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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 June 4, 2020 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around The By the numbers… Island Chance Meeting Leads Island Crowds By Dale Rankin 2019 As we sit here at midweek residents So far in this early summer of our little sandbar are casting a to Opening of Two New season crowds on area beaches wary eye 700 miles southward as have exceeded those of previous Tropical Storm Cristobal slides years as Texans eschew flying across Campeche and heads to destinations for driving ones points north. It looks to be an active Island Businesses and local beaches are high on Hurricane Season so keep the battery By Mary Craft the list. No traffic numbers are supply topped off. A chance encounter at Office Depot yet available for the busy 2020 Island rain gauges marked four two years ago led to the opening of Memorial Day Weekend but to and one-half inches of rain over two new businesses on Padre Island. get an idea of what to expect the weekend which was one of the Contractor Jose Reyes and Island for the upcoming 4th of July biggest rain events we have had since developer Mohsin Rasheed happened 2020 holiday we take a look Hurricane Harvey. When we get Big to meet as Reyes, who owns Custom back at numbers from 2019. The Rain we often get calls here at the Constructing, was printing blueprints. numbers come from the Texas Word Factory asking why something Department of Transportation. "God has his ways,” Jose said, “ Mr. isn’t done to drain Island bar ditches to We will have 2020 Memorial Day Rasheed started asking me if I was keep down the mosquito population. traffic numbers as soon as they in construction and asked for my That is a complicated question. What are available. we see in the bar ditches is actually number and that he would give me a call about the project he was working the top of a fresh water “lake” that July 4 weekend 2019 reaches about forty feet underground on. A lot of guys tell me that so I didn't and is “floating” on top of salty water pay much attention. When he did call 55,000 vehicles crossed the JFK below. That water stays in the ditches I told him I had done many large Causeway on Thursday, July because it has nowhere to go unless projects including some involving 4, according to a traffic count it runs uphill. We’ve all been doing wetlands. He gave my company the done by the local district office the Skeeter Dance around here this project and since then the Rasheeds of the Texas Department of Transportation. week as the first real mosquito attack New Business cont. on A4 Jose Reyes stands on E & J 22 Bar and Grill's patio. Photo by Mary Craft. we’ve had in a while takes hold. For 96 miles The JFK Causeway Islanders who are musically inclined is the gateway to 96 miles of and manage to lose their tuner – or beach leave it out in the rain – remember Island Chef to Island 4th of July 50,000 vehicles per day cross that the mosquito buzz is in the Key the Harbor Bridge of B – as in Bite. For you guitar Compete on players out there just lend your ear Fireworks Show $6000 1025 vehicles on average to the Music of the Spheres and tune Food Network traveled the SPID corridor on the string next to the bottom to the Islander and Padre Island between 7 a.m. buzz of the mosquito and you will be Short of Funds Executive Chef and 8 a.m. during the holiday ready to go with your version of the Gail Huesmann weekend gets her chance Mosquito Blues. The eighth annual Island Blast 4th by including a request for funds in the to compete in the 7334 vehicles on average of July Fireworks Show is currently notices they send out for annual dues. The loneliest golf cart Food Network’s travelled the SPID corridor on $6000 short of the $16,000 needed to Padre Island between 11 a.m. on The Island put the show in the air. “We weren’t sure we would be able Supermarket to have a show this year,” John Stokes Stakeout Tuesday, and 1 p.m. For the last said this week. “We weren’t sure June 9th on the 3000 vehicles per hour on couple of months the city would give us permits, but Food Network. The show is hosted average travelled the SPID this forlorn golf everything is in place now except for by Alex Guarnaschelli and Gail is corridor on Padre Island cart has been the last of the funding.” one of four chefs who square off in between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m living at the corner a competitive pop-up kitchen outside of Whitecap and To contribute send checks to: 26,018 vehicles traveled a grocery store. They are assigned a SPID. The sign along SPID between the base I.F. Blast c/o PIYC Fireworks Fund theme for each round and must size said it was for sale but the flat tires of the JFK Bridge and the up shoppers as they exit the store and said it was simply abandoned and the 14493 S. Padre Island Dr. Commodores/SPID intersection attempt to negotiate for their grocery phone number was mostly illegible. between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Ste A PMB 342 bags. The episode is called Market Every few years a used car lot springs IslandBlast! Meltdown and airs at 9 p.m. Central. 11,823 vehicles traveled up at that spot and stays there until Corpus Christi TX 78418 Fire in the sky on through the Commodores/SPID/ people get tired of looking at it and SH 361 intersection on Friday, start making calls. The adjacent land the Fourth of July July 5 is privately owned but the spot where the vehicles are parked is state right 9990 vehicles traveled through of way. In the past the Padre Isles The show goes up just after sundown the Commodores/SPID/SH 361 Property Owners Association would each year from the west end of intersection on Saturday, July 6 tag it themselves (yellow tag) or call Whitecap Boulevard and is funded 10,732 vehicles, average the PD and they would tag it (green entirely by donations from Islanders. weekly traffic throughout the tag). In this case the PD didn’t wait The show was originated by Islanders year Commodores/SPID/SH for the POA and tagged it themselves. Sharon and Jerry Watkins after 361 intersection So long you of the flat tires we hardly seeing a similar show in South Padre knew ye. Island. This year marks the first year 6587 westbound vehicles per day, average through the SPID/ Beach Parking stickers it is being put on by the Padre Island Yacht Club. John and Millie Stokes Whitecap intersection during are spearheading the effort. holiday weekend 7467 eastbound vehicles per The Padre Isles Property Owners Sargassum arrived on Island beaches this week. Photo courtesy of Jace Association aids in raising the funds day, average through the SPID/ Tunnel and Corpusfishing.com. Whitecap intersection during holiday weekend

