June 20, 2013
Real Estate Round Up
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By Mary Lou White 361-960-9460 marylou@baxterbrooks. com When I arrive home at night, I have been on the phone and fielding emails for several hours. Then, as I pull the contents out of the mailbox, I give it a quick look to determine what is junk mail and what is valid material that must be addressed. Twice this week, there were large packets waiting for me. One from my CPA and one from my insurance agent. I parked them both on the entry table for later review, because I simply could not handle any more, at that time of day. The next day I opened the insurance packet to determine the date and amount that my Homeowner’s Insurance would renew. When I saw the annual premium amount, I had to look three times to convince myself, I was looking at the right figure. It was double any amount I had paid in previous years. I copied the detail page and dropped by the office of another agent for a quote. The next day, she called with an even higher number. In a huff, I went to the computer and pulled up all my insurance payments since we bought our home in October, 2004. The figure that popped up was shocking….to me. $44,648.13! I knew the premiums keep escalating every year, but there it was in black and white. We have increased our deductible, periodically, to manage the cost, but there is a limit. Next, I pulled up the property taxes we have paid over that same period of time. $80,002.27! That makes a grand total of $124,650.40, which is over 30% of the original cost of our home, which we purchased as a “retirement” property. The hand writing is on the wall….assets are one thing, but without an extremely large and consistent cash flow, in retirement, we will be forced to sell the home we love and move from the area we chose.
Insurance Todd Hunter spoke at the PIBA luncheon on June 13th. He spoke about all the hard work that has been done to stop the Windstorm increases that are constantly being proposed in Austin. I follow this topic closely and I agree with everything he said. However, the truth remains that our premiums are escalating with every renewal period and the future ahead is very uncertain. Now, my Homeowner’s policy is going to double in one year and flood insurance is also on an upward track. Last fall, I attended a windstorm rally where we were handed a badge to wear the stated: “Don’t Kill the Texas Coast”. Well we certainly are not dead yet, but I do believe we have been dealt a “mortal blow”. If you have a loan on your home, then YOU MUST carry complete insurance, on your property. By pricing you out of the market, the insurance companies are helping you to “self determine” that you can no longer afford to live, at the coast and must move elsewhere, thereby reducing their risk. The end result will be one thing only. Coastal residents will eventually become only the wealthy. People who can live without insurance and assume the risk of loss themselves or afford to pay the outrageous premiums that will be charged for future coverage. Which is what the Austin politicians and the insurance lobby already have decided. For many of us, you better start thinking about
where your next home will be located. In the past three years, I have seen many homeowners grudgingly leave our Island, for inland locations.
Last week, in the Moon, both Dale Rankin and Howard Ludlow wrote articles about increases in our property taxes. Either by home valuation increases, tax rate increases, or both. Out of curiousity, I pulled my 2013 Notice of Appraised Value form from the file and quickly determined that sure enough, the increase was precisely 10%! Imagine that…….In addition, 456 total voters went to the polls, a few days back and the majority decided for all of those, who didn’t vote, (9,000 Padre Island residents, per the Moon) that Flour Bluff Independent School District would receive $48 Million in Bond Revenue. That equates to a property tax increase of $109.50 per $100,000 property valuation. That translates into $328.50 annual increase for a $300,000 Island home. If you are over 65, that may not affect you yet, but it will affect the future owners of your home. Being informed is a good thing…….
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Commercial Properties For Sale From $60,000 to $12,000,000
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by Melinda Myers Although June is national rose month, gardeners can keep their roses healthy and blooming all summer long. Through proper care and a few simple strategies both existing and new roses can continue to look their best throughout the summer months – maximizing their beauty and enjoyment for all. Water thoroughly whenever the top few inches of soil are crumbly and moist. Use soaker hoses or drip irrigation to apply the water directly to the soil where it is needed. You’ll lose less water to evaporation and reduce the risk of disease by avoiding overhead irrigation. Mulch the soil surface with shredded leaves, evergreen needles or other organic matter to conserve moisture, suppress weeds and improve the soil as they decompose.
plant parts when discovered. Look for the most eco-friendly control options when intervention is needed. Enjoy your efforts and improve your roses appearance by harvesting a few rosebuds for indoor enjoyment. Prune flowering stems back to the first 5-leaflet leaf. You can prune back farther on established plants, but be sure to always leave at least two 5-leaflet leaves behind on the plant’s stem.
Proper fertilization will help keep roses healthy and producing lots of flowers. A soil test is the best way to determine how much and what type of fertilizer is best for roses growing in your landscape.
Those gardening in cold climates should stop deadheading roses toward the end of the season. Allow the plants to develop rose hips. This helps the plants prepare for the cold weather ahead and increases hardiness. Plus, these red to orange fruits provide winter food for birds as well as attractive winter interest in the garden.
Check your plants throughout the season for signs of insects and disease. Early detection makes control easier. Remove insects or infested
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in mind Col. Robertson in 1927 and then his successor Bertie Jones went back to promoting the name Padre Island. The Great Western folks came around and wanted a fancier name, Padre Isles. That not being uppity enough, the Corpus Christi Tourist Bureau uses the moniker “Upper Padre Island.” Just one last thing to confuse our out of town visitors we have them take our highway South Padre Island Drive to; North Padre, Padre Isles, Upper Padre and Padre Island National Seashore. The only place that South Padre Island Drive doesn’t go is to South Padre Island.
