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Country music and “redneck” attire will entertain guests at the Redneck Prom, held by the Port Aransas Community Theatre on Saturday, May 19. DJ Ken Yarbrough will play a mix of country from classic to contemporary. The dance will be at the theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. More ... Playing in the surf not far from Beach Access Road 1A, Gavin Cain, 5, of Somerset, catches a wave while astride a plastic float on Saturday, May 12. More ... “Atonement,” by Ian McEwan, will be the book discussed at the next book club meeting on Tuesday, June 12. The book club meets monthly in the library at 6 p.m. To check out a copy of the book, stop by the circulation desk at the Ellis Memorial Library, 710 W. Ave. A. A synopsis from the book’s publisher follows. More ... The Seventh Annual ArtFest will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, followed by the Songwriters Showcase on Monday, May 21. At ArtFest, booths will showcase arts and crafts from a wide variety of artists in Roberts Point Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. More ... New officers and board members were elected Monday, May 14, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. Patsy Balcom was newly elected to the board, and Betty Crawford and David Beane remained board members. Crawford was chosen for president and Balcom was elected vice president. The new secretary will be Elizabeth Waters and the treasurer is Ann Appling. More ... New voting machines got their first use during the recent Port Aransas city elections. The city purchased four of machines at a total cost of slightly more than $14,000, according to City Secretary Esther Arzola. The city received them earlier this year. More ... Xavier Harrison, treasurer of Friends of the ARK, shows a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle to a crowd of spectators just before the turtle was released on the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, May 12. More ... 1. CALL TO ORDER2. PLEDGE AND PRAYER3. CANVASSING OF VOTES AND ADOPTION OFELECTION RESULTSA. A Resolution canvassing votes and declaringthe results of the Special Referendum and CharterAmendment Elections held on May 12.4. SWEARING IN OF NEWLY ELECTED CITYCOUNCIL MEMBERS5. More ... The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is inviting anyone interested to attend one of four public meetings on proposed highway improvements in the area. The nearest meeting is Thursday, May 24, at the Sinton Community Center in Sinton. An open house begins at 5:30 p.m. and a public hearing starts at 6:30 p.m. More ... After months of spiraling upward, Port Aransas’ sales tax rebates leveled off and dipped a bit this month. Compared with April of last year, sales tax rebates from the Texas State Comptroller’s office were down 3.54 percent, representing revenue of $142,654.06. In April of last year, the comptroller’s office sent $147,899.11 back to the city. More ... Patrons of the Port Aransas Art Center check out the art at last week’s First Friday event held on May 4. The event included live music, food and wine. More ... Claira Faye Wyatt of Port Aransas was crowned Most Photogenic at the 2012 Miss Shrimporee pageant on Sunday, April 29. Wyatt competed in the junior division. Her grandparents are Debra and Larry Williams of Port Aransas and great-grandmother is Clara “Smitty” Wilbanks of Fort Worth (formerly of Port Aransas). More ... Advertising and news deadlines will be adjusted for the May 31 edition of the South Jetty due to the Memorial Day holiday the weekend before. Deadline to submit advertising will be 5 p.m. Friday, May 25. More ... The Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce welcomed many faces into the Visitor’s Center throughout last week’s Travel and Tourism Week. More ... If you’d like to change the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) bus system, you’ll have two chances to try in the coming week. More ... For the past 14 years, May has served as National Stroke Awareness Month. On May 11, 1989, then-President George Bush signed Presidential Proclamation 5975, designating the month of May as National Stroke Awareness Month. Groups such as the National Stroke Association have been able to increase public awareness and in doing so continue to move one step closer to preventing strokes. More ... Tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill begin tomorrow, Friday, May 18, with a second tour on Saturday, May 19. Reservations are required due to limited space. Register by visiting the Port Aransas Museum Thursday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m., or by calling 749-3800. Leave a name and telephone number to get on the tour list. More ... Port Aransas got a good, soaking rain on Thursday, May 10. Clockwise from above: A pickup truck plows through a big puddle on Alister Street near Beach Street; a man is outfitted to avoid getting wet as he pedals his bicycle down Station Street near White Street; and Jana Snow leads her children, Pablito and Ashby on a sprint through the rain as the children left H.G. More ... Members of Keep Port Aransas Beautiful will elect new officers and board members for 2012-2013 at their next regular meeting on Tuesday, May 22. The meeting will be held at the Ellis Memorial Library meeting room at 6 p.m. Only members who have paid their dues for 2011- 2012 will be eligible for nomination or allowed to vote. More ... Renatta Vincent, 8, and her twin sister, Rhiana, play in the surf near Sandcastle Drive on Saturday, May 12. More ... Election judges report 17 people voted in both Republican and Democratic primary elections on the first day of early voting, Monday, May 14, with three of those being Democrats and 14 being Republicans. Early voting for both party primaries is at the Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. More ... Get ready for the second annual Golf Ball Drop, which will be held Tuesday, May 29th at 5:30 p.m. The event will happen just before the Port