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February 28, 2013
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Around The Island
Year 16, Issue 463
Where’s My House?
By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com Our Island blackouts were back in the news this week as our power lines went swaying in the breeze disrupting flow and leaving portions of The Island in the dark for a few hours Monday night. Historically during dry periods salt builds up on our overhead lines and when the big wind hits the heavy lines start moving and cause problems. The fire department sometimes waters them in dry spells but that didn’t help when the winds peaked at 60 mph this week. So far it doesn’t look like we’ll have the 30 for 30 – thirty days with thirty mph winds – that we’ve had a couple of times in recent years – but we never know whether March will roar in like a lion or sneak in like a lamb.
Winter Texans The Beltsander Racing Season is winding down as our Winter Texans begin their return journeys north to avoid the Spring Break onslaught that is mere weeks away. The height of the Spring Break season this year will be the weekend of March 16 when the Spring Breaks of the largest schools in the state will loose their charges on our beaches. So stock up on groceries and we’ll see you at the Ski Basin.
Kiwanis Bingo The first of three Thursday night Bingo at the Beach events was a success over at the Holiday Inn SunSpree last week. One lady was the big winner taking home one Bingo! win and a sack full of wine. The second go-round is at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 28 and again on March 7. So grab your lucky rabbit’s foot and we’ll see you there.
Island Home Tour The second Island Home Tour is almost upon us on the weekend of April 6. The first year’s event was a success this year looks to be even better. We expect about twenty five homes in the two day event but are currently in need of a feature home as a centerpiece. If you own, or know anyone who owns, a home that you think would be a good showcase for The Island lifestyle please let us know by contacting Mary Lou over at Coldwell Banker.
Since we published the new plans for Schlitterbahn last week we had a lot of calls all asking more or less the same question; where is the park from my house? So here you go. With this graphic you should be able to figure out your perspective once the park is complete. Ignore the gap between the canal on the south side of the site and the existing canal. The drawing doesn’t show it, but the two canals will connect.
Rare Bird Draws Crowds to Horace Caldwell Pier Sixth Kittywake ever sighted in Nueces
Dog park There is a group of Islanders working to bring a dog park to The Island. We’ll have more details as they become available but it looks like things are moving forward and we wish them well. A park of their own is about all that Island dogs don’t have; they got their own decks and a beach and lots of pickups to ride around in the back of – if they get a park we can officially call ourselves The Doggiest Island in Texas? Here’s wishing them success.
Speaking of dogs… And speaking of dogs, Riley P. Dog is going to be the poster child for some new weight loss products. Our friends Dr. Christi Kresser and Ray Herrera over at the Animal Hospital of Padre Island somehow believe Riley P. is overweight ever since Ray threw his back out trying to lift him onto a table during Riley’s last visit. So wish Riley luck – now if we can just keep him away from the cat food.
Saturday Luau/Sunday Whoop It Up! Michelle over at Aloha Wa at the Holiday Inn is throwing a Luau this Saturday. We Moon Monkeys are fascinated by twirling fire so we’ll be out there. Then on Sunday the Island Foundation is having its annual Whoop It Up fundraiser at Whiskey River on South Staples. We’ll see you at both and in the meantime say hello if you see us Around The Island.
Whoop It Up!
Seashore Fundraisers on for March 3 It’s almost time to Whoop It Up! again. The annual fundraiser for Island Foundation schools is Sunday March 3, from 6-10 p.m. at Whisky River (Staples at Holly). This event marks the greatest single migration of Islanders going OTB of the year and is always great fun. Tickets are $25 advance $35 at the door table and tickets for a table are $600. If you are 21 or older – it’s a bar - tickets can be purchased at any Seashore School, SLC, SMA, SECA or call 949-0076. The proceeds benefit Foundation’s Seashore Schools. Whoop it Up Ya’ll!
By Ronnie Narmour For Winter Texans, David and Karen Trudeau, it was just a normal everyday walk on Horace Caldwell Pier in Port A a couple of weeks ago, when they spotted what turned out to be a rare bird, indeed. It was the Black-legged Kittywake and it was a long ways from home. The Kittywake generally lives in the Atlantic around northern Canada and is an ocean dwelling species. The Trudeau’s were stunned after consulting their Sibley’s Bird Book. They have wintered in Port A for the past nine years and, in that time, have become avid birders. Seldom are they without their binoculars and bird identification books. This little guy appeared to be a juvenile (one year old) and had no fear of being approached since he usually lives on the water and has no natural predators-two legged or otherwise. He allowed David and Karen to get within a couple of feet to take his portrait which they immediately posted on a popular birding website, e-bird.com. This set off a flurry of local activity and the Texas Bird Records Committee was soon notified. They came back with a positive identification, and as it turns out, our little Kittywake is only the sixth one to ever be identified in Nueces County. Word spread like wild fire in the large birding community of Port Aransas, which was actually peaking due to the Winter Texan season combined with the Whooping Crane Festival. In the past two weeks that the Kittywake has taken up residency on the pier, Keeper’s Pier House proprietor, Jeff Miller, tells us that business has been booming. He has seen a dramatic number of birders on the pier because of our feathered friend. Miller had plans to frame a nice picture of the bird and display it in a prominent place. We spoke to ARK director, Tony Amos about our new visitor and he said that though the bird is definitely rare in these parts, it’s not completely unusual to see one. In fact, the ARK recently rehabilitated an injured Kittywake Rare Bird continued on A2
Update on Island projects
Aquarius Street Lights, JFK Parking Lot, Street Maintenance Fee On the Way New water line. The city council on Tuesday approved a design contract to add a fiber optic line and gas line to the new water line to The Island which is expected to be completed next year. The new line will compliment the existing line which currently is the sole source of water for North Padre and the primary source for Port Aransas which has been in use since the 1970s. New parking lot at JFK. The new parking lot for the area on the east side of the JFK Causeway – between the bridge and Packery Channel – is inching through the system. On Tuesday the council formally accepted a federal grant of $674,210 which, along with other available funds, is enough to fund the $1.3 million project. The project is now thirteen years in the making and the last round of bids were all too high and the project is being rebid. On completion the area will include more than 100 parking spaces each large enough to accommodate a vehicle with a trailer. Street maintenance fee. The council on
Tuesday voted to table this fee for further study but some sort of fee tied to water meters is coming. The money will be used strictly for streets but how it will be accessed is still being studied. An original plan to tie it closely to the square footage of homes would have tilted the burden acutely against Island homeowners. It is due to come back to the council for a final vote in three weeks.
Aquarius Extension lighting. The council also approved a construction agreement with AEP to install street lights on the portion of Aquarius completed last year. According to plans the light poles will either be on the west side of the street or in medians, none will be on the east side. Installation is scheduled to begin in April. Boat ramp lights. Street lights have also been installed at the parking lot, boat ramps, and picnic areas between Zahn Road the Packery Channel. Dale Rankin
A little Island history
Jim Bowie, The Man, The Knife, The Texan By Dale Rankin It was 177 years ago this week that our Texas forefathers forted themselves in the Alamo in what is now downtown San Antonio and secured their place in our history. The final battle was March 6 which happens to be our next publication date, so more on that in the next issue. But over the sweep of history, as the legend becomes fact and writers print the legend, there has been a shift in the roles of the iconic figures who died there and the role of the man who in some ways was the quintessential Texan – James Bowie is no exception. Of the non-Hispanics in the Alamo – and there were many Hispanic Texians who died fighting for the Texas cause – Bowie was the one who had been in the state the longest and risen the highest prior to the fight in the Alamo.
Snake Island In the summer of 1819 Bowie’s string had just about run out in Louisiana. A hurricane
had gutted the southern part of the state for the past two years and Bowie was dodging court summons for payment on a mulatto slave woman. His solution was to take his brother Rezin Bowie and head for Snake Island near Galvestown where the pirate Jean Laffite had set up an operation where he preyed on Spanish shipping, often taking slaves which he had to dispose of since the Mexican Revolutionary government had taken a strong stance against slavery. Bowie and Laffite became instant friends. Laffite sold slaves like merchandize at one dollar per pound. Texas was a wild place then and Bowie settled quickly into Laffite’s township of Galvestown where Lafitte had an over supply of slaves taken from passing ships. Bowie and Rezin soon hit on a plan to buy slaves from Lafitte and sell them at the slave auction in New Orleans where they would fetch $1500 each. The problem was how to get them there; the presence of cutters off the coast made transporting them by ship untenable. Bowie would smuggle the slaves through the swamps and bayous and the first group of forty slaves was purchased, with Bowie’s share costing $1850 and in 1819 and 1820 he made four trips from Galvestown to History continued on A3
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that was found on the jetty. Amos went on to say that no efforts would be made to relocate the bird back to its natural home in the north. Amos went on to say, “If it’s here, then that’s its natural habitat.” Tony really couldn’t say for sure why the bird ended up here but he did say he was going to head to the pier and take a look for himself.
