Citizen nominations due Sept. 18



Nominations for the 2006 Citizen of the Year will be accepted through Monday, Sept. 18, according to Ann Bracher Vaughan, executive director of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau, which sponsors the award. The recipient will be announced during the annual chamber banquet on Friday, Oct. 20, at the Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A. The award recognizes individuals […]

Pirates of Port Aransas



Heather Grumbles of Port Aransas, from left, Laura Watson of Arlington and Jennifer Watson Vicari of Dallas party with some parrots during the Texas Women Anglers Tournament weigh-in at Roberts Point Park on Saturday, Aug. 26. See results, Page 13A.

SPEAK UP

Taxpayers asked to comment on school budget, rate

The Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing today, Thursday, Aug. 31, on a proposed tax rate and budget for the coming school year. The hearing will be at 6 p.m. at the school district’s central administration office at 100 S. Station St. Trustees are expected to vote on the rate and budget immediately […]

Watch out for rest of season



Remember where you were on Sept. 4, 2005? If you were like several other Port Aransans, you were at the civic center, providing food, care and comfort to evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Katrina hit the Gulf coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi on Aug. 29, 2005, causing an estimated $81.2 billion in damage and becoming the costliest natural disaster in U.S. […]

FINAL SAY

City, public to take last look at budget, tax rate

City council members are expected to approve a higher budget for the coming fiscal year when they meet tonight, Thursday, Aug. 31 – and a lower tax rate to pay for it. The lower tax rate comes about courtesy of rising property values that have been on the upswing for a few years. Those rising property values will be enough […]

Pelicans pose on pilings



Brown pelicans take position on pilings and prepare to have their picture taken for the paper.

OPINION



Texas politics

Barnes burner: Ben is an author

It’s about time Ben Barnes wrote a book. The man has spent 46 years in Texas and national politics and cooperated or clashed – or both -with virtually every big name in the state: Sam Rayburn, Bob Bullock, LBJ, George W. “Barn Burning, Barn Building” may not reveal quite as much about the underbelly of Texas politics as political junkies […]

Spinoff

Big goings-on at the .crooked little house'

The South Jetty’s “crooked little house” is experiencing change. Last week I told you about our new online edition, but that’s not the half of it. Our little building, built by the late Henry Studeman in 19-I-Don’t-Know-What, is being added on to for the second time since we bought the newspaper in 1981. It had been added on to at […]

A Texas voice

Keeping things in perspective

Sunday was travel day, a business trip to the Mile High City. One short flight on a turboprop, a brief layover and a jet to Denver, where I was to meet a friend for dinner. No big deal. I got to the airport nice and early, just like they suggest. I’m not sure why unless they’re afraid it will take […]