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Spend your lunch hour learning about our coastal environment. The next lecture in the Brown Bag Lecture Series will be Wednesday, Dec. 10. Beginning at noon in the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., W. More ... The Art Center for the Islands will hold its First Friday reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the art center, 323 N. Alister. The December exhibit will feature the annual Middle School and High School Student Art Show and Awards. The public is invited to peruse the exhibit, socialize and enjoy live music and refreshments. More ... Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Dec. 8. 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. Alister St. For questions or an appointment, call (361) 767-7777. More ... The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a free monthly movie night at the council chambers, 710 W. Ave. A. (Please note change in location). P.A. Movie Time this month is on Saturday, Dec. 13. The movies will continue through February. More ... A "phlocking" of the Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will be held Thursday (aka Thirstday), Dec. 11. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at Moby Dick's Restaurant, 517 S. Alister St. Interested Parrotheads will gather in the outside bar area that has been enclosed for the winter months. More ... There are many ways to give during the Christmas season and yearround. Port Aransas has its share of civic, youth, sports, animal, arts and other nonprofit organizations, many of which are run solely or primarily on charitable donations. Some are nationwide, some are unique to Port Aransas. More ... The Flats Lounge will hold its third annual Toy Run, in memory of "Big Jim" Madison, on Saturday, Dec. 13. Beginning at 3 p.m., toys and cash will be collected in exchange for a barbecue dinner cooked by Steve Coons. Madison began the Toy Run from his home years ago, and since his death the annual event is being continued at the Flats Lounge. More ... I suppose it all started by wanting to conduct a better Guadalupe River Delta Christmas Bird Count. Last year, Mad Island led the nation with the most species. Guadalupe River Delta placed second, only 10 species behind. We'd never been satisfied with our small river boat. We needed to find, buy and test a new-to-us used boat for our Guadalupe CBC. More ... Tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 5, is the deadline to submit your name for consideration as a nominee for the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce- Tourist Bureau board of directors. Chamber members will select three board members from six nominees in balloting scheduled for mid to late December. More ... The Texas Laughing Gull Writing Contest is seeking submissions for its sixth annual competition. The contest, sponsored by the Art Center for the Islands, includes writing in fiction, non-fiction and poetry categories. The first place prize in each category is $100, second place $50 and third place $25. More ... Educators who have worked alongside Dr. Sharon Doughty, who is poised to become the next superintendent of Port Aransas schools, say Doughty is an innovative leader who sets high goals for her students and workers but doesn't micro-manage. More ... The Port Aransas Garden Club has scheduled the last two gardening workdays of the season at the Port Aransas Community Center. Today, Thursday, Dec. 4 and tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 5, volunteers will work from 9:30 a.m. to noon. More ... Kelvi Ousley, 19, of Port Aransas, hunted near Goliad and bagged this heavy horned 11-pointer on Saturday, Nov. 22, while hunting with her dad Troy Ousley. More ... One of Port Aransas' newest residents is called Phoebe. "So?" you say. Well first, Phoebe is probably a male and is a great horned owl to boot. Although the boot in "to boot" has nothing to do with footwear (Google it!), we booted Phoebe out of the ARK a couple of months ago. More ... Bird watchers will break out the binoculars for the National Audubon Society's 109th annual Christmas Bird Count on Monday, Dec. 15. Port Aransas teams will count all the birds seen or heard within a 15- mile diameter radius that includes Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, Ingleside and parts of the Gulf of Mexico, Redfish and Aransas Bays. More ... Peggy Sexton had 12 barrels of fish offal - about 4,500 pounds - on her hands during the Thanksgiving holiday after cleaning fish at Capt. Kelly's Deep Sea Headquarters. And when she tried on Sunday, Nov. 30, to dump the mess of fish guts, scales, skin and bones at the city dump site, she found a dumpster already full and the gate locked. More ... The Port Aransas Museum will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, for the first open house and guided tour of the facility. The public is invited to meet next door to the museum at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. 