Oct 13 2011
By 8-Bit Jay Special to the Parade “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to …
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Oct 13 2011
By TONY CROUCH Special to the Parade This week’s article is about a fellow kayaker, one great fisherman and a really good friend. Manny Torres has only been kayak fishing for three years now, but he instantly fell in love with the sport. He has managed to become one of the few Kayak fishing guides …
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Oct 13 2011
By RENE TORRES Special to the Parade “Come right over! I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and the world, and we’re going to start tonight!? Juliette Gordon Low phoned her cousin, N.A. Pape in 1912. On March 12, 1912, a group of 18 girls from Savannah, Georgia met in what would be the …
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Oct 13 2011
By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade How many times have you said, “This summer we will do some camping”? Well, it’s October, and you say the camping gear is still in the garage? The heat and dry weather may be an excuse; however, fall is here and the temperatures are falling, so let’s dust …
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Oct 13 2011
A dolphin face is a face we all love. But out on the Laguna Madre Bay, a dolphin face is not seen as often as the dorsal fin of the dolphin. My favorite request to our dolphins out there is to show me their face, and sometimes they oblige. What a beautiful face, indeed. How …
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Oct 10 2011
By LAUREN N. LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS On Sunday, Oct. 9, the Rio Grande Valley inhabitants were treated to a very rare natural optical illusion, a moonbow. The phenomenon could be seen starting around 10 p.m. and lasted into early Monday morning. Katie Mollo, a South Padre Islander said, “It was so cool, I …
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Oct 10 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of South Padre Island will enact a law, as of Jan. 1, 2012, to outlaw plastic grocery bags from the Island. This decision was made earlier in the year in order to attempt to control the amount of litter on the beaches and in the ocean. South …
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Oct 10 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A feral cat program was proposed in the South Padre Island Council’s Wednesday meeting and was tabled for more research into the issue. In November and December of 2009, the issue was brought before the council and both times it was tabled, not to be addressed again until recent …
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Oct 10 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Junk vehicles, unsanitary yards and unsightly rubbish are on a hit-list in Laguna Vista. Town councilmembers recently approved two ordinances that deal specifically with elimination or control of such undesirable features in the community. The updated ordinances provide more stringent measures for enforcement. “This gives us more teeth …
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Oct 10 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Judge Carlos Cascos and Brownsville City Commissioner Sophi Benavidez announced on Sunday that, beach accesses 5, 6 and Boca Chica Beach would be closed to visitors. The reason being a surge of high tides, rip currents, and dangerous driving conditions. Judge Cascos has …
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