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ROSENTHAL FIRM ANNUAL DONOR TO POSADA DE LOS NINOS, OTHER LOCAL AND MEXICAN CHARITIES
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By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />By all accounts, the Second Annual Posada de los Niños at Brownsville's Washngton Park turned out to be a huge success. <br />The park, located at the corner of W. Seventh 7th Street and Adams and on the north side by Madison streets was teeming with needy families and children who came in the hope of receiving a free gift. <br />At least 2,000 did not leave disappointed and walked off with their gift under their shoulder.<br />Brownsville born and raised singer-musician Jimmy Gonzalez, of Grupo Mazz fame, teamed up with the Brownsville Independent School District and the City of Brownsville to give these children lots of joy. Donations from private businesses and city residents were collected to purchase the gifts and host the entertainment.<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVdfw73lQDih8fCdrjpkGc4z3IeNrm8kAR3qdY7TQkrLMdc8fFZ9j_Hpl0FSu9gIzXZgSZLWsXVkCC4amGCicjttIZnIalHCiqqTDcogirWMij1jxfJQOZUhyphenhyphenK2rVWApNBwlK-8ngkkc/s1600/1218Posada_1324303900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVdfw73lQDih8fCdrjpkGc4z3IeNrm8kAR3qdY7TQkrLMdc8fFZ9j_Hpl0FSu9gIzXZgSZLWsXVkCC4amGCicjttIZnIalHCiqqTDcogirWMij1jxfJQOZUhyphenhyphenK2rVWApNBwlK-8ngkkc/s400/1218Posada_1324303900.jpg" width="400" /></a>It's when you look at the list of contributors that one of those names jumps out at you. That's right, the law firm of Rosethnal & Watson was one of the most generous contributors to the event and has contributed from the first time the giveaway was initiated last year.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">If you pay attention to local headlines or read local blogs, Marc Rosenthal, a principal in the firm has been charged by the federal government in connection withe the ongoing scandal involving disgraced (and convicted) 404th District Judge Abel Limas, who has pleaded guilty to racketeering and bribery. He is awaiting sentencing as are other defendants in the case.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Rosenthal and Brownsville attorney Ray Marchan have pleaded not guilty in cases related to the Limas probe.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As the case has progressed, the Rosenthal defense has filed affidavits in federal court contending that federal agents have tried to intimidate and coerce potential witnesses trying to force them to implicate their client in the wrongdoing.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We asked around locally of other groups who have sought donations from local businesses and law firms and found out that Rosenthal and Watson figure prominently among the list of the more generous donors. Understandably, those who spoke with us insisted on anonymity given the notoriety of the Limas case. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"His law firm, and Marc, personally, have donated generously every time we asked them," said a local volunteer who has helped with Posada de los Niños. 'This was even before the Limas case hit the papers."</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And, lest some may think that this is a sudden spate of philanthropy because of the case against Rosenthal, we found that a few of the other of the law firm's contributions to community events in the past include annual sponsorships of the Brownsville Police Department's annual fishing tournament and sponsorship of the City of Brownsville's Duramed Golf Tournament. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Additionally, Rosenthal name is also listed among the contributors to national charities such as Any Baby Can as well as the annual dirves of the American Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A volunteer with the Friendship of Women, which operates battered women shelters, confirmed the law firm has also been a contributor toward their activities. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We called the local office and the Austin headquarters to get a comment of confirmation without success.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> However, a source close to the firm said that besides helping local families, the firm was active in donating to governmental offices in Mexico such as the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (el DIF) in Tamaulipas.</div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One of our colleagues in <em>El Bravo</em> provided us with a newspaper clipping from <em>El Diario</em> the Cuidad Victoria, Tamaulipas, newspaper from Christmas 2009 where the firm is reported to have donated $100,000 toward a celebration and toy giveaway that benefited 10,000 needy children.<br />"Think whatever you may want of him," said the Posada de los Niños volunteer. "But until the legal issues are resolved in court, we can only thank him and his firm for helping us help others." </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-3482324095282951428?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2011/12/rosenthal-firm-annual-donor-to-posada.html