The move to enforce the purchase A little Island history 11,656 vehicles through the and use of beach parking stickers Zahn Road/SH 361 intersection has taken on a new urgency in recent on Thursday, July 4 weeks as we have seen holiday- Padre Island and Flour Bluff Then and Now 24,387 vehicles through the sized crowds even in the middle of Vol. 22, No. 5 Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas March 10, 2016 Zahn Road/SH 361 intersection the week during non-holidays times. By Bobbie Kimbrell on Friday, July 5 The city workers that sell them at Planes stand ready and waiting for students and instructors for another flight circa 1941-1942. (File photo) 20,464 weekly average of beach entrances on the Padre end A while back as I was reading the traffic through Zahn Road/SH of The Island have been hit or miss, Island Moon Newspaper, I noticed a 361 intersection in2019 sometimes due to the high tides, but column by the main Moon Monkey, in Port Aransas they mean business Dale Rankin said that about 15,000 1050 vehicle capacity per hour and have put up these attention now live on the island. I said, for right turn lane from SH getting signs. There has been a move “Wow,” I knew that a lot of people 361 onto SPID toward the JFK for several years to raise the price lived on the island because of the Causeway of the annual stickers from $12 to elbow to elbow customersNavy vet at HEB 1400 vehicles used right turn $15 but it takes agreement by the in Flour Bluff, but sharesdidn’t storyrealize lane from SH 361 on SPID City of Corpus Christi, The City of there was that many. – page 3 Sunday, July 6 Port Aransas, and Nueces County I also read that a new grocery store pilots killed in World War II in the was accessible only by boat or down to do that and so far that tri-party Memorial Day 2019 on Padre Island will be in operation Pacific,NASCC and celebrates Rodd Field Road 75 that years the beachof aerial from Port excellence Aransas if the agreement has been a bridge too far. The following information was April 7, 1941: First class of 52 field would reopen for a time as a still use the field to practice touch- 35,237 vehicles across the soon, possibly in September. That exits Waldron Field and goes across passes were closed. Packery Pass garnered from a Corpus Christi cadets begin ground school. NASA tracking station. and-go landings. causeway on Memorial Day Hurricane Season is upon us story reminded me of when I first theCaller Mud Times 50thBridge Anniversary on theMay OSO 5, 1941 : toThe firstRodd training hadJuly 1,little 1941: Basepermanent hospital Sept. type 3, 1941 ferry: Cuddihy thatField special insert. flight takes off from the air station. commissioned. commissioned. (rain) everybody, the crowds of tourists arrived in Flour Bluff in 1944. Field.Naval Air Station Corpus The initial training at the station July 9, 1941: Cabaniss Field Nov. 1, 1941: First class of Christi and the South Texas is in N3N Yellow Peril biplane commissioned.you could Cabaniss drive would aviationacross cadets graduate.at times. Of the 52 coming OTB grow by the day, and There were only two or three paved community will celebrate the trainers. closeThe briefly population in 1948, then reopen of who Padre began training, Island all but sevenwas 6346 vehicles crossed the JFK TheNavy’s 75thnew anniversary Flour at Corpus Bluff June school 7, 1941 :with Rodd Field a as a separate command, which to borrow from George Furth and roads in Flour Bluff, the one going Christi. commissioned. Although it would wouldjust be barelydecommissioned above in zerosee twit75th Anniversary a few Bridge between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. into the NAS, Waldron Road, gymThe followingbuilt isin a “look between back” be closedthe down two after wings the war, the 1958. However, NAS students on page 6 Stephen Sondheim – Merrily We at key events throughout the cowhands living in a ranch house named after one of 75ththe firstAnniv. Navy hadbase’s 75just year history:been built to accommodate 1291 vehicles crossed the JFK Roll Along. Say hello if you see us schedule Mid-1930s: Corpus Christi theis proposed military as the site students.of a new Padre Island Bridge between 8 a.m. - a.m. Around The Island. – page 7 Navy air training base. In 1938, History cont. on A4 the Navy recommends building the base. May 15, 1940: House Naval Affairs committee opens hear- ings on a bill that would provide funding for 12 new Navy bases, including the Corpus Christi air station. The facility in Corpus Christi was planned to be twice as large as any of the other bases. Rep. Lyndon Johnson told the Corpus Christi Caller that the bill for the Corpus Christi base was put on a rush schedule. June 30, 1940: Construction Voting info begins. March 12, 1941: The Naval assistance Air Station at Corpus Christi is – page 8 commissioned, although just 70 percent complete. Student pilots sprint to their waiting aircraft as they prepare to soar during training circa 1942. (File photo) June 4, 2020 Island Moon A 2 Islands Garner Statewide Attention in Texas Highways Magazine

The Island got some statewide attention this when the new edition of Texas Highways Magazine came out. Texas Highways is a monthly magazine put out by the Texas Department of A fisherman casts a line on the South jetties Transportation that features people and places across the state and this week it was our turn. Renee Garland and Shortys' made Texas HIghways Magazine this month. Photo by in Port Aransas. Photos by Kenny Braun Kenny Braun.

