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Island Moon The voice of The Island since 1996

July 28, 2016

Around The Island

By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com A group on the north side of town is trying to build the largest free-standing cross in the western hemisphere next to the interstate.

According to the pastor who pitched the idea to the Corpus Christi City Council on Tuesday the cross will be just under 280 feet tall and the crossbeam will be 120 feet across.

That’s one big cross. They have run into a problem though because the cross would be within ten feet of the neighboring property line, which is land owned by the state, and they need a waver from the city to build as close to the highway and the adjoining property.

We’re pretty sure there’s a parable in there somewhere. Something about God and mammon. Come on you folks in the pulpit, give us some help here! There’s a free copy of the Island Moon in it for you.

Brave Bikers

We watched these guys dodging traffic all the way across the JFK Causeway Monday afternoon. Most of the JFK has enough shoulder to give bikers a little breathing room, but as they reach the bridge on the Island side they have to squeeze into a narrow space hard against the outside rail. Just inches from the extended mirrors of passing vehicles.

In the event of trouble with oncoming traffic there is but one way out here and if you go out that door watch that first step – it’s a doozy.

This just in…trucks don’t float!

In the days before the beach at the south end of the Michael J. Ellis Seawall was blocked to traffic

Michael J. Ellis used to sit at the end of the seawall on Sunday afternoons with his camera and take pictures of cars being swallowed whole by the ocean waves. Each Sunday at least one southbound driver always thought he could whip it right on around the protrusion at the end of the seawall and blast on through to Whitecap Beach. But alas, the Town Cars and Big Boxy Cadillacs weren’t made for ocean travel.

The group said they are undertaking investigating the situation due to a “lack of a media outlet that covers the entire city” that pays attention to such things. That sounded a lot like a shot at the Big Daily. But the questions they raise, on this issue and water especially, have some staying power and could easily become grist for the political mill in this the political season.

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By Dale Rankin

Three on the Sea

A new flotilla of abandoned sail boats has turned up in the channel leading to the Cabana North subdivision.

The three boats are but the latest in an ongoing battle between the Padre Isles Property Owners Association, the Texas General Land Office, adjacent homeowners, and maritime squatters who attempt to exploit boundaries between the various agencies to store or abandon boats in the channel.

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By Dale Rankin When you think of The Island a problem with squatters staking claim to a piece of land is probably not something that comes to mind.

But for the past two months a burgeoning colony of squatters has taken up residence around the Island side of the JFK Causeway, living in a hodgepodge of creaky recreational vehicles and campers and managing to stay under the radar – at least until this week.

This week the Corpus Christi Police Department and the Texas General Land Office working closely together took the first steps at removing them by tagging their vehicles with notices that give the owners 48 hours to move or have their vehicles towed.

The arrival of the “residents” coincidently coincided with the disappearance of fishing gear, ice chests, and boat gear from boats and buildings in the area which culminated in the early morning hours Tuesday when a man heard people in the parking lot near the Intercostal Canal and looked outside to see two men loading his small boat into their pickup. When police arrived they discovered the boat near one of the camps and two men were arrested.

Controlling the burgeoning squatter population there became an issue earlier this year after Nueces County took possession of six miles of beach in Kleberg County where more than twenty permanent camps had been set up. When Nueces County Constables began patrolling the Kleberg Beach they removed the camps leaving them looking for new squatting grounds; the state-owned land around the base of the JFK Causeway was their location of choice.

Their arrival went largely unnoticed until recently when thefts in the area became an issue. As complaints from the public grew the various agencies with overlapping jurisdiction in the area began taking action.

The land is owned by the Texas General Land Office but the strip of land within 525 feet of the centerline of the roadway, which as a state highway, falls under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation which has authority to enforce Homeland Security rules which govern vehicles parked directly under the bridge. It was partially under this authority which resulted in the tagging of a camper there this week by CCPD ordering its removal.

The two other vehicles marked for removal, aside from being left on state land without permission, were also in violation of several city ordinances and without proper vehicles tags and licenses. As of Wednesday afternoon they were both still there.

GLO and CCPD officers said this week now that they are aware of the problem and they will monitor the area to keep squatters from returning.

complaints began coming from homeowners on adjacent fingertips who for several years have been fighting an ongoing battle with maritime squatters who anchor up in the narrow channel and take up residence, either living on the boats or simply abandoning them. No sooner had the boats arrived than GLO officials contacted him to get him to remove them; so far the man has resisted and the boats remain.

The boats are between the jurisdictions of the Intracoastal Canal (Coast Guard) and that of the POA. As of this week GLO officials are inspecting the unmoored vessels to determine if they are illegally discharging petroleum products.

The journey of the three wobegotten vessels began several weeks ago when an entrepreneurial boat flipper began hoarding boats in the slips at Anchor Resort. When his fleet swelled to five mostly mastless sailboats he was informed that he could not keep them at Anchor Resort and a few days later they were seen tied up to the bulkheads across the canal. When the man was informed

by POA officials they could not stay there the boats were moved to the center of the canal and anchored.

When the man was told they had to be moved yet again he countered with, “you don’t own the water,” but soon learned to his chagrin that the POA in fact owns the bottom on which his anchor rested and the boats began their slow, tedious journey to their current resting place; according to eyewitnesses all three were pulled with a single, small trolling motor in a journey out through the Intracoastal which took upwards of five hours.

As soon as the boats arrived

While the boats are technically abandoned and can be claimed by any interested party, once someone hooks up the boats to move them they become the de facto owner and are then responsible for disposing of them. In the past the boats would be towed to an island boat ramp and cut up with the pieces disposed of in garbage containers with the cost of disposal paid by salvaging the lead from the boats’ keels. However since 2011 the dwindling price of lead has meant that the value of the salvaged lead will not cover the cost of the salvage operation and numerous sailboats have been abandoned in Island canals. One abandoned boat was beached across from the Padre Island Yacht Club for almost a year before it was removed by the POA. The location where the three boats are currently setting has been a problem area for several years due to the underlapping jurisdictions. As of this writing on Wednesday the boats were still there awaiting their fate.

Future of The Island

Island Area Development Plan Available to the Public

By Dale Rankin This Saturday Islanders can voice their opinion of the Island Area Development Plan which will be the blueprint for Island growth over the next two decades.

The plan is available for public viewing and comment Saturday, July 30, from 9:30 a.m. – noon, at the Seashore Learning Center gymnasium, at the corner of Encantada and SPID. The plan, drawn up by a subcommittee of the Island Strategic Action Committee, replaces the current Area Development Plan drawn

up in 2004. It covers everything from traffic flow to architectural standards and continues the Island Overlay Zone which regulates paint color, siding type, and other aesthetic items allowed for Island businesses.

The draft of the plan is on the City of Corpus Christi’s website at http:// www.cctexas.com/government/citysecretary/boards-commissions/isac.

