Sep 05 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisbaelsouthpadre.com The Ninth-Annual Summer Causeway Run, brought to the area by Port Isabel’s Chamber of Commerce, might just be the best one yet. The Chamber has announced an exciting twist: a new route this year, taking 10-k participants on a journey along South Padre Island’s stunning beach. Runners will start in Port …
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Sep 05 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PARADE Sand Monsters is a recreational sand track for off-roading fun. The private track opened this summer on July 20. Adults and kids ten and up can enjoy an adrenaline thrill within a specially designed track. There are different types of track rides available. A youth track ride uses …
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Sep 05 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Friday, Aug. 30, the 4A Port Isabel Tarpons took on the 3A Lyford Bulldogs at Tarpon Stadium in the season’s opener. Port Isabel got off to a good start as the Tarpons’ “Seawall Defense” held the Bulldogs to just 14 yards in the opening drive. Starting …
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Sep 05 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PRESS Point Isabel Independent School District [PIISD] plans to launch a new program for its at-risk students. The PRESS spoke with Mark Chapa, a licensed professional counselor for the At-Risk Program. He has been in education for 30 years, 24 of which were spent as a school counselor. He …
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Sep 05 2024
By Constancio Martinez Jr. On Friday, Sept. 13 the 4A Port Isabel Tarpons will be playing in their first road game as they take on the 4A Valley View Tigers in Hidalgo at 7:30 p.m. The Tarpons have never lost to the Tigers since the two started to play against each other in 2006 and …
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Sep 05 2024
By Steve Hathcock Only one small skirmish occurred on Padre Island during the Civil War. The encounter was so brief that local newspapers referred to it as “The Affair on Padre Island.” For all practical purposes, the Island was deserted at the onset of the Civil War. Union troops periodically landed on its beaches to …
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Sep 05 2024
By Rose Di Grazia With school just around the corner, let’s have a lesson on the letter D. School starting always brings to mind the days of Sesame Street. If the Muppets were here, they would be dressed in bathing suits and they would scream out “D is for Divots” and “D is for delicious …
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Sep 05 2024
By Robert Gaitan An encounter with poison ivy…is memorable. The pain and discomfort will leave the image of the vine permanently etched onto your consciousness. On a trip to visit family in Maryland, I ran across the vine while helping clear debris. I had been warned about the plant and I was careful around the …
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Sep 05 2024
By Kathy Raines Creatures Among Us A man on the beach gesticulated so wildly that I imagine the driver for Cameron County Beach Patrol, veering towards him, feared that someone was drowning, stung or, heaven forbid, bitten. But no, the man sought to protect a beautifully adorned Blue Land Crab crawling along the sand, coaxing …
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Aug 30 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The last time Dakota Lee Crouch saw his daughter, Rilee June Crouch was on July 2, 2024, when he dropped her off for visitation with her mother, Lillian Marie Crouch. Lillian and Rilee have now been missing for close to two months now. South Padre Island Police Department [SPIPD] reports show …
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