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January 3, 2013
Happy New Year from the Island Moon Monkeys
Around The Island
By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com
Well folks the Christmas season has come and gone and the world didn’t end, so we got that going for us. And maybe it’s just we Moon Monkeys but isn’t the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s job to protect the country from incoming missiles? So if one of those villains from a James Bond movie wanted to attack the U.S. wouldn’t Christmas Eve be a good time for it since NORAD is so busy keeping local Television Weathermen up to date on the whereabouts of Santa Clause? And we got to say NORAD’s simultaneous sighting of Mr. Clause in Sweden and Australia doesn’t exactly speak volumes for its accuracy in tracking ballistic missiles. It’s a long way from Helsinki to Perth friends and if NORAD had him in both places at once, well, how are they ever going to track little bitty old missiles? We’re just saying.
Coyote Ugly Last time we ran a photo of a coyote on the front page along with a story about a man trapping them on The Island. That prompted an angry phone call from one guy who didn’t like that so we posted an apology on our Facebook page at theislandmoonnewspaper. Turns out he was a Lonesome Coyote Picture Hater and the folks who responded thought it was okay. So there you go and we’ll leave it at that.
Gravitational Pull If you’ve been to the beach lately you may have noticed that the water is coming way up on the beach near the dunes. The Moon Orbital Science Department can’t decide if it’s just the full moon, or maybe it is the orbital milestone is known as “perihelion,” which marks the time when the distance between the Earth and the sun is at its smallest at any time during the earth’s orbit. This happens every year in early January and this year the exact moment was at 11 p.m. CST on Tuesday night.
Frostbite Betty is Back
Photo by Miles Merwin Next Publication Date: 1/10/2012
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Welcome Winter Texans
frostbitebetty@gmail.com Happy New Year everybody and welcome to the first installment of Frostbite Betty’s Winter Texan Round-up for 2013.
Frostbite Betty is in the house… When it was time to leave Minnesota, the Frostbite Falls Bank sign said 25 degrees, and my toes were itching for that Port A sand. How many tank tops will fit into the back hatch of the little Honda with the crock pot and the rice cooker? Did I find Grandma’s recipe for the Black-eyed Peas? If I go now, that Nebraska blizzard will chase my tail all the way south (and that’s 1700 miles, mind you), and I’ll make it to the ferry by Christmas Day. I did have some help driving. My pal Bert from Port A had flown up to give me a hand, so I had some company. And when we finally did get to Port A, it was a balmy 78 degrees… that’s why we came. That, and there’s so much cool stuff to do down here. In the next eight weeks or so, I will be running around Port A and Padre Island looking for neat things to do that won’t cost you much, if any, money. If you have any suggestions or just want to tell your story, email me at FrostbiteBetty@ gmail.com or visit my Facebook page. Also, I’m always looking for pictures, so send those, too. Frostbite Betty continued on A3
101 Reasons You Might Be An Islander… (or not)
We Moon Monkeys tried standing an egg on its end at 11 p.m. but that thing rolled over like a Bus Station Romeo with no tread left on the tires. It may have had something to do with the fact that it is also the point in its orbit when the earth is spinning the fastest.
Photo by Miles Merwin
If Your Birthday is This Week You Might Want to Read This! Moon Astrologer W. Lance Ferguson says that if your birthday is this week, from December 30 to January 5, you are entering a powerful period of time that is like no other as Pluto now travels through Capricorn and has come to the spot in your chart where your Sun resides. This happens once every 250 years and brings a time of transitions and life-changing events to most folks. This conjunction or pairing of these two forces is the dominant theme in your new Solar Return, the chart of your new year. Pluto asks
The Winter Texans are starting to trickle in so we are starting up our Winter Texan section this time. You can judge the amount of Winter Texans who have arrived by driving by Island Italian on Sunday night and checking out the parking lot. When Tony Tag brings in his bluegrass band for the season the Winter Texans flock like Tony is giving away free samples.
1) South Texas Tornado Outbreak May 10th $3.75 Million
So welcome to town you guys and we’ll see you at the Belt Sander Races. In the meantime say hello if you see us Around The Island.
When the Frenchmen Came… The Shrimpers Were Not Happy
Salty Sue and Island Mike have written a book entitled 101 Reasons You Might Be An Islander (or not). The illustrations are done by Wes Nyle and it is available at Isle Mail & More.
By Dale Rankin
You know that tent camping is best done in the summer.
You know you’re an Islander when… Your out of town friends call during Spring Break to ask where to go that’s not crowded and you have already evacuated The Island
You recognize the first hint of fall in the air and breathe a sigh of relief You’d rather go swimming with the jellyfish at the beach than the alligators in the lake.
Tornado damage in Portland A strong low pressure system and unstable airmass produced widespread severe weather across South Texas on May 10th, 2012, which included an unprecedented 16 tornadoes. The number of tornadoes is a record for a single day for a non-tropical event in South Texas. 2) Gregory Flood: Eight Percent of Homes in Gregory Flooded April 16th $5 Million
You’re not in a hurry.
You’re dog friendly and tolerant.
History continued on A7
You enjoy Winter Texans…
4) Laredo Floods July 27th and Sept 29th $2.5 Million
5) Drought Year Round
You see a vehicle in town with an Island residence sticker and feel an instant kinship with them.
When your family wants fish for supper, you jump in your boat not your car.
The tornado moved north through the Portland Northshore Country Club, producing mainly tree, roof, and fence damage. The tornado then moved north into the Bay Ridge subdivision and strengthened. It was there that the tornado damaged around 50 homes and several vehicles. Of the homes damaged, 8 received major damage and 15 received minor damage. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be near 100 mph in this area.
Flooding was first reported in the city of Laredo around midnight September 29th, with some locations receiving nearly 6 inches of rain in just a couple of hours. Rising water stranded motorists at several locations on the north side of Laredo.
Your idea of fun includes sunburn, bug bites, imbedded fish hooks, lacerations and general soreness.
You know that Spring Breakers can live on beer and Girl Scout cookies for a week.
was widespread heavy rainfall between 2 and 6 inches, with isolated amounts up to 15 inches, over eastern San Patricio and southern Refugio Counties. Spur 202 and Farm to Market Road 3284 were flooded in Gregory. The water depth reached 3 feet in some portions of Gregory. There were 8 families that were rescued from the high water. There were 28 people that were placed in a local shelter due to the flooding. The flood devastated the city of Gregory and the Tradewinds Subdivision 5 miles north of Gregory. In Gregory, 80 percent of the homes were flooded.
3) Portland EF-1 Tornado April 16th $2 Million
You find yourself hanging out with friends on this side of the bridge to avoid OTB.
It was the way shrimping had been done since anyone could remember and would continue
For Lance’s complete chart see page A5 of this issue.
The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Corpus Christi has issued the list of the five most significant weather events of 2012.
Winter Texans
Up until the 1940’s shrimping on the Texas Coast was mostly a family affair. Aransas Pass was the center of the shrimping industry in the Coastal Bend and the typical operation consisted of a captain who owned his own boat which was from eighteen to forty feet long and they worked close to the shore.
you to let go of poisons, people and things that are no longer essential to your growth. Luckily, Pluto is connected in a positive way to dependable Saturn in your new SR. That means you’ll have friends in high places and that the work you do this year will pay off in the future. It’s time to claim your mantle, Capricorn. Pluto has arrived, and now the Force is with you. As times change.
