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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 October 4, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Photo by Ronnie Narmour Around Saturday, Oct 6th Adopt-A-Beach The Island Island Kids Get a The annual autumn Adopt-A-Beach By Dale Rankin cleanup set for Saturday, September It’s been a deceptively busy week 15 has been rescheduled for Saturday here on our little sandbar. October 6th.Volunteers can sign up online at www.TexasAdoptABeach. The tourists and the mosquitos Playground org have not been as ubiquitous as in days of yore but two items not seen The Texas Adopt-A-Beach program since the days of the unicorn made began in the fall of 1986, when 2,800 long-awaited appearances; the Litter volunteers picked up 124 tons of Critter and…wait for it…a new trash. Since then, more than 523,000 playground! volunteers have removed nearly 10,000 tons of trash from Texas That’s right everybody, the new beaches. playground at Billish Park opened on Tuesday and it didn’t take long The locations in the Coastal Bend for the word to spread as a throng of are: happy Island kids swung, slid, and climbed all over the new playground North Padre Island/Padre Balli equipment that a group of Island Park volunteers worked three years to Check-in: Padre Balli Park Office, make happen. It was a great day on 15820 Park Road 22 Contact: our island. John Vaughn 361-779-0477 john. On Saturday the elusive Litter [email protected] Jim Critter, long ago written off as likely Needham—Surfrider Foundation to exist as the mythical unicorn, james.needham@texasadoptabeach. made its appearance at Briscoe King org Pavilion with great success. Four Adopt cont. on A4 dumpsters of Island flotsam and jetsam were loaded out. The city provided ample crews which were $1.3 Billion supplemented by Island volunteers, including our city councilman, and Expansion at legend has it that once The Critter finds a place he likes he will return The new playground at Billish Park opened to rave reviews from Island kids on Tuesday. Crews are still Cinnamon Shore on the third Saturday of each month working to install new turf on about half the park and are expected to be finished by mid-October when much like the elusive lemming which a grand opening for the entire park is scheduled. More photos by Lisa Lyng on page 2. Announced according to geographer Zeigler of Strasbourg fell out of the sky during First phase 150- stormy weather and died suddenly when the grass grew in the spring. Islanders of acre development We got the stormy weather part, we’ll see if The Critter is still here by next The Week to include retail, summer. residential, Good visibility Diver Dave reports that visibility in restaurants our canals has been better than ever By Dale Rankin after the rain in recent weeks. It seems the rainwater caused an upwelling that resulted in two strata of canal water as the cooler rainwater sunk to the bottom and provided visibility of about fifteen feet. We don’t want to think about what is swimming in our canals that has fifteen feet but that’s Our Islanders of the week this a story for another day. If it also had time are Jennifer Seymore six teeth it could be the front row at a Willie Nelson concert. (left) and Madelyn Garner who spearheaded the four- Island Strategic Action year effort to raise $78,000 Committee for the new playground The October meeting of the equipment at Billish Park. Island Strategic Action Committee It was a long and often scheduled for Tuesday, October 2, frustrating road but the was cancelled due to a scheduling ladies didn’t give up and conflict with the city staff. The their reward came this week meeting has been rescheduled for when the kids got to use the Wednesday, September 17, 4:30- playground for the first time. Port Aransas based Sea Oats 6:30 p.m., at Holiday Inn Express on Island kids say thank you to Group this week announced the Windward. Repair of the hurricane Jennifer and Madelyn and you groundbreaking on Cinnamon Shore damage to the Packery Channel South, the first portion of a $1.3 Jetties and updates on the Park Road are the Moon Islanders of the Week. billion, approximately 300-acre 22 Water Exchange Bridge are on the expansion of the Cinnamon Shore agenda. development on Mustang Island. Water Exchange Bridge The first stage of the beachfront, The city’s side of the deal to move 150-acre phase II expansion will forward on the Park Road 22 Water A little Island history encompass Cinnamon Shore South, Exchange Bridge is ready to go to a $200 million investment, and bids. The holdup is with the two owners of the 80 acres on the west So Near But So Far Away… Cinnamon cont. on A4 side of the bridge site who must By Dale Rankin pledge funds, estimated at $5 million, Islanders Make to finish the canal and the bulkheads. We go OTB for a little Island Word is that the two parties, Axys history this time, well not really, it’s Their Choice in Capital and IBC bank, which each actually UTB – Under The Bridge. own 40 acres, are discussing whether Back in the mid-1950s Graham’s At-Large City the entire 80 acres will be developed Bait Shop opened on the far side by one or both of the entities. Once of the Intracoastal Waterway, right Council Races that is settled and a Memorandum across from Doc’s Seafood & of Understanding guaranteeing the Steaks, serving seafood and steaks. Final candidate canal and bulkheads is submitted to After years of operation it was torn the city the project will go back out down and rebuilt under the name of forum set for to bids. There has been some cost Charlie’s Shrimp Bucket. It was a engineering on the embankments tricky place to set up shop because Thursday, October 4 leading to the bridge that could there were no city services. It was Islanders gathered at Seashore reduce the first bid price of $11.5 also only assessable by going over Learning Center gym on Encantada million. the bridge and turning back around Thursday night and voted to back Keep the faith everybody, this is and was not visible to drivers on the three candidates for At-Large seats going to happen. The money is there road overhead. While it was not far on the Corpus Christi City Council in and it makes too much sense for the from the shore on the island side, it the November election.

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Photographer Lisa Lyng captured these shots of Island children enjoying the new Billish Park Playground. Billish Park will celebrate its grand opening October 13th.

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Moon Monkeys firm to do “what” and then related firm quit Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the with no notice and no refund, fooling around for years before demanding cable company Hear? reimburse POA to the tune of $400,000.00+ for By Mary "Scoop" Craft Editor damage to a seawall (still not resolved), canal markers not maintained for the last ten years and $600,000.00 spent on a park with no plugin for water pump, no public competing bids, no New Advertisers bid information, no member input on final plan, no shade, no playground, but $68,000.00 worth Scott Callender Insurance can of “imported” sand for an underwater volleyball help you with your Medicare court, several other water holes, a very one Drug D Plans to determine which sided contract with the city (not for our side) and maybe a liability problem. I’m not a lawyer, one is best for you according Distribution to your current medications. Pete Alsop but my best guess is at least some of these, if not grounds for a successful lawsuit, would have They can also help find the right Island Delivery been very expensive to defend against. supplemental insurance with the Coldwell Banker In 2017, the POA reported $60,000.00+ best rate. Call 548-4905. Advertising expenses for legal fees with no suits pending, Buckshot Services owner Tom Jan Park Rankin Buy Marvin & Jan a what would the expense have been if five Buckner is a USCG 100 ton Classifieds or ten suits charging misconduct, financial Drink mismanagement and/or fraud had been filed master and is insured. His bi- Arlene Ritley I have been waiting for someone else to write against the POA? How long would the POA’s monthly services include a boat Production Manager this “letter to the editor” for several months, investments survive if just one lawsuit came lift check, run boat, check all Abigail Bair since no one has, I guess I will. back with a large punitive judgement? systems, thorough boat wash and Contributing Writers The reason for this letter is to relate to the For those who have not been paying attention, a list of needed repairs. Call 947- Joey Farah members of the PIPOA that if it was not for over the last six months, almost daily another 3337 or email tbuckshot@icloud. Andy Purvis Marvin Jones, there is a “very” “very” good example of the former PIPOA’s mismanagement Mary Craft chance the PIPOA would, at this moment, be have been discovered. Almost every file, in the com. Kelly Trevino hanging by a thread over the cliff of bankruptcy POA office reveled a mess that Marvin and the Island Animal Clinic in Port super team of volunteers have had to clean up. Jay Gardner It is my professional observation, that Marvin With the discovery of each “additional mess” A offers veterinary services and Todd Hunter Jones single handedly saved this POA. Not to Marvin Jones would just say “we will just have grooming. They offer surgical take anything away from the other three “new” Dotson Lewis to fix this one too” and then get started on it. It procedures, in-house digital board members and all the “super” volunteers, Dr. Tom Dorrell was not unusual that while working on mess A, but without the leadership, the hard work and x-rays and lab work. They are Ronnie Narmour Marvin and the volunteers would run into mess the hundreds of unpaid hours put in by Marvin located at 319 Beach Avenue and B, mess C and mess D. Each mess needing to be Brent Rourk Jones, (in spite of the never-ending drumbeat fixed before mess A could be resolved. can be reached at 749-4134. Photographers of disrespect and “fake news” from a few sore Miles Merwin (Emeritus) losers) there is little doubt in my mind that the Because of what Mr. Marvin Jones has done buzzards would be circling the PIPOA office for the PIPOA, it is my opinion that Marvin and Business Briefs Debbie Noble today. his wife Jan, should never have to pay for their The Yacht Club Garage Sale Jan Rankin own drinks, on this island, ever again. If you I’m concerned there are many property owners sponsored by the La Posada cannot bring yourself to pay for drinks, at least Mary Craft on this island that have no idea how close Foundation will be held Saturday, tell them THANK YOU. While Marvin and I do Ronnie Narmour we all came to losing this PIPOA as we now th not agree on every issue, it is my professional October 6 8 am until noon. know it. Before Marvin Jones several members Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) observation that Marvin Jones has saved this (including myself) were seriously considering Kody’s Restaurant has their winter Riley P. Dog island from a very unpleasant fate. lawsuits against the POA and the causes for Wednesday special again with all- action were numerous. Just a few for you to Alan Rickertsen you-can-eat shrimp 5 pm until consider. Aquarius St. close. They also have their prime rib Before Marvin Jones, the POA was playing Thursday 5 pm until they run out. fast and loose with its tax-exempt status by operating a for-profit lawn mowing business Phillies Fans Unite The Jeep/Golf Cart Poker Run and in addition the POA was making false You better believe I’m a Phillies fan! Used to will be held this month on Thursday, statements on federal tax returns. Where might see them play double headers on the weekends. October 25th and will be a Halloween Cost me 45 cents to get in. Mom would pack us we be if the PIPOA was ordered to start paying theme. income taxes, going back several years, plus a lunch and we would sit out in left field. being charged for interest and penalties? Roberts was great but so was his partner Curt The Island Italian Restaurant is Simmons. Simmons lost several toes when he currently accepting job applications Publisher Before Marvin Jones, the POA financial records were nonexistent. Not just a little off, had an accident cutting his lawn. Carlton was 11 am – 2 pm weekdays. Dale Rankin they were simply make-believe numbers. The good but refused to talk to the press or give About the Island Moon only accurate numbers on any financial report interviews but when he retired he wanted a The Angry Marlin Restaurant is The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale job as an announcer. Bunning was a class act! now offering mustard potato salad as Rankin, Editor / Publisher. was maybe the date at the top of the page. If one good attorney (or more) found out there was a Being raised in South Philly must of my friends a side option. Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes were Italian and of course had to root for the delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 pile of money in this POA with the management copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, giving out fraudulent financial information to Yankees. Used to piss me off that they wouldn’t The Padre Island Enrichment as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 not only the members, but also to our accountant root for a Philly team. The A’s had moved to the Club (PIE) is looking for homes to copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. and to the IRS, the sky may have been the limit. west so we only had the Phils to root for. participate in the Christmas Home News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Bookkeeping so bad auditors are having a hard Worked with a guy whose mother had a Tour this year on Sunday, December payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. time even finding a place to start the audit. boarding house across the street from Shibe 2nd. They are also looking for The Island Moon Newspaper Want a few more? Before Marvin Jones, illegal Park/Connie Mack stadium and several players donated auction items. To participate executive board sessions with no minutes would live there during the season. They didn’t 14646 Compass, Suite 3 (almost monthly), illegal board votes, over get paid much in those days. He used to tell me call Katherine Pierce @ 361-774- Corpus Christi, TX 78418 reaching illegal compliance rules, conflicts of stories about some of the players. They played 2992. The PIE monthly luncheon at interest, sweetheart deals, convicted embezzler hard and partied harder. Keep those articles the Veranda on October 12th will have 361-949-7700 doing POA bookkeeping (for 7+ years), coming! Look forward to Thur. afternoon. Joe Gazin discussing his broadcasting [email protected] comingling of POA and private funds, no or very Don’t forget one of the last football players to career. little credit card security for members, allowing play both ways Concrete Charlie Bednarick. Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper “one” property owner to fall $100,000.00+ Yes was and still is an Eagles Fan! The Texas Adopt-A-Beach behind with their POA assessments, total Cleanup will be held on Saturday, Robert Wurzbach accounts receivable of $500,000.00 (not October 6th at the Balli Park office counting FBISD’s $100,000.00) with no visible and Avenue G at the beach in Port A. attempts to collect on any of them, fraudulent Compliance Committee Where to Find The payroll records, misuse of POA funds (debt The Flats Lounge in Port A card), unauthorized write-offs of POA accounts PSA Ads is currently closed. There is no receivables, changing POA By-Laws without a The 2018-2019 POA Compliance Committee Island Moon vote of members (several times), filing wrong information on when they will would like to remind all property owners, By-Laws with county (more than once???), reopen. in any of the Padre Island Property Owners changing the rules of an election during the Assoc. subdivisions, when they purchased their My Coastal Home Furnishings Port North election, allowing an unqualified candidate to property they agreed to honor the terms of the run for the board, investment people handling now carries the popular Nest candles covenants for the subdivision the property is Aransas Padre POA investments not hearing from any POA with six different scents. Gulf Stream RV located in. If you, as a property owner, are not representative for 18 months, hundreds of All Stripes Stores familiar with the covenants, they can be found st Pioneer RV thousands of dollars in many banks not being The 1 Annual Kid’s Splash Day on the PIPOA website under "Building Info Black Sheep/ properly monitored, a board member signing a benefiting the Island Foundation will Stripes on 1A Forms". Thank you. Barrel contract worth $500,000.00 with a firm he was be held at Schlitterbahn on Saturday, My Coastal Home CVS employed by, POA legal counsel allowing said PIPOA Compliance Committee. October 20 noon – 5 pm. Check out WB Liquor Store board member to sign this contract, POA paid Alan Rickertsen, Chairperson the available ticket packages on the Whataburger several hundred thousand dollars to this related Island Wine Room resort web site. Doc’s Restaurant Kody’s The Back Porch in Port A will Snoopy’s Pier Coffee Waves Island in the Son Craft Fair feature Larry Joe Taylor on Saturday, Isle Mail N More October 6th. Moby Dicks Island Italian th IGA The 30 Annual Taste of the Island Brooklyn Pie Co. will be held at Schlitterbahn on Treasure Island th Ace Hardware Wednesday, October 17 6:30 – 9:30 Ms. Woody’s pm. Tickets purchased in advance are Automotive Holiday Inn $35 and can be bought at the resort, Port A Glass Studio Texas Star (Shell) Frost Bank, American Bank or 1st San Juan’s Restaurant Jesse’s Liquor Community Bank. More than 25 Wash Tub restaurants from the Island, Port A Scuttlebutt’s and Flour Bluff will be participating. Woody’s Sports Restaurant Center Subway La Barataria Restaurant in Port A Back Porch Bar has added lunch hours on Thursday, Island Tire Shorty’s Place Friday and Monday 11 am – 2 pm. Padre Pizzeria They are open for dinner on Monday, Fisherman’s Wharf Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Giggity’s And all Moon retail advertisers Sunday hours are 11 am – 9:30 pm. Gratitude They are located at 224 East Cotter. WB Liquor The Gaff The Billish Park Playground Trinity By the Sea Episcopal Flour Bluff ribbon cutting ceremony will be held th H.E.B. Saturday, October 13 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. There will be live music with Whataburger on Stevie Start, face painting and much Waldron more. Ethyl Everly Senior Center Area residents enjoy last weekend's Fire Station Fabulous Fall Arts and Crafts Show at Police Station Island in the Son Methodist Church at 10650 Highway 361. The event featured Send letters and photos to editor@ Stripes on Flour art work, home decor, woodworking, Bluff & SPID crafts, jewelry, candles, dolls and islandmoon.com crotcheted items. They also held a silent Facebook: auction and BBQ luncheon. The Island Moon Newspaper October 4, 2018 Island Moon A 4 Around cont. from A1 Cinnamon cont. from A1 Saturday, October 13 private owners not to pony up the money for Cinnamon Shore Bayside, projected to be the canal, which at a cost of $5 million will add a $500 million build out, according to Jeff Run to Help a Fatherless Child about $15 million in value to the land. If we can Lamkin, CEO of the Sea Oats Group. get the Litter Critter and a new playground on Lamkin said this week the new development Sponsored by Majesty Outdoors, the Island Moon our Island in the same week, not to mention a will include homes, a dining district with grocery store, a water exchange bridge is a several restaurants, retail, and an exercise Newspaper and Life Fit Personal Training Studio piece of cake. center, multiple swimming pools and lakes, Islander Bill Blodgett lost his father when through their TideChangers Mentor program We look forward to the day, in the meantime and an approximately 7-acre lake which he was two-years old and grew up without a Majesty partners with faith-based organizations say hello if you see us Around The Island. will be encircled by a mile-long boardwalk. positive male influence in his life. Fortunately across the country to form TideChangers Lamkin said the development will also feature for Bill he was mentored by two men who Chapters. Group activities are rooted in anything a boutique hotel with fifteen rooms, detached Adopt cont. from A1 introduced him to the outdoors and God. and everything outdoors and are accompanied cottages, a spa, and Town Center shops and Padre Island National Seashore by faith-based lesson plans, which are tailored condominiums. So as he got older his way of paying back the Check-in: Malaquite Visitor Center, 20420 help he got as a youth was to found and host of to the group activities. “Cinnamon Shore North, with 62 acres, has Park Rd 22 Contact: William “Buzz” Botts the award winning Majesty Outdoors television As part of that effort Majesty Outdoors, been enormously successful, with more than 361-949-8068 361-949-8069 buzz.botts@ show featuring a different fatherless youth on TideChangers, and the Island Moon Newspaper $250 million in sales, and is nearly sold out,” texasadoptabeach.org a once-in-a-lifetime outdoor adventure in each are holding a 5k run on Saturday, October 13 Lamkin said. “The beachfront development episode. It has aired nationally since 2010, starting at 8 a.m. at Bob Hall Pier. The cost is of Cinnamon Shore South will include luxury Mustang Island State Park with a commitment to raising awareness of the $15 for kids and $25 for adults and all proceeds homes, Town Center residences, community Check-in: Park Headquarters Parking fatherless epidemic in the United States. go to fund Majestic Outdoors activities for pools, and plans for a boutique hotel. The long- Lot, 17047 State Hwy 361 Contact: Eric kids. For more information, visit: www. term master plan will more than quadruple With their mission of “building a generation of Ehrlich 361-749-5246 eric.ehrlich@ majestyoutdoors.org. the size of the existing community in years to hope by shattering the cycle of fatherlessness”, texasadoptabeach.org come.” Baffin Bay Cinnamon Shore South includes 150-acre Check-in: Kaufer-Hubert Park, FM 628 beachfront mixed-use development with 3,300- Contact: Letty Couch 361-522-9861 letty. foot of beachfront access. [email protected] The official groundbreaking on the South site Port Aransas will take place Friday, October 5 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Cinnamon Shore South project Check-in: Avenue G at the beach Contact: site on State Highway 361 in Port Aransas, with Harry Martinez 361-215-2763 harry. an on-site reception immediately following. [email protected] The first 20 home sites at the Cinnamon Shore Packery Flats South site will be placed on the market at that time. Check-in: Parking lot off Hwy 361, on Sea Oats Group began developing Phase I of Mustang Island near the Packery Channel the 63-acre Cinnamon Shore North in 2007 Contact: Jace Tunnell, Coastal Bays and it is now nearly built out, leading to the Foundation 361-882-3439, jace.tunnell@ launching of the Cinnamon Shore South project texasadoptabeach.org or 361-882-3439 which includes 200 homes sites and 75 multi- [email protected] family residences, with a median price of $1 St. Jo’s Island million. Single-family homes are priced from the mid $600s with beachfront homes starting at Check-in: Check in at Fisherman’s Wharf $2.5 million. The south project will also include for people ferry, 900 Tarpon Street Contact: a projected $500 million build out of Cinnamon Harry Martinez 361-215-2763 harry. Shore Bayside located on the Laguna Madre Boy Scouts Honor Islander Charlie Zahn [email protected] side of State Highway 361. with Distinguished Citizen Award Aransas Pass/Redfish Bay Plans call for the finished development to include property on both sides of State Highway Check-in: Lighthouse Lakes Park, 4 miles The South Texas Council, Boy Scouts of his early years in Scouting.”- John P. Jackson, east of Aransas Pass on Hwy 361 Contact: 361 with a golf cart bridge allowing access to amenities on both sides. Lamkin said full America (BSA), has announced that Charlie Distinguished Citizen Dinner Co-Chair Richard Gonzales 361-779-7351 richard. Zahn has been selected to receive the 2018 details, including the master plan for Phase Past recipients have included Ruben Bonilla, [email protected] “Distinguished Citizen Award”. He will be II, will be released later this year. Design of Sam Susser, David Engel, Laura Berry, Larry honored at the annual Distinguished Citizen Cinnamon Shore South is being done by Florida and Karen Urban, Al Jones, Lloyd Neal, Robert Award dinner on Thursday, November 8, 2018 Land Planner Mark Schnell. and Chris Adler, and J.A. “Tony” Canales and IUPAC cont. from A1 at the Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. Lamkin said market conditions are ideal for an many more outstanding individuals. Incumbents Paulette Guajardo and Michael For over 31 years, the South Texas Council, expansion on two properties across from each Texas A&M University System Chancellor Hunter got Island backing, along with current Boy Scouts of America has publicly recognized other on State Highway 361. John Sharp will be the keynote speaker and District 5 councilman and At-Large candidate a “Distinguished Citizen” from the Corpus State Representative Todd Hunter will emcee. Rudy Garza. "We're playing into a macroeconomic curve Christi area who clearly has distinguished All net proceeds from this event will support where the demand hasn't shifted," Lamkin said. themselves for their personal contributions Island voters previously backed current District the Council’s program and operational budget to the broader community. And sometimes 4 councilman Greg Smith for re-election, and With construction crews already at work, which provides a quality Scouting experience that individual also has strong personal ties to newcomer Michael Hall for Mayor. Lamkin said the first batch of 40 homes, an 18- for almost 4000 Scouts across the 17-county room boutique hotel, some retail, restaurants Scouting as well. We are excited to announce A third and final candidate forum is set for 6:30 area. and the rooftop bar are expected to be ready by that this year’s chosen honoree is Charlie Zahn, p.m. Thursday, October 4, also at Seashore summer 2019. Lamkin said about 60 percent of who has distinguished himself for many years in The purpose of Boy Scouts of America is to Learning Center gym on Encantada to hear, but buyers, like in Cinnamon Shore I, are expected both categories. Charlie’s lifetime commitment provide an educational program for youth to not endorse, candidates in the Flour Bluff ISD to be from Austin, San Antonio and Boerne. and leadership to Scouting in South Texas is build character, to train in the responsibilities and Del Mar races. noteworthy and his more recent leadership of participating citizenship and to develop Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce President All voters registered in the Island Precincts with the Port of Corpus Christi Authority has personal fitness. Jeff Hentz said the health of the Texas economy 40 and 81 (plus voters in Precinct 19 inside the resulted in significant progress for the economic has created a strong luxury home market on Tickets to the event are $150 each, which Corpus Christi City Limits) are encouraged to development of the entire Coastal Bend Region. Mustang Island. includes a donation to the Boy Scouts. To attend. The IUPAC was formed in 2010 to unite “I have had the pleasure of knowing Charlie purchase a ticket, reserve a table, or to learn Island voters behind candidates chosen by the "It's Hilton Head meets Key West," Hentz Zahn for many years. He is a proven leader who more about sponsorship opportunities please voters in non-partisan city races. said. "Right now, we have once enter of gravity exudes character and integrity. I have no doubt contact Marty Sepulveda at martin.sepulveda@ and that's Old Town, the old downtown Port Early voting begins October 22 for the that the seeds for those values were sown in scouting.org or 361-814-4300. Aransas. But soon, we'll have three centers November 6 election. The last day to register to of gravity — Old Town, which is downtown; vote is October 9. Midtown, which is Palmilla and South End, which is Cinnamon Shores."

