World Hobiecat Races Planned for Island
South Padre Island tourism officials report 3 639 requests from Canada and Midwest for the 1978 Hobie Catamaran world championships to be held on South Padre Island in October. Ralph Thompson notes December visits exceed 3 500 averaging over 100 daily. The hearing on border issues chaired by Sen Raul L Longoria is planned for Stillman Town Hall Brownsville.
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South Padre Island Tourist Development Bureau
Ralph Thompson
Canada
United
Raul L. Longoria
Variou
Longoria
Stillman Town Hall
Brownsville
South Padre Island-Harlingen- Canada
Midwest
Hobie Catamaran Association
South Padre Island
Open House Set for Public Schools Week at Port Isabel
Port Isabel secondary schools announce Open House for March 6 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. All staff on campus will greet visiting parents and friends. Principals Richard Marks and Victor Rodrigue arranged refreshments in the cafeteria. High school classrooms will display exhibits and Ms Ramirez will show watercolors. The History department will display notebooks and work, and the gym will host a PE exhibit. Visitors are asked to register at the school office.
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Port Isabel Secondary
Richard Markstery
Victor Rodrigue
Valley area deposits rise in January financial barometer
The Valley financial barometer reports deposits in area banks and savings institutions at $1.799 billion in January, up from year end 1977 by $3 million. Port Isabel and South Padre Island deposits rose $484,018 year to date, with McAllen and Harlingen driving January construction totals reaching about $13.2 million and $2.64 million respectively.
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Valley Chamber of Commerce
Owen Rio Gramue Valley
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Duess
Hasber
Zee
San Sm Ito Nh
UH Ald Valley
Inos Amd
Ploer
Cameres
Adalgo County
School Trustees Renew Contracts and Hire Personnel
Point Isabel Board of Trustees met Tuesday night at the Administration Building to renew two year contracts and hire personnel including Manuel Perez as assistant superintendent and principals at Garriga Derry and others. Several resignations were accepted for health reasons, and new staff were elected with start dates in February and March 1978. The board also renewed a purchasing cooperative contract with Region One Education Service Center, noting savings from coop purchases this term.
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Point Isabel
Manuel Perez
Victor Rodriguez
Richard Marksbury
Carl Walker
Derry
Raul Villarreal
Garriga
Eduardo Alvardo
Ismael Gracia
Ralph Flores
Manuel Mireles
Alberto Martinez
Juanita Torres
Food Service
Walter Belue
Mary Smith
Daniel Rodriguez
Jesus Torres
Joyce Roberts
Derry Aide
Ester Galvan
Santana Ceballos
Michael Craney
Harold Moreau
Jesus Zurite
Region One Education Service Center
Supt. Pena
Coop
Region One
Port Isabel
Port Road
Pena
Mary Rivera
Lorene More
Laguna Heights
Mary Lou Campbell
South Padre Island
Low Mireles
Bertha Zamora
Ralph Vidaurri
Texas Board of Education
James Latham
Loretta Perez
Local Students and Teachers Attend Career Program
About eight Valley high school students and teachers will attend Southwestern Bell's Science Recognition Day on Feb 24 at the Sheraton Harlingen Inn. Port Isabel students Clark Halley Susan Hendricks Cathy Smith join science teacher Marcelo Garza and principal Victor Rodriguez Jr. The event features talks by Paul Cardarella and Dr. Leland Key about metallurgy and careers in physics and engineering, plus a Bell Labs demonstration of microsecond timing.
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Southwestern Bell
Port Isabel High School
Clark Halley
Susan Hendricks
Cathy Smith
Marcelo Garza
Victor Rodriguez, Jr
Alexander Graham Bell
Sheraton Harlingen Inn
Expressway 83
Stuart Place Road
Paul Cardarella
Leland Key
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Murray Hill
New Jersey
Bell Labs
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Cardarella
Bill Haehnel
Advisory Council Meeting Feb 28 Port Isabel ISD advisory
The Advisory Council for Federal Programs of Point Isabel Independent School District will meet February 28 at 7 30 pm in the Board Room of the Administration Building on Highway 100. Reports cover Title VII Bilingual Programs Title I Reading and Math Migrant Program and Community Involvement. Public invited. A free blood pressure clinic is Saturday 12 to 5 pm at Port Isabel Fire Station open to public.
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Advisory Council For
Point Isabel Independent School District
Highway 100
PAU B Honor List Adds Cecilia Saenz on 1977 Fall Roll
Pan American University Brownsville dean Dr. Ron Utecht released the 1977 fall semester straight A honor roll for PAU B students. Cecilia Diana Saenz of Port Isabel is named on the list. Two students held a straight A average with at least 12 hours.
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Brownsville
Pan American University
Ron Utecht
Cecilia Diana Saenz
Port Isabel
Utecht
Pau-Brownsville
Big Band Era Dances Planned for Laguna Madre Visitors
Arnold Samuelson announces weekly winter dances in the Bahia Grande ballroom from 8 to 12 for March through the season to support Queen Isabella Days. Ernesto Marroquin and his orchestra provide easy listening Big Band Era music with refreshments and door prizes. Tickets available at the Chamber and at the door.
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Laguna Madre
Arnold Samuelson
Port Isabel - South Padre Island
Bahia Grande Ballroom
Ernesto Marroquin
Chamber of Commerce
Samuelson
Band To Benefit From Dinner Sunday Fort Isla Port Isabel
Port Isabel Band Boosters host a chicken dinner Sunday February 26 at the Port Isabel Fire Hall from noon to 5 PM to raise funds for a band trip to a Colorado Music Festival. The newly formed stage band will perform in the afternoon and tickets at $2.25 are sold by band members or at the door.
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Port Isabel
Port Isabel Fire Hall
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