The
Issue 567
Island Moon
Weekly
The voice of The Island since 1996
February 26, 2015
Around The Island By Dale Rankin
editor@islandmoon.com It was the Greek philosopher Diogenes who said, “Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.” Well, we can’t speak about Island philosophers, who seem mostly to get their rewards on Island bar stools, but if old Diogenes had a look at Island weather in the middle of this week we think he’d have to agree that Island dogs got a few rewards. After a few days of spitting rain and blowing cold air, midweek the skies cleared, the wind lay down, and Island dogs took to the beach to enjoy the Dog Days of Winter. Spring is still almost three weeks away, Daylight Saving Time is one week away, and Spring Break 2015 will come cruising our way OTB on the weekend of March 7. Which reminds us of another of Diogenes' spurious emissions, “What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.” Diogenes would have made a great Spring Breaker.
Elongated Spring Break Speaking of Spring Break 2015, while some schools, mostly in the northeast, begin their Spring Break on the weekend of February 28 (Rice is the only Texas school, go figure), the good/bad news is that the 2015 version of Spring Break will be stretched out over three weekends instead of the usual two, which means the Island Traffic Attack will be spread over a longer period of time but maybe without the peaks in traffic that usually lock up Island roads. Most of the schools through the middle of the county which feed students onto local beaches for Spring Break start the fun on the weekend of March 7 with the others beginning on March 14 and stretching through March 21. So when you stock the pantry and identify alternative Island driving routes for Spring Break 2015 keep in mind that will be a three-week event this year. For we Islanders Spring Break is like a prostate exam – it feels so good when it stops.
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Plan for a New Marina in Port Aransas DESIGN FRAMEWORKS Vision
20th Annual Billy Sandifer Big Shell Beach Cleanup This Saturday Volunteers needed If you have ever taken a fourwheeler south down Padre Island National Seashore you know that anything that any flotsam or jetsam that falls into the Gulf of Mexico is picked up by the converging tides and eventually finds its way to Big Shell beach, which begins about twenty miles down PINS adjacent to Cuba Island and runs another ten miles southward.
Proposed new marina development By Dale Rankin
It is arguably the most beautiful part of Padre Island and certainly one of the most unspoiled; except for the debris that washes up. If you ever need a hardhat, driftwood, rope, a life jacket, a bottle from Mexico, or just about anything that can be found on an offshore oil rig Big Shell Beach is the place to go.
DESIGN FRAMEWORKS
The most valuable asset owned by the City of Port Aransas is a 67-acre tract of land near Charlie’s Pasture on the backside of The Island, bordering on the Laguna Madre valued at about $25 million. On Tuesday the people of Port Aransas got their first look at a plan to develop the area which could change the face of Port Aransas over the next decade. The Marina Market and Waterfront Development Study was presented to the Port Aransas City Council by Gignac & Associates calls for, among other amenities, a new Municipal Marina at Charlie’s Pasture and surrounding amenities which would generate $2.7 million new revenue
Program Framework
For the past twenty years longtime Island guide and naturalist Captain Billy Sandifer has been organizing the Billy Sandifer Big Shell Beach Cleanup and this Saturday, February 28, Captain Billy and friends are headed to Big Shell to remove trash that has accumulated since last year.
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New Canal System Being Dug in Port Aransas
Everyone is invited and your help is needed. Volunteers will meet at 8 a.m. at Malaquite Pavilion at PINS and ride four-wheelers to the cleanup site. If you have a four-wheeler bring it. It’s a day out on a beautiful stretch of Texas beach for a good cause, don’t miss it if you can.
Inside the Moon
Outliers One of the annual amusements for Moon Mike, the founder of this newspaper, was to cruise the skinny beach along the west side of the JFK Causeway each Spring Break and talk to the misguided Spring Breakers who couldn’t read a map. They set up their tent right next to the road and by the time Mike showed up they were starting to figure out that maybe something was out of whack; like they were a couple of hundred miles off target.
Spring Break Schedule A5
Dee-Scoveries A6
“Where is everybody?” they would ask, “Isn’t this South Padre? “No this is North Padre Island – or Upper Padre if you prefer.” “But the sign says South Padre Island Drive.” “Yea, I know.” “So how do I get to South Padre Island?” Wait for it…”You go north on South Padre Island Drive.” Silence. “How far is it?” “Two hours at least.”
New development across Highway 361 from Cinnamon Shores
Seashore Middle Academy Scores at Science Fair Five SMA Students Reap Top Awards
“North on South Padre Island Drive to get to South Padre Island!? That doesn’t make any sense.”
By Dale Rankin Anyone driving State Highway 361 between Padre Island and Port Aransas in the past several weeks has probably noticed a massive earthmoving operation going on along the bay side of The Island just south of Port Aransas.
The site work is being done by the Brookdale Corporation based in Atlanta and includes the dredging and widening of Flato’s Cut which runs from the Laguna Madre on the bay side of The Island to within a few hundred yards of the highway. It
Canal continued on A3
A little Island history
A Trip to The Island in 1945
“No it doesn’t. None whatsoever.” Keep an eye out, there’s at least one every year.
By Dale Rankin Editor’s note: Bobbie Kimbrell moved to Flour Bluff in 1944 and was a commercial fisherman for more than fifty years until his retirement. He lives in Flour Bluff.
Shark Week
Winter Texan Roundup A15-16
By Bobbie Kimbrell
A crew from the Discovery Channel has been in Port Aransas for a couple of weeks shooting a series for Shark Week in July. They are going offshore and tagging primarily Mako sharks by placing a camera on their dorsal fin to see what they’re up to down there. The sharks have to be ten feet long or more in order for the fin to be big enough to mount the camera. Don't forget to say hello if you see us Around The Island.
SMA Science students Tatiana Ortiz and Mathew Daugird By Brent Rourk SMA Students scored very well last Saturday at the 27th Annual Valero and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Regional Science Fair, while students from both SMA and SLC competed at the Scripps Regional
Seashore continued on A4
In 1945, during my senior year at Flour Bluff High School, a couple of buddies and I decided we wanted to go to Padre Island near Packery Pass and do some exploring since we had never been there before. The only way you could get to Padre Island from Flour Bluff was by boat or by car driving to Port Aransas then down the beach across Corpus Christi Pass then to Padre Island. We talked my dad into letting us use his boat. It was a sixteen-foot tunnel stern skiff
Bobby Kimbrell 2005- photo by Yong Suk Lloyd with a three horsepower Onan aircooled engine in it and steered by an oar in an oar lock mounted on the stern. My dad used the skiff for
History continued on A6
Live Music A16
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February 26, 2015
Island Moon
The 2015 “Winter 8-Ball Invitational Shootout Championship”
The Travelling Moon Gets Around
Sunday March 1st, 2014 @ The VFW Post 8967
The Island Moon traveled down to Caye Caulker, Belize with us. Thanks, The Smith's
311 N Alister St, Port Aransas, TX (361) 749-6534 Doors open at noon to welcome this year’s players and spectators to the 2015 “Winter 8-Ball Invitational Shootout Championship” which is the final championship of the “Winter 8-Ball Shootout Series”. The series began on January 1st and finishes on February 25th. Over 55 players will have participated in 24 grueling qualifier tournaments to receive an invitation to
the championship. Only 16 player will qualify! Returning this year is 2012 Champion and 2014 Runner-up, Aaron Johnston. 2013 4th place finisher Roy Frette and 2012 Runner-up, Don Patterson will be making their fourth appearance. 2014 Champion, Brock Johnston will be returning to defend his title. 2015 Coastal Bend 8 Ball Top Gun Winner, Cody Underwood, will be joining the ranks in his second appearance. The event is free and open to the public with the first match schedules at 1:20 pm.