Cinnamon Shores has announced a $1.3 billion expansion. History cont. from A1 Send Letters and Photos to was not easy to get to. [email protected] It was later renamed JFK Seafood and Marina and follow us on Facebook: and a small marina was added but by the early Wrasslin' gators in Port Aransas. Boots (or Stinky) was returned safely to his home The Island Moon aughts was abandoned and became a hangout after some struggle. No yappy dogs were hurt in the process. Photo by Ronnie Narmour for drifters and people living there on boats. Newspaper. Since there was no power fires were often used The Island Moon is for light and could be seen from the far shore on a regular basis making for an otherworldly available online at sight. islandmoon.com In the late aughts the Texas General Land Office which owns the property demanded that the building be torn down and set a deadline. 24 Hour A few days before the deadline to demolish the place it caught fire sending plumes of smoke Emergency Service up on both sides of the causeway and blistering paint on the underside of the structure forcing the closing of the road for a short period of time and drawing a curious crowd. Carpet Cleaning Tile & Wood Cleaning As fate would have it at the time the building Air Duct Cleaning Fire & Water Damage caught fire the Corpus Christi Fire Department was inspecting a new snorkel truck at the Upholstery Cleaning Restoration Number 15 Fire Station on Commodores which came in handy. It was dispatched but the old wooden structure was a tinderbox and by the Call for our Daily Specials time it arrived there wasn’t much that could be done. 361-993-9300 Due to changes in state regulations since the last building was constructed it is unlikely book online at www.servicemaster-tx.com anything can ever be built in that spot again. October 4, 2018 Island Moon A 5 Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier October 4 - October 11 If promises are empty council did to the current council by putting the pockets waiting to be filled, increase in the city’s match into the collective Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible then most of the candidates in the current round bargaining agreement but delaying the hike of city elections are going to fill their promises until the old council was out the door. What Th 4 High 1:38 AM 2.2 7:23 AM Rise 2:30 AM 34 by emptying the pockets of Island taxpayers. is interesting is that members of that previous 4 Low 5:35 PM 0.4 7:12 PM Set 4:20 PM It’s not hard to fire up the cheap seats by council say there were not told by the city staff of the cost of the increase at the time they voted F 5 High 2:14 AM 2.1 7:24 AM Rise 3:35 AM 23 invoking the boogieman and that was the case at last week’s gathering of At-Large city council and the city staff, along with the public safety 5 Low 6:51 PM 0.5 7:11 PM Set 5:08 PM candidates on The Island, with one candidate employees, is a beneficiary of the boost in the Sa 6 High 2:39 AM 2.0 7:24 AM Rise 4:40 AM 14 actually saying, “And now the Bandidos are city’s match. 6 Low 8:36 AM 1.5 7:09 PM Set 5:52 PM actually wearing their jackets in public.” I got The city currently pays $10 million per year news for you ma’am that ain’t nothing new and into the pension fund and at that rate taxpayers 6 High 12:29 PM 1.8 if that is your rational for upping spending on are treading water; not paying down the 6 Low 8:00 PM 0.6 public safety you need to get out more. principle but not incurring more debt, but after January 1 the $10 million figure means the city Su 7 High 2:57 AM 1.9 7:25 AM Rise 5:44 AM 7 Supporting the notion of more police officers and firefighters is good politics, after all, budget, and taxpayers, will be taking on water. 7 Low 8:46 AM 1.3 7:08 PM Set 6:34 PM who’s not in favor of that. Every two years As you read this the total owed to the pension 7 High 1:57 PM 1.9 newcomers to the city’s political scene line up fund is $1.1 billion with a B. In round numbers there is $800 million in cash in the fund with 7 Low 9:05 PM 0.8 at endorsement nights for the two groups and compete to see who can promise the most in the remainder not funded and there are only two M 8 High 3:10 AM 1.7 7:25 AM Rise 6:48 AM 2 pursuit of votes from the two unions and that places that $300 or so million-plus can come from, cuts in the operating budget or taxes. It 8 Low 9:08 AM 1.1 7:07 PM Set 7:13 PM is what happened two weeks ago. Then the same office seekers came to The Island the won’t come from budget cuts. The best case 8 High 3:15 PM 2.0 next night and promised not to raise taxes. One scenario is that with a 6.75 percent rate of return on the cash in the account and the annual $10 8 Low 10:09 PM 1.0 candidate, not endorsed by the Island Political million contribution the fund could be solvent Tu 9 High 3:21 AM 1.6 7:26 AM Rise 7:50 AM 0 Action Committee, promised 130 additional firefighters, more than a twenty-five percent in 25 years, unless of course more employees 9 Low 9:36 AM 0.9 7:06 PM Set 7:52 PM increase in force, and when asked by Islanders are added to the fund in which they become fully vested after five years of employment. 9 High 4:27 PM 2.1 how she would pay for them said it could be done by belt tightening in the city budget. That’s Beware of politicians bearing gifts 9 Low 11:14 PM 1.3 going to take a sharp pencil given that more than The annual operating budget for the Police W 10 High 3:29 AM 1.6 7:26 AM Rise 8:51 AM 0 half the city budget is currently consumed by public safety. She wouldn’t be robbing Peter Department is about $80 million and $57 million 10 Low 10:08 AM 0.7 7:05 PM Set 8:32 PM to pay Paul, she’d have to rob Paul and give it for the Fire Department out of an operating 10 High 5:37 PM 2.2 back. budget of about $200 million. The employee medical costs for the city went $8 million over Th 11 Low 12:27 AM 1.5 7:27 AM Rise 9:51 AM 3 Luke 23:34 budget this year and had to be fed through one- time contributions with reserves from a sinking 11 High 3:31 AM 1.6 7:04 PM Set 9:13 PM Sticking with the Biblical theme let’s open to fund. That is not a sustainable business model. 11 Low 10:44 AM 0.5 Luke 23:34; Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. In 2008 the annual Fire Department budget was 11 High 6:46 PM 2.2 $30 million, in the current budget, with about Let’s start with the numbers. The City of Corpus Christi currently has $330 million in the same number of firefighters, that number unfunded liability in employee pensions. That is $57,313,000. That increase is the result of is money currently owned to the city’s pension a symbiotic relationship in which the political system and the city doesn’t have it. And that’s hand washes the union hand and is precisely not the worst of it. Four years ago the previous the reason cities across the country have gone city council threw a skunk in the room on their bankrupt. way out the door in the form of an increase in So the next time an office seeker waves the the city’s match to employee pensions. Prior to blood shirt of a crime wave and promises that the city matched up to 12 percent of any more police protection before you jump on amount contributed to an employee’s pension at the bandwagon ask them how they are going the rate of 2 to 1; for every dollar contributed by to pay for it. Right now The Island’s share of the employee the city matches with two dollars. that $369 million in unsecured debt sits at about But starting January 1, 2019 that amount $50 million and will increase by 14 percent increases to 14 percent, adding a two percent of any added spending. We all have neighbors bump to the annual pension cost of the 2400 who have moved off The Island in the last year city employees, about $8 million. But the because of the tax burden and the hard reality city’s match is retroactive back to the original is that while the interest of office seekers and time of employment for anyone on the payroll public employee unions may be congruent, the at that time. The result is that at 12:01 a.m. on interests of those unions and the taxpayers are January 1, 2019 the city’s unfunded pension not always the same and it’s the office seekers cost immediately jumps by $39 million dollars job to straddle that line. Ask Ralph to $369 million. If they tell you they are going to increase It is an accepted tenant of city governance that spending by making cuts and not raising taxes no council can bind a later council to anything, introduce them to Luke 23:34. Should I Demand More? but in this case that is exactly what the previous By Ralph Coker every time. Governments expect 100 Remember When Q. Should I be more percent performance from you for safety, demanding with my environmental and legal compliance. employees, suppliers Unfortunately, in school we learn to expect Evita's Mexican Restaurant and professional advisors? an A for 90 percent performance. In business A. It depends on what you mean by 90 percent performance will get you fired or demanding. I never found that yelling, anger if you own your own business 90 percent and berating people worked in business or in performance can result in bankruptcy. life. It's OK to be angry at a situation but High standards and attention to details are never at a person. People will understand and essential to attain 100 percent performance. relate to your anger at a situation. A business Fortunately, before I became a business leader or any leader must always have self manager I learned that as a company control and self discipline. Yelling, anger commander in the army reserve from my and berating are examples of a person out of battalion commander. He demanded 100 control. That behavior never gets a positive percent performance each and every time response from the other person because it from me and my company. No detail belittles that person. Instead, the other person seemed to escape his attention. I thought will respond with anger and resentment. he was unfair and unrealistic. Later as They may not feel they can afford to show a petroleum refinery plant manager that their anger and resentment but they have experience helped me meet the 100 percent many ways to retaliate anonymously and the expectations from my corporate management other party will never know who did it. A and from governmental agencies for safety, well known example is the airline passenger environmental and legal compliance. who berates the ticket agent about a missed connection and the ticket agent routes the On the other hand, you shouldn't have passenger's bag to Timbuktu. Your goal is unfair expectations of your employees, to have a positive response from the other suppliers and professional advisors. That has person by teaching and coaching to motivate a devastating affect on loyalty, morale and that person to their best performance. productivity. They probably won't confront you. Instead, they will go into slow motion. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't That's passive resistance. Unions call that a have high standards and expectations Evita’s Mexican Restaurant was located next to Mail n More facing the large shark. It slow down. What used to get done quickly of your employees, suppliers and was there from about 1998 until 2005. At the time it was the only Mexican restaurant on seems to take forever. If you stumble into professional advisors. Your customers the Island. that situation, reverse course immediately expect 100 percent performance each and and admit your mistake and apologize. National Night Out

