The 12th annual Pino Family Reunion at Alamo was held last week and included a number of activities: camp meetings, contests, cookouts, parties and dinners.
The event has grown over the years from a small gathering of the members of the Pino family to a veritable fiesta attended by people from the whole Alamo community and beyond.
“We started out just a small group, but it has really grown,” said Jackson Pino, who is acting as president of the Pino family members who arrange the reunion. “We are trying to come up with new activities all the time. Next year maybe we will have a horse race too.”
Consequently this year’s agenda featured a popular novelty: mud bogging. A couple hundred showed up on Saturday morning to watch as the contestants, from both Alamo and around the state, tried to maneuver their trucks in the mud.
Depending on their vehicle, they entered in one of four different categories: stock, pro-stock, modified or pro-modified.
Some made it across at record speed, while others plunged in and got stuck right away. Ira Pino Sr. and Gilbert Pino, who were mainly responsible for this event, were happy with the turnout and that everything ran smoothly.
“Safety was our main concern,” said Ira Pino Sr.
The results are as follows:
Stock
1st Fred Tasoye, La Joya 6,88/6,47
2nd Danny Apachito, Alamo 7,88/18,2
Pro-stock
1st Joseph Dare, La Joya 7,69/5,29
Modified
1st Joseph Scates, Socorro 11,72/10,22
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