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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 June 20, 2019 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around Port Approves The Island Design By Dale Rankin Contract for Storms before sunup followed by blast furnace days have been the story this week on our little sandbar. We’re Harbor Island rolling into the heart of the heat season and this year feels a little different. Tanker Facility We’ve always said that what happens The Port of Corpus Christi this week on The Island leaves on Sunday, but A cow stands in front of a barge left on San Jose Island by Hurricane Harvey approved a $4.8 million agreement that doesn’t seem to be the case this for final design of the Very Large year as Tuesday afternoons on the Crude Carrier port at Harbor Island. beach seems almost as crowded as PIPOA Recount Attack of the Birds! On Tuesday the board approved Saturdays. A beach drive on Monday a Service Order in the Amount of morning found plenty of sunbathers and Resignation $4,890,000 with Lloyd Engineering, and walkers. It’s sort of like the tide By Dale Rankin Inc., for “Engineering Services of late, it comes in and sort of just associated with the Final Design of hangs around. It seems like the new No sooner was a recount of the March the Harbor Island Dock and Berth normal. election for members of the Board of Directors of the Padre Isles Property Facilities Project.” The National Weather Service says Owners Association done this week In May the port approved a fifty heat indexes the next few days will be than the winner of the contested seat year lease agreement with Lone Star in the 105-115 range and the summer resigned from the board for personal Ports for the development of a crude is only beginning with the summer reasons. (See Letters to the Editor) oil export terminal on Harbor Island solstice on Friday, June 21. It may and the design contract awarded this turn out that it wasn’t the humidity Kelly McFadden took the seat for week includes two new oil docks and after all, only the heat… a three-year term on the board after the March election in which two associated handling equipment, as Laredo hits number 1 seats were open with the two top well as the dredging of berths and vote getters winning with a plurality approach areas for each of the docks Laredo has passed Los Angeles as of votes. The terms are for three and the expansion of the existing the largest trading port in the United years, but when the recount was A few weeks ago as residents of the El Constante condominiums at adjacent turning basin. States. Laredo has long been the finished this week at the request of busiest inland port in the country but the north end of Windward walked to the trash bin in the parking According to documents supplied to POA member Nita Smith who paid due to a dip in trade through L.A. lot they started getting attacked by aggressive grackles which would the port board this week, under the for the recount which was done by Laredo surpassed it in trade through swoop down from their nests high up in the palms and swat the contract Lone Star Ports will provide Pamela Hill, Election Administrator combined land, sea, and air transport. human interlopes with their wings. all necessary equipment and pipelines of San Patricio County, McFadden The staff began holding whatever they could find above their heads to to receive and handle the crude from Rip tides and lighted signs announced her resignation leaving pipelines and dock facilities to and an open seat on the seven-member ward off the birds until finally landscapers were called in to trim the We had a suggestion this week about trees and remove the bird nests. from the terminal including pipelines, board. Board President Marvin valves, sampling equipment, utility using the lighted TxDot signs over the Jones, citing the POA by-laws, said As things now stand an unsteady peace exists between the winged highways to warn people coming to attackers and their terrestrial prey, but stay tuned these grackles may tanks, pumps, vapor lines, storage, equipment, and other materials and The Island about the riptides that have PIPOA cont. on A2 not be done yet. been causing so much trouble in these supplies required to operate Harbor windy times. We put the question to Island Crude terminal. the area TxDot spokesman, here is his The final design will include: response. Sixty-five Beaches, 3700 Miles, geotechnical borings and laboratory “The Texas Department of analyses; detailed design of the dock Transportation has discussed this 5000 Nurdles platforms; dredging of the berths, approach area, and turning basin; topic several times with Kiwana When it comes to nurdles and where they wash up mooring and breasting structures; Denson, the mother of Je’Sani on Gulf beaches you might say that Jace and Sam shoreline protection; assistance Smith. It has been suggested that will stop at nothing – at least not for 3700 miles. perhaps the most effective way to with permit revisions, parking reach beachgoers would be for the Jace Tunnell, director of the Mission-Aransas improvements; passing ship and ship city or county to place electronic Reserve, and Sam Sugarek, director of water simulation studies; and mechanical portable message signs on the beach quality programs at the Nueces River Authority, and electrical design of the associated access roads. This way, the first drove over 3,700 miles in ten days, surveyed for pipelines, loading arms, and other thing beachgoers would see when nurdles at 65 beaches with over 126 surveys from handling equipment. Corpus Christi to Key West from May 19 to 28. leaving the pavement and hitting the Planning documents state the dock sand would be the rip tide message. They collected over 5,000 nurdles over the ten facilities will be able to accommodate TxDOT’s overhead digital message day period with the highest concentrations in various vessels from inland and signs are used for transportation Texas. Some of the highlights of the trip include ocean-going barges up to and purposes.” presentations at three other Reserve's around the including Very Large Crude Carrier That’s understandable. We don’t Gulf, very few nurdles on the west coast of Florida, (VLCC) ships. The scope of this know if the city or county have higher concentrations in the Florida Keys, including contract also includes preparation of lighted signs to do that but there are the Dry Tortugas, and finding nurdles along the construction contract documents for signs up along the access roads that Mississippi River under the bridge in Baton bid of the dock and berth facilities and may have helped but haven’t stopped Rouge. The maps created from citizen science likely several procurement packages the need for numerous rescues. After data and from the Nurdle Expedition data cover for long lead time materials and a statewide law banning texting while almost every accessible beach in the U.S. Gulf of equipment. The contract documents driving took effect in 2017, there has Mexico, showing where highest concentrations of for dredging and dock construction been a 6 percent drop in distracted nurdles can be found. These areas might also be are anticipated to be complete and Jace Tunnell and nurdles ready for bid in early December 2019. driving crashes but still one in five Nurdles cont. on A4 crashes involves a driver distracted by texting. Launching from the beach A little Island history We also got a question this week about whether it is legal to launch a sailboat from city beaches. We A Story of Two Fishing Holes in the Laguna Near Flour Bluff contacted the beach manager and go this response: Editor’s note: Longtime Flour surprised that you didn’t mention that Bluff commercial fisherman Bobby Kate’s Hole is a part of Deadman’s “It is all tied to safety. They must be Kimbrell sent us this note after Hole. It is my understanding that at least 50 feet from any person in the reading our Jay Gardner’s column back in the early 1930s the state dug water and must go out and come in about Kate’s Hole. It is a little piece a channel from the Humble Channel strait must sail at least past the third of Island history. near where the JFK Causeway starts break. I would prefer they would not By Bobby Kimbrell at Flour Bluff into the south end of do it in front of seawall.” Deadman’s Hole. The dredge had to Moons Here is al few lines to say hello dig what is now Kate’s Hole to be and let you know I enjoyed reading able to turn the dredge around after And a final piece of business…a your story about Kate’s Hole. I it finished the channel and exit the lady has been going into the Stripes was a commercial fisherman in area. That channel is called the State Store at SPID and SH 361 and taking the Lagoon from about 1944 until Channel. Kate’s Hole was about 100 multiple copies of the Island Moon I retired in 1999. I also met Billy feet or less in diameter to start with “to clean her windows.” Please don’t Sandifer and his wife when he first and since gill nets are 100 yards do that. Thankfully the nice folks moved from Florida to Flour Bluff. long I would imagine that Kate and who work there have been stopping We both quit drinking in 1992 and her husband were actually fishing in her, even though we are a full-service I only saw him a couple of times Deadman’s Hole instead of Kate’s newspaper come by the office and after he became a fishing guide. I Hole. The north end of Deadman’s we’ll give you old copies for your never knew the story about Kate Hole was always the best for fishing, windows and birdcages. until I read your story. I always especially with a trotline and I That’s all for now, say hello if you thought she was a commercial rod would imagine the other commercial see us Around The Island. and reel fisherwoman. I was a little History cont. on A4 1942 map of Laguna Madre showing Dead Mans Hole.jpg June 20, 2019 Island Moon A 2 Woody's 35th Annual Powder Puff Tournament

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will patronize all of them, and when you see Moon Monkeys them next, please thank them for their support Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the of the Port Aransas Art Center. Summertime means we have summer camps Hear? occurring at the Port Aransas Art Center. Our By Mary "Scoop" Craft Editor focus this year is on youth in grades 4, 5 and 6. Follow the link to learn more about each camp and to register. We have twp summer camps coming up in July. Our hearty thanks go to Business Briefs H-E-B for making our 2019 summer camps half of the normal cost for registrants! Island Mutts is a Do It Yourself Dog Wash that will be opening Monday, Enjoy your summer and come visit the Port st Aransas Art Center soon. July 1 if all goes as planned. The Distribution Karen Winship Ridout tubs have already been installed and they have some to accommodate even Pete Alsop President, Board of Directors Island Delivery the biggest dogs. The temperature is Coldwell Banker PIPOA Resignation set at warm and will never be too Advertising PIPOA resignation, hot or cold. They are located near Jan Park Rankin Scuttlebutts. Stop by and say hello to Egg Cartons Last fall I was asked by many friends to run for Classifieds My daughter in law is a pre-K teacher and is the PIPOA Board. Having been involved with owners Michelle and Steve Such who Arlene Ritley collecting egg cartons to make a spaceship. 500 many PIPOA issues over the last several years, moved to the island about a year ago. are needed by August. Please help by saving many wished for me to take this next step. Production Manager nd your egg cartons. They can be dropped off at The 2 Annual Texas Reggae Abigail Bair At first, I said no. I was happy providing the Annaville Insurance Agency 14650 Compass, meeting video streaming and taking on project Contributing Writers Beach Clean-up will be held this Suite 2. Thank you!! Billie Johnson that were important to me. But the requests weekend. They are looking for Joey Farah continued, and I agreed to run. Andy Purvis volunteers to help with trash pickup At the same time, I was also becoming nd Mary Craft involved with a software project based out of on Saturday, June 22 11 am – 3 pm Kelly Trevino Atlanta. A project that was only supposed to starting at Marker 206 near the North Jay Gardner last a few months. I traveled back and forth Packery Channel. As a thank you 13 Todd Hunter between Atlanta and the Island, handing both bands will be performing Friday 7 my work responsibilities and my campaign Dotson Lewis pm – midnight and Saturday 5 pm – Dr. Tom Dorrell commitments. Ronnie Narmour Since my election to the Board, my work midnight. Brent Rourk situation has changed. My project in Atlanta The Moonshine & Ale Sing has now evolved into a full-time, permanent Photographers position which requires me to spend most of my Along Piano Bar opened their Miles Merwin (Emeritus) time in Atlanta. Just this past week, Jim and I second location on Chaparal Street Debbie Noble purchased a home in the Atlanta area. downtown. The first one was opened Jan Rankin Jim and I are not leaving the Island. We will in New Braunfels 10 years ago. Mary Craft continue to own our island home and many They have hired many piano players rental properties. And while I know that much Ronnie Narmour of the Board business can be conducted via from across the country to play your Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) electronic means, I also know how important requests. Riley P. Dog it is for a Board Member to be present in the community full time. To be able to run into Dive into Dance at Waves Resort Letter From Artfest Members on the beach or at the grocery store. with ABC Dancin’ Dance Studio To be able to personally attend the many PIPOA Artfest 2019 was one of the best ever. Held over Ballroom and Country Dance meetings that happen throughout the month. To the Memorial Day Weekend, artists from across deal with Board business face to face. sessions. Dance classes take place Texas and acoustic musicians participated. on Wednesday evenings. For more A personal presence is vital. But this is a Hearty thanks go to our Artfest 2019 sponsors presence I can no longer provide. information about pricing and dates Port Aransas Conservancy, American Bank, Port of Corpus Christi, Texas Commission on So, effective immediately, I am resigning as call (361) 589-4220. the Arts, Silver Sands Vacation Rentals, Pioneer a Board Member of the Padre Isles Property Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang Owners Association. Beach Resort, Trinity by the Sea Episcopal/ will be the entertainers for the Music RECONNECT, Mark Grosse Real Estate, I trust that President Marvin Jones and the Publisher Whitten Real Estate, SYSTEMseven, Paula other Board Members will select a replacement from the Moon Concert held at the Dale Rankin and Richard Hicks, Lone Star Taste and Island who will be able to provide the level of personal Waves Resort Lookout Pub on the About the Island Moon Construction. involvement that I can no longer perform. second floor. There will be lots of The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Our Artfest volunteers are indispensable. We As I said, Jim and I are not leaving the Island. raffle prizes and the raffle sales will are deeply grateful to them all, but especially Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes We will continue to provide meeting video benefit the Riley P. 