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Fall Back Festival promises good wine, food, fun Mark your calendar for an evening good wine, good food, good music and good fun. The date is Saturday, Nov 3, and the occasion is the Fall Back and Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues Music Festival along the boardwalks of the Port A USA Center, which is anchored by Pelican’s Landing restaurant. More ...
The new multi-purpose center at I.B. Magee Beach Park will be officially dedicated today, Thursday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. Built at a cost of $1.8 million, the center replaces the old office building at the entrance to the park and the shower building. Both buildings will be demolished. More ... Thrills and chills show Bus tours designed to captivate with Port Aransas lore Treat yourself to a chilling tour with suspenseful tales of Port Aransas in years gone by on the History 's Mysteries bus tour excursions set for Saturday, Oct. 27, said John Fucik, one of the moderators. Leslie Willey Jr. and Marcy Mathews Ward Thomas also will tell tales. More ... Beach sculpting slated Saturday CARVING PUMPKINS Get out carving utensils and be ready to go to work on the "Pumpkin" Carving on the Beach Saturday, Oct. 27. Sand sculptors from the area will lead the free event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., without any real pumpkins involved. The carving will be done on the beach at the end of Avenue G, on a sandy ... More ... Bake sale set at IGA Homemade treats will be sold to benefit Project Graduation Saturday, Oct. 27. Volunteers will be at the Family Center IGA from 8 a.m. to noon selling sweets and other goods to eat. Donations of baked goods also are needed if bakers feel inclined, said spokesman Renee Gamel. More ...
Library offers world of reading NEWS FROM THE BILL ELLIS MEMORIAL LIBRARY BY KATHY CALDWELL This year our standing order with the Junior Library Guild has grown to include book titles from 14 reading levels, ranging from preschool to young adult. The following are just a few items in the library collection. We have far too many new acquisitions to list them all, but you can find a compl... More ...
The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the yard of Jane Krone, located at 425 East Avenue B, as October's residential yard of the month. More ... Jensen withdraws opposition to new Mercer House location BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER After impassioned pleas from 11 residents, City Councilman Bubba Jensen agreed on Thursday, Oct. 18, not to oppose moving the historic Mercer House from Oleander and Roberts streets to a proposed new home next to the Community Center on Alister Street. More ...
Far away friends and relatives can be remember during the Christmas holiday season with a decorated fresh, balsam fir wreath, thanks to the Presbyterian Women from Community Presbyterian Church. The group will take orders for the wreaths through Thursday, Nov. 1. They will be delivered anywhere i... More ... City still seeking board volunteers The city is still looking for someone to serve on the Library Board and the Airport Advisory Board. Three regular positions and the alternate position on the Library Board come open this month when the terms of Gail Swenson, Francelle Lambertson, More ...
The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen Executive Keys, located at 800 Access Rd. 1A, for October's commercial yard of the month. Keeping the yard in shape are Executive Keys employees, Pops Ennix, left, Ann Weisenburger, Ben Diegel and Paulette Rogers. More ... Bujan questions spread in bids for street work; city goes with low bidder BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER At least one city council member viewed bids for the first phase of an ambitious street and drainage program with skepticism on Thursday, Oct. 18, but was persuaded in the end to vote for it. The low bid for the projects, from Island Construction, was $2.01 million. The next lowest bid, from Sali... More ...
Jerry Templeton, 5, discovers that it's easier to do a jack o'lantern when the decorations are already cut out and waiting. But there are still all those decisions on which decorations to use. More ... MSI trio awarded grant from NOAA BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER A $781,000, three-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will let a team of scientists at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute study what's known as a "dead zone" in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. More ...
The Eagle August enters the Aransas Pass, steaming past a gulfbound tugboat. More ... Chills coming to PACT stage 'NIGHT WATCH' NOV. 1-2, 8-10, 15-17 Suspense is on the marquee with a two-act play to begin next week at the Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 SH 361. "Night Watch" by Lucille Fletcher will run Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1-2, and continue Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 8-10 and 15-17. Two matinees are set on Sundays, Nov. 11 and... More ...
A boat turns in at the newly-finished jetty that now protects the mouth of Piper Channel in this aerial photo looking north. Workers have finished dredging the mouth of the channel and installing the jetty, but Airport and Channel Corp. treasurer John Price said the channel company would also like... More ...
