Sep 29 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District welcomed two new members to its board of directors Wednesday evening with the swearing in of Herb Houston and Alex Avalos. The two men were appointed to fill the unexpired terms left after former board directors Jeff Keplinger and Whitey Thomas resigned last …
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Sep 29 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was a protracted meeting Wednesday as the Laguna Madre Water District Board of Directors discussed the upcoming November bond election, as well as several service contracts with various vendors. Voters will decide on a $16 million bond election which will fund eight projects the District has deemed …
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Sep 29 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The public has until Oct. 6 to submit comments on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) proposing to re-open Bayside Wildlife Drive at the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge. Bayside Wildlife Drive was closed in 2013 due to concerns over ocelot-vehicle collisions which also resulted in a 34 percent visitation decline, …
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Sep 29 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The La Feria Lions came into Tarpon Stadium last Friday night ready to play, and they rolled over the Port Isabel Tarpons by the score of 45-13. La Feria scored on four of its five first half possessions as the Tarpon offense struggled to gain footing. Port Isabel …
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Sep 29 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team won Tuesday night’s district volleyball match, three games to two, in Tarpon Gym. They won by the scores of 25-17, 14-25, 25-19, 18-25, 15-11. “I was really proud of the girls for pushing through and staying focused,” Head Coach Julie Breedlove …
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Sep 29 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, it’s not Christmastime. We’re still quite a bit of a ways from that, but it’s the next best thing. Now that fall is in full swing, our event calendar is quickly filling up with fun and fabulous things to …
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Sep 29 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS “Something under here,” Bill said as he moved the coil over a steaming pile of fresh manure. Holding my breath, I began shoveling. Now let me start at the beginning. A few years back, my friend Bill Biecker called to tell me the sad story of a woman who …
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Sep 22 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas General Land Office (GLO) will be hosting its annual Adopt-a-Beach fall beach cleanup across the coast this weekend, including at three locations in the Rio Grande Valley. The GLO normally hosts cleanups at 30 different locations throughout the state, however, Hurricane Harvey has impacted several sites, …
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Sep 22 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS IBC Bank took overall champion honors at the first-ever Jaime J. Zapata Invitational Fishing Tournament on South Padre Island on Sept. 15-16. The Tournament was a memorial event honoring Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, who was killed on February 15, 2011 in the …
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Sep 22 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS ‘We’re open for business’ was the message the South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Advisory (CVA) Board sought to convey in response to the effect of Hurricane Harvey on Island tourism. That was the news as the board met on Thursday, Sept. 14 to discuss marketing strategies promoting travel …
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