JANUARY 10, 2024 www.wintertexantimes.com 2 WINTER TEXAN TIMES 1217 N. Conway Mission, Texas 78572 (956) 580-7800 © Copyright 2023-2024 by Nexus Publishing LLC, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without express written permission of the publisher. The Winter Texan Times is not responsible for errors or omissions in advertising. In the event of an error in an ad or omission of an ad, the newspaper’s financial liability is limited to the cost of the ad in questions. The newspaper is not responsible for any other damages, tangible or intangible. Typically a make-good ad or re-rescheduled ad is considered to sufficiently meet the newspaper’s responsibility. 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Please include all pertinent information, a contact person, and contact phone number. Submission deadline is Thursday 5 p.m., the week prior to the publication date. Send to Winter Texan Times, 1217 N. Conway Ave., Mission, Texas 78572 or email to news@wintertexantimes.com. Events Calendar: Items must be open to the public. Please include all pertinent information, a contact person, and contact phone number. Submission deadline is Thursday 5 p.m., the week prior to the publication date. Send to Winter Texan Times, 1217 N. Conway Ave., Mission, Texas 78572 or email to news@wintertexantimes.com. Reunions: We feature reunions and meetings that are happening throughout the Valley. We hope that if you are having such a meeting, you will send the information to us so we can help you spread the word. Please include all pertinent information, a contact person, and contact phone number. Submission deadline is Thursday 5 p.m., the week prior to the publication date. Send to Winter Texan Times, 1217 N. Conway Ave., Mission, Texas 78572 or email to reunions@wintertexantimes.com. town and find the butterfly statues. While in Mercedes, you have boot statues. Port Isabel has dolphins and South Padre Island has turtles and sandcastles. There’s never a dull moment with so many sites to see and things to do. When the weather is good, which we have more good than bad in the Valley, take a walk at one of the nine birding centers spread out in the Valley – From Roma to South Padre Island. You also have a couple of state parks, a butterfly center, a salt lake, a turtle rescue center, and an alligator sanctuary. There’s something for everyone. If you find something we don’t have on our list, let us know so we can follow up and see if it will be of interest and maybe you’ll see it in the publication next year. As always, we appreciate your feedback. We are here to give you the news that you want to see and read. So let us know what you are doing, what you want to see more of, by emailing us at news@wintertexantimes.com. And we love seeing your photos of your activities. Send us a photo, names of those pictured, where you are and maybe you’ll see it in an upcoming issue. --- Rina RAMBLINGS From pg. 1 Kansas Day will be here before you know it and this year’s celebration requires reservations to be made by January 19. The event will be held at Balli’s Social Event Cetner on Wednesday, January 24. Balli’s is located at 1624 E. Griffin Parkway, in Mission. The event starts with registration at 10:30 a.m. followed by a catered lunch, entertainment by Kansas’ own Rusty Rierson (2019 RGV Male Vocalist of the Year), and door prizes. To register for the event, contact Larry Schmitt by email at larrys13@icloud.com. Please include name(s), number of people in your party, phone number, and hometown in Kansas. If you can’t email, call Larry at (913) 369-5669. Tickets are $20 per person and must be paid in cash at the door on the day of event. Reservations must be cancelled by January 21. Kansas Day coming up soon Leslie Blasing, a Valley favorite, will be performing at a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser in Alice on Monday, January 13. The event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. with Leslie performing at 7 p.m. Leslie Blasing’s songs span seven decades of country, classic rock, 50’s and 60’s. South Padre Island has been her home for over 25 years where she has won multiple awards throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Join Leslie and Habitat for Humanity for a night of fun, raffles, entertainment, a silent auction, dancing, and community service. The event will feature BYOB and snacks, set ups available, plus Dale Wilson’s “World Famous” brisket sandwiches available to purchase beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10. Contact Melissa Trevino at Alice Echo News at (361) 396-7222 for ticket sales (cash only). RV parking at the Fairgrounds available for $25 cash per night and includes 30-amp electricity and water hook-ups. It is walking distance to the venue. There is a limited amount of RV spaces. Call Peggy Wilcox at (915) 433-7769 to reserve your space. The event will be held at the Merchants Building at the Jim Wells County Fairgrounds, 3001 S. Johnson St., in Alice, TX. You can also purchase tickets from Leslie Blasing at any of her shows in the Valley between now and the event date. Find her schedule on her Facebook page or lesliepresents.com. Leslie Blasing sings at fundraiser in Alice
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