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January 5, 2017
Around The Island
By Dale Rankin You could tell time on our little sandbar this weekend by which direction the Booms! were coming from. If they were coming from the Laguna Madre side it was morning. If they were coming from the Laguna and the Gulf side it was evening. In the morning the duck hunters woke us up pursuing their winged prey, in the evening they were joined in the Island chorus by the fireworks shooters along the Michael J. Ellis Seawall. This is the first year in memory when New Year celebrants sent their powder skyward along the seawall. In the past it has been Kleberg County where the fireworks shooters scooted around the far edge of the regulated world, but this year apparent fear of Bobby’s boys from the Constable’s office which took over patrol on the six miles of Kleberg Beach this year, pushed the shooters north to take their chances inside the Corpus Christi City Limits. One advantage of the new launch site is less likelihood of a housethreatening grassfire on the south end of the The Island. One disadvantage is that many of the people along the seawall have little yappy dogs – and in one case a formerly sleeping but soon yelping newborn – that don’t much like the sound of fireworks, another is they don’t seem to know how to clean up after themselves and left fireworks remnants all over the seawall. There were complaints about fireworks on the beach at the National Seashore as well. Seems like we might need a designated spot for fireworks shooting hereabouts. Maybe on a spoil island with the duck hunters – now that would be pretty cool, unless of course you are a duck or a yappy dog.
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Group of Island Homeowners want City to Ban Hunting on Spoil Islands By Dale Rankin A group of homeowners on the fingertip lots facing the Laguna Madre say they will ask the Island Strategic Action Committee to recommend that the city ban hunting on spoil islands adjacent to Island neighborhoods. The controversy arose after resident Rick Hunts who lives at the end of King Phillip Court complained to city officials that a hunting guide had set up two blinds across a canal from his house and began dropping off hunters three times daily.
By Jason Towns USAF Major, Retired After a record breaking year taking over a thousand folks for their first skydive in 2016, our little parachute operation in Port Aransas, Skydive South Texas, had absolutely zero bookings for the first day of the New Year Sunday.
That is until a man wearing full duck hunting garb - an ensemble I used to wear almost daily - walked in the hangar door. His name was Mr. Ben Mallon, owner of Hell or High Water Outdoors, a 503C corporation dedicated to getting the disabled out for duck hunts on the Coastal Bend. Taking three months a year off from his real job, Mallon promotes
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“They are just over 1000 feet from his services mostly to disabled my deck,” Hunts said, “and they veterans but pretty much anyone with put their decoys between my house a handicap can set up a trip with him. and the blinds so they are shooting right at my deck. They are so close "If somebody wants to get their I can hear them talking in the blind.” deathbed into a duckblind, we can After years of controversy and at the make it happen", he said, describing urging of the ISAC the Corpus Christi some of the ingenious contraptions City Council passed an ordinance he's managed to construct out on the in February 2012 making it illegal water. to hunt within 1000 feet of Island Skydive cont. on A2 houses. Due to dry conditions that year duck hunters migrated to freshwater ponds located near houses
If He Builds It, You Will Jam
Winter Texans have arrived When the Polar Vortex moved southward with Santa Claus a couple of weeks ago it flushed out a flock of Snow Birds – or as we like to call them Winter Texans – who began finding their way from OTB soon after. They were out in force for the New Year and a covey finds their way each Sunday night to Island Italian on North Padre for bluegrass and on Wednesday night to Port A for the double-whammy when Edwin offers all you can eat shrimp at Kody’s and then the Port A Rockers get them out on the dance floor at Bernie’s. These aren’t your grandpa’s Winter Texans folks, that generation tended to retire with the evening sun but these guys close the place down. We began our Winter Texan Section this week as Frostbite Betty reported from Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, and the Winter Texan Roundup kicks off for the season. Welcome to The Island you guys!
Heads Up! Two words of warning this week – technically four…Sneak Thieves and Creepy Crud. The Sneak Thieves hit our Island right after Christmas burglarizing several cars up and down The Island. They seem to be criminals of opportunity so lock your cars and close garage doors. They also seem to like to haul off boat trailers. The Creepy Crud is creeping its way around these days too. It lasts for several days and victims liken it to a light pneumonia. So wash your hands and, as they say around the stockyards, don’t put your hands where you won’t put your face. Reverse your ceiling fans everybody, the cool weather is on the way. In the meantime say hello if you see us Around The Island.
See the special Winter Texan news on pages 15-16 in this issue!
Two duck blinds located near homes are cause of controversy. as their prey was denied wetlands further south due to lack of rain.
By Dale Rankin When Islander Kent Meek moved to The Island three years ago he brought his love of music with him. Meek had been playing guitar professionally for nearly twenty years so he knew all about the things that guitar players learn as they go. The mechanics of a guitar like how to set up the instrument, its action (distance
of each string above the fretboard), getting the strings placement and tension just right for the best tones, the electronics of an electric guitar, and all the other subtleties that over the years gave rise to the oldest guitar joke on the planet: “How many guitar players does it take to screw in a light bulb…three. One to screw in the light bulb and two to stand around and say ‘I can do that!”
But Meek is not your ordinary three chords guy. He was a Private Studio Musician at Texas State University in San Marcos, has years of professional experience performing solo and with various jazz groups in Austin and has been giving private lessons for years. He also provided the music for the 2007 movie Westacre. He came by
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The City Attorney’s office fended off attempts by homeowners on Primavera to ban hunting in that area by claiming that the applicable state statue (see below) prohibited the city from taking action to stop the hunting because the area was not annexed before September, 1981 when the statute was passed by the legislature. One homeowner showed up at an ISAC meeting with a handful of
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A little Island history
Nueces Strip Erupts in Violence as Raiders Seek to Separate it from Texas
Editor’s note: In the last issue we described the raid on the Norias section of the King Ranch just across the Laguna Madre from Padre Island one hundred years ago by marauders from Mexico. But the raid was only part of the trouble that was spilling across the border from Mexico which was in open revolution. This story is based on several sources, including but not limited to The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution, by Charles Harris III, and Louis R. Sadler, and Revolution in Texas by Benjamin Heber Johnson. The books remind us that only one hundred years ago the Texas Borderland was territory still very much in dispute. By Dale Rankin The raiders who hit the King
thought was a factional fight between political interests in South Texas had turned out to be a full-fledged border war with raiding parties made up of both Mexican Nationals and some Hispanics of American origin mixing together to form the roving gangs that now had struck within a day’s ride of downtown Corpus Christi. The Wild Horse Prairie was on fire with rumors and wild stories – some of which might have even been true.
Ride to the sound of the guns American troops of the 16th Infantry in camp. Ranch were sympathizers of the reform movement in Mexico but by this time the Mexican Revolution had Balkanized as more than half a dozen factions in various parts of the
country claimed to be the keepers of the revolutionary flame and the country had descended into chaos. What
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The day after the raid on the King Ranch Cameron County Judge H.L. Yates telegraphed the Secretary of War “Was last night enough to bring adequate protection to the lower Rio Grande Valley, or are we still to be sacrificed again. I implore you to
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Luthier cont. from A1
His client for New Years' weekend was Terrance "Bo" Jones and they'd been launching their airboat from the seawall across from Skydive South Texas' hangar. Returning from
his music talent honestly as his family came to America from Germany where they were professional musicians and built their own instruments. It’s that last part that brings us to our story. He collected vintage Gibson’s and bought a 1984 Gibson L4 in 2015 that needed work to its headstock. As he watched videos about how to fix clear coat he became fascinated with the idea of building an entire guitar from scratch including pickups. He built a workbench in his garage and his uncle gave him some wood working tools owned by his grandfather and he was on his way.
chisels, scrappers and sandpaper. He is hoping to make a guitar out of driftwood from local beaches. Now if he can just find the answer to that most mysterious of guitar questions; why do all guitar players tune their G-Strings high? “The most satisfying thing for a guitar fanatic like me is being able to honestly say I have unlimited guitars” You can see the guitars Kent has built at https:// www.facebook.com/okmeek.guitars.