The venerable Sharkey's in Port Aransas has now changed hands.
Full Contact Women’s Football Tryouts this Sunday
Kastle Kelley's kids - Photo by Kastle Kelly
If any of our female readers have ever wanted to try their hand at full contact football, well, Sunday is your day. The Corpus Christi Mermaids football team in the Sugar N Spice Football League. will hold tryouts Sunday, March 1, from 3-5 p.m. at the CCYFL Football Field located at 4810 Kasper Street. Participants must be present at 3 p.m. for registration. There is a $20 processing fee and a copy of your ID is required to tryout. For more information call Head Coach, Marcos Betancourt at 361-904-2119 or visit www.corpuschristimermaids.com
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February 26, 2015
Island Moon
Letters to the Editor
Moon Monkeys Mike Ellis, Founder
Back to the Beach -- Only 2? I was surprised in reading Matt Woolbright’s “Back to the Beach” article (Caller Times 2/12) to read Stacey Anaya say that the increase in the HOT funds would only be used for two city beaches, McGee and North Beach. When Tom Tagliabue asked the Island Strategic Action Committee to endorse the legislation he was clear that the additional funding would be used for all the City’s beaches, not just McGee and North but the miles of beach on Padre and Mustang Island. Is this a case of bait-andswitch, mis-speak, poor reporting, or failure to recognize where the majority of the City’s beaches actually are?
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Raymond Rose
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Port Aransas
Classifieds Arlene Ritley Design/Layout Jeff Craft Contributing Writers Joey Farah Andy Purvis Devorah Fox Mary Craft t Christiansen Jay Gardner Chad Peters
Editor’s note: You are correct Raymond, when Mr. Tagliabue, the city’s Austin lobbyist asked the Island Strategic Action Committee to support a new state law that would allow more of the state’s portion of the Hotel Occupancy Tax to be remanded to the City of Corpus Christi, as most Texas Coastal cities are already doing, it was clearly stated that some of the additional money would be used to clean Island beaches which provide a substantial portion of the HOT to the city. ISAC meetings are meetings of record so there is written account of Mr. Tagliabue’s presentation. Whether omitting Island beaches from the use of the funds was a Freudian Slip and/
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I'd like to send an extra special thank you to CCPD for having no available units to send on Friday night as someone tried to break in to my house for a half an hour while my children were hiding in a closet terrified. No available units? Is there a ridiculous shortage of police presence on the island? Understatement.
Riley P. Dog
My husband was home and had a firearm and ready to use it, but luckily he never entered our home. It turned out to be an extremely intoxicated individual who thought it was his house and he was not deterred by the firearm pointed at him and insisted he get in the house. Ccpd finally showed up and took him off to the drunk tank but I now have to deal with the aftermath of my family's fear. My children have been taught that if you have an emergency, call 911 and the police will come help. We did just that and the response was I'm sorry ma'am, we have no available units to dispatch to your area. Unacceptable in my opinion.
Mary Craft Ronnie Narmour
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Where the money goes... Kite cam photo by Steve Coons or a harbinger of things to come is a good question for the next ISAC meeting on Tuesday, March 2, 5:30 at the Comfort Suites on The Island. There was suspicion at the time of Mr. Tagliabue’s request for the ISAC to back the new state law that The Island’s contribution to the new revenue stream would be subtracted from the current one, meaning even more Island money would be used to maintain the lesserused downtown beaches with no increase in funding for Island beaches . From the sound of the article in the Big Daily the ruse of any of the new money finding its way to The Island and then going back into maintenance of nonIsland beaches has been abandoned; the money will simply be taken from The Island and spent downtown. Maybe it is time for the ISAC members to reconsider their support of the change in state law.
Chlorine The chlorine level in the tap water on the island seems a bit excessive lately. Has anyone addressed this with the city yet? Robin Stotz
The 2015 Port A 8-Ball Shootout Championship will be held at VFW at 311 N. Alister on Sunday, March 1st with doors opening at 11:30 am. Sixteen finalists will compete until the last man standing. The event is sponsored by Third Coast Billiards who sell dart and billiards supplies at 221 W Avenue. For more info call the store at 616212-1656. Liberty Hall Restaurant in Port A will be hosting “An Evening of Sushi” with Chef David Villarreal formerly at Pelican Club Restaurant. The event will be held Wednesday, March 4th at 6 pm and 8:30 pm with advanced tickets required. Tickets may be purchased at the restaurant located at Alister and Cotter Wednesday – Sunday and cash customers will receive a discount.
Business Briefs Johnny D’s is closed and no information on if or when it will re-open is available. Cancun Seafood Bar & Grill across from American Bank will not be a Mexican Restaurant. (I can almost hear the cheers around the Island) Carlos who owns several Cancun Mexican restaurants originally planned it to be but the Posada brothers partnered with him and changed his mind. The brothers work at the Corpus Christi Yacht Club as sous chef and baker. The menu will be diverse and include steaks and many seafood items. Antonio Posada’s son who has worked as a line cook at Black Sheep Bistro will be manager. They will be open daily at 11 am and hope to open by March 10th. Coffee Waves owner David Bendett announced that his Flour Bluff location near Lyco's Nails on Waldron and SPID may be opening this Friday, February 27th. He will be working on putting a shop near Schlitterbahn next. There are Coffee Waves shops currently on Alameda in town and in Port Aransas. Island Italian Restaurant will have the entire Corpus Christi Ice Rays hockey team for dinner on Friday, March 4th 6 pm -? They invite locals to help show support of a class act sporting association. They will be signing autographs, taking pictures and answering questions. Help show appreciation for these young men for their efforts on and off the ice. Two Sisters Vintage next to Lyco’s Nails on the Island is looking for someone to take over their lease that runs out in ten months. You can reach them at 949-4644.
Welcome To The Island--Bring Your Check Book!!! So I retire and move to Corpus, rent a home with a year lease and set up with city water on September 15, 2014. Get my first Corpus City water bill. I used 2000 gallons of water at a cost of $11.43 and was shocked to see my waste water charge was $52.23. Get my second bill and it Is the same. I called customer service to inquire about the $52.23 waste water charge and they told me this was because I was a new renter in this house and they would have to track my water usage for 3 months, even though this house has been rented since 2006. Then after they tracked my water usage they would change the future bills to the 3 month average but not until after October 1, 2015; so I get to pay “extra” for over a year. Who dreams this crap up??? I ask the CS rep if she thought this was reasonable as I would probably only use 2-3 K gallons a month at the most. She said no it is not reasonable, but that is the way it is---do you have any other questions. I said; not that you can help me with, goodbye. What do you think? Shouldn’t you be asking the city what is up with this? New residents have to fund an unrealistic amount of the waste water cost? Why? Anyway thanks for reading my story and I hope someone at the city office who is reasonable and can make decisions reads this..
The Padre Island Yacht Club is accepting new membership applications. Prospective members are invited to attend any Friday night happy hour event. Contact Doug Seefeldt at dgjetmover@aol.com to receive more info about attending. If skydiving is on your bucket list call Jason at 945-JUMP or go to skydivesouthtexas. com. A freefall from 11,000 feet with a Tamdem Instructor over beautiful Mustang Island is $225. The Back Porch re-opens Friday, February 27th at noon. Yippppeeee! For us Moon Monkeys that means winter is officially over.
Canal continued from A1 is the beginning of extensive work which will create a new canal system on the 300-acre tract and eventually a new subdivision. A spokesman for the City of Port Aransas said the land is not currently for sale and no building permits have been filed for the site. The land is part of the Newport Planned Use Development tract permitted in 2004, by the previous owners of the Palmilla Beach Golf Club which allows for a commercial and residential development, along with a marina at the site. Based on Brookdale’s history it is expected they will complete the earth work on the site and sell the land to a developer, although that could not be confirmed by Brookdale at press time. No timetable has been completion of the project.
