Feb 10 2011
By LARRY GAGE The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons dropped their final regular season game at Rio Hondo on Tuesday night, 58-45. The final District 32-3A standings show Port Isabel in third place with a 9-3 record. The top three teams make the playoffs and P.I.’s first-round game will be played Monday (Feb. 14) at Raymondville. …
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Feb 10 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. For a second time an ordinance came before the Board of Commissioners in Port Isabel and still no clear decision on whether it shall pass or fail. Members of the community showed up that were both for and against a proposed ordinance regulating parking of motor vehicles within the R-1A …
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Feb 10 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Tuesday night during the Port Isabel City Commission Meeting four officers were recognized for their efforts as Chief Gualberto Gonzalez handed out awards to Cesar Garcia, Sergeant Javier Vivero, Monica Garza and David Martinez. Each of the four were recognized for doing their part to assist in the daily operations …
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Feb 10 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Rain or shine, warm or cold, the 14th Annual Winter Texan Beach Clean-Up will take place Friday, February 11 on South Padre Island. Monica Vela with the Cameron County Parks Department says that everything is set for the annual event. “Last year was cold, but the weather isn’t going to …
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Feb 10 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. A weekend crash that involved a motorcycle and an SUV driven by the South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Director has resulted in a fatality. The Saturday night accident cost the life of a man identified as 63-year-old Jimmie Anklam. Anklam and his wife were on a motorcycle that …
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Feb 10 2011
Special to the PRESS A member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary located four missing boaters near South Padre Island early Wednesday morning. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi was contacted at approximately 7:20 a.m. by a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, stating that he had located the four missing individuals sitting on top of their …
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Jan 27 2011
By RAY QUIROGA If you Google the term “giving back,” don’t be surprised if Ralph Ayers’ name is first to pop up on your computer screen. Throughout his years as a Valley resident, Ayers has been an active member and a recent past president of the local Rotary Club; a volunteer at his church, St. …
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Jan 27 2011
By STEVE CODY On Wednesday, January 26th, Marilyn Ratliff presented a check to the Laguna Madre Humane Society (LMHS) for $5,000. The check was a gift from Ratliff and her husband Joe who reside in Park Center RV Park in Port Isabel. She had originally planned on leaving the money to the Human Society as …
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Jan 27 2011
By CARLOS CENTENO The City of South Padre Island’s Environmental Health Services Department will be assisting the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Zoonosis Control Division with the Oral Rabies Vaccination Program (ORVP). The purpose of this program is to reduce or possibly eliminate the dog strain of rabies, carried by coyotes, in Texas. …
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Jan 27 2011
By RAY QUIROGA The best ideas sometimes start small. Port Isabel businessman, and area volunteer Ralph Ayers can attest to that. Seventeen years ago, he and other members of St. Andrew’s by the Sea Episcopal Church in Port Isabel arranged for local fishing guides to provide an instructional lecture for a group of Winter Texans …
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