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Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Denny’s, IHOP also under consideration

By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com It’s been high tides and green grass on our little sandbar this week as the saltwater pushed its way up to the dunes at high tide several days in a row and in some cases onto Island access roads.

By Mary Craft When developer Mohsin Rasheed first came to The Island over a year ago he began working on plans to build a grocery store on a five acre property located just north of Seashore Middle School on SPID. When that plan hit some regulatory stumbling blocks he began work to develop a second piece of property further south at the corner of SPID and Merida, across the street from Island Tire.

He began site work at that location several weeks ago where he plans to

Over on the South Packery beach the man-made lake made its reappearance much to the delight of Island birds but to the chagrin of Island drivers reluctant to drive though the salt water.

build a three-story Microtel Suites (a Wyndham affiliated chain) with seventy rooms, and either a Dairy Queen or Jack in the Box at the corner. Completion on the hotel is set for June, 2017. He said Wednesday that he has received approval from city inspectors to put in a business with a drive though at the Merida location.

Then about one week ago Mohsin got word that his permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had come through on the property next to

Grocery cont. on A4

Holiday Inn Gets $1.2 million Facelift

By Dale Rankin

The Holiday Inn on North Padre Island has undergone a $1.2 million facelift in the past two months with more to come as new owners roll out plans to expand the restaurant and outdoor bar, revamp the swimming pools, and renovate the rooms in the forty-five year-old building.

It’s been a pretty good week for Island surfers and fisherpersons as both have had good weather and conditions. It’s always a good week around here when the reds are biting and the sharks are not – so we got that going for us.

What’s in the water?

Several weeks ago Islander Paul Frailey brought in samples of a dark colored liquid which was left over after he distilled tapwater in his house on the south end of The Island. His question, a very good one, what’s in this stuff? A couple of days after our story ran officials from the water department showed up at Paul’s house and asked the same question.

New owners, Steven Kim and Sung Park, are from the Dallas area where they own and operate resort properties. One of their first moves since taking over was to renovate the

This goddess knows what's up1 More Halloween hotos on page A2

Frustration Over Slow-Moving Island Projects Boils Over Water Exchange Bridge could be three years out. Billish Park improvements headed to third set of design plans

By Dale Rankin Frustration over two funded but slow-moving Island bond projects boiled over at the Tuesday meeting of the Island Strategic Action Committee as citizens and committee members pressed city staff for answers on the Park Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge, bonds approved by voters in 2004, and improvements at Billish Park, bonds approved by voters in 2012.

On a third project ISAC members also voted unanimously to recommend to the Corpus Christi

City Council that the traffic light currently being installed at the SPID/ Aquarius intersection not be activated until a warning device is placed on the JFK Causeway as drivers approach the bridge’s high point to alert them to a possible traffic snarl at the light as they top the bridge. Those warning devices were part of the plan when the project was approved, however, ISAC member William Goldston told the group that currently the only warning device under construction is on an overhead support at the base of

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Don’t Forget to Vote!

As of Tuesday 44,865 voters had cast ballots in Early Voting across Nueces County with 2610 of them coming at the Island polling location at Schlitterbahn waterpark.

Historically about 100,000 voters cast ballots in Nueces County in the Presidential election cycle. If those numbers ring true for this election, We sent a sample of the stuff to a lab in San Antonio and we publish the results in this issue on page 2. We’re hoping readers with more experience in organic chemistry than we have can decipher it.

The end is in sight Take a deep breath everybody, the election season is almost over. In that vein we leave you with the words of that renowned philosopher Howard Hughes who famously said, “Never check an interesting fact.”

We’ll see you on the other side. In the meantime say hello if you see us Around The Island

and if Island voters turn out at the same rate as in previous elections, about 5% of the total vote in Nueces County would come from The Island.

It is impossible to tell how many Islanders may have voted at other polling locations around the county

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Pool area at the Island Holiday Inn will be a part of the remodel Holiday cont. on A4

Island by the Numbers

Top Payers of Hotel/Motel Tax in Nueces County Editor’s note: Hotel, motels, and all overnight stay facilities in the City of Corpus Christi are required to pay a HOT (Hotel Occupancy Tax) of 6% to the state, 7% to the city, and 2% earmarked specifically for the downtown Convention Center, for a total of a 15% HOT.

Sand Castle Condominium (Port Aransas) $844,514

Port Aransas collects a 7% tax and retains its HOT separately, the HOT collected in the Corpus Christi City Limits, including The Island, is combined and used to fund the Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Sandpiper Condominiums (Mustang Island, Corpus Christi) $605,742

The following are the top payers of that tax in Nueces County for the year 2015.

Kabir Marina Grand (Downtown) $501,940

Top Payers for 2015 Omni Corpus Christi Hotel-Bayfront Tower (Downtown CC) $2,121,270 Port Royal by the Sea Resort Hotel (Mustang Island – Corpus Christi) $1,991,664 Cinnamon Shore Rentals Aransas) $1,507,539

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Emerald Beach Hotel (Downtown CC) $1,077,515

Holiday Inn Gulf Beach Resort (Padre Island) $736,955 Embassy Suites (SPID) $640,586 Radisson Beach Beach) $618,003

Hotel

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Silver Sands Vacation Rentals (Port Aransas) $572,911 Gulfstream Condominiums (Padre Island) $522,206 Hotel

La Mirage (Port Aransas) $488,320 Seagull Condominiums (Mustang Island, Corpus Christi) $479,344

Totals Island (in $4,335,911

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Downtown $3,700,725 Port Aransas $3,413,284 SPID $640,586 North Beach $618,003

A little Island history

Laguna Fisherman Were a Colorful Lot

there were some teetotalers. Some spent all of their catch on alcohol and Editor’s note: Bobbie Kimbrell had to borrow money from the fish moved to Flour Bluff in the early dealer for a load out to make the next 1940s where he was a commercial fishing trip. fisherman and where he still lives.

By Bobbie Kimbrell

Up toward the bulkheads There have been thousands of men and some women who have Most fishermen were very generous commercial fished in the Laguna and would give you the shirt off their Madre and some of them were very back and would help you learn how to colorful charac6ters. catch fish, but would hardly ever tell Some were very adventurous and where they made their catch or the some could be called renegades exact locations. because they broke what game laws If you asked a fisherman where he there were in helping to eke out a was fishing he would usually say, living. The average fisherman didn’t “up toward the bulkheads, (where drink any more than the average Corpus Christi Bay meets the Laguna worker of any profession although Madre); or down below which meant some of them drank to excesses and south of Pita Island. If he said the

Lower End it meant south of Baffin Bay or before you get to the Nine Mile Hole which is also called the Graveyard because so many fish suffocated in the hot salty water in the summertime when the tide got so low the fish were trapped in the hold.

Some fishermen would say they were fishing in the flats, (shallow water), or in the deep or on the Padre side (eastside), or the King Ranch side, (west side or west shore).

Nearly every new fisherman added some new ideas or new means of catching fish which helped the fishing industry. In the earliest days of fishing the nets were made of cotton and the stageings, (Leaders), made of cotton with iron fishhooks

that rusted fast. The nets changed from cotton to linen and eventually to nylon and monofilament and the hooks changed from plates to stainless steel. Different types of hooks were used, such as New York trout hooks and Mustad and Eagle claw which were smaller hooks used on the trotlines.

