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By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com Onto each Island a little rain must fall and in our case “little” is the right term. We got just enough rain over the past few days to confuse the dogs but not enough to put more than a little dew on the lily. Our water came from below as the storm in the Gulf to our east pushed two feet of tides well up on our beaches forcing the closing of beaches inside Padre Island National Seashore. As we sit here during this writing we are playing chicken with the ominously-named Tropical Depression Nine – which sounds like something you would apply to your nether regions to get rid of a rash.

Reservoirs Up! The good news is that the rain up north in the watershed of our water-supply lakes raised the water levels there to points we haven’t seen in quite a while. Choke Canyon is now at 43.7% capacity which is 8% higher than last year at this time, Lake Corpus Christi is at 81.3% capacity, up 18% over this time last year, and Lake Texana is overfull at 101.3%.

Rusty old dredge We’ve had several questions about the rustic ship making its ponderous way up and down the ship channel in Port Aransas the past week. While the paint-challenged vessel might look like it came straight out of Waterworld it is really the 8432 ton, 351-foot dredge Stuyvesant from Mobile. It is cleaning up some shoaling in the ship channel. It is called a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge that drags a sled along the bottom and sucks up the silt and stores it in onboard bins until the ship goes out to open water and drops the silt back into the water. The rusty sides are a result of the overfull bins belching out

saltwater over the sides. Think of the stains as the red badge of courage. In the background of the photo you can see the mothballed drilling platform that arrived a few weeks ago and is being stored on Harbor Island. Now this may be a Fish Story, but the word around Port A is that the platform brought part of the ecosystem that lived under its steel columns that support it, including a population of rather large Red Snapper which a few locals have been helping to reduce. The person who told us that said to keep it to ourselves, but as we told him, there is no way in the world you are going to keep that a secret in Port A.

Sneak thieves Judging from the police reports it looks like we’ve got some sneak thieves working the area around Longboat. They hit three locations between midnight on Wednesday and early Thursday grabbing what they could find lying around in vehicles. The car thieves hit three cars on two blocks of Longboat 13900 block Longboat between sundown on Wednesday and into early Thursday. The newly forming neighborhood watch should help to stamp out this kind of crime once they are up and running.

International Bacon Day! Monday, September 5th is International Bacon Day. Need we say more? Say hello if you see us Around The Island.

Standaman reels in big bucks at the Texas Women Anglers Tournament. Story, winners and photos on page A-2.

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Cruise Ships in the Coastal Bend By Dale Rankin When supporters of bringing the cruise ship industry to the Coastal Bend packed the Ortiz International Center at the Port of Corpus Christi last week there was unanimous support for the idea. A veritable Who’s Who of local officialdom each brought their unique perspective to the idea and presented an encouraging picture of what the industry would mean for the area. For details see the Island by The Numbers story in this issue. The occasion was a public hearing of the select Joint Interim Committee to Study the Cruise Industry. The bipartisan panel from the Texas Legislature was chaired by State Senator District 18 Lois Kolkhorst, whose district includes Port Aransas and Mustang Island south to Packery Channel, and pushed by State Representative Todd Hunter District 32 whose district includes Port Aransas and Padre Island, and State Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, District 20 whose district runs from Kleberg County north to Packery Channel and includes Padre Island. The committee is considering filing a bill to allow for a cruise port terminal somewhere on the Texas coast between Calhoun County in the north and Cameron County in the Rio Grande Valley during the next legislative session. The issue will go back to Austin for the potential drafting of a bill which if approved by the Texas Legislature would allow private cruise lines to begin operating

out of the Coastal Bend. What was not discussed, and was not part of the EDC study, is exactly where in the Coastal Bend the ships would be based. The question was addressed obliquely by Kolkhorst who predicted South Texas would have a cruise ship terminal within five years. Several officials at the hearing stressed that the clearance from the water to the bottom of the new Harbor Bridge will be higher than the top of the current bridge. The consultant hired by the Port of Corpus Christi to study the issue told the crowd that ships could not begin passing under the new bridge until demolition of the current bridge is complete, meaning that ships would not begin entering the port until at least 2021.San Patricio County Judge Terry Simpson, told the gathering that dock space for cruise ships in the meantime is available near Ingleside for use as a temporary berthing place until the new bridge is complete. But none of the speakers directly addressed where the proposed terminal might be located. “We are still too early in process to start thinking about that, said Iain Vasey, President and CEO of the EDC. “We are just now looking at what the industry would mean to us, the location is something the legislature would likely have to take up if and when they draft a bill.” The hearing left little doubt that the

Cruise Ships cont. on A4

Cruise Ships by the numbers Editor’s note: A joint committee of the Texas Legislature held a public hearing Thursday at the Port of Corpus Christi to discuss the possibility of bringing a cruise port to this area. Here are some of the facts presented at the hearing. From the Corpus Christi Regional Development Corporation (which conducted an economic impact study on the area if a cruise ship port is added) $37 million in in-direct spending would be created by two cruise ships carrying 214-417 passengers each located in the Coastal Bend 3 sizes of cruise ships in United States takes from a list of 153 cruise vessels operating at U.S. ports: • Small vessel (25th percentile) MSC Melody @ 1250 passengers • Median vessel (50th percentile): Grandeur of the Seas @ 1950 passengers • Large vessel (75th percentile): Rhapsody of the Seas @ 2435 passengers 7-8 days average length of cruise leaving from Galveston and New Orleans $24 million in direct spending would be generated by two cruise ships carrying 214-417 passengers each located in the Coastal Bend $10 million in payroll/508 jobs would be created by two cruise ships carrying 214-417 passengers each located in the Coastal Bend

$85 million in economic benefit/863 jobs would be created by two cruise ships carrying 214-417 passengers each located in the Coastal Bend 554 jobs would be created if the ships were mid-sized ships 25%-50% increase in traffic at Corpus Christi International Airport with two cruise ships 25% of hypothetical passengers live within distance of Corpus Christi

cruise driving

178,000 (53%) of the estimated 335,000 cruise passengers in Corpus Christi are likely to arrive by air. 800-1200 miles the distance from which new visitors would travel to Corpus Christi $60,000 per week would be generated from parking at cruise ship terminal $3 million per year from parking at terminal 13% Return on Investment for parking garage at cruise ship terminal 13.7 million people departed from cruise ports in Florida in 2015 $69 billion generated by the tourism industry in Texas annually 600,000 jobs created directly by the Texas travel and tourism industry 1.1 million jobs created directly and indirectly in the Texas travel and tourism industry 150,000 Texas businesses in the travel and tourism industry

Numbers cont. on A4

A little Island history

The Deepwater Saloon Lives! 100 year-old building found under Sportman’s Lodge

By Dale Rankin Besides the jetties themselves, the building of the jetties brought two lingering structures to Port Aransas. First there was the Tarpon Inn built in 1886 to house workers during construction of the jetties and has become an icon that survives today. The other structure is a little harder to spot because it is buried under another structure and in fact was only discovered when the destruction of the newer structure began last month.

