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Bushes start high and lose their first races

Bushes start high and lose their first races

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

Scratch backs that scratch yours

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

What Jack Ma can re-teach us

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

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

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

Tickets on sale for fiesta

Individual tickets are still on sale for the eighth annual Port Aransas Education Foundation “Fiesta in October,” to be held...

Let the light in

Let the light in

“I had never seen a black Jesus before, and this sight both knocked me for a loop and opened up...

Sniffing out

Sniffing out

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

Girls in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to a recruitment event for Girl Scouts on Monday, Sept. 29. Girl...

Star artist

Star artist

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

Low-cost housing crisis


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

Mayor plans to seek apartment developer


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


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 …

Glub, glub …


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

Fall Adopt-a-Beach

Cleanup set for Saturday morning

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

Trucking it out


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


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

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

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


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

A little stroll


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

Port Aransan’s gift could save life


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


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


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


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 […]