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Jan 26 2012
By 8-BIT JAY Special to the Parade As a tech writer and experienced user of social networking tools, you’d think I’d be more aware of how cautious we should be on social networks. Unfortunately, this week I found out that things can go horribly wrong, because we can’t filter what others say to each other. …
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Jan 26 2012
By SCARLET COLLEY Special to the Parade The dolphins of the Laguna Madre are celebrating. They are happy. It seems that after months of red tide killing so much of their sea world, it is over, and life is breathing back into the bay waters. There is more food for them. They do not have …
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Jan 23 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com For Dennis Doucette, it all started one day while strolling the Galveston Island beaches. It was there, some nine years ago, that on the shore, entangled in weeds, and covered in barnacles, that he discovered a curious stone of sorts. He took it home, polished it off …
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Jan 23 2012
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS “Here and There: Recollections of Texas in World War II (An Oral History Workshop)” was held Thursday evening at Paragraphs Book Store on South Padre Island. As history buffs waited in anticipation for tips on how to record a thorough oral history, William McWhorter of the Texas Historical …
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Jan 23 2012
Special to the PRESS The Friedman Family, Port Isabel Mayor Joe E. Vega and the City Commissioners invite the public to attend the unveiling of a monument in memory of the late Barbara J. Friedman. A statue, donated by the Friedman Family, will be placed on the Light House Square to honor Mrs. Barbara J. …
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Jan 23 2012
Special to the PRESS At the Jan. 18 regular City Council Meeting, Mayor Robert N. Pinkerton, Jr. made the announcement of his appointment by the House of Representatives to the Joint Interim Committee to Study Seacoast Territory Insurance. The purpose of the committee is to examine alternative ways to provide insurance to the state’s seacoast …
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Jan 23 2012
Special to the PRESS The City of South Padre Island will be assisting the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Zoonosis Control Division with the Oral Rabies Vaccination Program (ORVP). The purpose of this program is to reduce or possibly eliminate the dog strain of rabies carried by coyotes in Texas. Baits containing a …
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Jan 23 2012
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was a fight for first place at La Feria Friday night and the Port Isabel Tarpons showed up ready to do battle. They led almost all the way and won the key district contest, 61-51. With the win, Port Isabel remains in a tie for first place …
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Jan 20 2012
My name is Zach and I was left at the shelter by my family. The Friends of Animal Rescue took me in. I would still like a home of my own. I’m an older cat so I won’t do any of the kitten stuff. You can see I get along okay with dogs. Won’t you …
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