Winfield Garfield Bowman When the weather was bad and too rough to go fishing a lot of fishermen would gather at the fish market and swap stories of past fishing experiences or about where they came from originally and what their previous life was all about.

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Stuff We Found in The Island Water

First La Posada Event This Weekend

By Brent Rourk Before you know it, it will be time to La Posada!

Once again the event is sponsored by the Padre Island Yacht Club Las Posada Foundation. The original event this year’s parades and La Posada Kick-off Party will delight Islanders of all ages.

Dates for La Posada Events November 5th – Huge Garage Sale at the PIYC raising funds for La Posada Event operating costs December 3rd – La Posada Golf Tournament at Schlitterbahn – 9:00 AM - 18 holes includes lunch December 6th – The fabulous La Posada Kick-off Party at Scuttlebutt’s Restaurant December 7th – Toy Collector Boat meeting at PIYC (7:00-8:00 PM) December 8th – Parade Captain’s Meeting at PIYC (7:00-8:00 PM) December 9th – La Posada Parade North side of the Island – begins at 7:00 PM December 10th – La Posada Parade South side of the Island – begins at 6:00 PM All golfers should plan on attending a fun day of golf at Schlitterbahn on December 3rd.

Duffers, pros, and recreational golfers alike are invited to play 18 holes and enjoy an included lunch. Total cost for 18 holes and lunch is $35 for members and $45 for non-members.

Additionally, if golfers bring a new toy for Toys for Tots, then they will receive a $10 discount.

One of the finest Island Parties is the La Posada Kick-off party at Scuttlebutt’s where Islanders enjoy fabulous food, super spirits, and auctions of terrific gifts. Donations, toys, and auction proceeds from the La Posada Kick-off Party are donated by the Padre Island Yacht Club’s La Posada Foundation to the “Toys for Tots” program.

The PIYC La Posada Foundation is seeking Toy Collector Boats to help pick-up the thousands of toys donated during both parades. This is a fun way to contribute to La Posada. Contact Bob Muir, Collector Boat coordinator, at 361688-8120.

La Posada parades are a hallmark of the Holiday season here on the Island, helping usher in Christmas and New Year’s.

Islanders are encouraged to decorate their boats and to become a part of these memorable parades. Applications are available at Padre Island Mail Plus and Ace Hardware in addition to www.piyc.org (go to the La Posada link and download the application.) Call Nick Colosi at 681-889-9160 about parade questions.

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Letters to the Editor

Distribution Pete Alsop Island Delivery

Taste of the Island

Coldwell Banker Advertising Jan Park Rankin Classifieds Arlene Ritley Production Manager Abigail Bair Contributing Writers Joey Farah Andy Purvis Mary Craft Christiansen Jay Gardner Todd Hunter Dotson Lewis Ronnie Narmour Brent Rourk Photographers Miles Merwin Jeff Dolan

Dale, I understand from last week's paper that the Taste of the Island was a big success and I'm glad to hear it. But I and my family will not be attending it in the future if it is again held at Schlitterbahn. The way the venue was laid out in the Veranda and outside left a lot to be desired. It was noisy, it was crowded, and some people even called it rowdy. We have attended prior events when they were held at Port Royal and they had much more area to enjoy the event.

Individual food booths there were spaced about 30 feet apart so there was never more than 3-4 persons in line. They had a trash can at the end of each so people didn't have to wander around looking for one. The bars all served all types of drinks so people didn't get to the front of the line and find out they were in the wrong line.

Even if it had not been a record crowd I believe the smaller area used for the food booths and the fact that there was a ceiling over most of the event area would have still made for noisy and crowed event.

Richard Beekman

Mary Craft Ronnie Narmour Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) Riley P. Dog

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Talkin' Bout a Revolution Dear Moonie, That was an excellent story by Mary Craft about when the commercial ban on trout and redfish went into effect. I helped block off boat traffic in the Intracoastal Canal under the bridge when all of the protests took place. We all met at Snoopy’s and a big fish fry was held that afternoon. There were hundreds of people at Snoopy’s, some from outlying towns. Who were against the ban. We opened the boat blockade to let a tug with barges through, then after that we left it open. There were news reporters from all over the state and a small Coast Guard boat showed up and they were armed with military assault weapons. The fish fry was held to raise money to fight the ban. After the ban went into effect a lot of commercial fisherman called it quits and quite a few moved to Louisiana where they nearly starved to death and had their boats and equipment vandalized. A few fisherman hung on and were able to catch enough drum to survive. Others sold redfish under the counter until they found out different means of catching drum the year round. But after it was all over, it actually helped the commercial fishermen because they could concentrate on drum the year round and it increased their catch. Using small cut up pieces of crab legs enabled them to catch more drum. That bait had never been used before. I guess you could say the ban hurt the housewife who buys fish at the market the most because trout and redfish are the choice fish of the inland waters of Texas. The trout and redfish are now regulated to sport fishermen only who also promote the million dollar redfish tournaments. About one year later the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the GCCA tried to close the inland water during the summer months, but that move was foiled

by Bucky Vannoy at the Austin meeting by disputing what on eof the millionaire board members said. Since that time it has been a happy medium for all concerned Bobbie Kimbrell, Flour Bluff

Port Aransas Lisabella’s Restaurant Pioneer RV Park

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Brooklyn Pie Co.

Wash Board Laundry Mat

Holiday Inn

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Chamber of Commerce Duckworth Antiques Back Porch Woody’s Sports Center

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Subway Island Tire And all Moon retail advertisers WB Liquor

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Liquid Town Whataburger on Waldron Ethyl Everly Senior Center Fire Station Police Station Stripes on Flour Bluff & SPID

Change the Alcoholic Beverage Code The Texas Young Republican Federation (TYRF), an official auxiliary of the Republican Party of Texas focused on Republicans ages 18 to 40, has joined Texans for Consumer Freedom (TCF) in its call to eliminate anticompetitive provisions of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code. TYRF joins TCF alongside a growing coalition of supporters that includes Costco, Kroger, Walmart, Brookshire Grocery Company, the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Consumer Association, the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce, the Texas Retailers Association, Young Conservatives of Texas, and free market advocacy groups.

“The Texas Young Republican Federation represents the next generation of political leaders in our state,” said TYRF Chairman John Baucum. “We believe in personal liberty, free markets and fair competition, all of which are being stifled by the Texas Alcoholic beverage code for the benefit of a select few.”

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POA: Wash, Rinse Repeat?

For the City of CC's Padre Island Billish Park Improvements Project, I wouldn't bother going to the next ISAC meeting, if only to provide input about that Island Billish Park Project to them. The ISAC subcommittee already completed a ton of really good, hard work in less than a month, and they presented it in person to the PIPOA Board, at the POA's Board Meeting, Wednesday night, Oct 26. It appeared to be more than enough to move forward on the project, if only the POA would have voted to start moving it forward.

Such POA approval could have happened in their October Board meeting in the presence of the ISAC Subcommittee Chairman, Mr. Carter Tate and the City of CC Assistant City Manager for Engineering, Mr. Jay Ellington, as all were in attendance.

