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May 22, 2014 Around The Island

By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com

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Sprint to the Finish!

Preview for Schlitterbahn Park on for Saturday, May 31

There’s a lot happening Around The Island so let’s jump right in

Ubiquitous Weed Our shores continue to fall under the assault of the leg-clinging, beach clogging, and olfactoryoffending Sargassum weed that continues to arrive on our shores. Offshore boaters and satellite images which track the offshore weed by monitoring boat wakes indicate weeks more of the stuff is on the way. That of course is subject to change with wind and weather. This week the water along the beaches looks like iced-tea with some sticks thrown in. About two vertical feet of the weed are coming in each day all along our beaches. Here’s a little Sargassum background. Sargassum was named by the Portuguese sailors who found it in the Sargasso Sea after a species of rock rose (Helianthemum) that grew in their water wells at home and that was called sargaço in Portuguese. The Sargasso Sea is in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean bounded by four streams, with the Gulf Stream being the westernmost.

Sargassum fighting Anyone driving down area beaches since the weed began arriving will notice that the cities of Corpus Christi and Port Aransas deal with the stuff differently once it hits the beach. Corpus Christi crews pile it up in front of the dune line where it eventually becomes part of the existing dune system.

Photo by Miles Merwin By Miles Merwin and Dale Rankin

Crews are putting finishing touches on the massive parking lot at the corner of Compass and Commodores, the Kiddie Pool is full of water, the Swim Up Bar is next and are expected to be ready by opening day and will be open to the public. It appears unlikely any water rides will be ready, but sections of the first floor of the main building is nearing readiness.

As you read this the preview day for the Schlitterbahn waterpark is less than nine days away and more than 200 workers at the site are working long days in preparation for the preview set for Saturday, May 31. Exactly what will be open that day will be unknown until the last few days of next week.

Schlitterbahn continued on A7

Election Day is Tuesday!

Island Developments

Island Vote Likely to Decide Hottest Race

Inside the Moon...

By Dale Rankin The most hotly contested race on the ballot in the current runoff for primary party elections is the Republican between two long-time Republicans vying for the Precinct 4 Nueces County Commission seat which comes with a six-figure salary.

Two new developments are well underway on Windward and Leeward. Padre Beach View condominiums on Windward are 31 units consisting of 3 and 4 bedroom units being developed by Brite Star and Alex Harris. They are about 50% sold.

Searching for the Lost Dutchman A4

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As of Tuesday evening 1485 voters had cast ballots countywide – 1078 Republicans and 407 Democrats. At the Early Voting station on North Padre Island Seashore Learning Center 152 total, 144 Republicans and 8 lonely Democrats had cast ballots. In Port Aransas, also as of Tuesday evening, 213 voters had cast ballots in the runoff at the Port Aransas ISD Administration Building – 61 voters 5 Democrats and 56 Republicans.

In Port Aransas they use a front-notching system in which they cut a section of the dunes out and move the sand to the waterline. Then they refill the spaces in the dunes with piles of Sargassum which has been collected on the beach.

Challenger Brent Chesney, a former Corpus Christi City Councilman and County Judge is trying to unseat incumbent Joe McComb. If current Early Voting Patterns hold and the voters split along the same lines as in the March Primary the Island vote will be the decisive factor in the race.

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In many cases this moves the dune line forward and the beach landward, reducing the width of the beach.

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overall Master Plan

The 152-voter turnout on Padre Island is the third highest in the county with 590 ballots cast at Corpus Christi Council for the Deaf being This keeps the weed from collecting all along the water’s edge, serves to build the beach seaward, and allows the dune line to be raised as the weed is moved in.

Voting continued on A7

Texas Surf Camps Celebrate 10 years Story on A18

There has been a push by the Island Strategic Action Committee for Corpus Christi to adopt the Port Aransas method.

SPID road project

The Future of The Island A15

The project to add two lanes to southbound SPID at the Commodores/SHH 361 intersection is almost complete, for more information see the story in this issue. As the project winds down and the lanes are now in place it’s easy to see how much the addition of two longer turning lanes will mean for traffic there; especially on peak summer weekends as visitors try to turn east to Port Aransas and west to the Schlitterbahn park.

Aerobat Aviation Launches Flying Saucers By Jackie Bales

This project was done quickly and, all things considered, with very few traffic snarls. We commend TxDot for their handling of the project, and State Representative Todd Hunter for his persistence in getting the project funded and finished.

Encantada canal Preliminary design work is in on the plan to unclog the water passage in the canal under Encantada at the far south end of the Island canal system. Once the new canals are finished around the Schlitterbahn park and the water exchange bridge is in place under SPID the opening of the conduits under Encantada would allow the prevailing southeast wind to push water up that canal and out through the canal system, bringing much needed circulation to otherwise stagnant portions of the canals. The early drawings, requested by the POA, show that for about $2 million the existing three submerged tubes, which have been clogged with sand for years, can be replaced by a concretelined opening that will allow about three feet of clearance above the waterline; much like the one currently in the Cartagena Canal. Of course this allows only for the water-passage of kayakers with low foreheads and not for boats. To raise the height of the passage to the bottom of the roadway, about nine feet, would add $1 million to the cost. One possibility is to pay for the new structure – whatever it finally turns out to be – with bonds in the election anticipated in November of this year. Stay tuned.

Around continued on A5

Barnacle Bucks

“I don’t really care, the more the merrier,” it was Travis Shannon, CEO and founder of Aerobat Aviation Inc. responding to my concern about the near gale force winds blowing in downtown Corpus Christi. “My flying saucer can fly in winds that would ground general aviation aircraft”, he informed me.

A little history and a lot of luck By Mama Metal, Daddy Detector and Baby Bucks Barnacle bucks … brambles and burrs. Each step through the thicket was cautious and mini as we scanned the few feet of clear ground between the branches and brush. Light rain had been falling all day and we hoped the moist earth would act as a depth enhancer for our signals. Back in the mid 1800’s this bit of land was clear of trees, now thick with Mesquite, Oaks and other difficult to search through foliage. Thoughts of a lost giant Gold Cross and Jean Lafitte’s buried treasure were certainly incentive enough to motivate passage through the thorny cluster ahead! Upon arrival onto this property, once part of Old St. Mary’s near modern day Bayside, our host (the owner) tells us some very interesting things. But first here is a little history on the land…near the sand.

The Geobat flying saucer drone

Barnacle-Bucks-St.MarysSite Saint Mary’s Saint Mary’s, located near modern day Bayside, was founded around 1850 and soon became a thriving major port and leading

Treasure continued on A24

Travis Shannon founded Aerobat Aviation with the concept of technologically superior solutions for manned and unmanned aerial vehicle mission critical environments. So, are flying saucers real? According to Bradley Dye, vice president of “Corporate Jet Solutions” they are. Mr. Dye has signed an agreement to produce a “two-man” version

Flying Saucer continued on A26

May 22, 2014

Island Moon

On the Rocks

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By Jay Gardner Wow loyal readers, it’s been a wild, fast ride these past couple of weeks. I have to back up a little bit and fill you in. Bird migration finally wound down, although there are still a few interesting species still around as of this writing, including grey catbirds, hooded warblers, and lesser goldfinches. Cool stuff.

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I hosted my companies’ annual fishing tournament at my place what seems like forever ago, but it was just last weekend. Thankfully we had made a trip down to Baffin and loaded up on some fodder for the fryer, as weigh-in was thin again this year. I got skunked myself, and although the skiff had some contenders between Zepplin, Rachel, and Kara, we came up short again. Better luck next year, but everyone had a great time and there was plenty of food. Pictured are Lauren (Paz), Kara, and Rachel, who all obviously got the teal-shirt memo for the day.

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Then, after a short, frantic work week, as Steve Miller says I jumped on that big ole’ jet airliner and headed east towards Tampa for a long weekend of rest and relaxation. However, neither rest or relaxation were on the menu, as Emily, Matt, Todd, Randy, and Meilak ensured that we fished what seemed like all day every day. Todd scooped me from TPA and we hit the ground running. The first afternoon we ran the Fishhead (Carl Beaver’s old boat) to work out some carberator issues, and try a little snook fishing. The boat ran like a champ, and we checked out some new territory.

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Days two and three held more and better fishing trips; we got into a mess of flounder and trout the next day, with a couple snapper thrown in and less jack fish. We bombed up around Fort

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Paz, Kara, and Rachel DeSoto and ran some shark lines (to no avail), and Matt put a snook on the board (released due to closed season). Day four was a breather, and Activity Day, casually eating meals around town and just hanging out. Day five was back on the water, and we witnessed a large tarpon in the grass flats (imagine seeing that in the lagoon!), spotted eagle rays flipping out of the water, a kettle of magnificent frigate birds, I caught my first red grouper (also released), and Matt added another snook to the tally. All in all, it was more than I hoped for in a vacation. Although we didn’t get to do any diving due to weather (I took that last cold front and rain out there with me) it still was an awesome trip, and it will take me a week to recover from my vacation, ha! Thanks again to the Tampa crew for pulling all the stops and showing me one heck of a great time. Whew! No rest for the weary, however. Memorial Day is breathing down our necks as I write this, and best get out and stock up on supplies now. I think I’ll take alternative means of transportation around the Island this weekend via skiff. Too bad it’s such a long no wake zone with no transient slips to get to either Circle K or CVS by boat. Then you have to walk a ways. But as Emily says, it’s first world problems. Y’all have a good one and I’ll see you on the rocks.

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May 22, 2014

Island Moon

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shrimp in boats large and small. When I first Just as summertime is about to break open started guiding nearly twenty years ago there with the end of the school year, we are finally was no “CROAKER FISHING”. The flocks of getting summertime weather. Fishing is right gulls would be scattered from the bridge to the along with the late coming Land Cut and all over Corpus of the season, or should I Bay. Anglers could follow the say the clinging winter and birds and fish all day. Now it is spring weather patterns. The a very rare occasion to see any prevailing winds from the pods of shrimp being worked southeast are finally pushing by fish or birds. There are a water and fish north from growing number of anglers that the southern passes of Port are starting to see the changes in Mansfield and cleaning out our bay, fishing pressure is not some of the brown water. The the only factor. The environment influx of a good bull tide on is effected by everything we do the upper end of the Laguna to it and we have steadily taken Madre’ flushed some nice advantage of our waters to the water into the bay but as it fell point that they are hurting. out the brown water moved There are many “theories” about north. Water conditions have what is causing the brown tide been key in finding trout the and other algae blooms and the last few weeks. With the tides absence of aquatic life. I know moving patches of stained that all are probably contributing water I have been covering a factors. The fertilizer run-off of lot of miles every day staying the agriculture in the Baffin Bay Kendal Lee Farah HAPPY area does not get diluted because in the better water. Fishing on the whole is not as great as it is BIRTHDAY surfer girl. We of the lack of fresh water influx, most years but even our worst love you the high rate of evaporation, and times are fabulous compared the lack of proper tidal flow. The to many other places. We are surrounded by so shrimp farms in the Lower Laguna Madre’ and many opportunities to enjoy the water and great in Flour Bluff have recently been to blame for fishing that there is always a good spot close dumping shrimp waist and chemicals into the bye. system as well. Without knowing the specifics

I can only guess, but I do remember that they were very concerned about the shrimp that were The story under the surface is shrimp cocktail! released from the farms on accident would sour It seems every day I have a successful day our natural shrimp populations. Maybe it did? catching trout I find shrimp in their stomachs. The lack of flow under the JFK causeway has Not big shrimp but very small grass shrimp. been a slow death for the Laguna Madre’ over This is what the main food source for our local the last 45 years. Only with time has the problem game fish in the spring months has always compounded to the point it is today, and the been. I can remember years ago the scene in change to the elevated causeway that we were the Land Cut and under the JFK and Humble supposed to get didn’t help much either. The Bridge was a circus of shrimp boats harvesting most detrimental practice to the entire Texas Coastline is the dredging of the Intracoastal Canal and the Corps. Of Engineers pumping black sludge, compounded sediments, and polluted mud all over the bay. This is something that covers the bottom in black silt. They pump this Black Death out over natural rock formations, grass flats, sand bars, anywhere it is convenient for them. The areas they dump this never recover or return to their natural state. I’ve watched in HORROR as they have one by one covered areas fish flock to and have not seen Capt. David with a monster trout he put a client on this week them productive after. They go unsupervised and are

