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November 25, 2010 / Island Life

Lights on!

The City of Port Aransas Public Works Department hung Christmas decorations on South Alister Street on Monday, Nov. 22. More...

Collecting for Christmas dinners

VFW Post 8967’s Care and Share Christmas Drive

Making sure Port Aransas families in need have a Christmas dinner is the goal of the VFW Post 8967’s Care and Share Christmas Drive, according to drive cochairmen David and Karen Davidson. More...

Commercial yard

The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen On The Beach RV, located at 907 Access Rd. 1A as November’s commercial yard of the month. More...

DARE graduation

STAFF PHOTOS BY DAN PARKER

A few dozen fifth graders took part in DARE graduation ceremonies at the H.G. Olsen Elementary School gym on Thursday, Nov. 18. DARE is an anti-drug education program. More...

Eight points

Cooper Sowers of Port Aransas shot this eight-point whitetail deer on his grandparents’ ranch in Fredericksburg. More...

Deer in the headlights

Columnist Tony Amos captured a deer in headlights during a recent visit to a friend’s Hill Country ranch. More...

Tracking At the end of May this year, an egg in a nest on a building called Thilmany Mill in Kaukauna, Outagamie County, Wisc., cracked, and following Nature’s marvelous scheme that is repeated billions of times every year from hummingbirds t More...

Drive to collect toilet paper for food pantry starts

A drive to collect toilet paper to donate to the Helping Hands Food Pantry is under way. More...

A little friend

Recently, a banded brown pelican sits atop a jetty rock doing a little fishing, as a sanderling lands and joins him. More...

In nick of time for Christmas: Easy, edible gifts

BY BILL SLINGERLAND
SOUTH JETTY FOOD COLUMNIST

The holidays bring a season of food, fun and gifts. Some of the best gifts are those that come from the heart or that are made especially for the gift receiver. Christmas time edible gifts are some of the best gift to give or receive. More...

Fundraiser for Harris to be Dec. 4

A fundraiser for Port Aransan Jessica Harris will be held on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Coast Club. The “Fight Like a Girl!!! Cancer Benefit” will be from 6 p.m. to midnight at the business, located at 1023 State Hwy. 361. More...

Fundraiser brings in nearly $5,600

BY DAN PARKER
dan@portasouthjetty.com

A former Port Aransan’s cancer-fighting fundraiser hauled in nearly $5,600 on Sunday, Nov. 21. More...

KPAB sells afghans online

Keep Port Aransas Beautiful is now selling its afghans online. The woven afghans are 100 percent cotton and display renderings depicting prominent areas of Port Aransas. More...

CHIEF CONCERNS

Blessed to be in Port A

I am not only thankful that I am employed, but that I get to do what I love most in a city like Port Aransas (the only thing better than driving the beach is getting paid to drive the beach). More...

Thanks Chief!

Tracy Gaines of Port Aransas, right, thanks Port Aransas Police Chief Scott Burroughs for his donation to the George Barnes Memorial Blood Drive. More...

Holiday forest has centennial theme this year

Show off your creative talents while helping to spread some holiday cheer by entering a decorated tree in the Enchanted Holiday Forest. More...

’11 Tour of Homes tickets on sale now

Eight Port Aransas homes will be open for tours during the Tour of Homes on Mustang Island. The Port Aransas Garden Club will host the 23rd annual event on Saturday, Jan. 22. More...

Obstacle course

Several Port Aransans took part in an event called the Warrior Dash in the Cedar Creek area, near Austin, during the weekend of Nov. 20 and 21. More...

Guided beach walk slated Friday

Walk off that turkey dinner at a free, guided beach walk on Friday, Nov. 26. Beachcombers are invited to meet at 9 a.m. for an informative beach walk with guide Shirley Fischer. More...

EMS Toy Round Up is full on

This season’s Emergency Services Toy Round Up is under way. The collection is running now through Friday, Dec. 17. This year marks the 13th year Port Aransas police, fire and medical services have held the toy drive. More...

