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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 September 7, 2017 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around The Schlitterbahn Island Harvey is Good By Dale Rankin in Chapter 11 What a week it has been. In the past News and Bad two weeks our Island was inundated Bankruptcy on one end with six feet of floodwater By Dale Rankin and on the other with ten. But here we are almost dug out and moving News for Packery Schlitterbahn Riverpark and Resort forward. The most severe damage in Padre Island is in Chapter 11 both Port Aransas and North Padre Bankruptcy was to homes facing west where the Channel Judge Craig Gargotta in the Western brunt of the storm came from. Harvey By Dale Rankin into the Gulf. The Island Strategic District of Texas ruled Tuesday was the most destructive hurricane to Action Committee which had been morning in San Antonio to place the hit our area since Hurricane Celia in The six-foot tide that washed over pushing for a dredging project in troubled park into reorganization and 1970 and is a reminder we live in a North Padre Island during Hurricane 2018 told city staff at their Tuesday is set to appoint a trustee to oversee precarious place here on our little Harvey was a mixed blessing for meeting to proceed with permitting a reorganization plan which must sandbar. Packery Channel. for the dredging next year but the be in place by December 4. If not, The difference in the damage The good news is that the outgoing project may now be unneeded. according to Gargotta’s ruling Axys between Padre and Port Aransas, water, pushed by the northwesterly The bad news is that the rushing Capital Credit which holds a lean just about fifteen miles apart, is wind moved out the sand that had water did serious damage to the against 270 acres surrounding the palpable. The only home destroyed accumulated in the mouth of the Packery jetties, particularly the south park will be allowed to foreclose on on Padre was due to a fire at a house channel reducing the depth to about jetty where the water destroyed the the property and sell it at auction on Cruiser, while in Port Aransas the four feet and posing a hazard for rip rap that lined the channel, in some on December 5. Axys had requested area the area between 6th Street and boaters. A check of the channel spots hollowing out the sand under that the land be separated from an Alister Street took the brunt of the Tuesday found the depth to be about the adjacent walkway. Involuntary Bankruptcy filing by storm with multiple homes destroyed seven feet through the channel inside companies owned by the Henry or inhabitable. the Packery Bridge on State Highway City officials told the ISAC family, owners of Schlitterbahn 361 and seven to ten feet from the Tuesday that while estimates are waterparks so it could be sold Thank you to power crews bridge to the opening of the channel still preliminary the cost of repair is immediately, that request was denied, The crews from AEP who came to estimated at around $2 million. but his decision to appoint a trustee The Island to restore power deserve was a move to push the partners, who a big thank you from residents, have been at loggerheads for over a especially in Port Aransas where only year, toward a resolution that will put a week ago the power lines and poles the park on stable financial footing were mostly down or destroyed. As of going forward. this writing power is restored to most Schlitterbahn cont. on A4 of Port Aransas and the cleanup is well underway. Islanders Work to Help Storm Victims

Power crews at work in Port Aransas Port Aransas water Water service to Port Aransas was Island Birds Lose Their Best Friend disrupted by a break in the main line Port Aransas Icon Tony Amos Dies at 80 feeding the city which runs from Since 1978 when anyone found an Padre Island northward up State injured bird or turtle on Mustang, Highway 361 and was broken by Padre, or San Jose, islands there rushing water just north of Packery was always someone there to help. Channel. Port Aransas resident and founder of the Animal Rescue Keep at the Moon columnist Rachael Warner- University of Texas Marine Science Heintschel and a group of Center Tony Amos would answer the Islanders have been busy since call and rescue marine wildlife and take it to the ARK for rehabilitation Hurricane Harvey collecting and release, or in the case of some and distributing supplies to long-living injured turtles who could storm victims from Port Aransas not be released into the wild provide to Refugio. Their warehouse at them a permanent residence. 14330 SPID is full of outbound Amos passed away Monday at a supplies. Repair to water line at Packery hospice in San Antonio after a lengthy To donate or to request help Channel battle with pancreatic cancer. He was contact Rachael at 858 752 7717 Amos cont. on A4 or Andrea at 808 206 0891. Initial water service was restored using the supply from the million A little Island history gallon tank along State Highway 361 until the repairs on the line were in place Tuesday and things are now September Storms in Texas back to normal. Editor’s Note: it was nine years several counties and cities, blocked The sound of silence ago this week that Hurricane Ike federal navigation channels of When disaster strikes and power glanced off our Island and slammed national interest, and ultimately led to goes out many of us keep a battery into Galveston. Early September has the loss of thousands of jobs. The U.S. powered radio handy as a lifeline. historically been a fertile time for Federal Emergency Management In most cases the sole source of hurricanes on the Texas coast. Here Agency (FEMA) reported that about information for those in the stricken is a look back at the most powerful 1.9 million people evacuated prior to area is AM radio. But in our case that and impactful. Hurricane Ike. source was for all practical purposes Ike September 13, 2008 1900 Storm non-existent. The two local talk radio stations went off the air for several Ike pushed tides over the top of The 1900 storm that hit Galveston is days and the only station attempting the Michael J. Ellis Seawall and still the granddaddy of Texas storms to provide vital information was FM left a sand deposit between the and is till the deadliest natural disaster station 89.5 KLUV which remained Packery Channel Jetties that two in American history. In the fledgling on the air but had scant information subsequent dredgings failed to years of the hurricane warning for those digging out of the storm. remove completely and which is system it caught the people of The sole source available in blacked still a factor in maintaining the Galveston by surprise on September out areas was an AM station out channel depth today. Hurricane Ike 8, 1900 pushing a fifteen-foot surge of Houston, 740 on the dial, but as made an early-morning landfall near tide across Galveston Island killing the storm shifted northward their Galveston, killing scores of people in between 6000 and 12,000 people. Texas and other U.S. states (as well emphasis, understandably, shifted The storm resulted in the as in Haiti and Cuba). The hurricane with it leaving the Coastal Bend at a construction of the Galveston seawall caused billions of dollars of damage loss for vital information in the first which provide protection to the city The surge tide from Hurricane Ike ran visitors off seawall beach. to property, reduced the tax bases of Around cont. on A4 during Ike 108 years later. Galveston History cont. on A4 September 7, 2017 Island Moon A 2 Bird Island Basins Sustains Some Hurricane Damage

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It spent another $2.2 14646 Compass and he can be Pete Alsop billion on Public Assistance Grants. In total, reached at 949-9500. Island Delivery for Hurricane Ike, FEMA assistance in Texas My Coastal Home Furniture totaled approximately $2.7 billion. Coldwell Banker Status of Super Fund Store on North Padre is open with Advertising Despite misleading and inaccurate reporting, Annually, Texans pay approximately $100- everything in stock on sale. They the facts are that EPA and TCEQ are working 120 billion more into the Federal system than Jan Park Rankin deliver to Corpus Christi, Rockport, together, along with other local, state, and we receive. Since Hurricane Ike in 2007, Port A and more. They are located at Classifieds federal authorities and emergency responders that amounts to approximately $1 trillion in 14330 SPID across from Sonic. Arlene Ritley around the clock to address the human health overpayments. This is over 300 times what Production Manager and environmental impacts of Hurricane FEMA spent on Hurricane Ike. The bottom Custom Home Exteriors and Harvey and its effects, especially historic and Abigail Bair line is this: every dollar that FEMA spends Remodeling, Inc. have been roofing devastating flooding throughout Southeast in Texas first comes from the pockets of the Contributing Writers the Island since 1985. They use Texas. With regard to the status of Superfund Texas taxpayers. FEMA is only in the picture to windstorm quality Owens Corning Joey Farah sites: retroactively justify the theft of our tax money shingles. Call 949-2100 for a free Andy Purvis EPA has conducted initial assessments at by the Federal Government under the guise of a inspection and quote. natural disaster. Mary Craft 41 Superfund sites in the impacted areas Matrix Demolition does MayBeth Christiansen using aerial images, as well as direct contact Texans take care of Texans. We’re seeing it with the parties responsible for on-going happen right now during Hurricane Harvey. We commercial/residential demolition, Jay Gardner cleanup activities. EPA has determined that could do it much better with the money that we water extractions, boat recovery, lot Todd Hunter 28 Superfund sites in the area do not currently overpay for being in the Federal system and clearing and excavation. Call 458- Dotson Lewis show damage or excessive flooding associated without FEMA. 9907 for free estimate. with Harvey. EPA determined that 13 sites have Ronnie Narmour Texas Nationalist Movement Yard Sale at 14925 Schooner been flooded and/or are experiencing possible th Brent Rourk damage due to the storm. Of these sites, two, Drive on Saturday, September 9 7 Photographers Falcon Refinery and the Brine Service, have Municiple Management am – 2 pm has all proceeds going to Miles Merwin been inspected, and it has been determined a Harvey relief fund. Debbie Noble that they do not require emergency cleanup; District for Island Canals Whitecap Painting & Remodeling however, additional sampling in the area will My essay 5 dealing with the need to amend our Mary Craft is locally owned and in business for continue to be conducted. Bylaws was submitted prior to the storm and Ronnie Narmour over 45 years. Call 688-9484. Eleven sites, including Bailey Waste Disposal, ran in the Moon’s August 24th edition, along Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) French LTD, Geneva Industries/Fuhrmann with a “response” by the Board’s attorney. Riley P. Dog Energy, Gulfco Marine, Highland Acid Pit, While I reject the Board’s arguments, and will Business Briefs Malone Services, U.S. Oil Recovery, Patrick return to the Bylaws in time, the catastrophic Snopy’s Pier hopes to be back Bayou, Petro-Chemical Systems, Triangle damage from Harvey, forces us to consider serving customers on Friday, Chemical, and San Jacinto Waste Pits have not more immediate issues. By this I refer to our September 8th but if not owner Ernie been accessible by response personnel. Teams plans and mechanisms for dealing with storm Buttler promises for sure on Saturday. are in place to investigate possible damage to damage. Last February, I and others predicted these sites as soon as flood waters recede and the primary damage from a hurricane would Holiday Inn on North Padre is can safely access them. be debris in the canals and not the bulkheads. closed for repairs. Video I obtained of hurricane Celia in 1970 The San Jacinto Waste Pits site has a temporary and gave to the Board seemed to confirm this. Island Fitness Gym owner Sunny armored cap designed to prevent migration of The bulkheads and the canals are owned by West celebrated her 5th anniversary hazardous material; the cap will be inspected the PIPOA, not the City. This means generally, of the opening of her gym with as soon as it is safe for teams to access the the PIPOA is responsible for removal of debris clients and family. site. Based on forecasted river conditions, this Publisher from the canals. Funds for this come from our inspection is planned for Monday by boat. EPA Shorty’s in Port A was the first Dale Rankin Maintenance fees and when those run out, from has dive teams to survey the cap underwater potential assessments against our property. business to re-open in Port A and will About the Island Moon when conditions allow. have live music Thursday – Saturday. The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Individual’s boats and other property floating Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in the canals, as well as the debris in their yards Treasure Island in Port A at 315 Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes is the owner’s responsibility. Damage to homes N. Alister is now open again at 5 pm delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, Cinnamon Shores Owners and decks and docks, would be covered (or not) daily. as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 according to individual’s policies. copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. Boathouse Bar & Grill currently Set Up Relief Fund Most residents don’t know all subdivisions has just their outdoor patio bar open. News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Sea Oats Group, developers of Cinnamon are part of a Municipal Management District payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. Shore on Mustang Island, has announced the (“MMD”), created in 2013 with little, if any, The Black Sheep/Barrel will be The Island Moon Newspaper establishment of a special Hurricane Harvey input from residents. The concept was good in closed on Sundays and Tuesdays. Relief effort through its Cinnamon Shore that it created an entity designed, in the event They now have Monday Night 14646 Compass, Suite 3 Giving Fund to raise money that will go directly of a windstorm, to qualify for FEMA and other Football with food and drink specials. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 to support the restoration and recovery of Port types of aid and even have the power to borrow They no longer serve brunch. Aransas and surrounding communities impacted money and issue bonds. by Hurricane Harvey. Info is available at: To evacuate I managed to get on a 361-949-7700 Last February, in a detailed memorandum www.cinnamonshore.com/harvey-relief-fund/ Thursday night flight to Fort Worth. [email protected] to the PIPOA Board President (done at his We hope that this important relief fund effort request) I pointed out that by its own text, the I was unable to get a flight back to Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper can be included in any round up stories or projects permissible for the MMD were limited Corpus so I flew to San Antonio. coverage of the damage caused by Hurricane to damage to the bulkheads. I was concerned I tried to get an Uber back to the Harvey to Port Aransas, Rockport and the Texas that this text focused on the wrong threat which Island and surprisingly it took just Coast and the communities’ efforts to come would be debris and silting in the canals. As we 4 minutes for a driver to arrive. The back and rebuild. have seen, this is how it happened. cost was $186 and the drive went Lynn Darden Through good fortune, our damage from by fast chatting with the driver and Where to Find The Harvey is much less than it could have been. being online. The Truth About FEMA And we’re all aware of the kind of serious Personal Observation – Nothing Island Moon devastation in Port A, Rockport, and other is on sale at CVS Friday – Sunday. While Texans are still reeling from the effects places that could have occurred here. of Hurricane Harvey, a familiar refrain about Hmmm, wonder if this holds true for Trinity By the Sea Texas need for FEMA in the face of natural In February, I recommended the Board amend the ones in town. Port the MMD to make it clear its projects could Episcopal disasters is again making the rounds. Any notion Becky Perrin is the new Executive that Texas needs FEMA is misinformation at include debris and silt removal. I believe the Aransas best and a blatant lie at worst. Board is now moving in that direction, but the Director of the PIPOA, taking over Sand Piper Condos North amendment will require action by the both the MayBeth's position. She has an It is important to remember that FEMA does Sea Gull Condos State Legislature and the City of Corpus. MBA in Business Administration & Padre not do any actual immediate disaster relief. That Management. Gulf Breeze RV is handled by the Texas Military Department as This can all be good. But there’s an embedded All Stripes Stores issue: the ability of the MMD to assess property Pioneer RV well as local and State law enforcement and Black Sheep/ volunteers. FEMA’s primary role is logistics owners. My February memo traces the evolution La Palmilla Golf Barrel and administration. In short, they do what Texas of this question, but the bottom line is that vote similar to how we amend our covenants. Club is already doing when disaster strikes. Representative Todd Hunter adamantly opposed The actual mechanism for this assessment vote CVS allowing the Board of the MMD, which is is complex, but the amount of money involved Stripes (1A) In the aftermath, FEMA coordinates the appointed by the City and not necessarily the could be astronomical. Unpaid assessments Whataburger Kody’s Restaurant distribution of some, not all, of the resources same Board as the PIPOA, to tax (assess) for can become liens on your homes. The eventual Doc’s Restaurant being funneled into the areas affected by the hurricane recovery costs. First drafts contained wording of the amended documents is crucial. Amano disaster. That includes cots for shelters, some no assessment power at all. But at the last The MMD document does not have to allow WB Liquor Snoopy’s Pier bottled water, and some ice. However, this a an moment, the City of Corpus Christi asked for a assessments. Pay attention. Elect a PIPOA Isle Mail N More extremely small percentage when compared to provision permitting assessments under Chapter Board and obtain an MMD Board you can trust. 361 Bar the outpouring of donations from private relief 375, Local Government Code, which allows Karl L. Rubinstein Moby Dicks Island Italian organizations, churches, and individuals. these by either vote of the owners of 50% or Spanky’s Liquor Brooklyn Pie Co. As anyone in Texas can tell you, FEMA gets in more of the assessed value of the property or of the surface area of the property through a Mental Illness IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware The National Alliance on Mental Illness Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn Corpus Christi is sponsoring a free event open to the public September 14 and 15 San Juan’s Mexican Texas Star (Shell) Restaurant The Third Annual Suicide Prevention Jesse’s Liquor Wash Board Symposium of the Coastal Bend Laundry Mat Scuttlebutt’s Thursday evening 5:30 registration and guest Drop Anchor Bar & Restaurant speaker Jon Allen Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, presenting”Suicide Awareness" Grill Subway Port A Parks & Rec Bayview Behavioral Hospital, 6629 Island Tire Wooldridge Rd. Public Library Padre Pizzeria A discussion panel will include Chamber of And all Moon representatives from Corpus Christi Police Commerce/ Visitor’s retail advertisers Department, the VA, family members, and Center survivors WB Liquor Woody’s Sports Refreshments will be provided by Bayview Center Behavioral Hospital Back Porch Flour Bluff Friday morning, September 15, 8 AM to Shorty’s Place H.E.B. noon, the public is invited to Del Mar College Harvin Center, 101 Baldwin Boulevard Corpus Fisherman’s Wharf Whataburger on Christi. Dr. Allen will present on "Attachment Waldron Giggity’s and the Illusion of Self-Care" followed by a Ethyl Everly panel of professionals discussing ethical issues. Tarpon Inn Professionals, providers, law enforcement, Senior Center Port A was filled Monday with as many people as one might expect on any other holiday Gratitude’s students and the general public are all Fire Station weekend. The difference this time is that while Port A and its residents and businesses welcome. Professional credits are available and The Gaff are usually the ones serving our visitors, this year it is the opposite. People who love Police Station refreshments will be provided by H.E.B. Wild Horse Port A are coming to serve. They are coming in number, and they are serving. Stripes on Flour Thank you! You may pre-register at www. Treasure Island sucidepreventioncoalitionofthecoastalbend. Bluff & SPID If Harvey has had any positive impact in this world, perhaps it was that we are com, or email courtney.smithchavez@ reminded that we all move forward better when we are united! hcahealthcare.com. September 7, 2017 Island Moon A 4

Around cont. from A1 covered most of the Gulf of Mexico for nearly Schlitterbahn cont. from A1 nine days. Although only a Category 3 storm IGA Donation crucial days after the storm. when the main eye hit Mexico, the intensity of Testimony at the four-day trial in San Antonio the storm with the lowest barometric pressure was that if Axys was allowed to foreclose on the Station in Port A. Maybe by the time the next storm hits us we land then the primary lender in the project IBC can have a low power station in place to provide recorded at the time was such that the name was retired. Bank could call a separate note for $28 million workers and residents information on where on the waterpark likely forcing it to close while to get help, road conditions, and other things Hurricane Rita September 24, 2005 new owners were sought. To avoid that outcome vital to coping with the aftermath. What we Following lest than one month after Hurricane Gargotta gave the partners until the December learned from Harvey is that we cannot count 4 date to come up with a reorganization plan. on the existing local stations, or an emergency Katrina devastated New Orleans, Hurricane broadcast network to do that. During blackouts Rita made landfall near Sabine Pass killing At one point in the hearing in San Antonio, and in times of crisis when the only power 113 people, 107 of which were during the Gargotta asked Deborah Williamson, a lawyer available to many residents is in their vehicles evacuation of the Houston area. The Coastal for Gary Henry, if selling property would be the is when AM radio, the most basic element of Bend suffered little damage, but the storm did solution. prematurely open Packery Channel, cutting mass communications, can shine. In our case “At the end of the day, the only way this is they failed causing a black hole of information through a sand plug left between the jetties at the beach. Damage totaled about $15.6 billion. going to work is if something is sold,” she in the hardest hit areas at a time when it was answered. “And the park may be the one that is needed the most. Hurricane Beulah September 20, 1967 easier to sell. It may be easier to attract capital Hang in there everybody. We have a cool front Hurricane Beulah struck the Texas Coast near because it is an operating entity.” blowing through that hopefully will signal the Brownsville but the Corpus Christi area, and The problems began when the builders of end of Hurricane Season 2017 for us, and we’re Nueces Bay in particular, were hard hit with the park, Henry Brothers Construction, added still here. flooding when the slow moving storm gathered on to the size of the building at the park from Say hello if you see us Around The Island. strength as it came close to the Texas Coast. an original plan calling for less than thirty It did a total of $1 billion in damage, causing separate “treehouse” rooms to the current 92- History cont. from A1 significant flooding the Coastal Bend which was room facility which increased the cost of the just north of the eye in much the same scenario development from the original $28 million to had been the preeminent port in Texas until as Hurricane Harvey and the Houston area. over $58 million forcing the owners, Upper the storm when Houston, further inland and Hurricane Humberto September 12, Padre Partners to raise an additional capital protected from tidal surge, took the lead as the leading to the borrowing of $18 million from state’s major port. The failure to see the storm 2007 Axys using the land as collateral. coming (portrayed in the book Isaac’s Storm) This little remembered storm gave Padre Island was the impetus for modern hurricane detection a scare as it roared straight at us before making and tracking systems. a turn northward and hitting High Island. But Accoridng to court filings from Axys attorneys, 1919 Hurricane Corpus Christi the 14-inhces of rainfall knocked out power to “Cash flow from the Debter (UPP) operations several hundred thousand Texans. The storm is insufficient to repay obligations on any The most devastating storm to hit Corpus may be remembered by locals on The Island reasonable, confirmable basis. The Henrys Christi, so far, was the storm of 1919. In the for the amount of flotsam and jetsam it washed control the management of the Debtor’s days before hurricane tracking was fully ashore on the Padre Island National Seashore. general partner and, as a result, the Debtor. developed storms were tracked as they struck For all practical purposes, the Debtor has a ships in the Gulf of Mexico and this storm Hurricane Fern September 10, 1971 dysfunctional management and is incapable of was lost at sea until September 11 for Corpus This storm struck South Carolina before effective operations.” Christi. Fish in great numbers collected in reversing course and crossing Southeastern Garotta’s solution was to appoint a trustee to Corpus Christi Bay. Rumors spread in Corpus Louisiana before heading back into the Gulf of Christi that the storm had struck the Louisianna work with the partners and find a long-term Mexico reaching hurricane status on September solution. coast and warning flags in Corpus Christi were 8 and hitting Freeport on the Texas Coast. Fern dropped on only to be hoisted again. The storm was a reminder of how erratic storms late in the The trustee, yet to be named, along with struck the Lower Rio Grande Valley but Corpus season be. the Henry family who own two-thirds of the Christi was caught in the right-front quadrant park, and developer Paul Schexnailder whose of the storm with winds of 110 miles per hour, Hurricane Frances, September 12, 1998 company owns one-third, must now decide but a storm surge of 16 feet. Uprooted pilings in whether to sell some or all of the interest in the Francis is a reminder of what storms that Port Aransas became instruments of destruction park and surrounding land or find an investor develop in the Gulf of Mexico can do the Texas in ten-foot waves and local beaches were soon or lender to provide about an estimated $10 Coast. It produced torrential rains as it hit the littered with debris and bodies which were million to bring the park up to the original mid-Texas coast before dropping large amounts quickly buried in a mass grave near White Point design specifications. of rain across the Midwest and as far north as on the north shore of Nueces Bay. New England and Canada. Schexnailder said after the hearing that while In Port Aransas the steamship Media was the park is an integral part of a 500 acre, 552 lifted onto the docs. Fifteen hundred cattle were acre development it is not the main focus of the driven off Padre Island into the Laguna Madre. Amos Cont. From A1 project. The storm is still regarded as the largest and born in London and grew up on the island of “This is a project much bigger than just most deadly storm to hit Corpus Christi – so far. Bermuda and his career as a naturalist began as a waterpark,” he said. “The park is part of a research scientist in Physical Oceanography Carla September 11, 1961 something much bigger and that project is at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty continuing.” Prior to Hurricane Celia in August, 1970, Geological Observatory in New York and took Hurricane Carla was known in the Coastal Bend him on 35 voyages Antarctic and to every He was referring to a planned 3600 foot Beach as “the Big One.” It ripped across the Gulf of ocean on 30 different research vessels. He Walk development with retail and commercial Mexico as a Category 5 storm and made landfall made landfall at the Marine Science Center in elements which would connect the current canal at Port O’Connor, near where Hurricane Harvey Port Aransas in 1976 and soon after he began system to Lake Padre and the Gulf of Mexico did the same, bringing 170 mile per hour winds walking area beaches three times per week from through the planned Water Exchange Bridge to Port Lavaca. Carla spawned an F4 tornado San Jose Island south collecting and recording under SPID. The canals to each side of the near Galveston, the strongest hurricane-induced what he found and observed to provide a bridge site are dug and bulkheads in place on tornado ever recorded. The storm caused $325 comprehensive view of the ecology and the Lake Padre side. However, work to excavate million in damage and 43 deaths. man’s effect on it. He began the ARK shortly the canal to connect with the existing canal near Cruiser Street near Whitecap was halted The Port A. IGA Family Center parking thereafter as a way of taking care of injured lot was utilized on Saturday as a September 12-14, 1818 wildlife. He was named among the first twenty Wednesday by order of the City of Corpus distribution center for much needed This storm provides one of the earliest accounts “most interesting Texans” by Texas Monthly Christi over permitting issues. supplies. People came from all over to of a storm on the Texas Coast. Residents of Magazine. A portion of beach in Port Aransas The Chapter 11 ruling is not expected to have Galvez’s town – later Galveston - described it bears his name for posterity. an impact on park operations as plans call for volunteer, give supplies, cook meals and just to give support. as a storm of extraordinary violence. Settlers One of his favorite stories involved a frantic the waterpark to close during the winter season, on Galveston Island, largely made up of pirates call from an Islander who found an injured as it has in previous years, and re-open in the Many people came to grab a bag of dog or under the command of Jean Lafitte saw the “eagle” on the beach. spring. cat food, cat litter and litter boxes, treats, signs of an approaching storm, but did not leashes/collars. The animals there are think anything of it since they had been through “I thought wow, an eagle, I dropped what I was “The judge understood that this park is important to the future of The Island,” just as lost and confused as the people. similar situations before. They anchored their doing immediately and rushed over there,” he As far as the animals are concerned, said. “But the wind had been blowing through Schexnailder said, “and this ruling allows us boats and went to sleep like it was any other transportation, fosters and forever homes night. the phone and the man was hard to understand. to keep it operating as we look for a long term When I got there I found that it wasn’t an injured solution.” are in DESPERATE NEED right now. But by morning the island had become a “eagle” but and injured “seagull!” “picture of chaos” as the injured were moved into Lafitte’s headquarters known as the Red Seagull or eagle, when wildlife was in need House where he kept an eye on the French of help Tony was there. He also was called on town tucked into Spanish territory. Lafitte lost several occasions when whales and other large four ships where were dug up by a dredge boat sea animals washed up on local beaches. working on the jetty at Texas City fifty years “These creatures are the essence of our coastal later. environment," Amos said. "The coast wouldn't First Indianola Hurricane September 14, be the coast without the pelicans and the laughing gulls. They're all wonderful animals." 