The Top 5 Significant South Texas Weather Related Events for 2012
Or it may have just been a screwed up egg, anyway it still tasted okay.
A Little Island History...
Year 16, Issue 455
A nearly stationary cold front along with plentiful moisture, an unstable airmass, and a strong upper level disturbance set the stage for the development of 4 tornadoes, heavy rainfall, and flooding across the Coastal Bend during the morning hours of April 16th. The result
As of December 20th, Corpus Christi has received only 18.81 inches of rainfall for 2012, resulting in a deficit of just over a foot of rainfall for the calendar year. Victoria has received 27.90 inches of precipitation, with a deficit also of just over a foot of rain. Laredo has received a mere 9.36 inches of rain, for deficit of over ten inches on the year. Combined with 2011, these are both staggering and sobering statistics, and the current drought ranks as the worst in South Texas history.
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Christmas, Island Style
Photos by Nancy Thompson
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Lost Dogs
Sand sculpture at Avery’s Kitchen in Port A
Islanders Bob and Adela Nash visited the Mayan ruins at Tulum and took the Moon along. Adela reports that the world did not end while they were there so there is much tequila left over. (Party at the Nash’s house!)
The wind blew our gate open this morning and our dogs got out. If anyone sees them please let me know. They are friendly. The white one is Gus and he’s deaf. Sophia is the other one. 210-589-9796. Thanks. Alana
Pothole of the Week! Julie Caraker, The Bike Riding Santa of Port A
Christmas for the Kids
Kite Boarder at Mustand Island State Park Kip and the boys get judgemental at the Gaff’s annual Black Eyed Pea-off
This kidney buster is just one in an array of Chamber of Commerce Proud potholes which make up what must be the Potholiest stretch of road on The Island – and maybe the (w) hole town. They live in the access road from Windward to the SoPac Beach and sooner or later everyone on The Island uses this road – except of course for the road repair crews who apparently have trouble finding it on the map, or their work list.
This road is in fact a bureaucratic orphan which is actually located on land owned by the Texas General Land Office – who probably doesn’t know it exists; and the City of Corpus Christi which pretends it doesn’t exist. The result is what you see here.
Not only are we the Birdiest City in the United States, we’re also in the running for the Potholiest City in the United States and this March of the Potholes leads the way. We’re Number One Baby!
We all have our traditions for Christmas, and Coldwell Banker Island, Realtors is no different. The sales associates and staff have been reaching out to the Flour Bluff School District to help those children who may not otherwise have a Christmas for many years now.
Christmas Dinner with the Powells
This year was no different. We adopted 12 children (our most ever!) of varying ages and are pleased to report that the savvy elves at Coldwell Banker got shopping and took on the task of fulfilling the needs and requests of these kiddos. We were able to buy more gifts this year than any past year, thanks to donations from our sales associates and staff.
Christmas Morning on the Island Photo by Miles Merwin
Although these kiddos mainly needed clothing, coats, and shoes; not to worry, Santa is always able to sneak some toys in the bags for each of them!
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Check out activities for locals and winter Texans in this edition of the Island Moon Page A1
First Friday at Art Center
The Port Aransas Art Center will hold its First Friday Reception on January 4th from 5:307:30 at the center, located at 323 N. Alister in Port Aransas.
The event is open to the public and will feature works by students and members of the center. The exhibit will remain up through the end of January.
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Frostbite Betty Continued from A1 PA Rockers every Wednesday at Bernie’s The heart and soul of the Winter Texan social calendar begins at Bernie’s Beach House where the PA Rockers hold court every Wednesday. The Rockers are a classic rock band made up of (mostly) Winter Texans. They play on the early side, 6:00 to 9:00 and when hitting on all cylinders, it’s not uncommon to find a couple of hundred Winter Texans gathered for one heck of a great dance party. It’s sort of like your 40th high school reunion. Also, they’ve added a nice kitchen since last year and the food is really good and reasonably priced. Plus, they have really cheap drink specials all day long. On Sundays, they have a country band, Tumble Dry Low, who plays from 5:00 to 8:00
Winter Sounds Concert Series at PACT The Port Aransas Parks and Rec Department hosts Winter Sounds, a Winter concert series held each year, featuring local and regional musicians who perform once a month at the Port Aransas Community Theater (PACT). The first one this season will showcase Ken Yarbrough and Mike Jones on Monday, January 7th. There is no admission charge and it is “first come, first serve” for seating. Mike and Ken are a duo who host the weekly karaoke show at the Wildhorse Saloon in Port A. They play a variety of music ranging from folk to classic rock and their shows are funny and entertaining.
Brown Bag Lecture Series Bring your lunch to munch while listening to speakers on different interesting topics. The first of this season will be held on Wednesday, January 9th at the Port Aransas Community Center at 408 N. Alister. Marion Fersing will entertain on piano from 11:30 til noon when the lecture starts. Lee Harrison will speak on the Coast Guard Auxillary, what she does with it, what it is for and what it accomplishes.
Dophin awarness lecture Brown bag lunch at noon on Tuesday, January 8th at the Pollock Center at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). by Sheri Hargrove. “Dolphin Murderers” Sheri will share her personal deep research and experience with threats to dolphins worldwide.
Pepper Tree eradication Meet at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 10th at Paradise Pond behind San Juan’s Mexican Restaurant. This is a volunteer group that helps the city to control this invasive species. Wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Bring gloves, water, bug spray and sun block.
Arts & Crafts Classes and Workshops Here’s a list of weekly art classes and workshops beginning this week: - We’re Having Fun, every Tuesday beginning January 8th at 2:00 p.m. in the Girl Scout Hut (739 W. Ave. A, Corner of Cutoff Road in the Parks and Rec Building, Port A). Free. This week is “Beaded Kerchiefs”. Simple and easy, all supplies are provided. -Skinny Earring Class, January 9th at 1:00 p.m. at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Materials are free but ask for “free will” donation. The class is taught by Jackie Gaskill. Class is limited to 10 students. - Two Sisters Crafts, Thursday, January 10th at 1:00 p.m. at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Fee. “Making a Silk Floral Pin”, classes are every Thursday through March 7th with a variety of crafts. - Potrait Drawing, Tuesday, January 8thfrom 9:30 a.m. ‘til 12:30 p.m. at the Port A Art Center (323 N. Alister, Port Aransas, 361-749-7334). $15. Learn to draw portraits or improve your skills. Bring your art supplies.
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- Drop In and Draw, starting Tuesday, January 15th from 9:30 a.m. ‘til 12:30 p.m. at the Port A Art Center (323 N. Alister, Port Aransas, 361749-7334). $15. Come learn to draw or improve your skills. Bring your art supplies. - Soft Pastels/ Oil Paintings, starting on Thursdays in January from 9: 30 a.m. ‘til 12:30 p.m. at the Port A Art Center (323 N. Alister, Port Aransas, 361-749-7334). $15. Suitable for a variety of abilities. Subject vary each week. Check with the Art Center for details. - Beginner/ Intermediate Watercolor, starting on Fridays in January from 10:00 a.m. ‘til 1:00 p.m. at the Port A Art Center (323 N. Alister, Port Aransas, 361-749-7334). $25 drop in or $80 for 4 sessions. Bring your art supplies. Some supplies available. Check with Art Center for details. - Jewelry Workshop, Wednesday, January 9th from 11:00 a.m. ‘til 5:00 p.m. at the Port A Art Center (323 N. Alister, Port Aransas, 361-7497334). Pre-pay $25 plus $30 supplies. Beaded bracelets/ elegant tila. Watch for weekly jewelry classes in a series. - Mixed Metal Jewelry Making, Monday, January 7th from 9:30 a.m. ‘til 12:30 p.m. at the Port A Art Center (323 N. Alister, Port Aransas, 361-749-7334). Pre-pay $25. Learn to work with copper, brass, silver, bronze and aluminum to create your own unique jewelry.
