Dec 16 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS It’s surprising how we can take for granted some of the most mundane inventions, such as the common button. But the button has not always been so common and few people realize they have a history dating back many thousands of years. Primitive man used thorn and sinew or …
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Dec 16 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com There’s something magical about seeing the eyes of a small child light up as he sees Santa Claus holding a Christmas present intended just for him. Even if there’s a line of other kids who have already gotten gifts, or children who are still waiting to see what …
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Dec 09 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I have it on good authority that things inside Santa’s workshop at the North Pole have been kicked into high gear as we enter the final countdown to Christmas. We’re just a couple of short weeks away before the jolly big man himself loads up his sleigh to …
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Nov 23 2016
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 18 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Well, I don’t have a time machine (though sometimes I wish I did) so I didn’t really travel to the early 19th Century. And I didn’t actually meet the classical music genius, either, but I did one time meet a man who shares his name. I met a …
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Nov 18 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS “He had 20-20 vision and could run like a lizard at the age of 102,” Tolbert wrote, “and he had a good thing in his role of South Padre Island Resident Character. For a small fee, he showed up at resort openings and seemed to be able to sniff …
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Nov 11 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was a very long election season — a very, very long election season. In the time it took our country to whittle down a football team’s worth of Democratic and Republican hopefuls down to the final two nominees at the Roll Call of States at the two …
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Nov 11 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS The following is an excerpt from Old Indio Last of the Karankawa Indians on Padre Island and other short stories by Steve Hathcock. By the end of Spanish rule in Texas, the Karankawa, never numbering more than a few thousand, had been greatly reduced by epidemic diseases and other …
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Nov 04 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Though it seems second nature to us today, because no one had ever seen such a device before and few could figure out how it worked, the first zipper came with a set of instructions! Whitcomb Judson is generally given credit with inventing the zipper but that honor really …
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Nov 04 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com What’s your comfort food? It’s the first week of November, and ostensibly we’re in fall — at least according to my calendar. But with much of the Rio Grande Valley hitting record high temperatures over the past several days, it still feels very much like summer. Regardless of …
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