In the early part of the 20th Century when jetty workers came to town to start work on the North Jetty most didn’t speak English and were less than welcome in the saloon at the Tarpon Inn and they needed a place to relax after work. Port Aransas was still called Tarpon, Texas in those days and was a small, insular town that didn’t particularly cotton to rubbing shoulders with ferry workers in the local watering hole. This was a problem because there was a prohibition on building new bars in town – at least on dry land.

But where there is a will there is a way and it didn’t take long for an enterprising local to build the structure you see here and place it, not in deep water as the name suggests, but just far enough out to not be left high and dry at low tide. It was named the Deepwater Saloon and served its purpose well for many years but then vanished into the fog of local history; until about a month ago. When the Port Aransas Art Center began demolition of the Sportsman’s Lodge on Alister Street last month in

Deep Water Saloon circa 1910 History continued on A4

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Texas Women Anglers Tournament Pays Big!

The "Bae" watch babes on "Wired Up" won best decorated boat

Standaman was the overall winner in last weekend’s Texas Women Anglers Tournament catching six sailfish and one white for a total of seven hundred and ten points. The women anglers were Paula Harper, Laura Smith, Sharon Smith and Heidi Cluck (pictured above). Longtime Port Aransas fishing guide Alex Porter aka heyboy captained with assists from Chris Lindell, Glenn Martin, Johnny Page and Miguel. Standaman is owned by Johnny Gray and was chartered by Paula Harper for the tournament. Complete tournament results on page A-4

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Padre Island Teen By Elizabeth Clark School is officially now in session. Even if you were not up-to-date on the happenings of school, you can always tell how deep into the year we are by the amount of sleep students get per night. During these first few weeks, the school organizations and clubs are handing out applications for new members left and right. Math clubs, sports teams, study groups, and student government all need new followers for the new year. And, while all of those clubs are fantastic, the worst thing in the world is to join every single one in an effort to rule the school. Getting involved with campus activities is an extremely important part of student life, and will help in future college applications, but freshman and sophomore years are the hardest to balance.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first mixer!! What a great event we had last week, and it was all thanks to you! We hope you had a good time and enjoyed meeting your neighbors, the food, and conversation. Seeing so many of you out to support the cause let us know that we are on track to unite our beautiful Island.

So no matter if you think you would like every organization on the sign-up list; pick one or two passions to peruse, and find your niche in the swarm.

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If you expressed an interest in volunteering, never fear, you will hear from us soon. If you would like to volunteer and have not reached out, please reply to this email. Stayed tuned for more information on our next event!!!

About the Texas History article "The Patriot and the Dictator", I red that according to Otho C. Morrow, Past Master Holland Lodge No 1 and Great-Grandson of Sam Houston, Santa Anna's life was spared by Sam Houston( Mason) when the Mexican dictator, also a Mason, gave Houston the Masonic sign of distress. Fernando Ortiz. Editor’s note: This has long been a matter of contention among historians. For the record, Sam Houston later in his life said it was not the case. As far as we can find there is no eyewitnesses account of this being the case.

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Thanks for taking your time and talking with me this morning. You mentioned that there was an article in the moon I should read. Well I did read it, the POA has 32 miles of bulkhead, impressive. But, it is only self-insured by the POA for $8M+. Is that correct? Does $8M cover replacement of 32 miles of bulkhead? Now, it could have been a misprint, but some of the data was from 10 years ago, 2006. Can you clear that up? Editor’s note: The $8 million figure came from the Year to Date financial report issued at the Tuesday POA meeting. The 32 miles of bulkhead came from the POA website. The $8M figure is accurate. There is another number included in that list which also came out at the POA meeting, $500-$600 per linear foot to replace bulkheads.

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Hi fellow residents. Seems we have a small uprising on the Island concerning the POA's efforts to maintain the standards for appearance of the homes and properties in our community. Standards which, by the way, we all agreed to when we bought property here. So here, for what it is worth, are my thoughts on the matter: 1. I am pleased to say that we are blessed by the professionalism and plain ole “nice” of the people we have working at the POA. I sure would not want to deal with the stuff and people that they have to put up with every day. So I thank everyone there for working to maintain the beauty and quality of life, as that was the reason most of us chose to live here in the first place. 2. Aren't the issues of trimming trees, mowing lots, not parking in front yards, etc., pretty insignificant when compared to water we can't drink, ditches cut across our main road, exorbitant windstorm and flood insurance rates, crime, and so on? Heck, if we're going to secede from something let's go for the City of Corpus Christi. 3. For those that choose to leave the POA, go ahead. There is nothing that can really be done to stop you, or that you will lose as a consequence. You will still be able to sneak into the boat ramps, use the parks, and enjoy the clean streets and medians. But please at least be honest enough to admit that you will be benefiting from the money and efforts of your neighbors and the POA that keep all those things available, and help ensure your property value. Also you might just want to consider that you have joined the ever-growing list of those in this country who ride on the hard work of others. 4. Finally (if you've made it this far): Come on, we live in an incredibly beautiful place. People come here to vacation so that they can enjoy it for just a short while, and we have it every day. People here wave at each other and say hello as they pass. We are blessed. If there are those that cannot see that, who focus instead on things like trimming trees so that they can be angry, I'm sorry, you are missing a lot.

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Moon, Please be advised that the Nueces County Veterans Services office will start closing on Wednesday afternoons starting August 31, 2016 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm in order to conduct an Administrative day. However, we will remain open Wednesday mornings till noon and will work by appointment only for Wednesday afternoons. If you need assistance please call a day ahead so we can make you an appointment for that afternoon. Veterans seeking assistance may contact: Texas Veterans Commission (5283 Old Brownsville Road) Disabled American Veterans (4646 Corona Dr.)

