Sep 09 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel defeated Tomball Christian Homeschool, 34-7, at Tarpon Stadium last Friday night in the second game of the season for both schools, and the home opener for the Tarpons. Port Isabel scored the first four times it had the ball in the first half and led 28-0 …
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Sep 09 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS dropped their district opening match at home Tuesday evening to the Raymondville Lady Bearkats, three sets to one. Raymondville won by the scores, 25-22, 19-25, 25-23, 25-12. The Lady Tarpons scored three straight points to take a 22-21 lead in the first set before the Lady Kats scored …
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Sep 09 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s a fact of life in high school sports, including volleyball: every year experienced players are lost to graduation, and every year new players come up through the system. One of the most important parts of the process, then, is to bring the new players up to speed …
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Sep 09 2016
Special to the PRESS UTRGV Fails valley healthcare test Dear Editor, Last week UTRGV announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Next Decade LNG, much to the dismay and disappointment of alumni, retirees, students, and donors of UTRGV. Much has been made of the arrival of the new medical school, but the Hippocratic Oath seems to …
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Sep 09 2016
No Extra Charge for Fleas, Mosquitoes and Dirt By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS In her book, “Following the Drum”, (Budd & Carleton New York, 1858) Teresa Viele’ tells of her experiences on the Texas Frontier shortly after the end of the War with Mexico. A recent graduate of West Point, Lieutenant Egbert Viele’ had …
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Sep 09 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I was inside the Port Isabel Public Library recently to take advantage of their microfilm readers in order to view decades’ old copies of the PRESS. While I was there, I noticed some paintings on display by one the Laguna Madre Art League’s local artists. The League’s members …
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Sep 09 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The toxic algae Karenia brevis, commonly known as red tide, has been detected in several water samples taken at Isla Blanca Park, officials at the UTRGV Coastal Studies Lab reported Friday. “Today we sampled three sites in Isla Blanca Park. We sampled the boat ramp at Children’s Beach, …
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Sep 02 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Boxes of tissues sat unobtrusively at the ends of several rows of chairs inside a ballroom at the Pearl South Padre hotel Friday afternoon. Slowly, staff members and local residents filed into the room, where soothing music played softly. Many of those who came wore vibrant shades of …
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Sep 02 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Continuing the fight over aggressive annexation practices by the City of Brownsville, the smaller municipalities of Laguna Vista and Port Isabel received a favorable judgment in district court recently. On Aug. 16, Brownsville had requested Judge Janet Leal’s 103 district court void the smaller cities claims that Brownville’s annexation …
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Sep 02 2016
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The SPI Convention & Visitors Advisory Board heard presentations regarding Island conventions and events, Conventions and Visitors Board reports, as well as media and market planning at its August 24th meeting. Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce President Betty Wells made a presentation to the Board regarding the 2nd Annual …
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