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not held accountable. The many spoil islands up and down the coast were built when they dredged and created the ICW, and are state property. The ONLY reason they are not putting the spoil mud on the islands is because they receive LOTS OF MONEY FROM LEASING THEM OUT TO BIRD PROTECTION AGENCYS. Dang, I need to relax and think about fishing. Fishing with live shrimp and popping corks and bottom fishing rigs has been the most consistent and productive most days. Drift with the popping Great redfish action when the winds are kick'n. corks and find concentrated doesn’t make a big entrance into the water. The areas of fish, then anchor down and use bottom fishing rigs to stay on sheep head were even slurping them up. When them. The deeper parts of Emmorts Hole have looking for trophy trout this week head for the seen large schools of drum and redfish as well shallow waters of Yarborough Pass and the as trout along the edges of the shallows. When Meadows. The green water has been creeping you make two drifts over the same area and up along the east side and there are some nice catch fish mark the spot and settle in on them. pockets of water with some spawning sow I’ve found that a small yellow, glow, or red bead trout hanging in the shallow grass. The DOA has made a difference in trout finding the bait AIRHEADS continue to be the most dangerous in dirty water when attached near the hook. bait when on foot. The bait looks like a shad The windy days of late have been discouraging and has big red eyes, punched with a light jig at the dock but productive out on the water. head you can float this bait over the grass beds Drifting with corks and shrimp around the spoil and watch as fish attack it with aggression. islands south of Bird Island will hook you into The big mature trout are on a spawn right now some great schools of redfish.

BACK TO THE BEACH Many anglers looking to get out for a short but successful fishing trip pass the road to the sand up. The relaxing sounds of the ocean at foot and the excitement of knowing the next cast could be anything from a tasty whiting to a tarpon fuels each step. Using small pieces of shrimp, squid, or FISH BITES is all you need on a small hook to fill a bucket up with fish for supper. The whiting are thick right now and in the first two guts. If it is calm cast out into the second gut with a small treble or circle hook #1 or #2 and a small pinch weight. If the winds pick up walk out and stand on the sand bar casting back at the beach into the gut. The other options are live shrimp under a cork casting out into the third gut for trout or top waters. Walking the jetties of Port A or Packery have been sending anglers home with nice trout. First light with a top water or at sunset is something magical. The This nice stringer came from the shorelines of Baffin Bay this week despite high winds old silver spoon is a dynamite way to get some drag screaming runs from Spanish mackerel and everything that eats witch is a little late for a major spawn in May baitfish. You can throw them far and work them but everything is late this year. When the tides fast. Make sure if you are using a spoon that you are up you will find great lure fishing along the use a swivel and a good leader of at least 40lb Laguna Shores shoreline and the King Ranch, test so that their teeth don’t break you off. When but when the tides are dropping and stained water comes up head south. the water is green then hit the beach!

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Down south I’ve been chasing the clean water and finding some great lure action in the Land Cut and south of Baffin Bay. As water comes in from the south look for patches of clean water. This week drifting close to the bank along Rock Slough has been awesome. Working soft plastics in the rocks is very hard not to get hung up so use a DOA Bait Buster to hover above the snags. This bait when worked looks just like a bite sized mullet. It can be worked as a top water, or just under the surface. The Land Cut has been on and off with the finicky trout bite, last week I casted at over 50 trout and redfish when the winds died and only caught two. They were just sitting there with their stomachs full and would back off when they saw the bait. The one lure I did get them to eat was the DOA 2” shrimp with a small 1 1/16th jig head. This small grass shrimp is hard for them to resist and

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May 22, 2014

Island Moon

By Capt. Sail Offcourse

In Search of the Lost Dutchman Mine

massacres prior to U.S. control in the area, contributed to the Apache protecting the mountain of the Thunder God. The first large scale massacre was when the Apache were upset over the Catholic Jesuit Fathers forcing them to work the mines; especially when they claimed the fathers were destroying the home of the Thunder God. The second was when the Peralta’s group was killed working these same mines. The Apache had warned the Peraltas to stop mining According to local lore, the stones contain a map and were promised that a pull out indicating the location of the Lost Dutchman's Gold was soon to take place and that Mine. Various claims have been made about the the Spanish were to never be seen location of the gold mine based on an interpretation again, but nine months later they were still there. Both groups were of the stones, and such claims appear at regular accompanied intervals—though no one has yet recovered a flake of by large Jacob Waltz's gold. groups of t r a i n e d of Mexico and the Rio Grande River through Spanish Military when the New Mexico and into present-day Arizona. In Apache attacked them. January 1536, they headed south into Mexico. They were by no means the first Spanish to visit Tonto National Forest the Island. In 1519 Captain Alonso Alvarez de So the starting point Pineda mapped the entire coast of the Gulf of was looking at where the Mexico from Florida to Vera Cruz (in presentSpanish had been traveling day Mexico), including what was then known through the area. There are as "la Isla Blanca" (the White Island), which many trails in the Tonto later became known as Padre Island. He also National Forest Wilderness discovered a small bay on June 24, 1519, which area and they are basically he named for the celebrated day of the Catholic the same trails used by the feast of Corpus Christi. Indians, Spanish/Mexicans, So here it is that Padre Island is connected and Americans today. These trails are crude and from the beginning of the Spanish history to the mainly follow the canyons lands in Arizona. Being born a native of Corpus The locations and words used in the Ted De Grazia Jesuit to mountain passes; some Christi may have given an advantage that others treasure map are in Spanish. The translations are as follows: are so rough that they do not carry in their genetics. Compiling a list Jesuit treasure; Fish Creek; water; hat; north; ironwood recommend no horses!

By now it should be obvious that there are at least two things that drive my thought process. The first being a great love of the sailing craft as a means of travel. A well rigged sailing craft takes one back to a simpler time. The other thing being treasure that could be anywhere you travel. This latter seems to be deep set into my physical being. Ever since I held the real bar of gold in Mel Fishers Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida, which Kip had insisted, I hold it, even though I objected to it as I knew that touching it causes wear and ends up on your hands. I still wear the Spanish Cobb I got from the Atocha shipwreck salvaged in the early eighties by the Fisher Group.

(Palo Fiero) and mine. It also shows what appears to be the Four Peaks in the north, a triangular shape stone house or cliff dwellers in the upper part of the map, a Mexican hat (sombrero), Weaver’s Needle, and the word Oro (gold). Superstition Mountains

About four years ago I started a new land quest looking for treasure in a larger form. Knowing the tales of treasure lost and never found I set out to find the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. I first read all I could find on the subject. I was intoxicated by the tales of this legendary mine. I spent every minute I could spare on the stories of the mine and those that had sought the mine. There have been many who attempted to find this piece of real estate, and many who have died with this dream in their mind. Many people have claimed to have found the mine but all have been proven to be suspect or not the mine at all. I started looking at Google Earth after reading that there had been several

The Spanish had discovered that Arizona had a rich mineral content and became famous all the way to Spain. This area was called Sonora, Mexico during the time the Spanish were the rulers of New Spain. The original grant to this area was issued by the King of Spain in the 1500's to Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, after his return to Mexico with tells of the fabulous wealth of the land and the legend of the Seven Cities of Gold in northern Sonora. The correct name of this parcel is "Luis Maria Vaca Land Grant No. 3." He had walked back to Vera Cruz, Mexico after being stranded on Padre Island. In 1528 his company was marooned somewhere near Galveston, he and several companions tried to return to Vera Cruz by sailing around the Gulf of Mexico in makeshift boats. Unfortunately, they were caught by a storm and shipwrecked on Padre Island. They were made slaves by the local Indians and then escaped. Cabeza de Vaca and his companions followed the Gulf

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of features I started looking for these features from the Peralta Stones: 1. The Eye of the Needle 2. The Mapa Stone 3. The word Coazon 4. The word Mapa 5. The Cabillo de Sante Fe 6. The Priest 7. The Heart with no “M” 8. The chiseled 5 9. The Sombrero 10. The Thunder God 11. The Black Rock 12. The Needle 13. Footprints 14. The Blind Canyon 15. The Cave 16. The path the priest took fleeing the Apache With these landmarks I started a long search of the area that promised a great hunt for a lost treasure. How Jacob Waltz had come across the mine is not known or was never revealed to the public. There are only several people who may have heard the whole tale, whom were Julia Thomas, Jacob Wiser, and Joseph Smith of the Latter Day Saints.

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Searching the hills I used “Out of Place Objects” to quicken my search. Out-of-place artifact (OOPArt) is a term coined by American naturalist Ivan T. Sanderson for an object of historical, archaeological, or paleontological interest found in a very unusual or seemingly impossible context that could challenge conventional historical chronology, or showing "human presence". The term is used to describe a wide variety of objects, from anomalies studied by mainstream science and pseudoarchaeology far outside the mainstream to objects that have been shown to be hoaxes or to have mundane explanations. On a hill over Rogers Canyon I found a site that I believe is Weavers Needle is a 1,000-foot-high (300 m) column of rock the Mina Virgon. The story is that forms a distinctive peak visible for many miles around. posted on Treasurenet.com as Weavers Needle has played a significant role in the stories the Survey of the Mina Virgon of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. The Needle's shadow in Member Hunts, as this goes to press I will be there on the reportedly indicates the location of a rich vein of gold. mountain.

May 22, 2014

Island Moon

A Little Island History

Yankees Capture Mustang and Padre Islands, Barbed Wire Changes the Rules of Ranching, Water Determines Land Value

In November 1863, Union forces captured Brazos Island and reoccupied the camp originally set up by General Taylor in 1846. From Brazos Island they moved north intent on capturing the passes all the way to Galveston Island. On November 18, 1863, a large body sailed along the Padre to Corpus Christi Pass and landed on Mustang Island. Moving quickly and quietly in the grey morning light up The Island, they surprised the Confederate garrison at Aransas Pass. After minor skirmishing the Confederate force, which consisted of nine officers and ninety men, surrendered. Brazos, Padre, and Mustang were securely in northern hands. For all intents and purposes they remained so until the end of the war.

out of business. Land ownership became crucial and, equally important, a good water supply determined the value of land. Some men whose cattle had for years headed for the most convenient water source, suddenly discovered that their acreage was valueless because they could no longer get to water. These changes were the stuff of countless later Western stories, movies, and television serials.

Patrick Dunn arrives The fencing of the range had a direct effect on Padre Island. In 1876 a young man from Corpus Christi named Patrick Dunn discovered that he was no longer able to graze cattle freely on the open range. Dunn faced the choice of

A gap is history as The Island is part of the Wild West

With the invention of barbed wire in De Kalb, Ill., in 1875, the fencing process became simple and cheap. Others soon followed the example set by Kenedy and King. The result of fencing the free open range was revolutionary. No longer could men enter the business simply by purchasing a herd or a brand and then running their cattle on the open range. Having no land of their own, small cattle owners were driven

Briscoe Bone-In Ribeye by Elizabeth Clark. “Dr. Eugenia Briscoe was my greatgrandmother. She taught at the University of Wyoming and the University of Colorado, however, she spent most of her life in Corpus Christi. She wrote a book “City by the Sea” which is on display at the Janet F. Harte Public Library.” That’s a pretty good greatgrandmother to have Elizabeth.