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New Advertisers Five Family Yard Sale will be held at 15610 Dyna Street on Saturday, September 3rd 7 am – noon. Greg Smith is running for City Council District 4 and demonstrated his strong voice recently at the Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency meeting where he showed a chart depicting the escalating rates. The TWIA board voted to not increase next year’s rates for the first time in six years.

Business Briefs Mad Meats near Scuttlebutt’s will be closing its doors in a week or so and everything is currently 25% off. The Holiday Inn’s new owner has opened up the gates that were put in at the seawall so we expect it may become “locals” friendly again soon. HGTV Beachfront Bargain Hunt Show will re-air the episode “Living through renovations on North Padre Island” on 9/3 at 3 pm, 9/9 at 7 pm and 9/10 at 2 am. There was interesting footage of the Island including some drone filming. Sobe Hair Salon next to Subway on SPID has closed.

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Larry Joe Taylor will be at the Back Porch in Port A on Saturday, September 3rd. Holiday Inn Express is now located in what was formerly Comfort Suites across the street from the Holiday Inn on the beach. Paddle for Parkinson’s will be held this Saturday at 9 am September 3rd at the Billish Park boat ramp and registration is $40 until September 1st then increases to $50. The Medical Center near Sonic has no appointment necessary Monday – Saturday 8 am – 6 pm. They now have flu shots available. Steppin’ Out Las Vegas Style Casino Night will be held at the Pour House at Schlitterbahn on Saturday, September 10th 6 – 9 pm. There will be slot machines, blackjack, craps, Texas Hold ‘Em and roulette. There will be big prizes, heavy hors d’oeuvres, two free drinks, $5000 in chips and a raffle ticket. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at the Schlitterbahn membership desk or online at www.timonsministries.com. Tickets will be $55 at the door. La Playa Mexican Grille in Port A has a coupon on Ronnie’s page in this issue that offers a free appetizer with the purchase of two entrees. The Texas Women Anglers Tournament last weekend had 49 boats and a cash pot of $430,000. They caught 44 sailfish, 18 white marlin and 4 blue marlin. Moon classified ads work and start at $10 for 25 words and 20 cent/word after that. You can call 834-1382 or email ads to moonclassad@ twc.com. The deadline is noon on Tuesdays.

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Trade Good for Texas Free trade has taken a lot of hits this campaign season. Candidates from both parties have argued that this core tenet of capitalism should be completely rewritten, if not entirely erased. The reasoning goes something like this: If we open up our economy and cut trade deals with other countries, we run the risk of sending American jobs overseas. That may sound convincing, but those claims are often exaggerated and ignore the tremendous benefits trade provides folks here at home. And it flies in the face of what we've experienced here in Texas and across the United States. With about 95 percent of the world's consumers outside of our country, in today's globalized world, staying competitive means looking beyond our borders. As the country's No. 1 exporter, our state's producers do that remarkably well. More than 40,000 companies in Texas sell their goods and services abroad. And of those, more than 90 percent are small and medium-sized businesses. In other words, it's not just major companies that benefit from trade agreements but also small and family-owned businesses - the backbone of our communities. Texas is blessed with a diverse economy and a wide array of innovative industries. In fact, our greatest comparative advantage is found in innovation and agriculture, allowing the Lone Star State to export everything from cotton and beef to chemicals, petroleum and computers - to more than 180 international markets. But trade benefits more than companies' bottom lines - it boosts the pocketbooks of families by creating well-paying jobs. In fact, trade is estimated to support almost 1 in 5 Texas jobs. And international trade doesn't just benefit the exporters. Foreign-owned companies invest and build facilities here too, and importantly, they hire Texans. The Department of Commerce

estimates that more than a half million Texans are employed by foreign firms. One of the best examples of trade gone right is our longstanding economic partnership with Mexico - by far the state's largest export market. According to recent data, Texas sent more than $94 billion in merchandise to Mexico - over a third of our total exports - last year. Our state's trade with Mexico alone supports hundreds of thousands of Texas jobs. In other words, TexasMexico trade is essential to the well-being of both economies. Because of our strategic location and expansive border, Texas also serves as a gateway for trade between Latin America and the entire United States. Texas boasts three of the five busiest land ports of entry, and about half of all U.S.Mexico trade moves through Texas. That's why it's imperative we have the safest, strongest and most efficient infrastructure available. One report calculated that for every minute trucks sit idle at the U.S.-Mexico border, we forfeit more than $110 million in economic output. Clearly, moving people and goods across our southern border isn't just key to the local communities there. It's necessary to keep our national economy running, too. History has taught us that the kind of protectionist policies now advocated by some are counter-productive, and lead to retaliatory measures that can escalate into trade wars. Ultimately, the domestic businesses and workers these policies intend to support are instead devastated by higher costs and fewer international markets to sell their goods and services. But we can see the benefits of free trade - whether it's helping our companies, adding more jobs to the economy, or stretching our dollars to go further - across the entire country. On top of all the economic advantages, trade helps the United States build alliances and hone strategic partnerships to make the world a safer, more stable place. That's why we should do more - not less - to help cement relationships with our strongest trading partners, including Mexico. The bottom line is that trade isn't a dirty word in the Texas vernacular. Rather, it's an essential piece of our economy and way of life. Certainly, there are ways we can improve trade agreements in the future for American businesses and consumers. And that's why legislation that provides strong enforcement of our trade laws and assistance to better prepare American workers with the skills to compete in a global economy is so important. But we can do that without losing sight of the main point: Trade is good for Texas. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, is a member of the Senate Judiciary and Finance Committees.

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History Cont. from A1 preparation for the building of their new $1.1 million facility local history buffs were on the alert for the remnants of the Deepwater Saloon which they believed had been used as part of the living quarters at the Sportsman’s headquarters. After removing planks from the floor they found it on the south end of the building where

it had been hiding for decades. It was buried under four layers of floors and two inches of material that were placed over the original floor planking over the years. The challenge now is to figure out how

to the construction of a $108 million cruise boat terminal by the Port of Houston called the Bayport Cruise Terminal near the town of Pasadena. That terminal sat unused for six years, as the Galveston terminal prospered, until Norwegian Cruise Lines and Princess Cruises began operations there in 2012. However, both companies announced earlier this year that they are removing the ships from the terminal after the 2016 season, and the terminal has operated at a loss ever since its opening in 2008 losing a total of $12 million in operational costs in addition to the $108 million building costs. The cruise lines cited the terminal’s distance from the open Gulf of Mexico as their main reason for departure. The Port of Houston is now said to be considering repurposing the shipless building for retrofitting vehicles arriving at the port.

