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Hebrews 6:11-20: Some people are, by nature, optimistic. It is their natural temperament. Others are, by the same token, pessimistic. You most often get what you expect. One man sees a rose bush in terms of thorns; another sees only the roses. One man sees the dark side of every cloud, while the other looks for the silver lining. More ... Customers pay for their purchases at the Community Presbyterian Church Christmas bazaar at the Pollock Center on Saturday, Dec. 8. The bazaar, conducted by the Presbyterian Women's group, raised more than $2,700 for scholarships for Port Aransas High School students. More ... "Nothing warms the heart like watching kids sing and act, so come on down and get heated up at Children 's Christmas Musical," said Deanne Sims. The annual musical performance this year, "Miracle on Main Street", will be held Tuesday, Dec. 18. It will begin at 7 p.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. More ... The engagement of Dr. Tara Ramsay and Eric Mora, both of Houston, has been announced. The bride-elect is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Ramsay of Dallas. The prospective groom is the son of Helene Mora of Port Aransas and Andy Mora of Kerrville. His grandparents are Al and Ann Mora of Port Aransas. The couple plans a 2008 wedding. More ... A music extravaganza, including the annual Christmas cantata, prefaced by singing and music on the piano, flute, baritone and bells, will entertain Sunday, Dec. 16. "Touched by a Child, Touched by a King" is the title of this year's Christmas cantata at the Community Presbyterian Church. Choir director Judy Cole will direct. More ... An "Island Christmas Party" for the community will be hosted by the First Baptist Church on Sunday, Dec. 16. In the fellowship hall of the church, 200 N. Station St., it will begin at 6:30 p.m. "Come fellowship with us and enjoy Christmas caroling, finger foods, desserts, hot chocolate and cider," a spokesman for the church said. More ... Above: Parked on Cotter Street on Friday, Dec. 7, a trucker prepares to have three concrete box culverts unloaded for installation in the Oleander Street drainage improvement project. Each culvert is 8 feet by 3 feet and weighs about 17,500 pounds, workers said. The pictured culverts were destined to be buried under Cotter Street and attached to underground culverts already installed along Oleander Street. The system is designed to comfortably allow 127 cubic feet of rainwater per second to flow from an outfall at Port Aransas Municipal Harbor, said Orlando Ortiz, a professional engineer with Urban Engineering, which is heading up the project. Officials hope to have the new drainage system working by mid- January. The rest of the project, which includes rebuilding Oleander Street and installing new sidewalks, likely will be finished by early February, Ortiz said. At right, water sprays from a fire hydrant on Cotter Street on Thursday, Dec. 6, as workers cleared nearby lines, part of the Oleander Street drainage project. STAFF PHOTOS BY DAN PARKER More ... "Kafka on the Shore" is the selection for the next book club discussion at the Bill Ellis Memorial Library. The discussion will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the library meeting room, 710 W. Ave. A. Everyone is invited to read the book and add their views. A copy of the book may be reserved at the library circulation desk. More ... How are our friends up north getting along in the midst of the ice storm that hit the Midwest this week? Apparently all right - at least, according to a spot survey done Tuesday, Dec. 11, by the South Jetty. We called several South Jetty subscribers to learn how they were weathering the weather. More ... Subscriber Tim Carter sent this photo of a very chilly angel in the snowy yard of a home in Moberly, Mo., about 65 miles north of Jefferson City. More ... The weight of ice on tree limbs brought them crashing down on this truck and trailer in Seminole, Okla., 45 miles east of Norman, this week. The storm is mostly past central Oklahoma now, but more bad weather is forecast later this week. Inset: Ice is caught as it drops off leaves in Seminole. More ... The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the home of Smitty Wilbanks, located at 112 W. White Avenue, as November's residential yard of the month. The front and back yards are loaded with plants including Japanese yew, hibiscus, peppermint hibiscus, plumbago, bird of paradise, Texas sage, Indian hawthorn, roses, katsura tree, banyan tree, bamboo, Chinese fan palm, sabal palms, plumeria, giant schefflera, wisteria, jasmine and tangelo tree. More ... Port Aransas fishing guide Clark Miles thinks he has at least one solution to the question of what to do with current trash containers after the city switches to "toters" next year. "Take them to Mexico," Miles said. More ... About 20 folks take part in the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department's Yoga on the Beach class on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 8. Nancy Myers, a certified yoga instructor, conducted the class, which is held periodically near Horace Caldwell Pier. More ... Give a long-lasting gift by ordering a brick paver from the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA). Brick pavers will line the walkways to the museum that will be created out of the Mercer House soon to be placed next to the Community Center. More ... Sharon Watson of Port Aransas shot a 12-point buck Saturday, Dec. 8. She was hunting on a family lease in Brooks County. More ... Denise Littleton of Port Aransas was taking a bath not long ago when her kitten, Maggie, suddenly jumped in the water with her. Even more surprising, Maggie didn't jump right back out. She liked it. "She pranced around in it," Denise said. "We couldn't keep her out of it." Denise and her husband