By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel Tarpon athletes Donald Guillot and Travis Sanders were inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame last weekend in Brownsville. The induction banquet was held at Holiday Inn of Brownsville with a few hundred friends, family, and former teammates and coaches of the …
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Jun 21 2011
SPI observes Flag Day
By LAUREN N. LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS The City of South Padre Island celebrated Flag Day on June 14 by posting several flags waving at City Hall and several business and residential buildings. In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the …
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Jun 21 2011
OLSS to host Bible study July 11-15
By MARTHA M. McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church will host Vacation Bible School for local youth July 11-15 at the Parish Hall, 705 South Longoria, Port Isabel. Children of parishioners, visitors, and guests, as well as interested non-Catholics, are invited to participate in this fun-filled morning summer …
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Jun 21 2011
Laguna Madre Humane Society office relocates
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Humane Society (LMHS) will be moving their office operations to 103 E. Maxan Street in Port Isabel. “This location allows us to organize future efforts for assisting the animals that come to the Isabella Y. Garcia Shelter; as well as to work with the …
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Jun 21 2011
Weight-loss 1000 contest gets started
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Gym in Port Isabel will be hosting a two month event called The Weight-Loss 1000 to bring health consciousness to the forefront of people’s minds in the Laguna Madre area. Joe Altamirano is the driving force behind the event. “Hopefully by next year it will either …
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Jun 16 2011
SPI breaks ground on fire station
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer When the city of South Padre Island bid farewell to Hurricane Dolly in 2008, amongst other things, they also said good-bye to the original fire station. On Tuesday, June 14, city staff, council members and fire department staff came together to break ground to mark the rebuilding of the city’s …
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Jun 16 2011
No end in sight for construction
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer Repair work on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway is expected to be extended to Labor Day, said Rex Costly, project manager for TxDOT. The work, though necessary to maintain the strength of the causeway has local businesses stuck between a rock and a hard place. Weekend traffic heading East to …
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Jun 16 2011
Leaders look at street concerns
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista officials Tuesday worked to improve two specific problems in the Palo Blanco and Broadway streets area. Council members adopted on its first reading, an ordinance regulating maximum speed limits for vehicles traveling on local roadways during times of heavy rains and other hazardous road conditions. The …
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Jun 16 2011
GT300 underway from SPI to Galveston
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Onward and outward, the Great Texas 300 race from South Padre Island to Galveston launched for the ninth year in a row on Wednesday. Battling wind and surf, 16 catamaran sailing teams participated in this year’s GT300 with crews from all over the world. By 9 a.m. teams had …
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Jun 16 2011
International Surfing Day Children’s Surf Clinic set
By LAUREN LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS Join Surfrider for the Fifth Annual International Surfing Day Children’s Surf Clinics.These two free surf clinics will introduce children to the sport of surfing, the wonderment of the oceans, waves and beaches and the importance of protecting them. Surfboards, lunch and t-shirt provided. The event will be at …
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