So if you get out to Horace Caldwell stop by and say hello to Kitty.
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We took a trip to Port Aransas! Lol! We went to see Larry Joe Taylor and Richard Leigh. It was a mini vacation. Jerry and Sharon Watkins.
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Seashore Middle Academy’s Science Olympiad team shows off its second place trophy at the regional event held Feb. 23 at TAMU-CC. The team advanced to the state competition. The same day, SMA’s Science Bowl team earned second place at UT Pan-Am in Edinburg, while 50 students competed in UIL in Calallen. Pictured are: Hannah Curry, Julia Delgado, Aubrey Banda, Ashton Bidwell, Blake McIntyre, Sandy Bernal, Megan Bruner, Patricia Kernan, Tatiana Ortiz, Tristan Cardon, Hallie Trial, and Izabella Hockmuller.
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History continued from A1 New Orleans smuggling as many as 180 slaves each time. Bowie based his smuggling operations on Snake Island, moving it to Lafitte’s headquarters on his anchored brig after a hurricane wiped out Galveztown and his settlement of Campeachy. By 1821 Bowie and his brothers had made $65,000 from their slave smuggling operations and when it was time for Bowie to move on he looked west.
went. There he met Juan Martin de Veramendi; an old friend of Austin’s who was arguably the most influential man in town and who also had a keen interest in land grants. Veramendi also had a daughter named Maria Ursula who was about to turn seventeen who Bowie also had a keen interest in.
Floating Grants and Bowie Knives After the Louisiana Purchase there was great confusion in Louisiana and Texas over how many land grants the Spanish Dons had written over the years. Many of the grants were known as Floating Grants which were not attached to a particular piece of property but rather defined within a huge tract of open country as being “between the river and the mountain.” Since it was not known how many of these Floating Grants had been written nor exactly where they applied they were easily and often forged. Bowie had experience doing just that in Louisiana and Arkansas and saw opportunity west of the Sabine. After he was shot in the chest in a barfight in Alexandria armed with nothing but a pin knife Bowie vowed never to be caught unarmed again. He fashioned himself a leather scabbard into which he inserted a knife made by his brother Rezin from a file; nine inches long, it had an edge along one side, and a crosspiece separating the blade from the handle. Bowie was never without it for the remainder of his life. He didn’t have to wait long to use it. Near the town of Rapides, on his route to Texas, he found himself in the midst of the Sandbar Fight in which he was shot through the lung but still managed to drive his newly acquired Bowie deep enough into a man’s chest that he “twisted it to cut his heartstring” killing him on the spot. Bowie headed for Texas where the Revolutionary Mexican government was encouraging Anglo settlement as an eastern barrier to American expansion and Comanche Indians. He crossed the fringes of Kickapoo lands and the Neches River along the edge of Stephen F. Austin’s colony and into its main settlement of San Felipe; an unimpressive “wretched, decaying looking place,” with only five stores, two “mean” taverns, and twenty to thirty unpainted log houses. Land grants had to be filed in San Antonio de Bexar and land grants were on Bowie’s mind so it was there he
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So there we were. By now one hundred shivering reporters, producers, and photographers lined up along a one-lane road in the middle of a cow pasture outside Waco while about 90 Branch Davidians and an army of federal agents stared each other down in a monumental game of chicken. It had been only a few days since the initial raid on the Branch Davidians’ home and grounds and it was looking like this was going to last a while. It was twenty years ago this week that it all started.
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Lost mines and land grants He returned to Louisiana to tend to his affairs with visions of her and the lost silver mines which he had heard of near the Texas area of San Saba. He returned to Texas with a twentytwo year-old mulatto slave named William who he had bought for $350 who was light skinned enough to pass for a Cherokee. Bowie, now thirty-three, courted the now eighteen year old Ursala, and settled into life among the Tejanos and Bexarenos of San Antonio. But he heard the call of the Almagres silver mine in the San Saba country 120 miles to the northwest in the heart of the Comanche country. No one but the Comanches had seen the mine for more than a century and Bowie set out along with a few accomplices and rode out across the trackless Hill Country until he found the ruins of the old Presidio de San Saba where they began looking for the abandoned mine shaft. He was chasing a myth. The mine was seventy miles away and had never been an operating mine. The only thing he accomplished was to engrave “Bowie con sua tropa 1829” in pigeon Spanish on the wall of the ruined presidio. Soon enough Bowie found his way to the Mexican state capital of Saltillo where he polished his Spanish and his charm and in short order walked away with land grants covering close to one million acres for the sum of $25,000 which could be paid in small increments. His Spanish citizenship and his required conversion to Catholicism in place Bowie married Ursula and settled into life in San Antonio and headed down a path that would lead him only a few years later to his date with destiny in the Alamo.
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By this time the feds were holding daily briefings at a conference center in Waco at 10:30 and 3 p.m. everyday. This was the worst possible time for those of us covering the story because we all had live shots at noon and five o’clock and to get back to the media area we had to go through a security checkpoint where each and every time we crossed they made us take all our gear out of the news vans and raise the hood so they could make sure we weren’t smuggling anything in. About the only thing we ever brought in was food because those Salvation Army bologna sandwiches started to get old after a few days. There was one guy who drove a delivery truck for a chicken joint in Waco that had a giant lighted yellow chicken on the roof. He had a brother or a cousin or something who knew some of the federal agents and he started delivering chicken to them every evening. After a while he talked them into letting him sell to the marooned journalists and he was a popular fellow. We could see that giant lighted up chicken coming from a mile away and we’d start salivating like Pavlov’s Dogs when he made the turn down our road. Pretty soon he branched out to include pizza and after that life got better around the media scrum.
Blockade running It was a frustrating time because we were getting a story from the daily briefings but most of it didn’t jibe with what we were hearing from the locals. The agents told us they had only arrived in Waco on the Saturday night before the raid, but locals told us they had seen long lines of identical cars with four people in each one lined up at drive through windows of local fast food spots. Their “Exempt” license plates didn’t help to disguise their identity either. They also gave us a look at the command helicopter from the raid in order to show us the .50-caliber bullet holes they said the Davidians fired at it. We had no idea what a .50-caliber bullet hole looked like when it was fired at a helicopter at 500 feet but by that time we didn’t believe much of anything they told us so we doubted it; but it turned out to be true as a .50-caliber weapon was found in the ruins after the fire. We started looking for ways to get around the federal blockade on the site by using our helicopters. We soon discovered that for whatever reason the FAA had not issued any No Fly orders for the area; we never found out why but it meant our helicopters could come and go as they wished and without a search. This engendered a lot of hijinks and helicopter pilots became our best friends. Let’s just say that the parties in the media scrum got a lot livelier after the airlift began. Aside from party supplies they brought in apples for Sundance, the paint horse whose pasture the CBS stations were sharing and it didn’t take him long to figure it out. When the helicopter landed he would make his way over to our RV and stick his head in the open window waiting for his apple.
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before Skype the only way to move video other than driving around tapes was by live trucks or satellite trucks. CNN was the only news network then and the various affiliates would take live shots from sister stations who had someone at the scene. There were many of the Davidians from England and Australia so there was a demand for live shots around the clock to satisfy deadlines in the U.S. time zones and all night for stations overseas. I worked out a deal with CONUS/CBS/CNN which paid $130 per live shot and I took on all requests. If it’s true that every situation no matter how bad brings somebody some good then that was the case for me; a poor TV guy trying to pay his way through graduate school.
But the frustration of only being able to get one side of a story this massive was taking its toll. Finally one guy snapped. Brian K. had worked for the NBC station in San Antonio until he got into trouble for shouting annoying questions at George Bush during a press conference, and now he worked for one of the new “news” magazines that were popping up. He decided he’d had enough and wasn’t going to take it anymore – he was going in.
About two o’clock one morning he set out on foot to weave his way through the federal perimeter and get into the compound. The feds were looking at the building and he made it all the way to the edge of the trees near the Davidian’s building when it dawned on him that the Davidians didn’t know he was coming and were armed and nervous. He hunkered down until morning when the feds spotted him and hauled him in for questioning. He confessed to being hungry and that was about it and they turned him lose. His company recalled him and I haven’t heard of him since.
