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PACT stages musical through Feb. 24 Enjoy music and dancing by 20 local performers at the musical review, "We Love to See You Smile". "Smile" will continue its run tonight, Thursday, Feb. 8, through Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT), 2327 State Hwy. 361. More ...
Here is a look at one act of the musical review, 'We Love to See You Smile' that continues to run through Feb. 24 at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. In front from left are Betty Crawford, Katie Crysup-Sikes, Marsha Owen, Pepper Pendzinski and Boo the dog. In back are Larry Paton, Marg Paton, Er... More ... Arctic waters will be subject of marine science lecture tonight Arctic freshwater is the focus tonight, and presentations on climate change, seals and beach stuff later this month and in March will be held at the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute. The programs are part of the Public Lecture Series held at the university's Visitor Center on... More ... Sand sculpting course scheduled for Monday Beginning sand sculptors and sand sculptor wannabes can get a boost on Monday, Feb. 12, when sculptor Steve Zarych conducts a sand sculpting workshop on the beach. The workshop is scheduled from 1- 3 p.m. at Horace Caldwell Pier, where there's plenty of sand to work with. More ... Garden Club will celebrate Valentine's The Port Aransas Garden Club will celebrate Valentine's Day with a meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 14. It will be at 10 a.m. in the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. The selection and care of palm trees will be discussed by Chris Naylor of Copano Bay Nursery. More ... Flute Club concert set The Coastal Bend Flute Club will perform at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. Musicians will include Judy Cole and other members from the Coastal Bend. The group will perform a variety of music, including 20 rock, classical and jazz pieces. Some ... More ... Relay for life meeting scheduled Feb. 15 Super heroes fishing for a cure for cancer, donations, volunteers and sponsors are asked to gather Thursday, Feb. 15, to make plans for the second annual Relay For Life. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) Center next to Community Presbyterian Churc... More ... Duff expected to attend 11th annual Whooping Crane Festival Feb. 23-25 Despite the loss of 17 young whooping cranes as a result of tornadoes in Florida, Joe Duff is expected to be at the11th annualCelebrationofWhooping Cranes and Other Birds. More ... Poetry workshop set for Monday Beginning and experienced writers are invited to attend a workshop titled, “Now Is The Time To Talk in Rhyme”. It will be held Monday, Feb. 12, and will focus on writing poetry in a variety of forms, both rhyming and non-rhyming.The workshop will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Pollock Center, 129 ... More ... Bearden benefit to be held Saturday A benefit spaghetti dinner for cancer patient Sue Bearden will be held Saturday, Feb. 10. The dinner will be at the Moore-McDonald VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St., and include a silent auction, bake sale and dance. The cost is $7 at the post or $7.50 to go. It includes spaghetti, garden salad a... More ...
The annual Ellis Memorial Library Book Sale was held this weekend at the Civic Center. In the top photo, book buyers are lined up and waiting for the doors to open to get the best choice of books. In the photo at the right, everyone peruses not only the huge selection of books, but also selections ... More ...
Tour operators, in Texas for a conference in Grapevine of the American Bus Association, took a postconference familiarization tour to the Coastal Bend last week. One leg of the tour included Port Aransas, where the group of 29 enjoyed lunch and a driving tour around town before taking in the whoopi... More ... Council to hear SH 361 update BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER City council members won't get a definite recommendation about what should be done to State Hwy. 361 at their Feb. 15 meeting, but they'll have a clearer idea of what the priorities for the project are. At least three of the original concepts for the project have been put in the "not recommended" ... More ... Swim for the health of it for the health FREE FEB. 13-16 "Love the Water", another Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department activity will be held Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 13-16. It will be at the Port Aransas Community Pool, 700 Clark Parkway, off Ross Avenue. Free lap swimming will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and free water exercise will be at ... More ...
Veteran anglers lead search for sheepshead I've always found this to be an easy time of year to let yourself get a little on the down side. Maybe it's the weather, the circulating viruses and stomach bugs or even the occasional case of cabin fever. More ...
Winter BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER are, for the most part, They are, for the most part, retired. But they remain industrious - especially when they work as a team. Winter Texans gather from time to time to take on group projects in Port Aransas, and often with some real results. Those results this winter have included newly created cookbooks, beach clean... More ... Winter Texan socials set Winter Texan Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota state socials are slated this month. The Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) Center has organized these gatherings for people from Texan socials the same state who are spending the winter in Port Aransas to socialize, brag and commiserate with others from ... More ... Sears house among state's endangered where it stands today. Port Aransas' Sears House - or The house and grocery were sold Mercer House, or Neblett House, to the Bob Gaulding family, who depending on who's talking - hit the lived in it until their deaths. More ... Kiwanis going Italian for dinner on Feb. 15 Spaghetti and meatballs are on the menu at a Kiwanis Club fundraiser Thursday, Feb. 15. The Italian dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. Salad, garlic bread, homemade desserts and tea or coffee are included for $10 per person. More ...