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New Company Dear Editor, I am writing to say a huge ‘thank you’ to the state of Texas for the part it has played in the history of Crown Worldwide as we celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. I started the business with just 1,000 USD in a tiny cubicle in Yokohama, Japan, in 1965 and it was impossible to envisage then what a remarkable success story it was going to become.
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Another fine example of our wonderful island high tax dollars at work... Tuesday I called 911 for an ambulance as my husband is bleeding profusely from a bleeding ulcer and nearly unconscious and it took 20 minutes for an ambulance (from Aquarius station to Whitecap and Yardarm)! Totally unacceptable! My 911 call also went to County and they had to transfer me to city!
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I have asked the Police Chief for a follow up on this. Short of his update, we had three officers shot on Thursday, two others involved in a shooting earlier this week, these and other injuries have caused us to be short on officers. Twenty-one officers graduated from the Academy on Friday afternoon and the thirteen additions officers we added to the budget this year will be in the academy in March. Police coverage as a whole, and on the Island specifically, are issues I have been working on for two years.
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Island Moon
Real Estate Ticker Padre Island Real Estate Activity February 1-15 By Cindy Molnar Coldwell Banker
Waterfront Homes Sold 15350 Key Largo
Spelling Bee. Representing SMA at the Science Fair were Elizabeth Clark, Zachary Charles, Nikolai Ortiz, Tatiana Ortiz, and Matthew Daugird. They will also represent SMA as they advance to the ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair in San Antonio where they will have the opportunity to compete for additional prizes. Matthew Daugird was excited about the science fair, “I enjoyed the regional science fair because the judges were kind and patient, and I enjoyed the experiment… I am looking forward to going to this year’s state science fair and going to Main Even with my fellow contestants and friends.”
SMA students placed in the following categories:
66 Waterfront homes listed from$299,000 -$1,950,000
Interior Lot Homes Sold 13774 Eaglesnest Bay
Elizabeth Clark 1st place Animal Sciences 6th - 8th grade Zachary Charles
15533 Dyna
1st place Energy & Transportation 6th-8th grade
14842 Highland Mist Average Sales Price $269,633
Nikolai Ortiz
47 Interior Homes Listed from $168,000-$465,000
1st place Environmental Science 6th-8th grade
Waterfront Condominiums/ Townhomes
& Winner of The Valero Platinum Sponsor Award Matthew Daugird
15225 Leeward Dr. #B4
2nd place Microbiology 6th-8th grade
78 Listed From $55,000-$529,000
Tatiana Ortiz
Interior Condominium/ Townhomes Sold 15217 Windward Dr. #102 53 Listed From $72,000-$305,000
Waterfront Lot 45 Lots Listed From $129,900$1,200,000
Interior Lots Sold Lot 95 Mainsail Lot 9 Caravel Lot 19 Cozumel Lots 1,2 & 3 Avenida De San Nico Average Sales Price $56,000 74 Lots Listed From $37,000-$160,000
Commerical Lots 10 Lots Listed $4,557,465
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each year, a direct pathway between the new and existing marinas. The comprehensive plan also calls for additional trailer parking space at the existing marina near Roberts Point as well as new trafficstacking lanes on land recently purchased by the City of Port Aransas adjacent to the ferry administration building. That would remove the ferry traffic lanes from Robert Point Park, making way for more parking and park space. Yet to be determined is whether to include a dry-stack boat storage facility in the plans. The new facility, located on the back side of Mustang Island along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, would be connected directly to the beach along Avenue G to the southeast, and to the existing marina would be connected to the new marina through a contiguous pathway along Port Street. The Avenue G route is a problematic one, according to Port Aransas City Manager David Parsons. “About 70% of the land needed for that route is uplands,” Parsons said. “But about 30%is wetlands.” Parsons said he estimates it will take about two years to secure the necessary permits from the Corps of Engineers and the project will not move forward until that is complete.
REALIZING THE VISION
Winner of The Coastal Bend Community Foundation Platinum Sponsor Award Winner of Best of Show $1,000 Tuition Award from Texas A&M University Multiple winner Tatiana Ortiz was equally excited about the science fair and her results. Ortiz claimed, “I love doing the science fair because it’s such a great experience. Not only is it a wonderful educational opportunity but it is a lot of fun! I am thrilled that Seashore did so well at regionals. There were so many great projects.”
Existing Marina Revenues
$620,000
New Marina at Charlie’s Pasture
$1,450,000
Commercially Leasable Space at New Marina
$640,000
Total Annual Revenue
$2,710,000
Rachel Huang and Noah Fuller represented Seashore Middle Academy at the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee this past Saturday. Seashore Learning Center 4th grade student and spelling bee champion Colleen Osgood advanced to the final round of the Regional Spelling Bee.
Galveston Area/ Inshore
63
Lavaca/San Antonio Bay
35
Port O’Connor
1
Copano Bay
7
San Jose Island
2
Mustang Island/Aransas Pass
52
Upper Laguna Madre/Corpus Christi Bay
428
Padre Island National Seashore Gulf Beach
3
Lower Laguna Madre
115
706
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Alive
522
Dead
184
706
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Weekly pet adoptions are being held at ACE Hardware on the Island Saturdays from 11-3. The events are held by Mission Pawsible Animal Assistance. Stop by and say hello and if you can’t adopt an animal they would gladly take a donation for care of the animals in foster homes.
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Per Adopted Budget FY 13-14, City of Port Aransas
This beautiful young girl was dumped on the Island nearly three weeks ago. She was sleeping in empty lots off of Sea Pines for weeks before she was finally rescued and taken to the Animal Hospital of Padre Island. Dr. Kresser has been caring for her and has attended to any and all of her medical needs. Luna needs a foster family and ultimately a forever home. She does great with other dogs and is a very friendly, happy dog. If you would like to foster or adopt Luna please contact the Animal Hospital at 949-8200. Thank You to everyone that helped get Luna off of the streets and to Dr. Kresser and her staff for caring for this beautiful girls needs.
All were green turtles except for two loggerheads, one Kemp’s ridley, and one hawksbill turtle. Thank you to staff and volunteers from the National Park Service, ARK, Sea Turtle, Inc., Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Sea World San Antonio, NOAA-Fisheries, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas Sea Life Center, Texas General Land Office, Texas Master Naturalists, University of Texas, Gladys Porter Zoo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas State Aquarium, other organizations, and private citizens for their help to find, document, rehabilitate, and release cold stunned turtles on the Texas coast this year.
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Continued success to Seashore students as they compete in various academic competitions during the rest of the school year in a variety of district, regional, and state competition.
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The existing Dennis Dryer Marina has 275 slips with 227 of them leasable at $620,000 per year. The space at the new Commercial Marina would have 50,000 leasable square feet with total revenues estimated at $640,000 per year total revenue. There would be 280 noncommercial slips at an average of 47 feet each, with an average monthly rate of $529 and at an assumed occupancy rate of 80% would generate $1.4 million per year.
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1st place Microbiology 6th-8th grade
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Once that is done work would begin on a detailed Master Plan with design and landscape concepts, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, and finally phasing strategy with a financial analysis. The final stages would move toward implementation and permitting with the Army Corps of Engineers which would include a design for the new jetty.
ANNUAL REVENUE
By Dr. Donna Shaver
So far during the 2014-2015 cold stunning season (which began on 13 November 2014), the following cold stunned sea turtles have been found in Texas:
Once the permitting issues are addressed the next step in the process is a Waterfront Development Study which will include boundary and topographic survey of the area, followed by a market study and the demand for commercial space around the new marina in order to scale the design.