Debbie Davenport is with Ramona Singleterry at National Night Out A6 Island Moon October 4, 2018 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Who Were the Best Generals in World War II?– Part VI By Dotson Lewis Breaking Boris Special to the Island Moon By Abigail Bair Dotson’s note: Although memory. Boris was in his garage, so the rain I received many Sometimes, no matter what you do, you just wouldn’t be a problem. nominations for the best Japanese General can’t fight the downhill slope. Since I wrote of WWII, I have chosen Hajime Sugiyama. last, my yard has exploded into a gigantic green The next morning, we conceded defeat and Some of those nominated were executed as afro of grass so overgrown it might be hiding called a tow truck. Joanne over at Momento War Criminals. Many of the following facts alligators. It looks so terrible that it’s driving Towing (yes, it really is spelled that way. I were gleaned from articles in Wikipedia and me mad, but there’s not a lot I can do about think it might be a Mom joke) said that this AltHistory. My thanks to those organizations for it. The yard has low points that fill with water “Intellilock” stuff happens much more often their contributions to this report. At this point I during rains such as we’ve recently had. I don’t than you might think, and to not feel too bad wonder which is more accurate. know if you’ve ever tried to mow a quicksand about it. The auto ambulance arrived in about Who Was the Best Japanese World War II pit, but I can tell you from bitter experience it half an hour, and Boris was expertly hauled over doesn’t work out well for anyone. to Ed Hicks Nissan. I’d been on the phone with General? Ben (one of the techs) for the last two days, so The G.P. got after me about the condition of I really felt like he was being handed over to Hajime Sugiyama was born to a former my yard the other day saying, “What’s going on my new BFF. “Samurai” family from Kokura (now part of over there, Ab. Is it too wet to mow?” Kitakyushu City), Fukuoka Prefecture. He was It took Ed Hicks two hours to fix my car. “You’d need a specially adapted fan boat, commissioned as a lieutenant in the infantry in Turned out that Boris had a locked steering Dad,” I replied. 1901 after graduation from the 12th class of the column, and needed a part replaced that had Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and served An additional problem is that my weed whip been recalled. Since we had towing insurance, in the Russo-Japanese War. is electric. So far, I’ve avoided dragging 100 the bill for the entire episode was $0.00. feet of extension cord through a water-filled After graduating from the 22nd class of the AMAZING, right?!?! That never happens. I ditch, but there’s no guarantee as to how long Army Staff College in 1910 and serving on was pretty sure Boris’ brain had gone out and I’m going to be able to live with “swamp yard.” the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, that it was going to cost essentially the same Sugiyama was posted as military attaché to the Sugiyama-August 1945 I also can’t face the mosquitoes. They’re as a brand new Boris to repair him. Nope. All Philippines and Singapore in 1912. Promoted to literally ignoring every kind of bug spray I’ve basically free, and really surprisingly little major in 1913, he was posted again as military Army as dictated by the victorious Allied used, to the extent that I tried to find 100% hassle (except the embarrassing car repair attaché to British India in 1915. During this Powers, Sugiyama committed suicide by DEET online, reasoning that I’d just mix voodoo bit). time, he also visited Germany, and became shooting himself four times in the chest with my own. I was unsuccessful. I’m allergic to Still, as Dad and I drove to the dealership to acquainted with the use of aircraft in combat in his revolver while seated at his desk in his mosquitoes, so I’ve spent the past couple of reclaim my car, I was morose – longing for my World War I. office. At home, his wife also killed herself. weeks coated in calamine lotion looking like a old 1973 Ford Custom 500 (that I drove in the On his return, Sugiyama was promoted to His grave is at the Tama Cemetery, in Fuchu, humorous piñata at an allergy clinic office party. Tokyo. late 90s). Back in the olden days, you could lieutenant colonel, and commander of the 2nd I didn’t think things could get a whole lot just put a key in an ignition and turn it. There Air Battalion in December 1918. He was a AltHistory: After the war ended in 1945 worse when the little yellow, key-shaped light were no complicated fobs, nor secret slots to strong proponent of military aviation, and after with a Japanese victory in Asia, he was sent on the instrument panel of my beloved Boris insert said fobs into, nor cryptic keys hidden his promotion to colonel in 1921, became the back to China by Hirohito's request, where he Carloff came on. “No worries,” I thought to inside the strange computers. In my old Ford, first head of the Imperial Japanese Army Air took the post of the chief Japanese military myself. “It’s just a low battery in the fob.” I every single hose on the thing was the size of Service in 1922. advisor to the Chinese collaborationist cannibalized my lesser used garage door opener your wrist. You could find stuff. Sure, there In May 1925, Sugiyama became a major general government's new national army*. Sugiyama for a new battery, and then had to pull the fob was negative fuel efficiency, but it could sleep and acting Vice War Minister in June 1930. In oversaw its training and development, later apart. Evidently, the device isn’t meant to open an entire Boy Scout Troop. providing it consultation during the Xinjiang easily, (or at all) because I had to use a mini August, he became Vice War Minister and a A Service Tech pulled Boris around, and I insurgency. He retired from the post in screwdriver and a lot of cussing to get into it. I lieutenant general He returned to command the climbed inside, sinking luxuriantly into his China in 1948. After that, he was given a also managed to set off the car’s alarm system, expanded Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ebony bucket seat. The soft velvet cradled me, similar task in Vietnam, setting up native which I couldn’t turn off because the new in March 1933. Sugiyama was promoted to full as I assumed my preferred low-rider driving general in November 1936. Vietnamese military units for the Vietnamese battery wasn’t yet installed. collaborationist government. He retired from stance. My old Ford (we called it the Sweat Political career the army in 1950. After retirement, he lived in This convinced Boris that he was being stolen. Pickle due to its unfortunate bilious green color) Tokyo until his death. had no amenities like that. In fact, if you wanted to move the *The national government initially formed front bench seat forward, you a "collaborationist army" of around 200,000 - had to recruit a couple of people 300,000 men to fight alongside the Japanese to push from the back. Boris in the war against the Nationalists and moved as silently as a jungle Communists. As the war carried on, the army cat, but the Sweat Pickle roared grew in numbers of troops and vehicles, and like the giant furnace made of grew to be more sophisticated. After the recycled World War II tank steel Nationalists and Communists were largely it was. The Sweat Pickle was defeated in 1945, the force was reformed into not a stealth vehicle. the "Chinese National Army", and its personnel count peaked within the next several years at 1.4 A car that is remarkably similar to the Sweat Pickle By the time I reached my million men. The army was trained by Japan, overgrown swamp shanty, I had and was pretty experienced and well-armed. fully forgiven Boris for his panic It was used in combat against remnants of the Enter the Nissan Intellilock system. Evidently, attack. He’s so very good and comfortable and Nationalist and Communist forces fighting in once a car “decides” that a robbery is in progress, patient with my nearly endless attempts to lock western China, especially in Xinjiang. It proved it just completely locks itself down so that you my keys in the car, that’s it’s impossible not to to be a capable force, being able to carry out can’t start it. There is a wealth of information appreciate some of the finer points of modern large-scale operations on its own. on the internet about how to overcome this technology. Plus, he is blood red and has a problem, but it all just boils down to a bunch of weird cross stuck to the driver’s side door that Dotson’s Other Note: What do you think? “turn around three times and spit while chanting is almost definitely going to cause a case of Wikipedia reported his death as suicide at the BOOMCHICCKASHAKKA” voodoo. I tried hilarious mistaken identity when whatever cult age of 65, September 12, 1945 and AltHistory about a billion different combinations of key it symbolizes assumes I’m already a member. reported that he died on September 12, 1964, Hajime Sugiyama-1940 insertion (into the door – Boris doesn’t have a at the age of 84, in Tokyo, Japan. Have any you keyed ignition, and I cannot begin to tell you Moon Monkeys ever heard of Chinese and/or how I longed for one), did a lot of yelling, tried Vietnamese "collaborationist armies”? I never Although never elected to political office, all the voodoo forward and back, and then Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted have. It appears that I have more research to finally called my Dad. for new location on Packery Channel Sugiyama is regarded as a nationalist politician. do…I will keep you posted. Thank you for He started in the Toseiha faction, led by reading and commenting on Senior Moments. Our first step was to disconnect Boris’s battery Kazushige Ugaki, with Koiso Kuniaki, Yoshijiro I can be reached at: [email protected] and/ cables. After a few minutes, we reattached them Umezu, Tetsuzan Nagata, and Hideki Tojo. or Land Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell: 530-748- which caused Boris to erupt in complete panic. Packery They opposed the radical Kodaha faction under 8475. The horn honked and all the car’s windows Sadao Araki. Later both factions combined rolled down automatically. Since Boris Flats Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table TM in the Imperial Way Faction movement, and wouldn’t even go into ACC mode, there was no Floating Cabin Repairs Sugiyama became one of its ideological leaders. Meeting will be Tuesday, October 9, 9-11 AM, way the put them back up. Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families good for either repairs or rebuilding Second Sino-Japanese War Thunder rolled in the distance. and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, are Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel Shortly after the “February 26 Incident” (a invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope We messed around a bit more, and then decided Call for lease terms failed coup d’état) in 1936, Sugiyama became to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round to disconnect the battery overnight -- hoping Packery Flats Marina Minister of War. Under his tenure, the situation Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 against hope that it might clear out the car’s between Japanese forces in Manchukuo and AM, Saturdays. The next show will air October 361-774-8886 China became more severe, cumulating with the 6, 2018. Please listen and call in. 