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Port Aransas Mayor Claude Brown was awarded the Community Builder Award by the Aransas Mason Lodge No. 1018 on Friday, June 8. The award is given to men and women who show devotion to their community and its people without the expectation of honor. More ...
Joyless Christianity? He was in prison. The feel of cold steel and the incessant rattle of the chains was an endless reminder of freedom as a pleasant memory, but not a present reality. Moreover, a sword pierced his soul as certain factious brethren strove to intensify his afflictions. "The one preach Christ of content... More ...
Sign up the kids for the Community Presbyterian vacation Bible school, and let them enjoy fun and fellowship for a few hours each night, said VBS director Vernett Safford. From Sunday through Friday, June 17 to 22, children age 3 to fifth graders are invited to "Soar with God in a Hot Air Balloon... More ...
BILL SLINGERLAND While food for Mother's Day is often delicate or fancy, fathers want food that can stand alone and make a statement. So, for this column I would like to make a salute to sausage, a man's food. Sausage has been assembled for thousands of years. It began as bits of dried meat with salt and other sea... More ...
Police cars block the driveway of a home in the 300 block of Mustang Boulevard and a Department of Public Safety helicopter circles overhead on Friday as officers check the house for a man suspected of a car burglary in Corpus Christi. The man led police on a chase up State Hwy. 361 before abandon... More ...
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, right, took a tour of the Mercer house and the site where it will be moved to become a museum Sunday, June 10. Hobby, former owner of the Houston Post, and Merry Nell Drummond, second from right, were houseguests of philanthropist Edith McAllister, and voiced an interest in th... More ... Skate park fundraising party set PLAY DAY SCHEDULED JUNE 30 BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER The skateboarding area at Port Aransas Community Park is ramping up. And backers are planning a fundraising party to help it grow still more. The pocket skate park, which has expanded with the addition of four new quarter-pipe ramps since May, will be the site of a "play day" from 5 to 9 p.m. Sat... More ... The fight is on TxDOT joins in pepper tree eradication The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has joined the battle against the Brazilian pepper tree. Beginning on Wednesday, June 20, TxDOT crews will spray the right of way along the causeway between Port Aransas and Aransas Pass in an attempt to eradicate the plant, which a TxDOT news releas... More ...
Kalico & Keepsakes Quilt Shop is open for business at 600 Cut Off Rd., Ste. 10. Dee Cromer, shown here, is the owner with her husband, Larry. They moved her from Lytle, where they owned and operated the quilt shop for 11 years. The store sells top-of-the-line 100 percent cotton fabric and everythi... More ... TAMU-K'ville ensemble will play at PACT Reserve tickets go on sale today, Thursday, June 14, for a performance by musicians from the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Symphony Orchestra to be held Saturday, June 23. This performance at the Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT), 2327 State Hwy. 361, will begin at 7:30 p.m. and cost $10. More ...
The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) has created a board of trustees. The trustees' primary role will be to lend support and counsel on business and financial matters to PAPHA board members and to provide them with additional statewide contacts, credibility and advocac... More ...
A green sea turtle pokes its head out of the water at the south jetty on Tuesday, June 5. The turtle delighted passersby by appearing at the surface but then quickly dove and disappeared from view. More ... POLICE BLOTTER CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT EDITOR'S NOTE: BECAUSE POLICE DISPATCHERS WERE WORKING OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS LAST WEEK AND COULD NOT COMPILE A COMPLETE REPORT LOG, PART OF LAST WEEK'S POLICE BLOTTER IS INCLUDED THIS WEEK. More ...
The Eagle Albany steams past Cline's Landing Condominiums as the big tanker heads toward the Gulf of Mexico recently. More ...
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER Rachael King is back at work, hardly the worse for wear. The only sign of her encounter with a rattlesnake is a small bandage on the index finger of her right hand. "I was pulling weeds," King said. "It was close to the end of the day, and I just wasn't paying close attention. More ... Caution urged for home safety's sake Port Aransas police are reminding residents that there's a reason burglars are sometimes known as "second story men." "People think because they're not on the first story, they can leave windows and balcony doors open," Police Chief Sam Russell said. More ... CONSTABLE'S BEAT NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 SUNDAY, JUNE 3 + 12:25 A.M . A deputy helped an officer with the arrests of two people in the 300 block of East Avenue G for driving under the influence and public intoxication (PI). + 3:10 a.m. More ... Back home again Dispatchers return to station after evacuation BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER They're home again, and glad of it. Police dispatchers and others who were moved out of the headquarters building last week returned on Monday. The evacuation was forced the previous Monday when fumes from painting being done in the building, 705 W. Avenue A, began making employees ill. More ...
TONY AMOS I usually wear shorts while doing my beach surveys, which makes it convenient for wading into the sea to measure its temperature and saltiness. More ...
DR. JOHN FUCIK Some old time readers of old time Westerns might fondly recall Zane Grey's "Riders of the Purple Sage". Others of a culinary persuasion might think of purple sage in terms of adding herbal piquancy to some special meat dish. Well, the purple sage of this article would fall afoul of the expectati... More ... Council sets goals for 2007-'08 BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER City hall observers won't see many new items on the city council's list of goals, put together last week at a workshop. Many of the stated goals for Port Aransas have been seen on earlier council lists. That's not to say council members are dissatisfied with progress on everything. More ...
A boat becomes almost completely airborne as it speeds through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel off Roberts Point Park on Tuesday, June 12. More ... |
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