Kids' birding classes start
      Birding For Kids will be held for the next three Thursdays beginning today, Thursday, June 14. "Introduction to Birds", three basic classes at three different locations, is for ages seven and up. The Coastal Bend Audubon Society, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute and Mission-Arans...
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Reading program starts
AT ELLIS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
      The Ellis Memorial Library annual Summer Reading Club will be held on Wednesdays during June and July (except for July 4). The program will be held in the library's meeting room from 10-11 a.m. The targeted age group is pre-kindergarten through third graders. Both resident and non-resident childr...
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Deadline near to apply as page
      If you are interested in national government, live in South Texas and are 16 years old, an opportunity may be available if you act fast. Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz soon will nominate a young South Texan to participate in the United States Congressional Page program.
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Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Summer Programs
      All are available for residents and visitors and include arts and crafts, science, sports and more. Register online at http://cityofportaransas. org/SummerPrograms. cfm. Catamaran Cruise Enjoy sailing aboard the S/V Isla with Capt. Tom Doran. Make it a family activity, or youths 10 years and olde...
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PAHS EXPANDS OFFERINGS
Animation among new courses
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
      Port Aransas High School students interested in learning about economics or how to sew or even creating animated cartoons will be in luck this fall. PAHS will be offering new courses in economics, sewing, multi-media and more, according to PAHS Principal Travis Longanecker.
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Full of spirit
      Port Aransas High School cheerleaders held a cheerleader clinic for kindergarten through eighth grade students at the high school last week. The older girls taught the younger girls cheers, chants, stunts, tumbling and a dance routine. The camp ended with a performance for the parents. Another che...
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Tricks of the trade
      Emma Shannon, 10, is lifted in a cheerleader stunt by PAHS cheerleaders during a clinic last week. Jordan Jensen, 5, looks on.
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Dear Dad...
INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
      With Father's Day approaching, the South Jetty recently asked some Port Aransas children to talk about why they love their daddies so much. Following are some of the kids' responses.
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Cenizo in bloom
      Standing beside a specimen purple sage or cenizo bush in H.G. Olsen Elementary School's reading garden is Shawn McGarry a rising fifth grader who lives with the Mark Yeagers, Port Aransas. Inset shows the typical lavender flowers of this South Texas shrub.
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