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Hi Sasha,

My name is Gayle Hood and I am a Realtor on the island with Padre Elite Team – RE/MAX 1st Choice. We write a blog for our website and I am always looking for news. Most of the time, I use the City and the Chamber’s information from their newsletters but I do find things in your newspaper also. Is it OK if I use your articles to blog if I say it is from you? When Matt was there, we got permission from him but we just want to be sure it is OK to use your info now.

I am also on the South Padre Island Board of Realtors and if you want someone to help you with articles on real estate, we have sources from Texas Assoc of Realtors and National Assoc of Realtors that provide articles for us. Lindsey Martinez is our Association Executive and if you call her, she will probably provide them for you. 956-772-1940.

My phone number is 956-459-9536 if you want to call or you can email at the address above. Thanks for improving our local paper. It is much improved these days since you came.

Thanks!
Gayle Hood

Dear Editor, I am a Winter Texan. I have nothing but great things to say about the people who work so hard at making our visits to SPI a pleasure. I hope those same people have great experiences with my fellow temporary Texans. I have seldom witnessed any acts of bad behavior by either party. The people that assist us are mostly bilingual. They are trying hard to be the best at their job. Sometimes they were only hired in the past month to help cover the influx of people like ourselves. My experience here has taught me these people also have to deal with many dialects from outside the Rio Grande Valley. It must be tough.
My fellow Winter Texans, you are the face of how we will be remembered by this community long after we are gone. Feel the island vibe, remain chill, treat those helping you with great respect, tip well, try and put a smile on the face of everyone you meet while here. Who knows, you may become an even better person than you already are.
Viva Winter Texans.
James K. Goltz

I need some info. I am a subscriber to the paper version of the paper and have been for some time, somewhere in the first part of May of this year I realized I was no longer getting the current issue of the “Parade” magazine insert. At first I thought it was an accident, but then realized it is not coming at all! As long as I have been getting the newspaper the “Parade” has been a part of it, now it has stopped. I didn’t receive any notification of this nor did I see any story about the changes in the newspaper. Ray’s “Editor’s Note” column is now appearing in the newspaper and it had always been in the “Parade” before. In short, I really enjoy the “Parade” and all of its content (and not All of the columns, photos, and ads have been moved to the newspaper), I want it back and I feel that my present subscription should include it, at least until the subscription expires. I do see that the “Parade” is still alive and kicking once I got on line to send you this E-mail. I’m from a different generation, one that still enjoys getting and reading a “REAL” newspaper, the newspaper’s smell, and yes, even getting the ink smudges on my fingers. So let me know what’s up and how we can rectify this situation to our mutual satisfaction. Just for the record I feel that your present format of the paper and the “Parade”, the writers and editors, the columns and the reporting are all the BEST it has ever been, so please keep that up. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND UNDERSTANDING,
Terry Davis