- Advanced Stained Glass, Tuesdays and Thursdays in January and Febuary at 1:00 p.m. at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Call JELM for prices and registration. 361-749-5319. Learn to make a window and a sun catcher. - Whittlin’ at the Beach, Thursdays 1:00 p.m. ‘til 3:00 p.m. at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). 4 session for $10 each. Pay in advance. Must have knife and glove but instructor has some for sale.
Exercise and Yoga classes - Aerobics, 8:00 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Pollock Center at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free will donation. Gail Swenson instructor.
Free Bird Walks starting at Suter Wildlife Refuge!
Free bird walks will be held every Saturday morning starting January 12th through the end of March at Hans & Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge.
Suter is a great beginning birder location, with a boardwalk leading to prime shorebird and wading bird habitat. The walks will be every Saturday January 12-March 30 at 9:00 am (meet at the kiosk) at Hans & Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge at Ennis Joslin & Nile. Bring binoculars and birding field guide if you have them. Expect to see, Shorebirds, Wading birds, good showy species, Great egret, Snowy egret, Blue-winged teal. Hans & Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge, located on Ennis Joslin and Nile, offers nature lovers an ideal spot to observe birds and wildlife along
Oso Bay. Take a walk on the 1-mile nature trail and an 800-foot boardwalk for good views of Oso Bay, grassy marshes, woodlands and mudflats. These bird walks are made possible and offered at no charge thanks to the generosity of the Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi. For more information please contact Birding Guide: Larry Jordan, 361-443-0744
Ethel Eyerly Senior Center
654 Graham Road Call (361) 937-3218 For More Information The Ethel Eyerly Senior Center will close sometime in February 2013 for renovation. Below is information regarding activities during the renovation. Please call 361-937-3218 for further information.
Daily Activities Nutritious Meals Served For Persons Age 60 and Over AT 11:30 A.M. ($1.50 Suggested meal donation) Monday Silver Haired Fitness 10-11am ($7.00/mo – Ladies Only) Computer Interest Group 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Ethel Eyerly Activities Relocation sites
Silver Haired Fitness
Table Games
Carribean Baptist Church
Senior Center location
M-W-F 10 am - 11 am
Tuesday 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Computer Interest Group
Art Class
Garden Senior Center
Senior Center location
Monday 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Weds.: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Wii Bowling
AARP #4181
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Mon. and Thurs.: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
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Bingo
Chair Volleyball
Senior Center location
Senior Center location
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Thursday: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Zumba Gold
Coastal Bend Quilting and Needlework Guild
Zumama Fitness - 857-0050
Tuloso-Midway Baptist Church
3253 SPID, Ste. A
9774 Leopard
Tues. and Thurs.: 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Table Tennis
Phone: 361-241-7688 2nd Thursday of the month: 10:00 am
Garden Sr. Ctr. (Pecan room) Tues. & Fri.
12 pm - 4 pm
Thursday
- Body Toning, 8:00 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the Pollock Center at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free Will donation. Joan Snyder instructor.
Wii Bowling –12:30 pm.
Zumba Gold (Co-Ed.) 10:30 am
Call (361) Silver Haired Fitness 10937-3218 – 11 am For More Information
- Tai Chi, 9:15 a.m. ‘til 10:15 a.m. every Tuesday and 10:30 ‘til 11:30 on Fridays at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free Will donation. Pearl Federonchuk instructon
($20.00/Mo, Or $3.00/Session)
($7.00/Mo – Ladies Only)
Table Tennis And Table Games – 12:00 pm
Table Tennis – 11:00 am
3rd Tuesday Of The Month - Bunco – 1:00 pm
Bingo – 12:30 P.M. ($.50 Cards)
- Yoga, 10:00 a.m. every Wednesday at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free Will donation. Tom and Colette Kelly instructors.
Silver Haired Fitness 10-11 am
- Yoga, 9:15 a.m. ‘til 10:15 a.m. every Friday at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free Will donation. Mary Jo Doherty instructor
2nd And 4th Wednesday Aarp #4181 @ 1 pm
Tuesday Bingo 10:00Am–11:00 Am ($.50 Cards)
Wednesday ($7.00/Mo – Ladies Only) Art Class 1-3 Pm
Wii Bowling And Chair Volleyball - 12:30 pm Quilting 2Nd Thursday Of The Month * ETHEL EYERLY SENIOR CENTER DAILY ACTIVITIES Friday 654 Graham Road
New Location New Location Effective When Center Closes.
New Location And Dates/Times To Be Determined
- Exercise in the Afternoon: Low Impact Aerobics. 2:00 pm every Tuesday and Friday. at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free Will donation. - Line Dance, Beginners 9:15 a.m. ‘til 10:15 a.m. every Monday and Thursday. Advanced 10:30 a.m. ‘til 11:30 a.m. every Monday and Thursday. Couples. 4:00 p.m. every Monday. Pollock Center at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free Will donation. Perl Federonchuk and Barbara & Don Croucher instructors. - Ballroom Dance, 6:00 p.m. every Wednesday at the Pollock Center at the JELM (Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister, Port A). Free Will Donation. Deegee Blackwell instructor.
Ethel Eyerly members won the Spirit award. The award was a $100 gift card for Center. The 2012 spirit award is given to the Center with the most spirit and joy.. Seven spirited Centers competed for the award. It should be noted that a majority of the bingo prizes were won by Ethel Eyerly member sat the Holiday Dinner . It is rumored that complaint alleging “conspiracy” was lodged, but it was disallowed.
Volunteers for the Port A Parks and Rec department lend a helping hand removing Brazilian Pepper trees in the Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond area.
