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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 December 10, 2020 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around The Flying Turtles Arrive in Texas! Short-Term Island Rentals in By Dale Rankin Cold stunned visitors follow Winter Texans to Padre Island This is the weekend for the La Posada Lighted Boat Parade and if the Weather Wonks get it right it The Island to warm up Neighborhoods looks like the weather will be great. Temperatures in the 60s and just a Violation of enough wind to remind us we live on The Island. The best viewing Friday night will be along the Intracoastal at City Code Snoopy’s, Doc’s, and Marker 37. Get there early unless you want to walk a City Attorney says ways because parking is likely to be a problem. We include the schedule of nothing preventing events in this issue. city from enforcing Flowbee Rick Last week we told you about George rules now Clooney saying during a CBS By Dale Rankin interview that he uses a Flowbee Short-Term Rentals are in residential to cut his hair. But then our friend neighborhoods zoned RS-6 on Padre Rick, who invented the Flowbee, got Island are a violation of the city code another testimonial when Clooney and can be shut down under current went on Jimmy Kimmel’s show city ordinances, Corpus Christi City Wednesday night and both men cut Attorney Miles Risley said Tuesday. their hair with a Flowbee! What a deal! Flowbee Rick vacated The In response to a question from Island a few years back due to the By Dale Rankin rehabilitated and eventually released of the Atlantic Ocean to the relatively District 4 Councilman Greg Smith into the warmer waters of the Gulf of balmy climes of the Coastal Bend during Tuesday’s council meeting blasts from duck hunters but he Who ever said that turtles can’t fly Mexico. to warm up before being released in Risley said that any rental of less than and Bunny lived here for a decade. never met the 20 Kemps ridley turtles the Gulf of Mexico where the water thirty days in residential areas zoned We got this letter from reader Tom that flew from the chilly waters “We expect to have them about temperature is around 70 degrees. RS-6 is a violation of existing city Cullinan. around the New England Aquarium two months,” said Dr. Tim Triston, The flight took eight hours from code and the city’s ability to enforce to Padre Island this week. Director of the Texas Sealife Center. As you surely read in last week's Cape Cod where more than 500 cold- the zoning has not been effected by “About 70 percent of them have Island Moon, George Clooney The cold stunned turtkes didn’t stunned turtles have washed up so lawsuits stemming from Short-Term pneumonia, so we get them over that revealed that his hair is cut with a sprout wings they were loaded onto far overloading the rehabilitation Rental rules enacted across the state. and when they are healthy enough to Flowbee, the device I have used to a SAAB 340B turboprop aircraft, facilities in New England prompting trim my hair since 1987. That was swim we will release them.” “There is nothing prohibiting the each tucked into banana boxes with the flight to Texas. city from enforcing the rules against also the last year I visited a barber, towels, into the plane and found For the flights, the turtles remained saving me at least $20,000. But then Sea turtles are cold-blooded and rely their way to the Texas Sealife Center at temperatures of 70-75 degrees. Short-term cont. on A4 I read that Clooney was on a late- on Padre Island where they will be They were escaping the chilly water night show saying he bought it for his Turtles cont. on A4 assistant to do his hair. "I don't do it Letter From myself ... my Gosh, that's cheap!" Two New Recreational Vehicle La Posada So there you go. The next time Rick PIPOA visits The Island he’s buying dinner. Parks Planned Along State Schedule Regarding Thefts • Friday December 11- La Highway 361 Posada Lighted Boat Parade A check of Island police reports North Canals. 7:00 p.m. start Short-Term over the past couple of weeks shows City Council considering permitting time. Please bring & Donate we have an influx of sneak thieves a new toy for “Toys for Tots." Rentals stealing from parked cars. In one case By Dale Rankin U. S. Marines on site. Editor’s note: Letter from PIPOA a brazen thief stole a hunting bow out Two new developments along the President Marvin Jones to member of of a truck parked right outside CVS • Saturday December 12- La State Highway 361 corridor north the Island Strategic Action Committee in the middle of the day. They’re out Posada Lighted Boat Parade of Packery Channel are making their prior to this week’s meeting. there folks so be careful. South Canals. 6:00 p.m. start way through the zoning process at the time. See the route maps on December 3, 2020 City of Corpus Christi. New Construction page A12. Please bring and City of Corpus Christi Both are encountering pushback donate a new toy for “Toys for PIPOA President Marvin Jones Island Strategic Action Committee reports in his column this week that from residents and city officials Tots." A proposal to develop a nearly 100 new homes will have been who are opposed to new recreational Toy drop off and pickup Dear Gentlemen, vehicle parks in that area. project including a hotel and constructed in the PIPOA in 2020 Thank you for the opportunity recreational vehicles sites at • Friday Night- Jackfish Boat and approximately 66 pools have The first application was tabled by to provide the ISAC with this location was tabled by the Launch. been built. We’ve been discovered. the city council on Tuesday after recommendations regarding short- Corpus Christi City Council on Water rationing the developer failed to provide a • Saturday Night- Padre Island term rentals within the Padre Isles blueprint showing exactly what Tuesday. Yacht Club gate, POA Boat Property Owners Association If you’re the owner of one of those would be developed at the 17-acre Documents presented to the council Launch. (PIPOA). As stated in my email dated new pools, or an old one for that site which is located at 7213 SH 362 on Tuesday would change the zoning October 5, 2020, the PIPOA Board matter, fill them up now because it • For toy pickup call: Sandy about halfway between Padre Island Graves @ 254.640.9348. of Directors created a committee looks like we’re headed for water and Port Aransas. RV cont. on A5 to study the short-term rental issue. rationing in the next couple of weeks The study included a survey of its unless we get rain. In a briefing to the members with recommendations for city council this week city staffers A little Island history areas involving short-term rentals reported that the lake capacity of our with rules, and regulations pertaining water system is at 40.7 percent and A Look at Padre Island in December 1876 to short-term rentals. Below find, the when we reach 40 percent Phase 1 results of the committee's study. water rationing kicks in. That means A land of wolves, coyotes, panthers, sand, rattlesnakes, and watering yards only once per week men who would kill you for your saddle and clothes SURVEY which isn’t a big deal but without The PIPOA sent a survey of five rain through the spring it looks to be questions to its membership; see Editor’s Note: The following was Washington written a dry few months Around The Island. Exhibit A attached. The survey taken from a study of Padre Island from his camp at results indicate that over 80% of Packery debris done by the National Park Service the north end of those responding strongly agree or prior to the founding of Padre the island, Halter agree that short-term rentals should Island National Seashore. remarked that his nearest neighbors not be allowed in single-family At the beginning of 1876, R. were a family living residential areas. 73% either strongly E. Halter from the United States twenty miles down agree or agree that short-term rentals Coast and Geodetic Survey arrived the island and an should be regulated by the City of in Corpus Christi for the purpose old hermit "living Corpus Christi laws and regulations. of surveying the coast from Brazos in a hovel without 79% either strongly agree or agree Island to Aransas Pass. Between even a dog." From that the City of Corpus Christi should 1876 and 1882 he and a crew of a camp sixty miles strictly enforce short-term laws and about four to six men spent several down the island he regulations. 77% either strongly months every year moving up and commented again on is no one living within forty miles agree or agree that short-term rentals We’ve had several calls this week down The Island setting markers conditions on Padre. He had found of me that I know of. Even the sea will reduce property values in the about illegal dumping near the and making observations. From his it necessary to purchase a rifle for is particularly lonesome… We do PIPOA. Finally, 77% either strongly Packery Channel Bridge on SH 361. correspondence with Washington, protection against coyotes, wolves, have plenty of sand, rattlesnakes, agree or agree that short-term rentals There is in fact some dumping going one gains the impression that and "panthers," which had "become and coyotes." In March 1879 he will reduce the quality of life in on there but of the legal variety as Padre was all but deserted during more plentiful as we go down the explained why he preferred to the PIPOA. The chart in Exhibit A the property owner is working to these years. island." locate his camp on Padre, although provides an excellent graph depicting stop erosion of the shoreline there. the survey results. Please take a In December 1876, in one of In April 1878, Halter observed, the island was very lonely. Not only his monthly progress reports to "This is a very desolate place. There History cont. on A4 Around cont. on A4 Letter cont. on A15 December 10, 2020 Island Moon A 2 La Posada Land Parade Photos by Debbie Noble

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19503 - E_PN_CC_Print Ad 3_Island Moon News_12.10-10x10.25.indd 1 12/2/20 9:29 AM December 10, 2020 Island Moon A 3 Moon Monkeys Island Obituary Mike Ellis, Founder Did Ya Hear? By Mary Craft Business Briefs JB’s German Bakery is moving into town at 4141 S. Staples the corner of Everhart and Staples next Souper Salad. In their new location they will be just five minutes from home. The last day on the Island is December 31st. Marker 37 Pier will have Santa and Mrs. Claus for the La Posada Foundation Lighted Boat Parade on Friday, December 11th. There will be Christmas Carolers Distribution you can sing along with and face painting and hot chocolate for the kids. Snoopy’s Pete Alsop will feature a DJ and live music. U.S. Marines will be there collecting unwrapped Toys for Tots. Although they need gifts for all ages including teens they receive an Island Delivery abundance for toddlers because of “tots” so keep that in mind. Coldwell Banker A large sand sculpture of Santa on a chair with his Advertising surfboard nearby was created by Albert Lucio Sr. at Roberts Jan Park Rankin Point Park in Port A. It is a great quirky way (and safe way) Classifieds to have your photo taken with Santa. There is no fee. Arlene Ritley Paul Andrew The Nutcracker Sweets will be performed by the Corpus Production Manager Christi Ballet on Saturday, December 12th at the Museum of Science & Industry. Abigail Bair Contributing Writers Wilson Aruba Bay Waterfront Paul Andrew Wilson, age 87, passed Joey Farah Resort on Lake Padre has golf cart away peacefully November 27, 2020 after rental, boat slip rental, two heated Andy Purvis a courageous battle with kidney cancer. pools, on site catering and Kokomo Mary Craft He was born March 28, 1933 in Vanoss, Yacht Club. If you are interested Emily Gaines OK to Oscar L. Wilson and Lucille in one of the remaining 12 condos Jay Gardner (Nowakowski) Wilson. contact [email protected]. Pastor Kris Bair Paul was raised in the Houston, TX Padre Pizzeria has a lasagna lunch special for $5.99 Monday - Aruba Bay Todd Hunter Memorial area and moved to Corpus Thursday 11 am - 3 pm. Wednesdays are half price wine and they Dotson Lewis Christi, TX during his junior year of high have Monday Night Football specials. Dr. Tom Dorrell school. He was a 1954 Graduate of W. B. Ray High School. He proudly served Turtles Fly Too brought 120 cold-stunned Ronnie Narmour in the United States Air Force during the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles from Cape Cod Brent Rourk Korean War, from 1955 to 1959. beaches to continue their rehabilitation, care, Photographers and future release. Twenty of the patients are Paul graduated from Texas A&I being treated at Texas Sealife Center on the Miles Merwin (Emeritus) University, Kingsville, TX in 1964 with a Island. The center is open for tours Wednesday Debbie Noble Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm and Sunday noon - 4 Engineering. He was also a licensed Texas Jan Rankin pm. Board Certified Professional Engineer. Mary Craft He began his career at Coastal States Gas A Fundraiser is being held by Glenn Mier to Ronnie Narmour Producing Company in Corpus Christi, raise $4,500 for an observation deck for the TX. sea turtles at Texas Sealife Center. There will Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) Texas Sea Life Center Paul spent his entire career in the oil and gas industry, working throughout the US be donation boxes at Angry Marlin and and in various positions, including as an Black Sheep Bistro and they hope to reach engineer, consultant, inspector, and as the goal by February. President of High Plains Natural Gas. After retiring multiple times, he finally Almost 100 new homes were built on the hung up his slide rule for good at age 85. Island and around 66 pools in 2020. Paul served on the board of directors La Posada Collector Boats and Toy for the Texas A&I University Kingsville Pick up with US Marines on Friday, December Alumni Association and the Texas A&M 11th at Jackfish Boat ramp 7 - 9 pm and at Riley P. Dog Corpus Christi Athletic Fund, and was Marker 37. On Saturday they will be at the President of the Lions Club in Canadian front gate of the Yacht Club and at the dock TX. at the Yacht Club, and at the boat ramp Publisher near Billish Park. If you need a volunteer Dale Rankin Paul had a passion for WWII history, to swing by to collect by land or water About the Island Moon planes, dove hunting, single malt scotch, contact Sandy Graves at 254-640-9348 The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Panjo’s pepperoni pizza, tending a fire or [email protected]. Rankin, Editor / Publisher. pit, skeet shooting, golf, and Carol’s King in Port A will feature the Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes Ranch casserole. He enjoyed an adult The Back Porch delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 beverage, or two, while watching sports Free Beer Band on Friday, December 11th and copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, with friends and family at his favorite Riptide on Saturday. Their hours daily are noon as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. hide-away. “Tejas Paul” was also a - 11 pm. News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, member of SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) and the Texas Riviera Pistoleros, payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. a welcoming group of men and women The Island Moon Newspaper who always gave a helping hand. He was Island Obituary From Our Facebook Page a member of the YMCA for over 40 years. 