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‘The Wall’ documentary to be screened
Panel discussion will follow film The Corpus Christi Caller-Times will host a screening of the documentary “The Wall” at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at 7 p.m. Wednesday. “The Wall” is a USA Today Network documentary film that looks at the challenges of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The film is a compilation of footage captured by journalists while reporting for an award-winning multimedia series titled “The Wall.” The series was reported on by various news outlets of the USA Today Network including The Arizona Republic and the Caller-Times and won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting. “I think…
Fun in the sun threatens wildlife
Every Spring Break the coast is flooded with beach-goers and local business is booming. However, beneath the profitable beat-banging and bottle-popping festivities are several layers of garbage pummeled into the sand. The daily remains left behind include beer cans, liquor bottles, cigarettes, sandals and countless other random items that cause damage to the beaches and marine life. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that plastic debris adversely affects at least 267 species globally, including 86 percent of sea turtles, 44 percent of seabirds and 43 percent of marine mammals. The most common threats to wildlife include both physical hazards from ingestion…
Center for Early Learning’s goal: delicious, nutritious
The Center for Early Learning at Del Mar College is part of a new program to help the children eat delicious yet healthy food. The college has announced a sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Division. Melinda Eldrige, director of the CEL, has helped to make sure the criteria is met to be able to provide the children the meals. “The meal patterns are very particular as far as what we have to meet,” she said. Eldrige stated that it balances that they are focused more on whole…