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March 12, 2009 / Island Life

Fashion, island style

A big crowd enjoyed the Port Aransas Garden Club Style Show on Wednesday, March 4, at the Port Aransas Civic Center. More...

PACT to hold auditions for 'Dinner with Friends'

The Port Aransas Community Theatre will hold auditions for its upcoming production of "Dinner With Friends," by Donald Margulies, this weekend. The play will be directed by live-theater veteran Michelle Guarino, of Kingwood. More...

Winter Texans of the Year named

Many Winter Texans in Port Aransas do more than their share of volunteer work. Sharon and Robert Morford go above and beyond the usual, and so were named 2008-09 Winter Texans of the Year at the JELM Center. More...

JELM Center March Calendar

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 12:30 p.m. More...

Fundraisers

Port Aransas Relay for Life Walk

Friday, April 24, 2009 Roberts Point Park For information about Relay for Life, events or fundraisers, call event chair Lisa Shelton at (361) 249-6792. For team information, call team captain chair Sanda Anderson at 749-2348. More...

Parrot heads set phlocking

The Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will hold their monthly phlocking and happy hour on Thursday, March 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Blue Tuna, 110 W. Oaks. More...

On the beach

LaVernia High School senior Chance McGrath built a fire to keep warm overnight while his friends, Sierra and Amanda Parsons, also of LaVernia HS, planned to stay overnight in a beachfront condominium with their mother, who chaperoned a Spring Break More...

Cookin' up ideas

Marilyn Cook, left, illustrates a point at the Art Center for the Islands' Spring Break Youth Art Camp 2008, to Katie Strain, center, and Maggie Strain, right. Registration for the 2009 camp began last week. More...

Family fun

Manuel Reyes (in hat) enjoyed a day on the beach with his son-in-law, Austin Cain, his daughter, Laura Cain, and his wife, Janie. More...

Drawing winners

George Armandus won the iPod Touch, and Sue Fudger was the winner of the Toshiba laptop computer that were prizes in the Port Aransas Computer Club's recent drawing. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER: TONY AMOS

Worrisome leech

An event happens in your everyday life: you think it's an unusual happening but with over six billion people having everyday lives on this planet, chances are someone else has had the same thing happen to them, maybe many, many other people. More...

Adult tennis slated Saturday

Adult tennis for fun, typically held on Friday mornings, has been moved to Saturday, March 14, rather than Friday, March 13. The change is for this week only because the courts will be in use by the school on Friday. More...

Port Aransas surfers win honors

The Board House Surf Team of Port Aransas and several Mustang Island residents took honors at a surf contest at Horace Caldwell Pier Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8. More...

Very funny!

Collins clowns for Driscoll Children's Hospital kids

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Karen Collins is such a clown! Literally. Collins, of Port Aransas, is one of the newest members of Clowns Who Care - about two dozen women who are members of the Auxiliary to Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi. More...

Blood drive

City employee Jerrid Ward was a first-time blood donor during a visit by the bloodmobile to city hall from the Coastal Bend Blood Center. Cassidy Clifton set up the blood draw apparatus and gave Ward a t-shirt to thank him for his generosity. More...

Nueces County set to launch roundup of traffic fines, court fees delinquents

BY MICHAEL CARY SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Traffic fine scofflaws in Nueces County will have a grace period until 7 p.m. Friday, March 20, before law enforcement officers will begin rounding them up. More...

Man held for assault, robbery

Trey Alan Nunley, a 25-year-old resident of Port Aransas, was taken into custody on Tuesday, March 10, and is being held in the Nueces County Jail on separate bonds. More...

Donley touts responsible leadership

Place 1, City Council

Candidate for Place 1 on the Port Aransas City Council, Keith Donley has released the following statement. "It has been my honor to serve as your Place 1 City Councilman since May of 2007. More...

In the cat seat

You never know what you'll see on the beach in Port Aransas as Spring Break approaches. On Sunday, March 8, this man was pedaling along the shore near Horace Caldwell Pier with his cat perched atop a seat in tow. More...

Plentiful pelicans

Several brown pelicans perch and preen on an outcropping of rocks at the base of the south jetty, near the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. More...

'Social Security' held over again at PACT

The Port Aransas Community Theatre production of "Social Security" is being held over yet again. This is good news for audiences and for Relay For Life. More...

Dance into spring at the JELM center

Kick up your heels at the JELM Center Spring Dance, Wednesday, March 18, at 6 p.m.. Tickets are on sale now for $5 each at the JELM office, 129 S. Alister St. More...

