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Sunset Sounds is back Carl Lewis and the Deadbeats opens series tomorrow night What started as a joke in response to a challenge to do a fundraiser for the Women's Shelter in Corpus Christi turned into what is now a 12- year-old band that will open for the 2007 season of Sunset Sounds. Carl Lewis and the Deadbeats will play for the free concert series tomorrow, Friday, April... More ...
PACT's new comedy opens Friday Newlywed comedy is being dished up beginning tomorrow, Friday, April 13, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT), as "Barefoot in the Park" is performed. It also will be performed on Saturday, April 14. After this weekend, the play by Neil Simon will run Thursdays through Saturdays, 19-21 and... More ...
Monique Dix (left), daughter of Alicia Dreessen, and Sue Seago took on the task of planting the Farley boats along the harbor ramp entrance in memory of Dreessen, who initiated the painting of the boats to decorate the harbor area. Volunteers gathered at Community Park to paint the boats before the... More ... Parents Night Out to be held Friday night Give Mom and Dad a break Port Aransas High School cheerleaders want to give parents a break, so they are offering babysitting on two Friday nights in April, and two Friday nights in May. The first Parents Night Out will be tomorrow, Friday, April 13. Parents may bring their children, ages 2 and up, to the high school, 100... More ... Raffle tickets still available Win a Texas theme golf cart A little time remains to purchase a ticket to win the Texas theme golf cart being raffled by the Kiwanis Club in Port Aransas. Tickets are $5 and all proceeds go to scholarships for graduating Port Aransas High School students and other youth educational projects. More ...
Run like it's the race of your life! SABRINA GRUBBS Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 1 Corinthians 9:24. The main goal of all believers should be to find God's plan for their lives, and then to go after it with all their might and strength. But most Christians have neve... More ...
The Pier House held a grand opening/ribbon cutting celebration in conjunction with a Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau meeting Tuesday, April 10. Owners Jay and Karen Jones, center cut the 'net' as chamber members look on. The restaurant on Horace Caldwell Pier is open at 6 a.m. More ...
Superheroes Fishing for a Cure Relay For Life organizers are urging people to get involved as the scheduled cancer walk fast approaches. The American Cancer Society's (ACS) Relay For Life (RFL) walk will be held from 7 p.m. Friday, April 27, through 7 a.m. Saturday, April 28. More ... Annual church garage sale set Replace unwanted items with new treasures by participating in the Presbyterian Women (PW) annual garage sale set for Saturday, April 21. PW of the Community Presbyterian Church volunteers will accept donations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Friday, April 20, at the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., b... More ... PAPHA raffles painting as a museum fundraiser Would you like to own an original Flint Reed oil painting or historical themed items? The chance to do both is available as the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) continues to work at raising money for a museum. Artist Flint Reed of Port Aransas has created a painting to ... More ... Beach cleanup set April 28 Volunteers are needed to sign up for the Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup on Saturday, April 28, said the new Port Aransas cleanup coordinator Bruce Reynolds. Reynolds and Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) will coordinate the event here. Two of the 10 cleanup sites in the Coastal Bend are located in ... More ... Today is deadline to register Today, Thursday, April 12, is the deadline for residents who want to cast ballots in the May elections to register to vote. Forms are available at city hall, 710 W. Ave. A. Voters will decide on one contested race for school board and weigh in on several proposed amendments to the city charter. More ... Third Saturday Sale set Searching for a new look for the house, or need a present for someone dear? Check out the art available for purchase at the Third Saturday Sale. It will be held April 21, by the Art Center for the Islands, at 323 N. Alister St. Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale features art work by member... More ... Dunk junk: Clean up yards! KPAB schedules free dump day for residents Saturday, April 21 Get ready for hurricane season by disposing of your clutter during the Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) free dump day set for Saturday, April 21. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents may take trash to the city transfer station on Ross Avenue at no cost. More ...
Ken Barnett, a volunteer, and Robert McElroy, site manager for SandFest, load wooden forms to take them away on a trailer as workers up and down the beach packed things up in the festival's aftermath on Tuesday, April 3. Sand sculptors used the forms to shape hard-packed sand bases for carving scul... More ...
TONY AMOS Poor Sharkey! The absurdly late cold front was just too much for Sharkey and two other turtles at the ARK. As you can see from the chart the temperature plunged to near 40 degrees as that miserable weather blanketed the area. More ...