Behold the Taxman Cometh
January 21 is the Deadline
The last day to pay your 2016 property tax bill without penalty and interest will be on Tuesday January 31st. Accounts not paid by January 31st become delinquent on February 1st, per the Texas Property Tax Code 33.01, according to Nueces County Tax Assessor-Collector Kevin Kieschnick. Those who wish to skip the line and the wait should utilize our no fee online E-Check option. Just have your checking account number and routing number nearby when logging in. Click blue link below for access: https://actweb. acttax.com/act_webdev/nueces/
“The first one took a few months to build, but I could not believe how well it played and sounded,” he said. “ I own a number of Gibson’s, even a 1961 ES 330 with PAF pickups, and side by side my first guitar literally sounded and played just as good as all of them.” Kent modeled the P90 “soap bar” pickups in his first guitar according to Gibson’s 1959 Les Paul Goldtop.
If you choose to come in, help us reduce your wait time by bringing your tax statement with you when paying your bill. Those who wish to not wait in line and have a paid receipt mailed to them may use our drop box located on the 3rd floor by the tax office. Please include a check and the statement(s) for the property(s) being paid. If you need additional information, please feel free to call my office at 361-888-0230, Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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their third day's hunt, Bo asked Mallon if he'd head over and set up an additional adventure for the day. We said we'd be happy to oblige. Bo was injured by an IED in Afghanistan in 2012, losing both legs and much of his left arm. Bo is originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho but now resides up the road in Floresville. A very determined 27-year-old, he's learned to pivot himself with his incredibly strong right arm wherever he needs to go: in and out of his wheel chair, onto boats, vehicles and-- we soon discovered-- airplanes! "I think I was part monkey all along", he told me. "I just never realized it until I got hurt!" Bo was very eager to get in the air and see what skydiving was all about. As the photos demonstrate, he wasn't disappointed! He even bought a coupon to jump again sometime next week. Thanks Bo for your service and thanks to Hell or High Water Outdoors for what you do for the vets! Anyone wishing to set up a trip with Ben or make a donation to help with the services he provides can email: ben@hellorhighwateroutdoors.org.
Meek's Great Grandfather made his own bass which the family still has. “People on my wife’s Facebook immediately started asking for prices so I decided to build a second guitar to fix errors I realized in my first build. I built a second guitar in less than a month and it overwhelmingly exceeded my first in function and appearance. I reached out to a friend in Colorado and my brother to be my first test group of customers. The guitar and bass I just finished are theirs, and again, the newest ones are amazing to play and sound phenomenal in person.” So far all of his guitars have maple necks and cedar bodies, but since he does all of the milling himself he is looking for some variety in wood choice. Each guitar top is hand carved with
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division will host three public scoping meetings Jan. 10-11 in several communities to discuss potential changes to Texas saltwater fishing regulations relating to great hammerhead sharks, black grouper, Nassau grouper, and gag grouper. At these meetings, TPWD will be scoping several items for consideration in the upcoming 2017 statewide hunting and fishing proclamation process. Proposed changes include increasing the great hammerhead shark minimum size limit to 99 inches; establishing a 24-inch minimum size limit and a 4 fish per day bag limit for black grouper; establishing a bag limit of catch and release only for Nassau grouper; and increasing the minimum size limit to 24 inches for gag grouper. The proposed changes would alter the current size and possession limits for those species to be consistent with federal regulations. This will reduce confusion for anglers fishing in state and federal waters and enhance compliance, administration and enforcement. All interested parties are encouraged to attend any of the meetings listed below, learn about the proposals and provide comments. Those unable to attend one of meetings may provide comments by email to Tiffany Hooper at tiffany.
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hopper@tpwd.texas.gov or by phone (512) 389-4650. Comments may also be submitted through the department’s Internet web site at www.tpwd.texas.gov once the proposals have been published in the Texas Register and at the formal public meetings. After these meetings, TPWD staff will present recommendations to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its Jan. 25-27 meeting. Based on the commission’s feedback, staff will hold a series of formal statewide public hearings if any regulatory proposals are advanced. Hearings for all fishery- and wildlife-related proposals would be held after the January meeting and before the March 2627 commission meeting. Final decisions about proposed regulations will be made by the commission at that meeting. All of the following scoping meetings begin at 6 p.m. Jan. 10, Corpus Christi: Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Natural Resources Building, Room 1003, 6300 Ocean Drive Jan. 10, Dickinson: TPWD Dickinson Marine Lab, 1502 FM 517 East Jan. 11, Port Isabel: , Port Isabel City Hall 305 E. Maxan
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Hat in the Ring We are blessed to have concerned citizens step forward to share their expertise as we enter this new year here on the Island. Thank you to The Moon and its willingness to publish our letters, I was able to meet MARVIN JONES this past Sunday;he contacted me by phone last month thanks to the Moon and letters to the editor I'd like to share his credentials as he seeking to represent US on the POA Board.
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This week, the Nueces County Judge, two County Commissioners, County Attorney, and State Representative Herrero met with the water supplier and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), related to rural resident water. Locally, we will stay working on this issue until it is resolved and will continue to ensure the water is safe for the public to consume. Judge Neal appreciates the help of State Representative Herrero in facilitating the collaboration between the TCEQ and local officials. The TCEQ has provided the following statement:
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“Water from Nueces Water Supply Corporation (WSC) is safe to consume. You do not need to use an alternative water supply. As of December 30, 2016 Nueces Water Supply Corporation (WSC) has one total trihalomethanes (TTHM) maximum contaminant level (MCL) violation for fourth (October-December) quarter 2016 and provided public notice per drinking water regulations. The WSC exceeded the 0.080 milligrams per liter (mg/L) TTHM MCL with a compliance average of 0.083 mg/L. For these levels at short durations exposure should not be expected to cause health effects. MCLs for a chemical that is known or suspected to cause adverse health effects from long-term exposure, such as TTHM, is based upon people drinking two liters (about half a gallon) of water a day for seventy years (approximately one lifetime).
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TTHMs are a group of volatile organic compounds that are formed when disinfectants, such as chlorine and chloramine, are added to water during the treatment process and react with naturally-occurring organic matter in the water.
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Nueces WSC has communicated to the TCEQ that they have implemented a number of strategies to reduce TTHM formation. These include use of a flow switch to control the injection of the chlorine disinfection system, flushing distribution lines, and studying aeration as a long-term TTHM removal strategy.
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Oil & Gas Lawsuit Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton this week issued a statement regarding the court decision in a civil complaint filed against the EPA: Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-842, which was filed on May 4, 2016. The court decision, announced Dec. 28, directs the EPA to review and update its regulations on oil and gas waste disposal. In July of 2016, Commissioner Sitton sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy explaining that no additional federal regulation is needed in this area to protect the public and environment and asking EPA not to collude with environmentalists by settling the case. Commissioner Sitton issued the following statement on the decision: "We have hundreds of rules in place at the Railroad Commission specifically to safeguard the public and the environment from any potential risks associated with oil and gas waste disposal. There is no rational basis for EPA to layer additional bureaucracy on top of our regulation of oil and gas waste disposal rules. As stated in my letter to the EPA, at the Railroad Commission we take our duty to regulate these processes seriously and have stringent requirements and comprehensive rules in place to ensure there are no harmful releases. "The decision by EPA to settle caters only to environmental groups and adds unnecessary, burdensome regulation to an already suffering energy industry and economy. I am confident that the incoming presidential administration will put an end to this "sue and settle" approach to regulation, stop this type of political gamesmanship and base future decisions on sound science and data, as we do at the Railroad Commission." Ryan Sitton
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Stated Philosophy: Belief in 100% transparency of the Board and the PIPOA owners must have a voice and input regarding the issues the bylaws, covenants, and standards can be changed to meet the needs of the PROPERTY OWNERS.
The Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade will be at the beach starting at 11 am on Saturday, February 25th.
Marvin Jones spent a day with MayBeth Christensen reviewing what she graciously shared (public accessible information) to be better informed with the inner workings of our POA.
Cirque du Soleil Ovo will be at the American Bank Center March 29 – April 2. Tickets start at $25.
The safety, security, and crime meriting the city police protection are at the top of his list of concerns with clean healthy water here on the Island.
The Kiwanis Club of Padre Island will host their annual six weeks of Bingo at Schlitterbahn on Thursdays at 7 pm starting February 2nd.
I agree with what I've heard and seen and invite all residents the opportunity I've had to discuss YOUR CONCERNS January 9th, Monday at 5:30 at the Presbyterian Church Annex across the road from the POA Building on Fortuna Bay. Please make/take the time to be informed and involved in our life here on Padre Island.
The PA Rockers Band is back at Bernie’s in Port A Wednesdays starting at 6:30 pm. It will be a smoke-free environment. Litter Critter will be at Whitecap and the Waste Water Plant Saturday, January 14th 7 am – 4 pm.
Marvin Jones can be reached at mjones.law@ att.net to discuss issues with you.
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Barbara DeToto Editor’s note: The election of two new officers on the seven-member Padre Isles Property Owners Association will be held on Saturday, March 11, at Seashore Learning Center Gym, 15801 SPID (Encantada at SPID). There are eight members running for the two seats and the top two vote getters will take office. Property owners inside the POA boundaries get one vote for each piece of property they own and usually just over 1000 votes are cast, about 100 of them by proxy. You can vote without attending the meeting by using the form included here. We extend an offer to all candidates and POA members to write us at editor@islandmoon. com and we will print any and all (non-libelous) letters in their entirety up to 800 words.
December 31, 2016 at 10:01pm Rude and inconsiderate people shooting fireworks in my neighborhood for an hour already, scaring poor pet dogs and breaking the law. A few pops at midnight is one thing, but this went on for more than 4 hours. Donna Shaver Inconsiderate is right Riekie Roncinske Right on. In addition, beach was littered with remnants of fireworks yesterday- terrible. Kay Carter Townsend
There will also be a Meet the Candidates Night at Island Presbyterian Church, 14030 Fortuna Bay Drive, from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, January 19. The candidates (in the order they appear on the ballot which we include here) are: Stan Hulse Marvin Jones David Dare Carter Tate Robert Algeo Dennis Sprout George Potter William Kent Kerr Other candidates can also be written in by using the form.
North Padre Island please help us find our lost kitty. His name is Coast, very friendly and loved and missed so so much. Please contact Jamie Hilton (512) 997-8829.
Padre Isles Property Owners Association, Inc. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING MARCH 11, 2017 TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION - PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY The Padre Isles Property Owners Association, Inc.'s Annual Meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the Seashore Learning Center Gym 15801 S Padre Island Dr., Corpus Christi, Texas (Encantada @ Park Rd 22), Corpus Christi, Texas. Property owners will receive various annual reports on the Association and elect two* (2) members to the Board of Directors for a 3 year term. You have the following options for casting your votes for Board of Director candidates and other business: Option 1: If you do not plan to attend or if you are not sure whether something might cause a change in plans, you may vote in advance for up to three (3) candidates of your choice by completing the enclosed Ballot. Please fill out and mail the enclosed Ballot and Proxy to arrive at Kirk, Monroe & Klostermann, L.L.P., no later than noon on Friday, March 3th, 2017. Option 2: If you do plan to attend, you may vote at the Annual Meeting by turning in the enclosed Ballot or obtaining a Ballot at the door and using it. NOTE: Property owners will be entitled to one vote per lot, provided their accounts are current.
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By Elizabeth Clark Going back to school after Winter Break is an even tougher adjustment than returning from Summer. Our sleep cycle is messed up from two weeks of holiday and New Year parties, and there is hardly enough time to correct it. To make matters even worse, final exams are the week after we come back, and two extra days were added onto the end of the school year to make up for the days missed because of the Corpus Water Crisis. However, 2017 is feeling like a new beginning for many students who are using the new year as a kickoff for the goals they have been trying to pursue. Hopefully this year is even better than the last. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, email me at PadreIslandTeen@gmail.com.
OFFICIAL PROXY If you cannot attend, you also may designate one of the current PIPOA Board Members or a write-in to have authority to vote on your behalf during the 2017 Annual Meeting.
[] Brent Moore [] Leslie Hess
[] Stan Hulse [] Darrell Scanlan
[] Cheri Sperling [] Nancy Tressa [] John “Jack” Sharlow [] Write in_______________________________
This Ballot/Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed by the undersigned. If no direction is made, it will be voted at the discretion of the proxy holder. If not marked, or if marked improperly, it will be counted toward a quorum only.
This Ballot/Proxy must be signed in order to be valid. ___________________________________________ Signature Date
______________________________________________ Second Signature (if applicable) Date
__________________________________________ Printed Name
______________________________________________ Printed Name
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Padre Isles Property Owners Association, Inc. OFFICIAL BALLOT
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I/We hereby vote for the following candidates for the Board of Directors: Three Year Term Nominees – Vote for Two (Maximum)
[ ] Stan Hulse [ ] Carter Tate [ ] George Potter [ ] Marvin Jones [ ] Robert Algeo [ ] William Kent Kerr [ ] David Dare [ ] Dennis Sprout [ ]________________ By signing above, I/we authorize the Association's Representative to cast the votes indicated above.
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South Texas along with almost all of the cavalry in the U.S. Army there still were not enough troops to keep the peace. The infantry were assigned to the towns with the cavalry sent to comb the brush for trouble. An entire battalion of infantry was deployed from Fort McIntosh in Laredo to the Valley as skirmishing continued. On August 9 another entire battalion was sent to Kingsville. By this time Funston had figured out that Nafarrate was directing the attacks and that if the U.S. attacked Vera Cruz, as it had done before, Nafarrate was planning to attack and loot Brownsville. The War Department ordered two batteries of 4-7 inch guns and two airplanes, out of ten total in the entire U.S. arsenal, to serve as spotters for the guns. The guns were set up on the Rio Grande and pointed directly at the headquarters of General Nafarrate in Matamoros. The Army was upping the stakes. The Mexican General protested and his protest was answered by the deployment of the entire 26th Infantry to Kingsville and Brownsville.
Governor James E. Pa Ferguson send adequate protection.” The judge wanted 1500 additional troops with artillery. A few days later thirty bandits rode out of Mexico into Hidalgo Country, crossing the river at Los Ebanos, and Sheriff A.Y. Baker formed up a posse and set out in pursuit. For three days the posse and the bandits played hide and seek in the sweltering South Texas brush country as the bandits rode a full forty miles into Hidalgo before circling Edinburg and heading back to the Rio Grande. Governor Pa Ferguson ordered the Texas Adjutant General to concentrate the entire Texas Ranger force, 39 men at the time, in South Texas. Railroads all over Texas offered free rides to Texas Rangers as they rode to the sound of the guns along the Rio Grande. This was an emergency and Ranger Warrant of Authority served as their right of eminent domain to protect the state.