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History cont. from A1 Nurdles cont. from A1 fishermen of that time agreed to not fish in that and fish in Deadman’s Hole. That hurricane also area since Kate’s husband died. covered up nearly all of the oysters that were in regions where regulatory agencies could target and they are finding their way into the ocean by the billions. Back in those days there was not very man the shallow water and during the summer month investigations on where the source of pellets commercial fishermen and at the time they we fishermen would catch a lot of drum with might be coming from. Used as the primary raw material for most respected other fishermen’s’ fishing spots and a rag seine in the shallow water. One day we A "nurdle" sounds like a cute and cuddly plastic goods we consume, they are small did not crowd in on them even if they made a caught 2500 pounds of drum and sold them to imaginary animal you might find in the and easily transportable on the journey from good catch like Kate did. Through the years I Benny Kucurecks fish market on Laguna Shores stuffed toy section of your local big box store. creation to final manufacturing. This also means have fished in the shallow flats all in Deadman’s Road. However, it would be a mistake to think that that they can easily enter the environment Hole as much as one time. The last time I went A friend of mine, fishing with trotlines in these microplastics are anything but a big through faulty piping, being windblown off into Deadman’s Hole I had to keep the skiff Deadman’s Hole caught 10,000 pounds of drum problem for the ocean. Also commonly known land, or in some cases mass spillage. Once in going as fast as it would go because the tide was in two weeks. He got $1 per pound for the fish as "mermaid tears," nurdles are classified as the environment or the ocean, they can cause a low and the channel was only three or four feet and gave every bit of the money to the hospital primary microplastics (1mm to 5mm in size) myriad of hazards for wildlife and people. wide in the widens part since the hurricane had to pay the debt for having a stint put in his chest filled in most of it with sand. one week earlier. After the Packery Pass was In 1944 all the shallow water around Kate’s dug it killed the catch of drum in Deadman’s and Deadman’s hole was plentiful with oysters Hole with trotlines. After the Pass was dug Owls on the Prowl and one time we went there in a motor boat and nobody ever caught any drum in Deadman’s filled the skiff we towed there full of oysters. It Hole so the commercial fishermen quite fishing was in the wintertime and we would eat some there. of the oysters every day for over a week. A The only story I had ever heard of Kate’s hurricane in the middle 1940s filled in a portion Hole was that Kate caught a lot of trout there of the State Pass that was east of the spoil dumps using piggy perch and live shrimp for bait, so I of the Intracoastal Canal. Prior to that time assume the game wardens got her gill nets and some of the fishermen would drive their motor she started fishing legal. At that time there was boats into Kate’s Hole and anchor the boat there only one game warden in Nueces County. PIPOA cont. from A1

Wednesday the board will appoint McFadden’s would have replaced McFadden with third- replacement. place finisher Brian McCabe. McFadden’s resignation is the latest in a series When the recount was complete McFadden of events which saw two factions on the board outpointed McCabe by eleven votes keeping run as slates in the March 2019 balloting. Board her in the seat where which she had occupied member Vicki Marsden was elected to the board for almost three months. Then on Tuesday in March 2018 but resigned after she sold her McFadden announced her resignation throwing Island home making her ineligible to sit on the the decision to fill the seventh seat back to the board, leaving six members. After the 2019 board. election former board chairman Brent Moore, Board members are: Marvin Jones, President; who did not run for re-election, filed a lawsuit Marta Sprout, Vice-President; John Weis, preventing the remaining six members from member; Dan Brown, member, Carter Tate, appointing a seventh until the suit was resolved member; Dan Brown, member. As of press time in May. Citing the bylaws the remaining six Wednesday no timetable had been announced board members appointed John Weis as the for the appointment of a seventh member. seventh member, even as Smith posted the funds required for a recount that if successful Owls have been in the news this week. The guy on the right is rehabbing at the ARK in Port Aransas and the guy on the left is hanging around an Island chicken coop looking for an opening. Stone Crabs in the Canal

Our friend Dave has been catching crabs in his canal trap with claws as big as your face! The big fellows are stone crabs and they like chicken bones and perch. You can take the claw and put ‘em back…they’ll grow another one.

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If you’d like to help, please mail checks to Island Blast $6.00 off any oil change! 14493 Suite A PMB 303 | Corpus Christi, TX 78418 You can also donate online through the island blast facebook page. June 20, 2019 Island Moon A 5 Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier June 20 - June 27 We called him Charley Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible War but his real name was Carlos Guerra and he was the first avowed Th 20 High 8:19 AM 1.6 6:34 AM Set 9:26 AM 94 Communist I ever met. I accused him of only 20 Low 11:32 PM -0.3 8:27 PM Rise 11:20 PM doing it because he looked like Vladimir Lenin F 21 High 8:46 AM 1.5 6:34 AM Set 10:20 AM 88 but over the years I found out he wasn’t joking. 21 8:27 PM Rise 11:59 PM In the early 1980s Carlos had a jewelry store on the Riverwalk in San Antonio and one day, so Sa 22 Low 12:07 AM -0.2 6:34 AM Set 11:13 AM 81 the story goes, a guy walked in with a gun and 22 High 9:07 AM 1.4 8:27 PM cleaned him out. I went in to write a story and before long we were fast friends. He went from Su 23 Low 12:42 AM 0.0 6:34 AM Rise 12:35 AM 74 the jewelry business to one of the three daily 23 High 9:25 AM 1.4 8:28 PM Set 12:05 PM columnists on the Express-News that in world now long gone were known as Murders Row M 24 Low 1:19 AM 0.2 6:35 AM Rise 1:08 AM 65 who could move the needle on any issue in the 24 High 9:41 AM 1.3 8:28 PM Set 12:56 PM city with their keyboards. In Carlos’ case those 24 Low 5:48 PM 0.6 issues were usually contrarian to the center and progressive to the point being radical. 24 High 8:26 PM 0.7 Up from Robstown Tu 25 Low 1:58 AM 0.4 6:35 AM Rise 1:40 AM 56 Carlos came by his radical leanings honestly, 25 High 9:55 AM 1.2 8:28 PM Set 1:48 PM he was from Robstown where his family owned 25 Low 5:45 PM 0.5 a café and he was part of the formation of the 25 High 10:47 PM 0.8 Raza Unida Party in South Texas. If you lived in South Texas in the 1960s or 1970s Raza Unida Ramsey Muniz W 26 Low 2:49 AM 0.7 6:35 AM Rise 2:12 AM 46 seemed to always be in the news. governor in 1974 and lost again to Briscoe. 26 High 10:06 AM 1.1 8:28 PM Set 2:40 PM The party made national news in 1969 when Then in 1976 Muñiz was arrested while 26 Low 5:55 PM 0.3 a dispute over rule which allowed only one Hispanic on the Crystal City cheerleading squad allegedly waiting for a load of 6,500 pounds of Th 27 High 1:04 AM 0.9 6:36 AM Rise 2:44 AM 36 went national after students staged a walkout marijuana at a South Texas airstrip. He pleaded 27 Low 5:10 AM 0.8 8:28 PM Set 3:35 PM and ended up with more than 2000 students guilty to one count and served five years in a federal penitentiary. The story was that Carlos 27 High 10:12 AM 1.1 walking a picket line. The Texas Education Agency intervened without success and Texas was there with him but I never asked Carlos 27 Low 6:14 PM 0.1 Senator Ralph Yarborough invited three student about it. Some things are best left alone. leaders to come to Washington, D.C., to discuss When Muñiz was released in 1981 Carlos discrimination in their schools. These students invited me to a “coming out party” for Muñiz also met with Senator Edward Kennedy and at a restaurant owned by a former Raza Unida Senator George McGovern and in the 1970 member who was in exile in Paris for alleged elections Hispanic candidates backed by La gun running. It was a large crowd and a who’s Raza won control of the city council and the who of radical South Texas politics. Muñiz was school board in Crystal City. an attorney by trade and he and Carlos ended The party caught fire and spread across the up working for a Westside attorney who was country but its biggest success was still in helping applicants wade through the paperwork South Texas where the party swept elections in in the amnesty program launched by President city councils and school boards in Cotulla and Ronald Reagan. Carrizo Springs. Even by South Texas standards Carlos and I became roommates after we didn’t the Raza Unida was a colorful collection of folks make it home until sunup one night and Carlos and thanks to Carlos I met just about all of them called me on the phone after I dropped him off as well as Henry B. Gonzalez, Willie Velasquez at his house. The front door was locked and he who founded the Southwest Voter Registration crawled in a window. Education Project, judges, writers, an array of “Hey Dale, I think I’ve been robbed.” civil rights lawyers, a few bookies, underworld types, and Bingo King Eddie Garcia who was “You mean burgled?” shot to death in his office in 1998. Garcia had “Someone stole my carpets, the furniture is still here but the carpet is gone.” “Check your wife’s closet Carlos and see if Ask Ralph her clothes are still there.’ “It looks like they got Increase Outside Sales those too,” he said. By Ralph Coker “You’ve not been burgled Carlos, you been Q. My business's on your previous experience with similar left by your wife.” products are sold by customers you may already know what A big change direct outside sales. to expect from the customer. Try to learn How can I increase my sales? enough about the customer's needs to prepare One day in 1991 Carlos A. Direct outside sales involve sales of a proposal for your first face to face sales call. calls and says he got a call things like insurance, investment products, from the Editor at the San Go to your first sales call with a written Antonio Light and they real estate, repair and construction projects proposal and prepared to close the sale. If Carlos Guerra. and equipment and furnishings. There are want to meet. Carlos’ possible, include in your proposal: prices- distrust of authority was similarities to retail sales but also important quality-delivery and models, drawings and tried to buy the San Antonio Light and was well developed and he smelled a rat. differences. Your marketing plan identifies the layouts if appropriate. Remember customers also accused of handing over a $35,000 bribe potential customers but your sales staff have to are very busy people. They usually are “Just go talk to them Carlos, they don’t have that sent a U.S. Congressman to jail, I covered make face to face sales calls to close the sales looking for quality, reliability and completion any subpoena power you can always get up and the trial. Carlos attended Eddie’s funeral at and produce revenue. The sales person must on time with as little of their time and leave.” It turned out they offered him a front San Fernando Cathedral as an escort to one of know everything about the product or service attention as possible. Meet their expectations page column and he ended up writing three Eddie’s eight girlfriends to avoid trouble. that the customer is likely to ask. Learn all and you are likely to get repeat orders. columns per week for eighteen years, moving you can about the customer's business and Make them enforce it to the Express-News after the Light closed. needs. Try to find a friend or acquaintance When the customer has asked all their He often visited me here on The Island and who knows the customer and can refer you questions and appears satisfied with the As time went on I found out there were some would stay for a month each year and fish. I to the customer. Even a referral by a casual proposal ask for a written order. The written things that Carlos didn’t tell me. I found out attended the San Antonio City Council meeting acquaintance of you and the customer can order should clearly describe the project from our mutual friend, novelist Max Martinez where they declared it Carlos Guerra Day and make the difference in getting an appointment in terms of quality, quantities, price and that Carlos had toured Eastern Europe and Cuba announced a scholarship in his name at A&M compared to a cold call. Having inventory delivery. That will avoid disputes later. The as part of the training in the Young Communist Kingsville where he attended when it was Texas on hand for immediate delivery may or may customer may want to think about it for a few League. Along the way he learned the lesson A&I. We had a reception at the Cadillac Bar not be important depending on the product days and shop around. If so, follow up with a that has stuck with me all these years: “The and all the old Raza Unida crowd showed up. and situation. phone call and ask for the order. best way to get rid of a bad law is to make them A few weeks later, in late 2010 he came to The enforce it.” He was right. A good initial contact is an introductory letter Often you will not have a referral and your Island and we made the rounds in Port Aransas or brochure by mail describing your product first contact will by necessity be a cold call. In the early sixties Carlos had been in Crystal with two friends who had relocated from San or service and how it can help the customer. It takes a lot of courage and self discipline to City when the Teamsters Union worked to Antonio. It was a great day. Then a couple Say you will call for an appointment. Follow make cold calls. You may get rejected and organize the workers at the Del Monte plant of days later I got a call from a friend in Port up with a phone call at a convenient time rejection is painful. However, more likely there and a predecessor of Raza Unida got Aransas who owned a condo where Carlos had for the customer. Ask questions and listen you will be received with courtesy and maybe them to pay the poll tax and vote. A dispute been found dead by a cleaning woman and no to determine the customer's needs. Try to make a sale or start a relationship that leads over money owed to Central Power and Light one knew who to call but me. determine what they value most: low price- to later sales. by Crystal City resulted in a dustup that made I spent over an hour trying to get a living person good quality-durability-service after the sale- Credit: Score member, Robert Browning, national news when the power to the city was on the phone at the Express News, finally calling reliability-choices-prompt delivery. Based contributed to this article cut off in the winter and many of the residents someone I knew in the print shop and holding took shelter in the school gym. There are while she walked up four flights to the deserted probably still of lot of Crystal City residents newsroom to get someone to pick up. Murders who were there at the time. I was a kid but I Row was no more, the once bustling newsroom remember the news coverage and eventually was a sad place, a victim of gold watches and Kennedy intervened and paid the back bill and changing times, there wasn’t even a secretary got the lights back on. to answer the phone. While I was holding the Things got ugly and the Texas Rangers were phone I thought, Carlos would have gotten a big called in to quite things down but along the laugh out of the fact that there is no one left in way Carlos ended up with a bad scar on his a metropolitan newsroom to answer the phone forehead from being whacked with a blackjack. to announce his passing – or the arrival of space Years later he told the story to the daughter beings from another planet for that matter. of the Ranger that hit him when she was the Carlos was only 63 when he died but he packed Associated Press Reporter at the Express-News a lot of living into the time he had. To this day and showed her the scar. I still see things and for just a second I think, One day Carlos and I were in Farmers Pool “Carlos is going to get a kick out of that;” then Hall on Zarzamora Street on the Westside when I remember he is gone. some young Latino guys started making fun of I miss my friend. his scar. Carlos reached in his pocket and took out his car keys and lacing them between his fingers with the pointed ends out shook his fist in the face of the biggest one. “I got this scar so you can vote pendejo,” he Creating Dreams told the guy. “And if you don’t like it I’ll give for Island Homeowners you one just like it.” Carlos was not a big fan of since 1987 the Texas Rangers and I don’t mean the baseball • New Homes team. • Remodels At a runway in South Texas… • Additions In 1972 when the Democratic Party dominated • Repairs Texas Raza Unida ran Ramsey Muñiz for • No job too big Governor against a field of candidates that or too small included incumbent Preston Smith, Dolph Briscoe, and Sissy Farenthold. Carlos worked Call 774-7043 for estimate in his campaign and he finished third with only six percent of the vote but put Raza Unida on www.billgoinhomes.com the statewide radar screen. Muñiz ran again for A6 Island Moon June 20, 2019 Senior Moments Anecdotingly The GI Bill of Rights By Dotson Lewis The Recycling Rev Special to the Island Moon By Abigail Bair thru. If I’m with Mom, she makes me return Dotson’s note: The following is a report of the who borrowed money to purchase a home, The entire scientificany utensils we’re given and say these words, history of the GI Bill of Rights. This bill is, in my business or farm. These loans enabled hordes of community is now certain “My Mom says I have to give you back this opinion, the most far reaching bill ever signed people to abandon city life and move to mass- that the Earth is warming. With all the dire stuff because we have forks at home and we like by a sitting President of the United States. produced, “cookie cutter” homes in suburbia. predictions of super storms and rising seas, it turtles.” I usually get a laugh. It’s pretty funny, About half of the 16 million WWII Veterans used This exodus from major cities would help would be very easy to become fatalistic about I guess, to see a woman of my age completely the GI bill benefit*. The program was heralded shape America’s socioeconomic and political the whole proposition. The Rev, however, being harried by her Mother. as a huge success and a major contributor landscape for years to come. is convinced that individual action can bring They don’t know the Rev, though. It’s easier to stabilizing the post war economy and the about huge change, and is currently waging a Medical care for veterans was also provided just to use the metal straws and wash a fork. United States’ long-term economic growth. one-woman war against single use plastics and in the GI Bill. Additional hospitals were Nearly 24 million homes* have been purchased dryer sheets. She’s also mad at dryer sheets. Don’t ask established for veterans and the Veterans by veterans using VA guaranteed loans, and me why. I’m not sure about exactly what Administration took over all veteran-related I have been conditioned essentially since birth this program is still being used by active duty environmental problems they cause. I suppose concerns. to either not question my Mother or start huge military personnel and veterans. I could look it up and report, but even if there arguments about the exact definition of the The GI Bill and Discrimination is no convincing evidence that dryer sheets do The Servicemen’s Readjustment term “chifferobe” that last longer than some anything to the environment, the Rev is sure Act of 1944 Although the GI Bill extended benefits to all actual wars and have greater psychological they’re at least wasteful. It’s wise to pick one’s veterans regardless of gender or race, it was consequences. I agree with Mom that single- battles. Known as the GI Bill of Rights, it was created easier for some people to collect than others. In use plastics are incredibly wasteful, though, and to help veterans of World War II. It established many cases, benefits were administered by an hate the generalized condition of hubris that In any case, in order to prevent me from using hospitals, made low-interest mortgages all-white Veterans Administration at the state most of us tend to walk around in -- oblivious the heinous fabric fluffers, Mom purchased me available and granted stipends covering tuition and local level. to everything but our own instant gratification. six woolen balls that are infinitely reusable and and expenses for veterans attending college or Besides, recycling isn’t new to my family. get the laundry static free and soft apparently trade schools. From 1944 to 1949, nearly nine In an era of rampant racial and gender Before the triple green arrows were even a by pounding it into submission in the dryer. million veterans received close to $4 billion discrimination, African Americans and women symbol, it was impossible to find anything They have a cute sheep printed on the cloth bag from the bill’s unemployment compensation struggled to receive higher education or loans. in the refrigerator. To the unpracticed eye, it that they come in, but they’re really the mafia program. The education and training provisions In some southern states, they were steered to would have looked like all my family ever ate enforcers of laundry products. existed until 1956, while the Veterans’ menial jobs instead of college. was Country Crock. As it was, you had to open They also look exactly like white tennis balls. Administration offered insured loans until Even if an African American received tuition fifteen ex-margarine tubs to find last night’s 1962. The Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 money, their choices were slim since many mashed potatoes. If you were very unlucky, Everything was fine at first. The balls work extended these benefits to all veterans of the colleges were segregated, especially in the you’d wind up with Dad’s fishing worms well, and the laundry gets fluffier than angel armed forces, including those who had served southern states. African American veterans in instead of leftovers. food cake with too much baking powder. It during peacetime. only took one ball falling out of the laundry the North fared somewhat better but still didn’t Never play a game of Memory with anyone in receive a higher education in numbers anywhere onto the bedroom floor, however, to convince Bonus Marchers my immediate family. We’ve had tons of lab- Stadler-the-dog that I have been hiding toys in near their white peers. College choices for rat-style training. The assimilation of World War I veterans back women were also slim since men almost always the dryer this entire time – which is officially to civilian life didn’t go well. With so many men received enrollment preference. I’ve been rinsing out and reusing zip-loc bags NO FAIR. flooding the labor market, many couldn’t make for years, but the Rev has gone even further. The discrimination didn’t end with education. Now, every time I open the dryer door, 80 ends meet, even with help from government Recently, she handed me a used frozen corn bag Local banks in the south often refused to pounds of excited Labrador races around the programs. filled with cherry tomatoes. I accepted the gift corner, shoves me out of the way, and tries to lend money to African Americans to buy a and didn’t say anything, but I’m pretty sure this Congress stepped in and passed the Bonus Act physically crawl into the machine to get “her home, even with the government backing the level of recycling means we’ve entered an era of 1924, which promised veterans a bonus based ball-ys” out. She gets mad when she’s dragged loan. And many of America’s new, suburban where we’re going to have to use black magic on number of days served. But it wouldn’t be back out and gives me a full dose of the stink neighborhoods prohibited African American’s and divining rods to find the freezer broccoli. paid until 1945, almost 20 years later, much too eye for a few hours after. She will sometimes from moving in. As a result, many African She hasn’t messed with Dad’s burritos, yet, but late to help countless struggling veterans. Americans remained in the cities as whites lie in front of the dryer in wolfish, predator- I’m sure that day will come. wait-mode for the next load to come out, but By 1932, during the Great Depression, flocked to the suburbs. As I wrote a while ago, the family isn’t allowed that usually doesn’t last long. around 20,000 frustrated veterans—known Post-9/11 GI Bill to use the plastic bags from the grocery store as