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Issue 639

Island Moon

The voice of The Island since 1996

July 14, 2016

Around The Island

By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com The 100th Anniversary celebration of the National Park Service at Padre Island National Seashore Saturday was a huge success. Dr. Donna Shaver and her helpers held a massive turtle release and more than 5000 people attended. We took the scenic route home along Kleberg beach and were pleasantly surprised to find volunteers from Burners Without Borders and Friends of Padre picking up leftover 4th of July litter. They have a way of turning work into fun and it has made a huge difference around The Bowl and points south in the past few years.

Live Music A18 Photo By Dale Rankin

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Centennial Sea Turtle Celebration a Huge Hit at PINS

Round 'Em Up!

ARK Director Tony Amos releases a sea turtle last Saturday

81st Annual Deep Sea Round-up Held July 7 - 10th

Hike and Bike trail While it is in the early stages there is a move afoot to build a hike and bike trail that would run from Padre Balli Park near Bob Hall Pier southward to the northern end of Padre Island National Seashore. The concrete trail – either ten or twelve feet wide – would run along the Park Road 22 right of way for about a mile and a half south, then angle toward the beach for the remainder of the seven miles to the PINS border. Six miles of the beach is part of the land recently bought by Nueces County and placed in the care of the Nueces County Board of Coastal Parks which is currently doing an extensive renovation at Balli Park. That board, though its Director Scott Cross, will apply for a federal grant to fund the project and officials at PINS are intricately involved in helping to make it a reality. It would include rest stops along the way with markers containing local history. The parks board is expected to discuss the project at its next meeting on Thursday, July 28. It goes without saying that on an Island bereft of sidewalks it would get a lot of traffic, here’s hoping it comes together.

Naked Men of Kleberg The Nueces County purchase of the 3680 acres in Kleberg County which became final a year and a half ago has been a big problem for the Naked Men of Kleberg who used to grace the beach with their flagrante delicto reverse lobster tans. Precinct 4 Constable Bobby Sherwood took over patrol of the Kleberg beaches which had been without law enforcement forever due to the hour’s drive from the Kleberg County Seat in Kingsville and it didn’t take long for the Naked Men of Kleberg to scatter. But they are now back with new tactics. The word on the beach is that while the Nueces County Constables have jurisdiction in the Kleberg area owned by Nueces County if they make an arrest south of the county line the prisoner must be booked into the Kleberg jail – which means an officer will be out of service for half a day. That’s a long drive just to arrest a naked man. So now the Naked Men of Kleberg have adapted. The best we can tell there are two methods. First, they now park their trucks – for some reason the Naked Men of Kleberg seem to favor trucks – right next to the water and open both driver’s side doors. When you drive by you can just sense that something isn’t right but you can’t (thankfully) really see anything. The second method is to park up near the dunes and sit in the back of the truck in a low lawn chair with the raised tailgate allowing their squishy parts to bake in the sun without being seen by civilians. Once again it’s weird but you can’t (thankfully) really see anything. Which is nice because otherwise we would have to whip out our Buck Knife and poke out our one good eye. And nobody needs that. Stay cool everybody, and say hello if you see us Around The Island.

July 9th, 2016 marked one of the biggest events in park history! Over 6,000 visitors came out to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial and 40 years of sea turtle conservation efforts at Padre Island National Seashore. One hundred Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchlings and five adult and sub-

adult rehabilitated green and Kemp's ridley sea turtles were released during today's event. Children visited different booths and completed activities to earn their special Centennial Sea Turtle Junior Ranger badges created just for this event.

Turtles continued on A3

The 81st Annual Deep Sea Round up Fishing Tournament was held this past weekend in Port Aransas. The Deep Sea Roundup began in 1932 as the Tarpon Roundup and has grown from a handful of Port Aransas fishing and hunting guides pitting their skills against one another to one of the largest family fishing tournaments on

the Texas Gulf Coast. The Roundup attracts fisherpersons of all ages and skill levels. The Got M On won the offshore billfish release division. The Doc Holiday was the runner up in that division. Organizers say attendance for this year’s tournament was down significantly due to a forecast of swells up to five feet.

Update on Island Projects

Work Set to Begin on Aquarius Traffic Light

By Dale Rankin

The City of Corpus Christi has announced that work will begin this week at the intersection of Aquarius and South Padre Island to reconfigure the intersection and add a traffic light. The work is expected to continue through August 26 and will include: Traffic Signal installation: Southbound Park Road 22 will be narrowed to widen the shoulder lane while a new signal is being installed. Removal of the existing intersection median: Park Road 22 left turning lanes at the Aquarius intersection will be closed to traffic. No left turns will be permitted at this intersection. Traffic control devices will guide motorists through the construction site. Motorists should expect delays and if possible, seek alternate routes or avoid the area. Access to local driveways will be maintained throughout the duration of the project. The impetus for the project came from San Antonio developer Walt Busby whose company owns several lots on the east side of the roadway where plans call for retail space, including a Starbucks coffee shop, and a 105 room motel. Busby’s company contributed $416,000 for the project which will include warning devices at the top of the JFK Causeway to alert drivers that there is a light ahead. The light is just under one mile from the top of the JFK Bridge. Verdemar/SPID intersection, City staff told the Island Strategic Action Committee at its Tuesday meeting they are studying traffic patterns at the intersection of Verdemar/SPID/ Jackfish to determine what can be done to improve safety. A group of citizens in the area requested earlier this year that the city consider installing a traffic light at the location. ISAC members also requested that as part of the work the city include the impact of the “paper streets” which were included in the original development plans for The Island. Those planned streets are located

Lake Padre Progress

east of SPID and run parallel to it and, as designed, would run south to State Highway 361 near the Packery Channel Bridge. Much of the infrastructure for the streets, including utility lines, are already in place along the right of way. Striping and signage for access roads at the JFK Causeway. ISAC members also requested that the city consider center striping for the newly constructed roadway leading to Doc’s and Snoopy’s Pier near the JFK Causeway. The $1.2 million road was recently completed but does not contain center striping. ISAC members also cited confusion by motorists on how to properly access the JFK Causeway from the adjacent access roads due to lack of signage. The access roads are also in need of repair since they were not included in the recent work.