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The Holiday Season is Right Around the Corner A8 Island Moon October 4, 2018 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Texas High School Football Coming Off the Corner Pt. II By Andy Purvis defense. The Steelers’ Steel Playoffs Are the Best Special to the Island Moon Curtain was formidable, as By Dotson Lewis Federation of State High School Federations. In 1964, Andrie moved back to his original well as the Killer B’s of the Only one, Alaska, has the square mileage. That Dolphins, the Dome Patrol of the Saints, and Dotson’s note: Since many of you believe there position at right defensive end. The combination makes it difficult to compare Texas with other the New York Sack Exchange of the Jets. But, are only two high school sports (football & of Cowboy “great,” Bob Lilly, and George states or implement their ideas. Sixteen states it is my opinion that the Cowboys’ Doomsday spring football), I guess I had better get with Andrie playing side-by-side was a formidable use some sort of ranking system to determine Defense was not only the best, but the most it. Parts of this report were originally published part of the Flex Defense that would become playoff participants or seeding. While that menacing. Legend has it that Kansas City in December 2017. Michael Hogue, Michael known in NFL lore as the “Doomsday Defense.” could save some prime matchups for later in the Chiefs’ owner, Lamar Hunt, once said, “No Florekon, Michael Ainsworth and Stewart F. Just close your eyes for a minute and imagine playoffs, it would complicate things. one can score on that defense until doomsday House contributed to this report. breaking from the huddle and approaching the Take California, for example. The Golden defensive line of the Dallas Cowboys. Standing comes.” Texas’ Playoff System Compared To State is the most similar to Texas in terms of there waiting with their hands on their hips It’s amazing how a single image can take Other States participation and state size, but California's would be #66 George Andrie, #74 Bob Lilly, us back in time. There is a photo of George playoff system is not as simple as Texas'. #75 Jethro Pugh, and #71 Willie Townes. What Andrie from the Ice Bowl, played at Lambeau California has sectional playoffs, similar to a sight! Field against the Green Bay Packers, on Texas' regions, but more restrictive. The number December 31, 1967. The temperature of divisions -- a la Texas' classification system during the NFL Championship Game -- vary by geographic location. For example, stood at 13 degrees below zero. Green Southern California has 13 divisions. The Bay was leading 14-0, when Bart Starr Sacramento-Joaquin section has seven. was hit by Cowboys’ Willie Townes and A team is placed in a division before the season fumbled the football. George Andrie based on its record and performance the previous picked it up and returned it seven yards two years. Playoff teams are then determined for the first Dallas Cowboy touchdown through a mix of league play (similar to Texas' of the game. Starr was sacked eight districts) and a selection of at-large berths. times that day and Andrie got credit Teams are then seeded for the postseason by the for 2.5 sacks in that game, but it was commissioner of each section. not enough, as the Packers held off the Cowboys 21-17, to move on to Super Winners of each section championship get a Bowl II. guaranteed regional "bowl game." Win that, There are a dozen state football champions and a team plays in a statewide bowl game -- In an interview with the New York crowned in Texas, including 10 11-man teams. but there aren't true state championships. The Times in 1996, Andrie said, “I was There is no better system anywhere in the closest thing to one comes when an advisory raised in that kind of weather, but we world. The following will likely happen more committee of section commissioners selects had a lot of Southern guys who were than once weekly during the playoffs: a parent the two top teams in the state to compete in an concerned. We were distracted.” and child will make their way down the aisle. open-division bowl game. Several days after the game, four They'll sit among the thousands gathered at the Cowboy players, including Andrie, UIL football playoffs. The parent will turn to A sectional system that determines a D-FW suffered frostbite. Three of his fingers the child. "It doesn't get any better than this," champion, a Houston champion and so forth were treated for about three weeks. would limit travel -- but would mean having no the parent will say. Those moms and dads may Ralph Neely and George Andrie. be more right than they realize, not just about true state champion and add complication. In 1991, George Andrie was inducted into the Marquette Athletics’ Hall of Bob Lilly and George Andrie were roommates Fame. Including the playoffs, George for ten years, with the Cowboys. Together played in a total of 154 games in 11 years they enjoyed fishing, hunting, golf, darts, (1962-1972), for the Dallas Cowboys. He did photography and playing football. They also miss some time in 1963 with a dislocated elbow. played on the Cowboys’ traveling basketball He recovered 14 fumbles, one for a touchdown, team. “George was a big game player,” said and had two interceptions, one returned for Lilly. “He played the Flex Defense like a touchdown. Even though the NFL did not nobody else could. As tall as he was, he still record sacks until 1982, the Cowboys had their got so low that blockers couldn’t get under own records. George Andrie is credited with 97 him. When he closed traps and those shoulder sacks and one safety. For comparison purposes, pads hit, it sounded like a cannon exploding.” Hall-of-Famers Bob Lilly recorded 94 sacks Andrie and Lilly had a lot of fun together. Lilly and Randy White had 111. Andrie led the was fascinated by cameras and took literally Dallas Cowboys in sacks for four consecutive thousands of pictures of the early Cowboys. years (1964-1967). In 1966, he had a team- Lilly once sneaked into the training room high 18 1/2 sacks. There is no telling how many and took a photo of George Andrie and Mike attempted passes he may have knocked down. Gaechter playing around in the whirlpool to George was selected First-Team All-Pro in 1969 keep from having to practice. One night at and Second-Team three times from 1966-1968. 11:30 pm during training camp, there was a He played in five consecutive Pro Bowls (1965- knock on their window. It was a pizza delivery 1969) and was chosen the Pro Bowl MVP in man with a pizza for Willie Townes. Of course 1969. Andrie was a part of the Super Bowl Willie was staying in the room across the hall. VI Championship team that beat the Miami The pizza guy had gotten the room number Dolphins, 24-3. wrong. Townes had also been ordered to lose George Andrie played pro football when some weight. To Townes’ dismay, Lilly and players, coaches, and owners showed more Andrie ate all but one fourth of the pizza before character and acted like men. His death giving him the rest. George also loved to read at certificate will state that he died from congestive Flour Bluff Hornets-Practice night. Lilly would resort to getting a blindfold heart failure, but everyone also knew that he had so he could go to sleep. George Andrie retired suffered from dementia since 2014. Andrie was at the end of the 1972 season. He suffered with these state championship games -- which start "We didn't have a clear-cut example of how one of the former players that sued the NFL back problems. He still remains one of the best in December on a Wednesday and conclude you get in or how you accomplish the goal of twice over claims of repeated head trauma defensive ends in Cowboys’ history. Why is he three days later, on the Saturday -- but also winning a state championship," Wager said. that could lead to dementia and CTE (Chronic not in the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor? about the process for getting there. "I didn't even know. Here you could argue the Traumatic Encephalopathy). Both claims have Last December the Texas system was compared number of teams, you could argue the rest, but After George retired, he and Lilly went into been denied and his family is appealing both. with those in each of the other 49 states. While the one thing I could go back to is you determine business together in Waco, Texas, where they The date of his death will be recorded as August Texas is on the outer edges in terms of the it on the field." co-owned a beer distributorship. Andrie later 21, 2018. George passed away at home on a length of the playoffs and how many teams founded the Promotional Products Company, in Tuesday in Woodway, Texas, surrounded by win championships, coaches say the current How Far Will They Go? 1979. family. He was 78. George leaves behind his system is as good as any in the country. "Show For states with a more straightforward format, wife Mary Lou, seven children, 14 grandchildren Andrie always made his presence felt during and 6 great grandchildren. me a place that does it better," Arlington Martin seeding can add travel time. In New Mexico, the big games. In 1970, during Super Bowl V, coach Bob Wager said. "I don't think you can." fifth-largest state by square mileage, the state Andrie knocked Baltimore Colts quarterback With the passing of George Andrie, Bob Lilly athletic association picks seven at-large teams Born in New Yok, Coach Wager is a fan of Johnny Unitas out of the game with a shoulder is now the last living starter from the Doomsday to go with five district champions to make up the Texas high school football playoffs. He tackle in the 2nd quarter. But the game was Defensive line. These guys will always hold a the playoff field, and then seeds all 12. has previously coached in New York and marred by 11 turnovers and ten Cowboys special place in the hearts and minds of Cowboys Massachusetts. In the first round of the 6A playoffs last season, penalties, which resulted in a Cowboy loss. fans. They were the beginning of what would No. 11 seed Piedra Vista matched up with No. In the 1971 NFC Championship game against become known as “America’s Team.” Texas' six-week 11-man football playoffs 6 seed Hobbs. Since the first round is played the San Francisco 49ers, Andrie intercepted a are tied for the longest in the country with Andy Purvis is a local author and radio at the higher seed, Piedra Vista had to make a John Brodie pass at the 49ers ten-yard-line and Pennsylvania, Missouri and Indiana. They personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. 495-mile trek one-way to play the game. That's returned it to the two-yard-line. Two plays later, feature 640 teams, or about 60 percent of 11- com for all the latest info on his books or to about 70 miles farther than the distance from Calvin Hill scored the winning touchdown for man teams, making Texas the 15th-easiest state listen to the new radio podcast. 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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORYNE FARAH!! What a great catch you are! Dad. Tide rolls and whips boiling burps if green. Schools of finger mullet flash under the boat and shad were bounding like greyhounds along the grass. Tiny minnows where getting slashed by small flashing predators. The tidal movements Red shouldered hawk in my yard. in and out of the bay have been flushing gamefish back and forth from the beach to the first few miles of the Lagoon. With so much bait Back to Laguna Shores; this one has been available, it doesn’t take long for them to find needed for a long time, and I had a nice visit a full stomach. This creates a situation where with Greg Smith about the project. After the na angler must be at the right place at the right bond election is passed (vote YES on the bonds time. Watching the lunar feeding tables will people!) then the plans are to be finished by give you a head start. Remember that when you some time around the turn of the year, and the pull up to a spot you’re probably throwing to a This pair of fat surf trout were caught City is hoping to go to bid for the middle section Surveying on Laguna Shores. small group of fish. Once you catch a few or sit by February (there are three separate sections on live perch along the Packery Channel other critters in my yard for the past couple there for a few minutes those fish either hear under this bond. In fact, stretch one from your boat, feel the displacement of the boat, this week as schools of baitfish roll out Graham to SPID should see some work starting of weeks, and I finally got a shot of him/her towards the beaches. chilling in my oak tree. You just never know or even the change in tidal movement from the around the turn of the year as well). Looking boat. It is important to be ready to fish as you forward to some improvements for sure. what you’re going to see bombing around in your yard at this time of year, so keep your eyes pull up, quietly set the anchor, and make precise Babes on Baffin peeled. casts to the spot. If gamefish are on the move, hunting then sometimes groups of fish will roll This weekend is the annual CCA Babes on Well folks, I have to run. October is a busy by. During active feeding times fish will smell Baffin ladies fishing tournament that will be month and I’m running ragged. I’ll drop a few and feel the feeding action and come towards held out of Marker 37. There are still a few more pictures in this week for your viewing you when you are catching fish. spots left, and you can sign up at Babesonbaffin. pleasure. I’m hoping to get out on the rocks this org or you can come out to the Captains meeting week for some fishing since ISAC was canceled When fish are NOT active you will find only at 6pm this Friday and get your team signed up. and I’ve pushed a few other meetings. Jacob a 10-15 min period when you are catching fish Fishing will be Saturday morning, with weigh- got a decent snook on the fly the other day and before they are on to you. Take your time and be in from 1-3pm. This is always a favorite, and the jetties have been crowded. Happy belated prepared. Sneak into the strike zone and place a also includes a costume contest Friday evening. 44th wedding anniversary to Islanders Keith bait in the spot you envision gamefish waiting Refreshments will be sold by Marker 37, and and Pam Flory (yes, Bizzy’s folks). Congrats!! in ambush. there will be lots of great silent auction items Drop me a line at [email protected] and Many of the fish we are catching have other bait for sale. I’ll be there helping set up and taking I’ll see you next week. sources in their stomachs other than bait we can find at the marina. This is the time of year when using soft plastics can bring more fish to hand at times than bait. Drifting and covering water can Fully Guided • All Tackle Provided put your lures in front of more fish willing to bite than sitting or stopping on a particular spot. The variety of presentations can also help your (361)442-8145 odds, as again gamefish are feeding on a wide

