August 24, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

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City to float $6 million bond issue

BY PHIL REYNOLDS
SOUTH JETTY The city council will ask voters to approve a total of $6.46 million in bonds on Nov. More...

Goals

BY PHIL REYNOLDS

City council members on Thursday, Aug. 17, approved an ambitious set of goals for the coming fiscal year, some of which are making a repeat appearance on the goals list. More...

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Sage observations

Limbaugh blows it
Cactus PRYOR

I was listening to my favorite radio station yesterday. On the air was the Rush Limbaugh show that, I must confess, helps me to have fresh bread on the table. He's probably the most listened to of all the voices you hear on the radio that feeds me. More...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pelican saved Last Saturday there was a wonderful beach mercy near Horace Caldwell Pier. While walking the beach early Saturday morning, I came upon a large brown pelican that allowed me to get closer than I have ever been to a brown pelican. More...

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Fishing

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Awesome amberjack

Jonathan Oliver of Austin caught this 93.5-pound amberjack on a trip aboard the Scat Cat of Fisherman's Wharf on Thursday, Aug. 17. More...

Three up, three down

These anglers caught three limits of redfish on Sunday, Aug. 20, with Capt. Frank Duxstad. The fish were caught on shrimp in the South Bay area. More...

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CURTAIN RISES ON NEW SCHOOL YEAR

Wyatt Arnold, 3, checks out what his big sister, Sailor, 4, and Ian Johnson, 4, will have in store for them in pre-kindergarten during a Meet the Teacher event sponsored by H.G. Olsen Elementary School teacher Ginny Shaw. More...

South Jetty launches online edition

BY MARY HENKEL JUDSON SOUTH JETTY South

The South Jetty is introducing its online edition this week. Online browsers will be able to access the entire newspaper, including reproductions of each page of the newspaper, (known as PDFs) by going online to www.portasouthjetty.com. More...

Island Life

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Waiting list is forming now for sold out cruise and mini-taste

The Champagne Cruise and MiniTaste of Port Aransas is sold out, and a waiting list is forming. More...

Outbound offshore

The offshore oil rig Deepwater Nautilus dwarfs a pair of anglers in a small boat (as well as its own tugboats) as it's towed between the jetties at Port Aransas en route back to sea on Thursday, Aug. 17. More...

City-owned land in Charlie's Pasture to be under microscope at workshop

The city council and the Planning and Zoning Commission will focus on a 67-acre tract of land the city owns on the Corpus Christi Ship Channel on Thursday, Sept. 14, when they meet in a workshop. More...

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Youth

The Port Aransas Independent School District welcomes a large contingent of faculty and staff this year. Some are featured this week, and the remaining new staff members will be featured next week.

Teaching assignments: Middle school special education More...

Buckling down

First-gradewrs Benjamin Brown, front, and Trinity Merrill launch their education careers at H.G. Olsen Elementary School on Monday, Aug. 21, the first day of school at Port Aransas ISD. Teacher Heather Collins, left, is on hand as well. More...

Wahoo Tumbling offered again

Wahoo Tumbling classes sponsored by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department will begin Monday, Sept. 11. More...

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Obituaries  Free Access 

McGinnis

Virginia (Ginny) Fleetwood McGinnis died Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, at Holmgreen Center of Trinity Towers in Corpus Christi after a four-month illness. More...

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Island Agenda  Free Access 

DAILY + Community Park Swimming Pool offers swim lessons and lap swimming, water exercise. Open daily except Mondays for swimming and more. Call 749-2416 for information. + Free use of Computer Resource Center Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. More...

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