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Dangerous dredging Thank you, South Jetty Staff, for your excellent article and Editorial in the April 4 issue, regarding the...
Trump’s abortion punt may reap whirlwind
An adjudicated rapist, who was recently held liable by a jury for physically invading a woman’s bodily autonomy, has now...
Republicans need to unite, not fight
I don’t blame the public for not wanting to put the Republican Party back in power in Washington. As the...
‘Steel Magnolias’ continues run at PACT
“Steel Magnolias,” a well-known comedy drama written by Robert Harling, will continue its run at the Port Aransas Community Theatre...
R&B, soul, pop, rock concert set Friday
All are invited to Roberts Point Park for a free concert on Friday, April 19, while the sun sets over...
Folks invited to create giant peace symbol on the beach
Everyone in the community is invited to gather together to create a giant peace symbol on the beach on Earth...
Water district office to close on Tuesday
The offices of the Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4 will be closed on Tuesday, April 23....
Marlins clinch playoff spot
The Port Aransas High School Marlins baseball team has made the playoffs. It was a 10-0 win over Skidmore Tynan...
Homerun saves the day
Gavin Colglazier’s homerun went a long way toward saving the Port Aransas High School softball team’s season. The big hit...
Netters overcome weather to place in Tuloso-Midway event
Neither rain nor lightning were to deny the Port Aransas High School tennis team its day on the courts at...
Champs!
Tournament championships were earned by Brundrett Middle School’s baseball and softball teams in Kenedy on Saturday, April 13. The girls’...
Seven going to regional track
Coming off strong performances at the area track meet, seven Port Aransas High School athletes will advance to regional track...
Boosters meet May 1
The public is invited to attend and join up when the Port Aransas ISD Athletic Booster Club meets on Wednesday,...
Olsen student performs on stage, in movies
Eleven-year-old Cora Dirk says she wants to be either an obstetrician, or a prosecutor, or a singer-actress when she grows...
Primped for the prom
A big group of Port Aransas High School students gathered at the home of an Island Moorings resident so their...
Three one-act play members receive honors at UIL area
Port Aransas High School’s one-act play didn’t get the marks it needed at area-level UIL competition to advance to regionals,...
Charting the course at Port Aransas ISD
Education NotesIn the quaint coastal community of Port Aransas, education serves as the bedrock of our society, shaping the minds of...
Shine like the stars
Coffee GirlMy husband, Rick, is a bow hunter. He doesn’t take his sport as seriously as he once did—he enjoys getting...
Donations save lives
State of AffairsApril is National Donate Life Month. This month is dedicated to educating and encouraging Americans to register as donors of...
The dos and don’ts of SandFest
Chief ConcernsThere is, in my humble opinion, a mistaken belief that Spring Break poses the most substantial challenges for our law...
SandFest fun starts Friday
Huge mounds of sand sculpted into amazing works of art will be the draw for the thousands of folks who attend the 2024 version of Texas SandFest. SandFest is set Friday through Sunday, April 19 through 21, on the beach in Port Aransas. This year the SandFest grounds have been shifted south on the beach and will be located between...
New safeguards eyed for jetty area
Nueces County officials are looking into ways to safeguard the south jetty at I.B. Magee Jr. Beach Park to prevent people from driving onto the jetty and into the ship channel. Lynna Koehn, 58, of Blanco, was found dead in the wreckage of a pickup truck after it plunged off the south jetty and into the ship channel on the...
Ward house gets historical marker
A house at 807 S. Station St. was built more than 90 years ago by a man who has been described as a visionary who saved Port Aransas from the Great Depression and set us on a course to be the town we are today. On Tuesday, April 16, officials with the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) recognized...
Rare visitor
A cactus wren perches on a fence on East Street in Port Aransas on Saturday, April 13. Cactus wrens rarely are seen in Port Aransas, according to longtime local birders. Cactus wrens are common in the United States’ desert southwest, according to the Audubon Field Guide. It is considered to be ‘uncommon’ throughout the year on the coast of Texas,...
Speak up!
Citizen input asked for in development of recreation center at community parkWant to help shape the development of the recreation center the city plans to build at the Port Aransas Community Park? You can. The Parks and Recreation Department is collecting feedback on a survey to help develop the recreation center. To fill it out, visit tinyurl.com/reccenterpoll The survey will close on Friday, April 26. The facility will include a gym,...
