Island Names City Manager Appointed for South Padre Island
The Town of South Padre Island board unanimously approved Kirby Lilljedahl, former Brownsville city manager, as city manager at a special meeting on April 25. He will start as soon as possible, with a $21,000 annual salary and a background in Brownsville and Port Neches. The board also updated police pay scales and staffing, including uncertified officers, TCLFOSE training, and new certified pay bands, while approving resignations and hires under the Manpower Program and funding for a crime prevention course.
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South Padre Island
Board of Aldermen
Kirby ‘Lilljedahl
Brownsville
Lilljedahl
Glenn McGehee
Lamar State University
Port Neches and
Silsbee
Posible
McGehee
Police Department
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Tclfose
Harold J. Bernard
Clifton Anthony Troy
Robert Lee Salinas
Eddie Gomez
Jerry Liscano
Ricardo Rubio
Rafael Salazar
Eleazar de la Garza
Salazar
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Port Isabel High selects valedictorian and salutatorian
Principal Victor Rodriguez announces Deede Zimmerman as valedictorian with a strong course average and Mari Rock as salutatorian. Readouts list Debbie Green Cathy Smith Beverly Kitts Melissa Burnell Bart Shaw Dorothy Ebanks Ida Camacho and Cindy Holland as part of the class.
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Port Isabel High School
Victor Rodriguez Deede Zimmerman
Mari Rock
Debbie Green
Cathy Smith
Beverly Kitts
Melissa Burnell
Bart Shaw
Dorothy Ebanks
Ida Camacho
Cindy Holland
Tarpon Band Tops Rating at UIL Concert Sightreading
The Port Isabel Silver Tarpon Band earned first division ratings from all six judges at the UIL Concert Sightreading contest in Edinburg on Tuesday April 25. Band Director Manuel Mireles cited high praise from judges Dan Gibbs and Dan Schrieber. The band advances to the Festival of the Rockies in Colorado, with performances planned for next Wednesday and the following Saturday.
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Port Isabel
AAA
Colorado
City Police Chief Ochoa Resigns in Port Isabel
Port Isabel Police Chief Laura Ochoa 46 resigned Tuesday April 23 after nearly two years in post appointed June 14, 1976. Acting chief Pete Nunez named. Ochoa cited political pressure and a strained relationship with the mayor as factors. The mayor approved a settlement of pay and vacation time and Lorenzo Rosales to replace him.
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Port Isabel
Laura Ochoa
Pete Nunez
Quirino Martinez
Ochoa
Juan Martinez
Commission
Aes
Lorenzo Rosales
Martinez
Hearing Over Dismissed Manager Groomer By Water District
A routine four hour hearing held by Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1 on April 2 examined the firing of former General Manager Gilbert Groomer. Groomer, dismissed in December 1977 for insubordination, was not questioned. Attorneys debated contract interpretation and who could fire or issue orders. The board is expected to uphold the prior termination and not reinstate Groomer, a decision tied to a December 16 incident over tower cleaning and a dispute that led to a threatened fight. The hearing is a prerequisite before any potential lawsuit.
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Cameron County
Gilbert Groomer
Groomer
Brownsville
Tom Fleming
Eduardo Rodriguez
Fleming
Leo Sanders
Sanders
Board of Directors
Time Change Prompts Clocks Ahead for DST Start
The nation including Texas will begin daylight saving time this Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Clocks should be set forward one hour to 3 a.m. overnight or first thing Sunday morning. DST lasts six months with a return to standard time on the last Sunday in October.
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Texas
Area Ports Regain Shrimp Catch Lead in Texas Coast
The Port Isabel-Brownsville area led Texas coastal shrimp landings in February with 581,000 pounds, followed by Aransas Pass Fulton at 566,800 pounds. Coastwide February output reached 1.5 million pounds worth 3.9 million dollars, up from 1977.
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Port Isabel
Brownsville
Texas
Aransas Pass Fulton
Aransas Pass - Fulton
Freeport
Galveston Bay Ports
Matagorda - San Antonio
Lavaca Bay
Port Arthur - Sabine
Port Mansfield
Port Isabel Commission approves chamber information booth contract
The Port Isabel City Commission authorized the mayor to sign a one year contract with the Port Isabel South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce to run an information booth in the new Community Center. Other actions include a 4055 change order for the center, reappointments to housing and development boards, new police dispatcher hires, and plans for anti recession funding and beautification efforts. The next meeting is set for May 8.
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Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Loreta Sumega
M.N. Caudill
Aniceto Torres
Housing Authority Board
Juan Zurita
Area 1
Millie Harris
Area IV
John Mikul
Hadey Woods
Hortense Somnitz
Somnitz
Brenda Buzzard
Marcela Sandoval
Sandoval
Island Police Nab Assault Suspects
Island authorities arrested three men and one juvenile on assault charges following an incident reported on South Padre Island. Investigators detained the suspects for questioning and awaiting formal charging documents.
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Island Police
South Padre Island
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Bennie Ochoa Iil
Lupe Rosales
Morgan City
Louisiana
Tampico
Cathy Camacho
The
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Sanitarian O'Neal LeBlanc
Maria de Jesus Sanchez
Republican Party of Texas
United States
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Kika de la Garza
Larry Joe Keller
Georgia
Haiwassee
Garriga
Towns County
Billi Kendall
Rau Villarreal
Milford Young
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