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GulfBreeze Make Promises Happen By Mike Murphy In late June this year the Make Promises Happen (MPH) group returned to Port Aransas for a two day surf camp for persons with disabilities and serious illnesses. Local surfers, Roxanne and Cliff Schlabach have coordinated this event from the beginning with the help of the Coastal Bend Surfrider Foundation (CBSF) and other volunteers. This camp has always been a huge success.
This is McKayla Long she is the 7 yr old granddaughter of Jerry and Sharon Watkins. McKayla always has a project and can be very creative and disciplined. Since everyone else had tried and failed with the tootsie roll thing (she wanted to do something original to become famous and maybe be in the Guinness book of records) she decided to find out how many licks it would take to reach the center of a blow pop with out biting. So McKayla kept tally marks for every lick and found out it takes 930 licks to make the gum show and 2785 licks to make all the candy around the gum disappear. Oh... and it only took four days but makes your tongue a little sore! Way to go McKayla! Photo by Jerry Watkins
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Standin’ and Stylin’ at Surf Camp The Schlabach’s have surfed and been involved in the loThe recent surf camp was the seventh year for cal surf scene for nearly half a century. Cliff the MPH group from Guthrie, Oklahoma. has been an officer and head judge for the TexMPH…..changing lives one camp at a time as Gulf Surfing Association and U. S. Surfing Federation for over two decades. Roxanne The Central Christian Camp and Conference helped coordinate surf contests during this Center provides outdoor recreational opportime. Cliff joined the Coastal Bend Surfrid- tunities to youth and adults ages 6 and older er Foundation (CBSF) and served as Chairman with any disability. Campers are paired with and Vice Chair for several years. volunteer counselors for archery, boating, Roxanne’s brother, Spencer Bowen, has been fishing, swimming, arts and crafts for various very involved with the Central Christian Camp MPH events throughout the year with weekends and week-long camps.
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James Wheeler is in charge of fund raising for the Central Christian Camp and Conference programs and is in charge of the Make Promises Happen camping program. He has been a volunteer counselor for over 14 years and directs several of the camps each year. Bryce Chitwood is primarily responsible for reservations and scheduling for retreat and conference events. He maintains the activity and staff schedules and is the contact for visitor and tour information.
Group photo of campers and volunteers in Oklahoma since 1995, serving as Executive Director for the past six years. Spencer initiated the surf camp idea working with the Schlabach’s to make the first camp become a reality. Island Happenings Continued on page B 4
Lonetta Sprague and Robert Franklin are founders and co-directors of the MPH program Created in 1981. Over the years, both
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A little hurricane trivia
Hurricanes and Droughts, Black Fingernails, and Naming Storms
By Dale Rankin National heat waves and hurricanes on the Texas coast have historically gone together. As low pressure zones produce drought in the midwest they tend to draw hurricanes toward Texas. The most glaring example came in 1900 when a hurricane crossed through the Straits of Florida and looked like it would head up the east coast. The day before the storm hit Galveston the National Weather Service issued wind warning for the mid-Atlantic Coast thinking it would head that way.
Meanwhile, Cuban forecasters who were the pioneers in hurricane tracking kept telling the weather service that once the storm cleared Cuba it was going to hit Galveston. The Weather Service accused the Cubans of inciting panic and rather than listen to the Cubans their response was to cut the Western Union lines from the Cuban weather prognosticators. The American’s hubris cost Galvestonians when a low pressure trough over the Central U.S. drew the storm straight toward Galveston where it devestated the town and killed nearly 10,000 people who had no idea it was coming.
Pirate Attacks Hit Port A! For the first time in more than a century pirates attacked a boat in Lydia Ann Channel last weekend. The pirates came out of nowhere in mid-afternoon with a bright sun behind them for cover and attacked the Mustang as it took a group of unwary tourists on a Dolphin Watch Cruise and tour of the lighthouse. Witnesses say the pirates, one of whom looked suspiciously like Timmy from the Flats, appeared to be a sunburned and undernourished bunch of skallywags who began flinging buckets of water on the tourists demanding gimmi caps and Butterfinger Bars. T-Joe and the Mustang crew fired back with water blasters which the pirates didn’t see coming. One skallywag ended up in Davy Jone’s Locker trying to retrieve the Jolly Roger from the channel and, generally speaking, the desperados were said by the Mustang passengers to be the sorriest excuse for pirates since a man in a chicken suit tried to hijack the Port A ferry on New
Once that storm hooked up with the low pressure over Oklahoma it was rejuvenated and roared north continuing to baffle the Weather Service who predicted fair skies over Ohio as the storm blew through the state with hurricane force winds. It brought hurricane force winds to Chicago and Buffalo and sank a steam ship in Lake Michigan when no storm warnings were issued there. It downed enough telegraph lines in the Midwest and Northeast United States to bring commerce to a halt and delivered 65 mph winds to Manhattan.
