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Issue 598
Island Moon
The voice of The Island since 1996
October 1, 2015
Around The Island By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com
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Agreement Reached to Patrol Kleberg Beaches
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The sun sets on Lawless Kleberg Beach
There it was, rising up out of the Gulf like a blood-red ball of Karankawan terror sent to arouse the aborigines population from their sloth and do some hunting and gathering. The modern aborigines lined up at the parking lot on the seawall for their look at the Full Blood Moon that rose right on cue Sunday evening for the first time since 1982 and won’t be seen again until 2033. Over the course of the next five hours the Music of the Spheres rang out all over our Island as each of us was reminded that we are but a tiny cog clinging to a 30,000 year-old sandbar in the great big wheelhouse of the universe.
. Photo by Dwight Jackson By Dale Rankin
This is my father's world And to my listening ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres The arrival of the full moon, and its total eclipse, which was closest to the earth in its orbit combined with the disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico, announced its arrival with high tides that pushed the surf line to the dunes on most of our local beaches this week. According to the local Weather Service office tides were already running 1-1.2 feet above normal due to the nearness of the Moon. As we watched the blackening of the Moon we couldn’t help but think back to March 1, 1504 as Christopher Columbus sat inside his ship stranded in Jamaica after his cheating sailors had angered the local Indians who had cut off the food supply to his crews. But wily old Columbus had an astronomer up his sleeve, consulting the almanac of Abraham Zacuto Columbus knew that a lunar eclipse was coming and requested a meeting with the Indian leader and told him that his god was angry because of the treatment of his men by the natives. He told them his god would show his displeasure by making the Moon appear “inflamed with wrath.”
After almost a year of talks an agreement is now complete for Nueces County to take over management of 6280 acres of land along the norther border Padre Island National Seashore in Kleberg County bringing to a close decades of decadent behavior, including a nude beach, fostered by a lack of law enforcement presence.
Land purchased by Nueces County
Clearing Around Paradise Pond Draws Attention People of Port Aransas divided
By Jackie Bales
Nueces County purchased the land in January with a $1 million grant from the Ed Rachal Foundation which also agreed to provide $70,000 to purchase a patrol vehicle and fund a new position to allow Precinct 4 Nueces County Constable Bobby Sherwood to patrol the area, with ticket revenue going to Kleberg County. An interlocal agreement, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding, was sent to Kleberg County officials several months ago and has now been approved by Kleberg officials, pending formal receipt of the paperwork, according to Precinct 4 Nueces County Commissioner Brent Chesney.
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A little Island history
When crews from AEP began clearing trees around Paradise Pond last month birders took notice. Not that cutting the Brazilian Pepper trees was a big concern, but the loss of migrating bird habitat was. The area is located behind San Juan’s Restaurant on Cut-Off Road and extends to the birding center at Charlie’s Pasture. The land around Paradise Pond is owned by the City of Port Aransas and AEP has a thirtyfoot wide easement on the northwest side of the pond. The adjacent property is owned by Gary Sweetman of Port Street LLC who is planning to build a 115 unit residential complex. The developer is Nick Lorette who
Citizens concerned over the clearing gathered at Paradise Pond on Tuesday
Pond continued on A14
The Beginning of Island Development
Right on cue the red Moon made its appearance as Columbus went to his cabin to “pray” for the return of the light while timing the eclipse with his hour glass and shorty before the light returned to the lunar surface emerged to announce that all was forgiven since, as his son later wrote: “with great howling and lamentation they came running from every direction to the ships, laden with provisions, praying the Admiral to intercede by all means with God on their behalf; that he might not visit his wrath upon them ...” We can only wonder what went through the minds of the Karankawa who inhabited these balmy shores during that lunar event while they were waiting for Cabeza de Vaca to wash up but we can say that 511 years later the Full Blood Moon has visited nothing but nice weather and cheap gas on our Little Sandbar this week; and for that folks we can all howl and lament to our Island heart’s content. Strange as it may sound it’s time to start thinking about your Halloween costume everybody, for yourself and for you four-legged friends at Dr. Christi’s place. In the meantime say hello if you see us Around The Island.
The PIIC vision for what the Island would become, circa 1972 Over the years we have accumulated a great deal of information in the form of pamphlets, flyers, promotional material and other memorabilia from the early development of The Island. The hope is that at some point
we will have an Island museum to house it, but in the meantime we will begin running some of it in these pages. So here we go in no particular order…
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The Travelling Moon
13th Annual Volcom Surf Contest
The Volcom Totally Crustaceous Surf Tour was held at Bob Hall pier on Saturday, September 26th. The conditions were great with hardly any signs of the recent red tide. Dozens of young surfers competed for trophies and prizes plus bragging rights. By Joey Farah, Renowned Crab Rescuer
The Moon traveled to the most easterly point of North America, Signal Hill at St Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada where the first wireless Trans Atlantic communication was received by G Marconi in December of 1901.
The thirteenth annual Volcom Surf Contest was held Saturday at Bob Hall Pier and was a beach and kid festival. It's all about the kids on this one and proves to be the most fun contest of the year. The divisions are split between "squids" who are under 11 and can be pushed into the waves. The "Grom" division is teens and then there are men's and the big free for all expression session for the adults. The kids get an enormous amount of free clothes and surf stuff. Trophies for all the kids that make the finals and an invitation to surf in the international Volcom contest at Tressles in Southern California. The hosts greased up in costumes and held all kind of games and
competitions for prizes. Flour dusting machines puked baking flour all over wet surfers and fun was had by all. My daughter Coryne Farah surfed through the ranks of the teenaged boys to make it to the finals, very proud of her. Any level of surfing is welcome and everyone walks away with stuff and lots of smiles. For the whole day told through the beauty of pictures go to Facebook and look up our own Scott Elwood of G-Scott imaging. Hope to see yall next year! TGSA will have their Packery Channel Surf Contest next weekend on October 10th!
