• Danielle Villasana is going to great lengths, literally, to raise cancer awareness.

• A camera and related equipment that former Mayor Claude Brown says he left on his desk at city hall after he left office as mayor is missing.

• This weekend is your last chance to see 'Opal's Baby' on the PACT stage.

• The George Barnes Memorial Blood Drive is today, Thursday, Nov. 18

• Food columnist Bill Slingerland has some recipes for Thanksgiving sides that won't take up oven space.

• The Port Aransas Garden Club is calling for entries in its annual Christmas Lights Contest.

• The theme for the Enchanted Holiday Forest is '100 Years of Port Aransas.' Put your thinking caps on and enter a tree.

• Patriot PAWS will put on a demonstration at the VFW Post Home Saturday afternoon.

• The city council meets at 5 p.m. Thursday. Check out the agenda.

• A string of bicycle thefts don't appear to be related.

• PAISD trustees elect not to adopt a policy to randomly subject students to drug testing, opting instead to deal with any problems on a case-by-case basis.

• Trustees also accepted campus plans developed by the three principals.

• Some students aren't happy with a requirement they keep their hair out of their eyes.

• A community-wide Thanksgiving service is scheduled for Tuesday at First Baptist Church.

• Check out this month's installment of Science and the Sea from The University of Texas Marine Science Institute.

• Complete coverage, with photos, of the Marlins state cross-country second place win.

• Basketball season is here. Read about the Marlins and Lady Marlins and their opening wins.