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The last three performances of The Port Aransas Community Theater (PACT) production, "A Breath of Dusty Air," will be on Thursday, April 24, and Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, April 27, at 2:30 p.m. No performance will be presented on Friday, April 25, so that members and patrons may participate in the Relay For Life event at Roberts Point Park. More ... Jeremiah Guillen, 10, of San Antonio, fishes from the bulkhead at Roberts Point Park at sunset on a recent Friday afternoon. More ... A free, guided beach walk, led by Capt. Steve Zarych, will start at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, April 25, under the red flag next to Horace Caldwell Pier. More ... Friends of Mike Cobb are holding a benefit hog barbecue dinner to help raise money for his family. Plates will sell for $5 at Lovett's Bar, 315 S. Alister St., at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. Cobb is in the hospital recovering from major surgery, and his family is in need of help covering expenses. More ... Have your car washed and help out the Boy Scouts on Saturday, April 26. The Scouts of Troop 29, supervised by their leader, Leslie Willey Jr., will be accepting donations in exchange for a car wash in the Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. Alister St., from noon to about 3 p.m. More ... A dolphin leaps ahead of the bow of a tanker ship, the Chemtrans, passing through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel near the ferries. Dolphins at play commonly surf the swells pushed ahead of ships steaming through the channel. More ... The Art Center for the Islands will hold its First Friday reception on May 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. The May exhibit will feature the Hot Shots group photography exhibit. More ... The library Book Club has announced its selection for the May discussion group, which will meet on Tuesday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m. They will discuss "The Jane Austen Book Club," by Karen Joy Fowler. The public is invited to join the group at the Ellis Memorial Library meeting room, 700 West Avenue A, Port Aransas. More ... It drives Ken Dunton nuts when he sees kids who clearly are on summer vacation, and they're slumped in the family minivan, staring at the van's flip-down TV screen rather than marveling at the beautiful countryside they're passing. More ... It was "a day in heaven" at " Paradise" on Friday, April 18. All the birders had been waiting for this day. Good timing on a cold front and a little rain put the birds down at the Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond in numbers that had binoculars and exclamations humming. What a remarkable day after a slow spring. More ... 6 pm 6:30 pm 7:05 pm Praise Team 7:23 pm 7:40 pm 7:50 pm 8 pm 8:45 pm 9:35 pm 9:58 pm 10:10 pm results turned in Boy Scouts collect Vote Cans and tally votes 10:30 pm 11:45 pm 12: More ... Life's rewards STAFF PHOTO BY DAN PARKER Carl Jara of Cleveland, Ohio, took three first places in the solo master's division -- one awarded by judges; one for People's Choice; and Best Fund Raising Sand Sculptor -- all for a towering work simply titled "Life." His sponsor was Gulf Shores. More ... GUPPY GROUP 1- Jacob White 2- Kaila Orines 3- Emma White GUPPY TEA 1- The Top Five 2- Brownie Troop 490 Chapel 3- The Mermaids SOLO YOUTH 1- Gabriel Martinez 2- Heather Woodworth 3- Mirjia White TEAM YOUTH 1- Haley, Samantha, More ... On Friday, April 18, on the opening day of Texas SandFest, Chuck Ardoin of CenturyTel, a sponsor of the amateur sand sculpting contest, gives Betty Crawford a check in the amount of $1,500 to benefit the Port Aransas Community Theater. More ... Two lifeguard classes are scheduled for May. The three-day course for certification in American Red Cross lifeguard, first aid and CPR for the professional rescuer will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 6-8 and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, May 13, 14 and 16. The classes will be held from 5 to 11 p.m., at the Port Aransas Community Pool. More ... The Art Center for the Islands appeared once again on the city council agenda on Thursday, April 17, and once again departed with no council decision. The art center has proposed building a new building on the property where the computer center stands, then leasing the property from the city, which would pass the payment on to the property owner, Nueces County. More ... After being a 'patient' at the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) at The UT-Austin Marine Science Institute since October, Perky, a Kemp's ridley sea turtle, was released back into its natural habitat this month. Tony Amos, ARK director, said Perky was found entangled in, and deeply cut by, the plastic strands of an old tarp. More ... Port Aransas has a roadway impact fee program, despite last-minute objections from residents who admitted they had waited too long to take a closer look at the proposal. The new ordinance, approved on its third and final reading on Thursday, April 17, aims at making developers responsible for part of the wear and tear that their projects cause on city streets. More ... Eric Hawes, Port Aransas' newest Eagle Scout, is pinned by his mother, Renee Gamel, as his stepfather Michael Gamel, left, and his father Thomas Hawes, right, look on. More ... Barnacle Bill's Pier-House & Grill held its official ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, April 17. Teresa Clanton, from left, owner Beverly Fintel, Stephani Sattelberg, Tiki Sloop, owner Bill Fintel, Tracy Ingalls and Lauren Kalke attended.Clanton and Kalke represented the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce and Visitor's Bureau.Barnacle Bill's is open every day from 9 a.m. More ... Editor's note: This is the first installment of a two-party series about the BP MS 150 ride in which Port Aransas residents Mike Firestone and Ken Dunton participated. SPECIAL SOUTH JETTY Never thought I'd be admitting this in public, but I'm watching Ken Dunton's butt. In fact, I've been watching it for quite some time. It's almost mesmerizing. More ... The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the