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Former farmworkers share their stories

At age 6, Renato Ramirez would wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning to await the blare of a horn coming from the truck in the road. He and his family of farmworkers would jump in for a long day of working in the field. “In the cotton field there was never any shade, just the sun and the calf-high cotton plants,” Ramirez said. “My siblings, at the time, were too young to work, so my mother would put them under the work trucks because that was the only available shade. At the end of the day I…

K Space seeks artists for 10th annual exhibit

Top 5 works will receive $2,500 The K Space Contemporary Art Gallery of Corpus Christi is seeking artists for its 10th annual 3rd Coast National, where it “introduces the Coastal Bend community to innovative artists and artwork being created in other parts of the country, as well as in our own region,” according to the gallery’s website. The competition is non-thematic, so you are open to expression and imagination as you please. Open up your portfolio, or grab some creativity from your brain! The entry fee (nonrefundable) is $40 for nonmembers and $30 for members for up to three works…