Port Aransas, TX

PDF of print edition Volunteers for council asked to step Appointee would serve until May BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Wanted: Person to devote hours to studying and solving city problems and shaping Port Aransas for the future. Infrequent travel to unglamorous places. Time will be taken from regular job. Work overtime at least one day a month. Position is temporary, until May 17. More ... Queen and her court       Senior Whitney Williams, photo at left, is crowned Port Aransas High School Homecoming Queen by last year's queen, Heather Grumbles. Ceremonies were held at half-time of the Marlin varsity basketball game on Friday, Jan. 19. More ... Money to burn School trustees shopping for ways to spend income from sale of land BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Armed with tens of thousands of dollars from land sales, the school board has decided to go shopping for wide variety of items, from new desks for students to re-surfacing work on the running track and tennis courts. The Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees voted on Thursday,... More ... Wrong 'tern'       A royal tern sneaks into a gathering of skimmers on the beach. Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) director Tony Amos said the skimmers face into the wind to keep their feathers unruffled to stay warm and dry. More ... City poised for first step toward street, drain work BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       The city could launch its campaign against street flooding as early as next month, according to a briefing council members got from their financial advisor last week. Mark McLiney, of Southwest Securities, told the council at its Jan. 18 meeting that bonds for street and drainage repair projects ... More ... Dale Bietendorf: You can't not progress BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Editor's note: This is part five in a seven-part series of interviews with current and past Port Aransas mayors reflecting on the state of our island town and its future. More ...