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Browse work by women painters and sculptors at the First Friday Reception slated tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 7. "Two by Two" will include artists Charlotte Shannon, Wendy Maurer, Kaye Hass and Pam Stanley. The reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. More ... A Welcome Back Class of 2008 meeting by the Port Aransas Garden Club has been set for Wednesday, Sept. 12. It will be at 10 a.m. at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., and the entertainment will include "an amusing and maybe embarrassing skit," said member Rita Reed. More ... As usual, the Port Aransas Rotary Club's Champagne Cruise and Mini- Taste of Port Aransas is sold out. The only hope of getting a ticket now is if someone who had tickets reserved does not claim and pay for them by today, Thursday, Sept. 6, said Rotarian Rob Phillips. More ... Port Aransas High School's crosscountry team members need to make some dough to fund an overnight trip to a meet. Their solution, sell some dough in the form of baked goods. The team of 13 long-distance runners will hold bake sales Sunday, Sept. 9 and 16 to raise money to pay for an extra meet that will require an overnight stay on Oct. More ... Representatives from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Sept. 10. 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 3:30 p.m. For questions or an appointment, call (361) 767-7777. More ... Stretching in a calming atmosphere awaits those who participate in Yoga on the Beach, said Rachael King, assistant director of the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. The next class is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 8, at 8 a.m. More ... Last year, a small kitten in Ingleside managed to hitch a ride with us to Port Aransas. Flea-bitten and weighing less than a pound, we let this creature move into our lives. Tuffy, now weighs 15 pounds, he is beautiful, has a 'tude and has taken charge of our domain, which he believes was put there just for his pleasure. More ... A Chinese family that recently lived in Port Aransas has cleared one last hurdle in efforts to win asylum in the United States. Chuanhai "Hai" Wang and his wife, Xufeng Lu, and their 14-year-old son, Xing, recently passed an FBI background check that legally was required for them to stay in the U.S., said their attorney, Alexandre I. Afanassiev, of Houston. More ... Country-western musician Dean Strickland has a good ear. And his feet serve him pretty well, too. Strickland, who played at The Wharf on Sept. 2 and 3, said he has walked and hitchhiked thousands of miles to get to his gigs throughout Texas the past two years. More ... A story in last week's South Jetty about the city council's discussion of the Mercer house utilities, Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association treasurer Sharon Stricker was incorrectly identified. More ... While Port Aransas hosted thousands of vacationers this past summer, the town also provided summer jobs for nine college students visiting from the other side of the world. More ... A boatload of folks heads out of Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor late in the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 1 - one of the less rainy parts of the Labor Day weekend. More ... It was a beautiful site on the water as this rainbow arcs over Hospital Rock 35 miles offshore. More ... It was a little bit like an old-fashioned barn raising, or maybe back in Port Aransas' earlier days when neighbors might have gathered to help a friend erect a home. Word had been circulating for several weeks that the community would be invited to help plant the new Wetlands Education Center, going in at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI). More ... The community is invited to an Appreciation Celebration Tuesday, Sept. 18. Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) will hold its annual "thankyou" from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. The event is held each year to recognize those who have helped KPAB with their efforts the past year and to encourage newcomers to see what the organization is about. More ... MONDAY, AUG. 27 • 12:02 P .M . During a traffic stop on Avenue E, an officer arrested a man on an outstanding justice of the peace warrant. • 7:51 p.m. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews took a sick person from the 100 block of Mustang Royale Boulevard to a Corpus Christi hospital. More ... SUNDAY, AUG. 26 • 12:45 P .M . A deputy charged a motorist on the beach with driving with a suspended license. TUESDAY, AUG. 28 • 9 P .M . A man was arrested in the 200 block of East Brundrett Street on outstanding warrants. More ... THURSDAY, AUG. 16 Utility craft 41468 and its crew responded to a 24-foot pleasure craft disabled with one person on board approximately six miles southeast of the Port Aransas jetties. TUESDAY, AUG. 21 Homeland security boat 25756 and its crew responded to radio traffic concerning a 14-foot pleasure craft disabled in the middle of the Corpus Christi ship channel. More ... Dr. Wheeler Baker, Col. USMC (ret.), right, awards Jack S. Reagan an Officer Candidate School completion certificate from Hargrave Military Academy Sunday, Aug. 26. On receiving the certifi- cate, Reagan was assigned as academy second lieutenant and Second Platoon Leader in Charlie Company at the private male boarding academy in Chatham, Va. More ... An Officer Candidate School (OCS) completion certificate was awarded to Jack S. Reagan of Port Aransas on Sunday, Aug. 26. The certificate from Hargrave Military Academy was given by Dr. Wheeler Baker, Col. USMC (ret.). More ... Carol Elliot of Port Aransas will have guest artists Luis Villarreal and Woody Lawson from Triggerfish and Guy Le Roux accompany her at Sunset Sounds on Friday, Sept 14. The free outdoor concert at the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park will be from 7 to 9 p.m. More ... Three motorcyclists were taken to Corpus Christi hospitals over the Labor Day weekend after two similar accidents on the beach. Police reports show Kelly Johnson, 20, of Rising Star, and a 17-year-old passenger on Johnson's motorcycle were taken to the hospital at 3:25 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, after Johnson's motorcycle fell on them at about Pole 20 on the beach. More ... The Port Aransas Computer Club will meet Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in the classroom area of the center, 410 N. Alister St.The meeting will start with a question-and-answer session aimed at problem solving, followed by a program on digital photography by John Somers. More ... It's easy to see where Dr. Peter Thomas is going with this. Thomas, a research professor at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI) in Port Aransas, has turned up data that indicates fish in waters with low oxygen levels may tend to reproduce less than fish in "normal" waters. More ... Margaret and Alex and I drove up into the mountains to look for Bagby Springs, a natural hot springs way up in the Mount Hood National Forest. Driving east out of Portland, the road climbs first into fields and hills where llamas and sheep graze near rusty-looking farmhouses. More ... Bill Slingerland, South Jetty food colulmnist, has taken on the restaurant column. We'll call it Sling's shots, and this is his first installment. Leon Russell sang a wonderful song many years ago called "Back to the Island." It was on many a jukebox around here (remember those?). We need to remember the restaurants on the back of the island. More ... Once I was on this road (the "Cooktown Highway"), all signs of human habitation disappeared and I realized the journey was going to take me far longer than I had anticipated. More ... The fall bird migration in Port Aransas is under way. Two experienced birders, Lyndon Holcomb and Nan Dietert, will provide progress reports throughout the period as warranted. More ... |
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