Mar 03 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Sydney “Trey” Mock and Jesus Euresti led the Port Isabel track and field men with gold medal-winning performances in their events at last Saturday’s Tarpon Relays in Port Isabel. Mock won gold for the second time in as many meets this season with a distance of 153 feet …
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Mar 03 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons track squad won five gold medals and placed second as a team at last Saturday’s Tarpon Relays in Port Isabel. Individual gold medals were awarded to Lady Tarpon athletes in the pole vault, the 400-meter run, and 300-meter hurdles. In the relay …
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Mar 03 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, As an environmentalist, birder, and sea turtle volunteer, I find it unconscionable and extremely hard to understand why the South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau would underwrite a non-eco-friendly event to the tune of $35,000 and allow it to go forward for a second time! Sky lanterns fall …
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Mar 03 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Another change of season is upon us. Most of our Winter Texan friends have begun their long journeys back to their northern homes and the ones who remain are getting ready to do the same. I’d say that the weather is starting to warm up, heralding the arrival …
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Mar 03 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS I received the following email. Mr. Hathcock, While I was studying up on treasure hunting on the Texas coast I came across an article from a guy you took out treasure hunting and found it very fascinating and interesting and it really got my curiosity going. I am a …
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Feb 24 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com By unanimous vote, the Port Isabel School Board of Trustees appointed Jamie Infante to be the new Tarpon athletic coordinator and head football coach during a regular meeting of the board Tuesday evening. Infante comes to Port Isabel from a former rival school district, the Lyford Bulldogs, where …
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Feb 24 2017
Bikers show up for bike rally’s return By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The overwhelming sentiment among the hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts who flocked to South Padre Island last weekend was one of renewed welcome for the bike rally which had drawn them here. The SPI BikeFest, also known as “Roar by the Shore” …
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Feb 24 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island Police responded to an area near the SPI Convention Center Saturday after receiving reports of a disturbance at BikeFest. “There was an argument between a couple of groups,” Island Police Chief Randy Smith said earlier this week. Four men were involved in the incident, of …
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Feb 24 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Three amendments to the Town of Laguna Vista’s Home Rule Charter will be on the May 6 election ballot. Councilmembers of the Town voted on Feb. 14 to add the items to the general election ballot as a means of “cleaning-up language” and eliminating potential issues in interpretation of …
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Feb 24 2017
Cowboys chase gold at Los Fresnos By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Lemony yellow steel gates marked the shoots from which horses and bulls weighing more than half a ton would soon explode into the arena in an attempt to buck off their tenacious riders. Nestled underneath the announcer’s booth in the space between the …
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