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Dogs and cats that have not yet received initial or annual rabies shots will have the opportunity to do so at a reduced cost this week. They should bring their masters (unless they have their own money) and their veterinary records to the rabies clinic at 319 Beach St. More ...
The Art Center for the Islands will hold its First Friday reception tomorrow, May 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister. The exhibit will feature the Hot Shots group photography throughout the month. The public is invited to peruse the photo exhibit, socialize and enjoy live music... More ... Kids invited to audition for PACT's summer production A casting call has been issued by the Port Aransas Youth Theater for the upcoming production of "Godspell, Jr." The summer musical production will cast 14 to 18 characters, all between the ages of eight and 18. Auditions will be held at the Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, on ... More ... Songwriters to showcase work For fans of fresh original music under the stars, Tarpon Inn Courtyard, 200 E. Cotter, is the place to be on Monday, May 19. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, cooler and the kids to the 25th annual Songwriter's Showcase. Music starts at 7 p.m. More ... Chamber offers free shredding Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce Tourist Bureau members are invited to clean up their offices this week by shredding old documents. Island Shred Day is tomorrow, Friday, May 2. More ...
Northshore Title held its grand opening celebration on Thursday, April 24, at its new location, 2106 State Hwy. 361, Suite B. It is the newest of seven locations in the area. Attending the ribbon cutting are, from left, Teresa Clanton, Deana Rouquette Hickman, Matt Martini, Sally Vetters, owner Dr... More ...
Are you blessed? This is a question I think we all need to ask ourselves. Am I blessed? God says I'm blessed, but do I really believe I am? There are many scriptures in the Bible that tell me I'm blessed, so what am I doing to live a blessed life. I tell people that a blessed life is most often in your attitude. Y... More ... No May KPAB meeting Keep Port Aransas Beautiful, Inc. will not have a meeting in May. Meetings will resume in June. KPAB chairman Carol Woodfin said the Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup on Saturday, April 26, More ...
Get local gardening tips at library Throughout the year, and especially in the spring, we have visitors and locals come into the library inquiring about the different plants growing in the area. One of the best identification guides we have in the library collection is a beautiful, two-volume photographic album created by the Port A... More ... Adult teams may register for summer softball Adults who want to "batter up" this summer need to get their teams together and register by Sunday, May 18. The Port Aransas Softball League begins the season May 20, and will continue for the next 12 weeks, with the last two weeks being play-offs. More ...
Mayoral candidates Claude Brown, Charlie Zahn BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER One mayoral candidate believes this city administration has done a good job of keeping promises, and wants to continue that. The other would like to see the city become more proactive, with plans in place for future controlled growth. More ...
PAISD Trustees, Place 2 Mike Garlough, Chuck Borders BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER One candidate for the Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees Place 2 is Mike Garlough, who on one hand runs on the strength of an incumbent, but has little experience as a trustee. His opponent is Chuck Borders, who on one hand is a veteran of school and city panels, but was d... More ...
Incumbent Lorraine Stern and challenger Jay Jones are running for Place 3 on the Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees. More ...
City department heads are competing with animal control officer Jim Williams to come up with graphics that meet city council expectations. The animal control truck is the only one so far that's gotten approval from Mayor Claude Brown. He's accepting ideas for vehicle graphics from other city depar... More ...
Port Aransas police officers said goodbye - again - to Frankie Slaughter on Monday, April 28. Slaughter, who has nearly 30 years of police work altogether, retired as the Port Aransas police records clerk on that day. More ... POLICE BLOTTER CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TUESDAY, APRIL 22 • 2:22 A.M . An officer charged a man in the 500 block of East Avenue G with public intoxication (PI). • 8:05 a.m. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews took a sick person from the 400 block of Trojan Drive to an Aransas Pass hospital. More ... Three walk away from multiple-vehicle wreck The drivers of three vehicles involved in an accident at State Hwy. 361 and Royal Sands Street on Saturday, April 26, escaped without injury, though all three of the vehicles suffered moderate damage. Police reports show that Cody Boyd James, 18, of San Antonio, was southbound in a Toyota Tundra ... More ... Motorcyclist leads police on chase into, out of city A Corpus Christi man is charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and with felony evading a police officer in a motor vehicle after a high-speed chase that started in Corpus Christi and roared along the beach in Port Aransas before ending. More ... CONSTABLE'S BEAT NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 SUNDAY, APRIL 20 • 2:25 P .M . A deputy cited a person on the beach for minor in possession of alcohol. • 2:35 p.m. A person on the beach was cited for minor in possession of alcohol. TUESDAY, APRIL 22 • 5:30 P .M . More ... Doubles players to mix it up in round robin tournament Head for the school courts on Station Street on Saturday morning, May 3, for a round robin mixed doubles tennis tournament. Entry fee is a can of new tennis balls - players don't even need a partner. Visitors are especially welcome to join residents for the monthly "just for fun" tournament. More ... Child is hospitalized after fall from balcony Saturday A four-year-old San Antonio boy is hospitalized this week after he apparently fell from a second-story balcony at a motel on Saturday, April 26. More ...
Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) Director Tony Amos, left, and volunteer Lee Harrison push to get a loggerhead turtle into Amos's pickup truck fto be taken to the ARK for rehabilitation. The turtle was spotted floating in the surf and was ill, Amos said. He estimated its age at about 15 years. More ... ArtFest shopping at Tarpon Inn is set for May 17-18 Art lovers and shoppers unite! The Art Center for the Islands is holding its third annual ArtFest on Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ArtFest, held in the courtyard of the historic Tarpon Inn, 200 E. Cotter, provides an opportunity to peruse fine arts and crafts in an hi... More ... Yoga on Beach is set to unfold at pier May 10 Rejuvenate mind and body in the salt air at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, May 10. Nancy Myers will instruct the free class beginning at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. The public is invited to attend the class held the second Saturday of the month. More ...
German business exchange visitors listen at the CCA Texas Laboratory for Larviculture as graduate student Ken Webb, left, explains how fish larvae are raised in tanks at The UT-Austin Marine Science Institute's Fishieries and Mariculture Laboratory. More ...
Checking out marine debris in Hawaii I'm on the 10th floor of the 37-floor Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel looking out at Diamond Head on one side and long lines of fairly big surf on a brilliant blue Pacific Ocean on the other. (Looking up from the ground floor to the top of this hotel, I cannot imagine what the proposed building ... More ...
This team of birders weathered wind and rain on Sunday, April 27, to count 107 species. The counters were participating in the Big Sit, part of the Great Texas Birding Classic that is a weeklong bird count along the Gulf coast. More ...
Organizers exceed $50,000 goal by $12,000 Staff photos by Dan Parker With the air full of music, dozens of people camping in tents and a festival-like feel all around, the event almost had the vibe of a Grateful Dead concert. But the stars of this show were more like the Grateful-tobe Alive. More ...
Playwright Perry Steele Patton of Los Angeles paid a surprise visit to the cast of 'A Breath of Dusty Air' on Thursday, April 24. Connie Beane, who played the lead character, Ima Jean Walker, said Patton was pleased with the performance. Perry, second from right, signed playbooks for the cast, fro... More ...
MORE THAN 30 YEARS LATER BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER It was almost more than J.R. Jones bargained for. A couple of years ago he planned to take his science students from King High School in Corpus Christi to St. Josephs Island as part of the spring beach cleanup. More ...
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER Weather may have kept some potential cleaners away, but the 148 who showed up on Saturday, April 26, on what had promised to be a dreary weekend morning still managed to collect more than 1 ½ tons of trash from Mustang and San Jose islands. More ... GED to close, party set for ex-students Officials with the General Education Development (GED) and Literacy Program invite current and former students to a party to observe the closing of the program housed at Community Presbyterian Church. The party will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 15, at the GED classroom at the church's... More ...
Spring migration continues Upon the arrival of the chestnutsided and the bay-breasted warblers, some of our friends have expressed their deep sadness. You might wonder why, for these are truly some of the most beautiful warblers that nature's paintbrush has produced. The sadness comes because these arrivals signal the "begi... More ...
Part 2 By Mike Firestone Special to the South Jetty Editor's note: This is Part 2 of the adventures of Ken Dunton's and Mike Firestone's experience in the BP MS 150 from Houston to Austin to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. We arrive in LaGrange at 2 p.m., approximately seven hours after the start. More ... |
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