Photos by Scott Ellwood
Coryne Farah surfed through a division of teenaged boys to land herself in the finals!
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Thank You The St. Andrew’s Knights of Columbus want to express their appreciation to the following sponsors of the 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, held Friday, September 18th, at Oso Beach Golf Course.
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Red Tide This week concludes the end of the first six weeks of school, and what a crazy few weeks they've been! Homecoming and the end-of-gradingperiod exams are the same week this year... At times when there is more pressure being put on the students, acne breakouts act as a sort of Stress-O-Meter--and right now there is more social and academic anxiety than ever. Guys are squeezing in dates to the dance while girls pick their dresses and find last-minute accessories. The football players are also bulking up and training for the Homecoming game. It's hard to find time for both extracurricular and school activities, but we're kicking it into high gear so that our parents are proud of next week's report cards. Make sure to manage time and ace those exams so you can make it to both Friday's game and Saturday's dance!
The Gulf Coast Gun Show will be held October 3 – 4 at Aransas Pass Civic Center. Saturday hours are 9 am – 5 pm and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm.
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Dragonfly Restaurant will re-open Monday, October 5th and be open Mondays during the football season and is still closed on Sundays.
Island Moon, Throughly enjoyed Dotson's recent Moon article regarding DiMaggio, Monroe & Sinatra. I saw Dotson at breakfast today and complimented him on the article, Dotson commented he had many more similar stories.
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Story idea, you may have written something on this already, I haven't seen this week's Moon: On my daily walks on the beach I couldn't help but notice a severe stank emanating from a construction dumpster that the county or city in their infinite wisdom put a bunch of the dead fish in over by S Packery. It stinks. Bad. And the stank wafts towards all the condos and Holiday Inn with the north breeze we have been having. Meanwhile, just south of Bob Hall in Kleberg where they don't run the front end loaders 24/7, all the fish were taken care of by mother nature. The flesh has melted away, as it does if you ever left some fillets too long in the fridge. Little to no smell down there now, just a few skeletons. Check it out. Thanks for your paper,
The several no wake signs posted around the island should be re-worded “ No Wake ( but unenforced )”. The recent decision to have the CCPD patrol the channels have no effect since they conveniently announce what days and hours they will make their presence. I am personally tired of my deck, pier, bulkhead, and boat taking a daily beating from boaters who could care less! Maybe if the annual POA fee’s everyone pays would cover the damages, someone from that office would step up with a creative solution. Hey, aren’t photo enforced cameras at thousands of intersections around the country a huge successful cash cow? Why not install them in all the no wake zones? Not on the shorelines of course, for they would surely be vandalized, but I’m sure you would find a long list of homeowners that would be happy to allow the city to install them somewhere on their property, myself being one of them. A perfect example is if you used the same road every day to go to work, and the speed limit is 30 mph, would you obey the limit if you knew it was never enforced? The law should be enforced, or just take the signs down.
Tim
Route 66 Mr. Rankin, I enjoyed reading the article on Route 66 in the latest issue of The Moon. Yes, that was an experience. The episode involving the HEB tennis Courts was entitled: "Somehow It Gets To Be Tomorrow" The link to the episode on youtube is : https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fqhlKRCUYs4 Thanks for including my contribution to your story. T.R.Garcia, MD, MBA,RPh Capstan
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The First Friday Reception at Port A Art Center will feature work from students at Del Mar College Photography Department on October 2nd 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Schlitterbahn Golf Club will host a Nite Golf 4 person scramble tournament on Saturday, October 24th at 7 pm. The cost is $35 for members and $45 for guests and includes golf cart, warm up range balls, two glow balls, glow necklace, prizes and a taco buffet before play. Registration is limited to the first 60 players. Call the 10th Hole Pro Shop at 589-4221 to register. Corpus Christi Container Company, located in Flour Bluff, been acquired by Adrian Wilson, President of Max Shipping, Inc. The company, which deals in industrial containers and accessories, has been an enduser of CC Containers Company’s products for over sixteen years. Branch Manager Brian Hart will transition to the new location at 5265 Sunbelt Drive. Former Corpus Christi Container Company owner, and Island resident, Raul “Rudy” Torres, plans to spend his time traveling, golfing, hunting, and fishing. Marker 37 Texas A&M University Corpus Christi’s College of Science and Engineering hosts its 2nd Alumni Shrimp Boil this Saturday, October 3, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Laguna Madre Field Station (LMFS). Attendees will meet at Marker 37, located at 13317 S. Padre Island Dr., and catch a University boat to and from the field station. This year’s event honors Dr. Roy Lehman, award-winning published Research Scientist and Professor of Biology.
