Jul 22 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Charles Canny emailed me and asked “What’s the story behind Padre Island’s name?” Padre Nicholas Balli, for whom the Island gets its name, was the first European to bring ranching to the Island. He and his nephew Juan founded El Rancho Santa Cruz de Buena Vista (later known as …
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Jul 22 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of staying cool while outdoors this summer. Heat stroke is no joking matter, and it’s important to know the signs of a person experiencing heat exhaustion or heat stroke. With the mercury continuing to hover in the triple …
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Jul 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Whether you’re into mobile gaming or not, you might have started noticing a strange pattern emerging within the last week. Tangles of tourists have been crowding around some of the best local hangout spots throughout the area. Now, it’s summer, the height of the tourist season, so it’s …
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Jul 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A mobile game sensation has taken over the Laguna Madre this week as dozens of players have been seen congregating around local landmarks eager trying to find pint sized digital monsters. The game is Pokémon Go, an augmented reality video game that combines real-world maps and landmarks to …
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Jul 15 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Corpus Christi Texas August 13 1862: A Union flotilla, under the command of Lt. J.W. Kittredge arrived and took up a position off the coast, near where the approach to the harbor bridge is today. Landing under a white flag, Kittredge demanded the right to inspect government buildings that …
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Jul 08 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com If you were like me, you probably spent at least a portion of the Fourth of July holiday outdoors. And if you’re also like me, it probably felt like our South Texas sun was packing quite a punch over the long weekend. That’s because it was. It didn’t …
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Jul 08 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Born Hidalgarde Weicklein, she got her first taste of the fame that would follow when she was selected as Miss Jefferson at Jefferson High School in 1938. (San Antonio) Her singing career began when she took lessons from Mary Stuart Edwards and Sister Mary Lawrence at Incarnate College. After …
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Jul 08 2016
Special to the PRESS July’s plant of the month is known as the Yellow Sophora, or necklace pod. This coastal Texas native is from the Fabaceae family, with the scientific name Sophora tomentosa. The shrubs grow to approximately six and a half feet tall with hairy alternating leaflets. The flowers are yellow, pea-shaped, and strongly …
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Jul 01 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This year, Independence Day will mark the 240th anniversary of our nation’s existence. She’s still rather young as far as countries go, but despite that, she has become something incredible: a two century long experiment in representative democracy and multiculturalism. And as with any venture worth attempting, the …
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Jul 01 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Wherever people gather to play, pay or pray, there will be treasure. One of my favorite Island treasure hunting spots is the stretch of shore near the south jetties, and along the Gulf in front of the major hotels. Most weekends, and almost every day during the summer, these …
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