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Hutchison campaign went awry
Dave McNeely
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!
Mary Henkel Judson
Losing Ken Dunton and Mike Hall from the school board and city council, respectively, is going to put a huge...
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
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...
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
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
March 18, 2010
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
March 18, 2010
Besides the interim principal at Port Aransas High School, Wayne Johnson, Port Aransas ISD Superintendent Dr. Sharon Doughty introduced two...
EDUCATION NOTES
March 18, 2010
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
March 18, 2010
MILK SERVED WITH ALL MEALS Breakfast Monday Assorted cereal, graham crackers, juice Tuesday Pig in the blanket, fruit, juice Wednesday...
Trustees approve district calendar
March 18, 2010
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
Youths apparently unharmedBy Dan Parker
dan@portasouthjetty.com | March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
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
Officers encounter everything from a self-proclaimed gigolo to ‘gorilla’BY DAN PARKER
dan@portasouthjetty.com | March 18, 2010
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
Served as interim superintendent after Wiggins leftBY PHIL REYNOLDS
phil@portasouthjetty.com | March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
“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
| March 18, 2010
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
BY DAN PARKER
dan@portasouthjetty.com | March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
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
Let God handle it| March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
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
| March 18, 2010
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...