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Island University Presents ‘Argonautika’ Written by Awardwinning Playwright Mary Zimmerman

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Mary Zimmerman Award-winning playwright Mary Zimmerman’s re-imagined tale of a young warrior sent on an dangerous expedition, “Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts,” will be performed by the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Department of Theatre and Dance.

The production will be directed by Kelly Russell, Associate Professor of Theatre.

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The production will run from Tuesday, Nov. 10, through Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Warren Theatre, located in the Center for the Arts.

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When seeking public records, know your rights, responsibilities

November is Designated as American Diabetes Month

By Kelley Shannon

By Todd Hunter, District 32

November marks the start of American Diabetes Month. This is a nationwide initiative that works to help educate the public about symptoms and to identify key early warning signs of the disease. I hope that through this article, we can continue to find ways of bringing awareness to causes like this one. The American Diabetes Association initiates its annual campaign to work to bridge the gap between this health issue and providing the public understanding of it. Campaigns such as this will hopefully help people better understand diabetes and its implications, as well as detect the various symptoms of this disease.

meals, different ways to exercise and be active, as well as learning more facts on the disease.

You can follow the calendar at this link: http:// bit.ly/1zmtzyV

While there are around 29 million Americans who have diabetes, about 86 million people over the age of 20 have pre-diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association’s Corpus Christi office, about 86,000 people will fight both pre-diabetes and diabetes every day in the Coastal Bend. Many people are not aware that diabetes actually can be a manageable or even preventable disease. In those individuals who have pre-diabetes, their blood glucose levels are heightened, but not necessarily at a high enough level to be considered fully stricken with diabetes. There are some steps that can be taken in order to help try and lower these glucose levels to delay or even potentially prevent a diabetes diagnosis. These steps include getting around thirty minutes of moderate exercise a day for five days out of the week, reducing overall caloric intake, and eating less fatty foods. Also, these new habits can result in weight loss.

Shedding weight has generally proven to help in lowering diabetes risks, according to the Diabetes Prevention Program and Outcomes Study that was conducted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

If you would like to follow the Texas House and learn more information on news, committees or other aspects of the legislative body, you can access its website at http://www.house. state.tx.us/ . The site features live streaming from committee hearings as well as access to a number of other resources. You can also follow the Texas Senate at http://www.senate.state. tx.us/ . For important information regarding transportation in the state, feel free to visit the Texas Department of Transportation’s website at http://www.txdot.gov/ . The Texas General Land Office’s website can be found at http:// www.glo.texas.gov/ , while the Texas Railroad Commission’s website is located at http://www. rrc.state.tx.us .

This year’s theme for American Diabetes Month is “Eat Well America,” which is designed to help people try and combat this disease through better and more creative eating habits, as well as inspiring them to become more active. Each week in the month of November, there is a theme that seeks to target a specific aspect of combating the disease. There are tips on how to modify recipes into diabetes-friendly

If you would like to learn more about American Diabetes Month or find out some of the early warning signs and symptoms, some helpful websites include the American Diabetes Association’s website at http://www.diabetes. org, the Texas Department of State Health Services website at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/ diabetes/ or the National Diabetes Education Program at http://ndep.nih.gov/partnerscommunity-organization/national-diabetesmonth/2015.aspx

If you have questions regarding any of the information mentioned in this week’s article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. Please always feel free to contact my office if you have any questions or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if you would like to contact my office regarding constituent services. As always, my offices are available at any time to assist with questions, concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603).

Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house.state.tx.us or at 512-463-0672.

If you’ve seen news reports on suspicious state contracts or chemical waste pits or officials’ text messages in the Waco biker shootout, you may notice a recurring theme: Government records obtained through the Texas Public Information Act. Fortunately, our state’s public information law, created in the early 1970s, presumes government records are open unless a specific exemption in the law keeps the documents off limits.

The public has a right to know. That means all citizens - not only journalists - can access government records.

“It’s very easy,” said award-winning reporter Melissa Correa of KRGV-TV in Weslaco, recently explaining her use of the information law. She carries printed sections of the law around with her and requests items like government audits, receipt books and salaries.

“Every time a Public Information Act request comes back, it’s like Christmas.”

Anyone can do the same and hold their elected officials accountable.

When using the Texas Public Information Act, which applies to state and local government records, know your rights and keep these tips in mind: -First, check to see if the information is online. Some government agencies post frequently requested information on their websites. It makes the records easily available and reduces staff time needed to fulfill individual requests. A government agency can direct a public records requester to its website if the information is there.

But the requester can also ask for a different electronic format or paper documents.

-Submit your request in writing. This triggers the act and the timely response required of the government. The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas website www.foift.org provides a sample letter as a guide, but no special wording is needed.

-Be specific. Keep your request as narrow as possible. This lets the public records official know exactly what you are looking for and saves time for all involved. A government official cannot ask you why you want the information. But he or she can, in good faith, ask you to clarify your request if it

seems overly broad or vague. If you choose to clarify, it resets the response timeline, but it can help you obtain the records faster in the long run.

-Know the deadlines. Information is to be provided promptly, or as soon as possible without delay. If it cannot be provided within 10 business days the government agency must certify that in writing and set a release date within a reasonable time period.

If the agency wants to try to withhold records, it must notify the Texas Attorney General’s Office within 10 business days that it’s seeking such a ruling. The attorney general has up to 45 business days to issue a decision.

-Follow up. If you don’t receive information or a timely notification about an attorney general ruling request, ask the government agency what’s up. If necessary, you can file a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office. Once information is made available, if it needs to be retrieved or examined in person, do it right away. Don’t leave it sitting there.

-Be aware of cost rules. Government entities may charge to recoup certain costs incurred in collecting and producing information.

Allowable charges are spelled out by the Attorney General’s Office. A summary of cost rules is on the FOI Foundation website.

Realize that instead of receiving copies of the material, you can usually view it in person for free.

-Use helpful resources. Along with resources listed on its website, the FOI Foundation offers a free hotline at 1-800580-6651, where volunteer attorneys answer general questions about the Texas Public Information Act and Texas Open Meetings Act. Both the foundation and the Texas Attorney General’s Office provide open government training seminars.

Remember that many government employees are themselves open government advocates who understand they are the custodians - not the owners - of our records. Be polite, assert your rights and make good use of your public information.

Kelley Shannon is executive director of the non-profit Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, based in Austin.