Revenue Sources (continued)
Cold Stunned Turtle Update Since my last report, a few cold stunned green turtles have been found in Texas. All were found dead and had been affected by earlier cold stunning except one live individual found February 24 . That live turtle was found in the upper Laguna Madre and was the only report that we received yesterday of a cold stunned sea turtle in Texas. However additional cold stunned turtles may be found after recent cold weather.
“We don’t have a cost estimate on the entire project because we need to make sure we can get the permitting done before we address costs,” he said.
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Your County Commissioner Precinct 4 By Brent Chesney There are a few things happening in your county that bear reporting. First, I would like to report that as promised during my campaign I have opened part time satellite offices in Port Aransas and on the Island. I will be opening a part time office soon in Flour Bluff. My office in Port Aransas is at IB Magee Beach Park located at 321 North on the Beach. My island office is located at Padre Balli Park. We will be there some during the week and we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you in one of those places if you have a need to meet in person. Please call the office at 361-888-0268 to set up an appointment. Since we will not be there all the time, please do contact us for an appointment so we can be sure and be there when you come. I will be having an Island office opening on Friday March 6, 2015 from 1:303:00 pm. State Representative Todd Hunter will be my special guest and I hope you can stop by and say hello. County Bonds The Commissioner’s Court is currently considering a bond to pay for some much needed improvements in Nueces County. I have asked that any increase in the tax rate regarding this debt be offset by a reduction in the general fund tax rate to avoid raising property taxes and have a net zero effect on your property taxes. I believe that can be done. I remain committed to doing all I can to not raise your property taxes. The primary projects I have proposed for consideration on the bond package is a significant amount to be spent on I B Magee in Port Aransas, Padre Balli Park in Corpus Christi and other Coastal Park improvements on
REVENUE GENERATING PROJECTS that will provide a return on investment. Here is why. The Nueces County Coastal Parks Board has done a great job at generating new revenue that is not property taxes and getting a real return on investment with the dollars spent to date. The plan they have in place now has different phases of improvements not only to I B Magee and Padre Balli but also to Briscoe King Pavilion and PJ’s Marina. These are revenue producing entities now and with improvement could generate much more new revenue that could help not raise property taxes. People use Padre Balli and I B Magee and pay to do so. I am committed to the concept of improving the area discussed above and generating new revenue sources from outside users to avoid raising property taxes. New County Property I recently toured the new property on the island obtained from Kleberg County. There is a lot of work to be done to clean up the alleged illegal activities and to provide great beach access for our citizens. The intent is to keep that part of the beach in its natural habitat and state. Once the inter local agreement is in place with Kleberg County regarding our ability to police it, county law enforcement is willing and ready to take care of the alleged illegal activities and we are working on a plan to properly clean and maintain the environmental aspects of that part of the beach. As always, if you have any questions or thoughts please call me at 361-888-0268.
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Police Blotter Murder on the JFK 37-year-old Jesus Mendoza, who went by the name of “flatline” was shot multiple times and killed while fishing just after 2 a.m. at the Cos-Way fishing pier on the JFK Causeway Friday night. EMS technicians were unable to revive Mendoza at the scene. A few hours after the shooting a man walked into police headquarters and said he was involved in the shooting. 29 year-old Jesse Wayne Taylor was treated for a head injury and is now in Nueces County Jail charged with murder.
Here Comes The Man The Corpus Christi City Marshal’s Office will join approximately 300 other Texas law enforcement agencies in the 2015 Texas State Warrant Roundup. This annual event kicks off on Saturday, March 7th. According to Kimberly Jozwiak, the Director of Municipal Court, “Citizens with outstanding warrants will be sought out and arrests may take place at any location, including the defendant’s home, school or workplace. To avoid arrest, take care of your warrants before being subject to arrest. You can either, come to the Municipal Court and handle your business in person, or, you now have the option of paying with a credit card online at www.municipalonlinepayments. com/corpuschristitx. Please note that warrants paid online are required to be paid in full.”
There are several options available for case resolution, but beginning Saturday, March 7th, the chance of being arrested will increase. To avoid arrest, defendants are encouraged to appear at the Corpus Christi Municipal Court located at 120 N. Chaparral Street to voluntarily resolve cases during the scheduled amnesty period beginning Monday, February 23rd through Friday, March 6th. Other options include paying warrants online, in full, at www.municipalonlinepayments.com/ corpuschristitx. The Municipal Court is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Defendants with outstanding warrants need to be prepared to either pay the fine and costs or post a bond and have their case or cases reset for a later court date. The Municipal Court accepts cash, money orders, cashier’s checks, MasterCard and Visa. Be prepared to wait in line since the response is expected to be significant.
Police Calls 14200 block SPID 3:13 p.m. Feb. 20 Shoplifting under $50 14800 block Granada 11:35 a.m. Feb. 19 Burglary of a building 13900 block Skysail Midnight Feb. 21 Criminal mischief under 450 15000 block Tesoro 8 a.m. Feb. 20 Theft $500-$1500 14000 block La Blanquilla 7 a.m. Feb. 18 Theft $50-$500 11600 block SPID 2:15 a.m. Feb. 20 Murder
Stuff I Heard on the Island by Dale Rankin We’ve had a lot of assorted questions come up lately, so in no particular order here are some answers.
What is going on with the earth work along Highway 361? We include a more detailed explanation on the front page of this issue but we’ve had several questions about what is going on with the project along the Padre/Port A Runway just south of Port A. The company that owns the land has a permit with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that was about to run out so they are doing the groundwork – literally – at the site before that happens. When it is done the project will be a real game changer with residential and commercial space, and a marina. Port Aransas is southbound these days with most of the new construction being south of town along Highway 361. A three hundred acre development with direct access to open water is a big deal.
Why was only 1000 feet of the beach at the seawall closed to traffic? The short answer is that the only part of the beach closed to traffic is the part which is 150 wide or less. Without going into too much detail, the way the rules from the Texas General Land Office work if a beach is less than 150 feet wide it can be closed by the city for safety reasons. If it is wider a completely different and much more Byzantine set of rules kick in. When the next dredging project puts dredge sand along the seawall and the entire beach is more than 150 feet wide those rules will have to be dealt with to remove traffic from any of that beach, including the portion currently closed, and may involve a citywide vote.
Are you sure that 78% of the population of Flour Bluff is under 20 years old? First, let me say for the record that I realize the numbers for the ethnic makeup of Flour Bluff that we ran last time add up to 105%. Math has never been my strong suit but I do have a calculator. Second, I didn’t do the survey that found that 79% of the population in Flour Bluff is under the age of 20. Here’s what I do know. At their February 17 meeting the Corpus Christi City Council approved a $28 million development plan for Flour Bluff that was long overdue. Included in the packet the council was provided by staff to aid them in their decision were the numbers we ran in the last edition. The exact wording in the city documents reads as follows: "The population of the Flour Bluff area is 23,338. A majority of the population in the Revitalization Area is Caucasian (68%) with the remaining ethnic groups being 25% Hispanic, 5% African American and 7% other. The Revitalization Area includes all or parts of census tracts 29, 30.01, 30.02, 31.01, and 31.02. Over 22% of the population in the Revitalization Area has income below the poverty level and 78% of the population is under the age of 20." Maybe some of the people surveyed were ethnically confused and checked two boxes, and maybe others fibbed about their age. I dunno.
What I know is that those are the numbers the council used to make their decision.
