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The Art Center for the Islands will host a First Friday reception on July 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. This month's exhibit will showcase the winning photographs from the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest. The reception, to be held at the art center, 323 N. Alister St., will feature the wildlife and h... More ... Sunset Sounds will feature bluegrass band The Sunset Sounds free summer concert series continues tomorrow night, Friday, July 11. The concert, from 7-9 p.m. at the Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion in Roberts Point Park, will feature Johnson Grass, an American bluegrass band. More ... WIC representatives due in Port Aransas Monday Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, July 14. Situated at the Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St., they will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For questions or an appointment, call (361) 767-777... More ...
It's opening night for Godspell Jr, the current Port Aransas Community Theater (PACT) production. Beginning tonight, Thursday, July 10, PACT will perform Godspell Jr, a Broadway Junior musical production depicting the stories of John the Baptist, Jesus and Judas. More ... Speech on global climate change will be Schweppe lecture tonight The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) is hosting the last of four of the 2008 Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecture Series in Marine Science. Dr. Brian Fry, a professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University in Baton Roug... More ... Yogis will seek serenity on the beach Saturday Join others in the quest for strength and serenity at Yoga on the Beach this Saturday, July 12. 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 mont... More ...
Chicago, Illinois, is vast. The people and the subway and the city all sprawl out in a big unbroken grid of busy sidewalks and brownstone houses. You can get on the train at the center of the city, and it takes you 40 minutes to careen out to the suburbs where the O'Hare airport lies. More ...
Chance Hennig scoops ducklings out of his uncle's pool on 12th Street on Tuesday, July 1, as neighbors (from left) Des Kidd, Kai Kidd, Ashby Snow and Pablito Snow help out. A black-bellied whistling duck waddled up from a nearby pond, got into the pool and was followed by the ducklings. The duckli... More ... Car wash to benefit softball team Twelve-year-old Savannah Ortiz already did her part to help her fast-pitch softball team qualify for national competition. Now she wants to do her part to raise funds to get the team to the games in Harlingen later this month. More ... Sprinkle earns recognition Former island resident Gina N. Murray-Sprinkle, formerly of Port Aransas, recently earned the Professional Community Association Manager designation from the Community Associations Institute. She is one of 1600 managers nationwide to receive this recognition. More ... New digs for NERR The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) has officially gotten another $3.5 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help build a headquarters building for the Mission Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). More ...
A brown pelican opens his mouth wide in anticipation of a free meal while competitors tossed back fish after perch nearby, after the 73rd annual Deep Sea Roundup's piggy perch contest at Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor on Saturday, July 5. More ...
Pirates invaded Mustang Island on Sunday, July 6 -- but in a good way. The Black Dragon, a 75-foot steel replica of a Spanish galleon, made a stop at Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor, on its way to its home at Port Isabel. The ship recently was built at a shipyard in Florida, and its sea trials took... More ...
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER A car that seats two comfortably, has cargo space in the back and has acceleration that - while not head-snapping - is certainly enough for everyday driving? How smart is that? Pretty smart, but not as smart as the 47 miles per gallon his new Smart car gets, said Bill Rogers, owner of the first... More ...