PACT Sandy Awards Winners Several Old and New Thespians Garner Awards

By Brent Rourk The Sandy Awards Celebration was a successful and festive affair again last weekend at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. An active and appreciative crowd applauded as both novice and experienced actors walked the stage to accept their awards.

During the festivities, PACT showed clips from the shows and awards, much to the delight of the crowd. Penny Pillack and Margaret Price served as the MCs who also managed to be part of a hilarious skit involving other actors.

Congratulations to all of the winners.

PACT is currently holding auditions for their first two winter plays and encourage all actors (experienced and novice) to give their acting dreams a try. Community theatre at PACT has been fun and entertaining since its inception years ago. Become part of community theatre at its best. Auditions will be held on November 13 & 14 at 6:30 PM at PACT (2327 HWY 361).

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Phyllis Lane - Church Basement Ladies Church Basement Ladies 23. Best Youth New Comer to PACT Blaine Young - Alice in Wonderland, Jr. 24. Best Adult New Comer to PACT Lisa Hood - Church Basement Ladies 25. Best Stage Manager Dianne Govella - Church Basement Ladies 26. Special Award - Musical Director Gay de Montel 27. Special Award - Volunteer of the Year Mark and Diana Madding Special recognition want to Betty Crawford for her fabulous contributions to PACT. For two decades Betty tirelessly served on the board, acted, and did about every other job out of love for the theatre and Port Aransas. Her photograph will hang on the wall of PACT super heroes.

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Bullying continued from A1 them methodically trespass into the role of a cyber-bully and abuser once they begin to use the cell phone to intimidate, sext, and threaten.

The goal of this article is to inform parents how children use basic communication apps to initiate inappropriate and illegal behaviors, other secret apps that children might use to store inappropriate material and access the internet, and even other apps that parents might use to monitor their child’s cell phone use. Are cyber bullying and sexting becoming epidemic.

Some might think so. National press about recent instances has catapulted the topic to the forefront of our attention.

According to recent statistics, young people are using cell phone applications at alarming rates to bully, abuse, sext, threaten, and espouse their hatred. Larger populations of students in middle schools through college are frequently using their cell phones for inappropriate and in some cases illegal purposes.

Which apps tend to be the more frequently used apps by students who bully and sext others?

What about apps that let children store photos, videos, and messages secretly? What can parents do to ensure that their child is safe from bullying, inappropriate communication, and sexting? Is your child a bully or perpetrator?

Are there apps that permit parents the ability to see how their child uses their phone and what kind of communication is occurring? If so, then what are they?

How Do Students Bully and Sext Numbers appear to be rising in terms of students who use their phones to sext and to bully. One recent figure of 15 % of young

cell phone users sexting might alarm parents.

Bullying, including anonymous bullying has continued in spite of bully prevention programs across the nation. Some studies show that 25%, 40 %, and even up to 80% of students have been bullied. How are students able to bully, sext, threaten, and share inappropriate material?

The cell phone is the most common instrument of bullying and several cell phone application programs that permit instant communication tend to be the leading conduits of this type of conduct. Adults and children alike have found benefits of being able to instantly communicate.

Businesses, families, and friends enjoy the ability to share news, chat, say quick hellos, set an appointment or date, and or close a deal.

Nothing wrong with that. Apps like Facebook, Snapshot, Instagram, Twitter, Skype, and Wickr are among a host of communication apps that make any kind of communication, productive or inappropriate, easier and quicker.

Yet it is that same handful of apps that people are using to engage in nefarious, abusive, and inappropriate communication. The lure of messages disappearing in 10 seconds sounds ‘safe’ to kids who want to ‘bully’ others, but , in fact, nothing is a sure thing. People can forward or copy messages and photos in seconds. Once a message or photo is placed in cyberspace there is no true way to control it.

Some of these programs offer anonymity, often giving the communicator an enhanced sense of power, secrecy, and false sense of security.

Many students are using those applications for bullying, sexting, and conveying their hatred and racist views.

Parents, do you know which apps your children use on their phone and how they are using those apps? Do you children spend an inordinate amount of time on their cell phone? Do they make every attempt to keep their phone secret and away from your eyes? Do they spend lots of time on communication programs? These might be tips that they could be engaging in inappropriate communication or at least be a follower of another person who engages in such behaviors.

Children Keep Their Inappropriate Files in Secure Apps A double whammy emerges when children use secret applications to store inappropriate material. There are several cell phone applications that allow the user to store videos, photographs, and other communication out of the eyes of parents.

These apps look like normal apps, however, after entering a 4-digit numeric code they open up to reveal a world of secrecy where people stash photographs, videos, word documents, access the internet, and access their contact list.

After downloading a few of these to see how they work I was amazed at how some of them mimic real applications, such as a calculator.

After entering a 4 digit code the calculator turned into a secret storage bank.

If parents see duplicate apps or suspicious looking apps on their child’s cell phone, then there might be cause to have a discussion with your child. A trip into available apps might graphically show a parent how these apps look on the cell phone.

What Can Parents Do? All is not lost. First of all it is probably unproductive to blame communication apps for cyber bullying, sexting, verbal abuse, and pornography, however anonymity and having scores of followers and the instant speed seem to have help increase the

amount of bullying and inappropriate cyber communication. The apps are not the cause but they are a significantly more handy and speedy way of communication, regardless of one’s age or intent.

Nor is it a solutions based argument to blame the secret apps where inappropriate material can be stored (no more than it would have been to blame the mattress, dresser, or closet for storing stashes of smut years ago.)

Parents must be educated and aware of the pros and cons of technology. Is your child’s cell phone a cure (appropriate communication, research, camera, and more) or a curse (a conduit to behaviors that inevitably have to be dealt with but are better approached proactively)?

Parents need to set expectations about their child’s behavior, both on and off the telephone, starting at an early age. Bullying and intimidation are not and will not be acceptable – in your family, on your street, at school, or at the mall.

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Sexting Scandal Forces Colorado High School Football Team to Forfeit Game

By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: When I first saw the headline below, my first take was that it sounded like a high school football story and belonged in The Moon in the Sports Talk column. But I believe that after reading this, you will agree that it belonged elsewhere. My thanks to The New York Times reporters, Kassondra Cloos and Julie Turkewitz, for many of the facts contained in this article.

Have Discussions With Your Children Additionally, parents should have discussions about sexting and the law as well as school policy. Included in those discussions should be respect, dignity, and maintaining reputations, as well as the fact that once nude photographs enter the cyber world, they are impossible to manage.