Comments to the plan may be submitted by mail to: Development Services, ATTN: M_PI ADP, PO BOX 9277, Corpus Christi, TX 78401. Or

by Email at: padreislandadp@

gmail.com, or through a Facebook page at Padre-Island ADP. The Island Area Development Plan in its finished form will be included in the Plan CC 2035, a citywide planning document currently under discussion by the Corpus Christi City Council. and in reality has played little part in the actual planning of Island growth and development.

It includes the universally ignored Island Overlay Zone rules which dictate everything from colors that can be used on Island buildings to a

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A little Island history

The Million Dollar Inn Becomes Braniff Place and Then Rubble

Tax questions A group of activists have begun regularly haranguing the Corpus City Council on the inequity between the tax rates paid by private homeowners when compared to the rates and capped values of heavy industry, especially along the port. They address the council each week and we couldn’t help but notice there was some noticeable squirming going on up on the council dais this week.

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by Mary Craft The Million Dollar Inn was sold in l972 to Resort Enterprises which was made up of President Eric Labian and four other investors.

The hotel was closed to upgrade the main building and expand the third floor over the portico. The hotel rooms were freshly painted.

The Padre Island Investment Corporation (PIIC) located on the third floor would occupy the expansion for more needed space.

The corporation initially owned 4500 acres in the mid 60s and was responsible for island development including infrastructure, canal dredging, bulkheads, streets, sewers, water lines, etc..

The sales office for the Galleon Bay lots and the lots for future

subdivisions was also located here.

The Island was not yet annexed by Corpus Christi so the city was not involved in any of this.

The hotel was reopened as Braniff Place because Braniff International Hotels, Inc a subsidiary of Braniff Airlines was contracted to manage it. Braniff Place was not the same hot spot it was under the management of the flamboyant former owner/ manager Joe Fay. People would come from in town, Port Aransas and surrounding areas to enjoy the music and dancing that a live band provided Tuesdays through Saturdays. Joe had connections with downtown and arranged for many community events to be held at the hotel.

Braniff Place had a restaurant and

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Letters to the Editor

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The High Cost of Water

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Editor at Island Moon

Classifieds Arlene Ritley Production Manager Abigail Bair Contributing Writers Joey Farah Andy Purvis Mary Craft Christiansen Jay Gardner Todd Hunter Ronnie Narmour Brent Rourk Photographers Miles Merwin Jeff Dolan Mary Craft Ronnie Narmour Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) Riley P. Dog

Publisher Dale Rankin About the Island Moon

The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Rankin, Editor / Publisher.

Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses.

News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office.

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Circa 2011, I did a computer search and found that employees of Corpus Christi are being paid a little over twice that of regular citizens of Corpus. Also about that same time, I submitted an R.F.I. to the city and found that over a million dollars a month from the water billing was going into the general fund.

About four weeks ago, I was driving south on Aquarius. As I approached the speed bump close to the intersection at Gunwale. I slowed down (one of those rare occasions when I did not have an idiot 3 feet off my rear bumper) and looked to my right and boom; I saw SIX water department trucks none of which were smaller than a large dump truck and SIX water department employees in their safety vests standing in the front yard of the fourth house down. Also there was a seventh man in the back of a dump truck parked in front of the aforementioned house. He was shoveling sand into a hole in the front yard of the house. The next day, I was driving on Aquarius so I drove down Gunwale to see what all the commotion was about. A new sewer cleanout access had been installed. Easily, a two man operation.

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

The moms of new drivers are extremely reluctant to let their kids leave the neighborhood in the car, much less have them go across the bridge and into town.

"I believe that you're the safest driver there is," my parents say. "It's the other drivers we worry about."

However, sometimes the most important part of being a parent is putting trust into the child and letting go of the leash a little bit. If they have the freedom to move and some responsibility, most times teenagers will try their best to make their parents proud.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, email me at PadreIslandTee @gmail.com.

Casino Night Gambles for a Good Cause We believe in the work Timon’s Ministries provides in our communities and it’s mantra , A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out. That is why we are this year’s Honorary Hosts of Timon’s Ministries Fundraiser, Steppin’ Out Las Vegas Style. This event will take place at Schlitterbahn’s Pour House on the second floor on September 10, from 6 pm to 9 pm. We are asking for your support and sponsorships to make this fundraiser a huge success!

Timon’s began as a sandwich ministry in 2000 and has grown into a vital link for the underserved in our community. Timon’s is a 501c3 tax exempt charity funded by churches, individuals, grants and fundraisers.

Their budget for 2016 is $273K. One Executive Director and 3 part-time employees support 75 volunteers who provide all of our services.

It is important to note that Timon’s clients are predominately the working poor. Only 15% of the clients served are actually homeless.

I was in a local fast food establishment talking to an acquaintance and I was complaining about the high dollar amount of my water bill. He told me that his bill was forty dollars a month for both water and natural gas. Well, guess what, Corpus Christi has a social program for this utility bill.

Timon’s now hosts a variety of services that many of us take for granted:

And, to add a small “insult to injury” I have received in my water bill two warning flyers about natural gas dangers around four months apart, AND I don’t have natural gas at my residence. I am also receiving other flyers on a regular basis.

Helps drug-free individuals get birth certificates, ID’s and licenses so they can get jobs.

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A few weeks ago a “Letter to the Editor” was published in the Moon by a man asking why his water bill was so high. I know of some of the reasons.

Within the last couple of months, I heard on local radio that for each dollar that a city employee deposits into their retirement fund, city taxpayers were required to contribute TWO dollars. And, if the stock market does not perform well enough, taxpayers have to make up the difference equal to an amount specified by contract. Also, I assume city employees have a pretty good health care program.

Dotson Lewis

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By Elizabeth Clark Going into sophomore year, all of my friends and classmates are getting their permits or licenses and beginning their journey onto the open road. To get a Texas driving permit, a student must complete over 30 hours of both driving and classroom lessons, and by the time they complete those, they are driving experts! Right?

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Going a Different Way...

Dale, I just finished reading your article on the options being considered for relieving traffic coming to the Island. One option I have never seen is to split off a highway from SPID in Flour Bluff in the area of the Naval Air Station exit and continue it north along the Base, then curving to the East and following the shoreline at the south end of CC bay. That section of shoreline extends nearly to the ICW where a bridge could be constructed. It could then connect to highway 361 in the area of the Mustang Island State Park. The required causeway would only be about half the distance of one built at the proposed Sea Pines location. This would allow traffic to and from Port Aransas to completely bypass the JFK bridge, Commodores intersection, and the Packery bridge.

I agree with you that a second access to the Island at Sea Pines would do little to relieve our congestion as all traffic to PA would still have to go through the Commodores intersection. I would expect that we islanders would end up being the ones using the Sea Pines access while PA visitors would continue to tie up the JFK bridge route.

