Fire Truck Arrives for South Padre Island Volunteers
An American La France fire truck with a 1000 gallon pumper arrived Monday April 24 for the South Padre Island Volunteer Fire Department. The vehicle is the first firefighting asset of the new department, funded by local donations, and is housed at the Isla Blanca Park work shed while a 40 by 60 foot fire station is planned 2 miles north of the causeway.
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la France
South Padre Island
Fire Department
Isla Blanca Park
Causeway
Fire Dept
Weslaco
S. Padre
Venomous Animals of the Sea at Shell Club Meeting
The South Padre Island Shell Club will screen Venomous Animals of the Sea at 8:00 p.m. on Friday April 28 in the Civic Center Isla Blanca Park South Padre Island. The program is free and open to the public.
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South Padre Island
Isla Blanca Park
City Updates Building Code Move At Port Isabel Meeting
The Port Isabel city commission, in a March 24 session, updated the building code to the 1969 Southern Standard edition. Mayor Sanders warned violations could hurt the fire rating and future federal grants. Frances Hebert of Petra's Place complained about gas line charges and delays affecting $1000 in losses, while others addressed purchases, training, and audits.
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City Commission
Lucilla C. Lopez
George Colley
Sanders
Port Isabel
Frances Hebert
Petra's Place
South Shore Drive
Hebert
Little Leagues Swing With Varied Weekend Scores
Friday April 21 results show Los Fresnos State Bank edging P I Colts while Keillor beat Port Isabel Angels and Bankers topped Niagara. Other games ranged from Moses to P I Fire Fighters, Ag Air and Bayside to DeKalb and P&S Builders.
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Los Fresnos
Port Isabel Fire Fighters
Ag-Airs
P.1
Twins
Moses
Bayside
DeKalb
Los Fresnos State Bank
P.I. Colts
Keillor
Port Isabel Angels
Bankers
Niagara
P.I. Fire Fighters
Ag-Air
PL. Colts
P&s Builders
P.I. Angels
P.I. Giants
LFSB
PI. Giants
Giants
Colts
Angels
Fire Fighters
Bank Deposits Rise in Valley Accounts
Merchants' Marine State Bank and valley institutions posted sharp rises in deposits over the past year. The Port Isabel bank reached 6.81 million, up 2.30 million from a year ago and 33 thousand over December, while valley deposits totaled 522.9 million versus 44.25 million a year ago.
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Marine State Bank
Port Isabel
Valley Bank
Emmons Attends Seminar on Justice of the Peace Training
Emmons attended a four day seminar in San Antonio hosted by Texas A&M University Police Training Division. Ralph Benton introduced sessions on game laws peace bonds and constables duties to the Court. Tom Bullington spoke on trial procedure truancy laws and contempt of court.
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Justice of the Peace
Bnd Emmons
San Antonio
Police Training Division
Texas A&m University
Ralph Benton
A&m University
Tom Bullington
Austin
Texas Justices of the Peace
Texas
Fire damages two vessels and dock at Twin City Co op area
A fast volunteer response saved a dock area from a wind fed fire injuring two vessels and a portion of the Twin City Co op docks. The 8:30 p m blaze damaged a 28 foot bait boat and the shrimp trawler Katherine with an electrical short listed as a possible cause.
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Twin City
Katherine
Twin City Co-op
Larry Joe Keller
Keller
Officials Seek State Retention of Swing Bridge Easements
Cameron County Commissioners Court favors returning 73 acres of easements used for Queen Isabella Causeway approaches to the San Benito Port Isabel Navigation District. The district says keeping the abutments and approaches saves the state about 85,000 dollars and asks the highway commission to refrain from tearing out the existing facilities, with easements to be returned when those facilities are abandoned.
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Queen Isabella Causeway
San Benito
Port Isabel
Navigation District Board
Navigation District
Parker
Guard and Corps of Engineers
The
Highway Commission
Houston Trio Arrested On Marijuana Charges
Three Houston residents Randal D. Wheelis 21 Milton M. Ragsdale Jr 19 and Mary Louise Matkovich 19 were jailed in Cameron County after a Saturday arrest by patrolman Jimmy Dickens and deputy Jack Allerton for possession of marijuana. Bond set at 1000 each. The arrest occurred about 6 p.m. four miles north of Andy Bowie Park.
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Houston
Justice of the Peace
Bnd Emmons
Cameron County
Randal D. Wheelis
Milton M. Ragsdale, Jr
Mary Louise Matkovich
Jimmy Dickens
Jack Allerton
Andy Bowie Park
Thomae Blocks Ramon Plan to Centralize Road Control
San Benito Commissioner Adolph Thomae Jr and peers clashed with County Judge Ray Ramon over shifting road supervision from individual commissioners to the county engineer. At the Commissioners Court meeting Ramon urged a vote before a motion, but the plan was defeated 3-2 with Thomae Hunt Cortinas opposing and Ramon Fowler supporting, leaving the current precinct system in place.
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Adolph Thomae, Jr
San Benito
Ray Ramon
Commissioners Court
Ramon
Thomas
Mike Cortinas
Brownsville
Com
Ted Hunt
Port Isabel
Russ Fowler
Harlingen
Hunt
Cortinas
Fowler
Students Visit Padre Island Beach Study Planned
A class of about 25 oceanography students from Sul Ross State University Alpine will spend Thursday through Sunday on South Padre Island for a special study of beach processes.
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Sul Ross State University
Alpine
South Padre Island
Trial set today in double murder case Zepeda
An examining trial for Antonio Rios Zepeda Jr. is scheduled for 10 am Thursday on murder charges connected to the deaths of two San Benito high school freshmen, Patricia Segura and Maria Norma Delgado. The hearing will determine evidence for grand jury action and possible bond.
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Antonio Rios Zepeda, Jr
San Benito
Justice of the Peace
Romeo Garza
John F. Dominguez
Mercedes
Zepeda
Dominguez
Sheriff's Department
Patricia Segura
Maria Norma Delgado
Williams Road
Garza
Texas Rangers
Roosters and clocks lose hour for daylight time
Roosters and alarm clocks face the start of Daylight Savings Time this weekend as clocks move ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday April 30. Congress made the change mandatory nationwide with limited state exemptions, and Texans will gain extra afternoon daylight from April 30 through October.
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Congress
Texas
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