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The Winter Sounds concert, featuring Susan Gibson, will be held at the Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, on Monday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. Gibson wrote “Wide Open Spaces”, the Grammy award-winning song by the Dixie Chicks. More ... Workers replace air conditioning ductwork at Port Aransas City Hall and the adjacent Civic Center on Thursday, Jan. 28. More ... This next P.A. Movie Time, set for Friday, Feb. 19, stars Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. The free showing of “My Favorite Brunette,” will be in the city council chambers, at City Hall, 710 W. Ave. A. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 6:55 p.m. More ... The Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will hold its February meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, at the home of Bill and Sharon Thomas. Members should bring a Cajun snack in honor of Mardis Gras and a donation for the Helping Hands Food Pantry. More ... Do you know why Packery Channel is so-named? You may find out Monday, Feb. 8. Anita Eisenhauer, chairman of the Nueces County Historical Commission, will discuss “The Texas Cattle Industry and the Rise of the Packeries in the Coastal Bend,” in her talk on Monday at the Port Aransas Museum, 408 Brundrett St., at Alister St. More ... Take your show on the road on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 16. The annual Mardi Gras parade, sponsored by the Port Aransas Leisure Society (PALS), will leave at 5 p.m. from the corner of Beach and Station streets. Paraders are invited to walk or take the ride of their choice. More ... Katie Coeckelenbergh, a junior at Texas A & M University at College Station has accepted a two-month summer position as a study visitor with the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. The Council of Europe is the oldest European intergovernmental organization and brings together 47 member states, representing some 800 million Europeans. More ... Port Aransas Museum docents will continue to sell tickets for a drawing for a gourmet dinner for six through this Saturday, Feb. 6, when the drawing will be held. The winning ticket will be drawn at 1 p.m. (not at noon, as previously reported) on Saturday, at the museum, on the corner of Brundrett and Alister streets. More ... Hearts for the Arts will be the theme of the First Friday reception, tomorrow, Feb. 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister St. “Hearts for the Arts,” an annual exhibit and silent auction of works with a Valentine theme, is a fundraiser for the art center. Works featured in the auction are donated to the center by various member artists. More ... Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Feb. 8. 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. For questions or an appointment, call (361) 767-7777. More ... Horticulturalist John Fucik will give a PowerPoint presentation on European plants and gardens to the Port Aransas Garden Club at its February meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Fucik is a retired horticulturalist with the Texas A&M Extension Service. The meeting will be held at the Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., at 10 a.m More ... In medieval Europe, the government learned it was out of silver and could make no more coins. This was an economic crisis equal to our own of the past year and a half; no coinage meant no lending, no buying or selling, no taxes for the king. What’s a king to do? More ... Monday 5:15 a.m. High-Impact Aerobics Pollock Center 8 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 9 a.m. Bridge lessons JELM Crafts Room 9:15 a.m. Beginning Line Dance Pollock Center 10 a.m. Writer’s Workshop JELM Library 10:45 a.m. More ... Shoppers turned out for the Citywide Garage Sale bundled up and in force, despite frigid temperatures on Saturday, Jan. 30. These folks hunted for bargains at the Port Aransas Community Center. More ... The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department has organized a trip to the Texas A & M AgriLife Research Mariculture Laboratory in Port Aransas. The lab offers only private tours of the facility. Attendees will be given a closer look at mariculture in action. More ... Brad Johnson and Thrisha Moreno of Port Aransas announce the birth of their son, Hayden Lawrence Johnson. The infant was born on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at 4:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 18 inches long. Maternal grandmother is Theresa Hawes of Beeville. More ... For information about Relay for Life, events or fundraisers, call event chair Lisa Shelton at (361) 249-6792. For team information, call team captain chair Robyn McKinney at (361) 945-5907. All proceeds benefit Relay For Life. Events: More ... Do your part for the beach, without the heat. Winter Texan beach cleanup volunteers will converge on island beaches Saturday, Feb. 13. The Texas General Land Office and Keep Port Aransas Beautiful are hosting the Adopt-A-Beach Winter Texan Cleanup as part of a statewide effort. More ... My little brother Jack: I hope my readers and my editor will forgive me for this personal note of sadness in this week’s Observer column. More ... The fourth annual Cupid’s Invitational Tennis Tournament to benefit the Port Aransas High School tennis program is slated for Saturday, Feb. 6. More ... Donley the dolphin is getting some new digs. Donley, who was found stranded on the beach south of Access Road 1A on Nov. 3, has undergone a successful rehabilitation, and wildlife authorities have decided to give the young dolphin a new home at SeaWorld in San Antonio. More ... The 2010 Public Lecture Series at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute will continue tonight, Thursday, Feb. 4, with John Metz. Metz will speak at the in- stitute’s Visitors’ Center Auditorium at the end of Cotter Street, near the beach. More ... The next Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group will meet Tuesday, Feb. 9. The club, open to the public, meets monthly at 6:30 p.m. in the library, 710 W. Ave. A. The book to be discussed is “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury. A synopsis of the book follows. More ... The silent auction of special books (featured, this page) will continue at the Ellis Memorial Library, 710 W. Ave. A, until the library’s annual book sale begins. The books and bidding will then be transferred to the site of the sale, the Port Aransas Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A., where the auction winners will be announced at 2 p.m. on Sunday. More ... Pony up and pig out. The Moore-McDonald Veterans of Foreign Wars post 8967 will host its annual auction, smoked pork dinner and prize drawing on Saturday, Feb. 13. Donations of items for the auction and drawing will be accepted up until the dinner and may be dropped off at the post, 311 N. Alister St. More ... A jury has found a woman innocent of a charge she helped her brother fake his own death by drowning at the beach in Port Aransas. The jury in 117th District Judge Sandra Watts’ court acquitted Katherine Tate of hindering apprehension, a third-degree felony, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi. More ... MONDAY, JAN. 25 8:38 a.m. • An officer took a report of criminal mischief in the 300 block of North Alister Street. 