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By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer With the summer-like temperatures swelling throughout the Rio Grande Valley, people are always looking for a way to stay cool. Here are some obvious as well as less known tips to keep it cool when the days get hot. For more on this story, pick up a copy of the …
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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Marching band practice is starting earlier than usual at Port Isabel High this summer. In recent years the head director of bands, Scott Hartsfield, gave band members a few weeks off at the end of the school year. Around the first of July, then, the drum line and …
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By LAUREN LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS Island of Praise came to South Padre Island in 2009, they wanted the Island to be known as a place where communities of people could gather to worship and give praise to God. The event will be June 11 and 12 and promote family fun in the sun …
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By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Laguna Vista City Council will consider options in furthering construction of a proposed $125,000 jogging/ walking trail at their June 14 scheduled meeting. The council is expected to determine if the City should hire an architect or seek requests for proposals in constructing the trail, according to …
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By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Free family fun in a classic outdoor environment begins June 17 in Port Isabel with the Lighthouse Establishment Cinema Movie series. The unique setting features top quality movies projected onto the exterior of the historic Port Isabel Lighthouse, with spectators sitting on the grass or on lawn chairs …
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By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer The inspiration of a child is a wondrous thing; it is the time when imagination has few boundaries and reality is not a scary concept. At the age of 59, writer Logan Hawkes can say that the inspiration he still has for his line of work comes from a childhood …
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By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer A trailer caught on fire on Wednesday, June 8 and spread to a pile of tires in Laguna Heights; no one was injured in the fire. Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Vista and Los Fresnos fire departments all came to subdue the flames. Roberto Castillo, the owner of the …
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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS As I’ve written in these pages before, the history of the Indianapolis 500 is filled with the stories of drivers who seemingly had the race won, only to have victory snatched from them with just a few laps to go. There was Eddie Sachs who, in 1961, made …
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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Ten Port Isabel Tarpons were recently named to the All-District 32-3A baseball team. Making the All-District first team were pitcher Bobby Barker, 1st baseman Blake Sapp, and 3rd baseman Jesse Loera. Named to the second team All-District were pitcher Johnny Loera and outfielder Armando Fierro. The honorable mention …
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By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer A four-year-old Mission boy nearly drowned at the La Copa Best Western on Thursday, June 2. The South Padre Island Fire Department, Police and Emergency Medical Services responded and came to 350 Padre Blvd. to aid the child. When they arrived, a Good Samaritan had already performed CPR. The little …
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