Show and Smell
So the helicopters came and went, we went to the daily briefings – which we soon enough began to call Show and Smell – and we waited. There wasn’t much else we could do. A large group of bystanders/gawkers/curiosity seekers gathered on a high point and set up telescopes to see the compound. The feds didn’t like it but there wasn’t much they could do. Then David Koresh’s grandmother showed up and she was good sound. She hired a high profile Houston attorney who was allowed to go into the compound to talk to the Davidians but all he said was that all the bullet holes in the front door came from the outside – which was never proven because the door went missing after the fire.
The people that came to the site from around the country formed the nucleus of the nascent Constitutional Movement that still exists today.
By the time of the fire that destroyed the compound and killed 89 people inside those of us who had been at the scene from the start were not surprised. Who set the fire? Who knows? The point is that the feds were treating the people inside like they were used to treating criminals and these were not criminals – at least in the traditional sense.
They were a like-minded group of people who believed – rightly or wrongly – that their government was the instrument of evil sent to destroy them literally for Biblical reasons. It is hard to negotiate with people of that mindset and those in charge of the negotiations for the federal side hadn’t a clue how to do it. To many of us the certainty of a cataclysmic end was sealed with the original raid. It was just a matter of when and how.
Unlikely routine Unlikely as it seems now we settled into a daily routine that soon became a habit. In the days
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By Maybeth Christensen The heavy equipment which can be seen West of Aquarius is part of the dredging operation the POA is doing. The Corps of Engineers permit requires the placement of the spoil or dredge material be placed in a defined area. The equipment is making the placement area. The barriers and berms will be put back when the dredging is complete The dredge should be moving over from Packery Channel later this week. They will start at the Laguna Madre end of the north channel and move east. When this dredging is completed, we will have a depth mark so that we have a way
Litter Critter The March Litter Critter will be March 30 and 31. The City set out time for brush starts March 30. Please do not bring brush to the Litter Critter, leave it at the curb in front of your house and the City will be picking it up on April 8. The picture was taken February 25 after the weekend’s activity and shows a small portion of the brush that was brought to the Critter this past weekend.
Spring Break Spring break is starting. I believe the busiest week will be the week of March 11. Most of the beachgoers don’t come out to the beach before noon and they are headed back to town around 5. Plan your trips OTB accordingly.
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to monitor the silting process. We have the information for the south channel and will be doing a hydrographic survey this year to see how the process is working in that channel. This will help us in determining when to schedule dredging.
Work is just about finished on the additional 20 garden plots. There will be a total of 60 when these are complete. I have a waiting list for the final 20. It is interesting to see the changes which occur in a “community.” In the original 20, we had one gardener pass away, one moved due to a job re-location, one had health issues and another was injured in an accident. So, there has been a change in gardeners even in the original gardens. Being on the waiting list means you may just get a garden plot due to unforeseen circumstances.
Meeting The annual meeting will be Saturday, March 9 at 10 AM at the Seashore Learning Center Gym on Encantada (across from St. Andrew Catholic Church). We look forward to seeing you there.
34th Annual Fulton Oysterfest
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Don’t miss the Fulton Volunteer Fire Department’s celebration of one of America’s favorite seafood delicacies; it’s the 34th Annual Oysterfest on the waterfront in Fulton, Texas March 7-10.
Shuck and slurp your way to cash prizes
If you love to eat oysters, you’ll find them prepared in many delicious ways. If you really love to eat oysters, you might consider entering the oyster eating contest. There’s one for men and one for women, with a top prize of $200 for the winner of each contest. Men’s contest begins on Saturday, March 9, 4p.m. and women’s contest is on Sunday, March 10, at 2p.m. If you think you can get these tasty morsels out of their shells in the blink of an eye, enter the oyster shucking contest at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 10 with a chance to take home the top prize of $700.
One of the most unique contests at Oysterfest is the decorated oyster which will be judged at 7:45 p.m. Friday, March 8. Your imagination is the only limit to bejewel your oyster for a chance at the coveted trophy.
The festival opens Thursday, March 7 with $1 gate entry and FREE for active military (Thursday only) into the grounds where you can enjoy Arts and Crafts vendors and musical entertainment from 5 p.m. to10 p.m. The carnival will also be open all 4 days. A free trolley pickup will be available on 9th and Chaparral streets. Trolleys will run the streets of Fulton. Live music will include Charlie Mykals and Sour Mash as well as the Shaman Dura Dancers. Fri, Sat and Sun admission is $3 per person (12 yrs and over).
Friday, March 8, Oysterfest is open from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.; the Arts & Crafts area closes at 10 p.m. James Edwards performs from 5 p.m.-7:45p.m.The Shaman Dura Dancers will entertain at 8:15 with Riptide closing out the night, performing from 9 p.m.-to-11 p.m.
On Saturday, March 3 the Oysterfest parade begins at 11 a.m. at the intersection of S. Fulton Beach Road and Traylor Blvd. It will proceed North down Fulton Beach Road and concludes at the festival grounds on the waterfront. Grounds are open 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. Entertainment throughout the day will include TK and Bandana Rose, Backwoods, Shireen & Mystic
Dancers and Drummers, Jason Allen, Darren and Gene Brown, and headline performance by Leona Williams from 10 p.m. to midnight. There will be excellent Arts & Crafts from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The grounds and Arts & Crafts are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 4. From 10:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m. Song of Glory will provide the entertainment. Other entertainment will include Purple Sage, Shireen & Mystic Eastern Dancers and Drummers, and Whiskey Bent. To conclude the event The Sons of Texas will perform from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
the State of Texas owns another 1,923.18 acres, making them the second largest land holder of record.
By Mary Lou White marylou.white@ coldwellbanker.com On my street, we definitely have parking issues. It seems we are living where land is certainly at a premium and it is doled out by the square inch. We all pass businesses, on the Island, where cars are parked on the grass, after parking spaces have been filled to capacity. Yet, once you cross the demarcation line of yellow posts, into Kleberg County, there seem to be wide open spaces. Every time this situation occurs, I always wonder who owns all that vacant land. This concept was re-inforced last week-end, when I participated in the Big Shell Beach Clean-up, in the National Park. We worked our way down the beach quite a ways past the 25 mile marker. After filling countless orange trash bags, each one containing at least one old shoe, we noticed that almost all the other volunteers had started back to Park Headquarters. To compound the issue, the incoming tide had consumed all of the packed sand beach area and we were forced to return through deep and rutted loose sand. It took forever to make the return journey. At five miles per hour, you certainly get a feel for the expanse of our Island. A search of Kleberg County Tax Records reveals ownership details.
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Private Land The remaining 1,209.14 acres or 52,670,138 square feet show a Kansas City, Missouri address. The final allotment is held by the City Of Corpus Christi. These 3.72 acres include the site of our Water Tower. The future development of this vacant expanse is uncertain, at best. Other than Park Road 22, infrastructure is nonexistent. Every once in a while you hear rumors that change will come to the Kleberg County portion of our Island, but without a crystal ball, it is pure speculation at this point.
The North Side of Packery Channel Once you cross over onto the southern tip of Mustang Island, development is once again on hold. The streets in place belong to Tortuga Dunes. Tax records show the owner as The Preserve at Mustang Island LLC. This Limited Liability Company shows an Austin Texas address and an origination date of 17 July 2007. I often wonder what our Island will look like in five or ten years. No doubt the original developers listed on the plaques inside the Padre Isles Country Club would be surprised at the changes that have taken place over these past four plus decades. Have we surpassed their expectations or missed the mark? I just hope that “quality” becomes our goal, both in construction and in defining our Island lifestyle. Being informed is a good thing.
20,120.81 acres are held by the United States Government. On Monday, the 8th of April, 1968, Lady Bird Johnson landed at the Naval Air Station and proceeded by motorcade to the 11AM ceremony to dedicate the opening of the Padre Island National Seashore Park. It was 70 degrees and the flag was flown at half-mast, due to the death of Martin Luther King, Multi Family Units For Sale Jr. only four days before. The First 2 From $330,000 to $2,500,000 Lady had opened Hemisfair in San Antonio on the 6th of April, before 10 Commercial Properties For Sale proceeding to Corpus Christi.