It just seems logical that if we agree heavy visitor traffic in route to Port Aransas is causing our congestion then the solution should be to isolate such traffic to their own dedicated highway.

Just a thought.

Richard Beekman

Don't Dump on Us Open letter to CCPD, On Padre Island the POA has lately been enforcing the issue of home owners not trimming the ragged looking palm trees by sending letters to property owners to have them cut. Since then all kinds of contractors have shown up here to mimic what professionals have been doing all along. I have tried many times to have solid waste code enforcement ( Ed Salazar ) help us but he does not have the staff to have someone out here. Yesterday I followed a truck and trailer loaded with palm limbs and branches to the city dump. When I got there I talked to the solid waste manager (Tony) about the truck.

Tony investigated and found both occupants of the truck had no driver’s license, the trailer had no tags, and they did not have a solid waste permit. He turn them away and told them don’t come back unless you are legal. I am asking that your officers help us out by responding to calls of these individuals operating without proper tags on their trailers or trucks. If these individuals are given citations maybe this will stop all of the illegal dumping on our island.

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Furnishes backpacks and school supplies to children of these families.

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By Mary Craft mkay512@aol.com

Did Ya’ Hear?

By Mary Craft New Advertisers Padre Island Enrichment Club (PIE) invites Island ladies to join them at their August Luncheon & Bingo fun. It is part of their membership drive and will be held at the Veranda upstairs meeting room on Friday, August 12th opening at 11:30 am. The cost is $15 and includes lunch. Reservations must be made by noon August 9th. You can email PIELuncheon@aol.com or call Anne Haynes at 585-7186.

Multi-Family Moving Sale at 13725 Cayo Gorda on Friday, July 29th 3-6 pm and Saturday 7 am – noon.

Business Briefs The First Annual Ski Basin Bash will be held on Saturday, August 13th starting at 2 pm with live bands all day. It is sponsored by BWide Entertainment.

Compass Medical Office is being built next to Casa Europa Condominiums on Compass ergo the name.

A Microtel Motel by Wyndam is coming to the Island between the Angry Marlin Restaurant and the old Country Store at 15561 SPID. Padre Island Area Development Plan Update on Saturday, July 30th 9:30 am – noon at Seashore Learning Center Gymnasium on Encantada and everyone is welcome. The goal is to share a draft with the public and solicit public input.

Saltgrass Steakhouse, a Landry restaurant, is coming to Corpus Christi in the People’s Restaurant location at 6729 SPID and will be spending about $475,000 on the renovation.

Litter Critter will be at the wastewater treatment plant at the end of Whitecap Saturday, July 30th. I mistakenly put it as being here last week because they are normally here on the second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Around Cont. From A1 No Gripes Just in case your dog starts complaining about the hot weather of late, remind them of the first rule of Island Dogdom…Island dogs have no gripes. They got a beach so there is no whining on the yacht, even for dogs.

Offers free diabetes testing and counselling.

Better food choices in monthly groceries.

Volunteer dentists provide free dental care to the low-income/non-insured population at their William Allen Dental Clinic, serving over 2500 patients since it opened in 2009 from around the Coastal Bend.

Provides free vision testing and eyewear in their George and Margaret Mann eye care clinic, staffed by volunteer optometrists.

Stay cool everybody and say hello if you see us Around The Island.

Provides health care to those who have no insurance and few other options for care.

Services provided by a Family Practice MD who has over 1500 patient charts from throughout the Coastal Bend.

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Tickets will be $45.00 per person. Purchase of ticket includes $5,000 in chips, 2 drink tickets for beer and wine, hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar with happy hour prices, and one ticket for the Big Drawing. Tickets can be ordered on-line at timonsministries.com, in person at Schlitterbahn’s membership desk, and at Timon’s Ministries by calling Cindy Bryant at 361-937-6196. Tickets must be pre sold; no tickets will be sold at the door due to head counts for the food and the gaming tables.

This is to insure there is plenty of food and fun for everyone.

Please help Timon’s make this fundraising event a success by not only attending this fun-packed Casino Night, but by being one of the many sponsors needed. You can sponsor one or more of the many gaming tables, be a food or drink sponsor, or donate a gift for the individuals who end up with the most chips at the end of the evening as well as nice prizes for the Big Drawing of the evening.

We hope to see you there!

Honorable Todd Hunter Texas State Representative Honorary Host Brent Chesney Nueces County Commissioner Honorable Host

prohibition on banners and giant shark signs in front of Island businesses – none of which have been enforced by the city with regularity.

So the Island Strategic Action Committee has set out to rectify the situation by updating the plan and will hold an open house to discuss the update and invite input from the public. The meeting will be held on Saturday, July 30, from 9:30 a.m. – noon, at the Seashore Learning Center gymnasium, at the corner of Encantada and SPID. “Many aspects of the 2004 plan are still important and appropriate. However, there are items that are no longer appropriate and/or need revision,” said William Goldston who is Chairman of the ISAC subcommittee which drafted the plan.

The draft plan will be available for public review and comments are encouraged for a 30 days period, ending on noon Friday August 12, 2016. Upon close of the public comment period, all comments will be reviewed and considered and when complete, the draft will be submitted to the ISAC for approval. Once approved, the draft plan will be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission and then it will go to the City Council for consideration and approval.

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A big group of revelers from West, TX descended on Shorty's last week

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History Cont. from A1

Eight Historic Texas Couthouses Recieve $20 Million in Restoration Grants AUSTIN, Texas—The Texas Historical Commission (THC) announced grant recipients for Round IX of the nationally recognized Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program (THCPP) during its July 22 quarterly meeting in Austin. The THC awarded matching grants totaling $20,162,369 to eight counties to aid in preservation of their historic courthouses, including four grants for full historic restorations.

Fannin, Karnes, Lynn, and San Saba counties received construction grants for full restorations.

Cameron, Kleberg, and Willacy counties received emergency grants to address critical issues including structural problems, water accumulation, and hazardous material removal.

Hunt County was awarded a planning grant to be applied toward the production of construction documents for a future application to the THCPP for a full restoration of their building.

Braniff bar but no entertainment. It also had to compete with the new condominiums Island House, Surfside and Gulfstream that opened around it. The modular units where the hotel rooms were located were in disrepair and difficult to maintain. For example, the plumbing lines were behind the preformed walls which made them difficult to get to.

PIIC provided free lodging for prospective buyers they had flown in and because of the better accommodations elsewhere, no longer used the hotel’s rooms. They set up most of their clients at Gulfstream because of the large balconies overlooking the Gulf and the panoramic entryway view of the Island that made for a great selling point.

to attract unsavory types so the county tore it down in 1980.