The similarity to that heat wave/drought and the one now is uncanny. For a complete history of the 1900 storm pick up a copy of Erik Larson’s book Isaac’s Storm. It’s a great read. Topography
Another of the scary similarities between The Island and Galveston is how the 1900 storm struck the city in a perfect storm of wind direction and topography. The outer bands of the storm produced offshore winds from the north which blew the water from behind Galveston Island over it from the landward side. That water piled up against the incoming surge tide on the beach side of the island and as the hurricane approached it combined with the surge tide when the winds shifted to the east and inundated Galveston. A similar set of circumstances could occur here if the eye went just south of us and drew water from Nueces Bay. Eyewitnesses said the Back Bay went dry as Hurricane Celia approached in 1971 but the eye went over Ingleside north of Nueces bay so the counter-clockwise winds never blew the Gulf water inland south of the eye.
Two years earlier Hurricane Beulah went right up the Nueces River causing it to flow backwards and flood inland as far as Mathis. It is the outgoing water that causes much of the damage in hurricanes and where the water flows and how fast is determined mostly by topography and the direction a storm hits. That was the lesson learned by hurricane predictors in the Hurricane Rita in the eastern Gulf Galveston storm. The worst hit is from a storm that makes landfall at 90 degress because the storm surge hits all at once and is concentrated on a smaller It then sank six vessels off Saint-Pierre and drove forty-two fishing boats area of the coast than if the storm strikes a glancing blow. aground in the Strait of Belle Isle between Newfoundland and mainland CanInland damage ada. The storm literally cooled off America and effectively ended both the drought and the heatwave leaving frost in the Cascades, snow in Salt Lake Sometimes the damage is not confined to the coast. In 1979 tropical storm City and thirteen inches of snow in Wyoming. The storm then made a run across the top of the world before disappearing into the wilds of Siberia. Hurricane Continued on page B 4
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GulfBreeze Continued from B1 pier and at the Galveston Island State Park. For more information and schedules visit the TSC web site at http://www. texassurfcamps.com/wiki/TSC/Home
helped the program evolve by introducing off site adventures to Texas and Winter Park, Colorado. Lonetta and Robert are Assistant Superintendents with the Sand Springs, Oklahoma school system and during the summer coordinate MPH weekend and the summer camping programs.
Sharing the stoke…..everyone’s smilin’
Process……surfing out and in The surf camps are possible because of the volunteer MPH counselors and local surfers who give the campers an opportunity to ride a surfboard. Each camper is assigned a volunteer pusher and one or two catchers while in the water. The camper is positioned on the surfboard while being pushed out through the surf and turned around then pushed to catch a wave which is ridden to shore by the camper. The camper generally rides the wave toward the catcher who is positioned to quickly assist when the camper wipes out or completes the ride. Most campers repeat the process several times and are absolutely thrilled. There have been a few campers that managed to actually stand up on the surfboard and ride the wave to the beach. Volunteers also get really stoked seeing the camper’s big smiles and enthusiasm while helping the campers enjoy the waves. It is difficult to imagine the feelings the campers have while experiencing the sounds and wave action while in the water. Although some of the campers have initial reservations, most usually become comfortable after the first ride. Camper Rachel Fielder, from Oklahoma City, was
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The surf camps have grown through the years and in June this year there were 15 campers and about 60-70 volunteers, including surfers and MPH counselors who helped during the two day camp. Special thanks to Danny Vivian Photography and G. Scott Imaging for contributing the many excellent photos of the MPH surf camp which can be viewed at http:// tinyurl.com/3rrcm8a. It is always difficult to say who, volunteers or campers, has the most stoke at the surf camps, everyone who participates always looks forward to the MPH surf camps.
one of the more outgoing campers. During the two day camp Rachel made numerous trips into the surf. She repeatedly commented that it was great to have such an “awesome and unbelievable” time in the surf.
