February 7, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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Candidates may throw hats in political ring starting Monday

BY MARY HENKEL JUDSON SOUTH JETTY EDITOR
The filing begins Monday, Feb. 11, for positions on the city council, school board and water district. It continues through Monday, March 10. Early voting will be April 28 through May 6, and Election Day is Saturday, May 10. More...

Cotter traffic to be re-routed next week

Expect to take a different route on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 12-13, if you had planned to come down Cotter Avenue. More...

Council 'goes for broke' on harbor projects

Fish cleaning station, restrooms, amphitheater, sign improvements get nod
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

City council members on Thursday, Jan. 31, told the city staff to go ahead with negotiations with a contractor for nearly all the proposed first-stage improvements at Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor and Roberts Point Park. More...

Special Sections

Opinion

Patterson backs off on park deal

Dave McNeely

While the remaining presidential candidates were flying around the country at a breakneck pace, trying to shore up or add to their support in two dozen states on Super Tuesday, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson was backing off a limb. More...

Financing the highway system

Steve Martaindale

Leah and I did some honest number crunching and soul searching this weekend and it made me think of the Texas Department of Transportation and, well, government in general. We bought a house less than two years ago. It's a small, frame home. More...

Polling is starting to cast a pall

Mary Henkel Judson

Unlike most of America, which is tuned in to the latest on Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Mary Kate and Ashley and the like, I'm following the presidential primaries closely. The emphasis seems to be on "the polls". More...

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Fishing

FISHING REPORT

Fishing means catching for some area fishermen

Fishing reports from the dock varied again this week, with some saying fishing was slow and others having better luck. More...

Kid drum

Jesse Smith of Port Aransas caught this 39.5-inch, 32.5- pound black drum Sunday, Jan. 27. The 12-year-old was fishing in the water off Roberts Point Park. More...

Big score

Anglers with Texas Organizers on this long-range tuna trip racked up yellowfin and blackfin tuna, dorado and grouper. They were fishing aboard the Gulf Eagle, returning Sunday, Feb. 3. More...

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Obituaries  Free Access 

Carhart

Henry (Bill) William Carhart Jr. died Sunday, Feb. 03, 2008, of heart failure. He had been a resident of Port Aransas for the last 13 years. Carhart was bornAug. 3, 1934, in Jersey City, N.J. More...

Hubbs

Clark Hubbs died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, following a lengthy battle with colorectal cancer. Hubbs had been a member of the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI) Advisory Council since 1992. More...

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Golf cart bridge construction to get started soon

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

By mid-May, a bridge should stretch over State Hwy. 361, allowing golf carts to go from one part of Newport Beach and Golf to the other. More...

Up, up and away!

A helicopter carries a wooden power pole away for disposal on Saturday, Feb. 2, as part of a multi-million-dollar project to replace wood power poles with bigger concrete poles carrying more powerful transmission lines along State Highway 361. More...

Big beads

Wearing a strand of oversized beads around her neck, Tracey Gutierrez of Port Aransas rides a float in the Mardi Gras Parade. More...

Diesel spill at MSI cleaned up quickly

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

A 30-gallon diesel fuel spill in The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI) marina on Tuesday, Feb. 5, "could have been worse," a Coast Guard spokesman said late Tuesday. The spill happened about 10 a.m. More...

Island Life

Mardi Gras Carnival is Saturday

Proceeds earmarked for PAHS vocational education scholarship

The Mardi Gras celebration in Port Aransas will continue on Saturday, Feb. 9, with a carnival. The event is sponsored by the Port Aransas Leisure Society (PALS). The Mardi Gras carnival will be on the grounds of Sharkey's, 2600 State Hwy. 361. More...

Island Mardi Gras

The annual Mardi Gras Parade heads down Beach Street on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 5. More than 1,000 folks turned out to take part in and watch the parade, which was followed by a carnival. The events were sponsored by the Port Aransas Leisure Society. More...

PACT play to finish run

This weekend is last chance at humorous island history production

Need gossip material? Get some juicy tidbits at the last showings of "A Mostly True History of Port Aransas, Texas." See if you know which characters are "loosely represented" in the latest production at the Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT). More...

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Youth

New PAISD employees must be fingerprinted

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

A new state law requiring school district employees to be fingerprinted soon will have its effects on the Port Aransas Independent School District. More...

Dash trophy art

Winners of the Kiwanis Club Beach Dash Awards Art Contest, open to students at H.G. Olsen Elementary and Brundrett Middle Schools, have been announced. More...

EDUCATION NOTES

School counselors: Pathway to success

National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), is being celebrated this week to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems. More...

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Sports

To the play-offs!

Girls pulverize Pettus on way to post-season
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins can head into the district playoffs with a measure of confidence after pounding the Pettus Lady Eagles into submission on Friday, Feb. 1. More...

Port Aransas JV puts away Pettus

The Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins JV ended their season on a high note. The girls thoroughly dismantled the Pettus High School JV, 38-18, in a game at Doyle Marek Gym on Friday, Feb. 1. More...

LADY 2007-08 MARLIN PORT ARANSAS HIGH SCHOOL Basketball Schedule

Th-Nov 8 S-Nov 10 Nov 15-17 M-Nov 19 T-Nov 20 F-14 F-21 Jan 2 W-J4 F-11 S-12 F-25 F- 1 T-5 Home Games in Bold Type •Denotes District Game More...

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Island Agenda  Free Access 

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. More...

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