1875 The coast won’t be the same without Tony The first of two storms which destroyed the Amos either. He leaves behind his wife Lynn port of Indianola which was the source of and a legacy of conservation and caring that will settlers for the German communities now found be long remembered in Port Aransas and across around Central Texas. Waters in Matagorda Bay Texas. began to rise on September 15 and the storm made landfall on San Jose Island, crossing Copano Bay drowning chickens roosting in trees on Mustang Island, the town of Velasco was destroyed, as were the lighthouses at Pass Cavallo were swept out to sea along with four lighthouse keepers. Boats were carried nine miles inland by a fifteen foot surge tide, winds gusts were estimated at 150 miles per hour after the anemometer was blown away. Fifteen looters were killed. Hurricane Gilbert September 16, 1998 Hurricane Gilbert was without doubt one of the scariest storms to every head toward Padre Island. Gilbert was the most intense hurricane every observed in the Atlantic Basin until Hurricane Wilma in 2005. It reached Category 5 status on September 13, emerging into the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula. The storm appeared headed straight at the Coastal Bend and slowed to a crawl and gathered intensity to the point that the eye split in two, with one storm center striking mainland Mexico and the other swallowed by the vastness of the King Ranch. But the storm September 7, 2017 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island There has been much against the current so gathering up his dog and going on around our little cat he crawled out the window into the gale and sandbar as we dig out. reached Clem’s next door only to realize he had Here is some of it. left his parrot behind. He slogged back through There have been two big the now chest-deep water and found a pillow questions around here this case to put the parrot in and made the trip again. week. First, can live in your house, and two, did He weathered the storm in a small room at you make your deducible? For the lucky ones Clem’s with his dog and cat, along with several the answers are yes and no. As many of us read other stray cats who found the high ground with the fine print in our insurance policies for the him, and a parrot in a pillowcase. Now that’s a first time and calculate the cost of rebuilding or parrot with a story to tell. repairing it is with the amount of our deductible Boat owners who ventured into the storm to in mind. In the words of the great philosopher secure strained boat lines on Island canals had Tom Waits, “The LARGE PRINT giveth and to stick their heads into the rushing water in the small print taketh away.” order to reach their cleats and others now say they will never make the mistake of sitting FEMA vouchers through a storm ever again. As the wind stopped and the water receded and Over at Woody’s in Port A two workers finished those without shelter began seeking solutions battening down boats in the harbor and kicked a few things quickly became clear. Living back on the porch only to realize they needed accommodations on the North Padre end were to bug out, which they did, leaving behind two in great demand, it was a sellers’ market and, pairs of flip flops and a half-empty bottle of Old unfortunately, some sellers took advantage and Grandad. They spent the storm atop cabinets charged prices upwards of $4500 per month in their home until the storm passed before when a week before the cost might have been returning to Woody’s. $1500. We will let the surge tide of karma deal with that. Our friend Janet Planet was interviewed on local television while collecting loose bottles But by and large those with the wherewithal that rolled into Alister Street from Spanky’s to pay a monthly rent in advance were able to Liquor. Janet said she was “picking up Easter find accommodations fairly quickly. Those who Eggs” and I kind of like the analogy, but Janet, didn’t have the cash on hand found themselves as a general rule, when you are picking up in possession of FEMA vouchers which many bottles of booze and putting them in a grocery local hostelries wouldn’t take, insisting on basket after a hurricane and you see a television cash on the barrelhead. Our phone lines heated crew coming, for the love of Mike run! up with reports from victims who said OTB hotels and motels would not take reservations, Dynamo Hum… insisting on a first-come-first served basis, and I can’t help but notice that the sound of a were taking only cash. It certainly was a sellers’ generator at about forty paces and the hum of Tides of the Week market as desperate people fanned out in a a mosquito right in your ear are about the same citywide zero sum game with demand quickly pitch. It can make you look pretty silly slapping Tides for Bob Hall Pier: September 7 - September 14 exceeding supply as relief workers, with thin air in your front yard. Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon expense accounts, began arriving. /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible Early reports from Port A were that there were My first thought was that by insisting on cash Th 7 High 4:52 AM 1.6 7:11 AM Set 8:24 AM 99 numerous INS agents patrolling the streets… the idea was to avoid paying the 9 percent then there weren’t. You can draw your own 7 Low 10:38 AM 1.0 7:43 PM Rise 8:55 PM hotel/motel tax, but Governor Greg Abbott had conclusions there. And apparently Hurricane suspended the collection of all state and local 7 High 4:12 PM 1.6 Harvey was able to single out boats owned by hotel occupancy taxes for people displace by oilmen during these Cheap Oil times because 7 Low 10:49 PM 0.7 the hurricane Harvey, provided they could show it seems an uncanny number of the former oil a home address in a county where disaster was F 8 High 5:07 AM 1.5 7:11 AM Set 9:23 AM 97 barons lost boats in the storm. Sort of like the declared. That suspension ended on Thursday. 8 Low 11:00 AM 0.9 7:41 PM Rise 9:35 PM seafaring version of the house fire which results Operators understandably prefer cash in from the mortgage payment rubbing up against 8 High 5:21 PM 1.6 hand to a voucher with the promise of a later the insurance policy causing a spark. Reports 8 Low 11:38 PM 0.9 payment. So the HOT is now back in effect say that wreckers are chomping at the bit to get Sa 9 High 5:20 AM 1.4 7:12 AM Set 10:23 AM 92 and will provide a boon in the Shoulder Season at the wrecked boats in the harbor for salvage after Labor Day when many hotel rooms are once the smoke clears. 9 Low 11:32 AM 0.7 7:40 PM Rise 10:16 PM usually empty and will provide a boost in Commerce 9 High 6:36 PM 1.7 normal revenue before the Winter Texans begin arriving. It could do the same in Port Aransas as One of the truisms of digging out after a storm Su 10 Low 12:38 AM 1.2 7:12 AM Set 11:24 AM 85 power is restored and hotels and motels come is that getting businesses up and running is just 10 High 5:29 AM 1.4 7:39 PM Rise 11:00 PM back on line and workers check in. Those with as important as getting residents back in their vouchers may be doing some car sleeping. 10 Low 12:15 PM 0.5 homes. Another is that statistically as many as two thirds of the businesses that re-open after a 10 High 8:01 PM 1.7 Storm stories storm find themselves struggling a year or two M 11 Low 2:16 AM 1.4 7:13 AM Set 12:27 PM 76 down the road. I have had several calls from friends in the Austin/San Antonio area asking 11 High 5:26 AM 1.5 7:38 PM Rise 11:47 PM what they can do to help here on our Island. I 11 Low 1:06 PM 0.3 tell them, wait until things open back up and come down for a visit, stay in a hotel, eat at 11 High 9:39 PM 1.8 a restaurant, buy a souvenir. The longer-term Tu 12 Low 2:08 PM 0.2 7:13 AM Set 1:29 PM 66 challenge for the community of Port Aransas 12 High 11:31 PM 1.9 7:37 PM will be to help residents keep living there as relief efforts wane and regular life goes on. W 13 Low 3:19 PM 0.2 7:14 AM Rise 12:39 AM 55 Warning shot 13 7:36 PM Set 2:31 PM Those of us who live on North Padre can use Th 14 High 1:03 AM 2.0 7:14 AM Rise 1:34 AM 43 this as a warning shot and ask ourselves if we 14 Low 4:35 PM 0.1 7:34 PM Set 3:30 PM have enough resources stored up to repair our The lasting legacy of any big storm are the sixteen miles of canals if Harvey had shifted stories that it produces and Harvey is no a few miles south. In spite of the formation of exception. On Padre Island our friend Carl a Municipal Management District a few years rode out the storm in his house on Primavera ago ownership of the canals was never shifted watching the waves splash against his walls into it, meaning the canals and bulkheads are and carrying supplies to an upstairs saferoom, still in private hands, which means no help including a shotgun to blast his way through the from FEMA or any other public source if they roof if needs be. take a big hit. $30 million Special Assessment anyone? Another lesson is that the decision by Corpus Christi city leaders to not require mandatory evacuation worked. Maybe it was on purpose or maybe it was the law of unintended consequences, but the result was that people evacuating late from Port Aransas had a clear shot over the JFK Causeway to safety that could have been jammed up with traffic if evacuation on the Padre end was required. The resilience of Port Aransas has been nothing short of inspiring. 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Gluten Free • Wine Wednesday - Half Price Bottles All Day • Monday football special $1.99 domestic draft beer all day A6 Island Moon September 7, 2017 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Henry III & Oh! The Humanity! Robert E. Lee By Abigail Bair good ways to go about it. Almost always, lists By Dotson Lewis of items people need in disasters are released I never thought I’d be moved to write about by reliable organizations like the Red Cross. Special to the Island Moon exorbitant human generosity, but this week has Don’t deviate from the list. If a city is asking Dotson’s Note: Since I first started hearing of his strong conviction to see the country united done it. Witnessing people trying to help others for cash or volunteers, either volunteer or and reading the history of The United States of in perpetuity and his responsibility to family, impacted by Hurricane Harvey through donating give them money – don’t load up grandma’s America, I was addicted. The Lees, father and friends and his native Virginia. A heart- the absolutely most random stuff in the world ancient ottoman and expect that to fix the local son, were and are in my top five all-time heroes. wrenching decision had to be made. After a has pushed me right over the edge. I know we swimming pool. If communities are asking I believe that before many of us get lost in all long night at Arlington, searching for an answer all feel bad for people who lost everything. We for clothing donations, don’t go to your closet of the current smoke being blown regarding to Blair’s offer, he finally came downstairs to feel guilty because our homes didn’t get hit. It’s and just start throwing every old thing in a bag. statues, names of military installations & his wife, Mary. “Well Mary,” he said calmly, instinctive. We were taught to share. However, STOP! THINK! Say to yourself, “What would schools, I should relate to you some history “the question is settled. Here is my letter just because you inherited two stuffed moose I need if I were there?” Two pairs of shorts, that you may have forgotten or never known… of resignation.” He could not, he told her, heads from your Uncle Elroy (which puts you a couple of nice t-shirts and a pair of good hopefully, the following will help clear the lift his hand against his own people. He had in the enviable position of owning an entire shoes will go a lot further for people in need smoke. “endeavored to do what he thought was right,” EXTRA MOOSE HEAD), doesn’t mean that than 17 plaid polyester leisure suits, 3 down and replied to Blair that “…though opposed to Light Horse Harry you should load your second best-only-slightly- ski jackets and a “sexy” teddy that looks like secession and a deprecating war, I could take nappy-but-with-a-lot-of-good-moosing-left-in- it’s made entirely of a complicated arrangement no part in the invasion of the Southern States.” it moose head up in your car and earnestly try to of grommets and black dental floss. Fold clean He resigned his commission and left his much donate it to people who haven’t got any moose clothing items and sort them according to type. beloved Arlington to “go back in sorrow to my heads at all. Moose heads, while wonderful Absolutely do not donate your old underpants. people and share the misery of my native state.” conversation pieces, aren’t really terrific tools Yes, people need drawers, but this is another On June 1, 1862 Robert Edward Lee assumed for cleaning up hurricane debris. case where nothing