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April 8, 2010 / Island Life

PASTOR’S PEN

Take time for little rests

I was out of town during most of this year’s Spring Break, not having a fling of my own, but sunk low in a hospital bed, following some planned surgery. More...

Can’t get to the hill country?

Wildflower walking tour at WEC Saturday

Take a walk on the wild side at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Wetlands Education Center Wildflower Walk on Saturday, April 10. More...

Art rising from sand

Port Aransas master sculptor, Mark Landrum, at right, works on the centerpiece for the Texas SandFest, which gets under way tomorrow, Friday, April 9. More...

Garden club to tour six hidden gardens

The Port Aransas Community Center will open for garden club members and guests at 5 p.m. on Monday, April 12, for visiting and refreshments. A short business meeting will follow at 5:30. More...

Beach yoga class is free on Saturday

Start your weekend off with a good stretch at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, April 10. 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...

Holcomb baby born

Zack and Jill Holcomb of Caldwell announce the birth of their daughter, Addison Claire. The infant was born on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at 7:31 p.m. in College Station. She weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 18 1/2 inches long. More...

Island Easter

The weather, the Easter Bunny and the Port Aransas Rotary Club all cooperated to bring another successful egg hunt to Port Aransas on Sunday, April 4. More...

‘Old School’ discussion set by Book Club on Tuesday

There’s still time to get your homework done. The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group will meet on Tuesday, April 13, to discuss “Old School,” by Tobias Wolff. More...

April Calendar of events

Fourth Saturday Art Sale April 24, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Workshops and classes: •Drop in and Draw with Pat Dittberner: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $13.50 members, $15 non-members. More...

Art sale changed to fourth Saturday

The Art Center for the Islands’ Third Saturday Sale will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of the month, April 24. More than 50 artists will offer from 10 to 50 percent off some or all their work. More...

Floating a boat

With the help of his boss, Mike Roberson, right, owner of Tow Boat U.S., diver Miles Chance adjusts some rope as he and Roberson prepare to salvage the Lady Luke after it sank in its slip on Saturday, April 3, at Dennis Dreyer Municipal Marina. More...

Following the leader

A flock of white pelicans flies in a row over the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture recently. More...

TPWD proposes permanent no-prop zone

Public comment is being taken on a proposal by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to indefinitely extend protection of seagrass from uprooting by outboard motor propellers within the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area along the mid-coast between More...

Wetland education

A group tours the Wetlands Education Center at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) with UTMSI volunteer coordinator Carolyn Rose, right, leading the tour. More...

Sims Scholarship offered to women

Applications are now being taken for the Executive Women International Bobbi Sims Scholarship for women in transition. More...

Get junk ready to dunk

Free dump day is April 17

Make room for the toys of summer. Dispose of junk from yards, garages and households during the Keep Port Aransas Beautiful free dump day. Dunk your Junk, a tradition for years, has been set for Saturday, April 17. From 9 a.m. More...

Beach clean-up slated April 24

Gather up the whole family and head to the beach on Saturday, April 24. Keep Port Aransas Beautiful needs help cleaning up Port Aransas beaches. More...

Voting slow in run-off

Two days into early voting in the runoff election for state and county offices, as of Tuesday, April 6, only 24 voters had cast ballots. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

MONDAY, MARCH 29 9:16 a.m. • Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews went to the 400 block of East Avenue G and took an injured person to a Corpus Christi hospital. 9:42 a.m. More...

Treasuring the memories

TONY AMOS

I have no real idea what I’m going to say in this column this week. I feel the past looming as the present keeps marching on. More...

Want to see something wild? Think lettuce

DR. JOHN FUCIK

Our cooler, wetter winter definitely favored the native plants that, well, like cooler, wetter weather. More...

Presbyterians add ‘uncommon’ service

Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

The Community Presbyterian Church will add a new and somewhat unusual service on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., beginning April 14. More...

Fundraisers

Port Aransas Relay For Life Walk

Friday, April 30, 2010 Roberts Point Park For information about Relay for Life, events or fundraisers, call event chair Lisa Shelton at (361) 249-6792. All proceeds benefit Relay For Life. More...

Performances of Texas-style comedy ‘Cheatin’ continue

Head on down to the Bluebonnet Café and git yer belly full o’ laughs. Performances of “Cheatin,’” a comedy by Del Shores, continue tonight, Thursday, April 8, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. More...

Sunset Sounds free concert series begins Friday with ‘The Deadbeats’

The Sunset Sounds free concert series in the park will kick off with some live blues tomorrow, Friday, April 9. Enjoy an evening with “The Deadbeats” as the sun sets over the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. More...

Animal Friends to meet Tuesday

Animal Friends of Port Aransas has scheduled its monthly meeting at the Aransas Harbors Clubhouse, 230 S. Cutoff Rd., on Tuesday, April 13, at 5:30 pm. The Animal Shelter has no insulation, fans, or air conditioning. More...

Semi-annual garage sale set April 16

Take that perfectly good stuff sitting around the house or garage and donate it to a good cause. The Community Presbyterian Women will accept donations of items for their semi-annual garage sale on Friday, April 16, from 9 a.m. More...

Snyder birth announced

Simon and Stacy Snyder of Port Aransas announce the birth of their daughter, Sydney Jewel. The infant was born on Monday, Feb. 24, 2010, at 11:47 a.m., at Corpus Christi Medical Center-Bay Area in Corpus Christi. More...

WIC unit due here Monday

Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, April 12. 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...

Whoops!

The names of Frank and Carolyn Casterline of Rockport were inadvertently left out of the engagement announcement of Blithe Elisse Casterline to Scott Landon Rocher in the Thursday, April 1, edition of the South Jetty. More...

Chapel tours set April 16, 17

Two tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill are available next weekend. Tours will be given on Friday and Saturday, April 16 and 17, at 10 a.m. More...

Ready to play

Richie’s Party-n-Play Carnival & Arcade opened for business on Saturday, March 6, at 447 W. Cotter St. More...

Patriotic gull

This laughing gull stands at attention on a ferry piling as the flags wave and the sun sets over the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

‘Big boys,’ ‘little guys”

I’ve been out of town quite a bit lately. Upon returning, I began to think about a theme for this week’s article. It began to crystallize. More...

Country fair to kick off April 17

A variety of family fun, contests and entertainment can be found at the second annual Project Graduation Country Fair on Saturday, April 17. The event will feature an all-day fair and a Port Aransas Idol Contest. More...

Sand sculpting 101

More than 100 people took some lessons in sand sculpting at the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, April 3. The free event was held to kick off the 14th annual SandFest, scheduled for Friday through Sunday, April 9 to 11. More...

Relighting the tower

Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District 4 worker Mark Rochester rides the extension platform on the Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department’s platform truck down after changing one of the large light bulbs that illuminate the distr More...