Aug 30 2019
By WENDY VAN DEN BOOGERD Special to the PRESS No matter what ails you, Greg Luna is the person you’ll want to see. Located at 112 West Queen Isabella Ste C in Port Isabel, Luna Medical Clinic operated by Gregory Luna, P.A., delivers personalized care, along with compassion and a knowledge base that is sure …
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Aug 22 2019
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the Parade Bill Howard wrote to ask about about a postcard he found. The photo shows the U.S. Naval radio tower and station which was situated on a 22 acre plot near where the swing bridge connecting Long Island Village to Port Isabel is located today. In response to increased …
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Aug 22 2019
By DAVID LEE ZAMORA Special to the PARADE 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a fun survival horror that manages to outdo its predecessor, 47 Meters Down, in every single way. The film sells the tension and fear that being stuck in a cave with great white sharks brings, I think. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged chronicles …
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Aug 16 2019
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PARADE President James Garfield survived an assassination attempt on July 2, 1881 but his chances of recovery hinged on his doctors being able to locate and remove a bullet that was lodged somewhere in his chest. The problem was simple; if the bullet had penetrated the liver or other …
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Aug 15 2019
By GAIGE DAVILA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This year, for the 38th annual Ladies Kingfish Tournament (LKT), the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce’s tournament planning committee did something different. Kingfish was no longer an exclusively-offshore division catch, meaning competing anglers could weigh in the tournament’s namesake whether they caught them in the bay …
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Aug 09 2019
By Steve Hathcock Special to the PARADE One of the first buildings constructed at Tarpon Beach in 1908, (Today’s Isla Blanca Park) the Casino Hotel (AKA the Gulf side Hotel) was only open for a short period before disaster struck. A hurricane coming ashore during the early summer of 1909, forced visitors to evacuate and seek shelter …
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Aug 09 2019
By WENDY VAN DEN BOOGERD Special to the Press Ernest Francis Schanilec, author of the “Hastings series” novels, will be signing copies of his most recent novel, “South Padre Shark,” on Saturday, August 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m, at Paragraphs on Padre Bou levard bookstore, located at 5505 Padre Boulevard on the island. …
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Jul 26 2019
By GAIGE DAVILA Port Isabel-South Padre Press In the June 1934 edition of Rio Grande Valleybased Monty’s Monthly News magazine, James Addison Hockaday, or “J.A.,” a Missouri-born physician who moved to Port Isabel, described the philosophy behind the first Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo, two months before the tournament’s start: “At our front door flows …
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Jul 25 2019
By Steve Hathcock Special to the PARADE In April of 1926, the Dallas News published a story about a proposed 5000-acre park to be located about halfway down Padre Island from Corpus Christi. Travelers would reach the park by driving along a road of hard-packed beach sand that would connect the north and south end …
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Jul 18 2019
By Steve Hathcock Special to the PARADE We “in the know” celebrated a colorful man who had a dream Colonel Sam was a man unafraid to dream. Born in DeWitt, Missouri, on July 10, 1867, Sam left home at fifteen to work on the railroad. A quick learner, young Sam moved up the ladder and …
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