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Port Aransas residents can dunk junk for free Saturday, April 21, courtesy of Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB), the City of Port Aransas and Allied Waste-BFI. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents may take trash to the city transfer station on Ross Avenue. More ... Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) director Tony Amos, center, holds a check for $15,000, proceeds from last month's Spring for the ARK fundraiser, which will be signed over to The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI). The check will cover expenses for the first quarter of the year for the ARK, which is located at the MSI. More ... Four performances of "Barefoot in the Park" will be performed this week beginning tonight, Thursday, April 19, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT). Along with the 7:30 p.m. shows Thursday through Saturday, April 21, a matinee also will be performed at 2:30 p.m., on Sunday, April 22. More ... Calling all islanders: Your presence is requested at the Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup on Saturday, April 28. Port Aransas cleanup coordinator Bruce Reynolds wants to show Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner Jerry Patterson that Port Aransas supports the cleanup effort, not just out-of-towners. More ... Free up space at your house by donating unwanted items to the Presbyterian Women's (PW) annual garage sale set for Saturday, April 21. Once that job is done, see what treasures you can't live without at the sale and buy to your heart's content. PW of the Community Presbyterian Church volunteers will accept donations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Friday, April 20, at the Pollock Center, 129 S. More ... Art with a lower price tag is available at the a Saturday Sale on April 21, at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Held by the art center, the sale features bargain prices for art work by member artists. The discounts are offered as a means of promoting interest in art. Discounts range from 10 to 50 percent. More ... Collie Breah Farley of Port Aransas and Guy Rogers of Austin were married Saturday, April 14, at Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. The reception was held at The Summer Place. The couple is spending a week in Antigua for their honeymoon, and will make their home in Austin. More ... Collie Breah Farley of Port Aransas and Guy Rogers of Austin were married Saturday, April 14, at Trinityby the-Sea Episcopal Church in Port Aransas. Barney and Christi Farley of Port Aransas are the bride's parents. Her grandparents are Mrs. Barney Farley, Jr. of Galveston and Richard T. Missman of Grapevine. More ... These two turkeys were hanging around enjoying the spring weather when they caught the eye of a photographer. He wasn't sure if it was spring fever or a mating call. More ... Mr. and Mrs. Tosser John See of Corpus Christi announce the engagement of their daughter, Misti Marie See to Brumby Joseph Broussard. The prospective groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Charles Broussard of New Iberia, La. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of W.W. Ousley Sr. and the late Florine Mathews Ousley of Port Aransas and Lydia Louise See and the late C. J. See of Corpus Christi. More ... become free! On the Sunday after Easter, we hear the story of the doubts of Thomas concerning the resurrection of Jesus. This is a good thing because, in the pursuit of truth, our mind, soul and faith have a chance to expand and grow. More ... General contractor Mario Lopez of Paradise Pools said all work is right on schedule at the Port Aransas Community Park pool. More ... SandFest representatives hand over $2,500 checks to representatives of four non-profit Port Aransas organizations recently for helping supply volunteers to run this year's SandFest event. The 11th annual SandFest drew thousands of folks to the beach in Port Aransas to see the works of amateur and master sand sculptors March 30-April 1. From left are the Rev. More ... The Art Center for the Islands has set classes and workshops on jewelry making, drawing, soft pastels and watercolor. Sue McClurg will hold a dichroic glass fusing jewelry workshop Monday, April 23. Attendees will make two pendants, one pair of earrings and one lapel pin. It will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $100. More ... A proposed $1.8 million federal grant that could pump up science instruction in Port Aransas, Flour Bluff and Austin schools is about to become reality. The National Science Foundation provided notification on April 12 that the agency would issue the grant, said Dr. Ken Dunton, who will be the grant's principal investigator. More ... At our end of Mustang Island, the cut-leaf evening primrose, Oenothera laciniata, appears to act as contrary as many authoritative references describe it. More ... We took an overnight bus from Madrid to Algeciras, on the southern coast. I woke up once to find the bus following the tail lights of a truck through a valley pocketed with fog. Two men beside me were conversing in Arabic; Nick was asleep and, four rows back, so were our friends Chris and Henrietta. More ... Port Aransas will host the awards