The Rev. Tim and Lori Baylor stand in the Heartland Christian Fellowship building on 11th Street, which was dedicated on Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996. The Baylors came to Port Aransas to start the church, which met for several years in the Civic Center. Churches of various names operated in the building until 2015, when the last one — Grace Church […]
Throwback Thursday
Center of things
Scientist Connie Arnold, left, and Eddie Powell look over a ceramic mold of a redfish, one of the centerpieces for the Gulf Coast Conservation Association Redfish Bay Chapter’s banquet held in 1985. Powell was the artist and Arnold was in charge of raising redfish fingerlings at the former John Wilson Hatchery, now the CCA Marine Development Center in Flour Bluff. […]
Vets on parade
Veterans were honored during a parade and patriotic ceremonies on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, 1990. Port Aransas native Marine, Nathan Sheppard, is shown riding in the parade as parade marshal. To attract area dignitaries, the event was held Sunday morning, a VFW spokesman said. The parade ended at Roberts Point Park, where a Veterans Day ceremony was held. This […]
Shark facts
Nueces County Commissioner J.P. Luby, standing at the podium at left, called a special news conference at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Tuesday, April 21, 1987 to answer questions concerning a rare shark attack on Mustang Island. April Dawn Viglino, 16, of Kingland had lost her right arm to an unidentified species of shark the previous weekend while […]
Ringing up Belles
Throwback ThursdayThe cast of ‘Belles’ is shown in rehearsal on the Port Aransas Community Theatre’s outdoor stage. The show opened Friday, April 16, 1993. Cast members were, in back from left, Carol McElhaney, Misty Williams and Debra Williams. In front are Samanta Lawson, Barbara Brooks and Alice Kahre. The Port Aransas Community Theatre got started in the early 1990s with outdoor […]
Ye-e-e-ha!
The crew from Wes-Tex Management was named first place Showmanship winners at the VFW Chili Cook-off on Saturday, April 11, 1992. Wes-Tex’s number one cook, Jacque Borders, was happy with winning the first place trophy for her chili. Wes-Tex and Borders were habitual winners in their respective categories. This photo originally appeared in the April 16, 1992 edition of the […]
Missed entrance
The crew boat Bayou Gold was the second boat in less than six months to run aground on the south side of the south jetty in 1994. Coast Guard spokesmen said better aids to navigation marking the entrance to the ship channel would not have helped in either case, though improved markings were scheduled to be put in place. This […]
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