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PADRE ISLAND - A navy helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on the Island after discovering it was having engine problems. Minutes before landing, the Sea Dragon helicopter had been over the Gulf of Mexico taking part in a minesweeping training mission. The pilot noticed a problem with the transmission and began looking for a place to land the helicopter. "As we were coming up the beachline and over the top of the southern part of the Island, there was no safe place to land. The first open field that we saw that we could make a safe...

November 1, 2005, Tuesday HAPPY ALL SAINTS DAY! In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Subbie Slip has her whip, handcuffs and legcuffs today. The rest of the stuff is locked up in my drawer. I’m just letting all the new students know that we behave as if we were ladies and gentlemen...