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New Report Released on Texas’ Fiscal Challenges “ fiscal sustainability issues are less immediate but no less real.” The non-partisan State Budget Crisis Task Force, led by former New York Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul A. Volcker, today released a comprehensive report detailing the fiscal condition and long-term challenges facing the state of Texas. The report was prepared in collaboration with Billy Hamilton, a former Deputy Comptroller of the state of Texas. It may be accessed and downloaded online, at www.statebudgetcrisis.org. According to Ravitch, “Comparatively speaking, Texas faces far fewer immediate threats to sustainability, but the state is changing rapidly. Structural fiscal issues remain, and will grow as the state’s population increases and changing demographics create new demands. To avoid the budgetary crises facing many other states, it is imperative Texas begins to seriously plan for the long-term.” The Task Force credits a dramatic improvement in revenue outlook for 2013 and a culture of sound fiscal management and transparency for Texas’ relatively stable economic condition. Their pension systems are stronger than those in other states. They have built, and continue to maintain, an impressive reserve balance in the state’s reserve fund. However, like other states, they will be impacted by forthcoming federal deficit reduction measures. Cuts to Medicaid or to federal spending and employment in the state would create stress for Texas and its local governments. Volatile sales tax revenue, due to additional exemptions, incentives and increased online transactions are already making it more difficult for them to keep up with spending demands. These pressures are less likely to break the bank today, but the Task Force sees significant warning signs for the state moving forward. “ As the Legislature heads into the 2013 legislative session, I think everyone knows that there are long-term problems that the state must soon address—issues like transportation, water and school finance are at the top of everyone’s list and should be.” says Hamilton, “What we need is more focus on the long-range effects of tax and spending decisions and a plan for how to address what the state finds when it looks beyond the next two years.” Texas’ population is growing at rate far outpacing most other states, and demographics are shifting towards denser urban living and a more diverse population, with the number of Hispanic Texans expected to exceed nonHispanic Anglos by 2015. These shifts imply a future population more in need of state services
With low levels of primary and postsecondary education funding, and recent reductions in higher education formula funding, the ability of the state to maintain a competitive workforce could be challenged. Additionally, longer-term trends in educational attainment could make it more difficult for Texas to make progress in its longstanding problem with poverty. Even more immediately dire, is the threat to healthcare in Texas, the element of the budget growing fastest. Imminent policy and funding changes at the federal level, coupled with the increasing population will certainly challenge the states’ ability to continue to manage its Medicaid program. Similarly, the growing need to maintain and extend the state’s aging infrastructure, particularly transportation and water present formidable and visible problems. The state needs to avoid pushing its very real infrastructure needs further into the future. With a growing— and increasingly urban — population and questions about the future adequacy of its water resources, these issues will only grow larger and more intractable with the passage of time. The report asserts, many challenges the state faces will linger for decades, regardless of current state policy. To ensure Texas’ finances are sustainable in the long-term it is critical they begin addressing them today. It concludes, “To meet its challenges, Texas needs to understand them — and take them seriously.” The Task Force was assembled by Ravitch and Volcker in June 2011 out of growing concern over persistent structural imbalance in state budgets and the ability of states to continue to provide basic services, invest for the future and provide for those in need at a cost taxpayers will support. State and local governments spend $2.5 trillion annually and employ over 19 million workers – 15 percent of the national workforce and six times as many workers as the federal government The Task Force is comprised of a professional staff that collaborated over the past year to conduct research, identify challenges and develop the report. Recognizing that there is considerable variability between states the Task Force partnered with Mr. Billy Hamilton a former Deputy Comptroller of the state of Texas. The Task Force is led by an Advisory Board that includes: Richard Ravitch, Paul Volcker, Nicholas F. Brady, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Phillip L. Clay, David Crane, Peter Goldmark, Richard P. Nathan, Alice M. Rivlin, Marc V. Shaw, and George P. Shultz.
Bills Already Being Filed for Texas Legislative Session in January
Law School in The Valley, Constitutional Limit on Spending, Tax Rollbacks are in Proposed Bills By Todd Hunter, District 32
In a previous article, I began outlining several of the bills which were filed within the pre-filing period. The 83rd legislative session’s pre-filing period officially commenced on November 12th. It is important to remember that unlike our counterparts in Washington D.C., the Texas Legislature meets for only 140 days in every odd-numbered year. The established pre-filing period allows the legislature the opportunity to hit the ground running at the beginning of the session, which starts on January 8th of this upcoming year. Since the opening of the 2012 pre-filing period, more than 449 bills were filed with the Chief Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate’s respective offices. Below is a selection of House bills which have been prefiled: • HB 66 is relating to the establishment of a pilot program under which high school students may accrue prepaid tuition units at public institutions of higher education by completing certain community service activities. • HB 67 is concerning the establishment by The University of Texas System of a law school in the Rio Grande Valley. • HB 74 seeks to create an exception to disclosure under the public information law of certain personal information contained in a citation issued for a violation of a state traffic law or local traffic ordinance. • HB 81 is relating to the eligibility of children and other dependents of certain military personnel or veterans for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education. • HB 88 relates to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations. • HB 91 seeks to establish the designation of a juvenile court and a pre-adjudication diversion
Dredging Work Continues
Crews were hard at work, even on New Year’s Day, on the dredging project in Packery Channel. The sand from the channel is being piped to the south end of the Michael J. Ellis Seawall and Beach where it is being used to widen the beach. The work is scheduled to be finished by Spring Break.
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Legislative Update
Editor’s note: The Texas legislature is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The Legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. The Legislature meets in regular session on the second Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year. The Texas Constitution limits the regular session to 140 calendar days. The lieutenant governor, elected statewide separately from the governor, presides over the Senate, while the Speaker of the House is elected from that body by its members. Only the Governor may call the Legislature into special sessions, unlike other states where the legislature may call itself into session. The Governor may call as many sessions as he wishes
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program for certain juveniles alleged to have engaged in conduct that violates certain penal laws regarding prostitution. • HB 105 is relating to the allocation of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. Below is a selection of the Senate bills which have been pre-filed: • SB 102 is relating to the rollback tax rate of a taxing unit other than a school district and to voter approval of a proposed tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate. • SB 106 seeks to require that the Sunset Advisory Commission conduct a study and make recommendations regarding certain tax preferences that relate to ad valorem taxes and that are required or authorized by the state. • SB 112 is relating to the requirement for and the contents of a declarations page required for certain standard insurance policy forms for residential property insurance. • SB 116 seeks to look at the consideration of ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting. • SB 121 would prohibit retaliation against state or local public employees for reporting to certain persons violations of law. • SB 124 is related to the punishment for the offense of tampering with certain governmental records based on certain reporting for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. The pre-filed bills for the 83rd (R) legislative session are available for the public to view at www.capitol.state.tx.us. If you have questions or comments regarding any of the pre-filed bills mentioned in this article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. (Capitol Office, 512-4630672; District Office, 361-949-4603).
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On Friday evening December 28, a boat came down Cuttysark canal at full speed and caused a massive wake .If you have a damaged boat or dock contact me and I will take you to the house. If it was you; I saw you, and I saw where you parked your boat and I will be glad to bust your @$$.
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Monday, January 7. Caution lights. Back off and stay out of the line of fire on Monday. The Moon turns Void of Course at 5:31 am early this morning until she enters Sagittarius at 2:28 am early Tuesday morning! Much more difficult is the square between impatient Mars and cold-blooded Saturn, exact at 1:33 pm Monday afternoon. Quack! This square adds a frustrating note to the energy of the day. Plus, breakdowns, accidents and fights on the schoolyard playground are all more likely with this challenging square hanging out in the heavens. Stick to routine on Monday and hold off on finalizing purchases and decisions.
Thursday, January 3. Caution lights. There’s double trouble in the Skywatch this morning as the Moon squares Venus at 6:15 am (no donuts in the break room) and then turns Void of Course until she enters Libra at 7:11 pm this evening! More confusing is Mercury lining up in a challenging square to rebellious Uranus, exact at 10:30 am . Problems with computers, cars, electricity and fools are more likely today as this twice a year aspect appears
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Let times change. Tuesday, January 8. Back to normal. Green lights are up on Tuesday and the Skywatch is good for work or play. The Moon is now in optimistic Sagittarius and makes a welcome trine to friendly Uranus at 10:29 am Tuesday morning. Luna quickly moves on to oppose Jupiter at 2:05 pm which usually inspires us to hope for the best—just don’t go overboard in your spending or expectations. The Moon sails out into calm seas a few minutes later and then makes a nice sextile to Mars at 8:26 pm. Caution lights come on a minute later as the Moon turns Void of Course until tomorrow night. Simple plans work best when the Moon is V/C. As times change.
in the heavens. Afternoon hours are the best for important calls and business—but hold off on finalizing matters today. Let times change.
