Nov 30 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Fall is a pretty special time of year for my family. It’s the time of year when we have much occasion to celebrate, which may perhaps explain why it’s my favorite season of the year. Sure, there’s the “regular” autumn stuff to celebrate: holidays, and family gatherings, and …
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Nov 30 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Alonso Álvarez de Pineda was on a mapping expedition when he discovered the Brazos pass in 1519. He is generally credited with naming the pass, Brazos de Santiago, meaning the Arms of Saint James, which has remained unchanged to this day. Pineda continued south from Brazos to a large …
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Nov 23 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Gobble, gobble! It’s that time of the year again — that time where we set our tables with our nicest china and our homes are filled with the warm smells of butter, thyme, cinnamon, pumpkin, cranberry and citrus as we prepare a feast fit for royalty. It’s Thanksgiving! …
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Nov 16 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com With the fall migration in full swing and birders from near and far “oohing” and “aahing” over the astounding variety of colorful, whimsical, rare, eye-catching and breathtaking avian species wending their way through the Rio Grande Valley, I thought I would take a moment to extol the virtues …
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Nov 16 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS “Do you know any reason a person would find 50 (caliber) bullets on the island?” the email read. I studied the embedded photos before reading on. “The wife actually found them while beach combing for shells. When she showed me, I went back with the detector but still did …
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Nov 09 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I was browsing through the aisles at HEB late one night last week when something caught my eye as I made my way down the pet food aisle looking for treats for my very pampered cat. It was HEB’s small collection of bird feeders and bird food. Stacked …
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Nov 09 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Hi Steve, I have a treasure-hunting question that goes back a few years. I have heard that people have found gold doubloons on the beaches of Padre Island. I also heard that a wreck was found around the mid-60s. Is it true the finder and the State of Texas …
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Nov 02 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “It’s so pretty!” I said to my dad last weekend as we lazed on a couch in the living room on a quiet Saturday evening. The TV was turned on; the sound of whatever program Dad was watching providing shapeless sound for all the attention I was paying …
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Nov 02 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Hello Steve, I am a transplanted Texan (Santa Fe) for 15 years and really miss the lifestyle of South Texas. I have been intrigued for several years with the shipwrecks of Padre. I saw one on a map listed as Nicaragua. It appeared to be located about 50 or so miles south …
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Oct 26 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “Double, double, toil and trouble;/ Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” Thus chanted the three witches when Macbeth chanced upon them in a wood in the darkness of night. The witches were up to no good as they stood in the forest brewing up an unsightly stew filled with …
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