September 11, 2008 RSS feed / Island Life

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Surfer girls

From left, Emma Shannon, 11, Hadley Hendrick, 12, and Summer Hernandez, 11, all of Port Aransas, carry a surfboard en route to catch a few waves near Horace Caldwell Pier on Friday, Sept. 5. More...

Enjoy yoga and the beach

Enjoy a beach morning and a little yoga at the same time at Yoga on the Beach, Saturday, Sept. 13. Nancy Myers will instruct beginning at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

Art Center to host turtle 'hatching'

ARK to benefit

The Art Center for the Islands is the September host for one of a series of "hatchings" of painted or decorated cast aluminum turtles. More...

PASTOR'S PEN

What is faith?

I'm sure everyone has his/ her own opinion about what faith is. More...

Mardi Gras!

Event to benefit Port Aransas schools
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

If you go to the Mardi Gras in October celebration, you won't just be enjoying a shrimp boil, live music and the opportunity to win some cool prizes. More...

Dressing room doesn't dictate results

RACHEL PEARSON

Dressing room This past Saturday, I went to the first wedding of my adult life. It was a childhood friend of Rory's older brother's getting married, which is to say, I didn't know a soul. More...

Inbound for cargo

The roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Freedom, out of Wilmington, Del., steams through Port Aransas en route to the Port of Corpus Christi just ahead of Hurricane Ike. More...

City council expected to adopt tax rate and budget

The Port Aransas City Council is expected to adopt a tax rate and budget during a special meeting scheduled for today - Thursday, Sept. 11. The meeting, scheduled for 5 p.m., will be at the city council chamber, 710 W. Avenue A. More...

New poetry group seeks participants

A new Tuesday night poetry group is forming. The Art Center for the Islands and the Laughing Gull Writing Contest are joining forces to generate the group, which they would like to see begin in September, if enough interest is expressed. More...

Bujan skeptical but hopeful after Charter Cable promises

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Declaring he is "not expecting a lot, but hoping for a lot," City Councilman Charles Bujan said he is encouraged after an appearance by a Charter Communications representative at the Thursday, Aug. 21, council meeting. More...

Greening up

Workers plant grass on the grounds of the Port Aransas Community Center on Friday, Sept. 5, as work continues to refurbish the property. More...

Quick response

Randy Clay was sitting on his balcony at Cline's Landing just after noon on Thursday, Sept. 4, when he saw the rig supply vessel Sea Spirit make a quick turn between the jetties. More...

Scratches lead to boy's arrest for burglary

Port Aransas police say they've solved at least one burglary with the charging of a juvenile boy. Executive Lt. Darryl Johnson said police Sgt. Terry Syler was patrolling near Glendale and Station streets at 2:50 a.m. Sunday, Aug. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, AUG. 31 • 11:30 a.m. Deputies arrested a man for warrants in the 200 block of Oleander Street. • 2:30 p.m. A deputy arrested a man for public intoxication (PI) on the beach. • 8 p.m. More...

Woman is charged with trying to run over officer

An Athens woman is charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest after she allegedly tried to run over a police officer with her vehicle. More...

Free concert in the park Friday

There are still two Sunset Sounds free summer concerts scheduled. The next-to-last is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 12. The concert, from 7 to 9 p.m. More...

Atkinson benefit postponed

Friends and family of J.B. Atkinson of Port Aransas have organized a benefit dinner and auction to help him with medical expenses. It was scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Coast Club, 1023 State Hwy. 361, Suite A. More...

Pepper tree eradication meeting offered tonight

Those invasive Brazilian pepper trees are a problem for many Port Aransas property owners. Removing them will be the subject of a meeting today, Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers, 710 W. Ave. A. More...

Swimming pool maintenance to affect schedules

Seasonal maintenance at the Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool will continue through Friday, Sept. 19. The pool will remain open, but on a limited schedule on weekdays. More...

Thanking the troops

A group from Shapes for Women in Port Aransas made it their summer project to raise funds for care packages to be sent to troops overseas. More...

Chris Acosta returning from European service

Captain John C. (Chris) Acosta, a 1998 Port Aransas High School graduate, will return to the U.S. with his wife Megan, after being stationed in Germany for the past four years. Acosta served a tour of duty in Iraq in 2005 before reporting to U.S. More...

Music, art and fun

The September First Friday reception was held Friday, Sept. 5 at Art Center for the Islands. More...

Art center offers workshops

The Art Center for the Islands is offering a variety of workshops for the fall. Pre-registration and prepayment are required for some classes, and supply lists are available at the front desk at the art center. More...

Police allege excessive force used on Atkinson

BY MARY HENKEL JUDSON SOUTH JETTY EDITOR

The Nueces County grand jury may hear a complaint today, Thursday, Sept. 11, from the Port Aransas Police Department alleging excessive force in an assault on J.B. Atkinson. More...

Saturday art sale set

Art lovers will have the opportunity to find a deal on Saturday, Sept. 20, when the Art Center for the Islands will hold its Third Saturday Sale. From 10 a.m. More...

A view from the water

Photographed from the water, about 100 yards beyond the end of Horace Caldwell Pier, two surfers ride a wave generated by Hurricane Gustav on Monday, Sept. 1. That's the Sandcastle condominium in the background. More...

9/11 remembered

Seven years ago, terrorists struck the the World Trade Center in New York City. The attacks left impacts on Port Aransans and island institutions.
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Shade Vaughn, who grew up in Port Aransas, was living in New York City when terrorists crashed two airliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Center seven years ago today - on Sept. 11, 2001. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

MONDAY, SEPT. 1 •10 a.m. A vehicle was impounded when an officer stopped a suspicious vehicle at Pole 31 on the beach. • 10:38 a.m. More...

Sherwood: Arrest may start phone trail

BY MARY HENKEL JUDSON SOUTH JETTY EDITOR

A Corpus Christi man is in Nueces County jail on multiple charges after an early morning chase Wednesday, Sept. 3. Of particular interest to Precinct 4 Constable Bobby Sherwood, is a list of Port Aransas telephone numbers the man had with him. More...

Man charged with DWI following head-on wreck

A 31-year-old San Antonio man was charged with driving while intoxicated after being involved in a head-on collision on Friday, Sept. 5. More...

Man faces drug charges after early-morning chase

BY MARY HENKEL JUDSON SOUTH JETTY EDITOR

A Port Aransas man is in Nueces County Jail on two counts of possession of a controlled substance, one charge of possession of dangerous drugs and on a charge of evading arrest after an early morning chase Monday, Sept. 8. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER

Be on the lookout for banded red knots; safe passage wished for all

Once one of the most abundant of shorebirds, the handsome red knot has declined in population from 120,000 to 30,000 in 10 years. More...













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