Light Cont. on A3

Excavation work around Lake Padre has reshaped the shoreline in recent weeks creating 6500 linear feet of new shoreline. The thin line of sand in the center of the photo is currently being removed and will be the site of a new marina. The two small bodies of water in the lower center will be the canal leading from the lake to the proposed water exchange bridge. The water gate at the bottom of the photo connecting the lake to Packery Channel will be expanded to 75 feet. The white areas in the photo are where newly deposited sand has raised the elevation to eight feet above sea level.

A little Island history

And Then There Were Two - How North and South Padre Island got their names the Rio Grande. The Island was inundated with a twenty-five foot tidal surge and the storm, which lasted for over thirty hours, dumped thirteen inches of rain over a wide part of South Texas. Eighteen people were killed and an estimated five-hundred were injured. Fifteen to twenty foot waves crashed ashore at Redfish Landing. Eleven people rode out the storm in several crudely built fishing shacks – only one person drowned. The road to the fishing camp was washed out and for a short while the camp was once again isolated from the outside world.

By Steve Hathcock In 1930, Port Mansfield, or Redfish Landing, as it was once called was an isolated fishing camp located on the sandy shores of the Laguna Madre. Newspaper reports from the time refer to giant redfish over 4 feet long and trout so numerous that a fisherman could walk from his boat to the shore without getting his feet wet. I don’t know about the size of the fish, but it was possible at that time to wade across the shallow nine-mile-wide Laguna Madre to the mudflats situated along the western shores of Padre Island. A short jaunt over the dunes and one could find some of the best surf fishing in the world. In September of 1933 an unnamed hurricane hit near the mouth of

The Port Mansfield “Cut” is not visible on this map produced and distributed by The State of Texas.

In late 1933, the Civil Works Administration, or C.W.A., was established. In addition to building

History continued on A4

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I have read criticism over the last several months about how some disagree with or don’t like the way our beaches are being taken care of. It is easy to criticize and less so when it comes to saying thank you for everything they do. Since March or so, the seawall has become clean and easy to walk and enjoy. The sand was removed, dog waste bags have been installed, bags and trash cans are now very handy for anyone to remove their trash before they leave the beach area. I thank them for those improvements. Other praise goes to the way they keep the restroom clean especially when there is lots of use. They greet me when I arrive at the seawall and do all this work with a good heart. I also see them try to make the beach accessible with continual grading.

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I have gotten to know some of the employees of Beach Operations and know their intention is constantly to make the areas of the parking lot, restrooms and showers, beach and seawall clean and safe. Please take time to thank them and show appreciation for all their hard work. They don’t have to be invisible while they are working. We as a community are so fortunate to have the beach, seawall, and safe parking in our “back yard”. Let’s show them appreciation and help take care of this asset.

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Dale Rankin About the Island Moon The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office.

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We are honored that so many community members and partners came out to show their support of the National Park Service and sea turtle conservation! Here's to one hundred more years! Thank you to all those who attended this milestone event and to the partners that made this event possible, including: Dr. Thane Wibbels, University of AlabamaBirmingham, Mayor Nelda Martinez, Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), Texas State Aquarium, Western National Parks Association, Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries, University of Texas Marine Science Center, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Big Thicket National Preserve, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Palo Alto National Battlefield, Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, National Parks Conservation Association, South Texas Botanical Gardens, Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Professional Sand Sculptor Mark Landrum, South Texas Amateur Radio Club, Texas Master Naturalists, Texas SeaLife Center, and the many dedicated volunteers of Padre Island National Seashore.

Turtle Nesting Count KEMP'S RIDLEY TURTLE So far this year, 186 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state): 0 Bolivar Peninsula 0 Galveston Island 0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside 4 Surfside Beach 1 Quintana Beach 0 Bryan Beach 0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach 0 Sargent Beach 3 Matagorda Peninsula 0 Matagorda Island 1 San Jose Island

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Turtles Cont. from A1

Your summary of the background of the Korean War and the strategy used in fighting the War is brilliant. I am glad that every now and then you point out the real cost of war in young men's lives. You asked for comments, but I can't think of a thing to add. Jean Garland

Parks Correction Here is a correction for the Moon concerning island parks. The Island Gardeners adopted Ullberg Park in 2013, and have been maintaining the park grounds since then. Thanks for the great publications. We all enjoy the Moon! Sincerely, Karen Easton Island Gardener

6 Mustang Island 10 North Padre Island north of Padre Island National Seashore 89 Padre Island National Seashore 63 South Padre Island 9 Boca Chica Beach LOGGERHEAD TURTLE So far this year, 3 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state): 1 Matagorda Peninsula 1 Padre Island National Seashore 1 South Padre Island GREEN SEA TURTLE So far this year, 0 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state):

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New Advertisers Beach House Realty Broker Gail Spinn has a waterfront paradise one bedroom condo listed at Mystic Harbor for $129,900. It is a secure complex with a pool and dock. Short term rentals are permitted and it is walking distance to Schlitterbahn. Her office is located in Port A at 2217 Hwy 361 and she can be reached at 332- 1021. Business Briefs Chelsea’s Pub in Sunrise Mall is now open with Jester’s Comedy Club inside. They brought back the popular mountain of nachos. They have some popular comedians performing for their grand opening weekend. Happy hour is 4 – 7 pm and they are open until 2 am. It was announced at the Island Strategic Action Committee this week that law enforcement officials are going to start writing tickets for horse manure droppings. This should eliminate sidestepping walks on the beach. Poco Bueno Fishing Tournament will be held this weekend in Port O’Connor. There will be a Poco Music Festival also going on with headliner Kevin Fowler. Chef Vita Jarrin, co-owner of A La Mode Gelateria, was the winner of

Food Network’s Cooks vs. Cons. The show aired on July 10 and will re-air on Sunday, July 24th. Two Professional chefs competed against two home cooks. Check out the winning recipe, Lasagna Alla Norma, in her Moon on the Spoon column in this issue. Dragonfly Restaurant has happy hour drink and tapas specials 4 – 6:00 pm. Domestic beer are $2, exports $3, house drinks $3, margaritas $4 plus more. They have a $5 tapas special menu. JB’s German Bakery will close Monday, July 18th and re-open Tuesday, August 2nd. On Sunday, July 17th baked goods will be half off 2 – 6 pm. The Boathouse Bar & Grill has a coupon in this issue for a free appetizer with purchase of an entrée.

