Big bites
Shark catches draw commentsBig shark catches off Port Aransas have really lit up social media. An 844-pound tiger shark and a 479-pound tiger shark reeled in by anglers stirred up the South Jetty’s Facebook page recently. The most recent post, which showed deckhands hoisting the 844-pound beast to weigh it, even grabbed the attention of CBS affiliates in Austin and Dallas and ABC […]
Group effort
Four dolphins leap through the air together while surfing the swell pushed ahead of a ship, the Pacific Jewels, as it steamed through the Aransas Pass on a recent day. Visible in the background is the north jetty, jutting off San Jose Island.
Businesses adjust to virus restrictions
With businesses reopening after a weeks-long COVID- 19 shutdown, the South Jetty talked to some Port Aransas business owners recently to see how things are going with certain virus-related restrictions still in place. Bars and restaurants were forced to close on Friday, March 20, in response to the pandemic and following Governor Abbott’s orders. Bars were able to re-open in […]
COVID-19: A family affair
An entire Port Aransas family has tested positive for the coronavirus. All five members of the Ramsden household tested positive for Covid-19 this month. But overall, “everyone is doing pretty good,” said Melissa Ramsden, a nurse practitioner at Regional Wound Care in Corpus Christi. During the second week of June, the Corpus Christi Nueces County Health District announced Port Aransas […]
Mask, distance, wash — it will make a difference
Guest opinionI have to comment on the lack of masks and social distancing and the effect it will have on residents and the workers in the service of Port Aransas. Masks and social distancing are neither hard to use, nor onerous, yet the vast majority of visitors and many of our own citizens fail to follow through with them. COVID-19 is […]
Just do it – it matters
Have your gotten your 2020 Census form? With all the hoopla, you’d think it was a big deal. It’s important, no doubt. It will make a difference in how much federal funding Texas gets. I get that. But it sounds like such an ordeal to complete. I’ve done this before, so I’m not sure why I found the task so […]
Continuing centuries of voter suppression
Ponder this: Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton is using time, personnel and energy, paid for by your tax dollars, to make it tougher for many of you to vote more safely during a pandemic. Texas voting law says you can vote by mail only if you are over 65, have a disability, are in jail (but not yet convicted), or […]
The shame is ours
It is a gift, as Robert Burns wrote, to see ourselves as others see us. One of those “others” is Caroline Glick, who writes on her webpage from Israel: “Americans are now expected to kneel for the Star Spangled Banner and disavow American history while swallowing whole a false, malicious new history that claims America has been a force for […]