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Online Regarding the volleyball court, the Hanson 7025 week, Texas has 15,624,871 registered voters applications can be found on the Secretary of rep, Craig Thompson, stated at the last Board Employment- Dave Vann, the PIPOA go- - a new record in the State of Texas. To help State’s website here: https://webservices.sos. meeting that more sand would be added to the to guy for maintenance is leaving us. Dave encourage more turnout, I would like to share state.tx.us/vrapp/index.asp Once an application volleyball court to keep water off the court. is hard working and has a great attitude; he some important voting information, including has been properly filled out and signed, it He also said holes would be punched into the cannot be replaced. However, we need a new key dates and registration requirements, to should be mailed to the Nueces County Voter liner to allow faster drainage. handyperson. If you want a job doing a wide help ensure all eligible individuals have the Registrar’s Office located at 901 Leopard, Ste. Board Meeting- At the September 25, 2018 variety of outdoor work, call Jim Smock our opportunity to take part this Election Day. 301 Corpus Christi 78401. Board meeting, the Board authorized the Executive Director at 361-949-7025. The In order to vote in Texas, eligible voters must In addition to the October 9th voter registration hiring of 2 additional personnel. A full-time PIPOA also needs a Bookkeeper/accountant register to vote thirty days prior to Election Day. deadline, there are several other key dates to qualified accountant/bookkeeper has been and full-time Administrative person. This year, the deadline to apply is Tuesday, keep in mind during this election cycle. Early approved. Also, the Board authorized a full- Elections- The election for two Board October 9, 2018. Current voter registration voting begins on October 22, and ends on time administrative person. These positions member seats is coming up. Want to run for status can be determined by searching the November 2. If you wish to vote by mail, the are needed to keep up with the PIPOA growth. the Board? Send a short statement saying state’s voter database using a driver’s license deadline to submit mail in ballots is November Channel Markers- As I reported last week, you are a candidate along with a “bio” or number, Voter Unique Identifier number, or 6. As with prior elections, registered voters can the Coast Guard has stated a certified letter resume to the Executive Direct, Jim Smock name and county of residence. This database vote at any polling location during early voting from their legal department is being sent to at the PIPOA office on or before November can be found on the state’s voter information and on Election Day. website: https://www.votetexas.gov/register- the PIPOA. According to the Coast Guard, 15, 2018, at 5:00 PM to register. You must To find voting locations and times, please visit to-vote/ . The Nueces County Voter Registrar’s the letter will detail violations. be a property owner in the PIPOA to register. the Nueces County Clerk’s election information The ballots will be sent out in January 2019, Office can also help to provide information Lot Mowing- I was standing outdoors when webpage found here: http://www.nuecesco. and the election will be at the 2019 Annual regarding registration status by phone at (361) a rain shower stopped, and the sun came out. com/county-services/county-clerk/elections- Meeting on March 9, 2019. 888-0404. I have an empty un-mowed lot next to my department. For additional information house. I saw a weed grow six inches while I As always, let me have your thoughts. You The first step to becoming a registered voter is regarding voting in Texas, please visit the stood there. Really? The point is, weeds and can reach me at [email protected] to determine eligibility status. According to the Secretary of State’s voter website here: http:// Secretary of State’s office, Texas voters must www.votetexas.gov . meet the following eligibility requirements: If you would like to review more about IRS Alerts Taxpayers: Scammers Scheming • be a United States citizen; the legislature, please visit the Texas Legislature • be a resident of the county; online at www.capitol.texas.gov. If you have Around Oct. 15 Deadline questions regarding any of the information • be 18 years old (you may register at 17 mentioned in this week’s article, please do not Here’s what to do years and 10 months); hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. • not a convicted felon (certain persons As always, my offices are available at any time The Internal Revenue Service is reminding thief who can install malicious software. may be eligible if a sentence is completed, to assist with questions, concerns or comments taxpayers to beware of criminals who continue What taxpayers should do: Do not provide including any probation or parole); and (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office; using devious tactics to steal money and personal information, click on links or open 361-949-4603). personal information from unsuspecting • not declared mentally incapacitated by a attachments from emails pretending to be from court of law. - State Representative Todd Hunter, District victims, especially as the fall season approaches. the IRS. Know that the IRS does not initiate 32 contact by email or social media channels. The Should you meet these requirements, the The agency warns that scammers continue Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). agency gets in touch with taxpayers through next step in registering to vote is to fill out a to pose as the IRS, making threatening phone He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. paper letters mailed by the U.S. Postal Service. voter application form. Voter applications can calls and using email phishing schemes to texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. lure taxpayers. The scams may be particularly IRS letters and notices are mailed to the be found at a number of different locations prevalent ahead of the Oct. 15 tax-filing taxpayer’s most recent address on file. Forward extension deadline. Another tax scam, where the email as-is, preferably with the full email criminals pose as charity organizations, tends headers to [email protected]. Delete the original to peak during hurricane season or following a email. natural disaster. Taxpayers should learn about Fake charity donation requests these ongoing tax scams and know what to do if they’re targeted. How the scam works: Criminals set up fake charities to attract donations from unsuspecting The IRS urges taxpayers to look out for contributors. The scammers prey on well- suspicious calls, emails and donation requests intentioned taxpayers, especially during times and take appropriate action if they experience of distress, such as following a natural disaster. any of the following: They solicit money either by phone, email Telephone scams or even in person. The scammers may even contact disaster victims and claim to be working How the scam works: Criminals pose as on behalf of the IRS with the goal of gaining IRS employees and call victims, demanding access to personal information under the pretext immediate payment of a so-called tax debt. of filing a casualty loss claim. Payments are often requested via prepaid debit cards and/or money wires. The caller will ask What taxpayers should do: Don’t give out to stay on the line or otherwise call repeatedly personal or financial information such as while the victim completes the transaction. The Social Security numbers. Be wary of charities caller may use a condescending tone and will with names that resemble nationally-known often threaten to file a lawsuit, call the police charity organizations. The IRS has an online or involve federal law enforcement agencies if search tool called the Tax Exempt Organization the victim doesn’t comply. The call may appear Search which allows people to find legitimate, to come from emergency services and/or a qualified charities to whom a donation may local/federal law enforcement agency but the be tax deductible. For security and tax record fraudsters are faking, or “spoofing” the caller purposes, contribute by check or another ID to only appear to come from a legitimate way that provides documentation of the gift. agency. Taxpayers who want to report suspected tax fraud activity can do so by completing Form What taxpayers should do: Hang up the phone. 3949-A, Information Referral. Know that the IRS would never call to threaten For more information about tax scams, visit or demand immediate tax payment. The agency The Island United political Action Committee endorsed At-Large candidates, Michael offers taxpayers a chance to appeal any amount the IRS website at www.irs.gov and search for in question and offers numerous ways of “scams and schemes,” including the agency’s Hunter, Rudy Garza and Paulette Guajardo. resolving a tax liability. 2018 Dirty Dozen list. Anyone wishing to check their account after receiving this type of call can visit the IRS website and register to view your account Padre Island Real Estate Ticker information online. The tool allows taxpayers MEDICARE PART D to view up to 24 months of payment history PLANS HAVE YOU September 16 - 30 and balance due for any given tax year. CONFUSED? 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Send letters and photos to [email protected] Facebook:The Island Moon Newspaper October 4, 2018 Island Moon A 15 Understanding Risk Tolerance Is Essential Schlitterbahn Riverpark and Resort at for Investment Success Corpus Christi Hosts To succeed as an investor, you might think In short, you may have to invest for a while 1st Annual Kids Splash Day you need to know about the economy, interest before you truly understand your response to rates and the fundamentals of companies in risk. But even then, don’t get too locked in to which you’d like to invest. And all these things one approach – because your risk tolerance may Event on October 20 will raise money for are indeed important. But it’s most essential to evolve over time. know yourself. Specifically, you need to know When you are first starting out in your career, Seashore Academy students how much risk you are willing to tolerate to and for many years after, you are probably achieve your goals. Schlitterbahn Riverpark and Resort at Corpus continued support of our highly rated Seashore investing primarily to accumulate assets for Christi announced today that tickets for the 1st schools.” Of course, you’ve lived with yourself your retirement. Consequently, you may need Annual Kid’s Splash Day benefitting the Island The 1st Annual Kids Splash Day will feature entire life, so you probably have a pretty to include a relatively high proportion of Foundation are on sale to the general public. beach ball pumpkins, access to the Bob’s good idea of your likes and dislikes and what growth-oriented vehicles, such as stocks, in The event on Saturday, October 20 will be Cabana heated swimming pool, face painting, makes you comfortable or uncomfortable. But your portfolio. While stock prices will always hosted at the Riverpark and will raise money to pumpkin cookie decorating stations, a selfie investing can be a different story. fluctuate, you will have many years, perhaps support Seashore Charter Schools, a free, local decades, to overcome short-term losses, so you photo booth, door prizes, Schlitterbahn arts & Initially, you may believe you have a high public charter school system for students in can possibly afford to take on a greater risk level crafts stations and much more! tolerance for risk, but if the financial markets kindergarten through 8th grade. in exchange for the potentially higher returns drop sharply, and you see that you’ve sustained offered by stocks and stock-based investments. some sizable losses (at least on paper – you Ticket packages: haven’t really “lost” anything until you sell However, things can change once you reach investments for less than what you paid for retirement. 