Is the Padre Isles Property Owners Association subject to the Texas Open Records Act? For the answer you have to go to the paperwork. Two documents are relevant. First, the POA bylaws. Section 5:02 reads in part: “The Board may require a member to submit a written demand for inspection by certified mail to the Association, stating the purpose for which the member will inspect the books and records. The Board has the following rights: (1) to determine whether the member’s purpose for inspection is proper; (2) to deny the request if the Board determines that the member’s purpose is not proper; (3) if granting the request, to identify which books and records are relevant to the member’s stated purpose for inspection.” The second document is the 2014 Public Information Handbook published in August of last year by then Attorney General Greg Abbott. Absent case law to the contrary it is the final say on such matters in Texas. It reads as follows: “Section C. Certain Property Owners’ Associations Subject to the (Open Records) Act. A property owner’s association is subject to [the Act] in the same manner as a governmental body if: (2) if the property owners’ association: (B) (i) is a corporation that: is governed by a board of trustees who may employ a general manager to execute the association’s bylaws and administer the business of the corporation; (ii) does not require membership in the corporation by the owners of the property within the defined area; and (iii) was in incorporated before January 1, 2006. That’s what the documents say, you can make up your own mind from there.
Does the POA Board of Directors still intend to build a $2.3 million community center? The short answer is yes. The current plan, as stated at their monthly board meeting, is to hold a special meeting at a yet to be determined date, and ask members to approve a change to Article 9 of the POA Articles of Incorporation which prohibits the Board from spending more than 20% of the assessments in any year on anything other than an emergency such as bulkhead repair after a storm. That currently limits unilateral spending by the board to about $300,000 per year and that amount cannot be saved and rolled over into spending the following year. If that move is successful any non-emergency spending, including that for a community center, would have to be approved by members on a case by case basis. The subject will likely come up at the POA’s annual meeting at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 14, at the Seashore Learning Center Gymnasium.
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All that (Word) Jazz by Devorah Fox devorahfox.com Experience hearing a book excerpt, short story or poem in the voice of the person who wrote it. The Rockport Writers Group will hold its fourth annual Rockport Writers RoundUp Saturday, Feb, 28, 2015, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m at the Estelle Stair Gallery at 406 South Austin Street in Rockport. Members of the RWG will read selections of their work as well as be on hand to sign copies of their books for you and answer questions. In the past, this event has been held in June. This year the group moved it to earlier on the calendar so that winter visitors would have a chance to attend.
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“Money Matters” at PACT New Play Opens March 5th
Supported by a "Book Bomb" effort to help authors in consideration for nomination for the prestigious science fiction Hugo Award, Island author and sometimes Island Moon writer Arlan Andrews, Sr., saw his e-anthology OTHER HEADS AND OTHER TALES rise to #1 in Amazon.com's categories of science fiction collections, science fiction short stories, and science fiction humor.
By Brent Rourk Get ready for another blockbuster play at the Port Aransas Community Theatre as ‘Money Matters’ will open on March 5 after current hit Church Basement Ladies is over. The play opens March 5-22 opens every Thurs-Sat. @ 7:30 and Sunday matinees are @ 2:30. Reserved seats are $15.00 and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com or at our local Business Center, 1023 St. Hwy 361 Suite 3 - hours are 8:305 Sat. 9-2. You can also purchase tickets 30 minutes before the show, if available. PACT is located at 2327 St. Hwy 361, in Port Aransas, TX. For more information, use our website at www. portaransascommunitytheatre.com.
Rising all the way up to #795 in all Amazon.com sales temporarily, the e-book remained in the top 2000 status for several days beginning February 18. (Amazon.com ranks its paid book sales from #1 best-sellers down to #7,000,000 or more for relatively obscure works with few to no sales.) The "Book Bomb" blog by best-selling fantasy author Larry Correia suggested requesting Arlan's freely-distributed-byemail November 2014 ANALOG novella, "Flow," for the Hugo ballot, and then purchasing the e-book as a means of paying the novella's author.
‘Money Matters’ is written by Michael & Susan Parker and directed by Tamara Merson Wren, also playing the role of Charmaine. If you saw the play ‘Sex, Please, We're Sixty’ at PACT last year you will recognize the characters "Bud the Stud" & Charmaine Beauregard in ‘Money Matters’ Bud chased everything in a skirt, including Charmaine, the Southern Bell.
The Hugo Awards, in categories from short stories to novels, movies and related materials, are voted on by attendees and supporting members of the annual World Science Fiction convention, to be held this year in Seattle, Washington, over the Labor Day weekend.
The play takes place in the basement of the Monet Manor, where the late Mr. Hammond spent twenty years printing $20 bills on a printing press. After his death ten years ago, his faithful retainer George and his daughter Annie, continued the family business for Mr. Hammond's widow, who also recently passed away. The widower was to leave the manor to George and Annie, But has given it to the a total stranger, Mr. Bud Davis, the man known as ‘Bud the Stud’.
City Offers Citizens Free Soil Testing Rockport Writer Group President John Howell will open the program with a brief introduction to the RWG which has been in existence since 1988. Members are writers who practice writing as a craft and want to improve their skill and technique with the goal of being published. They meet twice a month to share what they’ve learned about writing and to encourage each other in the development of writing skills. An important function of the RWG is the “read-andcritique.” Writers can bring their work to share and get constructive criticism. The selections for the Roundup represent just about every genre: history and mystery, children’s and young adult books, memoir and fantasy. Pat Chapman TEA ON THE GREAT WALL Memoir excerpt Roger Larimore THE LIAR’S TABLE Short Story Jackie Baird ANNIE’S PORTION Novel excerpt Flash Fiction
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Joan Isaacks MY SECRET Memoir excerpt Mark Waters THREE DAYS IN HEAVEN Novel excerpt Woody Davis THE GLORIOUS MR. JONES Short story Mary Wallace THE WEDDING Novel excerpt Skoot Larson INSIDE OUT Word jazz Yours truly will read an excerpt from my latest release, THE KING’S REDRESS, Book Three in my literary fantasy series. During the program you’ll have a chance to ask questions like “how long did it take to write that?” and “where do you get your ideas?” Reading aloud and even listening is thirsty work so member Mark Waters has whipped up some wassail to share and there will also be light refreshments.
The action gets wild and zany and includes a couple of ghosts. The all volunteer cast includes: Gene Giggy, as our "Bud the Stud" Tamara Wren, as our Charmaine Beauregard, Karen Decker as Marilena, Dwight Edens as Bernard, Teddi Giggy as Annie, and Chip Cooper as George. All of these fine, local actors have accepted the challenge of providing you top notch entertainment.
Help minimize excessive nutrients from flowing through storm water systems and into rivers, bays and estuaries. Excess fertilizer and nutrients can pollute storm water runoff. As part of the effort to reduce the introduction of fertilizers and other nutrients into local receiving bodies of water, the City of Corpus Christi Utilities – Storm Water and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Center are co-sponsoring free soil testing during the month of February 2015. Citizens can pick up free soil testing kits at Environmental and Strategic Initiatives at City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Gill’s Nursery, at two locations, 2810 Airline Road and 4441 S. Alameda Street, Turner’s Gardenland, 6503 S. Padre Island Drive and the City of Corpus Christi Utilities Building located at 2726 Holly Road. For more information call (361) 826-1642.
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History continued from A1 commercial fishing. We cranked up the engine with a starter cord wrapped around the front pulley and motored up the Humble Oil Channel until we got to the Navy Crash Channel. The channel was dug from the Naval Bae to Padre Island so the Coast Guard would have a way to get to Padre Island and patrol the beach looking for German submarines that might unload spies or explosives on the beach.
flotsam that had drifted in mixed in with a lot of logs and other debris. The logs had come all the way from the Mississippi River as well as other rivers that emptied into the Gulf. Picking through the debris we found everything imaginable ranging from trash thrown from a ship to everyday household items and lumber of all lengths. It was getting late so we scribbled our names in the sand with a stick and took some of the coconuts we had found back to the skiff. We made holes in two of the coconuts that still had milk in them and drank the milk. We saw no cattle on The Island but did see some cow manure so we assumed the cattle had been herded further south. We cranked up the engine and started back home but instead of following the oil channels we decided to go down the back side of Padre Island and then across the shallow water because it was a shorter route.
