May 31 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center (SPIBNC) held a hospitality event for their new gator exhibit on Tuesday evening, offering visitors a free opportunity to see their new gator enclosures and attempting to allay public safety concerns. Since the exhibit opened on May 11, there has …
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May 31 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The City of South Padre Island held an Open House meeting on Tuesday afternoon at City Hall to obtain input from the community regarding new medians, traffic lights, boardwalks and sidewalks that will extend north on the island. Drawings, maps, and poster boards were on display for the …
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May 31 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Last September, a Port Isabel family received the kind of devastating news every family dreads. Joseph Isaiah Perez, a student at Port Isabel High School, was a tight end and defensive end for the Tarpons before being diagnosed with leukemia. The sixteen-year-old is currently staying in San Marcos …
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May 31 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The 2018-’19 school year has officially come to a close and plans are in place for the upcoming year. For the instrumental music department at Port Isabel High this means that the schedule for Summer Band Camp 2019 is, while not necessarily set in stone, finalized and in …
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May 31 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Madison Ramos is an incoming sophomore at Port Isabel High and looks forward to the 2019 Lady Tarpon volleyball season, into which she will carry a year of Varsity experience. The Press found Ramos recently at open gym and she took time out from casually hitting the …
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May 31 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High football players have been hard at it ever since the week after the team’s exit from last season’s playoffs. The Press sat down this week with second-year head football coach and athletic director, Jason Strunk, in his office and drew him out on this …
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May 31 2019
Bee Friendly Dear Editor, Soon the City of Port Isabel will begin the spraying for mosquitoes. The question was asked at last night’s City Meeting if the spray was “bee friendly.” No one knew for sure. The City Manager noted that the mosquitoes are becoming increasingly resistant to the chemicals used in the spray. The …
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May 31 2019
By Steve Hathcock (May 14, 1836, Mexican President, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, signed the Treaties of Velasco which effectively established the Republic of Texas as a sovereign nation. In addition, Santa Anna pledged to withdraw his troops south of the Rio Grande River. However, the treaty was never ratified by the Mexican government and …
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May 24 2019
By Freddy Jimenez Editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Productive, independent, and eager such is the description of Miya Whittington’s character and work ethic, all qualities which have landed her at the top of the Port Isabel High School (PIHS) Class of 2019 graduating class as Valedictorian. Throughout her time at PIHS, Whittington has kept herself occupied, joining clubs and …
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May 24 2019
By Freddy Jimenez Editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Doused in self-awareness, with strong family and communal values, as well as a desire to serve the country and help others, Karen Michelle Barrera earned herself the Salutatorian rank for the Port Isabel High School graduating Class of 2019. Apart from attending school like most teenagers, Barrera has also found …
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