Jun 09 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Marching band practice is starting earlier than usual at Port Isabel High this summer. In recent years the head director of bands, Scott Hartsfield, gave band members a few weeks off at the end of the school year. Around the first of July, then, the drum line and …
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Jun 09 2011
By LAUREN LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS Island of Praise came to South Padre Island in 2009, they wanted the Island to be known as a place where communities of people could gather to worship and give praise to God. The event will be June 11 and 12 and promote family fun in the sun …
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Jun 09 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Laguna Vista City Council will consider options in furthering construction of a proposed $125,000 jogging/ walking trail at their June 14 scheduled meeting. The council is expected to determine if the City should hire an architect or seek requests for proposals in constructing the trail, according to …
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Jun 09 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Free family fun in a classic outdoor environment begins June 17 in Port Isabel with the Lighthouse Establishment Cinema Movie series. The unique setting features top quality movies projected onto the exterior of the historic Port Isabel Lighthouse, with spectators sitting on the grass or on lawn chairs …
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Jun 09 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer The inspiration of a child is a wondrous thing; it is the time when imagination has few boundaries and reality is not a scary concept. At the age of 59, writer Logan Hawkes can say that the inspiration he still has for his line of work comes from a childhood …
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Jun 09 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer A trailer caught on fire on Wednesday, June 8 and spread to a pile of tires in Laguna Heights; no one was injured in the fire. Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Vista and Los Fresnos fire departments all came to subdue the flames. Roberto Castillo, the owner of the …
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Jun 06 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer A four-year-old Mission boy nearly drowned at the La Copa Best Western on Thursday, June 2. The South Padre Island Fire Department, Police and Emergency Medical Services responded and came to 350 Padre Blvd. to aid the child. When they arrived, a Good Samaritan had already performed CPR. The little …
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Jun 06 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Healthy eating and an active lifestyle were promoted as the Summer Feeding Program kicked-off Saturday. The event served as the start of an 11-week program that provides free meals to students in the Point Isabel Independent School District. Free water and fruit cups were served. The program is …
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Jun 06 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer For many people, Memorial Day was a day of freedom from work, but for others like Robert Vela, it was a reminder of the ghosts he had gathered in his years of protecting freedom. A Buck Sergeant in the Vietnam War, 65-year-old Vela had never left Port Isabel until he …
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Jun 06 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer Not many people can say they graduated alongside a sibling who is not a twin, but for Bobby and Josh Barker, that is exactly what they did. Growing up in the Port Isabel area since a very young age, 18-year-old Bobby and 17-year-old Josh were raised by their father to …
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