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November 12, 2009 / Island Life

All about the ARK

Friends of the ARK raised about $14,500 for the Animal Rehabilitation Keep, or ARK, at the Fall for the Ark event on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Civic Center. More...

A bake sale, benefiting Project Graduation, is scheduled at the Family Center IGA on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 8 a.m. until they are sold out. Donations of baked goods may be dropped off at the sale prior to 8 a.m. More...

Try beach yoga for free

If you’ve been yearning to try something new, why not yoga? Nancy Myers will instruct a free Yoga on the Beach class, beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

Historically speaking

Appearing at the Port Aransas Community Center on Monday, Nov. 9, Jim Moloney talks to a group of about 80 people about the 1919 storm that ravaged the Coastal Bend. More...

City may revamp staff organization

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Port Aransas City Manager Michael Kovacs is preparing to propose a revamping of city staff’s organizational chart. While 11 city officials report directly to Kovacs now, only nine would under Kovacs’ plan. More...

Parent group to meet Wednesday

Parents and grandparents of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students are invited to participate in a support group focused on helping young children succeed in school. The Positive Parent Support series will meet on Wednesdays, Nov. 18 and Dec. More...

Kenigsberg has role in area production

Aaron Kenigsberg of Port Aransas, an eighth grader at Brundrett Middle School, will play three separate roles in an upcoming Christmas production in Aransas Pass. More...

Prizewinner

Port Aransas sand sculptor Fred Mallett’s sculpture “Food Fight” tied for first place with sculptor Amazing Walter as People’s Choice in the Ft. Myers, Fla., American Sandsculpting Competition recently. More...

PACT to hold open auditions

The Port Aransas Community Theatre will hold open auditions for its upcoming production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” on Sunday, Nov.16 and Monday, Nov. 17, both at 7 p.m. More...

Ginter is Beeville’s new city manager

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

Tom Ginter, interim director of public works for the City of Port Aransas, has been hired as city manager of Beeville. Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Beeville City Council voted 5-0 to hire Ginter. More...

November Calendar of events

Third Saturday art sale, Nov. 21 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...

Groups invited to enter 2009 Holiday Forest

The 2009 Enchanted Holiday Forest is just around the corner. Each year the City of Port Aransas and the Parks and Recreation Department transform the Civic Center into a holiday wonderland for the public to enjoy. More...

Search for plane resumes in Gulf

The search for a U.S. Navy pilot missing from a training mission on Oct. 28 was expected to continue this week after being hampered by Tropical Storm Ida. More...

CONSTABLE’S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY PRECINCT 4

SUNDAY, NOV. 1 1:50 a.m. • Responding to an accident at the ferry landing, a deputy arrested one person for public intoxication, one for minor in possession of alcohol and another for possession of marijuana. 4:48 a.m. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

Try ‘goatwalking’

Ever try to take a two-year-old on a straight-ahead, point-A-to-point-B walk? It’s not going to happen. Children that age have an entirely different idea of the whole process. 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...

Thanksgiving service offered

The annual interdenominational Thanksgiving service will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, 100 N. Station St., at 6:30 p.m. More...

All welcomed at dinner for Thanksgiving

Everyone in the community is invited to share a Thanksgiving meal Sunday, Nov. 22. The First Baptist Church will host the dinner at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A. More...

Secrets

RACHEL PEARSON

The next to last week of anatomy lab, when we were supposed to be dissecting the head, the air conditioner went out all over campus. More...

Port Aransas Museum to offer chapel tours

The second in a series of monthly tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21, at 3 p.m. Reservations are required and should be made by visiting the museum or calling 749-3800. More...

Residential yard

The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the home of Father John Xaviour as October’s residential yard of the month. The yard features a manicured front yard with beautiful plants such as plumeria, roses, oleander and a variety of palms. More...

Recycle junk and swap stuff Saturday

Dispose of all your electronics and computer equipment properly, and for free, at Keep Port Aransas Beautiful’s Recycles Day. Collection is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. More...