Santa Anna’s Devils. Aptly named by student Carson Stovall after Mexican General Santa who ordered the execution of 350 Texans who surrendered at Goliad and executed survivors of the Battle of the Alamo. That’s a real devil in Texas History terms. King Ranch Carrot Cake by Mary-Elizabeth Blue, This desert contains whiskey infused carrot cake topped with whiskey icing; and anything named after the King Ranch has to be good because you don’t want to make those guys mad. Little John Worthington dinner by Ryan Carlson. The SS John Worthington was a privately-owned U-boat commandeered by the military in WWII. The ship was torpedoed near Panama blowing a 30’x10’ hole in the hull and was eventually abandoned and now lies at the bottom in 25 feet of water in the Lydia Ann Channel in Port Aransas. A few years ago a para-sailor looked down and noticed a ship next to the Worthington and dove on it where he found a wooden paddewheeler. Bowie Brownie by Logan Lang. Anything named after Jim Bowie has to be good. Karankawa Crab Cakes (Killer Crab Cakes) by Mikayla Townsend and Adam Perez del Rio. They look good, but you might want to ask what’s in them before you bite in. Not-so-Killer Karankawa Crab Cakes by Titiana Ortiz. Revisionist history is sometimes fair. Little Joe’s Reward by Rhiannon Mansanales. Joe was an American-born slave who came to the Alamo with William Travis and survived the battle after fighting side by side with Travis. But despite his heroics Joe was returned to the Travis estate near Columbia until his escape in 1836. How you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm once they’ve seen San Antone? A $40 reward was offered but never collected, as Joe disappeared from the pages of history with a story to tell as the only documented survivor of the Battle of the Alamo. either moving farther west, where the range was still free, securing ranch, or getting out of the business. Desiring to remain in the Corpus area, he looked around for a place of his own. His eyes fell on Padre Island as a good place to work cattle and make his fortune. He was not to be disappointed in either venture. On Padre itself little changed during the years after the war. John Singer, who had been forced to leave The Island at the beginning of the war, did not return. The Curry settlement, which was named after one of its occupants named Carrey Curry, a hardshell Baptist preacher, apparently thrived about twenty miles south of Corpus Christi Pass. Curry moved to Padre sometime before the Civil War and apparently raised cattle on The Island. A man named J. T. Lyne, who worked at the packery at Corpus Christi Pass during its heyday from 1870 to 1874, also lived on Padre about six miles south of the pass. He ran cattle and horses on both Padre and Mustang. Another settlement may have been located at Murdock's landing on the Laguna Madre about 30 miles south of Corpus Christi Pass. Next to nothing is known about this settlement, but it might have been connected with the King ranch.

nature of the cattle industry. In the early 1870s Mifflin Kenedy and Richard King, two men who had hauled supplies up the Rio Grande during the Mexican War and had since then acquired giant ranches between Corpus and Brownsville, fenced their land.

So when Black Sheep Bistro asked me to help update their menu by adding in some local Texas history I went back to the source; the 7th Grade Class at Seashore Middle Academy where Texas history is on the curriculum to get the students to help me out. They didn’t disappoint.

Laguna Linguini by Abbe Brummeff. The town of Laguna Vista was founded in the 1880s by salt traders, now the area is home to hunting and fishing camps.

The Rio Grande, always a source of controversy, became known as the "bloody border." Thieves and cutthroats from both sides raided the herds and kept peaceful citizens in a constant uproar. When the price of beef dropped to 2-1/2 cents a pound, large packing houses called packeries sprang up all along the coast from Port Isabel to Galveston. At the packeries, cattle were slaughtered by the thousands for their hides and tallow. Some meat was pickled, i.e, packed in salt, and shipped to New Orleans or Cuba, but the bulk of the valuable commodity was simply discarded or fed to pigs.

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The Nueces Strip by Matt Pate. The Nueces Strip is the land between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers. Eating a Nueces Strip in the Nueces Strip; what could be more better than that?

Pineda Peppercorn Strip from student MaryElizabeth Blue.

When packing houses dominated The Island

Beginning in the 1870s a change took place on the great range of South Texas which altered the

At East Cliff Elementary I thought history was boring. Then I got to Gregory-Portland Junior High and took Texas History and when I learned all of the interesting things that had happened right here in our own backyard it sparked a lifelong love of local history that continues today.

Linguini Madre – named partially by Spanish Explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda who named the Laguna Madre in the 16th Century.

Huge Texas Longhorn cattle and mustang herds roamed the open range throughout the countryside. At one time in the early 1870s perhaps as many as 1,000,000 head were to be found between the Nueces and the Rio Grande. Every winter herds seeking grass moved south towards the coast. The abundance of cattle led inevitably to a drop in prices. As both cattle and land became valueless, a "skinning war" broke out. All cattle, branded or maverick, became free game for the lawless and hungry men who "peeled" them for their hides.

Barbed wire kills the open range, water determines land value

by Dale Rankin

The task was to name the items on the menu after events, people, or places in Texas history. I offered a $50 reward to the best entry and here is their work. Some of the names may be a little off as the writing was hard to read.

Unfortunately, very little is known about Padre Island during the years between the end of the Civil War and 1879, the year Patrick Dunn came to Padre. On the mainland, Nueces County continued to grow. By 1870 it had a population of 3,975 and the town of Corpus Christi counted 2,140 citizens. The decade of the 1870s in Nueces County was in fact a time of the wild, Wild West.

Rockport was the center of the packeries, but one was also located at the head of Padre Island, on what was then called Corpus Christi Pass and is now called Packery Channel. It probably functioned from 1870 or 1872 to 1874. Very literally thousands and thousands of sea lions or coasters passed through these houses. In 1872, 300,000 hides were shipped from Rockport and Corpus Christi. In 1875 prices started to rise. The great cattle drives north up the trails to the railroad or to pastures in Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana which had started in 1867, proved ever more profitable.

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When R. E. Halter surveyed Padre from 1876 to 1882 for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, he noted the landing on his maps and showed a road running from it across the island to the beach. (The landing and road are still shown on U.S.C. & G.S, maps of Padre.) Although pure speculation, the road might have been used during the Civil War to move cotton across Padre to launches on the beach. It also could have been a smuggler's road or perhaps it was simply a wagon path connected with ranching operations. There were undoubtedly men living at the south end of The Island, but their names and activities are unknown. Perhaps Nicolás Grisante, who owned much of Padre at this time, had some kind of ranch there. Next time: An Island where they will kill a man for his cattle and clothes

Laguna Lamb Dunk by Valentia Monsvel. A lamb can use a good swim too. Padre Island Brownie by Victoria Mills. To quote Victoria, “The crusted pecan layers with salted cornmeal sauce and candied nuts are the layers of the island that have created the brownie.” That sounds like a pretty good reason to name a brownie after The Island Victoria. Farley Boat Seafood Pasta by Madi Sheffield. You can build your own Farley Boat at the boats works in Port A, you got to love that. Plus, everyone knows that everything tastes better in a Farley Boat.

Little Davies by Mikayla Townsend. You can’t go wrong naming anything after Davy Crocket.

Waterpark Pork Chop by Clere Funk. “Schlitterbahn being built on Padre Island. Should be finishing first phase in Summer 2014. Going to be a big tourist attraction.” Clere gets an “A” in both Texas History and Current Affairs. Texas Tea Brownie – The Richest Brownie Around by Mia Moore. Got to love it. You might want to consider a career in law Mia. Yellow Rose Tart by Will G. When the Texans attacked at San Jacinto the Mexican soldiers yelled, “The enemy! They come! They come! But General Santa Anna was occupied by Emily Morgan or West – the Yellow Rose of Texas – who got her own hotel on the San Antonio Riverwalk and her own song. The Little St. Joe Island Platter by Austin C. “On July 26, 1846 Lt. Chandler of the USS Alabama walked ashore and placed the first American flag in Texas there. There are still gold ornaments that got lost there that were meant for the Veracruz Cathedral in Mexico.” Hamburgesa de Vaca by Tristan Cardon. “This burger is a reference to the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca who was one of four survivors of the Narvaez Expedition. All of his adventurous spirit is grilled and tasted in this burger. Served with sharp cheddar, grilled onions and fixings on the side.” You can’t go wrong naming a hamburger whose name translates, “Head of the Cow.” Nicely done Tristan. Isla Blanca Linguini by Frank V. “ I am choosing this name for the Linguini pasta because it is tossed in white wine and also “Isla Blanca,” or White Island used to be the name of Padre Island. Very nice Frank, you get an “A” in Spanish and Cuisine both. La Sallad by Allison Cari named after the “French Explorer who was looking for the Mississippi but crashed his ship in Texas.” That happened to me once too Allison. Pineda de Ribeye by Derik. A 20-ounce bonein Ribeye named after the European Explorer who ‘discovered this island in 1519 in hopes of finding a water passage to the Orient.” I can’t chose one $50 winner so I’m gonna wimp out and choose eight $10 winners. Isla Blanca Linguini – A nice combination of history and cuisine. Hamburgesa de Vaca – Wordsmithing gets you points around here Tristan. Yellow Rose Tart – The old Double Entendre works. Texas Tea Brownie – The Richest Brownie Around by Mia. Little Joe’s Reward – A nice piece of overlooked Texas history Rhiannon. Linguini Madre – This one was the favorite on our Facebook page. Briscoe Bone-In Ribeye – In honor of your Great-Grandmother Elizabeth. The Nueces Strip – When it comes to labeling, simple always works, especially when it’s a local reference. We sent a shout out to the 7th Graders at Seashore. Way to go you guys!

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Property appraisal appeals

The two-week period to appeal property appraisals from the Nueces County Appraisal District opened last Monday, the 19th, and runs through May 31. There have been several increases in appraised value in Island homes this year in the $100,000-$150,000 range; the largest jump we have heard of is a whopping $676,717 increase on a house on Primavera. The owner is over 65 so the increase in value won’t translate to a higher tax bill…for him; but his neighbors are understandably worried that the increase will soon enough spill over to the whole block. Word from home owners is that the appraisal district hit homes with any kind of dock on canals with a $7000 across-the-board hike. On Saturday, May 31 the Nueces County Appraisal District is coming to The Island to

allow property owners to file appeals without going OTB. The event begins at 9 a.m. and runs throughout the day, but so far organizers have not announced a location. We will have that, hopefully, for the next edition. It promises to be a raucous affair and we’ll see you there. Summer is four weeks away and the tourist season kicks off this weekend. The Island Moon is going to DEFCON 1; starting this week we’re upping the number of copies by 2500 and increasing distribution in both North Padre Island and Port Aransas and our number of copies will increase each week throughout the summer as the Tourist Invasion hits. It’s time to Rock and Roll. For locals it’s the beach during the week and the Ski Basin on the weekend. In the meantime say hello if you see us Around The Island.

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SMA 8th Grade Concludes the Year with Trip Annual Trip a Bonding Blast

By Brent Rourk Eligible 8th grade students at Seashore Middle Academy have looked forward to their trip at the end of the year to various places in Texas where they can bond, have fun, and create fantastic final memories. This year Students enjoyed a whirlwind of activities in the San Antonio area on May 8-9. Outgoing 8th grade student CJ Evaristo stated, “It was really fun with all of the activities that we were able to do and everyone had a great time. My favorite activities were the trampoline and Magic Time Machine. It was a great way to end our final year here at SMA.” In New Braunfels they visited the 16,000 square foot Spring Loaded Trampoline Park where they tested their jumping and athletic ability on the trampolines and basketball court. They then encountered the Canopy Challenge course at Natural Bridges Caverns where they tackled the ropes and the popular zip lining, Topping off an energetic day, the group dined at the zany Magic Time Machine Restaurant with its amusing cast of characters, mouth-watering menu, and themed tables and rooms. SMA student Hannah Illausky claimed, “Everybody seemed to have fun and there was lots of bonding. They want to go back. The ziplining was my favorite activity. The laser tag was fun too.” On Friday, the reenergized students visited the Main Event in San Antonio where they enjoyed a host of fun activities including bowling, pool, Gravity, laser tag and more. The group then visited Rivercenter Mall before heading home

Boys compete in a cake eating contest at the Magic Time Machine. Photo by Shannon Trial exhausted and pleased that they were able to punctuate their years at SMA with such a funfilled trip. Outgoing 8th grade student Avery Bertagna declared, “The trampoline part of the trip was fun and so was laser tag. It was an unforgettable experience and everybody had an amazing time.” SMA teacher and 8th grade trip sponsor Shannon Trial remarked, "This is a special group of 8th graders. They're very closeknit, and many of them have been together since kindergarten. The trip was a great way to celebrate their accomplishments and spend valuable time together before leaving for high school."