14646 Compass, Suite 3 Dale's Column Paul was preceded in death by his mother Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Debby Fisher Seefeldt: Thank you Dale! This Lucille N. Wilson, father Oscar L. Wilson, article is a HOME RUN! 361-949-7700 step-mother Gwendolyn Everett Wilson, and brother Donald Duggan. Cindy Loeffler :Best thing I've read in a long, [email protected] long time! Merry Christmas Paul is survived by his wife Carol Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Wilson; daughter Tracy (Bryan) Peterson MaryBeth Nieto-Reyes: Great story!Thx for of Omaha, NE; grandchildren Kyle sharing! (Alyssa) Peterson of Falls Church, VA, David Endres: Great column...those that have , Laura Peterson of Washington, DC, Hanna have a reason to give. Happy holidays.. Peterson of New Haven, CT; step-children Where to Find The Robert (Edie) Crawford of Corpus Christi, Sharon Shaw: Absolutely love this writing! 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Stripes on 1A Barrel William (Bill) My Coastal Home The family would like to thank the CVS caregivers at Angel Bright Hospice, WB Liquor Store Dollar General especially Maria, who made Paul’s last Gordon Fairey Island Wine Room Doc’s Restaurant days comfortable, along with Dr. Neff and Dr. Salloum of Corpus Christi and Dr. Longtime Islander William (Bill) Gordon Kody’s Snoopy’s Pier Tannir and Dr. McAleer at MD Anderson Fairey, 89, passed way November 30. He was born in San Benito and was raised by Coffee Waves Cancer Center, who gave him excellent Isle Mail N More care over the last five years. his grandparents in San Marcos, Texas, Moby Dicks where he graduated from high school. Island Italian In lieu of flowers, the family requests IGA donations in memory of Paul to the Texas He attended one year at Texas A&M Brooklyn Pie Co. before receiving a congressional Treasure Island A&M Kingsville Frank H. Dotterweich Ace Hardware College of Engineering or to the Texas appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. San Juan’s Restaurant A&M Corpus Christi Islander Athletic He received his wings as a jet fighter pilot Texas Star (Shell) in the Air Force, and flew with the Texas Wash Tub Fund. Spanky's Air National Guard for 18 years. Bill To donate to the College of Engineering Woody’s Sports Scuttlebutt’s retired as a Lt. Colonel Command Pilot Center by mail, make checks payable to: Texas after 25 years of military service. Restaurant A&M University-Kingsville Foundation Back Porch Bar He and Peggy Caldwell, his high school Subway at P.O. Box 2202, Kingsville, TX 78363. Shorty’s Place Write “Paul Wilson Memorial” in the sweetheart, married in September, Butterfly in December by Evelyn Pless- Island Tire memo line. Online donations may be 1955 and have sons Russell (Carla) of Schuberth. Fisherman’s Wharf Monticello, New Mexico, and Robert Padre Pizzeria made at https://www.javelinagiving.org/ Gratitude paulwilsonmemorial; add “in honor of (Michelle) of Seguin. He is also survived by his sister Patricia of Bonaire, GA, The Gaff And all Moon Paul Wilson” in Comments. retail advertisers six grandchildren and eight great- Trinity By the Sea To donate to the Athletic Fund, mail grandchildren. Episcopal WB Liquor checks to: Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islander Athletic Fund, 6300 Ocean Drive Bill and Peggy spend many of their Unit 5719, Corpus Christi, TX 78412. retirement years aboard their boats Flour Bluff Write “Paul Wilson Memorial” in the cruising the Eastern seaboard and the H.E.B. memo line. Online donations may be Bahama Islands making lifelong friends and lasting memories. Ethyl Everly made at www.goislanders.com/give. He was a 30-year resident on The Island, Senior Center The memorial service will be on 12:30 p.m. January 8th 2021 at Sawyer-George watching it grow, fishing in his backyard Stripes on Flour Funeral Home, 12497 Leopard St., Corpus canal, making friends, and hanging out at Bluff & SPID Christi, TX 78410. Masks will be required. the Padre Island Yacht Club. A graveside service will follow at Coastal Billy was dearly loved by friends and Bend State Veteran’s Cemetery, 9974 I-37 family and will be missed for his quick, Access Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78410. witty humor and warm heart. A Celebration of Life with friends and Services will be at The Coastal Bend family will be held at a later date. Veterans Cemetery on December 10 a 1 p.m.

Christmas mermaid in Roberts Point Park. Photo by Ronnie Narmour Letters to Ed cont. on A4 December 10, 2020 Island Moon A 4

History cont. from A1 Around cont. from A1 was it easier to survey the Laguna Madre At this period no Mexican or Texan spoke of from Padre, but also, and just as important, Padre as a pleasant place to spend enjoyable he wrote, "Camps on the mainland are not and relaxing hours swimming, fishing, or considered safe to life or property, the country just walking the beach. Parties from Corpus is frequented by cattle thieves, lawless men, probably sailed out to Padre or forded the Mexicans and others of whom it is said they Laguna Madre to spend a Sunday on the will kill a man for his saddle and clothes." island, but such visits were infrequent. Padre remained an isolated and desolate sweep of The Island’s topography and hydrology are sand and grass. During this period Texans chronicled were much too busy establishing viable forms In 1879, Halter finished the triangulation of of economic life to devote their attention to the Laguna Madre and started back up Padre to such things as outdoor recreation. For them, It’s been an ongoing problem there since the carry out the topographical and hydrological nature was an immediate reality. Their task, opening of Packery Channel fifteen years ago. portions of the survey. Because the survey left and it was one which consumed all their The hole that has developed in the channel the island during the hot and humid months energies and attention, was to subdue and bottom just inside the bridge is now about thirty from May to November, leaving the camp transform the natural environment in order feet deep and swallowing more land with each equipage and horses at a deserted shack, to exploit nature's resources. It would be at passing tide and the property owner is trying to Halter did not reach Corpus Christi Bay until least another half century of technological stop it. Fully Guided • All Tackle Provided 1882. Although from 1876 to 1882 Halter and economic progress before Texans started It’s time to La Posada everybody. This is the spent several months each year on Padre, to think of Padre Island in terms of scenic, Big Weekend on our little sandbar so say hello (361)442-8145 he unfortunately did not leave a detailed scientific, and recreation values. if you see us Around The Island. description of the island's flora and fauna. His maps of the topography and hydrology of the An Island to fight over island and the Laguna Madre are excellent. In 1835 every square foot of land between the Rio Grande and the Nueces including Turtles cont. from A1 Padre Island had been granted in large tracts on heat from their environment to maintain limited to the beaches of the western Gulf to Mexicans. Two years before the Civil War their body temperatures. When water of Mexico. Although most nests are laid on all but one of these grants had passed into temperatures drop to 50 degrees or below they the beaches of Mexico, nesting also occurs in American hands. become lethargic and unable to swim due to Texas, especially on the remote South Texas The Mexican War was the event which the cold. Many of the turtles have pneumonia, beaches of Padre Island National Seashore. accelerated the transfer of the land from and some have other medical conditions or Many of these young Kemp’s ridleys rescued Mexican to American ownership. This change injuries from being washed against rocks. from Massachusetts could eventually return of ownership was not a simple real estate deal. The cold-stun season usually lasts until late here to nest. We documented one of these As the historian Paul Taylor points out, "But December or early January and in most years nesting at the National Seashore on South when the Mexicans first sold to Americans cold-stunned turtles are collected locally Padre Island in 2009, after being found they were under stress to sell. They were not from the hyper saline waters of the Laguna cold stunned in Massachusetts in 1999, simply holders of property selling at their Madre by volunteers and warmed up before rehabilitated, and released in 2003.” Halter's survey is important in the history own free will; they were selling because they their release into the warmer waters of the After arriving at the Texas Sealife Center of Padre Island because it marked the first were Mexicans who, in a time of chaos, could the turtles are given physicals and x-rays to time that the island's physical characteristics no longer occupy their land, and who saw the check their health then given some time to had been studied from the perspective of recover. NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish the practical scientist. Padre had ceased to and Wildlife Service share responsibility for be wilderness in 1805 when Padre Balli helping these endangered turtles recover. introduced a civilized form of land utilization to the island. However, it was not until about Kemp’s ridleys have been listed as endangered 1880 that Padre ceased to be wilderness in the sense of disciplined, scientific knowledge of aspects of its natural environment. In supplying topographical and hydrological data about Padre, Halter began the study of the island's natural history. This study Turtles en route to The Island. continues to the present day through the imminent American military and political national seashore. domination." Taylor quotes one Texas old Gulf of Mexico. The Island becomes American timer as simply saying, "The Americans took A total of 120 turtles that made the journey the land from the Mexicans. History will tell; to Texas, 118 of which are Kemp’s ridleys, it may be too soon now." one is a green sea turtle, and one appears The history of land ownership on Padre to be a hybrid. Some were dropped off in Island is long and very, very complex. The Galveston and some in the Rio Grande Valley island has been in and out of the Texas courts with the 50 Kemp’s ridleys split between the Here's what a turtle looks like almost continuously for about a century. Amos Rehabilitation Keep at The University on the inside. Although always valuable as a cattle ranch, of Texas Marine Science Institute, Texas the discovery of minerals in the 1940s since 1970, and the population experienced immeasurably increased the island's worth. a rapid and significant decline between the As one can easily imagine, everyone with late 1940s and the mid-1980s. This dramatic even the remotest claim to Padre desired to decline resulted from intensive egg collection, share in the wealth. Countless suits appeared The years between 1836 and 1879 were for killing of nesting females, and bycatch and on Texas court dockets and one of them, Padre Island, as they were for the rest of the drowning in the shrimp fleets of the U.S. "State of Texas vs. Balli," a claim by the state Texas gulf coast, a time of uncertainty, wars, and Mexico. Due to intensive conservation of Texas to own all but 11-1/2 leagues of the and the wild, wild West. The period saw the actions, including those by Dr. Shaver at island, was finally decided against the state by island transferred from Mexico to the United Padre Island National Seashore, Kemp's the Texas Supreme Court. States. As political control changed so did ridleys began to slowly rebound during the actual occupation. Although Mexicans had The Patrick Dunn Ranch, 1879-1926 1990s. However, an overall decline in nests a legal claim to the island, Padre became in was observed from 2009 through 2017, when During the period from total documented nests reached near 25,000. 1855 to the time that Dr. Tim Tristan with the flying turtles. At this time, it is unclear if future nesting will Pat Dunn went to Padre steadily and continuously increase, similar in 1879, the same thing SeaLife Center, and the Texas State Aquarium to what occurred from 1990-2009. It’s also happened on the island as to get ready for release. possible that nesting will continue to exhibit on the nearby mainland. The flying turtles were part of the Turtles Fly ups and downs as recorded in the past 5 By purchase and just plain Too program to move cold-stunned turtles years. The most recent 5-year status review occupation, Americans around the United States for rehabilitation. conducted by NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. took over Padre. The Továr Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that sections on the north went “We are thrilled that these critically Kemp’s ridley remain in danger of extinction. in pieces to such prominent endangered turtles were brought to Texas to But for the twenty turtles that found their residents of Corpus Christi receive care,” says Dr. Donna Shaver, Texas way to The Island the future took bright and as John McCampbell and coordinator of the Sea Turtle Stranding and they should be back in the open water within Stanley Welch. At the Salvage Network. “Kemp’s ridley nesting is about two months. south end, John Singer had purchased some land, but the majority apparently Turtle Rescued in Island Canal fact Texan. Men like John Singer and Carrey still legally belonged to Nicolás Grisante. Curry slowly replaced Nicolás Grisante and Singer and others simply claimed it by right José María Továr. Cattle ranching continued of possession, a right with which the Texas to be the major form of land utilization. In courts could be expected to sympathize. the 1870s a packery was built on the island to It would be a mistake to claim American stole process hides and tallow from the vast Texas Padre from its Mexican owners. By purchase herds. When the packery went out of business payment of back taxes, and other means in 1874, an attempt was made to turn it into a the original Balli land grant, which was the cannery, but this too failed. Many men lived legal basis of ownership, legally passed into on Padre during these years, but they came American hands. Whether the transfer was and went. The only records of their activities fair and just is another question. are a brief note in a diary or a line or two in an early newspaper.

