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June 14, 2007 / Island Life

Mayor touted as community builder by Aransas Mason Lodge No. 1018

Port Aransas Mayor Claude Brown was awarded the Community Builder Award by the Aransas Mason Lodge No. 1018 on Friday, June 8. More...

'Man food' for Father's Day

BILL SLINGERLAND

While food for Mother's Day is often delicate or fancy, fathers want food that can stand alone and make a statement. So, for this column I would like to make a salute to sausage, a man's food. Sausage has been assembled for thousands of years. More...

Support shown

Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, right, took a tour of the Mercer house and the site where it will be moved to become a museum Sunday, June 10. More...

The fight is on

TxDOT joins in pepper tree eradication

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has joined the battle against the Brazilian pepper tree. More...

TAMU-K'ville ensemble will play at PACT

Reserve tickets go on sale today, Thursday, June 14, for a performance by musicians from the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Symphony Orchestra to be held Saturday, June 23. More...

PAPHA names board of trustees

The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) has created a board of trustees. More...

Heading out

The Eagle Albany steams past Cline's Landing Condominiums as the big tanker heads toward the Gulf of Mexico recently. More...

Caution urged for home safety's sake

Port Aransas police are reminding residents that there's a reason burglars are sometimes known as "second story men." "People think because they're not on the first story, they can leave windows and balcony doors open," Police Chief Sam Russell sa More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, JUNE 3 + 12:25 A.M . A deputy helped an officer with the arrests of two people in the 300 block of East Avenue G for driving under the influence and public intoxication (PI). + 3:10 a.m. More...

The Law of Trousers; booby rescue on an ATV; turtles on the rocks

TONY AMOS

I usually wear shorts while doing my beach surveys, which makes it convenient for wading into the sea to measure its temperature and saltiness. More...

Council sets goals for 2007-'08

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

City hall observers won't see many new items on the city council's list of goals, put together last week at a workshop. Many of the stated goals for Port Aransas have been seen on earlier council lists. More...

PASTOR'S PEN

Joyless Christianity?

He was in prison. The feel of cold steel and the incessant rattle of the chains was an endless reminder of freedom as a pleasant memory, but not a present reality. More...

Vacation Bible school begins Sunday

Sign up the kids for the Community Presbyterian vacation Bible school, and let them enjoy fun and fellowship for a few hours each night, said VBS director Vernett Safford. More...

Manhunt

Police cars block the driveway of a home in the 300 block of Mustang Boulevard and a Department of Public Safety helicopter circles overhead on Friday as officers check the house for a man suspected of a car burglary in Corpus Christi. More...

Skate park fundraising party set

PLAY DAY SCHEDULED JUNE 30

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The skateboarding area at Port Aransas Community Park is ramping up. And backers are planning a fundraising party to help it grow still more. More...

Patchwork heaven

Kalico & Keepsakes Quilt Shop is open for business at 600 Cut Off Rd., Ste. 10. Dee Cromer, shown here, is the owner with her husband, Larry. They moved her from Lytle, where they owned and operated the quilt shop for 11 years. More...

Up periscope

A green sea turtle pokes its head out of the water at the south jetty on Tuesday, June 5. The turtle delighted passersby by appearing at the surface but then quickly dove and disappeared from view. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

EDITOR'S NOTE: BECAUSE POLICE DISPATCHERS WERE WORKING OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS LAST WEEK AND COULD NOT COMPILE A COMPLETE REPORT LOG, PART OF LAST WEEK'S POLICE BLOTTER IS INCLUDED THIS WEEK. More...

All's well after rattlesnake encounter

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Rachael King is back at work, hardly the worse for wear. The only sign of her encounter with a rattlesnake is a small bandage on the index finger of her right hand. "I was pulling weeds," King said. More...

Back home again

Dispatchers return to station after evacuation

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

They're home again, and glad of it. Police dispatchers and others who were moved out of the headquarters building last week returned on Monday. More...

Saga of the sage

DR. JOHN FUCIK

Some old time readers of old time Westerns might fondly recall Zane Grey's "Riders of the Purple Sage". Others of a culinary persuasion might think of purple sage in terms of adding herbal piquancy to some special meat dish. More...

Catching air

A boat becomes almost completely airborne as it speeds through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel off Roberts Point Park on Tuesday, June 12. More...