Sexual assault is an even more difficult situation to deal with, certainly for the victim and in a different was for the perpetrator once caught. Sexual perpetrators are clever and know how to use technology and the internet to locate

Officials investigating an apparently extensive case of sexting at a southern Colorado high school are urging parents to check their children’s phones for explicit selfies and talk to them about the risk of the photos becoming public. At least 100 students at a high school in Cañon City traded naked pictures of themselves, the authorities said Friday, part of a large sexting ring.

about a sexting scandal at Canon City High School.

Mr. Welsh, the superintendent, said in a statement that “because a large number of our high school football players were implicated in this behavior, the coaching staff and administration, after careful thought and consideration, decided that stepping on the field to play this weekend to represent the Cañon City community is just not an option.”

The “sexting scandal,” as parents are calling it, shocked many, and it has also elicited anger from parents who say they knew about this type of photosharing for years and sought unsuccessfully to get school officials to intervene. Heidi Wolfgang, 41, a mother who no longer lives in the district, said in a telephone interview that she had spoken to a Cañon City Middle School counselor in 2012 after she found photographs of a nude adolescent on a cellphone owned by her daughter, then 12.

“He told me there was nothing the school could do because half the school was sexting,” Ms. Wolfgang said. She called the response “heartbreaking,” and said she eventually decided to educate her child at home.

The revelation has left parents outraged, administrators searching for missed clues, and the police and the district attorney’s office debating whether to file child pornography charges, including felony charges, against some of the participants.

Mr. Welsh said that like other school systems across the country, Cañon City schools had received reports of students’ exchanging lewd photographs, but that he had not been aware of the scope of the issue until recently, when officials received anonymous tips through a system called Colorado Safe2Tell.

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“If there’s not a lead that takes you to this larger thing going on, why would you go there?” Mr. Welsh said.

and trap victims. Children must be aware of not putting themselves in vulnerable situations and what to do in the event they encounter one.

Apps to Monitor Your Child’s Phone Use The old quote ‘Constant vigilance is the price we pay for freedom’ might apply here. After having discussions about cell phone use, it might be prudent for parents to be aware of how their child is using the cell phone, how much time they spend on it, and who they contact or follow throughout the day.

In the age of technology and spying, there are apps that permit parents , if they suspect inappropriate cell phone use, to see what their children are doing on the telephone, who they are talking to, and if they are engaging in unacceptable behaviors. Consider using apps like TeenSafe, My Mobile Watchdog, Ourpact, screentime, and BreakFree among others. Or you can simply trust your child. You make the call.

App vs. App. vs. App or?

Does it simply boil down to a War of the Apps? Apps to communicate, Apps to hide inappropriate behaviors, and Apps to monitor and catch them? Functionally, It could be perceived that way. Again, there is more to this than simply who has the latest edge in technology applications - children or parents?

If your child has a cell phone, then you as a parent probably need to know find out more information.

It boils down more to parenting, modeling, monitoring, and knowing what your child is doing. There are many temptations and land mines that lure, impact, and assault our children. They come from different sources and different ages at different times. Many instances of inappropriate communication start out innocently or begin because a child wants to maintain a cyber -friendship, be cool, or have a sense of belonging. Many children might not participate, but some do.

Countless children might never share with their parents the things that they see come across their cell phone - out of fear. Thankfully, most children avoid getting tangled in webs of bullying, sexting, and abuse. But some do not escape it and some actively engage in it? It should come as no surprise that many kids do nothing about it, but simply observe it happen.

Many parents would never want to believe that their child would engage in such behaviors. The wish to trust their child is rightfully strong but at times practically wrong.

With solid behavioral expectations, open, calm, direct, and respectful communication (and a little monitoring) most parents should be able to keep their children safe and away from claws of unlawful and abusive cyber behaviors or prevent their child from becoming the abuser.

It is all about keeping our kids safe!

For more information review the following articles: http://cyberbullying.org/facts/ , https:// www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-aboutcyber-bullying , http://www.stopbullying.gov/ kids/facts/ , and for a very sobering statistical analysis http://www.internetsafety101.org/ cyberbullyingstatistics.htm.

George Welsh, the superintendent of the Cañon City school system, said students at Cañon City High School had been circulating 300 to 400 nude photographs, including images of “certainly over 100 different kids,” on their cellphones. “This is a lot of kids involved,” he said, adding that the children in the pictures were believed to be students at the high school as well as eighth graders from the middle school.

Members of the high school football team, the Cañon City Tigers, were at the center of the sexting ring, Mr. Welsh said. On Thursday night, separate community meetings were held for parents of football players and parents of other students to address the scandal, which has shocked this quiet, semirural community of 16,000. The team was forced to forfeit its final game of the season.

Because it is a felony to possess or distribute child pornography, the charges could be serious. But because most of the people at fault are themselves minors and, in some cases, took pictures of themselves and sent them to others, law enforcement officials are at a loss as to how to proceed. “Consenting adults can do this to their hearts’ content,” said Thom LeDoux, the district attorney, but “if the subject is under the age of 18, that’s a problem.”

He added that he was not interested in arresting hundreds of children and would “use discretion” if he decided to file charges.

Mr. Welsh said a significant percentage of the student body at Cañon City High School had participated, with boys and girls involved in seemingly equal numbers. The photo-sharing, some of which took place in school, was done largely on cellphone applications called “vault apps” that look innocent enough, some look like calculators, but are really secret troves of photographs accessible after entering a password.

Cellphone w/”vault apps” While sexting among children is a rampant problem, “I hope no other school has it at the level we have it at,” Bret Meuli, the principal of Cañon City High School, said in an interview in his office. “But I fear we aren’t the only ones.”

Students at the school described a competitive point system that classmates used to accrue photographs. Different point values were assigned to different students. Students who collected naked photographs gained points by adding these desirable children to their collections. Isaac Stringer, a junior interviewed outside the high school who said he did not participate in the photo-sharing, called the boy with the largest collection “the pimp of pictures.”

The repercussions are likely to resonate loudly over the days and weeks ahead in this small town, a tightly knit community ringed by correctional centers, where many people are employed, as well as tourist attractions such as Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, which claims to have “America’s highest suspension bridge.”

Canon City Police Chief Paul Schultz, left, and Crime Prevention Coordinator Jen O’Connor listen as Superintendent George Welsh talks

Another mother, Lisa Graham, 46, said her daughter, now a junior at the high school, had been “propositioned by multiple guys” during her freshman year. “She received unsolicited photos from guys, which she immediately deleted,” Ms. Graham said by telephone. “I’m frustrated if people knew and didn’t shut it down three years ago.”