decided to bring Maggie to the beach to see how she liked the water there. Turns out, she liked it just fine, as these photos show. She waded around and enjoyed riding a boogie board too. That's one cool cat! COURTESY PHOTOS More ... Caution! This is not a gardening column. The Amos "lawn" is more like a coastal meadow. Whatever seeds were in the soil after our house was built in'78, along with whatever the wind and the birds brought in, forms the basis of our back yard. At times the growth of various grasses is prolific even though we do not water it. More ... Not many people will admit in this modern day and age to being superstitious. Well, not many anyway. Just because Lyndon said, "Now you've done it." Just because I had a slight sinking feeling. I had just mentioned that I needed something to write about in this week's article. More ... In the photo at right, Coach Steve Reaves of the Port Aransas High School, right, thanks Rob Phillips of ValueBank of Texas, left, for the new scoreboard behind them. The bank paid for the scoreboard for the school gymnasium. In the photo at left, workers install scoreboard. More ... Give a piece of Port Aransas for Christmas and help get the town closer to its own historical museum. The profits will be used to set up and operate the museum. The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) is offering several ways to give this season. More ... Lorraine Stern is looking forward to her term on the Nueces County Appraisal District board - and not just because she wants to see some changes. "It's a different kind of board from those I've ever served on," said Stern, who is also a Port Aransas ISD trustee and former Port Aransas City Council member. More ... It was a balmy, humid, almost still night, but Christmas was in the air. The Dennis Dreyer Municipal Marina was shining with boats decked out in holiday finery on Saturday, Dec. 8. More ... Concentration Phyllis Wanzer, of Hobart, Ind., front, concentrates on a snowman at a parks and recreation department hands-on workshop at the Pollock Center on Monday, Dec. 10. With their own projects, from front, are Marlene Fitzgerald, Chicago; Carol Vogt, Berthoud, Colo.; and Donna Rich, Colorado Springs, Colo. The workshop is part of a series co-sponsored by the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry for Winter Texans. More ... City council members will be asked on Thursday, Dec. 20, to figure out which are the most important improvements to be made to the city's harbor area - or at least, which are the most urgent. Bids for the improvement projects will come before the council for approval then. More ... Trips The good news is … the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) trips still are scheduled. Incorrect information received by the South Jetty led to the story in last week's issue saying the trips were cancelled. The JELM trip calendar for December includes a trip to Progresso, Mexico, on Saturday, Dec. 15. No passport is required, and seats are available. More ... MONDAY, DEC. 3 • 9:43 a.m. An officer arrested a man in the 100 block of West Cotter Avenue on outstanding municipal court warrants. TUESDAY, DEC. 4 • 5:08 p.m. A man was arrested in the 300 block of West Cotter Avenue on outstanding municipal court warrants. More ... Art Center for the Islands has been awarded a grant for $1,500 from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation's Sam Frech Fund for the Arts. According to the art center director Mary Rose, the money will be used to replace an outdated and slow color ink jet printer with a color laser printer that will print both sides of a page. More ... City worker Colleen Foreman puts up American flags Thursday, Dec. 6. The flags, up for Pearl Harbor Day, joined company with Christmas decorations already adorning town utility poles around Port Aransas. More ... SUNDAY, DEC. 2 •11:20 a.m. A deputy arrested a person at the city marina on outstanding warrants. FRIDAY, DEC. 7 • 4 p.m. A man was charged on State Hwy. 361 with evading arrest. • 8:20 p.m. More ... Earn a t-shirt, holiday ornament and a Whataburger coupon while helping others by donating at the blood drive Thursday, Dec. 20. Donors also may enter for a chance to win an oil change from Minit Man valued at $31.95. The mobile unit of the Coastal Bend Blood Center (CBBC) will be accepting blood at the Family Center IGA parking lot, 418 S. Alister St., from 11 a.m. More ... MONDAY, DEC. 3 • 7:45 a.m. Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a call from Rockport police reporting a johnboat taking on water near St. Joseph Island. The station launched a 25-foot boat that arrived on scene and found three people on the shore. The boat called Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, which sent a helicopter. More ... Lou Ann Smith, of Port Aransas, grimaces as Paramedic Sabrina Millard administers a flu shot on Tuesday, Dec. 11, but she later said Millard was 'very good' at giving painless immunizations. Residents lined up at the EMS headquarters, 705 W. Ave. A, to get the shots, which were reserved for the first 100 people who registered. The flu season generally peaks in South Texas about midwinter and lasts through March. More ... The Texas Laughing Gull Writing Contest will continue to accept submissions of fiction, non-fiction and poetry through Feb. 29. Submission fee is $5 per entry, and submissions must follow strict guidelines. Email txlaughinggull@hotmail. com for a copy of the guidelines or download a copy from www. portaransasartcenter. org. More ... The first major step in refurbishing the Port Aransas Community Center has been finished. General Contractor Tom Dasch said the 10 pilings that need immediate replacement will be replaced this week, and work will begin in earnest on the building's interior later in the week. More ... |
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