Bonus Marchers—marched on the Capitol The dog can always be bought with a biscuit. any more. That edict goes for all kinds. Mom in Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus Mississippi Representative G.V. “Sonny” She’s about as wolfish as a brick, despite what bought everyone net bags in which to put money. Montgomery proposed legislation in 1984 to she sometimes seems to think. You can’t really make the GI Bill permanent. It insured that produce as well. You have to tell the cashier to be a full-on lupine if you’re also going to beg The government didn’t capitulate, though, and veterans of the Vietnam War could receive enter the tare weight, though, or you can wind for a bite of pineapple. President Herbert Hoover sent the Army to get higher education. up paying three dollars a pound for netting. I them out, a move which pitted soldier against diligently try to be a good daughter and decent No one said that saving the world would be veteran. The confrontation was an integral The Montgomery GI Bill is still in action conservationist, but I’m still notorious for easy, and I suppose it will have to happen one turning point in the crusade for veterans’ rights. today. It’s an opt-in program which offers help forgetting my bags. I’m trying, though. frozen corn bag at a time whether we like it or to veterans and service members with at least not. The GI Bill Is Born two years active duty. It also provides benefits We also have to use metal straws rather than the ones you get from the kind folks at the drive- President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to those in the Selected Reserve who meet determined to do better for veterans returning specific criteria. Island Moon on a Spoon from World War II. He also wanted to expand In 2008, Congress passed the Post-9/11 the middle class and help prevent economic Veterans Educational Assistance Act, also turmoil. called the Post-9/11 GI Bill. It gives veterans He started preparing for the veterans’ return on active duty on September 11, 2001 or after Asian Style Beef Short Ribs well in advance of the end of the war. Congress greater educational benefits. It also allows them tossed around various ideas, but they limited to transfer unused educational benefits to their By Chef Vita Jarrin benefits to veterans who met specific criteria spouse or kids. Spice up your grilling talents, by adding a little 1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes, optional such as income. Forever GI Bill Asian flare to your grilling mastery. Just a few 2 tbsp. cornstarch It was former American Legion National In 2017, President Donald Trump signed Asian sauces and spices can add a delicious Commander and Republican National the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational finish to any protein. Soy sauce, sesame oil, 2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley leaves Chairman, Harry W. Colmery, who proposed Assistance Act, also called the Forever GI Bill, ginger, and garlic are just a few of the staples to 2tbsp. minced cilantro extending benefits to all World War II veterans, into law. The bill further expanded veterans’ have on hand this summer to elevate your Asian male or female. His proposal became the first educational benefits by eliminating the 15- grilling techniques. 1 tbsp. sesame seeds draft of the GI Bill. year limitation on Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits These ingredients are readily available at most Directions: The bill went to Congress in January 1944 for eligible veterans and their dependents, grocery stores and can be used again and again, Season ribs with salt & pepper, granulated as the war still raged along the European and authorizing certain work-study programs, on fish, poultry, beef, pork and lots & lots of stir garlic and dredge in flour. In a skillet, add oil Pacific fronts. It was hotly debated in both offering the VetSuccess on Campus program, fried veggie options. Once you marinate you and sear meat. Put seared meat on a paper Congressional houses but finally approved in a vocational rehabilitation program, to students can grill, bake, or braise just about anything and towel lined dish. mid-June. President Roosevelt signed the GI across the country, offering veterans priority transport your guests with just a sprinkle, a pour Bill into law on June 22, 1944. enrollment educational counseling, offering and a dash. In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce, Reservists who lost eligibility under the Reserve beef broth, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, This week, I wanted you to explore with beef GI Bill Benefits Educational Assistance Program (REAP) credit sesame oil and red pepper flakes, if using. The GI Bill gave World War II servicemen towards the Post-9/11 GI Bill program riblets and beef short ribs. They are often over If you wish to grill riblets, I suggest you and servicewoman many options and benefits. looked and lose their spot to pork ribs. But it’s The GI Bill played an integral role in shaping place them in a ziplock bag and let marinate Those who wished to continue their education no secret… we love grilling beef in Texas… so post-World War II America. It enabled hundreds for a minimum of 4 hours and then grill. If in college or vocation school could do so here is a yummy option for you to try. of thousands of men and women to get a higher you want fall off the bone, you can continue tuition-free up to $500 while also receiving a ½ c all purpose flour for dusting short ribs education, many of whom could never have to cook them in a 325-degree oven, covered cost of living stipend. afforded it otherwise. 4 lbs. bone-in beef short ribs or thinly sliced for 2 hours. If using a slow cooker, place As a result, almost 49 percent of college The bill also helped build America’s middle cross cut beef ribs short ribs into a 6-qt cooker. Stir in soy sauce admissions in 1947 were veterans. The GI Bill class, although it left many minority veterans kosher salt & pepper to taste mixture until well combined. opened the door of higher education to the behind. It’s been decades since President If using a pressure cooker, carefully release working class in a way never done before. granulated garlic to taste Roosevelt signed the first GI Bill, yet it the pressure, according to instructions. The bill provided a $20 weekly unemployment continues to empower and enable veterans and 1/2 c low sodium soy sauce Serve immediately, garnished with parsley benefit for up to one year for veterans looking their families to reach their goals. 1/2 c low sodium beef broth and sesame seeds, if desired. for work. Job counseling was also available. *I used both…what a help! 1/4 c dark brown sugar, packed Tip of the week: The government guaranteed loans for veterans Dotson’s Other Note: If any of you Moon Monkeys would like to have more information 3 cloves garlic, minced The options are endless. ;) The Important thing regarding any of the foregoing programs, 1 tbsp. freshly grated ginger is to have fun, try new things and Enjoy! please call, text and/or Email and I will provide information sources. I really appreciate the 1 tbsp. sesame oil phone calls, Emails, texts and conversations about Senior Moments. Thanks so much. I can be reached at: [email protected] and/ or Land Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell: 530-748- 8475. Please note: The next Veterans Round Table Meeting will be Tuesday, June 25, 2019; 9-11 a.m., 3209 S. Staples. Also our Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 a.m., Saturdays. The next show will air June 22, 2019. Please listen and call in. 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NBA or the NFL (Did they exist in 1938?). We a single. That ended his hitless string at 21 2⁄3 He was the kind of ref that would grab your made it to the NFL if he had not been fired. lived on the South Plains of West Texas, and innings. eyes while you watched the game, and he never the only major league baseball games we could Dotson and Red attended many banquets Vander Meer was glad it was over. “The lost his sense of humor. He was one of the few hear were the St. Louis Cardinals on KMOX together. Once they were sitting together pressure had become too much and I was glad who worked on weekends, and the man’s rule Radio. Thanks to Baseball History.com for while in Japan. They were doing a seminar to get out from under it. Enough was enough,” book was thicker than a Webster’s Dictionary. many of the facts contained in this report, and for Japanese officials and Red asked one of he said. “I think if I’d have had a $10 bill in my Referees are all connected by commitment, my friend, SWC Retired Sports Information the Japanese referees, “How do you say ‘first baseball pants I’d have gone over to first base sacrifice and the rules of the game. When Director Bill Morgan, for some of the facts and down’ in Japanese?” Mr. Oshike promptly and handed it to Garms.” The Reds won 14-1 excited, his face would get so red he could scare all of the graphics. the cheese off of a frozen pizza, and he always stood up, threw his hand out in front of him with and Vandy had allowed four hits. his fingers pointed, and said in a raised voice, Johnny Vander Meer looked like he had smelled something bad. He On the basis of his nine-game winning streak officiated during a time that if they didn’t see “FIRST DOWWWWN.” “It brought the house On June 11 Vander Meer with the no-hitters sandwiched in between, any blood, you weren’t hurt. This guy was Wild down,” said Dotson. took the mound at home Vander Meer was selected to be the starting Bill Hickok with a whistle and his confidence Red joined the NFL in 1972 as a line judge and against the Boston Bees*, pitcher in the annual All-Star Game, this one at was longer than the line at Starbucks. was promoted in 1976 to a referee. He served as the worst-hitting team in the his home park, Crosley Field. He pitched three the referee in Super Bowls XX and XXX. Red National League with a .245 scoreless inning and gave up only one hit, to He spent his Sundays in a striped shirt and a white hat. You always felt like he worked also served as a alternate in two more Super batting average. He was 5-2 Joe Cronin. In addition to Cronin, the American Bowls. He officiated in 18 postseason games, and leading the league with League lineup featured Charlie Gehringer, for you the fan and not the NFL. There is an old saying that goes like this: “You never get one Pro Bowl and over 500 pro football games Boston “Bees” 52 strikeouts. In pitching a Jimmy Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, and during his NFL career. Red retired from the NFL no-hitter, Vander Meer gave Lou Gehrig. The American Leaguers were a second chance to make a first impression.” Logo 1936-40 Red Cashion is most widely known nationally at the end of the 1996 season. Red had worn the up only four hard-hit balls; impressed. “He’s wicked,” said DiMaggio. The #43 as an NFL official. He had officiated for one was a liner by Vince National League lost 4-1. for two words, “FIRST DOWN.” It became his signature call during NFL games. In the 25 years (1972-1996), 21 of them as a referee. DiMaggio off his glove that ricocheted to third Vander Meer finished the season 15-10 with When he retired, he became one of seven NFL baseman Lew Riggs, who threw DiMaggio game of football, each team is given four plays an ERA of 3.12, striking out 125 and walking to move the ball ten yards. If successful, the officials who were offered a job to train other out. Teammates carried the 23-year-old rookie 103. He was named The Sporting News’ Major NFL referees. Red remained on the NFL off the field after the 3-0 shutout. “He’s a real team is awarded a first down and their drive League Player of the Year. continues. Red claimed it was his infectious payroll as a trainer of new, incoming officials pitcher,” Bees manager Casey Stengel said. until 2014. Red also served as the President of “You watch him from now on. They’ll have The Reds had high hopes for Vander Meer in enthusiasm for the game that encouraged him to show more emotion with his “first down” the Professional Referees’ Association and was trouble beating him.” 1939. But it was not to be. A series of illnesses on their Executive Board for 10 years. and arm troubles put a crimp in his pitching, call. It is also important to point out that just In his next outing, on June 15, Vander Meer although probably for sentimental reasons he one year after he was promoted to referee in I never got to meet Red Cashion in person, but and the Reds visited Ebbets Field for the first was selected to again appear in the All-Star 1976, the NFL decided to give referees wireless I did get to see him work up close and personal. night game in New York City. It was a banner Game. He finished the season 5-9 with a 4.67 microphones to explain penalty calls to the in- I attended Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Arizona. night for the Dodgers with fireworks, a band, ERA. The Reds reached the World Series but stadium and television audiences. So, in that The game was played at Sun Devil Stadium on and Olympic star Jesse Owens racing against the Yankees swept them. Vander Meer didn’t respect he became a pioneer. Red’s “first down” January 28, 1996. I took my cousin Bill Osborne ballplayers. Five hundred fans from Vander pitch an inning. call stood out like a sore thumb, and I do think to the game with me. The Dallas Cowboys beat Meer’s