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The Dunns
and opportunity. Ireland at that time was a land of oppression for Irish Catholics being only a generation since the repeal of the Penal Laws that prevented Catholics from owning property and going to school among other hardships. To add to their misery the potato blight brought hunger and starvation to the Eire people beginning in 1847. When the four Irish Dunn brothers heard of Matthew’s land of Eden (He forgot to mention heat, droughts, rattlesnakes, Indians and outlaws) they started saving for the passage to Texas. First to arrive was Thomas and Catherine Dunn in 1849 who would help start the Padre Island dynasty, brothers John in 1851, Peter in 1852 and Uncle Patrick in 1868. Left behind were their parents, Lawrence and Ellen, never to see their sons or the twenty-two grand children born in far away Nueces County, Texas.
Some background on the Dunn’s, Corpus Christi was founded by Col. Henry Kinney in 1839. Col Kinney, twenty-five at the time was an adventurer, land promoter and somewhat of a rapscallion. When the United States decided to annex Texas in 1845 Kinney convinced the Powers That Be to come to his little settlement on Corpus Bay.
For you readers that go to the other end of SH 361 the fine folks at the Port Aransas museum are opening a new exhibit on Hurricanes and Port Aransas. Same price as the Moon and a great display by Rich, Guthrie and the three Mark’s of that little treasure of a museum
It’s the name Dunn Ranch from beginning in the 1870’s and ending with the last cow shipped off in 1971, that I’ll be earning my next few free copies of the Island Moon writing about.
Hurricane exhibit
One of the civilians attached to Taylor’s army was Matthew Dunn, an Irishman who came to the US in 1835. Kinney being the good land promoter he was and of Irish decent befriended Matthew. After the Mexican campaign was over Matthew returned to Corpus and bought 160 acres from Kinney along Nueces Bay. To Matthew coming from Ireland where to own a one acre farm was a wish, to have 160 acres was a dream come true. For Kinney to sell land for two dollars an acre that he paid four cents an acre for was a good “friend” to have. Matthew had four brothers still in Ireland and wrote to them to come to Texas for cheap land
Police Blotter Man Rolls Vehicle On the Beach Then Arrested A 25-year-old man was arrested for driving while intoxicated on the beach near 14400 Gulf Beach Access Road Thursday night after he was involved in a single vehicle crash. The 25-year-old man drove a gray 2005 Toyota 4-Runner at a high rate of speed near beach marker 202 at 10:20 p.m. Thursday night. The vehicle entered the water and 25-year-old driver lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle rolled in the surf, but the three occupants of the vehicle were not hurt. Emergency crews arrived and all involved in the single vehicle crash refused medical attention. Driver exhibited indicators that he was intoxicated so he was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and up to a $2,000 fine. The vehicle was taken to the city impound lot and the two other passengers of the vehicle were released at the scene. Driver was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation and to collect a specimen of his blood then delivered to the city detention center.
Passed out at the pump June 12 3:23 a.m. 15233 Park Road 22 Driving While Intoxicated A 25 year-old man was found passed out in his truck after pulling up to the gas pumps at a local convenience store. The truck was on with the motor running. He was arrested after he was administered field sobriety tests and a blood specimen taken. He was charged with Driving While Intoxicated (2nd) which is upgraded to a Class “A” Misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Burglary June 11 9:58 p.m. 6200 S. Padre Island Drive Burglary of a Building Police were called to the business for alarm and upon their arrival found the automotive shop burglarized. The front door glass was shattered and an undetermined amount of money was taken from the register. Anyone with any information on this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS. com. Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect is identified and arrested.
“Market by the Sea” will offer free space to 35 vendors on June 22nd & June 23rd.
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14500 block SPID 3:16 p.m. June 12 Gasoline theft 14400 block Verdemar 10 p.m. June 16 Burglary from vehicle 13700 block Tajamar 7 p.m. June 13 Burglary of motor vehicle 15800 block Vincent 2 a.m. June 11 Assault with injury/choking 15800 block Punta Espada Loop 8 p.m. June 13 Burglary of vehicle 15800 block El Socorro Loop 11 p.m. June 16 Burglary of vehicle
Flour Bluff Police Calls Lexington Noon June 13 Unautorized use of motor vehicle 500 block Skipper Lane 10:21 June 17 Theft $50-$500 400 block Claride 10 a.m. June 12 Aggravated sexual assault 900 block W. Lakeside Noon June 16 Terroristic threat 1100 block Waldron 5:28 p.m. June 13 Criminal trespass 10200 block SPID 6:42 June 11 Credit card abuse 1100 block Oberste 4:41 p.m. June 16 Assault with injury choking 9900 block SPID Midnight June 13 Burglary of building 9700 block SPID 6:08 p.m. June 15 Criminal trespass 1200 block Flour Bluff Dr. 12:09 a.m. June 12 Shoplifting $50-$500 1300 block Flour Bluff Dr. 5:28 p.m. June 11 Shoplifting under $500 800 block Quetzal 8:01 p.m. June 14 Terroristic threat 9600 block SPID 1:55 p.m. June 14 Gasoline theft/three counts 9300 block SID 11 p.m. June 14 Criminal mischief $50-$500 8700 block SPID 4:31 p.m. June 15 Intoxicated assault with vehicle 1700 block Waldron 5:45 p.m. June 15 Theft under $50 2700 block St. Joseph 2:46 p.m. June 11 Assault with injury
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3000 block Laguna Shores 6:29 p.m. June 17 Gasoline theft
Beach Marker 215 (Near Gulfstream) 9:10 p.m. June 11 Theft $500-$1500
3600 block Flour Bluff Dr. 4:58 p.m. June 11 Theft under $50
15200 block Windward 7:07 p.m. June 12 Assault/threat injury
3500 block Black Oak 8 p.m. June 16 Criminal mischief
14700 block Whitecap 7 p.m. June 11 Burglary from vehicle/criminal mischief
3800 block Herring 5:04 June 12 Assault with injury
Jessie Hammons, creator of the new ‘Market by the Sea’ located on S.P.I.D. on North Padre Island next to the Hampton Inn hotel will hold his Grand Opening Market the last weekend of June and offer FREE space to thirty-five vendors. Contact Jessie directly if you would like to participate in the ‘Market by the Sea.’