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Right next door to Snoopy’s on the Intercoastal. Best waterfront view on the Island. 361-949-7810 June 4, 2020 Island Moon A 3 Moon Monkeys Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the Did Ya Hear? Editor By Mary "Scoop" Craft Business Briefs E&J 22 Bar & Grill at the old Country Store will be opening in August. The custom interior will serve up to 100 people and there will be outdoor seating and TVs scattered throughout. They will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and will have a drive thru for their diverse menu. Learn more about it in the front page story this issue. Fisherman’s Wharf in Port A has started booking six hour offshore fishing on the Wharf Cat this week. The trips are 6:30 am - 12:30 pm Distribution and 2 - 8 pm and the cost is $90 for adults and $45 for children 12 Pete Alsop and under. The Scat Cat is expected to be available soon as well as longer trips. Bait and tackle are supplied and full concessions are Island Delivery available. Coldwell Banker Wharf Cat Advertising Jan Park Rankin Classifieds Correction Arlene Ritley Dear Editor, Production Manager I would like to correct some misinformation from the May 21 edition of the Moon. You Abigail Bair Contributing Writers printed a picture on page A14 that was taken at Island in the Son United Methodist Church. Joey Farah The caption stated that the church members Andy Purvis were helping to gather food for the food bank at Mary Craft Flour Bluff Schools. This is a mission of Island Emily Gaines in the Son church, which was started 8 years Jay Gardner ago with the assistance of a Flour Bluff teacher. Todd Hunter This mission, (Feed the Kids) has nothing to do with Flour Bluff schools or the food bank. Dotson Lewis The purpose of the ministry is to provide Dr. Tom Dorrell supplemental food for those students who may Ronnie Narmour otherwise not eat when school is not in session. Fisherman's Wharf Brent Rourk Anyone that is interested in supporting this Photographers ministry can contact Island in the Son United Real Life Church will begin services again at the Waves Resort on Sunday, June 21st with Miles Merwin (Emeritus) Methodist Church at 361-749-0884. Pastor Micah Davidson. Debbie Noble Karen Poynter Islander and Executive Chef Gail Huesmann gets her chance to compete in the Food Jan Rankin Feed the Kids Coordinator Network’s Supermarket Stakeout Tuesday, June 9th at 9 pm on the Food Network. Four chefs Mary Craft square off to size up shoppers at the exit and negotiate for their grocery bag. Ronnie Narmour From Our Facebook Page Ace Hardware has added more home decor to their store including door mats, large selection of candles, towels, dishes, picture frames and much more. Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) Stuff I heard column: Riley P. Dog Al Spilsbury I lived next door to the golf course, and when Schlitterbahn was being built, the tractors never stopped. Neighbors made several calls to complain about earth moving equipment running until 3 or 4 in the morning. Just saying, just because they are moving dirt, in ain’t necessarily progress. Kevin Reid Digging another ditch doesn’t make a bridge. I’ll believe it when it’s built... light at bridge, Schlitterbahn, Mustang Island development, grocery store, bridge... 11 plus years and nothing but a dollar store was actually Publisher finished... although we are like 50% on some Dale Rankin new things. About the Island Moon Taylor Martinez An article I read the other The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Rankin, Editor / Publisher. day said that the city will give Haas Anderson the green light to start the bridge whenever Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 the canal is 90% (could be wrong on the exact copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, percentage) complete. as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 Ace Hardware copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. Editor’s note: The wording in the agreement News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, calls for work on the bridge to begin when You can get a Favor shopper to purchase up to 25 items from HEB for $10. I tried the app and received my groceries within the hour. All the $10 goes to the driver. You can also use payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. the canal and bulkheads are “substantially complete.” That has, so far at least, been Favor for other stores or restaurants for home delivery. The Island Moon Newspaper interpreted as meaning when work on the canal The last day to register to vote is Monday, June 15th for the runoff election on Tuesday, 14646 Compass, Suite 3 bulkheads is underway. July 14th. Keith Arnold Sounds positive, progress Corpus Christi, TX 78418 The Marker 37 Pollynesian Bar is open with tiki decor and lots of comfortable seating to spawns more progress...Glad to read about the enjoy your frozen drinks. The open air bar has plenty of fans. 361-949-7700 initiatives underway! [email protected] Bob Shirley Nice update! Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper From the Land that Corpus Christi forgot and where projects go to die! I like that part. Joey's Fishing Report: Kelly Ann I love your radio shows! We're still trying to figure out how to fish off the jetties Where to Find The without losing tackle. Congrats to Joey and the C/O 2020! Island Moon Abi's Thunder Dog story: Dawn Rowe Elliott Great Scott!! Sounds like Port North some of what happens in our house... our black lab is 85 pounds of pure chicken too.. Aransas Padre Gulf Stream RV Steve N Carrie Davies I need a nap just All Stripes Stores reading about it! Stadler needs therapy. She Pioneer RV Black Sheep/ needs to face her fear! Stripes on 1A Barrel Pamela Hnatiw McCourt Our Lab hated My Coastal Home storms. He heard thunder before anyone else CVS and he couldn’t get close enough to you. Great WB Liquor Store Dollar General hunting dog and gun shots didn’t bother him. Marker 37 Polyneisan Bar Island Wine Room Whataburger Ada Beiter Go to U tube and look up music for Da Beer Shack in Flour Bluff has closed. Kody’s dogs during thunderstorms. It helped my dog. Doc’s Restaurant I gauge how many tourists we have on the Island by how many golf carts are at the Joyride Coffee Waves Jacki Jackson CBD oil for dogs before a lot on Whitecap. The past weekends it has been none. Snoopy’s Pier storm hits will help some Moby Dicks And speaking of tourists, can someone explain to me why they schlep their cooler, boogie Isle Mail N More Marta Garcia Maldonado Ditto here. Our 87 IGA board, chairs, towels and toddlers down Access Road 3A instead of driving to the beach? Island Italian pound German Shepard Riley totally freaks out Treasure Island as well. He sleeps in our stand in shower. That Brooklyn Pie Co. is if I don’t lock I’m up in his crate. Although, Ms. Woody’s Ace Hardware one night he did a Houdini move and made it to Automotive our bedside! Texas Star (Shell) Port A Glass Studio I can’t figure out why he freaks out. San Juan’s Restaurant Jesse’s Liquor Wash Tub Scuttlebutt’s Woody’s Sports Restaurant Center Subway Back Porch Bar Island Tire Shorty’s Place Padre Pizzeria Fisherman’s Wharf And all Moon