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March 22, 2007 / Island Life

ARK auction items

Volunteers at the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute hold some of the auction items that will be available Saturday at the annual Spring for the ARK fund raiser. More...

This weekend is last chance to view 'Over the River' at PACT

"Over the River and Through the Woods" continues to wow audiences at the Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT), said president Charlie Zahn. More...

PASTOR'S PEN:

Fantasy fishing

RICHARD SAFFORD

The Helping Hands Community Food Pantry is seeing fewer folk each week. Fewer volunteers also, due to the number of Winter Texan helpers who have returned north. More...

Odd angle

Bob Plasko of Georgetown did a double take when he looked out of the driver's side window and saw the sign painted on the inside of the rail. Obviously, the intent of the sign was distorted by the viewing angle. More...

City signs lease with PAPHA so Mercer house can be moved

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The Mercer house is one step closer to having a new home. More...

COUNCIL DEALS WITH ZONING, ORDINANCES

Alley, dune permit squeeze past

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

In sweeping moves on Thursday, March 15, city council members took care of several zoning cases and ordinances and settled the question of an alley closure that had been hanging fire for three months. More...

Leaning tower

Beachgoers on Mustang Island look out toward the Dolphin III, a listing jack-up oil rig resting aground six miles south of the jetties in Port Aransas. More...

City history is topic

Feeling nostalgic? If so, drop in at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. tonight, Thursday, March 22. Guthrie Ford, author of books on Port Aransas, will speak at 7 p.m. The title of his lecture is "A Potpourri of Port Aransas History". More...

Good old days of facism?

RACHEL PEARSON

Nick and I are checking out of a hostel in Segovia, a small city north of Madrid. When we tell the old man behind the desk that we live in Madrid, he smiles and says, "Ah, Madrid. More...

Whoops!

Spring Breakers Dustin and Hunter Robin are brothers; Dustin is from Rockport and Hunter is from Port Aransas. They are the grandsons of Trish Cartwright of Port Aransas. More...

Artist donates painting for PAPHA fund raiser

Artist Flint Reed of Port Aransas has created a painting to be raffled with proceeds going to the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. More...

Causeway may get second name

Don't look for a change in signs between Port Aransas and Aransas Pass, but if everything goes well, the highway will have a new name. More...

Two hurt in Spring Break dual stabbings

Port Aransas police are still investigating two separate stabbing incidents that happened in connection with this year's Spring Break. Police were called to the first incident at Pole 13 on the beach at about 9:51 p.m. More...

Woman dies in rollover wreck

An as-yet-unidentified woman was killed on Monday, March 19, when the vehicle she was driving left State Hwy. 361 and catapulted end over end several times. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, MARCH 11 + 1: 45 a. m. A deputy charged three men at Alister Street and Avenue F with unlawfully carrying a weapon and carrying an illegal knife. + 4: 15 p. m. More...

Time travel book discussion Tuesday

Fast readers still have time to read "The Time Traveler's Wife" and join a book discussion Tuesday, March 27, at the Bill Ellis Memorial Library, 710 Ave. A. More...

Tickets still available

ARK annual fundraiser dinner and auction is Saturday

It's not too late to buy a table for 10, individual tickets or donate to the silent or live auction for the Spring for the ARK on Saturday, March 24. More...

Art center member meeting Wednesday

The Art Center for the Islands will hold its annual membership meeting on Wednesday, March 28. The meeting will be at 1:30 pm in the art center classroom, 323 N. Alister St. Membership is not limited to artists. More...

JELM Center

March Calendar

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Beach walk set Friday

Residents and visitors are invited to learn about what washes ashore on the beaches of Mustang Island as spring winds drive waves in from the south. More...

Burger coupon, t-shirt are rewards for donating blood here on March 29

Receive a t-shirt and a Whataburger coupon along with the knowledge you helped someone in need, when you donate blood Thursday, March 29. The Coastal Bend Blood Center will have a mobile unit in Port Aransas from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More...

Mammoth and mini

Two anglers in a small boat speed past a tanker ship, the Ance, in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel just past Roberts Point Park on Tuesday, March 20. More...

Two local actors have roles in Aransas Pass production

Two Port Aransas residents are involved in a play at the Rialto Theater in Aransas Pass this month. Alan Ehmann of Port Aransas is directing "Bus Stop" in which Barney Farley plays a part. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER:

And the top 10 beach items. . .

TONY AMOS

In doing 3,892 separate surveys of Mustang Island Gulf beach since 1978, I count birds, cars, people, dogs and certain items of trash that mar our beach all too frequently. More...