Brew Pub Offers Destination Burger
By Devorah Fox devorahfox@aol.com Port Aransas is a “destination” city. Because of its location, it’s unlikely that anyone is going to stumble upon it accidentally. Tourists make specific plans to come here to enjoy the fishing, the surfing, the boating, the beach, the burgers. Yes, thanks to the Port Aransas Brewing Company, we have one more attraction that people travel miles to enjoy. In 2009, Texas Monthly Magazine included the Port Aransas Brewing Company in its list of the 50 Best Burgers in Texas. Co-owner June Petitt remembers the day that the magazine’s two reviewers visited the restaurant, unannounced. June was already somewhat stressed as she was running the restaurant, which was barely a year old (it opened June 30, 2008) by herself. Husband and co-owner Bob was in Dallas, running an engineering firm. The mysterious diners sat outside on the deck, ordered one burger between the two of them, cut it in half and whipped out a camera to take photographs. June thought that was all mighty strange and was certain that it bode no good. She couldn’t have been more wrong. The magazine ranked The Brewing Company’s Stopher Burger at Number 44. It was the only burger south of I10 to make the list. The Brewing Company began to get calls from people as far away as 150 miles who wanted to know where Port Aransas was so they could check out the Stopher Burger.
Texas Surf Camps….. equipment and shade Morgan Faulkner, local pro surfer sponsored by Quicksilver, founded Texas Surf Camps (TSC) seven years ago and has provided equipment and shade tents for the MPH surf camps. TSC offers day surf camps in the summer, private lessons all year, special group programs and surf clinics. TSC operates surf camps on the beach at Horace Caldwell pier in Port Aransas, near Bob Hall
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That the Stopher Burger is so praise-worthy is no accident. The Petitts put a lot of effort into making a greattasting sandwich. This isn’t any old patty slapped on any old bun. For one, the Petitt’s daughter, bakery manager and cake designer Catie, makes the buns from a recipe developed by June to complement the burgers. And Catie makes a lot of them! After the Texas Monthly magazine story broke, she went from making about 200 buns a week to over 1200!
Rachel surfing to shore - Photo by Danny Vivian Photography
When complimented on his backyard burgers, my dad used to say, “I knew the cow personally.” Well, in this case, the Petitts probably did. The Petitts raise their own steers in North Texas. They are an Angus-Hereford
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Claudette, a moderate storm when it crossed the coast, stalled over the town of Alvin near Houston where it dropped 42 inches of rain in twenty four hours. That is still a record for the U.S. But the heaviest rain from a storm was in the Philippines where a typhoon dropped 73 inches in twenty four hours. Hurricane Camile which slammed into the Gulf Coast in 1969 and without any warning from the Weather Service dropped 30 inches of rain in six hours in Virginia killing 109 people. The rain from Camille was so strong it drowned birds by filling their upturned nostrils with water. Record low
The low pressure in the eye of a hurricane acts like a giant straw that sucks water up through the center and blows it out the top in the form of rain. The lower the barometric pressure in the eye the more water and the bigger the storm. Normal pressure at sea level is 29.92 inches – 14.6 pounds per square inch. For each inch in the decline of barometric pressure the surface of the ocean rises one foot. Inside the Eye
The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded was 26.22 inches in the eye of Hurricane Gilbert which hit between Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley in 1988. Fortunately, the eye of Gilbert split as it approached the coast and it weakened before it hit the King Ranch area and was never heard from again. Eye of the storm
One of the strangest hurricane stories comes from a Captain William Seymour of Cork, Ireland who was at the helm of the brigantine Judith and Ester in 1837 when he ran into a storm in the Caribbean. “For nearly an hour we could not observe each other, or anything but merely light; and most astonishing, every one of our fingernails
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turned quite black. Every one of the crews was affected in the same way. In my opinion it was caused by an electric body in the element.” A storm by any other name The process for the naming of storms has gone through many iterations over the years. In the beginning there were no names but that got confusing. But there was no formal naming process so things evolved in their own way. Hurricanes got named after the identity of famous people who were killed in them. That had its limitations because sometimes more than one famous person was killed and sometimes no one famous was killed so some storms had no name and others had two.