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(Remember the first rule • $28 ticket - Access to Bob’s Cabana, of your portfolio devoted to growth in favor of a of investing: “Buy low and sell high.”) To help one pumpkin beach ball, face painting, more balanced approach. avoid these “fire sales,” you may want to adjust pumpkin cookie decorating stations, your investment mix by adding more income- selfie photo booth and Schlitterbahn arts On the other hand, if you believe yourself producing vehicles and reducing your holdings & crafts stations. to have a low risk tolerance, and you start off in growth-oriented ones. By doing so, you will Schlitterbahn mascot, Schatze investing in a conservative manner, you may • $199 – Reservation of a Cabana pool be lowering your overall risk level. Keep in indeed minimize short-term losses – but you side for six, a meet & greet with Schatze, mind, though, that even in retirement, you will also might find yourself frustrated over the “We’re excited to host the first annual Kid’s Schlitterbahn’s mascot, and six $28 need some exposure to growth investments to slow growth of your portfolio. So you may Splash Day at the Riverpark,” said Stephanie tickets. help you stay ahead of inflation. decide that being highly risk-averse carries Pickett, general manager. “We welcome the The event is from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on its own risk – the risk of not making enough This article was written by Edward Jones opportunity to invest in our community and Saturday, October 20. Tickets can be purchased progress to achieve your long-term financial for use by your local Edward Jones Financial support Seashore Charter Schools. We’re here. For more information, please visit the goals. To reduce this risk, you may need to tilt Advisor. Your Island Edward Jones Financial hopeful this fundraiser will allow Island parks’ website at www.schlitterbahn.com/ your portfolio somewhat toward more growth Advisor is Keith Clark. Keith can be reached Foundation to continue providing a quality corpus-christi or call 361-589-4200. opportunities. at 361-949-9500. education to local students.” Proceeds from the fundraiser will directly Thoughts From Dr. Tom impact the capital campaign as Seashore ISLAND Charter School undergoes construction on both campuses, bringing the preschool back to the CHIROPRACTIC What is a Free Standing Seashore Learning Center campus. The Island Daxton T. Krugman, D.C. Foundation also serves the Corpus Christi Emergency Center? community and Seashore Charter School’s 14602 Compass Street, Ste B. There seems to be a large which avoids long waits in the hospital ER. student population by providing funding for (361) 949-2199 Labs that are performed are resulted very crucial educational materials. amount of confusion these www.krugmanchiropractic.com days about free standing emergency rooms quickly in most instances for cardiac enzymes, “Seashore Charter Schools are very excited and what they have to offer as well as billing infection counts and chemistries. This makes to once again partner with Schlitterbahn COMPLIMENTARY practices and the proper utilization of such your visit very timely from door to door. Some Riverpark and Resort at Corpus Christi,” said facilities. What is the difference in the free emergency centers like our TLC Complete Colleen McIntyre, Seashore Charter Schools CONSULTATIONS standing ER and an urgent care? There are a Care here on the island can also provide 23 superintendent. “We are grateful for their few advantages for both of these facilities. I hour observation for IV antibiotics, IV fluids thought I would go over some of these in order or other illnesses that can be taken care of in to compare and clear up some confusion for that setting. Contrary to much bad press early the proper utilization by the consumer. on, most free standing emergency centers Island Residents Support the are much cheaper than you might think. An urgent care is a walk-in facility with Certainly they have much higher overhead sometimes extended hours that offers due to the staffing 24/7 and the technology Corpus Christi Food Bank evaluation and treatment for minor injuries that they provide compared to an urgent care and illness. They are typically staffed by but patients also receive a much higher level nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and of care. Charges typically range from an out occasionally doctors. Their ancillary staff are of pocket of about 90 to 500 dollars depending medical assistants and sometimes lvns and on your insurance and ER copays. Insurance front office staff. Occasionally they will have is required to pay your charges at in network modest radiology capabilities and have limited rates even if your carrier is not contracted with radiology techs. They provide treatment any hospital or free standing ER. for colds, sore throats, rashes and bladder infection type illnesses just as a few examples. Hybrids are a neat concept that may be the They also can do med refills and sometimes do wave of the future if the regulatory bodies limited primary care depending on the facility. get out of the way for this model. It allows They are very useful for minor ailments and the patient to have their cake and eat it too are able to provide these at a lower cost due to so to speak. This model provides both low lower overhead. They also can do point of care tech urgent care services and high tech free labs like a urine dip or strep test type testing. standing ER services out of the same facility They sometimes will send out more complex similar to what a hospital ER sometimes labs but will have delay in getting results due provides when they are trying to speed up the to that. They will have an urgent care copay typical long waits in the ER. Minor ailments and usually out of pocket depending on the that only require no testing or only point of ailment will be in the range 50 to 300 dollars care lab testing are initially evaluated by an depending on insurance copays and severity of ER doc and then once the screening exam is ailment. provided and no emergency exists they are either taken care of by the doc or a midlevel A free standing emergency center is a full practitioner. This service is billed as an urgent service emergency room that is not attached care visit to the patient and the insurance with physically to a hospital. They are open 24 the appropriate fee schedule. If the illness is Island residents (the Mandels) OTB at the Coastal Bend Food Bank Chef Showdown, hours per day 7 days per week and holidays. more severe or if it requires more advanced holding their copy of the Food Bank Cookbook. Available for sale, the book features They are staffed by physicians experienced testing such as an EKG, X-rays, Cat Scan, recipes from local chefs and celebrities such as Moon contributor and A La Mode in emergency medicine all the time. The ultrasound or advanced labs or procedures Gelateria’s Vita Jarrin and Joan Pucciarello of Aunt Sissy’s Kitchen. ancillary staff are experienced registered then the ER doc evaluates and treats the emergency nurses with very technical skill patient appropriately as an emergency patient sets. They are also staffed by full time with the appropriate fee schedule. It is really a registered radiology technicians with Cat Scan pretty neat concept for all parties. capabilities and ultrasound technicians that are able to provide ultrasound studies. These Hopefully this alleviates some of the services are provided around the clock. Both confusion about these entities and what it costs point of care labs as well as more complex to be seen when you need it. We of course labs are provided on site with an in house lab. are always looking to provide the best most This means that testing for heart attacks, blood economical model to our patients and will clots, infections, strokes and pretty much any continue to do so. We are certainly looking at minor or major illness or injury can be assessed the hybrid and will keep you posted when and and treated or stabilized and transferred to the if we are able to provide that service to you. hospital when necessary. 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Celebrated for their deliciously tolerance for freezing temperatures. race that you’re participating in directly fragrant and juice-filled fruit, citrus can also add To make sure donations go to the right place, Something else to consider is what time of year contributing to the breast cancer cause? fragrant blooms, cooling shade and attractive Better Business Bureau advises consumers to a tree produces fruit. Some trees will grow their Sometimes when you register for these fun evergreen foliage to your yard. research pink product claims before making a runs, a fee is required. Do your research fruit in warmer seasons and others in colder purchase or getting caught up in the hype. and find out if the fee or a percentage of With so many varieties of citrus available, seasons. Based on what is planted, a homeowner “Pinkwashing” is a term used to describe the required fee is going to a breast cancer choosing the best one for your home requires could potentially have citrus available to them dishonest companies that claim to support breast related charity. some forethought. Phillip Elbert, a landscape nearly year round. cancer awareness, but never actually fulfill their designer with Gill Landscape Nursery, says that Consumers can find reports on charities at a homeowner should take the time to evaluate Will Citrus work in your yard? claim about donating to breast cancer charities. Give.org. BBB Wise Giving Alliance examines So, whether you are donating, shopping for their goals and also educate themselves on the Just because a tree grows well in a neighboring the percentage of its money a charity spends characteristics of their property. yard does not necessarily mean that it will be “pink ribbon” merchandise or signing up to on programs, its governance, fund-raising, volunteer or participate in a walk or run, Better successful in yours. Each property is different, informational materials and effectiveness. Eat, Drink and be merry and therefore, each should be evaluated Business Bureau advises you to think before Charities who meet all 20 BBB Standards you go pink this month. Elbert suggests that one of the first things you to determine if it can provide the growing for Charity Accountability can become BBB should assess is what you hope to be able to do environment that a specific citrus type requires. 