Giggity’s retail advertisers Gratitude WB Liquor Light up e Sky  e 4 of July! The Gaff Trinity By the Sea Flour Bluff Island Blast Episcopal Fireworks Display H.E.B. tax-deductible donations are Whataburger on still being accepted. If you’d like to help, please mail checks to Island Blast Waldron 14493 Suite A PMB 342 | Corpus Christi, TX 78418 You can also donate online through the island blast Ethyl Everly facebook page. Senior Center Fire Station Police Station Send Letters and Photos to Stripes on Flour Bluff & SPID [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper June 4, 2020 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Runoff Election Padre Island in the Year 1766 on the edge of Packery Pass. The cattle on the island were herded across Laguna Madre and July 14 Although Spaniards had visited Padre Island we arrived on the Island. The said Island has no came ashore about where Yorktown Boulevard before 1766, Diego Ortíz Parrilla's inspection palisade timbers of its own other than two small abuts Laguna Shores Road, loaded onto cattle Last day to register of the island in that year was one of the first patches of laurel and elders, but to the eastern cars and headed north with som e of the them detailed reconnaissances. His report is one of beach the sea waters bring all kinds of timbers, going to the Fort Worth stockyards. June 15 the first accounts, if not the first, of the island and among them some topmasts, yards, blocks, that has survived. A transcript of the document and others belonging to the masts of all sizes E.J. Wranosky was the superintendent when The runoff election in both the Republican is located in the University of Texas Archives of ships. We saw that on the beach of the said I graduated at age sixteen. We nicknamed him and Democrat parties is Tuesday, July 14, among the Dunn Transcripts. Mr. Ricardo Island were some broken canoes, one broken “Rhino.” He was one of the greatest educator of with Early Voting starting June 29 and running Torres-Reyes of the Office of History and down Bongo, part of a ship that had a capacity that era, having built the small school into one through July 10. Historic Architecture, National Park Service, for ten or sixteen canons, and which we set on of the biggest and highest rated schools in the provided the following translation. Lone Star State of Texas., later forming the first The last day to register to vote in either of the fire, but from the whole Island we did not see bank in Flour Bluff. runoffs in June 15 and the last day to apply for Year of 1767 any ship sailing out, nor anchored. We found a Ballot by Mail is Thursday, July 2. Request an out that the only pasture grown in the Island Most of Flour Bluff was made up of workers application by email or phone at votebymail@ Deposition of the writs and inquiries made were red grass, and three-spined stickleback, at the NAS, a few ranchers, and truck vegetable nuecesco.com or (361) 888-0865. by Col. Don Diego Ortíz Parrilla about the that only by necessity was eaten by the horses. farmers and commercial fishermen. Sports conditions of the Malaquittas Island, commonly The said Island has no quarry nor loose stone. fisherman were as scarce as hen’s teeth but there If you voted in the Primary Election you known as Isla Blanca. may only vote in the same party in the Runoff We cannot tell the number of huts that exist nor were a few who fished in the Humble Channel Decree: Real de Santa Petronila, September the number of persons who live in them because that ended about one mile north of Pita Island. Election. If you did not vote in the Primary Election you may vote in either party’s Runoff twenty two of the year one thousand seven the huts found were depopulated. Land cannot It was the time before outboard motors were Election. hundred and sixty six. The ensigns Don be seen from the eastern part of the Island, nor dependable enough for safe voyages down the Joseph Antonio de la Garza and Don Eugenio sand banks but those found on border of the lagoon. With the dredging of the Intracoastal New Business cont. from A1 Fernández and the Padro Matheo Martínez Island. This Island is fifty five leagues long Canal in about 1948 and building of the JFK certify as follows everything performed and more or less, and from its end to the Rio Grande, Causeway soon after, Flour Bluff started have opened up their hearts to us and treat us observed from the thirteenth of the present J. Mathes Martínez certifies that there are two booming with new businesses and homes like family.” month when they began the reconnaissance leagues more or less. From this end of the said of the Island of San Carlos of the Malaquittas island of San Carlos of the Malaquitta to the port popping up everywhere. It seemed like just As a result of that chance meeting Jose is overnight the sandy roads turned into paved roads until last night when they arrived in this camp, of Vera Cruz there is found only the so called opening E&J 22 Bar & Grill at the newly carrying out with clarity and precision all the Island of Lobos, and the Blanzuilla; the others and you could drive all over The Bluff without refurbished site of the long-gone Country bogging down in the dry sand. A lot of cars got instructions and advice issued in the written are some bars or sand banks which appear and Store on SPID and his wife is opening Celsita's orders they received. disappear some times, according to the seasons. stuck on Laguna Shores Road at Mediterranean Restaurant inside the Balli Center where Mr. Drive because that was the highest driest spot I have practical knowledge of these waters Rasheed is building the new IGA grocery store. Don Diego Ortíz Parrilla because I have sailed them for a long time in the on the road. Just a few years later Mr. Preston Celsita’s will feature authentic Mexican food. and Mr. Murphy put in automobile repair Report: schooner of Col. Joseph Escandon. Following his orders I left the Port of Santander in the year shops in The Bluff and Murphy’s daughter’s “We traveled through different parts of Mexico Colonel and Commandant of this expedition: husband, Dr. Hughes put in a medical office. to get ideas for dishes," Jose said. of sixty four to reconnoiter the mouth of the Rio Sherm Hawley, the former Superintendent of Carrying out the above mentioned orders, we Grande. By that reconnaissance and the one Flour Bluff schools opened up a drug store the ensigns Don Joseph Antonio de la Garza, now completed I assure that from the mouth of on NAS Drive and also a laundromat. Hawley Don Eugenio Fernández, and the Patro Matheo the Nueces River to the Rio Grande, which are later became Justice of the Peace in Flour Martínez certify, and if necessary swear, that more or less seventy leagues distant from each Bluff. Jewel Ross became Constable and also having departed the thirteenth of this month other, there is no other Island than that of Lobos had a liquor store on Waldron Road. He did a to reconnoiter the Island of San Carlos de los and the other that your Lordship has seen and good job of slowing down speeders like me in Malaquittas, with twenty four soldiers and nine that is situated in the same direction and with my younger days, after I had drank a beer of Indians from the missions of Rio Grande, and