Port Isabel Clean Up Drive and Navigation District Election
Port Isabel plans a renewed Beautification Committee clean up to boost tourist appeal and resident pride. An election for a six year term Navigation and Canal Commissioner of the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District will be held July 10 with filing by June 10 and voting sites in Port Isabel San Benito and Los Indios.
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Port Isabel-San Benito
W.W. Zimmerman
Port Isabel
Zimmerman
Bernord C. West
R.M. Parker
Commission
Merchants Marine State Bank
San Benito
Los Indios
Bait Fishermen Protest Net Mesh Size Law
A group of Port Isabel and Brownsville bait fishermen led by Leon Godoy Jimmy Ochoa Saturnine Sandoval Cripriano Torres and Al Walker were fined 50 each by Justice of the Peace Bnd Emmons for nets of illegal mesh size They appeared to pay fines and protest legislation saying current limits cripple bait shrimping from Corpus Christi to Boca Chica impacting tourism and seasonal fisheries The group seeks fairer laws aligned with Port Isabel Brownsville area conditions.
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Leon Godoy
Jimmy Ochoa
Saturnine Sandoval
Cripriano Torres
Port Isabel
Brownsville
al Walker
Justice of the Peace
Bnd Emmons
Walker
Ochoa
Emmons
Corpus Christi
Boca Chica
First Aid Classes To Be Conducted In Port Isabel
A State Health Department course on Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured will run Tuesday to Thursday next week from 7 to 10 PM. Open to all free of charge, it includes lectures and demonstrations with Dr Earl Griffey attending the final night. The program ties to Port Isabel ambulance plans and a state civil defense initiative aiming to cut emergency response times in Cameron County. Thirteen new strep throat cases plus other illnesses are reported by the Cameron County Health Department.
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State Department of Health
Chuck Londrie
Earl Griffey
Brownsville
American Ambulance Association
Alexander
Port Isabel
Cameron County
Department of Public Safety
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Cameron County Health Department
Port Isabel Students Honored At TSC Graduation
Patrick Keenan Bly and Emilio Tagle Ruiz shared the valedictory at Texas Southmost College graduation in Brownsville with a 3.45 GPA. Dolores Patricia Brandon was salutatorian. Danny Rock won the Science and Engineering Achievement Award and Bly and Rock plan to attend the University of Texas at Austin.
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Patrick Keenan Bly
Port Isabel
Texas
TSC
Friendship Garden
Brownsville
Bly
Emilio Tagle Ruiz
San Benito
Dolores Patricia Brandon
Danny Rock
Department of
Rock
University of Texas At Austin
Port Isabel Seeks HEW Funding Boost for Bilingual Program
At a May 26 HEW budget hearing in Dallas Port Isabel schools request a $40,000 grant increase to expand a bilingual program that teaches Spanish speaking students English and English speaking students Spanish. The program serves 250 first and second graders with a $145,000 HEW grant and could admit 100 more third graders if funding rises to $185,000.
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HEW
Dallas
Port Isabel
Mixed drink proposal passes in Cameron County votes
Cameron County and surrounding areas approve the liquor by the drink measure with Port Isabel precinct posting the largest local majority. County totals show 6 184 for and 2 438 against statewide, while state amendments mostly fail though the water pollution amendment may still pass. Licenses cost 4500 dollars with 2000 due on filing and processing could take about two weeks.
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Harrison Diltz
Cameron County
Thomae Proposes Mileage Basis for County Road Funds
County Commissioner Adolph Thomae of San Benito urges shifting from a spend as you need it policy to a highway mileage basis for road and bridge funds. He holds 47 percent of paved roads and seeks about $93,000 for his precinct, with others allotted $67,000 and $38,000 after salary deductions.
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Adolph Thomae
San Benito
Thomae
Com
Mike Cortinas
Brownsville
Russ Fowler
Harlingen
Ted Hunt
Port Isabel
Local man arrested on suspected marijuana charge
Alfonso Gonzalez Jr a 23 year old local man was arrested Friday night after Sgt Joe Garza found a small amount of what appeared to be marijuana during a search He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Bnd Emmons Saturday and bond set at 1000 He later failed to make bond but was released and will appear before the grand jury this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso Gonzalez, Jr
Sgt
Joe Garza
Gonzalez
Justice of the Peace
Bnd Emmons
Brownsville
Tax Collections Improve in Port Isabel Area Audits
The Port Isabel Consolidated Tax Office audit, covering the year to January 31, shows higher total collections despite lower percentages due to higher valuations. Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1, City of Port Isabel, and Point Isabel ISD all report higher dollar totals with varying percent collections and rising valuations. Friday is deadline for ads in the Annual Salute to Area Seniors featuring 600 graduating senior photos. merchants urged to call for space.
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Port Isabel
Cameron County
Point Isabel Independent
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