The 2011 Corpus Christi Paddle Prix & Rally is the Mayor’s Fitness Council’s signature event designed to encourage everyone to stay fit while enjoying the vast natural resources the Coastal Bend has to offer. It will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011. This year the event will feature a 20-mile race for the serious and experience paddlers starting at the U.S.S. Lexington museum, rounding Corpus Christi Beach, through Nueces Bay and up the Nueces River. In addition, there will be a stand up paddle board race added to the 8-mile rally route that starts at the Port of Corpus Christi boat launch on the Nueces River. Both courses end at Labonte Park. For their entry fee and participation, paddlers will receive a Corpus Christi Paddle Prix & Rally T-shirt, and a goody bag containing various free items from the race sponsors. Participants may use a wide range of vessels including kayaks, stand up paddle boards and canoes.
Rally Fee is $15.00 per paddler. Race Fee is $25.00 per paddler. $5 discount for all American Canoe Association members (must list ACA membership # on form). REGISTRATION: Registration Packages will be available online at www.ccpaddleprix.com or at the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department on the Third Floor of City Hall (1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78401). Registration ends at 5pm on October 11, 2011.
In A Nut Shell Currently the club has a small outdoor skateboarding area for beginners and a larger indoor warehouse area with four large ramps for bigger kids and adult kids. There are plans underway to re-do the outside area for a really cool street skate area and LCYC is seeking companies who are willing to help the center achieve these improvements.
As of now we are still looking at a very hot and salty bay system. Lack of circulation, tide, and high temperatures have combined to lower oxygen levels in many of our local waters. Large fish and bait will and have been seeking the more comfortable and easy living areas such as the intracoastal canal and the cooler reaches of the Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay.
I like casting to the shaded side of rocks mid to late day with pods of nervous mullet gathered on top. The large sandbars on the north and south sides of Baffin will be great areas to find schools of trout chasing bait up against the shallows at night only to fall off into the deeper retreats just out from the drop-off as the sun comes up. Pay close attention to “Zones” rich in bird activity, not all areas of the bay will support the presence of varied bird species in large numbers. The birds will definitely be following the movements of bait. Anglers set on success should remember to keep an open mind and flow with what you find daily. Those shallow water sand pockets you caught fish from in the spring are “Gin Clear” and hot, very difficult places for large game fish to make an easy living in during the long South Texas Summer. Storms When and if we get our next tropical storm conditions will change quickly. High tides associated with these storms flood our back bays spreading bait, game fish, and fishermen. Consistent summer patterns will change and anglers must look for new ways to straiten their lines and make drags sing. Fish will eventually herd up rafts of bait along shorelines and spoil islands as well as the deep channels of the open flats. Fish the extremes, I like starting close to the shorelines with steeper drop offs at dawn then move to the deepest parts of Emmorts Hole as the day persists. Spoil Islands
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In the Laguna Madre fish the edges of the intracoastal canal at first light during the week and mid morning and late afternoons on the weekend to avoid boat traffic. Remember, even though it may be bad boating etiquette you are fishing a boating lane so give barge traffic and others the right of way.
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The water erupted with scattered baitfish under our boat as we knifed across the mirrored Lagoon. Last week’s “ghost storm” had left the wind at a whisper and triggered a small migration of baitfish to move up towards the passes that exit to the Gulf of Mexico.
If you are interested in sponsoring a portion of this event, please contact Angela Gonzalez, Mayor’s Fitness Council Liaison, at (361) 826-3673. Key in on areas very close For more information, call (361) 826-3460 or (361) 826- to deep water that have 3673, or visit www.ccpaddleprix.com some tidal flow. Gamefish will hide as well as herd bait along breaks in depth close to these guts and along deep shorelines.
This event has been made possible through partnerships with the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department, Jerry B’s Kayaks, Port of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi Convention & Visitors Bureau, Nueces River Authority, and Corpus Christi Bays & Estuaries Program.
The Lions Club Youth Center, or LCYC, opened its doors back in February after 3 months of restoring, repairing, fixing up, and painting, and is currently undergoing another little face lift. Things are coming along slow but sure for a center that operates on less than a handful of volunteers. The center is growing though, and with continued help from the community, LCYC looks to become promising for young kids and adult kids alike.