is better than some (gross) command of the Army of Northern Virginia things. If you want to donate in the Confederate capital of Richmond. Not underwear, buy new ones and until February 1865 was he named Commander send those. in Chief of all Confederate forces, but the Hold on to your bulky items leadership throughout the war was undeniably for later. Someone is probably his. His brilliance as a commander is legendary, going to need that old, bull- and military colleges the world over study his elephant-sized-microwave at campaigns as models of the science of war. That some point, but not right now. he held out against an army three times the size THINK! If something can’t and a hundred times better equipped was no be carried easily, or would be miracle. It was the result of leadership by a man ruined if left out in the elements, of exceptional intelligence, daring, courage and now is not the time to donate integrity. His men all but worshiped him. He it. Just wait. If you still feel shared their rations, slept in tents as they did, guilty, send cash. Seriously, a and, most importantly, never asked more of Piles of donations that risked being ruined by rain $2 donation is more meaningful Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee III, born them than he did of himself. right now than dropping off your at Leesylvania near Dumfries, Virginia, was “love” stained futon from college. Just leave blonde, blue-eyed, and full of spirit. He On December 25, 1861, in the midst of war While moose head donations may seem a that bad boy in the shame corner of your garage graduated from Princeton in 1773 and returned and with Arlington confiscated and occupied by bit hyperbolic (although I guarantee at least -- where it belongs. home to prepare for war. His skill as a horseman, Union troops, the lonely Lee wrote to Mary: one sad victim of inexpert taxidermy is in bag somewhere, poised to scare the pants off as well as his temperament, made him a natural …in the absence of a home I wish I could The Rev’s church’s relief organization cavalryman. He soon was commissioned as a poor volunteer stuck sorting), they serve as (Presbyterian Disaster Assistance – hilariously purchase Stratford. That is the only place I an excellent metaphor for all the useless stuff captain in the fifth group of Virginia Light could go to, now accessible to us, that would P.D.A. for short) is an excellent resource on Dragoons and sent north to join the Continental people give. Folks in Houston are begging for useful items to give during a disaster. You inspire me with feelings of pleasure and local an immediate stained underwear, prom dress Army. love. You and the girls could remain there in can go to their website at www.pda.pcusa.org. and winter coat ceasefire. They suggest that you provide 5 gallon, re- Leading his men on lightning raids against quiet. It is a poor place, but we could make sealable “Clean-up Buckets” that contain items enemy supply trains, Harry attracted the enough cornbread and bacon for our support "Most of us didn't own winter coats to begin like clothesline, laundry detergent, household attention and admiration of General George and the girls could weave us clothes. I wonder with!" protested one volunteer. "It's 96 degrees cleaners, scouring pads, gloves, dust masks Washington and was rapidly promoted. In a if it is for sale and how much. outside and 98% humidity! Please, please and bug spray (please visit their website for a surprise attack at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, stop!" Sadly, circumstances prevented them from ever complete list and instructions on how to safely he captured 400 British soldiers with the loss returning to Stratford. Port Aransas and Rockport have both stopped pack and seal your bucket). They also give of only one man. His adroit horsemanship soon accepting goods, instead asking for money and directions for creating hygiene kits and school earned him the nickname “Light Horse Harry.” Lee’s legendary command of the Confederate volunteer labor. Yesterday, a donation center kits for kids. These recommendations are When the military theatre shifted, he enjoyed forces came to an end at Appomattox, Virginia in Rockport was forced to adopt a ‘please just made based upon years of disaster relief efforts equal success in the Southern Department. in April 1865. “There is nothing left for me to come and take it approach’ to a vast parking lot world-wide. The great thing about kits like do,” he said, “but to go and see General Grant, of used clothing that was about to get rained on Resigning his commission after the British and I would rather die a thousand deaths.” these is that they don’t expire, and are easily surrender at Yorktown, Harry returned to and ruined. shipped or stored. If the organization winds Virginia to marry his cousin, the “divine With the war now over, Lee set an example to Yet, almost everywhere I look, people are still up with too many, they can use them next time. Matilda” Lee. The wedding took place at all in his refusal to express bitterness. “Abandon posted up along the highway collecting even They're in partnership with other denominations Stratford, and it is said that General Washington your animosities,” he said, “and make your more stuff with absolutely no rhyme or reason. internationally to get the supplies where they're contributed several pipes of his best Madeira sons Americans.” He then set out to work for a “We’ll take anything” is not a great philosophy needed. The Corpus Christi drop-off site for to the festive occasion. Matilda had inherited permanent union of the states. in a world where all things are not equally these donations is Grace Presbyterian Church at Stratford in the division of her father’s estate and Though his application to regain his useful. Do you take just anything camping with lived there with her new husband. The dashing citizenship was misplaced and not acted upon you? What do you need more on a construction young cavalryman, however, was no farmer. His until 1975 – more than a century late – Lee site – a moose head or a broom? The problem interests in the livelier arena of politics led to worked tirelessly for a strong peace. With with just giving everything is multi-faceted: 1) Harry’s election to the new Virginia House of some hesitation he accepted the presidency of the stuff has to be sorted which takes volunteers Delegates. After only eight years of marriage, Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, away from more useful tasks; 2) there’s no place Matilda died in 1790, leaving three young and there he strove to equip his students with to store things that aren’t immediately useful; children and a husband desperate with grief. the character and knowledge he knew would 3) useless stuff will take up landfill space that Two years later, Harry was elected Governor be necessary to restore the war-ravaged South. the community desperately needs to dispose of of Virginia, serving three one-year terms. Lexington became his home, and there he died storm debris. While living in Richmond, he fell in love with of heart problems on October 12, 1870. After I know folks are trying to help. I know Ann Hill Carter of nearby Shirley Plantation. his death, his name was joined with that of his they’re donating nice things to help strangers In 1793 they were married. His governorship lifelong hero, and Washington College became get back on their feet – things that maybe they behind him, he took his bride to Stratford. Washington and Lee University. struggled to buy in the first place. I’m sure it Again, family life was interrupted by his wasn’t easy for Uncle Elroy to bag that moose. appointment to the Continental Congress in However, people don’t have houses with four Philadelphia. Upon the death of President walls and a roof. Driving around Port Aransas George Washington, Harry was asked by pitchforking used end tables and moose heads No. Congress to deliver a tribute to his beloved out the back of your 1983 Datsun pick-up truck isn’t helping anybody right now. Maybe that’s general, describing him for posterity: Yorktown and Cimmaron. a tiny exaggeration, but essentially chucking “First in war, first in peace and first in the chifferobes is the equivalent of donating that The moral of this story is: GIVE hearts of his countrymen…second to none in fluffy, corseted prom dress -- except maybe a THOUGHTFULLY. Follow instructions when the humble and endearing scenes of private little better because you can use a chifferobe as you can, and when there aren’t any, take the life.” a ladder. Having nothing at all is far superior advice of organizations who know what to do. After the death of his idol, Harry’s fortunes Above, police stand watch near the statue to having an excess of the wrong kinds of Throwing moose heads and ottomans at this began to decline rapidly. Supporting a family of Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park in things. Nothing is easy to carry, you never have problem is ultimately only going to make it of six, coupled with disastrous land speculation, Charlottesville, Va. to worry about it getting rained on or ruined, far worse, even if they’re really expensive and reduced him to financial poverty. On January looters already have a whole lot of it, and you attractive moose heads and ottomans. 19, 1807, in the large upstairs room at Stratford never have to pretend to be grateful when It’ll be okay. You really can help. Just think where so many Lees had come into the world, Dotson’s Other Note: Due to the lack of space, someone throws it at you from the back of a about it, be careful and try to do the right thing. Ann gave birth to their fifth son, Robert Edward, I decided to spare you the details of Robert Datsun. You’ve got a fine head on your shoulders. Uncle named after two of his mother’s favorite E. Lee’s life before the “War of Northern If you want to help, there are several very Elroy would be proud. brothers. As Robert was learning to walk, his Aggression.” Your education may have been father was carried off to debtor’s prison in neglected regarding Light Horse Harry, so I Montross, VA. provided you with a more complete bio. New POA Executive Coordinator By Brent Moore the day after Hurricane and accepted. With characteristic courage, in a 12-by-15 foot Your thoughts regarding this or any articles President – Padre Isles Property Owners On behalf of the PIPOA Board, we would prison cell, Harry wrote his Memoirs of the War appearing in The Island Moon are greatly Association in the Southern Department of the United States, appreciated. Thank you for reading and like to welcome Mrs. Becky Perrin as our next still the standard text on that portion of the commenting on Senior Moments. I can be As many know, Maybeth Christensen (our Executive Director (COO) of the PIPOA. We are Revolutionary War. When the book was finished reached at: [email protected] and/or Land current Executive Coordinator (COO) of the excited to work with Becky to move the PIPOA in 1810, the family moved to Alexandria, where Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. Padre Island Property Owner’s Association) forward and, as has been done in previous a new life on a modest scale was made possible recently announced her retirement which will transitions, better the organization through Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table take effect September 29, 2017. Last night at the use of new technologies, management by a legacy from Ann’s father. Harry’s eldest Meeting will be Tuesday, September 12, 2017, son, Henry IV, became master of Stratford. the ISAC meeting I announced the search for methods and ideas. Becky holds a MBA 9-11 AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their her replacement has been finalized. After the Business Administration & Management from “Light Horse Harry’s” last years were marred families and anyone interested in Veterans seven member PIPOA Board provided input on the University of Incarnate Word and a BBA of by sorrow and pain. Internal injuries, received affairs, are invited. Also our Veterans Radio the qualifications, job description, expectations, Business Administration & Management from when he was beaten by a mob as he defended Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 etc., a position description and advertisement Corpus Christi State University. She will be a friend and freedom of the press in Baltimore, – 9 AM, Saturdays. . was generated. LK Jordan & Associates handled leaving the City of Corpus Christi after having kept him in constant physical pain. He Hang in there/Have fun! the position announcement, screening process served that organization for almost eleven sought relief in the warm climate of the West and initial interviews. Three final candidates years. A current start date is being finalized Indies. When his health continued to decline, were chosen, out of twenty-seven candidates but we are hoping to have Becky in the offices Harry attempted to return home, but died on who applied, and were interviewed by the starting Monday, September 18th. Please drop Cumberland Island, Georgia, in the home of the WHITECAP President and Vice-President of the PIPOA. by and say hello if you have a chance! daughter of his former commander, Nathanael Two of those candidates were then presented to Very soon we will be hosting a retirement Greene. the rest of the Board and one was unanimously LIQUOR party for Maybeth and a welcoming reception Liquor Wine Beer chosen by the Board. A written offer was made General Robert E. for Becky. We hope that as many Padre Island 14414 Whitecap Blvd. residents will On the eve of the participate in and Civil War, President Corpus Christi, TX attend the event. Abraham Lincoln, Please monitor through Secretary On North Padre Island..... near the Beach our website at Francis Blair, padreislespoa.net offered Robert E. and our Facebook command of the 361 949-9289 page “Padre Isles Union Army. There [email protected] Property Owners was little doubt as Association” for http://www.whitecap.vpweb.com to Lee’s sentiments. He was utterly opposed announcements to secession and considered slavery evil. His and more views on the United States were equally clear information. – “no north, no south, no east, no west,” he Send letters and photos to editor@ wrote, “but the broad Union in all its might and islandmoon.com strength past and present.” Facebook: Blair’s offer forced Lee to choose between The Island Moon Newspaper September 7, 2017 Island Moon A 7 Island Moon on a Spoon Church Groups Provide Volunteers for Fresh Pasta, Super Disaster Clean-up Easy By Chef Vita Jarrin