Sewing Fair to benefit sewing class

Do a little holiday shopping and help support some high school students. The Port Aransas High School sewing class will hold a Sewing Fair on Monday, Nov. 16, in the high school library from 5:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. More...

Garage sale to benefit school

The Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School benefit garage sale is Saturday, Nov. 14. The sale will be held in the church parish hall, 433 Trojan Ave., from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. More...

Foyer makeover approved

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

The Port Aransas City Council has approved contributing $10,000 to a project to give the foyer of the Civic Center a make-over. The council OK’d the measure in a 5-0 vote during a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5. More...

Homecoming is amid Marlin Classic

A steady diet of basketball will be dished out in Port Aransas at the annual Marlin Classic Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19-21. In addition to a full serving of basketball, Port Aransas High School will hold its homecoming on Friday, Nov. More...

Carolers Afloat and ‘Rudolph’ slated

The Christmas season in Port Aransas will get started with a bang on Dec. 4 and 5. Rudolph, a presentation by the Children’s Express Theater in Houston, will kick off the season with a one-night-only performance on Friday, Dec. 4. More...

Movie series will begin with a scare

What’s better than a scary old movie? A scary old movie for free! The Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department will begin its winter movie series on Saturday, Nov. More...

Toy Roundup starts Friday

The 12th annual Emergency Services Toy Roundup officially begins Friday, Nov. 13. The collection of toys will continue through Dec. 18. More...

Whoopers coming home

BY PHIL REYNOLDS phil@portasouthjetty.com

With 26 whooping cranes already home for the winter at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge – including two chicks – biologists say a steady north wind this week will push more of the endangered birds southward. More...

Project Grad raising funds with poinsettias

The annual Project Graduation benefit poinsettia sale will take orders through Friday, Nov. 20. Red, white or pink poinsettias in sixinch pots will be $12 each. Pick up will be Saturday, Nov. 28, at the Brundrett Middle School foyer. More...

Council approves new county building proposal

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

The Nueces County Appraisal District has received a boost from the Port Aransas City Council in the district’s efforts to build a new office building for district workers. More...

Museum to host holiday shopping

Check some gifts off your Christmas shopping list and help support the Port Aransas Museum. The museum will hold a fun Holiday Shopping Party in the gift shop on Friday, Nov. 20, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. More...

Ticket sales will benefit museum fund

Beginning in November, Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association will hold monthly prize drawings for items of special or historical interest. More...

Art sale is Saturday

The Art Center for the Islands’ Third Saturday Sale will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 21. More than 50 artists will offer from 10 to 50 percent off some or all of their work. More...

Veterans remembered at 14th annual event

Patriotic music, speeches mark Veterans’ Day

Staff photos by Murray Judson

Students in the Port Aransas Independent School District expressed appreciation to veterans at the 14th annual Veterans’ Day program on Wednesday, Nov. 11. More...

Veterans on a visit

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POLICE BLOTTER

PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

MONDAY, NOV. 2 12:52 p.m. • Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers took a sick person from the 600 block of Cut-Off Road to a Corpus Christi hospital. 4:53 p.m. More...

Yummy!

Chili cook-off is Nov. 21

Pick your category and get cookin’. The seventh annual Moore-McDonald VFW Post 8967 Bean and Chili Cook-Off is Saturday, Nov. 21. To enter, register at the post, 311 N. More...

Doin’ some dancin’

Instructor Barbara Calvert leads a group of women in a line dancing class at the Joint Effort Leisure Ministries Center on Monday, Nov. 9. Practice sessions are at the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., Mondays and Thursdays at 10:45 a.m. More...

AT YOUR LIBRARY

Books fly off library shelves

The following is a list of popular new titles recently added to the library collection. More...

Deja vu all over again

TONY AMOS

I was sent a link to an extraordinary BBC film about to be released showing white pelicans in Africa doing most unpelican like things, namely, swallowing baby gannets (a big seabird often found here in the winter) instead of their normal fish diet. More...