home of Don and Cheryl Anz, 149 Brundrett, as April's residential yard of the month. The property is landscaped with mostly native and drought tolerant trees, shrubs and plants including mesquite, ebony, and Mexican olive. More ... City council members on Thursday, April 17, decided not to decide anything in the matter of how - if any way -- to restrict recreational vehicle camping on city beaches. Instead, it voted to table a move to take RV restrictions out of the current ordinance, and to send the matter to the planning and zoning commission for hearings and recommendations. More ... -- Approved or Accepted • -- Not approved PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATION A. Proclaiming April 22 as Earth Day in Port Aransas. B. More ... The 12th annual Texas Sand- Fest played to large crowds -- mostly families on April 18-20. The weather cooperated with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Event coordinator Eleese Calvert said in addition to the 24 master sculptors, five proams, 29 amateurs and 22 youth sculpting teams entered. More ... The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen Sand Castle Condos, located at 800 Sandcastle Drive, as April's commercial yard of the month. Showing the grounds off are Fred Samudio, left, manager of Sand Castle Condominiums, and Dave Ward, employee of Sand Castle. More ... Before taking up matters of greater length, such as the Art Center for the Islands, improvements at Mustang Beach Airport and where recreational vehicles should camp on the beach (see related stories), the city council on April 17 varied its normal routine. More ... My dear Texans, I would like you all to know that it's still raining ice most days of the week here in Portland, Oregon. There may be no better way to explain my long hiatus from writing this column than that: It has been raining ice. More ... MONDAY, APRIL 14 • 8:12 a.m. A burglary of a vehicle was reported in the 100 block of South Station Street. • 10:42 a.m. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers took an injured person from the south jetty to a Corpus Christi hospital. More ... Workers (background) clear off the old foundation of the historic Mercer House as the house itself sits on wheels and I-beams, ready to be moved to its destination. The house will end up at Brundrett and Alister streets on the Community Center grounds as a Port Aransas museum. Workers expected to be moving the house Wednesday or Thursday, April 23 or 24. More ... Army Reserve Sgt. Karye L. Webb of Port Aransas has returned to the 28th Military Police Company in Johnstown, Pa., after being deployed to an overseas forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. More ... After the man crashed his pickup truck into city hall, causing a fire, and another man used a small plane to spread poison along the beach before wrecking the plane, things started to quiet down. Wednesday, April 16, was a busy day for the city workers taking part in a disaster exercise in the city council chamber. More ... The Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce invites its members to clean up their offices this week and is willing to help them do it. Island Shred Day is Friday, May 2. More ... MONDAY, APRIL 14 • 1 p.m. A deputy cited a motorist on State Hwy. 361 for expired inspection sticker. • 5 p.m. A motorist was cited on State Hwy. 361 for no liability insurance and expired inspection sticker. More ... You may come to the beach to watch the surf and enjoy the open space, but for Trip Johnson, 16 months (left) and Cecelia Weaver, 1 1.2, the beach simply can't compare with the attractions of a giant yellow front-end loader (the loader was not in use at the time). More ... Before taking up matters of greater length, such as the Art Center for the Islands, improvements at Mustang Beach Airport and where recreational vehicles should camp on the beach (see related stories), the city council on April 17 varied its normal routine. More ... May is almost upon us and so are three of the biggest horse races in the United States: The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. I love watching the Kentucky Derby, which is May. All the festivities and pre-race hoopla keep me entertained for hours. Then the race is over in just a few minutes. More ... The U.S. Coast Guard M-240 machine gun mounted on a 25-foot homeland security boat, shown in last week's South Jetty, is 7.62 millimeters, which equates to .30 caliber. More ... Work on a drainage project along West Avenue A approaches Alister Street on Tuesday, April 22. The project is designed to tie into drainage at Port Aransas schools, which are one block on the other side of Alister Street, and lead storm water into a new sewer that runs beneath Oleander Street. The project is part of a bond issue approved by voters in 2006. More ... Faith, hope and life? I hope all this is to be true. I want to live in peace now, knowing I can be forgiven, knowing it is ok that I am not perfect, knowing that I am loved by my family, friends and by God. I want to know that I have value to God and others and that I am useful in the body of Christ because God found me valuable enough to invest himself in me. More ... Nick Della Valle will give a special presentation at the Island Worship Center on Sunday, April 27, at 10 a.m. Della Valle, a missionary, has walked the 3,300 miles across the U.S. twice. He will give a presentation about Zacchaeus, the diminutive tax collector from the Gospel of Luke. More ... Peggy Ann Willmott of Port Aransas and Jay Lewis Olah, formerly of Portland, were wed on Saturday, March 29, at Trinity-by-the- Sea Episcopal church in Port Aransas. A reception was held in the parish hall. The couple will reside in Port Aransas. More ... With our family members now returned to their various corners of the world after having helped us celebrate 50 years of marriage, we can now return to normal - sort of. It was such of. It was such a wonderful thing for Lynn and me to be able to introduce our far-flung relatives to our Port Aransas friends. Among ourselves, it was an opportunity to remember, of course. More ... |
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