Aransas High School scholarship awards ceremony. The event is sponsored by Christensen Construction, LLC and Island Construction and hosted by the Kiwanis Club. More ... The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the home of LuAnn Ferguson and Randy Johns, located at 612 Lantana, as April’s residential yard of the month. More ... The Coastal Bend Law Enforcement Chili Cook-Off had a good turnout and the weather was great, according to Port Aransas Constable Bobby Sherwood. Besides the cook-off, Lyrical Bynge played live music, there were rescue demonstrations by the U.S. Coast Guard, and a kids play area entertained the younger folks. More ... Publishers, ad managers and other staff members from 19 newspapers in the Texas Gulf Coast Press Association will convene here starting today, Thursday, May 17, for the association’s 74th annual conference. Headquartered at Port Royal Ocean Resort, the conference will include in-depth sessions on photography and creating videos to go on newspaper Web sites. More ... Want to be an even better dog owner? Beginning Tuesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 7, training classes for dog owners will be held at the Port Aransas Animal Shelter through the month of June. The classes are part of a fundraiser for Animal Friends of Port Aransas. More ... Firefighters battle a blaze that started in the bathroom of a motor home on Piper Boulevard on Saturday, May 12. More ... The Port Aransas Computer Club warns that the computer center may close during the summer unless residents step up to fill volunteer vacancies left by Winter Texans. Volunteers give two hours a week to the center, at 430 N. Alister St. They should be stable, responsible, live in Port Arans as and have a phone. More ... MONDAY, MAY 79:17 A.M.• A clerk in a store in the4300 block of State Hwy.361 reported someonestole a pair of sunglassesvalued at $75.76.10:20 A.M.• A youngster reported abicycle worth $100 wasmissing from the yard of a More ... THURSDAY, MAY 104:45 P.M.• A deputy separated theparties in a fight on StationStreet.FRIDAY, MAY 114:12 P.M.• A deputy responded to areport of drunk men at Avenue G and Alister Street;on More ... The city will host a hurricane preparations town hall meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, at the Community Center, 408 N. Ålister St. The keynote speaker will be John Metz, the severe weather planning coordinator for the National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi. More ... Deckhand Cristoval Ruiz places ‘Oscar,’ a drill manequin, on a man-overboard platform on a Port Aransas ferry during a safety demonstration on April 26. More ... If you watch the news very often you are familiar with terms like national debt and budget deficits. The numbers that are discussed are almost mind numbing, but then I think back to my own personal experience with learning how to handle my finances. As a young man entering the work force and attending college, I thought I had arrived when I got my first credit card. More ... A worker from AEP, the electrical utility, does some work on power lines along 11th Street, near Royal Palm Drive, on Thursday, May 10. More ... The Texas Coastal Bend Regional Tourism Council (TCBRTC) will convene in Port Aransas as for its monthly meeting at Trout Street Bar & Grill on Tuesday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. More ... Celebrating their 57th wedding anniversary, Elfriede and Wayne Crawford went to Hawaii, where they did some deep-sea fishing. More ... Lanie and James Ramsden of Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., announce the birth of their daughter, Loretta Rose Ramsden, on Monday, April 16, 2012. She was born at 5:20 a.m. and weighed seven pounds, 1 ounce. She measured 20.5 inches long. She was welcomed by her 22-month old sister, Annabel Rose. More ... Red Cross lifeguard certification classes are being held Friday-Sunday, May 18-20, at the Port Aransas Community Pool. This is one of two sessions available to receive a lifeguard certification from the American Red Cross. The second session will be Friday-Sunday, May 25-27. The course costs $175. More ... B eachcombers have a chance to learn all about the critters and everything else one finds on the beach in a free guided tour, offered by Shirley Fischer, on Friday, May 25. Participants should meet at 9 a.m. under the under purple flag near Horace Caldwell Pier . More ... The Anglers on Wheels fishing tournament gets underway this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May19 and 20. Anyone with disabilities who would like to go fishing is invited to participate, as well as family members. Anglers will be fishing the bays and flats around Port Aransas. More ... A Memorial Day Splash is being offered at the Port Aransas Community Pool on Monday, May 28. From 1 to 6 p.m. swimmers may enjoy half-price admission to the pool, courtesy of the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation department. For more information call the pool office at 749-2416 or Pam Greene at 749-4158. More ... I got a good measurement on the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center’s largest alligator yesterday. More ... Seven-month-old Kash Holley of Tyler plays in a wading pool on the beach near Sandcastle Drive, with assistance from his mother, Whitney Holley, on Sunday, May 13. More ... The Port Aransas City Council is scheduled today, Thursday, May 17, to give a second reading to an ordinance that would change location of the designated high tide and dune protection lines. The topic will be one of several on the council’s agenda when the body meets at 5 p.m. at council chambers at 710 W. Ave. A. More ... Surf ’s up! A free surf lesson will be offered for youth ages five to eighteen on Saturday, May 26, near Horace Caldwell Pier. The lesson will run from 9 a.m. to noon. The lesson is provided by Morgan Faulkner, of Texas Surf Camps, and the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. More ... |
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