Jun 21 2012
Dear Readers, All that’s hot and happening on the Island is in this week’s Hot Happenings, located directly below this space. But, as usual, there’s so much more on tap! Featured in this edition are articles about the Fourth of July Beach Parade, the Port Isabel Police Association Bay Fishing Tournament, the San Benito Chamber …
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Jun 21 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Greg Syverson has one of those personalities that makes him instantly likeable. Energetic and animated, Greg’s infectious smile grows even wider when speaking about one of his true passions: photography. Born in Bend, Oregon, Greg moved to Alaska where he worked as a fishing guide. Among his passengers …
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Jun 21 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Wednesday was International Surfing Day. The South Texas Chapter of Surfrider Foundation celebrated by holding a free surf clinic for children at Isla Blanca Park. Rob Nixon, Chairman for Surfrider Foundation South Texas, said International Surfing Day is a pseudo holiday created by Surfrider Foundation and Surf Magazine …
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Jun 21 2012
By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Nina Nahvi spends all night at the beach. From 7 p.m. to 9 a.m., she sits and watches. Any day now the moment she’s been waiting for will finally arrive. When it comes, a frenzy will soon follow. Nahvi is on corral duty for Sea Turtle Inc., a …
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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 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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