which the port is formed. Having requested the two. Hayley’s daughter Nancy got two or three with instructions dated the same date, declare: Indians Miguel el Nuso, and Jacabo to show us Masters Degrees in college and married Deputy that having gone to the said Island of San Carlos the place where the vessels anchored, the first Sheriff Manson and taught school in Flour we found that the water of the Island on the one said that vessels passed by along the whole Bluff. A few of the Flour Bluff students became western part is one vara deep in some places, front of the Island and anchored and some of movie stars and others excelled in different and half a vara in others, with places as shallow them sent persons in boats and canoes to speak professions. as the length of four fingers more or less, on with the Indians, the second Indian said the the east the water has in some places a depth of same, but these waters could not be sounded Walter McCoy, “P-40” joined the Navy and from one fourth of a vara to a vara and a half at because the boats we found were useless. We became an electronic engineer and married a distance of fifty steps towards the sea. We saw came back to this camp the same way we went the Vice-President of Berkley College in clearly that at one fourth of a league distant from out because we did not find on the mainland a California. Sidney Vannoy made most of the the center of the Island the water is somewhat passage for horses and due to the obstructions of commercial fishing skiffs used in the Laguna deeper since the sea beats the sand banks along the lagoons. No vessels were found grounded, Madre as was also the shop teacher in Flour the whole front of the Island. The port located nor anchored. From the shore of Corpus Christi Bluff schools. Benny Kocurik opened the first at the northeast of the said Island some days to the point where the said Island begins there ever restaurant on Padre Island and his wife must be more or less a distance of two leagues. Betty Boyd gave Whataburger its name. Benny Having answered all the questions, and not also had commercial fish markets on Laguna having any other information to offer, we feel Shores Road in Flour Bluff. Betty inherited we have complied with what was ordered, her parents’ estate in in Austin and retired a and therefore we sign it on the Camp of Santo millionaire. Petronila on September twenty four of one Traffic is heavy on Padre Island and Flour thousand seven hundred and sixty six. Bluff and SPID is like a speedway in rush hour. Eugenio Fernández, On the weekend the Intracoastal Canal is so heavy with boat traffic it’s just like a freeway Joseph Antonio de la Garza Falcon in the city. There are plenty of character boat Matheo Martínez captains in the Lagoon who can have armatures catching trout and redfish on the first trip, some Advise: of them trophy size. Most Excellent Master: The Island Moon Newspaper has interesting Though I have informed Your Excellency stories about what is going on around the Island on April twenty four of this year, about all as was as historical stories about the Gulf Coast the affairs of the Island of the Malaquittas, and Padre Island. commonly known as Isla Blanca, following I commercial fished for about 50 years, retiring instructions and commission from the most in 1999 at age 69. My town is Clarksville in Excellent Master Viceroy Marques de Craillas, When Rasheed bought the old Country Store East Texas and with the exception of two years enclosing exact maps of the said Island, and he asked Jose to have his men gut the place. in the Army during the Korean War I have lived that of the Culebras, and coast of the mainland in Flour Bluff for about 75 years. I feel as if I "I looked around the property and thought from the mouth of the Rio Grande, situated at was born and bred in Flour Bluff because I was that it was a great place to open up a business, has enough water, but most of the time it has twenty four degrees, and forty minutes, to the mostly redfish fed. I quit the suds about 28 years Jose said. “My partner Eric Hanner has a lot so little water that only very small boats could Bay of San Bernardo that is situated twenty ago but still keep a few beers in the icebox in of experience managing high-end restaurants enter; sand banks are formed in the center of the nine degrees and twenty minutes I also put in case a friend comes by. including Water Street Oyster Bar downtown, port and the water moves them from one part of the hands of Your Excellency a memorandum and we decided to lease this 3500 square foot the mouth of the port to another. The same thing book with the legal papers that I received about space. We will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner happens to the port located at the southeast of the Island of Culebra. It has seemed to be proper with all types of food. On Sundays we will do the said Island, and which is formed by the for the certification of my stated information different specials on the outside grill area like end of the Island and some dunes; although it about Isla Blanca, or of the Malaquittas, to brisket or a crawfish boil. Eric is currently has no sand banks, it has much less water at its accompany this with a paper signed by two working on different recipes for the restaurant." entrance than at the other port. We found out officers, and an experienced sailor who went that the width of the said island is one league with me to reconnoiter the said territories; For décor Jose put his imagination to work and more or less in most of it, in other parts three these documents, and my special intelligence made old things new again. fourths of a league, and where it ends it is a included in the account prepared the said April "There were about one thousand leftover little less than one fourth of a league wide. We four, can supersede all other news that have wooden pallets from the IGA construction so found out that the said Island has no permanent reached the Courts of Spain and France. June I decided to use them for the outdoor walls running spring, but only some small ponds twenty one, one thousand seven hundred and and inside bar, he said. “I started working in a formed when it rains and they do not last long; sixty seven. Egret with crab cabinet shop when I was 18 so I have had years in the old hamlets that were found the Indians Diego Ortíz Parrilla of experience with woodwork. We are custom obtained the water from some small holes that making the tables and chairs for the interior they make, and that is what we did the first day Most Excellent Master Maques de Croix which will be gray and black. I plan on making Send letters and photos to the ladies restroom very elegant. The outdoor patio will have tables and an ice trough from the Life's a Beach [email protected] Gators Bar that was torn down to add character Facebook: The Island to our patio." There will be soft music inside and depending Moon Newspaper on how things go Jose would like to build a music venue in the large area beyond the back patio. There is a path leading to that area where Now available online at you can drive a golf cart to get to the restaurant. islandmoon.com E&Js will open in August, and it all started with a chance meeting at a copy machine in Office Depot.