On a table or counter place the flour down and with your hands form a well in the center. Add your eggs, oil and salt. With a fork, start beating the egg mixture and start to incorporate the flour and keep mixing flour into eggs. When the eggs are no longer runny, and you start to see dough forming. Start kneading the dough with your hands. This process needs ten minutes. If for some reason the dough is slightly dry you may sprinkle a little water, not too much, in order to continue kneading the dough. After kneading the dough for 10 minutes and you form it into a ball, spray a little cooking spray in a bowl, place pasta dough ball inside and spray the top with a little more cooking spray and cover with a sheet of plastic wrap. Let rest for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes of resting, cut the pasta in 4 quartered pieces. While working with the first piece, keep the rest covered under the wrap, so a skin doesn’t form, making the pasta hard. Set up your machine by according to manufactures directions. Making fresh pasta sounds overwhelming, and for the novice it could be. But once you make it Before you start to use the machine, with a the first time, you realize it wasn’t that difficult floured surface, place the dough down and roll at all. Lately the food magazines I’ve been it with a rolling pin in order to get thickness getting, all feature fresh pasta. So to stop my reduced enough for the machine. Also keep mouth from watering, Sunday I opted to make the shape of the dough the same width of the the dough at work, so that I can have fresh pasta machine so that you can run it through smoothly. for my Sunday dinner. It was so easy and super Set your gauge on pasta machine at the lowest delicious. I wanted to share it with you and setting. On some it’s a zero and others it’s a although the directions sound tedious, it really one. Sprinkle a little flour on the machine and isn’t once you go through the steps. I would dough before using it. Run your dough through love to see any pictures of your dishes if you this setting twice. Increase your setting by two choose to make this. Who doesn’t love fresh numbers, therefore your next number will be pasta??? I look forward to hearing from you… 3, then 5 and so on. Do this until your pasta Chef Vita sheet is practically see through. Then run this Yield makes 8 Servings sheet through the die cut on machine for either a spaghetti noodle shape or fettucine. As your Pasta Dough Ingredients: pasta comes out, place on a floured surface and 3 C Double Zero 00 Flour Anna Brand before layering other pasta on top, sprinkle flour Imported (HEB) on top and continue to make the pasta. 5 Whole Eggs Let pasta rest for about 10 minutes and then boil a pot of salted water. Add a drizzle of olive 1 Tsp salt oil and when water reaches a rolling boil, drop 2 Tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil pasta. I normally drop half a batch, remove that batch when it floats and then cook the other half. Cooking Spray for a bowl that will hold This eliminates clumping. Pasta will float when the pasta for 30 minutes before making the it’s ready. It will be al dente, but remember noodles this is fresh pasta so there will be less of a bite. Keep a little water on hand if you need to You can add any favorite sauce to this dish, or soften the dough drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, crushed red Extra Flour for dusting pasta while letting it pepper flakes, fresh grated parmesan cheese and rest voila! You have a delicious low fat meal that tastes like you’re in Italy. Super Useful would be a pasta drying rack but if you don’t have one, use a couple of This sounds complex, but I am detailed in order large cookie sheets to lay out your pasta once for you to learn the process, but it’s truly super- you’ve passed it through the machine fast and easy recipe and the rewards are grand!!! NOTE***Need a pasta machine for best Tip of the Week: results. The pasta machine must have an This dish can be made ahead and frozen in attachment that can cut pasta into spaghetti, Ziploc bags for future use. The sheets can also fettucine, unless you’re making ravioli with be used for making ravioli. Cut the sheet in half, the dough. If not… You can use a rolling add a filling of choice and place the other sheet pin, but keep in mind you must roll out the on top and press with a ravioli cutter. Cooking dough to a thin almost see through layer for ravioli gets the best result if frozen first. a light pasta, and then you need a knife to cut in strips. This process is much more difficult This recipe is super versatile. for a pasta making novice but don’t get Enjoy yourself, get creative, try new things discouraged, it’s just pasta. have fun!!! Happy Eats!

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Connie Bean Animal Friends of Port Aransas Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 A8 Island Moon September 7, 2017 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Dutch Judge-Home Run Hitters By Dotson Lewis stoplight pinprick of an agricultural town 100 By Andy Purvis miles inland from San Francisco, he could go Special to the Island Moon Special to the Island Moon weeks without encountering a stranger. By the No doubt, Daulton was the heartbeat of this Dotson’s Note: As I rode time he enrolled at Fresno State, he was a star weird, wacky bunch of guys who enjoyed out Hurricane Harvey outfielder who drew stares every time he entered playing at life as much as they did baseball. the other night, I considered doing a Moon a room. There is nowhere for a 6' 7", 282-pound Dutch was the glue that held this crazy bunch Sports Talk report on Aaron Judge the home man to hide. He is used to the feeling of eyes together. His teammates called him the run hitting Phenom of the New York Yankees. on him. Godfather. He reminded me of Jim Bowie, As I was surfing sports pages, the lead: Perhaps the biggest difference is how often the leader of his rag-tag bunch of ruffians at “Giancarlo Stanton is so far ahead in home people approach him, though he always got the Alamo. Dutch was the kind of guy who run race, he could make even more history,” some of that, too. “You’re huge!” passersby would stay at your house about two hours after grabbed my attention. So I decided to combine would say. “What do you play?” He’d grin and the party ended. The team was made up of two MLB (Major League Baseball) reports. answer, “Fantasy football,” before fessing up. out-of-shape ballplayers like John Kruk, Curt Steve Contursi, Matt Snyder of CBS Sports, Today the questions tend to be requests, usually Schilling, Lenny Dysktra and Mitch Williams, and Stephanie Aipstein of “Sports Illustrated”, for photos. He tries to agree to them all. “That who sported beards and funny-looking haircuts. contributed to this report. could be the only time they meet me,” Judge They stayed up late after games, drank beer in Stanton Has a Chance to Do Something says. “I don’t want to leave the impression that I the trainer’s room and talked baseball. Even though the Phillies did not name a captain during That Hasn't Happened Since 1933 didn’t have the five seconds to say hello.” Darren Daulton. Daulton’s career, make no mistake that Dutch When they see him, fans like to inform him, was the man. “When he spoke, we listened,” “You’re Aaron Judge!” There he sat with bags of ice on each knee said John Kruk. “No one said anything. No His plate appearances snap fans to attention, in before every game. It was hard for others to one popped off.” ask for a day off with this guy in the room. Big part for their own safety; recently he took out Dutch Daulton played 14 seasons of Major smile, Hollywood looks; he thought he was a TV in the Yankee Stadium outfield terrace League ball. He retired with a .245 career lucky to be a big league ballplayer. I thought during batting practice. When New York trails batting average, a .357 on-base percentage and it was the other way around. This man was the entering the ninth inning, no matter where a .427 slugging percentage. He hit 137 home kind of guy you wouldn’t mind getting stuck in Judge awaits in the lineup, the announcers start runs, recorded 588 RBI’s and scored 511 runs, a submarine with. It didn’t make any difference doing the math. If just one of them gets on base while playing in 1,161 games. On August 6, who you were or what you looked like, if he . . . Barring a double play. . . . As Judge lurks 2010, Dutch was inducted into the Philadelphia liked you, you were stuck with him. That’s just in the right-handed batter’s box and outfielders Baseball Wall of Fame. backpedal, fans shower him with MVP chants. the way it was. He was true to himself. On the field, he looked as happy as a cocker spaniel in Daulton understood that, as players, they Manager Joe Girardi has cited Derek Jeter to the back of a pickup truck on the freeway. He compete against the baseball and not the other describe Judge’s demeanor. Broadcasters gush played very little at first; if you reached for your team or who’s pitching. After the pitcher lets that his bombs are Ruthian. And his attitude beer during the game, you would miss seeing go of the ball, he can’t do anything about it. toward fans recalls Joe DiMaggio’s famous line: him. He was a rugged do-it-all kind of player. It’s what are you going to do to the baseball. “There is always some kid who may be seeing If this guy had two good knees, he could have You are always playing against the baseball, not Giancarlo Stanton me for the first or last time. I owe him my best.” played forever. He turned into a fan favorite and your opponent. Maybe we should have seen this coming: Judge a pleasure to watch. After his career, Daulton was arrested for As of this writing Giancarlo Stanton sits with did homer in his first major league at bat last There is an old Chinese proverb that goes like vehicle-related charges. He was charged with the MLB lead at 52. He still has tied the record August. But then he went 14 for his next 83 with this, “You cannot pick up a pebble with one several DUI’s and had his license suspended for the most home runs ever in an August with three more home runs and 42 strikeouts. That finger.” Darren “Dutch” Daulton understood several times. Eventually he would serve two 18 and he'd hit 30 homers in 49 games. Imagine was the kind of performance scouts had feared that there isn’t anything little in baseball. Every and a half months in jail and another two and a if he started the season on that kind of kick. in the run-up to the 2013 draft. There’s a reason man plays his own part to the best of his ability; half months in drug rehabilitation. most people who look like Judge can’t hack it Here was the top five as of August 31st: no matter how boring it may seem, how simple, Daulton also published a book in 2007, entitled 1-Stanton, Marlins, 51; 2-Aaron Judge, at the highest level: They hack at the highest or how mundane, it all matters. As for most of level. “The strike zone is just so big,” explains If They Only Knew. This book expounded Yankees, 37; the things that cause teams to lose, they don’t upon his claims of experimenting with the Yankees national scout Brian Barber. “Can he even know what they are. Most of what you 3-Khris Davis, Athletics, 36; 4-Justin Smoak, paranormal. reach the pitch outside? Can he get the bat on do in the outfield is thankless, and defense is a Blue Jays, 36; Joey Gallo, Rangers, 36 the pitch inside?” New York had two extra first- nine-man effort on every play. In July of 2013, Dutch Daulton was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain Hall-of-Famer Tony Gwynn once said, “When cancer. He underwent surgery to remove two you sign your name on the dotted line, it means brain tumors at Thomas Jefferson University more than just playing the game of baseball. Hospital. On February 23, 2015, Dutch You’ve got to be responsible and show people announced he was cancer free, but the cancer how things are supposed to be done.” That was returned in 2017. the very definition of Darren Daulton. No one loved baseball more than Dutch. Daulton was a long-time resident of Clearwater, Florida, the home of the Phillies’ Darren Arthur Daulton grew up in Arkansas Spring Training complex. City, Kansas. He was born on January 3, 1962, to Carol and David Daulton. Darren was the I am reminded of what Hall-of-Fame starting quarterback and played baseball for broadcaster, Vin Scully, once said, “It’s a mere Arkansas City High School. He was drafted moment in a man’s life between the All-Star in 1980, by the Philadelphia Phillies, in the Game and the Old-Timers’ Game.” Darren 25th round. Daulton was just a wide-eyed kid Daulton died of brain cancer at the age of 55. when he was called up in 1983. The Phillies The date will read August 6, 2017. were composed of a core of fine players like Andy Purvis is a local author and radio Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Gary Maddox, Steve personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. Stanton arm-strength Carlton, and Mike Schmidt. “I learned to play com for all the latest info on his books or to baseball from these old-school guys,” said listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books round picks that year and decided to use one, It's a menacing lead for Stanton and it appears Dutch. are available online and can be found in the the 32nd, on a guy with a low floor but a very he's not going to lose it. What if he maintains local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be high ceiling. Darren made his Major League debut on a lead of that size, though? We rarely see such September 25, 1983. The Phillies had two All- contacted at [email protected]. Also a huge gap between first and second in home Judge does not live quite the life you might Star catchers on their roster, Ozzie Virgil Jr., listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q runs. imagine for a 25-year-old star of the most and Lance Parrish. Daulton received only three & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com We never see that size of a gap any more. We storied franchise in sports. His first visit to New at-bats that season. He would play sparingly 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of haven't seen a home run leader finish with a 14- York City was the day he was drafted; his second until 1988. Dutch became the Phillies’ starting the Houston Astros. bomb lead since the game was integrated. came on the day he was called up. He spent the catcher in 1989. Known primarily as a defensive end of a recent home stand in leftfielder Brett catcher, he suffered at the plate until 1990. Just look at that list. Babe Ruth was a freak Gardner’s guest room in Armonk, 30 miles Dutch hit .268 and caught Terry Mulholland’s of nature when he stormed onto the scene, north of the city, but otherwise he lives out of no-hitter on August 15, 1990. His career lapping the field, sometimes out-homering two suitcases in an Art Deco hotel in the heart almost ended before it began. On May 6, 1991, teams. We've never going to see that again. of Times Square. Daulton was riding home with Lenny Dysktra Then Jimmie Foxx is a Hall of Famer who had from a bachelor party for teammate John two giant homer seasons in the early 1930s and “I have a very short window to play this game,” Kruk when Dysktra slammed his car into two that's it for the rest of baseball history. he says. “The last thing I want to do is waste it being out on the town. I want to get every ounce trees. Dysktra had three broken ribs, a broken Even when Barry Bonds hit 73 homers, I can out of my body.” collarbone and cheekbone, and was charged Sammy Sosa had 64. When Mark McGwire hit with drunk driving. Dutch had a broken left eye 70, Sosa had 66. The next year McGwire had That body has always been prodigious. After socket, scratched cornea and bruised chest. 