Tag: Winter Texan

Geocachers search for hidden treasure

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com January 22, 2015 “Whopper & B” laughed  as they traded geocaching stories with their friends “Willie and Wilma” beneath sunny skies just north of San Benito Tuesday. The two Winter Texan couples regularly team up to trek across the Valley in search of hidden treasures using GPS devices …

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Ocean enthusiast holds personal accumulation of messages in a bottle

By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Carole Mahalak, a long time winter Texan, has an unusual talent that corresponds with her love of the ocean. Every year for the past four years, she has come across a message in a bottle that has reached the South Texas shore. “I’ve had a love affair with …

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Refuge to host ‘Winter Texan Appreciation Day’

Special to the Parade Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is holding a Winter Texan Appreciation Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, February 16, with free refuge entrance, refreshments and door prizes for seniors. The refuge opened in 1943, which makes it the oldest public nature site in the Rio Grande Valley. Along the …

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