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Lucky No. 7
By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon He’s a “good old boy,” with a wide smile and football stamped in his DNA. Back then he owned a gravelly voice, a tanned face, and he couldn’t say a word without using his hands. Content and now retired, he whispers more when he speaks. Back in the day, the smell of fresh-cut grass and a sweaty locker room made him feel alive, and he’d rather watch game film than sleep. He had spent almost 41 years drawing up plays and dusting the chalk off his hands, and he answered to the name of “coach.” Some said he could spot talent from a moving car and his playbook may have had only two words on the cover, “Option Football.” He felt naked without headphones, a whistle around his neck and a stop watch in his pocket. As head man he could be calm inside of a hurricane, never raised his voice, and as positive as Phil Mickleson with a three-foot putt, uphill. No one knew “veer” football like he did and he could turn an offense around faster than a Popsicle melts in August. He was a teacher first and a master communicator second; you just trusted what he told you. The old saying goes “There is no ‘I’ in team,” but there is one in WIN; and winning was what his teams did best. So last July, he became lucky number seven, the seventh former Texas A&M Javelina to be inducted into the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame, and I can promise you there was no luck involved. If someone gave you the ingredients to make a football coach, you would create Ron Harms.
Someone once said, “If you’re going to learn to cross-country ski, start with a small country.” Head Coach Ron Harms was born on September 10, 1936. If anyone was born a football coach, it was he. After he had graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana, Ron Harms began his teaching and coaching career at Lutheran East High School in Detroit, Michigan, as an assistant football coach. He also coached the track and cross-country teams. In 1962, after three years, he left to become the head football coach at Concordia College, located in Seward, Nebraska. At 27 years of age, it was his first head-coaching job. After six years, Harms left Concordia and headed to Alamosa, Colorado, to coach the Adams State Grizzlies. In the spring of 1974, after four seasons there, Harms resigned as Adams State head football coach and went to Kingsville, Texas, to hopefully land a job on Gil Steinke’s staff. Ron became the offensive coordinator during the 1974-75 seasons. Then he was offered and accepted an assistant coach’s job with Head Coach Grant Teaff of the Baylor Bears. Harms would spend the next three years in Waco, Texas, before heading back to Kingsville in 1979, to become their head football coach. Harms’ induction into the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame allowed him to join legendary coach Gil Steinke, for whom Harms had worked in 1974-75, and five of his former players. They are as follows: Darrell Green, John Randle, Johnny Bailey, Dwayne Nix, and Richard Ritchie. Both Randle and Green are also in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “It’s an honor to be part of that group,” said Harms. The enshrinement ceremony occurred on July 2021, 2012, in South Bend, Indiana. Coach Ron Harms spent 23 seasons at Texas A&I Kingsville (later to be called Texas A&M Kingsville), two as an offensive coordinator and 21 as the head coach and athletic director. During his two seasons as offensive coordinator, A&I won 25 straight games and two NAIA Division I National Titles. Beginning in 1979, as a head coach of the Javelinas, Ron Harms’ teams won 14 conference trophies including 11 Lone Star Conference titles. Six of those championships came in a bunch from 19921997. His overall record at Kingsville was
172-72. Harms received five different “Coach of the Year” Awards during his tenure, including the NAIA National Coach of the Year. He has also been inducted into the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor and the Javelina Hall of Fame. You have to respect excellence. I am proud to call Coach Harms a friend and I have made the 35-mile trip to Kingsville from Corpus Christi many Saturdays to watch his teams win. It was like being in a pro locker room because many of his players would wind up in the NFL. Some guys collect cars; this man collected football players. Jorge Diaz, Kevin Dogins, Earl Dotson, Roberto Garza, Jermane Mayberry, Heath Sherman, Anthony Phillips, Johnny Bailey, Al Harris, John Randle, and Darrell Green are among the players I saw. But there are more. Names like Gene Upshaw, Randy Johnson, James Hill, Eldridge Smalls, Dwight Harrison, Ernest Price, and Don Hardeman made their way into the NFL ranks. What is it about the game of football that’s so consuming? A game where the end results often lead to quarterbacks who can no longer raise their arm, linebackers who can’t bend over to tie their own shoes, and tackles who can’t get out of bed in the morning without the help of their wife. Maybe it’s a reflection of America; man on man, brute strength against force, confidence against fear. The game is played out on the biggest stages, televised nationally, in front of millions each week. Maybe part of the attraction is that we have to wait a week in most cases, to experience the excitement of the game again. “I