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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Sep 20 2019
By DAVID LEE ZAMORA Special to the Parade IT Chapter 2 is a disturbingly fun horror film, with a bit of comedy to help get you past the intense horror this film throws at you. IT Chapter 2 takes place 27 years after the first film, where almost all of the members of the Loser …
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Sep 20 2019
By Steve Hathcock Sorting through the coins that slid across the counter at my Padre Island Trading Company, (see editor’s note) was always one of the highlights of my day. One night, while counting the change in our tip jar, I was pleasantly surprised to find an …
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Sep 20 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the Parade Turtle lovers from all over Texas came out to lend their support to Sea Turtle, Inc. last weekend, to help raise funds for the organization’s ongoing endeavors to rescue and rehabilitate injured sea turtles and conserve all marine turtle species. The fundraiser, dubbed “Tastes and Toddies with the …
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Sep 20 2019
By M. KATHY RAINES Special to the PRESS Fall migration is in full swing, and the charming little hooded warbler is resting and filling up on Valley insects as it journeys from the eastern U.S. to the tropics. A black hood, like Batman’s cowl, encircles the lemon-yellow face of the male, making it one of …
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Sep 13 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team took the bus to Raymondville Tuesday for their first district match of the 2019 season, and came away with the win in four sets. The team won by the scores of 25-20, 15-25, 2523, 25-17. The Press visited with head …
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Sep 13 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Scott Hartsfield has been Head Director of Bands for the Port Isabel school system for over 20 years now. He recently sat with your instrumental music reporter and talked about the kind of musical aggregation the 2019 Silver Tarpon Marching Band is shaping up to be. “They’ve done …
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Sep 13 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Freshman Silver Tarpon Marching Band member Christopher Montoya plays the xylophone in the frontal ensemble. And even though he’s a freshman this is not his first time around in the Silver Tarpon band. Montoya was brought up last year as an eighth grader and he talked with the …
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Sep 13 2019
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS After their loss to Porter the prior week, Head Coach Jason Strunk vowed to clean up the Tarpon rushing game miscues, and they were successful, with the Tarpons racking up 454 rushing yards against the Tigers. The first home game of the season brought in a huge …
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Sep 13 2019
By GAIGE DAVILA editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I am sure my memory starts at age five, though I likely have memories from well before then. But my older memories do not have discernible metrics of time that were present then: no clocks or calendars, no acid wash, no sharp versus rounded lines of older and newer cars, and …
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