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October 9, 2008  RSS feed


Ike's shifting sands:
City moves sand toward dunes to accommodate beach drivers
Hurricane Ike sheared some sand dunes on the beach and exposed numerous sections of dune walkovers past the vegetation line. It also piled a lot of sand onto the beach and adjacent to the dune line, and the city recently bulldozed some of it toward the water and spread it around to keep motorists on the beach from getting stuck in piles of soft sand. More...
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Jimmy and Shirley Barr of Port Aransas react to an invitation to have a jello shot during the eighth annual South Texas Music Fest and Chili, Bean and Barbecue Cook-off on Saturday, Oct. 4. Instead of jello shots, the couple was greeted by a rubber cobra. More...

Storm costs still being calculated
BY MICHAEL CARY SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Hurricane Ike's estimated damage toll could be as high as $22 billion, making it the third costliest hurricane on record, behind Katrina and Andrew, according to National Geographic Magazine. Nueces County officials haven't tallied the final tab for Hurricane Ike's landfall in the Coastal Bend Area, but Port Aransas will be considered a part of the entire picture. More...

 Island Life
• article has image Show debuts new amphitheater
Friday, Oct. 10, will be the last opportunity to enjoy the free Sunset Sounds concert series, and the first opportunity to enjoy the new Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park. The concert, from 7 to 9 p.m. More...
• Girl to hold big drawing for charity
• Book club to discuss Mortenson
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 Youth
• Comptroller offers prepaid tuition fund
The Texas Tuition Promise Fund — a new prepaid college tuition program that lets families start paying for college tuition now, based on prices determined by today's tuition rates, has been announced by State Comptroller Susan Combs. More...
• article has image Tools of education
• article has image EDUCATION NOTES
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 Fishing
• article has image The best of everything
Chris Burns, left, of Port Aransas pauses with a copy of the South Jetty while catching and releasing a striped marlin in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Byron Pratt, far right, also of Port Aransas, does the same, assisted by the deckhand. These two and Randy Burns of Port Aransas fished aboard the Bob Marlin while on a "post, post-Ike fishing trip," according to Burns. More...
• article has image Landlubbers for a day
• article has image FISHING REPORT
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 Sports
• article has image PAHS gym floor gets new look
Refinished surface topped off with new logo
The Port Aransas High School Marlins and Lady Marlins will have a freshly refurbished gym floor when basketball season starts in November. Jelco, an Austin firm, recently finished giving the Doyle Marek Gym floor a shiny facelift that includes bold new graphics. More...
• article has image Sting 'em, Stingrays!
• Port Aransas Youth Soccer League
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 Island Agenda
• article has image Island Agenda
DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway, offers swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Mondays for swimming, 1- 6 p.m., and more. Call 749-2416 for information. • Free use of Computer Center, Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturd ay 10 a.m. - 2 p .m. More...
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