CANDIDATES BOWL, GIVE BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND NOW, CANDY

By Juan Montoya

Carlos Masso has passed out school supplies and hurricane survival kits around the county. So has Cameron County D.A. Armando Villalobos. Both men are running hard to try to get the nod from Democratic voters. Masso wants to be our new DA, and even though Viollalobos won't utter the words like a shy bride, it is obvious that he wants the nod from the Democrats for new congressional district.

And just this past Saturday, we were invited (and attended) a bowling tournament held by Masso and his supoprters at the Galaxy Bowling lanes. It's only fair that I disclose that I tried my had at bowling and , after a gutter-filled run in the first gaem, lagged scores of points behind dad Papi and Papi II, my unlucky mates on the lanes.

However, all was not lost. When we entered the tourney, we were handed tickets for a raffle. Between games, Masso and his aides called out the numbers drawn from a glass jar by a little boy.

Wouldn't you know it? Our table won three times.
Later, after an amazing run of beginner's luck, I actually won the second game.

For those of you who have missed out on the campaign events hosted by Yolanda Begum, once to announce her candidacy at the Brownsville Art Museum, a style show/raffle at Rancho Viejo, and at Juan carlos Torre's Carino adult Day Care, she is inviting everyone to her home on 802 (next to the old Elks Lodge) for candy. The ladies are going to dress to the nines as they usually do ad they say they will have the place decorated to fit the holiday.

'We're going to have fun," said Bebe Gutierrez, has assistant and also her cousin. "Bring the kids along. We'll have plenty of candy on hand."