Mr. Meuli has been principal for six years, and he was assistant principal of the school before that. He said that the school had had to handle a few instances in which a girl would break up with a boy and fear that he would circulate intimate photos of her, but that nothing this serious had been brought to his attention before.

What to do about a sexting scandal involving potentially hundreds of students was not covered in his master’s degree classes, Mr. Meuli said, but these days, it should be, he added.

The high school has turned over a cellphone that contains several hundred images to the police, and investigators will try to identify the children in the pictures, according to Paul Schultz, the Cañon City police chief. No arrests have been made, Chief Schultz said, and parents have been notified about the apps that can be used to mask the illicit photographs.

Mr. LeDoux, the district attorney, said the investigation would look into whether any adults were involved, whether children were bullied into participating, and whether any illegal sexual contact occurred.

Amy Adele Hasinoff, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver and the author of a new book, “Sexting Panic,” contends that schools need to find new ways to talk to students about the issue. Rather than just demanding that students abstain from sending risqué images, she said, educators should aim for open conversations that involve guidance in “safer sexting” with trusted partners. Teachers and school officials “think they’re protecting people from harm,” Professor Hasinoff said.

“But we know it doesn’t work.”

Dotson’s Other Note: In our Senior Education Computer classes and during Ethel Eyerly Senior Moments Computer Interest Group, we often discuss concerns we have with our children and grandchildren using computers, social networking & cellphones unsupervised.

The forgoing article is prime example of us neglecting our responsibilities. It is my opinion that we need to get with it and tighten up our ship.

If have questions regarding this most important matter or wish to discuss it with me, please Email, text or phone me. We have a problem which needs immediate and drastic action. It’s great to hear that you read, and even sometimes enjoy these articles; thank you for your comments. As a reminder, our weekly Veterans Roundtable Meetings are every Tuesday, 9-11 AM, in Room 126, Del Mar College, Center For Economic Development,3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are invited. Refreshments (Coffee/Donuts) are served…Hope to see you there. Your comments and/or questions regarding The Island Moon articles are greatly appreciated. Please call or Email. Phone: 361949-7681; Email: dlewis1@stx.rr.com

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Marina continued from A1 The marina The land in question is referred to as “The 67 Acres," which is located near Charlie's Pasture on the back side of the Island adjacent to the ferry landings and worth an estimated $32 million making it the single largest asset the city owns. The city has owned the tract since 1989 and has had a Corps permit to turn it into a marina since 1992 with renewals in 1997, 2008, and 2013. The current marina permit runs through December 2018, however to maintain the permit the city must show due diligence in moving forward with marina plans and the current step in that process is to conduct a Wave Pattern Study in the adjacent Laguna Madre and its effects on a potential marina there since a portion of the marina site - 10 acres – is classified as wetlands.

That study will cost an estimated $50,000 and

plans at the airport, and current excavation work going on at a large development site a few miles south along State Highway 361 the events formed a perfect storm of suspicion for those who believed there was a secret, large-scale development plan afoot which they hope to nip in the bud by blocking funding for the $50,000 Wave Study and hence the marina.

All of this fed the fire which led to the contentious city council meeting and the decision now facing the council.

A little background A closer examination of the events leading to the current state of affairs shows a history of several, unrelated and on-going projects.

As we reported in the Island Moon several months ago the excavation at the site along SH 361 is being done by an Atlanta-based firm that,

Wetlands Hold Large Amounts of Carbon

By Sally Palmer University of Texas Marine Science Institute Did you know that the wetlands here in the Coastal Bend can hold two to four times more carbon than a mature tropical rain forest of like acreage? Our wetland habitats, like mangroves and marshes, have the ability to sequester or store massive amounts of carbon, disturbing or changing wetland habitats can release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is why there is great interest in keeping the carbon there. Maintaining wetlands intact is also important because they provide valuable protection from flooding and extreme storm events. Biologists and economists have begun to put a value onto that stored carbon which is important to new market-based incentives that are being developed for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions to help conserve these carbon storing wetlands. This new research coupled with the incentives has been nick-named “Blue Carbon.”

Community leaders and resource managers met today, November 5th, at MissionAransas National Estuarine Research Reserve in Port Aransas to learn more about “Blue Carbon” and how policy and management can

incorporate these incentives to help conserve coastal wetlands. The workshop will provide information to decision makers or managers of coastal areas to keep them abreast of this new “Blue Carbon” approach for conservation. “The importance of our wetlands cannot be overstated or underestimated,” said Jace Tunnell, Director of the Mission-Aransas Reserve. “The more we understand the processes of these complex systems, the more we can relate that information to our stakeholders and resource managers to use in their management decisions. We believe that understanding carbon storage within these systems is essential for sustaining our future generation’s natural resources.”

This is the final and only workshop in Texas in a series of workshops offered around the Gulf of Mexico states by the Restore America’s Estuaries and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The series began in Eastpoint, Florida, and continued through Moss Point, Mississippi and Naples, Florida with workshops funding support from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf of Mexico Program and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program

Claude Brown- Port A doesn’t need a new marina. Port A needs to start taking care of what we have now. We don’t need anymore people. We’ve got to slow down. hence the decision facing the city council.

City officials in a raucous city council meeting last month in which a packed house of mostly marina opponents voiced full-throated opposition not so much to the study, but to the idea of a new marina itself, tabled a decision on the study giving the controversy more time to percolate.

City Manager David Parson said while there

like the marina project, must show progress in order to maintain its Corps of Engineers Permit with no evidence that it is in any way contingent, or related to, the proposed marina.

The need for more hanger space at the airport has been well-documented for years and in fact is part of a five-year $5 million expansion plan which will bring retail space, more hangers in addition to the current 18, and an 680-foot extension of the runway to just under 5000 feet.

Paradise Pond Photo by Miles Merwin are some conceptual drawings available for the marina project, which would technically be an extension of the existing marina, there are no firm design plans nor cost estimate nor timetable for its construction.

“We are simply trying to keep our options open,” he said.

Perfect Storm of suspicion To further complicate matters a few weeks before the council meeting crews from AEP began cutting a stand of Brazilian Pepper Trees in an area where a new roadway to the marina would bisect the existing community park and the Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture. Their timing could not have been worse as the cutting of trees set off a howl of protest from those

The SH 361 work is part of a much needed plan to widen the highway from Port Aransas all the way to Packery Channel and the Texas Department of Transportation has plans to call for bids on a $14 million expansion of the highway corridor all the way from Port Aransas to Packery Channel by the end of 2015 with work to begin next year.