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May 22, 2014

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Voting continued from A1 the highest. At the Ethel Eyerly Senior Center in Flour Bluff 147 total votes had been cast as of Tuesday – 127 Republicans 20 Democrats.

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Just wanted to let property owners, especially on The Island, not to waste time trying to protest appraisals/taxes this year. We spent about an hour with an appraisal representative discussing valuations, taxes, etc. We were told: (1) they're doing what they are told (2) they cannot help us (3) values are now based upon the Eagle-Ford workers with a lot of money who are paying high prices for houses (so my less priced house will be valued at the higher prices being paid and taxes increased accordingly)

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(4) our taxes and appraisals will continue to go up every year

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(5) we filed for our over 65 exemption in the "wrong year" (as if we have a crystal ball to let us know when to file for such)

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It was very apparent they are being paid to not reduce values/taxes---the entities that be want all the money they can get even when the amounts are getting out of line. It seems ironic, the employees are being paid with our tax money so why would they want to reduce values/taxes---then their employment wouldn't be justified. Our bulkheads and retaining walls are in major repair. Repairs will cost a substantial amount of money, but that didn't matter to the appraisal office representative. At the rate our taxes and insurances are increasing every year, living on the Island is no longer affordable. Why can't the Island property owners stand together and

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In Port Aransas McComb won the Republican vote with 54% to Chesney’s 39%. A total of 1324 voters cast ballots on North Padre Island in the March Primary – 10 - 1 Republican over Democrat; and in Port Aransas 632 ballots were case – with Republicans outvoting Democrats by a 2-1 margin. In early voting voters may vote at any polling place in the county, they are not required to vote in their home precinct. Early Voting continues through Friday, May 23. On Election Day, Tuesday, May 27, voters must vote in their home precinct.

Election Day Polling Places Republican Precinct 6 Ethel Eyerly Community Center 654 Graham Rd. Corpus Christi, TX 78418

Corpus Christi, TX 78418 19 Port Aransas Community Center 408 N. Alister St. Port Aransas, TX 78373 40 Island Presbyterian Church 14030 Fortuna Bay Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Inclusive Precincts: 40, 81 [Housed In: 40] 81 Island Presbyterian Church 14030 Fortuna Bay Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Inclusive Precincts: 40, 81 [Housed In: 40] 122 Flour Bluff ISD (Maintenance Dept.) 2510 Waldron Rd. Corpus Christi, TX 78418

Election Day Polling Locations Democrats Precinct 6 Flour Bluff High School (Auditorium) 2505 Waldron Rd. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Inclusive Precincts: 6, 18, 117, 122 [Housed In: 117] 18 Flour Bluff High School (Auditorium) 2505 Waldron Rd. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Inclusive Precincts: 6, 18, 117, 122 [Housed In: 117] 19 Port Aransas Community Center 408 N. Alister St. Port Aransas, TX 78373 40 Island Presbyterian Church 14030 Fortuna Bay Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Inclusive Precincts: 40, 81 [Housed In: 40] 81 Island Presbyterian Church 14030 Fortuna Bay Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Inclusive Precincts: 40, 81 [Housed In: 40] 122 Flour Bluff High School (Auditorium) 2505 Waldron Rd. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Inclusive Precincts: 6, 18, 117, 122 [Housed In: 117] Editor’s note: Just before press time Wednesday Early Voting numbers were updated to include Wednesday voting totals. Countywide 2331 total votes cast: 1683 of them Republican North Padre Island 219 total votes cast: 208 of them Republican

Ethyl Eyerly Flour Bluff 229 total votes cast: 196 Republican

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In the Republican Primary race in early March Chesney outpolled McComb 47% to 39% for McComb district wide, with Padre Island voters favoring Chesney by a 42% to 26%, with Island favorite son Norm Baker taking second with 32%.

Port Aransas 87 total votes cast: 82 of them Republican

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By Brent Rourk All islanders are encouraged informal settings. The most to attend the IUPAC annual recent IUPAC sponsored meeting on Wednesday, event was a very successful June 4th at the Holiday and well-attended candidate Inn on North Padre Island Meet and Greet at Mikel from 6:30-8:00 p.m. where Mays Restaurant. IUPAC will review this past During the annual meeting year’s activities and also the IUPAC will be inducting induct new members to the new board members and as IUPAC Board. IUPAC is a of this article there are four non-partisan organization interested candidates: Karen that encourages islanders to IUPAC board members welcome Wall, David Devlin, Joyce candidates vote in city elections. IUPAC Skowronski, and Mildred knows that a large block of Fraley. IUPAC will also accept nominations voting islanders can make a difference and can from the floor during the annual meeting. If swing elections. you are considering running for a IUPAC Board

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If all property owners of the Island will get together, we can make a difference. After all, if Schlitterbahn can get tax deal, why can't property owners? I feel targeted and discriminated against.

Donna J. Shaver, Ph.D., of the Padre Island National Seashore, Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery, Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle, Corpus Christi, Texas, is awarded as the Endangered Species Recovery Champion, for The United States Region 2, by the Federal U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for 2013.

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Also in reply to a person who wrote in a few weeks ago regarding the smelling water and Councilperson McIntyre replied explaining we needed to clean our pipes and water heater. Our water does smell and tests of too much chlorine. We have had the problem for a long time and it has become worse with the addition of the water tower. Come smell our water at any time. We don't even drink our water anymore--we buy bottled water. The chlorine and alkanity levels from the water out of the faucet is more than the pool test strips. It seems we just keep getting excuses and not solutions. Even the POA is not assisting in the way it should---added fees and fines and are not helping residents to want to stay here. I am in the final phase of my life, and to think that everything I worked and sacrificed is not what I saved and sacrificed for.

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"make" the City, County, and the many districts that want our tax money know we do not want to be priced out of our homes. It was very apparent the appraisal office doesn't care if we have to sell and move elsewhere, they are expecting "big" money to come in and replace us. I am very disappointed in our elected officials as well as employees who are paid with our tax money.

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Schlitterbahn cont. from A1 Pieces of new rides are arriving daily from the main Schlitterbahn yard in New Braunfels, old palm trees that were removed from the Padre Isles Country Club are being re-located to their new locations, rescued lifeboats are being hoisted on pilings to be turned into shade structures, work on a second swim-up bar has begun, and the greenhouses on the west side of the park are sprouting vegetation that will be used throughout the park. Park developers have also purchased a second floating building to be brought to the site, as we reported last week the first floating building purchased for the park is a 75,000 square-foot former casino which will contain a 25,000-square-feet of meeting space, a 25,000 square-foot souvenir shop, and a 25,000 squarefoot concert area.Keep an eye on our Facebook page theislandmoonnewspaper for updates on the park’s progress as we get closer to Saturday.

May 22, 2014

Island Moon

News from your POA By Maybeth Christensen Billish Park Improvements are moving along. Following the public meeting regarding the improvements, the landscape designer has incorporated a pond into the plan which can be used for irrigating the park. The improvements will have to be done in phases considering the costs for the various components. Phase I includes the pond, a berm along Gypsy, a multi-purpose field which can be used for soccer, football, volleyball with a special Bermuda grass, a new irrigation system and new grass for the rest of the park. Additional trees, native grasses and shrubs are also included in the design. The total amount for this work is just over $400,000, which is the amount budgeted for the improvements. We should see work start in the next few months. Other improvements to the playground area, adding shade structures, creating more of a baseball diamond and possibly adding an orchard area, are items we all want to see included, but may have to get creative to pay for them as the City currently does not have the funds for completing the total project. We believe that getting a good base, i.e., grass without stickers, will help us be able to go after the other projects with volunteers, grants and fund raising. I’ve noticed folks have been cutting palms and trimming shrubs and stacking the debris at the curb. IT IS TOO EARLY!!!! The next brush pickup does not happen until July 7. Setout starts June 28. The Litter Critter will be in the POA parking lot Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1 – 9 AM to 5 PM both days. Bring the material to the Critter, or you may just receive a fine from the City. Also, the Critter is not to be used by contractors. If you’ve hired someone to do the trimming, they are supposed to haul the material off the Island.

Police Blotter Traffic Safety Section Announces Intoxicated Driving Statistics The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section released the year to date statistics for criminal complaints for Intoxicated Driving on May 14, 2014. The Corpus Christi Police Department had arrested 557 people for Driving While Intoxicated or Driving Under the Influence from January 1st to May 14, 2014 which is a 36% increase from the same time last year. The Corpus Christi Police Department had arrested 409 people for intoxicated driving offenses by the same time last year and had a total of 1,203 arrests for intoxicated driving offenses for all of 2013; an all time record high quantity for the Corpus Christi Police Department. The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section further reported the following data: 557

Arrests for Driving While Intoxicated as of 5/14/2014

Arrests for Driving Under the Influence as of 5/14/2014

189

Suspects consented to give a sample of their breath

145

Suspects consented to give a sample of their blood

218

Suspects refused to give a sample of breath or blood and a search warrant was obtained

Suspects refused both blood and breath request, and no evidence was obtained.

Felony DWI cases. 29 for DWI with two or more prior convictions

for intoxicated assault

DWI with Child Passenger

intoxicated manslaughter

.17

Average Breath /Blood results from suspects

If You Dig a Hole on The Island You Will Hit Fresh Water

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The latest test of this theory came this week when county crews started digging Monday morning near the entrance to Balli Park and by Tuesday morning had an eight-feet deep hole filled about halfway with water. The water can be used for irrigation and other non-consumable uses.

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The same idea is behind plans for $500,000 in improvements to Billish Park where a makeover is in progress. City Planners are considering different plans to dig a pond in the park and use water from it to rid the park of the sandburs which have taken it over. The water table is closest to the surface near the dune line and continues to the Laguna Madre, but the subterranean water gets saltier toward the back of The Island near the saltier water of the Laguna. A test well in the next few weeks at Billish Park should determine how deep the fresh water table is at that location.

Students Invade Local Bank Vault Financial Literacy Unit Takes Them to Local Bank By Brent Rourk Slowly walking into the First Community Bank Vault, Seashore Middle Academy students’ eyes widened and mouths opened in awe. All of the things inside the huge vault drew close inspection by appreciative students. They were not there to take money, but to obtain knowledge. As part of their financial literacy unit, the SMA students toured the local bank on North Padre Island on May 16th. SMA Teacher Sharon Smith had prepared the students about various banking concepts as part of the financial unit. Students are never too young (nor too old) to learn about money and banking. The students took a tour of the bank, learning about different jobs and purposes of the bank. It was the vault that opened their eyes and no doubt prompted dinner conversation about banks and vaults. The local banking crew informed curious students about various banking concepts that students had learned previously in the classroom. Local bankers thoroughly quizzed the students to determine how well they had learned the concepts. They passed! SMA teacher Sharon Smith stated, "It was so helpful to take what they were learning in the classroom and showing them firsthand how the banking process works. A special SMA thanks to Miles Graham and his terrific staff for the goodie bags given to the students as a reminder of a fun learning experience.” SMA student Lorelei Irby commented, "I thought that it was a very cool experience to find out where our money goes and what our account is for. My favorite part was when we went back into the vault where we saw were the money is kept." Ah yes, the dreams we have all had about walking into a vault full of money!