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Even with the lack of rain it was a hint of things to come. A visible ladder of the food chain broke the water in every direction. Minnows flickered on the surface like rain drops with schools of pin perch and small trout flashing under them. Pods of finger mullet danced and skipped The next process was to name the storm after the year over slashing trout and groups of shad “grey hounded” when it hit. Many storms are still referred to this way but across the flats escaping wolf packs of hunting redfish. the drawback to this process is self evident. It works fine Brown pelicans and diving turns bombed clouds of unless you have more than one storm in a year. baitfish pointing the way for us in the golden morning Then as telegraphs came into use word of a storm would light. Mornings like this originate from ships at sea and spread from there so one don’t last long enough. storms were named after the first ship which reported it. Late summer storms will One such storm was called Racer’s Storm which hit the put baitfish that have Texas Coast in 1837.. hatched and grown to maThe Weather Service started naming storms after wom- turity in the rich salty waen in the late 1950s. The names are recyled ever five ters of the Laguna Madre years unless the storm is a big one and then the name is and Baffin Bay on a miretired. So while we may have another Hurricane Don gration that is followed by predatory game fish. Local we won’t have another Hurricane Katrina. anglers should concentrate Then in the more politically correct years mens’ names on extreme drought condiwere put into use and that’s how we got to where we are tions and late summer pattoday. It is worth noting that most of the big storms that terns yet be ready for the have hit our area have been late in the season and early start of the migrations and in the alphabet so don’t put your hurricane covers back switch to storm surge tacin the attic just yet. tics after we get some effects of our next tropical weather system.
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If you are fishing with live bait try targeting both the east and west sides of the channel. Anchor high along the east side throwing just over the edge, also look for small cuts and channels leading off of the main channel. On the west side any variations in the channel are good spots as well as large sandy spots.
Boat noise is the key so keep some distance between you and the edge, most of our box trout are coming from The club is nonprofit and has to continually fund raise eight feet of water or 15feet off of the edge of the chanjust to keep the doors open every month. If you have or nel. Our biggest trout as well as the reds and flounder are know someone who has resources to help please contact holding close to the grass line. 361.563.4096. There is also a movie room with a DVD player, an Try using a combination of croaker, piggy perch, mud Xbox360, and a bunch of board games. Upstairs there is minnows, and small finger mullet. Live shrimp will not last longer than a few seconds on the hook before a pool table, bumper pool, air hockey, and darts. schools of hungry pin perch attack leaving you with an The Club will also be putting in a Grande Computer empty hook. Soft plastics and topwaters have seen conroom, and has a wood shop and wood burning class- sistent success at first light along the channel, especially es, art classes, and special events, Birthday parties, and when anglers get out and wade fish the edge staying very more. shallow so not to spook fish holding tight to the edge. For Your Info Fish Highways Flour Bluff Lions Club Youth Center is located at Some other “highways” through our bay system are not 622 Claride Street. For more information call the so obvious; they are the east and west shorelines as well Hot Line: 361.937.6161, or Email: flourblufflions- as the deep grass lines of Emmorts hole. The shorelines club@aol.com in Baffin Bay will be gathering areas for huge movements of bait, concentrate on rocky points to hold most of the best action. Fish around big rock piles not on them, most all rocky areas in Baffin Bay have a ring of gravely soft sand circling the rock, this areas holds cool
The spoil islands south of Bird Island and the backside of the islands in Night Hawk Bay will be some close to home hot spots after a fresh storm. In Baffin target the big rocks off Starvation Point as well as the long shoreline along Rocky Slough. These are classic high tide areas that provide good areas for baitfish to congregate when tides are high. Often the eastern side of the bay system may see water push all the way to the dunes of Padre Island scattering fish for miles in the ultra shallow flats behind the Meadows, Yarborough, and Nine Mile Hole. Beach Finally we can not forget the beach; this is where the real party is at! These migrations of bait are marching out to the Gulf beaches where anglers can easily find access to some of the best fishing the coastal bend has to offer. One never knows what will peel line off the reel next, trout, reds, flounder, Spanish mackerel, lady fish, snook, triple tail, tarpon, ling, kingfish, sharks, and more are always one more cast away here. High tide will push bait and target species into the first two guts. Fishing the beach can be very simple or as complex as you want to make it. Myself I like to keep it simple here, silver spoons, rattle traps, and topwaters. Fluorocarbon leader line is a must in the clear waters on the beach, 30to40lb. test will be strong enough for most fish but keep some 60to80pound leader handy just for the event of finding a passing school of tarpon or other big game cruisers. Live bait is easy to get with a cast or seine net and can be just as big an adventure for your younger anglers too. Whiting are so numerous and great to eat, try using small pieces of shrimp, squid, cut bait, or “fish bites” on a small treble hook weighted with a pinch weight. Walk out to the second sand bar and stand throwing back towards the beach. Most every kid on my boat wants to catch a shark, it’s the classic conquest. Cast net some small mullet and use a heavy leader rig and cast out past the second sand bar. There are lots of small blacktips and bonnet nosed sharks waiting to spark the imaginations of our young anglers. Remember that those adventures we all take for granted seem so much larger through youthful eyes. Keep your lines tight and your hooks sharp….
