Mar 21 2013
Special to the PRESS Two Port Isabel High School athletes have been selected as All-Metro Basketball team and will participate in the RGV Viper Basketball Classic. Kieler Gentry representing the boys’ varsity team and Alex Martinez for the girls’ varsity team have been selected to the Brownsville Herald All-Metro Basketball second team. Being selected for …
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Mar 14 2013
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons track and field squad showed progress this past week as it placed fourth at the Jim Hudson Relays at La Feria on Friday. Port Isabel had one gold medalist in the person of LB Bennett, who won the long jump with a leap of …
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Mar 14 2013
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was another strong performance by the Port Isabel High girls’ track and field team last week as it finished a close second at the Jim Hudson Relays in La Feria on Friday. The Lady Tarpons totaled 170 points as a team and finished 11 points behind team …
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Mar 14 2013
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Six Port Isabel High basketball players have been named to the 2013 All-District 32-3A first teams. For Coach Alan Ward’s Lady Tarpons squad Kelcie Swink was named to the All-District first team and Alex Martinez was named Newcomer of the Year. Swink and Martinez were both unanimous selections. …
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Mar 14 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Laguna Vista resident and seventh grader at Saint Joseph Academy in Brownsville competed in the Private School Interscholastic Association Spelling Competition. Taylor Wilson recently won the PSIA District Spelling Competition for seventh and eighth graders. Spelling words are pronounced at approximately five words per minute. Contestants may either write …
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Mar 14 2013
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Here’s a question for all you parents out there: Which characteristics would you most want in your children; honesty, integrity, compassion, intelligence, all the above? Laguna Vista’s Melvy Reyes has deep-rooted internal strength and confidence to spare that are also the cornerstones of her character. As the once …
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Mar 13 2013
Special to the Parade Valley Voices, a Texas Chorale under the direction of Patrick Graves, will perform in a concert entitled, “The Gospel Mass” by Robert Ray at Fishers of Men Lutheran Church in Port Isabel. The event will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21. Ray’s Gospel Mass was composed in 1978 while …
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Mar 07 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Special to the PRESS The Laguna Madre Water District has implemented water restrictions for the area as of Wednesday, February 27. According to a press release, the water district initiated Stage 2 Water Shortage Conditions in its existing Water Conservation Plan. With the initiation of Stage 2, the water district is …
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Mar 07 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Tuesday, the Port Isabel City Commission approved Resolution 02-26-2013-02, a unanimous resolution expressing concern and objection to the City of Brownsville’s strip annexations in the Laguna Madre area. In 2009, the cities agreed on a map where the Brownsville ETJ would extend to the north edge of the ship …
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