Valley Women Honored At Corpus Christi Texas Press Women Meet
The Texas Press Women held their 79th annual convention in Corpus Christi October 22–24 with theme A Backward Glance, A Forward Stance. Highlights included awards for Mary Day and new appointments Connie Greene, Maureen Moore, and Lois Humphreys, plus speakers on ecology and journalism.
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Texas Press
Christi
Sheraton Marina Inn
Cafe Royale
Lorraine Daly Jolliffee
Padre Island
North Faire Island
Mary Day
South Padre Island
Texas Press Women
Guenther Stieghorst
South America
R.M. Maeser, Jr
Art Zeitz
Ehtyl Corporation
Robert M. Jackson
Corpus Christi Caller- Times
Holly Wood
The
Seguin Enterprise
James Hale
Laredo Times
William P. Hobby, Jr
Houston Post
Charles W. Ferguson
New York
Readers Digest
Valley
Brownsville
Lucy Wallace McClelland
Mission
Valley Press
Maureen Moore
Laguna Vista
Ira Loetscher
Connie Greene
Lois Humphreys
Mary Day Fine
Burt Johnson
Weslaco
Texas seeks 18 fishermen for missing record certificates
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is tracking 18 anglers who landed record fish but have not received certificates from the Game Fish Records Committee due to incomplete ads. The list includes J W Rainey Deberry striped bass and Don Sherrod San Antonio sailfish among others, with several locations and species.
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Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Department
Game Fish Records Committee
J.W. Rainey
Deberry
Bill Valverde
del Rio
Port Aransas
Louis Rawalt
Padre Island
Raymond Rivers
Dean Hawn
Corpus Christi
Tucker Dorn
Arnold Morgan
Walter Hentz
Harlingen
Albert Wolley
John H. Reagan
Texas
Port Isabel Band Boosters Halloween Carnival at Church Grounds
The Port Isabel Band Boosters sponsor a Halloween Carnival this Saturday October 30 from 6 to 10 pm at the Catholic Church grounds. Open to the public with a Fall Festival theme and games including pitch penny balloon fish pond and bottle ring plus a Mexican kitchen and refreshments.
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Port Isabel
Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea Cemetery in Port Isabel
The Catholic Church plans a Mass on All Souls Day and invites residents to help clean and beautify the City Cemetery. Father Eloy Fuentes calls parish members to join a Sunday cleanup, and a cemetery Mass will be held on Thursday evening.
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Our Lady Star of the Sea
Port Isabel
United States
Eloy Fuentes
Father Fuentes
20th Century Columbus Resides in Madrid
Christopher Columbus is alive and well and living in Madrid. He serves as captain of a Spanish navy Corvette and makes frequent sea voyages, described as a direct descendant of the original discoverer of the New World.
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Madrid
Reuter
Christopher Columbus
Paseo de la Habana
Columbus
Spain
Duke de Veraguea
Jamaica
the Indies
Colon de Varvajal
el Greco
Valazquez
Ocean Sea
Cristobal
Naval Academy
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Duke
Panama
Cuba
Veragua
Writers Hail Fish Records
A Texas Outdoor Writers Association resolution commends the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for its first year of keeping state records of the largest freshwater and saltwater game fish. The department has certified 20 new records and outlines submission rules including certified scales, witness signatures, precise measurement, photos, and detailed fishing data. In addition a dramatic biographical aside about Duke De Veragua, plus a Reuters report from Darwin on a crocodile poaching case in Australia, appears within the text.
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Austin
Texas Outdoor Writers Association
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas
TOWA
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Game Fish Record Committee
John H. Reagan
First Six Weeks Honor Roll Announced
The list shows senior A and B honorees including Linda Grant, Carmen Kaevando, William Faulkner, Ray Puentes, Sixto Castillo, Terri Galloway, and Jesus Zuniga. Juniors, sophomores, freshmen, and middle-school students are named for A and B honor roles, with many named individuals across grades.