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Public Notice
Pursuant to Chapter 59 of Texas Property Code, John Cole located at 14309 Merida, Corpus Christi, Tx 78418, will hold a public sale of property being disposed of to satisfy landlord's lien. Sale will be held at stated address on August 26th, 2011. Property will be sold for cash only. Seller reserves the right to not accept any bid and to withdraw property from sale. Property to be sold is basically flower vases being stored in unit C of the following name: Melisa M. Plumb dba Blux Glass.
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Legislative Update Crime And Punishment: A Look At Legislation From The 82nd legislature Addressing Crime
Those bills that passed the 82nd Legislature range from bills that were intended to close existing loopholes to those aimed at accounting for new technologies and tactics. Below are some of those bills: • SB 844 - Under the law prior to the passage of SB 844 a loophole existed in the Texas Penal Code. Under the Penal Code, an individual commits an offense if that individual were to evade a peace officer attempting to place them under arrest or who escapes from custody after they have been arrested. Additionally, under the Penal Code, a peace officer has the ability to lawfully detain a person based on a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed an offense. However, if the person who is lawfully detained escapes, there is little legal basis for charging that person with an offense of escape from custody or evading if the escape occurs outside the peace officers sight. SB 844 makes it an offense for an individual to escape while they are being lawfully detained. • HB 1116 – Over time numerous devices have been created to help prevent speeders from being ticketed. The most common device that we are all accustom to is the radar detector which is designed to pick up radar signals out of the air. These radar detectors have become less effective, as law enforcement have become familiarized with how they work. This has spawned the usage of Lidar/radar jamming devices. Unlike traditional radar detectors, the jamming devices emit a radio frequency signal that interferes with the operation of police Lidar/
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During the 82nd Texas Legislature, a number of bills were filed and eventually passed with the objective of combating criminal activity in the State of Texas. As criminals have adapted, so must the laws that are designed to control, limit and ultimately punish them for their criminal activities. These types of laws are necessary to maintain what most of us understand to be a civilized society which is dependent on laws that protect each of us from individuals infringing on our person, property or personal safety.
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radar by saturating its receiver with noise or false information. These devices have the potential to damage police equipment, as well as prevent the police from not only measuring the speed of the vehicle equipped with the jamming device but also those vehicles around it. HB 1116 makes it illegal to have a radar jamming device in your vehicle.
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It is important to note that each of these laws will go into effect on September 1, 2011. Though these laws may not directly impact you, it is important to learn and know about the new laws that were passed by the 82nd Texas Legislature. If you would like to view any of the other legislation that was passed during the 82nd Regular Session and the first called special session, these websites are great resources:
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• The Texas House of Representatives at www.house.state.tx.us . • The Texas Senate at www.senate.state.tx.us . If you have questions regarding any of the information mentioned in this article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. As always, my offices are available at any time to assist with questions, concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603).
tomers and it’s nice to know that other professional video studio owners are impressed as well.”
Studio owners Alan and Kim Fon submitted their video work in several of the thirty-three Hanley award categories. Studio owners from across the world entered to win Best Video Production, Best Documentary, and Best of Show to name a few types of honors. The Hanley’s, named after Robert Hanley, the founder and president of Home Video Studio, are in recognition of a studio owner’s work during the past year.
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Some of those services include video to DVD transfers, photo/video montage keepsakes, home movie transfers, videotape duplication, video editing, legal video services, and sports or music scholarship videos.
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To contact Home Video Studio – Port Aransas call (361) 749 -3200. For more information visit their website at www.homevideostudio.com/tex
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Home Video Studio – Port Aransas was nominated for its work in Best Press Release, Best Open House, Best Use of Green Screen, and Best Marketing Plan categories. The videos for Best Press Release, Best Open House, Best Use of Green Screen were all produced and edited at the new Home Video Studio location in Port Aransas. The video for the Best Marketing Plan was filmed on location in Las Vegas.
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Port Aransas, Texas - Home Video Studio – Port Aransas was recently nominated for four Hanley Awards at the 11th annual Home Video Studio (HVS) Getaway in Las Vegas, NV. The Hanley Awards, HVS’ version of the Oscars, recognize achievement in the video industry. Home Video Studio is the world’s largest international video production services franchise with studios located in the United States, Canada and Sweden.