hometown, Midland Park, joined the he enjoyed the attention, good or bad. the Pittsburgh Steelers that day 27-17. festivities. The 1940 season was not much better. He was sent down to pitch at Indianapolis in the middle Mason L. “Red” Cashion was born on Red was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall Vander Meer was going to put a damper on of the year with the hope that he could return November 10, 1931, at his parent’s home on the of Fame in 1999. He was also named an NFL Brooklyn’s big celebration. Inning after inning to help the Reds to another pennant. And that College Station campus in Texas. His father Referees’ Association Honoree in 2011. In he shut the Dodgers down to the point that even he did. He came back in September, pitched a was the Secretary of the YMCA, and the college 2015, Red received the Art McNally Award Brooklyn fans rooted for him to throw a second couple of good games, and then Bill McKechnie faculty was housed on campus. There is a story given at the Pro Bowl to the NFL official who no-hitter. Once Durocher flied out, a new picked him to pitch against the Phillies on of Red renting his little red wagon to incoming exhibits exemplary professionalism, leadership, celebration was on 2 hours and 22 minutes after September 18 in a game that could clinch the students to pull their luggage to their dorm. Of and commitment to sportsmanship, on and off the game started. “If I’d known it had never pennant. He pitched 12 innings of the 13-inning course Red rode on top of the luggage. A dollar the field. For all you Madden NFL gamers out been done before,” Vander Meer said, “it would game and scored the tiebreaking run of the 4-3 bill looked as big as a bedspread to him. His there, it was Red’s voice that was used on the have put more heat on me.” game on a sacrifice fly. home was full of love, good food and the Bible; video game. Red lived a Christian life. This man went to Red also won many more local awards Vander Meer was hoping to start a World Series church every time the doors were opened. connected to the Brazos County community. game, but McKechnie used him only in relief. His father helped start the A&M Presbyterian Writer Rusty Burson worked with Red He pitched three scoreless innings in Game Church where Red later served as an elder. Cashion on his 2013 autobiography entitled Five. The Reds beat the Tigers in seven games. Later in life, he served as a Deacon at the First First Dooowwnnn…Life to Go! “Red was an Baptist Church of Bryan. At the time of his The next year Vandy ran up a 16-13 record excellent storyteller,” said Rusty. “He was a death, he and his wife Marie were members of with a 2.82 ERA with a one-hitter thrown in, pleasure to work with.” on June 6, when he shut out the Phillies, 7-0. the A&M Methodist Church. One of the NFL’s most memorable officials, “It was the best game he ever pitched,” catcher A fine athlete, Red attended A&M Consolidated Red Cashion, died on Sunday, February 10, Ernie Lombardi said. Except for a disputed High School where he ran track and played 2019. He was 87. He is survived by his beloved scratch hit, Vander Meer would have had his football, basketball and baseball. He graduated wife, Marie, four children, six grandchildren third no-hitter. high school in 1949 and received a baseball and four great-grandchildren. Red’s first wife scholarship to Texas A&M University. He On August 20 Vander Meer was half of a of 47 years, Lou, predeceased Red in 1999. pitching duo that accomplished a rare feat in a graduated from A&M in 1953 and was then doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies. commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Red’s lifelong relationship with Texas A&M He and Elmer Riddle threw back-to-back Army. After four years of military service, Red served him well. Red served as a member of the shutouts, Vandy winning 2-0 and Riddle 3-0. began his officiating career when he returned 12th Man Foundation Champions’ Council and That feat had been accomplished only 39 times to college to finish his undergraduate work. a member of the Corps of Cadets’ Development in the American League and 58 in the National He started out at the junior high school level. Council. In 2003, as a result of Red’s lifelong League since 1900. That was followed by an He later refereed high school football games relationship with Texas A&M, the university 18-12 year and then 15-16. In 1943 Vander for many years, before joining the Southwest named their football officials’ locker room after Meer and Riddle matched their 1941 feat with Conference. him. You can find the Red Cashion Officials’ Dressing Room at the North End of Kyle Field. another doubleheader in which they blanked After graduation, Red joined forces with his their opponents, this time the Boston Braves on Andy Purvis is a local author and radio Vander Meer took his time showering with the father-in-law, Hershel Burgess, and a friend, September 26. Riddle won the first game this personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. hope that fans who might linger after the game Dick Haddox, and created an insurance business time, 2-0, and Vander Meer the second, 1-0 – com for all the latest info on his books or to to see him leave the park had given up and known as Burgess, Cashion and Haddox. The only the second time ever that the same two listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books gone home. He told sportswriters he was going company eventually became AMCO Insurance pitchers accomplished this feat. are available online and can be found in the fishing the next day. and continues to this day. Red served as the Vander Meer made the National League All- Chairman Emeritus for many years. local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be Up to that point only three pitchers before contacted at [email protected]. Also Star Games again in 1942 and ’43. In 1944- When my dear friend, Dotson Lewis, took over Vander Meer had thrown two no-hitters in listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s 45, during World War II, he served in the Navy, the Southwest Conference Officiating crew their careers, Ted Breitenstein, Cy Young, and Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. joining other major leaguers who played in all- there were 63 in number. Dotson decided they Christy Mathewson. Did he think he could com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of star games to entertain US troops. only needed 30, so he fired 33 of the officials. throw three in a row? “I can’t say I’ll be out the Houston Astros. there for another no-hitter next time,” he told *The Boston Bees only existed 1936-40 Red Cashion was one of them. The good news is that Dotson in return recommended Red to sportswriters. “I’ll just start out like I did last Dotson’s Other Note: After hearing about night and pitch my natural game. Then we’ll Vander Meer’s epic performances of throwing have to see what happens.” consecutive no hitters, I briefly considered Before his next start Vander Meer was feted specializing in becoming a baseball pitcher. 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By Jay Gardner By Joey Farah Wow, I got a lot of great causeway back in 1949. You loyal readers will Farah’s Fishing Adventures feedback from my article last remember I wrote a couple years ago that Sam week. Y’all give me a warm fuzzy feeling, I Wilson actually sued Nueces County because TIME ZONES swear. But I actually got a typed response from they were going to fund the current location of Just as the sun and moon light up the sky Bobbie Kimbrell regarding Kate’s Hole and the Causeway to Padre Island due to the Jones around the globe at different times, the effects commercial fishing back in the day. Bobbie family donating land for parks and streets on the of the moon lights up our fishing here in the has written a few articles for the Moon over Island. Sam Wilson thought that the Causeway Coastal Bend at fluctuating highs and lows as the past few years, and always has fascinating should go to his land on Mustang Island, being well. Understanding the reasons fish are feeding stories. Bobbie mentioned that Deadman’s a shorter route to and from Port Aransas as well. at a certain time will help you out in the bite and Hole is part of Kates’ Hole, and there might Things would be different around here if Sam on the fish. be some confusion to where Kate was actually had gotten his way, and instead of us talking fishing. I couldn’t agree more, as there has been about a second causeway south of town, that confusion over those places and a few more plans would be to build the second causeway adjacent areas over the years. where the JFK is today. It’s something to think Corpus Christi Pass actually used to go from about. Corpus Christi Bay through Dead Man’s through Bobbie mentioned a lot in his response to me, Hwy 361 about Molly Beattie, through the one of the more interesting things was that there settling basin by the current bridge, Lake Padre, was a lot of oysters in that area at the time. and then used to exit the island around where This would have been in the mid 1950’s, before Bob Hall Pier is today. There are remnants of the river was dammed up by the Wesley Seale dam at Mathis forming Lake Corpus Christi, and before the Intracoastal Waterway really had time to get cranking. I can only Solid keeper trout from the flats just imagine what the Laguna south of Pure Oil Channel this week. Live was like back then! croaker. There were oysters and Trout have been feeding well on both shrimp tarpon and snook hanging and small baitfish. They have not been doing around, as evidenced so at the same location, not at the same time. by Louis Rawalts still- Shrimp move at night so they can avoid the standing record snook of hungry pin perch that cover the flats. They 57 lbs that he caught at the concentrate out in deeper water away from Corpus Christi Pass (or the grass and soft bottoms that hold pin perch maybe Newport?) when and crabs. I’ve been having my best action for it was still flowing. The numbers of trout out deep in these open water stuff that dreams of made shrimp holding zones. Sometimes gamefish are of, but alas, those days are feeding strong at first light because the shrimp gone. are still on the move. Many times at first light Thanks for the feedback the bite dies as the sun comes up, until the Mrs. Rockstar Bob fishing the Bulkhead. everyone, and for the rest opposite time the action was good during the night. Many times a 10-2 daytime bite will light of you for joining us on Redfish have been shallower than trout in this walk down memory up out where those shrimp are at. Trout that fed the old pass that was intermittently opened by lane. I just realized that I didn’t even address the flats. Good spoons have been keeping on them during the night will get hungry for a storms, and you can see the signs on Hwy 361 the Kate’s Hole vs. Deadman’s Hole confusion. us hooked up! mid day meal. marking Corpus Christi Pass, Newport Pass, Maybe we’ll just leave it like that. Thanks for The trout that are position themselves to take and the 1852 Pass. Hurricane Harvey popped the note Bobbie, and the rest of y’all can drop all these passes open temporarily when it came advantage of feeding in the shallower grass flats me a line at [email protected] and we’ll on pin perch and mullet will be more apt to feed through, and it was actually 1852 Pass that see you next week On the Rocks. came through and connected with Packery. at first light. After a long night of hiding perch and minnows will move out of the thick grass The area at the north end of the old pass is a into sand pockets where trout can pick them shallow bar that separates Corpus Christi Bay off as they hunt the shallows. Selecting isolated with Dead Man’s Hole (and the Crane Islands). sand pockets out in 2-3ft of water will put you This shallow bar is referred to some as “The on those trout. Right now these seem to be Bulkhead” and can be some pretty good wade the bigger trout we are catching. These fish in fishing when the winds and tides are right. It’s shallow water are much more spooky because an interesting area, and last time I was there of the clear water and ease that they can feel and walking around in knee deep water sight casting see you in the boat. Windy days are best to drift redfish, I had a very large jackfish come up and or sneak up on these shallow areas, dead winds rip a redfish off my line. Almost immediately are dead fishing in the shallows in a boat, head after, a group of dolphins that was in the area towards the ICW when it’s calm. was right on top of the jack, up in shallow water splashing and making quite a ruckus. I don’t We have had some great afternoon fishing know if they got the jack that got my red, but I without crowds and when the wind picks up it’s got out of there pretty quick. I felt like Marlin very nice and cool. Drifting with gold spoons Perkins sidekick Jim Fowler on Wild Kingdom; can let the mind go and the heart free. Then all of uncomfortably close to the action. a sudden the pole bends double and the scream of drag stands the hair on your neck. Those big I’m digressing, but since I’m on the Bulkhead, reds are a lot of fun and they are the BOYS OF that is the area that Sam Wilson proposed his These two local Island Babes hit the trout SUMMER! Give me a call when your guests fishing hard with limits before noon this come in, let’s show them an adventure! Get wet. week. Farah.

