September 3, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Women rule

Contestants in the Texas Women Angler’s Tournament last weekend weigh in at Virginia’s on the Bay Saturday, Aug. 29. More...

As the beach blows

Open Beaches Act could become part of Constitution with election
BY DAN PARKER dan@southjetty.com

One of the proposed state constitutional amendments on the November ballot will be especially significant for coastal communities like Port Aransas. More...

Ferry 101

How does the system work?
BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Editor’s note: Summer 2009 was one of the busiest ever in Port Aransas, with tourist traffic pouring in and out of town each weekend. More...

Community to pay last respects to oldest island native

Funeral service for Viola Bujan today

Viola Mildred Thompson Bujan, 97, of Port Aransas, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. She was the oldest living native of Port Aransas. Funeral services will be today, Thursday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church with the Rev. More...

First Friday will introduce ‘Men at Work’

The Art Center for the Islands will hold its First Friday art reception on Sept. 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister St. More...

Team to sell treats

A second bake sale to raise money to send the Port Aransas High School cross-country track team to an overnight meet will be held Sunday, Sept. 6. The bake sale will start at 9 a.m. and continue until everything is sold. More...

Special Sections

Hurricane Info  Free Access 

Port Aransas Museum seeks volunteer docents

The Port Aransas Museum is looking for people who want to work as docents a couple of times a month. Docents give tours of the museum, sell items from the museum gift shop and help at museum functions. More...

September Calendar of events

Sept. 4: First Friday art 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. More...

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Island Life

PASTOR’S PEN

What answers can be given?

Job 38:4 - “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? More...

Beautification

Elbert Gilllespie and Cody Underwood polish the new copper flashing and put finishing touches to the steeple on the Community Presbyterian Church at 113 S. Alister on Tuesday, Sept. 1. More...

Otten honored with endowment

An endowment fund will honor the memory of the late Renabell Otten and benefit the JELM (Joint Effort Leisure Ministry). More...

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Fishing

FISHING REPORT

Everything caught but tuna

Fishing has been varied this week. Docks reported a little of just about everything but tuna being caught, and bay anglers kept the status quo with good catches of redfish, drum and trout. More...

Fish to go

Pete Fox of Port Aransas has the dorado in his pocket that helped the Let it Ride win the Texas Women Anglers Tournament overall winning trophy. More...

Still a good catch

Charlie and Linda Zahn of Port Aransas spent their 43rd wedding anniversary fishing in the Laguna Madre with Capt. Steve Reupke, left, on Tuesday, Aug 25. They caught these redfish and black drum. More...

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Obituaries  Free Access 

Phyfer

Dan Phyfer, 66, of Williamsville, Mo. and Port Aransas, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2009, at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. Phyfer was born on July 6, 1943, in Memphis, Tenn. More...

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Remains returned to daughter  Free Access 

 An urn containing a man’s cremated remains has been recovered after being stolen from a pickup truck in a Port Aransas parking lot. The urn contained the ashes of Bob Parnell, a 71-year-old Tennessee resident who loved fishing in Port More...

PAISD students will have access to president's speech

Students will not be required to view it

 Students in the Port Aransas Independent School District will have access to President Barack Obama’s address to students on Tuesday, Sept. 8, but it won’t be required. More...

Cremated remains stolen  Free Access 

Ashes were to be scattered off Port Aransas

Daughter grief-stricken over burglary More...

Holiday is labor day for most; city, school to take the day off

Port Aransas is the playground of choice for many Texans over the Labor Day holiday, so most businesses will be open to welcome them. Some, however, will close while others will operate on abbreviated schedules. More...

Port Aransas connection to LLWS

What’s Port Aransas got to do with the Little League World Series? Gail Brockman, above, that’s what. More...

Garden club to kick off new season

The Port Aransas Garden Club will hold its first business meeting of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m. in the Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. The meeting will include a discussion of some proposed by-law changes. More...

Wing-Ding aims to raise funds for Helping Hands Food Pantry

Let your culinary talent take flight in a chicken wing competition while benefiting the Port Aransas Helping Hands Food Pantry. More...

Celebrate Labor Day in the pool and on the cheap

If the pool is open on Monday, and admission is half price, it must be Labor Day. Swim for half price at the Community Park pool, 700 Clark Parkway, on Monday, Sept. 7. More...

Opinion

Cartoon

Full Story

Dancing DeLay begets one-liners

Dave McNeely

It’s hard to hear about The Hammer “Dancing With The Stars” without coining oneliners. Like, will they make him dance to “If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve got the Time”? More...

McAllister Park team gave a good ride

Mary Henkel Judson

A group of 12- and 13-year-old boys from McAllister Park in San Antonio has been the source of some of the best entertainment and inspiration we’ve experienced in a long time. More...

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Youth

Teamwork

From front to back, Miles May, 11, Ryan Brown, 8, and Thomas Ramsden, 8, all of Port Aransas, carry an inflatable boat through the surf at I.B. Magee Beach Park on Sunday, Aug. 23. The boys were enjoying one last day of summer vacation. More...

PAISD EDUCATION NOTES

High school marks 30th year

Did you know that this year’s senior class will be the 30th class of Fighting Marlins to graduate from Port Aransas High School? More...

PAISD tax rate to remain the same

BY MARY HENKEL JUDSON southjetty@centurytel.net

The tax rate will stay the same as last year, which is below the effective tax rate, for taxpayers in the Port Aransas Independent School District. Four of seven members of the Board of Trustees met at noon Monday, Aug. More...

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Sports

Lady Marlins place second in first meet

The Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins stepped out smartly with a second place finish in the first crosscountry meet of the year on Saturday, Aug. 29. More...

One proud grandma

Brockman goes to Little League World Series to cheer for grandson on San Antonio team
BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Gail Brockman remembers so well the times when she played with her grandson, Jacob Ramos, when he was just a toddler, how she played catch with him with a little terry cloth ball and how the little boy giggled with delight at the game. More...

Brundrett Middle School Port Aransas HIgh School

Cross-Country Schedule

SEPTEMBER 5 Miller HS/MS (West Guth Park) 6 Bake Sale IGA HS 12 Beeville HS/MS (Veterans Memorial Park) 19 UTSA HS (Brooks City Base) 26 Port Aransas HS/MS OCTOBER 3 Round Rock HS (Old Settlers Park) 10 Calallen HS/MS (High School) 17 Carroll HS/ More...

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Island Agenda  Free Access 

Island Agenda

DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Mondays for open swim, 1- 6 p.m., and more. Call 749-2416 for lap swim hours and information. More...

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