1200 rounds of .30.30 ammunition were rushed to Brownsville along with enough bandoliers to carry them. Under normal circumstances Rangers were required to provide their own horse but this was an emergency and that was waved as horses and tack were sent to the Rangers in Brownsville. General Frederick Funston, who was later picked by President Woodrow Wilson to lead the U.S. Army in World War I, but who was then based in San Antonio and was in charge of the U.S. Army in South Texas, was stunned into realizing that is was a cross-border fight that was likely to continue as long as the Mexican Revolution which was still a good five years from being over. “The situation is beyond our control,” Gov. Pa told Funston. Funston responded that he knew the governor had increased the Ranger patrol by 50% and implored him that “he is anxious not to do anything that would embarrass the administration” and he raised the possibility of declaring martial law from Corpus Christi to the border in which case Funston said “it must be understood I…shall not hesitate to inflect the penalty of death upon persons who have been properly tried by Military Commission.”
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South Texas from Kingsville to Brownsville was a powder keg just looking for a spark. Funston brought in Captain W.E. MacKinley, one of a handful of intelligence officers who spoke Spanish and knew the border to carry out a “secret service” investigation to find out what was really going on. MacKinley ran his investigation from Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio and employed several scouts who knew South Texas to gather information.
Rangers into the brush country While the Army continued to pour resources into South Texas the Texas Rangers had their own way of settling things. They left the town where the Army was prevalent and headed out into the brush to look for bandits. The Brownsville Daily Herald reported that bandits had been killed on August 11 between Mercedes and Donna but gave no details. The paper further reported that eleven bandits had been killed in Hidalgo Country but again no word on who did the killings. The Rangers were out in the brush by themselves and felt no compulsion to tell anyone what they were doing.
One hundred Mexican soldiers dug in on the south bank of the river at Progresso and began firing shots at the U.S. soldiers on the far bank. Then twenty raiders crossed at Progresso and ran into strong opposition but before they could cross back one was captured. A shootout broke out in Falfurrias. The Mexican fighters repeatedly attacked army detachments but there was not a single report of them attacking Texas Rangers. Archer Par, the political boss of Duval County ask that Army troops be removed from there on the grounds that he “had control over the majority Hispanic population.” The Army and the Rangers were finally taking control of the situation and putting down what they feared was a liberation movement. Many Hispanics in South Texas still felt that they had not crossed a border but “the border has crossed me” since their families had lived in the area long before it was a part of the United States.
First Friday at the Art Center
The Port Aransas Art Center will host its First Friday Reception January 6th, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. It will be feature an Adult Student Show with work by local artists. Come see what work Adult Students in the Classes & Workshops have done. The exhibit will open for the show and remain up through January 27. There will also be a book signing by Island Moon writer Devorah Fox with her new book The Zen Detective. The Port Aransas Art Center is located at 323 N. Alister in Port Aransas, 361-749-7334
The Rangers “hunting” operations began to draw fire in the Mexican press which was by this time controlled by the regime of Mexican President Carranza. An article was distributed on both sides of the border which read, “A cry of veritable indignation and anger has burst forth from the innermost depths of our soul upon seeing the crimes and outrages perpetrated upon defenseless women, old men, and children of our race by the bandits and despicable Rangers.” The Carranza papers were fomenting a revolution in Texas but it was losing steam. But as September rolled around that was about to change. The Mexicans first destroyed a railroad bridge then tried to assassinate the Cameron County Deputy Sheriff. Bandits captured a work crew and asked if any were Germans. When they answered no they were marched into the brush and shot. The border war was on. Next time: Plan hatched in Texas brush country leads to war
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A Mexican turned up at a doctor’s office in Mercedes with a “bad sore” which turned out to be a bullet wound. On questioning the man revealed the location of two of his companions and all three were executed that night. The Rangers began forcing refugees from the Mexican violence to return to Mexico or else. On August 12 more than twenty five families with loaded wagons were seen crossing into Mexico and more soon followed. The roles began to settle out as the Army defended the banks of the river and the Rangers took to the prairie to round up bandits. The Rangers were running an extermination program. As one Valley resident put it, “The soldiers did the guarding and the Ranges did the hunting.” Two bandits in jail on murder charges were taken from the San Benito jail and later found dead, the bodies burned. Ranger Captain Fox reported, “Caught a Mexican by the name of Tomas Aguilar – one of the three that robbed the depot and admitted killing Mr. Austin. Of course he tried to make his escape but we killed him.” Justice was swift and certain with no room for appeal.
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Irredentist movement The biggest revelation came from a King Ranch employee named Manuel Rincones who had been kidnapped by the guerrillas who had done the King Ranch raid as their guide and who after his release was interrogated by the Army. He told Funston that about half the raiders were from Mexico but the other half were from the U.S. side. It meant he was dealing with an irredentist movement that could quickly turn into a civil war for the control of the Nueces Strip – the entire portion of Texas between the Nueces River and the Mexican border which included downtown Corpus Christi. He still had not figured out that the raids were being coordinated by Mexican General Emiliano Nafarrate in Matamoros.
To the Border! Pressure mounted from the Texas delegation in Washington and Funston stationed forty detachments on ranches and in towns. That meant that even with 2500 men stationed in
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Ducks cont. from A1 shotgun pellets she said she had removed from the bottom of her swimming pool and video of a hunter who was firing only feet from her back fence. The issue finally came to a head when it was pointed out to the City Attorney that a map, still on the City of Corpus Christi’s webpage, clearly showed the area in question was completely annexed by 1980 and the city reversed field, drafting and passing the ordinance printed in this issue which is still in effect, banning firearm use within 1000 feet of homes.
Additional steps Two additional steps were also recommend by ISAC and agreed to by city officials but never implemented. The first was to place a row of stakes along the Laguna Madre delineating a line 1000 feet from homes beyond which hunting was legal. That move was designed to help police officers enforce the 1000-foot rule by giving them a line of demarcation between those hunting legally and those hunting illegally so they could issue citations to violators under the new ordinance. That was never done. The second move was to begin raising funds to purchase a boat to donate to the city to help with enforcement of both the hunting ordinance and No Wake violations. Islanders donated just over $26,000 of the $75,000 needed to purchase and
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In the years since the passing of the ordinance homeowners and hunters settled into an uneasy ceasefire as most hunters moved a respectable distance from houses. But the issue resurfaced in late December when a fire on a spoil island near the end of Whitecap which was allowed to burn itself out was set, according to eyewitnesses, by persons unknown who set fire to a duck blind and it spread to the grass. Then Hunts began his campaign to stop the shooting near his home. “There are plenty of places for people to hunt without firing shotguns next to houses,” Hunts said. “I’m not against hunting but there has to be some mutual respect.” Most of the empty land at the end of Sea Pines Drive, another area favored by hunters, is privately owned and hunting there is trespassing, but the spoil islands which dot the edges of the Laguna Madre are public land and hunting there is allowed outside the 1000-foot barrier. The January ISAC meeting is at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, at the Veranda restaurant at Schlitterbahn and is open to the public. Citizens can sign up to speak on this, or any, subject. Any recommendation from the ISAC would need the approval of five members of the city council to take effect.
What the Law Says The rules regulating hunting and firearm use along the Laguna Madre inside the Corpus Christi City Limits are contained in two documents: Here are first, the city ordinance, and second, the state statute that apply.
outfit the boat before then Police Chief Floyd Simpson sank the plan by refusing to staff the boat even if it was donated to the city.