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State of Texas Land Holdings As you leave the National Park and proceed north, the next 1,757.14 acres, or 76,541,018 square feet are owned by the State of Texas and managed by the General Land Office, in Austin. Tax records indicate a small strip of land runs from the Laguna Madre to the Gulf, a total of 58.6 acres or 2,552,616 square feet. The owner has an Austin Texas address and the property is divided by Park Road 22, which is owned by the State of Texas, totaling 190.96 acres in Kleberg County. Continuing to the North,
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This popular four day event attracts more than 36,000 and began as a labor of love by the Fulton Volunteer Fire Department. Funds are used to purchase life-saving and firefighting equipment. This year’s proceeds will aid in the fund to construct a new fire station. Oysterfest proceeds are still a major source of funds for fire protection equipment in the community. For more information on the Fulton Oysterfest visit www.fultonoysterfest.org call 361-4639955. or email fultonoysterfest@gmail.com
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Peewee's Animal Shelter Peewee’s Animal Shelter is located at 1307 Saratoga and has been in operations since May, 1997. Peewee’s presently houses over 300 animals, including dogs, puppies, cats, kittens as well as, pigs, goats, rabbits and other barn animals. Peewee’s relies on donations only for its operation. Shelter operations are accomplished strictly by donations. Peewee’s does not get any government, city or federal funding. Peewee’s helps those animals no one else will - the sick and the stray. The volunteers at Peewee’s work tirelessly to rehabilitate poor orphaned pets in the hopes that they will find new, loving homes. The dogs and cats are spayed/neutered, given regular heartworm preventative, and are on flea & tick prevention and medications as needed. Peewee’s does not discriminate due to age or health conditions of the pet. Please visit Peewee’s Pet Adoption World & Sanctuary at 1307 Saratoga Road. You can call them at 361-8884141 but they do not have staff to answer phones so please leave a message.
February 28, 2013
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We know not everyone is all that into Valentine’s Day, so we got as ridiculous as possible, and then figured Herman’s “good will and warm personality” would have a better chance at being taken to heart if we waited for the Hallmark holiday to pass.
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Herman is our new Purple Claw Caribbean Hermit Crab pal I met one day when we were both out for a jog on a little deserted island just off Coconut Grove, Miami, FL. He ran over my toes. If you’d like to hear more about Herman, just ask. It has been quite a little journey. We are trying to get him back into the wild, but find such a simple goal is further from simple than one would assume.
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I don’t know if it because we don’t have children, but after getting to know Herman for a week, he looks pretty cute to me. He has a stronger grip than I do, and his favorite snack is peanut butter. He was outgrowing his shell, so we purchased a variety of shells and presented Herman with an evening of Open House. He is quite a comparative shopper! (Settled on double the square footage)
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Xeriscape landscaping, by definition, is landscaping designed specifically for areas that are susceptible to drought, or for properties where water conservation is practiced. Derived from the Greek xerosmeaning “dry,” the term means literally “dry landscape.” Note that “xeriscape” is pronounced as if it began with the letter, Z. This sometimes leads to the misspelling, “zeroscape.” But xeriscape landscaping techniques needn’t result in a “big zero” for landscape design aesthetics. In fact, as most people employ the term, xeriscape landscaping needn’t be limited to desert plants that are about as attractive as barbed wire (for example, certain cacti). Rather, the practice allows you to use the plants you want, but insists on common-sense measures that will help conserve water, such as grouping plants with similar water requirements together.
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won two fabulous bottles of wine and a $100.00 gift certificate at HEB. Talk about beating the odds!
Players purchased delicious food from the new restaurant in the Holiday Inn, Aloha Wa, using a special Kiwanis Bingo Menu. The Holiday Inn also served a variety of tasty beverages. A warm and friendly crowd thoroughly enjoyed the evening as 15 players won or split pots and 4 players won 6 raffles.
The next two Kiwanis Club Bingos will be held Thursday, February 28th and Thursday, March 7th. Plan to arrive by 6:45 (or earlier if you would like to purchase dinner). A special thanks to sponsors that help the Kiwanis Club; HEB, Todd Hunter, Colleen McIntyre, May Nardonne of Farmers Insurance, Kim Erwin of Keller Williams, Neal Nelson of Edward Jones, and Beverly Rogers/CPA. See you on February 28th. Bring your family and friends.
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In qualifying for a President’s Circle Award, Keep Port Aransas Beautiful has met Keep America Beautiful’s standards of excellence by conducting an annual Community Appearance Index, calculating the affiliate’s cost/benefit ratio, and administering activities in the areas of litter prevention, recycling and waste reduction, and beautification and community greening.
The Keep America Beautiful Community Appearance Index-Litter Index is a tool used by KAB affiliates to visually assess overall appearance of communities through indicators such as litter, illegal signs, graffiti, abandoned/ junk vehicles and outside storage. A team of community, business and government representatives conducted the visual analysis using a scoring system ranging from 1-4, with “1” rated as “no litter” to “4” being “extremely littered.” Each year, affiliates grade their communities during a drive-by examination of the same areas at the same time of the year. This provides an indication of the success of each community’s anti-littering education and other anti-littering programs.
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Nonetheless, a common element in xeriscape landscaping is the reduction of lawn grass areas, since lawn grass is often one of the worst offenders against water conservation. Another widespread tactic is the deployment of indigenous plants, since they are adapted to the local climate and consequently require less water. Plants most suited to xeriscape landscaping are sometimes referred to as “xeric” plants.
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Well today is the end of February. That means we’ve been in Port A long enough to settle in to the pace, eat fish tacos and be regulars at happy hour, but alas, now it’s time to pack up and head home. I’ll be back next January and will miss my beloved Port A and all the Winter Texans I’ve become friends with. I’ve had a lot of fun this winter. Lookout Frost Bite Falls, here we come! You betcha.
Fun at the Whooping Crane Festival
A Great Blue Heron The 17th Annual Whooping Crane Festival was last weekend. We toured the trade show, and tried out the high powered birders’ binoculars. We could have counted the feathers on a Whooping Crane across the room, if there had been one. While I took in a lecture and slide show, Bert went on a tour of the ARK (Animal Rehabilitation Keep). Despite being in the area for the last thirteen years, this was the first time Bert had been there. He was impressed by the wonderful animal rescue work done by dedicated people such as Tony Amos, well known naturalist/researcher. Tony took the group around some of the tanks where injured turtles live until they can be released, or transferred to permanent homes in a zoo or school. They released one Green Turtle the size of a Weber BBQ into the channel, and he took off like a bat out of heck, his flippers flying. The Green Turtles live in the bay up to about that size, then leave for the big ocean, where they can grow to 60” or more. No one knows exactly where they go or how big they can grow. Tony also showed the Pelicans and Laughing Gulls in rehab, and a Booby that he had just picked up that morning on the beach. Bert says everyone should help support this work, maybe buy an ARK t-shirt or a hat when the group is set up at the IGA, or other events around town. More about the work there at www.friendsoftheark. org. Meanwhile I heard Dr. George Archibald, cofounder of the International Crane Foundation, speak about conservation efforts on behalf of the beautiful cranes of Mongolia. He and a group of ICF members toured the wetlands and grasslands there to see the birds and meet with the local conservationists. Mongolia is over twice the size of Texas, with one tenth of the population. Over half the people are small scale “ranchers” raising sheep and cattle. They live in yurts and keep horses for their work. Very picturesque scenes with the expansive dry hilly landscape. More about the International Crane Foundation at www.savingcranes.org.
“2013 Winter 8-Ball Invitational Shootout Championship”
Bernie’s Beach House and new to the series this year, Shorty’s Place. The top sixteen players from the series will battle it out on Sunday for the title of 2013 Champion and their share of the $750 prize. 75 players registered this year. Alongside of a large contingent of local player were a diverse group of players from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Oklahoma, Iowa and even Canada. Many more players from the Costal Bend participated this year from Corpus Christi, Ingleside, Aransas Pass and Rockport. Each brought their own unique character to the game. This year will also see our first two females qualify in the top sixteen and no one is taking their presence lightly. It will be a long day for the players as the final match is scheduled for 7:45pm. Slice of Chicago Pizza and Frankie’s Kitchen will serve as hospitality host, keeping the player well feed throughout the day. Don Patterson of Third Coast Billiards will serve as MC and Tournament Director for the event.
Wonder about plastic bag littering and what can be done? At a talk on Monday, March 4, 7 pm, you can hear what is being done in the Coastal Bend. As part of the H.E.L.P. [Health, Ecology, Lifestyle, Preparation] Series, Neil McQueen will explain what Skip The Plastic has done and hopes to do. Included will be information plastic bag fee endeavor in Coastal Bend. Meet at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. for the free informational talk.
Port Aransas Museum Lecture Series The Evolution of Island Boats Presented by Rick Pratt
March 5: plastic bottle jewelry-very intriguing way of recycling and creating something beautiful
Museum Director Rick Pratt will talk about how the design of our local boats reflects the conditions they are used in and the materials used in their construction, and how they have changed over the years. Each lecture begins with a social in the Museum with wine, cheese and fruit. The public is encouraged to browse the Museum and shop in the Gift Shop when we open the doors at 7p.m. At 7:30 pm, everyone moves next door to the Community Center for the lectures.
