15 WINTER TEXAN TIMES www.wintertexantimes.com MARCH 26, 2025 RioValleyEstates@gmail.com • www.RioValleyEstatesTX.com Whether Your Ideal Location Includes • Pool & Spa • Rec Hall • Shopping • Dining • Fun Activities, Entertainment & Dancing Where You Call Home Makes All The Difference 715 N. Westgate Dr. • Weslaco • 956-968-2708 Expwy 83 Business 83 W Pike Blvd Panther Dr Westgate Dr Location! Location! Location! Only 2 Blocks Off I-2, And Beyond To The Entire RGV Within 5 Blocks Of All You Need Has The Location You’re Looking For! Rio Valley Estates Winter Texans enjoy the weather at Onion Fest By Herb Moering The weather is important to Jill Zehe, from Winter Green Estates in Mission. She was part of a group of motorcycle riders at the Texas Onion Fest in Weslaco on Saturday. The festival featured great weather for the crowds who attended to celebrate the 1015 onion. Jill said it is the Valley weather that allows the group to ride yearround, which includes her husband, Richard. The couple from northern Wisconsin have been Winter Texans for seven years. With them were Bob and Connie Metzger, from Hidden Valley RV Park in Mission for the past nine years, who also reside summers in Northern Wisconsin, and Linda Lavigno, from Eldorado Acres RV Park in Mission, who has come down from Calgary in Alberta, Canada for the past two years. J u a n i t a Small, from Lemon Tree Estates, came to the Onion Fest for the first time. “The food smells wonderful,” she said, which was a reference to the many food vendors along the blocked off Texas Boulevard on the south side of the downtown area. She has been in the Valley since 2012 and noted the good weather, along with the entertainment, the food, the people and all the activities in her park. Juanita also got her bag of onions, which were being given away to all the fest visitors, some 20,000 small bags. Volunteering at the onion giveaway site was Mr. Weslaco, 18-year-old Jaden Guiterrez, a junior at Weslaco High School. He said he was chosen at a pageant back on February 15 and will serve as an ambassador for the city at various events for a year, along with members of a royal court that was also chosen. He said most of judging was based on answering five questions. Thousands of bags of 1015 onions were given away to visitors at the Texas Onion Fest Saturday. Weslaco City Commissioner Pete Garcia Jr. (left) received a bag of the onions from Mr. Weslaco, Jaden Guiterrez. Photo by Herb Moering See ONION pg. 20 Winter Texan bikers came for the Onion Fest and included (from left) Bob and Connie Metzger, Linda Lavigno and Jill and Richard Zehe. Photo by Herb Moering
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