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Community, Health

Veteran copes with PTSD through artistic creations

Aubree Curran

Former Marine encourages fellow vets to seek help if they’re struggling The dimly lit booth filled with an assortment of handcrafted wooden flags and crosses sits quietly in the middle of a bustling crowd of people at the Hollydays Market of the American Bank Center. While most venders attempt to sell their products to potential customers as soon as their wandering eyes hit their booth, Rick Pritchard sits alone in the corner of his.  Isolated from the crowd, and silent among the lively chatter that fills the market, Pritchard’s demeanor paints a picture of his past.  His eyes reveal the…

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Warriors v. IceRays game: what you missed

Paul Farias

The Corpus Christi IceRays came back to the American Bank Center for another weekend bout. This time, the team played the Oklahoma City Warriors on Oct. 6-7. All seemed well the first night after IceRays forward Ryan Hintz scored in the first period, but that wouldn’t come to last. In two minutes, three Warriors forwards scored one goal apiece in the second period alone, bringing the score to 3-1 going into the third. And by the end, it wasn’t much better. Two more Warriors put the puck in the net, and the IceRays never responded with another goal. Thus, the…

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Honoring Indigenous People’s Day

Lola Ponce

In observance of Indigenous People’s Day, on Oct. 8 Indigenous People’s of the Coastal Bend (IPCB) celebrated an event with the reading of the Corpus Christi’s proclamation, speaking on a current federal lawsuit against Enbridge Oil Export Terminal, and lastly a dance from the Mexican Indigenous danzantes, the Spanish word meaning dancer, from the group Kalpulli Ehekatl Papalotzin. To start off the event, co- founder of IPCB, Love Sanchez, read off the City of Corpus Christi proclamation dedicating the second Monday of October as Indigenous People’s Day. “We honor the Karankawa, Lipan/Apache … any extinct tribes and other tribes that…

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Here’s how the IceRays changed over time

Paul Farias

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…

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Frights and sights this Halloween season

Mackinnon Love

The Corpus Christi area has several activities for locals to feel the Halloween spirit. From Haunted Houses to pumpkin patches, there is something for everyone this year. For those looking for a good scare, there are a few haunted houses to choose from. The Lexington Museum on the Bay will be hosting its “Haunting of the Blue Ghost” again this year. Guests enter the ship’s depths and make their way through two decks of narrow corridors and dark hallways. The attraction is open every weekend during October and on Halloween and tickets are on sale for $30 to $40. For…