That said, the coincidental chain of events which led to the current clash over funding for the marina study, the controversy over how to deal with growth in Port Aransas in all its aspects is a very real issue that the citizens as a whole will have no choice but to address over the next few years as McMullin – who has been elected and re-elected several time without ever having his name on a ballot because he was

Angel continued from A1 That grandmother is my grandmother, teacher, Donna Gadberry. What happened over sixteen years ago has blossomed into a large network of people helping people as businesses, area churches, organizations within the school district, even individual families coordinate year-round to make the Hornet Angel Network happen. Our district social worker is highly involved in this project with Mrs. Gadberry.

With everyone’s help, students are taken care of—“whatever it takes”—is the motto--to ensure the student has a good day at school.

Christmas is the largest project of the Hornet Angel Network. Work on this project usually starts Oct. 1 and doesn’t stop until the last the gifts are delivered; sometimes Christmas Eve. Throughout the years, this program has gradually increased—with the “adoption” of over 200 “angels”. Many groups come together to make this miracle happen. Area churches adopt families, as do local businesses.

Individual families, who once benefitted from the program will call and ask for a family they can help.

Many classes, including sports groups, band, choir, and even individual teacher’s families will “adopt” families needing help. The ROTC Programs, both the high school and junior high division will contribute toys—not only to Toys for Tots, but for the Angel Network as well. Our Nutrition Department ladies furnish and fill stockings. The Athletic Department orchestrates a district wide food drive. All students collect food. It is then given to local agencies such as Timon’s Ministry and local churches who put together the Christmas food baskets.

Paradise Pond aerial photo by Steve Coons who saw the tree cutting, besides destroying bird habitat, as a sign of things to come if the marina were built and only served to pour more gasoline on the marina fire.

When city officials and proponents of funding the marina study pointed out that Brazilian Pepper trees are non-indigenous, disastrous to the local ecology due to their high water needs, the target of an ongoing eradication program, and would be replaced by a first of its-kind in the state natural area funded by a $100,000 grant from the National Wildlife Foundation with funds from the settlement with British Petroleum and eventually covered with indigenous species for bird habitat, it only served to further arouse the suspicions of marina opponents who pointed to it and plans to build affordable housing adjacent to the nearby Paradise Pond as evidence of a grand plan quietly already in place, in their opinion, to push forward with the marina project.

When you add in current roadwork to expand State Highway 361 on the south side of town in the vicinity of where the new roadway would intersect it, an auction of a site for a the first new hanger at the nearby Mustang Airport in a decade sold for more than $130,000, expansion

unopposed – leaves office; it is fair to say that he may be the last mayor to have that distinction and the race for his successor may begin when the Port Aransas City Council casts a $50,000 vote on what would in any other season be an innocuous decision likely placed on a Consent Agenda.

The vote may well mark the beginning of battle lines over the future of the town of 3840 souls with its composition over the next several decades hanging in the balance.

Stoney McGerald- How many people here want this marina?

Last year Hornet Angel Network branched out even further by having some groups and classes “adopt” alumni servicemen, Timothy

Keener and Heather Martin, who were stationed overseas. They provided snacks, needed items and letters from students in our district.

Local nursing homes were included with many students making cards and writing letters.

These were then delivered to two nursing homes. Groups also collected requested items for the Women’s Shelter of South Texas.

Several of our schools, under our Hornet Angel Network, participated in “Madison’s Rainbow Project”. This project was started by one of our first grade students; a survivor of cancer. The project’s vision is to ensure that each child receiving cancer treatments would have something to do to take their mind off of what was happening. Students collected toys, coloring books, along with arts and crafts, which were delivered to Madison. She, in turn, delivered the gifts to Driscoll Children’s Hospital Cancer Center.

“Hornet Angel Network’s sole purpose is to help others. Students who need a little help in order to succeed at school. Whether it be a pair of shoes, food or a little something at Christmas—whatever it takes for that child to succeed is the mission. After all, it is our purpose in life, to help each other, right,” Mrs. Gadberry said.

Mrs. Gadberry was recognized by Whataburger as their “Hometown Hero” in 2012. The $1,000 award was donated to the Flour Bluff Foundation on her behalf. Just think. This might not have been. If two people had not cared for someone else’s situation, the Hornet Angel Network may have never come about.

If people want to donate to the Hornet Angel Network, call 3612492551 or email dgadberry@ flourbluffschools.net.

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Club News

City Tax Rates Per $100,000 of Property Value $550 City of Corpus Christi

$43 million Padre and Mustang Islands

$280 Port Aransas

$38 million Downtown Corpus Christi

$250 South Padre Island

$42 million SPID Corridor

$30 Nueces County Emergency Services District #2 (current)

$65 million Port Aransas

$100 Nueces County Emergency Services District #2 (if tax hike approved)

$155 million Galveston

Gross Hotel Revenue 2014 Certified Net Taxable Values

$185 million City of Corpus Christi Entity

Net Taxable Value

Net Taxable Value

$17,045,414,630

$18,405,761,524

NUECES COUNTY

$23,457,958,605

$25,198,659,632

$2,667,947,637 2014 Certified Net Taxable

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$17,045,414,630

$23,457,958,605

$2,667,947,637

2014 Certified Market Value

$22,478,193,627

$31,887,031,407

$2,836,463,467 2015 Certified Net Taxable

Value $18,405,761,524 $25,198,659,632

$2,836,463,467

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$23,967,596,305

$33,875,864,077

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A 46 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after he had three of his favorite fishing poles stolen from his garage in the 2500 block of Date Palm Drive.

The man told Officers that he was getting ready to go fishing the next morning and had placed the fishing poles on a table in his garage. He said he went inside for a few minutes and then walked back out and the poles were gone. He estimated the poles value at $630 but the missed fishing time was priceless.

Officers are investigating this crime, and at this time no suspects have been identified.

Driving with parking lights only §547.302 – DUTY TO DISPLAY LIGHTS (a) A vehicle shall display each lighted lamp and illuminating device required by this chapter to be on the vehicle: (1) at nighttime; and (2) when light is insufficient or atmospheric conditions are unfavorable so that a person or vehicle on the highway is not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead.

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Please contact piaccarclub@aol.com for information on the upcoming meeting. Please include your contact information and the type of car owned.