March 12: Shell chimes-pick and choose and make one that suits your personality
Port Aransas Art Center First Friday- Annual All Member Show March 1st (5:30-7:30) 323 N. Alister 361-749-7334 March Sponsor ~ Guy Carnathan, Beulah’s/The Pelican Club. This event features on displayAnnual All Member Show Art. Member Artists compete for 1st,2nd & 3rd Place. Also from March 1st thru 29th the Public can vote for 1 piece of art from this exhibit for People’s Choice”. Well known local area Artist /Instructor- Kay Barnebey is the Judge for this Show. The winning artists are awarded a “Merit Show” in August.
City of Port Aransas Parks and Rec Department Lab tour pamg@cityofportaransas.org Still a few spots available on the next tour of the Texas A&M AgriLife Mariculture Lab on Friday, March 1. This working lab develops and commercializes shrimp and sea urchin farming industries for Texas and the US; develops sea urchin feed and production technology for biomedical and ecotoxicological research; develops starfish feed and production for regeneration and stem cell production; and evaluates fishery processing, biofuel/biodiesel, and grain crops as nutritional replacements in shrimp feeds. FREE [For tours, space is limited, and pre-registration is required. Contact Pam Greene at 749-4158 or pamg@ cityofportaransas.org to reserve space.] Meet at 1:50 pm at Civic Center parking lot, 710 W. Ave A, for the 2pm tour.
Golf Cart Scavenger Hunt Win prizes and have fun, while getting to know Port Aransas better at this scavenger hunt for golf carts. All licensed golf carts are invited to participate in a scavenger hunt put on by Parks and Recreation on Saturday, March 2. Cost is $10 per cart. Register between 1-2 pm in the Civic Center parking lot. The hunt will start at 2 pm. Contact Pam at 749-4158 or pamg@ cityofportaransas.org for more information.
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Take advantage of socializing and finding your inner creativity at the We’re Having Fun (WHF) Activities. Every Tuesday we learn how to ~or not to~ make or do something [sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t]…but we always have fun! They are held in the Girl Scout hut, 739 W. Ave. A, at 2pm. All activities are FREE with supplies provided unless otherwise stated. Open to everyone.
Brown Bag Lecture Series Grab some grub and come munch while listening to speakers at this lecture series. Just one more left this winter, so don’t miss this Wednesday at 12 Noon at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. Doors open at 11:30 with Marion Fersing playing piano March 6: Local sandcastle builder/teacher Chip Cooper will speak on the topic of “Heroes and Heroines”. We will find out what has made certain people make a difference and why.
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The 2013 “Winter 8-Ball Invitational Shootout Championship” Sunday March 3rd, 2013 @ The Salty Dog Saloon
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is, you are invited to bike with us in the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture. Meet at 10 a.m., at the pavilion in the Preserve at end of Port Street. The event is free, just a social way of getting exercise in the great outdoors. The ride is always held the second and fourth Monday mornings of each month.
Chill Out
Need a break from your kids during Spring Break? Parks and Recreation will be offering a break from Spring Break with a Chill Out Time 2-4pm on Wednesday and Thursday, March 13 and 14. Send kids, age 5 and up to the Girl Scout hut in the Parks and Recreation building at 739 W. Ave. A on the corner of Cut Off Road. Crafts and games will keep them occupied. $2 per child
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We have some new classes that will start up in March. The Two Sisters Crafts will hold OPEN CRAFT FORUMS on Thursday, March 14th, 21st and 28th. They are encouraging people to bring in their craft ideas, pictures of crafts they have seen in magazines and perhaps need help to accomplish, or new craft idea to share. Photographers line up to board These get-togethers will be in the JELM Hospitality Room on Thursdays at 1pm. exercise for your legs and your jaws at the next Also, an additional CROCHETED BEADED Walk and Talk. Not a nature walk, this is just BRACELET class will be added, as the a social excursion to stroll through the Port originally scheduled class on Thursday, March Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture. 7th is the same day as the Garden Club’s Fashion Meet at the pavilion in the Nature Preserve at Show. To accommodate those attending this the end of Port Street, at 9 am, on Thursday, event, the Sisters have set up Tuesday, February March 7. Open to everyone. The free series has 26th at 10am in the same room. There has to be been changed to the first and third Thursday of a minimum of 8 persons for this class to be a go. each month. Currently there are two persons signed up in our book. The materials fee for this class is $6 and Island Fishing Workshop there is an example of the bracelet on the JELM Come go pier to pier and to the beach at this bulletin board. hands-on workshop. Wonder what bait, which Goliad Bus Trip line, what pier…just want some fishing clues? City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation We still have plenty of room on the bus for the Department Grounds Supervisor Mike McClure Goliad trip, scheduled Saturday, March 8th, bus soon will share his knowledge of Port Aransas leaving the JELM at 8am. This trip includes fishing spots. The free tutorial will be hands- the Goliad Market Days, a self-guided tour of on and will be a spot-to-spot teaching lesson. the Mission Espirito Santo de Zuniga and a It will be held on Thursday, March 7, from 11 self-guided tour of the Presidio and the Fanin am to 1 pm. Meet at the Civic center parking Memorial. The JELM charges $25 for this trip. lot, 710 W. Ave A. Mark your calendar now so Entrance fees to the Mission and Presidio are you don’t miss this information tour. For more paid by the JELM. We are currently using the information, call the Parks and Rec office, 749- Big Time Travel Company bus. 4158.
The public is invited to enjoy a free yoga lesson on Saturday, March 9. It will be held at 8 a.m., led by yoga instructor Nancy Myers, and is open to everyone. Bring a blanket or mat suitable for use on the beach and join others for the class. Meet at Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street in Port Aransas. Yoga on the beach is held the second Saturday of each month courtesy of the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. Get there on time. If the weather is bad, Myers will take group to an inside location.
Yoga Class
We have only one Yoga class in March, the Friday at 9:15am class in the Pollock Center, led by Mary Jo Doherty. Mary Jo is from Michigan and comes to the JELM in January. Her classes are “for everyone”.
Country Couple’s Dance
Country Couple’s Dance will be using the Pollock Center on Wednesday, March 6th and Wednesday, March 13th from 1pm to 4pm. This group is from Paws and Taws in Fulton. Beginners will start at 1pm and Intermediates will meet at 2:30pm.
Winter Walking Tour Texas Master Naturalist and bird enthusiast Judy Perkins of Mission-Aransas Reserve will lead a true one-hour nature walk on Friday, March 8. This is the final in the series in the Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture that has been held the second Friday of each month, December through March, with the blessing of the Parks and Recreation Department. It is free and open to the public. Meet at the pavilion near the ship channel to walk towards the birding tower. Perkins will focus on the importance of coastal wetlands.
Peddling in the Preserve The next bike ride along trails inside the Preserve will be Monday, March 11. Novice to expert, it doesn’t matter what you skill level
Morning Exercise Class
All of our morning exercise classes will continue throughout March and if enough people would like to continue in April, they should discuss this with their leaders to see if that is a possibility. The JELM office will have reduced hours in March and April.
Maj Jongg and Bridge
Mah Jongg and Bridge will continue as long as participants continue to want to play. Leaders are encouraged to talk to Pat Reilly, to schedule reduced hours.
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A LENTEN BIBLE STUDY IS TO BEGIN on Wednesdays in March, at 4pm in the Library. People have been asking for it and Rev. Bob Malsack, our new interim pastor, will begin on February 27th and start at 4pm in the Library. The focus, during Lent, will be on the Exodus experience of God’s chosen people. The title is: Reflections on Exodus in the Journey of Lent. Everyone is invited to participate.
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Sunday March 3 , 2013 @ The Salty Dog Saloon 203 N. Alister, Port Aransas, TX (361)749-4912 rd
Sunday, March 3rd will be the “Winter 8-Ball Invitational Shootout Championship” at the Salty Dog Saloon. The doors will open to the Public at 11:30 with an open public player’s auction at 12:40. The auction will allow spectators to participate in the action of the afternoon by sponsoring the player of their chose. The Championship is the conclusion of the “Winter 8-Ball Shootout Series”. The Series which started on the January 3rd consisted of 25 weekly qualifier tournaments at the Salty Dog,
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February 28, 2013
Island Moon
Police Blotter
Senior Moments (Near Cullen Middle School)
By Dotson Lewis dlewis1@stx.rr.com
Chair Volleyball –12:30 p.m.