Please remove Bollards, until Beach Access Road 3A is repaired Councilwoman McIntyre, City and Parks Managers, et. al;
Concealed handguns and crime rates Issuing more concealed carry permits does not decrease crime, according to a new study published in the Journal of Criminology. Texas A&M professor Charles D. Phillips, Ph.D., MPH, lead the study. He and his colleagues looked at more than a decade of data on changes in crime and concealed handgun licensing rates from more than 500 counties in four states: Texas, Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania. The findings come just after Texas passed legislation allowing concealed firearms on college campuses. “The idea that concealed handguns lead to less crime is at the center of much firearms legislation, but the science behind that conclusion has been murky,” says Phillips, an emeritus regents professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health. “The results have been so inconclusive that the National Academy of Sciences in 2004 called for a new approaches to studying the issue, which is what we’ve done with this research.” A New Approach to Studying Concealed Carry Permits and Crime
victimization. However, Phillips’ study found no statistically significant correlation between changes in concealed carry licensing and crime rates, including the rates of violent personal crime such as the murder rate and robbery. “What we found when we drilled down to the county level was that the changes in the number of concealed handgun permits in a county had no relationship to either an increase or decrease in the county crime rate.” According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, crime, and specifically violent crime, has been decreasing nationally since 1993, with a similar decline in other Western nations. Some commentators claim the decline in the United States is attributed to the increase in concealed carry legislation. But criminologists point to a variety of factors that have lead to the drop in crime, including changes in policing, punishment, crime prevention technology and socio-economic factors.
Why Do Individuals Seek Concealed Carry Permits?
Phillips and his colleagues took a new approach to analyzing publicly available data for this study. Previous studies have looked primarily at crime rates before and after the passage of concealed carry legislation, Phillips’ team used county level data to analyze the relationship between changes in crime rates and concealed carry licensing, while controlling for differences among the four study states and changes in crime rates simply related to the passage of time.
The study also looked at why individuals seek a concealed carry permit, which raised additional questions about perceptions of crime and the role of commerce in concealed carry permitting.
“We believe that this research strategy is more likely to offer more useful insight into the relationship between concealed carry and crime than previous research that simply focused on the passage of concealed carry legislation,” Phillips says.
While crime rates did not affect concealed carry licensing, the results of the study by Phillips and his colleagues indicate that a major factor driving increases in concealed carry permits was the number of firearms retailers in a county. “That indicates there may be an issue of supply and demand going on with concealed carry licensing, with suppliers generating their own demand through advertising.”
Do Concealed Carry Rates Reduce Crime? As the study notes, 46 out of 50 states have passed legislation allowing individuals to carry concealed handguns, in part due to the expectation that the legislation will reduce crime. In addition, much of the current drive to ease access to concealed carry permits and increase the settings where concealed carry is legal relies on the idea that such changes will reduce citizens’ likelihood of criminal
“People often think they acquire concealed carry licenses because of their likelihood of becoming a crime victim,” Phillips says. “We measured the rate of victimization at the county level, and we found no relationship between the actual crime rate and an increase in concealed carry permits.”
Phillips says his study demonstrates new methods and research strategies that he and his co-authors hope other researchers will use when studying concealed handgun licensing and crime. They also hope their results will be used in policy debates concerning the expansion of concealed carry. Holly Shive
This is my informal request to get the bollards temporarily removed from the beach road, just north of Whitecap Blvd Beach Access Road, until the repairs to Beach Access Road 3A are completed. This action would cost no money, nor any unnecessary labor, and would provide appropriate compliance with the Texas Open Beaches Act. The City of CC has wooden bollards blocking the beach road on the Gulf, and the unsafe and frequently unusable Beach Access Road 3A is the only access road to the entire 1.5 miles of CC managed beach, from Whitecap, to South Packery Channel. As you, Councilwoman McIntyre, mentioned 3 weeks ago in the Sept 8 CC Council meeting, CC Beach Access Road 3A is in such bad condition that your car, “bottomed out,” while trying to use it recently, and, “it really needs to be repaired,” to be used safely and effectively. I agree, and add that it is unsafe currently, and is completely unusable when it rains, as 2-3 feet of water blocks the entire road, forcing any daring and determined drivers to use the narrow and steeply-sloped sand bank. It’s about a 30 degree slope, which I predict will someday turn a vehicle upside down into the 2-3 feet of standing water in the road . . . that is, unless alternate beach access is provided, by simply removing the blocking bollards, until Beach Access Road 3A is repaired. It won’t cost any money, nor additional labor to simply remove and store the blocking bollards. That’s because the bollards will have to be temporarily removed anyway, when the repairs to Beach Access Road 3A are being made. The money for those repairs is already allocated, as part of the voter approved Bond 2012, and the repairs are currently listed as being in the, “design phase.” Temporarily removing the blocking bollards now is a no-cost solution to a very important City of Corpus Christi current street problem. Why not do so as soon as possible, please? Very respectfully, Bob Algeo Mr. Algeo, Thank you for your email. I was just contacted by the Mayor requesting that we look into your request. I will meet with staff to discuss what is possible and will follow-up within the next day or two. Best regards, Wes Pierson, Assistant City Manager
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SMA Cross Country Team Washed Island Cars
Largest Island Regatta A Success
PAC 949 Raingutter Regatta Sends Scouts Sailing
October 1, 2015
Earning Funds for Traveling to Meets By Brent Rourk
Scrubbing a car clean the cross country team prepares for detailing and drying Getting out to an even start these two Scouts provide lots of propulsion Photos by Brent Rourk By Brent Rourk Growing in intensity by the minute, the atmosphere in the gym at Seashore Learning Center last Saturday was charged as families of PAC 949 scouts arrived with their handmade sail boats to race in one of the Island’s largest regattas as scouts made last minute adjustments
the boat moved along the rain gutter. Another words, they had to blow into the sails to propel their small vessel, without touching the vessel. The necessary skills were to determine exactly how much air was needed to keep the vessel racing and to know precisely where breaths of air should hit the sail. It was also good preparation should they decide to enter politics. Some of the vessels sped along the course with the help of their experienced captains while others crashed into the inflated rain gutter walls or worse capsized along the length of the two lane course. Scouts cheered for one another as curious and excited parents took cell phone photographs and sent positive signals to their sailing sons. It was a breathless time for some anxious parents.
