Nov 01 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com It took the South Padre Parade months to complete this article and finally have it published. It wasn’t because Raul “JunBug” Valdez, Jr. was a difficult interview or anything of the sorts. In fact, if you let him loose, he’ll let it rip and talk about everything from …
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Nov 01 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel High School Silver Tarpon Marching Band has advanced to the UIL State Marching Band Competition for the seventh consecutive time. The band will perform Monday in the Alamodome along with 21 other 3A schools. Band Director Scott Hartsfield said the band will perform music by Igor Stravinsky …
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Nov 01 2012
PRESS Staff Report The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce will host the World’s Championship Shrimp Cook-Off Sunday, November 4. Over a ton of fresh Gulf shrimp will be expertly prepared by over two dozen professional and amateur chefs who compete for top honors in this the event’s 19th year. Contestants are judged on appearance, aroma …
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Nov 01 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Patrons of area libraries, welcome to the 21st Century. As of late August, avid readers now have a choice of format for a number of popular book titles. The “eBook” or electronic book is available at Laguna Vista, Port Isabel and Los Fresnos Public Libraries with close …
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Nov 01 2012
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Nov 01 2012
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team will play Hondo in a playoff match at West Oso (Corpus Christi) tonight (Thurs., Nov. 1) at 7 p.m. This is the area round of the 2012 playoffs, not bi-district, because Port Isabel received a first-round bye as the undefeated district …
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Oct 29 2012
Special to the PRESS IBC Bank and Strategyst presented a reception to celebrate the successful revival of Sapphire on Saturday at the Sapphire Courtyard. Laredo-based IBC Bank recently acquired Sapphire, two majestic towers of high-rise luxury condominiums located at the southern tip of South Padre Island, in the paradise-like area nestled between the Gulf of …
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Oct 29 2012
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Some 100 Laguna Madre area residents joined a peaceful Pro-Life chain at the Port Isabel entrance to the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway Sunday afternoon to silently pray for the end of abortion in the United States and around the world. Sponsored locally by Our Lady Star of the …
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Oct 25 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com To say that my grandmother was overprotective is a dramatic understatement. While growing up, she particularly didn’t want me near or around bodies of water, specifically the Gulf waters. I mean, this was a woman who, when I’d fish at a resaca, tied one end of a lasso …
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Oct 25 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Most people who visit a beauty salon or makeup studio usually look forward to a facial, a trimming of the hair, maybe even a new look for the season. They don’t, however, necessarily hope their makeup will add 50 pounds to their weight, unless, of course, they’re moments …
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