August 18, 2011 RSS feed / Island Life

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Rockin’ at Roberts Point

Aloha Dave and the Tourists rock out at the Patsy Jones Amphitheater at Roberts Point Park on Friday, Aug. 12. More...

HOOKED ON BIRDING

Socials at the swimmin’ hole
LYNN STEAKLEY

An avian Saturday social forms on a retention pond past the golf course on State Hwy. 361. The pond’s low water level creates a shoreline for about 100 foraging birds. More...

Going to work

Wallis Starr gives her 2-year-old daughter, Olivia, a ride in a wagon down a sidewalk along Station Street, near White Street, on a recent summer day. More...

Petitioners: Enough have signed to force beach sales referendum

DAN PARKER
REPORTER

After only about a week of work, petition circulators already have obtained most of the signatures they need to force a referendum that could overturn a recent Port Aransas City Council decision on the city’s Coastal Management Plan (CMP), acco More...

Sales tax holiday is break for back-to-school shoppers

The annual Texas sales tax holiday begins tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 19, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 21. More...

Birthday fun

Macky Ward of Port Aransas celebrates his 51st birthday on Sunday, Aug. 14, with an outing on his jet ski at the Fish Pass. Ward is a longtime jetski enthusiast. More...

Shank wins regents’ award

An instructor at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas has been chosen to receive the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award for 2011. More...

PORT ARANSAS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING, THURSDAY, AUG. 18, 2011 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 5 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE AND PRAYER 3. PUBLIC HEARING A. More...

Art on the water

Contest to pick works for three ferries

A second art contest to select art work to be featured on the towers of three ferry boats in the Port Aransas ferry system has been announced by the Texas Department of Transportation, which operates the ferry system. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

FROM PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS

MONDAY, AUG. 8 4:24 P.M. • Thieves took photo equipment, books and a beach towel valued at $3,495 from a car that was left unlocked in the 4900 block of State Hwy. 361. 5:32 P.M. More...

Car hits golf cart, two hurt

Two people were hospitalized on Monday, Aug. 15, after an automobile rearended a golf cart on West Avenue G. More...

Man charged with stabbing brother

A Port Aransas man is out of jail on $50,000 bond after being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the slashing of his brother. More...

Beach walk is set for Friday

A free, guided beach walk will be held Friday, Aug. 26. Beachcombers can join guide Shirley Fischer on the beach under the purple flag near Horace Caldwell Pier at 9 a.m. to enjoy an informative beach walk. More...

Baker,Willmott marry

Peggy Ann Willmott of Port Aransas and Herbert Denver Baker of Kenedy were married Monday, Aug. 1, at the Kenedy County Courthouse. More...

Bake sale to benefit cross country team

The Port Aransas High School cross country team plans practice trips to San Antonio and Round Rock to work on the courses used at regional and state meets. More...

Sewing guild meets today

The Double Diamond Ruler will be demonstrated at a meeting of the Port Aransas Style, Neighborhood Group of the American Sewing Guild today, Thursday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. More...

Art on sale Saturday

The Art Center of the Islands will offer a sale on original art at the Third Saturday Sale. Shoppers will find deals at the center, 323 N. Alister St., on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More...

CHIEF CONCERNS

Waiting is over - for the time being
SCOTT BURROUGHS

When our sons were little boys, we used to play hide and seek. More...

Ferry headquarters groundbreaking set

DAN PARKER
REPORTER

Officials have rescheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a $2.5 million headquarters building for the Port Aransas ferry system. More...

Port Aransas dart league is forming for the season

A meeting to get the 2011- 12 dart season organized is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 30. It will be at 7 p.m. at the Moore-McDonald VFW Post 8967 post home, 311 N. Alister St. More...

Champagne cruise tickets on sale

Tickets went on sale this week for the Rotary Club’s annual Champagne Cruise and Mini-Taste of Port Aransas, set for Friday, Sept. 9. More...

Port Aransas Museum seeks more volunteers

The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association needs volunteers to welcome visitors and to start visitors on their tours. The PAPHA would like to have at least two volunteers in the museum while the Port Aransas Museum is open. More...

Up close

Ed Anderson and family of Austin got a good view of the resident alligator at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center on the morning of Friday, Aug. 12. More...

A close-up look

DAN PARKER
REPORTER
STAFF PHOTOS BY DAN PARKER

They came by the hundreds, drawn by scientific curiosity – and maybe the urge for a cool boat ride. More...

Cops: Texting factor in causeway wreck?

PHIL REYNOLDS
STAFF WRITER

The driver of one of the vehicles involved in a three-vehicle wreck on Saturday, Aug. 13, may have been texting on his cell phone when the accident happened, police said. More...

CONSTABLE’S BEAT

FROM NUECES COUNTY CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 4, RECORDS

TUESDAY, AUG. 9 7:30 P.M. • A deputy separated two people at a disturbance in the 600 block of Cut-off Road. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10 1:08 A.M. More...

Man accused of threat

A man who reportedly ran his car into a pallet of soft drinks at a convenience store, and then threatened a Port Aransas police officer, is out of jail on $10,000 bond. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

Lift your pain to God
TRICIA TEDROW

I started a new discipline this summer. Every morning I read a Psalm (starting with Psalm 1, of course) and then reflect on that Psalm by writing. Sometimes my writings are prayers. Sometimes they are just thoughts. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER

Low-down on high temperatures
TONY AMOS

Port Aransas gets a bum rap of a sort. It seems to me that only recently have the local TV stations been showing the heat index for Port Aransas and even singling it out for often being about the highest in the region. More...













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