enjoyed the sport itself, it was very intriguing to me,” said Harms. It appeared that they grew NFL players down in Kingsville, Texas, as 46 athletes from this Division II School have played on Sundays. Harms, at 76 years old, now spends his time with his wife, Marlene, three daughters, one son, and chasing around a slew of grandchildren. He enjoys a swim now and again between rounds of golf and finds strength in his faith. They live in Aransas Pass, Texas, a quiet community located on the Gulf of Mexico. Harms served a year on the NCAA Football Rules Committee with my friend, Dotson Lewis. “Harms always appeared logical and rarely spoke without thinking things through,” said Dotson. “He did a great job.” Ron Harms and Davis Flores co-wrote a book entitled The Whole Enchilada, a history lesson of forty-one years of walking the sidelines. “I wrote it particularly for the fans of football, the Texas A&I Javelina fans,” said Harms. Gil Steinke always claimed that Ron Harms was a “breath of fresh air.” I’ll say. You can’t find another Ron Harms; you just have to be happy with the time he gave us. Thanks Coach. Andy Purvis is a local author. His books “In the Company of Greatness” and “Remembered Greatness” are on the shelves at the local Barnes and Noble, at Beamer’s Sports Grill 5922 S Staples, and online at many different sites including Amazon, bn.com, booksamillion, Google Books, etc. They are also available in e-reader format. Contact him at www. purvisbooks.com, or andy.purvis@grandecom. net. Special thanks to ESPN Corpus for creating Uncle Andy’s Sports Blog. You can go to www.espncorpus.com and click on BLOGS. New story each week. Also access via “Dennis and Andy’s Q&A” when that comes up on site. Click on it and then go to Blog. You may also go to www.purvisbooks.com and please leave comments!
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Petey has found his FOREVER HOME!! Petey was discovered chained and emaciated, with no food or water bowl in sight. He had an old injury to his hip from being hit by a car. His previous owners never took him to the vet and his hip healed, but it healed wrong, causing Petey to live in pain. Petey’s owner agreed to surrendering him to Guardians Rescue. We had a surgery performed and he has had numerous sessions of laser therapy. Our boy has made a wonderful recovery! The before and after pictures show his journey. Through it all, Petey has remained the most loving boy. He has changed our lives as much as we changed his...maybe more! We’re proud to have made this journey with him! Petey’s new life began 2 weeks ago and we couldn’t be happier for this wonderful boy! We are so blessed to have been a part of changing Petey’s life...we can’t look at the pictures of the day we rescued him without crying. His journey to recovery has been months in the making and he’s growing stronger by the day. Thank you, Petey for letting us be a part of your journey. We know that you have a wonderful family and have finally found your happy ever-after. WE LOVE YOU, PETEY!!! Please help us raise the funds for Petey’s surgery. Petey had his surgery on March 15th
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As long as there have been sports, there have been men playing sports — and passing on their knowledge and love for the game to the next generation. The Norman Rockwell-like image of a father teaching his son how to grip a bat or toss a spiral extends all the way to the professional leagues, where plenty of players can look back on a father’s influence in helping them develop as athletes.
Payton, Archie & Eli Manning But just b e c a u s e someone’s father reached the top of his sport doesn’t mean that the son is guaranteed the same success. Many sons of famous athletes have to deal with the extra expectations that come with their fathers being sports legends. Throughout history, though, a few sons have risen to the same prominence as their fathers, etching their own name in sports without upstaging the cachet that their fathers’ names still hold. Here are those who made my list of the best father-son duos in sports history. Mario & Michael Andretti; Bob, Bret & Aaron Boon; Gus & Buddy Bell; Felipe & Moises Alou; Clay Jr. & Clay III Mathews; Kellan & Kellan Jr. Winslow; Kyle Sr. & Kyle Jr. Rote; Al & Little Al Unser; Rick & Brent Berry; Ken Sr. & Ken Jr. Norton; Calvin & Grant Hill; Ken Sr. & Ken Jr. Griffey; Archie, Payton & Eli Manning; Bobby & Bobby Bonds; Gordie & Mark Howe; Ned & Dale Jarrett; Dick & Pete Weber; Lee & Richard Petty; Bobby & Brett Hull; Andy & Josh Pettitte. If you have more please Email their names to Dotson (dlewis1@stx.rr.com) or call the Benchwarmers, ESPN Corpus Christi, KEYS AM, 1440 weekdays 4- 6 pm at 361-560-5397.
What about Father-Daughters In Sports? Dotson’s Note: A number of years ago when my daughter was in high school I hoped that she would participate in sports, unfortunately, the only sport then open to try-outs was track and field. Our daughter decided to participate in the 440 yard run. This was the longest running event back then for girls (after all, girls’ basketball during that era only allowed players to stay on one half of the court depending on if they were offense or defense). To prepare her for running track, we would do road work together very early every morning. The road work helped cement our relationship. We have always had a great relationship.
