Officials Confer With Delinquent Tax Lawyer
Local officials and the Consolidated Tax Office delinquent tax attorney met to form quarterly reporting by the tax assessor collector and attorney. Port Isabel and South Padre Island officials, including School District representatives, discussed current delinquent accounts and needed information.
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Consolidated Tax Office
Point Isabel Independent School District
Cameron County
Jack Welch
William K. Zimmerman
Weich
Manuel Galvan III
Port Isabel
Old CG Station On Isle Remains Pending Historic Listing
Coast Guard considers Isle station on South Padre Island for National Register listing but finds no special historic significance beyond age. The 1922 facility will be replaced soon with no plan to demolish. may be turned over to a public group if unused, though plans are not finalized.
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Coast Guard
South Padre Island
E. B. Holtzman
Eighth District
New Orleans
Island
Holtzman
Civil Engineering Branch
Cameron County Park
Grand Jury’s Term Extended in Food Commodities Probe
Cameron County grand jury receives a nine day extension from Dist Judge Darrell Hester as investigations into missing surplus food destined for the poor continue. The panel has not returned indictments though total unaccounted for commodities rise from about forty thousand to at least three hundred fifty eight thousand four hundred fifty dollars. Courthouse watchers expect possible further action on the missing goods. This jury previously indicted local officials including Judge Ray Ramon and others for conspiracy.
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Cameron County
Dist
Darrell Hester
Ray Ramon
Carlos Carrasco
Noe Alanis Trevino
Matamoros
Com. Adolph Thomas, Jr
San Benito
Public Body Sets Meeting in Port Isabel District Office
The Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District navigation and canal commissioners will meet at 3 p.m. Web., Dec. 26, at the district office in Port Isabel. The Port Isabel city commission and Laguna Vista board of aldermen will not hold meetings Monday, Dec. 24.
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Navigation and Canal Commissioners
Port Isabel-San Benito
Emmons Attends 20hour JP Seminar in Brownsville
Bud Emmons of Brownsville Port Isabel joined 49 judges at a regional 20hour inservice training in Brownsville December 4 7. The Texas Justice of the Peace Training Center conducted the program on the South west Texas State University campus as part of the State Criminal Justice Plan funded by the Governors Criminal Justice Council to meet legislative judicial training requirements.
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Brownsville
Port Isabel
Bud Emmons
Texas
Justice of the Peace Training Center
Southwest Texas State University
Governor’s
Criminal Justice Council
House Hearing on Isle Fizzles Out
A Texas House subcommittee public hearing on sport and commercial fishing at the Ygnacio Garza Civic Center on South Padre Island was canceled. About 15 people arrived. organizers offered no reason, though many suspect the Briscoe special session. No reschedule date announced.
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Isle
Texas House of Representatives
Committee On Environmental Affairs
Ygnacio Garza
South Padre Island
Island Civic Center
Dolph Briscoe
Texas Gymnastics Clinic Stakes Port Isabel as Site
A statewide Texas Gymnastics Association clinic will run December 27 to 29 at Port Isabel High School. About 300 gymnasts are expected as the area offers needed facilities and lodging. Principal Carl Christensen says the event supports proficiency awards and coaching sessions, with local groups providing meals.
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Texas Gymnastics Association
Port Isabel High School
Emil Milam
Hurst
Robert Cowan
Fort Worth
Isabel Island
Carl Christensen
Texas
Christensen
Letter from Liz: Former Little Rock postmaster signs holiday note
Elizabeth Graves of Little Rock Arkansas, longtime local postmaster, sends a holiday letter to the Press. She thanks editors for printing her message and notes arthritis affects penmanship. She invites readers who remember her to visit and wishes affection for the area and its people.
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Elizabeth Graves
Little Rock
Ark
U.S
Liz
Main St
Point Isabel ISD tackles drug display dispute and daylight timing
Point Isabel Independent School District trustees met December 18 in a session mixing a discussion of a so called drug abuse program at the junior senior high school and a closed personnel matter. Superintendent Ruben M. Torres cited fuel saving measures and daylight savings time effects on bus schedules proposing a half hour shift in start and end of the day for consideration at the January 15 meeting.
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Ronald
Ruben M. Torres
Carl Christensen
Moody Foundation
Torres
Information on Impact Solid Waste Bids Heard
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1 held an environmental impact hearing for a federal sewer grant with no opposition. Board discussed bond purchasing prospects with the Texas Water Development Board and noted one bid for solid waste disposal from Mark Industries.
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Board of Supervisors
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District
Environmental Protection Agency
Don Crow
Walter W. Zimmerman
Austin
Water District
E. D. Reed
Jack Rawson
Zimmerman
The
Texas Water Development
Water Development Board
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Reed
al Sanitation
Padre Island Sanitation
Mark Industries
Health Department Weekly Report Counts Strep and Other Illnesses
Cameron County Health Department logs twenty six strep throat cases in the latest weekly report. Also listed are five influenza, three chickenpox, one tuberculosis, two rubella, seven hepatitis, and one amebiasis cases.
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Cameron County Health Department
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