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Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier June 4 - June 11 Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon It was a busy week around here, here’s some of sound and this lady could have used his help. /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible what was going on… There have been three large sharks caught this Th 4 High 4:23 AM 1.9 6:33 AM Set 5:36 AM 94 week as the females come into Nearshore water Shark fishing to give birth and that is apparently what this 4 Low 8:30 PM -0.5 8:22 PM Rise 7:26 PM I can’t think of many things in the world I know hammerhead was doing when she was hooked. F 5 High 5:29 AM 2.0 6:33 AM Set 6:24 AM 98 less about than shark fishing. But this picture When she washed back up on the beach a necropsy was done and that is when these pups 5 Low 9:15 PM -0.7 8:22 PM Rise 8:33 PM has been living in my head since someone sent it to me last week. It made me sick when I saw it were found. Sa 6 High 6:31 AM 2.1 6:33 AM Set 7:16 AM 99 and it still does every time I think of it. I’m not running photos of the shark fishermen 6 Low 10:01 PM -0.7 8:23 PM Rise 9:37 PM What you are looking at are about forty here and I’m not trying to make anyone look Su 7 High 7:29 AM 2.0 6:33 AM Set 8:13 AM 98 dead pups taken from a thirteen-foot-ten- bad, I just thought that this photo needed to be inch hammerhead shark caught south of Bob seen by as many people as possible. I’m told 7 Low 10:49 PM -0.6 8:23 PM Rise 10:35 PM Hall Pier about two weeks ago. To their credit by people that know about such things that in M 8 High 8:24 AM 1.9 6:33 AM Set 9:12 AM 95 the fishermen who caught it tried their best to the old days big sharks around the jetties were called Swivel Mouths because when they were 8 Low 11:36 PM -0.5 8:23 PM Rise 11:27 PM release it alive and thought they did but people who know about such things say hammerheads hooked they would just break the line and keep Tu 9 High 9:12 AM 1.8 6:33 AM Set 10:11 AM 89 are known for fighting to the death when going, but improvements to fishing line now 9 8:24 PM hooked. They can swim away and look fine allow the sharks to be landed. After seeing but later wash up on the beach and that’s what this photograph I have a new and heightened W 10 Low 12:23 AM -0.3 6:33 AM Rise 12:12 AM 81 happened here. appreciation for the good people who work 10 High 9:49 AM 1.6 8:24 PM Set 11:09 AM hard to tag and release big sharks to track their movement. Seeing this is heartbreaking. Th 11 Low 1:11 AM -0.1 6:33 AM Rise 12:52 AM 73 11 High 10:13 AM 1.5 8:25 PM Set 12:06 PM Hey, where’s my stuff?! Reports came this week of a lady doing laundry at the Island laundromat who put her clothes in the drier and left to run an errand. In fact, it was five dryers and when she returned they were all empty, she had been clothsnapped! I can only imagine the thought process of a clothes thief; “I’ve been waiting all my life for this!” Or maybe they just got mixed up and emptied the wrong dryers, who knows what dark secrets lurk in the heart of a clothsnapper? There was some good news when the word got out about what had happened Islanders chipped in to donate bedding and other items to replace the ones stolen. So if you see a homeless guy walking down SPID in a lady’s dress call the PD. Suntan trouble If you check the Police Blotter in this issue you will notice that we highlighted trouble that has been brewing over on Suntan for several months. A house over there is being rented on a short-term basis and has become the source of regular trouble. A gang from Beeville was involved in a shooting there sometime back and there are police calls there on a regular basis. Island Obituary Currently there is no way to hold property owners in the City of Corpus Christi responsible when their short-term tenants cause enough trouble that neighbors summon the police because the city does not have an ordinance regulating short-term rental properties. One has Hammerhead pups been in the works since late 2019 but has not yet made its way to the council for consideration. In The late legendary Captain Billy Sandifer most cities around the state property owners can was said to be able to talk them into wanting be fined for problems at their rental property – to keep going and send them back out safe and up to $1000 per incident in some cases – but without an ordinance the folks on Suntan are on their own.

"Blender Bob" Seaman Our beautiful Island lost a dear friend and longtime Island legend when "Blender Bob" Seamen passed away on May 24, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. "Blender", as many of Lizzy found a turtle in the Island Moon parking lot. us called him was a lover of life, with an infectious smile and personality. Bob was known for the blender he had on his boat which he would always take out to the Ski Basin. Once out at the Ski Basin "Blender" would whip up some delicious, ice cold margaritas and hand them out to thirsty folks. This happened nearly every weekend for years. Bernie's Beach House was stacked up on With Bob there were no strangers, and after a few drinks he Friday. Photo by Ronnie Narmour. would get down to storytelling. "Blender Bob" always had the best stories, ones that made you laugh out loud and say "that can't possibly be true", but they actually were his real $2.49 life stories. To say that "Blender Bob" lived life to the fullest would be Chicken an under statement -he lived, laughed and loved. Anyone that had the pleasure of knowing Bob knew that his heart was Slingers as big as his stories. "Blender" was a true friend to all and The NEW Chicken Slingers would give you the shirt off his back, if you needed it. They with 100% All White Meat Fred and Uncle Billy under sail. broke the mold with this man and larger-than-life legend, Chicken have all the flavors and I'm sure there will never be another one quite like him. you crave! So if you are out at the Ski Basin or sitting on your deck, be sure to lift a glass and make a toast to honor our Island Icon "Blender Bob"! Rest in Peace our dear friend, and know that your stories will live on forever! Love your family and Island friends.