14300 block Cruiser 3:33 a.m. May 19 Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon 14100 block Atascadera 9:40 p.m. May 17 Assault with injury 15800 block SPID 7:31 a.m. May 17 Theft $50-$500

SMA students learn about banking

See the Power of the Wind in the Palm of Your Hand

Conrad Blucher Institute Makes Wind Data Easily Accesable

“Technology moves quickly and for more than 20 years CBI has aimed at taking advantage of new technologies to provide information in real-time, simply and efficiently to its users,” said Tissot. “The Texas Coastal Winds app follows the idea that users want specific information in an easy to use and graphically pleasing format.” The app works in conjunction with another CBI project, The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network, and provides users with real-time wind speeds based on location. The Texas Coastal Winds app can be accessed from a computer or smartphone or users can download it for free from the Google Play store. Users can use their device location functions to see nearby wind speed and directions in miles per hour, knots, and meters per second. Information is updated every six minutes and users can see data stretching from Port Isabel to Port Arthur, Texas. “The community benefits by gaining easy access to atmospheric conditions along the Texas coast,” said Tissot. “This is useful for professional who work along the coast and for planning recreational activities.” Information is collected from 32 scientific data collection platforms which must meet National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration standards and guidelines. By creating such apps and making them available to the public, the Island University is able to interact with coastal stakeholders, state and federal agencies. “The development of such apps is excellent professional preparation for our students,” said Tissot. “They learn highly sought after skills such as mobile computing, use of geolocation services, analytics and can show their creativity through visible work.” The Texas Coastal Winds app was developed by the Coastal Dynamics Laboratory research team at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Specifically by three undergraduate research students; Computer Science majors Francesca Picarazzi and Darius

The Electric Transmission Texas has posted a four page public notice detailing their proposed single circuit transmission line that they hope will address outage scenarios in our region. Realtor Victoria Munt Rogers has a finger tip waterfront lot with fabulous views and 138.5 feet of bulkhead. The cul-de-sac is in a prestigous neighborhood close to the intracoastal. This is one of the very few patio lots remaining. Call Victoria at 548-6804. Armor Glass can prepare you for the upcoming hurricane season with windows that you don't need to board up and they also cut solar heat. Call 361-GETSAFE to “armor your windows” or visit armorglass.com. Texas Surf Camps is celebrating ten years of Texas surfing fun. Camp Director and pro surfer Morgan Faulkner runs his summer camps June – August at Bob Hall pier and Horace Caldwell pier in Port A. Call 749-6956, email txsurfcamps@gmail.cm or visit texassurfcamps.com. Coastline Properties has a free app that allows you to search the MLS by texting “LiveMLS” to 71441. They have many Island properties listed including a 4BR/4BA home at 15129 Cane Harbor with a pool for $799,999 and a waterfront 3 bedroom condo at 14514 Cabana East for $227,700. Stop by 14717 SPID, call 949-0101 or visit www.coastline-properties.com. A Mano at the Tower Center in Port A has moved next door and is twice the size. They have a wide variety of fun, unique items from artisans in central and southern Mexico. Be sure to make return visits because they make many buying trips. Realtor and Moon Columnist Mary Lou White has just listed 13562 Bullion for $524,000 and 13909 Isla Colon 909,000. Call 792-0222or 960-9460, email marylou@baxterbrooks.com or visit baxterbrooks.com. Luau Buffet & Polynesian Dance Show will be at the Boathouse Bar & Grill on Sunday, June 1st at 2:15 pm. Halau Leilani & the Aloha of Polynesia Dancers will provide the entertainment and the buffet will be complete with pig. A raffle and silent auction will conclude the event. Tickets are $22 and $15 for kids 8 and under. For more info visit alohaluaus.com.

Mikel May's Beachside Bar & Grill at Bob Hall Pier has plenty in store for this Memorial Day Weekend. Friday is 80s night with music by The Daze 9 pm – 1 am. Saturday 1:30 – 5:30 pm acoustic singer Ruben Limas will entertain and The Deadbeats will rock the place 9 pm – 1 am. Lyrical Bynge featuring Edna De La Garza will perform Sunday night 8:30 – 12:30.

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Windsurfers, boat captains, local fishermen, and beach-goers rejoice! Dr. Philippe Tissot, Associate Director of the Conrad Blucher Institute (CBI) has recently made an app that allows users to have access to Texas coastal winds at the touch of a button.

Keller Williams Realty has 14 Island agents to serve you including broker/owner Tammy Good and former owner Kim Erwin. They have a property listed for $2,200,000 in the exclusive gated community in Aransas Pass with a lagoon that leads into Aransas Bay. It is a builder's home with an infinity pool and swim-up bar. They have condo listings that include El Constante, Port Royal and Aransas Princess. They have waterfront homes in Port A including a 3 bedroom on Deck Street with a pool for $449,900. There are numerous listings on the Island check out their full page ad for some of them. Call 949-8282 for more info.

Real Estate Broker Janice Minter at Coastal Area Real Estate has been serving with honesty and integrity for more than 34 years. Her new listings include a renovated 2 bedroom 2 bath condo at Portofino on the seawall for $229,000 and an updated one story waterfront 3 bedroom home with furnishings negotiable for $359,900. She also has lots available in the Packery area, at the golf course and near the beach. Call Janice at 949-8485 or call/text 215-4273. You can also visit www.texcoast.com.

DWI arrest were involved in Traffic Crashes

15100 block Leeward 8:29 a.m. May 19 Theft under $50

by Mary Craft

Our Island sets on a lake of fresh water that is floating on top of a sea of salt water. If you dig a little way down you will hit brackish, but potable water.

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Stephens; and Geographic Information Science major Julien Clifford. Useful and user-friendly apps are part of the the future of the research institute, whose research includes developing predictive models for navigation, safety and the management of coastal resources. The technologies used for Texas Coastal Winds app were based on the Transit app that helped with navigation along the Houston/Galveston ship channel,. “We are developing new apps for other environmental parameters,” said Tissot. “Such apps will complement the CBI’s sophisticated data access tools, presently focusing on scientists and professionals.” Currently, the lab is also developing new ways to compare the impact of sea level rise around the Gulf of Mexico, to compute regional sea level trends and new methods to assess hydrodynamic models using GIS and aerial imagery. Tissot came to the Island University in 1999, and has focused his research on sea level rise, the development of operational coastal prediction models for navigation and emergency management, hydrodynamic modeling of bays and estuaries, as well as developing mobile apps that communicate coastal information. About Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi: Offering more than 60 of the most popular degree programs in the state, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has proudly provided a solid academic reputation, renowned faculty, and highly-rated degree programs since 1947. The Island University has earned its spot as a premier doctoral-granting institution, supporting two institutes and 13 research centers and labs. Discover your island at http://www. tamucc.edu/. About the Conrad Blucher Institute: The Conrad Blucher Institute (CBI) conducts innovative research and encourages scientists and professional engineers to develop and apply technology solutions relevant to surveying, scientific measurements, and to the issues in the Gulf of Mexico region. The Institute, which is home to the largest endowed GIS (Geographic information systems) institution in the United States, will now provide the only Ph.D. in Geospatial Computer Sciences in the nation. The Institute has achieved and maintains a national reputation for developing innovative geospatial science research and serves as a focused resource area for geospatial datasets relevant to the coastal environment.

The Balinese Wellness Spa & Yoga Retreat offers holistic treatments and services to balance the mind and body using natural organic products. Sue Allis is a licensed medical esthetician with 14 years of massage therapy. There is a Memorial Day special with a classic facial for $60. You can find the spa at 121 Cut Off Road in Port A. Call 749-0003 to make an appointment. As you can see from all the new advertisers that the busy season is about to begin. We have increased the number of copies by 2500 and will increase even more through the summer. This issue has 28 pages which is the most pages we have had since we became weekly. Email editor@ islandmoon.com to place an ad which in turn will appear here or email me at mkay512@aol.com with newsy stuff.

Business Briefs Diane McGroarty with Diana Homes just remodeled my 80s kitchen and I must say I was impressed. The four crews she used were top notch and included Cliff's Electric and Anchor Plumbing. Each showed up when they were supposed to, paid attention to detail and cleaned up after. Diane was johnny-on-the spot to oversee the work and the project was completed in less than two weeks – that's pretty amazing for South Texas. Also amazing is that the kitchen is so pretty and inviting I may start cooking again. Well, maybe not – that would mess up the kitchen. Call Diane for a free estimate at 949-2092 or 442-3516. Realtors Kim Erwin and Signa Pappas-Prather started the Island Easter Egg Hunt 17 years ago. Easter was Kim’s favorite holiday as a child, and she wanted to bring a family event to Padre Island. It started with 20 people and has grown into a huge collaborative community event that more and more children get to enjoy each year. The Back Porch in Port A will celebrate the Memorial Day weekend with Gary P. Nunn on Friday and Larry Joe Taylor on Sunday. The Boathouse Bar & Grill is putting in a full bar on the lower patio with a POS system so food orders can be placed outdoors. A canopy is being built for shade and a wind screen that will be used as needed. The Nueces County Appraisal District is coming to address Island homeowners on Saturday, May 31st at 9 am but so far no location has been announced. Kiwanis Club of Padre Island meets every Wednesday now at Mikel May's for lunch at noon. Stop by and see if you would like to join the organization or call Karen Wilson at 446-4626 or email karenwilson61@gmail.com. The road under the bridge going to Doc's and Snoopy's will be raised and widened and water and gas lines will be put in. Work should begin in the fall after the tourist season. A kayak was found on Beaufort Court. Call 210-9126100 to identify. CVS in Port A is now open.

May 22, 2014

Island Moon

A10 Electric Transmission Texas, LLC (ETT) gives notice of its intent to amend its Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) to construct a proposed single‐ circuit 138 kV transmission line in Nueces County, Texas. This project is necessary to maintain transmission service reliability to Flour Bluff, portions of Corpus Christi, and the North Padre‐Mustang Island area. Numerous different outage scenarios of other transmission facilities in this area indicate significant shedding of electrical load would be required in the event of any of these potential equipment outages. This transmission line project has been determined to be the best solution to address these electric transmission reliability issues. ETT has filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) in Docket No. 42467 ‐ Application of Electric Transmission Texas, LLC to Amend its Certificates of Convenience and Necessity for the Proposed Barney Davis to Naval Base 138 kV Single‐Circuit Transmission Line in Nueces County, Texas. ETT’s routing options for this project range from approximately 6.1 miles to 16.1 miles in length and 18 alternative routing options have been filed in the above docket for consideration by the

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PUBLIC NOTICE Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC).

ETT’s routing options for this project range from approximately 6.1 miles to 16.1 miles in length and 18 alternative routing options have been filed in the above docket for consideration by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). Only one route will be approved by the PUC. The estimated transmission line cost of the routing options ranges from $26.2 million to $65.6 million. The estimated cost for the termination at the two substations is approximately $6.9 million and would be the same for each routing option. Therefore, the estimated total project cost of the routing options ranges from approximately $33.1 million to $72.5 million. Persons with questions about the transmission line may contact ETT’s representative, Charles T. Jasper at (972)960‐4473, or Barry R. Smith at (512)391‐6340. Maps illustrating ETT’s routing options have been provided to directly affected landowners and are included in this notice. A detailed routing map may be reviewed during normal library hours at the Janet F. Harte Public Library, 2629 Waldron Rd., Corpus Christi, Texas 78418.

All routes and route segments (links) included in this notice are available for selection and approval by the PUC. Persons who are affected by the proposed transmission line and wish to intervene in the docket or comment on ETT’s CCN application should mail the original and 10 copies of their requests to intervene to the following address: Public Utility Commission of Texas Central Records Attn: Filing Clerk 1701 N. Congress Avenue P.O. Box 13326 Austin, Texas 78711‐3326 Persons who wish to intervene in the docket must also mail a copy of their request for intervention to all parties in the docket and all persons that have pending motions to intervene; at or before the time the request for intervention is mailed to the PUC. The only way to fully participate in the PUC’s decision on where to locate the transmission line is to intervene in the docket. It is important for an affected person to intervene because the utility is not obligated to keep affected persons informed of the PUC’s proceedings and cannot predict which route may or may not be approved by the PUC.

May 22, 2014 The deadline for intervention in the proceeding is June 30, 2014; and the PUC should receive a letter from you requesting intervention by that date.

The PUC has developed a brochure titled Landowners and Transmission Line Cases at PUC. Copies of the brochure are available from ETT by calling Charles T. Jasper, at (972)960‐4473 or may be downloaded from PUC’s website at www.puc.state.tx.us. To obtain additional information about this docket, you may contact the PUC’s Customer Assistance Hotline at (512)936‐ 7120 or (888)782‐8477. Hearing‐ and speech‐impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the PUC’s Customer Assistance Hotline at (512)936‐ 7136 or toll free at (800)735‐2989. In addition to the intervention deadline, other important deadlines may already exist that affect your participation in this docket. You should review the orders and other filings already made in the docket.