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Short-Term Rentals in areas zoned RS-6,” system for enforcement, took center stage his Risley said. “We can do that right now.” week after the results of a survey by the Padre Isles Property Owners Association found that 80 All of the residential areas west of SPID inside percent of Island homeowners are against having the PIPOA are zoned RS-6 which is defined Short-Term Rentals in their neighborhoods. A in the city code as "RS-6 equals a minimum letter to that effect was sent by PIPOA President lot size of 6,000 square feet.” That zoning Marvin Jones to ISAC members prior to has been in place since Island neighborhoods Thursday’s meeting. We include the letter and were annexed in the early 1980s meaning that backup material in this issue of the Island Moon. Short-Term Rentals in those areas have been in violation of city codes since. On the east side of Padre Island, between SPID and the Gulf of Mexico, only Cane Harbor Smith said this week he will ask the council is zoned RS-6 and the PIPOA letter did not to take up the matter of enforcement at the specifically address Short-Term Rentals on that next city council meeting which is currently side of The Island leaving that question open schedule for January 5. pending the drafting of a new, comprehensive The issue took on a new urgency this week Short-Term Rental ordinance by the council. after members of the Island Strategic Action A check of online listings for Short-Term Committee on Thursday unanimously passed a Rentals on Padre Island shows that about forty motion asking the Corpus Christi City Council single-family homes are being offered for that to begin immediately enforcing existing purpose, so far the city has not enforced the city codes regarding Short-Term Rentals on prohibition on the practice and a system for Padre Island while the city works to pass a doing so has not been identified. comprehensive ordinance to regulate them which is not expected until at least the middle Property owners collecting fees for Short- of 2021. Term Rentals are required to pay the state Hotel Occupancy Tax of six percent and in In a separate motion ISAC members also voted Islander Sam Crecelius got a big surprise when he walked out on his back deck the past year the city has also required those to encourage the city to prohibit Short-Term on King Phillip Court Tuesday. He saw this big guy floundering in the canal. listing their property through certain website Rentals in Island neighborhoods in the new Sam enlisted the help of two boatmen, Dutch Wurzbach and Art Erwin, and they to also pay the nine percent of the city’s HOT ordinance, a move in keeping with the statement managed to hold the turtle’s head above water while they moved him toward the but enforcement of that provision has been by Risley on Tuesday. See Marvin Jones’ dock. With some help Sam got the turtle into his pickup and took him to the Texas sporadic. It is anticipated the comprehensive column in this issue for more on that vote. ordinance expected in 2021 will address that Sealife Center where he’s recuperating. That’s one lucky turtle. The move to ban Short-Term Rentals in Island issue as well as enforcement provisions for neighborhoods, and a yet to be determined Short-Term Rentals. December 10, 2020 Island Moon A 5

Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier December 10 - December 17 Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon A friend from the Television Wars passed parking lot and the case of Willie Lump Lump /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible through this week and reminded me of my became a cause celebre. Th 10 Low 5:23 AM 0.4 7:09 AM Rise 2:36 AM 30 first exposure to the phrase, “The fights are so But then things took a turn for the worse when vicious because the stakes are so small.” 10 High 12:10 PM 1.3 5:35 PM Set 2:39 PM the offended lady filed suit against the condo The year was somewhere in the late ‘90s and board, forcing their hand and the man and 10 Low 6:02 PM 1.0 the place was Boca Raton, South Florida. Boca Willie Lump Lump were served with a court 10 High 10:19 PM 1.2 Raton has many things; parks and beaches like order requiring that he rid himself of the dog F 11 Low 5:49 AM 0.0 7:10 AM Rise 3:42 AM 20 our Island and unlike our Island golf courses, or face contempt of court charges. You would and even a butterfly garden. But what it also has think that would be the end of the story – but 11 High 1:46 PM 1.6 5:35 PM Set 3:19 PM a whole lot of is high-rise condominiums and it only got better when the man refused and the Sa 12 Low 6:25 AM -0.3 7:10 AM Rise 4:50 AM 11 alta cockers aplenty. It was at the intersection of camera crews were in the hallway when the men those two that our story begins. with badges entered the condo unit and hauled 12 High 3:03 PM 1.8 5:36 PM Set 4:03 PM the man away in handcuffs and Willie Lump Su 13 Low 7:08 AM -0.6 7:11 AM Rise 5:59 AM 5 Willy Lump Lump Lump away in a crate. A local dog group took in Willie Lump Lump but it was the Palm Beach 13 High 4:10 PM 2.0 5:36 PM Set 4:52 PM My television friend had a nose for human interest stories that punched people’s buttons County lockup that wanted the man and there he M 14 Low 7:54 AM -0.8 7:11 AM Rise 7:08 AM 1 and made for good tease material. “Coming up was on our evening show being led into the jail 14 High 5:12 PM 2.1 5:36 PM Set 5:47 PM at eleven the story of Willy Lump Lump and in handcuffs looking dazed and confused. Now his human being kicked out of a Boca Raton Inside Edition showed up and the story went Tu 15 Low 8:42 AM -0.8 7:12 AM Rise 8:15 AM 0 condominium.” national with the human in the jail out of sight 15 High 6:12 PM 2.0 5:37 PM Set 6:47 PM of the cameras and Willie Lump Lump living in It all started when a phone call came in from a new house with a new family. The only way W 16 Low 9:32 AM -0.8 7:13 AM Rise 9:15 AM 1 an elderly man who said he was being kicked the story could have gotten better was if Willie out of the condo which he had owned and lived 16 High 7:07 PM 1.9 5:37 PM Set 7:50 PM Lump Lump could talk. in for more than twenty years. The man was in Th 17 Low 10:22 AM -0.7 7:13 AM Rise 10:08 AM 5 his 80’s and sounded like every breath might This went on for a couple of weeks because the 17 High 7:57 PM 1.8 5:37 PM Set 8:53 PM be his last. His wife was long gone and all he amount of the bond, which I don’t remember, had to keep him company was a scrawny brown was too high for the man to meet and he had and white dog about the size of an overstuffed no living relatives. In this day and time the dog Chihuahua with – as the name implies – lumps could probably be designated as some kind of all over him. Willie Lump Lump was a lumpy support dog and slip through the condo cracks, guy but not a yapper. I spoke to the man on the but there was no such loophole in those days phone and only got as far along in the story as and things were stuck. The lady who filed the his being kicked out but wasn’t completely clear complaint and lawsuit was now getting death on why. threats even as Willie Lump Lump was getting fan mail stuffed with dog treats and appeared to I sent a crew to his condo which was on one of be putting on weight. Exile was agreeing with the top floors of a building about twenty stories Willie Lump Lump. high. The crew called and said the guy wouldn’t come down to the lobby and really didn’t “Are you crazy?” want them to come up so what should they do. “You’ve already driven all the way to Boca and Our newsroom phone was abuzz with people besides he called us so just make him buzz you calling to alternately imploring us to Free Willie in and go upstairs and knock on his door.” Lump Lump or telling us we were stupid to get involved with HOA fights. A couple of hours later they returned and we looked at the tape. The inside of the condo “Why do you say that?” I asked a caller. looked fairly normal – even if a little cleaning “How long have you lived in South Florida?” up might have helped things. “Well, not very long, why?” “Well, it’s a good thing it’s not smellivision,” “Because,” the lady said. “Either you’re they said. “That dog doesn’t smell so good.” a newcomer or you’re just stupid because They interviewed the elderly gentleman, who everyone in South Florida knows you don’t get reminded me of an older Mr. Rogers right down involved in HOA fights.” to the sweater, as he sat on his sofa in front of This was when I first heard the phrase, “The a sliding glass door that looked out on the blue fights are so vicious because the stakes are so RV continued from A1 Atlantic. It was a nice place. small” but now I understood. Things got so bad from ''RM-AT'' Multifamily AT District to did not want to vote on the zoning change until “But they want to put me out in street after that one night when former U.S. Secretary of the ''RV'' Recreational Vehicle Park District seeing plans for the projects. The developer, twenty-three years,” he said, fighting back tears. State Alexander Haig, who lived in Palm Beach, and ''CR-2'' Resort Commercial District to who did not attend Tuesday’s council meeting “The only way I can stay is if I get rid of Willy came into the station to do a live shot for the make way for a four-story, 90-room 64,160 sent a letter stating that the development would Lump Lump.” I swear I think I might have seen network I figured it would be great TV to see if square-foot hotel and 155 sites for recreational only move forward if the zoning was changed a tear in the eye of Willie Lump Lump too. the nation’s former top diplomat might propose to allow for both the hotel and the recreational vehicles. The property has remained vacant “They made it against the rules ten years ago to a logjam-breaking solution. And believe it or vehicles sites. since the annexation of the area by the City of have dogs but I already had Willy Lump Lump not Haig had a pretty good sense of humor. Corpus Christi in 2001. The City Planning Commission had previously so they said he could stay but nothing is in “Are you crazy,” he said. “You’re not getting The council was presented with a petition approved plans for the new development and writing and now they say he’s got to go.” me involved in an HOA fight in Boca, I’d sooner the city staff recommended that the council of 160 signatures of people opposed to the “Who’s they?” try to make peace in the Middle East.” vote to approve. Under city rules approval of development including property owners in a After the man spent a few weeks in stir the the plan by the council would require six votes “The condo association,” he said. “They say subdivision which abuts the south side of the court order ran its course and the judge, who rather than the usual five-vote majority. I’m in violation of the rules.” new development. The owners of a total of himself had probably learned a thing or two 21 parcels of a planned subdivision bordering The documents presented to the council on All it takes is one person… about HOA fights, refused to renew it and no the proposed new development on the south Tuesday included the following language: other judge in Palm Beach County would touch responded to a survey from the city stating their It turns out a new lady had moved into the “The City encourages expanded and additional it. It was sort of decided that the man should be opposition to the addition of the recreational building who, like the rest of the owners, had a released from jail due to his advanced age and vehicle development. However, city documents recreation vehicle areas to serve tourists. deed restriction clearly forbidding any kind of Rezoning of proposed resort commercial use that through some type of HOA ruling I now showed that 19 of the responses came from a pets – birds, lizards, monkeys, cats, and dogs. don’t remember that Willie Lump Lump would single property owner who was able to respond east of State Highway 361 and in proximity to She had seen the man trying to discreetly take the gulf beach should be encouraged. This will be allowed to live out his days in the condo with once for each of the 19 parcels he owned, in Willie Lump Lump down the elevator inside his human. As far as I know they lived happily total only three property owners made up the 21 be the only RV zoning district in the city portion his coat for the dog’s daily constitutional and outside of the state park between Park Road ever after up there as we never heard any more letters of opposition. filed a complaint with the HOA board who had from the man or Willie Lump Lump. The cries 22 and Port Aransas. Encouraging this zoning hoped the whole thing would just go away. But district will open up commercial, retail and of the offended lady ceased to be news after it was clear this lady who didn’t even live on the a while because at the end of the day nobody other amenities that would stimulate tourism. same floor as the man and Willie Lump Lump The City encourages expanded and additional really wanted to evict Willie Lump Lump and couldn’t stand being under the same roof as man his human. hotel areas to serve tourists. Rezoning of and dog. As it turned out when pets were banned proposed resort commercial use east of State ten years back the owners had two years to get But I learned a lesson, when it comes to HOA Highway 361 and in proximity to the gulf beach rid of the pets or move out. matters “The fights are so vicious because the should be encouraged.” stakes are so small.” How vicious? Even the “But Willie Lump Lump was still almost a pup,” The council voted 7-1 to table the request Secretary of State can’t find the middle ground, the man said. “He’s still got a few years left.” and he was a guy who served in two wars. pending the presentation of planning drawing So Willie Lump Lump was grandfathered but for the new development. No timetable for was only for two years and now he was considered stated for a return to the council for a second contraband. Some attempts at finding middle time. ground were made but the complaining lady A second plan was having none of it, if she couldn’t have a dog City documents stated that approximately, five then nobody could and she didn’t give a hoot acres will be for the development of the hotel Plans for another site further north on the SH about any Grandfather Clause. 361 corridor were to be presented to the city’s with the remaining twelve acres will be for Free Willie Lump Lump the development of the proposed recreational Planning Commission after the Island Moon vehicle park but, city council members said they went to press on Wednesday. We will have the So we aired a story and sympathy poured in results of that vote in the next issue. from all over as dog lovers wrote letters to the condo board and in a couple of cases even picketed. The man became a recluse and refused New Development on Windward Drive to leave his condo less he be locked out. Willie Lump Lump for his part – probably starved for Headed for Expected Approval attention during his human imposed lockdown – would jump into the lap of every reporter and A plan for a new development called Ocean Drive, south of St. Bartholomew’s Drive, photographer we sent up and pretty soon the Harbor at the corner of Windward Drive and and north of Robla Drive) from the “RM-AT/ struggle fell under the slogan of “Free Willie St. Bartholomew’s Drive was scheduled IO” Multifamily AT District with the Island Lump Lump!” There was talk of running him to go before the Corpus Christi Planning Overlay to the “RM-AT/IO/PUD” Multifamily for mayor. After a few weeks the Palm Beach Fully Guided • All Tackle Provided Commission after the Island Moon went to AT District with an Island Overlay and a Post and the Sun Sentinel got in on the act and press on Wednesday. Planned Unit Development. Approval was the volume and vitriol of the conversation rose (361)442-8145 The city staff recommended approval of an expected but no confirmed by press time. to the point of people yelling at each other in the ordinance rezoning the property at 14805, The layout of the proposed development is 14809, 14813, and 14817 Windward Drive shown below. (located along the west side of Windward