The main building was razed in l987 and PIIC moved to where the American Bank is now.

Prior to the hotel they had their offices located in the building where Angry Marlin restaurant is now and a branch sales office near the Shell station.

The only evidence left at the hotel site is the sidewalk that runs from Windward Drive to the seawall and the concrete edge of the foundation.

Some of the information for this story was gathered from Joe Bibbs, the Million Dollar Inn maitre d’ and his brother Herman who was a bartender for both hotels.

In September 1974 the hotel reportedly closed for remodeling but never reopened. It filed a

The THCPP Round IX grants were made possible through a $20 million appropriation by the 84th Texas Legislature. The THC received applications from 25 counties requesting $78.8 million for projects totaling $140.8 million. The agency determined grants by assessing 21 criteria including the building’s age, endangerment, historical designations, and county support for the project. Emergency grants were based primarily upon the score assigned to the endangerment category.

“The goal of the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program is to assist as many communities as possible,” said THC Architecture Division Director Sharon Fleming.

“The counties receiving grants are in need of this support to preserve historic landmarks, but to also make them safe and functional facilities for the staff and public they serve.”

Since its creation in 1999, the THCPP has partnered with local governments to fully restore 63 historic courthouses in Texas, and assisted 28 applicants with emergency or planning projects. In addition to providing safe and functional buildings, restoration of historic courthouses benefits the state and local economies. Courthouse preservation projects have created more than 10,000 jobs in Texas and generated more than $288 million in income. Restored courthouses reinvigorate historic downtowns and promote heritage tourism, a $7.3 billion industry in Texas.

“Revitalization of Texas' historic county courthouses makes a significant economic impact to their communities,” said THC Chairman John Nau, III. “They provide essential state services and serve as centerpieces of county history, culture and tourism.”

Texas has the most historic courthouses (more than 240) in the U.S., which were deemed national treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and collectively included twice on the Trust’s Most Endangered Places list. The THCPP has earned national and international attention with the awards from the Association for Preservation Technology International, the Texas Society of Architects, and the Society of Architectural Historians.

In 2008, the program was recognized with a Presidential Award from the White House.

“The historic county courthouses of Texas are renowned for good reason," said THC Executive Director Mark Wolfe. "With continued support from the Texas Legislature, we remain committed to restoring every historic courthouse, maximizing the significant economic benefits these iconic buildings provide."

For more information about the THCPP, visit www.thc.texas.gov/thcpp or contact the THC’s Architecture Division at 512-463-6094.

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Street signs petition in Federal Court seeking reorganization with debts totaling 2.2 million. Creditors filed suit in April 1976 which kept the property tied up in court until 1980.

In the meantime Resort Enterprises abandoned all claim to the property and it was auctioned off to pay creditors in l980. Gibraltar Savings & Loan of Corpus Christi had first claim which was $2.6 million and next was PIIC with $172,000.

The main building was still being used by PIIC but the hotel rooms were unoccupied and were eventually ransacked and vandalized. It began

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Island Obituary

Carolyn Blankenship

Carolyn Elizabeth Keeling Blankenship, 84, a longtime resident of Padre Island, passed away peacefully at home on Padre Island surrounded by her family.

One of five children, Carolyn was born on November 13, 1931 to John Robert and Emma Roberta Keeling on a small farm in Rusk County Texas. She graduated Valedictorian from Minden High School in 1949 and earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Education from Stephen F. Austin State University.

While in college, she met the love of her life, Billy Jim Blankenship, known to his

many Island friends as Doc. They married on January 26, 1952 at the First Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas and remained together for 58 years until Doc passed away in 2010.

Carolyn’s teaching career began in Alto, Texas. She also taught school in Central Heights, Houston, and Galveston. Her career in education spanned many years where she especially enjoyed teaching the third grade.

Carolyn took pleasure in gardening, sewing, calligraphy and traveling abroad with her family.

Carolyn was a loving wife and mother. A pillar of strength and integrity, she devoted her life to raising and caring for her family, especially her beloved daughter Lynn.

She is preceded in death by her parents, sister Jean Keeling Langford and husband William, brother Mark Williams Keeling, sister-inlaw Carmen Ann Fisher and her husband WJ, husband Dr. Billy Jim Blankenship and daughter Jimmie Lynn Blankenship.

Carolyn is survived by two brothers; John Robert Keeling Jr. (Betty) of Morgan City, Louisiana, Gerald Albert Keeling of Long Branch, Texas, sister-in-law Joy Keeling, daughters; Roberta Soward (Fred), Jean Ann Paluseo (Jeff), Grandchildren; Jackson and Cassidy Soward, Jayden, Journey and Jazlyn Paluseo, and her extended family and friends.

She will be greatly missed by her many Island friends.

One thing we try to do here at the Word Factory is stay away from partisan politics. In the name of keeping our readers up to date on the fast approaching Presidential Race will make one exception and periodically include the current Electoral College map. It takes 270 Electoral Votes to win, here are the Electoral results if the election were today, based on a combination of polls and by the website Real Clear Politics.

It shows 216 Electoral Votes for Donald Trump, shown here in the lighter area, and 322 Electoral Votes for Hillary Clinton, shown here in the darker area.

Seeking Vendors for “Fabulous Fall” Arts and Crafts Sale Island in the Son United Methodist Church will have a “FABULOUS FALL” Arts and Crafts Sale on Saturday, September 24, 2016 from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to “shop ‘til you drop” among the great selection of unique items for sale, including food, jewelry, candles, home décor, specialty bags, crafts of all kinds, and more! A Vendor information packet with registration form is available by emailing or

calling the church at islandintheson@yahoo. com or 361-749-0884. Vendor spaces will be reserved on a first come, first served basis, and only after payment is received.

Deadline for registration is September 8.

Island in the Son UMC is located at 10650 Highway 361 on Mustang Island, 2 miles north of Packery Channel between Newport Pass Road and Beach Access Road #3. We always welcome you to “come as you are!”

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By Dale Rankin

Hold on to your wallets The tax raising season is almost upon us and the Corpus Christi City Council this week made sure they won’t miss out on the sweepstakes. If Tuesday’s action at city hall is any indication the city council is gearing up to continue their serial tax-raising ways begun under the reign of former City Manager Ron Olson. Each year Olson told the council they were living within their means by keeping the previous year’s Tax Rate even as the city coffers swelled by 8% percent annually as the Nueces

This seemingly inevitable annual city tax increase comes on the heels of last year’s 8% tax increase and a 10% increase the year before.

So if the hike comes this year as expected we’re looking at a 26% tax hike in three years on top of the Island’s continually escalating property values. We’re in an election year at city hall and Island voters have a chance to hold those raising their city taxes accountable.