May 22, 2014

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Various combinations of transmission‐line links form routing options for the proposed project. In its CCN application for this project, ETT has presented 18 different combinations of links to develop possible routes for consideration by the PUC. The PUC will make the final determination of which route will be approved for this transmission line project. Any one of the proposed routes or any other combination of the routing links could be approved by the PUC. The following table lists the link combinations that make up the routing options filed in ETT’s CCN application.

Route Number 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20

Segments

1a‐3‐4‐8‐12‐13‐ 15‐16‐40‐42‐ 37b‐45‐46‐48a‐ 48c

1a‐3‐4‐9‐11‐13‐ 15‐16‐40‐43‐44‐ 47‐49‐52‐61‐62‐ 63‐64‐66‐68 1a‐3‐4‐9‐10a‐ 10b‐15‐16‐41‐ 44‐47‐49‐51‐55‐ 62‐63‐71‐72

Length (miles) 13.61 14.32 14.04

1b‐10b‐15‐16‐ 41‐44‐47‐49‐51‐ 53‐56‐63‐64‐66‐ 68

16.07

1a‐3‐5‐7‐22‐25‐ 30‐34‐36‐39‐57‐ 59‐67‐68

6.70

1a‐3‐5‐7‐22‐25‐ 26‐27‐28‐33‐39‐ 57‐59‐65‐66‐68

6.98

1a‐3‐4‐8‐25‐30‐ 34‐38‐53‐56‐63‐ 71‐72

6.14

1a‐3‐4‐8‐25‐30‐ 34‐38‐55‐62‐63‐ 71‐72

6.14

1a‐3‐4‐9‐11‐14‐ 20‐21‐37a‐37b‐ 45‐47‐49‐51‐53‐ 56‐63‐71‐72

8.08

1a‐3‐4‐9‐11‐14‐ 20‐21‐37a‐37b‐ 45‐46‐48a‐48c

1a‐3‐4‐8‐12‐14‐ 20‐21‐35‐38‐53‐ 54‐57‐59‐65‐66‐ 68 1b‐10b‐15‐17‐ 19‐20‐21‐37a‐ 37b‐45‐46‐48a‐ 48c

1b‐10b‐15‐17‐ 18‐21‐37a‐37b‐ 45‐47‐49‐51‐53‐ 54‐57‐59‐67‐68 1a‐3‐4‐9‐11‐13‐ 15‐17‐18‐21‐ 37a‐37b‐45‐46‐ 48a‐48b‐69‐64‐ 66‐68 1a‐3‐4‐9‐11‐13‐ 15‐17‐18‐21‐ 37a‐37b‐45‐47‐ 49‐51‐53‐54‐57‐ 59‐67‐68 1a‐3‐4‐9‐11‐14‐ 20‐21‐37a‐37b‐ 45‐46‐48a‐48b‐ 69‐64‐66‐68

1a‐3‐4‐9‐11‐14‐ 20‐21‐37a‐37b‐ 45‐46‐48a‐48b‐ 69‐64‐65‐67‐68 1a‐3‐4‐9‐10a‐ 10b‐15‐17‐18‐ 21‐37a‐37b‐45‐ 46‐48a‐48c

7.71

8.58 11.62 12.25 10.05

10.33 8.07 8.34 9.68

Note: Routes 1 and 2 were analyzed but not proposed in the Application

The following narrative describing the segments, along with the map that shows these segments, will together provide a better description of the location of the segments that form the 18 alternative routes.

Segment 1a Segment 1a begins at the northwestern corner of the existing Barney Davis Substation, approximately 5,800 feet southeast of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. The segment extends northwest approximately 250 feet, where it angles north and parallels the east side of the Barney Davis Reservoir for approximately 1,300 feet where it terminates at the junction of Segment 3, approximately 4,300 feet southeast of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection.

Segment 1b Segment 1b begins at the western side of the existing Barney Davis Substation, approximately 5,800 feet southeast of the Waldron Road and Yorktown Boulevard intersection. The segment extends south approximately 1,400 feet within an existing transmission line easement along the eastern edge of the Barney Davis Reservoir to the southeastern corner of the Barney Davis Reservoir. The segment then turns west and continues approximately 13,400 feet within an existing transmission line easement parallel to the southern edge of the Barney Davis Reservoir. The segment then makes a 90 degree turn to the north and continues approximately 2,100 feet, parallel to the western edge of the Barney Davis Reservoir. The segment then angles to the east and parallels the Barney Davis Reservoir approximately 1,500 feet, where it angles to the northeast, parallels the Barney Davis Reservoir for an additional 2,000 feet. The segment then angles to the east, and parallels the northern edge of the Barney Davis Reservoir for approximately 1,550 feet where it terminates at its junction with segment 10a and 10b, approximately 3,800 feet southeast of the Roscher Road and Yorktown Boulevard intersection. Segment 3 Segment 3 begins at the junction of Segment 1a, near the northeastern corner of the Barney Davis Reservoir, approximately 4,300 feet southeast of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. It extends approximately 645 feet north where it terminates at its junction with segments 4 and 5, approximately 3,750 feet southeast of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection.

Segment 4 Segment 4 begins at the junction of segments 3 and 5, near the northeastern corner of the Barney Davis Reservoir, approximately 3,750 feet southeast of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. It extends approximately 1,440 feet west, angles to the northwest and extends another 400 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 8 and 9, approximately 3,000 feet south of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. Segment 5 Segment 5 begins at the junction of segments 3 and 4, near the northeastern corner of the Barney Davis Reservoir, approximately 3,750 feet south of the intersection of Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. It extends north approximately 600 feet, where it angles to the east and extends 255 feet where it terminates at its junction with Segment 7 (approximately 3,400 feet south of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection).

Segment 7 Segment 7 begins at its junction with Segment 5, approximately 3,400 feet south of the intersection of Waldron Road and Yorktown Boulevard. The segment extends north paralleling property lines approximately 2,400 feet, to a point where it transitions to underground construction. It then continues north underground an additional 230 feet, where it terminates underground at its junction with Segment 22 on the south side of Yorktown Boulevard, approximately 165 feet east of the Holland Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection.

Segment 8 Segment 8 begins at the junction of segments 4 and 9, approximately 3,000 feet of the Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. It extends approximately 3,000 feet north, paralleling the east side of Waldron Road, where it terminates at its junction with segments 12, 22, and 25, southeast of the Yorktown Boulevard/Waldron Road intersection.

Segment 9 Segment 9 begins at the junction of segments 4 and 8, approximately 3,000 feet south of the intersection of Waldron Road/Yorktown Boulevard. It extends northwest approximately 375 feet, angles to the west, and parallels the northern edge of the Barney Davis Reservoir west approximately 4,950 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 10a and 11, approximately 2,800 feet south of the Flour Bluff Drive/Yorktown Boulevard intersection.

Segment 10a Segment 10a begins at the junction of segments 9 and 11, approximately 2,800 feet south of the Flour Bluff Drive/Yorktown Boulevard intersection, and parallels the northern edge of the Barney Davis Reservoir to the west approximately 2,660 feet, where it terminates at its junction with segments 1b and 10b (approximately 3,900 feet southeast of the Roscher Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection).

Segment 10b Segment 10b begins at the junction of segments 1b and 10a, approximately 3,900 feet southeast of the Roscher Road and Yorktown Boulevard intersection on the north side of the Barney Davis Reservoir, and extends approximately 2,745 feet north, paralleling the east side of existing property lines, where it terminates at its junction with segments 13 and 15 on the south side of Yorktown Boulevard, approximately 2,600 feet west of the Flour Bluff Drive and Yorktown Boulevard intersection.

Segment 11 Segment 11 begins at the junction of segments 9 and 10a, approximately 2,800 feet south of the intersection of Flour Bluff Drive/Yorktown Boulevard intersection on the north side of the Barney Davis Reservoir. It extends approximately 2,750 feet north paralleling the east side of a property line, where it terminates at its junction with segments 12, 13, and 14, southeast of the Yorktown Boulevard/Flour Bluff Drive intersection.

Segment 12 Segment 12 begins at the junction of segments 8, 22 and 25, southeast of the Yorktown Boulevard and Waldron Road intersection, and extends approximately 700 feet west paralleling the south side of Yorktown Boulevard to a point where it transitions to underground construction. From here, it continues underground approximately 2,400 feet to the west to a point where it transitions back to above ground. It extends west an additional 2,160 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 11, 13, and 14, southeast of the Yorktown Boulevard/Flour Bluff Drive intersection. Segment 13 Segment 13 begins at the junction of segments 11, 12 and 14, southeast of the Yorktown Boulevard/Flour Bluff Drive intersection and parallels the south side of Yorktown Boulevard to the west for approximately 2,630 feet. Here it terminates at its junction with segments 10b and 15 on the south side of Yorktown Boulevard, southeast of the Scarlet Oak Drive/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. Segment 14 Segment 14 begins at the junction of segments 11, 12, and 13, southeast of the Yorktown Boulevard/Flour Bluff Drive intersection. The segment extends north paralleling the east side of Flour Bluff Drive for approximately 3,350 feet. The segment then angles northwest and extends approximately 300 feet, crossing to the west side of Flour

Bluff Drive. At this point, on the west side of Flour Bluff Drive, it transitions to underground construction. It then continues underground paralleling the west side of Flour Bluff Drive approximately 4,400 feet, where it terminates underground at its junction with segments 19 and 20, southwest of the Glen Oak Drive/Flour Bluff Drive intersection.

Segment 15 Segment 15 begins at the junction of segments 10b and 13 on the south side of Yorktown Boulevard, southeast of the Scarlet Oak Drive/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. It extends approximately 1,300 feet west paralleling the south side of Yorktown Boulevard to the southeast corner of Yorktown Boulevard and Berlet Lane. The segment then angles northwest and stretches 250 feet crossing to the north side of Yorktown Boulevard. Here, it angles west and parallels the north side of Yorktown Boulevard for approximately 1,100 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 16 and 17 northeast of the Roscher Road and Yorktown Boulevard intersection.

Segment 16 Segment 16 begins at the junction of segments 15 and 17, northeast of the Roscher Road and Yorktown Boulevard intersection. It extends west immediately crossing Roscher Road, and continues approximately 1,600 feet west paralleling the north side of Yorktown Boulevard to the eastern bank of Oso Creek. It crosses Oso Creek and extends approximately 8,000 feet along the north side of Yorktown Boulevard to a point northeast of the Yorktown Boulevard/Airline Road intersection. Here it angles to the northwest and parallels the northeast side of Airline Road for approximately 400 feet, angles northwest again and parallels on the northeast side of Airline Road another 1,200 feet to a point east of Rodd Field Road. The segment angles north and extends north paralleling the east side of Rodd Field Road for approximately 10,650 feet crossing Slough Road, Wooldridge Road, an existing transmission line, and terminates at its junction with segments 40 and 41, approximately 1,270 feet south of the Rodd Field Road/Holly Road intersection. Segment 17 Segment 17 begins at the junction of segments 15 and 16, northeast of the Roscher Road/Yorktown Boulevard intersection. It extends north approximately 6,600 feet paralleling the east side of Roscher Road crossing Ramfield Road and Caribbean Drive. From there, it angles east and extends approximately 1,200 feet paralleling property lines. At this point, the segment angles back to the north, and parallels a property line for approximately 1,200 feet to the south side of Glenoak Drive. From here, it angles again to the east and extends approximately 2,000 feet paralleling the south side of Glenoak Drive, where it terminates at its junction with segments 18 and 19, approximately 1,950 feet west of Flour Bluff Drive. Segment 18 Segment 18 begins at the junction of segments 17 and 19, on the south side of Glenoak Drive, approximately 1,950 feet west of the Flour Bluff Drive. It extends north, immediately crossing Glenoak Drive, then continues north paralleling a property line for approximately 1,000 feet. The segment then angles to the east and parallels a property approximately 1,900 feet, where it terminates at its junction with segments 20 and 21, on the west side of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately 1,000 feet north of Glenoak Drive. Segment 19 Segment 19 begins at the junction of segments 17 and 18, on the south side of Glenoak Drive, approximately 1,950 feet west of the Flour Bluff Drive. It extends approximately 1,450 feet east, parallel to the south side of Glenoak Drive. The segment then angels slightly to the southeast

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for approximately 450 feet and terminates at its junction with segments 14 and 20, southwest of the Glenoak Drive/Flour Bluff Drive intersection.