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All that time at home, combined beautiful color to your child’s gardening space. in San Antonio and the VA Texas Valley Coastal with seemingly endless amounts of energy, Vet Centers are community-based Examples of summer annuals include Vincas, Bend Health Care System in Harlingen are can quickly turn chaotic, but with minimal counseling centers providing a broad Zinnias, and Pentas. joining VA efforts to better serve veterans living planning and effort, summer break can provide range of counseling, outreach, and in Victoria and Nueces Counties. an excellent opportunity to introduce kids to Choose Age Appropriate Tasks referral services, free-of-charge in a safe gardening. In Nueces County veterans may access and confidential environment to eligible After considering a child’s age and maturity primary, mental health, and specialty services Veterans, active duty service members Gardening is a healthy and fun activity that can level, adults will want to choose specific at the VA locations below. VA also offers many (including National Guard and Reserve), and teach kids responsibility and how the natural gardening tasks for that child to be involved Telehealth options and 24-hour hotlines for their families. world works. It also serves as a great way to with. Some kid-friendly options include: increased access to health care providers. burn off some of that pent up energy and spend planting, watering, weeding, and deadheading Vet Center counselors and outreach staff, some quality time together. So here are a few plants. Corpus Christi Outpatient Clinic & many of whom are Veterans themselves, ideas to get your little sprouts interested in PACT Annex are experienced and prepared to discuss the One option that is appropriate for kids of all gardening this summer. tragedies of war, loss, grief and transition ages is just playing in the dirt. For islanders, 5283 Old Brownsville Road, Corpus Christi, this is pretty similar to playing in a sandbox, TX 78405-3908 after trauma. Services include, but are Small & Simple not limited to, Post-Traumatic Stress, but it’s a great sensory experience for young Tel: 361-806-5645 Military Sexual Trauma, and bereavement kids. When it comes to container gardening, potting soil can be just as fun to dig in, but extra Open Monday – Friday, 8am – 4:30pm counseling; marriage and family therapy; resources for suicide intervention; and precautions will need to be taken as some soils In addition to nutrition, mental health, social assistance with VA benefits. have ingredients in them that shouldn’t come work, radiology and ultrasound, homeless into prolonged contact with skin. program, and Telehealth, the Corpus Christi To further serve Veterans and family Kid-sized gloves, watering cans, shovels, etc. VA Outpatient Clinic offers nine Patient- members, the Corpus Christi Vet Center can come in handy when it comes to gardening Aligned Care Teams to provide primary provides services after normal work hours jobs too and can encourage them to follow your health care to eligible veterans. and/or on weekends upon request. Vet Center staff also use Mobile Vet Centers, example and take on new gardening assignments. Corpus Christi VA Specialty Outpatient 34-foot “office on wheels” equipped with These smaller versions of gardening tools also Clinic satellite communications, to reach rural and provide an opportunity to teach youngsters how underserved communities. to use and care for their gardening equipment. 205 South Enterprize Parkway, Corpus Christi, TX 78405-4118 Vet Center Call Center Summertime Tips Tel: 361-939-6510 Tel: 1-877-WAR VETS When it comes to gardening in the summer months, adults should take care to ensure their Open Monday – Friday, 8am – 4:30pm Veterans and family members who need Gardening Helper immediate assistance are encouraged to kids are as safe as possible. Here are a few The Corpus Christi VA Specialty call the Vet Center Call Center at 1-877- For younger kids, starting with a small project precautions to take while gardening outdoors: Outpatient Clinic offers such specialty WAR VETS (1.877.927.8387). This is an that introduces them to how things grow is a *Wear loose clothing services as continuous positive airway around-the-clock, free, confidential call great way to pique their interest. Start off with *Take breaks and drink lots of water pressure (CPAP) ventilator, dental, sleep center where Veterans and their families can an empty jar or a Ziploc bag filled with damp disorders, mental health, physical therapy, call to talk about their military experience paper towels and then simply toss in a few *Avoid the hottest hours of the day and work orthopedics, podiatry, pulmonary, cardiology or any other issue they are facing in their dry beans. The next step is to simply set the in the early morning or evening instead services, laboratory, pharmacy, battlefield readjustment to civilian life. container in a sunny spot and wait for nature acupuncture, and Telehealth. physical and to do its handy work. To keep them involved, *Keep kids away from chemicals, sprays, occupational therapy, chaplain, dermatology, Veterans Crisis Line allow kids to open the paper towels every few and other potentially harmful gardening retinal examinations, polytrauma treatment materials and tools. Tel: 1-800-273-8255 days to check on the seeds’ progress. They will for traumatic brain injuries and amputations, enjoy seeing how a seed changes and sprouts *Don’t skimp on the sunscreen and bug sleep disorders, neurology, pain Veterans in crisis or family members into a full grown plant and grown-ups will love spray management, and geriatric care. concerned about a loved one may call 1-800- how simple this project is. Note: Be sure to keep 273-8255 or text 838255 to reach caring, the paper towels moist and lids off jars. Showing Off Telecare Hotline qualified responders 24-hours a day, seven Their Own Space For kids who get bit by the gardening bug this Tel: 1-888-686-6350 days a week. Many of them are Veterans summer, the Nueces County AgriLife Extension themselves. Available 24-hours a day, seven days a Letting kids have their own space in the along with other local gardening entities are week, veterans with health-related concerns Effective June 6 under the MISSION Act, garden is a great way to promote a sense of sponsoring the Coastal Bend Area Plant and or questions are encouraged to call the the VA has added approved non-VA medical responsibility and ownership in children. From Photo Show this upcoming September for Telecare Hotline at 1-888-686-6350. This providers in the community to its network. a small corner of the yard to even a container school-aged children (K-12). Kids can compete service has bilingual capability. 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The more boats at the gas station to ensure they don’t than half-million-member boat owners group accidentally fill up with E15,” said BoatUS supports fuel choice, including smart biofuels Government Affairs Manager David Kennedy. development such as isobutanol, and the “E15 is often one of the lower-priced fuel availability of ethanol-free (EO) fuels that are options, and that may be appealing even with its increasingly more difficult to find. “The fuel lower energy content. The challenge when filling that most boaters want for safe engine operation, up the boat is that the only misfueling warning E0, is being pushed out of the market,” added you may see is a small orange label among Kennedy. the clutter of signage, prices and advertising BoatUS is a member of the Smarter Fuel adorning the pump. It’s very easy to miss.” Future coalition that aims to reform the RFS. Boaters have no love for ethanol in their

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Mr. Cagle and Brain Awareness Month advised that the documents did not meet the Boat Ramp- Last legal requirements necessary for withdrawal. weekend the PIPOA By Todd Hunter, District 32 Mr. Cagle was treated by several members of staff patrolled the People with memory loss or other possible signs the 25-person audience with disrespect and This year, the month of June has been Boat Ramps and issued several orange of Alzheimer’s may find it hard to recognize rude behavior. designated as Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness warning stickers to boat trailers without the they have a problem. Signs of dementia may Month. When people think of being healthy, be more obvious to family members or friends. appropriate PIPOA sticker. The boat ramps In attendance were several Sea Pines generally we think of our external physical will be checked by the staff during the entire members that are in favor of Sea Pines staying If you have noticed these symptoms with your health. 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It is anticipated The Sea Pines subdivision remains part of the educate communities about their effects and On June 21st, The Alzheimer’s Association is that the project will take approximately one PIPOA. provide support to those individuals and promoting the “The Longest Day” where you families struggling with this condition. host a Purple with a Purpose Event or show month to complete. The ramp and parking lot Recount- The recount has been completed are closed. Please do not attempt to use it. your love via your social media channels. More by Pamela Hill, the Elections Administrator Brain disorders come in several forms. information can be found at https://www.alz. Maintenance of Common Areas- For the for San Patricio County. The results are Kelly Dementia is the general term used to describe org/media/sewi/documents/Go_Purple_in_ first time, in the history of the PIPOA (to McFadden 707.75 and Brian McCabe 696.66. a decline in mental ability that is severe enough June_Combined_Toolkit_(1).pdf the best of my knowledge) the PIPOA has Therefore, Kelly McFadden won the recount. to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia as it accounts They also have a 24-hour helpline that can be contracts in place for routine maintenance of A cautionary word to those that choose to canal markers, the cleaning of canals, Billish for 60 to 80 percent of dementia cases and is the used to access reliable information and support. criticize either Ms. Hill or Dan Jorgensen 6th leading cause of death in the United States. Their phone number is: 1-800-272-3900. Park maintenance, and the common areas of Texas A&M. These two individuals are such as medians. This is real progress. professionals in their fields. They have The most common early symptom of If you have questions regarding any of the Weeds- The PIPOA is being criticized for absolutely no interest in who the PIPOA Alzheimer’s is difficulty remembering newly information mentioned in this week’s article, not having owners of vacant lots get their Board members are. Veiled accusations of learned information. This is because Alzheimer’s please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or lots mowed. The PIPOA process includes impropriety are completely unfounded and changes typically begin in the part of the brain District Office. Please always feel free to photographing lots, sending letters to owners without merit. May I say, the only thing that affects learning. As Alzheimer’s advances contact my office if you have any questions requesting/demanding their lots be mowed, growing faster than the weeds on the island through the brain it leads to increasingly severe or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if fines being assessed, and violations being are the sour grapes. symptoms, including disorientation, mood and you would like to contact my office regarding filed with the City Code Enforcement. Last behavior changes; deepening confusion about constituent services. As always, my offices are Accounts Receivable- New billing events, time and place; unfounded suspicions available at any time to assist with questions, week, the City issued three citations for statements will be going out next week. The egregious un-mowed lots. Unfortunately, about family, friends and professional concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- PIPOA has about 700 members that are past caregivers; and difficulty speaking, swallowing 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). it takes a minimum of sixty days before the due in paying their dues. The unpaid dues City mows the lots for the owner and fines and walking. Just like the rest of our bodies, our – State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 range from $50,000 to a few hundred. Some brains change as we age. Most of us eventually the owner. How about a little criticism for members have not paid their CAM fees in the owners of the un-mowed lots? After all, it notice some slowed thinking and occasional Rep. Hunter represents Nueces (Part) County. more than five years. Unfortunately, it will problems with remembering things. However, He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. is their responsibility to abide by the PIPOA become necessary to seek legal action against covenants and the City Code. serious memory loss, confusion and other major texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. those that refuse to pay their CAM fees. changes in the way our minds work may be a Sea Pines- On June 13, 2019, a Town Hall Board Meeting- The next PIPOA Board sign that brain cells are failing. was held at the Holiday Inn Express on the meeting will be on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at island for Sea Pines residences to meet with 5:30 PM. Location to be announced. the Board and discuss their withdrawal from Barefoot Mardi Gras Donates $15,000 PADRE ISLES Rockport Art to Charities PROPERTY OWNERS of fifteen volunteers who work with Motl on Festival July 6-7 all the events. ASSOCIATION, INC. The Rockport Art Festival will be held on Held each year on the Saturday prior to Fat Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7, at the city’s Tuesday, Barefoot Mardi Gras raises money REGULAR MONTHLY festival grounds. though sponsorships, donations, silent auctions BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING and ticket sales at it’s Kick Off Party, Fat Friday Over 120 artists sell their work and more than Party, Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade, Barefoot Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Holiday Inn Express 10,000 people are expected to attend. Proceeds Mardi Gras Festival and the King and Queens - 5:30 PM from the event go towards creating and Ball. 15209 Windward Drive, Corpus Christi, TX sustaining the many free to low-cost programs The event received local and statewide 78418 (Please note new meeting location) hosted by Rockport Center for the Arts year- round. publicity and made a huge economic impact on NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA Barefoot Mardi Gras Donation.JPG The Island with the estimated 8,000 people who attended. Members of the audience will be provided an At the monthly luncheon of the Padre Island opportunity to address the Board during Public Sea Turtle Release Business Association, Barefoot Mardi Gras Comment. Please speak into the microphone donated $15,000 to its designated charities, the located at the podium and state your name in Port Aransas Island Foundation Schools and Big Brothers and address. Your presentation will be limited Big Sisters. to three minutes. Please sign in prior to the meeting with your name, physical address, Saturday, June 22 Event Producer, Elaine Motl, announced the email address, and the sub ject to be addressed. There will be a sea turtle release on Saturday, contribution and gave checks to each charity. June 22, at 10 a.m. at mile marker 35 on Motl, owner of EM Marketing Company, a 1.CALL TO ORDER Mustang Island In Port Aransas on the Tony Padre Island based business, organizes the 2.RECEIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST Amos City Beach in Port Aransas. The public event on behalf of the Padre Island Business STATEMENT is invited. Association. 