Eagerly standing by with towels, hoses, cleaners, rags, and more last Saturday the Seashore Middle Academy Cross Country Team waved at Islanders in cars passing along Park Road 22 in front of the school. They successfully waved in dozens of cars and then as a team proceeded to clean and dry them, even paying attention to the wheels, tires, and interior. The funds earned from the wash will help fund the team trips to ‘away’ meets. At only $5.00 a car, the opportunity was a fabulous deal for Islanders. Hopefully, they will provide another car wash soon so we can wash away the Island sand and grit.
My van had a mirror finish after the cross country team washed it Photo by Brent Rourk
After each pair raced, volunteers promptly charted the winners as spent scouts shook hands as a sign of good sportsmanship. After the sailing scouts completed the races and received their awards and trophies, they raced to Schlitterbahn to cool off and to enjoy the warm afternoon in two of the pools.
Scouts just cannot hold back their excitement to their vessels as they waited for the races to begin. Some were anxious while a few veterans exuded confidence, learning from past Raingutter Regattas. Scouts were vying for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place den awards and then, if fortunate to advance, the overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place PAC949 Raingutter Regatta trophies, clear evidence of sailing mastery. In the center of the SMA gymnasium werefour4 two- lane sailing courses, each about eight. As 949 Cub Master Bryan welcomed the scouts and crowd, dens of scouts fidgeted, and the small sailing vessels stood dry-docked on tables, each vessel decked with the owner’s colors, designs, and messages.
Congratulations to all of the sailors in the PAC 949 Raingutter Regatta, especially PAC 949 winner Paul Carroll. We hope that they all had fun and that we see them back next year. Islanders might consider attending these races.
Results of the Raingutter Regatta were: Tiger 1. Austin Garza
Scout and SLC 3rd grader Hondo Roberson, a pensive 9 year- old, commented, “I think I might win or I might not. Anybody could win. This is my first year. It was sort of easy to make my own boat.”
2. Kaiden Mui
Scout Jack Flemming, a 5th grade SMA student, approached the Raingutter Regatta with an overall sense of joy, “It’s good to build the boats and race them. It doesn’t matter who wins. It is for fun.” It was Jack’s second year in the regatta and he was clearly intent on enjoying the entire experience.
2. Westin McAllister
Then there were those scouts who certainly looked to enjoy the morning and who also intended to win. Perhaps they practiced their sailing skills for this race, which consisted chiefly of providing the wind for the sails as
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Stuff I Heard on the Island
by Dale Rankin
Our friend Jack who lives over on Compass and is a keen observer of life its ownself reports that the Chinese have discovered our Island. No need to alert Donald Trump though, they aren’t coming to take our jobs, no they are bringing jobs with them. The Chinese company TPCO is building a new onemillion square-foot steel pipe plant across the bay in Gregory and Jack reports that the visitors arrive via the B-bus line that began stopping on Compass at Schlitterbahn a few months ago and after visiting the waterpark jump back on the bus and head for the beach. That’s pretty cool and we welcome them to our island. Maybe we’ll get a Chinese restaurant too! We like that Moo Goo Gai Pan. For anyone not aware of what is going on along the north shore of the bay in the Portland, Gregory, Ingleside area it is nothing less than a transformation of the local economy. As we speak there is about $15 billion with a B worth of new development going on along that tenmile stretch of shoreline. Not only are the Chinese building there, the Austrian company Voestalpine is building a steelmaking plant (another $1 billion) next door to the TPCO (Chinese) plant that is visible from The Island (it’s the vertical structure on the far left as you look across the bay), the Italians are building a plastics plant, and the Cajuns are building a $2 billion liquid natural gas terminal along the La Quinta Channel in Ingleside. As a friend of mine in Portland said, “Foreigners are colonizing Gregory.” When I pointed out that Cajuns are not actually foreigners he said, “Have you ever talked to a Cajun?!”
The way I look at it there should be some good restaurants springing up around there pretty soon. I’ll drive thirty miles for some boudin any day.
Gregory Portland I recently attended a class reunion at GregoryPortland and I was surprised at the growth in that area. You get a sense of the scale of what is going on there when you consider that the value of the new construction - $40 billion total in the Port of Corpus Christi – will about double the value of property in Nueces County. A friend who works in the school system there told me that by 2022 Gregory-Portland ISD may be the wealthiest in the state with a budget large enough accommodate not only the increased number of students anticipated in the district, but large enough to absorb every student in CCISD as well; not that it will happen but again you get a sense of scale. There are some agreements in place that mean that the new businesses won’t all pay full city property taxes – the Voestalpine group has a fifty year-lease which includes a twenty year non-annexation agreement – but none are exempt from school taxes. The Port of Corpus Christi is thriving and the expansion of the Panama Canal portends more growth over the next two decades. The Port has a $10 million Transportation Department grant to help fund an $18 million project that will create 15,400 feet of rail track and improve the roads in and out of the port area. There is a quite economic evolution happening just across the bay which is certain over time to have an impact – both economic and in some ways cultural – on our Island. Maybe it’s time to go jammin’ on the B bus.