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Rob McCoy, of the Godspeak Calvary Chapel, Dotson’s Note: Most of the time I am a “Bah Christmas Lunch If Jesus were in a grave, he’d be rolling over. cavorting across the stage in his megachurch Humbugger” because of the commercialization Roast turkey remains the customary fare in Ventura County, doing a Gypsy-Rose-Lee of Christmas and some of the traditions. But Of course, this action has been blessed by for Christmas lunch and we can thank the with his necktie, to the tune of “The Stripper,” recently, while researching another topic, I Mike Huckabee—who came up with the idea Victorians for this, too. In the early 19th while his enchanted congregation wave dollar ran across some, to me, interesting Christmas originally. “Churches are fairly safe places,” century, turkeys would have been too expensive bills in the air. stuff, which I decided to share with you Moon Huckabee began. for the majority of households to afford. But the Monkeys. My thanks to Miss Angie Boyle, Hey, that’s heavy worship, huh? development of the railway made them more Wait. Say what? Martin Luther, the Edison Electric Company, accessible and affordable, and soon they had But I’m remembering why I go to church. La Befana and Charles Dickens for the facts Churches are NOT fairly safe places when become the star attraction at Christmas dinner I remember Salome, stripping for Herod in contained in this report and to Miss Angie Boyle it comes to the pandemic! Scientists are not order to demand John the Baptist’s head on a and Bill Morgan for the photos. shooting voodoo when they rank churches with bars in terms of disease spreading. platter. Which she gets. Candles Think about it—in bars, you tend to cluster I remember Jesus, being brought as Astonishing as it may seem given the highly in groups that propel droplets in each others’ entertainment before Pontius Pilate and the flammable nature of resin-rich Christmas trees, faces as you speak to one another. People in crowd, then stripped, down to a loincloth, and before electricity they were illuminated with bars touch each other (hand shakes, friendly tortured and crucified. candles. Great care was, of course, needed pushes, hugs, etc.). Same things happen in I remember Christians stripped of their to stop the candle setting fire to the tree, church. dignity and their rights and put in the arena particularly as the tree dried out over the festive with the lions. season. It was for this reason that branches In bars, you’re touching things that others above the candle had to be carefully trimmed touch—that pitcher of beer that is refilling Oh, yeah. Now we’re really talking theology. back. The candles were usually mounted on glasses on the table isn’t a hovercraft—it’s being passed from hand to hand, just like the You know, I understand the frustration with a holders that had a dish of thin foil to catch any tables. The inclusion of a roast turkey at the end judicial system that designates strip joints as hot wax before it dripped and caused problems. food that goes around the table and down the of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, also bar; the deck of cards for the poker game; the “essential,” and thus may remain open during It is widely thought that the Protestant reformer helped cement this meaty tradition. dice to play Horse with. a pandemic. It makes me sick to think about it. Martin Luther was the first to add a lit candle And I am all for protesting such decisions. to a Christmas tree in around 1525. The candle Christmas Stockings In church, you pass the offering plate, the hymnals, the bulletins, the Bibles, the elements It’s my right as an American. It’s part of was lit on Christmas Day itself to symbolize One of the most recognizable Christmas my pedigree as a Christian in the Protestant Christ’s arrival as the ‘Light of the World’, a symbols are the large, colorful, oversized of communion. No matter how clean you are, no matter how clean your church is, just (get the “protest” in Protestant?) tradition. phrase used by Christ to describe himself in the stockings hung by the fireplace, stuffed with Presbyterians everywhere protest injustice and Gospel of St Matthew. goodies and ready to open on Christmas Eve being there constitutes a risk through contact. And after all, why do you go to church if not push for radical changes to promote justice Candles were expensive objects at the time, so or Christmas morning. For many families, and equality. stockings are as much a part of the Christmas for contact—and believe me, it isn’t only to the candle on a tree remained the preserve of contact God! But we do NOT tolerate the perversion of wealthier German Protestants for many years. It holiday as trees, egg nog and lights draped around the house. But for all their popularity, Of course, some people go to strip joints for worship. Idolatry happens, and when it does, was not until the mid-19th century that cheaper it must be removed. candles and greater wealth combined to make a many people don’t know the history behind this that reason, too (it’s how most strippers make candle on the tree a standard part of the festive famous symbol of holiday cheer. the big bucks). The question we need to consider in the season for middle class families. By the 1860s But back to the sad story. Huckabee came case of “family-friendly strip joint churches” it was usual to have more than one candle, up with the idea of having the pastors in is just who or what is being worshipped. As with some trees having a dozen or more lit on California churches remove their neckties in the pastors swish around their stages, the Christmas Day. the manner of a stripper so that they can claim congregations whoop and yell in support— their churches as strip clubs and be legally of the pastor(s), of the protest itself, of the The first use of electric lights instead of candles entertainment it affords them. came in 1882 as part of a marketing publicity open. stunt by the Edison Electric Light Company in It’s “real good theology,” you know. It has little, if anything, to do with God. And New York. The cost of electric light bulbs meant Entertaining, to boot! that smacks of idolatry. that these fairy lights did not become popular Actually, it IS somewhat Biblical! In Genesis, So if you’re interested in some worship that until the 1930s when prices came down. In the Adam and Eve create the original stripper is family-friendly, Bible oriented, and full 21st century LEDs have replaced light bulbs on costumes when caught in the Garden eating of joy, you might want to check out Island Christmas trees. apples. Fig leaves have played a major part in Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. on Sundays Father Christmas stripper routines ever since. via our Facebook page (or find our video there at a later time). This Sunday you’ll find David sees Bathsheba peeling down for her us celebrating the season by sharing a great It’s not clear when hanging stockings became a bath and takes the first steps to create a number children’s Christmas pageant complete with Christmas tradition, but it can be dated back to of messes that impact the rest of the Old carols—no stripping guaranteed! as early as 1823, from the famous poem Twas Testament, including the birth of Jesus. the Night Before Christmas, with the line “The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.” According to legend, the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings comes from the fourth Anecdotingly century and involves the man Santa Claus is based off, St. Nicholas. While passing through a town, Nicholas heard of a man who was Dear Brian grieving the loss of his wife, as well as his poor By Abigail Bair fortune, unable to pay a dowry for his three daughters’ potential suitors. Upon hearing the A few weeks ago, Amber Reason: Substandard Work news, legend states Nicholas sneaked in to the sent me a text message that While working on a web page this afternoon, man’s home, or climbed down the chimney, and read, “I’m so tired. Brian Brian thought it would be funny to add a bunch dropped gold coins in the daughters’ stockings, doesn’t work anymore.” I knew what she was of Search Engine Optimization terms that might which were hanging by the fireplace to dry. The talking about even before she texted back, lead a casual browser to infer that one could As the focus of Christmas began to shift to poor man, too proud to accept donations, could “BRAIN! BRAIN DOESN’T WORK. OMG!” catch a highly contagious, sexually transmitted family and children, the role played by Father pay dowries for his daughters. As the story My brain works about as well as the oven would disease from the website www.farm-aids. Christmas also changed. The jolly fellow spread, families began putting gifts in stockings if it was powered by a single potato – you might com. Brian was forced to delete said language had previously been associated with adult to mimic receiving good gifts from Santa Claus. eventually get the turkey cooked, but everyone but is still annoying other staff members by celebrations, but now he became the bringer In another version of the story, gold balls were will probably get salmonella. laughing loudly about “cow herpes.” When of gifts and added a magical element to the placed in the stockings. This turned into the Since Amber’s text, I’ve been thinking about informed that cattle do not carry herpes, Brian holiday. The singing of Christmas carols was tradition of putting oranges in stockings, which my mind as a terrible employee. Brian gets screamed, “KOALAS HAVE CHLAMYDIA.” also revived and the custom of kissing under resemble gold but are much more affordable about twelve write-ups per day and is forever the mistletoe, which possibly had pagan to the general public. The tradition of putting teetering on the verge of serious unemployment EMPLOYEE WRITE UP: roots, became an acceptable way of stealing a coal in stockings comes from Italy, where La – although, like many bad workers with lifetime Date/Time: 12/8/2020 | 5:52 p.m. Christmas kiss. Meanwhile, the reform of the Befana, an elderly woman who is said to be contracts, I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to postal system and introduction of the Penny searching for the three wise men and baby get rid of him. Reason: Violation of safety rules Black stamp in 1840, making it easier to keep in Jesus, left candy for the nice children and coal touch with friends and relations, helped launch Tenure is a real beast sometimes. Brian almost cut the fingers of the right hand or dark candy for the naughty children on her completely off by claiming that he “knew the tradition of the Christmas card, the first of Here are some examples of Brian’s write-ups travels. how to curl ribbon because he had done it a which appeared in 1843. this week. Today’s Retailers & Christmas Stockings thousand times.” He then proceeded to jam as EMPLOYEE WRITE UP: many fingers as possible between the blades While the legend may have started centuries Date/Time: 12/8/2020 | Noon of the scissors, while controlling the apparatus ago, stockings still play an important role in the with the non-dominant left hand. After some holiday and especially for retailers. Reason: Tardiness bleeding and zero curled ribbon, Brian gave up With families looking to fill stockings with Brian arrived six hours late for work this and started demanding beer and doughnuts. gadgets and gizmos aplenty, retailers have an morning. He failed to show up until almost EMPLOYEE WRITE UP: opportunity to make additional sales. Some noon, and when he did arrive claimed that possibilities include: “autopilot is actually better because we did a Date/Time: 12/9/2020 | 2:45 p.m. • Placing stocking stuffers near the points of whole load of dishes and barely remember it.” Reason: Inappropriate behavior towards purchase to increase sales When management pointed out that we also put customers or clients the phone in the freezer and couldn’t find it for Brian suggested that it would be funny (while • Using visual merchandising to creatively five hours, Brian responded by saying that “you working on a closed captioning project for a advertise where stocking stuffers are located spend too much time on that thing anyway.” This City Council meeting in Duluth) if we labeled within the store cavalier attitude towards work is a consistent one of the council members “this guy again” problem for this employee. • Upselling more expensive items, which may and another “ninnybooger.” Brian then forget have been ignored at other times of the year EMPLOYEE WRITE UP: or simply declined to remove the labels upon • Bundling items together, to market several Date/Time: 12/8/2020 | 12:05 p.m. final edit. products at once Reason: Unauthorized Leaving We got fired. Dotson’s Other Note: That’s it…to all a Good EMPLOYEE WRITE UP: Night. Thanks for reading and commenting on After retrieving the phone from the freezer, the articles in The Island Moon. Contact me Brian left the building for no apparent reason. Date/Time: ALWAYS He said he was going to go figure out what at [email protected] or call/text: 530-748- Reason: Insubordination 8475. Thanks for reading and commenting on would happen if a unicorn and a leprechaun “got the articles in The Island Moon. Contact me at it on.” When asked when he planned to return, Brian is constantly defiant. It appears this [email protected] or call/text: 530-748-8475. he said “When unichauns fly,” which seems like employee never wants to work. While Brian it might be a really long time from now. shows flashes of brilliance when he applies himself, he is more prone to fantastical roaming EMPLOYEE WRITE UP: than he is to fastidious task completion. Jobs Date/Time: 12/8/2020 | 2:17 p.m. get done, but only with a fight. For example, it Reason: Company policy violation took us over a year to replace the bulb in the refrigerator even though the bulb we needed Marine Masters Brian assumed full control of operations in was sitting on top of the appliance. Perhaps a order to walk out to the mailbox without pants, Brian who can reliably synthesize the concept Mobile Marine Service in a distinct violation of corporate policy 19B, that “new bulb solves broken bulb” would cause or The Nobody Needs to See That Act of 1994. overall improvement in the organism. Are we We’ve been providing This also violated several state and local laws really stuck with this Brian? Certi ed