Port Aransan Bruce Wiggins caught this image of an unidentified oil rig as it squeezed between the jetties on its way into the Gulf of Mexico. Wiggins called the rig a ‘UFO’ (Unidentified Floating Object).
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WHITNEY SETS NEW RECORDWhitney Williams has hit yet another major milestone in yet another major milestone in her stellar high school basketball her stellar high school basket- career. The Port Aransas High School senior scored her School senior scored her 3,000th point as a varsity point as a varsity player on Friday, Jan. 26, player on Friday, Jan. 26, during a Lady Marlins […]
Pool problems
Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department Director Gary Mysorski points out spots on the concrete deck around the Community Swimming Pool where the surface is deteriorating.
Charlie Brown: We ain’t seen nothin’ yet
Editor’s note: This is part six in a seven-part series of interviews with current and past Port Aransas mayors reflecting on the state of our island town and its future. The first five articles were interviews with five of the town’s six most recent mayors: Claude Brown (2006 to present), Georgia Neblett (2004-2006), Glenn Martin (1998-2004), Jim Sherrill (1994-1998) and […]
Texas politics
House challenge may be changeA parliamentary fight is usually less interesting than a radio broadcast of a chess match. But an exception occurred Tuesday in the Texas House of Representatives. The Texas Constitution was amended in 1930, to say that no committees can pass out bills in the first 30 days of the biennial session, and no bills can be considered on the floor […]
A Texas voice
The truth about hidden grandsonA few years ago, while selecting several of my old columns for a book, I spent considerable time pondering a title. A title is important in that it needs to give some idea of what the book is about, and it helps to be catchy. One that I’ll always remember was the book that introduced me to the nowdeceased columnist […]
Spinoff
'Tourist season' is reason for thanksA bumper sticker read, “If they call it tourist season, why can’t we shoot ’em?” It’s a shallow, offensive sentiment to which the answer is, “If you did, you’d kill just about every business in town.” That, my friend, would leave a lot of us without jobs. It’s Winter Texan “season”, and we’re glad to have these visitors who are […]