Special to The Island Moon As we stated in last week’s Island Moon the Ethel Eyerly Senior Center in Flour Bluff will be closed Monday, March 4, 2013 for about 6 months for renovation. Zumba classes are now being held at St. Paul the Apostle Church 2233 Waldron Rd. (Flour Bluff) Dotson’s Note: Shown below are the relocation sites for the activities that were being held at the Ethel Eyerly Senior Center. There have been some changes since last week’s issue of the Moon. We will keep you posted as to new changes. Call 361-937-3218 for update information. RELOCATION SITES
Waldron Baptist Church 2042 Waldron Rd. (Flour Bluff)
TUESDAY
Table Games-12-1:30 p.m. Waldron Baptist Church 2042 Waldron Rd. (Flour Bluff) Zumba Gold (Co-Ed.) 10:30 a.m. ($20.00/mo, or $3.00/session) St. Paul the Apostle Church 2233 Waldron Rd. (Flour Bluff) Table Tennis– 12:00 p.m. Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely Road Dr. (Near Cullen Middle School) WEDNESDAY
Ethel Eyerly Senior Center
Art Class 1-3 p.m. (TBA)
For Persons Age 50 and Over
AARP #4181 @ 1 p.m. (TBA)
DAILY ACTIVITIES
2nd and 4th Wednesday
NUTRITIOUS MEALS SERVED
THURSDAY
For Persons Age 60 and Over
Wii Bowling-12:30 pm -1:30 pm
AT 11:30 p.m. ($1.50 SUGGESTED MEAL DONATION) Waldron Baptist Church, 2042 Waldron Rd. (Flour Bluff) MONDAY-WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY Caribbean Baptist Church-3125 Waldron Rd (Flour Bluff) MONDAY Computer Interest Group 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Table Games- 12-4 pm Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely Road Dr. (Near Cullen Middle School) Table Tennis– 12:00 p.m. Bingo-12:30-1:30 p.m. Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely Road Dr. (Near Cullen Middle School)
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But alas, that is about to change as we head into March and the Winter Texans are inexorably replaced by Spring Breakers who as you might guess are more known for attracting the attention of the police. The headquarters for the police department on The Island for Spring Break this year is the Tortuga Dunes office at S.H. 361 and Zahn Road.
2. Complete and return the Corpus Christi Police Chaplain Application.
The peak weekend for the Spring Break onslaught is March 16 when the staggered Spring Break schedule of the Texas schools overlaps so everyone is in town. So get ready to head OTB on March 14 to stock up on enough supplies for the weekend, and we’ll see you at the ski basin.
On Saturday, March 2, a total of 95 cars, trucks, and motorcycles will be auctioned at the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Vehicle Impound Lot located at 5485 Greenwood Drive during our monthly auction. The site has four paved acres for an auction lot. Approximately 17 of these vehicles are “No Insurance” impounds. On Friday, March 1, 2013, the general public will be allowed to register and view the vehicles to be auctioned from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There is no registration fee. On the day of the auction, the general public can continue to register and view the vehicles from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The auction will commence promptly at 10:00 a.m. The vehicles to be auctioned can be viewed at www.siskauction.com. An auction list may also be downloaded from the same website.
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You will notice the list of police calls for The Island is rather short this time out. Things have been rather slow in this off-tourist season. We have a lot of Winter Texans about but as you might guess they don’t do a lot of things that get them into trouble with the police.
The Corpus Christi Police Department’s commitment to “Keep Corpus Christi Safe” has continued with its “Zero Tolerance No Insurance Initiative”
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Application Process: Includes but is not limited to the following: 1. Complete an initial interview with the Senior Police Chaplain.
3. Submit a copy your ordination and/or license and a letter of endorsement for police chaplaincy from your religious organization. 4. Sign the CCPD annual police chaplain commitment agreement. 5. Endorse and sign the International Conference of Police Chaplains Code of Ethics. 6. Endorse and sign the Corpus Christi Police Chaplain Vision Statement. 7. Complete and return CCPD Police Chaplain background packet; successfully pass CCPD Police Chaplain background investigation. 8. Successfully complete CCPD Police Chaplain Basic Certification Training Course. 9. Successfully complete an interview with the Corpus Christi Police Chaplain Personnel Committee. 10. Complete police chaplain field training program of at least three to six months. 11. Receive recommendation for appointment to chaplain from CCPD Senior Police Chaplain. 12. Be approved and appointed as a Police Chaplain by the Corpus Christi Chief of Police. Completion and appointment as Police Chaplaincy: 1. Participate in the Police Chaplain training program at a minimum of twelve hours annually. 2. Provide services as an On-Call Police Chaplain for a one month period. 3. Graduate from the Corpus Christi Citizens Police Academy within one year of appointment.
The department’s strong stand and enforcement of this “Zero Tolerance No Insurance Initiative” will continue and all vehicles involved in accidents will be impounded and the driver cited if they are unable to provide financial proof of insurance. Driver’s license and proof of financial responsibility checkpoints will continue to be conducted at the Shift Captains’ authorization.
4. Complete a minimum of two police RideAlongs annually.
During 2012, Officers issued 5,756 citations for Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility and impounded 1,009 vehicles. In 2013, Officers have issued 487 citations and impounded 140 for the same charge.
14300 block SPID 10:10 a.m. Feb. 24 Criminal mischief
Island Police Calls 14300 block Aloha 10 p.m. Feb. 20 Burglary of vehicle 13900 block Cabana North Feb. 24 Burglary of vehicle
11800 block S.H. 361 1:32 a.m. Feb. 22 DWI Flour Bluff Calls
Corpus Christi Police ask for Volunteers for a Chaplain Corps
1100 block Nagle 3:04 p.m. Feb. 23 Theft $50-500
The Corpus Christi Police Department will accept applications from interested clergy of all faiths to serve the community in a Police Chaplain Corps. The purpose of the Police Chaplain Corps is to meet optional counseling needs of the officers of the Corpus Christi Police Department and to provide comfort to members of the community in times of crisis based on request.
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500 block Lakeside 9:40 p.m. Feb. 23 Aggravated assault deadly weapon 1300 block Waldron 3 p.m. Feb. 20 Reckless Damage or destruction 2200 block Brighton 2:21 a.m. Feb. 25 Terroristic threat 800 block Ester 2:20 a.m. Feb. 23 Reckless driving
Clergy of all faiths and denominations are encouraged to apply to be volunteers. Anyone interested may contact Senior Officer Chuck Freeman by email at charlesf@cctexas.com for an application.
500 block Rosemary 8:13 p.m. Feb. 21 Assault family violence choking
A candidate for Police Chaplain must meet the minimum qualifications for appointment:
1100 block Waldron 12:05 p.m. Feb. 23 Theft
1. Be an ordained or licensed member of the clergy who resides in Corpus Christi in good standing and is endorsed for police chaplaincy by a religious organization or denomination recognized by the State of Texas.
10300 block SPID 10:45 p.m. Feb. 20 Gasoline theft, Gasoline theft
2. Complete a volunteer police chaplain background investigation.
600 block WB St. 1:15 p.m. Feb. 21 Vehicle impound
3. Be a U.S. citizen and possess a valid and current Texas driver’s license.
900 block Greeay 5:07 p.m. Feb. 22 Theft $50-$500
4. Have NOT been convicted or under investigation of a Class B misdemeanor or greater offense.
1200 block Flour Bluff Dr. 5:37 Feb. 22 Shoplifting
2000 block Waldron 4:31 a.m. Feb. 25 Assault with injury
1000 block SPID 8:03 a.m. Feb. 21 Criminal mischief $1500-$20,000
9300 block SPID 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23 Unauthorized use of motor vehicle