Work on the Aquarius traffic light starts today. Traffic will be cut to one lane.

Island Moon Photo Caption Contest

Traffic Light Cont. From A1 SPID Water Exchange Bridge. City staff told the ISAC Tuesday that they are currently working on a Memorandum of Understanding with developer Paul Schexnailder for the construction of the Water Exchange Bridge that would connect Lake Padre with the existing canal system. Plans call for a 120-foot span with a 40-foot waterway and two 40-foot pedestrian/ cart paths on either side.

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Many students are taking summer as an opportunity to get ahead. Some are going to tutoring while others are teaching for cash, and teens are working hard at their summer jobs. Another simple way to prepare for the future is by visiting colleges while on vacation. This past week my family took a trip to tube in the Frio River, and while there, we made a stop at Schreiner University in Kerrville for a quick tour. It's such an easy detour, and by visiting campuses that are near the route you're on, a student can get a better feel for which type of college they're interested in. Next time you go on a trip either in or out of state, look up the universities near your destination and try to schedule a tour - you might find your dream school! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, email me at PadreIslandTeen@gmail.com.

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The Back Porch in Port A will feature this weekend Billy Joe Shaver on Friday and Sister Morales on Saturday.

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Wild Horse Saloon in Port A has live music on weekends, burgers, wings and more. Check out their schedule on Ronnie’s Moon page or their Facebook page. They are located at 212 Beach Street.

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The city is currently waiting on a response from public comments on an Environmental Assessment of the project. Those are expected to be ready by the end of August.

Photo by Shari Hartbauer Here’s the Moon photo caption contest for July. Here are the entries so far. Submit yours on our Facebook page theislandmoonnewspaper. Here are the first 9 entries from Brud Jones: 1. Isn’t the city supposed to be the only one getting all the pork OTB?

4. It will be ok honey, just let me borrow your lipstick 5. I guess the dog days of summer are behind us. 6. You never know what you will find washed up on the Kleberg beach 7. Two tourists, a pig and a poke

2. They said bring pulled pork to the BBQ didn’t they?

8. Last week they worried about what the horses left behind on the beach, now this

3. It used to be called the dog days of summer

9. Honey, I think we are going to need more sunscreen.

Schlitterbahn cleanup. Resident Heather Cooley addressed the ISAC concerning a cleanup of the work yard at the Schlitterbahn site along Aquarius. Park spokesperson Amy Gazin said the park has 110 truckloads of material from the site in recent months and is working on plans to construct a fence along the park boundary with Aquarius. “It is our goal to have a pretty park,” Gazin said, “We are working to get the property cleaned and organized.” She said attendance at the park is averaging just over 1000 visitors per day Monday through Wednesday, and between 2000 and 2700 per day Thursday through Sunday,. She said the third and fourth floors are now open and the building at the park has 10,000 feet of available meeting space.

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Naming the Islands Continued From A1 bridges, schools, hospitals, airports, parks and playgrounds, C.W.A. funds also went toward the repair and construction of highways and roads. Soon after, in 1934, Congress allocated $7,000 for construction of a new all-weather road to Redfish Landing. Redfish Bay remained fairly isolated during the war years, while the Army Air Corps used a good sized section of the Laguna Madre as a practice range by pilots training at the air gunnery school in Harlingen. About four miles south in the back bay, large round pilings were placed in the shape of an aircraft carrier

All that remained now was to open a jettiesprotected channel across Padre Island to the Gulf of Mexico. This would provide the new port with recreational opportunities and enhance its commercial uses. The initial operation proceeded smoothly until the day the dredge ran its hoses right through an old Spanish galleon, the Santa Maria de Yicar, that had lain hidden under the mud since 1554. Suddenly there was a rumbling and the pumps seemed to hesitate for a moment. Then a twinkling of silver flashed in the afternoon sun as the hoses spewed a fortune in old Spanish coins into special holding areas built to contain the spoil banks. Work was briefly stopped as workers scrambled through the cloying mud gathering as many of the shiny orbs as possible but after a short time the hoses were once again lowered and the men resumed their task. The first cut through Padre Island was completed by September of 1957.

Club News 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. Be sure to include a brief description of what your organization does and a contact person for those interested in joining. Send the info to editor@islandmoon.com and we will include it. Or call us at 9497700. Padre Island Antique Classic Car Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, tours, car shows on and around the Island. Please contact piaccarclub@aol.com for information on the upcoming meeting. Please include your contact information and the type of car owned. Padre Island Dog Owners Group (PI DOG). Meets monthly for dog and owner activities, training and education. Free to join! To join, visit padreislanddogpark.com or contact Lyn (lyn.edler@gmail.com) or Bev (bevhoffman@aol.com). PI DOG will NOT meet in July or August. Have a fun filled summer & see you in September!

with canvas stretched between the posts. The Air Corps pilots used these targets for bombing and machine gun practice. One can only imagine how many shells and bombs litter the laguna here but old-timers will recall that for years when wade fishing, one had to beware of holes, up to ten feet deep, left by those exploding bombs. Hurricane Allen struck south of here in 1980 filling in the holes and washing away what pilings were

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4 Reale Spanish coin (Carlos and Johanna)found near Padre Island Shipwrecks of 1554

50 caliber bullets found by Steve Hathcock while using a Garrett AT Pro Metal Detector near the “targets” left, but that area is still called “the targets.” In March of 1950 the Navigation District petitioned the court to condemn the 1,760 acres of land immediately surrounding the port facilities of “Red Fish Landing”. Siding with the plaintiff, the court ordered the District pay the American Legion three dollars an acre for the land it owned. The site was renamed Port Mansfield in honor of State Senator Mansfield from Columbus, Texas, who headed the commission that moved legislation through the U.S. Congress to have the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway extended from Corpus Christi south to Port Isabel. The new harbor at Port Mansfield was completed by 1956.