Beach yoga set for Saturday

Stake your claim on health and serenity at Yoga on the Beach, Saturday, March 14. 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...

PASTOR'S PEN

He wants us to be like Him

In my last article, I mentioned our new series, "God As Himself." In this series we have launched into four characteristics of God: God is love, God is holy, God is triune, and God is omniscient (all knowing). More...

Sea turtle needs satellite tag

Judy is ready to go home and she needs our help. She was found stranded on the Padre Island National Seashore in September, 2008. More...

Turicchis announce baby's birth

Kandice Sherrill and Zach Ross Turicchi of Port Aransas announce the birth of their daughter, Colibri Sabine. The couple's first child was born at 1:46 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, at Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bay Area in Corpus Christi. More...

March Calendar of events

Third Saturday Art Sale, March 21, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Workshops and classes: • MARCH 13 - 15: "BEYOND THE SNAPSHOT," 3-DAY PHOTO WORKSHOP, 9 - 4:30 • MARCH 16 - 20: SPRING BREAK YOUTH ART CAMP, GRADES 3-5. MON-FRI,1-3:30 PM. More...

Center offers youth art camp

The Art Center for the Islands is the place for budding artists to be during Spring Break. More...

Writing contest gets no entries

The Texas Laughing Gull Writing Contest, sponsored by the Art Center for the Islands, was cancelled due to an insufficient number of entries. Entry fees already paid will be refunded. More...

Election Calendar

March 10 .... First day to receive applications for mailed ballots March 17 Last day to withdraw March 18 .......Drawing for ballot order March 25 .....First day to send ballots to be voted by mail April 9 ..... More...

Arnold to demo woodcarving

Charlie Arnold will discuss and demonstrate woodcarving at the Brown Bag lecture on Wednesday, March 18. The presentation will begin at noon in the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St. More...

H.G. Olsen continues book fair

The H.G. Olsen Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization and Scholastic, Inc. Book Fair will continue through tomorrow, Friday, March 13, in the elementary school library, 100 N. More...

Sold!

Tony Amos, director of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep, or ARK, hands a life ring to Winter Texan Terri Ochoa, of Aurora, Colo., after Ochoa bought the flotation device at Amos' annual Beach Treasures Sale on Saturday, March 7. More...

Beach Dash Winners

from Port Aransas

A total of about 483 registered for the event held Feb. 28, of which 403 actually competed. Below are winners from Port Aransas. Kids who ran in the Kids' Dash are all winners, and all get medals. More...

Big rig

Hundreds of people gathered along the shore in Port Aransas to watch the mammoth Thunder Hawk, a semi-submersible oil and gas production facility, make its way slowly through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and the Aransas Pass, as it was pushed an More...

Port Aransas celebrates past

STAFF PHOTOS BY MURRAY JUDSON

Port Aransas celebrated the history and heritage of the community at the Old Town Festival on Saturday, March 7. The event inlcuded a parade, story telling by island old-timers, online, silent and live auctions and activities for kids. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

SUNDAY, MARCH 1 8:01 p.m. • A 35-year-old Port Aransas man was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and was cited for no driver's license in the 500 block of Alister Street. MONDAY, MARCH 2 11:49 p.m. More...

CONSTABLE'S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

MONDAY, MARCH 2 7:57 a.m. • A deputy arrested a man for driving while license invalid and fictitious registration in addition to a citation for no insurance at the intersection of Cut-off Road and Cotter Avenue. More...

UTMSI hosting geologist Watson for free lecture

Tonight, Thursday, March 12, the University of Texas Marine Science Institute will host a free public lecture by consulting geologist Dr. Richard Watson. His talk, titled "Hurricane Ike Wiped Entire Towns off of the Map. More...

Price says her experience valuable

PAISD Board of Trustees, Place 1

Margaret Price, candidate for Place 1 on the Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees, has released the following statement. More...

Appling unoppposed in re-election bid

PAISD Board of Trustees, Place 7

Ann Appling, candidate for re-election to Place 7 on the Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees, released the following statement. More...

City confident Charter will emerge stronger after filing for bankruptcy

BY MICHAEL CARY SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Port Aransas City Manager Michael Kovacs said he and other city officials are optimistic about the financial health of Charter Communications, which provides television cable access and more recently high speed Internet service to the city's reside More...

FOR THE BIRDS

Bird behavior reveals complex nature

Many of us spend much of our lives outside of nature, not outside in nature. But, in times of stress or anxiety we seek out nature. More...