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Poetry lovers and those just seeking a fun evening out are invited to participate in the next Poetry Sand Slam tomorrow, Friday, July 25. Audience members as well as competitors are invited. It will be held at Sips Wine and Coffee Bar, 162 W. Cotter Ave., at 8 p.m. More ... Michael Mendez of San Antonio spikes the ball at family members on the opposing team during a volleyball game on the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, July 19. More ... There are only four more performances of 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, and will close with their last performance on Sunday, July 27. More ... Residents and visitors are invited to learn about what washes ashore on the beaches of Mustang Island. A guided beach walk, sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, will examine tidal samples on Friday, July 25. More ... A Christmas decoration meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at Roberts Point Park. Sprucing up Roberts Point Park during the Christmas season is the goal of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce - Tourist Bureau. A meeting was held with non-profit organizations earlier this month. More ... The Port Aransas Community Park Pool will be open late for extra family fun Saturday, July 26. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., red, white and blue popsicles and pool play are part of the fun for all ages. Admission is free for those under two, $1 for ages 2-18, $2 for 19-59 and $1 for 60 and older. The pool is located at 700 Clark Parkway, off Ross Ave. More ... A surprise television hit show is on the Discovery Channel. It's called "Dirty Jobs." Host Mike Rowe takes on a new, disgusting, how-awful-isthat job each week. He has cleaned pig styes. He has helped artificially inseminate horses. He has dived for golf balls in alligator infested swamps. More ... On Saturday, July 19, volunteers showed up to help paint the Mercer House. Pam Green, left and Betty Bundy do a little precision painting on the front railing of the house. Below, from the left, Drew Ninnink of Austin, Jake Gann of Round Rock, George Armanovs and Bonnie Isaac of Port Aransas, tackle the big stuff. More ... City employees are gingerly approaching the idea of a fourday work week as a possible way to save energy costs. But City Manager Michael Kovacs said he doesn't intend to let that reduce customer service no matter whether workers try out the idea or not. More ... Over the objections of Councilman Charles Bujan, the city council on Thursday, July 17, voted to let Deep Sea Headquarters rent two of 10 new boat slips adjacent to the fishing outfitter on an annual basis. More ... At the beach in Port Aransas, a city worker moves a heavy bench with some heavy equipment on Tuesday, July 22, preparing for anticipated high tides produced by Hurricane Dolly. More ... Gail Spinn, left, and Cynthia Frank pose for a photo outside their new business, Silver Sands Realty, at 315 S. Alister St., Suite 107. The business, which officially opened June 11, provides service in residential, commercial and land sales and rentals. More ... The Port Aransas Food Pantry is one example of what a community can accomplish. Run solely on donations and volunteer work, and helping people in this community meet their most basic needs, it is a labor of love and a lifeline for many. More ... Alexa Connolly, 7, of San Antonio, playfully tosses a chunk of seaweed into the face of her sister, Olivia, 9, as the two enjoy a day at the beach in Port Aransas on Friday, July 18. Their mother, Brooke Connolly, said the family chose to visit Port Aransas instead of driving farther on vacation partly because of high gas prices. More ... Tropical disturbance - A moving area of thunderstorms of tropical origin that maintains its identity for 24 hours or more. Tropical depression - A rotary circulation at the surface of the water with sustained wind speed of 38 mph or less. More ... In the event Port Aransas residents are asked to evacuate in advance of a hurricane, getting back to Mustang Island will involve a little different procedure than in previous evacuations. More ... Island residents should have a checklist of things to do or take with them when evacuating for a hurricane. Keep this checklist of things to do or take when preparing to evacuate before a hurricane. More ... A group of beachgoers pose for a photo on the beach in Port Aransas with Jim Cantore (second from right), a meterologist with The Weather Channel, on Tuesday, July 22. Cantore, known internationally for his field reporting for The Weather Channel, was doing live updates on the Hurricane Dolly situation while standing on the beach near Horace Caldwell Pier. More ... To Port Aransas' old timers the defining hurricane event might be Celia in 1970, but for this not-quite-soold timer it was Allen a decade later. I cheat a little here. Because the South Jetty deadline was upped by a day in case we say hello to Dolly, I lifted a passage from my "21-years of shoreline changes on Mustang Island, Texas" published in 2000. More ... Alec Vetrone, a firefighter with the Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department, prepares to extinguish a trash can fire on the beach on Saturday, July 19. No one was injured. Fire Chief Scott Mack said the fire was caused by someone who dumped hot barbecue pit embers into the plastic trash can, which melted in the flames. More ... The Port Aransas Junior Boatmen have launched summer with a bang. A kayak tournament on Sunday, June 29, from 8 a.m.