Going against the advice from the Army Corps, local engineers constructed their jetty with oddly shaped concrete blocks called tetra pods that resembled toy jacks used in sidewalk games. The blocks were placed with three legs touching the sandy bottom and the fourth leg sticking straight up. The rocks of the north jetty were placed atop the shattered remains of the Spanish galleon. However, no other base was laid down that would provide a proper footing to support the weight of the massive stones. Several storms hit along the Texas Coast in November of that year and the erosive power of the waves washed around and beneath the three legged stones and with nothing below but Padre Island sand, the jetties soon sank completely out of sight. The channel itself was almost completely filled in. The Island might have healed itself if it were not for the intervention of the Army Corps of Engineers, which in July of 1962, re-dredged the channel and built a new stone jetty of granite boulders to protect the channel through Padre Island. The government assumed maintenance of the jetties, channel, harbor, and navigational aids. Today, the Port Mansfield Gulf Channel, now known as the East Cut, serves as the dividing line between North and South Padre Island.

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. 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 welcoming new members. We have Boat slips available now for members. Contact Ralph Ferges, rferges@gmail.com for slip rental information. Check us out as every Friday Night is Happy Hour from 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contact David Satterwhite, Rear Commodore in charge of Memberships, dgsatterwhite@gmail.com to attend. Padre Island Yacht Club (PIYC) members enjoy small boat Poker Runs, Cruises to area restaurants, Progressive Dinners, 4th of July Boat Parade, extended boat cruises to Palacios, TX. South Padre Island, Ingleside, Rockport, Fulton, and other areas. The Members plan several social events every year including Holiday Events and Potlucks, Dinner Dances, Murder Mysteries, Soup Nights, Chili Cookoffs, Old Fashioned Picnics, Talent Night, Theme Parties such as “Tie One On”, Fab 50’s, Brazilian, Western, and Medieval Nights.

Padre Island Real Estate Ticker June 16 - June 30 By Cindy Molnar Coldwell Banker Island Realtors

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Interior Condominiums/Townhomes Sold 15110 Leeward #304 92 Interior Lot Townhomes/Condominiums Listed From $69,000-$369,000

Waterfront Lots 52 Waterfront Lots Listed From $125,000-$6,000,000

Average Sales Price $387,083 110 Waterfront lot homes listed from $250,000 - $3,500,000 Interior Lot Homes 14337 Scallop 15722 Finistere 13817 Flintlock 15642 Escapade 13965 Ketch 13958 Mainsail 15434 Gypsy 13822 Captain Kidd 15962 Punta Espada 15745 Dyna 14245 Cabo Blanco Average Sales Price $261,936 70 Interior lot homes listed from $159,900$700,000

Waterfront Condomiums/Townhomes Sold 15432 Salt Cay #103

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PIYC hosts The La Posada Foundation, whose mission is to gather toys and other donations for the US Marines “Toys for Tots” campaign through The Annual La Posada Parades and the Scuttlebutts La Posada Kick-off Party and Auction. PIYC actively supports and promotes other charities as well; Wounded Warriors, Spoil Island Clean-up, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Paddle for Parkinsons. Please come, join us! Check us out for a Friday Night Happy Hour! KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the month. Padre Island Rotary Club. 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? If you can meet this 4-way test the Padre Island Rotary is looking for you! We meet the second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Veranda Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. Contact is Linda Walsh, Secretary, lawalshva@yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. 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 The Veranda 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 is a ladies only social club open to all owners/ residents of North Padre. We hope to enrich our members through social activities and community involvement and we have A LOT of FUN in the process. We have monthly luncheons (2nd Friday) along with groups of bunco, bridge, spades, craft club and book clubs. We also have social events throughout the year including a monthly “Happy Hour” where the guys join in. We enjoy raising money for scholarships for local graduating seniors as well as other worthy causes in our community. We would love for you to join us and see how PIE can be part of your life. For more info please contact our membership chair Jaki Boyd @ 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 meeting the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 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 notfor-profit 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 817 291-7034. 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: Come out to the Island 4th of July Fest!!! This is going to be the ultimate community festival! We are seeking local Business Owners and Residents for support by sponsoring their own game tent and prizes! Each Business Owner and Resident will have the opportunity to choose a carnival game to setup, man the game and supply prizes. It is free to sign up although donations are welcome! Contact PISC’s Jennifer Seymour at 816-547-1444 and find us on facebook!! Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This is the Island book club. We meet the first Wednesday of each month at Island Time Sushi Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of ladies that like to read, love socializing with the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join us we would love to have you! Contact Linda Walsh, lawalshva@ yahoo.com or 361-445-7999, or just show up!