3.INTRODUCTION of STATE REP. TODD She also recognized the event sponsors and HUNTER the Barefoot Mardi Gras Committee, a group PIBA Ambassidors Check Presentation 4.PRESENTATIONS WITH POSSIBLE Turtle Nest Count BOARD ACTIONS: So far this year, 184 turtle nests have been Schlitterbahn Sells New Braunfels, a.ISAC Rep. Report-Polly Balzer confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state): 5.MEMBERS’ COMMENTS (3 minutes per Galveston Water Parks in member) Kemp’s Ridley 6.PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS: 3 Bolivar Peninsula $261 Million Deal a.Recount 4 Galveston Island b.Collection Policy 0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside Schlitterbahn announces sale of waterparks in c.Software Update 4 Surfside Beach New Braunfels and Galveston d.Past Due Notices 0 Quintana Beach e.Sea Pines Update 0 Bryan Beach Padre Island park not effected f.Other Matters 0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach By Dale Rankin after several challenging years, we believe that our team, communities, guests, and fans are Forty years after the founding of the company 7.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT - 0 Sargent Beach going to enjoy what lies ahead.” the Henry family which founded and operated The Board will receive a report of important 2 Matagorda Peninsula topics since the previous meeting. Schlitterbahn waterparks across Texas and The deal comes after Schlitterbahn remained 0 Matagorda Island the United States this week announced an mum on its plans for the Kansas City park a. Next Regular Board Meeting: Tuesday, agreement to sell two of its attractions and where Caleb Schwab was decapitated in August July 23, 2019 1 San Jose Island will also give the buyer the right to acquire its of 2016 on the 17-story Verruckt slide. The b. Billish Park 8 Mustang Island Kansas site where a 10-year-old boy was killed raft he was riding on went airborne and hit a nearly three years ago. metal pole. Caleb’s family received nearly $20 c. Canals 116 North Padre Island, including 108 at million in settlements and two women who The Waves Resort Corpus Christi featuring Padre Island National Seashore were seriously injured while riding with him d. Compliance Schlitterbahn Waterpark was purchased 40 South Padre Island settled for an undisclosed amount. 8.CONSENT AGENDA: (Routine items; from Schlitterbahn at a bankruptcy auction acceptable without further discussion) 6 Boca Chica Beach in 2018 and is not effected by the sale. The Verruckt — German for “crazy” — never Padre park was purchased by International reopened and was torn down last year. a. Secretary’s Report: May 28, 2019 Board Loggerheads Bank of Commerce and is now owned by and Prosecutors filed criminal charges against Meeting Minutes So far this year, 5 nests have been confirmed IBC subsidieary Diamond Beach holdings, a Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry, the designer b. Board E-mail Votes on the Texas coast, including (north to south in company spokesperson confirming that the of Verruckt, the park’s operations manager and state): local park is not effected, said Schlitterbahn two maintenance workers, alleging that shoddy 9. COMMITTEE REPORTS: continues to operate the waterpark portion of planning and maintenance led to Caleb’s death. 1 Surfside Beach a. Architectural Control Committee-Robert the facility under a contract but is not an owner. But the maintenance workers were acquitted in Pruski, Chair 1 San Jose Island Under the terms of a Chapter 380 Economic October, and a judge dismissed charges against the other three in January citing improper 10. TREASURER’S REPORT - 2 North Padre Island, including 1 at Padre Development Agreement with the city of Corpus evidence. FINANCIAL REPORTS: (The Board will Island National Seashore Christi which gives the park and surrounding development $111 million in tax abatements in Cedar Fair President and CEO Richard review, discuss, and then accept all financial 1 South Padre Island reports, with possible Board action.) the form of rebated sales and Hotel Occupancy Zimmerman said in a statement the properties Tax dropping the Schlitterbahn name from the from Schlitterbahn represent new markets for a.Bank Accounts Update: Nick Colosi Greens local park would require the permission of the Cedar Fair in the growing central Texas region. 11.OLD BUSINESS: (With possible Board So far this year, 1 nest has been confirmed on city council. The sale agreement comes as a Schlitterbahn action) the Texas coast, including (north to south in entity was required to pay off a $186.4 million state): Schlitterbahn said in a news release they sold a.Billish Park Maintenance their original water park and resort in New note by June 1 to Kansas City real estate 1 Padre Island National Seashore investment trust EPR Properties. The maturity b. Cobo de Bara Parking Lot Braunfels and another property in Galveston to Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. in a $261 million date on the loan had been extended a month. c. Canals Maintenance deal. Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Fair also will The Henry family decided to sell the properties 12.NEW BUSINESS: (With possible Board have the right to buy Schlitterbahn’s Kansas last year and has been working to identify a action) water park for $6 million in cash. buyer to take over, according to the statement. The company will continue to operate its South a. Bulkheads “It’s important to know that Cedar Fair values Schlitterbahn’s character and brand promise,” Padre water park and resort, which will be b. Billish Park Fencing the Henry family — Schlitterbahn’s owners — rebranded. c. Riley Dog Park said in a statement. “They have committed to Ticket and season pass prices as well as not only keeping Schlitterbahn awesome but reservations will not change, the company said. 13.ADJOURN helping us grow! While it’s a difficult decision, Events will continue as scheduled. Send letters and photos to [email protected] Facebook:The Island Moon Newspaper June 20, 2019 Island Moon A 15

Smart Financial Moves for Every Thoughts From Dr. Tom Stage of Life Regardless of what stage of life you’re in, you with your IRA. During the middle-to-end of Shortness of Breath must make financial and investment decisions this particular period, you might finish helping that will be with you for the remainder of your pay for your child’s higher education – which This week’s topic can be with the large ones sometimes being fatal. years. But the moves you make when you’re should free up even more money to put away for a dangerous one. Inability You may or may not have evidence of clots just starting out in your career may be quite retirement. You also may want to consider long- to get your breath is a elsewhere in your body. However if you have different from when you’re retired. 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Some visitors have traveled long in Texas, Tennessee, and Minnesota. around Mustang Island State Park they may be distances to see the birds. “Providing scholarships is a twenty-five year a pair of endangered Aplomado Falcons that are “Visitors have come from as far away as living a Mustang Island State Park in one of 67 tradition with PIE”, said Vice-President, Kathy Canada,” Ehrlich said. “These birds are really Merchant, “...and we are very proud to be able artificial nest structures maintained along the fascinating to watch.” Texas coast. to donate money to these fine young ladies.” Aplomado falcons are some of the world’s The pair is raising chicks who are expected to fastest and most agile fliers. Aplomado is a Flapperettes be ready to leave the nest by mid to late summer. Spanish word for dark grey, the color of the The birds are endangered and are two of 65 of bird’s back. Adults have a long banded tail and Chemise evening gowns, silver head bands, the endangered species living along the Texas a black cummerbund, contrasting with a white and elbow-length black, sequined gloves, who Coast. The nonprofit Peregrine Fund, Texas upper body. A distinguishing characteristic is a performed, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”, Parks and Wildlife Department and the U.S. white dash above each eye. They are typically recorded in 1941, by the Andrew Sisters; and Fish and Wildlife Service began the Mustang 15‐17 inches in length and weigh 9‐14 ounces. “Happy Feet”, produced in 1939. As the ladies Island project in 2012, when 15 Aplomado The falcons feed primarily on small birds and performed a stellar dance routine--perfected by chicks were released there. Controlled burning insects caught in the air. They require open Choreographer, Adra Campbell--the audience and other work to restore native coastal grasslands and savannahs where tall cacti, clapped, and roared with laughter. Dancers prairie have been essential to pave the way for yuccas and taller pines and oaks grow in open were: Stevie Behnke, Rose Crookston, HIlda reintroduction. stands. Aplomado Falcons nest in old stick nests Garcia, Barbara Miller, Sylvia Salinas, and The Mustang Island project is part of broader of hawks and other birds constructed in tall Dania Whitco. restoration work in Texas, in which 997 birds yuccas and lay usually two or three eggs. Flapperettes and Padre Swing Sisters Not to be outdone, the next group, “The Padre were released into the wild at 27 Texas sites, The northern Aplomado falcon (Falco Swing Sisters”, performed yet another dance including many private ranches, from 1993 femoralis) was placed on the federal endangered PIE members had worked very diligently routine, wearing black and white polka dot to 2013. This year researchers observed species list in 1986, primarily because of loss of all year long to raise money for these four dresses, danced and swung their hips, perfecting approximately 65 Aplomado falcons along the the grassland prairie habitat where they hunt. scholarships, with Fundraisers, such as the their routine in the style of the Andrews’ Sisters, Texas coast, down from the 100 observed the In Texas, most of the native coastal prairie has Fall Silent Auction; the Thanksgiving Pie Sale; wearing black wrist-length gloves. The Trio year before due to losses Hurricane Harvey, but been lost due to fire suppression, invasive brush “Home For The Holidays” house tour; and the consisted of: Ann Marie Colosi, Joy Claer, and still dozens more than before restoration work encroachment and conversion of grassland PIE Plant Sale in April of 2019. Jaki Boyd. began. to agricultural fields, housing and other uses. Award recipients, joined by their proud parents, Again, laughter, and clapping ensured that “They wait for smaller birds or large insects Conservation partners are working together were: Mary Elizabeth Blue, Abbie Brummet, everyone was having a wonderful time, as we like big grasshoppers to fly by, then they swoop to reintroduce the birds, and parks, refuges Liz Clark, and Helen Mlady, for a total of thought of World War II, and the Veterans who down and catch them in mid-air,” said Eric and private ranch lands are being managed to $10,000 being sent out to colleges. served at that time. Ehrlich, Mustang Island State Park interpreter. maintain natural grasslands for Aplomados and many other prairie species. Requests for Scholarship Applicants were sent The Meeting was a hit; the fun, and the Ehrlich regularly takes visitors out to see the out via posters in public places, for the past entertainment fabulous--and any Padre Island birds, sometimes while they are hunting in the several months, and the decision for Awards lady can join this group, just by contacting was very competitive. Membership Chair, Jo Anne Holden, at: 720- 937-8711, for just $25.00 each year. Meetings Members were next entertained by none are on the second Friday of the month, at 11:30 other than”The Flapperettes”, a group of six a.m. at Port Royal Restaurant. They are open for glittering dancers, wearing silver and blue new members!

