MARCH 12, 2025 www.wintertexantimes.com 6 WINTER TEXAN TIMES We Have Your New Home For Fun In The RGV With Top Notch Hospitality & Amenities At Victoria Palms, Country Sunshine, & Southern Comfort (956) 782-3263 Homestead by Clayton 3br/2ba For Sale $110,900 Homestead by Clayton 2br/2ba For Sale $104,900 1601 S Airport Dr, Weslaco Homestead by Clayton 3br/2ba For Sale $110,900 Homestead by Clayton 2br/2ba For Sale $104,900 1501 S Airport Dr, Weslaco Woodlands by Clayton 3br/2ba For Sale $146,900 600 N Victoria Rd, Donna Homestead by Clayton 3br/2ba For Sale $110,900 REDUCED PRICE Reunions are a great time to catch up with friends, old and new. Here we will feature reunions and meetings that are happening throughout the Valley. We hope that if you have such a meeting, you will send the information to us so we can help you spread the word. If you have a great photo from your reunion or meeting, we would love to see that too. You can send your information to news@wintertexantimes.com. Model Rail Roading & Railroaders Model Rail Roading & Railroaders have started getting together. Anyone interested in joining the group can join them Monday through Friday at the Hidalgo Pumphouse. Call Red at (313) 532-8549 for more information. RGV Woodcarvers The RGV Woodcarvers welcomes any new and experienced carvers every Thursday at Kamova Events, 2711 S. 23rd St., McAllen, from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Any questions, call President Pam Horstman (816) 590-6521. For more information, visit their website at www.rgvwoodcarvers.org. Meeting location subject to change. Al-Anon Meetings Not Alone AFG-Al-Anon meetings are held at the Frist Presbyterian Church, 709 S. Iowa, in Weslaco every Monday and Friday at 7 p.m. Family, friends, and observers are welcome to attend. For more information, call (314) 7751089 or email smithbrother50@ yahoo.com. If services are needed closer to you, you can visit www. texas-al-anon.org. See REUNIONS pg. 25 What it means to be a Winter Texan Editor’s Note: This submission was part of a contest at Mission Bell/Tradewinds Resort in Mission. They asked for submissions on what their residents thought a Winter Texan was. Bob McBain won first place and was featured in their newsletter. We were given permission to republish the article. By Bob McBain Being a Winter Texan means a lot of things to different people. First most people think of Winter Texans as just another version of Snowbirds. People who flee the wintry weather and go south, like migrating birds. And that is what I thought as well, until I retired and tried the Snowbird life. I had visited Arizona during the winter months before I retired, but there was nothing to make me want to be a Snowbird and migrate to Arizona. Then I visited my brother in March 2014, who was a Winter Texan at that time, and it was so different. The people were friendly, warm, See WINTER TEXAN pg. 22 Bob McBain. Courtesy photo
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