Fishing has been about as hot as the weather, with offshore as well as bay anglers reeling in good catches. In the photo above, Miles Stamper, from left, Taylor Hamilton and Matt Reed, all of Port Aransas, fished aboard the High Bid with Capts. Bryan Cody, Aaron Chambers and Keith Stamper on Thursday, June 4. Hamilton caught this dorado and released her first billfish, a white marlin. Cody said he believed it to be the first white marlin this season out of Port Aransas. They also caught tuna and wahoo, and just missed a blue marlin. In the photo at right, Capt. Ronnie Hale Sr. More...
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Service set for George Barnes
A memorial service for George Leon Barnes will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 15, at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be private. More...
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Trustees to continue studying addition of football, volleyball
Mary Henkel Judson
Football and volleyball will not be added to the Port Aransas ISD curriculum in the next year, and may not be for several years, if at all. More...
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Pack up the cooler, a beach chair and a buddy and head down to Roberts Point Park tomorrow to enjoy some live music on the waterfront.
The second Sunset Sounds concert of the season is tomorrow, Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m. in the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park.
Vickie Cross will perform gospel and country music. More...
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PORT ARANSAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SUMMER PROGRAMS
Pre-register for all parks and recreation programs at 739 W. Ave. A or call 749-4158.
DAILY ACTIVITES
FRIDAY, JUNE 12
• Botanical Gardens Field Trip,
9 am - 3 pm, ages 8+, Max. 15 people. Depart from H.G. Olsen Elementary School Cafeteria, 100 S. Station St. Bus leaves promptly at 9 am.Bring sack lunch, water and sunscreen, hat and wear closedtoed shoes. $10.
MONDAY, JUNE 15
• Bingo,
3-4 pm, ages 4+, Girl Scout Hut, 739 W. Ave. A, Free.
TUESDAY, JUNE 16 More...
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The fishing is great!
If you’re not catching fish in Port
Aransas, you must not be fishing.
A huge variety of species are being
caught, including some that are unusual
for this time of year, or unusually close
inshore.
Anglers are still hooking into sailfish off
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The Port Aransas Swim Team hosted its first meet of the season on Saturday, June 6, at the Community Park Pool. They competed with the Odem Otters. PAST soundly beat the Otters with combined scores of 210 to 121. Port Aransas results follow. Girls 10 and under, 100 M Medley Relay:
First, Team A (Meek, Charli Jo 10, May, Hannah 9, Hernandez, Lauren 10, Ramsden, Charlotte 10), 1:52.12.
Boys 11-12, 200 M Medley Relay:
First, Team A (Morris, Elliott 12, Longanecker, Cole 11, Morris, Jason 12, Denton, Chase 11), 3:24.47. More...
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Jan. 1, 1926 - June 6, 2009
Pudge
Carrobelle “Pudge” Goodwin Roberts of Port Aransas passed away Saturday, June 6, 2009. It was the 65th anniversary of D-Day and a full moon. She was 83.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Pudge was born Jan. 1, 1926, in Hillsboro, where she lived until she was 6 years old when her family moved to Waco where she grew up. Rumor has it that she was the first baby born in Texas that year. More...
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DAILY
• Port Aransas Community Park swimming pool,
700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Mondays for swimming, 1- 6 p.m., and more. Call 749-2416 for information. • Computer Center,
Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; closed Sunday. 430 N. Alister St. Free e-mail. 749-4011. • Art Center
for the Islands: Classes, workshops. 749-7334. More...
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