FEBRUARY 8, 2023 www.wintertexantimes.com 18 WINTER TEXAN TIMES 27146 McLelland Road., Harlingen, TX 78552 (956) 423-1446 Lower Valley / 956-664-1446 Upper Valley Visit us at www.gowithjo.com for complete itineraries Transportation for Leslie’s Cruise (2 Days) Feb. 26, 2023 �������� $299pp (Includes: Round trip, Hotel, Hors d’oerves, 3 well drinks, breakfast) Eagle Pass Gambling (2 Days) Mar. 7, 21, 2023 �����������������������������������������$235pp (Prices are per person, double occupancy) San Miguel De Allende (6 Days) July 1; Nov. 21, 2023 ��������������� $TBApp U.S. TOURS ONE DAY BUS TOURS MEXICO BUS TOURS Go...With Jo! Tours & Travel We Take Care of You! King Ranch (1 Day) Mar. 2, 16; Apr. 13, 2023 �����������������������������������������$110pp King Ranch Farm (1 Day) Feb. 16, 2023 ��������������������������������������������������$115pp Farm Tour (1 Day) Feb. 23; Mar. 9, 2023 ������������������������������������������������������ $75pp Couples compete in La Floresta Golf Tournament On the morning of Sunday, January 22, residents of La Floresta Park in Mercedes took to the golf course. It was the start of the Annual Couples Handicapped Tournament. The event was open to beginner golfers as well as those with advanced skills. It was a little cool that morning, but it warmed up nicely. La Floresta is home to a small, 9-hole, par 3 golf course. Due to the weather and terrain, it is more difficult than it looks. No hole-in-one that day but players had some amazing shots. So we are all winners, because we always have some good shots and some bad shots. That’s what keeps us coming back! We congratulate the winners of the Couples Tournament. Jim Monier and Darla Strait (Sanborn, IA) took first Place for Gross Score. They received a trophy and get to organize the tournament next year. First Place for Net Score was Ricky and Paula Henderson (Blairsville, GA). Jim Monier and Darla Strait Ricky and Paula Henderson STC hosts Life and Death on the Border exhibit The South Texas College Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery, History Department and the Center for Mexican American Studies proudly present “Life and Death on the Border: 19101920,” a panel exhibit that includes photographs, postcards, court documents and rare artifacts that tell the story of daily life and re-examines Texas historical events of the early 1900s in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. STC History Professor and co-founder of the Refusing to Forget project Trinidad Gonzales, Ph.D., worked alongside colleagues throughout the state and nation to help research and put together this exhibit and event series. These histories inspired Tejano literature, art and music and influenced the creation of the Mexican American civil rights movement. “It is a historic exhibit that STC is fortunate enough to exhibit for the first time since 2016,” said Gonzales. “The legacies of these histories are intertwined with local history of the Rio Grande Valley and is finally getting told to a wider audience.” The exhibit will be on view from February 9 to June 6 at the STC Pecan campus Library. A playlist put together by the Bullock Museum to accompany the exhibit, Música Tejana, is a “collection of musical forms, styles and genres that evolved primarily in South Texas during the 19th century and narrated the lives and challenges of people living along the south Texas-northern Mexican border.” “This exhibit is the first attempt by the state of Texas to tell the tragic history of the matanza of 1915 and the Porvenir Massacre of 1918,” said Gonzales. “It tells the tales of the heroic efforts by ethnic Mexicans to have those killings addressed at the time and the present.” The opening session is being held on Thursday, February 9, Bldg. U, East Ballroom, at the STC Pecan Campus starting with opening remarks at 5:30 p.m. There will be a Roundtable event (Landmark Exhibit) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event will feature several speakers from the Refusing to Forget project. Another event will be held on March 9, at the STC Pecan Campus, Bldg. D, auditorium from 6 to 7 p.m. It will feature Family Resistencia: The Story of a Family that survived Rinche Violences. Bullock Texas State History Museum is located in Austin, Texas, and works to preserve and exhibit Texas history and culture. Refusing to Forget is a multifaceted public history project that seeks to spread awareness of violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans at the hands of both vigilante groups and state agents, such as the Texas Rangers. “Life and Death on the Border” was originally produced by the Bullock Texas State History Museum in collaboration with Refusing to Forget. The “Life and Death on the Border” exhibit has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Sustaining Humanities through the American Rescue Plan in partnership with the American Historical Association. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the American Historical Association or the National Endowment of the Humanities. If you’re unable to attend in person, register in advance to join us online: https://southtexascollege.zoom. us/webinar/register/WN_7KYSBKlzT4OwQgt3N-GUNg. For more information, contact gotvos@southtexascollege.edu. Courtesy Photo
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