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Friday, January 4. High energy. Eager Mars trines expansive Jupiter at 6:46 am early this morning. The Moon joins the party at 8:43 am and it’s likely you’ll be ready to tackle the day’s chores with some gusto on Friday. Green lights are up. Take a break around 12:10 am when the Moon squares inflexible Pluto and you’ll enjoy clear skies in the hours that follow. The quack of the day appears at 9:58 pm when the Sun and Moon make a challenging square. A spirit of compromise and an extra dollop of patience carries the moment and you’ll find matters smooth out as the energy in the square fades quickly and calm skies return for the rest of Friday night.
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Wednesday, January 9. Spacey. The Moon is Void of Course all day and until she enters Capricorn just before midnight! This is a very long V/C cycle suggesting you stick to routine today and hold off on finalizing matters. A nice kiss, Venus sex-tile Neptune, adds a kind and compassionate note to moods and attitudes Wednesday evening. Exact at 11:46 pm, this is a lovely night for a sweet bedtime story or seeing an inspiring movie or play. Creative types will enjoy the energy in this pair. Dreams can be evocative tonight—Neptune.
THE WEEKEND: Tackle the hard jobs first thing Saturday morning. Green lights are up; the Skywatch is clear and friendly. Get the important stuff done before the Moon sextiles/kisses sweet Venus at 5:13 pm as Luna then turns Void of Course until she enters determined Scorpio at 12:09 am early, early Sunday morning. Luna trines imaginative Neptune at 2:15 am early Sunday morning and the evening ends on a pleasant note.
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Dale, These guys were kind of close to Packery Channel Park. The game warden says it’s ok with game laws and he doesn’t enforce city rules.
If your birthday is this week (Jan 6–12), your ruler, Capricorn, is Saturn who is now sitting in water sign Scorpio in your new Solar Return. Scorpio is the sign we associate with birth/death, sex, marriage, taxes, insurance, inheritances and money shared with others. Scrutiny is necessary in these areas in the months ahead—Saturn wants order and an accounting. By death, I mean the end of aspects of your life that are no longer satisfactory or healthy—and thus the death of bad habits and relationships that drain your energy and resolve. The most powerful planet in the heavens, Pluto, is in your sign now and will be meeting your Sun over the next five years, Capricorn. This is when the caterpillar turns into the butterfly. It’s a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity to win big time. Get ready. As times change.
Mercury takes center stage in the Sky-watch on Sunday. The messenger planet conjuncts intense Pluto at 10:42 am and travels on to sextile/kiss dependable Saturn at 5:44 pm Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Moon in emotional Scorpio squares Mars at 4:05 pm but quickly travels on to sextile Mercury and Pluto before conjuncting Saturn at 5:10 pm. Be patient and slow down during the Moon square, but speak up today and ask for what you want or need.
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Tickets Available to Experience the Music of Iconic Group with Orchestra What would The Beatles have sounded like if they had the chance to perform in concert with a symphony orchestra? You can experience the event and concert A Tribute to the Beatles, as the tribute group Classical Mystery Tour performs live with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:30pm at Selena Auditorium.
From early Beatles music on through the solo years, this concert features all decades with original music, costumes, and ambiance. The show features more than two dozen Beatles tunes performed with the scoring of a full orchestra. “This concert will be a high energy performance,” said Robert Reed, Executive Director of the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra. “It is an evening for those that loved the 70’s and those who lived the 70’s.” Tickets go on sale Monday, November 26 and are $20, $35, and $50. VIP tickets are also available for $100. All tickets are available through TICKETMASTER.COM or by calling Ticketmaster at 1.800.745.3000. For more information, visit CCSOspecials. com or CCSymphony.org.
Moon Writer Photographer Brent Rourk Appearing in Port Aransas Play January 4-26
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We went OTB for the holidays, man they got some water pressure over there. I mean more than gravity driven pressure like we got here on The Island. It’s a thing of beauty man and I wish we had some on our side of the bridge.
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About Classical Mystery Tour Since 1996, Classical Mystery Tour has performed with more than 100 orchestras across the United States and around the world, receiving accolades from fans and the media. The Los Angeles Times called the show “more than just an incredible simulation...the swelling strings and soaring French horn lines gave the live performance a high goose-bump quotient... the crowd stood and bellowed for more.” “We really make an effort to sound exactly like the originals,” explains Jim Owen, the founder of Classical Mystery Tour who also portrays John Lennon in the show. “The orchestra score is exact, right down to every note and instrument that was on the original recording.”
As soon as I left The Island I started getting phone calls asking if Jan had thrown me out of the house; the answer is not so far. It seems this fellow who looks a lot like me has been seen hereabouts lately and went walking down SPID after exiting Farah’s – at their request – and several folks stopped to pick him up then sped off after realizing it wasn’t me and then called to make sure it wasn’t me. It wasn’t. But I got to say it seems a little weird that my double turns up on The Island only a few days after I sent off my DNA for testing. Our friend Dusty up Port A way gave me one of those DNA kits to find out if I’m related to anyone who might have left me some money and two days after I send it off a guy who looks like me turn up on The Island. I haven’t met the fellow yet but I hope he sticks around as I figure it pretty well gives me a free pass for any obnoxious behavior through the party season; you never know when that might come in handy.
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Just Think if They Showered in the Front Yard A recently released Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) study concludes that 31 percent of annual single-family residential water use in Texas is dedicated to outdoor purposes, such as lawn and garden maintenance, pools, and car washing, with the rest used indoors. Based on an analysis of monthly water use data for 259 cities, the TWDB found that average outdoor water use ranged from 20 to 53 percent of total household water use, with dryer areas of the state tending to use more than wetter areas. According to Sam Marie Hermitte-a student at the LBJ School and lead author on the report”No one has made these calculations for Texas before.” Conventional wisdom based on national studies holds that 50 percent or more of residential water use is used outdoors. As Robert Mace, head of the Water Science & Conservation group at TWDB and co-author of the study, notes: “Texans are doing better than that.” The results of the study will be useful to water providers and utilities in identifying where to focus water conservation efforts. “In order to prioritize where to save water, we first have to know where we’re using water,” explained Mace.
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Scattershots We sat next to a fellow at our favorite steakhouse in San Antonio who ordered his steak “with a hacksaw” due to the last one he ordered there being somewhat overcooked. He had his shirt unbuttoned to the naval and showed an impressive array of neckchains. “I chewed on it for thirty minutes,” he told the waitress. “He probably forgot to put his teeth in,” someone at our table suggested and a bit too loudly. We left before the hacksaw arrived.
Some scary stuff I went to a Wal Mart on Christmas Eve and man, I saw some people who I believe only come to town once a year and it’s to go Wal Mart on Christmas Eve. It was a walking Robert Earl Keen song if ever I saw one. I actually saw a dude in a hospital gown that was open up the back. To my great relief he had on a pair of shorts with it; but still it was scary man. I stayed as far away from the produce aisle and refrigerators as I could get lest I have to grab my Buck Knife to poke out my one good eye. It reminded me of that Foxworthy line, “If the biggest city you’ve ever been to is a Wal Mart you might be a redneck...”