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The segment extends northeast, immediately crossing Jamaica Drive, then extends east approximately 1,000 feet, paralleling property lines along a drainage canal to a point 570 feet west of Laguna Shores Road. Here it angles northeast and extends 630 feet to where it terminates at its junction with Segment 28 (on the west side of Laguna Shores Road, approximately 640 feet south of Glenoak Drive).

Segment 20 Segment 20 begins at the junction of segments 14 and 19, southwest of the Glenoak Drive/Flour Bluff Drive intersection. It would be constructed as either an overhead, or underground segment, dependent on the segment to which it connects. Segment 28 Segment 28 begins at its junction If connected to the underground with Segment 27, on the west side of portion of Segment 14, it extends Laguna Shores Road, approximately north underground, immediately 640 feet south of Glenoak Drive. The crossing Glenoak Drive, paralleling segment extends north, paralleling the west side of Flour Bluff Drive for the west side of Laguna Shores Road approximately 1,100 feet where it for approximately 3,520 feet, where terminates at its junction with it terminates at its junction with segments 18 and 21 on the west side Segment 33, southwest of the of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately Laguna Shores Road/Hustlin Hornet 1,600 feet south of an existing Drive intersection. transmission line at Purdue Road . Segment 30 If connected to Segment 19, it Segment 30 begins at the junction of extends north overhead, segments 25 and 26, on the west immediately crossing Glenoak Drive, side of Waldron Road, paralleling the west side of Flour approximately 90 feet south of Bluff Drive for approximately 1,100 Kaipo Drive. The segment extends feet where it terminates at its north, paralleling the west side of junction with segments 18 and 21 on Waldron Road for approximately the west side of Flour Bluff Drive, 3,880, where it terminates at its approximately 1,600 feet south of an junction with Segment 34, west of existing transmission line at Purdue the Hustlin Hornet Drive/Waldron Road . Road intersection. Segment 21 Segment 33 Segment 21 begins at the junction of Segment 33 begins at its junction segments 18 and 20 on the west side with Segment 28, southwest of the of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately Laguna Shores Road/Hustlin Hornet 1,000 feet north of Glenoak Drive. It Drive intersection. The segment parallels the west side of flour Bluff parallels the west side of Laguna Drive approximately 2,900 feet Shores Road, and immediately where terminates at its junction crosses Hustlin Hornet Drive. It with segments 35 and 37a, extends north, paralleling the west southwest of the Division side of Laguna Shores Road for Road/Flour Bluff Drive intersection. approximately 2,330 feet, where it This segment crosses an existing terminates at its junction with transmission line northwest of the segment 36 and 39, on the west side Purdue Road/Flour Bluff Drive of Laguna Shores Road, intersection. approximately 350 feet north of the Segment 22 Laguna Shores Road/Lola Johnson Segment 22 begins underground at Road intersection. its junction with Segment 7 on the Segment 34 south side of Yorktown Boulevard, Segment 34 begins at its junction approximately 165 feet east of the with Segment 30, southwest of the Holland Road/Yorktown Boulevard Hustlin Hornet Drive/Waldron Road intersection. The segment extends intersection. It extends north underground approximately 800 paralleling the west side of Waldron feet west, paralleling the south side Road for approximately 350 feet, of Yorktown Boulevard and where it crosses an existing transitions to aboveground. From transmission line and Purdue Road. here, it continues aboveground to It then continues paralleling the the west approximately 1,170 feet west side of Waldron Road to the where terminates at its junction north for approximately 1,340 feet, with segments 8, 12, and 25, where it terminates at its junction southeast of the Yorktown with segments 35, 36 and 38, on the Boulevard/Waldron Road west side of Waldron Road, intersection. approximately 150 feet north of Segment 25 Crestline Avenue. Segment 25 begins at the junction of Segment 35 segments 8, 12 and 22, southeast of Segment 35 begins at the junction of the Yorktown Boulevard/Waldron segments 21 and 37a, southwest of Road intersection. It extends north, the Division Road/Flour Bluff Road immediately crossing Yorktown intersection. It extends east Boulevard, then angles northwest approximately 2,480 feet, where it and extends approximately 300 feet immediately crosses Flour Bluff to the west side of Waldron Road. Road, and parallels the south side of From here it extends north, Division Road to a point southeast of paralleling the west side of Waldron the Division Road/Sunnycrest Street Road aboveground for intersection. Here, it angles slightly approximately 1,700 feet, and north and extends approximately transitions to underground 320 feet as it crosses to the north construction. From this point, the side of Division Road, then angles segment continues north paralleling east and parallels the north side of the west side of Waldron Road Division Road approximately 2,480 underground for approximately feet where it terminates at its 2,200 feet, where it transitions back junction with segments 34, 36 and to aboveground construction and 38, on the west side of Waldron parallels the west side of Waldron Road, approximately 150 feet north Road an additional 2,160 feet. Here, of Crestline Avenue. the segment terminates at its junction with segments 26 and 30, Segment 36 on the west side of Waldron Road, Segment 36 begins at the junction of approximately 90 feet south of segments 34, 35 and 38, on the west Kaipo Drive. side of Waldron Road, approximately 150 feet north of Segment 26 Crestline Avenue. The segment Segment 26 begins at the junction of extends northeast for approximately segments 25 and 30, on the west 500 feet, immediately crossing side of Waldron Road approximately Waldron Road, then parallels the 90 feet south of Kaipo Drive. The south side of a drainage canal east segment extends east approximately for approximately 200 feet where it 2,700 feet, where it immediately crosses an existing transmission crosses Waldron Road and parallels line. From there, the segment property lines along a drainage continues east along a drainage canal. It terminates at its junction canal approximately 800 feet, where with Segment 27, on the west side of it angles to the northeast and Jamaica Drive, approximately 1,000 extends across an open field for feet north of the Jamaica approximately 760 feet. It then Drive/Caribbean Drive intersection. angles east and extends an Segment 27 additional 1,700 feet where it Segment 27 begins at its junction terminates at its junction with with Segment 26, on the west side of segments 33 and 39, on the west Jamaica Drive, approximately 1,000 side of Laguna Shores Road, feet north of the Jamaica approximately 350 feet north of the Drive/Caribbean Drive intersection.

Laguna Shores Road/Lola Johnson Road intersection.

Segment 37a Segment 37a begins at the junction of segments 21 and 35, southwest of the Division Road/Flour Bluff Drive intersection. It extends north, paralleling the west side of Flour Bluff Drive for approximately 1,240 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 37b and 42, south of an existing transmission line, southwest of the Don Patricio Road/Flour Bluff Drive intersection.

Segment 37b Segment 37b begins at the junction of segments 37a and 42, south of an existing transmission line, southwest of the Don Patricio Road/Flour Bluff Drive intersection. It extends north approximately 100 feet and crosses the existing transmission line. The segment then extends north, paralleling the west side of Flour Bluff Drive approximately 1,330 feet, where it terminates at its junction with Segment 45, on the west side of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately 210 feet south of Cantera Trail. Segment 38 Segment 38 begins at its junction with segments 34, 35 and 36 on the west side of Waldron Road, approximately 150 feet north of Crestline Avenue. It extends north, paralleling the west side of Waldron Road for approximately 4,580 feet. The segment crosses Don Patricio Road and Graham Road, and terminates at its junction with segments 51, 53 and 55, on the west side of Waldron Road, approximately 700 feet south of the Compton Road/Waldron Road intersection.

Segment 39 Segment 39 begins at its junction with segments 33 and 36, on the west side of Laguna Shores Road, approximately 350 feet north of the Laguna Shores Road/Lola Johnson Road intersection. The segment extends north, paralleling the west side of Laguna Shores Road for approximately 4,180 feet. The segment crosses Graham Road, continues north parallel to the west side of Laguna Shores Road and then crosses to the east side of Laguna Shores Road. It continues for approximately 140 feet and terminates at its junction with segments 54 and 57, on the northeast side of Laguna Shores Road, approximately 1,200 feet north of the Graham Road and Laguna Shores Road intersection. Segment 40 Segment 40 begins at the junction of segments 16 and 41, on the east side of Rodd Field Road, approximately 1,270 feet south of the Rodd Field Road/Holly Road intersection. The segment extends east paralleling property lines approximately 4,180 feet where it crosses Ennis Joslin Road and terminates at its junction with segments 42 and 43 on the east side of Ennis Joslin Road, approximately 1,300 feet south of an existing transmission line on the south side of Holly Road.

Segment 41 Segment 41 begins at the junction of segments 16 and 40 on the east side of Rodd Field Road, approximately 1,270 feet south of the Rodd Field Road/Holly Road intersection. The segment extends north, paralleling the east side of Rodd Field Road for approximately 3,900 feet. This segment crosses an existing transmission line and Holly Road, and then parallels the east side of Rodd Field Road to a point east of the Rodd Field Road/Williams Road intersection and angles 90 degrees to the east. The segment then extends east approximately 2,600 feet paralleling property lines where it crosses Lexington Road, continues east an additional 260 feet, then angles to the northeast and extends an additional 1,200 feet paralleling a drainage canal. At this point, it terminates at its junction with segments 43 and 44 on the west side of Ennis Joslin Road, approximately 700 feet south of the South Padre Island Drive/Ennis Joslin Road intersection.

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Segment 42 Segment 42 begins at the junction of segments 40 and 43, on the east side of Ennis Joslin Road, approximately 1,300 feet south of an existing transmission line on the south side of Holly Road. The segment extends approximately 1,400 feet east paralleling property lines to a point where it angles to the north, and continues approximately 1,200 feet across undeveloped land to a point south of an existing transmission line south of Holly Road, approximately 1,400 feet east of Ennis Josslin Road. Here, the segment angles 90 degrees east and extends east, paralleling the south side of an existing transmission line for approximately 3,550 feet to Oso Bay. The segment then parallels the existing transmission line across Oso Bay for approximately 3,950 feet and reaches the eastern shoreline. The segment then parallels the existing transmission line to the east an additional 2,700 feet and terminates at its junction with segments 37a and 37b south of the existing transmission line, southwest of the Don Patricio Road/Flour Bluff Drive intersection. Segment 43 Segment 43 begins at the junction of segments 40 and 42 on the east side of Ennis Joslin Road, approximately 1,300 feet south of an existing transmission line on the south side of Holly Road. The segment extends north, paralleling the east side of Ennis Joslin Road approximately 1,400 feet where it crosses an existing transmission line and Holly Road. The segment then angles to the northwest and extends approximately 450 feet as it crosses to the west side of the Ennis Joslin Road alignment. Here, it parallels the west side of the Ennis Joslin Road alignment to the north for approximately 2,900 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 41 and 44 on the west side of Ennis Joslin Road, approximately 700 feet south of the South Padre Island Drive/Ennis Joslin Road intersection.