Coats, a concert, coughing The properly attired old Madrilueño- or man from Madrid- has a neat golfer's hat, a cigar the size of a telescope, and wellshined shoes. He is four-and-a-half feet tall. When he's alone, it's his responsibility to turn and say "Hey, beautiful. Don't go away. Stay right here, beautiful," w... More ... Shrimp boil slated by Rotarians on Feb. 17 Craving seafood, socializing and song? Tickets for the Rotary Club's sixth annual Shrimp Boil are on sale now. It will be held Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A. The tickets may be bought at ValueBank, 500 S. Alister St.; American Bank, 216 S. Alister St.; and the Family Cen... More ... Valentine dance slated by JELM Celebrate Valentine's Day at the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) Valentine's Dance, Wednesday, Feb. 14. Music by the Winter Stars will begin at 6 p.m. at the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., behind the Community Presbyterian Church. Attendees are invited to bring a favorite snack to share... More ... Auction, dinner set at VFW Pork, bidding and music will be on tap during the Winter Texan Auction and smoked pork dinner at the Moore- McDonald VFW Post 8967 Saturday, Feb. 17. The auction will start at noon, with Col. Larry Born and Roy Montgomery as auctioneers. The dinner will start at 4 p.m. and will consist of smoked ... More ... Mardi Gras parade set for Fat Tuesday Revelers are invited to join the last fling before the Lenten season by entering the annual Mardi Gras Parade. The parade is sponsored by the Port Aransas Leisure Society (PALS). It will be held on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 20. More ... Bargains on art offered Feb. 17 Celebrate spring with art purchased at the next Third Saturday Sale. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. Member artists discount one piece or all art on display from 10 to 50 percent for this monthly sale. More ... Hands-On Workshops set Hands-On Workshops (HOW) are slated for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 19 - 21. All workshops begin at 2 p.m., at the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., behind Community Presbyterian Church. On Monday and Wednesday, join Bea Johnson to learn how to create garden stepping-stones in a two-par... More ... Red Hatters serenade slated Bill McKinney will serenade members of the Red Hat Society in Port Aransas at the club's annual pajama party. The Hatters will hold their party at Moby Dick's Restaurant at 8:30 a.m. on Valentine's Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14. More ... NWS to offer class on watching weather here on Thursday, Feb. 15 Port Aransas residents are invited to learn how to help warn of approaching bad weather through a class called "Skywarn." The course promotes cooperation between communities and the National Weather Service (NWS) to report wind gusts, hail size, rainfall and cloud formations that could lead to a t... More ... Bake sale is slated tomorrow evening Project Graduation will hold an early Valentine's Day bake sale tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 9. The organization will sell homebaked goods from 5:30 p.m. until nothing remains at the Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St. Homemade tamales and picante sauce will be included in the sale. More ... Digital photography class slated at computer center The Port Aransas Computer Center will hold another in its series of computer classes, this one on digital photography. To enable those working during the day to take it, this will be an evening class, scheduled for Monday, Feb. 12-Thursday, Feb. 15, from 6-8 p.m. More ... Kids, adults to garden together Intergenerational gardening will be held Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Bill Ellis Memorial Library. Beginning at 10 a.m., youth in the Port Aransas 4-H Club will join with Winter Texans to span the generations and garden for an hour-and-a-half. More ... POLICE BLOTTER CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TUESDAY, JAN. 30 + 2:39 P .M . Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews took an injured person from the 100 block of South Station Street to a Corpus Christi hospital. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31 + 8:56 P .M . Responding to a call about a possible drunk driver in the 600 block of West Cotter Avenue, an ... More ...
It's that time of year again -- city crews are moving posts along the parking area on the beach to get ready for Spring Break, which this year the major week will be March 12 -16. The workmen are removing posts that need to be replaced as well as painting some of them red to mark 'no parking zones. More ... Blood mobile here Saturday While approximately 50 percent of the population is eligible to donate blood, only about 4 percent do so, according to the Coastal Bend Blood Center, and you can help the community by donating. A mobile unit will be at the Port Aransas Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St. Saturday, Feb. 10, from ... More ... CONSTABLE'S BEAT NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 SUNDAY, JAN. 28 + 12:10 A.M . A deputy arrested a man at Cotter Avenue and Cut-off Road on outstanding warrants. + 2:30 p.m. Two motorcyclists were cited on State Hwy. 361 for speeding. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31 + 9 P .M . A deputy assisted police with the arrest of a person at the ferry landing. More ...
ARK director Tony Amos frees a white pelican that had become entangled in monofilament fishing line and hooked by a fishing lure. The pelican was brought to the ARK for rehabilitation; it is being released at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center in Port Aransas. More ... Amos selected for an environmental award Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) director Tony Amos has been named the recipient of this year's PADI-Seaspace Environmental Awareness Award, the organizations have announced. The award will be presented at the 2007 Seaspace exposition at the Reliant Center in Houston, March 31-April 1. More ...
Tracking the ocean's rise TONY AMOS Perhaps the effect of global warming that will have the most serious effect on life as we know it is the associated rise in sea level. The folks who live in the Mile-High City (Denver Colorado), presently enduring record snowfalls, will not need to worry about this aspect of climate change, but wh... More ...
Mardi Gras: Let the good times roll! Although I live in South Texas, my heart is always in New Orleans this time of year because one of the biggest street parties in the world occurs there -- Mardi Gras. Celebrating life and its excesses, the people of New Orleans enjoy parades, dance to music, and eat, eat, eat. In my much younger an... More ...
During a caligraphy class on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Art Center for the Islands, renowned caligrapher Judith Calhoun, right, instructs Wanda Moore. In the back is Dorothy Webb. More ... |
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