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December 7, 2006 / Island Life

Sailing away

Two windsurfers head offshore from the beach just north of Horace Caldwell Pier on a briskly cool day, Sunday, Dec. 3. More...

Tourist Bureau looking for board of directors nominees

Port Aransas business men and women who can volunteer two to three hours per month are invited to be considered for nomination to the chamber of commerce-tourist bureau board of directors. More...

The Trinity Troupe was created because Eddy Skipwith began giving guitar and ukulele lessons. Skipwith gave the free lessons for children and adults on Fridays at Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. More...

MY VIEW

'Winter' takes on new meaning

RACHEL PEARSON

Winter is coming, and I have conversations about it every day. My Southern transplant friends and I compare notes on obscure articles of clothing we were not previously aware of: Wrist warmers, silk underwear, synthetic long-johns. More...

Book sale seeks donations of used books, magazines

When you finish a book, think of the library and its annual book drive. Though the William Ellis Memorial Library accepts books year .round for its book sale each February, most wait until January, said drive chairman Gail Swenson. More...

PAPHA to receive foundation grant

The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) has been notified of a $5,000 grant it was awarded by the directors of the Coastal Bend Community Foundation. More...

Computer Center hours extended

Saturday hours at the Port Aransas Computer Center have been extended. The center, 430 N. Alister St., will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Saturday. More...

Decorators wanted

Holiday Forest has room for more

The Port Aransas Civic Center soon will come alive with decorated Christmas trees, but room remains for more trees. Once Upon a Time is the theme set for the 2006 Holiday Forest sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER

Dramatic weather changes

TONY AMOS

When winter comes to Port Aransas, it often comes in a hurry. Take last Thursday, Nov. 30: At 10:05 in the morning, the air temperature was 75 degrees, and the wind was blowing at 12 mph out of the southwest. More...

Board drawn for re-organized SandFest

Longtime SandFest organizers recently selected their first board of directors. Meeting Dec. More...

'Brown Bag' it at seminars

Two more Brown Bag lunch seminars have been scheduled for December by the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) Center and the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. The two entities have partnered this winter to offer programs to the public. More...

Lunchtime

A sandwich tern flies away with a gulf menhaden in its mouth recently near the ferry landing. The National Audubon Society's 107th annual Christmas Bird Count in the Port Aransas area will be on Monday, Dec. 18. More...

Santa cult film is scheduled for PA Movie Time

"Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is the movie set for the December P.A. Movie Time. It will be shown Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. More...

ENJOY DINING OUT

Seafood & Spaghetti Works: Geodesic dining!

JOY MORROW

The "Ho-Ho-Holidays" are looming large. Every Christmas, when I start preparing I start preparing for the shopping and wrapping and all that goes along with the season, I think about the dastardly antic I pulled with my sister many years ago. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

FRIDAY, NOV. 29 • 7:36 a.m. In the 100 block of South Station Street, an officer cited two juveniles for fighting in school. • 2:03 p.m. One person was taken to a Corpus Christi hospital following an accident on State Hwy. More...

Computer Center raffle sale started

The Port Aransas Computer Center has kicked off its seventh annual computer raffle. More...

Intoxication assault charge filed

A woman who was hit by a van on the beach on Sunday, Nov. 26, has been released from the hospital and is recovering. More...

Free mulch available at the transfer station

Looking for some mulch? The City of Port Aransas has plenty. City Manager Michael Kovacs said the city is giving away mulch that's composed of leafy debris crews have been picking up all around the city. More...

Enter lights contest by Monday

The community has until Monday, Dec. 11, to enter the Christmas Lights Contest. Register by calling event chairman Nancy Phillips at 749-0321. Judging will be Wednesday, Dec. 13. More...

Presbyterian Women to host Christmas event on Saturday

Get ready to shop for a good cause Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Christmas Gourmet Shoppe and Boutique. Gourmet goodies, a raffle, crafts, slightly used items and a silent auction await the public. More...

PASTOR'S PEN

Bumping through Advent

Richard Safford

One of the best-loved characters in children's stories is Winniethe Pooh. It is the story of a bear of very little brain, but of great heart. More...

Half century honored

Curtis and Wanda Moore of Port Aransas will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, Friday, Dec. 8. They are the parents of Windy Brown and Randall Moore, both of Port Aransas and Rodney Moore, of Pearland. More...

PAHS kids to be on Challenge! Monday

A team of four Port Aransas High School seniors will take on a team from Tuloso-Midway High School in an academic competition to be televised at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, on KEDT public television. The game, called "Challenge! More...

Dune concerns delay high-rise permit

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

If built as planned, the Maravilla Del Mar resort on Mustang Island will include what officials say would be the three tallest structures on the Texas coast south of Houston. More...

Art Center's .last big sale' set Dec. 16

Don't miss the last big sale before Christmas at the Art Center for the Islands. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 16, at the art center, 323 N. Alister. More...

KPAB party will be open to the public

The Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) Christmas party is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 11, at 6:30 p.m. "It is not necessary to be a member to attend. More...

Winter tempest

A cold front blowing in on Thursday, Nov. 30, created a tempest in the waters off Mustang Island. More...

Workshops on cookies, ornaments scheduled

December Hands-On Workshops will include instruction on ornament making, stocking stuffers and Christmas cookie decoration. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. More...

Norther on the way

A norther makes its way across Corpus Christi Bay and looms over the dunes of Mustang Island on Thursday, Nov. 30. More...

WIC unit will be at IGA Monday

Representatives from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Dec. 11. Situated at the Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St., they will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. More...

Christmas Bird Count set for Dec. 18

Bird watchers expect to see lots of ducks during the National Audubon Society's 107th annual Christmas Bird Count, on Monday, Dec. 18. More...

Port Aransas memorabilia for sale to benefit PAPHA

Give a piece of Port Aransas for Christmas and help the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) raise funds for a museum. More...

Remembering a day of infamy

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

It was on a car radio that Frank Carter first heard the news that Pearl Harbor had been bombed. It was December 1941, and Carter was a student at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. More...

Still standing

A surfer manages to remain crouched on his board, despite being nearly buried in the white water of a breaking wave at Horace Caldwell Pier on Wednesday, Nov. 29. More...

One injured

Medics wheel away Candido Pineda, 50, of Corpus Christi, who was hurt when the dump truck he was driving overturned on State Hwy. 361, 1.5 miles south of Pioneer Beach Resort, on Wednesday, Nov. 29. More...

Hotel-motel revenue: Season could be reason

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Don't write a check to spend all that hotel-motel tax revenue quite yet. While receipt numbers for October of 2006 are unquestionably higher than those a year earlier, it may not be because hotel and motel occupancy is shooting up in Port Aransas. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, NOV. 26 5:30 p.m. A deputy issued citations on the beach for expired vehicle registration and no liability insurance. MONDAY, NOV. 27 8:12 p.m. A deputy assisted at a fire call in Charlie's Pasture. FRIDAY, DEC. 1 5:15 p.m. More...