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Thankful to be part of a great community
Every time I attend a memorial (and we had too many last year), I am reminded of what a wonderful, caring community we have. This community, which supports its citizens,...
Trump’s toadies tried to bury big news
Leave it to MAGA Republicans to ring out the old year with one last blast of craven stupidity. Mike Johnson’s House crew apparently assumed releasing Jack Smith’s recent secret testimony...
Mergers foster innovations that lower prices
The Washington policymakers responsible for bad decisions causing the inflation that drove prices so high have left town. Those who took their place must find ways to reduce the gap...
RV resort offers free square dance lessons
Everyone is invited to learn square dance patterns and steps at free lessons at the Pioneer RV Beach Resort. The...
Elvis tribute concert sold out
Tickets are sold out to performances of an Elvis Presley tribute band at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. Vince King...
Join the pasta fest!
The community is invited to an evening of fellowship, dinner and live music on Saturday, Jan. 10, at Farley Boat...
Port A eateries to participate in Restaurant Week
Folks are invited to sample menus from participating Port Aransas restaurants and try out new venues during the annual Restaurant...
Marlins score victories
The Port Aransas varsity boys’ basketball team decimated Three Rivers and Kenedy during its first games of the new year....
Boys take third at tourney
The Port Aransas Marlins ushered in the New Year with a third-place win. The varsity boys’ basketball team won three...
Girls thrash Bulldogs, Eagles
The Port Aransas Lady Marlins basketball team destroyed both Woodsboro and Three Rivers in games this week. In their final...
Lady Marlins cage Leopards
The Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins whipped the Kenedy Leopards, 50-21, on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The Port A girls...
PAHS victorious on KEDT’s Challenge!
Port Aransas High School students dominated CCISD Collegiate High School on KEDT’s televised academic game show, Challenge! on Thursday, Jan....
Yum yellowfin!
Jonathan Pytel will get some good eating from this yellowfin tuna he caught while on a 56-hour trip aboard the...
Big snapper
Elizabeth Clinard of Waco shows off the big red snapper she caught on a 4-hour trip aboard the Flipper on...
Anglers hook tuna, red snapper, more
During the first week of the new year, anglers hooked an abundance of red snapper, vermilion snapper, yellowfin, blackfin and...
We’re battling human trafficking
State of AffairsThe month of January serves as Human Trafficking Awareness month. During this month, advocates, organizations and individuals unite to raise...
Making the best choice
Coffee GirlI’m writing this from a hotel room overlooking the San Antonio Riverwalk. It still sparkles with all the holiday bling,...
Midnight belongs to God
Pastor’s PenThere’s something about midnight that changes the way we see everything. Midnight isn’t just a time on the clock—it’s a...
Port Aransas incumbents will run again
All of the incumbents in elected offices in Port Aransas are saying they will run again as the period nears when folks may file the paperwork required for becoming candidates. The period when people may file to run for mayor of Port Aransas, city council, Port Aransas ISD Board of Trustees and Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No....
Most comply with water restrictions
But many dozens of others have received warning letters for violationsOne year ago last month, Port Aransas officially entered Stage 3 water restrictions. Tighter water-use restrictions prohibited residential lawn watering by both handheld hose and sprinkler. In March of last year, a previous restriction of washing motor vehicles at home was loosened to allow handwashing with a bucket that holds five gallons of water or less, but only on the...
Songwriting on island time
Editor’s note: This story is a sequel to another story about Port Aransas-inspired music. The previous story ran in the Dec. 25 edition of the South Jetty. The late Patsy Jones always started her performances a few minutes late; on island time. According to longtime friend Julie Caraker, that was just one of her many “patsy isms” –perfectly encapsulating the...
Climbing aboard
Capt. Matt Lynch of the Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots organization climbs a ladder to get aboard ship as it was passing by the south jetty on a recent day in Port Aransas. At the helm of the pilot boat is Capt. Jason Revel. Lynch was climbing aboard to pilot the ship toward the Port of Corpus Christi. Members of the Aransas-Corpus […]
Ringside seat
Dayton Martinez, 11, and Adam Lemmond, 12, both of Corpus Christi, watch New Year’s Eve fireworks while sitting atop a playground structure at Roberts Point Park. They were among hundreds of folks who turned out for the show.
