Oct 07 2011
By MARGE JACOBS Special to the PRESS October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Many of us spent this past weekend in activities that dealt with National Breast Cancer Awareness, increasing public knowledge about the disease, and celebrating with those who have become “survivors.” It always amazes this writer to see the turnout from people …
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Oct 07 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons will welcome the Zapata Hawks to Tarpon Stadium this Friday night for the much anticipated District 32-3A opener for both teams. This is the game that starts the “real season,” five weeks that will determine who will make the playoffs and who will not. …
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Oct 07 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team defeated Grulla-Rio Grande City on the road Tuesday night in four games. The win keeps PI alone in second place in the District 32-3A standings. “We should have won in three games,” Head Coach George Hamilton said. “We just didn’t come …
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Oct 07 2011
Special to the PRESS Freshman football The ninth grade football team played a great game last Thursday in front of their home crowd. The opponent came from down Highway 48, the Brownsville Veterans Chargers. Seventh grade volleyball The seventh grade girls volleyball team played an “A” and “B” team game in Progreso on Monday, Oct. …
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Oct 03 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel is spooking up the streets for the month of October to capture the spirit of the season. A number of events and activities have been planned to entertain citizens and tourists alike. • Oct. 8: There will be a street fair featured all day as well as …
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Oct 03 2011
PRESS Staff Report South Padre Island’s City Council’s first regular meeting date for the new fiscal year includes both a workshop and the regular council meeting. The 2 p.m. workshop agenda focuses on a discussion with the Atkins Group, the marketing firm for South Padre Island. Steve Atkins, the firms’s president will present the agency …
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Oct 03 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS With $1.5 million in certificates of obligation just approved for parks, building and other improvements in Laguna Vista, the town council and Parks and Recreation board will meet in a workshop session, Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 5:30 p.m. to discuss project what project will be funded by the …
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Oct 03 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Attendance, deadlines for placing items on the council’s agenda, ethics and professional standards are spelled-out in a recently approved and updated Laguna Vista Board and Commission Handbook. Under policies stipulated in the handbook, elected officials should “make every effort to notify” the administration at least 24 hours in …
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Oct 03 2011
By LAUREN N. LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS On Saturday, Oct. 1, 40 volunteers gathered with Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter and removed over 300 pounds of plastic trash from Andy Bowie Park on South Padre Island. In order to better educate the public on beach litter, the Surfrider Foundation has declared the month of …
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Sep 29 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Judge Bennie Ochoa III was recently brought before the judicial agency responsible for disciplining judges for the charge of misuse of the prestige of his office. “I did apologize to the Judicial Commission,” Ochoa said in an exclusive interview with the Press. He was reprimanded for writing an official …
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