As I pointed out here last year the Nueces County Appraisal District has adopted a nonofficial policy of bringing in increases in countywide property values at just under 8%,

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The game is the tax hikers claim there are two ways to calculate tax hikes, which they obviously know is hogwash because on Tuesday even as they passed a motion in preparation of setting the tax rate they also went ahead and passed a motion to hold two public hearings that are only necessary if taxes are raised. If adopting last year’s tax rate for the next fiscal year did not constitute a tax increase the hearings would not be necessary.

The motion passed Tuesday reads in part: “The fiscal year 2016-2017 proposed operating budget utilizes a tax rate of $0.606264 per $100 valuation in the determination of ad valorem tax revenue for fiscal year 2016-2017. This is the same property tax rate as was used in fiscal year 2015-2016. Final assessed values should be received from the Nueces County Appraisal District by July 25th at which time the effective tax rate and rollback rate will be computed.

This agenda item is needed for the City to be in compliance with “truth-in-taxation” as it relates to the Tax Code in the event that the City’s fiscal year 2016-2017 proposed tax rate exceeds the lower of the effective tax rate or the rollback rate.

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If a proposed property tax rate exceeds the effective tax rate or the rollback rate, whichever is lower, the Tax Code requires that the governing body must vote to place a proposal to adopt the tax rate on the agenda of a future meeting as an action item. This vote must be recorded. If the motion passes, then the governing body must schedule two public hearings on the proposal.”

No tax hike, no hearings…they’ve scheduled two.

which again, coincidently is the amount that taxes can go up without taxpayers having any recourse. So that game is that, like Olson enabled them to do, they keep the same tax rate claiming it is not raising taxes, but when the old rate is applied to the new appraisal values – presto – you get 8% more tax money. It’s a sweet deal, unless of course you are an Island homeowner whose property value is continually rising and the city raises your taxes on the higher value each year.

It’s a situation that probably won’t change unless/until the state legislature changes the law to drop the 8% free bite at the apple which was put in place in the late 1970s when increases were needed to keep up with inflation.

Flour Bluff ISD A nascent group is forming in Flour Bluff to back, among other things, a slate of candidates for the seats on the FBISD school board in November. The Island Strategic Action Committee, which will hold candidate forums for the District 4 and Mayor’s race on September 19, and for At-Large Council seats on September 26. So far, for reasons unknown, the IUPAC has opted to not endorse candidates in the FBISD races, even as the district’s taxes make up half of the total tax burden for Island homeowners.

Beach Maintenance Beach maintenance crews this week adopted a new tactic in working the beach at South Packery. They have begun moving sand from near the dune line to the waterline. For almost a year soft sand piled up near the waterline there making driving all but impossible for everything but four-wheel drive vehicles and the excavations in front of the dunes have created a low spot which fills with water when it rains and/or at high tide. Here is hoping the new methods correct the problems.

How Eye See It

By Dr. Mary Craft, Optometrist mkay512@aol.com patients with high prescriptions outside the parameters of Lasik opt for this. Those in their 50s often do for a permanent visual correction A charming lady in her 80s was in my exam since with Lasik they will still need cataract chair while her daughter, who takes her to surgery later. her doctor visits, stayed in the waiting room.

Cheap sunglasses are cheap for a The very first inspection of the eye I perform reason is with a microscope and it was immediately evident that she had cataract surgery done on A young man had Lasik done a few years both eyes. The case history form completed did prior and came in complaining of headaches not have that noted nor did the interview with the past three weeks. He spends a lot of time the staff. I asked her when she had the surgery outdoors because of his work and water sports. done and she replied “I have never had any eye During the case history I discovered he wears surgery. I have a bad memory, always have, but sunglasses and had just purchased a new pair you would think I would remember something about three weeks ago. I put the sunglass lens like that. You can check with my daughter.” in front of my projector and all the letters on the Her daughter is brought in and states “No, eye chart, even the larger ones, got very blurry. she has never had cataract surgery. In fact, she So although the exam showed he did not need a has never been to a hospital.” I explain that it vision correction he experienced blurred vision is an out-patient procedure and she would have because of the distortion caused by the poor just had a local anesthetic and gone home the optics of the lens material in the sunglasses same day. “Well, you know I have my mother's he wore all day. He came back later that day memory so I guess she has” she said laughingly. with a pair he bought at Sunglass Hut and sure I sent them off while we waited for her enough the eye chart letters stayed distinct. eyes to dilate. I could hear them laughing in This demonstrates the importance of getting the waiting room and when they returned quality sunglasses. They are important to they said they did now remember her seeing wear especially in this climate to protect the the doctor and coming home wearing an eyes from the effects of ultraviolet light which eye patch. When the exam was done and can cause an they were leaving they both said how much earlier onset they enjoyed the visit and that they would of cataracts certainly be back next year to which I replied and macular “That is, if you remember where you went!” degeneration.

This illustrates how simple replacing Remember you the cloudy lens inside the eye with a lens want to not implant has become. Most of my patients only look good are sorry they did not do it sooner. It is but also see natural to be fearful of having surgery on good. your eye. In fact, I have many patients that On a lighter note will not even try contact lenses because they are afraid to put something in their eye.

A young man completed his case history Due to the latest technology, multi-focal lens form and appropriately checked off the implants are now available which eliminate conditions such as history of high blood the need for glasses. Patients who had a thick pressure, diabetes, glaucoma, etc. He marked prescription and wore glasses since a child whether it was self, relative or none. After can go without spectacles after surgery. In this section the form has a space where you fact, there is a procedure used now called “Explain any positive findings”. He wrote “I lensectomy which is the removal of a clear once found a $20 bill and no one claimed it.” lens and replacement with an implant. Those “See” ya' later!

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Senior Moments

Henry Ford: Business Tycoon of Another Era

By Dotson Lewis

Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: In light of the recent political turmoil, I thought that it might help some of you Moon Monkeys to be reminded of, refreshed about, or educated about, another “heavy hitter” business man who loved to get involved in politics. Douglas Brinkley, Gerald Smith and Harry Bennett contributed to this article.

Bennett said: "The way to hold a job with the elder Henry Ford was to do what he wanted done, whether he admitted it or not. It wasn't always easy, but the pay, though peculiar, could be mighty enjoyable."

Henry Ford Wrote a Fan Letter to Mahatma Gandhi On July 25, 1941, the American automaker Henry Ford sat down at his desk in Dearborn, Michigan and wrote a letter to the Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The letter praised Gandhi and his campaign of civil disobedience aimed at forcing the British colonial government out of India.

By July of 1941, Ford’s pacifist views led him to despair at the current global situation: Nazi

Mahatma Gandhi Germany had invaded Poland, causing Britain and France to declare war against it. The United States, led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was firmly on the side of the Allies, but Ford was convinced that the country should remain neutral, despite mounting pressure from the government for his company to start massproducing airplanes to help defeat the Nazis.