5. Have NOT been convicted or under investigation of any family violence offense.
10000 block SPID 8:03 a.m. Feb. 21 Criminal mischief $1500
6. Have not been convicted of any crime
Skywatch Research & Analysis by Islander W. Lance Ferguson Available online at www.skywatchastrology.com Thursday, February 28. Stick to routine. The Moon squares demanding Pluto and then turns Void of Course at 2:37 AM very early Thursday morning. Luna will remain in this unfocused state until nearly noon tomorrow. Caution lights are up due to the V/C cycle and Mercury Rx combining to throw a cloud of confusion into the heavens on Thursday. Another spacey but sweet combination is also in the Skywatch this morning as Venus and Neptune meet in the heavens at 7:37 AM. This pair likes to sleep late and to eat several donuts with lots of sprinkles on them. Quiet hours follow. Get your rest tonight and load your agenda for tomorrow. It’s a day of Grace and an excellent time for important appointments, meetings and the priority matters in your life. Friday, March 1, A day of Grace. Doublecheck the details as Mercury is now Retrograde, and do get in touch with the people who can help you on Friday as the Skywatch is marvelous. Luna is Void of Course from yesterday until she enters Scorpio at 11:33 am. Hold off on finalizing matters while the Moon is V/C. Meanwhile, the Sun sextiles/harmonizes with powerful Pluto at 7:35 am. The Sun will
A Daily Astrological Timing Guide for All Signs travel on to trine dependable Saturn at 2:31 pm setting up an excellent afternoon for important calls and business. Trust your hunches as the Moon trines psychic Neptune at 5 pm. A kiss, Moon trine sweet Venus, appears in the heavens at 8:13 pm—the right words can come easily then. Ask for what you want. THE WEEKEND: Green lights. Astrological skies are upbeat and very good for work or play on Saturday. Yes, Mercury is still backing up on the bases which means the devil is in the details until he resumes direct motion on Mar 17. Get organized Saturday morning as the Moon sextiles Pluto, conjuncts Saturn and then trines the Sun all by 8:35 am. Clear skies follow until the Moon trines/harmonizes with Mercury Rx at 2:48 pm. Matters of the past often return during these Rx cycles—and it could be with good news on Saturday. Clear skies follow for the rest of the day and night. Sunday’s Skywatch is spacey. The Moon trines eager Mars at 3:19 am early Sunday morning and then turns Void of Course until she enters optimistic Sagittarius at 3:11 pm Sunday afternoon. Pull back from the material world when the Moon is V/C and rest up. Green lights for the material world come on as the Moon changes signs and sails out into calm seas. Yawns are likely as the Moon squares sleepy Neptune at 8:42 pm. Quiet hours follow.
Monday, March 4. Caution lights. Mercury turned Retrograde on Feb 23, and will continue to back up on the bases until Mar 17. Delays, misunderstandings, schedule changes, unusual weather and equipment failure is all more likely now. Some of this could be your problem today as Venus squares Jupiter at 7:53 am increasing the chances of wasting money, time and effort on an impossible task Monday morning. Jupiter gives us all a tendency to go overboard and to expect too much. Say little and stick to routine Monday afternoon as the Moon squares Mercury Rx at 2:41 pm and then squares the Sun at 3:53 pm. This could be a failure to communicate in some or a spoken blunder you’d like to take back. Quack, quack. Green lights come back on after these two minor, but stressful, squares expire as astrological skies clear for the rest of the day and night. And times change.
heavens now suggesting problems with water, poisons, alcohol, drugs and deception—all compounded by Mercury Rx. The message in the Skywatch changes dramatically once the Moon changes signs turning on the green lights for work or play Tuesday evening. As times change.
Tuesday, March 5. Slow down. Caution lights. The Moon races into a challenging opposition to feisty and impatient Mars at 9:28 am Tuesday morning and you can bet on an argument around the water cooler or a dead car battery in the parking lot around this hour, especially with Mercury still backing up on the bases in dreamy Pisces. Luna will then turn Void of Course until she enters Capricorn at 6:14 pm. Stick to routine while the Moon is V/C. And be aware there are five planets in Pisces in the
If your birthday is this week (Mar 3–9), there are five planets (we call the Sun and Moon planets for convenience) in your sign, Pisces, in your new Solar Return. This suggests a powerful year for you when your best talents and abilities can be brought out into the public with rewards and acclaim to follow. Yes, yes, yes. Just double-check the important details and study up on what you wish to accomplish and the Mercury Retrograde in your new SR won’t be a
Wednesday, March 6. A day of Grace. Even with Mercury still Retrograde, this is a fabulous day in the Skywatch. As Venus meets Mercury in the heavens and they both line up in harmony with Saturn and Pluto! Translation: get in touch with the people who can help you. Ask for what you want and be on the look out for new information, contacts and opportunities on Wednesday. The Moon in dependable Capricorn lines up in harmony with all players in this group. It’s a lovely evening for introductions and social plans— reach out.
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10:00 am Free Blood Pressure Check 10:30 am Advanced Tai Chi 1:00 Bridge Lessons
Island Moon
Fashion and FlipFlops Style Show March 7
1:00 pm Water Color Painting (Last Class March 5) (Open Painting begins March 12) 2:15 pm Vibrant Aging Exercise 6:00 pm Golden Oldies Wednesday 8:00 am Aerobics Noon Mah Jongg 4:00 pm Bible Study Jelm Library Thursday 8:00 am Body Toning
Standing: Angie Fry, Linda Zahn, Joy Morrow-Lucas, Seated: Jane Moore, Marsha Smith, Barbara Conklin, Kelly Bloomfield, Pete Hartje
9:15 am Beginner Line Dance 10:30 am Advanced Line Dance Noon Bridge 1:00 pm Crafts
“The annual Fashions and Flip-Flops style show presented by the Port Aransas Garden Club will be on Thursday March 7 offering a ‘glimpse of Island Style.’ The show will be at the Port Aransas Civic Center located at the corner of Cut-Off Road and Avenue A. Doors for the runway show will open at 12:30 PM for shopping at the special boothtiques while enjoying wine & Hors d’oeuvres.
March 7 Wire Bead Bracelet March 14 Open Forum March 21 Open Forum March 28 Port Aransas Collage 1:00 pm Creative Writing 1:00 pm Needleworks 6:00 pm Pinochle Friday 8:00 am Aerobics 9:00 am Cribbage 9 :00 am Mah Jongg 9:00 am Naturalist’s Group Planning Meeting 9:15 am Yoga 10:30 Beginners Tai Chi 11:30 am Advanced Tai Chi 1:00 pm Drawing 2:15 pm Vibrant Aging Exercise(Last Class is March 22) 6:00 pm Golden Oldies` Special Note: JELM Center Office Closed on March 29 Good Friday Polluck Center Activities will be held on March 29 Good Friday Saturday Special Events, March 9, 8:00 am Bus leaves JELM for Goliad Market/Mission/Presidio
At 2:30 PM, it’s SHOW TIME. Fun! Fun! Fun! sums up the Garden Club Style Show perfectly. The models, who are Garden Club Members, will walk and dance the fashion runway featuring outfits from twelve local shops. This year’s models represent a wide range of Port Aransas residents, including husbands and wives, a constable, a lawyer and a judge, plus some wild and wonderful ladies to enlighten and entertain with this year’s spring fashions. You never know what is in store, so grab a ticket and join us for this hop into Spring event. There will be 12 participating shops— Absolutely Everything/C&G Sisters, A Mano, Antique Mermaid, Cita Resort, The Coastal Closet, The Cypress Tree, Fish Tales, Island Woman Boutique, Jo D’s ETC, Raggdoll Boutique, Salt Grass Boutique, and Sirena Water Wear. Joy Morrow-Lucas will moderate. Tickets now on sale are $20.00 at all participating shops. Ticket sales are limited, for more information contact Cecilya at 361-7490453 All proceeds are used for PAGC landscaping projects throughout the city and scholarships for Port Aransas High School seniors. PAGC is a 501c(3).