Deadline slated Sunday for dredging comments
Sunday, April 21, is the deadline for public comment on a new document related to a proposal to significantly deepen the ship channel in Port Aransas and extend it further into the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is inviting the public to comment on the Port of Corpus Christi’s Channel Deepening Project Final Environmental Impact Statement....
City explains gas line replacement work
Has your yard been dug up by workers or are you seeing small flags and painted lines in your yard in Port Aransas? The South Jetty spoke with Assistant City Manager Lawrence Cutrone to find out what the flags and painted lines mean. The South Jetty also asked how residents can find out if their yard will be dug up...
Let’s go, let’s go!
Shema, a white Swiss shepherd, waits patiently aboard a golf cart for her owner, Todd DeGidio of Port Aransas to play frisbee on the beach at Marker 56 on Friday, April 12.
Putting for preservation
Abby McComb of Corpus Christi putts on the golf course at Palmilla Beach Resort and Golf Club on Thursday, April 11. Behind her are, from left, her husband, Darren McComb, and Ryan and Matt Richter of Port Aransas. They were playing in the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association’s Farley Classic golf tournament. The fundraiser raked in about $6,000.
Honoring library workers
Friends of the Ellis Library hosted a National Library Workers Day reception on Tuesday, April 9, to honor the William ‘R. Bill’ Memorial Library personnel. Enjoying refreshments and fellowship were from left, clockwise are Patt Coeckelenbergh, president of Friends of the Library; Jane Thompson, member; Virginia Moser, treasurer of the Friends and Barbara Scott, member.
Getting close
Work continues to build a parking lot and miniature dog park and create landscaping next to the Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor in Port Aransas on Thursday, April 11. The parking lot and dog park are part of a $7.4 million project to build a new harbor master’s office and update the pavilion. Construction of the...
Beach run
Runners take off at the beginning of the third annual Trooper Chad Walker Obstacle Course at I.B. Magee Jr. Beach Park on Saturday, April 13. The event was established to honor Walker, a state trooper who was killed in the line of duty near Mexia in 2021. Walker started his career in law enforcement as a state trooper in 2015...
Deadline extended for museum exhibit
The deadline has been extended for longtime local families to step forward and commit to helping create displays about their ancestors for the Port Aransas Museum’s next big exhibit. The old deadline was Thursday, April 18. The new deadline is Thursday, April 25. “Historic families and characters of Port Aransas” will be the exhibit’s subject matter, said Cliff Strain, museum...
Birds, birders flock to Port A in the spring
Spring migration is underway, and eager birders in Port Aransas are out in force to view the many species that stop here between their summer and winter homes. The peak time for migration in the Coastal Bend is in April, with the increased arrival of songbirds, according to the Audubon Society website. The Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, which ties […]
Good eatin’
Markham Benn of San Antonio and Port Aransas caught this nice stringer of fish on Saturday, April 6. He was fishing in southwest Corpus Christi Bay when he caught his limit of black drum and one redfish.
Anglers on Wheels tournament sign-ups open, spaces available
It’s almost summer. That means it’s time for summer fishing tournaments to get underway. Anglers on Wheels, a free fishing trip for people with disabilities, their family and friends is set for Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18. The Friday trip is from 5 to 9 p.m., and the...
Father, son catch
Jerami Ryder and his son, Jerami Jr., 12, of Portland, caught these two sheepshead, a pompano and a mangrove snapper on Sunday, April 14. They were fishing aboard the Capt. Paul on a 4-hour state water trip with Capt. Michael Davis, out of Dolphin Dock.
Amberjack season to open May 1
Recreational greater amberjack season will reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1, and will close at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, said a news release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) on Wednesday, April 10. The second-part of the recreational fishing season for greater amberjack currently is...
Anglers catching sheepshead inshore; tuna, shark offshore
Docks along the Port Aransas waterfront report that anglers continue to catch sheepshead and black drum near shore. Vermilion snapper, shark and tuna are being caught on longer offshore trips. At Fisherman’s Wharf, bay trips aboard the Wharf Cat have been catching sheepshead, black drum, whiting and gafftop, according to...
Center of things
Scientist Connie Arnold, left, and Eddie Powell look over a ceramic mold of a redfish, one of the centerpieces for the Gulf Coast Conservation Association Redfish Bay Chapter’s banquet held in 1985. Powell was the artist and Arnold was in charge of raising redfish fingerlings at the former John Wilson Hatchery, now the CCA Marine Development Center in Flour Bluff....
