Feb 16 2012
PRESS Staff Report The City of South Padre Island was recently awarded a grant that will result in the planting of 180,000 indigenous plants to help in the ongoing dune restoration effort. The award covers the cost of the vegetation, manpower and equipment. The city was awarded the grant, based, in part, on the partnership …
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Feb 16 2012
PRESS Staff Report For the first time, Karma is coming to the Port Isabel/South Padre Island area, at least in the form of a sea vessel. The Texas Sea Grant College Program’s floating classroom, also known as Karma, is currently cruising the waters of the Laguna Madre near here, introducing public school students to a …
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Feb 16 2012
Special to the PRESS Voncille Zama has spent a large part of her life in Port Isabel. She was fascinated by art from an early age. After many years of casual painting, she decided to attend the local university to take drawing and art classes. Voncille’s watercolor paintings are inspired by a love of flowers, …
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Feb 16 2012
Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE – The Lower Rio Grande Valley Cotillion Club held its Annual Presentation Ball on Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Jacob Brown Auditorium in Brownsville. The Cotillion Club was founded 58 years go in September 1954 by Mrs. Byron Campbell of Raymondville as a social organization designed to bring together and …
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Feb 13 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s like the old saying goes, “It’s the little things that make all the difference.” And in so many ways, that adage perfectly describes a weekend of clean-up activities which took place on South Padre Island beaches as volunteers collected over 1,100 pounds of debris on Friday …
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Feb 13 2012
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS A new economic development initiative could bring millions of foreign investment dollars to the City of Port Isabel. An EB-5 Regional Center was the topic of discussion at a joint workshop of the Port Isabel EDC/City Commission on Thursday evening. EB-5 is an Employment Based Immigration: Preference 5, …
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Feb 13 2012
Special to the PRESS An iconic celebrity from Victorian London comes to life this week on stage in South Padre Island. The El Paseo Arts Foundation is bringing back William Strong in his new one-man show as Oscar Wilde. Anyone who saw Strong’s previous brilliant appearance here as Mark Twain, will need no urging to …
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Feb 13 2012
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS Do you recall Petey, the dog (with the black eye patch) from “The Little Rascals?” Can you remember what type of dog he was? He was a pit bull, and today many would be shocked to find the pit-bull the most likely to be placed on an animal …
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Feb 09 2012
Special to the PRESS Trash on South Padre Island beaches is a growing problem but various groups and government entities are doing what they can to mobilize the citizenry in an all-out war again littered beaches. Winter Texans who love Texas beaches but hate seeing them trashed will join forces Friday, Feb. 10 at Edwin …
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Feb 09 2012
Special to the PRESS Once again, Cameron County Parks will implement a Cash For Trash Return Refund Program. The program will begin March 1 through Sept. 9 and will operate on the Cameron County Beaches north of Access Number 5. This program is intended to address the negative impacts of domestic trash left behind by …
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