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By Dotson Lewis By Chef Vita Jarrin Special to the Island Moon

Dotson’s Note: According Midway, triggering a disastrous naval battle that Spice up your grilling talents, by adding 1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes, optional cost them four carriers and shifted the balance a little Asian flare to your grilling mastery. to materials recently brought to light, the raid 2 tbsp. cornstarch obliterated 112 buildings and damaged 53, of power in the Pacific in favor of the United Just a few Asian sauces and spices can add killing 87 men, women, and children. Among States. a delicious finish to any protein. Soy sauce, 2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley leaves sesame oil, ginger, and garlic are just a few 151 civilians seriously injured, one was a But the raiders’ choice of haven revealed 2tbsp. minced cilantro woman shot through the face and thigh while of the staples to have on hand this summer to coastal China as another dangerous gap in the elevate your Asian grilling techniques. 1 tbsp. sesame seeds gathering shellfish near Nagoya. At least 311 empire’s defense. Japan had many troops in others suffered minor injuries. Thanks to Robert These ingredients are readily available at Directions: Bourgeois, Charles Meeus, Takehiko Shibata most grocery stores and can be used again and Katsuhiro Hara, Father Wendelin Dunker and again, on fish, poultry, beef, pork and lots Season ribs with salt & pepper, granulated and Bishop William Charles Quinn .for many of & lots of stir fried veggie options. Once you garlic and dredge in flour. In a skillet, add oil the facts contained in this report and to the US marinate you can grill, bake, or braise just and sear meat. Put seared meat on a paper Air Force, US Navy and my Japanese friends for about anything and transport your guests with towel lined dish. the photos. just a sprinkle, a pour and a dash. In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce, In Tokyo, the raiders burned the This week, I wanted you to explore with beef beef broth, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame Communication Ministry transformer station, riblets and beef short ribs. They are often over oil and red pepper flakes, if using. as well as more than 50 buildings around the looked and lose their spot to pork ribs. But it’s If you wish to grill riblets, I suggest you Asahi Electrical Manufacturing Corporation no secret… we love grilling beef in Texas… place them in a ziplock bag and let marinate factory and 13 adjoining the national Hemp and so here is a yummy option for you to try. for a minimum of 4 hours and then grill. If Dressing Company. In Kanagawa Prefecture, Doolite raid map of Japan. ½ c all purpose flour for dusting short ribs you want fall off the bone, you can continue to just south of Tokyo, raiders targeted foundries, cook them in a 325-degree oven, covered for 2 factories, and warehouses of the Japanese Steel China. Within weeks, the imperial General 4 lbs. bone-in beef short ribs or thinly sliced hours. If using a slow cooker, place short ribs Corporation and Showa Electric as well as Headquarters sent the main force of the 13th cross cut beef ribs into a 6-qt cooker. Stir in soy sauce mixture the Yokosuka Naval Base. Robert Bourgeois, Army and elements of the 11th Army and the kosher salt & pepper to taste until well combined. bombardier of the 13th plane, which attacked north China area army, a total force numbered Yokosuka, later commented on the intensity of 53 infantry battalions and as many as 16 artillery granulated garlic to taste If using a pressure cooker, carefully release the pressure, according to instructions. his preparation. “I had looked at the pictures battalions, which were assigned to destroy the 1/2 c low sodium soy sauce on board the carrier so much that I knew where airfields the Americans had hoped to use in the Serve immediately, garnished with parsley 1/2 c low sodium beef broth every shop was located at this naval base,” he provinces of Chekiang and Kiangsi. “Airfields, and sesame seeds, if desired. recalled. “It was as if it were my own backyard.” military installations, and important lines of 1/4 c dark brown sugar, packed communication will be totally destroyed,” the Tip of the week: 3 cloves garlic, minced order read. The unwritten command was to The options are endless. ;) The Important make the Chinese pay dearly for their part in 1 tbsp. freshly grated ginger thing is to have fun, try new things and Enjoy! the empire’s humiliation. 1 tbsp. sesame oil Details of the destruction emerged from records on file at Chicago’s DePaul University. Father Wendelin Dunker, a priest based in the village of Ihwang, fled the Japanese advance along with other clergy, teachers, and orphans under the church’s care, hiding in the mountains. He returned to find packs of dogs feasting on the dead. “What a scene of destruction and smells Doolittle and some of his Crew met us as we entered the city!” he wrote. In Saitama Prefecture, to the north, The Japanese returned to Ihwang, forcing bombardiers blasted Japan Diesel Corporation Dunker out again. Troops torched the town. Manufacturing. At Nagoya, a massive Toho “They shot any man, woman, child, cow, hog, Gas Company storage tank burned completely. or just about anything that moved,” Bombs there also damaged a Mitsubishi Heavy industries aircraft factory. Six wards of the Ihwang’s destruction proved typical. Bishop army hospital went up in flames, along with a William Charles Quinn, a California native, food warehouse and army arsenal. returned to Yukiang to find little more than rubble. “As many of the townspeople as the The Japanese logged the results of the war’s first Japanese had been able to capture had been raid on their homeland in minute detail, records killed,” he said. One of the worst hit was the that largely survived the 1945 bombardment of walled city of Nancheng. Before leaving, troops Tokyo and the deliberate destruction of records looted hospitals, wrecked utilities, and torched that preceded Japan’s surrender. Pilot Edgar the city. In Linchwan troops tossed families Mcelroy’s attack on the Yokosuka Naval Base down wells. Soldiers in Sanmen sliced off noses ripped a 26-by-50-foot hole in submarine tender and ears. Taigei’s port side, delaying its conversion to an aircraft carrier for four months. One of pilot The Japanese were harshest on those who Harold Watson’s 500-pound demolition bombs helped the raiders, as revealed in the diary of the penetrated a warehouse filled with gasoline, Reverend Charles Meeus. In Nancheng, men heavy oil, and volatile methyl chloride, only to had fed the Americans. The Japanese forced bounce into the neighboring wooden building these Chinese to eat feces, then herded a group before exploding. Bombs left craters 10 feet chest-to-back 10 deep for a “bullet contest,” deep and 30 feet across. A dud ripped through a to see how many bodies a slug pierced before house to bury itself in the clay beneath, forcing stopping. In Ihwang, Ma Eng-lin had welcomed the military to set a 650-foot perimeter to injured pilot Harold Watson into his home. excavate the projectile. Soldiers wrapped Ma Eng-lin in a blanket, tied him to a chair and soaked him in kerosene, then As Doolittle anticipated, the attack burned forced his wife to set her husband afire. residences from Tokyo to Kobe. In 2003 Japanese historians revealed that pilot Travis * March 30, 2015: Retired Lt. Col. Robert Hite, Hoover alone destroyed 52 homes and damaged one of the famed World War II Doolittle Tokyo 14. One bomb blew a woman from the second Raiders, died. He was 95 and had Alzheimer’s floor of her house to land unhurt in the street disease. Hite, the co-pilot of the 16th bomber, atop a mat. In the same neighborhood 10 was among the Japanese captives and was civilians died, some burning to death in imprisoned for 40 months, much of that time in collapsing houses. Pilots Hoover, Robert Gray, solitary confinement. David Jones, and Richard Joyce accounted for Dotson’s Other Note: Mr. Furakawa, who Graduation in Port A in the time of COVID-19. Photo by Ronnie Narmour. 