Kiwanis Club of Port Aransas. Kiwanis meet at Noon each Wednesday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Port Aransas. For more information please email portakiwanis@ gmail.com.

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The Island Moon provides this space for Island organizations. If you are a member of a club and want to get the word out about your events and/or projects send them along and we will get them in.

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$31,887,031,407

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Some $3,322,046,509 people will say$3,549,786,444 that they don’t want 6.86% to use their headlights during bad weather or

at dusk because there’s enough ambient light

for them to see and their headlights won’t be illuminating anything. However, headlights are not only for lighting-up the road ahead, but they also make you more visible to other drivers. So whenever visibility is reduced, you should use your headlights, if not to help you see but to help others see you. *Thanks to the Texas Highway Man

Protect Your Firearms The Corpus Christi Police Department wants to inform citizens about auto burglaries occurring in the city and victims having their firearms stolen from inside their vehicle.

From January through the end of October of 2015, the police department has investigated 151 reports of burglaries that involved a firearm being stolen from inside of the vehicle. Only 35 of those stolen guns have been recovered.

The Corpus Christi Police Department respects the right to own and carry a gun, but we want to warn citizens that these types of crimes are occurring in our city and remind them to protect their firearms and keep them out of the hands of criminals.

Padre Island Dog Owners Group (PI DOG). Meets monthly for dog & owner activities, training and education. Free to join. For more information contact Lyn Edler (lyn.edler@gmail.com) or Bev Hoffman (bevhoffman@aol.com).

The next PI DOG event will be a beach walk Saturday, November 14 at 9:00 a.m Meet at the parking lot near the Briscoe King Pavilion at Padre Bali Park. Bring leash, water for your dog and you, poop bags, etc.

Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island.

A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles available at no extra cost. RSVP online. PadreIslandUkeClub@gmail.com Padre Island Yacht Club – is looking for new members. We have boat slips available to members. You are invited to attend any Friday Night Happy Hour event. Contact Mr. Bill Vincent, Rear Commodore in charge of Membership, lynnmvincent@hotmail.com, to receive information about attending Happy Hour at PIYC. For those prospective members interested in renting a boat slip contact Mr. Barratt Sturtevant, bcsturtevant59@gmail. com.

The Membership hosts nearly 100 social events every year: Holiday Events and Potlucks, Dinner Dances, Murder Mysteries, Soup Nights, Chili Cook-offs, Old Fashioned Picnics, Talent Night, Theme Parties such as Brazilian, Western, and Medieval Nights.

Every Friday Night is Happy Hour from 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.

KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis meets at Island Italian Restaurant 15370 S Padre Island Dr, at Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the month.

Padre Island Rotary Club. Of the things we think, say or do…. Is it the TRUTH?….

Is it FAIR to all concerned?.... Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?....

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Vehicle with parking lights on Often you see people driving around in the dark or in bad weather with just their parking lights on. There’s a reason they’re called parking lights. The law requires you to use all your lights (including headlights) at nighttime, which is defined as being one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise, as well as anytime when you cannot see clearly for 1,000 feet, which essentially covers all inclement weather as well as dusk and dawn. Therefore, you should never be driving with just your parking lights on. If you’re in a situation where you need to have any lights on at all, then you must use your headlights.

Graph shows number of cases by month Police Calls 10000 block SH 361 3:27 p.m. November 7 Driving while license suspended 11000 SH 361 Damage to vehicle other than collision 14300 block SPID 3:25 a.m. November 3 Burglary of a motor vehicle (two counts) 15100 block Reales 7:03 a.m. November 6 Burglary of a habitation 15200 block Cruiser Noon November 6 Unauthorized use a motor vehicle 15300 block Cruiser 4 p.m. November 3 Burglary of a habitation

Texas’ Civil Forfeiture Laws Earn a D+ On New National Report Card State’s Laws Fail to Protect Property Rights; $541 million in Proceeds from 2001 to 2013 Draconian state and federal civil forfeiture laws are fueling an unprecedented rise in property seizures nationwide, according to a new national study—and Texas’ laws are among the worst at protecting property rights.

Texas law enforcement also makes extensive use of federal forfeiture laws. The study provides the most comprehensive examination of civil forfeiture laws and forfeiture statistics yet compiled.

According to the report, Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, released this week by the Institute for Justice: • Texas earns a D+ for its civil forfeiture laws, which fail to protect property rights and give law enforcement a strong financial incentive to take property—as much as 70 percent of the proceeds, or even up to 100 percent in cases where owners fight for the return of their property.

• Texas law enforcement agencies collected almost $541 million in forfeiture revenue from 2001 to 2013, according to data IJ received through public records requests.

• Forfeiture transparency in Texas is limited.

Law enforcement agencies are required

to submit annual forfeiture reports to the state attorney general, but these reports are currently only available through public records requests. Starting in 2016, the attorney general must compile and publish them online. However, the reports lack key details, such as itemized lists of assets forfeited and whether forfeitures accompanied criminal convictions.

• Texas law enforcement also took in over $349 million in federal forfeiture proceeds through a controversial Department of Justice program from 2000 to 2013, ranking 47th nationally after accounting for drug arrests.

Under civil forfeiture laws, police and prosecutors can seize cash, cars, homes and other property on the mere suspicion that it is connected to criminal activity. No charges or convictions are required. And once property is seized, owners must navigate a confusing, complex and often expensive legal process to try to win it back before it is forfeited. Worst of all, most civil forfeiture laws give law enforcement agencies a powerful incentive to take property: a cut, or even all, of forfeiture proceeds. Such financial incentives, combined with weak protections for property owners, increasingly put people’s property at risk.

If you can answer this 4-WAY TEST the Padre Island Rotary is looking for you! The OBJECT of ROTARY is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: 1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 2. High ethical standards in business and profession; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupation; and the dignifying of each Rotarians occupation as an opportunity to serve society; 3. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarians personal, business, and community life; 4. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. This is what Rotary is and stands for.

The Padre Island Rotary is involved in many aspects of our community. Some examples of this are in our upcoming programs and fundraisers.

Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at

the Comfort Suites on Windward Drive. The committee’s purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City Council on matters pertaining to The Island. All meetings are open to the public and the public is invited to address the committee during the public comment period.

Padre Island Business Association. The association is a not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to advertise and promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing the interests of the business community. It is managed by a 9-member board of directors.

A membership luncheon is held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at Holiday Inn-Padre Island starting at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The association annually has two fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring.