Purchase ticket in advance $25 at JELM
February 28, 2013
Island Obituary
Marjorie Lagedrost Marjorie Lagedrost passed peacefully in Corpus Christi on February 22nd after a brief illness. Born July 15, 1915 she is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Elsie (Ingram) Lubin and ex-husband Hugh Lagedrost. Marjorie is survived by son T. Reed Lagedrost of Port Aransas and San Francisco, daughter Susan Lagedrost Powell and husband Gentry Powell of Port Aransas and Goliad, son Scott Lagedrost of Port Aransas, granddaughter Jessica Lagedrost of San Francisco and her pet dog Sushi. Marjorie earned a BA degree in Education from Wisconsin State Teachers College in Milwaukee graduating June 15, 1937. She received early instructions in dance and later taught dance to children and embraced a love of dance that she carried until the end. A newspaper clipping from 1927 (age 12) described a toe dance performance as “Little Miss Lubin who is possessed of grace, charm and an unusually pleasing personality, danced each aesthetic number beautifully.” Marjorie could always be seen dancing to the music of full orchestras on her birthdays, always tapping her toes to a good 40’s song. As a young girl, she learned the basics of Morse Code from her father who was a telegraph operator for the rail road. Later, after gaining civil service rating credentials in communications and radio operating, from Army Air Force Radio Instructors Schools in St. Louis, she taught the code to outbound WWII soldiers in Madison, Wisconsin. She married one of her students on June 30, 1944 in Boca Raton, Florida. As an active homemaker and mother for 25 plus years in Dayton, Ohio, Marjorie returned to the workforce after her divorce. She found work as the “city desk writer” for the Dayton Journal Herald Newspaper. She loved the newspaper business and continued writing and editing in journals long after departing the paper. Marjorie moved to Port Aransas in the mid80’s to be near her children. She enjoyed a full life with friends in both Port A and San Antonio, who liked to call her “Margo”. She loved Patsy Jones’ version of Blue Bayou
Marjorie at her 97th Birthday Party and was the first “Queen of Everything” in Patsy’s Heinz 57 Parade. She also rode on the back of a red convertible as the queen of a couple of early Port A Mardi Gras Parades. Margie loved to have fun! She lived independently and even drove her own car until the age of 96. Marjorie always voted, was opinionated and kept up to date with current affairs, often watching endless hours of Fox News (but NOT O’Reilly). Always smartly attired, she never left home without carefully choosing an appropriate ensemble, which usually included a hat. Her favorite place may well have been the petite department at Dillards. Marjorie especially enjoyed music from the Big Band era of the 40’s, crossword puzzles, a good martini, red wine and dining out. Indeed, she ate out every morning and every night without fail, frequenting nearly every restaurant in town. She especially enjoyed her daily ritual of eating breakfast at Avery’s and cheese enchiladas at Juan’s. Marjorie Lagedrost is sadly missed by her adoring children. A celebration of her life will be held at 3:00 pm on Thursday, February 28 at Clines Landing in the Dolphin Room. 1000 N. Station, Port Aransas, TX 78373. Please park on the street and enter through the gate nearest the pier. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in any amout to the Port Aransas Animal Shelter, 409 W. Cotter, Port Aransas, TX 78373. Ronnie Narmour
Your Chance to Become a Weather Watcher The U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Office, located at 426 Pinson Drive, is offering citizens a chance to become Storm Spotters. South Texas can experience a wide range of weather phenomena over the course of a year, and the weather can change quickly and dramatically, leading to floods, tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms. The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi is looking for volunteers to become trained storm spotters. Spotters learn to identify potentially tornadic storms and other severe weather conditions before they occur. Storm Spotters help to protect the lives and property of the citizens of South Texas by relaying critical life-saving information in a
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You can now attend a local SKYWARN Storm Spotter training session from the comfort of your own home or office! The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi will provide classes in 2013 online. A live instructor will guide you through the 60 minute class and answer any questions you may have along the way. Online classes are free and open to the public.
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February 28, 2013
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Bag Hero
Look who’s 40!
Chase is one of the greeters/servers at Doc’s Seafood and Steaks. They have six lunch specials daily for $6.99 including a grilled chicken salad served with a small loaf of fresh bread and soft butter. Photo by Mary Craft.
WOW!! What a last 7 days of fishing!!
Skip the Plastic is very pleased to announce our March Bag Hero, Lisa James. Lisa is like many moms who make several trips to the store each week to keep their families stocked up on food, clothing and other items. As a mother of two, she shares her love of the ocean by taking her kids to the beach and by choosing reusable bags to help to keep the Gulf of Mexico free of pesky plastic bags. Jason Towns, owner of Skydive South Texas, got punked for his fortieth birthday by his wife Lisa, who pulled off a surprise shrimp boil, bringing family and friends from miles around.
Caught the 29” Speckled Trout two Sunday’s ago...Caught a 30+ pound Black Drum last Thursday (too big for the net)... Caught a 31” Redfish on Saturday and my fishing partner caught the 34”, 20+ pound Black Drum last Sunday. All fish were caught on 10 lb.test line with a 1/8 oz. jig head and a 4” pumpkin/ chartreuse tail soft plastic in about 4 feet of water.
Surfing by the jetties has been great Steve and Harvey Chisholm on the beach where she enjoys her 2-mile morning walks. Harvey just celebrated her 98th birthday.
Very very exciting fishing on light tackle. The drum took about 20 minutes to bring in.
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Open Sunday March 3rd 2‐5
Open Sunday March 3rd 2‐5
Beautiful Golf Course Home! 4/2.5/2, two living, covered patio, crown molding, granite countertops! 14006 Rudder Ct. $315,000. Call Shonna today 510-3445 to see.
Padre Island Waterfront. Three bedrooms w/two baths. Loft area on 2nd floor. Deck w/plenty of room for a dock/boatlift. Priced at $289,000. Terry Cox. 13570 Camino De Plata.
13821 Hawksnest Bay new construction by Seaquist Homes. 3-2-2 w/multipurpose room. Covered patio. Rocked front + landscaped. Lots of tile. Cheryl 563-0444.
13721 Cayo Cantiles 3/2/2,1926 sq.ft of living area, nice deck area w/great views. Located on a wide canal w/quick ICW access. Call Terry or Charlie. $295,000.
14225 Avenida De San Nico The Island’s best kept secret. Unique home on 27,887 sq.ft lot bordering the Wildlife Refuge. $425,000. Call Cindy Molnar 549-5557.
New Construction 13917 Suntan. 3/2 plus study-2,351 sf. Open, split plan. Granite throughout, crown molding, arches, covered patio. Call Pam Morgan 215 -8116.
This two story home sits on over 1 acre of land. Water well with sprinkler system. Four bedrooms with four baths. 3 car garage. Two living & 2 eating areas. Call Terry Cox 549-7703. $379,900.
Great get-a-way. Two bedroom unit completely furnished at Surfside Condos. Great to use or to rent. Awesome pool, close to beach. Priced at $134,900. Call Terry Cox at 549-7703.
Santa Fe custom canal house on Cayo Cantiles with salt water pool, spa + outdoor fireplace. Casual one story living at its best. Call Dorothy 563-8486.
Sale Pending!
Open Sunday March 3rd 2‐5
Beautifully Updated 3-2-2 w/ multi purpose room. Split bedrooms. Gas stove. Tile & bamboo floors. Plantation shutters. Large backyard. Cheryl 5630444.
Sale Pending!
Mediterranean Bea uty — Waterfront, new construction by Seaquist. 3-2.5-2. Huge game room. Master down. High impact windows. Still time to choose colors. Cheryl.
25,570 sq.ft. feet int. lot in Coquina Bay. Two story with 4 bdrms-2207 sq. feet- $209,000. Call Dorothy @ 563-8486.
13838 Eaglesnest Bay. Preconstruction 2450 sq.ft. 4/3. Granite countertops. Custom stained cabinetry. Call Beth for view of floor plan 779-4943. $245,000.
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13817 Doubloon impeccable waterfront with separate quarters for guest or family. 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, 2 living and 2 kitchens. $439,900. Call Cindy 549-5557.
3408 Bali Tropic Isles waterfront home 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas, 70x191 lot, pool, covered boat lift and patio. Updates throughout $264,900. Cindy 549-5557.
Sale Pending!
14126 Coquina Bay. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths + den/office, 2 car garage. 1859 sq.ft. of living area. Tile and granite throughout. Open floor plan. $208,208. Charlie Knoll 443-2499.
Hurry to pick your colors. New construction-13913 Suntan. 4/2.5, split plan. Granite counters throughout, crown mold ing. $239,000. Call Pam Morgan 215 -8116.
Mediterranean Beauty—3-2.5-2 East facing patio & deck on large water. Master down. Free flowing floorplan. Courtyard entrance. Call Cheryl 361-563-0444.
3266 Roscher—zoned for horses, near 5 acres. 2 story home 3-2.52. Backs up to the Oso Bay, private beach, fishing pier, pool. Cheryl or Mary Lou.
121 Gulfstream $209,900 Beautiful 1st floor unit, ss appliances/granite countertop. Updated furnishings. Easy pool/beach access. Call Shonna 510-3445.
Build Your Dream Home just a short walk to the beach! Great lot location on Sea Air in La Concha Estates. Recently reduced to $64,500. Call Shonna 510-3445.
Looking for Long Term Rental Property? Below are some of our available rentals:
14130 Atascadera 3/2/2 $1600
15102 Leeward #602 3/2.5/1 $1500
Beach Club #222 1/1 $950 furnished
15838 Punta Espada 3/2/2 $2400
7925 Wolf 3/2/2 $1000
Anchor Resort #196 1/1 $875
9537 Quetzal 3/2/2 $1000
Seascape Villa #B‐5 1/1 $1000 all bills paid
13953 Fortuna Bay #1 2/2 $1250
Waterfront Lots for Sale!! Bounty $109,900 Palo Seco $154,900 San Felipe $200,000 15125 Crossjack-New construction 3-2.5-2. Split floor plan. Lots of tile. Granite countertops. Covered patio. Fireplace. Gas cooktop. Call Cheryl 563-0444.
3918 Gulfton 3/2/2 $124,900. 1369 sq.ft. well maintained house with a nice location. New countertops & backsplash. Call Charlie 443-2499 or Jeremy 960-7873.
Cuttysark $189,000 For More Info Call: Terry Cox 549-7703 Charlie Knoll 443-2499
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