We went down the Crash Channel until we got to the CG Docks at Padre Island. There was a small building there that was used by the Coast Guard but had since been abandoned because the war was nearly over and the Coast Guard no longer patrolled the beach. We could see that somebody had spent the night in the building and cooked fish on a campfire outside because we saw the heads of some snook lying on the ground. The snook had probably been caught off the docks because snook hang around docks quite a bit. There were also three or four dead rattlesnakes that had been hung on the fence behind the building. There was a sand and gravel road that ran from the building, down beside Packery Channel and ended at the beach of the Gulf of Mexico. After looking around and tearing around for a while, we got back into the skiff and headed for the Gulf.
Recent high winds had blown the periwinkle shells and grass into large patches and banks that were clear to the top of the water. The banks were hundreds of yards long so we decided to go through them instead of around them. We got bogged down and had to use the push pole to help get through. It was getting late in the afternoon as we made it back home. We secured the skiff to a cedar mooring post stuck in the ground then walked the short distance to where my dad and I lived. We were completely spent and exhausted, more so than the Friday afternoon before when we played the Buccaneer Nubs football team to a scoreless tie. Dad fixed us some supper and then we crawled into bed and never made a twitch until the next morning when dad woke us up.
There were no channel markers on Packery Channel but we could navigate it good because the water was clear and you could see the shallow banks and in places the shoreline was the edge of the channel. We ran the boat aground about 100 yards from the beach and stomped the 51-pound Navy anchor, tied to the bow on a 20-foot rope, into the sand.
In remembrance of the trip, about the only living things we saw were the seagulls, some drum and redfish in the shallow water and the sharks and catfish, no “Kronks” (Indians), or even another paleface or activity of any kind. Even the Dunn Ranch house near Packery Channel was deserted-looking with nobody stirring around.
There was another skiff where we anchored our skiff but nobody was around. We assumed the skiff had been hauled from Port Aransas. There were two or three trolley trotlines running out into the surf. For kicks we reeled in one of the trotlines and all it had one it were two or three small sharks and a few hardhead catfish. We walked two or three miles down the beach checking it out. The tide was low and we noticed no cars had driven down the beach since the last high tide because there were no tire tracks in the sand. The beach was flat and smooth as a freshly graded dirt road after a rain. There was no seaweed on the beach which made the shite sand look clean. Near the dunes there was a lot of
Now about that “word jazz.” What is that, you ask. Skoot Larson’s “word jazz” harkens back to the Beat Generation and the work of Ken Nordine. In popular Chicago radio programs like “The World’s Great Novels,” recording artist Nordine combined poetry and music, reciting his work backed by a jazz group. So don your shades, your black beret and come ready to channel your inner beatnik.
On that day we, more or less, had Padre Island all to ourselves. One of my buddies, James Hamrick, who had bum leg because of polio became a ship captain, piloting a 200-foot utility boat in the North sea tending oil exploration drilling rigs. My other buddy, Nash Miller, became a truck driver and after retirement searched for gold and lived in the California deserts and mountains. He was a prospector and I don’t know if he had a pack donkey or not. I became a commercial fisherman and spent about 50 years fishing in the Laguna Madre. And we all lived happily ever after.
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Freedom from the Peanut Allergy May be on the Way Roughly 15 million Americans have food allergies, including 1 in 13 children. Peanut allergies is one of the more common allergies, a new study on the allergy could help to prevent reactions to peanuts. The Peanut Patches are currently in the early stages of development. In studies over half of the participants who had been wearing the highest dose of the “Peanut Patches” for a year were able to eat the equivalent of four peanuts without reaction. Though that may seem like a small number of peanuts researchers say it means they're not going to have to worry about traces of peanuts in a package that came from a plant where peanuts were used or, minor contamination of food in a restaurant. This could be a potentially life-saving development. Consuming even small amounts of a food allergen can cause a reaction.
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Bay Glass The bay was glass and the sun was double on the horizon as it only just begun to shine for the day. Its orange and yellow paint covered the water in a mystic glow, we raced south but seemed to be standing still in the mirrored surface. Like a ticket to a new day that sun gives us new life, and so it does this time of year when so much life is ready to explode in our local waters. We are seeing swarms of small baitfish and tiny shrimp come into the back bays and estuaries. At the same time the beachfront is alive with great fishing opportunities as well. In all we should spread the joy and excitement of a new beginning, SPRING.
Drum Beat The annual drum run is still on fire and will be for two more months. We have been limiting out every trip on black drum and then using soft plastics to drift fish for speckled trout and redfish. This is a great way to set up plenty of fish for the table and get in some great angling. The drum that are migratory from the Gulf are mature females 4-12lbs and the brood stock males 28”-40+.” The smaller “butter drum” are the immature fish that stay in the bay for about three years. Not to say that some don’t stay here all year long, but most of the breeding fish will enter the bay in early February and do the deed. The Bulls will start to move back out in April and May and many of the larger females will take another month to move towards the gulf passes. The big movements we see around Packery is because of this, then in the late summer and fall many of the rest of the mature drum will file out as well, leaving us with the smaller drum for the winter. For the spring break crowd there is no better fun than loading up the kids or family and guests from out of town and heading out for a nonstop drag pulling action packed drum catching trip. These fish are absolutely awesome eating and will make store bought fish taste like Long John Silver. Give me a call and set up some spring fun for your family, customers, friends, and guests. We stop for a spell every day and cut and cook some of the fish fresh on an Island or cabin. Shore lunch is as fresh as it gets here. Then we set out looking for trout. Still have some time left for you, just call.
Rita from Wyoming with her largest black drum this week a good 36 bull. peeled shrimp Baffin Bay As the morning chill fell off our shoulders as the boat came to a stop in the mouth of Baffin, I could see a wave of displacement roll off into the flats. Surely every trout in the area felt us come in. We moved in from 100yds with the trolling motor, then we slipped the anchor into the soft muddy bottom. The winds were so calm we listened to other conversations from hundreds of yards away. The heron jumped when he heard them talk, so did the fish. I casted over and over again in vain. A mullet jumped from a small sand pocket and my casts flew to the far side. Three times I made a cast to the area. After a few minutes I stood there looking into the water in wonder. Such a perfect spot to not get a bite. The last cast before I moved on I buzzed far beyond the spot and burned the bait quickly over the pocket then let the bait float just under the surface for a few seconds before falling to the bottom. I streaked the bait to the surface again and a face appeared just behind it. The black back and silver cheeks stared at the lure as it danced along. She followed me for a few moments then turned and went back to her hide. Just because we think it’s time to catch fish doesn’t mean it’s time for them to eat. Lose yourself in the Ocean this week and enjoy the beginnings of spring. Don’t forget to set up an adventure for those guests coming in for spring and I’ll cook you up a fish taco right there on the water. (361)442-8145. Keep those lines tight and your hooks sharp!
Well loyal readers, here we are again at one of my favorite times of the year. It’s time for the CCA-CC fundraising banquet and the Big Shell Clean Up. I just can’t tell you enough about how much these two events mean to not only me, but many conservationists here in the coastal bend and other areas. The support of the community regarding both of these events is also indicative of the strong conservation ethic that many people not only carry, but also volunteer for. As Capt Billy sez, “show up, suit up, and get it done.”
