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Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) is sponsoring a free dump day, an opportunity for everyone to get a head start on hurricane season by disposing of junk from yards and garages. A tradition for years, the event will be Saturday, April 12. More ... Opening night for "A Breath of Dusty Air," the next Port Aransas Community Theater (PACT) production, is tonight, Thursday, April 10, at the PACT, 2327 State Hwy. 361. The play, written by Perry Steele Patton, is set in a Continental Trailways bus stop and diner in Mammoth Spring, Ark. More ... The third annual Coastal Bend Law Enforcement Chili Cook-off will be held this Saturday at Roberts Point Park. The event is sponsored by the Coastal Bend Peace Officers Association (CBPOA). The public is invited to taste awardwinning chili from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Live music will be provided. More ... What better way to celebrate a Friday than a picnic and a concert in the park? The Sunset Sounds concert series, sponsored by Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, begins tomorrow, Friday, April 11. Concerts are scheduled for the second Friday of every month, April through October. More ... The Port Aransas Youth Soccer League will hold a board meeting on Monday, April 14, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the H.G. Olsen Elementary School cafeteria. Topics to be discussed include new board members, a review of new rules and registration dates. More ... Unite body and mind by the sea at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, April 12. Nancy Myers will instruct the free class beginning at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. The public is invited to attend the class held the second Saturday of the month. Bring an old blanket or towel. More ... Representatives from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, April 14. Situated at the Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St., they will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For questions or an appointment, call (361) 767-7777. More ... At the Port Aransas Helping Hands Food Pantry, Marie Gerry Carlson poses with more than $200 worth of food that about 85 well-wishers brought to her 80th birthday party recently at the Episcopal Conference Center. More ... It's Little League season again; opening ceremonies were just a couple of weeks ago, and all of our teams have played a couple of games. Once again, your pastors are well represented on the fields with William Campbell coaching the Major boys baseball, Danny Burch is umpiring, and I am also umpiring and coaching the Junior boys. More ... The Art Center for the Islands will honor the winners of the fifth annual Texas Laughing Gull Writing Contest at a reception Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m. at the Third Coast Studio, 502 East Ave. G, Port Aransas. Both monetary and certificate awards will be presented to winners. One writer will be honored with a new award, to be revealed at the reception. More ... Lynn and Tony Amos cut a cake celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 5. The couple were married in 1958 in Bermuda; Amos is now director of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. More ... The 12th annual SandFest, the largest sand sculpting contest in the U.S., is just a week away. Now a tradition in Port Aransas, this event, slated for Friday through Sunday, April 18-20, draws more than 100,000 people, features 24 world-class master sculptors, five classes of competition and an average of 200 amateur entries. More ... The Art Center for the Islands has announced the winners of the March All-member Show. Winners were decided by public voting. The first place winner is Donna Garven, and second place is Robert Keiss. The third place is a tie between Pat Grothe and Porgy Wimberly. Fourth place is Harriet Holland. More ... Others may see the sand piled beside Mustang Island beach roadways as a way to keep the roadways clear, but to Matthew (left) and Will Butler, it's simply another sand castle opportunity. The Butlers were visiting Port Aransas from Hope, Ark. More ... Swimming laps might cost you some effort, but it won't cost you any money this week at the Port Aransas Community Pool, 700 Clark Parkway. As part of the "Find Your Fitness Program" hosted by the Parks and Recreation Department under the Governor's Texas Round-up Fitness Challenge, lap swimming is free Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. More ... Between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a horde of tourists isn't a comfortable place to be, but that's where Port Aransas finds itself where beach maintenance is concerned this summer. Traditionally, the city has used a road maintainer, or grader, to scrape seaweed (along with some trash) off the beach and into windrows. More ... A Port Aransas woman who was accidentally shot with a nail gun was reportedly in good condition Tuesday, April 8, in a Corpus Christi hospital. Melanie Nixon, 34, was injured at about midnight on Friday, April 4, when the nail gun accidentally discharged during what police reports call a social gathering at a cabinet shop on State Hwy. 361. More ... THURSDAY, APRIL 3 • 8:25 A.M . Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers took a sick person from the 200 block of Cut-off Road to an area hospital. • 10:46 a.m. Halo Flight medical evacuation helicopter took an injured person from the 100 block of North Station Street to an area hospital (see related story). More ... A man was taken by Halo Flight medical evacuation helicopter to a Corpus Christi hospital on Thursday, April 3, after he was hurt in a construction accident. Police reports say the man, working on a new building for St. More ... THURSDAY, APRIL 3 • 1 P .M . A deputy issued a citation at 100 S. Station St. for disruption of class. FRIDAY, APRIL 4 • 3 P .M . A man was charged at Ocean View and Avenue G with possession of drug paraphernalia and no vehicle liability insurance. More ... Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) needs help cleaning up Port Aransas beaches. In a joint effort with the Texas General Land Office (GLO), KPAB is hosting the 22nd annual Adopt-A-Beach Clean-up on Saturday, April 26. For this all-volunteer event, KPAB provides the muscle, and the GLO provides the cleaning supplies. More ... A driver negotiates the curve between South Station Street and State Hwy. 361. The newly-paved section of South Station Street, with curbs and gutters, is one of the first projects undertaken under a city streets and drainage bond program approved by voters in November 2005. More ... The first three of the city's street and drainage projects, started under a bond program approved in 2006, have been finished - one of them at a surprise to city officials. Finished are projects on La Ronda Court and South Station Street. More ... The Port Aransas Computer Center, 430 N. Alister St., which is supported by many Winter Texans, is changing its hours for the summer - the time when volunteers are in short supply. Beginning immediately, the center will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday- Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. It is closed on Sundays. More ... They're pretty. And they're tough, too. Despite a dry spring, pockets of wild flowers are sprouting all over Port Aransas. Everything from evening primroses to squarebud daisies appears on Port Aransas roadsides during wild flower season, which extends to about the end of May, though some plants will continue to bloom all summer. More ... It's all about raising money to fund research that will one day find a cure for cancer, but the Relay for Life in Port Aransas has doctored its event with fun for teams and spectators. So bring your credit cards, check books and cash, and be prepared to bid on a wide variety of items in the silent auction. More ... • Team Super Chicks Relay for Life Flamingos are traveling all over Port Aransas raising money for the American Cancer Society. Send a flamingo to a destination by calling a Super Chick to collect your donation, and she will take it to its next landing. Donations should be made payable to the American Cancer Society. More ... Team Super Chicks Relay for Life Flamingos are traveling all over Port Aransas raising money for the American Cancer Society. The flamingos' final destination will be Roberts Point Park on Friday, April 25, at the third annual Relay for Life. All proceeds from this flight of flamingos will benefit cancer research and patient services in this area. More ... • Stop the presses! A rare bird for this area was spotted Wednesday morning, April 9, at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center. More ... Triple digits! The South Texas 3A, 2A and 1A All-Star Basketball Games spawned what appears to have been the highestscoring basketball game ever played at Port Aransas High School's Doyle Marek Gym. More ... VOTER REGISTRATION Voters who want to have a say in the May city council and school board elections have until today, Thursday, April 10, to register to vote. Voter registration cards are available at city hall, 710 W. Ave. A. City hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. More ... |
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