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Coming next week… Three Chords and the Truth In a word, Ray Wylie Hubbard… well that’s By Ronnie Narmour three words… at the Back Porch on Friday the [email protected] 28th. This is a definite DO NOT MISS show. Ray Wylie is a folky, bluesy, storytelling troubadour Just to state the obvious… with a tongue in cheek sense of humor who Hot enough for you? Well… just to state will school you. He’s probably best known for the obvious, it’s hotter than Hell and half of his Cosmic Cowboy hit, “Up Against the Wall Georgia. Maybe that’s why our beaches have Redneck Mothers” and “Snake Farm”. I think been so incredibly packed. Last weekend was he hung the moon. And don’t miss our buddy super busy here on our little sandbar. I’ve been Thomas Michael Riley at the Porch the next th driving the beach religiously, and we’re full night on the 29 . More to come. Much more. all the way down, from the jetties to the well Stay tuned. And be safe out there. beyond the bollards. It’s a wonderful sight to ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ see all these folks having a good time at the seashore… and the tourist dollar is great for our post-Harvey economy. I haven’t seen the tail meet the head yet, when the ferry line backs up completely around the city, but I have seen long Dave’s Duo played Shorty’s last Thursday. lines at the traffic lights… all three of them. This is good news. Our tourist season is in full gear and so far, so good. There’s no doubt now Matt Hole will play Schlitterbahn on that we got this. We’ve seen some Sargassum weed coming in lately but city crews have been Thursday the 20th from 6-9. cleaning it up with urgency. I’m told there will Red Dirt hero, Micky and the Motorcars and probably be a bumper crop of the weed this Treasure Island will have Brandon Michaels. season, but that’s good for the ecosystem. It’s Shorty’s will have David Russell and Port a floating habitat for many critters. You may City Blues playing for the first time there. I have noticed lots of small turtles lately. Here’s hear that’s true blues band with horns. Can’t a fun fact: did you know that the Sargasso Sea wait to hear them. On Saturday cosmic cowboy is the only sea with no land boundaries. Me and pioneer Gary P. Nunn will take us home to the my mermaid gal walked San Jose last Saturday Kevin Giles and Will Gage with Two Armadillo. Better catch him while you still can, looking for nesters but only made it a few miles he’s retiring next year. Also on Saturday, the down. The wind was a mother coming back but Tons of Steel played the Back Porch on Saturday. voice that’s smoother that a mango margarita, it made the heat more tolerable. I’m told it’s Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters will play their more of the same for us this weekend too… hot usual third Saturday at Giggity’s, the big party and breezy, just the way it’s supposed to be. All band Cruise Control will play Treasure Island is well in paradise. Get out there and have some and blues guitar master Mike O’Neill will blow fun. And bring a lot of sun screen. the roof off of Shorty’s. Plus the Oddfellas are Ray Wylie Hubbard will play the Back Porch on June 28. Scattered shots… at Treasure Island. We got the bar rolling last week on Thursday with the Landon Bullard show at Back Porch and Dave’s Duo at Shorty’s. Bullard is Live Music strong. He’ll do well. He’s got a tight little band and Wednesday, June 26 lots of energy. I like this Magnus @ Giggity’s guy. Dave’s Duo is a two Tonight Michael Burtts @ piece band that uses pre- Scuttlebutt’s recorded tracks to give Thursday, June 20 Damon Scott @ House of them a full band sound. Its Matt Hole & the Rock Hyde After Nine Hot Rod Gang @ played Treasure crowd pleasing 80’s/90’s radio stuff and is a lot Schlitterbahn Thursday, June 27 Free Beer Band @ Island on Friday. of fun. They’re playing Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Thursdays at Shorty’s this MIke Blakely y los Yahoos played the Back Porch on Saturday. Dave’s Duo @ Shorty’s Dave’s Duo @ Shorty’s summer. On Friday we Mitchell Ferguson @ Jesse Stratton @ Back ran by Treasure Island to girls were wiggling. Really fun stuff. I want Back Porch MITCHELL FURGUSON JUNE 20 Porch catch Hyde After Nine to give a shout out to my island pal Catfish Robin Blue @ MICKY & MOTORCARS JUNE 21 Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutt’s which is a real showman Hunter. He’s looking good and played us Scuttlebutt’s GARY P. NUNN JUNE 22 Justin & Niki @ Rockit’s in work. That cat works few songs at Shorty’s the other night when Justin & Niki @ Rockit’s Mistics @ Executive Surf Independent Thieves @ MAGNUS JUNE 23 it. Also caught the great Cowboy was taking a break. Good to see you Club Executive Surf Club JESSE STRATTON JUNE 27 The Heroine @ House of Mike Blakely for some back Cat. And it was also good to see our old Inna Vision @ House RAY WYLIE HUBBARD JUNE 28 Rock real deal cowboy music. pal Craig Ware Drummer Extraordinaire of Rock THOMAS MICHAEL RILEY He’s as “Hill Country” as playing with Jered Clark on Sunday afternoon JUNE 29 Friday, June 28 Chadwick Catfish it gets. On Saturday the at the Back Porch. Craig used to be a constant Friday, June 21 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Ray Wylie Hubbard @ Hunter played show to catch was Two on the local music scene but haven’t seen him Micky & the Motorcars Back Porch us a few songs Tons of Steel at the Back around. And don’t forget about Sunday brunch @ Back Porch Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s Porch. That combination Brandon Michael @ Jason Suthern @ Treasure at Shorty’s last at Giggity’s with our resident torch singer Mike of guitarist Will Gage Williams. Erika, the chef at Giggity’s, really Treasure Island Island weekend. You The Chanklas @ and front man Kevin out did herself this week. It was a feast with Adam Berry @ looking good Cat. Giles is wild. Those guys Giggity’s Scuttlebutt’s caramelized apple French toast, biscuits and Jim Dugan @ Gaff Treasure Island Red Giant @ Shorty’s have chemistry and the boudain gravy, and Cajun shrimp & grits. That’s Dave Russell & Port BRANDON MICHAEL JUNE 21 Read Southall Band @ what I’m talking about. City Blues @ Shorty’s Brewster Street Marco Ramirez @ CRUISE CONTROL JUNE 22 Scarecrow People @ DO NOT MISS LIST Scuttlebutt’s JASON SUTHERN JUNE 28 Executive Surf Club Coming this weekend… Seattle Rising @ ODDFELLAS JUNE 29 Rich Lockhart @ Red’s at Brewster Street Palmilla Beach There’s lots of good music on the way. For Oddfellas @ Rockit’s MARK MCKINNEY JULY 5 Nina Diaz, Alyson Alonzo starters, our resident rockabilly maniac, Matt The Groove @ PASSING STRANGERS JULY 6 @ House of Rock Hole and his Hot Rod Gang, will play the new Executive Surf Club 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Waves Resort at Schlitterbahn, Thursday the Alonzo Cruz @ Red’s at treasureislandporta Saturday, June 29 Palmilla Beach 20th, from 6-9. It’s part of the Island Moon music BELTSANDER RACES @ The Gaff series to announce their new robot bartenders. I Saturday, June 22 Toman Brothers @ haven’t seen it in operation yet, but I’ll let you Gary P. Nunn @ Back Giggity’s know what that’s all about. I hear it’s cool. Also Porch Thomas Michael Riley @ on Thursday, Mitchell Furguson from Dallas Cruise Control @ Back Porch will play the Back Porch. These up-and-coming Treasure Island Oddfellas @ Treasure Americana acts like Furguson and last week’s Todd Dorn & the Sea Island Drifters @ Giggity’s Dave’s Duo June 20 & 27 Independent Thieves @ Micky and the Motorcars will play the Landon Bullard are impressive young artists with strong acts. Keep it up Becky Hyden. Mike O’Neill @ Shorty’s Shorty’s Mike Guerra @ David Russel June 21 Back Porch on Friday. On Friday the Porch will have a tried and true Orlando Herrera @ Scuttlebutt’s Mike O’Neil June 22 Scuttlebutt’s Timeline @ Brewster Metal Shop @ Brewster Street Red Giant June 28 Street GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Audiobox @ Rockit’s Independent Thieves June 29 Passing Strangers @ Voodoo Logic @ Rockit’s LIVE MUSIC Executive Surf Club 40 LB Dog @ Executive LIVE MUSIC George Green @ Red’s OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Surf Club Free Beer Band Every Thurs (7-10) at Palmilla Beach Alonzo Cruz @ Red’s at EVERY Chanklas on Friday (9-1) Emo is Forever @ House Palmilla Beach of Rock The Rise of the Broken @ NIGHT Todd Dorn on Saturday (9-1) House of Rock Antone & All Stars Every Sunday (9-1) Sunday, June 23 Open Jam Every Monday (8:30-12:30) Antone & the All Stars Sunday, June 30 Kitchen Open @ Giggity’s Antone & the All Stars @ Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10) Magnus @ Back Porch Giggity’s Magnus on Wednesday (8-12) John Eric @ Billy Snipes @ Back Porch Until 1 a.m.! Scuttlebutt’s John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Fundaze @ House of Fundaze @ House of Rock Rock Monday, July 1 Monday, June 24 Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Open Jam w/ Ray @ Giggity’s Summy @ Giggity’s Jack Gant Birthday Jam @ Billy Snipes @ Shorty’s Scuttlebutt’s Tuesday, July 2 Tuesday, June 25 Expert Computer Repairs Paul & Victoria @ Paul & Victoria @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Open Mic @ House of Aaron Jacob @ Rock Scuttlebutt’s Open Mic @ House of Wednesday, July 3 Rock Robert Earl Keen,Tyler Childers @ American Bank

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