9:57 a.m. • A resident in the 3500 block of Island Moorings Parkway reported a theft. 1:36 p.m. • A theft was reported in the 300 block of Ninth Street. 9:32 p.m. More ... WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27 2:20 p.m. • A deputy arrested a woman on State Hwy. 361 on an outstanding Nueces County warrant. More ... A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to two years’ probation on a felony assault charge in connection with an incident at a Port Aransas bar in June 2009. In a plea arrangement, Peter Jude Benson pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge of aggravated assault on Thursday, Jan. 28, said Steve Feil, a prosecutor with the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office. More ... Animal Friends of Port Aransas will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Aransas Harbors club house, 230 S. Cut-off Road. The organization is in the process of developing a volunteer program in conjunction with the Port Aransas Police Department, the agency that oversees operations at the Port Aransas Animal Shelter. More ... Toni Somers’ story has the sweet smell of success. Toni, who lived in Port Aransas for eight years before moving to Missouri late last year, wrote a non-fiction story about gifts of cologne from her loving husband, and the yarn is such a good one that it recently was published in one of the newest “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books. More ... Volunteers pause for a group photo while arranging books in the Port Aransas Civic Center on Monday, Feb. 1. The books were being laid out for the Ellis Memorial Library’s annual book sale scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6 and 7. Proceeds benefit the library. (See page 1B for more.) More ... People who know marine engines say the addition of ethanol to fuel used in boats may mean an increase in engine problems in the future. Ethanol has been used for some time farther north. John Price, of Island Boat Works, said he’s been seeing boat engines from Fort Worth that have had ethanol in them for years. More ... Look for Alma Squillante on a television near you – maybe later this year. Squillante was one of “at least 2,000 or so” people who auditioned in Dallas over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30-31, for the TV program, “America’s Got Talent.” More ... Carolyn Rose (front, right) leads a group of visitors on a tour of the Wetlands Education Center (WEC) at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute on Thursday, Jan. 28. Rose is the volunteer coordinator for the Mission Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, of which the WEC is part. More ... More than 20 community volunteers have begun organizing to undertake a project to improve baseball field facilities at Port Aransas Community Park. The group is seeking donations. More ... Rick Tinnin pauses before unwrapping a retirement gift he was given at a gathering of University of Texas Marine Science Institute employees in the auditorium at the institute’s visitors center on Thursday, Jan. 28. Tinnin is retiring after 36 years working as the institute’s director of marine education. More ... The last chance to register for Port Aransas Little League will be on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Brundrett Middle School cafeteria. The fee is $60 for each player and an additional $30 for each sibling. More ... A shrimp dinner, dancing, cocktails and prizes are all part of the fun at the Port Aransas Rotary Club’s annual Shrimp Boil, Saturday, Feb. 20. The evening will begin when the doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the Port Aransas Civic Center, 700 W. Ave. A. Dinner is at 6:15 p.m., and dancing is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. More ... Marshall “Devastator” Stack of Wisconsin made a comeback to prevail over the undefeated Ray “Cream Style” Cook of Port Aransas in the Port Aransas Open Corn Toss Tournament on Thursday, Jan. 28. The tournament was held at the Coral Cay Condominium tennis courts. More ... The Arctic-dwelling narwhal is undoubtedly best known for its long, lance-like tooth. But this curious looking whale also stands out when it comes to diving. More ... Look for a parade of tall ships to come streaming past Roberts Point around the end of June. Sail 2010, the extension of the group that brought the Colombian Navy training ship ARC Gloria to the Coastal Bend in 2006, will bring at least four, and maybe more, of the sailing vessels here just in time for the Independence Day holiday. More ... Want to do your part to keep the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture unspoiled? The Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department is looking for volunteers to take part in a community clean-up that’s planned for Saturday, Feb. 20, at the nature preserve. More ... The Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department received its brand-new aerial platform truck, on Friday, Jan. 29. The Crimson brand vehicle cost $924,000. The department’s old aerial platform truck was a 20-year vehicle that had become mechanically unreliable. Fire Chief Scott Mack manipulates controls while standing on the platform, positioned high above the ground. More ... The sixth annual Port Aransas Kiwanis Club Beach Dash is set for Saturday, Feb. 27, at 8 a.m. If you would like a Beach Dash T-shirt in exchange for your registration, register sooner rather than later. Event co-chair Jana Snow said only the first 300 registrants will be guaranteed a t-shirt, and in past years they have run out. More ... No round robin tennis tournament will be held this month because of a school-sponsored Cupid Invitational Tennis Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 6. (See related story.) The usual “just for fun” tournaments are held on the first Saturday of the month. More ... Lu Ann Ferguson and Randy Johns will discuss the U.S. Air Traffic Control System at the next Brown Bag lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Ferguson and Johns are retired air traffic controllers who worked for the Federal Aviation Administration at the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center near the Dallas Fort Worth airport their entire careers. More ... First Friday Art Reception February 5 • Hearts for the Arts exhibit and silent auction to benefit the art center, Jan. 30 through Feb. 13.•The International Crane Foundation Children’s Crane- Bird of Peace-World Art Exhibit, Feb. 15 - 28. Workshops and classes: More ... |
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