Who are you? Who are you? No, that question is more than just your name, though that does have a lot to do with it. Who are you? Not, who are you married to, or related to. Who are you? Not, what do you do for a living, or what your passion is. More ...
Keep Port Aransas Beautiful event chairman Eliza Large confers with City Manager Michael Kovacs at the Dunk Your Junk Saturday, Oct. 20. In the background, Mayor Claude Brown compacts trash in one of the four dumpsters donated by Allied Waste-BFIfor the annual event. More ... Old Town Festival set for Nov. 24 Celebrate the history of Port Aransas at the second annual Old Town Festival set for Saturday, Nov. 24. The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) is sponsoring the event to bring awareness to the Port Aransas of old, and to have a fun, family festival for residents and visi... More ... Presbyterian sale is Saturday If your garage or closet are full of things "too good to be threw", the Presbyterian Women of Community Presbyterian Church are here to help. The group will accept items for its semi-annual garage sale tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 26, just in time for the sale the next day, Saturday, Oct. 27. More ... Church plans holiday event An evening of fun is planned for youngsters opting not to go trick-ortreating on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The Island Worship Center is offering a "safe, fun-filled alternative to trick or treating". Children ages 2 to 12 are invited to the church, 1801 S. 11th St., for a Hallelujah Harvest from 7 to ... More ... JELM Center Oct. - Nov. Calendar Monday 5:30 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 7:30 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 8:30 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 9:30 a.m. Line Dancing (Beg.) Pollock Center 10: a.m. Creative Writing JELM Library 10:45 a.m. Line Dancing (Adv. More ... First Friday will be 'Bounty-ful' The November First Friday Reception will feature a "Bounty" (everything under the sun) All Member Show. The free social will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2. Refreshments and music are included at the event held at the Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. More ...
Workers stand by as a backhoe operator knocks down the few remaining walls of the former White Marlin strip center at Cotter Avenue and Cut-off Road. The strip center, which was subject to an imminent city order condemning it and ordering demolition, has been bought, but no announcement has been ... More ...
Results of the Port Aransas Sand and Surf Beach Walk/Run held Saturday, Oct. 20, have been announced. The Community Presbyterian Church holds the annual event as a fundraiser for the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) Center. JELM provides activities for Winter Texans and residents from mid-Octo... More ...
Port Aransas children ready their costumes for Halloween Staff Photos by Dan Parker The devil made her do it Normally, Elissa Kelley is a cute little third-grade student at H.G. Olsen Elementary School. But, put her in a devil costume and shine a flashlight on her face in a darkened room, and she becomes the very picture of Halloween horror. More ... Let junior class bake holiday desserts for you Concentrate on the turkey and dressing, and leave the desserts to the junior class of Port Aransas High School. The class is raising money to put on the junior-senior prom in the spring, and a dessert sale just in time for Thanksgiving is one of the fundraisers planned. More ...
By all accounts, the first PA Art About on Saturday, Oct. 20, was a success. Clockwise from left, art browsers at the Art Center for the Islands, which sponsored the event, More ... Residents have roles in Halloween theme production at Rialto Port Aransas residents Stephanie Kenigsberg and her son, Aaron will perform with 30 other volunteer actors in the Haunted Rialto Theater in Aransas Pass. Aaron Kenisgberg is a member of the acting troupe Sheltered Sparrow Productions. For the production, he attended a class in makeup technique. More ... City hesitates to commit to addition of art center BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER City council members told the Art Center for the Islands on Thursday, Oct. 18, that it would have to wait a bit before getting official city backing for moving the center to 430 N. Alister St., the site now occupied by the Port Aransas Computer Center. More ...
Jen Deselms, of Portland and Port Aransas, walks her dog, Spinks, while towing her surfboard on a trailer-like contraption called a Mule. Deselms was on her way to meet up with a friend to go surfing on Friday, Oct. 19. More ...
Joy Morrow and Jim Lucas of Port Aransas have won the grand prize in a contest sponsored by Country Lifestyle magazine and the San Antonio New World Wine & Food Festival. Morrow submitted a poem she wrote that landed her and Lucas the grand prize. More ... Early voting on Constitutional amendments is at Civic Center Early voting started Monday, Oct. 22, for 16 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Voting is being conducted at the Civic Center, 710 W. Avenue A. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6, when voting will again be at the Civic Center. More ...
