March 20, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

MSI tool detects toxin before disease strikes

When the UT-Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI) got a new Imaging FlowCytobot, they predicted it might give scientists an edge on learning when harmful organisms enter local waters. Boy, were they right. More...

Drug testing PAHS students under review

Port Aransas schools are another step closer to adopting a drug-testing program for students. More...

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Obama's lemons into lemonade

Barack Obama took what appeared to be a problem for his presidential campaign and turned it into an asset, that underlines his reasons for seeking office in the first place. More...

Telling the Who's Who-ers what's what

About every six months I get a letter from one of the many Who's Who in This or That saying that I've been nominated for their list. The letter is full of flattery about my many accomplishments and sharp business acumen. More...

Fishing

FISHING REPORT

Spring Breakers drop lines when wind allows

Spring Break fishing has been busy with families and groups of anglers fishing the Coastal Bend. Dockworkers report good catches both inshore and offshore as the wind allows. More...

Big mako

This 220-pound mako shark was brought in to Dolphin Dock by Kyle Cortinana of Tulsa Okla. on Saturday, March 16. More...

Great catch

Zack Bibb and his friends brought their bachelor party from Boerne to the Gulf Eagle at Deep Sea Headquarters on Friday, March 14. On a 20-hour trip with Capt. More...

Obituaries  Free Access 

McDonald

Lt. Col. Everette E. McDonald, U. S. Army Ret., died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, in Corpus Christi. He was 95. He was the father of Patricia Perry (Lt. Col. C. A. Perry Jr., USAF Ret.) of Port Aransas. McDonald was born May 11, 1912 in Browndell. More...

Ritter

Mark T. Ritter, 70, died on Sunday, March 9, 2008. He was a Port Aransas homeowner and brother to Port Aransan Toni Hair. Ritter was born in Austin on November 20, 1937, to the late Frank (Dutch) Ritter and Frances Gildart Ritter. More...

Lumen

Margaret Ruth Lumen, 83, died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at her residence in Rockport, TX. She was born June 22, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Samuel Bruce McCain and Mary Bennett McCain, who preceded her in death. More...

Sunrise service to mark Easter

A community wide non-denominational Easter sunrise service will be held Sunday, March 23. The service will be a joint gathering of the Community Presbyterian Church, the First Baptist Church, St. More...

Prediction hardware

Research assistant Cammie Hyatt, left, and research professor Dr. More...

Second wake damages pier

Witnesses on shore see it coming, flee to safety

Two months, almost to the day, after a section of the Charlie's Pasture Fishing Pier was washed away by the wake from a passing tanker, the pier lost another 32 feet to a second tanker's wake. At 12:54 p.m. More...

Island Life

Easter Bunny to stop at egg hunt

YOUNGSTERS INVITED TO EVENT AT 2 P.M. SUNDAY

This year's Rotary Club Easter Egg hunt will take place by the pool at the Community Park, 700 Clark Pkwy., off Ross Avenue. Festivities will start at 2 p.m., on Sunday, March 23. More...

Last Schweppe lecture slated

'SOCIAL DOMINANCE, TEMPERATURE AND SEX CHANGE'

Dr. John Godwin will present the last of the Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecture Series in Marine Science tonight, Thursday, March 20. More...

Public to choose PAPHA meeting topic March 27

People, tarpon, visiting ships, building the jetties or the Lydia Ann Lighthouse will be the topic of the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) meeting. More...

Youth

Band wins sweepstakes at UIL concert contest

Once again ...

The Port Aransas High School Band has won the sweepstakes award. Again. More...

UIL winners added

Due to incomplete information, some H.G. More...

EDUCATION NOTES

Service is learning

So what exactly is service learning? Simply put, service learning is an opportunity for students to meet the needs of a community. Students plan, develop and participate in projects that lend a hand to others. More...

Sports

Track team can take the heat

Competing in the sun against mostly Class 2-A and 3-A schools with a few Class 1-A schools mixed in, Port Aransas High School's track team performed well at the Riviera meet on Saturday, March 15. More...

PAHS Track 2008 Schedule

February March April May Head Coach: Steve Reaves Asst Coach: Javier Mendoza More...

Golf team takes on Kingsville Academy

With much of the Port Aransas High School golf team involved in the UIL band contest, golf coach Steve Reaves had only a few golfers on the course on Wednesday, March 12. More...

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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. More...













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