65, but Sosa hit 63. When Roger Maris hit 61 dominant Little League performances, adults Dutch’s best year at the plate was during the home runs, Mickey Mantle had 54. would quiz him on his age. He began to imagine a future in which he made the majors, but the 1992 season. He hit 27 home runs and drove Even seasons in the 50s usually have had picture was just an outline. He starred in three in 109 RBI’s but, unfortunately, the Phillies company. In 2006, Ryan Howard hit 58 homers, sports as a teenager, setting the Linden High finished in last place in the Eastern Division of but David Ortiz had 54. Hank Greenberg's 58 in record for touchdowns as a wide receiver and the National League. Dutch was presented his 1930 was followed by Foxx's 50. The last NL scoring 18.2 points per game as a basketball one and only Silver Slugger Award and made player to hit 50 homers in a season -- before center, but he always loved baseball most. Back his first of three All-Star teams. Stanton this year, of course -- was Prince Fielder then he didn’t quite understand why. Today the Darren Daulton played only 67 games during Book signing this Saturday, in 2006. He didn't lead the majors, though, as reason is clear to him: because it’s hard. the 1994 season, due to a knee injury. He A-Rod had 54. To see a player with 51 home I am so pleased to announce that I have He enjoys the grind of 162 games in 183 rebounded in 1995 and made his third All-Star decided to dedicate my book signing on days. He likes that he never knows what day team (1992, 1993, 1995), while playing in only Saturday, September 9, to my friend Bill Batey. of the week it is, instead tracking time by the 98 games. In 1996, because of another knee Along with the dedication I will donate 100% of beginnings and ends of series. Baseball rewards injury, Darren was able to start in only five the royalties from any of my books sold during dedication to a process, and Judge loves the games. Daulton played the 1997 season in left the event to the victims of Hurricane Harvey process. field for Philadelphia. After 14 seasons and nine located here in the Coastal Bend in Bill’s name. knee surgeries with the Phillies, Daulton was He would have like that. I hope you can be a Dotson’s Other Note: To tell the truth, I had traded. Darren was sent to the Florida Marlins part of this event and please feel free to share not paid much attention to Giancarlo Stanton on July 21, 1997, for Billy McMillon. He was this info with your friends. and his home run hitting. During and after the given #20 to wear. Daulton hit .263 with 14 All-Star game home run hitting contest, I have home runs during that season. Playing first base I will be joined by many local coaches and been keeping an eye on Aaron Judge. I thought and pinch hitting for the Marlins, Daulton went Hall of Famers. This is a great time to get their there might be a chance of him hitting even 7-for-18 and hit .389 for the Series and led the autographs too. more home runs than anyone who was involved Marlins to their first World Series victory, over Location: Barnes & Noble in Moore Plaza in PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs). the Cleveland Indians. Daulton played in his Time: 1-3 PM. Suddenly, it’s getting interesting…I’ll bet Ruth final game on October 26, 1997. It was Game & Maris and of course my favorite, Hank 7 of the World Series. He retired immediately My number is 549 1619 and yes I will stay all Aaron, are taking swings again. 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I don’t need to tell you that Research Reserve (MANERR), and he says damming up the rivers and 3” CAL SHAD are most consistent. Natural entire communities have been disrupted, and that there was major damage to all bird related building homes on islands of sand and sea oats. colors is what I start with them move to darks that things may never be the same. While many enclosures, the netting around the pelican For the native Americans these places were and brights. When you are catching fish live will rebuild, some will opt-out, and decide not enclosure that houses around 40 birds, and the inhabited with the bare essentials of structure, towards larger baits like the 5” DOA jerk shad big turtle tank cover is mangled (a $16K item Ol Mother Nature can easily bring it all back or even topwater. As the lunar bite increases that needs to be replaced). The walk-in freezer down to sand, we just saw that. For the bay mature fish will take bigger baits. I’ve had a was damaged with the doors basically ripped system and the fishery, we have seen a dramatic great week drifting the big rocks in the mouth off, and he hopes that they can be found and of Baffin and along the Kennedy shoreline. the freezer isn’t damaged beyond that. As you There are still big masses of trout out deep in all know, a walk-in freezer ain’t cheap! He also the Lagoon as well. The area close to the JFK said that the bird hospital needs a new roof, as has been feast or famine. When big loads of bait well as the turtle building. Four refrigerators are flowing out of the bay system it seems like and two freezers were lost, along with an ice those redfish are everywhere, when they slip out machine and a washer and dryer. None of the to the surf it can seem like a ghost town. Look items mentioned are covered by insurance and for these areas of bait in 2-5 mile increments will all have to be replaced/repaired through from the causeway to the land cut and back to donations. Jace is currently the acting point the back of Baffin. I’m really excited about this of contact for anyone wanting to help out, next two months on the water. This is a great donate, or volunteer. The best way to donate time to catch up on YOUR FISHING SKILLS cash is through the non-profit that Tony set up, AND COME LEARN HOW TO USE LURES Friends of the ARK on their website at www. EFFECTIVELY. TBE MOST IMPORTANT friendsoftheark.org FACTOR IS CONFIDENCE. There is a big Speaking of animals, Rockport, along with Spectacular offshore days ahead for Oct. discount for weekday lure trips I can pass to This last weekend I had two boats full of other communities, was also ravaged, including you without the cost of a big bait bill. When the vet clinics. As soon as I got power back on folks and hammered the snapper! to. This will effect relationships, community you’re getting in the truck or jumping in the at my place, I sent my generator up there to the structure, and the future of our coastal towns. loss of the push and pull of tides and water boat without the worry of if the bait is good or Thompson’s (Companion Vet Clinic, basically While we are tough and will re-build, Harvey flow. This combined with dredging and spoil not, everything becomes a lot more comfortably across the street from Walmart) and they were will leave an indelible mark on us all. dump activity has reduced the flow and changed easy, and you can concentrate on finding fish. able to start maintaining some hours up there to the bottom of all our bays. The I’m so very tired. While I was mostly spared take care of the furry inhabitants as well. Lagoon and Baffin once was a and only lost trees, some siding, and a part of sandy bottom dotted with big the barn roof, I was one of those “95 percenters” rock piles. Now the majority of that didn’t have power for over a week. Living the bottom is covered with soft on the generator was sure fun. I still don’t sediments and grass. In a drop of have hot water at this point, as I think a power time, we have seen the migration surge fried the board on my tankless heater. of shrimp and crabs almost Showers have been brisk lately, LOL. At least disappear here completely as well I have a place to shower, and consider myself as many key shellfish species like lucky. Kudos to the linemen who are even sea scallops that filter the water. now still restoring power in the area, as well as This last big storm rocked the all the neighbors helping neighbors and other Coastal Bend, but in time will volunteers that have showed up and worked. bring a cultivation in its ability It’s really been amazing to see. to grow life. To our south the We lost an icon this past week with Tony Lagoon and Baffin didn’t change Amos, who passed away Sunday. He had been or get affected much and fishing a larger-than-life hero of the beach and the local is still great with good green wildlife for as long as I can remember around water and the annual migration of We caught this beautiful Mahi just a few miles out on these parts. Who knows how many birds, bait and gamefish has taken off. soft plastics and light tackle. turtles, and other animals that he rehabilitated To our north many have said that over his career. Tony dedicated himself to the bays in Rockport are empty of even birds. In Start in the ICW at first light with soft plastics. oceanography, coastal studies, education, and A few months all will return and rebound better As winds and the sun rise drift the flats around of course rehabilitating animals. He will be There was some major damage to the Packery than before. Washing away the old decayed the spoil islands along the channel south of sorely missed, and he leaves big shoes to fill. Channel walls, specifically the cabled revetment bottom and allowing for new growth. Bird Island. Pick up. If reds pumping large Tony and I shared similar views on the causes on the south side. Now, more than ever, we Here the only thing lacking is the abundance gold weedless spoons and paddle tailed soft of upwelling and red tides, and had many have got to get it together and get the TIRZ #2 of live bait flags. This is because in recent years plastics. Stay away from grassy bottoms with discussions about things at Shorty’s over the sorted out, old projects finished, and get it re- we depend on bait camps to our north to provide live shrimp or you will just be feeding the pin years. authorized with new projects, and maybe a new us with bait. Live shrimp is still available and perch. Head south over the big rocks of Baffin. One of Tony’s legacies could use some serious boundary. Hopefully there’s enough money in in the weeks to come I believe we will see one Don’t get yourself in a fishing depression, GET help though. I know we’re all still shell- it to fix the damages and move on. Drop me a more month of live croaker and piggy perch. OUT AND GET WET! shocked, but there has been a mass outpouring line at [email protected] and I’ll see you DONT WAIT FOR THAT! Fishing is good Send any questions or things you want to hear of support from around Texas, and I would like On the Rocks. now! 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Meetings “Hurricane Harvey Volunteer/Donation Task your organization does and a contact person are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting -The varying disaster relief efforts taking Force” (“like” this Facebook page for up- for those interested in joining. the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - place have had a huge impact on our coastal to-date information—needs and volunteer Send the info to [email protected] and 7:00 PM at the Island Time Sushit Bar, contact: community. These combined acts of kindness opportunities) in Aransas Pass we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700. have enabled the Coastal Bend to have a strong Nick Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi (361- com. start on the road to rebuilding our community. Padre Island Antique Classic Car Continuing to work together is the key to a 884-0651 or http://catholiccharities-cc.org/) Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. complete comeback. Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi (361- 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, The Association’s primary responsibility is to 882-6191) Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect There are several organizations and groups to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, the annual fees and provide information and contributing to the clean-up and restoration in Organizations accepting donations only tours, car shows on and around the Island. assistance to property owners. .. Membership our area. Deciding who to contribute your time include: and money to can be overwhelming. Consider Please contact [email protected] for in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring Rock City Church (www.rockcitycorpus. the following helpful tips as you make your information on the upcoming meeting. Please record legal title to any property within Padre com/give/guest) include your contact information and the type Isles. 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Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi bug spray, and water; and travel together/ please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island carpool, if possible. District Office. Please always feel free to materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles ladies got together under a Palapa and founded You can find other helpful tips like these contact my office if you have any questions available at no extra cost. RSVP online. the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only by visiting http://www.fema.gov/volunteer- or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if [email protected] rule is that there are no rules! We are all about you would like to contact my office regarding fun and friendship. We meet once a month for donate-responsibly. Padre Island Yacht Club (PIYC) – is constituent services. As always, my offices are lunch and various fun outings from cupcake There are several local organizations welcoming new members. We have boat slips available at any time to assist with questions, making to CPR. coordinating volunteer efforts and accepting available now for members. Contact Ignacio concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- donations. Organizations accepting volunteers De Lenda at [email protected] for slip rental ISLAND ROVERS: Walks every Saturday 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). and donations include: information. Padre Island Yacht Club members 3 miles or less along the beach, depending on - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 enjoy small and large boat Cruises, small peoples fitness and desires. When: Saturday, Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). boat Poker Runs, Cruises to area restaurants, at 9am at the Padre Balli Park Office South (361-596-3741 or http://coastalbendcan.org/ He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. Progressive Dinners, 4th of July Fireworks of Encantada, in the parking lot between cbdrg) texas.gov or at 512-463-0672 up close, extended boat cruises to Palacios, the office and the RV park. No competition, TX, South Padre Island, Ingleside, Rockport, just conversation and healthy fitness. For Fulton, and other areas. Please come, join us! information see the Facebook group “Island Send Letters and Photos to Contact James Thompson, Rear Commodore Rovers” [email protected] in charge of Memberships at, jmtislandtime@ Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This gmail.com to attend. is the Island book club. We meet the first and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. 