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SEIFERT: TXDOT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE WALL-BUILDING BUSINESS
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By <strong>Michael Seifert </strong><br />The West Loop Tollway, a project being promoted by the Cameron County Regional Mobility Association, would place an eight mile highway through west Brownsville, effectively creating two ten foot high walls of concrete alongside a roadway that none of the local residents want, and a highway that no one in our area can afford.<br />The quality of the harm that this project would cause our area needs to be studied to be appreciated. The roadway would adversely affect 40,000 residents, from those living in the tony residencies near FM 802 and Alton Gloor to the folks with homes in the old west side of town. <br />It would cut neighborhoods in half. <br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMs8pm-fp9LhojG6dWSfulVDTFVASkxtCSVzVSe4XL415FpUEnQx6vLtmZhwXg2XpMeda1AZBY6Lp9M7r3-Rh01abu81P5bklB5tSgmX7OPrZkJ6rn_qAWdsbtm261OKIfGusbzmwVaCQ/s1600/seifert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMs8pm-fp9LhojG6dWSfulVDTFVASkxtCSVzVSe4XL415FpUEnQx6vLtmZhwXg2XpMeda1AZBY6Lp9M7r3-Rh01abu81P5bklB5tSgmX7OPrZkJ6rn_qAWdsbtm261OKIfGusbzmwVaCQ/s1600/seifert.jpg" /></a>The proposed highway would pass within a few hundred feet of five schools, several parks and a dozen churches. The projected growth models offered by the CCRMA itself shows that the roadway would serve no need, as there are no real nor projected traffic problems for this part of Brownsville. Worse, the roadway project is one ripe for creating enormous financial burdens on a region already struggling to make ends meet.</div>The site for the toll way is a Union Pacific Rail line that ends at the Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge. The highway would require the removal of those tracks, and would, therefore, mean the destruction of an invaluable asset, should the county’s leadership decide at some moment to invest in light rail, which seems to be the true, sustainable future of transportation.<br />TXDOT is a partner in the development of this project, and those of us who understand the foolishness of the West Loop Tollway hope that their experience would help the county entities understand the need to eliminate this plan, once and for all. TXDOT’s commitment to transparency will be an especially necessary tool with a project whose financial scheme is sketchy, at best.<br />There are alternatives for the soon-to-be abandoned railroad line. <br />The most promising would be for the city of Brownsville to participate in a federal program known as rail-banking, in which city retains the right-of-way while preserving the rail line and creating, instead of a road, a hike and bike trail. The cost of such a project would be manageable, and the trail would be a welcome addition to an area that is short of park spaces.<br />The citizens of Brownsville appreciate the role that the regional mobility authority has played in planning for the future transportation needs of the area. This project (the only one that directly affects neighborhoods) is wrong headed and needs to be put aside.<br />The city of Brownsville already suffers with the blight of the border wall. The citizens of Brownsvilleâ€"5,000 of whom have already signed a petition against the West Tollwayâ€"does not want yet another insult to our city’s character.<br />(<em>Michael Seifert is a resident of Brownsville, Texas. This article first appeared in the Rio Grande Guardian.)</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-1982474577333991441?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2011/12/seifert-txdot-should-not-be-in-wall.html
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WHERE THERE'S SMOKE...: THE GARCIA, CABLER, CAMPIRANO SHUFFLE