P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club, Inc, P.I.E. strives to enrich the lives of Padre Island women through social activities and community involvement. Full membership luncheon meetings are held the second Friday of each month at the Holiday Inn. Members may also participant in special interest clubs (bunco, bridge, spades, books, etc) that meet throughout the month. For more information about PIE, please contact Katherine Pierce, President, at 361 960-0327 or Jaki Boyd 361 533-0854.

Island United Political Action Committee: Maximize representation of Corpus Christi residents on Padre and Mustang Islands in area government by promoting and supporting, by the endorsement process, proactive and unified voting in non-partisan races and other issues and referendums put to public vote.

Meetings are open to the public. IUPAC meets the second Wednesday of the month at Island Time Sushi Bar and Seafood Grill. Board President - Brent Rourk, Phone 361-2447603 e-mail: brentrourk@yahoo.com.

Parrot Heads of Port Aransas – is a not-forprofit organization whose purpose is to assist in community and environmental concerns and provide a variety of social activities for people who wish to volunteer. Founded in 2009 the club motto is “Partying With a Purpose.” To join go to portaransasparrotheads.com or call LuAnn Ferguson, 361 749-5141 or 817 2917034.

POA - Padre Isles Owners Association.

The Association’s primary responsibility is to maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect the annual fees and provide information and assistance to property owners. .. Membership in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring record legal title to any property within Padre Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, padreisles@pipoa.net.

ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep.

Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate with the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation of most species of wildlife in the area with an emphasis on marine animals. They care for about 1300 animals each year, including about 300 sea turtles and more than 100 species of birds. If you find an animal in peril they can help Tony Amos is the Director. 750 Channel View Dr. Port Aransas. 361 749-6793, 361 442-7638. afamos@mail.utexas.edu.

Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island ladies got together under a Palapa and founded the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only rule is that there are no rules! We are all about fun and friendship. We meet once a month for lunch and various fun outings from cupcake making to CPR. Padre Island Social Club is a group of fun loving people that enjoy experiencing the area. We get together for social and cultural events like Sunday Funday at the beach, diner or a night on the town. If you are interested in meeting new people, politics, fashion, all types of musical genres, pop culture, books, theatre, art, movies, museums, wine, beer, food, traveling and more then this is the place for you. This is the go-to Social Club for the Island and general Corpus Christi Shenanigans. You can contact them on their Facebook page.

North Padre Mahjong Group meets weekly to play in small groups for the fun of it. We are looking for those who play the game but would also be willing to teach anyone to play who would like to learn. For more information contact Mitzi Mendez at almimendez@att.net for more information.

Ethel Eyerly Community Center The Ethel Eyerly Community Center in Flour Bluff is open with a full activities schedule which is shown below. All are welcome.

654 Graham Road

Call (361) 826-2330

For More Information

Nutritious Meals Served For Persons Age 60 and Over 11:30 A.M. ($1.50 Suggested meal donation) Monday

Thursday

Silver Haired Fitness 10-11 AM ($8/month-Ladies Only)

Zumba Gold (Co-Ed) 10:30-11:30 AM ($20/month, or $4/session)

Computer Interest Group 12:30-2 PM

Wii Bowling & Chair Volleyball 12:30-4:45 PM

Wii Bowling 12:30 PM

Tuesday Zumba Gold (Co-Ed) 10:30-11:30 AM ($20/month or $4/session) Table Tennis & Table Games - 12 PM

Wednesday Silver Haired Fitness 10-11 AM ($8/month-Ladies Only) Chair Volleyball 12:30 PM-??? (about 3:30 PM) AARP Chapter 4181 Meeting @ 1 PM (2nd & 4th Wednesdays) Painting Class 1:30-4:30 PM $5 per class 1st & 3rd Wednesdays

Quilting 2nd Thursday of the Month

Friday Silver Haired Fitness 10-11 AM ($8/month – Ladies Only) Table Tennis – 11 AM Bingo -12:30 PM ($.50 Cards)

Site Council Monthly Dinner/Dance Third Friday of the Month 4:30-7:30 PM Tickets sold by Site Council members or phone reservation: 361-826-2330

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Church Meetings

LUTHERAN TABLE TALK Thursday Afternoons On the island JB's German Bakery, 15137 SPID Sponsored by GCCM, SWT, ELCA.

Contact Rev. Tom Dietzel at lifetogethermin@aol.com, or 210-363-3538 or 361-445-1029

Public Meetings

Al-Anon & AA Meetings

Is alcohol causing a problem in your family?

Try Al-Anon Al-Anon meets at 7:00 pm Sundays at Padre Island Baptist Church Friends and families of problem drinkers find understanding and support at

Al-Anon meetings

An Al-Anon group meets each Thursday at 7:00 PM at

Island in the Son United Methodist Church 10650 Highway 361 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS

The Sunset 7 AA Meetings are held on Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 7 PM at The Presbyterian Church On the Island 14030 Fortuna Bay Dr. In addition AA Meetings are held at 8 AM at The Pavillion on the Boardwalk Near Padre Bali

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Death and suffering came knocking again this week. The Zen Cowboy, Chuck Pyle was found dead, at Lake Palmer,

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his material is staggering: Al Hirt, The Yardbirds, Glenn Campbell, Warren Zevon, Paul Butterfield, Spirit, The Kingsmen, Iron Butterfly, Jerry Garcia, The Doors, Ringo Star, The Band Little Feat, Lee Dorsey, Derek Trucks, Bonnie Rait, Box Scaggs, Robert Palmer, Phish, Pointer Sisters, Maria Muldaur, Three Dog Night, B.J. Thomas, Helen Reddy, Widespread Panic, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Aaron Neville is quoted, “He was a great person and a great songwriter and producer. But most of all he was a gentleman. And he will be missed by the music world, my heart is sad. His family is in my prayers.”

Lighthouse Rick not dead yet…

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The Zen Cowboy Chuck Pyle passed away this week.

Colorado. Pyle was found facedown in the water at Lake Palmer by his girlfriend Terri Stewart when he didn’t come home from fishing. He was 70 years old. Keith Sykes said this of Chuck’s passing, “Chuck Pyle was among the best folk singer/songwriters ever. He could play “The Entertainer” on guitar, wrote the standard “Jaded Lover” and never failed to start my mind sailing with “Keepin’ Time By The River”.

Now he’ll forever be by the river, keeping time with the angels.” He was an amiable gent who loved Port Aransas and came here periodically to do shows at the Third Coast Theater with such artists as Keith Sykes and Michael Hearne. I was fortunate enough to join them on an excursion to the Lydia Ann Lighthouse a few years ago with Lighthouse Rick Reichenbach.