Kleberg continued from A1 A POA Newsleter from 1981 announces the vote for annexation
Nueces County Coastal Parks Director Scott Cross told the County Commissioners Wednesday that he is applying for grants to place signage and other improvements on the land, which eventually may include public access on the Laguna Madre side for kayakers. Chesney said he expects the Constable patrols to begin in the next few weeks. The controversy over ownership of the property began more than two years ago when the Island Moon first reported that the National Park Service was planning to purchase the land from the Texas General Land Office with funds from the Texas Nature Conservancy and make it part of Padre Island National Seashore. The Island Moon quoted park officials who said if they acquired the land they planned to place bollards at the northern end of the GLO tract, about two miles south of Bob Hall Pier, and force beachgoers to access the six miles of beach in Kleberg County through the park entrance to the south. That route would have meant a circuitous route of more than ten miles to enter the Kleberg beaches which now are accessible directly by driving southward on the beach from the pier. This plan aroused the ire of beach access advocates and led to a resending of the deal with the National Park Service and the sale of the land to Nueces County.
an attraction for nudists and underage partiers who turned the beach, particularly around the area known as The Bowl, into their playground. In recent summer months a homeless community of about twenty people sprung up on the Kleberg beaches and was cleared out by law enforcement in September. Some of the residents moved out leaving evidence of their homesteads behind. An impromptu shooting gallery also sprung up on the land west of Park Road 22 leaving thousands of shell casings and shot up targets behind. Much of that debris was cleared out by volunteers from the group Burners Without Borders. Kleberg officials made an attempt this summer to police the land but the efforts were spotty at best and did not end the presence of the nudists, mostly males, who flaunted their wares as recently as last week. Chesney said there are currently no plans or discussions to include the Kleberg beach in the area where Beach Parking Permits are required.
The Kleberg County beaches have historically seen very little law enforcement presence due to the sixty miles which separate them from the Kleberg County seat in Kingsville. The lack of a law enforcement presence led to the beach being
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Installation Banquet Introduces New Officers By Brent Rourk A delicious Schlitterbahn dinner and beverages followed a warm social gathering for Kiwanis Club of Padre Island members on Tuesday evening during their 2015 Installation Dinner. Visitors from the Corpus Christi Police Department and another Kiwanis Club spoke at the dinner updating the local club on happenings in Kiwanis and one the Island. Charlie Mader assumed the office of President for the coming year and new member Debbie Noble became Flour Bluff High School Key Club Liaison. John Vaughn was awarded Kiwanian of the Year for his tireless service to both the local club and the state organization. Comprised of service-oriented members who are committed to helping children, Kiwanis Club members enjoy a variety of activities while working together for the benefit of children. The Kiwanis Club of Padre Island is dedicated to helping children locally, nationally, and internationally. On the international front local Kiwanis clubs made donations to help wipe out Neonatal Tetanus around the world. Locally, the North Padre Island Club has begun providing food baskets for 60 children on a regular basis. Additionally, North Padre Kiwanis Club helps sponsor the Adopt-A-Beach clean-ups twice a year, Breakfast With Santa, Bingo on the Island (coming back in February), the Island Easter Egg Hunt, and the fabulous Nut Sale on the Island.
Charlie Mader left is installed as President of the Kiwanis Club of Padre Island for 2015-6 by Kiwanian of the Year John Vaughn
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Backwater Adventures Red Skies By Joey Farah Farah’s Fishing Adventures The wonderful entries and Spoons were slammed by Spanish Macks and departing shots of the sun lately the water was crystal clear. Sunsets on the rocks have given all of us on and around the water a are quite magical. The fishing in the first few sense of peace and grandeur. These beautiful guts of the beach can be just as good and solitary painted skies are swirled with moisture and walks can clean the soul. The silver spoon with changes of temperatures as the seasons change. a good 40lb mono leader is a great way to find These changes are here and more are on the dinner in a mixed bag along the sand. The high way! Fishing has also been in a time of change, tide will bring fish closer to the sand in the first the winds and currents are purging the bays and two guts and low tide will draw them out. Top gathering fish and bait and relocating them. All waters will light you up with explosive strikes of this change comes on the heels of an outbreak from trout and big jackfish. The finger mullet of RED TIDE. Just as we thought it was over and small shad are in big schools everywhere I’ve heard from some bait camps in Aransas and can be caught in a cast net with ease. A few Pass that it is still there and may come back to will stay alive in a bait bucket for a little while our area. We will just have to wait it out and and catch everything from sharks to trout. The see. Somehow the day after the red tide leaves best way to hook them is in back or through the life comes back to our area. This week as the bottom chin out to the top of the nose. I like swell hit the beach the waves and tide came up circle hooks best and a good mono leader. They and washed rotting fish out to sea, turned the can be put on the bottom with a weight, under a sands and all the particles cork, or free lined. A visit to a few of red tide over and swept of the local marinas is a good way them out as well. Cleaning to start off right with tackle, and us out along the beach. The advice. next day the water was as In the bay high tides have pushed clear as glass with baitfish in as usual in the fall. This floods everywhere, turtles along the back creeks and shallow flats, the jetty rocks and LIFE rolling out the line of baitfish everywhere. Mother Nature that have grown to maturity over has its ways of cleaning the summer. It also spreads fish house. I would like to give out and pushed gamefish to hunt a big thank you to the against raised structure in the