Expect delays as TxDOT begins Humble Channel Bridge work
If you drive back and forth much between Port Aransas and Flour Bluff, you might experience some delays in coming days. A contractor has scheduled a series of single-lane closures on the Park Road 22 westbound lanes of the Humble Channel bridge through Friday, Jan. 16, so pavement work can be performed, said a news release issued by the Texas […]
Loading it up
At the intersection of Alister Street and Cotter Avenue, tow truck driver Mark McLaughlin loads up a motorcycle to haul it off on Thursday, Jan. 1. Police said the motorcycle stalled at the intersection, and its driver fled on foot from officers who were trying to pull him over. The driver, a 27-year-old Corpus Christi man, was found hiding behind […]
Art on display
Linda and Wayne Reed of Flour Bluff and Port Aransas view artwork in the gallery at the Port Aransas Art Center at the First Friday reception on Friday, Jan. 2. The January exhibit, Under the Surface, opened at the reception.
Sonic shuts down
The Sonic drive-thru restaurant in Port Aransas closed on Tuesday, Dec. 30 – slightly more than three years after it was established. The restaurant closed because sales weren’t strong enough during non-summer months, said Christal Pena, manager. Could it reopen? What will be done with the 1735 State Highway 361 building if Sonic doesn’t reopen? Hard to say. An official […]
Handmade ‘bollard buddies’ add a touch of whimsy to beach park
The bollard buddies tradition continues. Volunteers dressed 280 Port Aransas beach bollards in custom-made costumes on Monday, Jan. 5, creating an eye-catching display throughout much of I.B. Magee Jr. Beach Park. Developed largely by people with knitting and crocheting skills, the bollard buddies sport a wide variety of fanciful looks. There’s a likeness of Batman, complete with a cape and […]
Decoration winners
Two Port Aransas bars, The Gaff and Bernie’s Beach House, competed against each other in a Christmas decorating contest. The staff at Bernie’s Beach House won the contest as announced by Port Aransas Mayor Wendy Moore on Thursday, Jan. 1. The contest raised $600 that was donated to Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Day School. From left are Moore, Claudette Smalley, owner of […]
Seashells by the seashore
Julie Findley (second from right, wearing a hat and sunglasses) shows shells to a group of folks taking part in a Beach Walk organized by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department on Friday, Jan. 2. Findley acts as a guide on the periodic walks, identifying shells and other items that wash up on the beach.
Pooch present
Visiting the Port Aransas Animal Shelter on Christmas Eve, Susan Savage presents a stuffed animal toy to a shelter dog named Vinny. Savage and other volunteers brought Christmas stockings full of treats and toys for all of the animals at the shelter.
Sue’s Gals group meets to sew/quilt for others
Every January and February, a group of Winter Texans and some local folks get together two days a week to sew quilts, pillowcases, lap blankets and more for charities. Sue’s Gals, a sewing/ quilting-for-charity group, meets each Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Pollock building on the grounds of Community Presbyterian Church. The church is […]
Skating family
The Oliver family of Nixon did some skateboarding at Port Aransas Community Park on Saturday, Dec. 27. From let are Aubree, 14, dad Brian, mom Kaylee and Darren, 10.
Taking the polar plunge in Port A
It was a pulse-quickening way to ring in the new year. Not long after dawn on Thursday, Jan. 1, more than 100 people gathered on the beach near Horace Caldwell Pier and sprinted into the surf, where a water temperature in the 60s awaited them. The event was the Polar Plunge, sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department....
Fish ear stones and the stories they tell
Institute InsightsWhen an airplane crashes, investigators don’t need to guess what happened. Instead, they recover the plane’s black box, a small, durable recorder that quietly logged everything leading up to the accident. Speed, altitude, stress on the plane, it’s all written into the device long before anyone knew they would need it. Fish have something remarkably similar. Inside a fish’s head,...
Queen and her court
Homecoming ceremonies were held at the Marlin varsity basketball game on Jan. 19, 2007. The full court, from left, were 2006 homecoming queen Heather Grumbles with escort Ryan Phillips, newly crowned 2007 queen Whitney Williams and her escort Matt Dunton, senior duchess Katie Coeckelenbergh and her escort Matt White, junior duchess Elaine Franco and her escort Sam Burt, sophomore duchess...