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Behind the scenes lobbying has already begun by interests in the Galveston area to limit the cruise industry in Texas to the state’s only existing port of call in there. While a downtown cruise terminal might be helpful in reviving the currently moribund downtown area in Corpus Christi, it could also mean an influx of visitors for the City of Port Aransas if the terminal were located at Harbor Island. Given the optimistic tone of last week’s hearing regarding the future of the Coastal Bend’s entry into the cruise line industry a discussion of where the terminal might be located is certain to become part of the discussions as the initiative moves to Austin when the legislature convenes in January, 2017.

Best Decorated Boat: First Place – Wired Up (Port Aransas, TX) // Second Place – Rebecca (Port Aransas, TX) // Third Place – Big Torch (Freeport, TX)

49 boats // 44 Sailfish // 18 White Marlins // 4 Blue Marlins // $430,000 in Cash Pot Awards Overall Winner: Standaman with 710 points Second Place Overall Winner: Rebecca with 614.75 points Dorado: First Place – Marilyn Atkins on the Mojo – 25.65 pounds // Second Place – Jillian Doersam on the Pressure Tested– 25.25 pounds Tuna: First Place – Rebecca Ramming on the Rebecca – 9.75 pounds // Second Place – Kelsey Howell on the Boomin’ It Up – 8.85 pounds Wahoo: First Place – Emily Petty on the Vanquish – 34.45 pounds // Second Place – Tracy Reed on the Cruzan for Bills – 29.35 pounds

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Numbers cont. from A1 70% of the businesses in the Texas travel and tourism industry are small businesses

The flooring had to be removed by hand.

2nd Rank of “export” dollars created by Texas travel and tourism industry (the money which flows into Texas tourist destinations from out of state visitors in considered an “export.” Oil and gas are the number one export industry in the state 70%-80% of the people in Texas have never taken a trip on a cruise ship 9.3 million visitors came to Corpus Christi in 2015

Emily Petty won First Place Wahoo

$1.36 billion in direct spending in Coastal Bend economy from the travel and tourism industry in 2015 46 million people live within a 300-mile radius of Corpus Christi

The original Deepwater floor.

14 million people live within a 200-mile radius of Corpus Christi

to remove it and what to do with it. Our suggestion that it be re-floated and re-opened as the Deepwater Saloon has met with limited enthusiasm. Instead, Rick Pratt at the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association is working to remove the structure and possibly use it as part of the Farley Boat Works on Avenue C.

11 million people live in the three Mexican States which border Texas

It would be a great final resting place for a building that entered local history more than one hundred years ago.

24 million people will take cruises in the United States in 2016 35% of those will cruise in the Caribbean 88% of the members of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce support bringing cruise ships to the Coastal Bend 3rd Texas is the third largest market for recreations cruises in the United States 3 Burgeoning ports of call for cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean –Veracruz, Panama Canal, Cuba

This is not a Clown fish.

170,000 estimated increase in boardings per year at Corpus Christi International Airport by a single cruise line

Port Aransas 18 miles of beach in Port Aransas City Limits 5000 hotel rooms in Port Aransas (plus a currently unknown number of private residences rented by the day)

Rockport 25 Rockport is the top 25 tourist destinations in Texas $100 million generated by tourism in Rockport each year $2.09 million in local taxes generated by the tourism industry in Rockport each year

Sign marking the future home of the Port Aransas Art Center.

Cruise ships cont. from establishment of a cruise ship port in the area would be a great boost for the local economy. The Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation produced a comprehensive outlook of what basing a cruise ship, or ships, in the Coastal Bend would mean to the local economy. “The thing that surprised me the most was the impact of even a small to middle-sized cruise ship would have on our airport operations,” Vasey said. “It could well mean we would have direct flights to and from more destinations.”

$6 million in state taxes generated in Rockport tourism industry each year 20 annual festivals held in Rockport each year 100,000 people attend festivals in Rockport each year

Victoria 850 businesses in Victoria Chamber of Commerce 25,000 jobs in Victoria 65,000 Victoria population 200,000 people use Victoria as a hub for services 1100 people moving to Texas each day 5.9 million people moved to Texas since 2000

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Ann Vaughan, Executive Director of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce appeared at the hearing in support of the idea, as did the heads of several other local chambers, but none addressed the question of where to locate the cruise ship terminals. A check of the size of cruise ships likely to call the Port of Corpus Christi home shows that they could fit under the current bridge. The Ortiz Center at the port, where the meeting was held, was originally designed as a cruise port terminal but never completely built out for that purpose.

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Officials after the hearing said that the final decision on where to locate the cruise ship terminal would rest with the cruise lines themselves. The question is whether the cruise line officials would see the additional ten-plus miles from Harbor Island to downtown as a financial non-starter and look to build their port elsewhere along the ship channel or at Harbor Island instead. The area directly across the channel from Roberts Point, where the Texas Treasure once docked, is one possibility. The area is owned by the port and has a Brown Field designation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers meaning it can be used for commercial purposes but not for residential. A contest around where to locate the cruise terminal arose in the Houston/Galveston area when cruise lines came to that area. That led

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Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin One of the facts of life here at the Word Factory is that we are the Island Complaint Desk. Or more accurately stated, the Court of Last Resort. When all other options are exhausted call the newspaper. In that vein here is some of the incoming fodder we fielded this week.

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Officials from the Island Strategic Action Committee are expected to take up the issue at their next meeting, 5:30 p.m. at Holiday Inn on Tuesday, September 13. Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation said that while the matter is not a high priority they are willing to listen to suggestions for signage in that area.

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Over on the other side of the JFK where the new road has gone in, and it’s a nice one, the improved road is getting a lot of use but without a center line it is sometimes difficult to get out of the way of speeding Bubba Trucks who sometimes like to take their half out of the middle.

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Over the years the signs that once told drivers how to get back up on SPID heading in the direction they want to go have disappeared by winds and weather and drivers now appear at the bait shops thereabouts scratching their heads about how to get to Port Aransas.

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If you have ever been caught in a revolving door you have some idea of the frustration felt by Island visitors trying to find their way from the area under the JFK Causeway, on The Island side, and to Padre Island N a t i o n a l Seashore or OTB to Corpus Christi, or to Port Aransas for that matter. The signs which at one time marked the ways to those destinations are gone (except for one that is more a tease than a direction-giver) leaving out of town drivers on their own wandering around under the JFK like so many lemmings swimming upstream against a current of blown-down signs and motorized confusion.