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By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />What started out as speculation on the hiring of former Brownsville Chief of Police Carlos Garcia going to the Port of Brownsville as Chief of Security and City manager Charlie Cabler filling his spot at the BPD has just added another player in the shell game.<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(We reported that on Oct. 7, and it came to be just about a little over a month later.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE43LhMS7qVHX8ECBdJ3RPPSSWJMGFbnm94GdHlc9t1WIVrw87DMK5-qDC-nWbihlaBGjVBOWrGhspb8b-NTqWmA3gcbxnVik4Tp92PgP7jwHcBzpHDuCOOGPJoyuoMJIC1t7u0Ay1k94/s1600/campirano323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE43LhMS7qVHX8ECBdJ3RPPSSWJMGFbnm94GdHlc9t1WIVrw87DMK5-qDC-nWbihlaBGjVBOWrGhspb8b-NTqWmA3gcbxnVik4Tp92PgP7jwHcBzpHDuCOOGPJoyuoMJIC1t7u0Ay1k94/s1600/campirano323.jpg" /></a>Now we are told that the city commission wants Cabler out as city manager and that Port of Brownsville Director and Chief Executive Officer Eddie Campirano is the man for the position. Cabler, if you'll remember, brought with him the vast experience he acquired in innovative urban planning as a detective on the city's police force. Nothing that a good piece of rubber hose can't straighten out.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">If Campirano, at a $175,618 salary per year at the port replaces Cabler, he will inherit Charley's gig at $159,120, no doubt to be negotiated with the commissioners so that he won't consider it a step down.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjComzjN8B6bnl5wpxphlGxy61uy6saEvm27jds4n-ZXLdkIeAFh886F_PQPZ4zdJdR139sDSfvwftMlpxxY4j9iwsVe0J-6PuvVSLrBvyWE1hcJRW7spP_E-a5OZAlKrg1tRCG4iziI58/s1600/Cabler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjComzjN8B6bnl5wpxphlGxy61uy6saEvm27jds4n-ZXLdkIeAFh886F_PQPZ4zdJdR139sDSfvwftMlpxxY4j9iwsVe0J-6PuvVSLrBvyWE1hcJRW7spP_E-a5OZAlKrg1tRCG4iziI58/s1600/Cabler.jpg" /></a>But while the port commissioners have turned a blind eye to some of the excesses of the administration out at the Golden Ditch, the crew at city commission may not be as pliable. Still, Campirano, a former adherent to UTB President Juliet Garcia as TSC trustee, has proven to the powers that be that he can be a likeable and accommodating guy if the price is right.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Garcia's son-in-law Herman Rico, by the way, is the port's marketing director at a respectable $73,798 salary and a credit card with a hefty reserve for enticing clients to come do business at the port, although we are still waiting for the results of his spending ways. It's a kind of <em>quid pro quo</em> that Campirano's daughter Marisa was hired as a UTB employee (also at a hefty salary) over other more qualified applicants. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">When a position opened up for director of alumni relations in the office of Institutional Advancement at UTB, many qualified candidates applied. Many had master's degrees and had experience supervising and directing entire departments. It just so happened that Eddie's daughter Marisa also applied. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">But, alas, Marisa, who is enrolled in the master of public policy and management degree program at UTB/TSC, only holds a bachelor's degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown and did not have the sheepskin yet. She got the job, nonetheless.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZdDdfB69yWl1dKCvWbzQtSRBXp-XWAZ3V8njQbOkKQuzF7m9oWB9ihN7zmFy034eJpVl6Me4ci7c6GnzpZgfEbXMx1gCxJQNTclZRrsvPlQa20vFbm-xoEzHkCxf0N_tsZg-F90AwxI/s1600/chief.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZdDdfB69yWl1dKCvWbzQtSRBXp-XWAZ3V8njQbOkKQuzF7m9oWB9ihN7zmFy034eJpVl6Me4ci7c6GnzpZgfEbXMx1gCxJQNTclZRrsvPlQa20vFbm-xoEzHkCxf0N_tsZg-F90AwxI/s200/chief.JPG" width="200" /></a>Chief Garcia was making $107,966 (plus benefits) as Brownsville Police Chief and was the third-highest paid city employee only behind Cabler at $159,120 (an ex-cop himself) and Assistant City Manager for Finance Pete Gonzales, at $115,696. Now instead of ruling over 250 or so police officers and dealing with those troublesome commissioners (domestic assault suspect Jessica Tetrau-Kalifa, Melissa Zamora who shows up to rescue her friends in DWI's, etc.) he will have a total of seven police officers to worry about for more or less the same amount of loot he was paid at the city.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">While at the port, Campirano has favored academic titles over experience, except in a couple of obvious cases such as assistant harbor master Keri Dann, who â€" without prior experience or academic credentials â€" was handed a $56,321 salary as an apprentice. While serving as an interim harbormaster, she was given a raise to $65,000 after only being a helper on the job since February. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Another notable high-paid employee at the port is none other than Donna Eymard, who former Port Director Raul Besteiro â€" on the IBC board of directors â€" brought to the port as a favor to her husband at a hefty $125,756 price tag. Not bad for a former executive secretary at the bank. Many of us remember that Mr. B's style of management as superintendent at the Brownsville Independent School District consisted in surrounding himself with favorites and sycophants who acted as his eyes and ears to root out malcontents and free thinkers. Rewards followed compliance and he implemented the same system at the port.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Debbie Duke, the port's finance director had no accounting degree when she came on board and â€" through inertia and good politics â€" now commends a $88,545 salary.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Many of these port employees are carryovers who have been there for decades and will probably stay until they pry their cold dead fingers from their inflated paychecks. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It is interesting to note, however, that the last police officer hired by Garcia's predecessor George Gavito, Julio Romo, earns only $27,076, way below the starting rate for police officers in Brownsville or Los Fresnos within the port district. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">If that is the <em>modus operandi</em> that Campirano is going to bring to the City of Brownsville, then city employees who might not have a degree and only a wealth of experience might start looking out for their interests.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-2112880218477320318?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2011/12/where-theres-smoke-garcia-cabler.html
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FORMER GOP CHAIR AND CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE RUSTY FAULK ON DEATHBED
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By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />Longtime Republican Party member and its former chairman in Cameron County William "Rusty" Faulk Jr., hovers between life and death on life support systems as a result of a stroke, family members and friends have confirmed.<br />Faulk, who had announced his candidacy for the newly-created District 34 U.S. Representative seat had been ill before but had maintained he would continue to run for congress as of late last week. He is listed as the party's legal counsel on its website.<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC08vpm8GOp7JDlwgNzOeKe9xmuV30y07bhenVRTx8gbmO8xavuktXR7Jz3e-kCWjHp3WmcRdGw10UrWMnGg0VmfmonKpD3eqBSS7ui6pMmTy-SMwDHJJsWGwgE9CqsAGmXEFKd60Bs0o/s1600/rusty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC08vpm8GOp7JDlwgNzOeKe9xmuV30y07bhenVRTx8gbmO8xavuktXR7Jz3e-kCWjHp3WmcRdGw10UrWMnGg0VmfmonKpD3eqBSS7ui6pMmTy-SMwDHJJsWGwgE9CqsAGmXEFKd60Bs0o/s320/rusty.jpg" width="213" /></a>According to friends, Faulk had been ill before the massive stroke earlier this week. but had hoped that he could overcome his illness to continue his candidacy. He was instrumental in beating back the candidacy of Democrat John Wood in the recount with Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos when the recount lasted for more than a month after the election.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A member of the Sunrise Rotary Club, Faulk was active in the club's Flag Day and his cheery greeting to friends is remembered by other Rotarians.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"Que Paso?" he would call out, remembered his friend and club member Raul Garcia, a Cameron County employee. "He was always very cheerful and optimistic. He was my friend and I'm sorry to hear about that. Our prayers are with his family."</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Faulk was admitted to the Texas State bar of Texas, 1985, the U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas in 1986, and the U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit in 1999.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">He was a graduate of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas and graduated with his J.D. (Cum Laude) in 1984. Before that he attended the University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, Texas</div>where he got his B.B.A. in 1978.<br />Sources close to his family say that Faulk, who was an organ donor, is being kept on artificial life support systems until eligible donors are found. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-805390839460985790?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2011/12/former-gop-chair-and-congressional.html
