Oct 11 2019
By Steve Hathcock Notice: Schedule Change The Daily Herald Brownsville, Texas, Thursday, October 12, 1893. The regular train for Point Isabel will leave at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning instead of 9 as usual. The train will return from the point about 10 o’clock a.m., with passengers and express from the steamer City Still Wide Open …
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Oct 04 2019
By Randy Algoe Special to the Parade Billy Russell Algoe, one of the few original Island residents passed away on September 26th, 2019. Billy was born in Barboursville, W.V. in 1934. He joined the Air Force in 1952, went to basic training in N.Y. …
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Oct 04 2019
By M. Kathy Raines Special to the PARADE “Kis-ka DEE! Kis-ka-DEE!” The great kiskadee, a feisty, strikingly-colored flycatcher, shrieked its name as it swooped through the foliage fringing a boardwalk at Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville. Though chirps and calls often baffle me …
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Oct 04 2019
By David Lee Zamora Special to the Parade This week, I had to endure one of the most dull, boring, and vanilla films I’ve ever seen, and no, I’m in no way being overdramatic. This film morphed my views on cinema and how truly awful a competent film with good acting, plot, and cinematography …
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Oct 04 2019
By Steve Hathcock October 4, 1846: American Flag Travelers Hall Point Isabel “This subscriber has opened the above establishment at Point Isabel, where he is prepared to accommodate travelers and others who may favor him with their patronage at the lowest rates and with the best …
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Oct 04 2019
By ANGIE GAMEZ Special to the Parade The Laguna Madre Yacht Club (LMYC) is hosting an Open House on Saturday, October 12, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at 502 South Point Drive in Port Isabel. The public is invited, where free food and soft drinks will be served. Attendees have the opportunity to converse with …
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Sep 27 2019
By David Lee Zamora Special to the Parade I saw Hustlers this weekend and found myself incredibly lost. How so, you say? Well, this movie isn’t awful, terrible, or even bad, but I wouldn’t say it’s great or good either. It was a fun film that I will, most likely, never want to see again, …
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Sep 27 2019
By Steve Hathcock steve@southpadretv.tv This month in history September WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) September 18, 1969, 10:00 p.m. A district judge in Corpus Christi today ordered that controversal Spanish Treasure (From the Padre Island Shipwrecks of 1554) be removed from the office of State Land Commissioner Sadler and be taken to a …
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Sep 27 2019
By GAIGE DAVILA editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Special to the Parade Starting next weekend, on Wednesday, October 2, Sandcastle Days begins their 5-day event at Clayton’s Beach Bar, complete with sand sculptures from master sculptors, a mercado, sand sculpting lessons at “Sandcamp,” live bands, numerous sand sculpture competitions, water slides, bouncer, and a bull riding simulator. On Wednesday …
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Sep 20 2019
By GAIGE DAVILA editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 2019 Wahoo Classic tournament, an offshore-only fishing tournament, concluded over the weekend, with the weigh-in held at Jim’s Pier, just off Swordfish St. on South Padre Island, just before sundown. Winning the tournament’s namesake was “Hoo …
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