Annie-Dotson’s Daughter Daughter’s Note: I usually proofread my dad’s articles for grammatical and writing errors before he sends them off to the editor of the Moon. But after reading the above note, I am compelled to correct the content of his article this time, as well. First off, in my heart we have always been very close. And yes, sports, or at least physical activities are probably what we most often shared. Here is a short list of just some of the things that Dotson taught or shared with me: first, he taught me how to swim before I could walk. He began teaching me to hold my breath naturally at 6 weeks, as he would allow me to gently go below the surface of the water. Back then (1950’s) this was probably unheard of, although in the past few decades, many other parents also have their kids water-confident before they can walk. He also taught me swimming strokes, how to dive, and how to ride a bike. When he was teaching a golf class, I was the guinea pig learning how to hold the club, same thing when he taught tennis or trampoline.
other kids and play under the bleachers until all hours of the night? Anytime Dad either played/coached or officiated a sport, I was there. When he ran the USAEUR (United States Army Europe)sports in the 1960’s, I was at every event when I wasn’t in school. I would sit through as many as 10 basketball games in a row, learning to keep score before I was in junior high. I would attend boxing tournaments that went until midnight or later. I would be at badminton or volleyball tournaments that had multiple courts all going at the same time under one large facility’s roof. And I also was the ball girl at some of the longest, sweatiest tennis tournaments ever played. Maybe I never became the great professional athlete my dad dreamed I’d be, but I have had more exposure and therefore respect for the game, officials and players than just about anyone on earth. And because I was raised on sports, I became the perfect wife for a sports enthusiast. After all, when you first meet your future in-laws and go to a restaurant where Tex Schramm nods his head and says, “Dotson” as you pass by and that future father in law acknowledges with a nod, “Tex,” you know you can’t go wrong. I never realized that radios played music; I thought they only broadcast sports. I also thought it was normal for a TV to always be tuned in to a sporting event. See why my husband thinks he is in heaven? So thanks, Dad, I learned everything from you, became a better wife because of you, and share a bond with you that may have begun with sports, but ended with total admiration and respect.
Father-Daughter Soccer Want to strengthen your father-daughter bond? A recent study suggests that when FatherDaughter take up a sport together, relationships between them significantly once they engaged in a shared activity. Published in the Journal of Human Communication and released this week, the study out of Baylor University in Texas found that the most commonly cited event that served as a turning point for the 43 fathers and 43 daughters questioned was participating in a sport together. The participants were not related to one another. Women were a minimum of 22 years old, and fathers between 45 and 70. Female respondents who participated in a sport with their father said they learned to compete, take risks and stand up for themselves, and enjoyed having their father all to themselves. When asked to pinpoint the moment their relationship entered a turning point, women also mentioned working and vacationing together, marriage, and physical distance. Among fathers, participating in a sport was likewise the most frequently cited activity they identified as marking the turning point in relationships with their daughters. For some, throwing around a ball or coaching their daughter’s softball team established a unique bond with their daughter that couldn’t be shared with the mother or other sibling, while other dads added that the shared activity helped open up the lines of communications. Other activities identified that helped bring them closer to their daughters included church functions, household projects and teaching them how to drive, while events included marriage and the moment their daughter started dating. Meanwhile, a 2011 study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology found that girls who receive ‘lower quality fathering’ tend to engage in more risky sexual behavior during their adolescence, while the opposite was true of girls who were brought up by engaged, supportive dads.
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Do you know what it is like to have a dad who participates and/or coaches and/or officiates every possible sport on earth? I do; and I’ve always said I believe that I had attended or witnessed more sporting events by the time I was 18 than anyone else in the world. I literally grew up beneath the bleachers of baseball and softball fields while Dad played and Mom cheered him on. Don’t all kids hang out with
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Governor Decides Final Outcome of Legislative Bills
By Todd Hunter, District 32
On June 14th, the office of the Governor unveiled the final outcome of the bills which had managed to pass out of both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate during the Regular Session of the 83rd Texas Legislature. During the twenty days following the end of a regular session, the Governor of Texas has the ability to sign bills in to law, pass them in to law without a signature or to veto them. It is during these twenty days that members of the Texas House and Texas Senate find out if the bills they worked on during the session will become law or not. The 83rd Texas Legislature succeeded in sending a little over fourteen hundred bills to the Governor. Of the fourteen hundred bills, several bills were vetoed by the Governor. Some of the bills that were vetoed include: • HB 217 which is related to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on public school campuses. • HB 950 pertained to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. • HB 1511 which addressed the rates of sales and use taxes imposed by municipalities; authorizing an increase or decrease in the rate of those taxe • HB 1790 relating to certain procedures for defendants who successfully complete a period of state jail felony community supervision. • HB 1882 addresses the enterprise zone program. • HB 2836 pertaining to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students. • HB 3509 is related to endangered species habitat conservation and to the creation of a board to oversee and guide the state’s coordinated response to federal actions regarding endangered species. • SB 15 pertained to the governance of public institutions of higher education in this state. • SB 17 which is related to the training in school safety of certain educators of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school authorized to carry a concealed handgun on school premises. • SB 219 is relating to ethics of public servants,
including the functions and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission; the regulation of political contributions, political advertising, lobbying, and conduct of public servants; and the reporting of political contributions and expenditures and personal financial information; providing civil and criminal penalties. • SB 227 addressed the dispensing of aesthetic pharmaceuticals by physicians and therapeutic optometrists; imposing fees. • SB 1234 pertained to the prevention of truancy and the offense of failure to attend school. • SB 1606 which is related to ad valorem tax liens on personal property. While certain bills were vetoed and thereby failed to make it through the final step of the legislative process, fourteen bills passed into law without the signature of the Governor. A sample of the bills passed in to law without the Governor’s signature includes: • HB 1600 addresses the continuation and functions of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, to the transfer of certain functions from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, to the rates for water service, and to the functions of the Office of Public Utility Counsel; authorizing a fee. • SB 567 which pertained to rates for water service, to the transfer of functions relating to the economic regulation of water and sewer service from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and to the duties of the Office of Public Utility Counsel regarding the economic regulation of water and sewer service.