The previous May, Ford had reluctantly bowed to this pressure, opening a massive production facility for airplane production at Willow Run, near Dearborn, to manufacture B-24E Liberator bombers for the Allied war effort.

As Douglas Brinkley wrote in “Wheels for the

World,” his history of Ford Motor Company, the automaker disliked imperialism and was hopeful that Gandhi’s campaign would succeed in pushing the British out of India and establishing Indian home rule. In addition, Ford Motor Company had long enjoyed healthy sales in the cities of Bombay (now Mumbai) and Calcutta. A portion of Ford’s letter to Gandhi, now included in the Henry Ford Museum and Library, read: “I want to take this opportunity of sending you a message…to tell you how deeply I admire your life and message. You are one of the greatest men the world has ever known.”

The letter was sent to the Mahatma (as Gandhi was known) via T.A. Raman, the London editor of the United Press of India. According to Raman, Brinkley recounts, Gandhi didn’t receive the letter until December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Greatly pleased, he sent in response a portable spinning wheel, one of the old-fashioned devices that Gandhi famously used to produce his own cloth. The wheel, autographed in Hindi and English, was shipped some 12,000 miles and personally delivered to Ford by Raman in Greenfield Village, Michigan. Ford kept it as a good luck charm, as well as a symbol of the principles of simplicity and economic independence that both he and Gandhi championed.

Henry Ford’s Letter From Clyde Barrow From 1932 until May 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow conducted a murderous crime spree. Judging by the number he stole over the years, Barrow had a soft-spot for Ford’s V8powered Model B car. A month before Parker

Clyde Barrow and Barrow died in the car they had grown to depend on, Henry Ford received this admiring letter, with spelling errors.

Tulsa Okla. 10th April Mr. Henry Ford Detroit Mich Dear Sir, While I still have got breath in my lungs I will tell you what a dandy car you make. I have drove Fords exclusivly when I could get away with one. For sustained speed and freedom from trouble the Ford has got ever other car skinned and even if my business hasn’t been strictly legal it don’t hurt enything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V8, Yours truly, Clyde Champion Barrow

Ford's Forged "Apology" At the apex of his business career Henry Ford, the industrial genius sensed that a terrific effort was being made to take his business from him and manipulate it into the hands of the money-changers. Mr. Ford had the impression that these manipulators were being engineered by powerful Jewish financiers.

He called to his office the most intelligent research men within his acquaintance. He commissioned them to make a thorough study of the “International Jew” pamphlets and publish their findings in "The Dearborn Independent," which at that time was the official organ of the Ford Motor Company.

No expense was spared, and it is estimated that literally millions of dollars were spent

by Mr. Ford on this project. The original articles were carried first in "The Dearborn Independent," and then published in book form.

According to Gerald Smith, “When the report on ‘International Jew’ was originally published it opened each chapter with a text taken from ‘The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’, or from the published statements of world prominent Jews. The moment the manuscripts dealing with the supposed Jewish problem reached the public, a terrific howl went up from official Jewry. To summarize the campaign of reprisal and abuse which was carried on against Mr. Ford and his Company, this summary alone would require a book. Every instrument of torture and abuse which could be imagined was carried on against Mr. Ford -- smear, character assassination, ridicule, physical threat, and boycott. The pressure was constant, consistent and endless. The most powerful and enigmatic pressures imaginable were brought to bear on Mr. Ford to stop the publication of ‘The International Jew.’ Finally the order came through to cease publication and to destroy the copies which were available. Jews and others went into the bookstores and bought and destroyed all copies which could be found. Sneak thieves were commissioned to visit libraries and steal the report out of the libraries. This made the book so rare and unfindable that it became a collector's item.”

July 28, 2016

BBB Warns of Student Loan Scams and Offers Advice to Consumers With College Debt

By Kelly Trevino Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau

For millions of college students in the U.S., student loans can feel like a huge financial burden. Over 40 million Americans owe more than $1.2 trillion in outstanding student loan debt, and the average student in Texas graduates with more than $26,000 in student debt from federal and private loans, according to the Institute for College Access & Success.

Unfortunately, because student loan debt is so common, scammers use this as an opportunity to take advantage of current students and graduates. Scammers especially target students during the summer months because many have recently graduated or are trying to secure funding in time for the fall semester.

The scam starts as a phone call, email or letter to the student that claims their company can alleviate all student loan debt with an upfront fee. They also claim to have helped other student loan holders; however, student loans can only be forgiven under specific circumstances, which aren’t fast or easy. Instead of helping, they take your fee and disappear.

According to smith, “Harry Bennett (a former boxer and ex-Navy sailor) was a very officious and aggressive employee of the Ford Motor Company. He presumed his way into the confidence of Mr. Ford and later became known as an enigmatic and obnoxious personality and was Mr. Ford's personal secretary for 34 years.

It has been said that, one of the worst things that ever happened to the Ford Motor Company was the employment of Harry Bennett. For a certain period of time Bennett exerted virtually a dictatorial control over the affairs of the Company. His alleged deeds, if summarized might make rather a scandalous book.”

After Henry Ford died, Harry Bennett evidently was very much disillusioned and embittered by the fact that he did not share generously in the inheritance. He collaborated with a Jewish man by the name of Paul Marcus in the writing of a book entitled "We Never Called Him Henry" which smears and ridicules the late Mr. Ford.

Dotson’s Other Note: Obviously, then business mogul, Henry Ford, never shied away from voicing his views, no matter how unpopular they might be. He covered it all, from being an “isolationist” to being anti-semitic. For the past couple of days I have been looking for a copy of Henry Ford’s letter to Mahatma Gandhi. If you come across a copy of the complete text of the letter please let me know…I’m buying the first round. I believe Clyde Barrow’s letter is one of the classics of all time. Short, factual, and to the point. 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, August 2, 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!

Never pay upfront fees. Avoid deceptive phrases like, “We do the work for a fee.”

Real lenders will take a percentage once their service is complete and will never demand a fee upfront.

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Do your research and ask questions.

Check to see how long the company or lender has been in business and ask questions. Does the lender appear to be well-established? Are they pushing you to make a fast decision? Remember, don’t give out any personal information, including your Social Security number, to unfamiliar parties.

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Don’t ignore payment notices. Don’t wait to deal with the issue and never ignore legal notices about past due loans. Be aware that loan delays or other changes to loan terms will probably result in higher total loan cost over a longer period of time.

In another version of this scam, scammers claim that they can save you money by combining your loans. Others may move your loans to a private lender with a higher interest rate. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

In the last year, BBB Scam Tracker has received 180 reports of student loan related scams nationwide. Texans reported more than $2,000 in losses across the state. BBB has also received reports of scammers calling people and saying they owe thousands of dollars in unpaid student loans. Former students have also been threatened with bad credit, lawsuits and even arrest if they don’t pay immediately.