bay. employees of the county This can be shorelines, rocks, for their efforts the last few edges of the Intracoastal Canal, weeks on cleaning up the and spoil islands. Focus on these beach. For the first time they Fantastic Fall Fishing is on areas to find concentrated bait and fire! This double big trout pulled dumpsters out to the you will have no problem finding beach and put on facemasks Combo came from the rocks gamefish. The big schools of bull during the worst of the Red in Baffin last week. reds are out there in force right Tide and picked up most of now and are surprising anglers the dead fish and disposed with screaming drag peeling runs. To catch of them. This made it possible for us to use the them drift the Lagoon with GULP plastics beach as soon as the water cleared up, and kept under popping corks, you will catch trout as our visitors here and bad press out. It also let well. Covering a lot of water can be hard in the us have the VOLCOM SURF CONTEST this morning with no wind so look for big changes weekend at Bob Hall Pier. I try to thank those in the bottom like the channels and rocks of folks when they pass by picking up trash on the Baffin. The Land Cut is still a great place to beach, please do the same. We may pick up our spend the morning casting lures along the edge. own trash but there are so many that come here The water before you looks like an aquarium, from other places that just leave it on the sand. trout busting top waters, flounder along the Please think about if your job was taking care of small guts and corners, and cruising redfish the beach, would you be embarrassed to pick up to pitch to along the grass. The bait stands are trash in front of the public? Would you be proud still having some live piggy perch and croaker to do a service to the place that you love? Those but that will soon end, just as their diet moves folks cleaning up our beach are heroes, keeping back towards shrimp and mullet. The pin perch our pride and joy a good place. Let’s talk about will tear you up in the Lagoon under popping some fishing! corks so the best areas for that are in the deeper This week is a special time that you can hook up with good fish on the beach and in the bay using bait and lures equally well. I watched my kids take the last waves of the swell Sunday evening from the jetty and tarpon rolled, trout reds and Spanish mackerel were caught on finger mullet.
areas of Baffin. Fishing is great and the days are pleasant. If you have friends coming in from out of town, looking to relax and learn about fishing in your backyard playground, or entertaining some customers, give me a call. We are out there having the best of times in GOD’S COUNTRY every day. Have a great week and GET WET!
On the Rocks By Jay Gardner Well, the red tide continues to hammer the fish everywhere. Our buddy Jeff Wolda (PINS light tackle fishing guide) did an exploratory run down the beach on Monday, and said while the northern section wasn’t bad, the further south he got, the worse it was. He turned around at the 30 MM because it was really bad. Our buddy from SA, Rusty Pool, was fishing the lower laguna this past weekend, and came up north to the East Cut (from Port Mansfield to the pass at PINS) and saw drum, redfish, and trout floating in the Cut. And, we just got a report from our buddy, Buddy, that the near shore reefs out of Port Mansfield (the CCA reefs 7 miles out) had dead snapper floating all over it. They fished for 3 hours without even a bite. And, I just got a report that red tide is all along Corpus Christi Bay, and potentially down south in Baffin and the Land Cut. So, the red tide is killing basically everything all over the place. Dang! What’s really scary is that the K. brevis has also been found around the Bird Island, Baffin, and Land Cut area IN THE BAY. This is a new trick for the red tide, and has a lot of people worried. If it can not only survive but thrive in lethal concentrations in our hypersaline bay systems, then maybe we’re a little more vulnerable than we thought. Hopefully there’s some research going on with this phenomenon that will shed some light on the situation. And hopefully the reports aren’t accurate and it’s not sweeping through the bay systems as well. The currents are in the middle of changing from south to north to north to south. This will cause some dirty surf conditions, and it will continue through the fall as we continue to get cold fronts. This may be one of the earliest “changes” of currents that I can remember in recent years. I’m sure it will have some kind
Big bull redfish like this one can be hooked up along the Intracoastal Canal in the evenings on live finger mullet and pin perch. Photo by Joey Farah
of effect, but I’m not sure what that will be. Hopefully it doesn’t cause the red tide to go off in this area again. A lot of people are already over it, myself included. Well, I keep saying migration is right around the corner, and to be sure, there are plenty of signs. There was a large kettle of Broad-winged
Nighthawk Bay hawks over the Hawk Watch at Hazel Bazemore (great timing!) which indicates that some birds are moving. We got skunked the other day at the dove lease, so I’m also guessing that means that some of the birds have moved on. LOL. The dang golden fronted woodpeckers have taken a serious liking to my hummingbird feeder, and I’m not sure how to dissuade them from getting on that thing. I wish those two would go away. But, there are still a lot of birds that aren’t down here yet. They’re just lounging around waiting on the first real cold front (right Christie Irps? Cold, not cool) to push them down. The 10-day forecast looks like a nice Indian summer. Wish I wasn’t so busy that I can’t get out and enjoy it. Well, this weekend is my XXth year class reunion. Supposedly the plan is to gather at the Flour Bluff Homecoming football game this Friday night. Hopefully I’m in town and can make it. Then supposedly the plan is to meet at the beach the next day. Hopefully the red tide isn’t too unbearable. In any event, there will be lots of my old classmates in town this weekend. Welcome back, and look me up. Fishing HAD been good in the bay up till this past weekend. We got Jeff out on Keith’s low side Gulf Coast (you need to come up with a name for her Keith, I can’t just keep referring to the boat like this. Or are you going to go with “Adult Supervision”?) and headed up into Nighthawk, where Jeff trounced us with two drum and two reds. At least Keith got a nice flounder on a gold spoon (?) but I was only king of the lizardfish (you young folks won’t catch that reference). Drop me a line at tarponchaser@mail.com and I’ll see you loyal readers On the Rocks.
