Feb 16 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Pete Stathis asked me to help identify some interesting shells he found while beach combing on South Padre Island. Here is my answer. Hi Pete, congratulations on your rather rare find. However, these are not shells … rather these are the remains of a broad group known as echinoderm …
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Feb 09 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was late at night and I was driving east on Highway 100, heading back to the Laguna Madre, heading against the grain of what little traffic shared the road with me. I was plugged in, half my mind focused on the podcast I was listening to as …
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Feb 09 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS South Padre Island’s greatest charm is its natural beauty and quietness. Hard packed, white sand beaches, backed by rows of dunes stretch as far as the eye can see. Unusual cloud formations form pictures of beauty which combine with the peaceful quiet of nature, undisturbed except by the cry …
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Feb 02 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Did you happen to catch a glimpse of the super blue blood moon this week? I didn’t, though I tried. So, what was it? It was our regular old moon — that gleaming silvery white hunk of cheese which has shown us the same smile for millennia now …
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Feb 02 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS After Taylor’s army advanced from Corpus Christi to the banks of the Rio Grande River in March of 1846, Roswell Denton was awarded the sutlers contract at Fort Polk which was situated where the Point Isabel lighthouse stands today. (Sutlers were merchants under contract to the Army who sold …
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Jan 26 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For over two decades, the Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo has been a festival aimed at allowing locals and tourists alike to become more educated about the unique ecosystems that exist in the Rio Grande Valley, including the hundreds of species of plants and animals that call this place …
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Jan 26 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Joseph bought a Garrett Infinium metal detector and is planning a camping trip up the beach. “What are the rules on bonfires?” he asked, “And can you give me some tips on my new detector?” While fires are no longer allowed on the beach within the city limits they …
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Jan 19 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As I sit here writing this the temperatures are hovering near freezing. The wind has been howling all day with a sharp and frigid bite that rapidly saps the warmth from ungloved hands. It’s the third big cold front to have moved through the area over the last …
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Jan 19 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Alvin Schoonover sent me a picture of an artifact he found while fishing in the Laguna Madre. “How did it get here?” he asked. A naval air station for Corpus Christi had been proposed since the mid-1930s but it remained a low priority as late as Jan. 9, 1940. …
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Jan 05 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com What a difference a year makes! Last year’s New Year’s Eve was cool, but rather comfortable. The mostly pleasant weather was followed by unseasonably warm days — more than a few of which saw temperatures climb well into the 90s. This time around, New Year’s Eve was marked …
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