- 1. Juanito Gonzalez returns to Pharr, Nov. 1-2
- (Entertainment)
- ... smile, cry and most of all ... have a positive outlook on life. “It's not scary at all, but enlightening,” added Pedro Garcia, who wrote and has directed the play since 1997. “I first performed the show ...
- Created on 27 October 2025
- 2. Lower Valley golf courses offer scenic holes
- (Golf: Winter Texans Favorites)
- ... the city had its own practice driving range located across the street from ‘The Terrace,’ a miniature golf course on the main street of the city, West Elizabeth,” wrote Rene Torres in the Port Isabel Press ...
- Created on 20 November 2024
- 3. Senior Ambassadors: Voices needed, rehearsals underway
- (In The Parks)
- ... baritones and basses – ‘to create melodious, rich sounds, taking their audience on a trip through time,’ wrote Roda Grubb in a Winter Texan Times story published in 2013. ‘Singing show tunes and barbershop, ...
- Created on 13 November 2024
- 4. Winter Texans help The Landmark celebrate Dr. Seuss, reading
- (In The Parks)
- ... owner, organizer, volunteers, invited parents and children, as well as several book donors. The famous children’s author had the perfect response to this recent March event. Years ago, he wrote: “Today ...
- Created on 20 March 2024
- 5. Forget the glass slipper – give me clogging shoes!
- (In The Parks)
- ... into the American Folk dance of clogging. Each group performed a clog dance routine that they had been practicing and enjoying. Don Taylor from Bentsen Grove RV Park taught a dance routine that he wrote ...
- Created on 14 March 2024
- 6. A Tejano Christmas Carol returns to PCT
- (Entertainment)
- ... two hours, with one short intermission, set entirely in the valley. “Our play is an adaptation I wrote based on the famous Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol,” added Garcia, who also directs ...
- Created on 12 December 2023
- 7. Texas Quilt Museum has stunning exhibits
- (Around Town)
- ... “Antique Quilts from the Koval Collection.” All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot was the pen name for the real-life British country veterinary surgeon James Wight (1916-1995). He wrote a series ...
- Created on 06 November 2023
- 8. MHM presents lecture on UFO sightings
- (Around Town)
- ... which is among the top selling books at gift shops in Roswell, New Mexico. Torres also co-wrote with Roswell, New Mexico, historian John LeMay the critically acclaimed book The Real Cowboys & Aliens: UFO ...
- Created on 02 October 2023
- 9. Rio Grande Valley golf courses steeped in rich history
- (Golf: Winter Texans Favorites)
- ... The game was so popular that the city had its own practice driving range located across the street from “The Terrace,” a miniature golf course on the main street of the city, West Elizabeth,” wrote Rene ...
- Created on 21 February 2023
- 10. Mother inspired to get son back after benefit concert
- (Entertainment)
- ... His song “Scream” is a song he co-wrote with a 91-year-old Navy veteran. The song shows the emotion of the man’s struggles and nightmares related to his combat experience. Hadler created a project ...
- Created on 14 February 2023
- 11. Rick McEwen's Kenny Rogers Tribute Show is a treat ...
- (Entertainment)
- ... injured in the Korean War whose wife would run around on him. Tillis wrote the song honoring the injured veteran and the sorrow he faced in his home. He added “Reuben James,” another strong song from ...
- Created on 14 February 2023
- 12. Kenaston Band host blind singer Justin Trevino
- (Entertainment)
- ... He followed with a fiddle tune, “Old Joe Clark.” He sang an original song he wrote, “Jukebox in the Corner.” He told how it was the only song he wrote on paper as he usually used a tape recorder for composing. ...
- Created on 31 January 2023
- 13. Ralph Kuster has new Neil Diamond Tribute Show
- (Entertainment)
- ... by the government men who wanted to trap him and study him. Diamond also wrote a number of fun songs in a romantic genre that are memorable. “Forever in Blue Jeans” and “Cherry, Cherry” are examples. ...
- Created on 17 January 2023
- 14. Views top first impressions at lower Valley golf courses
- (Golf: Winter Texans Favorites)
- ... about going up or down 3-4 clubs based on the ever-present and sometimes gusting wind. One golfer reviewed it and wrote that it was the toughest course he ever played… that’s saying a lot. But there’s ...
- Created on 29 November 2022
- 15. Winter Texan Times: Looking back 35 years
- (Around Town)
- ... Chamber. Announced in our next issue that season, was Monterrey opening their doors to Winter Texans. John Young wrote an article where he said if you went to Monterrey and asked what the shoppers ...
- Created on 08 November 2022
- 16. Winter Texan Times: looking back 35 years
- (Around Town)
- ... was Virginia Sunderman. She wrote several articles, but one was about her park, Oleander Acres. She starts out, “The changing of leaf colors in Indiana is the signal for a lifestyle change for this family ...
- Created on 01 November 2022
- 17. MOSTH to share letters from war hero
- (Around Town)
- ... missing piece of Sgt. González’s story. During the summer of 2020, Dolia González donated more than 150 letters from her son, who wrote between 1965 and a few days before his death in 1968. A portion ...
- Created on 24 May 2022
- 18. Tim Hadler presents Gumi benefit show
- (Entertainment)
- ... touches the soul with real life behind the words. His song “Scream” is very moving. He co-wrote the song with a 91-year-old Navy veteran. The veteran, Leon Faddis, served in WWII on the USS Alaska. The ...
- Created on 09 February 2022
- 19. RGV full of festivals and other events
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... empty. Surely, there are other Festivals that could be organized. A Coyote Festival? Renowned Texas author J. Frank Dobie wrote about Brother Coyote. Armadillos? Austin, Texas has a music hall inspired ...
- Created on 02 November 2021
- 20. The symphony returns November 12
- (News)
- ... Dvořák wrote it to herald the coming of a new era – a most appropriate selection for the beginning of this season. The Symphony was composed in 1893 while Dvořák was the director of the National Conservatory ...
- Created on 02 November 2021
