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Kinky the kowboy for what this time?
Dave McNeely
He hasn’t actually filed for office -- yet. But humorist/author Kinky Friedman says with Houston Mayor Bill White in the...
New letters deadline — with a catch
Mary Henkel Judson
Rules are a real pain, especially if you’re the one making them. You make rules, you have to enforce them....
Tis the season for giving
Todd Hunter
The holiday season is here and many of us are looking forward to a Christmas spent with family and friends....
Island Agenda
DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily...
Lady Marlins sweep tourney
In three days – Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 10-12 – the Lady Marlins improved their overall court record from 10-2...
Going tough for Marlins in Ingleside
The Marlins had a tough weekend. The boys went to Ingleside for a tournament and ended losing all four games....
Seventh grade scores win
The Brundrett Middle School seventhgrade girls on Monday, Dec. 14, gave their Woodsboro counterparts a bad shaking-up, 31-2, but the...
2009-10 Lady Marlins Port Aransas High School Basketball Schedule
Date Opp Time/Score November T-10 Bloomington JV19-25;V 55-26 Th-12 PA JV Tourney S F-13 Odem Cancelled S-14 PA JV Tourney...
Marlins pluck Eagles, 45-16
Nine different players put points in the scoring column on Monday, Dec. 14, as the Brundrett Middle School Marlins handed...
JV Marlins stop Faith Academy
The Marlins junior varsity put away Victoria’s Faith Academy on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 55-40. The JV Marlins came out swinging,...
Multiplicity of music
December 17, 2009
Music flowed through the campuses of H.G. Olsen Elementary School and Brundrett Middle School on the evening of Tuesday, Dec....
PAHS band plays tonight at cafetorium
December 17, 2009
The Port Aransas High School band will perform tonight, Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m., in the Port Aransas High...
EDUCATION NOTES
December 17, 2009
I have a sign that hangs over my kitchen sink that says, “Just be nice”. It serves as my daily...
All-region band
December 17, 2009
Seven Port Aransas High School students and four Brundrett Middle School students qualified for the Association of Small School Bands...
Go, girls!
December 17, 2009
The Port Aransas High School cheerleaders give lessons at an after-school cheer camp on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The camp is...
JOE LORIN LAMB
December 17, 2009
Joe Lorin Lamb, age 47, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Park Plaza Hospital while attending a...
Time running out for Christmas drives
Last day to donate toys is tomorrow| December 17, 2009
The Emergency Services Toy Roundup has had an increase in donations over the past week. “Things are looking up,” said chairman Kristin Barton, but donations are still needed. The deadline for donations is tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18. There are usually about 120 kids to be served by the program, and as of Tuesday, Dec. 15, Barton said she had received...
Donation of food down from last year
| December 17, 2009
The rush is on for the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ annual Care and Share food drive. VFW Post 8967 collects donations for Christmas dinners to give to Port Aransas families in need, soldiers overseas and toys for the Toy Roundup. This weekend, Dec. 19 and 20, is the last weekend to make donations. Last year the drive served more than...
Seeing stars
| December 17, 2009
Port Aransas High School welding students recently created three large, star-shaped metal decorations for public Christmas displays. The students included, from left, Ryan Miner, Thomas Winton, Zach Gaskins and Ely Bennett, posing with the metalworks, which were wrapped in colorful lights. The Parks and Recreation Department supplied the materials for the creations. The students designed, welded and painted the big...
Neblett tapped for term on state windstorm board
| December 17, 2009
Port Aransan Georgia Neblett, who served earlier on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) board, has been appointed again to serve on a reconstituted board. Neblett served from 2006 to 2008 on the board, which the Legislature formed to provide wind and hail insurance for Texas Gulf Coast property owners in the event of catastrophic loss. TWIA provides wind and...
Enchanted Holiday Forest awaits
Christmas, Island Style!| December 17, 2009
The annual Enchanted Holiday Forest is now open for viewing. Each year the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce- Tourist Bureau and Port Aransas Boatmens Association transform the Port Aransas Civic Center into a holiday wonderland for the public to enjoy. The theme this year is ‘Christmas, Island Style,’ and various organizations...
Best time to view lights is this weekend
| December 17, 2009
Pile the kids and Grandma in the car, make some hot cocoa to go, and take a drive around town to look at the Christmas lights. First and second places will be given recognition in five categories by the Port Aransas Garden Club’s annual Christmas lights contest, “Christmas in PA-radise.” The categories are: Commercial: businesses and condo complex entrances. Residential:...
Two chapel tours slated
| December 17, 2009
Ever wonder what that Little Chapel on the Hill looks like inside? Now’s your chance to find out that and more. Two tours of the chapel will be given tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18, and Saturday, Dec. 19, at 10 a.m. Betty Bundy of the Port Aransas Museum obtained permission to give the tours facilitated by the museum through the generosity...
Museum docents to sell tickets Saturday
| December 17, 2009
A gourmet dinner party for six for only $2? It could happen! Port Aransas Museum docents will sell tickets for a drawing for a dinner for six at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 and Jan. 23. The dinner will be prepared either for immediate serving or for...
Third Saturday Sale to offer discounted art
| December 17, 2009
Why not shop at the Art Center for the Islands for Christmas? The center’s Third Saturday Sale will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 19. More than 50 artists will offer from 10 to 50 percent off one-of-a-kind gifts in all art media. According to art center director Mary Rose, “You can save on paintings, prints, pottery,...
Man of many hats
Dave ParsonsBY DAN PARKER dan@portasouthjetty.com | December 17, 2009
Thanksgiving is long over, but Dave Parsons still has quite a bit on his plate. In addition to dealing with his normal job as planning and projects manager for the city of Port Aransas, he also is filling in as city manager and overseeing the town’s public works department. As if all that wasn’t enough, the city’s building official, Joe...
Shirt sales benefit local animal shelter
| December 17, 2009
Looking for a novel charitable gift for Christmas? The Friends of the Animal Shelter in Port Aransas is selling T-shirts to benefit the animal shelter. Adult and children’s sizes are available without pockets for $10 or with pockets for $12. The shirts are sold at Island Images Salon, 2217 State Hwy. 361.
Let me tell you about cold . . .
TONY AMOS | December 17, 2009
You think it’s cold now? It was 20 years ago on Dec.23, probably the coldest day ever in Port Aransas, certainly the coldest in modern times. The air temperature went down to 12.3 degrees that morning as I started doing beach survey number 1,757 (I did number 4,242 Wednesday, Dec. 16.). Here are excerpts from the notes I made that...
Guided beach walk set on Christmas morning
| December 17, 2009
Does a Christmas morning walk on the beach appeal to you? The monthly free, guided beach walk, led by Shirley Fischer, will start at 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 25, under the purple flag next to Horace Caldwell Pier. Sponsored by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, the walk gives visitors and residents the opportunity to learn...
Great outdoors get a little greater
Officials cut ribbon on Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture| December 17, 2009
Nature preserved In the photo at left, Charlie Zahn addresses a crowd during ribbon cutting ceremonies for the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture on Tuesday, Dec. 15. ‘This is such an exciting day and exciting event in Port Aransas,’ said Zahn, chairman of the city’s Parks and Recreation Board. The ribbon cutting marked the official opening of the...