RACHEL PEARSON I went to Morocco this week, and the first thing I want to describe is the Medina in Fes. Fes is a walled city; it was founded in the year 789, and the medina -- its central part, a maze of tiny streets and alleyways -- is believed to be the largest car-free urban area in the world. More ...
Springtime brings splash of color to Port Aransas BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER We're not the Hill Country, famous for its fields full of wildflowers blanketing the land this time of year. But Port Aransas does have its share of colorful blossoms popping out in yards and fields all over town now that it's springtime. More ...
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER He's still just a teen-ager, but Kevin "K.T." Scott is continuing a family tradition. Scott, who turned 18 in March, recently passed a series of tests to get a master's license for operating Coast Guard-inspected vessels with more than six customers for hire. More ...
Gardener Jesse Cavazos looks like he's about to be swallowed up by vegetation as he pulls weeds between bushes on the grounds of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute recently. More ...
Ken Dunton's on the road again. Dunton, a research scientist at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, will once again join thousands of cyclists for the BP MS 150 Bike Tour - a twoday, 180-mile bike ride from Houston to Austin, April 21-22. The event, which Dunton took... More ...
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The city utilities bill Angela Byrd got shows a postmark of March 7, but it also shows the payment is due March 7 (arrow, top). But added to the bill are notes that the due date is March 20 (left) and the cut-off date for gas service is March 25 (center). More ... PAPHA seeks input on history museum If you are a member of a non-profit, civic organization or church in Port Aransas, you or representatives of your organization are invited to a brainstorming meeting set by the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association. It will be held Tuesday, April 17, at 7 p.m., at the Summer Place, i... More ... Resident: City ignored plea for child BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER City officials are investigating a complaint from a Port Aransas woman that not only was her utilities billing mixed up, but the city ignored the fact that her handicapped son needs a regulated environment. Angela Byrd said she told utilities clerks that her son suffers from arthritis over 98 perc... More ...
During National Telecommunicators' Week, which is this week, Port Aransas police dispatchers received a proclamation from Mayor Claude Brown honoring them. Dispatchers are, front, Sherri West (holding proclamation), Anna Gonzales and Alan Fletcher. Back row, from left, are Crystal Bath and Lorraine... More ...
Read the Story... Library to forgive fines as part of Library Week National Library Week is coming up at Bill Ellis Memorial Library in Port Aransas. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. More ... Book drive seeks to help needy Caribbean library BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER When former Port Aransas resident Misty Wyatt moved in October to the island of Provendenciales, in the Caribbean Sea, it wasn't long before she noticed that the local library was sadly lacking in children's books. "If you look at what they have, they are dog-eared, there are torn pages, there are... More ... Port Aransas exempt from 350-foot rule BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER It's official, and in writing. Nueces County commissioners on Wednesday, April 4, approved a recommendation from the county beach management advisory committee that leaves the process of issuing dune permits with the City of Port Aransas. More ...
Workmen landscape a construction project along the State Hwy. 361 causeway between Port Aransas and Aransas Pass. Work continued on the project after the developer agreed to provide a seminar on building in wetlands areas as part of a settlement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The seminar wa... More ... Builders hear wetlands rules BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER More than 50 people - but only a few from Port Aransas - attended a three-hour-long, standing-room-only meeting on Thursday, April 5, on developing wetlands properties. The meeting, held at the Aransas Pass municipal court room, was hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CoE) under an agree... More ... Summer guide going online DEADLINES NEAR The summer edition of the South Jetty Visitors' Guide is in production. Deadline for advertising is Thursday, April 26. Deadline to make changes or additions to editorial content is Thursday, April 19. For editorial changes or additions, contact Mary Judson at southjetty@centurytel.net or 74... More ...
A marine salvage boat tries to pull another boat out of shallow water in the Aransas Pass near Channel View condominiums after a mishap on Friday, April 6. A 31-foot boat called "In Communicado" was towing a 42-foot boat by the same name when the towrope broke. Those on board next tied the two boat... More ... Surf museum seeking 70's stuff Are you finally ready to get rid of that old pet rock and mood ring you bought way back in the '70s? The Texas Surf Museum might be willing to take them off your hands. More ... On hold Weather still keeps listing rig off center BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER Rough seas have hampered efforts to remove a listing oil rig from the spot where it temporarily was grounded just off Mustang Island March 21. More ... |
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