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In an artist’s rendering, this is a view from the northwest of what the new headquarters building of the Mission Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve could look like after it’s built on the grounds of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas. More ... The Legislature has moved to supply the latest influx of funding, $700,000, for the project to construct a headquarters building in Port Aransas for the Mission Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). The funding was part of the final 2010- 2011 budget approved by the Legislature on May 28. The budget awaits the signature of Gov. Rick Perry. The $700,000 provides the state match for $9.5 million in federal funding for the NERR headquarters. More ... Summertime + live music + outdoors + sunset + waterfront = Sunset Sounds in Port Aransas. The second Sunset Sounds concert of the season will be Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m. in the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park. Vickie Cross will perform gospel and country music. “The public is invited to bring a beverage, snacks and a blanket or beach chairs and enjoy an evening of free musical entertainment,” said Pam Greene from the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, which sponsors the event. More ... A proposed new lighting ordinance has suffered an abrupt power loss. The Port Aransas City Council voted 5-1 on Thursday, May 21, to table an ordinance aimed at reducing glare from outdoor lighting in town. Voting to table the matter were Mayor Claude Browne and council members Keith McMullin, Rick Pratt, Charles Bujan and Mike Hall. Council member Glenda Balentine voted against tabling it. “I think we need action,” she said later. “That’s why I didn’t want to table it.” Councilman Keith Donley was absent. More ... Vic Menard, a spokesman for the Nueces County Appraisal District, raises his hand while making a point during a forum held Saturday, May 30, for Port Aransas residents on how to appeal property tax appraisals. More than 50 people attended the forum at the Port Aransas Independent School District administration building. At left is Port Aransas City Councilman Keith McMullin, a real estate broker who helped conduct the meeting and made a presentation on how Realtors can help residents with tax appraisals. More ... Nueces County commissioners have agreed to a plan to lease the land occupied by a county-owned building in Port Aransas to the Art Center for the Islands. Commissioners voted unanimously on May 20 to make the move, but more hoops must be jumped if the art center ever is to occupy the mostly-new building that is envisioned for the property. More ... June 5: First Friday reception Workshops and classes: •Drop in and Draw: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $13.50 members, $15 non-members. •Soft Pastels or Oil Painting: Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to noon, $13.50 members, $15 nonmembers. Register now for summer youth art camps, June 15-19 and July 6-10, third through fifth graders. $15 per week. More ... An upcoming Texas Surf Museum exhibit will include photos of Port Aransans surfing Mustang Island waves. The exhibit, called “Big Shots – The Work of Texas Surf Photographers,” opens to the public at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, and concludes Oct. 31. The surf museum is at 309 N. Water Street, next-door to the Executive Surf Club, in downtown Corpus Christi. The exhibit will display more than 150 surfing-oriented photos shot by a dozen photographers from Port Aransas, Galveston, Houston, Corpus Christi, South Padre Island and Harlingen. More ... A helicopter lifts off at the Mustang Beach Airport, where business is booming. Airport manager Randy Hansen reported that 73 aircraft landed over Memorial Day week, and 80 the next week. Hansen said a typical summer week would see 40 to 50 aircraft. The airport can accommodate 45 aircraft at one time. He said he believes the traffic during the latter part of May is an ‘indicator that the whole summer is going to be busy.’ Most of the aircraft come in from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio or Austin, but there are always a few from Oklahoma, Canada, or anywhere in between. More ... Miscommunications from Allied Waste Industries recently have led some Port Aransas residents to believe recyclables no longer will be accepted when put on curbs in plastic bags, according to Robert Bradley, general manager of Allied Waste in Corpus Christi. Recyclables still will be picked up even if they’re in plastic bags, even though the company prefers that residents leave their paper, plastic and aluminum recyclables in the blue plastic bins provided by Allied Waste through Port Aransas City Hall, Bradley said. Miscommunications from Allied Waste Industries recently have led some Port Aransas residents to believe recyclables no longer will be accepted when put on curbs in plastic bags, according to Robert Bradley, general manager of Allied Waste in Corpus