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For more Thursday of each month at the Veranda information call Eileen Moeller @ 830-708- Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. 8367 or [email protected] Contact is Linda Walsh, Secretary, lawalshva@ Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is a local yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. chapter of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc., Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 is to assist in community and environmental p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the concerns and provide a variety of social Veranda at Schlitterbahn. The committee’s activities for people who are interested in purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City the music of Jimmy Buffett and the tropical Council on matters pertaining to The Island. lifestyle he personifies. Founded in 2009, the All meetings are open to the public and the club motto is “Partying with a Purpose’’. To join public is invited to address the committee or ask questions go to portaransasparrotheads. during the public comment period. com or email or call Deno “Moon Dog” Fabrie, President at 361 749 0256 or dfabrie@ Padre Island Business Association. The yahoo.com. association is a not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to advertise and The Schliterbahn Women’s Golf promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff association meets every Saturday at 9 AM and Corpus Christi while advancing the for a friendly round of golf. All skill levels are interests of the business community. It is welcome. Call Fran more information: 361- managed by a 9-member board of directors. 877-2551 A membership luncheon is held on the 2nd The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors Thursday of each month at The Veranda starting League is a women’s social organization open at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun the month. 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Refuses to provide written information about Is the charity providing direct aid or raising its identity, mission and how the donations money for other groups? Some charities will be used. may be raising money to pass along to relief organizations. If so, you may want Won’t provide proof that a contribution is to consider “avoiding the middleman” tax deductible. and giving directly to charities that have a Uses a name that closely resembles that of a presence in the region. Find out the ultimate better-known, reputable organization. recipients of these donations to ensure the Asks a potential contributor for bank organizations are equipped to effectively account or credit card information before provide aid. the person has reviewed the organization’s Is the charity accepting and distributing information and agreed to donate. clothing, food or other in-kind donations, Volunteers from Padre Island-Flour Bluff 4-H worked to clean up and do donation Uses high-pressure tactics to secure a or just money? In-kind drives for food and clothing (while well intentioned), may not sorting and distribution for the Little Lights Learning Center in Rockport, Texas. donation before the potential donor has Volunteers worked together to clean up outside debris and unload and distribute had a chance to make an informed decision necessarily be the quickest way to help those about giving. in need, unless the organization has the staff donation items to those in need. Thanks for all for your awesome team work during this and infrastructure to be able to properly project! Asks for donations in cash. distribute such aid. Ask the charity about Better Business Bureau Serving the Heart of their transportation and distribution plans Texas recommends you follow these tips to and find out their greatest need. Be wary of avoid donating to the wrong people: those who are not experienced in disaster relief assistance. Be cautious when giving online. Be cautious about online giving, especially in response Additional Details about local BBB Charity to spam messages and emails that claim Reports online: to link to a relief organization. If you are Give.org shows whether a charity “Meets seeking to give to a charity organization Standards”, “Standards Not Met” or whether involved in relief efforts, go directly to the a Charity “Did Not Disclose” information. charity’s website. A charity that “Meets Standards” is a BBB Rely on expert opinion when it comes to Accredited Charity, which will have a Seal evaluating a charity. Be careful when relying on their BBB Charity Report. on third-party recommendations such as A BBB Charity Report shows: bloggers or other websites, as they might not have fully researched the listed relief A summary of the 20 Standards for Charity organizations. The public can go to BBB Accountability each organization meets. Wise Giving Alliance at give.org to research Tabs, which contain details related to the charities and relief organizations accredited charity’s purpose, programs, staff members by BBB. and financial distributions. Be wary of claims that 100 percent of A “Full Report” button for donors who donations will assist relief victims. Despite would prefer to read the report without tabs. what an organization might claim, charities A “Share” button so you can connect the have fundraising and administrative costs. 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It also includes that has been previously established help with recovery efforts, please contact the quarterly estimated income tax payment to assist with long term recovery The President has declared that a major disaster for the region – their website [email protected]. exists in the State of Texas. Following the recent originally due on or after Aug. 23, 2017 and before January 31, 2018, and the quarterly to register your willingness to How can my company help with recovery disaster declaration for individual assistance volunteer or provide materials is issued by the Federal Emergency Management payroll and excise tax returns normally due on efforts? or after August 23, 2017 and Jan. 31, 2018. In www.coastalbendcan.org/cbrdg Agency, the IRS announced today that affected To make a donation to help children, family taxpayers in Texas will receive tax relief. addition, penalties on payroll and excise tax • Any complaints of price gouging or deposits due on or after Aug. 23, 2017, and fraud during the declared disaster and the elderly, please email comenga@ Individuals who reside or have a business before Jan. 31, 2018, will be abated as long as should be directed to the Texas dfps.state.tx.us. in Austin, Bastrop, Aransas, Bee, Brazoria, the deposits were made by Jan. 31, 2018. Attorney General’s Office at https:// If you want to donate items, please email Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/ or [email protected] and we can put Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Hardin, If an affected taxpayer receives a late filing or late payment penalty notice from the IRS that by calling 1-800-621-0508 you in touch with organizations that are Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, requesting specific assistance. Kleberg, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Matagorda, has an original or extended filing, payment Montgomery, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk, or deposit due date that falls within the Refugio, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, postponement period, the taxpayer should call Tyler, Victoria, Walker, Waller, and Wharton the telephone number on the notice to have the Helpful Hurricane Contact Numbers Counties may qualify for tax relief. IRS abate the penalty. The IRS automatically identifies taxpayers located in the covered The declaration permits the IRS to postpone disaster area and applies automatic filing and certain deadlines for taxpayers who reside payment relief. But affected taxpayers who or have a business in the disaster area. For reside or have a business located outside the instance, certain deadlines falling on or after covered disaster area must call the IRS disaster Aug. 23, 2017 and before Jan. 31, 2018, are hotline at 866-562-5227 to request this tax granted additional time to file through Jan. 31, relief. Hurricane Relief from Phone Lines Set the Small Business Up for Texans Administration Trying to Locate Those impacted by Hurricane Harvey can apply for SBA Disaster Assistance, by calling Harvey Survivors the SMA Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955. in Louisiana’s State Businesses, Private nonprofit organizations, Homeowners and Renters can go directly online Shelters and apply for our low-interest disaster recovery The Louisiana Department of Children and loans. For small businesses and most private Family Services (DCFS) has set up a phone nonprofit organizations, SBA can also offer bank for Texas families trying to locate loved low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans as ones evacuated after Hurricane Harvey to state- well as loans for physical damages. run shelters in Louisiana. The numbers to call For more information about Economic Injury are (225) 615-0086 and (225) 615-0258. Disaster Loans go to: https://disasterloan.sba. DCFS cannot confirm the identities of people gov/ela/Information/EIDLLoans, staying in its shelters. However, people can To apply online: https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ call the reunification lines and provide the ela/Account/Login name, address and date of birth, if known, of the person they are trying to locate, as well as Some Key Points the caller’s own name and contact information. DCFS will then determine whether the person There is no cost to apply and no obligation is in a state shelter and, if so, pass along the to accept any loan funds. caller’s message. Applicants don’t have to even know how Both state shelters – the Alexandria mega- much they may need when they apply. shelter and the Jewella shelter in Shreveport – They don’t have to wait for any insurance have cellphones and charging stations available claims to fully settle. for Harvey survivors to use. Survivors who CCISD W elcomes Students Displaced by Harvey would like to let their family members and Hurricane Harvey has displaced many Coastal Bend students. As affected schools friends know they are safe and well are also announce closures, CCISD has extended an invitation to all students displaced by Follow us on Facebook: encouraged to register at www.safeandwell. Harvey to enroll in the district. The Island Moon Newspaper org, a website set up by the American Red “We welcome all students with open hearts and open arms,” said Dr. Roland Cross. People searching for loved ones in the Hernandez, CCISD superintendent of schools. Students may pick up enrollment packets disaster area can use the same website to try to Send photos and letters to: locate missing friends or family members in the at any CCISD campus, and will attend school in the zone of their temporary residence. [email protected] affected area. Transfer applications are subject to availability at the requested campus. 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Padre Island Real Estate Ticker Texas Economy Adds 19,600 Jobs in July The Texas economy expanded for the 13th “Texas employers continue to keep our state’s August 1 - August 15 consecutive month with the addition of 19,600 economy strong with private-sector employment seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in July. Texas’ expanding over the year with overall job-growth By Cindy Molnar of 266,000 including 20,500 jobs added in 117 Waterfront Condominiums/ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to July,” said TWC Commissioner Representing Coldwell Banker Island Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From 4.3 percent, down from 4.6 percent in June. Employers Ruth Hughs. “Texas is a state that Realtors $64,900-$1,250,000 Annual employment growth for Texas was 2.4 percent, which was double the annual growth continues to welcome new employers and work Waterfront Homes Sold Interior Lot Homes/Condominiums rate as compared to a year ago. with our homegrown businesses, offering them 14862 Cobo De Bara Circle the tools they need to grow and succeed.” and Duplexes “Texas employers created 293,400 jobs over 15337 Bowsprit Court 15217 Windward Drive #203 the past year and the dynamic Texas economy The Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) recorded the month’s lowest 1821 Gunwale Drive continues to provide competitive advantages 108 Interior Lot Condominiums/ to employers across the state,” said TWC unemployment rate among Texas MSAs with 14129 Bounty Avenue Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From Chairman Andres Alcantar. “TWC will continue a non-seasonally adjusted rate of 3.1 percent, $91,500-$459,900 15742 Cuttysark Street to focus on the workforce needs of our growing followed by the Austin-Round Rock and Waterfront Lots industries and build partnerships that enhance Midland MSAs with a rate of 3.2 percent. The Average Sales Price $363,400 the skills of our world class workforce.” College Station-Bryan and Sherman-Denison 14810 Cobo De Bara MSAs registered a rate of 3.5 percent for July. 68 Waterfront Homes Listed From The Leisure and Hospitality Industry recorded $279,999 -$3,250,000 50 Waterfront Lots Listed From the largest private-industry gain over the month “Several Goods Producing industries $135,000-$2,000,000 are showing strength in Texas, including with 7,000 jobs added. Financial Activities Interior Lot Homes Sold Manufacturing, which expanded by 2,900 jobs Interior Lots Sold expanded by 5,200 jobs and recorded a 3.6 15862 El Soccorro Loop percent annual growth rate—the industry’s in July,” said TWC Commissioner Representing 13801 Suntan Street 14146 Vincent Drive highest since August 2013. Professional and Labor Julian Alvarez. “I encourage our labor 14222 Tamarisk Drive Business Services saw an increase of 5,000 jobs force to tap into TWC’s training resources like Average Sales Price $278,250 in July. our apprenticeship training program that can 76 Interior Lot Homes Listed From Average Selling Price $51,500 help prepare them for a good-paying career.” $179,000-$650,000 44 Interior Lots Listed From $35,500- $350,000 Waterfront Condomiums/Townhomes Port of Corpus Christi Approves Project Sold Commercial Lots 15433 Seamount Cay Court Unit D-4 14829 S. Padre Island Drive Partnership Agreement with the U.S. 14810 Windward Drive #502 18 Commercial Lots Listed From $35,500-$2,625,000 Average Sales Price $168,250 Army Corps of Engineers for Deepening & Widening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) The CC Ship Channel Improvement Project How Harvey Effects Renters and Landlords Commission at a special meeting Friday, was initially authorized by Congress under the Texas Cities have a choice about whether to agree to different terms, but even the form lease approved a Project Partnership Agreement Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) make