It could have most likely begun the process for the POA to search for contractors, for the first phase, only. That first phase could have been as basic as it was partially described by the ISAC subcommittee members in attendance at that POA Board Meeting.

That first phase could have been, as follows: 1. Install temporary fencing around the Park to begin a deconstruction process of the soil surface.

2. Scrap away and remove about 3" of sticker burr sand, over all of the surface acreage. It is essentially, 10 acres (actually just under 10, about 9.75 acres).

3. Then, put in an irrigation system, hooked up to the existing City Water sources, already existing within the Park.

4. Then, refill the scraped acreage, with clean topsoil. Further treat that clean topsoil with weed killer, including specific weed killer for the Sand burr seeds, which we all want to eliminate.

5. Check new Irrigation System for proper and reliable operation. Seed entire acreage, and establish irrigation timing system, to insure germination of seeds.

That's about how simple the basic first phase could have been. The POA board could have moved this project forward at the POA Board meeting tonight, if the POA would have voted to do so.

However, quite remarkably, the POA put this project back into another wash, rinse, spin cycle, which will have to wait at least another month, for the next POA board meeting to, I want to say vote for it, but I just don't see that happening, considering what I saw at tonight's POA board meeting. The Island Strategic Action Committee's recommendations to the POA board could have been voted on, passed and the work could've started within weeks, most likely.

But now, we're back to getting nothing done to Billish Park. Those of us in the audience left that POA Board meeting shaking our heads in amazement. It was that unbelievable. How could our Padre Island POA Board of Directors take something so simple, and make it so complicated.

Now this Billish Park Improvements Project is back on hold, into another POA spin, wash, rinse and repeat cycle, because of what this POA board did to it tonight.

I'm Robert Algeo, and full disclosure, I plan to be running for a position on the POA Board, in this upcoming election.

Resale Sold my homing pigeons four times this month.

Might be a retirement plan.

Patrick Lewis Island

La Posada Garage Sale This Sarurday

By Brent Rourk The Padre Island Yacht Club La Posada Foundation invites all Islanders to attend a super garage sale at the Padre Island Yacht club at 13402 Whitecap on Saturday, November 5th from 8:00 a.m. until Noon. There will be some fabulous items for sale such as household items, nautical items, decorative items, furniture, books and tools.

The Padre Island Yacht Club’s La Posada Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its sole mission is to support children in becoming responsible and productive citizens and is operated by donations and volunteers. All of the funds raised by the PIYC La Posada Foundation from this event will help cover La Posada Event operating costs (trophies, batteries, radios, lights, advertising, mailing, decorations, and more) that support donations of toys and money to the “Toys for Tots” program through the United States Marine Reserves.

By Mary Craft mkay512@aol.com

New Advertisers The Island Bar & Grille at the Holiday Inn will have its Grand Opening Thursday, November 10th with complimentary hors de oeuvres 6 – 8 pm. There will be complimentary beer and wine 6 – 7 pm. They will be featuring their new menu at the event.

They are currently open 6:30 am – 10 pm daily and feature a Prime Rib Brunch Buffet every Sunday with endless mimosas. Chef James and Chef Adrian from Dallas have come up with some great dishes for the new menu. Finally, we Islanders can enjoy the great view with great food.

Turtle’s Nest Gift Shop next to Jesse’s Liquor is having a sale on Saturday, November 5th 2 – 4 pm with 20% off anything over $10.

Corpus Christi Cycle Plaza has a wide selection of Kawasaki mules that can go up to 45 mph. They are available in 2 or 4 wheel drive and gas or diesel. Cycle Plaza is sponsoring the 8th Annual Turkey Hangover Ride on Sunday, November 27th with approximately 500 riders participating.

Island Air & Heat is having an end of the year clearance on all brands with a 10 year warranty. They offer free estimates and have 30 years of experience. Call 765-0273 or 9444191.

Meticulous Detailing is 100% mobile and can detail your car. Call Shelley Vela at 8169248. To see some of her work check out the Meticulous Detailing Facebook page.

Business Briefs Best Business Brief ever! Grocery store coming to the Island! Check out my story on the front page of this issue.

The Annual Padre Island Art Walk will be held at Billish Park on Sunday, November 6th noon – 5 pm.

The Blue Crab Gift Shop will be celebrating their 1st anniversary on Wednesday, November 9th. Check out their new wine clutch purses that come with a cork screw and available in many beautiful colors for just $25.

The Padre Island Yacht Club is having a super garage sale Saturday, November 5th 8 am - noon. All of the funds raised by this event will help cover La Posada Event operating costs.

The First Friday at the Port A Art Center on November 4th 5:30 – 7:30 pm will feature clay, wood and glass. It’s a great place to pick up early Christmas gifts.

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Voting cont from A1 as voters can vote anywhere in the county both in Early Voting and on Election Day, next Tuesday, November 8, or how many nonIslanders may have voted at the Schlitterbahn location.

There are currently 7332 registered voters in the two main Island Precincts 40, and 81. Less than 100 voters who live north of Packery Channel but inside the Corpus Christi, Precinct 19, have in the past had to travel to Port Aransas on Election Day to vote but this year, due to a rules change, that will be unnecessary as voters can cast ballot at any polling place in the county regardless of where they are registered.

Election Day polling places will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Polling locations on or near The Island are: - Island Presbyterian Church, 14030, Fortuna Bay Drive - Schlitterbahn, 14353 Commodores Dr - Port Aransas Community Center, 408 North Alister In Flour Bluff Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Rd. Flour Bluff ISD (Maintenance Bldg.), 2505 Waldron Road Ronnie H. Polston County Building 10110 Compton Road For more information see the Voters Guide in this issue.

Baucum went on to say, “It is unacceptable that Texas is the only state in the nation that allows private companies to own liquor stores but prohibits public companies from doing so, stifling competition and consumer choice. In addition, the State allows a handful of privileged families to own an unlimited number of liquor stores while limiting ‘ordinary’ Texans to only five. This is an affront to individual liberty, and Texans deserve better.”

“Texans for Consumer Freedom is proud to have the support of the Texas Young Republican Federation. With 25 chapters across the state, these young leaders are impressive advocates for conservative ideals and free market principals,” said TCF spokesman Travis Thomas. “We look forward to working with them to ensure the legislature understands the importance of eliminating the anti-competitive provisions and loopholes in the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code that favor a handful of privileged families while limiting choice and convenience for Texas consumers.”

Texas Young Republican Federeration

Seashore Artists!

The kids at Seashore Learning Center decorated their classroom doors with No Bullying and Don’t Do Drugs themes.

Take a look at their handiwork.

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One of the most interesting and colorful fisherman I ever met was Winfield Garfield Bowman. He was from New York City and lived near Fulton Fish Market on Long Island. At that time and for the 100 years the Fulton Fish Market was the largest fish market in the world.

During the Spanish American Was Windy was a cook in the Army and was in the battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba. He drew a pension from being in that war. Windy built his own 35-foot motor boat that he stayed on while fishing down the Lagoon and he built his own 16-foot skiff that he used for fishing. Windy was heavy on the salt and put a lot of salt in everything he cooked, including the coffee.