Technicians which directly contradicts our company’s Do quality marine repairs at Can we get a new one? • Yamaha • Honda Not Get Arrested culture. If Brian continues your place since 2001. in this vein, it is possible that we will all wind Or are we really stuck spray painting plastic • Suzuki • Mercury up in prison. When confronted with this, Brian dinosaurs to put on the Christmas tree because • Evinrude • Mariner Operator Owner responded by saying, “I’m pretty sure pants are Brian says he’s “not paying $14.97 for tiny • Johnson • Volvo Jon Reynolds optional in the hoosegow.” balls”? Pants are NOT optional in prison. I’m sorry. I Please do not carbon copy Brian in your reply. know that’s obvious, but I feel like that needs to He’s likely to say, “Good luck without me, you go on-record here. 361-949-7570 361-728-1745 psycho hose beast” and leave forever. EMPLOYEE WRITE UP: [email protected] We need a Brian – maybe just not this guy. Date/Time: 12/8/2020 | 3:32 p.m. Send letters and photos to [email protected] A7 Island Moon December 10, 2020 A8 Island Moon December 10, 2020 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Love Each Other Best Christmas Day Moments in Sports History By Andy Purvis By Dotson Lewis I have always wanted said. I remember him with his head back, knee- to write this story but be as it may, it always slapping with laughter. Until his bout with Dotson’s Note; Christmas may be a holiday, 5. Frank Klick Upsets Kid Chocolate for became a bit to emotional for me. You see, cancer, the only thing Jim had ever hurt was but the sports world hasn’t always taken the Junior Lightweight Title-1933 sometimes we can be too close to something. his stomach from laughing. Jim always talked day off. To me some of these sporting events Believe it or not, So close that it feels wonderful and hurts all about love. Love for the game, for his players, have produced some memorable moments. boxing matches at the same time. Oh, I tried and then all the and his family. “Love means you can depend As you can see from the top 10 list below, used to be held on memories rose up, my mind reeling, I would on me,” said Valvano. He just might have been the competition that has gone down in sports Christmas Day move on to something else, always intending to what basketball is all about. history on Christmas Day is pretty interesting. and the biggest return. It’s been 33 years. Now that another With a record of 25-10 and a coach who Thanks to Bill Morgan, Aaron Tallent for one was this title season of NCAA basketball has started, I will refused to give up, the Wolfpack prepared to the facts contained in this report, and to Bill match. Eligio try again to express my feelings. I will never play against the 31-2, Houston Cougars. It was Morgan (former SEC SID) for the photos. Sardinias, aka forget the following article that was written in April 4, 1983, in “The Pit” at the University of 10. Pittsburgh Clinches AFC North with Kid Chocolate, the Albuquerque Journal on the morning of April New Mexico. Valvano had threatened to hold 3, 1983. “Trees will tap dance, elephants will Last-Second TD-2016 is considered the ball, but instead went right at Houston. drive at Indy and Orson Welles will skip lunch by many boxing Valvano’s secret was to not let them dunk the The NFL played its first Christmas Day before North Carolina State finds a way to beat enthusiasts to ball, because that’s when they really got going. games since 2011 and the Pittsburgh/Baltimore Houston in the NCAA College Championship be one of the 50 This strategy worked at first. At halftime, N. matchup was one for the ages. Trailing 17-10 Game, Monday night.” Sometimes we wish that best fighters of C. State was up 33-25 with 50 million viewers heading into the fourth quarter, the Steelers time would stand still. Life unlike a snapshot is all-time and had tuned in. The world of college basketball was scored three touchdowns in the final period. a gathering of fleeting moments in time. That held the junior upside down. Surely Houston would respond. The last was a dramatic four-yard touchdown was such a happy time for me, my brother Cliff, lightweight Derek Whittenburg, Sidney Lowe, Thurl pass to Antonio Brown with nine seconds left in my family and millions of N.C. State fans. the game. The winning effort not only clinched title since 1931. Bailey, Ernie Myers, Terry Gannon, Cozell the AFC North for Pittsburgh, but it also made Despite being McQueen, and Lorenzo Charles had played Brown the only player since Marvin Harrison long in the tooth, most of the minutes for Valvano during the to have four straight 100-reception seasons he was favored season. It would be the same in the national (Brown made it five in a row in 2017.). to beat the light- championship game. With the score 52-52 punching Klick. with 1:42 minutes left to play, Valvano called a 9. Hawaii Beats Houston in Triple Overtime Frank Klick The 5,000 fans in timeout and instructed his team to foul freshman in the Hawaii Bowl-2003 the Philadelphia Alvin Franklin of the Cougars. Who fouls in a Arena were shocked when Klick stopped the tie game? Whittenburg committed the foul and sluggish Kid in the seventh round to take the Franklin went to the line with a one-and-one title. (NOTE: No professional boxing matches opportunity and 44 seconds left in the game. on Christmas Day have been held in the U.S. Franklin missed and N. C. State rebounded the since 1969.) basketball and called another timeout. Houston 4. Phil Jackson Gets 1,000th Win-2008 had played man to man the entire night but switched to zone and started trapping the ball The NBA has always made a priority of handler. The Wolfpack was not prepared. With scheduling a marquee matchup on Christmas 4 seconds left and Derek Whittenburg, wearing Day and it is usually a rematch of the previous #25 and 30 feet away from the basket, put up year’s Finals. That was certainly the case in a desperation shot. There’s an old saying in 2008. The defending champion Boston Celtics basketball, “A shot is never too far away if it were riding a 19-game winning streak and facing goes in.” Whether Whittenburg actually shot the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time since the ball or attempted a pass to Lorenzo Charles Those who tuned into ESPN on Christmas night defeating them in the most recent NBA Finals. standing underneath the basket, it will be got a glimpse at the future of Big 12 football. On this night, four Lakers scored in double digits debated until the end of time. Everyone held The Cougars were led by future Baylor head and beat the Celtics 92-83. The win was Laker their breath. The only guy who moved in the coach Art Briles and the Warriors had Timmy head coach Phil Jackson’s 1,000th of his career. building was Lorenzo Charles who grabbed Chang, one of the most prolific quarterbacks 3. NHL Ends Christmas Day Tradition-1971 Jim Valvano coaching the ball out of midair and dunked it as time in NCAA history. The two engaged in a good, ran out. Madness, upset city, it’s a miracle, From the 1920s until 1971, hockey games were old-fashioned offensive shootout and were Cinderella was for real, team of destiny, it may played every Christmas Day, until the NHL tied 34-34 at the end of regulation. Each team I was born and raised in Raleigh, N.C. and my never happen again, every sports page and ended the tradition to give players a holiday scored a touchdown on the first two overtime Mother, Edith Purvis, worked at N.C. State in magazine in the nation led with the impossible: break. On this day, six games were played and possessions. Hawaii got the ball first in the third the bookstore and athletic department for over N.C. State 54-Houston 52. Remarkably, neither the last goal ever scored on Christmas Day came overtime and Michael Brewster ran eight yards 25 years. She knew Jim Valvano well and made Lowe, Gannon, nor Whittenburg had turned the courtesy of Stan Gilbertson, as his California into the end zone, but the Warriors failed on sure we did too. My first love was college ball over the entire game. Golden Seals beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1. In the two-point conversion. However, Houston’s basketball not baseball, and my favorite athlete 2008, the NHL added its own holiday event with If you have not watched the ESPN 30-For-30 overtime possession ended on downs and was N.C. State point guard, Eddie Biedenbach. Special about this amazing run by Jim Valvano the New Year’s Day’s Winter Classic. I saw Eddie years later at the 2011 Final Four Hawaii came away with a 54-48 victory. and his Wolfpack of N.C. State, please do. tournament with my pal, Coach Ronnie Arrow. 2. Kobe and Shaq Face Off for First Time- Valvano taught his kids to dream. He told them 8. Detroit Red Wings Beat Brooklyn I shook his hand and told Eddie he was my 2004 at the beginning of the season that they were Americans in Overtime-1941 favorite player growing up and he turned to Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal were three- going to win the national championship and The NHL used to have a tradition of playing several others coaches and said, “See, I told you time world champions when they played on the had them practice cutting down the nets once on Christmas Day and this game is the only one I could play.” He was also the first to give me Lakers together, and they also hated each other’s a week during practice. Valvano’s March 4, to ever go into overtime, as the Red Wings beat an autograph. guts. In July of 2004, the Lakers traded O’Neal 1993 ESPY speech, “Don’t Give Up. Don’t the Americans 3-2 18 days after the attack on to the Miami Heat and the NBA scheduled their When N.C. State coach Jim Valvano was asked Ever Give Up,” will live forever. God truly Pearl Harbor. The NHL eliminated overtime in first meeting for Christmas night. The game how he planned to slow down the Houston gave him words that night to give to us. Since 1942 because of wartime restrictions and did lived up to its hype, as Bryant scored 42 points Cougars at the 1983 Final Four, he responded, 1993, nearly 200 million dollars has been not reinstitute it until the 1983-84 season. The and drew O’Neal’s fifth and sixth fouls, sending “We’re going to start guarding them when they raised to help fight cancer through the Jimmy 1941-42 season was the last for the Americans Shaq to the bench with the two teams tied 91- get off their bus.” Jim Valvano was a one-man V. Foundation. franchise and the NHL operated with its parade. He was an over-doer, an overachiever 91. The game went into overtime where Dwayne It has been said that death may end a life, but it Original Six teams until 1967. and an over-the-top kind of guy, but he was Wade led the Heat to a 104-102 win. Bryant does not end a relationship. How true! A lot of at his best as a basketball coach. Whatever 7. Don Shula Breaks NFL Regular-Season missed a three-pointer as time expired. laughter left the game when Jim Valvano died. he attempted, he was all in and in most cases Victory Record-1994 Cancer had been getting to the foul line on him 1. Chiefs and Dolphins Play Longest Game successful. It’s hard to describe Jimmy V. He for years trying to score. Cancer finally dunked in NFL History-1971 had that flash; that ability to light up a place. on Jimmy V. with no time remaining, on April, His hands were small; it was like shaking hands The first NFL games ever played on Christmas 28, 1993. It had been a little over ten years after with a nine-year old. Jim spoke fast like an AK- Day ended up being the last for many years. Jim had cut down the nets in Albuquerque, New 47 and his voice sounded like a distant artillery Earlier in the day, the Dallas Cowboys beat the Mexico. I’m positive he died laughing or eating barrage. When excited, he kept coming at you Minnesota Vikings 20-12. Then at 4 p.m. ET, the or both. My dad, Gordon Purvis died of cancer like sheets of rain in a windstorm. He looked Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins met a little over one year after Valvano won it all, like a guy with a lance going after a machine- in Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium. The two in July of 1984. My mother and brother have gun nest. Jim once said, “Sometimes the only teams battled back and forth and were tied 24- also left me behind. Valvano’s real message difference between being a college basketball 24 at the end of regulation. After a scoreless first had always been the same as my parents, about coach and General George Armstrong Custer overtime, they went into a second one. Finally, love. Love each other. I miss them all, terribly. Don Shula with 7:20 left in the second overtime period, is that the coach has to watch the game film Miami’s Garo Yepremeian kicked the game- the next day.” Talking with Valvano gave you Andy Purvis is a local author and radio winning field goal. The game was actually only ammunition to go out and do whatever you set personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. This game between the Miami Dolphins and three hours and 21 minutes long in real time, your mind on doing. Everybody who ever met com for all the latest info on his books or to the Detroit Lions already had a lot going for it. but the outcry of how it cut into Christmas Day Jim had a story about him. This one is mine. listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books Both teams were 9-6 and battling for a playoff are available online and can be found in the prompted the NFL to avoid scheduling another He was the kind of guy you wouldn’t mind spot and Barry Sanders entered the game with local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be game on this day until 1989. getting stuck with in a submarine. Jim was 1,831 rushing yards and a shot at 2,000. The contacted at [email protected]. Also always an education to talk to. The gym just Dolphins took control early, holding Sanders to Dotson’s Other Note: To me the foregoing are listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s felt better with him in it. It’s true that Valvano only 52 yards, and scoring on five of their first the top ten Christmas sports stories since 1900. Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. never shied away from a camera. That was seven possessions to take a 27-10 halftime lead If any of you Moon Monkeys have others in your com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of just not part of his DNA. I’m pretty sure Jack and held on for a 27-20 win. The victory was top ten, either before or after 1900, please let the Houston Astros. head coach Don Shula’s 319th regular-season me know. the Ripper could have played for Jim Valvano. “Don’t let anyone steal your dreams,” he once victory, putting him ahead of George Halas Suggestions and/or comments,, please call, text (Shula had broken the overall wins record in and/or email me. Email: [email protected] 1993.). Mobile: 530-748-8475 6. Bernard King Scores 60 Points-1984 -30-Hang In There and Have Fun In front of a Madison Square Garden crowd, King torched the New Jersey Nets for a Christmas Day record 60 points. His New York Catch of the Week Knicks still lost 120-114, but the only memory from that game was his performance. King won the scoring title that season and this Christmas Day milestone was his highest point total of the season.