Christi. Recyclables still will be picked up even if they’re in plastic bags, even though the company prefers that residents leave their paper, plastic and aluminum recyclables in the blue plastic bins provided by Allied Waste through Port Aransas City Hall, Bradley said. More ... San Antonio residents have out-numbered visitors from other Texas cities to Port Aransas for years, although, Austin, Dallas and now Houston residents are catching up. Still, Port Aransas rates high as a weekend destination getaway for folks in the Alamo City. The proof is in the Silver designation awarded to Port Aransas in the San Antonio Express-News Readers’ Choice Awards announced in the Friday, May 29, edition. The Gold award went to Fredericksburg, a 45-minute jaunt from San Antonio. The Bronze went to Corpus Christi. More ... Start the summer off healthy at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, June 13. 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. The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department sponsors the program. Call 749-4158 for more information. More ... Jim Lucas, from left, Joan Holt, Georgia Neblett, Debra Wilbanks Williams, Joy Morrow, Barbara Smith and Ann Bracher Vaughan live it up while contributing the Art Center for the Islands’ Fiesta de Mayo on Thursday, May 14. As a result of Fiesta de Mayo fundraising dinner and auction, ArtFest and the 26th Annual Songwriter’s Showcase, the center raised a little over $16,000 during May. More ... Most boat titling and registration fees will increase by five percent on Sept. 1, as well as hunting and fishing licenses. Register your boat now and you may avoid that hike for a year. Boaters gearing up for summer fun on the water in Texas are reminded about the need for boat registration and boat and outboard motor titling. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has a new Web service which allows boat owners to renew online. More ... Charlotte Ramsden of Port Aransas leaps from a surfing outrigger canoe full of friends in the surf at I.B. Magee Beach Park on Sunday, May 31. The homemade canoe, which belongs to Dave Parsons, of Port Aransas, proved to be an attraction for adults and chidren alike. 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. Box 1117, Port Aransas, TX 78373. For further information, call HENDERSON EARNS HOME STAGING DESIGNATION More ... Officers will be installed at the June meeting of the Port Aransas Garden Club on Wednesday, June 10, at the Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. The luncheon meeting will begin at 11 a.m. Members should bring a favorite salad or cold dish to share. Volunteer lists for next year’s events, such as the Home Tour, Style Show, monthly hostesses and gardening projects, will be available. More ... Laughing gulls stand in a line on the roof of Port A. Pizzeria on Monday, May 18. When standing together on the ground, gulls tend to all face the same direction -- into the wind. Then again, maybe they all just spotted a pizza on the other side of the building. More ... CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, MAY 25 9:20 a.m. • A golf cart was found overturned in the water at Pole 33 On The Beach after being stolen during the night from the area of Pole 30. 10:33 a.m. • A caller reported finding a possum in a box in a shed in the 500 block of Seventh Street. An animal control officer removed the animal. More ... Deckhand Ron Martin found and returned a ferry passenger’s wallet containing more than $150 and credit cards early Saturday, May 30. But when the relieved passenger offered a reward, Martin declined it. That’s partly because he was complying with the policy of the Texas Department of Transportation, he said. Even if that wasn’t TxDOT’s policy, he probably wouldn’t have accepted a reward, he said. More ... Port Aransas police have arrested a Rockport woman for allegedly helping her brother fake his own drowning on a Mustang Island beach. Police arrested Katherine Tate, 34, on Friday, May 29, said Port Aransas Police Lt. Darryl Johnson. Tate is accused of lying to police that her brother, Larry James Tate Jr., disappeared while swimming in the surf off Port Aransas on Sept. 22. Katherine Tate was on the beach that day and stood by while police and Coast Guard personnel searched the waters for her brother, Johnson said. More ... The Newport Dunes Golf Club has been awarded Certification in Environmental Planning from the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. The program, an effort by Audubon International, helps landowners preserve and enhance the environmental quality of their property. The program is sponsored in part by the United States Golf Association. Audubon International is an environmental organization with a mission to educate and assist in efforts to sustain land, water and wildlife resources. More ... Anyone looking for a casual game of tennis can find one on Saturday, June 6. Visitors are invited to join residents for the monthly “just for fun” mixed doubles tournament on Saturday morning. Entry fee is a can of new tennis balls – players don’t even need a partner. More ... A good Samaritan boater rescued three people when their boat capsized near the north jetty on San Jose Island on Saturday, May 30, according to a Coast Guard official. The capsizing of the approximately 20-foot boat was reported about 10 a.m., but when a Coast Guard boat arrived shortly later, the people had been picked up by another boater, said Harold Zurlo, a botswain second class at the Coast Guard station in Port Aransas. Zurlo said he had no information on the names of the boats or the people. Coast Guard records indicated no evidence of injuries, he said. More ... WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 9:50 p.m. • A man was arrested for theft and a warrant in the 3500 block of State Hwy. 361. FRIDAY, MAY 29 3:40 p.m. • A deputy arrested a man on the beach on suspicion of drunken driving. 10:50 p.m. • Deputies arrested two men for alleged public intoxication in the 400 block of Cotter Avenue. More ... I almost forgot what rain looked like. Around my house we jokingly said it was almost like seeing your first snowfall. It is amazing to see how God put nature in place. After the rainfall, the air was crisp and clear, the grass started to turn green (almost immediately) and my trees started looking better. It was a little too late to save my tomato plants, but my trees sure did appreciate it. Because of the rain, I will now get to watch my young guava, orange and avocado trees develop and hopefully produce like I wanted when I purchased them. More ... A Port Aransas city maintenance worker uses a road grader to keep the beach surface driveable on a recent day. Recent legislation has freed up thousands more dollars for beach cleaning and maintenance in Port Aransas. More ... The Legislature has passed a bill that’s expected to pump thousands more dollars into routine beach cleanup and maintenance Port Aransas. House Bill 2276, sponsored by State Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, was passed by the House and then cleared the Senate on May 26. The measure now awaits Gov. Rick Perry’s signature. An identical bill, Senate Bill 1684, sponsored by State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, made it through the Senate but stalled in the House. Port Aransas lies in both legislators’ districts. More ... Team Gaff ran the Beach to Bay Relay Marathon in Corpus Christi on Tuesday, May 16. They successfully completed the race in just over four hours. Geoff Hensgen, from left, Jessi Leister, Alissa Hoey, Rae Mooney, Chad Leister and Andy Evans, all of Port Aransas, were sponsored by The Gaff. More ... The giant foxtail grasses are still and straight now, only gently rustled by the wind. Most of the birds that bent them over and weighted them down are gone. The first of June is the beginning of the end of spring migration. It is a sad time for most birders. You’ve grown accustomed to the migration and it’s become a part of your life. They have been before your eyes for more than two months. They have brought you beauty, anticipation, discovery and joy. More ... The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the Paradise Computers as May’s commercial yard of the month. Partner Fred Lorrain, from left, Kirt Boedeker, Owner J.B. Atkinson and employees Cody Duncum and Joe Trevino show off the new plants in front of the shop. The property is adorned with plants by Boedeker. More ... Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, June 8. Hours are 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. The program, operated out of the Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, provides a variety of services for pregnant women, infants and children free of charge to eligible clients. More ... Photos by Beverly Charles, above, Alesandra Coleman, right, and Christopher Hyer, left, are among those on exhibit at the Art Center for the Islands’ First Friday art reception tomorrow, June 5. The exhibit, titled ‘Through the Lens,’ will be in place through June 26. More ... Get a glimpse of the world through the lenses of several photographers at the Art Center for the Islands’ First Friday reception tomorrow, Friday, June 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister St. More ... Dennis Cobb of Port Aransas would like to start a volunteer litter-pickup group on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 to 8:15 a.m. The group will meet on the beach at Access Road 1A. Anyone interested may contact Cobb at (210) 488-2151. More ... There is still time to register for the first session of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Field Science Camp. Wednesday, June 10, is the deadline to register for “Tracing a Drop of Water Inland to the Coast,” which will run Monday through Friday, June 15 – 19. Fees are $20 per child in grades 3 and 4 and $40 per child in grades 5 – 8. Forms can be found at www.cityofportaransas. org/summerprograms.cfm or stop by the parks and recreation office, 739 W. Ave. A. For more information, call Pam Greene at 749-4158. More ... |
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