Windy was about six feet tall and on the slim side but strong and durable. In the winter months Windy caught a lot of drum and usually loaded up the ice box in the motor boat in two or three days. In the early spring Windy was famous for making a trap set on the King Ranch shoreline and caught a of sow trout, five to eight pounds average. At that time, about when the Intracoastal Canal was completed, the water had so much salt in it that it had the color of strawberry soda water which made for better gill net fishing. Windy always had a bottle of good whiskey on board in case the game warden came by for a visit. Windy was also a gambler and would gamble on just about anything; poker, moon and dominoes and the punch boards.

Windy stayed in the Nueces Hotel in downtown Corpus Christi when he wasn’t fishing. One winter my dad fished with Windy in Baffin Bay and they caught a good load of drum on every trip. At age 69 Windy died in the Spohn Hospital of pneumonia.

Ace Kimbrell Another fisherman who I call colorful was my dad, Samuel Acie (Ace) Kimbrell. At age sixteen he learned how to survey working with a surveyor. Fro9m there he got into the cement business of building small cement bridges and culverts when the first paved roads in Texas were built. Ace’s surveying skill helped the contractor bid on the jobs. If the contractor won the bid, Ace would subcontract the job and he and two of this brothers would build the bridges.

Ace hired two men of Mexican descent to do the cement finishing. They could do whatever finished was needed on the cement and were known Texas-wide as the best in that trade.

On his time off from working Ace spent most of his time fishing with a rod and reel in a river, lake or just anywhere there was some water.

Ace’s last cement job was on the construction of the NAS-CC where he worked on the cement bulkheads and the unique underground fuel tanks for the airplanes. After that Ace’s health to bad and he gave up the cement work for a try at commercial fishing. Being inexperienced in commercial fishing Ace nearly started to death to start with but eventually made a go out of it with the help of other fishermen.

After the JFK Causeway was completed in 1950, Ace and another fisherman and a former superintendent of Flour Bluff school put in the

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Island Moon first bait stand eve on the Intracoastal Canal south of the former swing bridge. After a few years Ace became the sole owner of the Red Dot Bait Stand and ran it until he retired. While commercial fishing and running the Red Dot, Ace did a lot of rod and reel fishing, fishing under the birds, where trout kicked up shrimp and the birds flocked over them Ace caught a lot of trout. Fishing in the flats with a Johnson spoon Ace caught a lot of large redfish as they were tailing in the shallow water. At one time Ace was the president of the Flour Bluff-Padre Island Business Association with the members taking turns to be president for one year. Ace made one of the first removable popping corks out of cork, which resulted in the first plastic popping cork.

the drainage ditches on either side of the SPID roadway adjacent to the bridge are considered wetlands. Developer Paul Schexnailder who holds a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to install water exchange devise at the site said the Corps does not consider them wetlands, but Assistant City Manager Jay Ellington said it is unclear whether the Texas Department of Transportation would consider them wetlands and require another round of permitting and hearings.

When it got cold in the winter Ace would go fishing on the west bank of the canal across from John Bean’s Pier, (no Snoppy’s), and catchy a lot of big trout with a mirror lure or live shrimp.

One morning he caught a number 3 tub of trout with a mirror lure on live shrimp in one hour and gave them to his customers at the Red Dot Bait Stand. Ace demonstrated the first spinning to customers but hardly ever sold one because they could be bought for less at Walmart.

Schexnailder told the group that at the request of the city his designers re-worked the design of the bridge three months ago to cut about $2 million in cost by using natural landscaping on the sides of the bridge rather than the retaining walls called for in the current design. He said he told the city he could build the bridge with the second design for “under $10 million” and it would include landscaping and decorative lighting under the bridge with any savings accruing to the city and his engineers estimated it would take about nine months for him to complete the project. However, a decision was made at City Hall not to use the second design but rather to go to bids with the first design including the retaining walls.

Through the years there has been so many colorful commercial fishermen that it would take volumes to write about all of them. Their catches of trout and redfish was a blessing for the housewife who bought fish at the market since trout and redfish are top choice.

The bridge, as bid, would include three arches resting on two support structures on each side of a 40 foot-wide canal with 14 feet of clearance above the waterline for boat passage. It also includes two 40-foot wide pathways on either side of the canal for pedestrians and carts.

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The project was originally approved by voters in 2004 at $1.2 million. As the cost increased over the years money left over from previously completed bond projects was committed to the bridge by the city council for a total of about $6.5 million. The ISAC in September recommended to the city council that $4 million in funds from the Island Tax Increment Refinance Zone be used to supplement the bond money to get to the $10.5 million figure.

the bridge.

“That won’t help drivers who come over the top of the bridge and find traffic stopped,” he said.

The project at the intersection was bid in two parts, one for the installation of the traffic light which is currently underway, the second for the reconstruction of the intersection, which city staff said Tuesday has not yet been permitted.

Sources at the meeting said the estimated cost of installing the warning device on the bridge could run as high as $2 million.

But it was discussion over the progress of two bond projects which drew the most ire.

Water Exchange Bridge City staff said the Water Exchange Bridge project is expected to go to bids as early as December with awarding of the contract by February 2017, but even if bids come in under the $10.5 million available for the project construction could take as long as two years during which SPID/Park Road 22 between Commodores and Whitecap would be reduced to one lane in each direction.

And city staff said if the bids fail to meet the project’s budget a re-design would be necessary which could trigger a second round of hearings on the Environmental Assessment process through the Texas Department of Transportation which took almost two years to complete leading up to the current set of plans. At issue is whether

“We believe that the current design of the bridge can be built with the money available,” Ellington said. “We will know for certain by February when the bids come back.”

Billish Park The second bond project to draw ire at the ISAC gathering was the plan to make improvements to Billish Park. In spite of voter approval of $500,000 for the project in 2012 and an additional $200,000 committed by the Padre Isles Property Owners Association the project has yet to find positive traction. So far $120,000 has been spent on design for the project but when it went to bids the lowest bid was $24,000 over the money available so it is currently back in the hands of the POA for a third redesign at a cost yet to be determined. A $224,000 irrigation lake planned for the park will now be removed from the plans as the city has agreed to supply free water for irrigating the park from the water currently drained from Island fire hydrants to keep fresh water flowing in dead end Island water mains. For more than three years the city has been draining as much as 30 million gallons of treated water each month due to “stale” water.

Instead of that water going into Island storm drains and subsequently into Island canals as is currently the case, a portion of it would be used for the park which, as currently designed, would include athletic fields, a playground, and a possible dog park.

Control of the project was passed to the POA more than a year ago but discussions between the POA and the city stalled and at its October meeting the ISAC was asked to help move the project forward. A task force was appointed which had a plan in place within two weeks.

However when that plan went before the POA Board of Directors at the end of October it was sent back to POA planners for a third design.

A major sticking point has been determining who would pay for regular upkeep once the park is finished and how much that would cost. As currently planned the POA would be responsible for the cost of the upkeep. Once the third set of design drawings are complete they would, presumably, go back to the POA Board of Directors for final approval before bidding.

POA Executive Director MayBeth Christensen said Tuesday she does not have an estimated timetable for when construction on the project could begin.

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Islander David Dunseth who has been involved with the project since its inception told ISAC members he believes the project is, “Now at a place where it can move forward. But those of us who have been involved are very frustrated with the lack of progress over the years.”

