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A new state law requiring school district employees to be fingerprinted soon will have its effects on the Port Aransas Independent School District. More ... 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. The winning artists are, in back from left, seventh grader Jenna Ward and eighth grader Hazel Morris; in front, fourth grader Katie Peterson, first grader Ashby Snow and third grader Grace Flood. More ... 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 ... Breakfast Monday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Tuesday Biscuit & Gravy, Sausage Patty, Juice, Milk Wednesday Breakfast on a Bun, Juice, Milk Thursday Pigs in a Blanket, Juice, Milk Friday Assorted Cereal, More ... For the Latchkey Art Show and Sale held Friday, Feb. 1, the children created works of art from Model Magic clay and sold them. The kids were given the option of keeping the money or donating it to the Port Aransas Food Pantry, which all agreed to do. In the top photo, Michael Mendoza shows off his Model Magic art to his mother Stacey Mendoza. More ... Dr. Ken Dunton will conduct a lecture on the Arctic as part of an evening of science activities for children on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the H.G. Olsen Elementary School cafeteria. Dunton, a marine science professor at the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas (UTMSI), repeatedly has visited the Arctic on scientific research expeditions. More ... Children taking part in the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department's after-school Latchkey program recently got lessons on paper airplane construction. Latchkey supervisor Patsy Balcom explained about a dozen different designs. Testing their creations are, from left, A.J. More ... Clean out closets, garages and attics then donate to the Project Graduation garage sale. Organizers have set the date for Saturday, Feb. 23, beginning at 9 a.m. The sale will be at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. and will have a plethora of treasures to please the most discriminating. More ... Students from Port Aransas High School (PAHS) racked up top awards in the second Emerging Writers Poetry Contest part of the Laughing Gull Writing Contest. Students from PAHS, Ingleside High School and Flour Bluff High School submitted entries for the contest held by the Art Center for the Islands. More ... The Marlin Athletic Booster Club will hold a meeting on Monday, Feb. 11, to consider purchasing a big-ticket item or two. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Port Aransas Independent School District's administration meeting room on Station Street. More ... Got a dirty vehicle? Not a problem: Boy Scout troop 29 will wash it for a donation. The boys will be at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St. from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. More ... Minda Wilner of Port Aransas was named to the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. Wilner is majoring in accounting in the College of Business and earned a 4.0 grade point average for the semester. More ... |
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