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• SB 1416 - Law enforcement officials in South Texas have been tasked with overcoming a device now being utilized by fleeing suspects. Tire deflation devices are often used by law enforcement officers to end a police chase. Recently individuals being pursued by law enforcement officers have begun throwing down homemade tire deflation devices intended to take out the police cars tires. These devices pose a danger to not only law enforcement but also the general public. With the passage of SB 1416, these devices are now illegal to possess, manufacture, transport, repair or sell.
Home Video Studio – Port Aransas Is Nominated for Four International Awards
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Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour ronnienarmour@gmail.com Here we are squarely in the middle of the dog days of summer and I can’t breath. The air is too hot. The good news is, so is the live music scene. I caught a bunch of good shows lately. One was at Hooks B-B-Q last Saturday with Dave “Bottlehead” Miller. He had L Leon playing lead guitar (and, of course, Kenny Barnett on hand drums). I have gotten to know L Leon through his artwork and his love for music in the last six months, but had no idea he could play a guitar like that. He’s really good. I really dug the surf guitar stink he put on Miller’s material. Those guys really caught some good chemistry that night. Also, the same night,
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tells me that she’s been busy booking bands into both the Gaff and the Wildhorse Saloon for the rest of August and beyond. Look for shows there from Suzi Bravo, Marc Wiles, Sol Tribe, Melissa Ludwig, Tiffany Kay and Better Angels. The more the merrier, I say! Let’s roll…
Reverend Horton Heat (Dallas, TX) and Nashville &#@!? (Atlanta, GA) played the Executive Surf Club on August 7th. I thought it was high time that I go into Corpus and see a real rock show for a change. So I loaded up with my pal, Thom, and we dared to cross the creek in search of an honest to goodness, big time, in your face, louder than God rock and roll show…and buddy we found one at the Surf Club.
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L Leon, Ken Barnett and Dave Miller played Hooks BBQ on July 30th.
We walked into a sea of sweaty tattoos. I immediately lost Thom but made it towards the front of the stage and squeezed in with a very eclectic collection of people: bikers with bandanas, punks with mohawks, chicas in miniskirts, jocks, family units, headbangers wearing Danzig t-shirts…there were young and old rockers of
I saw the band Mama Tried from Galveston at the Tarpon Ice House. They had the whole bluegrass big band thing (banjo, mandolin, stand-up bass, Dobro, acoustic guitar and drums) going on and flat ripped the heads off of a bunch of original bluegrass tunes. I was impressed. And, last Sunday I went into Corpus and rocked out at the Executive Surf Club with Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville [Expletive deleted]. That was a wild ride and I’ll tell you all about it shortly.
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that Milligan and the boys will put on a killer blues performance. I say hit both these shows during the 9 to midnight prime time and polish off the night with Ray T and the City Crew at the Flats. But save some energy for tomorrow night (Saturday, the 13th) because it’s major party time with three good bands. First, the rockin’ rhythm and zydeco orchestra, Miss Neesie and Earfood Orchestra (San Antonio, TX), will take their yearly sabbatical, with entourage in tow, to the Back Porch. Then you have killer reggae with Rafiki Project for the Gaff’s 30th anniversary celebration and finally, a real deal cowboy troubadour, Larry Martin Sweeney (New Braunsfel. TX) will be playing the Ice House. Decisions, decisions! This is all good stuff. Next weekend, on Friday the 19th, the pace continues with Ruben V (San Antonio, TX) playing the Porch and Michael O’Connor (Brenham, TX) playing a CD release show at House of Rock in Corpus. I’ll preview the O’Connor show here. And one last thing, a couple of familiar Port A bars will start taking a more active role in the live music scene. Local hip chick, Rae Drady,
After a very entertaining equipment change, Rev. Horton Heat came on. I had inched my way to the very front of the stage. It was hairy up there, but somehow I managed to fit in. I hadn’t seen these guys in 20 years and used to be a fan. Horton fired up the band with a song called Marijuana and everyone in the crowd seemed to know the words. He is originally from Corpus and apparently has many passionate fans here. The band ran through a couple of dozen songs in chronological order of their recordings (he has 9 CD’s out since 1990). They ran the gamut from their early Dick Dale surf guitar sound, through the psychobilly/punk years, then into their signature rockabilly and finally the later country material. On a couple of occasions, Horton got on a vivacious rant about how much he hated music writers and music critics, even prompting everyone in the audience to boo and hiss loudly at the despicable scum. I can’t tell you how glad I was not to have a press pass around my neck right about then. It could have gotten ugly. I made it through about an hour or so of this before wandering over to the courtyard out front to give my ears a break and look for Thom, who eventually showed up. He had been in a lengthy conversation with one of the risque girls about honey, granola and the positive benefits of good nutrition. Go figure. All in all, I got my rock show fix and nobody got hurt in the process…although it was a little nervy during the anti-music writers tirade.
