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Music festival and cookoffs slated Residents and visitors are invited to spend Saturday, Oct. 7, on the grounds of Sharkey's for a good cause. The sixth annual South Texas Music Fest and Chili, Beans and Barbecue Cook-off will be going on starting at 9 a.m. More ...
Fused and stained glass, pots and shards will be displayed at the First Friday Reception on Oct. 6, at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister. More ... WIC mobile returns to city Representatives from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Oct. 9. 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. For questions or an appointment, call (361) 767-7777. More ... Plant swap, historian and bond talk set for meeting Two items have been added to the agenda for the next meeting of the Port Aransas Garden Club. The meeting will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. More ... KPAB will say thanks at celebration Monday Keep Port Aransas Beautiful will honor all those who have helped the organization in the past year at its annual Appreciation Celebration Monday, Oct. 9. City manager Michael Kovacs will give a brief presentation on the upcoming bond election following the celebration. More ... Miguez benefit set for Sunday A benefit will be held Sunday, Oct. 9, to raise money for funeral expenses for the family of Capt. Shane Miguez. It will start at 5 p.m., at the Back Porch Bar, 132 W. Cotter Ave, next to Woody's Sports Center. More ...
You can't take it with you RORY DEANE I want to share with you a few funny items that happened to me this summer. On July 10, I set out for a month in Ireland, my home country. The weather was brilliant; I did not have any rain, and when one is on vacation it makes for a good time. More ...
Jokers Wild, a band that plays everything from Garth Brooks to Steppenwolf, will perform for the annual Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce Ctizien of the Year banquet on Friday, Oct. 20. Corporate tables and individual tickets are on sale now at the chamber office. Tickets will not be sold at the door More ... Chamber banquet, dance tickets available only for advance sales Ticket sales are slow for the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce annual banquet scheduled for Friday, Oct. 20. More ...
Withering heat doesn't stop the forward march of time, and the time has come to place orders for decorated fresh balsam fir wreaths to be delivered in time for the Christmas holidays. More ...
Impressions of the week RACHEL PEARSON This week, there was a fire alarm in Schapiro, the building where I work monitoring piano practice rooms. I walked out of my little box-office when the alarm went off. Nobody seemed panicked. I walked down the long concrete hall where the practice rooms are. Some of the musicians had gone, but two p More ...
Classic cat Ben the cat lounges under a 1949 Plymouth parked at Don Huff's house on Avenue E. More ... Red tide shows up in local waters Eyes watering? Short of breath? Karenia brevis has invaded again. More ... Adult literacy classes now available at JELM Center Adults with limited reading skills or those with English as a second language may receive tutoring at no cost to improve basic reading ability. More ...
Pam Greene was recently recognized by Texas General Land Office Commissioner Jerry Patterson. She earned this award for working as the coordinator for Port Aransas and San Jose Island in the Texas GLO Adopt-A-Beach program for 16 years. This is the longest a volunteer coordinator has served in the p More ...
Gardening -- island style JOHN FUCIK Word filtering into the South Jetty offices suggested its readership would appreciate, nay, may even benefit from, articles about gardening and growing plants here in Port Aransas on a barrier island in the Coastal Bend of South Texas. That our location is different from central Texas, southern Wi More ... Organizations need workers for Sandfest BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER Community organizations helping put together the next SandFest event are seeking volunteers to help out. More ...
The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi fall beginning surfing class continues training by returning to the waves of Port Aransas, the instructor's favored training location. In front from left are Cheyenne Teters, Jimmy White, Hannah Henzen, Drew Screbo and Ginna Pickett. In back are Nic Manjarris, More ... Workshops set at art center on oil, watercolor painting, writing Three workshops, one on oil painting, one on memoir writing and another on watercolor painting, have been scheduled for October at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. More ... Old Town Festival aims to save Sears & Roebuck home from demolition BY PAM GREENE STAFF WRITER The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) has planned an Old Town Festival to raise funds to save the historic Sears and Roebuck home from the wrecking ball. The hope is to restore it to use as a museum and starting point for historic walking tours. More ...
Round and round the bay we go TONY AMOS I learned a lesson about life today. It has been a difficult day with two separate journeys to the Packery Channel area and two complete circumnavigations of Corpus Christi Bay to get birds in distress. More ...
Island Cafe: An island institution JOY MORROW In the "sort of" words of George Gershwin, to the tune of "Summertime," first verse: More ...
A kayak instructor and a student make use of some of the shallow water west of Harbor Island to practice kayaking skills. The shallows, including Lighthouse Flats and Brown and Root Flats, have become popular among anglers who like to use the shallowdraft kayaks to get to hard-to-reach fishing areas More ... POLICE BLOTTER CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT THURSDAY, SEPT. 28 + 2:30 a.m. An officer, responding to a report of a stolen vehicle in the 700 block of Trout Street, found that no vehicle had been stolen; however, he did find a man who he charged with public intoxication (PI). More ...
ARK director Tony Amos, left, and ARK volunteer John Ray clean some of the items Amos has brought back from Mustang and San Jose island beaches. The "found on the beach" items will be offered for sale during the ARK's Treasures from the Beach sale and auction, scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, More ... Tax bills to arrive this week Nueces County property owners or their mortgage companies should receive tax notices this week from Ronnie Canales, county tax collector. More ... ARK's 'Beach treasure' sale set By Phil Reynolds South Jetty reporter With water on three sides, what better décor for Port Aransas than beach? More ... Man is jailed in Ipod theft A Port Aransas man is in the Nueces County Jail after being charged with Class B theft, Port Aransas police say. More ... Bicycle rider hurt in wreck A bicycle rider who was part of the Conquer the Coast ride through Port Aransas on Saturday, Sept. 30, was taken to a Corpus Christi hospital after she was involved in an accident in Port Aransas. More ... Day school seeks volunteer help at pumpkin patch Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School is seeking volunteers to help run a Halloween pumpkin patch event the school is planning. More ... CONSTABLE'S BEAT NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27 + 9:55 a.m. A deputy issued a citation to a motorist for running a stop sign at State Hwy. 361 and Beach Access Road 2. More ... |
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