Please show up and help out this Saturday, February 28th at 7:30am at the Visitors Center down in the Park. Bump Tyler or Aaron at info@friendsofpadre.com if you have any last minute questions or are able to volunteer to bring a trailer (which would be HUGE). Wear sturdy shoes, adequate clothing, and bring your can-do attitude. We’ll provide water and snacks for the sand, and hotdogs and pizza for when we return triumphant back to the parking lot at the V.C. Make sure to say hello to our heroes
By the time this gets in your hot little hands, we will be geared up Thursday evening for the 37th annual CCA banquet down at the American Bank Center. After a record level last year, we were a little nervous with our early date this year, but the voices of our supporters have been loud! We’ll be very close to selling out again this year. Thanks again to Padre Islanders Cody and Lauren Roesener, as Tyler Thorsen's section Chair and Co-chair for getting the pieces together and getting it Donna Shaver and Ranger Buzz when you see down the road. Also thanks to Cliff Johnstone them in the parking lot helping us get lined out. for being the solid rock with getting the facility Looking forward to seeing you all down south. all together, and Jeff Smith for “stepping up” No really, spring is just around the corner. I and getting on the horn and selling tables. And of course thanks to the rest of the crews that think I wrote that several weeks ago and even make this possible. The funds raised this week had a nice graph of the seawater temperature at will go to great causes, like more nearshore Bob Hall or something. Well, my prediction of reefing along the Texas coast (I’ll have some the seawater temperature going steadily up was exciting news to share with you all soon) and a complete bust. Is it any wonder why I don’t oyster reef restoration efforts around the north gamble? Right after my article came out, the seawater temp did something uncharacteristic side of the coastal bend. Stay tuned. and dove straight back down to the mid-50’s, The 20th Annual Big Shell Clean Up is slated and seems to be comfortably camped out right for this weekend. As the 20th annual event there. It’s going to be a cold spring break, at started by none other than Billy Sandifer, the least for those who want to get in the water Friends of Padre organization (which he also without a 5mm dry suit (like most locals, except started) has worked to make this one the biggest for Cliff Schlabach, LOL, who has surfed most and best clean ups yet. There have been over of the winter without a suit….you’re crazy 2.2 million lbs of trash plucked off the sands of man!). Like everyone, I’m more than ready for the Seashore during this annual event collected spring to get here. over the years, which is quite a testament for Well folks, wish us all luck if you can’t be there a volunteer, hand-picking effort. There may be some high tides this weekend, but we are to participate in the upcoming events. Thanks optimistic that it will work out and we can to Tyler Thorsen for the photo, as it shows some get down there and clean it up. There is a fair of the efforts that occur my many volunteers amount of plastic that has washed in since down the beach. Drop me a line at jaygardner@ last year, but I believe that we can get it done. scientist.com and we’ll see you on the sand!
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Stalking the shallows with a quiet foot and hunters eye is producing some of this years best big trout. The winds of March are going to be upon us soon and with it comes dirty water. To effectively fish this one must just decide to go fishing despite the wind. The fishermen that watches for the perfect day misses the days that
Tides of the Week Some great family fun for the last few weeks with lots of black drum in the local areas.
This big trout came from the Bad Lands in Baffin Bay while using a soft plastic and a cork for added noise. the fish are biting. Adding sound to the equation will help anglers catch fish. Use a Mauler style Cork to attract fish to your bait. Live shrimp will soon become more available, as shrimp uncover their selves from the winter mud holes. Long drifts along the King Ranch Shoreline and the east side south of Bird Island will bring anglers to some great fishing this month. Adjust the leader under your popping cork to keep the bait just above the bottom. I like to restrain the use of a drift anchor until the winds howl at around 25mph then it is necessary. I like to slip up on them, with a sea anchor they may feel, hear, and see you in your boat easier.
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College football rules face looming technology question By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Dotson Lewis Dotson’s Note: In my 19 years (1977-96) as a member of the Editorial Committee of the NCAA Rules Committee, the current rules committee has passed the fewest rules changes in my memory. It appears that the committee spent most of their time at the annual meeting discussing technology concerns rather than discussing actual problems (there are many) with the playing rules. Hopefully the Editorial Committee will make a number of “administrative changes.” When you finish reading the article, please look at my other note and let me know what you think.
who are weighing whether to pay players for use of their name, image and likeness while the NCAA defends the “amateurism” concept. Some other issues that were discussed at the football rules committee meeting: Eight-man crews are here to stay. Most, if not all, Football Bowl Subdivision conferences will entirely use eight-man officiating crews in 2015, Redding said. The Big 12 first experimented with eight officials instead of seven in 2013. Other conferences tried it last year. The idea is eight officials help cover more ground and manage the substitution process better. NCAA Division I went from six to seven in 1986. “In today’s game with the spread, five receivers in the route, an extra official is needed for coverage.” A fear about eight-man crews was too many penalties would be called. In 2014 the number of penalties called in conferences using eight person crews averaged about the same as the number of fouls called in conferences using seven person crews.
Sooner or later, college football has to answer a looming question: How much technology should be allowed as innovations continue to challenge the rulebook? During the recent NCAA football rules committee meeting in Indianapolis, technology was a significant discussion during a rare year when the committee's agenda was light on substantive rules changes. Among the discussion points: helmet communication systems for a quarterback and a defensive player, permitting video use by coaches and players from iPads on the sidelines to review plays, and putting sensors on players to track movement for media partners. There are a growing number of people within the game who want to let technology grow. The National Federation of State High School Associations now allows any form of communication technology during high school football games outside the nine-yard marks, on the sidelines and during halftime. Smart phones continue to get smarter, and college football appears to have no way to prevent impermissible use of them. “The way it is now, it's hard to enforce sort of unenforceable rules,” said Rogers Redding, national college football officiating coordinator. “You don't really want officials checking in a team area to see what's going on. High schools just opened it up and said, 'Whatever you want to use, go ahead.' They seem pretty happy about that. There's always the issue of different resources and what's available. You've got rich guys and poor guys. I'm sure we'll talk about it.”
Rogers Redding NFL play callers have been able to communicate with quarterbacks through the player's helmet since 1994. Starting in 2008, NFL rules allowed a defensive player to have a live helmet as well. An NFL operator cuts off the communication with 15 seconds left on the 40-second play clock. Yet college football has never gone that direction. Operational costs associated with a communication system would have to include hiring additional people to turn the device off at a certain point as the play clock winds down. In December, the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports decided it won't stand in the way of wearable technology for players. That means allowing devices such as global positioning systems, accelerometers that measure speed and impacts, and heart monitors that help determine fatigue. The question for college football: Does it use these technologies only for player safety or open the door for advanced statistics from the metrics that impact competitiveness and the fan experience? The measurements could provide stats such as how fast a player moves, the direction of his movements, and the impact of a collision.
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Longer timeouts for coaches. One idea being considered is to give coaches the option for a one-minute timeout instead of determining that length based on whether TV breaks for a commercial. Redding supports the idea of more flexibility for coaches. Currently, when a coach calls timeout, it's either a media timeout (with a longer break) or automatically becomes a 30-second timeout if TV stays on the game. Coaches often use a timeout simply to stop the clock. But increasingly, coaches want the ability to strategize for a little longer. The committee could make all timeouts go back to normal length (about 60 to 90 seconds) unless the coach requests 30 seconds, or coach could have an option that one time in a game he could extend the timeout. What the coaches are saying kind of makes sense. Most time outs in the 2014 season were 30 seconds, but there are times a coach needs longer.
By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon
three of the four years.
