January 5, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Last Chance at 2011

is deadline to submit Citizen of the Year nominations

The deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 10, and only one nomination has been submitted for the 2011 Citizen of the Year. More...

New rules?

Conflicts of interest, official conduct among proposed charter amendments

Port Aransas voters soon may be asked to decide how their leaders handles certain city financial situations and potential conflict-of-interest issues. More...

Special Sections

Scoop on Hoops

Marlins melt Mathis  Free Access 

JV jams, too

The Port Aransas High School Marlins beat their Mathis opponents, 70-57, tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 10. The Marlins JV knocked over their Mathis counterparts, 48-42.   More...

Times change for games against John Paul II High School  Free Access 

Games will be later

The times for Friday’s Port Aransas High School Marlins and JV basketball games against John Paul II High School in Corpus Christi have changed. The JV will play at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5. The varsity will play at 7:30 p.m. More...

Brundrett Middle School girls triumph  Free Access 

Woodsboro foes fall

It was a good day for the Brundrett Middle School girls’ basketball teams. The seventh-grade BMS girls’ team beat their Woodsboro opponents, 13-12, on Thursday, Jan. 5. The eighth-grade BMS girls whipped Woodsboro, 32-5. More...

Island Life

Movie Time is in hot pursuit of you

The original 1964 “Pink Panther” with Peter Sellers will be shown at the next Port Aransas Movie Time in the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., on Saturday, Jan. 7. More...

Salvaging history

Farley Boat Works building is restored

Workers are wrapping up restoration work on the old Farley Boat Works building on Avenue C. (See related story, page 1A.) The wood-frame building is about 60 years old. It was run by Farley’s Boat Works from the 1950s to about 1970. More...

Chamber deadline is Friday

Six candidates nominated for three board spots

Tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 6, is the deadline for completed ballots for members of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce board of directors to be turned in or postmarked. More...

Fishing

Red tide count shows few cells

Testing this week showed red tide levels in Port Aransas were just about as low as they could get. But a state expert on the microscopic waterborne algae wasn’t ready to declare the problem finished. More...

A fishy way to end the year

Mark Gainey of San Antonio fished a tuna trip with his family and friends on Tuesday, Dec. 27. They caught a boat full of big yellowfin tuna and some nice amberjack aboard the Pelican with Capt. More...

FISHING REPORT

Bait fish are hiding, but trout are biting

The last fishing trips of 2011 battled windy and rough conditions much of the week. Gary Carter at Dolphin Dock said currents were “ripping” in the channel, creating some difficulties with fishing. More...

Obituaries  Free Access 

Byrd

Crystal L. Walden Byrd, formerly o f Po r t Aran- sas, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. She was 27. Byrd was born on Oct. 25, 1984 in Florida. She went to school in Port Aransas before moving to North Fort Myers, Fla. She was a mother and wife. More...

Wilcox

Lewis Eugene Wilcox, 54, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, after a battle with stage-four adenoidal cystic carcinoma. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan St. He was born Aug. More...

Citizen nominations due tomorrow  Free Access 

 Tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. More...

UTMSI scientist to share in $4 million grant  Free Access 

Deana Erdner will help study fish poisoning

A scientist from the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas will be among researchers who will use a grant to investigate the causes of a kind of fish poisoning. UTMSI scientist Deana Erdner will take part in the research, acco More...

Such a sunrise

An angler fishes from the south jetty as the sun rises over the Gulf on a recent day. Lack of bait fish has hampered bay fishing. Get more on the fishing scene in the Fishing report, Page 4B. More...

Rebirth of boat works

Preservation group restoring old Farley enterprise

This might float your boat. More...

Opinion

Keep up with state’s new laws

On Jan. 1, many laws passed during the 82nd Regular Legislative Session went into effect. These laws range from property tax exemptions to regulation of metal recycling. Each of the bills that took effect on Jan. More...

Primary pace is about to step up

The American process of picking the parties’ presidential candidates is about to shift into a much higher gear. After the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 and the New Hampshire primary on Jan. More...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DEADLINE IS 10 A.M. MONDAY

SIGNATURE, PHONE NUMBER, MAILING ADDRESS REQUIRED. LIMIT 300 WORDS. More...

Youth

SCHOOL MENUS

PORT ARANSAS ISD JAN. 9 - 13 More...

Honors

About 40 people attended an event in which Port Aransas High School teacher Melanie Mayer was presented with an Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award. Humanities Texas gave Mayer the award. More...

Final exams scheduled

Final exams for the first semester of the school year will be held at Port Aransas High School Wednesday through Friday, Jan. 11-13. More...

Sports

ISLAND OBSERVER

Record year coming?

The New Year seems to be the same old stuff when it comes to the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK). Dangerous work More...

Animal Friends to discuss landscaping

A brick-landscaping project planned for the City of Port Aransas Animal Shelter will be topic of discussion at an Animal Friends of Port Aransas meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10. More...

Players expect good weather for tourney

Ideal conditions are predicted for the monthly round robin tennis tournament on Saturday, Jan. 7. Sunshine, partly cloudy skies and 70 degrees are forecast. The informal “just for fun” tournament will kick off with sign up at 7:45 a.m. More...

Island Agenda  Free Access 

ISLAND AGENDA

DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: Open Tuesday-Saturday. Water exercise: Tuesday- Friday 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon. Open swim: Tuesday- Friday, 1-2 p.m. and Saturday 1-5 p.m. More...













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