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Helping ensure meals for the holidays

Omar Mickelson omarsmickelson1999@gmail.com After re-establishing itself under a new name early this year, the city’s Coastal Bend Food Bank is busy preparing for yet another holiday season. The highlight of the organization’s agenda for this time of year is typically its annual Share Your Christmas food drive. Beatriz Hanson, executive director of the food bank, said many activities will take place during this time of year. “The Boy Scouts [typically] kick off the holiday season by doing a food drive … the credit unions also do one,” Hanson said, adding that this year’s Share Your Christmas food drive will be…

Elevate361 now officially open

City of Corpus Christi officials celebrated the opening of a new West Side community center for a program aimed at empowering young people through mentorship, education resources, and career development opportunities. The new building for the program, Elevate 361, which first had its ‘soft opening’ in Oct 2023, located on Morgan Avenue and will serve young people between the ages of 16 and 24 years old who want to finish their education or finding employment. “When it comes to the future, for any community, especially for Corpus Christi, it is all about our youths.” Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo said…

Here’s how the IceRays changed over time

You might have seen me write about Corpus Christi’s ice hockey team, the IceRays, for the past couple issues. It’s may seem weird that a South Texas city has a hockey team, but what’s even weirder is that they’ve been around for 25 years. Their design has changed a ton in this time, and they recently changed again this season. Let’s look at their past looks. 1998 – 2003: CORPUS CHRISTI ICE RAYS This city’s history with hockey begins on Oct. 13, 1998, when the Corpus Christi Ice Rays took to the ice for the first time in the now-demolished…