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Hutchison campaign went awry

Hutchison campaign went awry

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who had repeatedly postponed her gubernatorial ambitions while...

Editorial

South Jetty reporter Dan Parker’s account (starting on Page 1A) of the seven hours he spent riding along with officers...

Hats off to Dunton, Hall!

Hats off to Dunton, Hall!

Losing Ken Dunton and Mike Hall from the school board and city council, respectively, is going to put a huge...

Island Agenda

Island Agenda

DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily...

Marlins hang tough against 4th-ranked D’Hanis Cowboys

Marlins hang tough against 4th-ranked D’Hanis Cowboys


The Marlins outplayed a state-ranked baseball team for 5 ½ innings in their first game of the Nixon-Smiley Tournament. Unfortunately,...

Marlin Varsity Baseball


FEBRUARY 26 – Sat. Agua Dulce T 4:15 PM MARCH 1-Mon. Benavides H 7 PM 4-6 Third Coast Tourney Port...

Baseball Box Score


Marlin Varsity – 13 Aransas Pass – 2 Tuesday, March 9

JV Marlin Baseball


FEBRUARY 25-27-Thurs.-Sat. Gregory-Portland JV Tournament MARCH 1-Mon. Benavides H 4:45 PM 5-Fri. Ingleside (Wh) T 5 PM 5-Fri Ingleside (...

Muscle men

Muscle men


Port Aransas High School Marlin basketball team players recently named to all-district honors for District 31-A Division 1 in the...

Little League sets opening ceremonies


Play ball! The Port Aransas Little League and Pony League season-opening ceremonies will be held on Saturday, March 27, beginning...

To remember us by

To remember us by

Port Aransas High School Principal Travis Longanecker shows the gift of a framed photo on cavass he received from PAHS...

New directors introduced to PAISD

New directors introduced to PAISD

Besides the interim principal at Port Aransas High School, Wayne Johnson, Port Aransas ISD Superintendent Dr. Sharon Doughty introduced two...

EDUCATION NOTES

EDUCATION NOTES

I was overwhelmed by the program for the convention. It was that big. With a glossy magazine cover, the Texas...

PORT ARANSAS ISD SCHOOL MENUS

MILK SERVED WITH ALL MEALS Breakfast Monday Assorted cereal, graham crackers, juice Tuesday Pig in the blanket, fruit, juice Wednesday...

Trustees approve district calendar

Port Aransas school trustees have started looking toward the next school year. In fact, they’ve already approved the 2010-2011 school...


Missing girls found

Missing girls found

Youths apparently unharmed

Two San Antonio area girls who had been missing for more than 24 hours in Port Aransas were found today, Wednesday, March 17, apparently unharmed, police said. Friends Taylor Newman, 11, and Nicole Colla, 12, had been missing since they last were seen walking on the beach at 8 a.m. Tuesday, police said. Police early-on said they suspected the two...

Beach break

Beach break


A group of students from Central Texas towns, including Fredericksburg and Belton, show some Spring Break spirit on the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, March 13. Thousands of students from all over Texas and beyond descended on local beaches during the big holiday.

Spring Break beach patrol

Spring Break beach patrol

Officers encounter everything from a self-proclaimed gigolo to ‘gorilla’

Editor’s note: For seven hours on Saturday, March 13, South Jetty reporter Dan Parker rode with Port Aransas police officers patrolling the beach during the Spring Break holiday that drew thousands of people to Port Aransas. Most revelers behaved themselves, but some drank themselves to unconsciousness, and others got into fights. One got a ticket for spinning his wheels and...

Johnson returns, this time as interim principal

Johnson returns, this time as interim principal

Served as interim superintendent after Wiggins left

Students will have a familiar face around the halls of Port Aransas High School when they return from Spring Break. Wayne Johnson is the interim high school principal in Port Aransas, after Travis Longanecker resigned to take a job in the Panhandle. Longanecker’s last day was Friday, March 12. Johnson is the former superintendent of the Aransas County Independent School...

PACT’s ‘Cheatin’ opens March 25

PACT’s ‘Cheatin’ opens March 25


“Cheatin,’” a comedy by Del Shores, is slated to open at the Port Aransas Community Theatre next Thursday, March 25. The play can be seen Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 25 through April 17, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees, at 2:30 p.m., are scheduled on March 28 and April 18. Tickets may be purchased at the theater box office, 2327...

Fantastic foyer

Fantastic foyer


City officials held a ribbon cutting at the newly remodeled Port Aransas Civic Center foyer on Friday, March 12. Above: Jo Leta Gavit cuts the ribbon, held by Lindsay Moore, left, and Teresa Clanton, both of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce Tourist Bureau. Gavit spearheaded the foyer’s facelift project. The foyer display is titled ‘Discover Port Aransas!’ and sports...

Brown champions dog park idea


Port Aransas City ordinances require that dogs be kept on a leash or inside a fence, but Mayor Claude Brown wants the city to consider carving out a spot where dogs can do some running, without the restriction of a leash. Brown is talking about trying to make at least part of the city’s 67 acres of undeveloped land, on...

Two chapel tours scheduled this weekend


The Little Chapel on the Hill is one of the more charming sights in Port Aransas and opportunities to see it are limited. This weekend, however, two tours are scheduled. Two tours of the chapel will be given on Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20, at 10 a.m. The chapel is decorated with frescoes covering the walls and ceiling...

PASTOR’S PEN

PASTOR’S PEN

Let God handle it

There was some research done on worry ( www.christviewchristian.org) that said 40 percent of what we worry about never happens, 30 percent is concern about the past, 12 percent is needlessly about our health, 10 percent is about insignificant or petty issues, while only eight percent is about legitimate concerns. To put this in everyday figures, let’s say you spend...

Novel selected for Book Club


The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group will meet Tuesday, April 13, giving readers plenty of time to read the slated novel. The club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library, 710 W. Ave. A. The book to be discussed is “Old School,” by Tobias Wolff. Stop by the circulation desk for...

Casterline, Rocher to wed

Casterline, Rocher to wed


Charles and Savanah Truelove of Cedar Park and formerly of Port Aransas and Frank and Carolyn Casterline of Rockport have announced the engagement of their daughter, Blithe Elisse Casterline of Los Angeles, Calif., to Scott Landon Rocher of Los Angeles, Calif. The prospective groom is the son of Steve Rocher and Marlene Rocher, both of Houston. The couple plans to...

RFL seeks performers


What’s your hidden (or not so hidden) talent? Relay For Life volunteers are calling for anyone interested in showcasing their talent at the Port Aransas event. The talent show will take place right before opening ceremonies on Friday April 30, at Roberts Point Park. Content of all performances must be family-appropriate, but performers of all ages are encouraged to sign...

Art sale set for Saturday


The monthly Third Saturday Sale at the Art Center for the Islands will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 20. More than 50 artists will offer from 10 to 50 percent off some or all of their work. According to art center director Mary Rose, “This is a fine time to brighten your day every time you...

Youth group to visit KPAB


A youth group from Ingleside will tell about its activities that relate to cleaning up and caring for the environment at the next Keep Port Aransas Beautiful, Inc. meeting. On Tuesday, March 30, YTC (Youth That Care) will describe its clean-up drives and recycling programs. The group is made up of middle and high school students. The public is welcome...