Jun 18 2012
By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Amanda Armstrong wasn’t necessarily known for her prowess as a long distance runner. All of that changed in February when Armstrong, who readers might remember as a past editor of the South Padre Parade Entertainment Magazine, felt called to run a marathon, a 26.2 mile distance run that …
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Jun 18 2012
By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS The Point Isabel Independent School District school board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday night in the administration building on Port Road. Board members are expected to approve personnel changes during the meeting. Schools submitted several requests to the board for new personnel including …
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Jun 18 2012
By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS School is out, but kids’ energy levels are still high. Luckily for parents wondering what they’re going to do with their kids this summer, several activities in the Laguna Madre area could help give kids something to do. At least three area churches are having vacation Bible school …
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Jun 18 2012
Special to the PRESS The Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter will be celebrating International Surfing Day on June 20 at Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island by holding two free surf clinics for children and young teens. Children ages 4-14 can participate in the clinics, where surfboards, instructors, t-shirts, lunch and giveaways will be …
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Jun 14 2012
Dear Readers, There’s plenty on tap this Father’s Day weekend that might just make it one for the record books. Still ongoing is the Great Texas Catamaran, the Lighthouse Cinema will launch its season Friday, Blues on the Hill makes its return Saturday, and Zumbathon is scheduled in San Benito over the weekend. Just flip …
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Jun 14 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Taj and Korey’s eyes said it all. As the Parade was photographing their family patriarch, Raul Alcozer at Isla Blanca Park, these young lads looked on with pure awe and admiration. Their glow wasn’t so much due to the fact that they knew they and Raul were to …
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Jun 14 2012
By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS George Kersey paced nervously around his boat. He’d check the lines, then the hull. After more pacing, Kersey checked the lines again; though, nothing had changed in the two minutes since he’d last looked at them. “I want to go fast,” Kersey said. “I’m sick of waiting around.” …
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Jun 14 2012
By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS The taste and smell of water in the Laguna Madre area should return to normal as early as the end of the week, according to Gavino Sotelo, general manager of the Laguna Madre water district. Sotelo said his office began receiving complaints last Friday about a bad taste …
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Jun 14 2012
By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Laguna Vista police are looking for a man who has been missing for more than a week. Juan Pina, 19, of Laguna Vista, is believed to have left his home on June 5, and no one has seen him since, according to Sgt. Julio Olguin of the Laguna …
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