Chuck was influenced heavily by Michael Martin Murphy who recorded his Cadillac Cowboy and Jerry Jeff Walker who recorded his Jaded Lover. He was also recorded by Chris LaDoux, John Denver, Suzy Bougguss, Owen Temple, Gary P. Nunn and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. In his four decade career, Pyle released 13 albums. A sweeter man you’d ever want to meet.

NOLA icon, Allen Troussaint dead at 77…

Lighthouse Rick Richenbach is still sucking air.

And our dear friend, Lighthouse Rick Reichenbach dodged a bullet this week. Rick, who had moved to Nicaragua a couple of years ago, contracted a tropical parasite that invaded his heart. He underwent open heart surgery this week to replace a heart valve which had become infested and came through in flying colors. The surgery was done in Corpus. When asked if his new stint made his butt look big, Rick replied, “I didn’t get a stint but while they were at it, I had them put in a butt valve so I can now regulate the size.” This came just a few hours after surgery, so you know he’s back to his old self.

Freddie Krc, Monte Montgomery, Duke E. Brown…

I saw a few shows last week. Our old pal, Austin Music Hall of Famer, Freddie Krc paid us a visit. He played a delightful solo set at Shorty’s.

And out at Port Royal, guitar wizard Monte Montgomery headlined a three day music festival that included a line-up of noteworthy San Antonio artists. Montgomery has been on the circuit since he was a teenager and has a unique “faster than lightning” guitar style that few can match. Also, old school blues blasters, Duke E. Brown (Corpus Christi, TX) belted it out at Giggity’s on Saturday. The island was a little quiet but those guys sure made themselves

Allen Toussaint dead at 77.

Also, New Orleans’ iconic ambassador of music, Allen Troussaint, died this week at the age of 77. The legendary, songwriter and pianist was on tour in Madrid and had performed the night before his demise, rocking all the way to the end. The Grammy-winning Troussaint performed, produced and composed such R&B classics as “Working in the Coal Mine,” “Mother-in-Law,” “It’s Raining” and “Southern Nights”. The number of artists who recorded

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Cody Canada and the Departed will play the South Texas Ice House on Friday. weekend. The front man for San Antonio’s storied 80’s dance band, Passing Strangers, John Boyd will play a solo show at the Back Porch this Friday. With or without a band, this fellow can deliver the goods. Also on Friday, the new island variety band, The Bad Buoys, will take the stage at Giggity’s. These fellows have been attracting a lot of attention lately and will certainly be a hit with the winter Texans.

Plus on Friday, the South Texas Ice House has a big Americana show with Cody Canada and the Departed. John Eric will open that show.

On Saturday, Charlie Hagar and the Captain Legendary Band (Baton Rouge, LA) will bring their swampy roots rocking show to the Back Porch. These guys are really good. Plus on Saturday, Picklefish is at Giggity’s, guitar girl Mandy Rowden (Austin, TX) is at Shorty’s and honky tonk veteran Dale Watson (Austin, TX) will play the South Texas Ice House. Rockabilly monster Matt Hole will open that show. I may have to make that one. I haven’t seen Dale Watson in ages and he is one of the artists that helped define Austin as the “Live Music Capital of the World”. And the 4th annual SpiritFEST will return to Wataburger Field. This family friendly event features some of Christian

Monte Montgomery headlined the music festival at Port Royal last weekend

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Charlie Hagar and the Captain Legendary Band will play the Back Porch on Saturday.

On the horizon…

On the near horizon, we have some noteworthy shows to watch for. Blues rocker Ulrich Ellison and Tribe (Austin, TX) is just returning from a European tour and will play Giggity’s on the 20th. On the 21st, reggae rocking Alvin and the Slickpunks will play the Back Porck, smooth country crooner Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters (San Antonio, TX) will play Giggity’s and troubadour par excellent, Dan Sullivan will play the Gaff. On Thanksgiving, Selfie will play Shorty’s and Ruben Limas will play the Island Italian. On the 27th, Lyrical Binge will rock Giggity’s, Mark Monaco (San Antonio, TX) will play the Back Porch and the Third Coast Theater will have a big show with Larry Joe Taylor and Darryl Dodds. That ought to keep you busy for a while.

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music’s biggest names including Third Day, Crowder, Matt Maher, Brandon Heath, Danny Gokey, Salvador, Jaci Velasquez, I Am They and Jon Guerra. And finally on Sunday, my best buddies Preecher Williams and Howie Andersen will be celebrating their birthdays at Shorty’s with a big island jam and bar-b-que spread. All local musicians are encouraged to come. The festivities will commence around 1:00 PM.

Friday, November 13 John Boyd of Passing Strangers @ Back Porch Brian Winfrey (6:30-9:30) @ Island Italian Billy Snipes @ The Gaff Bad Buoys @ Giggity’s Ruben Limas @ Shorty’s Hardwired @ Executive Surf Club Cody Canada, John Eric @ South Texas Ice House Saturday, November 14 Captain Legendary @ Back Porch Belt Sander Races w/ Uncle Willey @ The Gaff SPIRIT Fest @ Whataburger Field Brian Winfrey (6:30-9:30) @ Island Italian Picklefish @ Giggity’s Mandy Rowden @ Shorty’s Dale Watson, Matt Hole @ South Texas Ice House Jimmy O’Malley @ Executive Surf Club Sunday, November 15 South Texas Grassroots @ Island Italian Antone & the All Stars @ Giggity’s Howie & Preecher’s Birthday Jam @ Shorty’s

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Wednesday, November 25 Ty Dietz Band @ Shorty’s Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Thursday, THANKSGIVING Ruben Limas (6-9) @ Island Italian Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s Selfie @ Shorty’s Friday, November 27 Mark Monaco & Strayhearts @ Back Porch Brian Winfrey (6:30-9:30) @ Island Italian Billy Snipes @ The Gaff Lyrical Binge @ Giggity’s Jim Dugan @ Shorty’s Rockaholics @ Executive Surf Club Larry Joe Taylor, Darryl Dodd @ Third Coast Theater Saturday, November 28 Cruise Control @ Back Porch Brian Winfrey (6:30-9:30) @ Island Italian Belt Sander Races w/ Uncle Willey, Russell Edge @ The Gaff Matt Hole & the Hot Rod Gang @ Giggity’s Ruben Limas @ Shorty’s