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November 6, 2008 / Island Life

'Honky Tonk Laundry' opens tomorrow

The new Port Aransas Community Theater production opens tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 7. "Honky Tonk Laundry" is a two-act play by Roger Beane starring Katie Crysup-Sikes and Marsha Owen. More...

Saturday sale to fund school

Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School will hold a garage sale to benefit the nonprofit school this Saturday, Nov. 8. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. shoppers may peruse the sale at the Trinity-bythe Sea Episcopal Church parish hall, 433 Trojan. More...

'Midwives' is the book club selection this month

If you're a fast reader you still have time to check out the book club selection. The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 11. More...

Drawing class

Porgy Wimberly, left, and Debbie Martz concentrate on their work Tuesday morning in Pat Dittberner's drawing class at the Art Center for the Islands. More...

Caden Lee is born to Parkinson, Johnson

Caden Lee Johnson was born on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at 4:36 p.m. at Corpus Christ Medical Center- Bay Area l, to Nick Johnson and Amber Parkinson of Aransas Pass. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 oz. and measured 20 ½ inches long. More...

JELM Center November Calendar

Monday 8 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 9:30 a.m. Line Dancing Pollock Center (Beginning Nov. 17) 10: a.m. Writer's Workshop JELM Library 1 p.m. Bridge JELM Library 1 p.m. Needlework JELM Crafts 7 p.m. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

Wishes, luck and 'gifts'

If you want to see a bird, try wishing for it. Sometimes it works. But being lucky isn't half bad either and, with a little work, you increase your chances of luck. And, I'll always take a gift. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER: TONY AMOS

Additions to Museum of Entanglement

It's been a rough week here for animals entangled in plastic and a not particularly smooth one for those of us at the ARK who disentangled them. More...

Whoops

The instructor for the raku pottery workshop at the Art Center for the Islands will be Ken Barnett. He was misidentified in a story in the Oct. 30 issue of the South Jetty. More...

Photos

David Sikes of Corpus Christi, above, photographs costumed contestants at the Fall Back Festival Saturday, Nov. 1. More...

Rotary offering flags for holidays

If you let the Port Aransas Rotary Club help you fly the stars and stripes on upcoming holidays, you can help fund college scholarships for Port Aransas High School seniors. More...

Check out the chicks!

Dressed as baby chickens on Halloween Night were, from left, Janice Roberts; Becky Dyer; Dyer's daughter, T.J. Collins; and Stephanie Kenigsberg. More...

Turtle auction to benefit ARK

Turtle fever is in the air. Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 7, will be the last opportunity to see the turtles of the Great Turtle Trail 2008 before they are sold at auction on Saturday, Nov. 8. More...

Blow-dart suspects charged

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The fourth and last suspect in a series of blow-dart attacks on birds surrendered himself to the Port Aransas Police Department on Monday, Nov. 3, a detective said. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, OCT. 12 • 5 P .M . A constable's deputy issued a citation for an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle on the beach. MONDAY, OCT. 13 • 12 P .M . More...

AT YOUR LIBRARY

Port Aransas library the place to search for holiday inspiration

BY KATHY CALDWELL, LIBRARY DIRECTOR

The joy of cooking! With the holidays around the corner many of us will be preparing for family gatherings, potluck dinners, office parties, etc. More...

All dressed up

Waitresses at the Island Cafe sported costumes at work on Halloween -- Friday, Oct. 31. More...

Yoga on beach is free Saturday

Join others who appreciate nature and the harmony of body and spirit at Yoga on the Beach this Saturday, Nov. 8. 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...

Toy Roundup to begin Friday

The 11th annual Port Aransas Emergency Services (EMS) Toy Roundup begins tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 7. Toy Roundup chairman Kristin Barton says that EMS is "desperate to find a location," to store toys. More...

Good things come on small canvasses

The Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St., will hold its First Friday reception tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 7, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. More...

Deadline early

The South Jetty newspaper will have an early deadline for Thanksgiving week. Letters to the editor must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, and all other submissions by noon that day. More...

PASTOR'S PEN

After the election, God is still God

As I am writing this, America is wondering who the next president will be. As you are reading this, we should have a new president. What I have come to understand is that whoever has won, the outcome is not going to change God. More...

Art, computer centers seek to work under a single roof

BY MICHAEL CARY SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

A handful of artists make headway with their own works of art under the tutelage of drawing class teacher Pat Dittberner in the classroom at the Art Center for the Islands in Port Aransas. More...

JELM programs resume for season

Let the games (and activities, workshops, parties, dancing, classes, etc.) begin! The Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) Center, 129 S. Alister St., is back in action. More...

Trying to tell us something

Laughing gulls draw attention to this sign posted on the beach near the south jetty recently. More...

Garden party

Kathy Reynolds, left, Jane Krone and Shirlee Page put a little sweat equity into the landscape in front of the Port Aransas Community Center on Alister Street. Four new gas lamps were erected by the city recently. More...

Starting with a bang

Kash Ousley, 13, of Port Aransas, shot this eight-point buck on Saturday, Nov. 1, while hunting with his dad, Troy Ousley, in Goliad the first weekend of deer season. More...

KPAB to host plant swap day

Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) will host a Plant Swap/Reuse/ Recycle Day on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Roberts Point Park. From 9 a.m. More...

Art Center sets Third Saturday

Art lovers will have the opportunity to appreciate a variety of media and shop for a deal on Saturday, Nov. 15, when the Art Center for the Islands will hold its Third Saturday Sale. From 10 a.m. More...

Noon water class offered for adults

The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department has added another session of adult water exercise classes. In addition to the classes on Tuesday through Friday at 8:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., another will be added at noon. More...

WIC to provide services in city

Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Nov. 10. They will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. More...

Banquet reservations due Friday

Citizen of Year to be named at Nov. 13 event

Sales of tables of eight and individual tickets for the annual banquet of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau are on "island time." However, since the Nov. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

MONDAY, OCT. 13 • 3:06 P .M . A 29-year-old man from San Diego, Duval County, was arrested for a county warrant for burglary after a traffic stopfor a seat belt violation in the 200 block of Avenue G. • 5:24 p.m. More...

First vote

Mirko Latkovic, one of Port Aransas' newest U.S. citizens, stood in line early Tuesday morning, Nov. 4, to cast his first vote in an election. Latkovic is pictured holding a cup of coffee and his voter registration card. More...

City marketing gas lamps

BY MICHAEL CARY SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

First do the math. It costs about $44 worth of electricity to produce 1 million British Thermal Units or one kilowatt hour of electricity, which is equivalent to 100 cubic feet of natural gas. More...

Inspired by a classic

Artist Sherry Wooley of New Braunfels paints a portrait of the historic Tarpon Inn recently. Wooley said her grandfather, the late Gordon Bostwick, had a tarpon scale mounted on the famous lobby wall at the inn decades ago. More...

Voting day

Several Port Aransas voters lined up before the 7 a.m. Tuesday scheduled opening of the Precinct 19 polling site at the Port Aransas Community Center. More...