Police officer Kevin Quesada, Lt. James Stokes and officer Sandra Flores (from left) show off new Port Aransas Police Department uniforms in front of a vehicle with the department's new decal identifi- cation system. The two changes - uniforms and vehicle markings - are among the most visible ma... More ... Flu shot clinic set Make plans to get stuck by the City of Port Aransas Emergency Medical Services to avoid the worst of flu season. EMS employees will be giving flu shots Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Pollock Center, 113 S. Alister St., from 1 to 3 p.m. More ... Tuesday is meeting for Style Show Volunteers are being asked to help with the 2008 Style Show produced by the Port Aransas Garden Club. The annual fashion show will be held Thursday, March 6, at the Civic Center, 710 W. Avenue A. "Fashions and FlipFlops" is the theme for this year's show. More ... POLICE BLOTTER CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17 • 12:02 A.M . Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews took an injured person from the 800 block of Beach Access Road 1A to an Aransas Pass hospital. • 12:06 p.m. EMS workers took a sick person from the 600 block of Cut-off Road to a Corpus Christi hospital. More ... Man charged in attack on couple in Charlie's Pasture A Port Aransas man is in jail this week after being charged with attacking a couple in Charlie's Pasture and inflicting burns on the woman. The man, Robert Tatum, 17, is charged with arson and assault with a deadly weapon, both second-degree felonies under Texas law. More ... PAPD makes improvements CITIZENS TAKE NOTICE, MAKE COMMENTS BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER If you think it's a different police department, you could be excused. In the past year, Port Aransas police officers have turned up in new uniforms and with new decals on their vehicles. They've added emergency communications equipment and a trailer that can be used as a command post if the need... More ... CONSTABLE'S BEAT NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 CONSTABLESUNDAY, OCT. 14 • 1:24 A.M . Responding to a disturbance at Beach Access Road 1A and State Hwy. 361, a deputy charged a man with public intoxication (PI). • 2:52 a.m. A deputy found two coyotes attacking a small dog on South 11th Street. The dog was rescued and taken to the animal sh... More ...
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER City council members took another step on Thursday, Oct. 18, toward deciding how to develop - or not develop -- 67 acres the city owns at the end of Port Street. On the recommendation of consultant Bob Stluka, the council agreed to appoint what Stluka called a "marina technical team" to advise i... More ... SCORECARD PORT ARANSAS CITY COUNCIL OCT. 18, 2007 -- Approved or Accepted • -- Not approved PROCLAMATIONS: Declaring October 15 through October 19, 2007 as Chamber of Commerce Week. Honoring Capt. Bob Flood. FINANCIAL REPORT: Accept September Financial Report. More ... City's grant applications solve variety of problems BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER Two grants the city is applying for could end up helping with two major problems: Restrooms on the beach and an insufficient number of transient docking spaces. The city council on Thursday, Oct. 18, gave City Manager Michael Kovacs the go-ahead to apply for a $75,000 grant under the Texas Genera... More ... 'Grant school' to be Nov. 3 Find money sources and learn how to tap them at a grant writing workshop Saturday, Nov. 3. Civic organizations, churches, schools and non-profits are encouraged to send a representative to learn the process. Individuals also are welcome. More ...
Business briefs features top level management additions, changes or promotions, professional continuing education or other business news that is not classified as marketing. Deadline for submissions is 10 a.m. Monday for the following Thursday's edition. Submit information and photos to southjetty... More ...
DR. JOHN FUCIK The witch's classic, potent potion - "Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howler's wing . . . " unquestionably served Hecate and her sisters well in "Macbeth", but is not likely to be a Martha Stewart favorite.... More ...
TONY AMOS Have you ever driven on to the ferry and had the sensation that the ferry was moving out only to realize that it was still firmly held at the dock? You were looking at an adjacent ferry boat coming in that gave you this sensation, and at times it's difficult to shake the feeling that you are mov... More ...
An angler fishes from Horace Caldwell Pier shortly after sunrise on Sunday, Oct. 7. More ...
Cold front brings birding bonanza What else could I talk about except "The Front". The first real one is always anticipated, coveted, talked about, dreamed about and looked forward to. That's really it, isn't it - forward -- away from summer and on into fall. This is where our emotions take us: Change, a change in temperature, an... More ... |
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