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Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things from the Pharaoh’s Tomb
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<style>@font-face { font-family: "ï¼ï¼³ 明æœ";}@font-face { font-family: "ï¼ï¼³ 明æœ";}@font-face { font-family: "Cambria";}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }span.yshortcuts { }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-SFESYmtShU" width="560"></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">By Raul Garcia Jr. / <span style="color: red;">Dec. 10, 2011</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.valleywoodblog.com/">www.valleywoodblog.com</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Special to El Rrun Rrun</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> In 1922 on November 4<sup>th </sup><span class="yshortcuts">George Herbert, 5<sup>th</sup> Earl of Carnarvon</span> and Howard Carter unearthed the first intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Upper Egypt. The find was that of King Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh. The two archaeologists almost quit their expedition after eighteen years of excavation but months before their dig was set to expire they found the riches and royal splendor in King Tut’s tomb. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84AiBKgFqiWShPNkk7oIKeaKeBErLroJd6dYoLxYbGn0rswRHTVFVpzoLVjsTmFMMd9sZWoaGI2sfQG0pkhPMkjMlFQk-_HW8bFPuASO8UQxTTZAnihXESrRSrGQU3sAF8rBhg_7tNiA/s1600/tut1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84AiBKgFqiWShPNkk7oIKeaKeBErLroJd6dYoLxYbGn0rswRHTVFVpzoLVjsTmFMMd9sZWoaGI2sfQG0pkhPMkjMlFQk-_HW8bFPuASO8UQxTTZAnihXESrRSrGQU3sAF8rBhg_7tNiA/s400/tut1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Today and only for a few more weeks a traveling exhibit of reproduced ancient artifacts of King Tut and his royal possessions are on display in Edinburg, TX.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> The exhibits title is, “Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things from the Pharaoh’s Tomb.â€</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">People in the Rio Grande Valley only have until January 4<sup>th</sup> to rediscover the same marvelous treasure at the University of Texas Pan American’s UTPA Visitors Center. The university has been hosting the free exhibit of King Tut’s artifacts since Sep. 26 when the it first went on display. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The original artifacts are in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt and over thirty years had past since Tut and his things went on display in the United States in 2005 and 2007.<br /><br />King Tut was worshiped as a God and ruled Egypt during the 18th Dynasty (1333 BC â€" 1323 BC) for ten years from the age of nine to 19-years-old. The cause of his death in unknown. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7itKclzc4xAh-WPTqnGqBDiXE40QRiGn4cDIQ3gQkY7BDXcNQMWSinEwqBW8yvXhywQyyHZi5fJDNE-mLNfB-VAFFzu7yP7jgfPKkn3_1FNwZ86RS52FNV6WkaTBPoJp6LydIbwLcXRk/s1600/tut2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7itKclzc4xAh-WPTqnGqBDiXE40QRiGn4cDIQ3gQkY7BDXcNQMWSinEwqBW8yvXhywQyyHZi5fJDNE-mLNfB-VAFFzu7yP7jgfPKkn3_1FNwZ86RS52FNV6WkaTBPoJp6LydIbwLcXRk/s640/tut2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things from the Pharaoh's Tomb are recreations of the original finds. They are crafted in the same design and are a well representation of King Tut and the way he lived. In total the exhibit showcases 130 artifacts.<br /><br />Explore a rulers life and experience his marvelous treasure that was sought after for so many years in the Desert of the Tomb of the Valley of the Kings.<br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Exhibit Hours:<br />Monday-Friday 9 a.m. â€" 5 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. â€" 2 p.m., Sunday: closed<br /><br />WHERE: University of Texas-Pan American, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg.<br /><br />Request a Tour:<br />Large groups and school tours must submit a tour request form to schedule a group tour.<b style="font-weight: normal;"> 1 (866) 441 UTPA</b> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-6684561143579854090?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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