Life in pictures
"Photo" First Friday reception is tomorrow
     Photographs by 14 artists will make up the First Friday reception display tomorrow, Sept. 1. The reception featuring the "Through the Lens" photography show will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Station St.
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EMT course is set for Sept. 11
     Applications are being taken for the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training course to be offered by the city in September.
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PASTOR'S PEN
Find a spiritual .running partner'
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
     School is back! That means parents no longer have to be activity coordinators, kids are not running the streets, and (for parents) life is good.
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What's up, pussycat?
     A cat and kitten hang out at the rear of a panel truck parked at Dennis Dryer Municipal Harbor on Monday, Aug. 28.
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Inbound behemoth
     The semi-submersible deepwater rig Transocean Marianas dwarfs the fishing pier at Charlie's Pasture recently. The rig was built in 1998; it's 264 feet long and 197 feet wide and draws 122 feet of water. The Transocean Marianas, which can drill up to 25,000 feet, was built to withstand storm waves of
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POLICE BLOTTER
     TUESDAY, AUG. 22 + 2:04 p.m. An officer cited a motorist at State Hwy. 361 and Beach Access Road 1A for reckless driving.
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Stretch and hold. . .
     Adult water aerobics are among the many activities available at the Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool. Monday, Sept. 4,
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Swim for half price Monday
     To celebrate the Labor Day holiday, the City of Port Aransas is offering a discount for those visiting the community pool.
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First Monday with mayor moves to second Monday due to holiday
     First Monday will be on the second Monday this month.
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Garden Club Rappers to debut at first meeting on September 13
     The debut of the Garden Club Rappers, directed by Dee Sims, will mark the first meeting of the 2006-2007 year for the Port Aransas Garden Club. The meeting will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St.
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CONSTABLE'S BEAT
     SUNDAY, AUG. 20 + 2:35 a.m. A deputy and police officers evicted eight people from a room in the 700 block of Beach Access Road 1A after they refused to quiet a loud party.
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MY VIEW
Not much room for wildlife in NYC
RACHEL PEARSON
     Outside the American Museum of Natural History, a long concrete wall curving around the building reads: Statesman, Author, Historian, Naturalist, Poet, Patriot. All these titles refer to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, for whom the museum is dedicated. Spanning the walls of the lobby is a long, bright mu
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Kayakers kick it up
     A pair of kayakers kicks it up in the surf on Thursday, Aug. 24, in the surf on Mustang Island.
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Labor Day: They also serve ...
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
     When longtime waitress Vonnie Tanner recalls one of her best tips ever, she thinks of one of her more difficult customers.
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ISLAND OBSERVER
Vultures, gulls, pelicans and clouds all part of life on the island
TONY AMOS
     It's 5:30 in the morning. By sevensomething I'll be on Mustang Island and I have just over an hour to write this week's observer column. I would
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THC investigating shipwreck
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
     A little-known sunken shipwreck in the Lydia Ann Channel appears to be a wood-hull steam ship that sank many decades ago, according to an archaeologist who explored the wreck with three other divers on Monday, Aug. 28.
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