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April 5, 2007 / Island Life

'Island Women' is feature

Art center First Friday reception set for tomorrow

"Island Women" is the focus for the First Friday Reception tomorrow, April 6. The reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. Food will be provided by Island Café and Smokehouse. More...

Chamber mixer set

A morning mixer will bring together members of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau on Tuesday, April 10. More...

Holy Week services set by island churches

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

PASTOR'S PEN: JAMES BRUSTER

Put yourself in hands of the Master

The house lights dimmed, and the concert was about to begin when the mother returned to her seat and discovered that her child was missing. Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. More...

2007 SANDFEST YOUTH, AMATEUR, & PRO-AM DIVISION WINNERS

YOUTH SPONSOR BEST WESTERN OCEAN More...

Jelly jar

Holding a jar containing a Portuguese man-o'-war, Steve Zarych explains the stinging tendencies of the jellyfish to a group touring the beach in Port Aransas with him on Friday, March 23. More...

PACT comedy opens next week

Marsha Owen will make her directorial debut with the April production at the Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT). The play is Neil Simon's comedy, "Barefoot in the Park". Tickets are on sale now at the PACT office, 2327 State Hwy. 361. More...

ENJOY DINING OUT WITH JOY MORROW

Variety abounds at Oceans of Seafood

I'm exhausted and hungry. I've just arrived back from the trip from hell to see my sister in Fort Worth. If you think we had rain, you should have been on the plane with me Thursday night heading to Big D. More...

Almost done

A crew of volunteer shuckers divests oysters of their shells, above, and Philip Stephens tends oysters on a grill, below, at the second annual oyster party held Saturday at Fred Rhodes Pavilion at Roberts Point Park. More...

'Deadbeat' band to play

One of the only bands that boasts that it never gets paid, Carl Lewis and the Deadbeats, will open the 2007 Sunset Sounds free concert series on Friday, April 13. More...

No entry to wet parking area

A security guard turns away traffic as the south end of the 10th annual was closed to traffic, and parking was reserved for vendors, sculptors SandFest festival on Saturday, March 31. The beach behind SandFest and SandFest officials. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

TUESDAY, MARCH 27 + 4: 50 . . More...

Register by April 12 to vote in May election

Residents who want to cast ballots in the May elections, but are not registered to vote, have a week to register. Forms are available at city hall, 710 W. Ave. A. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER: TONY AMOS

A failure to communicate: A 'seagull,' not an eagle; my bird not Bud

"What we got here is failure to communicate."* It went like this: The Corpus Christi Police called m e s a y i n g they had a lady with an eagle. " L e t m e talk to her," I said. I told her that we don't have eagles here. More...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Business briefs features top level management additions, changes or promotions, professional continuing education or other business news that is not classified as marketing. Deadline for submissions is 10 a.m. More...

Easter Bunny to visit during egg hunt on Sunday at park

All children up to 10 years old are invited to join in the hunt for Easter eggs and prizes at the annual Rotary Club egg hunt. The hunt will take place by the pool at the Community Park, 700 Clark Pkwy., off Ross Avenue. More...

Changing climate is focus of Schweppe series lecture tonight

Visiting scientist, Dr. Wei-Jun Cai from the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, will lecture on "Global Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate", tonight, Thursday, April 5. More...

Monday

WIC mobile unit to be at Family Center IGA

Representatives from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, April 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. More...

Couple takes vows

Kristi Jensen and Chad Littleton, both of Port Aransas, were married Saturday, March 3, at the First Baptist Church, with Judge Duncan Neblett conducting the ceremony. A reception was held at the Civic Center after the wedding. More...

Whoops!

Jim Polewchak's name was spelled incorrectly in a cutline under a photo on Page 2A of the March 29 edition of the South Jetty. More...

Jensen, Littleton pledge vows

Kristi Jensen and Chad Littleton, both of Port Aransas, were married Saturday, March 3, at the First Baptist Church. Judge Duncan Neblett conducted the ceremony. The bride wore an ivory halter dress with a pearl beaded top and lace-trimmed train. More...

Getting personal with a riot

RACHEL PEARSON

The protest was about the price of housing in Madrid, which has risen to unacceptable rates in the past few years. More...

County may OK dune exception for Port Aransas

Nueces County commissioners were expected to agree on Wednesday, April 4, to a proposal that Port Aransas be exempted from the county's new 350- foot building setback rule. More...

March residential yard

The home of Marlene and Jim Urban was chosen for the March yard of the month by the Port Aransas Garden Club. More...

Seminar set today on wetlands development

Developers from all over the Coastal Bend will get a chance this afternoon, Thursday, April 5, to sit down with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other regulatory agencies and learn more about what it takes to develop in and around wetlands. More...