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The first time I saw Billy Joe Shaver play live he opened a show for Willie Nelson at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. He was supposed to open the previous night for the Grateful Dead but, “I got lost somewhere in north Austin and showed up a day late.” “As I was walking across the parking lot the Armadillo’s owner ran out and said ‘Jerry Garcia left something for you’ and he handed me a roll of toilet paper. I said well, I guess they weren’t too happy with me. But then he told me each square had a special gift from the band on it. The next year was kind of blurry and went by real fast.”

little band. I don’t play guitar much. My son Eddie who used to play guitar with me told me I couldn’t even tap my foot right. But these guys know how to back me up, they give me a little pocket in there so I can get the words across.” He recently signed with Lightening Rod Records in Nashville and his forty years on the road are like one long country song. “We were heading for New Mexico when we got stopped by the Sheriff in Ozona. We had everything you can imagine in the car including guns. It could have been prison time. We told him we were headed to play this club in town. He said everything would be alright if he could play guitar with us that night, he wasn’t too

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When I was a wee lad across the bay in Portland I saved my lawn mowing money and bought a Waylon Jennings album called Honky Tonk Heroes. I was one of those nerds who read the back of album covers and I noticed that the songs were all written by the same guy and that guy was Billy Joe Shaver. Soon enough I bought my first Shaver album and the next time he played the Armadillo I was there. He’s been singing the soundtrack for my life ever since. Along with the recently departed Guy Clark and the long departed Townes Van Zandt (sorry Willie) they are the Mount Rushmore of Texas songwriters. Shaver is the Texas version of Bob Dylan, and you can actually understand his words. He will play The Back Porch in Port Aransas this Friday night and once again I will be front and center. I caught up with Billy Joe last week as he was pulling into Texarkana headed for Nashville. “I lent somebody a car there about a year ago,” he said. “Now it won’t start and they want me to come get it out of their yard.”

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“The best time to write a great song is right after you wrote a great song. Sometimes they come out already written and sometimes they’re never quite finished. Sometimes the melody and the words come out together and sometimes one brings out the other. I like to write by myself, so many people saw the money that songwriters were making and now every person with a guitar is a songwriter. People always want to write with me but the ideas seem to all end up being mine then the song is a mess that I have to fix anyway so I just write by myself. I don’t have a method, I just roll into it and something always comes out.” His new record, aptly named Long in the Tooth, includes songs with Nelson, Leon Russell, and former Corpus Christi resident Tony Joe White (Polk Salad Annie). About a year ago I wrote one called “I Love You as Much as I Can,” it’s about as close as I ever get to a love song and I keep re-writing it.” It’s art imitating life since Shaver, by my count, has been married a total of nine times to a total of two women. He was the original recycler. After a recent health scare Shaver, 75, is back where he is most comfortable – on the road. He lives in the Waco area but tours Texas, Arizona, California, and Nashville. “I’ve always loved to travel and the singing gives me a way to do that that I couldn’t do otherwise,” he said. “I’m not a great singer but I’m pretty good at getting a message across. When people come to my shows they leave with a song in their head.”

He doesn’t work with a set list. “My crowds know my songs,” he said. “They holler ‘em out and I play ‘em. I’ve got a great

bad. So I wrote a song called “There’s a Hole in Ozona” and it turned out pretty good.

The Music Business Shaver’s take on the music business is that the days when record companies push records is gone. “You have to tour to survive these days,” he said. One of the quirky things about the music business is that the songwriters get paid first. In theory the songwriter gets paid anytime a song is sold, performed, or covered (collecting is a story for another day). But with a 50/50 split between the songwriter and whomever owns the publishing rights getting a song on an album from a major star is a life-changing deal. Until a couple of years ago when George Strait decamped from Rockport there was a cadre of songwriters who also gathered there, some of whom were said to have made almost as much money as Strait by writing songs for him. The digital age has made a huge difference for songwriters – some good and some bad. Songs purchased on the internet can be traced and songwriters get paid. On the other hand songs bootlegged on the internet don’t make the songwriter anything. In Shaver’s case his songs have been covered by a Who’s Who of country music. “I don’t write for other people,” Shaver said. “When someone does one of my songs I just consider it a compliment.”

Port Aransas music “Port Aransas is a natural place for a good music scene to develop,” Shaver says. “It reminds me a lot of Branson (Missouri). I used to play there in the early days and that music scene was driven by fishing tournaments, that led to live music and that brought in tourist who didn’t have anything to do with the fishing tournaments. I can see the same type of thing happening in Port Aransas.” So Friday night Shaver will play his part in putting Port Aransas musical future on the map, then it’s on to Houston and points afar. “I guess I’ll just bop till I drop,” he says About midnight last week my phone rang. It was a butt dial from Billy Joe, I could hear him singing a song with an acoustic guitar in the background. I should have hung up but how often are you going to get an accidental midnight call from Billy Joe? “Maybe we go back to the first part of the chorus right there,” I heard him say. And as I listened I realized that at 75, somewhere in America Billy Joe was sitting in the back of his bus, going down the road, and still writing songs. Go Billy Joe Go!

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By Kelly Trevino By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: While doing research about astronauts I ran across this July 14, 1957 headline: “‘Project Bullet’ sets transcontinental speed record.”* This got me to thinking about the exploits of my childhood hero, Charles Lindbergh. I believe that many of you “Monkeys” may enjoy (some may possibly not know) some facts about this pioneer aviator. Aviation writer Evan Andrews contributed to this article.

Lindbergh’s transcontinental crossing made him one of the most famous men in the world. He received millions of letters from adoring fans, rode in more than a thousand miles of parades and was even given the Medal of Honor. Still, it wasn’t long before the “The Lone Eagle” took back to the skies on another ambitious journey. In December 1927, he piloted “The Spirit of St. Louis” on a solo, non-stop flight from Washington D.C. to Mexico City as part of a goodwill tour of Latin America. While in

Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau School’s out for the summer and with a lot of free time on their hands, chances are your kids are playing video games. With the Internet available at your fingertips, going online to play a game or downloading an app to a mobile phone is quick and easy. But, did you know that by downloading an app you could be allowing the company—or worse—hackers access to your phone? Even following a link to a website to play a game could be an attempt to download malware to your computer.

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Consider video game ratings. After putting in place parental controls, consider video game ratings. Do your research and decide which games you feel comfortable letting your kids play. On the front and back of most video game boxes are age rating symbols and content descriptions of the game elements to give you a better idea of the ages the game may be appropriate for.