luncheon for the world's longest bird watching competition, The Great Texas Birding Classic. The finale will be Saturday, April 21, at Plantation Suites, when winners of the Bit Sit! as well as winners in the various categories of the Classic will be presented. More ... Decades of using the area north of Mustang Beach Airport as a dumping ground for unwanted appliances and rusted vehicle hulks is coming back to bite Port Aransas residents. Before the nearly 1,200 acres can be turned into a nature preserve, the tons of trash will have to be cleaned up. More ... Ship channel watchers in Port Aransas will again be treated to the sight of the A.R.C. Gloria from Colombia, South America next month. The Colombian Naval Academy Tall Ship School will sail through the jetties at about 9 a.m. Thursday, May 3. It will spend the weekend docked at the Solomon Ortiz Center in Corpus Christi where it will be open to the public for tours. More ... Port Aransas will continue a centuries-old tradition started in southern Europe when the third annual Blessing of the Fleet is held here on Saturday, April 28. In European fishing communities, a blessing from the local priest was thought to ensure a safe and bountiful fishing season. More ... Firefighters were called out three times in three days last week, fighting blazes in a home, a business and a trash can. A fire on the morning of Friday, April 13, caused smoke and fire damage to a house in the 400 block of Trojan Street. A fire marshal ruled that the blaze was electrical in origin, said Fire Chief Scott Mack. More ... A former Port Aransas man has been sentenced to 24 months probation and ordered to pay $4,100 restitution after pleading guilty to charges of theft and fraud. Thomas Mokus Jr. must also devote 160 hours to community service and pay $1,113 in court costs, according to the verdict from County Court at Law Judge Lisa Gonzales on April 2. More ... Port Aransas police expect to present their case against the accused SandFest vandal to the District Attorney's Office by Friday, April 20, a detective said. After examining the case, the District Attorney's Office in Corpus Christi will make a decision about whether to charge Nathan Edge, 22, of Austin, in connection with the destruction of a large sand sculpture at SandFest on April 1. More ... Port Aransas parents can make plans to have three dates in the near future because babysitting is guaranteed. Port Aransas High School cheerleaders are offering babysitting Friday, April 27, and May 4 and 18. Parents may bring their children, ages 2 and up, to the high school, 100 S. Station St., from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on those evenings. More ... Retail sales made in February returned a 6.25 percent increase in the sales tax allocation to the City of Port Aransas. "The national economy is showing signs of a slowdown, particularly in the housing sector, but we are still seeing healthy growth in the Texas economy and a corresponding growth in state sales tax revenue," said State Comptroller Susan Combs. More ... A jack-up oil rig has been towed to Ingleside, 23 days after a marine mishap led it to be run aground off Mustang Island. The Dolphin III was towed to Kiewit Offshore Services for repairs on Thursday, April 12. More ... The oceangoing rig Dolphin III is surrounded by tugboats on its way to Kiewit Marine in Ingleside for repairs on Thursday, April 12. The rig had been intentionally grounded off Mustang Island since March 21, when it began listing as it was being towed in the open Gulf of Mexico. More ... City council members will get the chance tonight, Thursday, April 19, to express their own opinions of how things went during the 2007 Spring Break. Letters to the Editor in the South Jetty have ranged from criticism of the large numbers of police officers to outrage at the lack of law enforcement. More ... Deadlines are looming for activities connected with the Superheroes Fishing for a Cure Relay For Life cancer walk. Organizers are urging people to get involved now. The American Cancer Society's (ACS) Relay For Life (RFL) walk will be held from 7 p.m. Friday, April 27, through 7 a.m. Saturday, April 28. More ... As dawn breaks, rosy-fingered clouds are brightening the view of the Gulf from my window, I can see it's going to be a nice day, maybe a beautiful day. If I were doing a beach survey today, I would enter those words as "Nice!" or "Beautiful! More ... This year's Candidates' Night, a voter education forum sponsored by the South Jetty, will feature the only contested race on the ballot. The forum will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the council chambers at city hall, 710 W. Ave. A. More ... 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. A guided beach walk sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department will reveal the secrets of the sea, Friday, April 27. More ... The potato is one of the most versatile and popular dishes in America. The potato originated in South America with the Incas of the Andes Mountains. The plant was taken back to Europe by the Spanish and was considered inedible and even poisonous. It was a German leader who tricked his village into eating the potato that made is so very popular. More ... |
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