Segment 44 Segment 44 begins at the junction of segments 41 and 43, on the west side of Ennis Joslin Road, approximately 700 feet south of the South Padre Island Drive/Ennis Joslin Road intersection. It extends north, paralleling the west side of Ennis Joslin Road approximately 580 feet to a point southeast of the South Padre Island Drive/Ennis Joslin Road intersection. The segment then angles 90 degrees to the east, crosses Ennis Joslin Road, and parallels the south side of South Padre Island Drive for approximately 4,800 feet where it reaches the western shoreline of Oso Bay. The segment then angles slightly to the southeast, and extends approximately 4,000 feet across open water within Oso Bay, where it reaches the eastern shoreline of Oso Bay at a point approximately 700 feet south of South Padre Island Drive. It angles to the east and extends 1,960 feet paralleling a drainage canal. Here, it angles southeast to follow a property line and extends 175 feet, then angles back to the east and parallels the property line 840 feet east to a point on the west side of Flour Bluff Drive. Here the segment angles southeast, crosses Flour Bluff Drive, and terminates at its junction with segments 45, 46, and 47 on the east side of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately 480 feet south of Compton Road. Segment 45 Segment 45 begins at its junction with Segment 37b, on the west side of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately 210 feet south of Cantera Trail. It angles northeast and extends 265 feet to the east side of Flour Bluff Drive, east of Cantera Trail. The segment then angles to the north and parallels the east side of Flour Bluff Drive to the north for approximately 1,000 feet, crosses Graham Road, and continues paralleling the east side of Flour Bluff Drive an additional 500 feet where it terminates at its junction with segment 44, 46, and 47 on the east side of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately 480 feet south of Compton Road.

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Segment 46 Segment 46 begins at the junction of segments 44, 45, and 47 on the east side of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately 480 feet south of Compton Road. It extends north, paralleling the east side of Flour Bluff Drive approximately 550 feet where it crosses Compton Road, then extends north an additional 80 feet and terminates at its junction with Segment 48a, northeast of the Flour Bluff Drive/Compton Road intersection.

Segment 47 Segment 47 begins at the junction of segments 44, 45, and 46 on the east side of Flour Bluff Drive, approximately 480 feet south of Compton Road. It extends east approximately 2,800 feet paralleling property lines along the south side of a drainage canal. It then angles slightly northeast and extends east approximately 385 feet paralleling property lines along the north side of the drainage canal. It terminates here, at its junction with Segment 49 within an existing transmission line ROW, approximately 620 feet north of Graham Road.

Segment 48a Segment 48a begins at its junction with Segment 46, east of Flour Bluff Drive approximately 80 feet north of Compton Road. It extends north, paralleling the east side of Flour Bluff Road, approximately 1,500 feet where it crosses South Padre Island Drive. The segment then angles east, paralleling the north side of South Padre Island Drive for approximately 1,500 feet where it crosses McIver Street and angles north. From here, it parallels the east side of McIver Street for 600 feet to a point where it transitions to underground construction. The segment then continues north underground approximately 660 feet to where it terminates underground at its junction with segment 48b and 48c, southeast of the Matlock Street/McIver Street intersection.

Segment 48b Segment 48b begins underground at its junction with Segment 48a and 48c, southeast of the Matlock Street/McIver Street intersection. The segment extends east underground, paralleling the south side of Matlock Street for approximately 1,200 feet to a point approximately 300 feet west of Stone Street. Here, the segment angles north, crosses under Matlock Street, and extends underground north approximately 1,300 feet through an area of businesses and undeveloped land to a point just south of the western end of Jester Street. Here, the segment angles east and extends underground paralleling the south side of Jester Street for approximately 275 feet and crosses an existing transmission line. The segment then transitions to aboveground construction and extends east approximately 1,750 feet east, paralleling the south side of Jester Street, where it terminates at its junction with Segment 69, southeast of the Jester Street/Anchor Street intersection.

Segment 48c Segment 48c begins underground at its junction with Segment 48a and 48b southeast of the Matlock Street/McIver Street intersection. The segment extends north underground immediately crossing under Matlock Street, and extends underground on the east side of McIver Street approximately 540 feet, where McIver Street ends. From here, it continues north underground approximately 1,200 feet onto U.S. Navy property. The segment then angles to the northeast and extends underground in a northeasterly direction across U.S. Navy property approximately 4,120 feet, where it angles to the east and crosses under NAS Drive. From here, the segment extends east approximately 640 feet underground and crosses under an existing transmission line. It then extends to the east underground, paralleling the south side of an existing transmission line approximately 440 feet where it terminates at the existing Naval Base Substation.

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Segment 49 Segment 49 begins at its junction with Segment 47 within an existing transmission line ROW, approximately 620 feet north of Graham Road. The segment extends east approximately 1,000 feet where it terminates at its junction of segments 51 and 52, approximately 500 feet north of Graham Road 1,000 feet west of Waldron Road.

Segment 51 Segment 51 begins at the junction of segments 49 and 52 approximately 500 feet north of Graham Road and 1,000 feet west of Waldron Road. The segment extends east for approximately 1,000 feet before terminating at its junction of segments 38, 53 and 55 on the west side of Waldron Road, approximately 740 feet south of the Compton Road and Waldron Road intersection. Segment 52 Segment 52 begins at the junction of segments 49 and 51 approximately 500 feet north of Graham Road and 1,000 feet west of Waldron Road. The segment extends north approximately 700 feet across undeveloped land and then crosses Compton Road. The segment continues north another 1,100 feet through an area with several businesses, where it terminates at its junction with Segment 61 southeast of the South Padre Island Drive/Sunburst Dive intersection. Segment 53 Segment 53 begins at its junction with segments 38, 51, and 55 on the west side of Waldron Road approximately 500 feet north of Graham Road. The segment extends east, immediately crossing Waldron Road, where it extends approximately 400 feet east, paralleling a property line and terminates at its junction with segments 54 and 56 approximately 500 feet north of Graham Road.

Segment 54 Segment 54 begins at the junction of segments 53 and 56 approximately 400 feet east of Waldron Road and approximately 500 feet north of Graham Road. The segment extends approximately 900 feet east, crossing an existing transmission line while paralleling a property line. The segment then angles slightly northeast continuing approximately 1,600 feet through several undeveloped tracts where it crosses to the east side of Laguna Shores Road and terminates at its junction with segments 39 and 57 approximately 1,200 feet north of the Laguna Shores/Graham Road intersection. Segment 55 Segment 55 begins at its junction with segments 38, 51 and 53 on the west side of Waldron Road approximately 500 feet north of Graham Road. The segment extends north paralleling the west side of Waldron Road approximately 1,900 feet through an area with several businesses. Here, it terminates at its junction with segments 61 and 62, southwest of Waldron Road and South Padre Island Drive intersection. Segment 56 Segment 56 begins at its junction with segments 53 and 54 approximately 400 feet east of Waldron Road and 500 feet north of Graham Road. The segment extends north paralleling property lines across an undeveloped tract for approximately 900 feet where it crosses Compton Road. It then continues north an additional 1,000 feet through commercial tracts and terminates at its junction with segments 62 and 63 on the south side of South Padre Island Drive approximately 400 feet east of Waldron Road.

Segment 57 Segment 57 begins at its junction with segments 39 and 54 on the east side of Laguna Shores Road at a point approximately 1,200 feet north of the Laguna Shores/Graham Road intersection. The segment extends north approximately 600 feet to the southwest corner of the Knickerbocker Road/Stewart Street intersection, and traverses the intersection to the northeast corner. The segment parallels the east side of Stewart Street for approximately 500 feet to where Stewart Street ends. From there, the segment continues north for an additional 500 feet and terminates at its junction with Segment 59 on the south side of South Padre Island Drive, approximately 375 feet east of Laguna Shores Road.

Segment 59 Segment 59 begins at its junction with Segment 57 on the south side of South Padre Island Drive, approximately 375 feet east of Laguna Shores Road. The segment extends north approximately 400 feet and crosses over South Padre Island Drive. The segment then angles northwest and extends 600 feet through an undeveloped tract to the east side of Lakeside Drive. The segment extends north approximately 500 feet paralleling the east side of the Lakeside Drive. The segment then continues north through undeveloped tracts for approximately 1,500 feet and terminates at its junction with segments 67 and 65 on the south side of Jester Street, approximately 145 feet east of Boat Hole Drive. Segment 61 Segment 61 begins at its junction with Segment 52 southeast of the South Padre Island Drive/Sunburst Dive intersection. The segment extends east approximately 960 feet paralleling the south side of South Padre Island Drive, where it terminates at its junction with segments 55 and 62, southwest of the Waldron Road and South Padre Island Drive intersection.

Segment 62 Segment 62 begins at its junction with segments 55 and 62, southwest of the Waldron Road/South Padre Island Drive intersection. The segment extends east, immediately crossing Waldron Drive. It parallels the south side of South Padre Island Drive for approximately 470 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 56 and 63 approximately 380 feet east of Waldron Road

Segment 63 Segment 63 begins at its junction with segments 56 and 62 on the south side of South Padre Island Drive approximately 380 feet east of Waldron Road. The segment extends north for approximately 550 feet, immediately crossing South Padre Island Drive, and then Fawn Drive just west of Cora Lee Drive. Here, it angles northwest paralleling the north side of Fawn Drive for approximately 335 feet to the northeast corner of the Waldron Road/Fawn Drive intersection. Here, the segment turns north and parallels the east side of Waldron Road approximately 2,100 feet where it terminates at its junction with segments 64, 69 and 71, southeast of the Waldron Road/Jester Street intersection. Segment 64 Segment 64 begins at its junction with segments 63, 69 and 71, southeast of the Waldron Road/Jester Street intersection. The segment parallels the south side of Jester Street for approximately 1,570 feet and terminates at its junction with Segments 65 and 66 southeast of the Jester Street/Marzbacher Road intersection.

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Segment 65 Segment 65 begins at its junction with segments 64 and 66 southeast of the Jester Street/Marzbacher Road intersection. The segment parallels the south side of Jester Road for approximately 1,100 feet where it terminate at its junction with Segments 59 and 67 on the south side of Jester Street, approximately 145 feet east of Boat Hole Drive.

Segment 66 Segment 66 begins at its junction with segments 64 and 65 southeast of the Jester Street/Marzbacher Road intersection. The segment extends north, immediately crossing Jester Street and parallels the east side of Marzbacher Road for approximately 700 feet. The segment continues north for approximately 1,200 feet across several undeveloped tracts before terminating at its junction with Segments 67 and 68, approximately 1,900 feet north of Jester Street and 1,600 feet east of NAS Drive. Segment 67 Segment 67 begins at its junction with segments 59 and 65 on the south side of Jester Street, approximately 145 feet east of Boat Hole Drive. The segment immediately crosses Jester Street extending north approximately 400 feet through an undeveloped tract before angling northwest. The segment continues northwest through several undeveloped tracts for approximately 1,800 feet and terminates at its junction with Segments 66 and 68, approximately 1,900 feet north of Jester Street and 1,600 feet east of NAS Drive.

Segment 68 Segment 68 begins at its junction with segments 66 and 67 in an undeveloped tract approximately 1,900 feet north of Jester Street and 1,600 feet east of NAS Drive. The segment extends northwest across an undeveloped tract for approximately 680 feet and terminates at the existing Naval Base Substation.

Segment 69 Segment 69 begins at its junction with Segment 48b southeast of the Jester Street/Anchor Street intersection. The segment extends east paralleling the south side of Jester Street for approximately 500 feet, crossing NAS Drive and terminating at its junction with Segments 63, 64 and 71, southeast of the Jester Street and NAS Drive intersection. Segment 71 Segment 71 begins underground at its junction with segments 63, 64 and 69, southeast of the Jester Street/NAS Drive intersection south of an existing transmission line. The segment extends north underground, immediately crossing under the existing transmission line. The segment continues extending north underground, parallel to the east side of NAS Drive for approximately 1,300 feet where it terminates underground at its junction with Segment 72 on the east side of NAS Drive, at the Navy Drive/NAS Drive intersection.

Segment 72 Segment 72 begins underground at its junction with Segment 71 on the east side of NAS Drive, at the Navy Drive/NAS Drive intersection. The segment extends north underground, paralleling the east side of NAS Drive approximately 500 feet. Here it turns east and parallels the north side of a private drive approximately 600 feet and crosses under an existing transmission line. It then extends east underground approximately 550 feet to the west side of a second transmission line. It then angles north and extends underground approximately 500 feet where it terminates at the existing Naval Base Substation.

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