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You can reach her by trees, but Elbert states that “Citrus will actually to fund breast cancer research, take caution. phone: (361) 945-7352 or email:ktrevino@ For example, Navel oranges are a favorite to grow in more shade than what people give it Even if a portion of a business’s sales goes corpuschristi.bbb.org enjoy out-of-hand, while Valencia oranges are credit for.” He points out that while shadier sites toward breast cancer research or treatment, well suited for juicing. Still, those who are will result in less flowering and fruit production, it might still keep a majority of the sales. savvy in the kitchen may choose to plant a the tree will still yield its fair share of fruit. It might be more effective to give money Follow us on Facebook: Meyer lemon, as it makes a lovely addition to When it comes to wind and salt exposure, directly to a breast cancer-related charity or The Island Moon Newspaper many savory and sweet dishes. fundraiser. homeowners should avoid planting trees in areas Comparing oranges to oranges that receive salt spray and are unprotected from Donate wisely. Although this campaign Send photos and letters to: our predominately southeasterly winds. Too brings recognition to a charitable cause, [email protected] Recognizing that differences exist within each much wind exposure can cause trees to suffer makes us feel good and might even citrus variety can help in the selection process from windburn, which can impact the fruit and contribute some revenue to a charity, it too. Take the classic Navel orange. People may cause the leaves to become brittle and fall off. isn’t representative of responsible giving. ISLANDMOON.COM Now live! assume that one Navel orange is the same as While not pleasing to the eye, Elbert explains The first thing every consumer should do? any other Navel orange. “Not true at all,” says that windburn creates more of an issue with the Elbert. “There are many varieties of Navel fruit’s appearance rather than its quality. “You oranges that have different growth habits…so may end up with a not so good looking skin, but you want to look within those specific varieties the fruit itself will be really good.” Serve Corpus Christi at what is going to be the most adaptable tree Sand Toy Drive for your space.” For more information on citrus varieties and how to plant and care for them, please visit one – Make a Difference! Another variation among citrus trees can exist of our locally-owned nurseries or check out Underway in their ability to handle cold temperatures. 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 October 4, 2018 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour Born in Orange, TX and raised in Vinton, LA, on. They had a couple of Bishops in town to bless the new buildings that were rebuilt since [email protected] Marcia’s music is a jumping gumbo where rocking Texas boogie meets the Louisiana the hurricane. Father James had a couple of 12’ gator found on the streets of swamp. I will always remember Marcia Ball his priest buddies from Austin on hand, Billy Port A… from my early days in Austin in the 70’s Tweedy and Kevin Shubert, to make some watching her band, Frieda and the Firedogs music. They get together every now and then for play the old Split Rail Dancehall. Ball is a five Knotty Pines reunions. There’s a lot of positive time Grammy nominee and has released sixteen energy going on over there on Trojan Street. albums including 1998’s Grammy-nominated DO NOT MISS LIST Sing It! with fellow blues/soul enthusiast Tracy Nelson and inspiration Irma Thomas. Other On the horizon… Texas State Musician winners include Joe Ely, There is much to look forward to on our little Shelley King, Ray Benson, Billy Joe Shaver, sand bar. This weekend watch for Saturday Willie Nelson, Sarah Hickman, Dale Watson, shows by James Little over at Giggity’s, Larry Johnny Gimble, Billy Gibbons, Lyle Lovett, Ty Dietz with Matt Martinez, Cody Strong Joe Taylor at the Back Porch, and Starlite and Flaco Jimenez, Jimmie Vaughan and George and JM Muniz played Shorty’s on Friday. the Moonbeams at Shorty’s. On the following Strait. This title is awarded each year by the week, there is another Sunset Sounds on the Texas Commission on the Arts. Attagirl Marcia. a super busy 12th with Joe Hodges. Also on the 12th Shayna You are a Texas treasure. weekend but Sands plays Shorty’s, Tejano great Little Joe y R.C.Titus is now a professional alligator I did notice Scattered shots… los Familia is at Brewster Street and the Parrot wrangler. tourists in the bars. I was able Heads have a big two day party planned. On to catch Hayes the 13th Shorty’s will host their 34th Pig Party Port A had some real excitement on Monday Carll over with Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang, when a twelve foot alligator was spotted at the Third Selfie and Magnus plus the Art About will be swimming in a flooded bar ditch behind the Coast for a bit. going on that day, too. On the 15th is the 34th Plantation Suites on 361. It’s supposed he You won’t find annual Songwriters Showcase in the courtyard crossed 361 by swimming through a drainage a warmer or of the historic Tarpon Inn. The showcase is a pipe that runs under the highway. Since more intimate fundraiser for the Port Aransas Art Center. Hurricane Harvey, there have been three gators listening room Twelve local songwriters have be invited to in the vicinity of wetlands surrounding the anywhere perform, including Bill Averbvach, Preecher nature preserves, and the Leonabelle Turnbull than the Third Williams, James Derkits, Carol Elliott, Birding Center on Ross Road by the waste water James Derkits, Billy Hamp Brockman & Janet Drew, Guy Le Tweedy and Kevin Shubert Coast. I caught plant. The other two gators, Boots and Stinky, the usual array Roux, Ty Dietz, Garrett Wieland & David are even bigger at fourteen feet. I just happened are the Knotty Pines. of talent on King, Jered Clark, Woodie Lawson, Billy to be at the corner of Gulf and Ave. G when the A.J. Vallejo with Love and Chaos showed my rounds. Ty Snipes and Mike Williams. On the 20th we’ll wrecker truck with the gator strapped to the bed up for a couple of songs at Giggity’s. Dietz was stomping the stage over at Shorty’s, hit the ground running… there’s the Old Town went by. I followed the procession of Mustang blues jumper Mike Milligan played Giggity’s Festival and Parade, Shorty’s Art Fair, Dog Island State Park personnel, emergency city on Friday, and reggae monsters The Chanklas Surfing Contest, Texas Jazz Festival and Todd responders, park officials and a bunch of locals played there on Saturday. At the Chanklas show, Dorn and Houston Marchman. That ought to who just wanted to help… including RC Titus, A.J. Vallejo showed up with his band, Love keep you busy for a while. Be safe out there. who knows no fear and has no filters. I even and Chaos, and took over the stage for a few ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ saw RC chasing after the beast with a long stick songs. The Vallejo brothers are a great funky to get the towel off his head, until somebody rocking band that’s been on the circuit for years. with a badge told him not to. I have no doubt I used to book them at the Lab in SA nearly 20 he would have succeeded. The whole operation years ago. On Tuesday, the good folk over at took about an hour and our resident gator was Trinity by the Sea Episcopal had a party going released back into the wetlands he calls home. It was a happy ending indeed. Note to self: keep my eyes open next time I take a load to the dump or walk around the wetlands…or take RC with me. Zombie microbe found in Waco… Hayes Carll with Mike Meadow on Live Music Just when you knew “flesh eating bacteria” was percussion played the Third Coast Theater last Friday. Cruise Control @ Back waiting for you in Oso Bay, NBC News reports Porch that a surfer from New Jersey recently died from 35th Pig Party w/ Matt Hole, a “brain-eating amoeba” after visiting a surf Tonight Selfie, Magnus @ Shorty’s There was a Sing Along Piano Bar @ resort in Waco with fresh water and artificial ton of music Thursday, October 4 Brewster Street waves. According to the Center for Disease Billy Snipes @ Treasure around the island After Dark Revue @ House Control and Prevention, Naegleria fowleri is a Island last weekend. of Rock microscopic amoeba commonly found in warm Texas Super Chef Promoted as the Parrot Heads Wings Over freshwaters like lakes, rivers, and hot springs Throwdown Series @ “Port Aransas Port A @ Beachtoberfest around the world. It can enter the body through Beachtoberfest Music Festival” Free Beer Band (7-10) @ the nose and can cause an infection that is fatal SCARECROW PEOPLE OCT. 05 Sunday, October 14 by the Chamber Giggity’s. 97% of the time. They noted that having water Mike Williams (brunch), of Commerce Flatbroke @ Rockit’s LARRY JOE TAYLOR OCT. 06 forced up into the sinuses by dunking or diving many of the RICH LOCKHART OCT. 12 Antone & the All Stars @ or falling off a surf board is an important factor. Giggity’s outdoor shows Friday, October 5 CRUISE CONTROL OCT. 13 So if I got this right, they’ve found a zombie Ty Dietz @ Giggity’s were scrambling BACK PORCH PICKERS OCT. 19 Monday, October 15 microbe in Waco that eats human brains. Well Art Barrera @ Treasure with contingency HOUSTON MARCHMAN OCT. 20 34th Songwriter there’s another reason to avoid Waco. This plans in case Island Showcase @ Tarpon has got to be some Russian or Korean germ of rain. But the Red Giant @ Shorty’s Scarecrow People @ Back 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Inn warfare. Why have we not heard of this before? Open Jam w/ Ray Summy weather held Porch I want to know more about this zombie vermin. and it’s my @ Giggity’s Something doesn’t add up here. Spazmatics @ Brewster understanding Street Tuesday, October 16 they sold about Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s Marcia Ball named 2018 Texas State Paul Taylor and Victoria 500 tickets to the Any Colour You Like @ Musician… Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Michael Milligan played shows around House of Rock Texas Super Chef I first want to Giggity’s on Friday night. town. It wasn’t Wednesday, October 17 Throwdown Series @ congratulate Red Giant Oct. 5 Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s Marcia Ball Beachtoberfest on some well Starlite & Moonbeams Oct. 6 Thursday, October 18 Saturday, October 6 Free Beer Band (7-10) @ deserved James Little @ Giggity’s Shayna Sands Oct. 12 Giggity’s accolades Larry Joe Taylor @ Back PIG PARTY! OCT. 13 Falco & the Wolf @ recently. She has Porch Matt Hole & Hot Rod Gang, Rockit’s been named the Samantha Aiken @ Selfie w/JW George, Magnus Authority Zero @ House Marcia Ball named 2018 2018 Texas State Treasure Island ALL DAY ALL NIGHT! of Rock Starlite @ the Moonbeams Texas State Musician. Musician and OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas @ Shorty’s was inducted Friday, October 19 Another Level @ Rockit’s into the 2018 Austin City Limits Hall of Fame 58th Texas Jazz Fest @ The Chanklas played Giggity’s on Testify @ House of Rock along with Ray Charles and Los Lobos. Heritage Park Saturday. Texas Super Chef Chanklas @ Giggity’s Throwdown Series @ Billy Snipes Band @ Beachtoberfest Shorty’s Fab Four @ American Back Porch Pickers @ Back GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Bank Center Porch The Toadies @ Brewster Sunday, October 7 LIVE MUSIC Street LIVE MUSIC Mike Williams (brunch), Free Beer Band Oct. 04 Another Level @ Rockit’s Antone & the All Stars @ EVERY Ty Dietz Oct. 05 Giggity’s Saturday, October 20 NIGHT Steve Martin & Martin James Little Oct. 06 Old Town Fest @ Short @ American Bank Antone & All Stars Oct. 07 Beachtoberfest Center All You Can Eat Open Jam Oct. 08 Shorty’s Art Fair @ Shorty’s Monday, October 8 FRIED Paul & Victoria Oct. 09 Port A Surf Classic w/ Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Expert Computer Repairs FLOUNDER Magnus Oct. 19 Dog Surfing Contest @ @ Giggity’s Everyday 11-7 Beachtoberfest 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX 58th Texas Jazz Fest @ Tuesday, October 9 Heritage Park Paul Taylor and Victoria Old Town Fest @ Port Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Aransas Treasure Island Todd Dorn and the Sea Wednesday, October 10 Drifters @ Giggity’s Magnus @ Giggity’s BILLY SNIPES ON THURS Houston Marchman @ Back Porch Thursday, October 11 Bad Buoys @ Shorty’s Free Beer Band (7-10) @ ART BARRERA ON FRI. Metal Shop @ Brewster Giggity’s Street Falco & the Wolfe @ SAMANTHA AIKEN ON SAT. Splendiferous @ Rockit’s Rockit’s Resinated @ House of 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Sunday, October 21 Rock treasureislandporta 58th Texas Jazz Fest @ Heritage Park Friday, October 12 Mike Williams (brunch), Cody Joe Hodges @ Antone & the All Stars @ Sunset Sounds Giggity’s Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s Beartooth @ Brewster Shayna Sands @ Shorty’s Street Richard Lockhart @ Back Porch Monday, October 22 Little Joe y los Familia @ Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Brewster Street @ Giggity’s Cuberalls @ Rockit’s Parrot Heads Wings Over Tuesday, October 23 Port A @ Beachtoberfest Paul Taylor and Victoria

Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Saturday, October 13 Port A Art Walk @ Wednesday, October 24 Beachtoberfest Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s Lyrical Bynge @ Giggity’s The Gaff Pizza Beer Darts Belt sander Races