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September 6, 2007 / Island Life

Women and their art

First Friday features four

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. More...

Bake sale set Sunday

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. More...

Beach yoga is Saturday

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...

Chinese family clears hurdle toward asylum

A Chinese family that recently lived in Port Aransas has cleared one last hurdle in efforts to win asylum in the United States. More...

Whoops

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...

Foreign college students fill labor force void here

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

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...

Under the rainbow

It was a beautiful site on the water as this rainbow arcs over Hospital Rock 35 miles offshore. More...

All invited to KPAB celebration

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. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

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...

OCS completed

Dr. Wheeler Baker, Col. USMC (ret.), right, awards Jack S. Reagan an Officer Candidate School completion certificate from Hargrave Military Academy Sunday, Aug. 26. More...

Three hurt in beach bike wrecks

Three motorcyclists were taken to Corpus Christi hospitals over the Labor Day weekend after two similar accidents on the beach. More...

Hypoxic fish: 'Not tonight, dear'

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

It's easy to see where Dr. Peter Thomas is going with this. More...

SLING'S SHOTS

Celebrate the island at the Compass

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. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

Fall migration under way

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...

Man your trowels!

Garden club slates upcoming events

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. More...

Totally sold out!

Check today for unclaimed 'Cruise' tickets

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. More...

WIC in town Monday

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. More...

PASTOR'S PEN

On staff of a cat

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. More...

Guitarist thumbs, strums in journeys across Texas

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

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. More...

Heading out

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...

The Making of a Marsh

THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO HELP PLANT THE NEW WETLANDS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE MISSION ARANSAS NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE AND THE MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE. DESPITE THREATENING SKIES, MANY SHOWED UP PREPARED TO GET MUDDY.