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Year of 1977 Growth and Politics on the Island
The Island area reports a busy year with new school principals Richard Marksbury at the Junior High and Victor Rodriguez at the High School. Port Isabel and South Padre Island faced funding, development, and governance actions including a $346,257 HUD grant, a planned 12 story Sea Island tower permit, and debates over deannexation and navigation district options.
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Plin
Richard Marksbury
Victor Rodriguez
Bill Whitten
Port Aransas
Texas
Brazos Island
Corps of Engineers
Brownsville
Port Isabel
Leone Betancourt
Housing and Urban Development Department
Bernard Wagner
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Anita
Water District Board of Directors
Fr Wagner
Ronald Marlow
South Padre Island
Gale McDonald
Quirino Martinez
Department of Census
Sea Island
Oyster Bar
San Benito
Ochoa
U.S. Office of Education
al Cisneros
Port of
Chamber of Commerce
Laguna Madre
Amelia Torres
Eva Castillo
Cindy Downey
Isabelle Days
Isabella II
Diana Lee Sehrantz
Laguna Vista
Isabel II
Suzette Hill
Donna
Miss Castillo
Vernon Warren
School Board of Trustees
Board of Equalization
Water District
Ila Loetscher
Texas Tourist Development Association
Shaw Construction Co
Board of Trustees
Job Corps Center
Border Patrol Academy
Island
Bill Neukomm
Island Police
Gilbert Groomer
Groomer