November 5, 2009 RSS feed / Island Life

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Rotary Club to post flags

In honor of Veterans’ Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, the Port Aransas Rotary Club will again post 125 flags around the community at homes and businesses of subscribers to its flag fundraiser program. More...

Food drive is Friday

Help the Port Aransas Rotary Club lend a helping hand to the Port Aransas Food Pantry. The club’s annual food drive will be tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 6, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

Water, ‘dragons’ and birds

It’s certainly a treat to have water back in Paradise Pond. More...

UTMSI director to be recognized for ‘Science and the Sea’ program

Dr. Lee Fuiman, director of The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute, has been named one of the winners of the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation’s prestigious environmental awards for 2009. More...

Anatomy lab puts students in place

RACHEL PEARSON

Sometimes in anatomy lab, I felt that I saw myself in the cadaver. It was curious. More...

November 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. More...

Fall Back: Wine, music, food, fun

The annual Fall Back and Ain’t Nothing But the Blues Festival benefitting the Port Aransas Community Theater played to a festive crowd on Halloween night, Saturday, Oct. 31. More...

Election day

Two folks walk into the Port Aransas Community Center to vote on proposed Texas constitutional amendments on Tuesday, Nov. 4. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

TUESDAY, OCT. 27 • 7:25 p.m. – EMS workers took a sick person from the 1400 block of South 11th Street to a Corpus Christi hospital. • 11:22 p.m. More...

Wanted ex-con captured by constable’s deputies

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

A wanted exconvict was captured after a brief foot chase by law enforcement off icers in Port Aransas on Friday, Oct. 30. The incident occurred about 1:30 p.m. near North Gate shopping center, on Cut-off Road. More...

Stranded

Tony Amos, director of the ARK (Animal Rehabilitative Keep) in Port Aransas, tends to a stranded Atlantic bottlenose dolphin on Tuesday, Nov. 3. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

God’s grace is enough

I preached recently about living a life in the spirit versus living a life in the flesh, or our natural man or woman. More...

Line dancing lessons to be held at JELM

Line up ladies and gents, Barbara Calvert is back. Calvert has volunteered to teach line dancing at the Joint Effort Leisure Ministries Center on Mondays and Thrsdays at 10:45. The practice sessions will be in the Pollock Center, 129 S. More...

WIC mobile unit arrives Monday

Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Nov. 9. 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. More...

Chester dies at nearly 15

Chester, the most famous cat in Port Aransas, died on Monday, Oct. 26. More...

Pumpkins in the sand

Halloween turned out to be a beautiful day and about 130 turned out for the annual Sand Pumpkin Carving on the beach, these folks included. The contest is sponsored by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. More...

Booster club to meet, volunteers still needed

Calling all Marlin fans! The next Marlin Athletic Booster Club meeting is on Monday, Nov. 9, in the Port Aransas ISD administration building, 100 S. Station St., at 6:30 p.m. More...

Family tradition

With the recent graduation of David Hinojosa Jr., right, from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, it appears the Hinojosa family of Port Aransas has started a family tradition. Hinojosa’s sister, Sr. More...

First Friday art theme is musical

“The Music in Me” is the theme at the Art Center for the Islands’ First Friday reception on Nov. 6, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister St. The November exhibit is an all-member show. More...

Museum lecture to discuss 1919 storm and aftermath

The Port Aransas Museum has scheduled a 2010 Historical Lecture Series, with plans for it to be an annual winter series. The inaugural lecture will be on Monday, Nov. 9. Wine and cheese will be served at the museum at 7 p.m. More...

GED registration begins Friday

If you want to earn a GED, tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 6, is the day to register. The Adult Education and Literacy program at the Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. More...

Commercial yard

The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen Saint Joseph Catholic Church located at 100 N. Station as October’s commercial yard of the month. More...

Good idea to recycle energy-saving bulbs

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Increasingly popular compact fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury, but state and federal laws permit Port Aransans to dispose of them in the regular trash when they burn out, City Manager Michael Kovacs said. More...

Almost Patsy Cline band to entertain at chamber banquet on November 12

Time is running out to buy tickets and reserve tables for the annual Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau banquet. The banquet will feature the presentation of the 2009 Citizen of the Year followed by entertainment by the Almost Patsy Cline Band. More...

Voter turn-out in Port Aransas one of highest in Nueces County

Port Aransas (voting Precinct 19) had the second highest voter turn-out in Nueces County for the Constitutional amendment election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. More...

Book club to meet Tuesday

The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The book to be discussed at the November meeting is “Nineteen Minutes,” by Jodi Picoult. More...

One pilot recovered, another still missing

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the remaining U.S. Navy pilot whose plane went down over the Gulf of Mexico northeast of Port Aransas last week. More...

CONSTABLE’S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY PRECINCT 4

MONDAY, OCT. 26 • 11 a.m. – A deputy arrested a man on State Hwy. 361 on an outstanding warrant. • 11:15 a.m. – Responding to a report of loose livestock on State Hwy. More...

Beach yoga is Saturday

Greet the fall morning with a stretch at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, Nov. 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...

Parrot Heads to meet in ‘nest’

The Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will meet on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m., at the home of Deno and Diana Fabrie. More...

Spooky tours

On Friday, Oct. 30, the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department and the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association teamed up and offered ghost tours. More...

Christmas wreath deadline is Sunday

Don’t let Sunday, Nov. 8, get by you without ordering a fresh, balsam fir wreath for the holidays. More...

JELM Center November Calendar

Monday 8 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 10 a.m. Writer’s Workshop JELM Library 10:45 a.m. More...

VFW Post forms ladies’ auxiliary

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8967 of Port Aransas has a new Ladies’ Auxiliary. Charter requirements were met for the organization, which claims 15 members to date. A meeting will be held at the Post, 311 N. More...

UTMSI’s Peter Thomas awarded research grant

A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute is getting a major grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study the so-called “dead zone” in the northern Gulf of Mexico. More...

Hinojosa completes basic training

Air Force Airman David Hinojosa Jr. graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio on Friday, Oct. 9. More...

Street and road projects to begin

Utility work along State Hwy. 361 and Avenue J is one of the newest public works projects about to get started in Port Aransas. More...

Storm is a reminder to obtain new disaster cards

City officials are reminding residents that it’s not too late to obtain disaster cards from city hall. Hurricane season doesn’t end until Nov. 30. More...

Takes a licking and keeps on shooting

TONY AMOS

The Big Lens: What a thrill it was to be able to buy it, 30 years ago! I had decided that there were opportunities to do some serious bird photography in my new home in South Texas. More...













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