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When members of the ISAC asked city engineers about it the answer was that residential streets don’t get center stripes. That's understandable for streets in our neighborhoods, but it’s hard to see how a street with nothing but three businesses on it could be considered residential. Must have been decision by committee.

Election season The election season is now in full swing. I thought that was what was firing up my allergies until I read Jay’s column last week and found out it was a change in seasonal wind direction. Don’t forget to get registered and attend the candidate nights put together by the Island Strategic Action Committee. The first is for City Council candidates in District 4 which will be Monday, September 19, and the second Monday, September 26 for Mayoral and AtLarge council candidates. Both are at the Holiday Inn, at 6:30 p.m.

Silent but deadly Not a single person showed up to comment Tuesday as the Corpus Christi City Council moved to raise taxes next year by $5.1 million. The council voted to keep the 2016 tax rate for next year even as property values rose by 6.5%; meaning by keeping the same tax rate the council raised taxes – and revenue – by 6.5% and $5.1 million. In the last four years the city councils have raised taxes by a cumulative 32.5%. The election is in November.

Pedestrian path to PINS Another recurring question is when construction will begin on a proposed pedestrian/bike path from Balli Park to the Padre Island National Seashore. This project is only in its infancy and is not close to being funded yet but it seems is wildly popular with Islanders tired of dodging traffic on their daily walks. The Nueces County Coastal Parks Board and PINS officials are working together to make this happen but it depends on grants which are only now being applied for. But judging by the response to our story on the subject several weeks ago that going to be one busy trail if/ when it ever gets built.

Football season No, we can’t help you pick your Fantasy Football Team. No. We know nothing about football except that we have a lot of fans from all over the country who call our Island home and they like to gather at The Boathouse to watch the games. Packer fans wear funny cheese hats, Viking fans are very courteous even when they win, Bears fans yell at the television set, Aggie fans yell things in unison that we can’t understand, Longhorn fans only speak up when it comes to the subject of firing the coach, Houston fans like JJ Watt, and Cowboy fans cuss a lot. One of the great things about football season Island style is that we got fans from all over the place so no matter how many times Tony Romo fractures his clavicle there are fans in the room who are happy because their team is winning. The Superbowl this year is right up the road in Houston so we’ve got that to look forward to. Those Thursday night parties before the Superbowl are a lot of fun and the Island Moon Sports Department plans on being there to collect our share of the swag. The Locals Season starts Tuesday and it’ll be time to slide on the ice, hang in there everybody and we’ll see you on the other side.

List of candidates for November Election set The deadline for filing for races on Tuesday, November 8 General Election was Monday and a total of 19 candidates filed in the nine seats on the Corpus Christi City Council. There are fewer candidates signed up to run in November than there were in the previous election, when 24 vied for the seats.

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Island residents can vote in five positions; Mayor, Three At-Large seats, and District 4. In the mayoral race Mayor Nelda Martinez is seeking re-election, challenged by Dan McQueen, an engineer who ran against Martinez in 2014.

Like the previous election, City Councilman Rudy Garza Jr., the incumbent representing District 5, is unopposed. Council members serve for two-year terms and earn an annual salary of $6,000. The mayor earns a $9,000 annual salary and also serves two-year terms. A drawing that will determine the order of the candidates' names on the ballot will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in council chambers at City Hall, 1201 Leopard St. Early voting is from October 24 through November 4.

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The District 4 seat will have a new face after City Councilwoman Colleen McIntyre has announced she will not seek re-election. Two candidates are seeking the position: Businessman, and former Chairman of the Island Strategic Action Committee Greg Smith, who also is the CEO of Pioneer RV; and Dr. Lloyd Stegemann, a surgeon.

In the races for seats on the Flour Bluff Independent School District Board where candidates run in At-Large seats the candidate are:

The most crowded race this year will be for the three at-large positions, where eight people will be candidates and Island voters can vote for three candidates and the three top vote getters will win seats. City Councilman Mark Scott, who currently serves in an at-large position, has met his term limits leaving only two incumbents in the race.

Current Place 3 Board Member, Dan Suckley, is not running for re-election

The candidates are: Current at-large City Councilman Chad Magill who is seeking reelection, and City Councilman Michael Hunter - appointed to an at-large position on the council after Lillian Riojas moved to San Antonio earlier this year. Challengers include: Dr. Jimie Owsley, a medical doctor; John Garcia, a director of sales; and Paulette Guajardo, an independent insurance agent; Reynaldo "Ray" Madrigal, who is retired and also ran for an At-Large position in 2014; Joe McComb, a former councilman and County Commissioner; and Margareta Fratila, a business consultant who also ran for the same position in 2014. For nine council seats, there are 19 candidates. Monday marked the last day for residents to formally file for a bid to serve on the Corpus Christi City Council. The entire council slate — the mayor, three at-large council members and five council members representing individual districts — is up for voters to decide. Two years ago, the most crowded races were for at-large and for District 1, with six candidates each. In District 1, incumbent Carolyn Vaughn will run against Ryan Schroeder, a core analyst. District 2 will see a race between incumbent Brian Rosas and Ben Molina, president of Pinnacle Roofing. In District 3, incumbent Lucy Rubio is being challenged by Rick Gomez, a real estate broker.

Place 1 Steve Ellis (Incumbent) Running uncontested Place 3 Flo East, and Jeff Rank

Place 6 Jennifer Welp Current Place 6 Board Member, Richard Pittman, is not running for re-election Place 7 Michael Morgan (Incumbent) Running uncontested Property taxes for the FBISD account for half of the property taxes paid by Island property owners.

Del Mar College Board of Directors Five candidates filed for Three Del Mar College Regents Seats where one At-Large and Districts 2 and 5 seats up for election. A total of five individuals filed for a place on the ballot for the Del Mar College (DMC) Board of Regents November election. Three seats––which include one At-Large, District 2 and District 5 seats. On the DMC Board of Regents, five regents represent specific geographic districts while four serve At-Large. The Del Mar College District includes all the area in the Calallen, Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Tuloso-Midway and West Oso Independent School Districts. Candidates will draw for their place on the ballot Monday, August 29, at noon in the Isensee Board Room, Harvin Student Center, Del Mar College East Campus. District 2 (6-year term) Susan Hutchinson District 5 (6-year term): Ed Bennett, Jim Boggs Candidates for At-large (6-year term) Trey McCampbell, Laurie Turner Boggs, Hutchinson and McCampbell are currently serving on the Del Mar College Board of Regents.

