March 29, 2007 RSS feed / Island Life

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Aw, shucks

Jim Pawlechek, above, is one of the sponsors of the second annual oyster party, scheduled for Saturday at Fred Rhodes Pavilion in Roberts Point Park. Proceeds from the party will go to help Project Graduation. More...

Schweppe lectures begin '07 series tonight with talk on plankton world

The Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecture Series in Marine Science will begin its 2007 season with a lecture tonight, Thursday, March 29. More...

Project Graduation flowers ready for pick up Saturday

Annuals, perennials and geraniums ordered in the annual Project Graduation flower sale will be available for pick up Saturday, March 31. Volunteers will have the flowers at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. More...

Bixler, Starr to wed

Paul and Elizabeth Bixler have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Wallis Bixler to Parrish Starr. All are of Port Aransas. The prospective groom's parents are Elizabeth Starr and the late Dillwyn T. More...

PASTOR'S PEN:

Accept children and lead accordingly
WILLIAM CAMPBELL

When is the last time you had a "do it yourself" project? Whatever it was, did you have the right tools, or did you have to "improvise"? More...

'WhatamI bid?'

Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) Director Tony Amos, auctioneer Randy Gartman and ARK volunteer Keith McMullin (from left) extol the virtues of a photograph up for auction at Saturday's 'Spring for the ARK' fundraiser. More...

Mayor satisfied

Trip to D.C. good learning experience
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Despite what he calls some "feelings of nervousness," Port Aransas Mayor Claude Brown said this week that he believes a week's worth of meetings in Washington last week was profitable. More...

Tons (almost) of Texas terrapins at ARK

TONY AMOS

He weighs 10 ounces, she 3 ½- pounds (after we took off the heap of oysters, mussels and barnacles she had somehow gathered). More...

Fallas a festival of fireworks

RACHEL PEARSON

Nick asked one of his English-language students if our plan of sleeping on the beach during the big fire festival i n Va l e n c i a , called the Fallas, was an OK plan. The student's r e p l y w a s vague. More...

Reserve booth for Art Fest by this Sunday

Sunday, April 1, is the deadline to reserve a booth at the second annual Art Fest to be held Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13. Booth spaces measure 10-feet by 10-feet and cost $100 for both days. More...

Rig fix on hold

Leaning structure repair delayed for now due to rough seas
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Rough seas have hampered efforts to remove a listing oil rig from the spot where it temporarily was grounded just off Mustang Island March 21. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

           SUNDAY, MARCH 18 + 12: 20 a. m. A man was charged at Alister Street and Avenue G with minor in possession of alcohol and cited for littering. + 1: 10 a. m. More...

'Egg'ellent Easter recipes

BILL SLINGERLAND

For many of us, Easter brings up memories of looking for eggs or going through a basket of goodies. Easter has as many traditions as Christmas. My mother always had hard-boiled eggs in these little wooden egg cups. More...

Point of view

The tanker Phoenix Beta makes its way between the jetties as beachgoers go about their business on Thursday, March 22. The photo was taken from the observation deck level of the new office building at I.B. More...

Bloodmobile visits Port Aransas today

Today, Thursday, March 29, is the day to give life to someone by donating blood. The Coastal Bend Blood Center will have a mobile unit in Port Aransas from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The unit will be in the Family Center IGA parking lot, 418 S. Alister St. More...

Gulp a fresh oyster, catch a local band, help Project Grad

Free food and music are in store for those attending the second annual Port Aransas oyster party. It will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 31, and will be held at the Fred Rhodes Pavilion in Roberts Point Park. More...

Laughing Gull hosts readings by writers

The Texas Laughing Gull Writing Contest organization has begun holding monthly coffee house gettogethers where local writers can give readings of their work. The sessions are being held at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. More...

Churches set Easter service schedules

Holy Week services, in addition to the community-wide Easter sunrise service (see related story), have been announced by three Port Aransas churches. More...

Service set for sunrise

A community-wide sunrise service on Easter Sunday, April 8, will be held at Roberts Point Park at 7 a.m. More...

New place, new times

Shopper Louella Goodwin of Michigan picks up some linens at the new resale building run by the Episcopal Church Women at Trinity by the Sea Episcopal Church in Port Aransas. More...

Delivery help needed for Meals on Wheels

The Meals on Wheels program needs more volunteers to deliver lunchtime meals one day a month. The program provides a nutritious meal to elderly citizens in Port Aransas Monday through Friday each week, with citizens doing the delivery. More...

First time in America

Ukrainian artists Iryna Kalyuzhna, left, and Andrii Vazhynskyi traveled to the United States for the first time ever so they could compete in the 11th annual SandFest on the beach in Port Aransas. More...

Class of '87 prepares for 20-year reunion

Port Aransas High School students who graduated in 1987 are being asked to send contact information for the upcoming 20-year class reunion. The gathering has been set for the weekend of June 16. More...

Mountain of sand

LESSON MOUNTAIN PROVIDES TUTORING IN CASTLE BUILDING
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Every kid knows how to build a sand castle, right? But when it comes to the fine points of sand sculpture, even the most experienced young beachgoer can profit from some tips from the pros. That's what Lesson Mountain is all about. More...

Commercial yard

Carol Richter, owner of Virginia's On The Bay, shows off the commercial yard of the month for March, chosen by the Port Aransas Garden Club. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

         WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 + 11: 05 a. m. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews took a sick person from Alister and Roberts streets to a Corpus Christi hospital. + 6: 33 p. m. More...

Moving through

The ocean going rig Songa Neptune, out of Panama, is escorted inbound through the jetties by the tug Signet Challenger on Wednesday, March 28. The rig is being towed in for maintenance and repair work. More...

Garden Club to hold High Tea at member meeting April 11

The April member meeting of the Port Aransas Garden Club will include its annual High Tea. Attendees are urged to dress accordingly. That includes "wearing their personalities on their heads". The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. More...

Nearly there

The new office and bath house building at I.B. Magee Beach Park, due for completion in May, got a walkthrough inspection on Thursday, March 22, and was pronounced good. More...

Wetlands seminar scheduled for April 5 after USACE settlement

An agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and a couple trying to construct a building beside the State Hwy. 361 causeway between Port Aransas and Aransas Pass will result in a seminar on wetlands development permits. More...













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