Dec 13 2012
Schlitterbahn Water Park on South Padre Island will present Breakfast with Santa from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday as part of the 12 days of Christmas Celebration of the SPI Parks and Recreation Committee. A free pancake breakfast will be available for kids 12 and under and $2 for adults. A price of …
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Dec 09 2012
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS CORPUS CHRISTI – The Port Isabel Tarpons’ 2012 playoff run has come to an end. The Bellville Brahmas defeated the last Valley team left standing in the post-season 22-0 in the Region IV final Saturday night at Cabaniss Stadium in Corpus Christi. Bellville scored the first two times …
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Dec 06 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Gina (not her real name) dresses immaculately. At 124 pounds, she’s slight for her height; which, in a way, helps her appear at least a decade younger than her 54 years of age suggests. She’s donned in a smart black summer dress with small white prints. Her …
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Dec 06 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel High School Tarpon football team prepared for the Bellville Brahmas this week for the state quarterfinals game to be played this Saturday at Cabaniss stadium in Corpus Christi. Head Coach Monty Stumbaugh said his team is not the bigger team, but they will be the team that …
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Dec 06 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Port Isabel local playing a Texas Lotto scratch-off won $20,000. Hector Martinez, Sr. purchased a Veteran’s Cash from Causey’s Circle Drive-in in Port Isabel. He said it was a pleasant surprise winning on a large scale. “I think I might save it for a little bit, but I think …
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Dec 06 2012
Special to the PRESS The University of Texas Board of Regents unveiled an approved plan Thursday in Austin that will merge the University of Texas Pan American, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and the Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen as a single institution to increase educational opportunities in South Texas, and more rapidly …
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Dec 06 2012
Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Christmas Parade has been rescheduled to December 13, as a show of support for the Port Isabel High School football team’s advancement to the Class 3A Division II state quarterfinal and anticipated advancement to the semifinal. Additionally, in honor of their outstanding season, the football team has …
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Dec 02 2012
Special to the PRESS CORPUS CHRISTI — There was a light chill in the air on Saturday night in Calallen, but there was also some Port Isabel Tarpon magic, too. In front on a charged up Tarpon crowd, the boys dug deep several times to win a back-and-forth thriller over Geronimo Navarro 35-28 in overtime …
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Nov 29 2012
The Port Isabel Tarpons are shown during Friday’s area round matchup against Sinton. See Thursday’s PRESS for full results of the Tarpons’ victory and for information on the regional semi-final playoff game against Navarro, which is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at Corpus Christi Calallen. Visit portisabelsouthpadre.com after the game for playoff coverage. (Photos by …
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Nov 29 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Shoppers and employees at the local Walmart store got more than just after Thanksgiving bargains earlier this week when a South Padre Island man allegedly exposed himself in the middle of the store and ultimately led police on an approximate 100 mile-per-hour chase across the Queen Isabella …
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