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August 5, 2010 / Island Life

Winning artists featured at First Friday

The Aug. 6 First Friday Reception at the Art Center for the Islands will feature the 2010 Merit Show winners. The reception will be open from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister St. More...

Animal Friends plans for next project

Animal Friends of Port Aransas invites all members, and anyone interested in helping, to the August meeting at the Aransas Harbors Clubhouse, 230 S. Cutoff Rd. on Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 5:30 p.m. More...

Going up

Workers build the framework of what will be a new building on the grounds of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) facility at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. More...

Food pantry to offer evening hours

The Helping Hands Food Pantry will extend hours to include an evening pick-up from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month, beginning Aug. 10. More...

Law enforcement conference

Sgt. Milton Zidek, left, and Officer Diego Solis confer while patrolling the beach on Monday, Aug. 2. More...

Ambulances on duty

EMT Justin Sain and paramedic Kristin Barton are on duty with their ambulances on Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the Port Aransas Emergency Medical Services office. More...

Banquet is Tuesday for Women’s Dart League

Members of the Port Aransas Women’s Dart League are invited to the second annual dart banquet. Spouses or dates are welcome to attend with the players. The banquet will be held Tuesday, Aug. More...

Celebrating 100 years

Booths are still available for centennial event

Businesses and nonprofit organizations in Port Aransas may continue signing up for booths offering entertainment, drinks or food during the city’s centennial celebration on Saturday, Oct. 16. More...

Topped out

Officials held a ‘topping out’ ceremony on Friday, July 30, on the roof of that big building under construction at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. More...

Gage home to host Parrot Heads group

Have fun meeting other Parrot Heads on Thursday, Aug. 12. Gerry and Harold Gage will host the monthly meeting of the Parrot Heads of Port Aransas at their home at 6:30 p.m. More...

PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE BLOTTER

MONDAY, JULY 26 11:01 a.m. • A hit and run accident was reported in the 200 block of East Avenue G. 1:22 p.m. • A theft was reported in the 700 block of Trout Street. More...

Building bridges

Vehicles stream across a new bridge north of Harbor Island on State Hwy. 361 as a workman prepares to dash across the highway. More...

CONSTABLE’S BEAT

NUECES COUNTY PRECINCT 4

MONDAY, JULY 26 2 a.m. • A deputy charged a man in the 200 block of North Alister Street with public inoxication (PI). 3:50 a.m. • A man was charged on the beach with PI. TUESDAY, JULY 27 10:30 a.m. More...

More coyote incidents reported

Port Aransas Animal Control Officer Jim Williams is worried. “School starts in a couple of weeks, and the coyote situation here is getting really bad,” Williams said. More...

Heave, ho!

These folks had the misfortune of getting stuck in soft sand on the beach just south of Horace Caldwell Pier on Monday afternoon, Aug. 2. More...

In hot water -- literally

TONY AMOS

If you’ve waddled out into the shallow water at low tide recently you may have noticed that it’s not exactly a cooling experience, especially in the afternoons. More...

Tropical sunset

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Benefit dinner provides hope for Hope

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8967 will host a benefit barbecue dinner on Saturday, Aug. 7, for Port Aransas resident Hope Radican. Radican has battled Hodgkin’s lymphoma twice in the last seven years. More...

Commemorative afghans to be sold on Friday to fund KPAB projects

Keep Port Aransas Beautiful will hold an afghan sale tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 6, at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 2 to 7 p.m. More...

WIC representatives to visit on Monday

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

PASTOR’S PEN

God’s will

“What do I do now?” That is not my question to South Jetty editor Mary Judson about my next article; it is a question that everyone asks at one point or another in their lives. When is the last time you asked this question? More...

MSI building facility for oiled birds

BY DAN PARKER
dan@portasouthjetty.com

Workers at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute have begun construction on a new building that will be used for treatment of wildlife affected by oil spills. More...

Working, listening in the TDCJ

RACHEL PEARSON

This week, my classmates and I did our first complete histories and physicals on inpatients. More...

Rosewood to perform at next Sunset Sounds

Pack a picnic and lawn chair or blanket and head over to the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park on Friday, Aug. 13, to listen to live Americana and bluegrass. More...

Jewelry workshops set at art center this month

Learn how to make your own jewelry at the Art Center for the Islands jewelry workshops in August. Contemporary Copper Jewelry will be taught on Monday, Aug. 9. The cost is $15, plus $15 for supplies. More...

Garden club collecting dues for 2010-2011 year

The Port Aransas Garden Club is collecting dues for the 2010-11 year. Members, and anyone who would like to join, can send a check for $15 to P.O. Box 681 Port Aransas, 78373. More...

Yoga slated for Aug. 14

Practice yoga in a reflective environment, on the beach, on Saturday, Aug. 14. Instructor Nancy Myers will lead Yoga of the Beach beginning at 8 a.m. next to Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

Tinnin receives award

Tinnin Dr. Rick Tinnin, the director of marine education at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) for 36 years, has been honored by the National Marine Educators’ Association (NMEA) with an honorary lifetime membership. More...

What’s in a name?

Vessel owners select meaningful monikers