By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista’s new walking trail received a valuable amenity recently with the addition of wildlife watering pools to help sustain local flora and fauna. Work performed by AMIkids Rio Grande Valley, a nationally-recognized non-profit organization, resulted in the creation of three natural ponds behind bird blinds at the …
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Oct 29 2012
Pro-Life chain stages event at causeway
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Some 100 Laguna Madre area residents joined a peaceful Pro-Life chain at the Port Isabel entrance to the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway Sunday afternoon to silently pray for the end of abortion in the United States and around the world. Sponsored locally by Our Lady Star of the …
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Oct 29 2012
SPI to host Texas Business Conference
Special to the PRESS AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is inviting South Padre Island-area business owners and managers to the Texas Business Conference on Friday, Nov. 9, at the Hilton Garden Inn South Padre Island. The conference will provide valuable information for employers and business owners concerning the legal issues of operating a …
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Oct 25 2012
Editor’s Letter: Telling Ghost Stories
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com To say that my grandmother was overprotective is a dramatic understatement. While growing up, she particularly didn’t want me near or around bodies of water, specifically the Gulf waters. I mean, this was a woman who, when I’d fish at a resaca, tied one end of a lasso …
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Oct 25 2012
Veronica Howell & Co. will make you ‘Blush’
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Most people who visit a beauty salon or makeup studio usually look forward to a facial, a trimming of the hair, maybe even a new look for the season. They don’t, however, necessarily hope their makeup will add 50 pounds to their weight, unless, of course, they’re moments …
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Oct 25 2012
BOOM TIME! Ladies go unblemished, take district
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons became the undisputed and undefeated volleyball champions of District 32-3A Tuesday night with a straight-sets victory over the Lady Pirates of Hidalgo at Tarpon Gym. Port Isabel won by scores of 25-11, 25-15, and 25-21. The Lady Tarpons conclude the regular season with …
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Oct 25 2012
Composite sketch of corpse released
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the PRESS Texas Rangers created a composite sketch of an unidentified woman whose corpse was found buried in the South Padre Island sands earlier this month, which was released by the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday. Five miles north of Beach Access 6, on October 10, a passerby …
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Oct 25 2012
Mayor to give State of the Island address
Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Mayor Robert N. Pinkerton, Jr. is set to present the annual State of the Island Address at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7. The event will be held at the City Hall Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, on 4601 Padre Boulevard. Mayor Pinkerton will review the last fiscal year’s …
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Oct 25 2012
Batik workshop to be offered
Special to the PRESS On October 29, noted pastel and oil painter Linda Stair will conduct a batik workshop at the Laguna Madre Art Gallery in Port Isabel. Linda is a resident of Harlingen, where she is secretary of the Art Center on Jackson Street. She is also a member of the Laguna Madre Art …
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Oct 25 2012
HEAD OF THE CLASS: Border Patrol honors stellar student
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Don’t be surprised to read Alexa Ocean Ray’s name rolling at the end of movie credits in 10-15 years. While many people her age — and twice her age for that matter — are barely discovering themselves and what they want out of life, Alexa knows exactly …
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