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Nano the dog Dusty was headed to Colorado with her little dog Nano for the holidays when she was informed that the dog was unwelcome on the plane due to the static nature of his carrier which could not be jammed under the seat. Dusty is not one to trifle with on such matters. Dusty’s place in University of Texas lore is secure since she is the only fire twirler to ever set fire to the feathery plume on the French Horn Player’s hat during a halftime show. You see they teach the fire twirler up there in Austin that if the fiery baton is hefted aloft and goes astray to blow a whistle as loud as she can so the other members of the band can break formation and run for cover. Well, the French Horn Player, whose hearing was likely shot from standing too close to the French Horn for too long missed the whistle cue and continued through nearly a full bar of The Eyes of Texas with the feather plume on his hat in full bloom. The audience that day must have thought they were being treated to the Special Halftime Show in which the fire twirler sets the French Horn Player’s hat on fire with her baton. The French Horn Player came through with as much dignity remaining as can ever be attached to a French Horn Player – whether his hat is on fire or not but it still made for quite the halftime show. So anyway, after Dusty expressed her concern with her travel options, either cancel her trip to Colorado or leave Nano at home, the lady there at the airline came up with an option.
It’s something to think about friends. The next time I fly I’m getting Riley P. Dog a helmet and a T-shirt that says “Emotional Support Dog.”
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Robert Bob says the record is 87 I’s from some actress whose name he can’t remember who actually spent two minutes describing the wall paper she put in her bathroom, “I was so happy once I picked it out as I looked at it and I thought it was just beautiful.” Robert Bob says he’s got it down to a science and can come within about three digits of the “I Count”. He says the worse the movie the higher the I Count. I find the whole thing confusing and a bit disturbing; but what do I know?
Cheap Freight Driving back from Oklahoma in the snow and passed by a truck with a sign that said, “Say No to Cheap Freight.” I thought we were in favor of Cheap Freight, now I’m really confused.
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A few weeks back I told you about the saga of the two trash cans delivered without request from our City Sanitation Unwanted Can Delivery Department. After we faxed – yes some people still use fax machines – the city a copy of our contract with the dumpster company and explained that our landlord doesn’t allow us to have trash cans the city said they were coming to pick those things up. Well, its three weeks later and not only do we still have the cans now they’re half full of dirty diapers dumped in there in spite of the fact that we taped the cans shut. I guess when you got an armload of dirty diapers a little duck tape isn’t much of an obstacle. So now not only do we have dirty diaper receptacles we also got a monthly bill from the city that went from $14 for water to $89 for water and two trash cans we didn’t order and can’t keep which are starting to smell. There was no City Council meeting last Tuesday due to the holiday. But next Tuesday there is and our City Council is about to be the proud owner of two dirty diaper filled trash cans which I plan to deliver to the front steps of City Hall just prior to the public speaking portion of the Council Show.
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I got to spend some time with my friend Robert Bob up in Oklahoma and he’s got a new pastime. He has demolished his friends so many times at Scrabble they won’t play anymore so now he watches television talk shows and bets the over and under on how many times the actors on there use the first person pronoun. You know, “I had so much fun working with so and so on this movie, and I think this movie I made (say name of movie here to reinforce branding) is so important, and I have a dog, and I have on a pair of shoes, and I was in Greece the other day, and I, and I and so on and so
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“Now, if that dog was your Emotional Support Dog he could fly just fine,” she said. So after a text message from her doctor informing the flying world that Nano was in fact an Emotional Support Dog Nano not only got on the plane, but he was given free run of the plane because the normal flying rules for dogs don’t apply to Emotional Support Dogs.
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The recent release of The Beatles music on iTunes, plus the popularity of The Beatles Box Set and Beatles Rock Band, set off a new wave of Beatlemania and proved that The Beatles are more popular than ever. Because many Beatles fans never had the opportunity to experience a live Beatles show, Classical Mystery Tour offers that live experience in the comfort of a concert hall.
The cast includes, Connie Beane, Diane Mandarino, Denise Keller, Patsy Balcom, Bill McKinney, Chuck Thompson, Brent Rourk and Katie Sikes.
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Stuff I Heard on the Island
Corpus Christi Symphony Celebrates the Beatles
The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour bring the magic of their rock sound and Broadway show as they join the Corpus Christi Symphony in a performance of the greatest Beatles hits – a rare treat that gives the Beatles’ classics new life and orchestration.
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Holy Smoke! It’s a Fork-Tailed Flycatcher! Rare Tropical Bird Seen Near Austin
as far as anyone could tell. But in the late 1940s things changed quickly and radically. As the local shrimpers at the time put it “The Frenchmen Came.”
Fork-tailed flies running scared!
Not really Frenchmen The Frenchmen were in fact not French at all; they were French speaking Louisianans who had heard of the large quantities of brown shrimp that could be netted off the Texas Coast. As one local put it when he saw the first boat from Louisiana, “It was the biggest boat I ever saw. Much bigger than anything we had around here.” The new boats were oceangoing trawlers of a design that would be familiar to the boats we see today, but in the 1940s they were very different than the boats that had traditionally plied the Texas waters. The biggest difference between those boats and the modern boats is that they lacked any real crew accommodations such as bathrooms, showers and tables. The men slept in the pilothouse in closely stacked bunks and kept warm in the winter the best way they could – with small heaters or by sleeping in the engine room. But the new boats carried a supply of ice which allowed them to venture farther offshore than the Texas boats and were designed to work at night catching the nocturnal brown shrimp which during season could be found in the deeper parts of the Gulf. This meant that the Frenchmen boats congregated at points on the Texas Coast which had access to the open Gulf and towns such as Aransas Pass began to grow as the boats also needed servicing.
A shrimp fight Many of the new shrimpers came from the Morgan City area and typically each operator had two or three boats. Aside from the Cajuns the boats brought shrimpers from all over the Gulf region of the Coastal Bend to the Aransas Pass area and it is not an overstatement to say they were less than welcome. The first shot across Frenchmens’ bow came in the form of an injunction prohibiting the Cajun shrimpers from working by limiting trawler licenses solely to state residents. The newcomers fought the injunction for several years and finally won in court, but along the way there were threats of violence which prompted many of them to move on south to Port Isabel and Brownsville. If their French language was strange to the denizens of the Coastal Bend, it was even odder to the primarily Spanish speaking residents of the Rio Grande Valley but the locals soon learned that while the Frenchmen were outsiders, they brought with them jobs on the boats and things settled into an uneven peace through the late 40s and early 50s. The resident Texas fishermen looked at the Gulf shrimp as a limited resource which belong to them by birthright. While they complained about the interlopers soon many Aransas Pass
shrimpers began buying the large oceangoing trawlers themselves. Soon the oceangoing shrimp fleet caught the attention of other countries and Greeks, Italians, and Eastern Europeans joined the fleet followed by a large and very successful contingent of Honduran. Then came a flood of former Merchant Marines, many of whom had been deckhands on tugboats on the Mississippi River began buying and operating boats. At first the newcomers were ostracized by the locals. The ethnic mix of the new immigrants made for uncomfortable social situations and the outsiders kept to themselves forming their own communities within communities. This uneasy peace prevailed and over time the shrimping community and the rest of the small populations of the small coastal towns fell into their own orbits with little interaction between the shrimpers and the “civilians.” The shrimpers typically spent only about four days in port before heading back out to sea and as a result they packed a lot of “living” into that time which only served to widen the gap between the groups.
