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June 21, 2007
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It takes three, baby
A team effort by these three anglers netted the overall championship of the 24th Woody's PowderPuff Fishing Tournament for women only. Their redfish, trout and drum weighed in at 18.78 pounds. The anglers, all from Port Aransas, are, from left, Leslie Reagan, Robin Duxstad and Joe Krueger. For com... More...
Appraisal challenge is rare
Single family properties targeted in opening round
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

A move taken by city council members to challenge Port Aransas tax appraisals may not be unique, but it's so unusual that the State Comptroller's Office doesn't know when the latest one was. The council voted unanimously on Thursday, June 14, to file what's called a "classification challenge" wit... More...

Do the shuttle
Service aims to get out-of-town workers to jobs in Port Aransas
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

A Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) shuttle designed to move workers between the ferry landing and their job sites will soon join other transportation in Port Aransas if city council members approve the concept tonight, Thursday, June 21. More...


Surf and turf

Don Murphy shows off a hunk of brisket he was preparing at a cookout held by the Port Aransas Surf Club at the beach on Saturday, June 16. Dozens of surfers chowed down on fish and wild game and also caught a few waves during the event near Horace Caldwell Pier. Murphy is president of the surf clu... More...


Webb changed 'suits' to fish
Boatmen's choice for Hall of Fame
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

It wasn't weekdays that put Jerry Webb in Port Aransas Boatmen Inc. Hall of Fame. It was the weekends. "I spent 25 years with IBM, wearing the white shirt and dark suit," Webb said. "But every waking moment, on weekends and holidays, I started the other path. More...


 Island Life
•PASTOR'S PEN
Life is good
As I was thinking about what to write for this week, and praying that (editor) Mary (Judson) wouldn't shoot me for being late - again -- I thought about what has been going over in my mind and coming out of my mouth: "Life is good. More...
•Decorations and more
•Covering insurance needs
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 Youth
•Let's go surfin' now …
Wearing swim goggles, Colin McBurney, 5, of Rockport, heads back to shore with his surfboard after a quick surf near Horace Caldwell Pier on Saturday, June 16. More...
•Second art camp to start
•Youthful catch
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 Fishing
•PowderPuff: Women get their hooks into fishing
Some 176 anglers took part in the 24th annual Woody's Powder- Puff Tourney on Friday and Saturday, June 15-16. That's 30 more anglers than in last year's event. A total of 45 amateur teams and 18 pro-am teams competed this year. More...
•Billfish tourney underway
•Barracuda
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 Sports
•Swim team victorious over Corpus Christi squad
The Port Aransas Swim Team trounced the Corpus Christi Country Club Swim Team with a score of 190 to 53 at its home pool Saturday, June 16. Most of the swimmers improved their times from the last meet. Port Aransas will host Flour Bluff in the Port Aransas Community Park Pool at 9 a.m. Saturday,... More...
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 Obituaries
•Adams
Wade Adams of San Antonio died Monday, June 18, 2007. He was 94, and a former resident of Port Aransas. Adams was born Sept. 1, 1913. He retired from Reynolds Aluminum. After retiring, he worked at the Family Center IGA in Port Aransas. More...
•Orn
•Service slated for Dean Slagh
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 Island Agenda
•Island Agenda
DAILY + Community Park Swimming Pool offers swim lessons and lap swimming, water exercise. Open daily except Mondays for swimming and more. Call 749-2416 for information. + Free use of Computer Resource Center Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; closed Sunday. 430 N. A... More...
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