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Saldaña brings gymnastics back to Port Isabel

By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Enrique Saldaña is a month into instructing SPI BJJ & Fitness’ new gymnastics class, after starting on February 1.  Saldaña started gymnastics at eleven-years-old, in Brownsville, under Joe Vela, owner of KMJV Gymnastics in Port Isabel, which has since closed. At 16, Saldaña began instructing at Vela’s gymnastics academy in Brownsville, …

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Cameron County primary results available

By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The results below are the unofficial, uncanvassed figures on voter turnout and cast ballots in Cameron County for the U.S. Presidential election. Figures show the top three persons based on number of votes they received. A full, unofficial list of Cameron County’s election results and early voting turnout can be found …

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Ramos Tops in High Jump at Raymondville

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Lady Tarpon track and field athlete Madison Ramos was golden at the Albert Tijerina Relays last Friday, February 21, in Raymondville.  She won first place in the high jump with a season-best leap of five feet even. Her goal is to set a new personal record …

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Double Gold for Strunk at Raymondville

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Mac Strunk already seems to be hitting his stride this track season.  The senior sprinter for the Port Isabel High track team won gold in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Albert Tijerina Relays at Raymondville last Friday, February 21.   Strunk’s time in the 100-meters was 11.22 …

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Movie Review: The Last Full Measure

By David Lee Zamora Special to the Parade Based on the true story of William Hart Pitsenbarger’s fellow Vietnam War veterans and family’s thirty-year long fight to get him the Medal of Honor for his brave service during the Vietnam War, “The Last Full Measure” is a heartbreaking, yet great, film, Pitsenbarger was a United …

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Rio History: A Brief History of Beer

By Steve Hathcock The oldest records of beer brewing date back 6000 years to the time of the Sumerians and the ancient cities of Babylon and Ur. Though they probably discovered the fermentation process by chance, (perhaps a piece of bread or grain became wet and a short time later began to ferment) they quickly …

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CMB brings engineering concepts to Garriga and Derry Elementary

Angie Gamez Special to the Press The Children’s Museum of Brownsville (CMB) brought its LEGO Mini Makers Studio engineering activity to first and fifth graders at Derry Elementary on February 20 and Garriga Elementary on February 21. The program’s purpose is to “spark an interest in Science and Engineering with a fun, hands-on, fully participatory …

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Lady Tarpons blank Santa Rosa Warriors, 15-0

  By Constancio Martinez, Jr. Special to the PRESS This past Monday, February 24, the Port Isabel softball team flexed its muscles on offense and defense. The visiting Lady Warriors were left stunned as the Lady Tarpons bats were on fire while pitcher, Allison Gonzalez froze the opposing batters in their tracks. It was a …

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Port Isabel girls powerlifting team earns gold at Yellow Jacket Invitational

                      By Constancio Martinez, Jr. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Girls powerlifting team attended the Yellow Jacket Invitational LQW Powerlifting Meet held at the Edcouch-Elsa High School on February 22.  The girls-only meet was the last meet where lifters could qualify for the …

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Native ink: Arevalo returns to SPI, opens Seven Sparrows Tattoo

[slideshow_deploy id=’23726′]     By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Twenty six years after learning to tattoo on South Padre Island, Raul Arevalo has returned with a purpose: to open an “old school” tattoo shop on the Island, reminiscent of the several shops he’s opened or owned  around the world and the shops that predate them. “Now, …

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