The opening band had two risque looking (and I say that in the most complimentary of ways) gals on stage playing bass and lead guitar. They were whipping their multicolored hair around and striking consummate rock star poses, busting out of every seam. The lead singer was a rough looking fellow who looked like he wasn’t sure what city he was in and it really didn’t matter to him anyway. I only caught the last two songs of their set, but they were loaded with a seething sexual message. I won’t go into detail. When they finished, Thom showed up and announced that he actually knew the band from years ago
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ists on the circuit today (Susan Gibson, Terri Hendrix, Slaid Cleaves, Adam Carroll, Cary Sweeny, etc) on guitar, mandolin, lap steel and harmonica. At the age of 45, the Corpus Christi native will release his third solo CD entitled, Devil Stole the Moon. The 10 tracks on this CD were produced by Jack Saunders and all but four of the songs were written solely by O’Connor (three by O’Connor and Adam Carroll and one by O’Connor and Cary Sweeny). In his late teens and all through his twenties, O’Connor honed his chops playing blues, jazz and rock ’n’ roll in the rough-and-tumble shrimper and biker bars of the Gulf Coast before finding his way into the singer-songwriter and folk circles via studio and sideman gigs. His press release speaks of the songs on Devil Stole the Moon, “Across the somber, gritty noir-ish sweep of Devil Stole the Moon, his characters (some fictional, others directly inspired by friends, family, and associates) wrestle with addictions, broken dreams and mortality, while O’Connor himself confronts his own hardscrabble Corpus Christi roots”. This show is definitely a DO NOT MISS. And that’s the truth!
Michael O’Connor/ 40 lb. Dog Michael O’Connor (Brenham, TX) will play the House of Rock on August 19th. 40 lb. Dog (Corpus Christi, TX) will open the show. O’Connor has accompanied some of the best folk/Americana art-
Michael O’Connor will play the House of Rock on August 19
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Friday, Aug. 12th Carol Elliott @ Tarpon Ice House (6-8) Mike Millligan & the Altar Boyz @ Tarpon Ice House Sisters Morales @ Back Porch Ray T & the City Crew @ Flats Lounge Pictures @ Brewster Street Emily @ Hooks B-B-Q Nethermedia Presents 6 Bands @ House of Rock Another Level @ Executive Surf Club C-Roots @ Coffee Waves Brian Winfrey @ Island Italian Aloha Dave & the Tourists @ Roberts Point Park Marc Wiles @ The Gaff Better Angels @ The Wildhorse Saloon
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Sunday, Aug. 21st Acoustic Jam w/ Van Blize @ Tarpon Ice House Richard Lockhart (noon, solo) @ Hooks B-B-Q
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and was heading to their bus for a visit. That was the last I saw of him all night.
There are a ton of great acts playing this weekend and it’ll take some juggling to see them all. Tonight (Friday, the 12th) the Sisters Morales (San Antonio, TX) will be at the Back Porch and blues masters, Mike Milligan and the Altar Boyz (Austin, TX) , will play the Tarpon Ice Nashville &#!@$ played the Executive Surf Club House. This will be the sister’s last show at the Porch, on August 7th EVER, since Lisa and Roberta Morales are disbanding in September and going solo. Plus, it’s always a given every description. It was an interesting array of folks. I immediately wished I hadn’t forgotten my ear plugs. I’m pretty sure they could hear the band in the next county.
Mama Tried played the Tarpon Ice House on July 30th. Photo by Miles Merwin
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Friday, Aug. 26th Carol Elliott @ Tarpon Ice House Mike Blakely y los Yahoos @ Back Porch Five Card Draw @ Brewster Street Witness by Proxy @ Hooks B-B-Q The Iguanas/Weak Day Boyz @ House of Rock Scarecrow People @ Executive Surf Club Acoustic Breeze @ Coffee Waves Hilda Limas @ Mug Room Sol Tribe @ The Gaff Better Angels @ The Wildhorse Saloon
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