Oct 11 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com What is it about the modernized marvels we know as motorcycles that capture our imagination? Steppenwolf and Montrose sang about them, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda acted in movies about them. Steve McQueen and Marlin Brando were inspired by them. Even some of the most renowned poets and …
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Oct 11 2012
Special to the PRESS Get ready for four days of entertainment, food and fun at SPI BikeFest. Thousands of bikers will mount their rides in this the 17th annual event packed with three days of food, merchandise and live entertainment at South Padre Island Convention Centre and Visitor’s Bureau, beginning Thursday, October 11 and ending …
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Oct 11 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Special to the PRESS It has been two days, and authorities still have not released the identity of a woman whose remains were found buried under two feet of sand, “three to four miles north of public Beach Access 6,” said Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio. The corpse of a woman …
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Oct 11 2012
Special to the PRESS Deputies from the Precinct 1 Cameron County Constable’s office assisted US Immigration Customs Enforcement agents on a joint interdiction operation in Laguna Heights. After receiving several tips that possible illegal activity was taking place at 133 Jefferson Avenue, Laguna Heights, constables and agents made contact with the owner and were given …
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Oct 08 2012
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Oct 08 2012
Grown-ups weren’t the only folks observing National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this past weekend. Students, as well as a number of parents, at Garriga Elementary also took part in a walk of their own Friday as students dressed in pink and carried signs calling for the demise of breast cancer. The participants walked from Garriga …
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Oct 08 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The streets of South Padre Island were covered with pink for the Ninth Annual Walk for Women event supporting breast cancer awareness this weekend. Walk for Women was celebrated for three days with events each day at Louie’s Backyard, including a casino night with an auction, a …
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Oct 08 2012
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons started off fast last Friday when Luis Aguilera intercepted a pass on the second play of the game; three plays later, the Tarps were in the end zone as the team won their first game back at Tarpon Stadium over the Zapata Hawks, 49-21. …
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Oct 04 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Most of my teenage years were spent living under my grandmother’s rule. One day, while at school, my grandma took a tumble in the backyard and broke her shoulder and hip. After half an hour on the ground, she managed to lift herself up, call on a neighbor …
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Oct 04 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com From the day we wrote her initial Beach Bar Beat profile, we knew the competition reached another level. It wasn’t just her ability to mix and pour drinks that makes Monica Lynn Snyder good at what she does, but it’s her ability to make her customers feel genuinely …
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