Sec. 33-75. - Discharging firearms; waterfowl hunting. (a) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle or other firearm of any description within the city, or from without the corporate limits of the city and permit any shot, projectile, B-B's, slugs or ammunition to fall within the city. The unauthorized discharge of firearms of any description outside of the city and within four hundred (400) feet of the city limits or the firing outside of the city and permitting the projectile to fall within the city is hereby declared a nuisance and is prohibited. (b)However, except as restricted by subsection (c) of this section, waterfowl hunting within the lawful seasons and during the times prescribed by any federal and state agencies with jurisdiction over the taking of waterfowl, subject to the rules and regulations of federal and state agencies of appropriate jurisdiction, and the discharge of firearms, subject to such state law, rules, and regulations, shall be permitted within the city in the following described areas: Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces Bay, and the Upper Laguna Madre within the corporate limits. (For the purposes of this section, anyone on the waterside of the vegetation line is considered to be within Corpus Christi Bay or Upper Laguna Madre. (c) No waterfowl hunting is permitted within one thousand (1,000) feet of a residence; business establishment; industrial facility, school; institution of higher education; other structure designed for residential or commercial occupation (but not including storage sheds, hunting/fishing camps, pump facilities); dock appurtenant to a residential or commercial structure (other than those associated with a hunting/fishing camp or oil/gas field production installation); trailer or recreational vehicle park;
military installation; any public beach; any city, county, state, or federal park; the JFK causeway between Flour Bluff and North Padre Island; the U.S. Highway 181 causeway between Corpus Christi and Portland; the Laguna Shores shoreline; or the corporate limits of another municipality that prohibits the discharge of firearms within its city limits. (Code 1958, § 39-8; Ord. No. 10015, § 1, 1125-1970; Ord. No. 13471, § 1, 11-10-1976; Ord. No. 24286, § 1, 11-21-2000; Ord. No. 028098, § 1, 3-24-2009) Cross reference— As to use of firearms within harbor limits, see § 12-22.
State Statute § 229.002. REGULATION OF DISCHARGE OF WEAPON. A municipality may not apply a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or in an area annexed by the municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is: (1) a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged: (A) on a tract of land of 10 acres or more and more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and (B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or (2) a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged: (A) on a tract of land of 50 acres or more and more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and (B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract. Editor’s note: For a map showing when various sections of The Island were annexed go the City of Corpus Christi’s website and search “annexation map.”
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FM Radios-No More Static!
By Dotson Lewis
Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: On January 5, 1940, Edwin H. stereo programs, or a facsimile and telegraph Armstrong demonstrated FM broadcasting in message simultaneously in a process called a long-distance relay network, via five stations ‘multiplexing.’ He even successfully bounced a in five states. FM radio was assigned the 42 FM signal off the moon, something not possible to 50 MHz band of the spectrum in 1940. My with AM signals. dad heard Armstrong on the AM radio doing Of course AM radio was big business in the the demonstration. I believe it was a “live” pre-television days, and there were powerful broadcast. Needless to say he was thrilled. He people who wanted things to stay as they were. had been studying and discussing radio signals Innovation only meant smaller profits for them. transmitting on the FM waves for years. He At that time there was no more influential spent hours reading and discussing FM vs. AM. man in radio media than the founder of RCA, I listened, but the majority of his discussions David Sarnoff. Known as “The General,” were “way over my head.” Contributors to this Sarnoff controlled all the technical aspects article: Greg Bjerg (Died March 20, 2011) and of radio; he also created the NBC and ABC Alan Bellows. television networks. He was also an important early supporter of television and developed the Frequency Modulation (FM) Radios current NTSC standard for TV that we have In 1934, much of the world was in the grip used for over 60 years. of the Great Depression. Unemployment was Seeking to kill FM radio before it could an epidemic, and many businesses struggled desperately to survive. One notable exception to threaten his profits, Sarnoff’s company successfully lobbied the FCC to have the FM spectrum moved from Armstrong’s frequencies to the ones we use today: 88 to 108 MHz. That move, which occurred on 27 June 1945, immediately rendered Armstrong’s Yankee Network obsolete, along with all of the FM radio sets which had been produced. The cost to re-equip the stations for the new frequencies would be enormous. The FCC ruling said that the 40 MHz band was to be used for the new television broadcasts, in which RCA had a heavy stake. RCA also had an ally in AT&T, which actively supported the frequency move because the loss of FM relaying stations forced the Yankee Network stations to buy wired links from AT&T. The deck was stacked against the future of FM broadcasting.
Armstrong Radio Tower in New Jersey these economic troubles, however, was the radio industry. Broadcasters in the US were making upwards of two billion dollars a year, and they owed much of their success to the innovations of a brilliant man named Edwin Armstrong. Twenty years earlier he had significantly improved the sensitivity and quality of radio receivers with his invention of the regenerative circuit in his junior year of college, and he went on to further improve them with his Super Regenerative circuit and Super Heterodyne receiver. These laid the foundation for the success of radio broadcasting— in fact, almost any radio you buy today will still incorporate these innovations. But in 1933, Armstrong brought about an even more revolutionary change in the broadcasting business: the FM radio.
Matters became worse when Armstrong became entangled in a new patent suit with RCA and NBC, who were using FM technology without paying royalties. The cost of the new legal battle compounded the financial burden that the problems with the Yankee Network had caused. His health and temperament deteriorated as the FM lawsuit dominated his life. His wife of thirty-one years, unable to cope with his worsening personality and financial strain, left him in November of 1953. RCA’s greater financial resources crushed Armstrong’s legal defenses, and he was left penniless, alone, and distraught.
In the meantime, between court appearances and legal meetings, Armstrong continued to innovate. He started to work on the “static problem” which plagued early radios, despite some colleague’s assertion that static could never be eliminated. At the time, radio was transmitted via Amplitude Modulation (AM), which varied the amplitude of the radio waves. This gave the signal a much wider reach, but resulted in poor-quality sound. Armstrong sought to improve the signal quality by instead varying the radio waves’ frequency, creating Frequency Modulation radio (FM). He won a patent for FM radio in 1933, and the following year he did his first field test when he broadcast an organ recital in AM and FM signals from the top of the Empire State Building. The AM broadcast was static-filled and the FM broadcast was clean and rich. Listeners were shocked by the difference. Later, in experiment after experiment he proved the on-air differences and improvements in sound. Just before World War II (January 5th 1940), Armstrong successfully lobbied the FCC to create an FM broadcast spectrum between 42 and 50 MHz. He built an experimental station and 410-foot tower at a cost of $300,000 in Alpine, New Jersey. He started a small network of highpowered FM stations in New England called the Yankee Network, and began manufacturing receivers to pick up the broadcasts. To all who heard the fledgling network, its quality was astounding. The broadcasts could deliver the entire range of human hearing between 50 and 15,000 cycles while AM delivered only 5,000 cycles. A club for FM radio enthusiasts started in pre-war New York, and launched its own magazine called FM. Armstrong was trying as hard as he could to prove the superiority of FM broadcasts… all people had to do was listen. Armstrong went on to prove that FM was capable of dual-channel transmissions, allowing for stereo sound. This capability of FM could also be used to send two separate non-
ByAbigail Bair 2016 was the year I quit my job as a Marketing Director to become the William Lord Kelvin of poverty. “What is absolute zero?” I asked myself, beginning my research. Be advised before you join me: most of the work is archaeological in nature and involves digging betwixt couch cushions in search of the elusive quarter. Because I was poor, I had to make most of my Christmas presents for my family by hand. What could go wrong?
Assumptions I began with the idea that “if a five year old Chinese kid can make this crap, then I shouldn’t have any problem at all.” WRONG! I know it seems valid to think that if a poor slave laboring child can make 90 of a thing in a day, a fullfledged adult should be able to make one of said thing given a pattern, instructions, and several weeks. So, so WRONG. For instance, I thought I would make everybody really cute flannel pajama pants. I bought a pattern that came in a package that advertised it as “See and Sew.” To me, that indicated that you could just look at the thing and then make the thing. You probably didn’t even need the pattern. I purchased it anyhow as a backup, and then immediately lost the enclosed instructions. I feel like I need to explain something to you folks who have attempted pants before: you do not know how pants work. You wear pants every day. You have excellent pants experience. But let me say it again for those of you in the cheap seats: UNLESS YOU HAVE BUILT PANTS, YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW PANTS WORK. Like most great things in life, the secret and the mystery reside in the crotch. I spent about six hours sewing four pieces together. I made two strange skirts (my friend Teri called this making “pant”) and a fabric wad before process of elimination and sheer luck resulted in two legs that functioned in a pants-like fashion. The fabric is light green. It has rainbows with pandas underneath them. I swear that initially the pandas were happy, frolicking bears, but now they have an expression of total skepticism permanently etched on their bandit faces. They doubted me. I don’t blame them. I have given up and decided that pants are magical. It's the only real answer.