Economic reality But as the years wore on the industry thrived to the point that as recently as the 1980s Aransas Pass was known as the Shrimp Capital of Texas. The Herndon family founded the Gulf King company and a statue of a shrimp was erected at a main intersection in the city. Then the realities of the economics of the shrimp industry began to take their toll. Fuel prices soared and boat prices climbed to near $1 million each. Then in the late 80s a fight over turtle excluder devices prompted many shrimpers to hang up their nets for good. Gulf King moved its base of operations to South America and the shrimping industry could no longer be the driving force for the economy. Now oceangoing shrimp boats in the Coastal Bend are a rare sight. Bay shrimpers dominate the industry and Aransas Pass has repositioned itself as a tourist destination. Conn Brown Harbor which was once the scene of the blessing of a massive fleet of shrimp boats is now void of shrimp boats. The Shrimporee is the last vestige of the golden age of shrimping, before the Frenchmen came.
The fork-tailed flycatcher, native to Central and South America, was spotted by birder Shelia Hargis Saturday near McKinney Falls State Park, near Austin, during Travis County Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist Mark Klym attributes the bird sighting so far North as a product of a confused migration path. The Forktailed Flycatcher usually camps out in Central and South America in the winter, but biologists think the state’s unusual weather pattern is bringing this guest here. “The fork-tailed flycatcher usually comes from Argentina to Mexico at this time of year,” Klym said. “Every once and a while one of them seems to overfly that northbound migration and end up in Texas.”
“A lot of people think it’s funny, and I do to sometimes, that people have this kind of obsession about seeing birds,” said Austin birder Chris Layten. “For me, it’s getting the chance to be out and to have a more intimate connection with the natural world.”
Layten and other birders flocked to the park and the surrounding area upon hearing of the flycatcher sighting. State birders have only documented 25 sightings of the fork-tailed flycatcher in Texas over the past 150 years, making the discovery sensational to bird enthusiasts across the nation.
Females are usually around 12 inches and males are larger at around 15 inches long. Though the bird is around a foot long it only weighs about an ounce making it ideal for gliding through thousands of miles of airspace. In late December it was reported there were two fork-tailed flycatchers in the area, yet upon inspection of the image it was determined to be the flycatcher sitting with one of its relatives, the scissor-tailed flycatcher. “We have so many people coming from all over Texas and the U.S. to see this bird,” said park ranger Amber Conrad. “This bird is relatively small, it’s like a little cotton ball with some black string hanging off of it for its head and its tail.” Interest in the bird has brought visitors out in droves to the park with high-powered binoculars and professional video and photography equipment to capture the rare traveler. Groups of photographers seem to resemble the paparazzi as they work to get the perfect shot of the rare birds.
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New Construction By Mary Lou White
The Island is abundant with new homes being constructed. As you drive through the streets between Park Road 22 and the Laguna Madre, it seems like every street contains a construction site. Of course, that is the natural progression following the frenzy of lot sales that we experienced last spring. However, upon closer scrutiny, it is apparent that one factor remains constant. The new homes are all being built on “interior” lots. That is the less risky approach that Builders are taking, in a tentative market, that seems to be on the upswing. Interior lot prices had dropped to a price point that seemed like a safe bet. That feature combined with the fact that new subdivision development virtually ceased in 2008, means builders must actively seek lots to build upon, to continue in their field of endeavor.
New Lot Development and New Home Construction
The National Association of Homebuilders tracks how many “new” units are added to the marketplace each year and how many units are needed annually to keep up with the pace of population growth, in the United States. The numbers needed has been greater than the numbers produced for about four years. The normal solution would be for developers to create subdivisions with proper infrastructure in place for builders to buy lots and construct new single or multi-family homes. The lead time to generate new construction sites can easily be one to two years or more, depending on the permitting process and regulatory supervision that must be approved. All of these details depend on financing. Credit is the lifeblood of housing creation. Current banking regulations and examiners have caused a “freeze” on housing production credit. From Developers, to Builders, to Consumers, housing credit has become hard to come by. The result is lack of buildable lots. It is no wonder that our Island has suddenly become a “building” destination.
territory of custom home construction. Of course, according to the MLS system, we have only 60 waterfront lots currently For Sale. Eleven of those are multi-family lots and that leaves 49 waterfront lots available for single family home construction, that are listed. This limited supply translates into much more stable lot prices than we experienced for interior lots. In my opinion, as pressure builds, much like a volcano, it will eventually erupt. The only unknown factor is “when”. For existing homes, we have 57 waterfront homes For Sale, per the MLS search. One was built in 1965. Four were constructed in the 70’s. Seventeen were built between 1980 and 1989. Eighteen show construction dates between 1990 and 1999. Thirteen current listings were built between 2000 and 2008. Of the remaining four, two were built in 2011, one in 2012 and the new home being built on Bullion Court. Being informed is a good thing.
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Multi Family Units For Sale From $319,500 to $2,500,000
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Commercial Properties For Sale From $150,000 to $4,557,465
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Island Lots and Land For Sale
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Parcels on a Canal or Water From $98,900 to $1,850,250
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Parcels not on the Water From $25,000 to $1,529,000
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Island Residences For Sale
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Attached Homes For Sale From $58,000 to $529,000
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Detached Homes on the Water From $224,900 to 2,200,000
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Detached Homes not on the Water From $149,900 to $315,000
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The Methodist Children’s Home is looking for foster families for the more than 1400 children they provide services for daily. You can help make a lifelong impact on children who can no longer live with their parents due to family circumstances. For more information call Michelle Abundez at 334-2255. The Home is located at 3833 S. Staples, Suite N 218.
The Upper Deck Bar is now open in Port A next to the Tarpon Inn at the former location of Lisabella’s. The Fish House Restaurant will be opening downstairs by February 1st.
All King Services offers professional lawn care for commercial and residential properties. Trimming, pruning, rock installation and general clean up is just a phone call away. They also offer weekly or monthly maintenance. Call Islander Greg Phelps for a free quote at 4619021.
Dr. David Foster has moved from the Christus Spohn Medical Center to the Southside. The Center continues to operate with doctor coverage.
Sparrow’s Landing Restaurant/Bar in Flour Bluff may open by the end of the month. They will have three bars including an outdoor one. There will be 12 beers on tap and a game room.
WB Liqours, formerly known as Western Beverages, is opening soon at the Tower Center in Port A. It is a family owned business that started in El Paso in the 60s with 15 stores throughout Texas. Snoopy’s Pier again has oysters on the half shell for $6.50/dozen on Fridays and Saturdays 5pm til they are gone. They have the big fire pit going to help get you through this cold front.
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The one scenario we have not seen, for quite a while, are new “spec” homes on waterfront lots. Other than the few that have been built on Captain’s Row, I know of only two homes, both built by John Pope of Newcastle Construction, that have been built and sold in the last two years. One on Port Royal and one on Mizzen. Sean Seaquist has just started a waterfront home on Bullion Court. Other than that solitary example, new waterfront homes seem to be the
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Burke Dawson, Sandra McCall, Cathy Smith and John Marr at the recent opening of the Upper Deck in Port A
There has been a rumor of a shark sighting in the Cuttysark canal at one of the underwater lights. Reportedly it was 4-5 feet long. Seeing is believing so check those lights and if you spot one send us a picture.
