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Community

Getting some new Threads

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Dina Ruiz / Staff Writer On July 1, in collaboration with Downtown’s monthly Art Walk, 22-year-old Jennifer Reid opened the doors to Threads, Corpus Christi’s only Teen/Young Adult urban consignment shop, located Downtown. “My mom had a consignment shop similar to Threads for a few years targeting older women, and between helping her out and being inspired by all the awesome shops in Austin, I decided to do something all my own,” said Reid. Threads is the latest of retail stores to take the risk of choosing Downtown as their location. Other shops such as Produce and Co-Op have taken…

Community, Entertainment

Roller derby draws crowds

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Maddie Chalk / Editor in Chief Corpus Christi’s newest roller derby league, the C.C. Maidens Texas Derby opened its doors seven months ago at the start of derby season. Today, this league has over 35 players that participate in practices and the games, called “bouts”, which they hold monthly. “The majority of our league is made up of volunteers: announcers, referees, and even the girls,” Announcer and treasurer, Ninah Ross said. “The dues that the girls pay, along with the proceeds from our ticket sales to the bouts help pay to rent out the Ayers Event Center and for travel…

Community, Entertainment

Funtabulous entertainment

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Andrew Wilson / Graphic Designer Corpus Christi’s newest family entertainment center – opened on July 9 on the lower level of Sunrise Mall and offers different activities including, an indoor “ice-skating” rink, a laser maze, human foosball and bazooka ball. Owner Raymond Rodriguez originally wanted to build an indoor wooden maze, but because of fire code restrictions turned his attention to building a laser maze. From there, he kept adding attractions to build the attraction up to what it is today. Probably the biggest draw is the indoor ice-skating rink. It is not real ice, but a synthetic polymer similar…