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Aside from the threat of gaming scams or attempts of identity theft, it’s important to know how video games and apps operate. For example, some online-enabled games can expose players to chat (text, audio or video). Also, some mobile apps and online games use the location sharing feature, may access a device’s camera or contacts list, and may collect user data. To help you navigate the gaming world, Better Business Bureau serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers the following tips:

On May 20, 1927, 25-year-old pilot Charles Lindbergh strapped into his famous airplane, “The Spirit of St. Louis,” and took off on the first ever non-stop flight from New York to Paris. The 33.5-hour crossing vaulted Lindbergh to international stardom, but he was later visited by tragedy in 1932, when his 20-month-old son was kidnapped and murdered in what was dubbed “the Crime of the Century.” Below, are surprising facts about the heroic and controversial life of the aviator known as “The Lone Eagle.”

His father was a U.S. Congressman. When Lindbergh was four years old, Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District elected his father, Charles August Lindbergh, to the U.S. House of Representatives. The elder Lindbergh would serve five terms in Congress, where he won a reputation for his independent stances and fierce opposition to the Federal Reserve System. Congressman Lindbergh was among the few members of the House to speak out against U.S. involvement in World War I, and was later censored and accused of sedition after writing an anti-war pamphlet called “Why is Your Country at War?”

He worked as a daredevil and stunt pilot. After learning to fly at the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation in Lincoln, Lindbergh spent two years as an itinerant stuntman and aerial daredevil. During “barnstorming” excursions through the American heartland, the young aviator wowed audiences with daring displays of wing-walking, parachuting and mid-air plane changes. After purchasing his own plane, he became one of the nation’s top stunt pilots, often twisting his machine into complicated loops and spins or killing the engine at 3,000 feet and gliding to ground. Despite the hazardous nature of stunt flying, “Lucky Lindy’s” closest brushes with death would come during his time as a U.S. Army flier, test pilot and airmail pilot, when he survived a record four plane crashes by bailing out and parachuting to safety.

He wasn’t the first person to make a transatlantic crossing in an airplane. In the years before Charles Lindbergh’s New York to Paris flight, dozens of other pioneering aviators completed airborne crossings of the Atlantic. Most made the journey in multiple stages or used lighter-than-air dirigibles, but in 1919, British pilots John Alcock and Arthur Brown famously flew nonstop from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Vickers Vimy biplane before crash landing in a bog. Lindbergh’s major achievement was not that he was the first person to cross the Atlantic by airplane, but rather that he did it alone and between two major international cities.

He experienced hallucinations and saw mirages during his famous flight. Along with the perils of navigating the foggy Atlantic, Lindbergh’s biggest challenge during his transatlantic flight was simply staying awake. Between his pre-flight preparations and the 33.5-hour journey itself, he went some 55 hours without sleep. Lindbergh went so far as to buzz the surface of the ocean in the hope

The Spirit of St. Louis that the chilly sea spray would help keep him awake, but 24 hours into the journey, he became delirious from lack of rest. He later wrote of mirage-like “fog islands” forming in the sea below, and of seeing “vaguely outlined forms, transparent, moving, riding weightless with me in the plane.” Lindbergh even claimed the apparitions spoke to him and offered words of wisdom for his journey. The hallucinations eventually faded, and only a few hours later, the exhausted aviator landed in Paris to a crowd of more than 150,000 jubilant spectators.

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Mexico, Lindbergh met Anne Morrow, the daughter of U.S. Ambassador Dwight Morrow, and the two married only a few months later. Anne later became Lindbergh’s trusted copilot Charles & Anne and radio operator, Lindbergh and the couple made several groundbreaking flights, including a 1931 trip from the United States to Japan and China. He played a role in the advent of the space program. Lindbergh was a famous proponent of early air travel, but he also helped sow the seeds of the space program through his work with Robert Goddard, the so-called “father of modern rocketry.” Lindbergh first learned about Goddard’s experiments with liquid-fueled rockets in late-1929, and the two soon struck up a lifelong friendship. Convinced that Goddard’s work might one day facilitate a trip to the moon, Lindbergh became the physicist’s greatest champion and even persuaded philanthropist Daniel Guggenheim to give him $100,000 in funding. Goddard’s breakthroughs would later prove invaluable in the development of early missiles and space travel. When Apollo 8 became the first manned space mission to orbit the moon in 1968, Lindbergh sent the astronauts a message saying, “You have turned into reality the dream of Robert Goddard.”

He helped invent an early artificial heart. Lindbergh was known for his hands-on approach to repairing and prepping his aircraft, and he later turned his mechanical wizardry toward biology. Inspired by his sister-in-law Elisabeth’s battle with heart disease, he teamed with Nobel Prize-winning French surgeon Alexis Carrel and spent much of the early 1930s working on a method for keeping organs alive outside the body. By 1935, Lindbergh had developed a perfusion pump made of Pyrex glass that was capable of moving air and lifegiving fluids through excised organs to keep them working and infection-free. The pump was hailed as a medical breakthrough, and helped pave the way for the development of the first true artificial organs. Lindbergh and Carrel later collaborated on a 1938 book on the subject called “The Culture of Organs.”

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Consider parental controls. Depending on the type of device, parental controls may include in-game purchasing restrictions, internet access restrictions or time limits.

In-game purchase restrictions: Many times downloading a game app is free; however, sometimes you can buy downloadable items within the game with a credit card. Consider setting a password to restrict purchases or don’t save the credit card number to your phone.

Disable Internet access: This setting can disable your kids from accessing online features or websites. For example, some game systems include parental controls that allow you to disable the online chat feature that comes with many gaming consoles. Some systems even offer the ability for parents to approve friend requests or create lists of friends their kids can play with or talk to.

Set time limits: Consider setting time limits for the amount of time your kids are allowed screen usage. Some game systems allow parents to set days and times your kids can play, and for how long.

Kelly Trevino is the regional director for the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better Business Bureau serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin. Kelly is available for media interviews and speaking engagements. You can reach her by phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ corpuschristi.bbb.org.