Many national charities are raising tens of millions of dollars and giving a fraction of that money to the people in need, with most of the money going to the people who raise the money as well as the owners and CEOs of the charities. Some of the fundraising techniques sadly involve bold lies about where they money goes and how much of it goes to the cause. Here are the 10 worst charities in America from the list compiled by the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Tampa Bay Times, along with the percentage of money raised that went to the supposed cause: 1.Kids Wish Network (2.5%) 2.Cancer Fund of America (0.9%) 3.Children’s Wish Foundation International (10.8%) 4.American Breast Foundation (5.3%) 5.Firefighters Foundation (8.4%)
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I invite you to examine the complete list outlining the bills signed, passed in to law without signature or vetoed by going to www. governor.state.tx.us and looking under the news section pertaining to the Legislature. If you have questions regarding any of the information mentioned in this article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. As always, my offices are available at any time to assist with questions, concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). Rep. Hunter represents Nueces (Part). He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house.state.tx.us or at 512-463-0672.
When Charity Becomes Crime By Brent Rourk Our island folks are well known for their charity; charity to children’s causes, charity to our schools, and charity to our pet causes, be they local, national, or international. Many individuals and businesses generously contribute to the PIYC Toys for Tots Campaign every year. Several organizations annually sponsor fund raisers for various valid and charitable causes. Nationally recognized charities raise money for a plethora of causes, including helping children and stamping out diseases. Perhaps you have seen them on television, read about them in newspaper or received a friendly call from them. Be aware islanders that recently three charities have been pegged as giving very little, less than 5%, to the cause, pocketing the rest of the money. Is this what you intended your donation to cover? 5% or less?
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types of charities will be investigated by our government and that the fraudulent ones will be shut down. The real sin is playing on a person’s sympathy and generosity and several of these charities know how to do this well. Apparently, the truth is of little value to many of the fundraisers, whose goal is to raise as much money as they can for themselves and their bosses. Dishonesty, manipulation, exaggeration, and deceit are frequently used tools of some of the fundraisers. In most of these cases their salary is tied to how much money they can raise from an ill-advised and trusting public.
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The answer is not to stop giving, but to be considerably more careful about how you dispense your charitable donations. Our generosity goes a long way in funding legitimate causes that do wonders for many of our citizens. Our desire to share our heart, love and dollars is immensely valuable, but we need to know if the cause we select is being charitable or fraudulent (if not criminal). So islanders – continue to give, just do a little research and be more selective because there are some good charities out there along with the bad ones. It helps to know if what you are giving to is a cause or a crime. There are several organizations that track charities and that report their findings to the public. Many of these tracking organizations can be found online. Try http://cironline.org/ , charitywatch.org/azlist.html ,
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8.National Veterans Service Fund (7.8%) 9.American Association of State Troopers (8.6%) 10.Children’s Cancer Fund of America (5.3%) The charities were ranked based on how much money they spent on solicitors. Kids Wish Network paid about $110 million of $128 million raised to fundraisers, the report said. Last weekend CNN ran a story on three of those causes with startling findings, including a very low percentage going to the cause (mirroring the above statistics), very high salaries for the CEOs (by the way all three were directed by different members of the same family), unwillingness to discuss findings with television reporters, and some tax returns that were suspicious at best. We can only hope that all of these
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Sunset Sounds Aloha Dave and the Tourists will perform tomorrow night, Friday, June 21. Grab a chair or blanket and experience the free concert overlooking the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The concert will be held at a different time than usual, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, featuring surf rock, reggae and shag music. Bring friends, food, and drink if you choose, and enjoy an evening of musical entertainment as the sun sets in Roberts Point Park. The public is invited to bring their kids [playground is in sight] and dogs [leashed] to the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in the park by the ferry. Remaining 2013 Sunset Sounds Schedule July 12 The Rich Lockhart Band Classic rock, blues, reggae/ska and new & classic country 7-9 pm Aug 9 Hilda Lamas blues, English & Spanish
R&B, soul, 7-9 pm
Sept 13 Melissa Brooke hip hop
Country, rock, 7-9 pm
Oct 11 Russell Edge & Shirley Fischer Classic Country and classic rock & roll 7-9 pm This series is held from April through October, at the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park, courtesy of the Parks and Recreation Department.
Catamaran cruise Register now for last cruise for Parks & Rec this summer. Enjoy sailing & island beachcombing from the S/V Isla with Capt Tom Doran on Tuesday, June 25. The trip will be 9am-noon. Cost is $12 per person. Sailors will likely be able to go beachcombing at some time during the trip. Space is limited so reserve now. Call 749-4158 to reserve a space. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by adult. You are welcome to bring drinks and snacks. Meet at Woody’s Sports Center.