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On February 1, 1954, Armstrong’s body was discovered on the roof of a three-story wing of his apartment building. In despair, he had thrown
Despite the signage, there was 'No Exit' for Paddy
In spite of these brilliant technical achievements, Armstrong saw little financial benefit from his inventions. Many of his ideas were plundered by unscrupulous people, a trend which ultimately led to Armstrong’s tragic and premature death. The first of Armstrong’s technology troubles began in 1922 when he lost a patent lawsuit for the rights to the regenerative circuit. A man named Lee De Forest had patented the same invention in 1916, two years after Armstrong’s patent was granted, and sold the rights to AT&T. A long and bitter legal dispute followed, which progressed all the way to the US Supreme Court. Utterly failing to grasp the technical facts in question, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of De Forest, and stripped Armstrong of his patent. Despite the scientific community’s certainty that Armstrong was the inventor of the regenerative circuit, Armstrong lost the patent battle which spanned twenty-one years, thirteen court rulings, and thirty judges.
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Edwin Armstrong (1890 - 1954) himself out the window of his thirteenth-floor New York City apartment sometime during the night. He died believing he was a failure, and that FM radio would never become accepted. Through the years Armstrong’s widow would bring twenty-one patent infringement suits against many companies, including RCA. She eventually won a little over $10 million in damages. But it would take further decades for FM radio to reach its potential. Following Armstrong’s death, television’s emerging popularity ended radio’s golden years. Slowly, listeners learned that FM radio was clearly better for musical high fidelity than AM broadcasts. Radios started to have an FM band included with the AM band in the late 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s, FM audience size surpassed that of AM, and the gap has been growing ever since. Today over 2,000 FM stations broadcast in the United States, and FM signals are commonly used for microwave relay links and space communications. Edwin Armstrong’s innovations clearly changed the world; had he not taken his own life, it is likely he would have lived long enough to watch his dream come to fruition. Dotson’s Other Note: Did you ever hear of Edwin Armstrong? I think it was in 1940 I built my first radio (a crystal set), which caused me to finally appreciate Armstrong’s work and that of my dad who built his own “crystal” radios in the twenties. During the Great Depression, a workable crystal radio detector could be constructed from a five-cent piece of galena crystal and the wire from a safety pin. It was the mid-1940’s before I built my first Super Heterodyne receiver.
Sewing Sharks “The problem with the devil is that he always want to dance” – Snoop Dogg, 2016 Celebrity Death Round-up Survivor and Occasional Lion I got a little full of myself due to the success of the aprons during Christmas 1: The Quickening. I had seen mermaid “snuggle sacks” (Pinterest for “sleeping bag”) and I thought they were cute. Unfortunately, the little kids in my family are boys. I’m pretty sure that if I tried to make them into mermaids they would just run away – they're fast. Then I found sharks which were about a gazillion times better than mermaids because when a kid crawls into the maw of the beast it looks like he’s being eaten. Irresistible. I found the instructions online. The actual pattern that comes in the little paper envelope with a photograph of what the finished project is supposed to look like on the front was sold out and back ordered, BUT there was an option to download it – less expensive with instant delivery. I was running out of time before the family arrived for Christmas 2: Thicker Blood, so I went ahead and ordered the e-version. Don’t do this. There should be at least five of those little boxes computers throw up to prevent you from doing dumb stuff (“Are you SURE you want to do this stupid thing? Click Yes to continue or No to cancel”) stopping you from ordering pattern downloads. Essentially, what you get is a .pdf version of the pattern as it’s made to fit in the little envelope. It's about 6 feet square. I wound up printing and assembling (using my old nemesis tape) 164 pages to get 9 pieces. Some of the pages were blank, but you still had to tape them in because if you didn’t you couldn’t get the next pieces to align. I sent progress photos to my friends who kept offering helpful advice like, “Are those blueprints? You should NOT mess with blueprints. Step away from the home improvements.” I persevered. I got my pattern pieces, pinned them to the fabric and cut out the S.O.B.s (Sharks Over Boys – what did we learn about assumptions?). It was now December 30th. Two days were left for sewing. I managed to get it done, though my house was destroyed – I pulled scraps of fleece off of a ceiling fan four rooms away from ground zero. As I was cleaning, I accidentally jammed a straight pin a ¼ inch into my right index finger, but I had stuck myself so many times during the ordeal that pain didn’t even phase me. I sighed, pulled the pin out and shoved it back into the cushion, finger guts and all. On New Year’s Eve, I delivered the sharks to the Rev’s house. They are huge. I crawled into Jovanni’s to illustrate how ludicrous it was to call the things “child sized.” The G.P. (Great Provider – my Dad) started cackling. I thought it was because it’s funny to see someone being eaten by an inaccurately colored shark with slightly stroked out looking eyes that MAY be a tiny bit too far apart…until I looked down. I had put the dorsal fins on backwards. It was too late to fix the situation, so we decided that Jovanni would just have the very rare Backwards Aspect Shark Suit (B.A.S.S.). We also decided his shark would be named Strokey, and that we were never, ever going to tell him. Avery’s shark was correct. I’m a jerk Aunt. The kids loved their snuggle sharks. Avery insisted on crawling into his head first which looked like he was being digested. I’m calling it a success, gift wise. As for financial savings, I am unsure. If I put any kind of realistic value
A change in focus was obviously in order. My friend Amber had been talking for months about how she wanted an old school ruffled apron to wear when she was making microwave pizza rolls (Good Luck! Could be frozen could be lava). This noble process took about a week and several technical support drop-ins from the Rev, but I finally got it made…and it was cute! I was clearly an unstoppable genius seamstress, but the “Great Pants Debacle” was still writ large upon my recollection, so I decided to stick with what I knew – super fluffy aprons. I made seven of them, largely because I could tell the Rev wanted one, and it took six tries to make one good enough for my mother. Hers has butterflies on it. Instead of flying upwards to blue skies and freedom, the insects are upside down, evidently suicide bombing the floor. Good enough. Jovanni and Avery in their sharks. This is how many friends wound up with aprons. Some look better in them than on my time, I just gave away 7 aprons and two sharks with an approximate value of $1,800. others. Totally worth it.
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, January 10, 2017, 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. Also our Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 9 AM, Saturdays. The next will air January 7, 2016. Please listen and call in. The listener/text line is: 361-5605397…It’s your show. Hang in there/Have fun!
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Visionary community leaders over the past 90 years have guided the Port of Corpus Christi in attracting new industries, and thanks to them the Port is now the leading economic engine of the Coastal Bend. The Port of Corpus Christi supports nearly 80,000 regional jobs and close to 1 million jobs nationally. As we welcome 2017, the Port shares its New Year’s resolution: a commitment to sustainable, responsible growth by attracting blue-chip, top-tier companies with a measurable record in each of the following areas:
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15 Most Influential People In Sports Special to the Island Moon By Dotson Lewis
Dotson’s Note: Much of the way we watch and enjoy sports these days is determined by people who have never participated in a professional athletic event in their lives. A list of 50* has been compiled. These are the most influential people behind the scenes in sports in 2016 — the managers, coaches, agents, reporters, and owners who are responsible for what we watch when we watch sports. Among these are the commentators who break important news, the agents who help players sign massive deals, and the owners who have the power to build franchises from scratch, or move them from one city to another. Sports writers Emmett Knowlton, Cork Gaines, Scott Davis, and Brett LoGuriato compiled the original top 50* list. All in all, these are the people who helped shape the year in sports, even if we didn't see them swing a bat or catch a touchdown pass. Listed below are my top 15 from the original list of 50.
getting bigger ever year, and White shows no signs of stepping away from the sport any time soon.