- noon was for members only. Sportsmanship was emphasized, with anglers told they would need to clean their catch and take it home and eat it. Qualifying fish were black drum, redfish, trout and flounder, although only black drum were caught. More ... A proposal by Mayor Claude Brown to revisit last month's council action giving City Manager Michael Kovacs the authority to delegate city vehicles to employees failed on Thursday, July 17. A motion to rescind that action died for lack of a second. More ... A surfer and a shrimp boat head home, as viewed between the pilings at Horace Caldwell Pier on Tuesday, July 22. More ... MONDAY, JULY 14 • 5:03 p.m. A burglary of a vehicle was reported in the 100 block of West Cotter Avenue. • 8:12 p.m. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers took a sick person from the 800 block of Banyon Beach to a Corpus Christi hospital. More ... On Saturday, July 19, motorcycle clubs from Corpus Christi banded together and rode in the 2nd Annual Motorcycle Ride & Rally for Autism Awareness. The Cyclone Riders Club hosted the event with more than 80 motorcycles participating. More ... The Art Center for the Islands will hold its First Friday reception on Aug. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister St. The May exhibit will feature the 2008 winners of the Merit Show, an all-member show held in March. The public is invited to peruse the exhibit, socialize and enjoy live music and refreshments. More ... A 19-year-old Port Aransas woman is facing state jail felony charges of evading a police offi- cer after an early-morning chase Tuesday, July 22. Patrolman J.D. Hinojosa said he spotted a maroon Mitsubishi sport utility vehicle doing "donuts" on the beach shortly before 5 a.m. when he was patrolling the beach. More ... SUNDAY, JULY 13 • 12:20 a.m. A deputy charged two people in the 6300 block of State Hwy. 361 with minors consuming alcohol. • 5:24 a.m. On the beach, a man was charged with public intoxication (PI). More ... selects officers The board of directors for the Port Aransas Community Theater PACT) met recently to elect officers who will serve through May of 2009. Arnold Govella was elected president, Norris Stricker vice president, Betty Crawford secretary and Jack Dreesen treasurer. More ... The Port Aransas Community Theater (PACT) is calling for singers, actors and musicians to audition for their new production of The Old Time Radio Show. Performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22 and 23, 29 and 30, and Sept. 5-7. More ... A benefit barbecue dinner was held for Glenn Bearden on Saturday, July 19, at the Moore-McDonald Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8967. The benefit was scheduled to help Bearden's family with his medical expenses. However, he died that same day. More ... City council members gave approval, at least in principal, on Thursday, July 17, to an ambitious plan to catch up on street repair and maintenance. They told City Manager Michael Kovacs to go ahead and find the money in the budget to attack problems with Beach Street between Dunes Drive and Station Street. More ... Kate McMahon, 9, of Fredericksburg, rides a skim board on the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, July 19. Empty seats filled More ... Those who lived in Port Aransas is the '70s and '80s are invited to an old timer's reunion party. Remember when the Dunes was the only high-rise condo on the beach? The Barroom Bicycle Races? The White Marlin and Mrs. Pete's restaurants? What about the super slide at Spaghetti Works? More ... The Mustang Island Art Gallery, 2222 State Hwy. 361, will host one of several "hatchings" of painted turtles tomorrow, Friday, July 25, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. These turtles, along with 32 others, will be auctioned on Nov. 8 to benefit the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) in Port Aransas. More ... Candidates for a seat on the city's Board of Adjustments and Appeals made it easy for city council members on Thursday, July 17, after the matter had been voted to a tie the previous month. Three residents were candidates for the seat: Alternate member Noyes Livingston and Todd Sekula and Marion Sweatt. More ... Tune in to KIII-TV on channel three on Saturday mornings (after you've read the newspaper) and you will see one of Port Aransas' newest television celebrities. You might even learn something about birds and birding. More ... |
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