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You can also to take this opportunity to bring attention to coordinator-sites/lco-sites/default.aspx call the PIPOA office with MEMBERS OF THE PIPOA, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE KEEP A certain efforts in our area that will benefit many any questions you have at 361-949-7025. families this holiday season. In addition to this great organization, there CLOSE WATCH AND PARTICIPATE are many other charitable events in the area Short Term Rentals- The PIPOA sent out IN ALL FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AND Toys for Tots is a nationwide campaign, and occurring this holiday season. As we prepare survey cards to the membership asking if COMMITTEES. THE PUSH TO PUT has very strong roots and participation in Corpus for the holiday season, let’s join together in short-term rentals should be allowed in the SHORT-TERM RENTALS ALL OVER Christi, Port Aransas and the Coastal Bend area. helping the community and bettering the lives single-family residential areas of the PIPOA. THE ISLAND IS NOT OVER. PLEASE BE The initiative began in 1947, when Marine Major of those around us. The overwhelming response was 80% of the PREPARED TO MAKE YOUR POSITION Bill Hendricks collected and donated 5,000 toys responding parties are against short-term KNOWN AND YOUR VOICE HEARD. to children in their city. The campaign was so If you have questions regarding any of the rentals in the residential neighborhoods. The successful that Marine Reserve Units around information mentioned in this week’s article, survey cards continue to come into the PIPOA Board Meeting- The Board of Directors met please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or on December 8, 2020. The meeting was pretty the country began collecting and donating toys, office. The number of responses is now over under the shared objective to “bring the joy of District Office. Please always feel free to 600. much routine. The Board voted to accept the contact my office if you have any questions 2021 Budget. Josh Senecal was appointed to Christmas to America’s needy children.” Since its inception in 1947, the U.S. Marine Corps or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if The PIPOA presented a letter I wrote to the the Architectural Control Committee (ACC). you would like to contact my office regarding Island Strategic Action Committee (ISAC). Josh is a licensed Engineer and a Navy Reserve Toys for Tots Program has distributed over 490 million toys to more than 230 million constituent services. As always, my offices are The letter contained the survey results, veteran serving as a Nuclear Technician on available at any time to assist with questions, zoning information, findings of the PIPOA submarines. needy children across the country. Events are held around the area to promote the Toys for Tots concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- committee, and a statement that the PIPOA, 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). based on members’ response, recommends 2021 Board of Directors Election- The holiday drive effort from the public, along with no short-term rentals in the single-family following persons have registered to run for Marines from the local Naval Air Station who - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 the three seats up for election. Drew Diggins, collect donations. With a great military base, residential areas. This letter is available Rep. Hunter represents Nueces (Part) County. Ken Hughes, Jim McFadden, Vicki Marsden strong charity presence and generous-minded on the PIPOA website (and included in He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. McGinley, Ray Singleton, Dennis Sprout, and people and industry, District 32 is a great place this issue of the Island Moon). The letter texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. was well received by the ISAC members. Frank Stover. Seven members are seeking Subsequently, Dan Brown, an ISAC member, three seats. and PIPOA Board Member, made a motion Bulkheads- Dusty Gordon reports that that the ISAC recommend no short-term on average, just over one bulkhead is being rentals to the City Council in the single- repaired per week. There are 40 bulkheads in City Update family residential neighborhoods. Something the queue to be repaired. Starting in January By Greg Smith, City Council Member District 4 strange happened with the vote on the 2021, a second contractor will be repairing Motion. I believe nine ISAC members were bulkheads as well. None of the bulkheads in voting. Dan Brown, Tommy Kurtz, and Polly the queue are in danger of any failure. The Tuesday was the last regular with water use. Adopting an impervious cover Balzer Diggins voted in favor of the Motion. repairs are primarily replacing the cap of the Council meeting for the 2018 Council. During formula would result in a substantial reduction However, six other ISAC members abstained bulkhead with a few needing tie back repair. election season most of the heavy lifting items in homeowner’s water bills. from voting. I find the abstentions to be New Construction- Nearly 100 new homes are deferred until the new Council is seated. confusing. Virtually all ISAC agreed that In the Bluff and Town homelessness is a major will have been constructed in the PIPOA in there should be no short-term rentals in the In our Covid brief the news was good. We are issue. There is a proposal to build a low barrier 2020. That is a lot. Approximately 66 pools single-family residential neighborhoods but in line for 6,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine with homeless shelter with Federal funding that is have been built. There is a building boom on would not vote for it. WHAT IS GOING ON the first priority going to health care workers and due to expire at the end of 2021. The definition the Island. then nursing homes. Hospitalizations were 124 of low barrier is there are no restrictions for on Tuesday as opposed to 117 the week before. occupancy such as criminal history, addictions Three weeks ago they were 120 so our trend and mental health. The shelter operating costs Early Voting for City Runoffs is relatively flat. Flu cases were eight for the are estimated at $400,000 per year, the first year week compared to 228 for the same time period to be funded by the Fed’s. Key questions are for last year demonstrating our community is where would it be located and would it help the Is Under Way taking the safety protocols seriously. homeless population or increase the populace as Corpus Christi would become a more attractive In 2021 expect to see the following issues destination for the seasonal migratory homeless Locations, Dates and Times before Council; Short Term Rentals, Storm- community. water fees, Low Barrier Homeless Shelter and Early Voting for the December 15 City of Padre Island Baptist Church – 14253 S. changes in the Developers Trust Fund. In a growing community there are always Corpus Christi runoff elecitions is underway. Padre Island Dr. (Foyer) demands for new infrastructure. This is paid The number one topic and which the Island Early voting will be availabl through December out by different methods. In CC developers Ethel Eyerly Senior Center - 654 has been the focal point is short term rentals or 11. pay per acre of development an acreage fee Graham Rd. (Meeting Rm.) STR’s. I would like to thank both the PIPOA that covers waterline and sewer line extensions Early Voting at the Island polling place began and ISAC for all the time, research and feedback Ben F. McDonald Public Library – 4044 that are outside the development. The issue is Monday, December 7. they have done. It will be a great help in moving the Trust fund is out of money because these The runoffs include voting for Mayor and City Greenwood Dr. (Meeting Rm.) forward. With 80 percent of polled homeowners reimbursements costs have outstripped the Council Members in Districts 1 and 4. The opposed to STR’s in the residential zoned Corpus Christi Christian Fellowship – revenue. Since the fees do not include street last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Friday, neighborhood the message is clear, no STR’s in 6602 S. Staples St. (Fellowship Hall) improvements or large capital items like December 4. For information on how to apply, the R-6 zoned neighborhoods. wastewater plants and water supplies the cost call the Nueces County Clerk’s Office at (361) Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center - 5151 Another item that has not had a lot of publicity of these items are then borne by all ratepayers 888-0385. McArdle Rd. (Lobby) but has big impact is storm-water (drainage and taxpayers. Early voting by personal appearance will be Fannin Elementary – 2730 Gollihar Rd. maintenance and improvements) fees. About December 15 is Election Day and I encourage conducted from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on (Cafeteria) half of your water charge is not for water but all to vote. The election promises are all the December 5 and 6, 2020, at the Nueces County is an embedded storm-water charge. Corpus same, Infrastructure, Public Safety, Economic Courthouse only; then from 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 Hamlin Middle School - 3900 Hamlin Christi is the only major Texas City that uses Development, etc. The items mentioned above p.m. on December 7 – 11 at the early voting Dr. (Front, Rm. 1) water consumption for charging the stormwater are the unheard issues that take the time and substations, as follows. For curbside voting at fee. The drainage needs are more a function Hilltop Community Center - 11425 effort in moving our City ahead. all locations – call (361) 888-0303: Leopard St. (SW Wing, Back of the of impervious cover and has little relationship Early Voting substations Bldg.) Padre Island Baptist Church – 14253 S. John F. Kennedy Elementary - 1102 Padre Island Dr. (Foyer) Villarreal Rd. (Atrium) Padre Island Real Estate Ticker Ethel Eyerly Senior Center – 654 La Retama Central Library - 805 Graham Rd. Flour Bluff Comanche St. (La Retama Rm.) November 1 – November 15 By Cindy Molnar Ben F. McDonald Library – 4044 Lindale Senior Center - 3135 Swantner Greenwood Dr. (Meeting Rm.) St. Coldwell Banker Island Realtors Corpus Christi Christian Fellowship - Magee Elementary (Star Annex) - 4201 Waterfront Homes Sold 14721 Whitecap Blvd. #233 Calallen Dr. (Bldg. 3, Rm. C2/C3) (Fellowship Hall) – 6602 S. Staples St. 13753 Cayo Cantiles Court 15641 Palmira Avenue Unit A Mireles Elementary - 7658 Cimarron Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center 13906 Man O War Court 45 Interior Condominiums/Townhomes/ (Lobby) – 5151 McArdle Rd. Blvd. (Front Entrance) Duplexes Listed From $104,900.00- 13717 Cayo Cantiles Court Hilltop Community Center (South Wing Montclair Elementary - 5241 Kentner $460,000.00 14902 Tesoro Drive #1, Back of Building) - 11425 Leopard St. (Art Rm.) Waterfront Condomiums/ St. Oak Park Recreation Center - 842 Erwin 13801 Halyard Drive Townhomes Sold Lindale Senior Center – 3135 Swantner Ave. (Social Hall) 32 Waterfront Homes Listed From 14300 S. Padre Island Drive #119 Dr. $425,000.00 - $3,200,000.00 Parkway Presbyterian Church - 3707 14810 Windward Drive #303 Santa Fe St. (Fellowship Hall) Interior Lot Homes Sold Oak Park Recreation Center – 842 15002 Windward Drive #507 Erwin Ave. (Social Hall) Schanen Elementary - 5717 Killarmet 15702 Escapade Street 15330 Bonasse Court #802 The Valencia - 6110 Ayers St. Dr. (Left Side Entrance, Lobby) 14902 Aquarius Street 15313 Bonasse Court Unit D Veterans Memorial High School Smith Elementary – 6902 Williams Dr. 13842 Flintlock Drive (Auditorium) - 3750 Cimarron Blvd. (Front Lobby, near Rm. 9) 57 Waterfront Condominiums/ 15245 Main Royal Drive Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From Election Day The Valencia – 6110 Ayers St. 16009 El Soccorro Loop $69,900.00-$1,290,000.00 Registered voters will be able to cast their Veterans Memorial High School - 3750 13774 Eaglesnest Bay Drive Waterfront Lots Election Day ballots at any of these Vote Centers, Cimarron Blvd. (Auditorium) 14806 Lighthouse Drive 15326 Beaufort Court in Corpus Christi (subject to change), from 7:00 Zavala Senior Center - 510 Osage St. A.M. – 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 15 15125 Crossjack Street 45 Waterfront Lots Listed From $165,000.00-$2,000,000.00 when curbside voting is also available. 15213 Tesoro Drive 14141 Coquina Bay Drive Interior Lots Sold Make a Difference Light Up the Island 15810 Portillo Drive 14002 Rudder Court The City of Corpus Christi has numerous The Coastal Bend Patriots Prayer Group 26 Interior Lots Listed From $49,900.00- COASTAL is hosting the lighting of the Island 41 Interior Lot Homes Listed From boards, commissions and committees which $269,100.00-$799,900.00 $129,000.000 strive to reflect the diverse interests and abilities Christmas tree at Island Joe’s of our citizens. The City is still seeking a pool of Coffee and Gallery 14829 S Interior Lot Condominiums/ Commercial Lots applicants to fill the following vacant positions Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Townhomes/Duplexes Sold 19 Commercial Lots Listed From as soon as possible after the new Council is 78418 on November 14th $125,000.00-$2,200,000.00 seated. at 6:00 PM with Pastor 14810 Robla Drive Rey Escalante leading us • Corpus Christi Regional Economic in Christmas Carols and Development Corporation Prayer. • Marina Advisory Committee We would love to see • Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces you and your families County, TX join us at 6:00 with NOW OPEN! parking available • Watershore and Beach Advisory on the side road by Committee •Yoga •Free weights Island Joes or walk • Ifinterested in serving go to serve.cctexas. over if you are close by. OPEN EVERY DAY •Pilates Cardio Room com. 