Low Interest Rates and Shrinking Home Inventory Around Texas Good News for Coastal Real Estate Market Statewide numbers that show low mortgage interest rates and a shrinking inventory of homes for sale around Texas are good news for the Coastal Bend real estate market. Median home prices and sales in feeder markets for the Coastal Bend – San Antonio, Austin, Houston and Dallas – have risen sharply this year, and inventory in those markets has hit multiple-year lows, according to real estate data reported last week in each market.
In October - Central Texas homes sales jumped 37%, the highest year-over-year percentage gain in three years. Median home prices in Austin rose by 5%.
-The market had a 3.4 month supply of homes for sale in October, the lowest inventory figure seen in the past decade.
- North Texas home sales jumped by 29%, year-over-year, the biggest increase in more than three years. Median home prices rose 9% during the same period and the 24-county area that includes Dallas had only a 4.1-month supply of houses on the market.
- San Antonio saw existing home sales rise by nearly 20 percent, with median home prices rising more than 4 percent over the same period in 2011. There is a six-month supply of homes on the market in San Antonio.
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SLC Director Maria Thompson and Mod II teacher Mariah Froehlich hold Froechlich’s class’s Japanese fish print for the audience during the live auction. Each class created a piece for the auction, which brought in $17,700.
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Kindergarten teacher Pam Avelar displays her class’s Picasso-style artwork at the 2012 Seashore Learning Center Winter Tea.
SLC Mod III students sang “I Hear the Jingle Bells” and “Shalom” during the Winter Tea.
SLC Director Maria Thompson and the office staff volunteered to get “slimed” if the December book fair met its goal. They honored their promise after the Winter Tea as Susie Tennison, Maria Thompson, Theresa Dorsey, and Cheryl Carroll had buckets of slime dumped on their heads.
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Wishing You a Healthy & Prosperous New Year! New Construction on the Island. 4/3/with study. Over 2300 sq.ft., stained cabinetry, granite countertops throughout. $239,900. Call Beth for plans 779-4943.
Enjoy the Good Life. This two bedroom, 2.5 bath at El Constante comes fully furnished. Awesome views of the Gulf of Mexico. Call Terry 549-7703.
13541 Ducat fabulous waterfront home on 75’x120’ lot. 3-4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, Trex decks. Too many extras to list $600,000. Call Cindy Molnar 549-5557.
Beautiful Golf Course Home! 4/2.5/2, two living, covered patio, crown molding, granite countertops! 14006 Rudder Ct. $315,000. Call Shonna today 510-3445 to see.
3442 Paradise Dr. 4/3.5/3 $324,900. 1.7 acres of land with lots of mature trees, water well, 2 living and 2 dining. Call Charlie Knoll 443-2499.
New construction by Seaquist Homes. 4-2-2 on Punta Espada. Open floor plan, split bedrooms, landscaped front yard, builder’s warranty. Call Cheryl 563-0444.
Beautifully Updated 3-2-2 w/ multi purpose room. Split bedrooms. Gas stove. Tile & bamboo floors. Plantation shutters. Large backyard. Cheryl 5630444.
13846 Topsail—charming 3/2/2 waterfront home. Bright, open floor plan. Exceptionally well cared for home on a very nice street & canal. Call Ana 443-7771.
This two story home sits on over 1 acre of land. Water well with sprinkler system. Four bedrooms with four baths. 3 car garage. Two living & 2 eating areas. Call Terry Cox 549-7703. $379,900.
Mediterranean Bea uty — Waterfront, new construction by Seaquist. 3-2.5-2. Huge game room. Master down. High impact windows. Still time to choose colors. Cheryl.
25,570 sq.ft. feet int. lot in Coquina Bay. Two story with 4 bdrms-2207 sq. feet- $209,000. Call Dorothy @ 563-8486.
15713 Cuttysark 3/2.5/1 lovely Island home. New room 2010, new exterior paint 2012. Large yard with room for a pool. $149,900. Laura Wallace (361) 815-2116.
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15905 Punta Bonaire $620,100. 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, concrete saltwater pool, boat lift, too many extras to list. Call Charlie Knoll 443-2499.
13721 Cayo Cantiles 3/2/2 $295,000. 1926 sq.ft of living area, nice deck area with great views. Located on a awesome wide canal with quick access to the Intracoastal Waterway. Master down with 2 bedrooms up. Very well cared for home. Call Terry at 549-7703 or Charlie 443-2499.
Lovely Flour Bluff 1-story home on 1.3 acre corner. Spacious 4/3/2 w/2 living & 2 dining. Circular drive & water well for yard. Call Pam Morgan 2158116. $343,700.
722 St. Lucy $149,900 3/2.5/1. 1624 sq.ft of living area. 2 living areas. All bedrooms up. Nice landscaping. Above ground pool. Charlie 361-443-2499.
Captains Row Luxury! 4/3/2 waterfront home with 2 master suites, pool with stone waterfall, boat lift, gourmet kitchen and more! 13801 Captain’s Row $1,499,000. Call Guy Davis 688-5159.
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New Construction by TwoSaam! 14126 Coquina Bay. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths + den/office, 2 car garage. 1859 sq.ft. of living area. Tile floors and granite countertops throughout. Open floor plan and much more. $219.900. Charlie Knoll 443-2499.
Looking for Long Term Rental Property? Below are some of our available rentals:
Beach Club #394 Efficiency—1 $750
Portono #705 2/2 $1800 furnished
15422 Salt Cay #F 1/1 $725
1806 Hosea 3/2/2 $1700
15838 Punta Espada 3/2.5/2 $2200
3834 Priscilla 4/3/2 $2500
13850 Longboat $3/3/2 $1600
Seascape Villa #A‐5 1/1 $900
13765 Eaglesnest 3/2/2 $2300 pool
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Nautilus Galleria-one bedroom across the street from beach. Furnished. Secure entrance. Pool & hot tub. On site laundry facilities. Call Cheryl 563-0444.
3266 Roscher—zoned for horses, near 5 acres. 2 story home 3-2.52. Backs up to the Oso Bay, private beach, fishing pier, pool. Cheryl or Mary Lou.
121 Gulfstream $209,900 Beautiful 1st floor unit, ss appliances/granite countertop. Updated furnishings. Easy pool/beach access. Call Shonna 510-3445.
2201 Oak Crest $139,900. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths plus an 2 additional rooms. Pool on the grounds. Call Charlie 361-4432499.
Waterfront Lots for Sale!! Bounty $109,900 Palo Seco $154,900 San Felipe $200,000
Fortuna Bay waterfront condo 3 -2 w/boatslip. Recently updated. Furnished. Just bring your suitcase & enjoy. HOA pool, cabana, spa. Cheryl 361-563-0444.
3918 Gulfton 3/2/2 $124,900. 1369 sq.ft. well maintained house with a nice location. New countertops & backsplash. Call Charlie 443-2499 or Jeremy 960-7873.
Cuttysark $189,000 For More Info Call: Terry Cox 549-7703 Charlie Knoll 443-2499
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