Kid/family activities Adults are welcome to attend Parks and Recreation activities with the kids. Kids under 5 may attend with an adult. 6/21, Friday, 1pm, Island Fishing Workshop: Get tips from expert fisherman. Charlie’s Pasture Pier. FREE, call 749-4158 for info 6/21, Friday, 6:30-8:30pm, [different time and day this month-please emphasize] Sunset Sounds Concert: Aloha Dave & the Tourists [surf rock, shag]. Bring chair/blanket, food, drink. All welcome. Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park. FREE 6/22, Saturday, 6-8pm, Tropical Night: fruit luau and leis at regular price 6/23, Sunday, 8am-4pm, American Red Cross Certified Babysitting Class: Earn certification upon completing class covering all aspects, First Aid, CPR. Contact Bonney Maurer 361779-8388. Age 11 and up at the Girl Scout hut, 739 W. Ave A. $20 6/24 Monday, 1-4pm, Board games: All ages welcome at the Girl Scout hut, FREE 6/24, Monday, 7:05pm, 25 Cent Cinema: Family friendly, movie & popcorn at Library, $0.25 each 6/25, Tuesday, 9am-noon, Catamaran Cruise: [See Catamaran Cruise story] 6/25, Tuesday, 9:30-11:30am, Get Physical: games, relays and more [get rid of some of that energy out of the heat, inside in the cool] in the Olsen Elementary School gym, 100 S. Station, all ages, free June 25-27, Tue-Thu, 10-11am or 11am-noon, Come Sail Basic 2: [See Come Sail Basic story] 6/25, Tuesday, 2-4pm, Fingerprint Ornament Make one of a kind trinket. Age 5 & up, Girl Scout hut, $2 6/26, Wednesday, 11:30am-1:30pm, Splash Camp: Drop kids off at the pool and enjoy a few hours of freedom. Send sack lunch with child. $1
Babysitting Class Want to earn money babysitting or need to be certified to feel better with a new baby or grandbaby? Age 11 and up may earn certification in an American Red Cross Certified Babysitting Class scheduled for Sunday, June 23, 8am-4pm. Cost is $20 per student. Adults [new grandparents or parents] may also benefit from the instruction offered by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation.
Pre-registration is required. Contact Bonney Maurer 361-779-8388. It will be held in the Girl Scout hut, 739 W. Ave. A.
Tennis Instruction and Camps A year round tennis program for adults and kids of all ages has begun in Port Aransas. It will be conducted by tennis pro and Guinness World Record holder Rob Peterson and his wife Becky, a former number one ranked player in Texas. It is offered by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. Summer Youth Tennis Camps: Session l: June 24-27, Session 2: July 22-25, held at Port Aransas High School. Kids 6-9 yrs at 8-8:40am, cost: $35. Kids 10-16 at 8:45-10am, cost: $50. Campers will receive instruction, exercise and movement drills in a fun and positive environment. Price includes a t-shirt, refreshments and “hit for prize” contests. Register at the Parks & Rec office, 739 W. Ave. A or 361-749-4158. For a special racket discount, call Rob or Becky at 361-790-8455. Private/group lessons and racket specials are available by calling. Visit www.TennisProunderdog.com for more information. A proposed “Drop-in” Tennis Clinic may be started soon to be held on the first Saturday of the month. 8-9am, for adult beginner/ intermediate level; 9-10am for kids ages 8-16. It will be held at the Port Aransas High School tennis courts, 100 S Station St. Cost will be $10 with rackets provided.
25 Cent Cinema EVERY MONDAY Bring the whole family or send kids age 5 and up for a movie night every Monday for only a quarter! Courtesy of the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, the series continues on Monday, June 24. Family friendly movies will begin around 7:05pm, at the Library Meeting Room, 710 W. Ave. A. Free popcorn is included in the admittance fee. Email pamg@cityofportaransas.org or call 749-4158 for movie schedule.
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Swim lessons #2 Swim lesson registration at pool for Session 2 [July 9-19] is June 28 for Port A residents, July 5 for non-residents.
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Well known local area Artist- Dinah Bowman has donated a piece of her work titled-Corpus Christi Bay it is an Original Gyotaku (fish print) /Collage, with a Trout chasing a Shrimp and a Redfish chasing a Crab on a chart of Corpus Christi Bay-Valued at $3,000. Go to www. portaransasartcenter.org to see a photo of the art. You may buy a ticket for the Raffle anytime between now and August 2nd. We are Open 11-5 Mon. & Sat., 12-4 Sunday. Each Ticket is for One Chance in the Drawing which will be held August 2nd at the First Friday. Tickets are $10 each and Proceeds Benefit ~ Port Aransas Art Center Land/Building Fund.
Parks and Recreation Grounds Supervisor Mike McClure will teach at Charlie’s Pasture Pier.
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Register now for the last “Come Sail Basic” course this summer. It will be held Tuesday through Thursday, June 25-27, 10-11am or 11am-noon in the Community Pool.
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seeing their new club. As I said, they are very dear to my heart. Clifford was very good to me and I considered him my mentor.