The game of baseball has always lent itself to stories, so storytelling becomes important. This guy can tell stories with the best. He’s loud, funny, relaxed and confident, traits he received from his dad. He’s a born hitter, an on-base machine; some say his favorite pitch is the first one he sees. As a youngster, he could roll out of bed and hit line drives and rip your heart out with a double. Giving this guy a bat was like handing Jack Nicklaus a 7-iron, Wayne Gretzky a curved stick or giving Doc Holliday a hand gun, something incredible was about to happen. At 6’ 3” tall and weighing 220 pounds, he could hit home runs like Mike Tyson hits a chin. Now he’s a coach. What this fellow does with his words is what Koufax did on the mound, what Mantle did with a bat and what Mays did in centerfield. He allows all his kids to dream. He understands that the easiest things to do in baseball are hustle and be prepared. Everything else is hard. Still, he was born to wear the green and blue. Now Texas A&M Corpus Christi Head Baseball Coach Scott Malone hits home runs with his words and deeds, and he “kills it.” The only way to stop Malone’s team is to lock the dressing room door before they come out.
Out from Longview Andrew Scott Malone was born in Longview, Texas, on April 16, 1971. Scott played baseball for his father at Abilene-Cooper High School (ACHS) and won two 5A Texas State Championships in back-to-back seasons (198788). Scott was selected second team All-State his senior year and Student-Athlete of the Year. When his dad, Andy Malone, retired, he owned the most wins (861-345) of any high school baseball coach in the State of Texas. “He taught me to play the game the right way, play aggressive, play to win, and that nothing is more important than your impact on kids,” said Scott.
The uniform craze continues in College Football Uniform concerns. As the uniform craze continues in college football, there's talk about creating a centralized process to approve these varying uniforms. The idea isn't to stop Oregon, or any school, from wearing a different uniform each week. It's to be able to read the jersey numbers from the press box. It appears that the problem lies in wording of the rule which reads: The jersey must have clearly visible, permanent Arabic numeral measuring at least 8 and 10 inches in height front and back, respectively. Of a color that itself is clearly in distinct contrast with the color of the jersey, irrespective of any border around the number. The question is what is meant by “distinct contrast?” When Redding is sent a jersey asking if it is legal he walks about 40 yards with his back turned, and his wife holds up the jersey. If Redding can immediately read the number, it's approved. Increasingly, schools want to wear team slogans on jerseys, such as “Anchor Down” at Vanderbilt and “Hail State” at Mississippi State. Most fans ask 'what’s the big deal about ‘Anchor Down?'” The members of the rules committee believe if you allow slogans and sayings, it would quickly deteriorate. At this time the committee just says no to all slogans so you will not soon see ‘Beat the Frogs’ on SMU’s jerseys. New Competition Committee for 2016. A year ago, the rules committee got heavily criticized for rolling out the since-tabled rule forcing offenses to wait 10 seconds before snapping the ball. Many coaches felt blindsided and duped -health and safety was cited as a reason, but few believed it. The fallout was the idea of a football competition committee, which as of now is planned to be in place for the 2016 rules cycle. Next year's rollout of the new committee may explain in part why 2015 is such a light rules year, even though this is a year when changes can be made for non-safety reasons. Some issues, such as competitive balance between offense and defense, may get punted to the competition committee. The concern from coaches about tempo seems to have significantly decreased this year. Lots of details have yet to be determined about the competition committee, which intends to look at big-picture issues. Former coaches are expected to be on the committee. The most notable questions: Will the committee involve only Division I or every NCAA division, and will it be housed within the NCAA or College Football Officiating, LLC?
This season, every NFL player wore two tiny sensors in his shoulder pads in order to create new stats for media partners and help the instadium experience. One unanswered question: Do college players have to sign off on wearing sensors that could be used for commercial use? The idea of tracking sensors comes during a litigious time for the NCAA and its members,
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Head Baseball Coach Scott Malone: Where Kindness Meets Class
Dotson’s Other Note: In my note at the beginning of this article, I suggested that the Editorial Committee should make some “administrative changes.” During my tenure the committee inserted new wording and/or changed wording to keep up with current trends that needed work. This was done because the members of the Rules Committee did not want to address these issue because of their, the individual members’, lack knowledge and/ or lack of understanding of the finer points of the rules. At this time, I am very concerned that the committee is disregarding the six commandments of sports rules making bodies. Your suggestions, comments and/or questions/ concerns regarding “Moon Sports Talk” are appreciated. Call the Benchwarmers 361-5605397 weekdays, Mondays thru Fridays, 3-6 p.m. or contact me. Phone: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475 Email: dlewis1@stx.rr.com
Secret is the kids You can see the passion in Scott’s eyes when he speaks about the game. Scott’s favorite position to play was outfielder, and the most famous player he ever played with is Rich Aurilia. He’s still in contact with Hunter Pence, just not as often. Scott’s favorite players growing up were Nolan Ryan and Michael Young. The greatest first baseman he’s ever seen is Will Clark; “He’d rather fight with you than let you strike him out,” laughs Malone. His favorite piece of memorabilia is anything signed by Nolan Ryan, and the one guy he would love to meet in person is Derek Jeter. We agree that Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame, and the pitcher Scott says owned at the plate was Jose Lima. During a time where the length of the game is questioned, Scott loves slowing down the college game and maximizing his team’s time on offense. “The secret to baseball for me is the kids,” said Scott. You’ll never forget the first time you meet Scott. He’s one of those guys that always makes you feel better after speaking with him. You can feel your heart rate increase just sitting in the dugout next to him. Some guys collect coins, this guy collects baseball players. Malone could sell newspapers to a blind man and everywhere Malone goes, his kids hit the baseball. Scott Malone was inducted into the TCU Sports Athletic Hall of Fame, together with LaDainian Tomlinson in October of 2011.
Comfortable gets you beat It has been said that a good leader rarely talks about being a leader. Malone’s job now as coach is to perfect his kids’ game and their character. He understands that you need to relax to play well, but not get comfortable. Comfortable gets you beat. He knows the only disability in life is a bad attitude. Malone has learned that managing means a lot more than pulling pitchers and using pinch hitters at the right time. A manager must know his players better than they know themselves. You must be their teacher, their leader and, at times, their best friend. A manager who fails to understand his players is more than likely doomed to lose. Scott’s “sweet spot” in life resides at home instead of on a baseball diamond. Her name is Lee and his best squeeze play always includes his daughters, Parker and Presley. When kindness meets class, you have Scott Malone. And he kills it.
Scott Malone
On the TCU As a pitcher, Scott signed a scholarship with Texas Christian University (TCU) in 1990. In his first pinch-hit at-bat with the Horned Frogs, Scott hit a home run. By the end of the year, Scott would be voted Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year. For the next two seasons, Scott won the individual batting title and was named SWC Player of the Year and an AllAmerican. In the fall of 1992, Malone was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the ninth round. He would play four full seasons, reaching Class AA. Scott was also invited to the USA Olympic Team Trials. In 1996, after baseball, Scott finished his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports studies at McMurry University, while participating as a student assistant baseball coach. His coaching stops included TCU, Kentucky and UNLV. Scott headed back to Texas as a hitting coach and spent four seasons in the Southland Conference at University of Texas-Arlington, where one of his guys was Hunter Pence, and University of Texas-San Antonio. His kids led the league in hitting,
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First Baby Bird of the Season at ARK
The Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) at UT Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas received their first baby bird of the year this week. Great Horned Owls are some of the earliest nesters, and this very young owl was found on the ground today. This young Great Horned Owl, named Oaky by his finders, is one of the youngest the ARK has ever received, and doesn't even have his eyes open yet! As the bird had been down on the ground all day, was cold, and a renesting attempt was unsuccessful, Oaky was brought to the ARK where he will be raised and released. He readily ate his first meal this evening! We will continue to update you on his progress!
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The Whooping Crane Festival was in full swing at the Port A Civic Center this weekend
Bad day. Sailboat run aground in Port A. Photos by Steve Coons.
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