Better Business Bureau serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin advises student loan holders to look out for red flags and follow these tips to avoid getting scammed:

The day finally came when this one ambition of the Jews was fulfilled. Mr. Ford apologized for publishing "The International Jew" and blamed subordinates for the deed.

Later, Henry Ford recounted, saying: "Mr. Smith, my apology for publishing 'The International Jew' was given great publicity, but I did not sign that apology, it was signed by Harry Bennett."

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Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon

Olympics 103

By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon

By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: The 2016 U.S. Olympic Team is comprised of 555 athletes (263 men, 292 women). The roster may be adjusted due to injury, illness or exceptional circumstances up until the technical meetings for each sport. Thanks to the ‘Facts Monster’ http:// www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771580.html & ‘Olympic Team USA’ http://www.teamusa. org/road-to-rio-2016/team-usa/athletes for contributing to this article.

Leadership of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team lan Ashley was named chief of sport performance for the United States Olympic Committee on Sept. 1, 2010, after previously serving as managing director of sport performance since January 2010. Prior to that, Ashley served as a team leader in the sport performance division beginning in December 2006. He is serving as the chef de mission for the U.S. Olympic Team Alan Ashley for the first time after holding the same position at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

In his current role, Ashley oversees the USOC divisions tasked with providing targeted resources and support to the National Governing Bodies, athletes and coaches in pursuit of sustained competitive excellence.

These areas include coaching and sport science, sports medicine, international games, and sport partnerships. Sport performance is also responsible for the preparation and execution of all Team USA activities related to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Ashley joined the USOC after spending 16 years with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, where he was a key contributor to the rise of the U.S. ski and snowboard teams, having most recently served as the vice president of athletics.

Larry Probst was elected chairman of the United States Olympic Committee board of directors in October 2008. In addition, he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in September 2013.

He was appointed chair of the Olympic Channel Commission in June 2015 and of the IOC Press Commission in April 2014. Additionally he Larry Probsthas served in the IOC USOC Chairman International Relations Commission since March 2011 and the IOC Radio and Television Commission since April 2014.

Before joining EA, Probst was a national sales manager at Activision Inc. and a national accounts manager at Clorox. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Delaware.

Scott Blackmun became chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee in January 2010.

He is an ex-officio member of the USOC’s board of directors and has served on the International O l y m p i c Committee’s M a r k e t i n g Commission since Scott BlackmunMarch 2011. He USOC CEO became a member of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport in January 2015.

Under Blackmun’s direction, Team USA topped the overall medal counts at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and 2012 Olympic Games, and won the most medals at any Olympic Winter Games held outside North America in 2014. The USOC nearly doubled net philanthropic support in 2009-12 from the previous quad and launched the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, which in 2014 helped generate more than $7.5 million in direct support to Team USA athletes. Blackmun also led the organization in negotiating a revenue-sharing agreement with the IOC. In 2012, the USOC was named Sports League of the Year and Blackmun was named Sports Executive of the Year by Sports Business Journal. Previously, Blackmun spent more than 20 years practicing law in Colorado.

2016 U.S. Olympic Team Facts The 555-member team is comprised of 263 men and 292 women, marking the most women who have competed for any nation at a single Games and topping the previous mark of 289 (China, 2008). For only the second time in history, the U.S. Olympic roster features more female athletes than male.

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Team USA will be represented in 27 sports (40 disciplines) and 244 of the 306 medal events to be contested in Rio. The 2016 U.S. Olympic Team features 191 returning Olympians, including three six-time Olympians, seven five-time Olympians, 19 four-time Olympians, 50 three-time Olympians and 112 two-time Olympians.

Among the returnees are 108 Olympic medalists, 68 of whom are Olympic champions and 45 who have won multiple Olympic medals.

Of the 68 returning Olympic champions, 53 are looking to defend their titles from London.

The most decorated male on the U.S. roster is Michael Phelps (22 medals, 18 golds), and the most decorated female is Allyson Felix (6 medals, 4 golds).

On July 24, 2016, over 40,000 fans made their way to a small out-of-the-way village known as Cooperstown, New York, where tomorrow never comes. This weekend is perhaps the greatest weekend on the baseball calendar. Forty-eight Hall-of-Famers were in attendance, including 87 year old Whitey Ford, who was assisted by Joe Torre.

Fifteen million kids play youth baseball every year, yet only 18,600 of them have played at the Major League level. Of those great players, the best of the best are represented by only 217 position players in the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum. Two of the all-time greats were enshrined on this day.

Forty-six-year old, George Kenneth “Ken” Griffey Jr. made the game fun and popular. His sweet swing was smooth and graceful and his Colgate smile could be seen from outer space.

He was the cool guy, “The Kid” with his hat on backwards. Ken claims as a kid he wanted to wear his father’s baseball cap, but his dad had

Allison Felix There are 364 Team USA athletes who are making their Olympic debut in Rio. Nine athletes on the U.S. roster have competed at the Youth Olympic Games, including 2014 Youth Olympic champion Shakur Stevenson (boxing). Other Youth Olympians to represent Team USA in Rio are Nicole Ahsinger (trampoline gymnastics, 2014), Michael Hixon (diving, 2010), Katharine Holmes (fencing, (fencing, 2010), Nathan Schrimsher (modern pentathlon, 2010), Richelle Stephens (rugby, 2014), Laura Zeng (rhythmic gymnastics, 2014) and Lily Zhang (table tennis, 2014).

More than 420 members (i.e. 75 percent) of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team competed in collegiate athletics at the varsity and club levels, including 44 athletes in swimming and 125 in track and field. Additionally, for all eligible athletes (i.e. high school graduate and above), the following eight sports had full collegiate participation: basketball (24), diving (10), fencing (14), field hockey (16), indoor volleyball (24), rowing (41), triathlon (6) and water polo (21).

Forty-six states are represented – including 125 athletes hailing from California, 40 from Florida, and 33 from Texas – in addition to three from the District of Columbia and one from the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Team USA features one set of twins in tennis players Bob and Mike Bryan. Other team siblings include Aria and Makenzie Fischer (water polo), Courtney and Kelley Hurley (fencing), Margaux and Isabella Isaksen (pentathlon), Julia and Katie Reinprecht (field hockey), Erik and Kawika Shoji (indoor volleyball), and Serena and Venus Williams (tennis).

Thirty-five athletes have Olympic family ties, including 12 with parents who competed at the Olympic Games. Fifty-four members of Team USA have children, including 43 fathers and 11 mothers. Seventeen athletes have military ties.