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The Nazis Take Poland Starting World War II

By Dotson Lewis

Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: Today, September 1st, is the 77th anniversary of the German invasion of Poland. This is another historical event that I remember vividly. I had just celebrated my 11th birthday the month before. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard (radio news) of the Blitzkrieg* of Poland by the Nazis. Historians Joseph Arena and Max Hastings contributed to this article. In 1939 “Blitzkrieg” was a new word to me. I heard the word often for the next two years or so. On September 1, 1939, the German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of

Stalin were theoretically at opposite ends of the political spectrum; the Communists and Nazis had viewed each other warily throughout the 1930s. But the Allies' handling of the Sudetenland crisis spooked Stalin. He feared that Hitler would seek to annex portions of the Soviet Union next. He thought that the Western Powers, who had no love for either Hitler or Stalin, would be happy to leave the Communists to face the Nazis alone. So in August 1939, these historic enemies signed a non-aggression pact. The deal shocked the Allies, who had counted on the Soviet threat checking Hitler's territorial ambitious. What London and Paris didn't know was that the deal included secret provisions outlining how the two powers would divide up the smaller nations that lay between them, including Poland. So when German troops crossed the border into Poland, Stalin not only didn't object, he began making plans for his own invasion of Poland from the East.

How Effective Was Polish Resistance? In September 1939 Hitler parades in the streets of Danzig Poland that triggered the start of World War II. The battle for Poland only lasted about a month before a Nazi victory; but the invasion plunged the world into a war that would continue for almost six years and claim the lives of tens of millions of people.

Not very. Poland was determined to resist Germany's invasion, and on paper it had a decent shot at doing so. Poland had 1.3 million troops against Germany's 1.5 million, and Polish troops were highly motivated. But the Polish military was no match for Hitler's war machine. While Poland and Germany deployed similar numbers of men, Germany's troops were much better supplied. According to Max Hastings, Germany had 3600 armored vehicles against 750 in Poland. Germany had twice as many airplanes as Poland did, and its planes were more advanced. So Poland found itself overmatched. And because the German army in 1939 was a lot more mechanized than it had been in previous wars, the Germans were able to make progress extremely quickly. A little over a week after the start of combat, German troops had reached the outskirts of the Polish capital, Warsaw. It fell on September 29.

Hitler salutes as he oversees troops during the Nazi occupation of Poland. The troops march in formation toward a wooden bridge, constructed by the Nazis across the San River, near Jarolaw, Poland. Today, 77 years later, Hitler is regarded as one of history's great villains. So it's easy to forget how slowly and reluctantly the world’s most powerful democracies mobilized to stop him. France and Britain did declare war on Germany two days after the invasion of Poland, but it would take them another eight months before they engaged in full-scale war with the Nazis. The United States wouldn't join the war against Hitler until December 1941, a full two years after the war began.

Why Did Adolf Hitler Invade Poland? The short answer is that Adolf Hitler was a ruthless dictator with dreams of conquering all of Europe. Annexing Poland was a step in that larger plan. The Polish military wasn't powerful enough to resist him, and Hitler calculated, correctly, that Europe's other powers wouldn't intervene in time.

The Polish situation had become grim on September 17, when Russian troops began pouring across the border from the East. The Polish army had already been at a disadvantage, but when the Soviets attacked the Polish situation became hopeless. German and Russian troops secured full control over Poland by October 6, 1939.

How did the Allies respond to the invasion? The British and the French had both promised to declare war on Germany in the event of an invasion of Poland. But after Munich, Hitler doubted that Chamberlain had the stomach to go to war in defense of Poland. He was wrong. Chamberlain was furious that Hitler had broken his Munich promise to seek no more territorial gains beyond Czechoslovakia. On September 3rd, both France and Britain kept their promise and declared war on Germany. But while both countries could declare war, neither was really prepared to wage it. They had begun mobilization a few months earlier to prepare for possible German aggression, but

Looking to buy a new car? Keep these tips in mind By Kelly Trevino Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau

There’s nothing more exciting than buying a car—perhaps it’s your very first, or one that you’ve been saving up for. With so many makes and models to choose from, shopping for a car can be overwhelming. Before you become the proud owner of a brand new car, Better Business Bureau serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin advises you to do your research and shop smart. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), buying a new car is second only to home buying as the most expensive purchase many consumers make. The average price of a new car in the U.S. is about $30,000, which is why it’s important to weigh all of your options, especially how much you’re willing to spend. Although auto dealers have the option to release new car models whenever they choose, most auto companies release new models between September and December every year. This month, auto companies will start to release the 2017 models, which gives dealers enough time to promote the newest features and versions of previous models. In 2015, new car auto dealers were one of your BBB’s top 10 most complained and inquired about business categories, with more than 600 complaints locally. Most complaints alleged problems with contracts, repairs, advertising and customer service. If you’re in the market to buy a new car, BBB and the FTC offer the following advice: Do your research. Search online and check out websites that discuss new car features and prices, and shop around to get the best possible price by comparing models and prices. Find a trustworthy auto dealer on bbb. org and check out their BBB Business Profile to view complaint history, customer reviews and contact information. Visit the dealership. Visit several dealerships if you’re unsure of the make and model of car you want. Ask to test drive and inspect the cars you’re interested in. Have a plan ahead of time of your budget, type of cars that interest you and year. Also, plan to negotiate on price, as dealers may be willing to bargain on their

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The invasion of Poland occurred almost exactly 25 years after the start of World War I in August 1914. That war ended in Germany's defeat, and in 1919 the victorious allies carved up territory that had been part of Germany, Austria-Hungary (Germany's defeated ally), and Russia (which had fallen Chamberlain (front left) meets with Hitler (front right) in to the Bolsheviks) into an September 1938, a year before Germany invades Poland. The Munich Accord the men negotiated at this meeting was array of new countries.