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Leo Durocher, Laraine Day… a Turbulent Time By Dotson Lewis
Dem Bums By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon On Wednesday October 5, 1955, Shirley Povich wrote in the Washington Post, “Please don’t interrupt because you haven’t heard this one before. Brooklyn Dodgers, champions of the baseball world. Honest!”
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By 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers had won seven National League pennants in the last 70 years of their team history, but did not have a World Series Championship. Their nemesis had been the cross-town “Bronx Bombers” known as the New York Yankees. These two teams had met each other five times in the last nine seasons. The Yanks had beaten the Dodgers in the Fall Classics of 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953. Sixty years ago this October, baseball history would be on Brooklyn’s side in 1955. Skipper
Leo Durocher & Laraine Day Dotson’s Note: As baseball and movie fans, many of us in 1946 were shocked by the marriage of Laraine Day and Leo Durocher. Most of my friends, even those few who were Dodger fans, knew that Lou Durocher was a “jerk,” and Laraine Day was a beautiful, innocent movie star. It was hard to believe that such a lovely young lady had married such ugly/grouchy old man (he was 15 years her senior).
with Durocher there (at this point Day lived with her mother in Santa Monica). The judge lamented that Durocher was, “a very facile talker but this is one umpire he will have a hard time convincing.” Durocher moved into a Santa Monica hotel.
Duke Snider Walter Alston was in the second year of his Hall-of-Fame managing career for the Dodgers. Catcher Roy Campanella had won the National League MVP Award, just barely beating out teammate centerfielder, Duke Snider. Brooklyn’s first baseman, Gil Hodges, had hit 27 home runs, while Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese played great despite their age, at 36.
Subway Series Wednesday, September 28, 1955, Game One opened at the “House That Ruth Built.” The spectacle known nationwide as the “Subway Series” started out with a 6-5 win for the Yankees, despite Brooklyn’s Jackie Robinson stealing home. In New York they called this series “The Big Show.” Yanks’ Joe Collins hit two home runs and rookie catcher, Elston Howard, added one himself. In front of 63,869, Whitey Ford got the win over Don Newcombe, even though Carl Furillo and Duke Snider both hit home runs for the Dodgers.
On February 28 the Catholic Youth Organization withdrew its support for Brooklyn Dodgers' Knothole Gang. Reverend Vincent J. Powell also withdrew from its board of directors. The CYO further threatened to advise its members to boycott the team if something wasn’t done about the scandalous Durocher.
Thursday, September 29, 1955, Game Two would find lefty, Tommy Byrne, on the hill for New York. Dodger pitcher, Billy Loes, was no match for the Yankees. Byrne held the Dodgers to two runs as the Yankees won Game Two, 4-2, before 64,707 fans. It appeared that history would repeat itself as both teams moved to Ebbets Field, located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. There were no home runs hit and no need for travel time.
It must be noted that at least publicly Branch Rickey supported his manager. At spring training in Havana, Durocher began popping off about Yankee President Larry MacPhail who Durocher claimed was sitting next to gamblers. Durocher had been called on the carpet for such and wondered why others weren't. Rickey also chimed in on the charges against MacPhail, siding with Durocher. Rickey was further upset that Charlie Dressen jumped the Dodgers and signed as a coach with the Yankees.
Lefthander Johnny Podres would be called on by Alston to face the Yanks on Friday, September 30, 1955, in Game Three. Podres’ record was 9-10 for the season, but he was unafraid of the Bombers. Bob Turley, winner of 17 games that season, started for the Yankees. Podres went the distance, all nine innings, giving up only three runs to the Yankees on his 23rd birthday, and the Dodgers won Game Three, 8-3. Both Mickey Mantle and Roy Campanella hit home runs for their teams.
MacPhail ran to Chandler red hot about Durocher. Chandler told MacPhail to cool off and then come back to him with written charges if he so desired. MacPhail brought a formal charge of defamation against Durocher on March 15. Chandler held hearings through March 24. On April 9 Chandler issued his ruling that suspended Durocher for the year and fined the Yankees and Dodgers $2,000 each. Burt Shooton became the Brooklyn manager.
