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August 7, 2008 / Island Life

Chilling Out

Four-year-old Drew West of Corpus Christi shoots out of a slide and splashes into the water at the pool at Port Aransas Community Park on Sunday, Aug. 3. More...

Parks and Rec sets Yoga on the Beach

Join others with a yen for yoga at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, Aug. 9. Nancy Myers will instruct the free class beginning at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

Yee-haw!

Children perform a song during country-western night at Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Theme of the school was Son World Adventure Park. The program concludes today, Thursday, Aug. 7. More...

Fund established in Warren's name at American Bank

Friends of Michael John Warren, who died Friday, Aug. 1, have established a memorial fund in his name at American Bank in Port Aransas. Funds will be used to offset medical and funeral expenses. More...

GED program at PAISD a question mark

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

School will be starting soon for Port Aransas kids. But when it will start for adults remains a question. More...

Council sees city facilities shopping list

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

City council members agree that the city has some work to do in bringing its facilities up to snuff. They're just not sure voters are ready to approve the money it will take to do that. More...

Coast Guard Day

Port Aransas Coast Guard celebrates service's birthday

Staff photos by Dan Parker

Every year, Aug. 4 is celebrated as Coast Guard Day, honoring the anniversary of the establishment of the Revenue Cutter Service, forebear of the Coast Guard. On Monday, Aug. More...

Art appreciation

Helen Garrett, left, and Anne Melee, both of Port Aransas, view some of the art on display at the Art Center for the Islands during the organization's First Friday reception on Aug. 1. More...

Join the fun!

Enter the Holiday Forest tree contest

Mark your December calendars, the theme has been chosen for the 2008 Holiday Forest tree contest. More...

Sanchez case is sent to district attorney

The case of Juan Francisco Sanchez has been forwarded to the Nueces County District Attorney's office for presentation to a grand jury, Nueces County Sheriff's Office officials said this week. More...

Two hurt in beach wreck

A rollover wreck on the beach at Marker 60 sent two people to Corpus Christi hospitals on Friday, Aug. 1. Police say a four-wheel-drive Kawasaki Mule was being driven northbound on the beach at a high rate of speed at about 6 p.m. More...

Are beaches safe? Groups disagree

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has a basket of apples. Environment Texas, an environmental defense group, holds a bag of oranges. Each claims it's right. More...

Sandwiches vary from country to country

TONY AMOS

The other day Lynn brought lunch home after a trip to the Big City. It was a panini. I had not heard of a panini before, and on close examination I determined it to be a sandwich with a fancy name. More...

Recipes from restaurants of yesteryear

BILL SLINGERLAND

We are blessed with many great restaurants in our small town. There is a wide variety of food with each restaurant having signature dishes or food they are known for. More...

Dancin' in the streets of Chicago

RACHEL PEARSON

I am living, for the moment, on my best friend's futon in the coach house she shares with her boyfriend on a quiet street a couple of miles outside the center of Chicago. More...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Business briefs features top level management additions, changes or promotions, professional continuing education or other business news that åis not classified as marketing. Deadline for submissions is 10 a.m. More...

Free concert Friday

The Rosewood Band to play

Enjoy some live music on the waterfront tomorrow night, Friday, Aug. 8. The free concert, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion in Roberts Point Park, will feature The Rosewood Band. More...

WIC coming

Mobile services to be provided at IGA

Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Aug. 11. Situated at the Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. Alister St., they will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. More...

Hotdogs and fun slated at pool Saturday night

The Dog Days of summer are here. Celebrate the season with the whole family at Dog Days, swimming and hot dogs at the Community Park pool, 700 Clark Parkway, off Ross Avenue, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9. More...

Cowgirl

McKenzie Krott twirls a partial lasso during country-western night, Tuesday, Aug. 5, at First Baptist Church's Vacation Bible School. More...

Engagement announced

Merritt Ehman and Brian Keith Wruble, both of North Padre Island in Corpus Christi, announce their engagement. The bride elect is the daughter of Margaret Ehman of North Padre Island in Corpus Christi and the late Jim Ehman. More...

Future facilities

Workmen are making progress on projects in Roberts Point Park. More...

Class of reunion

Members of the H.G. Olsen Elementary School eighth-grade class of 1971 pose for a photo during a class reunion on Sunday, Aug. 3, at Pelican's Landing. More...

Wetland Education Center officially opens August 16

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Dr. Rick Tinnin looked at workers pouring the cement for a geodetic marker at the new Wetland Education Center at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) and sighed. "It's really going to happen," he said. More...

Cruising, dining and dancing

CHAMPAGNE CRUISE TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Ticket sales for the Port Aransas Rotary Club Champagne Cruise and Mini-Taste of Port Aransas were hot and cold after the first day of sales, which was Monday, Aug. 4. The benefit will be Friday, Sept. More...

Under new ownership

Andrea and Scott Ford are the new owners of the Port Aransas Business Center at 600 Cutoff Rd., Suite1. More...

Man is injured in motorcycle wreck

A Weatherford man was taken to a Corpus Christi hospital by Emergency Medical Service workers on Wednesday, July 30, after he lost control of his motorcycle on Cut-off Road. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

MONDAY, JULY 28 • 8:01 a.m. A burglary of a building was reported in the 100 block of North Station Street. • 9:35 a.m. A building was reported burglarized in the 200 block of North Station Street. • 5:20 p.m. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

MONDAY, JULY 28 • 8:20 p.m. A burglary of a vehicle was reported in I.B. Magee Jr. Beach Park. • 11:30 p.m. Answering a reported disturbance at Horace Caldwell Pier, a deputy charged a person with possession of marijuana. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

Weather brings changes

Change is inevitable, and sometimes it is welcome. Change came in the form of Hurricane Dolly and her much-needed rain, but more than that, she brought us a remarkable number of magnificent frigatebirds. More...

Blast from the past

Those who lived and worked in Port Aransas during the 1970s and '80s gathered for a reunion of sorts on Saturday, Aug. 2. The event was held at Bernie's Beach House, which was known to this crowd as the Party House. More...

Sculptors at work

This bunch recently had a good time burying their friend and brother, Samuel May, in the sand. They turned him into a sand mermaid, albeit temporarily. More...