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July 17, 2008 / Island Life

At sunset

The Island Queen travels through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel off Roberts Point Park at sunset on Monday, July 14. More...

Third Saturday Sale to be held on July 19 at Art Center here

The Art Center for the Islands will hold its monthly Third Saturday Sale on Saturday, July 19. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., over 40 artists will offer their work at a 10 to 50 percent discount. More...

Twilight Zone: An area just beyond the ordinary or a world of fantasy, illusion or unreality. Moving on beyond paradise here at Trinity-by-the-Sea into the uncertain waters of retirement is foreboding to your humble vicar. More...

IWC slates Bible school

The Island Worship Center (IWC) invites children age three to 10 to attend its Vacation Bible School next week. Classes will be held Monday through Friday, July 21-25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at IWC, 1801 S. 11th St. More...

Rainforest fun

These kids all attended the Rainforest Adventure Vacation Bible School at the Community Presbyterian Church. More...

Area being prepped for canal development

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

An 860-acre tract of land south of the Island Moorings subdivision, originally intended as part of the Newport Beach and Golf development, is being turned into canals by a company that describes itself as a "land bank." The Brookdale Company, of A More...

In the suburbs of Detroit

RACHEL PEARSON

I took a train across the lower tip of Illinois, through Gary, Ind., with its tireless smokestacks, then across Michigan to Detroit. More...

Blast from the past

Ray Heath, a maintenance worker at the Port Aransas Independent School District, holds a piece of plywood scrawled with the words "Built by Malone Construction, Nov. More...

Kids' Calendar

PORT ARANSAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Unless otherwise noted, activities listed will be held at the Girl Scout hut, 739 W. Ave. A, are for children age five and up, and cost $2 for the first child, $1 for additional children. Parents are welcome at no charge. More...

Taking aim

Payton Beck, 9, of Tallahassee, Fla., takes aim at Clare Adams as she runs for home plate during a game of kickball at Port Aransas Community Park on Tuesday, July 8. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

MONDAY, JULY 7 • 9:01 a.m. The burglary of a building was reported in the 900 block of North Station Street. • 8:55 p.m. More...

COAST GUARD SIGNALS

COAST GUARD STATION PORT ARANSAS

FRIDAY, JULY 11 • 9:22 p.m. A 25-foot homeland security boat from Coast Guard Station Port Aransas and a helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi searched near La Quinta Channel in response to a report of a distress flare. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, JULY 6 • 9:45 a.m. A deputy cited a motorist at Alister and Beach streets for speeding. • 4:15 p.m. Three people were charged on the beach with minor in possession of alcohol. More...

Council to get full street list

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

For the first time, city council members will be able to look today, Thursday, July 17, at a complete inventory of the city's streets, including their condition, their position in a long-range plan for street repair and maintenance and an update of More...

City street ratings

"Dead" (tough to rebuild) Sixth Street (unpaved section) Ninth Street (Avenue G - Avenue H) Beach Access Road 1 Aransas Channel Avenue D (Gulf - Seventh streets) Avenue I (Sixth Street - Tropic Lane) Beach Street (Station Street - Dunes More...

Garden Club dues are due

The Port Aransas Garden Club is asking members to pay their dues for 2008 and 2009. Checks in the amount of $10 should be made out to Port Aransas Garden Club and mailed to Port Aransas Garden Club, P.O. Box 681, Port Aransas, TX, 78373. More...

New saloon in town

Rob Palmer stands in front of his new business, The Wild Horse Saloon, opened last week at 212 Beach St. Palmer boasts of "moderately famous" burgers and Phillies, and says the grill is open late. More...

AGENDA

PORT ARANSAS CITY COUNCIL JULY 17, 2008

1. Call to order and mayor's notes on council rules of order and decorum and oath of office. 2. Pledge and prayer 3. Presentations A. Presentation by Nueces County Appraisal District representative B. More...

Now that's bur-clover

The incorrect photo was submitted for Dr. John Fucik's column last week about bur-clover. Above are the correct photos. Young California bur-clover plant is shown in the inset. The enlargement shows the root system with its nitrogen fixing nodules. More...

Demise of the faithful HP

TONY AMOS

It's the end of an era. On my last beach observer (BEACHobs) survey of Mustang Island Gulf beach I threw the last working HP75 hand-held computer into the truck. I didn't mean to throw it, of course, but it looked like I did. More...