Grocery Store cont from A1 Seashore, a strip he has named Balli Center. To get the permit approved Moshin had to purchase four acres of permanent wetlands off-site, on Mustang Island.

On Wednesday he said that permit clears the way for a development at the Balli Center site which will include his long-planned grocery store.

“It will be either a Sprouts or a Trader Joes,” Mohsin said. “I only began concentrating on the Balli Center location this week after the permit was granted. We are currently talking to both chains.”

Also planned at the Balli Center location are either an I-Hop or a Denny’s restaurant, a bank, a Dunkin’ Donuts, as well as additional retail space.

Mohsin has decades of experience at retail development in California and in Houston before re-locating to The Island with his family.

“We are going to bring additional retail space to The Island,” Moshin said Wednesday, “But our main goal has always been to bring a grocery store to The Island and now we finally have the permitting in place to move forward.”

Holiday Inn cont. from A1 kitchen and bring in chefs Adrian Holguin and James Garcia from the La Cantera Golf Resort in Dallas who are supervising the installation of the new kitchen equipment and a reworking of the menu.

“The menu will have regular items including breakfast all day,” Holguin said. “Everything on the menu will be available all day.”

Since its opening in 1980 the building has gone through several renovations and the restaurant/ bar operations, which have been operated separately from the hotel in recent years, have had ups and downs. Park said both the outdoor bar and the indoor restaurant/bar will be operated by the hotel and plans call for the current indoor footprint of the restaurant to be expanded to include the grassy area adjacent to the seawall as well as the outdoor play area on the north side of the building. Plans call for a 360-degree bar outside which will include draft beer. He said he expects it will take two to three years of working around the busy summer season to get all of the improvements done.

“The idea is to create a family-friendly environment that is welcoming to local residents as well as tourists,” Park said, who moved to The Island about three months ago.

That includes a happy hour at the outdoor bar, essential to bringing in locals. The bar is currently open from 5 p.m. through 11 p.m. but those hours will change with the seasons and plans call for live music seven days per week.

The facility will have a Grand Opening from 6-7 p.m. on November 10 which will include free beer and wine.

The most noticeable change so far is the removal of the intimidating gates barring entry to the property from the seawall side.

“We got rid of those in a hurry,” Holguin said.

“Even when they were open they didn’t look very inviting to visitors.”

November 3, 2016

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Island Moon

Stuff I Heard on the Island

By Dale Rankin One of the few things I actually miss about working in the daily media is covering election night. When the lights go on election night you never know what is going to happen. It’s the night all resources are in the field, every live truck, and every crew are deployed and someone back in the studio has to get them all on the air and in the right order; and it never works the way it was drawn up in the planning meeting.

Every rookie in the newsroom is looking to make some bones on election night by covering the winning candidate in the biggest election on the ballot and as often as not there is a “be careful what you ask for” moment.

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I’ve been known to pull a plug or two at crucial moments. We once discovered that when the competition had their live mast all the way up you could kill their shot by letting the air out of one tire and tilting the stick. It took them fifteen minutes to find out what the problem was and even then they had to limp home on three good tires.

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When the vote on whether to build the Alamodome was held all of the kids wanted to cover the Pro headquarters because it was thought they would win, which they did. So I was relegated to the Anti-side which was mostly made up of, shall we say older people, who lost early and were home in bed by the time the ten o’clock show rolled around. When the anchor threw to the winning headquarters there was nothing but black. Their live shot that was working fine until the throw from the anchor came all of a sudden went completely dead.

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There were bomb threats at the party for the new governor in Austin, I had my car keyed by supporters of a city council candidate because they blamed the media for his loss (never mind that he abandoned his female intern to a group of paint-sniffing thugs in Brackenridge Park two weeks before the election).

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There was a particular radio guy who had a loud radio voice who liked to cut his audio in the pressroom at the John Wood Federal Courthouse throughout the six-week trial of the Branch Davidians. He would bellow into his mic twice per hour while the rest of us, in easy earshot, were trying to cut our own audio and had to move outside. No cameras were allowed inside the courthouse so when the verdict came back we all sprinted from the second floor of the courthouse across the plaza to the pressroom to

get the result on the air.

The radio gasbag called his desk, hit his live mic button and began his bellowing but after about thirty seconds the phone on his desk rang and he was informed that his signal was not getting out of the courthouse to the station. He franticly started checking his wires and when he pulled on the power cord he found to his chagrin that it had been cleanly cut about twenty feet from his board and there was no repairing it. Some of his fellow radio reporters had waited until just the crucial moment to make their move and there wasn’t much he could do about it.

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had done some work on the generator in the live truck and it eventually had to be replaced. The anchor back at the studio looked like a deer in headlights and I knew what was coming. Since there were only two live shots this night, one from the successful “build” side and me from the “ginner” side I had about six minutes to fill.

Let’s name it Flop Sweat They threw to me standing in the empty room that a few hours ago had been filled with people who thought they were going to win and was now as empty as the six minutes I had to fill.

I ran the tape I had shot earlier, I talked about the dynamics of the election, I talked about the campaign, and since I had been expecting to go only about one minute I still had about three minutes to go when I threw it back to the anchor, who threw it back to me, and I threw it back to her, and finally she said, “So Dale, what do you think they will name the domed stadium?” I pointed out that since I was in the losing side that was not something they talked about and since I was standing alone in the room there was no one to ask. I threw it back and she threw it back again, if we go to break now the ratings will die, we got to fill until 10:06 and it’s now 10:04.

“I think they should have a contest,” I said, and while she was rambling on about something I ducked out of the shot. Problem solved.

Interviewing an armpit One year we had a heated sheriff’s race and the star was the incumbent, an unpredictable sort who was favored to win over the former Police Chief at whose headquarters I was posted.

Working at the loser’s headquarters was always easier because you shot a sound bite early and they all went home. I’d be out by 10:03 while the reporter at the winning site would have to do live shots until 11. At the top of the show they threw it to my colleague, a rookie, was to in the winning headquarters and when she turned to interview the winner there was a terrifying thump as she turned to the candidate and thrust her microphone straight into his armpit. She started to panic and they went back to a one-shot of her for a quick moment but when she turned back a second time it was even worse. No interview with the winner until the competition was through with him. When you tried to one-up your fellow reporters rather than work together all bets were off; rookie mistake and rookie result.

I saw what was coming. There were six television reporters all crowded around my guy and whoever got the throw first was going to get him and everybody else was going to be hugging thin air. The good news was that because of the failed live shot across town I got the throw before anybody else and I started

my interview. About twenty seconds in the ABC guy went hot and his plan was to simply jump into my interview. But it wasn’t my first rodeo and when he posed his question and the candidate began to pivot in his direction his turn was halted by his necktie which I had a firm fistful of.

So five of my fellow reporters backed and filled for about two minutes until I wrapped and let go of his tie. He told me later he was starting to see spots.

“Well, the good news is that you didn’t win so you can file assault charges against me,” I said.

The joys of live television on election night.

