Sep 24 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS A retired engineer from Goldsby, Oklahoma photographed an abandon sailboat at a local shipyard. The image has since been featured in several art institutions in Oklahoma. Bob Finley said he would like to know the history of the Ensueno sailboat that has gotten so much attention. He said …
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Sep 24 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Lacey Ekberg presented the direction of the CVB at Coffee and Conversation Thursday. Ekberg said in her four months on the Island that she has realized what a tremendous place it could be. She said finding personal interests and following passions will bring …
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Sep 24 2012
Special to the PRESS The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Deputy Director Ramiro Garcia Jr., who heads the Office of Compliance and Enforcement, will attend the third annual Valley Environmental Summit hosted by State Rep. Eddie Lucio III on Thursday, Oct. 4, in Brownsville. This meeting of state and local leaders and local stakeholders engages …
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Sep 24 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS The fall beach clean-up attracted hundreds of volunteers to the Island Saturday morning. Several organizations sponsored a mile stretch of beach. Surfrider Foundation, Keep SPI Beautiful and Friends of Isla Blanca provided gloves, trash bags, data cards and water to volunteers. The Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Program …
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Sep 24 2012
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The game turned in the third quarter. Port Isabel trailed St. Joseph Academy of Brownsville, 27-22, at the break and the Tarpons started the second half first on offense. They needed only two plays to score. Running back Jacob Losoya went over right tackle at the Bloodhounds’ 38-yard …
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Sep 20 2012
Welcoming All Cheaters, Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Let it be known from now until the end of time that People of the Rio Grande Valley careith ‘bout two things: Their Football and Their Bartenders. So it is evident from the response of our first annual (first ever) Beach Bar Beat Beach Bartender Contest. For some …
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Sep 20 2012
Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Unlitter Campaign announces its Fourth Annual Trash Art Contest to be held during SandCastle Days October 5-7 at Clayton’s Beach Bar on South Padre Island. A lesson in recycling, this unique Island event invites artists and amateurs to pick-it up and mix-it up while stretching the conventional …
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Sep 20 2012
Special to the PRESS Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson is urging all Texans to take advantage of “their right to access the public beach” on Saturday, September 22 for the 26th Annual Texas General Land Office Fall Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup. The cleanup will take place at 29 sites along the Texas coast from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. …
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Sep 20 2012
Special to the PRESS Great music performed by great artists is a joy for the listener, and audience members will experience that joy when El Paseo Arts Foundation hosts The Wyeth String Quartet on Monday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. inside the SPI Convention Center. The Wyeth String Quartet members are the principal string performers …
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Sep 20 2012
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Noteworthy positive improvements and progress of Laguna Vista are being diminished by a timeworn call by a minority of residents for removal of the municipal court judge here who has served more than one year in his appointed position, local leaders say. Letters to the editor, public comments …
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