The oldest and youngest Olympians on the 2016 Olympic Team – equestrian Phillip Dutton, 52, and tennis player Kanak Jha, 16 – are separated by 36 years, while the average age of Team USA is 27. Also entering the Rio Games at age 52 are Beezie Madden (equestrian) and Emil Milev (shooting). Other 16-year-olds include Laurie Hernandez (artistic gymnastics), Sydney McLaughlin (track and field) and Laura Zeng (rhythmic gymnastics), with McLaughlin becoming the youngest American athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games in track and field since 1972.

Men’s basketball players DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordan are the tallest members Simone Biles of Team USA at 6 feet, 11 inches, while artistic gymnast Simone Biles checks in as the shortest team member at 4 feet, 8 inches.

Dotson’s Other Note: In the event you were not aware, Simone Biles is from Texas. Do you know any of the other members of the US 2016 Olympic Team who are Texans? During the 2016 Olympic Games, I plan to publish the weekly best/most interesting events scheduled for the coming week. So in next week’s issue of The Island Moon you will see the schedule for August 5th-August 11th. 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-

the Chicago White Sox. Centerfield has always been known as the glamour position of Major League baseball. The list of centerfielders in the Hall of Fame is quite impressive. A few are listed below: “Tris” Speaker, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, “Duke” Snider, Kirby Puckett, and now Ken Griffey Jr. Of these players, only two have hot over 600 home runs; Willie Mays and Jr. Forty-eight year old, Michael Joseph “Mike” Piazza is perhaps the greatest offensive catcher to ever play the game. At 6’ 3” tall, he was big for a catcher. There are only 17 catchers in the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum. Of these 17, Mike Piazza, Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk hit 320 or more home runs. As a personal favor to Tommy Lasorda, Mike Piazza was picked in the 62nd and last round of the 1988 draft. He was chosen with the 1,390th pick, by the Los Angeles Dodgers. MLB doesn’t even draft that many rounds anymore. With his movie-star looks and recordsetting numbers as a catcher, Mike Piazza received 83.0 % of the votes cast on his fourth year of eligibility. Piazza is intelligent, wellread and only the second New York Met, after pitcher Tom Seaver, to be enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.

Mike was a 12time All-Star, while winning 10 Silver Sluggers Awards.

Mike also won the 1993 National Piazza and Jr. HOF League Rookie of an afro so the cap was too big and would fall the Year Award and was selected the 1996 AllStar Game MVP. Piazza’s swing was raw and down below his eyes. So, he turned it around.

Ken Griffey, Jr. was the first player chosen powerful, and he led all catchers with 427 career in the 1987 draft, by the Seattle Mariners. home runs (396 as a catcher) and recorded a Interestingly, future Houston Astros Hall-of- .545 slugging percentage. Mike batted .308; Famer, Craig Biggio, was the 22nd pick that recorded 1,335 RBI’s and had an on-base same year. Even though Griffey Jr. played in percent (OBP) of .377. He played for 16 years Seattle, it seemed like he was everywhere. We with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, saw him on video games, in movies, sitcoms New York Mets, San Diego Padres and Oakland and music videos. At 19 years of age, he had Athletics. his own candy bar called the “Ken Griffey, Where greatness starts and ends can be Jr. Chocolate Bar.” Unfortunately, Junior extremely different. No doubt, this odd couple found out the hard way that he was allergic to took very different journeys. They were both chocolate. After eating three bars in one day born in Pennsylvania. Both men are happily he experienced swelling. One of my favorite married with kids. They both played skilled Ken Griffey Jr. quotations goes like this: positions, catcher and centerfield. They both “I didn’t play this game to sit and watch. I wore their hat backwards; one on purpose didn’t play this game to be famous. I didn’t and one because he was a catcher. Both had play this game to make money. I played this tremendous work ethic. Piazza had to work game because I love it.” While with Seattle, to get better and Jr. had to work to stay on top.

Junior hit back-to-back home runs with his dad, These two are some of the best to ever play their Ken Griffey, Sr. positions.

Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum with 99.3 % of all votes cast in his first year of eligibility. He is also the first Mariner to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and the first No. 1 draft pick to be elected into the Hall. With 630, Junior currently ranks sixth in homeruns hit. He was a 13-time AllStar, who has also won seven Silver Sluggers Awards and 10 Gold Gloves during his 22year career. Only Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays have more Gold Gloves than Junior. Ken Griffey, Jr. won the 1992 All-Star Game MVP; he was elected the 1997 American League MVP and won the 2005 Comeback Player-ofthe-Year Award. Junior hit .284, while driving in 1,836 RBI’s. His slugging percentage was .538. Junior played for Seattle, Cincinnati and

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Three Tips for Any Boater Facing A Powerful Summer Thunderstorm Lessons Learned from Rescue of Four Kayak Anglers Recreational boaters and paddlers understand that late afternoon thunderstorms are common during the summer boating season. A recent incident involving two TowBoatUS Fort Lauderdale captains and their rescue of four kayakers pre-fishing a local tournament offers some lessons learned on how to survive an afternoon storm.

Just before 2 p.m. on Friday, June 24, under severe thunderstorm watch, Captains Eric Laury and Steve Reuss ran for cover as a large, fast-moving storm approached. Safe in a marina close to Hillsboro Inlet, they began to “wait out Armageddon,” as Reuss described the strong storm. Minutes later the US Coast Guard reported three overturned kayakers in the water about two miles south of the inlet.

With 3-foot chop, 40-knot winds and near constant lightning, both captains immediately headed out to provide Good Samaritan aid.

Normally the response boats, which have red hulls and white “TowBoatUS” letters on the side, are used for towing disabled recreational boats. After a short search Captain Reuss quickly located and safely took aboard two kayakers in the near zero-visibility conditions.

Captain Laury, reporting severe wind gusts “trying to lift” the boat beneath his feet, soon found and retrieved two other paddlers with overturned kayaks. It was later learned that these two paddlers had hailed the original mayday with no knowledge of the other two distressed kayakers, and the slightly erroneous report of three distressed kayakers yielded the safe return of all four.

To share some lessons learned, BoatUS has three safety tips for any mariner or angler facing a powerful, summer thunderstorm:

1. Don’t let your guard down: “Sometimes during the summer we see boaters lulled into a sense that calm seas always prevail, but these kayakers were prepared,” says TowBoatUS Ft. Lauderdale spokesman Barney Hauf. “They had life jackets on, carried a handheld VHF radio and a Personal Locator Beacon.”

2. Don’t leave the boat: While caught out on the open water and unable to seek cover, the paddlers stayed with their overturned vessels. “They fastened themselves to each other and to their equipment to stay together,” said Captain Reuss. Staying with an overturned boat gives rescuers a larger target to find.

3. Watch your weight: Small craft are most prone to overloading. Says BoatUS Foundation Assistant Director of Boating Safety Ted Sensenbrenner, “Kayaks weighted with a lot of gear can loose buoyancy. No matter what kind of boat, know your vessel’s capacity rating.”

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