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March 29, 2012 / Island Life

Beach ‘treasures’ on sale Saturday

On Saturday, March 31, Tony Amos will host a “Treasures from the Beach and Garage Sale.” The sale will get underway at 8 a.m. at Moby Dick’s Restaurant, 517 S. Alister St. More...

Golf Ball Drop to repeat - but when?

The Port Aransas Kiwanis Club will host a second annual Golf Ball Drop, but the date is still up in the air. More...

Packing it down

Island Construction worker John Cuellar uses a piece of equipment called a Wacker Packer to pack cement stabilized base material on State Hwy. 361 near Access Road 1A on Monday, March 26. More...

The public is invited to watch as Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) workers release five sea turtles back to the wild on Sunday, April 1, on the beach in Port Aransas. The release will be at 10 a.m. More...

Residential yard

The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the home of Yogi Barrett and Tootie Barnes at 502 Aransas Channel as March’s residential yard of the month. More...

Revue will offer dinner, show at PACT on April 7

If you’re looking for a romantic night on the town, look no further than the Broadway Revue scheduled for Saturday, April 7, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. More...

Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond Birding Center is mostly dry due to the continuing drought, but it’s still a good place to see birds and other wildlife, especially with spring migration in swing. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

FROM PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS

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CONSTABLE’S BEAT

MONDAY, MARCH 19 2 P.M. • A bicycle was reported stolen from in front of a building in the 700 block of Trout Street. The bike was valued at $400. 9:29 P.M. More...

Price is right!

Winter Texans (from left) Chris Sink of Reese, Mich., Viola Repa of Erlangen, Germany, and Pat LaTarte of Hemlock, Mich., had planned a trip to the Price is Right Show in California in March. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

Letting go of worry

It’s spring! If the time change and allergies have not already alerted you to that fact, just drive up I-37 to San Antonio. It’s a patchwork of color with the blue bonnets, Indian paintbrushes and evening primrose all in bloom. More...

Sand sculpting lessons offered Saturday, April 14

Free sand sculpting lessons will be offered at Lesson Mountain on Saturday, April 14. Lesson Mountain is the warm-up to the 16th annual Texas SandFest, scheduled for April 20-22. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER

Garbage, blowdarts, a turtle rescue and a bottled note

TONY AMOS

I start on two sour notes and end on two trumpet fanfares. More...

Deadline looms Sunday for booth space at Art Fest

Sunday, April 1, is the deadline to reserve booth space at the seventh annual Art Fest. The festival is Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20. Booths will be open at Roberts Point Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. More...

Cart club sets bonfire for Sunday

The Port Aransas Cart Club is hosting its second annual April Fool’s Day Bonfire Sunday, April 1. The fun begins at 6:30 p.m. More...

One man drowns; another is rescued

U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued one boater from a Matagorda Bay oil rig and recovered the body of a companion in the Gulf of Mexico about 24 miles northeast of Port Aransas on Saturday, March 24. More...

Heavy metal

A Russell Marine crew member assists in an operation to dig a hole using a ‘clam’ style piece of heavy machinery in shallow water next to a ferry fuel dock on Mustang Island on Wednesday, More...

Commercial yard

The Port Aransas Garden Club has chosen the City of Port Aransas, located at 710 W. Avenue A, as March’s commercial yard of the month. More...

Farenthold due here for talk

Congressman Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, will be the speaker at the Port Aransas Rotary Club’s regular meeting on Thursday, April 5. He will address the impact of Washington, D.C. More...

Rotary to hold egg hunt on Easter Sunday

The Rotary Club will have an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday, April 8, at 1 p.m. It is important to be on time, because the hunt usually does not last more than a few minutes. More...

SandFest needs sponsors

Make your plans now for the 16th annual Texas Sand- Fest, the largest master sandsculpting contest in the U.S., scheduled for Friday through Sunday, April 20-22. More...

Resident: Cops roughed me up

DAN PARKER
REPORTER

you’re probably drunk, too.’ ” “ I said, ‘ I’m not ‘ F’- ing drunk,’” McCaskill said, admitting that he used a curse word in his response. More...

Churches set community wide Easter sunrise service April 8

A community-wide interdenominational Easter sunrise service will be held on Easter Sunday, April 8. Services will begin at 7 a.m. under the Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Roberts Point Park. More...

Daughter is born to Muniz, Hernandez

Nina Hernandez and Chris Muniz of El Paso announce the birth of their daughter, Ava Salara Muniz. She was born in El Paso on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 at 1:39 p.m. Ava weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 21 inches long. More...

In the wind

Above and at left: A kite surfer harnesses brisk winds on a recent day to shoot up and down the shore between Horace Caldwell Pier and the south jetty. Spring is a great time for kite surfing in Port Aransas. More...

Junk joy

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