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Published: Wednesday, 20 November 2024 13:33
The 33rd Annual Ranch Hand Breakfast will be held on November 23. The event features an authentic, hearty cowboy breakfast cooked and served outdoors on the historic King Ranch. Team roping and old-time cow camp cooking demonstrations are a part of the activities, along with live music and storytelling.
Tickets are available online at King-Ranch.com, at the King Ranch Saddle Shop, the King Ranch Museum, the King Ranch Visitor Center, the Kingsville Visitors Center and at the door. Tickets are $10 each.
Ranch Hand Breakfast is always held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
Read more: Kick-Off to the holiday season in Kingsville
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Published: Wednesday, 20 November 2024 13:28
Texas Master Naturalist program training registration for the 2025 new class session is open through January 3, 2025. Weekly classes are scheduled January 15 through mid-April 2025. Registration is open to Winter Texans and residents of Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy counties over the age of 18 to become a member of the Rio Grande Valley Chapter that meets in Laguna Vista.
Texas Master Naturalist is a unique educational volunteer program sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Sea Grant Program.
Read more: Annual Texas Master Naturalist training opens registration
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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 16:31
The Senior Ambassadors are looking for singers this season. An open invitation is being issued for local and Winter Texan male singers to come and sing with the Senior Ambassadors. Don’t be shy. All skill levels are welcome. If you enjoy singing, you are welcome to attend any of the practice sessions to find out how you can join.
For over 35 years, Winter Texans and Valley men have joined voices – tenors, 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, patriotic and sacred tunes, their concerts have quite a variety of styles of music,’ she continued.
Read more: Senior Ambassadors: Voices needed, rehearsals underway
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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 16:29
Enchanted Valley Ranch will be hosting a daylong music event on Tuesday, November 19, from Noon until 10 p.m. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Penitas Food Pantry.
Penitas Food Pantry is a local food pantry which currently serves over 400 families per month. The food pantry is a church operated, not-for-profit food pantry which depends 100 percent on your generous donations and volunteers to provide nutrition to people in need. Monies will be used to stock up the pantry to meet the growing needs of the community’s use of the pantry.
Read more: EVR hosts benefit for Penitas Pantry
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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 16:27
VFW Post 2410 is proud to announce its partnership with Toys for Tots, serving as the central location for this year’s toy collection and distribution. They are currently reaching out to families in need within their community to sign up for the program, ensuring that every child can experience the joy of receiving gifts this holiday season.
As the holiday season approaches, many families face challenges that can make it difficult to provide gifts for their children. VFW Post 2410 is dedicated to helping alleviate some of this burden by providing toys to local children. We encourage families who are struggling to provide gifts this Christmas to reach out and register for this program.
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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 16:26
The Museum of South Texas History will host the Sunday Speaker Series presentation “The Alamo Train Crash of 1940: From class podcast project to book” with Juan P. Carmona and Taylor Seaver De La Fuente at 2 p.m. November 17.
What began as a podcast project with Donna High School’s Mexican American Studies class, has now blossomed into a book project. The deadly Alamo train crash of 1940 occurred when a train collided with a truckload of farmworkers on their way to work in the fields. The crash resulted in the deaths of 29 people and the emotional scarring of all those involved. It would also result in transportation safety changes in Texas. The families affected by the crash were confronted with struggles and accomplishments as they dealt with the loss of family members and their breadwinners. Carmona—author of the “Alton Bus Crash”—and co-author Seaver De La Fuente, who narrated the podcast, will share their research and share the history of this seminal event.
Read more: Sunday Speakers Series highlights Alamo Train Crash of 1940
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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 16:16
The next time you dodge a pigeon on the sidewalk, watch a sparrow eat from a feeder in a backyard, or order chicken for dinner, know that you just had an encounter with a modern dinosaur. Dinosaurs never really vanished from Earth.
Most did go extinct, but their evolutionary legacy lives on all around us, in birds. The exhibition Dinosaurs Among Us will highlight the unbroken line between the charismatic dinosaurs that dominated the planet for about 170 million years and modern birds. The panels feature large-scale color illustrations of familiar and newly discovered extinct dinosaur species as they would have looked in life.
Read more: IMAS Announces Dinosaurs Among Us
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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 16:13
Did you know that Vultures protect both wildlife and human communities? These birds of prey are known as scavengers who feed on dead animals or carrion, which plays a crucial role in maintaining the health of our ecosystems. Meet Nature’s Clean-up Crew at ReFest with Sky King’s Falconry, Saturday, November 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Quinta Mazatlán.
ReFest, sponsored by H-E-B, celebrates Texas Recycles Day. Bring your plastic bag or bottle to be recycled at the festival for a free ticket thanks to H-E-B’s commitment to recycling. Guests will enjoy an upcycled marketplace with vendors, sustainable trade show and native plants for sale.
Read more: Meet nature’s cleanup crew at ReFest
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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 15:58
Life is full of surprises. Since one of my favorite tours is the Monarch Butterfly Tour, I am well aware that this month is the migration month for these delicate creatures as they seek their Winter Home in the pine forests of Mexico. Their 3,000-mile flight from Canada to Mexico will come right through Texas and the Rio Grande Valley.
My surprise was to see a beautiful Monarch on the floor of my carport. Surely, he must have stopped for a rest or maybe he had been trapped in my radiator grill and finally was able to escape. What a thrill to have a really close up view of a Monarch.
Go With Jo will be offering the Monarch Butterfly tour departing on February 13, 2025. This is a seven-day tour spending two nights on the road to arrive at one of the larger butterfly preserves in Mexico. If you have never been on this tour, you certainly should consider taking advantage of this opportunity.
Most of the Go With Jo tours are by bus giving you a true insight into what life is like in Mexico. You will find that in the Mexican Culture older people are held in high esteem and treated with the greatest respect.
Read more: The Flight of the Monarch
The Salvation Army is excited to announce the return of its annual Red Kettle campaign in McAllen, spreading joy and the festive spirit of Christmas. As The Salvation Army’s primary fundraising initiative, the Red Kettles play a vital role in providing life-changing programs and services throughout the year. These programs include food assistance, shelter for people experiencing homelessness, emergency financial assistance, youth programs, disaster response and more.