Barbecue to benefit Bearden

A benefit barbecue and auction will be held for Glenn Bearden this Saturday, July 19, at 4 p.m. The event will be held at the Moore-McDonald Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8967, at 311 N. Alister St., Port Aransas. More...

Godspell Jr. playing

For the next two weekends PACT will perform Godspell Jr., a Broadway Junior musical production depicting the stories of John the Baptist, Jesus and Judas. The Port Aransas Community Theater (PACT) production opened Thursday, July 10. More...

Garage sale on tap for heart group

Jade Mouton, 9, of Port Aransas, is having a garage sale Friday through Sunday, July 18-20. The sale is a benefit for the American Heart Association. Besides a wide variety of household items and fishing gear, pickles and sodas will be sold. More...

Bake set Saturday evening

The First Baptist Church will hold a bake sale on Saturday, July 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Family Center IGA. The church is raising funds to take middle and high school age youth to summer camp. More...

St. Joseph's kicks off brick sale to fund church

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Brick by brick, they're building a new St. Joseph Catholic Church building. And a brick-by-brick campaign is going to help pay for it. St. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

The more you know, the more you see

I enjoy watching birds. Just looking at them gives my life some other dimension, some ethereal experience, a higher happiness or inner joy. Their physical beauty (or even uniqueness) seems to transcend everyday worries or irritations. More...

Tuesday last chance to file late tax protest

If you can come up with a good reason for missing the tax appraisal protest deadline, there's still a chance you can file a protest with the Nueces County Appraisal District. More...

Christmas in July

From left, Cass Ward, 7, Dylan Shelton, 9, both of Port Aransas, and Madi Gann, 8, of Round Rock, cut Christmas cookies from dough on Monday, July 14, as part of Christmas in July, a program of the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. More...

PAISD gives new life, look to old building

One of the oldest buildings in the Port Aransas Independent School District is being remodeled for a new function. The small building on the south side of the main building at H.G. More...

Whoops!

A story in last week's South Jetty about a fundraiser for the American Heart Association incorrectly identified the organization. The fundraiser was put on by Jade Mouton, a 9- year-old Port Aransas girl with heart disease. More...

Mayor thinks item improperly posted

City attorney disagrees, says discussion did not exceed scope of posting

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Port Aransas Mayor Claude Brown wants to bring up the question of city employees who get city cars to drive home again this month because of his conviction that the matter was improperly listed on last month's council agenda. More...

Coast Guard Cutter Steelhead gets new skipper

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

In a ceremony steeped in seagoing tradition, Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Daniel Kilcullen assumed command of the cutter Steelhead from Lt. Brandon Fisher on Tuesday, July 15. More...

Apparent heart victim dies during fishing trip

A Bryan man was pronounced dead at an Aransas Pass hospital on Saturday, July 12, after apparently suffering from heart problems while aboard a fishing boat out of Port Aransas. More...

High bacteria counts in bay don't reach Mustang Island

Bacteria counts are rated as "high" on four Corpus Christi beaches that face Corpus Christi Bay, but the Texas General Land Office (GLO) says that doesn't mean Mustang Island beaches are a problem. More...

Port Aransas man, state park worker, is arrested on aggravated sex charge

A Port Aransas man was in the Nueces County Jail on Wednesday, July 16, charged with aggravated sexual assault. Nueces County Sheriff's Capt. More...

Up, up and away

Olivia Adams gets some support from other cheerleaders as she goes 'way up in the air at a cheerleader clinic sponsored by Port Aransas High School cheerleaders on Saturday, July 12. More...

Island bucks national economy

Sales tax rebate up by 8.69%

The gloom and doom of the national economy is not reflected in the Texas economy, according to Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. Combs said the state collected $1.7 billion in sales tax revenue in June, up 8.4 percent compared to June 2007. More...

Volunteers needed to paint Mercer House on Saturday

Volunteers are needed to help paint the Mercer House on Saturday, July 19. The house, which was recently moved to Alister Street adjacent to the Community Center, will become an historical museum for the community. More...

Bridge work to continue several years

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Expect to see some heavy machinery beside the first bridge on the State Hwy. 361 causeway between Port Aransas and Aransas Pass, and expect to see it for quite some time. More...

It's summer -- must be mangoes

BILL SLINGERLAND

In the United States, the apple or banana may be the most widely eaten fruit, but worldwide the most-consumed fruit is the tropical mango. It is eaten in Asia, Africa and Latin America. There are several varieties of this fruit sold at the stores. More...