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By Emily Gaines | PR Coordinator for BBB serving the Heart of Texas By Martin Hagne This is shaping up to be a very good year hummers, the rarer (for our area) Anna’s, COVID-19 has been devastating for many small • Eat local. Locally owned restaurants for seeing wintering birds from the north. Calliope, and others. There were four separate businesses in the United States, and consumers need support during the holidays too! We are seeing American Robins, American Anna’s Hummingbirds at the small Quintana across the country have been encouraging Utilize curbside and takeout options at Goldfinches, and Pine Siskins in much larger Neotropic Bird Sanctuary last week, and some each other to shop local. Local companies are your favorite eateries to give them your numbers then most winters. We are also seeing are still there. So far the main speculated reason especially significant in Texas, as the Lone Star business while staying safe. more than usual western bird species. It’s been for all of these western birds showing up here is State ranks second in the nation for the largest quite busy for those birders that “chase” all of the many major fires in the western states. Their • Take a rain check. If you paid in advance the rarities and we are wondering what will habitat and food supplies might be affected in amount of small businesses. Texas is also for gifts like event tickets, classes or among the top states that create new jobs via show up next. the west and they ventured out to find better other services that may be cancelled due foraging grounds. small businesses. to COVID-19, ask for credit on future In an average year, the holiday shopping season purchases rather than a refund. Then the northern species started to drop in. These are what we call irruptive species. They creates a significant peak in revenue for small Buying from small businesses may be easier businesses, but in a pandemic year, shopping live up north and usually migrate short distances said than done for those on a budget. Consider at the most, but occasionally move far south local is more important than ever. Fortunately, these free ways to support your community: holiday sales are still expected to rise, despite in very large numbers. The reason for these the negative economic impacts of COVID-19. • Write a review. If you’re unable to unique migrations is not straightforward, and buy from your favorite businesses, tell researchers have found that the causes vary with If you’re looking for safe ways to support others why they should. Positive reviews the species. In general it is also food related, businesses in your community, use these tips and ratings can direct revenue to small as their food supply in far northern states and from your Better Business Bureau: businesses from new customers. Canada are low. It can also be weather related in very cold, severe or dry years when food is • Buy a gift card. If the pandemic has • Like and share. Recommend local covered up, frozen, or nonexistent. caused your favorite business or restaurant businesses to your friends and family by to temporarily close or reduce operations, sharing their social media pages. This A very “lost” Varied Thrush showed up in These irruptive species include American buy a gift card to use later! can help bring more attention to the a Surfside yard this fall! Photo by Denise Robins, American Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, • Shop online. Many local vendors have company’s products and services. Stephens. Red-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, and others. Some years they are here and others closed their physical doors but are • Show your appreciation. Help boost not at all, or in very small numbers. They may operating virtually and filling online morale in these tough times by reaching It all started with a “mega rarity” for the upper not always irrupt (venture) south, as they might orders. Visit the business’ website to see out to small businesses in your community Texas coast when a Varied Thrush showed up wander east or west as well. Many sparrow and what online options it offers. to tell them you appreciate the work they at Surfside, Texas (Brazoria county) back in duck species are somewhat irruptive. They may • Consider virtual classes. Educators in your do. October of this year. The Varied Thrush is a always migrate south, but may not go as far area may be offering online classes for art, For more tips on shopping smart and shopping species that normally hangs out in Washington, south if food is found along the way. I bet this yoga, cooking and more. Gifting an online small, visit us at BBB.org. Happy holidays from Oregon, and California states, up to Alaska, a will be a good year for wintering sparrows in class to friends or family is a creative everyone at BBB Serving the Heart of Texas! far cry from the Texas coast. It’s a stunning bird our area as well. Of course when I say a “good way to support local professionals while and birders swarmed Surfside for a look as it year”… its good for birders to see northern and making progress on holiday gift hunting. stayed around for weeks. Other western bird western birds… but maybe not so good for the species followed in the area, such as Western birds! Wood-Pewees, and I predict more are on the way. I hope you get to enjoy some of these less frequent visitors this winter! And keep your Recently there has been a hummingbird hummingbird feeders up all year… you never The Barnacle Line invasion from the west, with many Rufous know what you might see in the winter! By Del Smith Had to tear down an anchor Now of course while I’m stuck down in Thoughts From Dr. Tom windlass the other day. While this hellhole, “IT” has to happen. The Wharf doing this, there was definitely Committee shows up. “Having fun in there, a blue tint in the air about the fore deck of this are you?” Then they thought maybe 911 should Birthday Buck particular boat. Case histories and breeding be called to extract me from said line locker. habits where bandied about very freely and Surprised them though, got myself out. When audibly concerning; #1, the design engineer, asked how, I told them being claustrophobic By Dr. Tom Dorrell and #2, the manufacture of this piece of ----- helped. You would be astounded to discover well ---- ahh, equipment. --- I was not fit for what you can do when the shear, absolute terror I usually try to avoid self next problem is judging deer on the fly so you sedate human company. kicks in. promotion so I hope this story doesn’t come off don’t shoot an up and comer. The game is quick Now, understand, this entire exercise was FINALLY got that #!#**#!!! cover off. like that. I really just wanted to thank my boys and decisions quicker. Trying not to shoot a big being conducted just to disassemble it for the Well, I was right. “THEY” don’t want you for providing me with a great birthday. The old young buck is a big deal. yearly maintenance, that the owner’s manual in there. Can’t let you see how this thing is man broached the double nickel last Sunday and Sunday morning Dani shot her first archery called for. I cannot begin to communicate to made. Carbon steel. ---- Un-galvanized carbon it was a great day for yours truly. I have been buck and did great job and I had shot a 170 you folks the outrage, horror and wonderment steel. ---- Unpainted carbon steel. ---- Stamped very fortunate over the years and hunting in the class 7 year old buck the night before with the that flowed after I got the *#*#!!! thing apart! carbon steel gears with hose clamps holding the first week of December tends to correspond to longbow so we decided to rattle before tracking This maintenance, as called for, is nothing but motor on. Worst of all, an itty bitty, you guessed the rut here in South Texas. Naturally all I want those other 2 deer. Coop was to rattle for Clint applying some semi-solid lubricant, (grease, it, carbon steel pawl that is supposed to keep a to do is hunt on my special day; of course my and I and Dani was there to observe having for you landlubbers), on the gears. Simple five- 50,000-pound yacht from racking up on a reef. wife would say “how is that different from any never experienced this game. Coop had an idea other day”. minute project, right? Wrong, oh, kind and Well, at least all that un-galvanized, unpainted, where he wanted to go so we eased into that trusting soul. Please let me list the antics that stamped carbon steel was covered with area which consisted of an open mott type area I expended. something. Yes, sir good ole RUST!! near thick brush. I have learned thru experience The first was to remove the seven screws that I like a shady area with a hole in the brush Can you believe some of the products produced that I can stand and see 180 degrees to see the attaching the cover to the gear case. Then I find, for the boating industry that are sold as that in order to remove the cover, the capstan deer coming and be prepared as it happens fast. seaworthy? Really makes the careful inspection Standing is better than kneeling for sight and wheel case has to be unbolted because it is thru of all new equipment mandatory. bolted to the gear cover! Oh Boy! Okay, now in less obstructions for arrow flight. order to take the capstan wheel case the manual I believe some guidelines that should be As luck would have it I had perfect spot across tells me that I have to remove the capstan wheel considered, along with quality, when buying from Coop, once we were settled confirmed by pulleys, rope guide, spacer, capstan seal and new equipment are; ----Be sure that it is owner our signature bobwhite whistle then he began to pressure bar just to have access to the two bolts serviceable, repairmen are very hard to find 100 rattle grunt and break brush. The first set got no that hold this little sucker on there. Of course, miles offshore. ------Does it have a service or response but as he started the second set I saw a one of the two promptly breaks off because of shop manual. ------Does it have a parts list?- 4 year old 8 with a kicker coming in hard from corrosion. Yup, you guessed it, not put together -----If it electrically operated, does it have a the right. I waited for him to stop and find the with anti-seize compound printed schematic in the service manual. A wire Anyhow I was lucky to have both boys and rattler but he only slowed to trot. Usually they line diagram, alone, is not acceptable for self- Clint’s girlfriend Danielle with us last weekend. Okay, after all of that, you would think I could will stop for a second then spook but this guy sufficient service.------Does it need special tools I had customers early in the week and they had just kept coming all hopped up on testosterone. pull the cover off the gear case. WRONG to service or repair?-----Lastly, consider what a great hunt and the rest of the week was on my AGAIN! Now I find that the separate anchor As he passed into my second window I put an spare parts will be needed on board for “away- own. It is by far my favorite thing to do and the arrow in his boiler room and he ran right past line guide pulley interferes with the removal of from-the dock” repairs.” boys and I like to rattle deer into the longbow. the capstan case! Cooper. It is important to know right where Both boys having started with the stickbow your rattler is so that you do not shoot him as Yes, I finally got the thing put back together around age 12 after seeming to have mastered By now I am beginning to have this suspicion. and operational. Got to the top of the mountain. the deer will present between you many times, “THEY” don’t want you to get into this thing. killing deer with a compound by that time. They like this one did. Planted flag. Pounded chest. Waved arms. are like the old man always looking to make a But to forge ahead I must, for it is here, this Gazed at vistas. All that good stuff. insurmountable mountain. This un-scaled difficult thing even more difficult. We are just The best part is every one of us got to see it barrier. To be conquered no matter how many of The owner of this object of my torture, after gluttons for punishment. play out and see the shot. Super cool does not the troop fall to the enemy!! one look at its innards, is definitely in the market even begin to describe it. This is the third time This last week it was cold but rattling requires I have been fortunate to take a buck rattled into for something that is a little better quality wise cold clear quiet morning to be at its best. Wind Next step, simple. Just pull out the pulley. in an anchor windlass. No surprise there. the horns with a longbow. Clint brought in the Easy, right? OH NO, NOT TO BE – O and clouds were creating imperfect conditions first two and now Coop. Considering that is FOOLISH ONE! This pulley axle has corroded At least, when I install the new one, I will get for that game so we were hunting morning and over 25 years of doing it puts it into perspective. to an unmovable state. Should have expected to throw this pile of unmitigated donkey dung evenings as usual although I did bring a few in We are getting better at it though as it was only that. To get the capstan case so I can take the INTO THE TRASH. And a very satisfying while slow hunting creek bottoms into the wind. 2 years ago that it happened the last time. The cover off, I have to unbolt the pulley bracket klunk it will be. I had a small set of horns that I carried with me legend of the birthday buck continues at 4 D from the deck! Four bolts hold it on. Four thru while stalking the bottoms. Rattling by yourself Ranch and I am a very blessed man and have Then I found out that this particular piece of is even more of a challenge because they know bolts. The other end of these thru bolts is in equipment was installed by the original owner a blessed life with 2 amazing boys and the best the anchor line locker. Access to said anchor right where you are and tend to be on top of wife ever. Have a great Christmas! Doc Tom for use in fresh water. There it would not be you before you can put the horns down. The line locker is through a size 30 hatch. Now it exposed to the corrosive atmosphere that we has been many years since I have been size a 30 have on the coast. Possibly an acceptable waist. So, visualize, if you will, my frail body windlass in the salt free water up there in Yankee stuffed and contorted into this DANTE’S Land. HELL, undoing these four bolts, just so I can smear a little grease on some ______I think I will make a tall cool one, go sit in the gears! shady part of ARIES and look for the green flash. Nurture my aches and pains you know. –-- Yearly maintenance. –---- Right. My body, my mind deserves this –-- Dream of palm studded islands, crystal clear lagoons, with the anchor line firmly secured to the samson post! ------No windlass needed.