Antone’s has a new home… The new Antone’s Nightclub sign on E. Riverside Drive in Austin. I finally escaped the island and went inland to Austin for a few days. It had been quite a while since I’d gone any farther than Corpus and I wanted to check out some new clubs in Austin I’ve been hearing about. First on my list was the new Antone’s, Austin’s home of the blues. This is a place that is dear to my heart. I was actually part of the first bar crew who opened up the club (then on 6th and Brazos) in July 1975 and worked there until 1980. The famous King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, played the opening night. The owner, the late Clifford Antone, was a big blues and zydeco fan from Port Arthur, Texas. In the early days of Antone’s, it was primarily Clifford’s family who worked at the club—the only exceptions being me, Eric Anderson and Jack Thurmond behind the bar, the doorman, Sugar Bear, a friend of Clifford’s, Bill Campbell, and the dishwasher, Earl the Pearl. Back then, Clifford brought in such blues greats as B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Buddy Guy, Luther Tucker, Hubert Sumlin, Junior Wells, Lazy Lester, Johnny Winter and on and on. During the first year Clifford hired a couple of local bands to play on Sunday and Monday nights: The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Paul Ray and the Cobras. The Cobras had a kid playing guitar by the name of Stevie Ray Vaughan who did pretty well for himself. The T-Birds went on to become a national act themselves. Working all those shows was my education… I got stories.
When I got to Hip City, I grabbed up my old pal, Preacher Keen, to run around town with me. Preacher is a very talented blues musician himself, and knows the city much better than I do these days… a lot has changed since I lived there. When Preacher and I got to the new Antone’s J.W.W. and the Prospectors at the White Horse in (now on E. Riverside), the first thing I Austin. saw was Clifford’s giant portrait on the in Austin is alive and flourishing. We went into wall outside the club, looking down on to the parking lot… at that point, everything The White Horse and caught J.W.W. and the just felt right. The bill that night was The Prospectors, an ultra-hip country band with a Canned Beats, The Honey Island Swamp girl fiddle player, a pedal steel and a stand-up Band and Mingo Fishtrap… perfect. I didn’t bass. They were playing a lot of swing and the know anything about the other two bands but dance floor was… well, swinging. Everyone I know Mingo Fishtrap well and they’re great. was dressed up in cool daddy clothes with their I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Clifford jeans rolled up and their skirts a flyin’. It was a introduced me to that band twenty years ago very groovy Austin scene! when I was running a blues bar in San Antonio The old 6th Street… (Billy Blues). They are an eight piece funk band After the White Horse we went west of the with a horn section that can make a dead man th boogie. When we walked in, the first person I interstate and hit the old 6 Street (between I-35 saw was Roger Blevins, Mingo’s band leader, and Congress). My old buddies, Austin Heat, and he gave me the nickel tour. The club is were playing at a new place called The Stage th laid out on three levels with bars on the first on 6 . Sixth Street was wall to wall people that night. There was a big motorcycle rally in town, and second floors. The stage was big and had a house Hammond B-3 (organ) on it… Clifford wouldn’t have had it any other way. The room was set up for one purpose only: to put on live music shows. The place filled up and Mingo put on a text book example of a great Antone’s show with a delicious beat that had the whole place dancing and dancing hard! I LOVED IT! This new building seems just fine to escort Clifford’s dream into a new chapter. I definitely feel good about it. It remains a very cool club… maybe the coolest.
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We stuck around for most of Mingo’s show and then headed downtown. I had been hearing about 6th Street east of I-35 becoming a new party destination and wanted to check it out. What an eye opener! The last time I went east of the interstate, I rolled up my windows and locked
I worked off and on for Clifford for years. After the 6th street club, I opened up Antone’s as their bar manager when they moved to Guadalupe Street in the early 80’s and worked there for a while. I also served as the in-house booking agency for the Antone’s Record Label from 1994-1998, representing such artists as Doug Sahm, Miss Lavelle White, Lazy Lester, Texas Johnny Brown, Syl Johnson, Teddy Morgan, F Guy I N EForsyth, A R TPete Mayes, Marc Sue Foley, Benno, Tracy Nelson, The Keller Brothers (361) 749-2388 and Mike Morgan. So you can see, I have a bit ofwww.feldergallery.com history with Antone’s and was excited about
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Austin Heat played The Stage on 6th Street in Ausin last Saturday the doors. It was crack city! Not anymore… now there are dozens and dozens of cool bars and cafes with music spilling out everywhere and there were hundreds and hundreds of young revelers on the street. It seemed pretty safe to me and had a real fun vibe going. One thing is for certain, the entertainment industry
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The ROT, and I am not exaggerating when I say there was a thousand or more Harley’s parked all over downtown. The place was like a three ring circus. I worked on 6th street for many years and am still amazed at how big it’s become. It must rival New Orleans’ French Quarter at this point. The Stage was a big place and it was packed. When we walked in, Austin Heat was in command. Hot sweaty bodies were jumping around everywhere. The bartenders were all hot 20 year olds wearing bikini tops. I felt like my hair was on fire. There’s nothing like a little road trip to clean out the cobwebs.
DO NOT MISS LIST This weekend… On Friday, June 21st, the great boogie bluesman, J.T. Coldfire (Austin, TX) will return to Giggity’s, Ray T and the City Crew are at the Flat’s, country artist Tommy Alverson (Ft. Worth, TX) is at the Back Porch and acoustic veterans Jeff DeVillez and Shane Lane will be at Shorty’s. On Saturday, June 22nd, blues belter Shelley King (Austin, TX) will play a solo show at Shorty’s… this is the one to watch for folks. Listen to me!!! DO NOT MISS SHELLEY KING AT SHORTY’S!!!! She is great! Also on Saturday, we have a Parrothead alert: Aloha Dave and the Tourists will be at Giggity’s and Gary P. Nunn (Austin, TX) will be at the Back Porch.
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