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Linda Grant
Carmen Kaevando
William Faulkner
Ray Puentes
Sixto Castillo
Terri Galloway
Jesus Zuniga
Raul Puentes
Susan Young
Freda Estes
Carolyn Martin
Cecilia Alaniz
Debbie Noel
Ester Zamora
Mary Keller
Ricky Quintanilla
Delores Olvera
Mary Ellen Bruening
Odette Eliizondo
Gilbert Delgado
Juan Zamora
Arturo Alamo
Paul Trice
Leticia Cantu
Rene Fonseca
Lydia Montelango
Nancy Spinks
Kindel Boswell
Amelia Torres
Lorraine Wilson
Enedina Gonzales
Christi Lyons
Jimmy Spinks
Rafael Zuniga
Jeff Zimmerman
Mario Tamayo
Robert Campbell
Elizabeth Lobette
Carlos Medina
Pat Golterman
Joey Spinks
James Hartard
Juan Castillo
Daisy Harris
Janie Compian
Sylvia Castillo
Lydia Molina
Todd Harbour
Julie Kuznar
Maude Jesus Martinez
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Corpus
Martha Ann Hemphill
Baytown
Lois Humphrey
Pohl
W. Elizabeth
Storf
E. Elizabeth
By Tom Butler
Writers Hail Fish Records
Castille
Isabel
Miami
America
Anunciada
Yale University
North America
New World
St. Augustine
Fla
Washington
District of Columbia
Ohio
Erik the Red
Darwin
Australia
Northwest Territory
Merrill Woods
Steve Kochis
Ramon Michel
Daniel Michel
Mirana Tamayo
Freddy Chavez
Adan Zurita
Luci Bernal
Mike Sullivan
Sam Thornton
Jose Banda
Elvia Salinas
Maria Elisa Campian
Gustavo Rosales
Tom Masog
Lupita Sandoval
Angie Galvan
Albert Miranda
Byron Herrington
Robert Harris
Terrel H. Bell
U. S
Ricardo Bernal
Margaret Martin
Edna Osorio
Colleen Sheehan
Emery Green III
Michael Groomer
Abel Medina
Pamela Flint
Diana Garza
Anita Gonzalez
Lori Honeycutt
Eva Martinez
Bonnie Moore
Beatriz Pena
Robin Saynes
Elizabeth Sheehan
Magdalena Martinez
Ismael Alaniz
John Bodden
Cosme Garza
Rolando Gonzalez
John Holmes
John la Roche
Jose Moncevaiz
Danny O'Neil
Luis Villarreal
Gerald Pockrus
Irma Cuellar
Velia Guillen
Katy Kolb
Kathy Lang
Lisa Honeycutt
Douglas Walker
Jesus Vasquez
Travis Sanders
Patrick Marchan
Adrian Fonseca
Michael Ehrlich
Renee Dunn
Sandra Galvan
Maria Elena Salazar
Juanita Martinez
America Gonzalez
Rosemary Garza
Manuel Saldivar
Rogerio Salinas
Rocky Algoe
Vielda Garza
Mary Martinez
Yancy Perez
Rachel Saldivar
Danny Harris
Karen Cook
Mary Rock
Cindy Ann Osorio
Crissy Spinks
William
George Dorsett
Russell Ehrlich
Eva Dina Fonseca
Margaret Galvan
Chris Garza
David Groves
Rosario Grisham
Donald Guillot
Gariel Guterrez
Panchito Herrera
Judith Holland
Kari Kaznar
Peter Lovette
Leticia Martinez
Sonia Molina
Maureen O'Neil
Beto Pena
Jane Rivera
Anna Rosales
Laurie Sheehan
Weslney Silk
Lori Zimmerman
Rosario Saldivar
Rosario Sanchez
Terrie Smith
Esteban Tamayo
Sharon Walker
Popt Hardware & Electric
Mavive State Bank
F.D.I.C
FTD Florist
E. Elizabeth LI
the Conquistador Club
Sandy Retreat
S. Padre Island
Sale Boots
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Carolyn
Coronado
Harfingen
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