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Send letters and photos to editor@ Photos from Islander Gary Balluck are part of an exhibit called “Our Lady of Guadalupe” at the Barraza Fine Art Gallery in Kingsville. The gallery is located at 407 islandmoon.com S. 5h Street. December 10, 2020 Island Moon A 15 Letter continued from A1 moment to review the chart. insurance provider; The Island Outdoors IT IS CLEAR THAT THE RESIDENTS OF c. Two-night minimum rental period; THE PIPOA DO NOT WANT SHORT-TERM d. Local Contact Person (“LCP”) RENTALS IN THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE- Backwater Adventures FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. THEREFORE, i. Over 18 years of age and resident of the THE PIPOA RECOMMENDS NO SHORT- City; By Joey Farah TERM RENTALS IN THIS AREA. ii. Local telephone number; Farah’s Fishing Adventures MULTI-UNIT iii. Local mailing address; The Ditch Within the boundaries of the PIPOA are iv. Email address; In the late 1930’s and 40’s the deep channel of baitfish. The center of the channel is 15-16ft numerous multi-unit properties. These along the inland route of the Texas coast was deep. Anchoring you in the deep and casting properties include duplexes, triplexes, v. Staffed 24 hours; dredged to allow boating traffic of all kinds to towards the edge is best, but slipping over the condominiums, townhouses, and so on. Some of vi. 60-minute maximum time to respond travel the protected inland waters. The dredge edge into the shallows or right along the drop these units currently provide short-term rentals. and correct violation(s); material was used to build up spoil islands and off and anchoring up casting down the channel The PIPOA recommends that these multi-unit e. Conducting business as a short-term shallow banks up and down the coast. These or out deep works at times as well, try both. properties be allowed to choose (“home rule”) rental without registration: islands are now very eroded and losing ground whether or not they accept short-term rentals via every year. This is a funny scenario, as they their governing documents. i. Fine of $2,000; are leased to big bird protection groups for big EAST OF PARK ROAD 22 ii. Voids all registrations (for all properties) money. This prohibits the Corps of Engineers held in that name and/or entity; from putting more spoil mud on them so they The PIPOA recommends the area East of iii. Permanently prohibited from applying dump it out in the flats destroying fish and Park Road 22 (the gulf side of Park Road 22) wildlife habitat. Then they are mad because they be designated for short-term rentals. This area for future STR registration (for that property or any other within the City). are loosing nesting ground!?? Besides that fight has limited RS-6 and will accommodate short- the Intracoastal Canal, or DITCH is one of the term rentals for existing properties and new f. Visible signage on the front door of best and most consistent fishing spots in the bay. development. property including occupancy, parking During the winter months this is where much of ZONING capacity, owner name(s), registration the bait and gamefish congregate, and the best number, 24-hour contact for LCP; place for you to fish. Exhibit B attached, is an email I received on g. Copy of STR rules signed by renters; October 1, 2020, from Mr. Gene Delauro, This Island father/son slammed over 50 Building Official, Developmental Services. His h. Copy of STR rules posted in a prominent trout one morning this week along the email and map indicate which zoning areas of location inside the property; edges of the Intracoastal Waterway. the Island currently provide short-term rentals. II. Occupancy limit two people (including Exhibit C attached is a map obtained from the adults and children) per bedroom; Fishing the Ditch, can be some of the most City website using the application of the layers. III. Parking- maximum two cars (or fewer, rewarding of fishing trips you can make. We Please note, the area in Yellow is currently if limited by individual HOA); have been catching limits of trout along with zoned RS-6 residential. It coincides with single- some redfish and flounder by casting towards family residential neighborhoods. It also shows IV. Comply with Chapter 31 of Municipal the shallows and slowly working the bottom other areas in addition to the RS-6. Code regarding noise; back towards the boat with soft plastics. As RULES AND REGULATIONS V. Comply with Chapter 18 of Municipal many of you have seen my favorite lures for Code regarding fireworks; this are the 3” DOA CALL SHAD. Colors vary The PIPOA recommends the following rules between bright, dark, and natural baits. Heavier VI. Comply with Municipal Code regarding and regulations be enacted in areas where short- 1/4-3/8ths ounce jig heads are better for the swimming pools; term rentals are allowed: deeper water allowing anglers to keep their I. Procedures and Enforcement VII. Comply with Municipal Code lure in the strike zone along the bottom. Those regarding drainage; first few feet are the best so take your time on a. Registration applications: VIII. Fines- your retrieve. Flutter that bait to the bottom and i. Application for STR registration for each remember that each time you bring it towards property to be used as STR; a. 1st offense- $800; the boat it has to fall deeper off of the shelf. ii. Application fee of $1,500 for each STR b. 2nd offense- $2,000; Bait fishing the ICW is also great during the application; c. 3rd offense- registration canceled for 12 winter months. Schools of black drum and other months (must reapply for new registration); Low tides have pulled enormous amounts predators patrol and stage against the channel. iii. Application to include owners’ names, of large sized trout like this one into the Fishing the sandy spots along the edge of the including a name for each individual(s) IX. An owner must update required Intracoastal Canal. Soft plastics slow on Ditch will keep you out of the rotten sea weed operating an entity or business under the information in Third-party management the bottom are best. and into drum. They eat the small clams that are Texas Business Organizations Code; system 30 days prior to any change. If the in those sandy spots. Also pay attention for cut iv. Proof of liability insurance rated for rental information is not known to the owner 30 outs made by parking barge traffic and channel The sides of the channel are usually very usage; minimum $1 million per occurrence days in advance of a change, the owner intersections. Live shrimp and cut whole crabs shallow, inches to a few feet deep. This is a Exhibit A(City to receive notice, if insurance is must update within 24 hours after obtaining are about the best bait for winter black drum. great place to start as gamefish use the edge of canceled); knowledge of a change. the channel for many reasons. The sharp drop THIS WEEK IS THE CHRISTMAS PARTY X. Funds collected from off allows them to chase baitfish up against the AND BOAT PARADE at MARKER 37 registration fees and fines shallows and strike. The edges of the channel MARINA ON FRIDAY NITE! The view of are to be segregated and also are where the varied bottom is found. The the parade from DOC’s, SNOOPY’s, and Exhibit A repatriated to the Island deepest part of the channel is soft mud, the edges MARKER 37 is the best! They will all be for the use of maintenance, contain sand, mud, and shell variations. Grass is having Christmas Parties. I’ll be there enjoying code enforcement, and usually present along its sides and harbor lots the sunset and festive atmosphere, bring a new police enforcement. toy when you come for TOYS FOR TOTS!! The above-stated recommendations will protect the single-family residential areas’ property values and ensure the quality of life. Furthermore, the recommendations provide for STRs in certain multi-unit complexes. The area East of Park Road 22 may be developed with additional STR projects added to the existing v. 45-day wait period; STR properties. The rules and regulations vi. Notification of application submittals to all property owners within 100 ft (including a list of STR rules); vii. Name and contact information for the local contact person (“LCP”) responsible for STR property management; b. Annual Registration i. Registration fee of $500 annually; ii. Proof of liability insurance as provided above;

iii. Notice to property owners within listed above will create an orderly and good 100 ft, including the name of Local contact neighbor environment for STR. Person; local telephone number; email address; and registration number; The PIPOA requests the City of Corpus Christi, as part of a transparent process, be iv. Third-party management and software Page 1 included on an advisoryPage 1 basis in the City’s – information regarding registration made administrative procedure as it moves forward readily available to the public including with the short-term rental matter. owner name(s), name of Local Contact Person, local 24-hour telephone number, Best Regards, local address, registration number, and Marvin Jones, PIPOA Board President Answers to The Island’s Questions Editor’s note: The following are responses from unit properties are split. That is, some are in PIPOA President Marvin Jones to a series of favor, and some are against. I advised these Questions from the Island Moon. owners to make their voices heard by ISAC and IM: The letter to the Island Strategic Action City Council. Committee indicates the PIPOA will leave IM: Based on the survey are there any the decision on Short-Term Rentals in condo residential areas on the east (Gulf of Mexico) developments up to the owners of the units. Is side of SPID that do not want Short-Term that correct? Rentals? * Delivery Condo, townhouse, and multi-unit buildings I have not been contacted by owners of single- should have the choice of allowing short-term family residences on the East side of Park * Carryout rentals or not allowing short-term rentals. Thus, Road 22. Owners of multi-unit properties have the Associations for these types of developments contacted me. Their response has been some for * Curbside can, by democratic vote, determine their status. and some against. There are locations within the PIPOA where short-term rentals would be appropriate in these IM: Are there any further steps the PIPOA * Wine Wed. Half Price types of developments. Many investors have board will be taking with regards to Short- purchased units in these developments that have Term Rentals. * Monday Night been doing short-term rental for quite some The PIPOA Board will make every effort to Football Specials time. However, a multi-unit property should participate in further discussions and participate Lasagna Lunch not be permitted to do short-term rental in the in the Super Committee discussed at the ISAC property is located inside the single-family meeting. The PIPOA will continue to do all 14493 S.P.I.D Suite C residential areas. possible to make the position of our members padrepizzeria.com Special $5.99 IM: In light of the survey have you been known. contacted by any non-resident property Concluding remarks Mon – Thurs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. owners on Padre Island who want to rent for 949.0787 Short-Term stay. What have you told them? I have been in contact with City Councilpersons Greg Smith and Paulette Guajardo. They have A couple of non-resident property owners has stated in writing that they support and promote contacted me. Those that own homes in the the PIPOA’s position that there should not be Send letters and photos to editor@ single-family residential area are against short- short-term rentals in the single-family residential term rentals. However, those that own multi- neighborhoods of the PIPOA. islandmoon.com December 10, 2020 Island Moon A 16 Keller Williams “Toys for Tots” Event Decorating Port Aransas

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Lee Harper of the Back Porch sent me a pic of Eric Magnusson gig over there last Saturday. He had the ace sidemen of choice in tow with Live Music Antone Perez on skins and I think that’s Art Galvan on bass. He’s got a huge facemask on it could be Chris Jordan except his shoes aren’t shiny and pointed. Truth be told I never made Tonight it out of the house last weekend. My Mermaid Wednesday, December 9 Rock N Roll Flea Market Gal went to Houston and I pretty much laid Jerry Ward @ Doc’s @ House of Rock around in fetal position and sucked my thumb. Billy Snipes @ Satisfaction: Rolling Scuttlebutt’s Stones Tribute @ DO NOT MISS LIST Ruben Limas @ RICH LOCKHART DEC. 10 Brewster Downtown Blackbeard’s Justin and Niki @ Chris Jordan and Andrea Shaw picked Coming this weekend… Ty Dietz @ Vernon’s FREE BEER BAND DEC. 11 Exchange their tenth anniversary to get engaged. RIPTIDE DEC. 12 Latin Sunset Band @ Thursday, December 10 Pier 99 missed her celebration at Red’s, the bar she Rich Lockhart @ Back HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Reno Perez @ Thirsty’s Porch Ingleside manages, on Sunday and I think I’m now in the Art Barrera @ Treasure OPEN 12-11 DAILY doghouse with a honey badger… probably not Island Sunday, December 13 a good thing. We love you to the moon, Renee. Billy Snipes @ Doc’s Billy Snipes @ Doc’s 132 W. Cotter St. Port A Here’s some other great news on the local Robin Blue @ John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s front, two of our greatest friends and long time Scuttlebutt’s Crosstown Expressway @ island residents (make that very long), Chris Ruben Limas @ Island House of Rock Jordan and Andrea Shaw are now engaged Italian Sonny Salinas @ to be married in the proper sense. And Chris, Jim Dugan @ Brewster Executive Surf Club being the hopeless romantic that he is, decided South Ty Dietz @ Cassidy’s Pub Monday, December 14 to pop the question on their ten year anniversary Falco & the Wolf @ Stevie Start @ Doc’s of being a couple and presented Andrea with a Brewster Downtown Darren McGIll @ very cool amethyst ring that’s been in his family Koe Wetzel & Read Treasure Island Scuttlebutt’s since the 1930’s, This is great, great news and Southall @ Concrete a perfect bonding of two amazing humans. Street Tuesday, December 15 Congratulations Chris and Andy. I’d call this is Stevie Start @ Doc’s a good pairing. Friday, December 11 LIVE MUSIC Mike Perez @ Britney Doyle will play the Gaff on Friday Clay Hollis & Nick Scuttlebutt’s and the Black Marlin on Saturday. Lawrence @ Treasure Island THU-SUN Wednesday, December 16 Britney Doyal @ Gaff Jerry Ward @ Doc’s Free Beer Band @ Back 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Billy Snipes @ Porch treasureislandporta Scuttlebutt’s Riptide @ Bron’s Ruben Limas @ Jerry Ward @ Doc’s Blackbeard’s Mike Perez @ Scuttlebutt’s Thursday, December 17 Ty Dietz @ House of Billy Snipes @ Doc’s Rock Robin Blue @ Metalshop @ Brewster Scuttlebutt’s Downtown Ruben Limas @ Island Hill Country Revival @ Italian Brewster South Giovannie & the Hired Stevie Start @ Island Guns @ Concrete Street Italian Ruben Limas @ Friday, December 18 Clay Hollis and Nick Lawrence will play Blackbeard’s PORT ARANSAS’ Jerry Ward @ Doc’s Treasure Island this Friday and Saturday. Rich Lockhart @ Stevie Start @ Island Exchange Italian Paul & Sandy @ Hook OLDEST AND Sierra Dawn @ On Thursday we have a few good shows and Ladder Pub Scuttlebutt’s out there. Here in Port A the Back Porch has Falco & the Wolf @ FRIENDLIEST Ruben Limas @ Rich Lockhart and Treasure Island has Art Rockit’s Blackbeard’s Barrera. Down on Padre you can catch some OPEN Till 11pm • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Steve Trevino @ Brewster residency shows with Billy Snipes at Doc’s, Saturday, December 12 Downtown Robin Blue at Scuttlebutt’s and Ruben Limas Riptide @ Bac k Porch at Island Italian… which, speaking of Ruben Jim Dugan @ Gaff Saturday, December 19 Limas, reminds me. Did you see where Bob Clay Hollis & Nick Gann Band @ Doc’s Dylan sold his entire catalog to Universal Lawrence @ Treasure Brian Winfrey @ Island Island Italian Publishing of over 600 songs for nine figures? Gann Band @ Doc’s Sierra Dawn @ That would look good in my wallet. And in town Ty Dietz @ The Slip Scuttlebutt’s on Thursday Ty Dietz is downtown at Cassidy’s Britney Doyal @ Angry Damon Scott @ House Pub and the Brewster Downtown/South Town/ Marlin of Rock Renee Garland celebrated her birthday at Concrete/Rockit’s conglomerate has it going on Brian Winfrey @ Island Red’s on Sunday. this whole weekend. This Thursday they have Italian Sunday, December 20 our pal Coach Jim Dugan at Brewster South, Olivia Whitehurst @ Billy Snipes @ Doc’s Falco and the Wolf at Brewster Downtown Scuttlebutt’s John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s The good news & the bad news… and Koe Wetzel & Read Southall at Concrete Cathouse @ Black Monk Crosstown Expressway @ Reno Perez @ Thirsty’s House of Rock The bad news is that the COVID rages on as Street for an all tables reserved concert. That is does the battle to convince the public to wear a solid Thursday right there. On Friday there’s face masks and stop hugging and shaking a bunch of shows too. The big news here is the Free Beer Band at the Back Porch. This will be

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