December 24, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Hanging stockings with care

First-grade teacher at H.G. Olsen Elementary School, Devan Rasnick, stuffs her students’ stockings with goodies on Friday, Dec. 18. More...

Churches slate Christmas services

Special Christmas and New Year services will be held at some island churches. The Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. More...

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Former DA files for ‘lite’ governor job

Dave McNeely

Ronnie Earle probably would have been an also-ran in the Democratic primary for governor, a race he’d hinted at several months ago -- particularly after popular Houston Mayor Bill White jumped in. More...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Mary Henkel Judson

In 1897, Francis P. Church, an editorial writer at the New York Sun, wrote what is probably the most famous editorial ever written. More...

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Fishing

FISHING REPORT

Tuna, flounder and drum limits caught

The weather allowed more fishing this week, with a couple of glassy-water days and reasonable temperatures. More...

Kingfish, snapper and shark

These folks fished an eight-hour trip aboard the Gulf Eagle with Capt. Keith Schoolcraft, out of Deep Sea Headquarters on Sunday, Dec. 20. They caught kingfish, Atlantic sharpnose sharks and vermilion snapper. More...

Family fishing

The Rogerson family from Richton Park, Ill. and the McNinch family from Jenks, Okla., fished a nine-hour trip aboard the Scat Cat on Tuesday, Dec. 22, with Capt. Ronnie Hale out of Fisherman’s Wharf. 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 Sundays and Mondays for open swim, 1- 2 p.m., Saturdays 1 to 5 p.m. and more. More...

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Coming in Thursday's South Jetty . . .  Free Access 

 • Take a look back at 2009 • That was some wind on Christmas Eve! • Got golf carts? More...

Community comes through for Christmas

Food, toy drives meet goals; met with sometimes tearful thanks
BY LAURIE STRAIN news@portasouthjetty.com

Port Aransans have once again reached into their hearts and their pockets to provide a Merry Christmas for those who need a little help. More...

City wants NCAD refund

BY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com

The Port Aransas City Council has decided it wants a refund from the Nueces County Appraisal District, but district officials don’t seem willing to provide it. More...

Sunset a sign of the times

A late December sky sprinkled with evening clouds made for a colorful sunset on Monday, Dec. 21. Two ferryboats are silhouetted against the setting sun at they depart Port Aransas for Harbor Island. More...

Island Life

PASTOR’S PEN

He set us free

Romans 8:1-2 - “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.” More...

Christmas cheer

These ‘Crafty Ladies of Marina RV Park’ in Port Aransas made Christmas a little cozier for the Lexington Place Nursing Home in Aransas Pass on Tuesday, Dec. 22. More...

Celebrate New Year’s Eve early

Don’t want to stay up late on New Year’s Eve? Celebrate the arrival of 2010 a little early at the Noon Year’s Eve event scheduled by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. More...

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Youth

Twelve Days of Christmas

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Elementary kids score well at UIL

Port Aransas students made a strong showing at the UIL competition in Woodsboro on Wednesday, Dec. 9. They competed against three other districts; Woodsboro, London and Driscoll. More...

La Posada

Brit Bremser and Jacob Arnold, a.k.a. Mary and Joseph, search for a room at the inn. The students at Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School performed their own version of La Posada on Thursday, Dec. 17. More...

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Sports

Highland Park win puts mark at 17-2

Taft is next opponent after Christmas

The Port Aransas Lady Marlins go into the holiday break boasting a 17-2 overall record and what coach Stephanie Cowen calls “real improvement” during the first part of the season. The ladies defeated the Lady Warriors More...

GAME AT A GLANCE

LADY MARLIN VARSITY VS. REFUGIO More...

2009-10 Lady Marlins Port Aransas High School Basketball Schedule

Date Opp Time/Score November T-10 Bloomington JV19-25;V 55-26 Th-12 PA JV Tourney S F-13 Odem Cancelled S-14 PA JV Tourney T-17 IWA J V: 22-43 V: 55-26 Th-S 19-21 Marlin Classic Champs! More...

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