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Senior Moments

Vietnam-The Battle of Dak To

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By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: Since Veterans Day will be large supply of artillery and mortar ammunition, observed next week, I believe it is appropriate some of which had markings showing that they to remind you of one of the major and bloodiest were manufactured in Russia. According to battles of the Vietnam War. The Battle of Dak To information recorded in a letter home, one of took place between November 3 and 22, 1967. the enemy units occupying Hill 1034 was an On November 3rd intelligence discovered the NVA mortar unit with an identification number enemy had encircled the Dak To – Tan Canh area. Kennedy Hickman contributed to this article, most of the information came from the experiences of “Bravo Company.”

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According to a secret message prepared by MACV (*Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Deputy Commander, General Creighton Abrams, the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry arrived in Dak To on November 10th ; the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry on November 11th ; the 1st Brigade Headquarters and the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry on November 14th.

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The fighting had started on November 4th, when US 4th Infantry Division units attacked to secure the ridges to the south of Dak To. Three days later, 173rd Airborne Brigade units pushed west and then southwest, while South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) units pushed north and east. All of these friendly units met stiff resistance from sizeable enemy forces occupying fortified positions on the tops of the peaks and ridges, which confirmed the accuracy of the detailed battle plan obtained from the NVA (North Vietnam) deserter. In conjunction with these ground attacks, the US initiated a massive bombardment of enemy positions

Bravo Company 2nd Battalion 8th Cavalry employing all available means.

The extent of this massive bombardment is evident from the munitions expended during the Battle of Dak To which included 257 B-52 strikes; 2,096 tactical air sorties; and a total of 151,000 artillery rounds. It is hard to imagine how anyone could survive such a bombing

inferno, however, during the course of the battle it was discovered that some of the NVA fortified positions consisted of three concentric trenches around the top of a mountain and they had dug a series of holes deep into the mountain which they used as bomb shelters.

There were two phases to the Battle of Dak To. The first phase was between November 12th & 14th, and the second and most violent phase was from November 17th to November 22nd. According to General Abrams’ message, Bravo Company (2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment) arrived in the area on November 14th , however, the 4th Infantry Division Combat After Action Report states that the 2nd Battalion arrived on November 18th (other evidence supports their deployment on November 14th). The latter report went on to state that the 2nd battalion was deployed “into the hills east of Tan Canh and encountered strong enemy defenses. The battalion operated in the area six days, again blasting the enemy out.”

November 19th will always be remembered by the many relatives who lost a loved one on this date at Dak To, and by the many veterans who participated in this battle. The strongest enemy resistance was on the infamous Hill 875, located southwest of Dak To where two battalions of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 2nd Battalion and 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, fought for several days to seize this hilltop. The attack began on November 19, and Hill 875 was finally secured on Thanksgiving Day, November 23rd. Both battalions suffered very heavy casualties and the fighting was so violent that the infantry companies were calling in artillery and air strikes dangerously close to their own positions. The casualty figures for these two battalions were158 killed and 402 wounded in action.

In the afternoon of November 20, preceded by a devastating air and artillery barrage, Bravo Company completed the assault of Hill 1034. They spent most of the evening and the following two days clearing the extensive enemy bunker complex surrounding Hill 1034, and collecting captured NVA weapons and a

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Interior Lot Homes Sold of 338. This information was obtained from enemy documents found in the bunkers. Another dangerous situation confronting Bravo Co was the presence of numerous unexploded cluster bombs that were scattered all over Hill 1034, and an Explosive Ordinance Team spent many hours blowing them up. The entire ridgeline was cleared and secured by November 21st. On November 23 or 24, Bravo was assigned the mission of securing LZ Winchester with three platoons, and one platoon (Blackfoot) was sent to Kontum to secure the 1st Bde, 1st ACD, rear command post.

On Thanksgiving Day, November 23rd, Bravo received the news that the battle of Dak To was over and the enemy had probably returned to their sanctuaries in Laos and Cambodia.

Bravo Company (minus Blackfoot) was on another hilltop, called LZ Winchester, and late in the afternoon, choppers arrived with their Thanksgiving dinner, consisting of turkey with all the trimmings. Although they enjoyed their meal, there was a noticeable sadness among the troops as if they were silently thinking of their friends and colleagues who were not present.

On November 23rd, the WHITEHORSE AO was expanded to the north and east to allow for pursuit to the northeast. Also A firebase, LZ FALCON (ZB 133212), was opened. On November 24th, A and C Companies, combat assaulted to the northeast with no significant findings. Both companies were subsequently extracted to LZ WINCHESTER Nov in preparation for the return of the 1st Bde, 1st ACD, to the PERSHING AO on November 25th.

Also the 1st Bde combat units moved by air on 37 C-130 sorties to LZ ENGLISH and the last unit landed at the Arrival Airfield at 1800H. 2-8th Cav units were moved from the Arrival Airfield by helicopters to their new missions: C Co, 2-8th Cav assumed the security mission at LZ M U S TA N G TAPE at 251530H Nov 67. B Co 2-8th Cav(-) assumed the security mission at LZ LARAMIE at 251600H Nov 67 and provided two platoons to assist in securing LZ ENGLISH by 1600H. A and D Co 2-8th Cav conducted search and clear operations in the Bong Son AO. NVA casualties during the Battle of Dak To were between 1200-1455 killed in action and it is likely that the figure for NVA wounded in action would be somewhere around 3000. Provoked by these high casualties, a NVA officer called Dak To a “useless and bloody battle.” US casualties during the Battle of Dak To were 289 killed in action, 985 wounded and 16 missing in action.

Forty helicopters, two C-130 Hercules and one a F4F aircraft were destroyed by enemy fire.

Because of the steep slopes and triple-canopy trees, there was a serious lack of suitable sites for landing helicopters and this meant that most troop movements had to be conducted on foot.

There is no doubt that the scarcity of suitable landing sites made it very difficult to conduct airmobile operations in the Dak To area, and this greatly reduced not only our combat effectiveness but also our combat advantage over our opponents. In fact, there are numerous cases where the Battle of Dak To was a traditional “one on one” infantry contest and where troops assaulted hills just like their experience during the Korean War. Most military experts agree that the battles of Dak To in November and Tam Quan in December were preliminary battles to the Tet Offensive in January 1968.

Dotson’s Other Note: I know that many of those who attend the weekly Veterans Round Table participated in the battle of Dak To and have vivid memories of that battle. (Also, I haven’t forgotten that IOU the remainder of the 20’s “glossary.”)

Your thoughts regarding this or any articles appearing in The Island Moon are greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading and commenting on Senior Moments. I can be reached at: dlewis1@stx.rr.com and/or Land Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475.

Please Note: The next Veterans Roundtable Meeting will be Tuesday, November 8th, 9-11 AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope to see you there.

Hang in there/Have fun!

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POA Happenings

By Maybeth Christensen Why does the PIPOA require the curb and gutter area in front of your property be kept clear of debris?

The Protective Covenants for all of the subdivisions actually state as a requirement that the area between the curb and the asphalt of the street be kept clear of all debris. The primary reason is that all water runoff in the subdivisions goes into the storm water drain system. Where do you think the storm water drain goes? Directly in to the canals! So, to say it another way - everything that is on the street or in the gutters ends up in our canals!

Another problem our canal clean up contractor sees is that folks let their dogs do their business on the decks and docks on the water. The owners then use a hose to wash all thedog feces right into the canals. We have many residents and children

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who swim in those canals! Stop and think folks!