7. Michele Roberts-NBA Players Association executive director Roberts built her reputation as a trial lawyer, and before taking over Billy Hunter's job running the NBAPA in 2014, she worked for the notable law firm Skadden. At the helm of the NBAPA, Roberts has succeeded in giving NBA players better contracts and, just this year,
Are You Kidding Me? By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment of the series on football player Art Donovan. The first time Art met with David Letterman, he was asked to do an eight-minute segment. Dave liked Art’s stories of the old days. At the commercial break, the director asked Art if he could do another eight minutes. Art responded, “Are you kidding me? Hell, get me a couple of baloney sandwiches and a few beers and I’ll do another eight months.” Donovan would appear on Lettermen on ten different occasions. Art Donovan has told literally hundreds of stories. He even had them numbered. There are way too many to mention here, so I will tell you my two all-time favorites. I heard Art telling
Enter television Later in his life, Art thought Television had damaged a great game. “It’s a television event; the networks want to protect their interests so the announcers say all these nice things about the players. You can be a thief, a murderer, take drugs, you name it. There’s no reality. The same guy that just scored that touchdown beat up his wife last week,” said Donovan. “We pay these guys millions and expect them to be good men. It’s all show biz, that’s what TV has done to the League.” Sometimes someone spends so much time in one place that they become that place just like a landmark; that was Art Donovan. Art Donovan once said about life, “The best way to die is to sit under a tree, eat lots of baloney and salami,
15. Mark Cuban-Dallas Mavericks Owner Cuban has owned the Mavs since 2000, and during that stretch they've won a title and remained a playoff mainstay. This year may be something of a rebuilding year for the Mavs, but Cuban is still one of the most outspoken owners in any sport and his opinion is highly respected on all topics in sports. So long as Cuban doesn't venture into politics by 2020, the Mavs should soon be back to their winning ways, and Cuban will continue to be on the sidelines, barking away at the refs. 14. Theo Epstein- Chicago Cubs President Of Baseball Operations
Phil Knight avoided a lockout by helping negotiate a new CBA.
6. Phil Knight- Nike Founder Knight built Nike into the biggest sports brand in the world, and now has personally donated so much money to Oregon's athletic department that it has quickly become one of the NCAA's most dominant programs. That success has single-handedly changed the way sports are run at both the college and professional level as more and more teams have reimagined their "brand" both on and off the field.
5. Rob Manfred-MLB commissioner
Theo Epstein Epstein ended the curse in Boston, and this year he did it in Chicago. The brilliant front office man built a dominant team at Wrigley Field and finally — for the first time since 1908 — brought the North-Siders a World Series. His Moneyball, advanced analytics mind is also the norm in the big leagues these days.
13. Stan Kroenke - Kroenke Sports Enterprises owner Between Arsenal, the Nuggets, and the Rams, Kroenke has always been one of the most powerful people in sports. But 2016 in particular saw Kroenke flex his muscles when he successfully moved the Rams from St. Louis to Los Angeles by convincing NFL ownership to approve his $2.6 billion stadium in Inglewood, California. The Chargers are expected to move in as tenants this season.
Manfred has worked for MLB since the late 80s, and in 2014 took over for longtime commissioner Bud Selig. Manfred's task has not been an easy one: baseball is far behind the NFL and NBA in terms of popularity — especially among younger fans. Pace of the game has been one of Manfred's top priorities, as has better embracing technology, and strengthening player relations. Ultimately, if every season has an end as dramatic as this year's, MLB will be just fine.
4. John Skipper- ESPN president The Worldwide Leader is struggling through some turbulent times, as top talent has departed for other networks and subscription rates continue to fall. Still, Skipper remains one of the most powerful people in all of TV and in all
12. Gary Bettman- NHL Commissioner Bettman has been in charge of the NHL since 1993, making him the longest-tenured commissioner of the four major sports in North America. His time as hockey's boss has been filled with its share of highs and lows (three lockouts) and although the NHL may be a distant fourth in terms of popularity, the sport is still growing and revenue is on the rise.
11. Vince McMahon- WWE Chairman and CEO Feast your eyes on WWE's own description of McMahon: "He’s the boss, big cheese, head honcho, high muck-a-muck, top dog, man upstairs, taskmaster, ringleader and kingpin all rolled into one." That about sums it up. What we'd add: McMahon took pro wrestling from a niche sport to a massive, billion-dollar business that continues to thrive and grow today.
10. Michael Jordan-Owner Charlotte Hornets The Hornets are sneakily one of the most fun teams in the NBA, and Jordan Brand recently locked down a massive deal with Michigan's sports teams as the Nike subsidiary continues to venture outside of basketball. When the NBA and its players union agreed to a new CBA this month, MJ reportedly played a huge role in the negotiations.
9. Jerry Jones-Dallas Cowboys Owner The Cowboys are the most popular franchise in football, and thanks to rookies Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott they might also be the best team. Jones has owned and operated America's Team since 1989, and in the past decade he's built a massive new stadium and practice facility for his team. Behind the scenes, he is the NFL's most powerful owner and the reason the Rams moved to Los Angeles.
8. Dana White-UFC President
White became president when the Fertitta brothers bought UFC in 2001, and in that short time mixed martial arts as a whole has exploded. Even with household names like Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey, White remains the face of the fast-growing sport. When WME bought UFC over the summer for a reported $4 billion, White made out like a bandit and is now worth roughly $300 million. UFC is
Mark Emmert of sports; even during this hard stretch, ESPN is still far and away the most important sports media company around.
3. Mark Emmert- NCAA president Emmert has been at the helm of the NCAA since 2010, and over that stretch the argument over amateurism and whether college players should be paid has steadily grown louder in the public conversation. Emmert has also navigated several mayor scandals, from Penn. State to, just this year, Baylor. As a non-profit, though, the NCAA regularly tops $1 billion in revenue.
2. Adam Silver-NBA Commissioner Silver took over from David Stern in early 2014, and in a little less than three years has quickly become the most popular commissioner in sports. Seriously! He handled the Donald Sterling situation with the Clippers seamlessly, and he swiftly negotiated a new CBA with the players union so as to avoid a lockout. No sport is more popular among young fans than the NBA, and Silver — himself young and tech savvy — is the perfect commissioner to lead the league into the future.