violated by Hitler's invasion of Poland. One of these new countries was Poland, which before the two countries still felt a few more months of 1919 had not existed as an independent nation military buildup would put them in a stronger since 1795. Another was Czechoslovakia; its position to fight the Nazis. awkward name reflects the Allies' decision While they didn't expect the Polish to beat the to combine areas dominated by two different ethnic groups, Czechs and Slovaks, into a Germans, they expected Poland's million-man army to put up a stronger resistance, bogging single nation. down the German troops and giving the Allies Hitler was contemptuous of these new nations, time to make war plans. which he regarded as artificial creations of Obviously, that calculation proved to be a the Allies. There were significant German populations in both countries, and Hitler used mistake, because the Germans were more trumped-up concern for their welfare as a powerful than expected and because the Allies hadn't counted on the Soviets invading Poland pretext to demand territorial concessions. as well. Poland fell before the Allies could In the infamous 1938 Munich Agreement, launch more than token attacks on the Nazis. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Dotson’s Other Note: **Did you notice who agreed to Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland, portions of of Czechoslovakia with ethnic- is second from right in the picture? In my German majorities (Czechoslovakia itself was opinion, WWII would have never happened had excluded from the negotiations). Chamberlain we been prepared. If we could have started a claimed that the deal had averted another “Second Front” on September 2, 1936, WWII massive European war, but it only delayed the would have lasted less than a year and saved conflict while making Hitler more powerful the lives of millions of innocent people. *Did you have to look up the definition of Blitzkrieg? when the war finally came. Your thoughts regarding this or any articles Chamberlain's accommodating stance in the appearing in The Island Moon are greatly 1938 negotiations convinced Hitler that the appreciated. Thank you for reading and British and French wouldn't seriously resist commenting on Senior Moments. I can be further annexations to his east. And in any reached at dlewis1@stx.rr.com and/or Land event, Hitler calculated, correctly, that he could Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. conquer Poland before the Allies could do Please Note: The next Veterans Roundtable anything to stop him. Meeting will be Tuesday, September 6, 9-11 How Did The Soviet Union React To The AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families Invasion Of Poland? and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are One might have expected a German invasion invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. of Poland to set off alarm bells in Moscow. Hope to see you there. Germany and Russia were historic enemies, having fought each other during World War I. Moreover, Hitler and Soviet leader Joseph

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He Was a Pitcher Nicknamed ‘Spaceman,’ Now He Wants to Be a Governor

By Dotson Lewis

Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: With the current political shenanigans in progress, I couldn’t resist relating to you the story of Andy Purvis’ good buddy, Bill Lee, a.k.a. “Spaceman.” Does Bill Lee remind you of a recent Corpus Christi mayoral candidate who is now deceased? Perhaps you will be interested in keeping abreast of his race for the governorship of Vermont; it should be a fun one. My thanks to Andy Purvis’ and Sean Gregory’s contributions to this article.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee points to the dugout during ceremonies before the game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in Boston, April 20, 2012.

veers toward the May 15 brawl between Rougned Odor of the Texas Rangers and Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays, in which Odor clocked Bautista. Odor received an eight-game suspension. “I’m fed up with Major League Baseball’s enforcement,” Lee says. “You know, they suspend the second baseman for landing a right hook. I thought it was the best right hook I’d ever seen. I would have taken four games off just for the contact he made. That was a great punch. Bautista had it coming too.” In fact, Lee thinks moving a baseball team to another country will help spur economic development in Vermont. He plans to move the Tampa Bay Rays to Montreal. “It makes perfect economic sense,” Lee says, though he’s a little short on details about how moving a club some 35 miles over the Vermont border into Canada helps his state’s economy. “Because in St. Petersburg you’re not allowed out of your house unless your age matches the temperature. Everybody’s down there to get cremated and sent home anyway.” Any policies that will impact Vermonters more directly? “We’re going to take over the medians of the interstate,” Lee says. “We’re going to harvest the trees and have our baseball bat company. All Vermonters are going to be in the process of making major league baseball bats. We have the best bats.”

To those already familiar with Lee, one of the most eccentric figures in sports history, an unrealistic bid for Vermont’s governorship won’t come as a total shock. He got his nickname in 1971; reporters gathered around Lee’s Fenway Park locker as he talked about the Apollo 15 moon landing and the U.S. space program. The crowd prevented Red Sox utility infielder John Kennedy from getting to his locker. “Looks like we got our own spaceman,” Kennedy said. The name fit, as Lee’s mind often ventured

George Bronner once wrote, “Be strong. You never know who you are inspiring.” It’s no secret that I wanted to be a baseball broadcaster when I was younger. I loved listening to baseball on the radio. Oh, I could catch and throw, but I found out early on that I couldn’t hit the curveball. Besides, I don’t think I could learn all those different handshakes. Nevertheless, I fell asleep many summer nights to the voices of Mel Allen, Red Barber and Chuck Thompson on my transistor radio. Now I listen to our local guy, Michael Coffin, on KKTX 1360 AM. I

imagine him stretched out in a field of grass, one arm under his head, thinking about the game. To refer to baseball as just another game is like saying the Grand Canyon is just another ditch. Baseball fills a need for belonging. It’s like being young again. How can you not like baseball?

We should have complete health care just like Canada and Cuba. And I want to adopt the Cuban policy of education, where no child is left behind. Nothing like what was in the Bush Administration, which was a crock of doodoo. There’s no such thing as a compassionate conservative. Conservatives are like a Tyrannosaurus rex. They have little short arms that never get to their pockets.” For his energy plan, Lee vows to partner with Canada. “I’m going to collaborate with all the premiers of the Maritime Provinces,” Lee says. “We’re going to harness the tidal bore of the Bay of Fundy and we’re going to have free energy.” Lee says he loves fellow Vermonter Bernie Sanders, even though the Liberty Union Party thinks Sanders has long lost his socialist bona fides. “If I had run instead of Bernie on Bernie’s platform, I would have beaten Hillary,” Lee says.