Art is on sale this Saturday

Christmas shoppers looking for unique gifts will want to visit Saturday’s art sale at The Art Center for the Islands. Normally held on the third Saturday each month, the November sale will be on the fourth Saturday, Nov. 27, from 11 a.m. More...

Contest for artwork on ferryboats slated

BY DAN PARKER
dan@portasouthjetty.com

For decades, the ferries in Port Aransas have been vessels painted mostly a stark white, with just a little bit of colored trim thrown in. But that’s about to change. More...

Mariculture labs on tour schedule for H.E.L.P. series

Again, the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department will offer two tours as part of its H.E.L.P. series, offering information on health, ecology, lifestyle and preparation. More...

Drive for decorations for needy families launched

The newly formed Food and Beverage Servers of Port A (FBSPA) wants to make Christmas a little brighter for needy families in Port Aransas. More...

Project Graduation taking orders for braided pastries

Wake up your family and house guests with the smell of freshly baked bread this holiday season. Port Aransas High School seniors and juniors are taking orders for Butter Braid braided pastries. More...

Battered pier may be in for reconstruction

City negotiating lease

A top Port of Corpus Christi official said he couldn’t guarantee anything yet, but he sounded optimistic in a recent interview that the port will renew its lease with the City of Port Aransas of the spot occupied by the Charlie’s Pasture More...

Light up

Residents, businesses invited to decorate for holiday competition

With Thanksgiving already arrived, it is time to break out those Christmas decorations. More...

Boaters: Decorate, enter parade

Holiday event is Dec. 4

Those with a song in their heart, a boat to decorate, or merry cheer to share will want to ring in the Christmas season at the Annual Carolers Afloat and Boat Lighting Parade. More...

LOL

Red Skelton movie marathon is slated

Laugh out loud for at least two hours during a City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Red Skelton marathon. Episodes of the old Red Skelton television series will be shown beginning at noon on Saturday, Dec. More...

Residential yard

The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the home of Jane and John Thompson, located at 611 Lantana as November’s yard of the month. More...

PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE BLOTTER

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17 3:14 p.m. • A disturbance was reported in the 700 block of North Street. An officer quieted things down. THURSDAY, NOV. 18 11:05 a.m. • A fire was reported in a bathroom vent fan at Port A Pizzeria. More...

Veterans’ best friends

A Patriot PAWS service dog demonstration was held at Moore-McDonald VFW Post 8967 on Saturday, Nov. 20. Patriot PAWS is a non-profit organization that trains and provides service dogs for the benefit of disabled American veterans. More...

Laying a foundation

Workers pour concrete at the southwest corner of State Hwy. 361 and Piper Boulevard on Thursday, Nov. 18, as part of a project to install a traffic light at the intersection. More...

NUECES COUNTY PRECINCT 4 CONSTABLE’S BEAT

MONDAY, NOV. 15 7:27 p.m. • A deputy cited a motorist on State Hwy. 361 for speeding. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17 2:45 p.m. • A student at Port Aransas High School was given a citation for disrupting class. More...

KPAB to host annual holiday member party

Ever wondered who makes up the membership of Keep Port Aransas Beautiful? Find out at the annual Christmas party. All members, and anyone who would like to join, are invited to the party on Monday, Dec. More...

Full turkey lunch to be dished up

Thanksgiving Day meal will benefit Trinity Day School

Looking to fill your belly with a turkey dinner? Head over to Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan Ave., for a Thanksgiving Day lunch. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

Thanks for abundant spiritual harvest

Thanksgiving began in 1691 in Plymouth, Mass., when the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast together. The Pilgrims gave thanks to God for the harvest of food that He had provided them. More...

New AA group is now forming

A new AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) group is forming in Port Aransas. Meetings will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church parish hall, 100 Station St. More...

FOR THE BIRDS

In Thanksgiving

The water ripples, and a small rail is spotted under the pepper berry trees at the edge of the marsh. He is busy hunting insects that we cannot see. Beady eyed, he quickly probes the shallow water, plucking one small meal after another. More...