Traffic eases past a construction site on Tuesday, Feb. 13, as American Electric Power contractors continue a project to install bigger power poles along a stretch of State Hwy. 361. The power poles are being installed on the east side of the highway from the Port Aransas substation to a point 3.3 miles south. AEP officials said the new poles […]
Airport, harbor on Polewchak’s mind
Jim Polewchak admits he’s newcomer to Port Aransas, but he says he makes up for that with his enthusiasm. “I’ve always been interested in local politics,” he said, “and I love Port Aransas.” Polewchak, 36, was appointed on Thursday, Feb. 8, to the Place 3 posi- tion on the city council, filling the spot left vacant by the death of […]
Pot of gold?
A rainbow stands out against a blue sky on Thursday, Feb. 8. The view is looking east on Cotter Street in front of the Tarpon Inn. By the looks of it, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbos would be at the I.B. Magee Jr. Beach Park.
Dave McNeely
Molly, McNeely: 40-year friendsMolly Ivins, who died the last day of January, and I first met in 1965. I was 25, fresh out of The University of Texas at Austin, a cub reporter at the Houston Chronicle, with a wife and two daughters. Molly was a 20-year-old intern, home in Houston from college for the summer. As a new reporter starting in the […]
Steve Martaindale
Rites of springA major winter storm is raging in the Midwest. Heavy lake-effect snow is expected around the Great Lakes. Snow is possible across the High Plains. Snow and wind will converge on New England. The groundhog saw his shadow. But that’s OK because there are places where temperatures are in the 70s, where grass is growing, where the sun remembers to […]
Mary Henkel Judson
TV systems, aging parents common denominatorsTwo of the major television networks have done, or are doing, stories about two different challenges previously discussed in this space: television systems and caring for aging parents. On the lighter side, a few weeks ago, ’60 Minutes’ did a story about Murray and me. Well, it wasn’t exactly about Murray and me, but it was about our on-going battle […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Silver lining to theft Winter Texans beware. Several weeks ago I filled out a survey about Port Aransas. To sum it up, I said I believe it is a touch of heaven. The following day the fellows went golfing, and my sister-in-law called and said, “Let’s go shelling.” Anxiously went to the beautiful beach. Got out of van, locked the […]