Many of the docks have these “wonderful” fish cleaning stations which are built as a part of the dock. The problem is that the fish guts should again not be washed into the canals.

Although we have definitely seen an increase in some species of fish in the canals, there are not enough fish to eat all of that waste material and the water exchange is not enough to wash that debris out of our canals.

We appreciate all of the residents who take the time to clean the curb and gutter as well as pick up after their dogs and dispose of the all of the material properly – in the City provided trash cans.

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Island Moon on a Spoon

What’s Your Side? Cornbread Oyster & Sausage Dressing

By Chef Vita Jarrin It’s hard to imagine in 90 degree weather that Thanksgiving and the rest of the holidays are just around the corner. This time of year is my favorite time of year, because I love binging on holiday movies as well as cooking up all types of foods that represent annual traditions from our family. However, I also love creating new twists on traditions. For example, mashed potatoes. There are so many things you can do to make mashed potatoes more interesting. You can roast them first, you can boil them and even use a wide variety of potatoes to try new dishes with also. You can mash some with skin on and others the skin off… is a must!

Another favorite of mine is stuffing or what some call dressing. Some now call it savory bread pudding. Regardless what you choose to call it, It’s a great staple to have as a side, with any protein. Because I personally love the versatility of this dish, I can’t wait on just the holiday season to enjoy it. I create different dressings to accompany anything from fish to poultry, even steak.

1 pt. shucked oysters in their liquor (about 1 cup liquor) 4 large eggs, whisked ¼ Cup fresh squeezed lemon juice 2 Tbsp. horseradish 2 Tbsp. Franks Hot Sauce 12 cups of sweet cornbread (preferably day old) crumbled ½ Stick of butter melted to drizzle on top before baking + 2 Tbsp. To butter baking dish

Directions: Preheat oven to 350°. Heat broth in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove pan from heat until ready to use.

Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium heat and cook sausage with chopped rosemary and sage, breaking it up with a spoon, until cooked through, 7–8 minutes.

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Seeing that we live on the coast I came across an amazing recipe that’s perfect for the abundance of oysters we have. I love oysters and this recipe has had me very excited to try it. It’s a cornbread Oyster dressing. But since I like to add my own twist, I decided to enhance the flavor by adding lemon juice, hot sauce and horseradish. These components lend a flavor that compliments oysters beautifully.

In my research, I see that’s it’s a southern staple, therefore Texans may already have this recipe in their files. However, for those of you who don’t, I hope you enjoy this one.

Ingredients: 8 TO 10 SERVINGS 2 cups low-salt chicken broth 2 sprigs sage 1 sprig rosemary 1 pound breakfast sausage, casings removed ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter 2 medium onions diced 1½ cups celery diced 1 C carrots diced ¼ cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh thyme 2 tsp. kosher salt 1 tsp. freshly ground pepper

Using a slotted spoon, transfer sausage to a large bowl, leaving any rendered fat in pan.

Melt butter in skillet; add onions, carrots and celery and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Add onion mixture, parsley, and thyme to bowl with sausage. Mix well; season with salt and pepper. Add oysters with liquor, reserved broth, lemon juice, horseradish, hot sauce and eggs; toss to combine. Add cornbread; toss until well blended and cornbread absorbs most of the liquid.

Spoon stuffing into a 3-qt. buttered baking dish. If any liquid remains in bowl, drizzle ¼–½ cup over to moisten cornbread (amount varies depending on dryness of cornbread).

Drizzle melted butter on top the top and bake until browned and liquid is absorbed. About 1 hour

Tip of the Week: It’s no secret how much fun one can have with casseroles. They can be vegetarian by adding mushrooms for umami flavor, you can add cheese, various meats, and wow…even oysters.

They are filling and so delicious. You can swap out cornbread for ciabatta or other hearty breads of choice. You can make this dish the night before and bake the day of, however, using fresh quality ingredients, will keep the integrity of this dish at its best.

The ideas are endless. Most importantly…

Enjoy yourself, get creative, try new things have fun!!! Happy Eats!

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SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon

The Dizziest Cub of Them AllDizzy Dean

By Dotson Lewis

By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon

Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: The Cubs’ first World Series since 1945 is over as of last night (unless there was a rain out). At this writing, I don’t know who the 2016 world baseball champions are. Unless you had buried your head in the sand, you know who/whom it is. Since you have been hearing and watching the Cubs, whose fans are the dizziest and wildest on earth, I thought you would enjoy being reminded of the dizziest player/sportscaster of them all. He was Cardinal and a Cub, a great pitcher and even a greater sportscaster…maybe “sportscaster” is incorrect, perhaps some consider him to be a great radio/television comedian. Wikipedia contributed to this article.

Dizzy Dean-Baseball Player The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals

are arguably the fiercest rivals in the history of baseball, if not the history of sport. Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean is one of the few baseball players that experienced both sides of that rivalry. As the anchor for the Cardinals’ pitching staff, Dean earned four consecutive strikeout titles, led the National League in complete games for four consecutive seasons, and won two games in the 1934 World Series. The Cardinals championship in 1934 was kept in the family as Paul "Daffy" Dean, Dizzy’s younger brother, won the other two games of the World Series.

Dizzy’s career in Chicago lacked the brilliance he conveyed in St. Louis, due in part to an injury suffered in the 1937 All-Star game. His toe was broken by a line drive off the bat of Earl Averill.

Dean altered his pitching motion to compensate for the broken toe, injuring his throwing arm in

batter after batter swung ineptly at pitches they couldn't even see." (Editor of the New York Times). "As a ballplayer, (Dizzy) Dean was a natural phenomenon, like the Grand Canyon or the Great Barrier Reef. Nobody ever taught him baseball and he never had to learn. He was just doing what came naturally when a scout named Don Curtis discovered him on a Texas sandlot and gave him his first contract." (Red Smith, radio broadcaster)

Dizzy Dean-Radio & Television Sportscaster Following his playing career Dizzy became a well-known radio and television sportscaster, calling baseball for the Cardinals (1941–46), Browns (1941–48), Yankees (1950–51), and

Atlanta Braves (1966–68) and nationally with Mutual (1952), ABC (1953–54), and CBS (1955–1965), where he teamed first with Buddy Blattner then with Pee Wee Reese. As a broadcaster, Dean was famous for his wit and his often-colorful butchering of the English language. Much like football star-turnedsportscaster Terry Bradshaw years later, he chose to build on, rather than counter, his image as a not-too-bright country boy, as a way of entertaining fans: "The Good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong right arm, a good body, and a weak mind." He once saw Browns outfielder Al Zarilla slide into a base, and said, "Zarilla slud into third!" "Slud" instead of "slid" became a frequently-used Dean expression. Thanks to baseball fan Charles Schulz, another Dean expression found its way into a Peanuts strip, as Lucy commented on a batter who swung at a pitch outside the strike zone: "He shouldn't hadn't ought-a swang!"

Once, describing a player who had struck out, Dean said, "he nonchalantly walks back to the dugout in disgust." And as for saying “‘Rizzuto slid into second,' it just ain't natural.

Sounds silly to me. Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort."