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 ... A change in the economy and the bonds market has caused a change in the way Port Aransas will buy electricity. The Port Aransas City Council was on the verge of a third reading of an ordinance that would have had the city sign a 24-year agreement to purchase electric power from Cities Aggregation Power Project Inc. More ... A scuba diving trip to Belize about 15 years ago inspired fisheries scientist G. Joan Holt to learn more about how tropical fish, or ornamentals, survive from the larval stage to adulthood. She also was concerned that a fishing method for the tropical fish aquarium industry was destroying the coral reefs and other species where they are collected. More ... If you're filled with the Christmas spirit, why not share it with others? The theme for the 2008 Holiday Forest tree contest is "The True Spirit of Christmas." Share the spirit with the community by entering a tree in the Holiday Forest, sponsored by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. More ... One way to get into the holiday spirit is to decorate your home and/or business for Christmas, then call to enter the Christmas Lights Contest sponsored by the Port Aransas Garden Club. Residents and businesses may enter themselves, or anyone can enter someone else's home or business. More ... FRIDAY, NOV . 21 8:59 a.m. • An officer took a report of a motor vehicle burglary in the 1000 block of 10th Street. A DVD player was stolen from an unlocked automobile. 5:43 p.m. • A blue Ford F-150 pickup was reported after it damaged a palm tree in the 300 block of Avenue G. The report was listed as criminal mischief. More ... What is considered the sound of music to some people is the annoying sound of noise to other Port Aransas residents. More ... SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 12:50 a.m. • A subject was arrested for public intoxication (PI) in the 2600 block of State Hwy. 361. 4:50 p.m. • A citation for willful and wanton conduct was issued to a subject on the beach. 8:20 p.m. • Parents of a child lost on the beach were found and reunited with help from a deputy. More ... Rory and I have moved out of Royal Oak. We moved because I got sick of watching yuppies pop in and out of the doggy bakery, and of being stared at because I was neither married, not pregnant (unlike all the other women near my age), and also we were being persecuted by the police. More ... A girl drags her broken pail through the sand as she and her family pack up to head home after a visit to the beach near Horace Caldwell Pier on Tuesday, Nov. 25. More ... If you're looking for Christmas music and entertainment, take a look at the Community Presbyterian Church next week. They will present two Christmas programs. The annual Christmas Cantata will be performed on Sunday, Dec. 14, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. More ... Port Aransas EMS paramedic Greg Holland administers a free blood pressure test to Wanda Williams, of Lexington, Okla., and Port Aransas, at Joint Effort Leisure Ministries recently. Free blood pressure tests are provided beginning at 10 a.m. every Tuesday. More ... Take your list and check it off at the Presbyterian Women's annual Christmas Shop. The Christmas Shop will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Pollock Center behind the church at 113. S. Alister St. The annual event features a variety of items from frozen entrees to hand-made decorative items and a silent auction. More ... It is hard to believe that December is already here. This is the time of year that people can be really stressed. That being said, you need to remember that the reason we that the reason we celebrate Christmas is because of Jesus. More ... The Port Aransas Community Theatre will present "White Christmas 2004," a holiday musical retelling the story of the Christmas snow in 2004. Only two performances are scheduled, on Friday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 13, both at 7:30 p.m. More ... Judith B. Calhoun, M.M., of Port Aransas will perform in "The Chimes of Christmas," an organ recital, on Sunday, Dec. 14. The recital will begin at 4 p.m. at the Saint Patrick Catholic Church, 3350 S. More ... Steve and Erin Reaves announce the birth of their son, Ryan Stephen. The infant was born at 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Corpus Christi Medial Center-Bay Area. He weighed 7 pounds, seven ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. More ... If you ordered a poinsettia from Project Graduation, you will need to remember to pick it up. They will be ready and waiting in the Port Aransas High School gym foyer on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 to 11 a.m. More ... Monday 8 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 9:15 a.m. Beginner's Line Dancing Pollock Center 10 a.m. Writer's Workshop JELM Library 10:45 a.m. Advanced Line Dancing Pollock Center 10 a.m. Writer's Workshop JELM Library 1 p.m. More ... |
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