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May 12, 2011 / Island Life

Outdoor concert tomorrow night

Head to the park to enjoy some good old-fashioned rockn roll at the Sunset Sounds concert tomorrow, Friday, May 13. The second concert of the season will begin at 7 p.m. in the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park. More...

SandFest shares profits

Betty Crawford, second from the left, president of Texas SandFest board of directors, passes out checks to other non-profit organizations with money raised from this year’s Texas SandFest. More...

Assuredly shredded

A line of folks showed up with more than 7,600 pounds of paper-based materials at the annual Island Shred Day at the Port Aransas Civic Center parking lot on Wednesday, May 4. More...

Matthews to give concert on May 20

Leah Matthews, a 2007 graduate of Port Aransas High School and daughter of Mary Jo and the late Paul Matthews, will perform an encore presentation of her senior recital at the Community Presbyterian Church in Port Aransas on Friday, May 20, at 7 p.m. More...

Smooth rides ahead

Workers lay down new pavement on Alister Street on Wednesday, May 4. More...

Five generations

Five generations of Nixons celebrated the 86th birthday of ‘grand matriarch’ Nettie Nixon, seated at left, on Sunday, May 1, at Roberts Point Park. More...

House passes ‘sanctuary’ bill

STATE REP. TODD HUNTER

Here are news and notes involving legislative issues that affect House District 32. More...

Hot time

Crowds visit pots of chili, left, at Saturday’s Law Enforcement Chili Cook-Off, held at Roberts Point Park to benefit law enforcement scholarship funds. More...

Full moon celebrations held on beach

‘Regulars’ hold monthly Moonfire parties

STORY AND PHOTOS BY SUSAN ARMANOVS -- STAFF WRITER

The word “moonfire” conjures images of a brightly lit bonfire and convivial spirits. And, that’s exactly what it is. Each month Deno Fabrie and his wife Diana host the Moonfire on the night of the full moon. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

FROM PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS

MONDAY, MAY 2 12 A.M. • At a disturbance in the 200 block of East Cotter Avenue, officers arrested one man on an outstanding municipal court warrant and charged Austin L. More...

CHIEF CONCERNS

Remembering missing friends

SCOTT BURROUGHS

It was brisk that early morning of March 5, 1991. The radio traffic was slow. I was patrolling in a new subdivision with my lights off and the windows down. The dispatcher’s voice broke the silence. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

Who is the church?

MARK KENNEDY

The word “church” might conjure up different feelings for different folks. Some say that they were hurt or misled by a church. Some think of the church as a building or an ethic. More...

New vegetation

Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department grounds workers Mike McClure, Mike Fudge and Chris Johnson work on planting some yaupon holly at Paradise Pond on Tuesday, May 3. More...

Golden light

Two surfers are silhouetted by reflections of golden light as they push their surfboards through the waves at Horace Caldwell Pier as the sun sets on Wednesday, April 27. More...

Magnet therapy topic at H.E.L.P.

Learn about an alternative medicine technique, magnetic therapy, at a workshop sponsored by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. Healing Hands with magnetic therapy, part of the H.E.L.P. More...

Yoga

Free class is set Saturday

Stretch out those tight muscles at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, May 14. Instructor Nancy Myers will instruct the class beginning at 8 a.m. next to Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

HISTORY CORNER

Mercers and San José pilings

JOHN GUTHRIE FORD

As the person who settled Mustang Island, Robert Mercer is fundamental to our history. Mercer came to Mustang Island in 1855 by way of San José Island, where he arrived in 1853. More...

Blood drive slated here

Thursday, May 19

The Coastal Bend Blood Center will have a mobile unit in Port Aransas Thursday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The unit will be in the Family Center IGA parking lot, 418 S. Alister St. More...

Tea to honor volunteers at Olsen, BMS

Volunteers who have helped at H.G. Olsen Elementary and Brundrett Middle Schools this year are invited to a Volunteer and Mentor Tea on Thursday, May 19. Beginning at 2 p.m. More...

Passing of the lei

Port Aransas Kiwanian Betty Newman, left, passes on her Kiwanis lei, to club president Nancy Cinfici at a recent meeting. More...

Polling place

Michele Lorette hurries into the Community Center, where the last day of early voting was taking place on Tuesday, May 10. More...

Digging in the dirt

Workers work in a hole excavacated on Alister Street to repair a water line on Tuesday, May 10. More...

Fiesta kicks off ‘fundraisingfest’

Benefiting Art Center for the Islands

The Community Center will be transformed into a Mexican villa for the fourth annual Fiesta de Mayo on Thursday, May 19. An evening of “food, fun and fandango” will begin at 6:30 p.m. More...

Nueces County Appraisal District Valuations to be explained at workshop

How do Nueces County officials come up with property valuations in Port Aransas? You could get the answer to that question and more if you drop by Port Aransas City Hall, 710 W. More...

EMTs pass gritty tests

PHIL REYNOLDS
STAFF WRITER

Student emergency medical technicians ( EMTs) passed their final exam with flying colors on Saturday, May 7, when they worked their way through three tough scenarios designed to check their decision-making abilities as well as their medical training. More...

It looked like the wall to their house had grown a beard! More...

HOOKED ON BIRDING

Team work in paradise

LYNN STEAKLEY

The birds are busy coordinating their migratory stopovers to replenish their food supply, which is fuel for the trip north to their summer breeding grounds. More...