Texas State Historical Association Launches Virtual Race Across Texas More than 10,000 Expected to Compete Online AUSTIN, TX – The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) today launched the second annual Virtual Race Across Texas, an online social game to test competitors’ knowledge of all things Texan. The free game, which runs through July 31, challenges players with daily questions about Texas history and encourages them to invite friends to compete against each other. Participants can register to play at www. raceacrosstexas.com. Players will be invited to travel virtually across the state, visiting a new Texas destination online each day and answering historical questions about Texas events, people and places. The first leg of the virtual race will test participants’ knowledge of the Texas Revolution, the second leg will test players’ knowledge of historic sites and landmarks, and the final leg will include questions about Texas treasures and museums. “The Texas State Historical Association

is dedicated to recording and sharing the authentic story of Texas, and the Virtual Race Across Texas is a fun way for us to encourage people to learn more about our great state. More than 10,000 people participated in the Race last year, and based on the feedback we received and early registration, we expect even more competitors to participate this year,” said Brian Bollinger, Chief Executive Officer of the Texas State Historical Association. Participants can accumulate points by answering multiple-choice questions correctly, inviting friends to play, and becoming TSHA members. The more points earned, the better chance of winning great prizes, such as travel packages, Texas-sized barbecue grills, private tours, museum visits, and Texas Almanacs. Prizes will be awarded weekly and the grand prize will be awarded to the player with the most points at the end of the game. Learn more about the great prizes available at https://www. raceacrosstexas.com/prizes/.

He was a staunch conservationist. Lindbergh traveled widely after World War II, and later claimed that his wanderings had made him acutely aware of the toll modern civilization was taking on animal and plant life. Arguing that he would rather have “birds than airplanes,” in the 1960s, Lindbergh threw his support behind the World Wildlife Fund and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. He used his travels to lobby for environmental causes, and fought against the disappearance of dozens of endangered species including blue and humpback whales, tortoises, tamaraws and eagles. Before his death in 1974, he also lived among indigenous tribes in Africa and the Philippines and helped procure land for the formation of Haleakala National Park in Hawaii. Dotson’s Other Note: *Marine Corps Major John Glenn got up on the morning of July 16, 1957, strapped into a Vought F8U Crusader, and took off from Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in California like a cannon shot. Three hours, 23 minutes, and 8.4 seconds later (a time based on a National Aeronautic Association formula for records), he touched down at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, setting a transcontinental speed record: 725.55 mph. Your thoughts regarding this or any articles appearing in The Island Moon are greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading and commenting on Senior Moments. I can be reached at dlewis1@stx.rr.com and/or Land Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. Please Note: The next Veterans Roundtable Meeting will be Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 9-11 AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are invited. Coffee & Doughnuts are provided. Hope to see you there. Hang in there/Have fun! .

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Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: To continue preparing you Monkeys for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and in the event some of you are considering attending--here is some information to assist you in planning your trip. For your viewing/ listening enjoyment, you may wish to enter this link in your browser http://www.usatoday. com/story/sports/olympics/2016/07/05/ summer-games-rio-de-janeiro-costs-hotelairbnb/86728382/ so you can watch and listen to former Miss Brazil describe how tourists can capitalize on their time in Rio de Janeiro during this summer’s Olympics. USA Today’s sports writer Martin Rogers contributed to this article.

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Rio de Janeiro-From a Distance This year’s Olympic Games come with excess baggage from a tourism perspective, with many would-be visitors deterred by a steady stream of negative publicity. Numbers of travelling fans are well below initial expectations for Rio’s summer spectacular, primarily thanks to the troubling trifecta of the Zika virus, political tumult and security concerns.

had ballooned to $4,739 by the end of June. However, flying instead to Sao Paulo saw that price plummet to $944. Connecting flights from Sao Paulo to Rio take around an hour, and were still available for $106. Luxury buses also make the journey, taking six hours and costing from $50. The decision of Rio’s organizing committee to partner with accommodation sharing site Airbnb helped to ensure affordable rooms remained available even a month out from the start of the Games. The site offered a variety of twobedroom apartments within 15 minutes’ walk of the main Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca for around $100 a night.

One of the main ones is the exchange rate. During the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, one U.S. dollar bought just over two Brazilian reals. Despite some fluctuation in recent days as the global effects of Britain’s European Union exit rumbled, the Real/dollar rate has hovered close to 4/1 for much of 2016. “It is a very different situations for Americans when they come here now compared to just a couple of years ago,” Adriana Alves de Oliveira, a former Miss Brazil winner and now an Airbnb host, said. “You can see it in the approach of visitors. They have a lot more available cash, and they are enjoying themselves more.” Brazil’s economy peaked in 2011 and has tanked spectacularly in the past few years, which will also contribute to chances for enterprising visitors to save money. Trying to get tickets for events in London in 2012 proved to be a largely futile exercise, such was the demand. Not so here. “Brazilians tend to leave it late before they buy their tickets for events,” local businessman Jan Willem Zeldenrust, a former journalist originally from the Netherlands, said. “And local people definitely have less to spend than they did during the boom years.”

On Friday, August 5th, the 2016 Summer Olympics opens at the famed Maracanã. The Opening Ceremony will be highlighted by the Parade of Nations and cauldron lighting, the final torch bearer always a closely guarded secret. (Of note, the final torch bearer has actually been multiple people at the last three Olympics, so it will be interesting to see if Rio

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Rio Close Up ends that streak.) On Sunday, August 21st, the 2016 Olympics Summer Games closing ceremony will be held. The Olympic cauldron will be extinguished at the Maracanã and anticipation will grow for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games and 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Dotson’s Other Note: In the next issue of The Moon, I plan to include in the Sports Talk article a detailed viewer’s guide for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games. With all of this said, just a note of caution, Rio de Janeiro was recently named by “The Cheat Sheet” as the 2nd most dangerous city in the world. The Cheat Sheet wrote: “Don’t be fooled by the glitz and glamour of the World Cup and Olympic games — the city is in trouble. Despite the fact that Rio is attracting big-time events, the seedy underbelly of violence and despair is still very much on display, and it can lead to some real danger for travelers. Tips for staying safe include passing on any drugs offered, staying sober, and not showing off your gadgets — including smartphones and tablets.” A word to the wise should suffice. Your comments, suggestions, questions and concerns regarding Sports Talk articles are greatly appreciated, please call the Benchwarmers at 361-560-5397 weekdays, Mondays thru Fridays, 5-7 PM, or contact me. Phone: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530748-8475 Email: dlewis1@stx.rr.com

