Sep 23 2016
By MARILYN LORENZ Special to the PRESS If you happen to have looked up at the sky recently you may very well have noticed large birds flying overhead. Strings of cormorants by the hundreds and both large and small flocks of herons and egrets are passing by. The curlews have been back for weeks and sandpipers …
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Sep 23 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS One of the most amusing experiences I have ever had was when I watched my grandson, Luke first discover his own image in our wall mirror. Luke cooed and ahhed as his little fingers gently explored the face that peered back at him from the glass; a dawning realization …
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Sep 16 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS We have all experienced the irrational feeling of great wealth that comes over us as we walk along the beach collecting shells. Yet, we seldom give any consideration as to what significance shells had to earlier cultures. Seashells are treasures and from the earliest times, people all over the …
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Sep 16 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last week some dreaded news broke for folks along the Laguna Madre: red tide was on our shores. I imagine many people reacted the same way I did — by saying, “Oh no! Not again!” No one can predict where or when a red tide bloom will occur, …
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Sep 09 2016
Special to the PRESS Update 9/12/2016: Due to red tide moving into the area, Friends of Animal Rescue will be postponing their 2nd annual Tails on the Beach event. The organization decided to postpone the event out of concern for the effects the red tide might have on our two and four legged friends. Initially …
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Sep 09 2016
No Extra Charge for Fleas, Mosquitoes and Dirt By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS In her book, “Following the Drum”, (Budd & Carleton New York, 1858) Teresa Viele’ tells of her experiences on the Texas Frontier shortly after the end of the War with Mexico. A recent graduate of West Point, Lieutenant Egbert Viele’ had …
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Sep 09 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I was inside the Port Isabel Public Library recently to take advantage of their microfilm readers in order to view decades’ old copies of the PRESS. While I was there, I noticed some paintings on display by one the Laguna Madre Art League’s local artists. The League’s members …
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Sep 02 2016
Special to the PRESS On September 15, 2016, El Paseo Arts Foundation is proud and honored to host a performance of the Camille Playhouse’s powerful production of Wit, by Margaret Edson. Under the direction of the Camille’s new artistic director, Christopher Ikner, Wit has been described by The New York Times as “the kind of …
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Sep 02 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS One of the main reasons cited for building a railroad that ran from Brownsville to Point Isabel, was to break the monopoly on freight and passenger hauling held by Richard King and Mifflin Kenedy. The two partners owned a fleet of twenty six steamboats that had operated on …
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Sep 02 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Caldo weather. Hoodie weather. Read a good book weather. Sleep in weather. Hot chocolate weather. We’re almost there, and I can’t wait. Wednesday morning brought with it some light rain and a pleasantly fresh breeze. No longer did the air caressing my skin feel like the wave of …
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