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The Art Center for the Islands will host its First Friday reception Friday, Oct. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 323 N. Alister. The October exhibit will feature "Splendor in the Glaze," a group pottery show, and paintings by Susan Adams. Socialize and enjoy live music and refreshments while perusing the art. More ... The people will have their say at the eighth annual South Texas Music Fest - Chili, Bean and Barbecue Cook-off on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4. The event, to benefit the Jody Mc- Cormick Scholarship Fund, will feature People's Choice awards for the first time in addition to the usual cooking and showmanship awards. More ... Keep Port Aransas Beautiful will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m. in the JoAnn Kroll meeting room in the Ellis Memorial Library, 710 W. Ave. A. The board and all interested members and guests are invited to participate. More ... The Port Aransas Community Theatre is gearing up for its January production of "Fourth of July." Auditions will be held at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, on Oct. 6, 7, and 8, at 7 p.m. Those auditioning should come prepared to read and sing. More ... Psalms 1:-6 "...his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he mediates day and night..." The Psalms are rich and beautiful, rewarding to us because they are diverse, personal expressions of men in their walk before God. I've found their directness, dignity, and simplicity to be helpful in strengthening my own prayer life. More ... The coming of fall, and the birds just kept on coming. The concept of arrivals, of things coming - is stuck in my mind. The autumnal equinox came on Sept. 22, the start of fall birding trips came on Sept. 27. New birds came every day, and new experiences came along with these things. More ... Port Aransas streets were filled with cyclists participating in the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce's annual Conquer the Coast bicycle ride on Saturday, September 27. The 65-mile ride included a scenic ride over the Harbor Bridge, then through Portland, Ingleside, Aransas Pass and across the ferries to Port Aransas. More ... Get some fresh air and sunshine while helping out the community Saturday, Oct. 4, at the 16th annual Port Aransas Sand and Surf Beach Run, benefiting the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM). It is sponsored by the Community Presbyterian Church. More ... Tim Smallwood of Port Aransas slashes across the top of a wave near Horace Caldwell Pier on Friday, Sept. 26. Long, glassy waves up to four feet high that day attracted a few dozen surfers to the pier -- a hotspot for surfing in Port Aransas. More ... The last in the Sunset Sounds concert series will be the first event to christen the new Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park on Friday, Oct. 10. The concert, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion in Roberts Point Park, will feature Shirley Fischer and the Mixed Nuts. More ... Every weekday, Cliff Strain commutes from his Port Aransas home to Corpus Christi, where he teaches marine science to students at Flour Bluff Intermediate School. In August, his commute got about 3,680 miles longer. From Aug. More ... The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the home of Patty and Scott Eggleston, located at 230 12th St., as September's residential yard of the month. More ... The Tarpon Ice House, 315 N. Alister St., will host a domino tournament to benefit the Port Aransas Food Pantry tonight, Thursday, Oct. 2. The tournament, open to all ages, will begin at 7:15 p.m. and go until there is one final winner. The entry fee is $5. More ... Business briefs features top level management additions, changes or promotions, professional continuing education or other business news that is not classified as marketing. Deadline for submissions is 10 a.m. Monday for the following Thursday's edition. Submit information and photos to southjetty@centurytel.net or mail to South Jetty, P.O. More ... Yoga instructor Nancy Myers will be giving a free Yoga on the Beach class on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 8 a.m. Participants should bring a towel or mat, and meet at Horace Caldwell Pier. The monthly class, open to the public, is sponsored by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. More ... What to read next? As creatures of habit, some of us book lovers tend to stick to the same authors. If you are looking for a new author or a new genre to try, there are many online resources available that offer reading lists and recommendations. Three popular sites are bookspot.com, readingroupguides. com and bookbrowse. com. More ... Port Aransas nonprofit groups are invited to apply for grants from Clarke M. Williams Charitable Foundation. CenturyTel, Inc. will accept applications for the grant until Friday, Oct. 31. The foundation was established by Clarke M.Williams and CenturyTel with the belief that companies have an obligation to improve the quality of life where they do business. More ... A new poetry group is forming. The Art Center for the Islands and the Laughing Gull Writing Contest hope to begin meetings in October, and meet once a month, if enough interest is expressed. Plans are to have a study, writing and sharing section at each meeting. Janine Van Patten will lead. More ... Due to a production error, the last few words of a story on page 5A about accessory dwelling units were omitted from last week's edition of the South Jetty. The last paragraph quoting building official Joe Lamb was: "You can't build affordable housing here unless you do this, and we've got to do something," Lamb said. More ... Nancy Clarke enjoys having parties for her friends and neighbors in her landscaped yard on Tarrant Street. When her neighbor, Renee Gamel, read that Port Aransas residents were getting set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Night Out beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, she called the police department to register for the event. More ... The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for Rockport resident Larry Tate. Tate, 34, disappeared in the surf near Beach Marker 61 on Monday, Sept. 22. The U.S. Coast Guard searched until dark that day and continued the next day before ending efforts. More ... MONDAY, SEPT. 22 • 4:11 p.m. Two Port Aransas Police Department officers responded to a civil disturbance call in the 2700 block of 11th Street and arrested a man for two outstanding municipal court warrants. • 10:22 p.m. More ... SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 • 12:38 a.m. A deputy arrested a subject for warrants at Avenue G and the beach. • 1 p.m. A deputy arrested a subject for minor in possession on the beach. TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 • 8 p.m. Theft reported at Horace Caldwell pier. More ... In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the three witches predict doom for the monarchy when "Burnham Wood comes to Dunsinane." Of course this couldn't happen: Burnham Wood was one place, Dunsinane was another; how could they meet? The impossible happened in literature,* and something similar happened here last week when "Bolivar Peninsula came to the Coastal Bend. More ... I've been on the job hunt here in Detroit. It's like hunting for penguins in Beaumont -- curious, not fruitful. The economic problems facing much of the country now have been in the works here for a while, so Detroiters have a funny fatalism about it. Around here, things won't get much worse. More ... Gina Stimson was walking her 6- year-old boxer, Dakota, home from a 3-mile trek on the beach on Sunday, Sept. 7. As Stimson and Dakota approached their home on Sea Secret, a neighbor's pit bull terrier slipped its leash and attacked the boxer. More ... South Jetty reporter Dan Parker will be among seven graduates of Aransas Pass High School who will be inducted into the Aransas Pass ISD District Hall of Fame at a reception today, Thursday, Oct. 2. The reception at 4:30 p.m., will be at Compton Hall. More ... Hurricane Ike gaveth. Clean-up workers tooketh away. City workers and dozens of volunteers combined to remove tons of debris from Port Aransas beaches over the past 10 days. Much of the debris drifted here after being cast into the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricane Ike, which ripped through the Galveston area on Sept. 13. More ... The eight cottonwood trees that former Tarpon Inn owner James Atwill planted in 1981 were removed last week at the order of the inn's new proprietor. Lee Roy Hoskins, a businessman from George West, hired the High Point Tree Service Co. More ... |
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