Mar 06 2013
By SCARLET COLLEY Special to the Parade Just watch Rozzi and you will know where to point the camera. The dolphins know him well and they like him. Rozzi often steals the show and has been featured in many magazines, talk shows and television shows. Being featured in the BBC Wildlife Magazine was one of …
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Mar 06 2013
By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade In spite of all the tropical plants and birds and in relation to the Gulf of Mexico, we do live in a desert – the Wild Horse Desert to be exact. Tales from the generations before us tell of dry years and how important water is to the …
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Feb 28 2013
PRESS Staff Report Authorities confirmed that the body retrieved from the waters near the area known as the Fingers was that of Port Isabel-based attorney Ray Roman Marchan. The discovery was made shortly after 5 p.m. after a nearly 12-hour search by local authorities, which included the Coast Guard and Texas Parks & Wildlife. According …
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Feb 28 2013
PRESS Staff Report The Port Isabel City Commission held a regular city meeting Tuesday, where, among the order of business, the commission approved Resolution 02-26-2013-01 to endorse the creation of the New Institution to serve the lower Rio Grande Valley by consolidating UTPA, UTB and Transformed Regional Academic Health Center. Resolution 02-26-2013-02 expressing concern and …
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Feb 28 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Authorities were still searching for the body of Port Isabel-based attorney Ray Roman Marchan as of press time Thursday afternoon. According to reports, Marchan reportedly jumped off the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway early Thursday morning. Cameron County Sheriff’s Department responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting that a person jumped from …
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Feb 28 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com An injured Melon-Headed Whale was found beached half a mile north of Highway 100 on South Padre Island Monday. Cameron County Coastal Agent Tony Reisinger said the whale is the third most common beached mammal on the Texas Coast. Reisinger said the whale had to be watched around the clock, …
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Feb 28 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials for the City of South Padre Island met at city hall to present their measures for the Spring Break season last Thursday. The season is expected to last from Friday, March 1 until the end of Holy Week, which is March 31. Last year’s sales tax totals for this …
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Feb 28 2013
PRESS Staff Report The renowned and well-attended SPI BikeFest has found a new home and will bear a new name. Starting this fall, Bikefest, one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the state, will be held in Corpus Christi and will now be known as Budweiser Corpus Christi BikeFest. BikeFest, held during the month of …
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Feb 28 2013
Special to the PRESS Aaron S. Demerson, Executive Director, Office of the Governor – Economic Development and Tourism has agreed to speak at the next South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Public Affairs Luncheon. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, April 16, at Isla Grand Beach Resort. A made-to-order pasta bar and buffet …
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Feb 28 2013
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Responding to the expanded use of recently upgraded City parks, officials in Laguna Vista last week agreed to install more facilities for outdoor recreation here. Selecting three of nine proposed amenities, the new additions will cost $17,850. Included will be four new barbecue pits, five picnic tables that …
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