Lee, who has been the subject of a documentary and was played by actor Josh Duhamel in this year’s indie film Spaceman, says he has no regrets about his major league career. He knows people think he’s looney. “I’m crazy like a fox,” Lee says. “I eat well, I get three squares a day, the police love me, the fire department loves me, the left wing loves me and the right wing loves me. Now all I’ve got to get is the middle to love me.” Why Bill Lee-Boston Red Sox does he think the right wing would be fond of beyond the stratosphere. Lee, who made the an avowed socialist? “Because I’m a gut totin’ All-Star team in 1973 and started two games in the 1975 World Series, once said that he liberal,” he says. “I’ve shot more ducks and sprinkled marijuana on his pancakes to battle more geese and more pheasants, I could have Boston’s bus fumes on his jogs to Fenway Park. made quilts for everybody in northern Vermont, “To anyone who has ever talked at length with with all the geese I’ve shot.” Bill Lee,” the UPI news agency wrote in 1978, The Spaceman’s vowing big changes. But at “there is a sense of wonderment at what you’re the same time, he insists inaction will be a core hearing and how it’s presented. It often makes principal of his administration, which would no sense to anyone but Lee.” He once called his also include Boots Wardinski, a local horse manager, Don Zimmer, a “gerbil.” He staged a logger, as his lieutenant governor. “Between the pair of one-game walkouts, in 1978, after the two of us, we’re not going to do a whole hell Red Sox sold close pal Bernie Carbo to the of a lot,” Lee says. “Because here’s the thing. Cleveland Indians, and in 1982, after Montreal Lao Tzu said it: ‘Under great leaders, when released Rodney Scott. all is said and done, the people say we did it The insubordination effectively ended his ourselves.’ You like that? That’s Lao Tzu.” baseball career. But Lee kept playing. For over 30 years he has hopscotched across North America, playing ball in various pro and recreational leagues. In 2012, at age 65, Lee pitched a complete game for the independent league San Rafael Pacifics, making him what is believed to be the oldest player to ever win a professional baseball game. He’s also barnstormed in Cuba, where he played games and offered clinics, impressing the Liberty Union Party. “He seemed to us to be a person of high quality character,” says Peter Diamondstone, secretary of the party. “He goes to Cuba and plays baseball with young girls and boys. He does things that seem to be in the spirit of the socialist community.”

Dotson’s Other Note: Would you support Bill Lee for US Senator? Rumor has it, that if he does not win the Vermont Governor’s office, he will take up residence here in Texas and when he becomes eligible, he will run for the United States Senate. Your comments, suggestions, questions and concerns regarding Sports Talk articles are greatly appreciated, please call the Benchwarmers at 361-560-5397 weekdays, Mondays thru Fridays, 5-7 PM, or contact me. Phone: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475 Email: dlewis1@stx.rr.com

What are in Lee’s political plans? “My platform is just to erase borders,” Lee says. “I’m a pragmatist. I could call myself a very radical contrastive pragmatist rastafarian ex-Catholic. I’m not a flag waver. I want to do away with that. I want to get all the steroid guys in the Hall of Fame.”

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By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon handling play-by-play for the Hooks, Michael works on the team website and produces the Game Notes for the Hooks. He also handles the public address job of the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders’ men’s and women’s basketball teams, and works the CCISD Game of the Week in high school football for KCCT 1150 AM. Michael Coffin is a fine broadcaster; his nickname should be “Mr. Automatic.” As a baseball broadcaster, Michael is not in love with instant replay and not much of a fan of the designated hitter (DH).

Besides bats, Lee’s pitching a far-left agenda. “I’m an anti-prohibition guy,” Lee says. “I think everything should be taxed, legalized.

Former Major League Baseball All-Star Bill Lee Is Pitching A Quirky Campaign Platform in Vermont Here’s a gubernatorial platform: legalized pot, universal health care, seizure of federal highways, and steroid cheats in the Hall of Fame. Bill “Spaceman” Lee, the former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos from 1969-1982, is pushing these policies as a justdeclared candidate for governor in Vermont. He’s running on the Liberty Union Party ticket; Bernie Sanders helped launch this selfidentified socialist organization back in the 1970s. “I’d never heard of them,” says Lee, a longtime resident of Craftsbury VT, population 1,136. “But I’m a socialist and a left-winger, so they came to me and said, ‘Bill, would you like to run for governor?’ I said, ‘where?’ They said, ‘the state of Vermont.’ Well, I live in Vermont. Though I’m here only three months of the year. But I hear it’s only a part time job.”

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Coffin is so cheerful, he could call play-by-play on a kamikaze flight. You get the feeling he could call baseball games in his sleep. Umpire Doug Harvey once said, “When I’m right, no one remembers. When I’m wrong, no one forgets.” The same could be said for baseball broadcasters. Calling play-by-play requires that you have the eyesight of a bald eagle. Michael may be undefeated in a staring contest. Coffin’s glass is always half full. He is so positive that when talking to him, you get the feeling he still believes in the tooth fairy. Listening to Michael Coffin call a Corpus Christi Hooks’ game provides excitement in your chest. Confucius once said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Michael and I agree. Coffin didn’t just drink the KoolAid, he went back for seconds. While listening to Coffin, you can hear the anticipation and feel the possibilities of the game. It’s as if he is speaking to you personality. Even though Coffin doesn’t take his turn at bat, he’s never turned a double play or dropped a curve off the table; but as far as I’m concerned, Michael Coffin is the heart of the order when it comes to Hooks’ baseball.

When I asked Michael where he wanted all this to go, he answered. “I wanted a craft that I could spend my life in, being the best I can be. Ryan-Sanders Baseball has been terrific to me. My life has gotten better each year. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere but right where I am.” Recently, Coffin was asked by the Astros to sit in for Alan Ashby on Astros’ radio because Ashby had laryngitis. Coffin joined Steve Sparks in St. Louis for two games against the Cardinals. “I have been fortunate in how many doors have opened for me,” said Coffin. If you find yourself unable to attend a Hooks’ game, no worries, just set the dial on 1360 AM and break the knob off. Enjoy my pal, Michael Coffin. Andy Purvis is a local author and radio personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. com for all the latest info on his books or to listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books are available online and can be found in the local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be contacted at purvis.andy@mygrande.net. Also listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of the Houston Astros.

Genesis in East Texas Michael Coffin was born in Orange, Texas. At 32, he’s married to the love of his life, Miranda, who is expecting their first child in November. “My first love was high school football,” said Michael, “That’s how my parents got me to do homework. I couldn’t go to the game until I did my homework.” Michael became the public address announcer for his high school baseball and basketball teams. “I just learned on the job,” said Michael. In May of 2006, Michael graduated from Sam Houston State University with a degree in Radio and Television. He wrote stories for the Huntsville Item and was invited to do an internship during the summer of 2006, with Milo Hamilton and the Houston Astros. “I skipped my graduation ceremony to work an Astros - Rockies game,” laughed Michael. “My mother could have killed me.”

Joined the Hooks Coffin joined the Hooks in 2007 and by 2010, found himself on air with Matt Hicks. Coffin took over for Hicks in 2012, when Matt left for the Rangers. Michael now works alongside Kevin Piel and Gene Kasprzyk. Besides

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