their renters pay the full amount of rent of the Texas Apartment Association does not (PPA) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of 2007. Congress re-authorized the CC Ship and late fees ordinarily due. At present, Texas modify these basic rights. (USACE) for the deepening and widening of Channel Improvement Project in WRDA 2014, law allows a landlord to delay making repairs the Corpus Christi Ship Channel The CC Ship and reaffirmed its commitment to the Project Rather than force all the tenants of a city to to rental property that has suffered an insured Channel Improvement Project (CIP) will widen under the WIIN 2016 Act (Water Infrastructure negotiate with landlords long distance and at casualty loss until the landlord receives the the CC Ship Channel to 530 feet plus additional Improvements for the Nation Act). a severe disadvantage, or force tenants to take insurance proceeds. (See Section 92.054(a) of barge shelves to allow for two-way vessel and landlords to court, cities could instead pass The entire Project is estimated to cost an the Texas Property Code.) While flooding was barge traffic in tandem, and deepen the CC Ship emergency ordinances that adjust the amount estimated $327 million with the USACE the cause of much of the damage and many Channel to 54 feet MLLW (Mean Lower Low of rent tenants must pay to avoid eviction based proportionate cost-share projected to be $225 landlords have not purchased flood insurance, Water) on the extent of the damage per Texas law, and million and the PCCA proportionate cost-share landlords usually make traditional insurance waive late fees for the month of September To allow for safe passage of deep draft projected at $102 million. The PPA allows the claims for all the damage they sustained and while these issues are worked out. large vessels. On execution of the PRA, Port PCCA to accelerate its portion of the Project use 92.054(a) to avoid any liability for failing Commissioners also approved the acceleration cost-share, thereby allowing construction to to repair quickly while they weigh their options. Section 214.902(a) of the Texas Local of $32 million in Port funds to the USACE commence ahead of federal appropriations Government Code states: However, because of this authorized legislative to expedite initial consruciton phases of the up to $102 million. These funds are intended delay, the Texas Legislature also provided RENT CONTROL. (a) The governing body of project. for use in the design and construction of the tenants some relief in these events: If after a a municipality may, by ordinance, establish rent “The widening and deepening of the Corpus deepening of the CC Ship Channel from the casualty loss the rental premises are partially control if: (1) the governing body finds that a Christi Ship Channel and construction of barge Gulf of Mexico to Harbor Island just east of the unusable for residential purposes and if the housing emergency exists due to a disaster as shelves are needed to guarantee continued Port Aransas Ferry Landing. casualty loss is not caused by the negligence defined by Section economic growth for South Texas and Port This PPA is the first one to include several or fault of the tenant, a member of the tenant’s 418.004, Government Code; and (2) the Corpus Christi and for ensuring the safety modernized agreement provisions following family, or a guest or invitee of the tenant, the governor approves the ordinance.” of port operations. The Corpus Christi Ship a comprehensive review and updating of tenant is entitled to reduction in the rent in an Channel Improvement Project is critical to the partnership language by the USACE. The PPA amount proportionate to the extent the premises Thus, the full rent does not have to be due Texas economy, and the Nation’s movement was negotiated and approved on an expedited are unusable because of the casualty, but only today, and late fees could be stopped for this toward global energy dominance,” said Charles basis through a team effort between PCCA Staff on judgment of a county or district court. (See month. Federal agencies like HUD is prohibiting W. Zahn, Chairman of the Port Corpus Christi and the USACE Galveston District, USACE Section 92.054(c) of the Texas Property Code.) foreclosures on FHA loans in the disaster area Commission. Southwest Region Division Staff, and USACE That section allows landlords and tenants to and telling loan servicers to waive late fees. 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Home maintenance repair & light remodeling Crossword Solution Free Estimates Located on “The Island” G. Michael Wall 361-779-6621 Tony Wall 361-271-9499 September 7, 2017 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth repairmen are gods in my mind. The way they internet or television I haven’t heard Donald cleaning supplies and bottled water ever seen By Ronnie Narmour have re-planted and replaced the many, many Trump’s name once in many days. I don’t have in the city of Port A. I stopped by one camp down power lines and telephone poles is nothing [email protected] a clue what’s going on in the outside world right to get some food and asked the folks if I could short of amazing. They are rock stars and have now and to tell you the truth, it’s been kind of take their picture and where were they from. worked tirelessly around the clock to get us nice. Normally, I’m a news junky, but I have I couldn’t have been more prouder when they back on the grid. Big respect! And speaking Thank you… no time for it right now. We’re all in survival grabbed a flag and yelled, “We are Texas!!!” I of Labor Day, I ran by the ferry to get a mid- mode. One other common affliction I’ve heard have a renewed faith in my fellow man. afternoon pic of a dormant ferry landing on abundantly is, “Man, by back is killing me.” Labor Day Monday when normally there would Kudos to our resident chiropractor, Dr. Steve I don’t know… be an hour-plus wait to get across the ditch. for giving free alignments to locals. He really It has been a very emotional time for all of did make it possible for me to keep going at one Shorty’s is first to re-open… us. When the locals point when I thought my back was toast. started coming back in Vermin after the storm, every reunion was special Another bad thing I’m going to attach to with deep hugs and Harvey is that putrid smell that my nostrils can’t open tears. One of ours The traffic has been insane on 361 both seem to shake or didn’t make it. Ronnie ways from Padre to Port A. tolerate. It’s that Head rode it out in rotting vegetation his apartment and was smell. It’s sort of discovered dead a few What a week. I got back to Port A after like the rotting days ago. I called him evacuating from Hurricane Harvey to my Sargassum smell. Ronnie Number One. sister’s home in Bastrop a week ago Sunday And mosquitoes. He was a good guy but and we (The Island Moon) got a fresh paper I have a feeling should have got the Ronnie Head was on the streets by Wednesday. I’m a little fuzzy the mosquitoes hell out of here when discovered dead in on the exact time-line of events; so much has are here to stay it became obvious that his apartment in happened and it’s all kind of a blur. Port A city Port A’s oldest and friendliest was the first until winter. There Harvey was the real Port A, a victim of management wrestled with who and when to is so much foul to re-open after the hurricane. Dee Wallace came deal. I know others that Hurricane Harvey let back on the island immediately following standing water rode it out here, Billy Harvey. The move to only let emergency upon this critter after everywhere. I and Mandy Gaskins, T-Joe, Mille, Dinger, And major kudos to all the police and city workers, police, EMS, firemen, city workers , Hurricane Harvey. have enough Port Rob Ramsey, English Steve… I’m just workers who have also worked tirelessly. utility repairmen and residents with a Port A A Perfume to last thankful they didn’t end up like Ronnie Number There has been a LARGE police presence and address on their drivers license produced traffic until November. Everywhere you look is a One. Every single resident and building was everyone of them are here to protect and serve. I jams that sometimes ran bumper to bumper, perfect environment for vermin (snakes, bugs, affected by Harvey to varying degrees. Some am very proud of our police department and a fan the entire 18 miles of 361- going both ways- monsters). Check out that rattler that Capt. Dee lost everything, some just a little, Ronnie Head of Chief Burroughs. He is one cool cucumber depending on the time of day. At first I stayed Wallace ran into. One weird thing I noticed is really the one who lost it all. RIP my friend. under fire. We are lucky to have him. And, I right after the storm, was there were no birds. I am pissed at Harvey for taking away our am especially grateful for the DPS officers If you could get past the shock of seeing block comfort zone and leaving us in return, an air patrolling at night for looters, who have reared after block of devastation, it was interesting of uncertainty. There are many people here in their ugly heads. As of now, the 8:00 curfew has how nature was affected by this storm. I did see been raised to midnight, a couple of the bars quite a few dead birds. And for some reason, are open now; Shorty’s and Treasure Island. there were a ton of golf balls that had washed Shorty’s was the first to get their doors back up. open thanks to efforts of local bass aficionado and general contractor, Chris Jordan, of Port A Go to Roberts Point Pavilion for supplies . Chris brought in some musicians from Corpus now… (Ray Summy, Buddy Trevino, Cody Strong and Jaime Delarosa to re-roof the 71 year old establishment in record time. Shorty’s has seen a hurricane or two and actually came through with flying colors. The floor buckled in a few This is the ferry in Port A on Labor Day. places and the walk-in is somewhere around The electricity is starting to come back on Sinton now, but the doors are open and music all over town. These electrical workers will soon abound. I ran by there earlier this are gods. evening and the place was packed. I see many the same boat. We have little or nothing left, no benefits in my future. place of our own to live and little or no money. Volunteer Haley Anderson from N. Padre What’s today? FEMA was quick to respond with evaluations helps out at Roberts Point Pavillion. and processing. I asked three FEMA agents at the Community Center last Sunday what we One thing I can say about this town is it full could expect from FEMA, “Are yall going to of tough hombres. give us trailers to live in or money or what?” So I’ve watched far, they have motel vouchers and business loans people that lost available. They really didn’t have an answer everything out for me. All they said was, “I don’t know”. An there helping inspector came and surveyed the damage at my The streets of Port A are now lined with others that need it place and said they would be in touch. There’s the destruction of Harvey. more. This proud some of us out there that could really use the town had one help sooner than later. on Padre with the Rankins and went back and good cry and then forth each day, carrying as much ice and gas got after it, and Scattered shots… for generators as my little Ford Ranger could The bottom floor in almost every place got after it with a carry. (Thank you Pete Desopo and Chuy’s in Port A suffered heavy damage from vengeance. I have We are Texas. Mexican Restaurant in Corpus for donating Harvey. It’s all on the curb now. never seen anything like it. There’s a lot of love many hundreds of pounds of ice and to HEB for in this town and a lot of pride. And the response their gift certificates I used to buy gas). There from the rest of the world has been glorious. are so many people to thank right now. The donations and volunteers were immediate and plentiful. One source of relief was Trinity A screw gun is my house key… by the Sea Episcopal Church where supplies The police had instigated an 8:00 curfew, so and volunteers could be found. They rose to the the traffic patterns were predictable and I was challenge like John Wayne riding in with the trying to go back and forth when everyone else Cavalry with help and direction. At this point was too, plus Labor Day weekend added to most of the relief stations have consolidated An improptu pickers circle last Saturday the numbers, though many of those folks were night behind Trinity by the Sea with Carol coming to volunteer. Patience is a virtue that Elliott, Patrice Pike, James Derkits and I don’t possess. I was typically spending three The IGA parking lot has been one of the some guys from Boene made the event a or four hours in the car each day going back lot of fun. and forth and felt that I was wasting my time. big hubs for medical care, supplies and So I borrowed a generator from Brother Matt food. I am the music columnist for the Island Moon Hole and decided to squat in my little crack- but I guess you can see I didn’t make it out to I have been in Port A everyday since the day house-looking abode with the doors blown off. any shows last weekend. But I was aware of the after the storm and one thing I can honestly say A screw gun was now my new front door key. benefit at Schlitterbahn with Steven James, about the majority of Port A residents is NO By this time, the water had been turned back Clarissa Serna and Statesboro Revue. I ONE KNOWS WHAT DAY IT IS. I bet I’ve on, which was a game changer. As we speak, understand they had over 500 people there and heard or said it myself a hundred times, “What’s my electricity just came back on. These utility raised something like $9000 bucks for Port A today?” I don’t have a smart phone and with no These folks at the Cowboy Camp across victims of Harvey. Yay! And I did make it by from the Island Cafe in Port A are feeding Trinity by the Sea Saturday night where an everyone fabulous healthy meals. impromptu pickers’ circle with Carol Elliott, GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR James Derkits, Patrice Pike, some cats from their supplies and moved everything to the Boerne: Bryce Bodie, Alex Petit, Joe Tidwell pavilion at Roberts Point Park. It looks like a and Mike Young. It was very Kerrville Folk warehouse in there. There have been many Festival-ish. Everyone that played was a talented CLOSED BRIEFLY FOR camps set up on the streets serving hot meals songwriter and the music really hit the spot out to anyone and everyone. I grew attached to the there behind the rectory. Next week I’ll get my hot meals at the Billabong Camp across from LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT calendar going again the Island Cafe, which were delicious and and get my mind back in the music game. My REMODELING nutritious. The National Guard set up at the world is slowly coming back together and I community pool with food, ice and water and promise, every little thing gonna be all right. some volunteers just rolled into town on their own and started cooking. This may be the most ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♪♫♪

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