On his way to a nearby waiting ambulance, a man is taken away on a gurney after a fall at a home construction site at Roberts and Laurel streets on Thursday, July 3. More ... Man hurt in cycle wreck is recovering A Port Aransas man was hospitalized but awake and alert a few days after suffering head injuries in a traffic accident on Alister Street. Joseph Whitney "T-Joe" Miguez Jr., 48, was taken by a HALO Flight helicopter from Port Aransas to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in Corpus Christi. More ... POLICE BLOTTER CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, JUNE 30 • 10:08 A.M . The burglary of a building was reported in the 200 block of West Cotter Avenue. • 2:42 p.m. At the scene of a minor accident at Avenue G and Alister Street, a motorist was arrested on an outstanding municipal court warrant. More ... Chamber backs new Christmas tree, decorations for Roberts Point Park Think Christmas in July. Sprucing up Roberts Point Park for the Christmas season is a goal of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce- Tourist Bureau. The first step was a meeting with nonprofit organizations on Tuesday, July 8. More ... COAST GUARD SIGNALS COAST GUARD STATION PORT ARANSAS FRIDAY, JULY 4 • 4:09 P .M . Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a call from the Police Department reporting a missing child off the beach near Avenue G. A 41-foot utility boat was launched with a crew of five, as well as a vehicle on the beach. The child was found by a Coast Guards... More ... CONSTABLE'S BEAT NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 SUNDAY, JUNE 29 • 12:49 A.M . Deputies charged a man with public intoxication (PI) in the 700 block of Trout Street. • 11:15 a.m. At Horace Caldwell Pier, a driver was cited for illegal parking. More ... Whoops A photo of a town's skyline that ran on page 1B on July 3 incorrectly identified the town. The town was Dubrovnik, Croatia. More ...
The residents of Pioneer RV Resort celebrated Independence Day and Christmas together this year with a Christmas in July theme. Festivities included a parade, horseshoes tournament, washer tournament, sack race, tug-of-war, balloon toss, musical chairs, face painting and a piñata. More ...
Our waggin' tongues Do you ever say something and then wish you could crawl in a hole? If that is you, welcome to the rest of the world. We all say things that we wish we could take back, but once they are out of our mouths, there is no turning back. In James 3:8 it says the tongue is an unruly evil. In the message ... More ... Venture into the rainforest VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL TO BEGIN JULY 13 The Community Presbyterian Church, 129 S. Alister, will host a Rainforest Adventure vacation Bible school next week. Children from four years to sixth grade may attend. Classes are scheduled for Sunday, July13, through Friday, July 18, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. More ...
Ups and downs in birding Last week's birding was exciting, but full of ups and downs. At least two worries of mine were put to rest, or mostly to rest. One worry was our lack of least bittern. They say you don't miss the water till your well runs dry, and that was certainly true of the least bittern at the Leonabell T... More ...
Long-time Port Aransas fisherman Johnny "Cas" Casparis, center, celebrated his 100th birthday in San Antonio recently with the help of friends (from left) David McKee, Rick Tinnin and Mark McHugh. Casparis, who is well known to old-time anglers in the area, fished every Deep Sea Roundup from 1942 ... More ...
SMITH, RUMP ARE RECOGNIZED The 2008 Paul Harris Fellow Award recipient and Rotarian of the Year were presented and new officers were introduced at the awards banquet of the Port Aransas Rotary Cub on Saturday, June 26. The banquet was held at the Sand Castle Conference Center. More ...
JOHN FUCIK In a previous column on fertilizing island yards and landscapes, I'd mentioned the benefits of nitrogen-fixing plants, specifically singling out California bur-clover. The interim hasn't altered my opinion of its value in raising our island soils' fertility and tilth. How does it lift them? Let us... More ... Water in street not the result of a sewer failure Water standing on West Cotter Avenue over the Independence Day weekend wasn't the result of a drainage failure; instead, it was contractors trying to save some brand-new grass. Port Aransas Public Works Director Douglas Box said the sewer inlet in front of The Harbour, a condominium under constru... More ...
Mustang Island beaches are relatively clear of seaweed, but beach maintenance crews are still working to get seaweed off the beach near the south jetty. More ...
BILL SLINGERLAND The 1970's rock group, Three Dog Night, once sang "I've never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music." Well, I've never been to Spain, but I kind of like the food there. In college, after hours of studying in biology labs on Saturday, we would go to a popular wine and cheese restaurant, the ... More ...
TONY AMOS This is ducky season, the time of year when orphaned baby ducks seem to be found everywhere: In swimming pools, crossing highways, trapped in marinas or urban back yards. The ARK gets many of these birds to raise and release. They are not easy to raise, especially the black bellied whistling duck... More ... |
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