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Sick animals need homes

By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS The Laguna Madre Humane Society is trying to find homes for six shelter dogs that tested positive for heart worms. Heart worms can form in dogs if they are bitten by an infected mosquito. The worm can cause heart failure in infected animals. The disease is internal and …

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Turtle hatchings on record track

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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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Council talks lifeguards, windstorm

By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS The South Padre Island City Council met for a regular meeting Wednesday. A representative from Allied Waste presented to the council a plan regarding mandatory recycling. He said their facility in La Feria will add a sorting operation to accept mixed collections instead of adding recycling bins to …

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Local woman runs for cause

Amanda Armstrong

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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School board prepares for new year

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By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS The Point Isabel Independent School District school board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday night in the administration building on Port Road. Board members are expected to approve personnel changes during the meeting. Schools submitted several requests to the board for new personnel including …

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Kids have plenty to do this summer

By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS School is out, but kids’ energy levels are still high. Luckily for parents wondering what they’re going to do with their kids this summer, several activities in the Laguna Madre area could help give kids something to do. At least three area churches are having vacation Bible school …

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International Surfing Day set for Wednesday

Special to the PRESS The Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter will be celebrating International Surfing Day on June 20 at Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island by holding two free surf clinics for children and young teens. Children ages 4-14 can participate in the clinics, where surfboards, instructors, t-shirts, lunch and giveaways will be …

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THE GREAT RACE: GT 300 to test skill, endurance

Great Texas 300

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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Water’s odd taste addressed

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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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L.V. Police search for missing man

Juan Pina

By COLE AVERY Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Laguna Vista police are looking for a man who has been missing for more than a week. Juan Pina, 19, of Laguna Vista, is believed to have left his home on June 5, and no one has seen him since, according to Sgt. Julio Olguin of the Laguna …

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