Port Aransas, TX

PDF of print edition Pier design change proposed BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Port Aransas Mayor Claude Brown is proposing a design change to prevent the city-owned Charlie's Pasture Pier from again being heavily damaged if another large ship wake hits it. An unusually high wake from a passing ship ripped the first 25 feet of the pier's boardwalk away on Jan. 16. More ... DUCHESSES, DUKES AND QUEENS       The 2007-08 Port Aransas High School homecoming queen's court and escorts are assembled at Doyle Marek Gym at the halftime of the PAHS Marlins' basketball game against the Woodsboro Eagles on Friday, Jan. 25. More ... New software geared to boost PAISD students who are at risk BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Call it a supernova of educational possibilities. New computer software at Port Aransas High School is projected to help students with state-mandated testing, plus keep some pupils from dropping out and, in the process, may keep the school district from losing some state funding. More ... Piers under pressure J.P. Luby, Ancel Brundrett piers due repairs BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       SOUTH JETTY The Charlie's Pasture fishing pier isn't the only one in trouble in Port Aransas. Workers also have the J.P. Luby Fishing Pier on Roberts Point closed, and will soon begin working to repair damage to the Ancel Brundrett Pier at the north end of Station Street. More ... Mustang Beach Airport on the grow BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Port Aransas' Mustang Island Airport may be on the verge of stepping into a new life. City Manager Michael Kovacs said the city's airport board is reviewing draft requests for information from potential commercial developers who might come to the city and build additional facilities at the airpor... More ...