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Bushes start high and lose their first races
Dave McNeely
In the fourth generation, George P. Bush may be the first to break the Bush Dynasty’s pattern of losing their...
Scratch backs that scratch yours
Mary Henkel Judson
It’s September, and Christmas – yeah, Christmas – is just 13 weeks away. That’s 97 days. If you work five...
What Jack Ma can re-teach us
Cal Thomas
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In the fairy tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” Ali Baba, a poor woodcutter, is in the forest when...
Island Agenda
Daily • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: Open swim: Tue.- Thur. 1 - 3 p.m., Fri.-Sat....
Marlins win at UTSA
The Port Aransas High School boys cross country team had a big victory at the University of Texas at San...
BMS runs toughest course so far
The Brundrett Middle School cross country team ran its most difficult course so far this season and heat was a...
The next step
With the school year moving along steadily, it’s about that time for Port Aransas High School seniors to consider meeting...
Tickets on sale for fiesta
September 25, 2014
Individual tickets are still on sale for the eighth annual Port Aransas Education Foundation “Fiesta in October,” to be held...
Let the light in
September 25, 2014
“I had never seen a black Jesus before, and this sight both knocked me for a loop and opened up...
Sniffing out
September 25, 2014
Port Aransas High School had a guest on Friday, Sept. 19. A ‘drug’ dog, named Wilson was seen sniffing cars...
Girl Scouts hold recruiting event
September 25, 2014
Girls in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to a recruitment event for Girl Scouts on Monday, Sept. 29. Girl...
Star artist
September 25, 2014
H.G. Olsen Elementary School fifth grader Ezekiel Ortiz was honored by having his Christmas card (right) chosen for the holiday...
Low-cost housing crisis
| September 25, 2014
A worker places a sheet of particle board while building the roof on a house under construction off South 11th Street on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Mayor plans to seek apartment developer
Dan Parker
Reporter | September 25, 2014
Producing “sustainable housing” for the less-than-wealthy in Port Aransas will be Mayor Keith McMullin’s top priority for the remaining 18 months of his term, he said in an interview. McMullin said he has begun working to find a developer to build a large apartment complex – one with with rents low enough that working people can afford them – somewhere...
Housing plays role in lower enrollment
Taryn Walker
Reporter | September 25, 2014
With Port Aransas ISD’s enrollment numbers on the decline, the issue of the lack of Port Aransas’ options for affordable housing has repeatedly sprung up in conversations amongst community members. Superintendent Wayne Johnson said this isn’t the first time he’s tried to tackle the issue. Five years ago, when he was interim superintendent for PAISD, he brought it to the...
Glub, glub …
| September 25, 2014
A 155- foot retired cargo ship called the Kinta S slips beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico about eight miles off Mustang Island on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The ship was scuttled so it could be added to an artificial reef. (See story, 7A.)
Fall Adopt-a-Beach
Cleanup set for Saturday morning| September 25, 2014
Get out and enjoy a morning on the beach while helping with the 28th annual Adopt-a- Beach Fall Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 27. Participants should report to Avenue G at the beach beginning at 8:30 a.m. to check in and be assigned an area to clean. The cleanup is from 9 a.m. to noon at the Port Aransas beach. Organizers...
Trucking it out
| September 25, 2014
Photographed near the south jetty, City of Port Aransas Public Works Department employees scoop up sargassum seaweed on the beach and truck it away on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Port Aransas beaches were hit hard by a monster influx of seaweed from high tides produced by Tropical Storm Dolly, which moved into the area of Tampico, Mexico on Sept. 3. Cleanup...
Wildlife refuge cleanup scheduled for Saturday
| September 25, 2014
It’s not too late to sign up to help clean the shores at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, Sept. 27, National Estuaries Day. The refuge is the winter home of the whooping crane and the shoreline targeted in the cleanup is a nesting area for the largest of North American birds. “Two whooping cranes have already been spotted...
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Parrot Heads to raise money at ‘Phlip Phlop Phling’ event| September 25, 2014
Parrot Heads of Port Aran- sas celebrate the fifth annual Wings Over Port A on Friday Saturday, Sept. 26-27, with events held at various locations in Port Aransas. The fundraising event, Phlip Phlop Phling, will raise money for local charities such as the Animal Rehabilitation Keep, Helping Hands Food Pantry, VFW and others. Tickets to the event are $60 per...
Stuff to do and see
Parks and Rec Roundup| September 25, 2014
The following are upcoming events and activities sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. For more information or to register for events, call 749-4158. This Week Total Body Aquacize Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10: 30 a. m. and Saturdays at 12 p. m. Community Park pool. Total body workout to upbeat music. Strengthen all major muscle groups with...
Library group to meet
| September 25, 2014
New members and new ideas are sought by the Friends of Ellis Library at an organizational meeting on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. in the library meeting room. “When the library was built in 1996 the Friends of Ellis Library was a large, active group that raised funds to furnish the new library. Because there were no ‘special projects’...
A little stroll
| September 25, 2014
Why did the white ibis cross the street? To get to the other side and maybe find some better grub worms in another yard. These ibises were crossing Tarrant Street near East Street on Saturday, Sept. 13. The birds were moving from yard to yard, spearing the ground with their long bills and eating dirt-dwelling insects.
Port Aransan’s gift could save life
Taryn Walker
Reporter | September 25, 2014
To see blood dripping into her brother, knowing that the donation of her 9.1 million stem cells could possibly help save his life, was an emotionally overwhelming experience for Port Aransan Shirlene Burroughs, she said. Burroughs had been in Nashville, Tennessee for more than two weeks in preparation for donating her stem cells in hopes of keeping her 62-year-old brother,...
Garage sale Saturday to benefit ARK
| September 25, 2014
Find some treasures to buy on Saturday, Sept. 27, when the Friends of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) hold its annual garage sale. The sale begins at 8 a.m. at 525 Sixth St. All kinds of items will be on sale including furniture and household items. All profits from the sale will be donated to the ARK.
Council renews leases; moves extra tax revenue
Dan Parker
Reporter | September 25, 2014
The Port Aransas City Council recently approved a few lease renewals and forwarded a chunk of hotel-motel tax money to the chamber of commerce. The council voted 6-0 to make each of the moves during its meeting on Thursday, Jan. 18. Councilman Bob Petitt was absent. The council approved a one-year agreement to lease a piece of city-owned land to...
Pirate parade
| September 25, 2014
A pirate parade on the streets of Port Aransas on Tuesday, Sept. 16, raised $182 for the Emergency Services Toy Roundup. Clockwise from upper right: parader Kip Shannon looks every inch the pirate; golf carts in the parade roll down Beach Street; from left, Shannon Archer, T.J. Parker and Tim Blanchard are dressed to aarrrgh; from left, Scotty Hille, John […]