Fishing News Highlights Port Isabel Area Travel and Tackle
Weather slowed fishing as winter residents leave for the north. Captains Ghilain Kingery Shattuck Murphy Colley and others report snapper banks whiting drum sheepshead red snapper and jewfish catches aboard several boats. Tourism info center guides tours to Matamoros and bay trips plus radio updates and wildflower photography offer local diversions.
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Port Isabel
Jim Ghilain
Jack Kingery
Danny B
Bill Shattuck
el Dorado
Jack Cravell
Matt Murphy
George Colley Jr
Purdy’s Courts
al Boeer
Brownsville
Don Veach
Joe Elam
Rolls Texas
Laguna Madre
Alexis Nezat
Anchor Marina
Frenchie Yavern
Sandcastle
Crawe
Edinburg
Texas
Colley’s
Gulf
Matamoros
South Padre Island
Rio Grande Valley
Tourist Information Center
Highway 100
KBOR
Sessums Retires After 15 Years As Army Chaplain
Richard C. Sessums of South Padre Island retires from the U S Army after 15 years as a Chaplain. He entered the Army in 1958 and retired as a Lt Col in 1973 after earlier service in the U S Marine Corps. He served in Korea Germany and Viet Nam and earned degrees from Loma Linda and Andrews University.
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Richard C. Sessums
South Padre Island
U.S. Army
Sessums
U S. Marine Corps
Santa Monica City College
USMC
Marine Division
Korea
Germany
Viet Nam
Loma Linda University
Andrews University
Berrien
Michigan
Army
American Institute of Family Relations
Los Angeles
Paul Popenoe
State of
Family Counseling Center founder Sessoms leads private practice group
Sessoms, a California Marriage Family and Child Counselor since 1970, heads Family Counseling and Study Center in San Antonio with twelve associates and a team of psychiatrists psychologists and social workers. The center treats families as units and offers conjoint therapy. Sessums and wife Mary Lou live on South Padre Island. daughter Dween boards in Honolulu and son Richard attends Marine Military Academy in Harlingen.
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California
American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
Army
Sessoms
Park North
Vance Jackson
San Antonio
Sessums
Mary Lou
South Padre Island
Dween
Honolulu
Richard
Marine Military Academy
Harlingen
Tex
Court list of fines for multiple offenses and offenders
A court listing shows fines for offenses including driving on the wrong side of a lane and endangering life, plus numerous public drunkenness charges. Names include Thomas Porter, Michael Callaway, Moises Reyes, Richard Tabbott, Francisco Martinez, Frank Sanick, Jimmy Key, Thomas Lind Jr, R Berry, Arnulfo Puente, Fred Wagner, Odell Freeze, and Frank Aguilar with fines ranging from 12 50 to 27 50.
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Thomas Porter
Michael R. Callaway
Moises Reyes
Richard Tabbott
Francisco Martinez
Frank Sanick
Jimmy Key
Thomas H. Lind Jr
R. Berry
Arnulfo Puente
Fred Wagner
Odell Freeze
Frank Aguilar
Speeding and Violations Tossed Into Court Docket
A JP Court docket lists Elsie C Kaevando speeding with six months probation. Antonio Rodriguez passing with insufficient clearance. James E McConnell trespassing with 12 50. Arturo Y Munoz backed when unsafe 7 50. Manuel Lopez ran stop sign 7 50. John Boyle possession of marijuana bond 1000. Johanna M Coleman disturbing the peace public place voided. carrying a gun where liquor sold bond 1000. Jesus Barrera NDL voided. Verna Schnurr riding motorcycle without helmet voided. Robin Able NDL. Gregory Pebley failed to control speed 12 50. Fred Bolock disturbing the peace pending. Evaristo Herrera failed to control speed 7 50. Barry L Johnson Jr possession of marijuana bond 2000. Judith S Kirkconnell no valid inspection sticker voided.
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Elsie C. Kaevando
Antonio Rodriguez
James E McConnell
Arturo Y. Munoz
Manuel Lopez
John Boyle
Johanna M. Coleman
Jesus Barrera
NDL
Verna Schnurr
Robin Able
Gregory Pebley
Fred Bolock
Evaristo Herrera
Barry L. Johnson, Jr
Saint Patrick's Mission in Ireland Ends in Conversion
Saint Patrick, native of a western Roman province, returned in the fifth century as a bishop to pagan Ireland. He had been a boy captive and devoted his life to converting the island. By his death he had traveled widely and converted the majority to Christianity.
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St. Patrick
Britain
Gaul
Ireland
International Art Show Opens in Brownsville April 14 15
The Brownsville Art League announces its second International Art Show at International Friendship Gardens. About 200 artists from the Rio Grande Valley Mexico Texas and other states will display original media paintings in two juried divisions with landscapes seascapes portraits still lifes abstracts figures wildlife and western themes. Registration runs April 12 from 9 am to 4 pm. judging Friday. show open Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Mexico
Texas
Brownsville Art League
Cameron County Grants Approved for Poverty Programs
Governor Briscoe approves two federal community action grants totaling 198 918 to Cameron-Willacy County Community Projects in Brownsville. One grant funds General Community Programming and Administration. the other supports a Family Planning program serving about 10 000 indigent residents. Both are Title II grants under the Economic Opportunity Act.
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Dolph Briscoe
Cameron-Willacy County Community Projects, Inc
Brownsville
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