1. Roger Goodell-NFL Commissioner Say what you will about the NFL or about Goodell, but it's hard to argue that the NFL commish is anything other than one of the most powerful people in the U.S. today. Football ratings are down this season, the NFL has rightly been criticized for its strict no-fun policies, and it continues to struggle with its handling of domestic violence and head injuries. And yet, more people continue to tune into NFL games than any other sport, and Goodell continues to make boat loads of money for the league — and for its owners. There is simply no one more powerful than him. Dotson’s Other Note: Due to space restrictions, I decided not to put pictures of all of those in my top 15 here. I put the ones that I thought you might not recognize if you met them on the street…also I was guided by the fact that you, as a knowledgeable Moon Monkey, couldn’t care less about some of those in my top 15. 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: 361949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475 Email: dlewis1@ stx.rr.com *If you would like to have a list of the original top 50 please call, text, Email or if you see me around the Island….ask. I will be happy to provide you with a copy. Have fun -30-
these stories on TV. Donovan loved to talk about his playing days, and one of his favorite players to talk about was Bobby Layne. “Doak Walker used to say, ‘Bobby Layne never lost a game, it was just that sometimes, time ran out on him.’” said Donovan. Art Donovan appeared on different late-night TV shows many times, with different hosts. He told Letterman this story about a 1957 game between the Colts and the Lions. The Colts’ defense had been putting pressure all day on Lions’ quarterback Bobby Layne, and he was unhappy with his offensive line. Layne was back there screaming at them in the huddle. During one play in the third quarter, Donovan breaks through and takes Layne down hard. As Art is lying there on top of him, Layne is screaming, “Get off me.” Art says, “That’s when I smelled his breath, he reeked with booze, and I said, ‘Bobby your breath is terrible, you must have had a hell of a night last night,’ and Layne said, ‘The way this game is going, I had a few drinks at halftime.’” This second story supposedly occurred during the Baltimore Colts’ training camp at Western Maryland College. The talent of the defensive line for the Colts was incredible during the late fifties. Along with Donovan were Gino Marchetti, Don Joyce, and Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb. Donovan used to say that Gino loved food so much that he would make a meatloaf sandwich by placing a slice of meatloaf between two slices of meatloaf. This story is about a bet placed on an eating contest between Joyce and Marchetti. Both guys could eat their weight’s worth of food. So, a challenge was made on who could eat the most pieces of fried chicken. One hundred pieces of chicken were fried, along with mashed potatoes, gravy and peas, a meal fit for a king. Donovan had $100 bet on Joyce. No sooner had the contest begun, than Art got upset with Joyce. You see, Marchetti was eating only chicken while Joyce was eating the chicken, potatoes and peas. Donovan yelled at Joyce, “Stop eating the trimmings and just eat the chicken.” Gino ate 26 pieces of chicken, while Joyce ate 38. The funny part occurred when Joyce got to 27 and realized he had won. Joyce said, “I’m thirsty and need something to drink.” There was a pitcher of iced tea in front of him. So what does he do? He pulls out four little tablets of saccharin, turns to them, and says, “I’m watching my weight.” He continues to eat until he stops at 38 pieces. It’s a great story and Art told it hundreds of times, but I have since read where Marchetti said most of it is true except the meal of choice was spaghetti with meat sauce and not fried chicken. “Either way, Joyce did use the saccharin after the meal,” said Gino.
and drink a case of beer and blow up.” He was asked onetime, “How are you celebrating the holiday season?” “Drinking beer,” responded Art. He only made $22,000 in his last year of the NFL (1961). “That was good money back then,” said Donovan. Art Donovan played in five straight Pro Bowls from 1954 -1958 and he became the first Baltimore Colt player to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted in the sixth Hall of Fame class on August 3, 1968, with his pal from Fordham, Alex Wojciechowicz. Art was also the first professional football player to be inducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame. On August 4, 2013, Art Donavan left us for football Heaven. He died of a respiratory ailment while resting at Stelle Maris Hospice Center. He was 88 years old. A little light went out in Baltimore, Maryland around 8 pm that night. Art was surrounded by 15-20 family members including his wife, Dorothy. Art had spent 12 years with three different teams and the rest of his life telling us all about it. Everyone wanted to hug the big guy. I wanted to be #70. I even had a Colt helmet with no facemask, just like his. “He was a classic,” said former teammate Alex Sandusky. “If they can laugh in heaven, he’ll get them going.” 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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By Chef Vita Jarrin Happy New Year!!! Hope everyone has had a delightful holiday season. With the New Year comes the pressure from social media to basically step back into reality. Part of that New Year change is to purge and organize our cabinets and closets and other part is to regain a normal routine with household schedules such as work and school.
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Another reality check has to do with our diet. After indulging over the last few weeks, its time to refrain from eating all those delicious, rich foods and start cleansing our systems once again with some healthy options.
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It’s this time of year when resolutions are made and we get bombarded with ads promoting diets, diet programs, exercise equipment, healthy recipes and the list goes on.
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Realistically, it makes sense. However, on the flip side, sometimes going from stick to your ribs comfort food, to low fat soups and salads, sets us up for failure. Our body might comply for a few days, but long-term, we don’t stand a chance.
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It’s important in any lifestyle change or maintenance to find a balance. It’s necessary to balance between healthy eating, drinking and exercise. It’s also important to eat a filling meal, full of body and flavor with added protein, so you won’t feel like your starving yourself or passing up those foods you love. By eating flavorful meals and incorporating activity, we will feel accomplished and our efforts will soon shine through. In my opinion, that is the formula to success, when starting a New Year’s health plan! So whether you’re dieting, cleansing your system or are just excited to cook and try new things, this week I want to share with you an amazing dish I’ve created that is fairly easy as well as versatile. This soup is full bodied and layered with flavor. Once you master the base of this soup, you can switch up the noodles, the veggies, the spice level and switch up the proteins. In this dish I used sautéed shrimp, but you can use just veggies, or add thin pieces of chicken, beef, chunks of fish… the options are endless.
Ingredients For Broth: 8 C of water 2 Tbs. Chicken Flavor Bouillon Powder 4 oz. Miso & Easy Miso Concentrate (Asian Isle) 1 Tbs. Polar Fish Sauce (Asian Isle) 1 Tbs. Kame Sesame Oil (Asian Isle) 2 Tbs. Kikkoman Soy Sauce (Asian Isle)
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2 Tbs. Apple Cider Vinegar 1 Stick of Lemon Grass (pounded with the back of knife) Fresh Sprig of Basil Fresh Sprig of Cilantro 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. ground black pepper 1 Tbs. Oelek Sambal Pepper Paste (Asian aisle)
2 Portabella Mushrooms (gills removed w/ spoon, halved and sliced) 1 Med Onion Cut in half and sliced thinly 2 Cloves garlic minced 2 Tbs. ginger zested Udon Noodles (homemade or purchased) Rice Noodles or Pasta also will work
********************************* 2 lb. large shrimp peeled and deveined ½ Tsp. pepper ½ Tsp. Granulated Garlic ***Fresh Basil ***Fresh Cilantro Sprigs & Chives for Garnish ***Thin slices Serrano Peppers (optional)
Directions: In a measuring cup, add the Miso, fish and soy sauce, sesame oil and apple cider vinegar. Set aside. In a large pot, bring water to a boil and add the bouillon powder. Reduce heat and let simmer. Add the lemon grass and the miso mixture. You will see a foam build up at the top, so skim it with a spoon and discard. While simmering, sauté mushrooms and onions. In a sauté pan heat oil. Add the ginger and garlic and stir. Add the mushrooms and onions and sauté! When mushrooms and onions are soft and a little brown, add the mixture to boiling broth. Let simmer. Add the sambal, cilantro sprigs and basil. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Continue skimming again if necessary and add noodles. Homemade noodles will take longer than store bought, keep tasting to see what texture you want your noodles to be. In the same sauté pan heat 2 Tbs. olive oil. Add shrimp. Toss in pan and add salt, pepper and granulated garlic. Cook for about 5 minutes and set aside. You don’t want to overcook them, they will taste rubbery. They will finish cooking in broth. This whole process takes about an hour. Be patient, because the flavors need to build as you cook. Serving suggestions: Get a large bowl and place about 5 shrimp at the bottom, ladle the soup with noodles over the shrimp, add green onions and fresh cilantro & basil leaves. Add Serrano peppers if you like heat.
Tip of the Week: Once you master this base soup recipe, you can store it in a jar in your fridge and add the various sautéed proteins as discussed above, before you are ready to serve and eat. The ideas are endless. Most importantly… Enjoy yourself, get creative, try new things have fun!!! Happy Eats!
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