were just for the night, or short term – Mission and Brownsville. Please stay warm, check in with your friends and neighbors, and reach out if you need something. Stay safe. I

do not think anyone should be out and about unless absolutely necessary. On another note – we should be seeing some 70s by the end of the week. Until then, take care of yourselves, your friends, your pets, and stay safe.

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tributed through RootsTech.” Though RootsTech has widely been known as a genealogy and technology conference, “it’s so much more,” Stahle said. “It’s about learning and gaining strength from our ancestors.” “Everybody has a story. When we look to our stories, when we look to the past, that’s when we gain strength to face the challenges that we face today in our own lives,” he added. RootsTech is presented by FamilySearch International. The goal of FamilySearch is to help everyone discover, gather, and connect families past, present, and future. The RootsTech event is dedicated to celebrating family, discovering family histories, and connecting the living to their ancestors and each other. The event is sure to have something for everyone. Keynote speakers include former professional golfer Lorena Ochoa from Guadalajara, Jalisco; Italian pianist, composer and conductor, Francesco Lotoro; founder of OurBlackAncestry.com, writer and genealogist, Sharon Leslie Morgan; international motivational speaker and New York

Times best-selling author, Nick Vujicic; British award winning actress Sunetra Sarker; Uruguayan footballer Diego Alfredo Lugano Morena; Philippine native, former Microsoft executive, and current Utah Valley University President, Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez; Broadway star and award-winning Indian-American actor, Erick Avari; acclaimed Brazilian soccer player, Tita; professional rugby league player from Australia, Will Hopoate; and soccer Olympian from Brazil, Bruna Benites. Others include Bless 4, a chorus and dance group from Japan; and LadySmith Black Mambazo, a Zulu-style musical group from South Africa. No matter what age, it isn’t too late to learn about your past. There will be plenty for you to see and hear at RootsTech Connect to help get you started or motivate you to do more. Remember this isn’t only for you, it’s also for your future, for your kids and their kids, and so on. Share your story, tell them your story and let your story continue. For more information and to register for the free event, visit RootsTech. org.

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