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Not the actual cave reported being located in Duval County. POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM DECEMBER 26, 2018 In the summer of 1867, the Corpus Christi Advertiser ran a story that a cave called Llano Blanco Cave was discovered in Duval County. The newspaper reported that exploration as far as seventy-five yards into the cave had revealed “large chambers and a stream of running fresh water; so cold you do not need ice.” “A natural well, 25 feet deep, was found some 200 yards from the entrance,” the Advertiser reported. It added that “air rushes with great force.” It said that walls in the cave were formed by a sulfate of lime, and “untold quantities of plaster of Paris could be made out of it.” Other elements were present but had not yet been fully examined. The cave, the newspaper said, had been dormant for years. In a flair of ethnocentrism, the Advertiser proclaimed that the cave had been “awaiting the acuteness of Yankee enterprise” to take advantage of what the it had to offer.

POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM DECEMBER 10, 2018 Father Armando Ibanez, OP Photo by KSAT TV. On Wednesday, December 12, on the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Father Armando Ibanez will celebrate his 25th anniversary as a priest. The occasion will be marked by a Mass at St. Francis de Paula beginning at 6 p.m.  He was ordained at St. Francis de Paula on December 11, 1993, and celebrated his first Mass the following day. Father Ibanez, whose roots are in San Diego, joined the Dominican Order, which served San Diego, Freer, Benavides, and Alice for more than half a century. Prior to his entry into the priesthood, he was a reporter with the Alice Echo-News and the Corpus Christi Caller. His current ministry is as an instructor of journalists and filmmakers at Texas A&M University. (Click on image to read.) 2 COMMENTS ON "FATHER IBANEZ CELEBRATES 25 YEARS AS DOMINICAN" DANIEL CUBRIEL | December 11, 2018 at 9:50 am | Reply As a young altar boy, I remember my uncle, A