Lorena Alaniz Led Silver Tarpon Band To UIL Honors
Lorena Alaniz a 17 year old senior leads the Silver Tarpon Band and excels in brass. The Port Isabel student praises band involvement shaping her future as she pursues business at Southmost College with music on the side. The group earned 50 first division ratings and 3 second division ratings at the Mission UIL Solo and Ensemble contest, totaling 68 medals, part of a strong season supported by fan fundraisers and a volunteer barbecue lunch at the firehall.
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Lorena Alaniz
Lorena
All Valley Junior High
All Valley High School
All Valley
Bram Sextet
al- Valley Rand
Mr “M
Southmost College
Silver Tarpon
Mission
UIL
Firehall
Vocational Student Frank Calderon Receives Week Honor
Frank Calderon of Lighthouse Grocery is the current vocational person of the week. He discusses VOCT training including tax forms, credit, and business care. He praises VOCT director Mr. Orta and notes class cooperation. He attended a Harlingen convention exhibiting pictures and enjoys cars, biking and photography.
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Frank Calderon
Lighthouse
Jovn Hernandez
Frank
Mr. Orta
Harlingen
P. ASF Second Annual Talent Show Set for April 21 1978
Port Isabel hosts the second annual talent show on April 21 1978 highlighting local acts such as Smiling Face Port Isabel's Pride Shannon McKeown The Spanish Dancers The Three Fabulous Guitar Players Debbie Green Sam Lovett and Rocky Sparks with many more performers inviting the community to attend.
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P._ASF
Port Isabel
Smiling Face
Shannon McKeown
Debbie Green
Sam Lovett
Rocky Sparks
Nike Club Girls Plan March 16 Style Show at Bahia Mar
The Nike Club girls prepare a style show to be held March 16 at the Bahia Mar Ballroom for mothers and the Business Professional Women's Club. Members have been selling cupcakes each morning and at lunch, priced at 1 cent each or two for 25 cents.
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Nike Club
Bahia Mar
Baseball Player of the Week Bart Shaw Named
Bart Shaw a Port Isabel senior third baseman is tabbed baseball player of the week. The 6 foot 0 inch 160 pound athlete born December 2 1959 hails from a family of Mr. and Mrs. C L Shaw Jr. He cites competition focus and team spirit as reasons for his enjoyment and notes the field will be ready in a few weeks with some games at Port Isabel. Shaw aims for South Western University in Georgetown to study business and play college baseball or basketball. His goals include becoming a successful businessman a good family and marriage. His idol is Ted Turner and his favorite TV show Baretta release plans remain.
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Bart Shaw
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Uvaldo Holland
C.L. Shaw
Bart
Port Isabel
South Western University
Ted Turner
UIL Student Crissy Spinks Named UIL Person of the Week
Crissy Spinks, a four year UIL competitor born in Iowa City, leads in drama events and has won four trophies this year. She serves as Student Council president, plays with the Silver Tarpon Band, and plans to major in drama in college. She enjoys impromptu and pantomime and aims to remain a student for life.
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U.ll
State of Texas
UIL
Crissy Spinks
Ull
U.L
Iowa City
Iowa
K.W. Spinks
South Padre Island
Crissy
U.I.L
Silver Tarpon Band
New Adventure and History Books at the Library
New titles include Men of the Mirage a Sahara adventure and The Net to Catch War a time trek with two friends to recover an ancient Navajo net. He Went with Hannibal follows Hannibal's Alpine crossing and Panic Wars. Dead Reckoning features an international spy ring chase and escapes. Diving for Science chronicles deep submersible history with voyages to the ocean floor and the people and tech behind them.
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Sahara
Santa Fe
Student Poll On Monday February 27 About Why Teachers Are Crazy
A reporter conducts a cafeteria poll asking students why teachers seem crazy. Responses from Lisa Honeycutt and others cite overthinking pressure to act normal and to connect with students, while some say teachers are sane or just human.
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Lisa Honeycutt
Joe
Bertha Duke
Debbie Green
Margarita Carrier
Cathy Smith
Susie Hendricks
Martha Garcia
Becasue
Relo Garza
Rock Tracks and Stars On 1977 Disc Review List
A 1977 McNaught Syndication review surveys Donna Summer's double LP rock tone with classy sensuality, Steely Dan gains Miles Davis alumni Wayne Shorter and Victor Feldman on background, Neil Diamond delivers melodramatic originals, and Graham Parker and the Rumour inject urgent rock energy across their latest releases.
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Donna Summer
Donna
Aja
Miles Davis
Wayne Shorter
Victor Feldman
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NHS News
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Galway
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Sports Editors
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Keith Euler
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Terri Mireles
Brooks Rule
Darlene Fonseca
Judith Gross
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