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Read more about Kunz and other shrimpers on Page 14. Photo by Stuart Villanueva.86DEPARTMENTS36HOOKEDTargeting tripletail42STEM TO STERNLeague City couple travels the world in 51-foot sailboat70SEASIDE STYLEA few of Holly Lilley’s favorite things72DOWN THE HATCHYears ago, frozen cocktails got a cold reception, but now they’re on fire76TABLE SURFINGThese restaurants know seafood80TASTE OF TEXASA simple Texas dish that always satisfies82GAME ONWhen prepared with care, feral swine makes for a tasty meal86DESSERT ISLANDWho can take credit for inventing Key lime pie?88HOMEPORTIslanders knock down walls to create the house of their dreams94GARDEN VARIETYIslander grows vegetables in a seaside garden104SAVE THE DATEArea events to keep your calendar booked110PARTY PICSFind out who made the local party scene116SHUTTERBUGSReaders share their coastal photosThe July Coast Monthly article “A legacy of inspi-ration” should have said Space Center Houston Chief Operating Officer Tracy Lamm grew up in Hunts-ville, Alabama. His father was an Army engineer at Redstone Arsenal base where the NASA Marshall Flight Center also is located and where NASA engineers worked on Saturn V, a rocket NASA built to send people to the moon and was used in the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s. 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