October 22, 2009 RSS feed / Island Life

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Houston troupe will perform ‘Alice’ at PACT on Friday night

A musical adaptation of Alice in Wonderland is coming to Port Aransas for a single performance tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. More...

Poetry competition is Friday

Take advantage of the last opportunity this year to attend the Sand Slam on Friday, Oct. 23, at the Tarpon Ice House, 321 N. Alister St. Poets must sign up by 7:30 p.m., and the performance starts at 8 p.m. More...

Monthly chapel tours scheduled

First ones are Friday, Saturday

Monthly tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill will begin tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 23. More...

Work day slated Tuesday for garden club members

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, Port Aransas Garden Club members will gather for a landscaping work morning. Members will meet Johnie Whisman at the Donut Palace, 210 S. Alister St., at 8 a.m. More...

History lesson

Jack Dreessen, a volunteer docent at the Port Aransas Museum, shows Judy and Dennis Pelster of Niwot, Colo., where the jetties marking the Aransas Pass are located on Friday, Oct. 16. Dreessen explained how the channel markers were built. More...

A team effort

Eliza Large, in foreground, Don Anz, right, and Jim Brown, center in back, unload Brown’s truck at Dunk Your Junk on Saturday, Oct. 17. Keep Port Aransas Beautiful sponsors the event each year as part of the effort to beautify Port Aransas. More...

Fall for the Ark tickets on sale now

Folks have been “Springing” for the ARK for years. Now you can Fall for the ARK. Enjoy a catered dinner, some live music and auctions, all while raising money at the first Fall for the ARK. More...

Outlook workshop set

A workshop designed to help folks work smarter when it comes to e-mail is being offered through the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau. Working Sm@rt with Outlook (a Microsoft product) will be presented on Friday, Nov. 20. More...

Council hears water, golf carts, skateboarding, art and smoking issues

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Port Aransas City Council members had water quality, golf carts, skateboards, art and smoking on their minds when they met on Thursday, Oct. 15. More...

Contrasts in Mustang Island red tide events

TONY AMOS

From my notes while surveying the beach: 09/15 Both Alan and I are coughing. The eyes smarting from something blowing in off the sea. I think we might have a red tide operating here? More...

Shoveling up the future

A ground-breaking and ribbon cutting marking the start of construction of The Cottages at Pirates Bay, behind Snappy’s and Mustang Art Gallery on State Hwy. 361, was held Tuesday, Oct. 20. More...

Fire victims will face some changes

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

If property owners rebuild in the spots where an Oct. 9 fire destroyed six houses in the Private Marina, at least some will have to use different construction materials, a city official said. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

MONDAY, OCT. 12 8:52 a.m. • Ambulance workers responded to a report of a death in the 400 block of East White Street. The person who died had been under hospice care, police said. 9:56 a.m. More...

Tread marks may be clue

Hit-and-run fatality
BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Port Aransas police have recorded tread evidence in efforts to solve an apparent hit-and-run crime that killed a man. More...

Port Aransas man receives sentence of 35 years in prison

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

A judge has sentenced the former assistant superintendent of Mustang Island State Park to 35 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Juan Francisco Sanchez of Port Aransas was sentenced on Monday, Oct. More...

Remembering when

This group of Port Aransas ‘old-timers’ gathered on the beach for a second reunion on Saturday, Oct. 17. They reminisced about the 70s and 80s in Port Aransas and caught up on each other’s news. More...

JELM Center October Calendar

Monday 8 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 10 a.m. Writer’s Workshop JELM Library 12:30 p.m. Bridge JELM Library Tuesday 10 a.m. Blood Pressure Checks JELM Library 10:30 a.m. Weight Loss Support Group JELM Library 1 p.m. More...

Donate ‘stuff,’ buy bargains at PW garage sale

It’s time to make room for the holidays, so clean out your closets and give all that stuff to a good cause. The Community Presbyterian Women will accept donations of items for its semi-annual garage sale on Friday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. More...

Parrot Heads meet at at Moby Dick’s today

The Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Oct. 22, at Moby Dick’s, 517 S. Alister St. Members and anyone interested in “partying with a purpose,” is welcome. More...

Find out what north wind washes up Friday morning

Beachcombing is always more fun when shared, so join the monthly free, guided beach walk led by Shirley Fischer. It will start at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, under the purple flag next to Horace Caldwell Pier. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

It’s the real thing

I am sitting at my computer that can connect to any Web site in the world with the proper permission. It also lets me know instantly if anyone has sent me an e-mail. More...

Fall Back Festival falls on Halloween

Have a great time incognito at the Fall Back Festival. The annual evening of food, wine, music, a costume contest and drawings for prizes celebrates the coming of fall and the end of Daylight Saving Time. And this year, it falls on Halloween. More...

October Calendar of events

First Friday art reception, Nov. 6 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...

Book club to discuss Picoult novel

The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group will meet next on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The club, open to the public, meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library, 710 W. Ave. A. More...

Docents drawing to benefit museum

Tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 26, for a drawing for a dinner for six. The drawing is being conducted by the docents of the Port Aransas Museum to raise funds for the museum. More...

Parks and Rec to offer plenty of scary stories, pumpkin carving

Ghosts and pumpkins and sand, oh my! The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department and the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association are teaming up to offer ghost story tours and a sand pumpkin carving event on Friday, Oct. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

Birding: A world of discovery

Honking to announce their return with out-stretched heads and necks, our first fall geese were spotted flying over the Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond on Friday, Oct. 16. More...

Beach, property tax are issues

Constitutional amendment election

Early voting on 11 amendments to the Texas Constitution started Monday, Oct. 19, and will continue through Friday, Oct. 20. Voting is being conducted at the Port Aransas Community Center. Hours through Saturday, Oct. 24, are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. More...

Taking part in art

P.A. Art About attracts many to galleries, studios, stores

Art lovers flocked to Port Aransas for the annual P.A. Art About on Saturday, Oct. 17. More...

CONSTABLE’S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, OCT. 11 4:20 a.m. • Some people were evicted from the 6000 block of State Hwy. 361 after a deputy responded to a disturbance at the location. THURSDAY, OCT. 15 9:15 a.m. More...

Three charged with auto theft

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Three people were arrested on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in Port Aransas on Wednesday, Oct. 14. More...

Let there be light

Electricians change out lights at the Port Aransas ISD tennis courts on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Workers were removing and replacing the 16 existing light fixtures, seven of which had not been working for the past few months. More...













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