While doing a game on CBS, Dean once said, over the open mike, "I don't know why they're calling this the Game of the Week. There's a much better game, Dodgers and Giants, over on NBC." Every so often, he would sign off by saying, "Don't fail to miss tomorrow's game!"

During rain delays he was famous for off-key renditions of the "Wabash Cannonball". These manglings of the language only endeared Dean to fans, being a precursor of such beloved ballplayers-turned-broadcasters as Ralph Kiner, Herb Score, and Jerry Coleman.

the process. Dean last played in 1947, pitching a four inning shutout for the St. Louis Browns.

The four-time 20-game winner was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1953.

Here are some quotes by the colorful Mr. Dean, as a player: "Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?" "It ain't braggin' if you can back it up." "I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head." “Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world." "All ballplayers want to wind up their career with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees.

They just can't help it." "I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?" "I won twenty-eight games in 1935 and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards send me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr. Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games." "It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there? "Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth." "Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat." "The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing."

“The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and tries to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a change up and I did pretty good." "The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm and a weak mind." "He slud into third." "Well what's wrong with ain't?”

Here are a few quotes about Mr. Dean:"When ole Diz was out there pitching it was more than just another ball game. It was a regular threering circus and everybody was wide awake and enjoying being alive." (Pepper Martin, Cardinal teammate). "You were attracted by the graceful rhythm of his pitching motion; the long majestic sweep of his arm as he let the ball fly; the poised alertness after the pitch.

That was what counted and you knew it when

Gene Elston was the Voice of the Astros

An English teacher once wrote to him, complaining that he shouldn't use the word "ain't" on the air, as it was a bad example to

George F. Will once said, “Baseball is a habit.”

Never has there been uttered a truer statement.

Most of you folks will not remember hearing this man, but you would have been lucky if you did. He was one of the best baseball announcers of his generation. He was a master of the language of sports. There was magic in his words. Giving him a microphone was like putting Dan Rather in front of a television camera; his information would be crisp and on target. He loved to call baseball games; he felt like he was always holding the winning lottery ticket. This guy was more likeable than Opie on the Andy Griffith Show. He owned a pirate smile and a voice that could qualify as

Dotson’s Other Note: My mother, who was an English teacher, was not pleased with the Dean’s English. Although she allowed me to listen to him on the radio, I dared not use Dizz’s grammar in her presence. 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: 530748-8475 Email: dlewis1@stx.rr.com Have fun -30-

A different kind of bean ball Most real baseball fans know how to score a baseball game. The broadcasters always score the game so they can provide needed information to the listener as the game moves forward. For

Gene Elston medicinal. This man was as comfortable as an old baseball cap. The beauty of baseball is that it is inexplicable. He still believed that singing “Take me out to the Ballgame” was a privilege.

On the hallowed ground of baseball, you can’t run away from the history. He understood the game and accepted that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue. He could spend two weeks telling stories and you’d realize that he hadn’t even gotten started.

Although his broadcast style was somewhat restrained, his game notes were emblazoned with different colored markers and he always helped you feel a part of the conversation.

He was so nostalgic; he sat around picking his teeth with a 1954 Hank Aaron rookie card.

He understood the value of silence at the right moment. His voice sounded like melted butter.

He was a smart guy; he could have counted cards if he had wanted to. He always reminded us that a ballpark is where memories gather.

Gene Elston, the original voice of the Houston Astros, made a lasting impression on all who listened, and now he has left us.

To the Pros Gene Elston was born on March 26, 1922, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. By 1941, at the age of 19, he had started announcing high school basketball games. He later joined the fight for his country during World War II. When he returned to the States after the war, he received his first minor league assignment in 1946. He started broadcasting minor league games for Waterloo of the Three-I League. He also received an NFL job with a team then called the Cleveland Rams.

In 1954, after eight years of broadcasting minor league baseball, he was signed by the Chicago Cubs as their number two announcer, alongside Bert Wilson. From 1955-1957, Gene made his debut in Major League baseball with the Chicago Cubs, on WIND radio of Chicago.

Gene Elston spent the next three years calling baseball games on the Mutual Radio Network’s Game of the Day with Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller. At that time, the Mutual Radio Network aired on 350 stations across the country. At the end of the 1960 season, Elston left them for greener pastures.

Houston Colt 45’s

children. On the air, Dean said, "A lot of folks who ain't sayin' 'ain't,' ain't eatin'. So, Teach, you learn 'em English, and I'll learn 'em baseball."

he was fired by Astros’ general manager, Dick Wagner. In 1987, Elston rejoined the national radio broadcasts. He would call the CBS Radio Game of the Week until 1995. Gene also called the postseason games for the National League Division Series, in 1995, 1996 and 1997. He then retired from broadcasting and joined Tal Smith Enterprises, as a consultant and researcher.

The Houston Colt 45’s club offered Gene a job and promptly hired him for the 1961 season, as their lead announcer for their minor league club known as the Houston Buffs. They also hired Loel Passe as the color commentator.

In 1962, Major League baseball expanded and the Houston Colt 45’s and the New York Mets became Major League teams. In 1965, three years later, the Colt 45’s would change their name to the Houston Astros and moved into the “Eight Wonder of the World,” the Astrodome. Elston stuck with the team, even though they lost 96 games in each of their first three seasons. Elston would remain the Astros’ lead announcer for 25 years, until 1986, when

those of you who do not know what I’m talking about, here is a quick recipe: Each player on the defense is given a number. The pitcher is one, the catcher is two, the first baseman is three, and so on. The second baseman, third baseman and shortstop are numbered four, five and six. The outfield is numbered left to right, seven, eight and nine. Now when an out occurs in the field, the defensive player’s numbers are used to record the play. Example, if the batter hits a ground ball to the shortstop who fields the ball and throws it to first base, beating the runner to the bag, it is recorded 6-3 for an out. If the ball is hit to left field and caught in the air by the leftfielder, it is recorded F-7, which stands for fly ball-leftfield for the out.

So, in this particular game, a very unusual out is recorded that rarely happens. In fact, I have scored hundreds of games and have never heard anything else like this. Hank Aaron of the Braves was facing Turk Ferrell when Aaron lined a ball back to the mound that hit Turk right on the top of his forehead. The ball was hit so hard, it bounced off his head and was caught in the air for an out, by Jimmy Wynn, the Astros’ centerfielder, some 100 plus feet away. Elston scored the out, 1 to 8. I don’t think it has ever happened that way before or since.

In 2006, Gene Elston was honored for his contributions as a baseball announcer to the great game of baseball. He was awarded the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum. At the age of 84, Elston was well enough to accept the award in person in Cooperstown.

Elston called a total of 13 no-hitters, including Nolan Ryan’s fifth no-hitter and Mike Scott’s 1986 masterpiece, to clinch the National League West Division. Gene also described Eddie Mathews’ 500th home run as an Astros’ for the fans and called Nolan Ryan’s 3,509 career strike-out on April 27, 1983 to become the all-time leader.

“I feel blessed to have been a part of such a great game for so long,” said Elston at his Hall-of-Fame induction. For 47 years behind the microphone, he always treated the listener with respect. Gene authored three books and received the Texas Sportscaster-of-the-Year Award several times.

Gene Elston died peacefully at home on September 5, 2015. He was 93. It seems kind of quiet now that I think about it.

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.

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