Mayor Claude Brown and members of the Port Aransas City Council convened a special meeting this week to voice displeasure with the way the ferries have been operated lately by the Texas Department of Transportation. The meeting occurred after it was recently reported that ferry boat operations across the Corpus Christi Ship Channel had dropped to as low as two […]
Group hug!
The Hagedorn family embraces at mid-court in Doyle Marek Gym at Port Aransas High School during Parents’ Night held between basketball games against Falls City High School teams on Friday, Feb. 6. From left: 13-year-old Chase; her mother, Charlette; Clay, a senior wearing his Marlin uniform; and Pete, the father of the family. Pete is holding a red rose that […]
Parents float trial balloon for football, volleyball
STAFF PHOTO BY DAN PARKER Are you ready for some football . . . . . . and volleyball? Parent Tonya May is organizing a community forum to gauge public opinion and to rally support establishing football and volleyball programs in Port Aransas schools. The forum will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at the Pollock Center. A community […]
Sand-bagged
City trying to make beach driveableExcess sand piled on the beach and a federal directive not to move it to the water line has city officials concerned about beach driving conditions during Spring Break. The city is bulldozing piles of sand into low areas behind the dune lines on the beach since it has permission from the Texas General Land Office, but an attempt to […]
Lady Marlins to play in area championship
Game is Saturday in BeevilleLady Marlins to play in area championship Game is Saturday in Beeville By Dan Parker South Jetty reporter The Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins are set to play for the area championship at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, in Beeville. The Lady Marlins will take on the D’Hanis High School Cowgirls on the neutral court of A.C. Jones High […]
Ellis wields club over state board
State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, is fed up with the State Board of Education’s continued wrangling over teaching the science of evolution. His Senate Bill 440 would shift to the Texas Education Agency the board’s oversight of curriculum, textbooks, and what it takes to graduate. Ellis calls the bill his “club.” He’s also got a “stiletto.” More on that in […]
Riding out a tough economy
The stinkin’ economy is gettin’ to us. You’ve read about it. You see it on the news every night. In Port Aransas, it is mostly real estate sales that have slowed in response to dire news out of Washington and Wall Street. We’ll weather the storm, to be sure. We got through the oil bust and savings and loan crises […]
TV’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ a real eye opener
I stumbled across a surprisingly insightful television program the other day while attempting to confirm there was nothing worth watching among our dozens of channels. I had seen advertisements for “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel and its name seemed appropriate. The host, Mike Rowe, would briefly participate in those dirty jobs, taking viewers along for the messy ride. The […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Biting hand that feeds I was in the Port Aransas area recently for a week long vacation. I was with my wife and another couple that usually stays in the Rockport area during the winter. My purpose with them was to show off the Port Aransas area with all the fun things to do. We were by the south jetty […]