On Thursday, May 7, 1959, the L.A. Dodgers played the New York Yankees in a special exhibition game set up to be played at the L.A. Coliseum, during the season. There was no interleague play at the time and the National League and American League teams only met during the World Series. Dodger president and owner, Walter O’Malley, had declared this night to be Roy Campanella Night. The game was played in an effort to not only recognize “Campy” as a great player, but to use the proceeds from the attendance to help his family pay for his enormous medical bills. The crowd numbered 93,103 and became the largest to ever attend a baseball game at that time. During the fifth inning of the game, the Yankees and Dodgers were asked to leave the field, and Pee Wee Reese, dressed in his Brooklyn uniform, pushed Roy Campanella to the pitcher’s mound. Campy was seated in a wheelchair. Vin Scully described the scene like this: “All the stadium lights were turned off and 93,103 fans were asked to light a match or a candle. Their lights came on like thousands and thousands of fireflies.” “It was like every fan had a way to communicate to Roy,” said former teammate, Ralph Branca. The outpouring of affection rained down on Roy like Niagara Falls. When Roy heard there were 93,000 fans in the stands, he said to Reese, “Pee Wee, that’s my number turned backward, #39.” It was a night to remember.

Minor League system, until he joined the big club in 1948 as a catcher. Roy became an eighttime All-Star during his ten years with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Campanella was named the league’s MVP in 1951, 1953 and 1955, while playing on five pennant winning teams. He also hit two home runs and drove in four runs, to lead the Dodgers to the World Series title in 1955, over the New York Yankees.

Interestingly, it had been Pee Wee who had asked Roy Campanella to come stand with him at the mound the night the Dodgers honored Pee Wee with his special day. “He asked me because he was a little nervous,” said Roy. It was an extremely emotional night, and no one

“I would like to say that I will never forget this night as long as I live,” said Roy. “I thank God I was able to be here to see this site. Thanks a million.” Roy left us on June 26, 1993. He was 71. He had spent almost half his life in a wheelchair. Roy Campanella never played a game in Los Angeles for his Dodgers.

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At the young age of 36, a car crash on January 28, 1958, just days before he was scheduled to report for Spring Training, would leave Roy Campanella paralyzed from the shoulders down. He closed his store and had driven home that night. Although he was only traveling 30 mph, he hit a patch of ice and skidded into a telephone pole. The car turned upside down, and Roy was injured. Roy Campanella once said, “The hardest thing for me is when I wake up in the morning, because I can’t move until someone comes and helps me get in my chair.” Many times while in the hospital, Roy lost his will to live. This gesture renewed his faith to continue living. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. His #39 was retired by the Dodgers in 1972. In the 1980’s, Tommy Lasorda made him a coach. Roy attended almost every home game until his death. But it was at Roy Campanella Night that the world of baseball celebrated his life.

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“There is no better time to be an Olympic fan,” Glenn Lehrman, head of global communications for online ticket marketplace StubHub, said. “The prices are lower than for any Olympics that we have been involved with. Of course you will always see huge demand and high prices for the ultimate marquee events such as basketball’s gold medal game or the 100-meter final on the track.

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“But there are many other great events that people are going to have access to without breaking the bank.” Andrew Picca, a medical student from Allentown, PA, left it late to book his trip of a lifetime, but was able to secure tickets for eight events for a combined cost of less than $1,000.

However, visitors have had to get creative to ensure good deals on flights. An economy Delta ticket from Los Angeles to Rio’s Galeao airport, for a trip between August 8th and 15th

A baby boy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1921. They named him Roy Campanella. He grew up to play professional baseball by the age of 15 and joined the Negro League’s Washington Elite Giants, in 1936. They moved to Baltimore in 1937. Roy eventually signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946 and spent two years in their

“As Brazilians we love life, and we love to show people from around the world what a beautiful thing it is to enjoy yourself,” she said. “This is an interesting time. Even during the Olympics you can come here and live like a king, but you don’t have to pay a king’s price.”

Tickets for hundreds of event sessions are available on the Internet, either through official Olympic channels or secondary sites such as StubHub.com.

“I budgeted to pay a lot more across the board,” Picca said. “I found a great flight, my accommodation was reasonable and the ticket situation was a very pleasant surprise. Whatever I save can go towards my student loans.”

cared that the Yankees had won, 6-2.

There is also the option of adding an extra touch of glamour in one of the coastal suburbs such as uber-trendy Copacabana, Ipanema or Leblon. Alves de Oliveira revealed how she and other landlords were prepared to go the extra mile to ensure a memorable stay. On an evening last week, she was hosting two of her visiting tenants for instruction from a local samba dancing professional.

“There are less people than expected, yes,” said Joao Dematos, president of travel agency BACC Travel, which specializes in Brazilian tourist packages. “But that has opened up some great opportunities.” It has been said that that sponsors, athletes and regular tourists had abandoned their Rio plans in droves. However, the trepidation of some has created more favorable conditions for those willing to make the journey to South America, with these Games shaping up to become the most affordable in recent memory. Airplane tickets, hotels and general vacation expenses have dipped to reasonable levels, thanks to a combination of factors.

On September 29, 1959, Gil Hodges scored the winning run and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their first National League pennant. They had finished in seventh place the year before and were expected to finish somewhere in the middle of the pack. It had been an amazing finish to the season; but it had started off with a celebration of life. At the end of the 1957 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles.

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