Yankees’ manager, Casey Stengel, called on Don Larsen to pitch on Saturday, October 1, 1955, Game Four at Ebbets Field. Alston countered with pitcher, Carl Erskine, as 36,242 settled in for an important game. Brooklyn surprised the Yanks by pounding out 14 hits, including three home runs by Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Roy Campanella’s second. Yankees’ Gil Mcdougald hit a home run, in a losing effort. The Dodgers won 8-5. The Series was now tied two games each.Sunday the powerful New York
Willie Mays, Day & Durocher Rumors were flying after actress Laraine Day filed for divorce (citing the usual ‘mental cruelty’ charge) from her first husband in November 1946 after being seen numerous times in the company of famed Brooklyn Dodgers’ manager Leo Durocher. Day and Durocher had first met in 1945 at a party at the Stork Club, though they initially didn’t connect. They didn’t meet again for another year until running into each other on a plane headed for Chicago. By chance, they also were on the same return flight. The then 21-year-old Day had married Ray Hendricks, a Spokane, Washington native and an Army air instructor stationed in Phoenix on May 16, 1942. Day maintained a home in the Westwood Hills in Hollywood. By 1946, Hendricks was the field manager of Edgar Bergen’s airport in Montebello, California. In response to the divorce petition, Hendricks charged that Durocher stole his wife while posing as a family friend and further accused the baseball manager of “dishonorable and
On May 9 Day’s divorce in California was upheld in Superior Court. The California court still did not recognize the Texas marriage. The couple was married again on February 15, 1948 in a Mormon ceremony at Day's residence in California. On December 6, 1947 Durocher was reinstated as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Leo Durocher ungentlemanly conduct” with his wife. He also charged that Durocher, “clandestinely pursued the love” of his wife under his very roof and in the presence of himself and their adopted children.” Hendricks asked the courts to deny the divorce petition. Day retorted that all his charges were “deliberate and malicious lies.” Also, on December 23, 1946 Commissioner Happy Chandler revealed that he had questioned Durocher about reports of largestake dice games being played in his apartment (Leo wasn’t present at the time in question). Durocher had also been seen around New York gamblers. Day’s divorce petition was granted in California on January 20, 1947 with the stipulation that she not marry until the interlocutory decree became final in one year. The next day, Day and Durocher went to Juarez, Mexico where she obtained a Mexican divorce and later that day they were married in El Paso, Texas. Judge George A. Dockweiler, who granted the California divorce, was greatly displeased with Day’s actions. He spoke of setting aside her decree, voiding her divorce. The judge then ordered her to show cause why he shouldn’t set the ruling aside. At this, Durocher called the judge a couple of times to make sure it was all right for Day to reenter California. The judge said that she could return to California if she did not reside
On July 16, 1948 Durocher resigned from the Dodgers. In New York Mel Ott did likewise, clearing the way for Durocher to assume control of the Giants. Horace Stoneman's negotiations with Durocher were above board and held with the consent of the Dodgers and National League president Ford Frick. Ott, whose contract ran through 1950, was granted a vacation and promised a spot in the organization. Shotton was re-named Dodgers manager. Giants' shortstop Buddy Kerr spoke for many when informed of the startling changes - he exclaimed in shock, "Durocher?!" The moral decline symbolized by Durocher and Day's relationship brought public attacks from the Brooklyn CYU (and a Catholic Supreme Court Justice who was a supporter of the CYO) and political figures such as Jim Farley who was eyeing a bid for the White House in 1948. Ironically, Farley had been a strong contender to replace Judge Landis as Commissioner. Dotson’s Other Note: The above illustrates how much public perception and even laws have changed with time! Personally, I ran into Durocher a few times during his stint as a baseball manager. To me he was coarse, brash and arrogant. The consensus of those who knew him well was that he was a great Manager, but as a person he was a total snake, a complete self-centered opportunist. Laraine Day was a doll though, no one could figure out why in the world she would marry him. Their marriage lasted until 1960. Your comments, suggestions, questions and concerns regarding Sports Talk article are greatly appreciated, please call the Benchwarmers at 361-560-5397 weekdays, Mondays thru Fridays, 5-8 P.M.* or contact me. Phone: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475 Email: dlewis1@stx.rr.com *Please note the time changes for the Benchwarmers broadcasts.
Yankees for the third time in three games, 5-3. Bob Grim of the Yanks faced Roger Craig. Even two late home runs by Yankees’ Yogi Berra and Bob Cerv were not enough to offset home runs by Sandy Amoros and two by Duke Snider. The Yanks would head back home, down three games to two. Monday, October 3, 1955, 64,022 showed up at Yankee Stadium to root their team on. Karl Spooner took the hill for the Dodgers, as Casey Stengel sent out the best they had, Whitey Ford. The “Chairman of the Board” would hold serve and go the distance in a 5-1 victory for the Yankees, tying the series again at three games each. Yanks’ Bill Skowron would launch a massive drive into the right field seats for his first and only home run of the Series. Walter Alston sent “wonder boy” Johhny Podres to the hill again, but this time against Tommy Byrne. Game Seven was played on Tuesday, October 4, 1955. The game was scoreless until the 4th inning when Hodges hit a single, driving in Campanella. In the sixth inning, Reese singled; Snider beat out an infield bunt, back to the pitcher. Campanella then moved both runners to the next base with a bunt of his own. Stengel called timeout and replaced Byrne with Bob Grim. Things didn’t work out for Stengel and the Yanks, as Hodges hit a sacrifice fly ball to deep right field, scoring Reese. The score now stood Brooklyn 2, the Yankees 0. Podres did the rest, scattering eight hits as the defense behind him was terrific. The Yankees put two runners on in the bottom half of the sixth inning. Berra sliced a hard-line drive down the leftfield line. Between innings, backup outfielder, Sandy Amoros, had been placed in leftfield for Jim Gilliam. Left-handed Amoros made an incredible catch while running head first toward the bleachers. Gilliam, being right-handed, would have had to catch that drive backhanded. Most think he would not have made that catch. Amoros then wheeled and threw the ball into Reese who relayed the ball to Hodges at first base to double up Gil McDougald and stop the Yankees rally. There were no home runs and the final score stood at Brooklyn 2, New York 0. Johnny Podres won the very first MVP Award given out during a World Series. I would have voted for Duke Snider, who hit four home runs, while driving in seven. The Brooklyn Dodgers had done the impossible. Two years later, in 1957, the Los Angeles Dodgers would call Los Angeles, California, home. Dem Bums were no more. Andy Purvis is a local author and radio personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. com for all the latest info on his books or to listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books are available online and can be found in the local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be contacted at purvis.andy@mygrande.net. Also listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of the Houston Astros.
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