75 of the 87 fatalities. Jones’s attack claimed 27 lived in Kobe, Mr. Kubata, who lived in Chiba lives. (Kanagawa) and Miss Hideko Aoyama, who Gray strafed what he thought was a factory, lived in Nagoya, shared with me eye witness complete with a rooftop air defense surveillance accounts of the Doolittle raid. Also while on tower. But it was Mizumoto Primary School, a trip to Japan in the 1980’s I met and talked where students, attended half-day classes on to a former officer of the Japanese Army, who Saturdays. After school let out at 11 a.m., many was in China near where some of Doolittle’s students had stayed to help clean classrooms; Raiders crash landed, who verified many of the one died in the strafing attack. At Waseda facts in the foregoing report. I have decided that Middle School, one of Doolittle’s incendiaries you Moon Monkeys have had about as much killed fourth-grader Shigeru Kojima. Children’s Doolittle Raid information as you can tolerate. deaths became a rallying point. A Japanese There will not be a Part III…if you would like sergeant later captured by allied forces described to discuss the Raid further, call me and we will the furor that erupted from the raid. “One father get together over and few adult beverages (I’m wrote to a leading daily telling of the killing of Buying). his child in the bombing of the primary school,” Thanks for reading and commenting on the his interrogation report stated. “He deplored articles in The Island Moon. Contact me at the dastardly act and avowed his intention of [email protected] or call/text: 530-748-8475. avenging the child’s death by joining the army and dying a glorious death.” Please note: The Weekly Veterans Round Table Meetings are now on Zoom on Tuesdays All 16 U.S. crews made it out of Japan. Low 9-11a.m., if you would like to join us, please on fuel, one pilot flew northwest across the call, text or Email me. When the meetings are Japanese mainland to Vladivostok, Russia, resumed at Del Mar College, all veterans, their where authorities interned him and his crew families and anyone interested in veterans’ for 13 months. The rest flew south along activities, are invited. The Veterans Radio Island gardens became Island water gardens this week. Photo by Ronnie Narmour the Japanese coast, rounding Kyushu before Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, crossing the East China Sea to mainland Asia. 8 – 10 a.m., Saturdays. 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My employees spend Hook, Line, and Sinker Wildlife Management Area. discipline to turn off or limit the use of their a lot of time on mobile While patrolling Lake Lewisville, two Denton communication devices and e-mail that do devices. Employers will probably need to Ya Snooze Ya Lose set policies regarding employee use of those County game wardens responded to a call of not seem to help their productivity. Are those an assault to find that a bank fisherman had While patrolling around Lake Somerville, devices really productive? devices. Consider limiting use to business purposes only during work hours except for flung his lure towards a boat, hooking a female a Washington County game warden noticed A. Worker productivity growth in the US emergencies. occupant in her right hand. As the woman pulled a vehicle parked in the road with its flashers as measured by output per worker per hour the hook loose, she lost her phone. Charges are on. When the warden approached the vehicle, has been poor since mobile communication Define the specific business purposes. pending. he noticed that the subject inside had fallen Nobody knows how much time workers asleep. Upon waking the person, the warden devices and e-mail became popular. Mobile Float On devices include smart phones and tablets. A spend chatting with friends or family, playing asked him to step out of the vehicle, revealing Harvard Business Review survey indicated games, or keeping up with the news. Each As a Bell County game warden was wrapping a meth pipe in plain view. The subject was then workers receive and send an average of 121 business's need for communication will be up his day, he responded to a call on Belton detained, and a search was performed on the e-mails each workday and spend 45 percent different considering the type business and Lake in regard to a capsized kayak with a vehicle. The search turned up almost 6 grams of their workday doing it. It is unknown job duties. female occupant who was unable to get back of suspected meth, tablets of suspected Xanax how much more time they spend on mobile Employers may want to consider setting in and continued to cling to the boat as she and marijuana, along with multiple forms devices doing things other than e-mail. time limits for each employee for an average drifted farther from the shoreline. The warden of paraphernalia. The subject was taken into arrived to meet the local fire department as they custody and multiple citations were issued. Before e-mail and mobile devices became workday. Mobile device APPs and computer were transporting one male and one female, popular the average worker spent about 10 APPs can monitor the time spent and give the Ghosted still wearing the personal floatation devices percent of their workday communicating. employee feedback so that they can better (PFDs), and kayaks back to shore. The male Lake Belton is known as a great spot for jugline E-mail and mobile devices no doubt help manage their time and alarm when the time subject made the comment to EMS that he had fishing. However, this can sometimes cause productivity to a degree but when workers is used up. always been made fun of for wearing his PFD problems with “ghost fishing”, killing fish spend more than 45 percent of their workday For some employers or individual employees, while kayaking but noted that wearing them and littering in the lake. A Bell County game it is questionable whether that is productive. it may be desirable to establish periods during undoubtedly saved two lives that evening. warden cleaned up over 40 improperly marked The potential time savings is as much as 35 the day when they shut down their devices or derelict juglines along the north end of the percent which could be a tremendous boost and focus on work. E-mail services have "out You Must be This Tall to Drive lake. Unfortunately, there were many juglines to productivity. of the office" notices and smart phones have Denton County game wardens patrolling Lake that the warden had to leave behind as his boat voice mail. We humans are social beings. We want Lewisville noticed a boat with an adult male couldn’t store any more. As a result of his clean- to belong to a group, be accepted and Studies have shown that e-mail and phone driving and a child as his passenger. Minutes up effort, one 20” and one 16” blue catfish were appreciated and communicate with the group. call interruptions are a major interference later, they noticed the same boat entering a local returned to the lake. Multiple citations were We are curious about what others are doing. with worker productivity. The more complex marina but with the child operating the boat. issued to all individuals identified with illegal We want to be continuously in the loop and the work the greater the interference. One Upon conducting a water safety inspection and juglines. More patrols will be scheduled to pick know what is going on. We are genetically study indicated computer programmers lost discussing a malfunctioning navigational light up remaining equipment and citations will be wired that way. 10 minutes of productive work for each with the adult, one of the wardens noticed the issued. Today's electronic communication makes interruption. smell of alcohol and numerous cues that he was Wait Until Your Mother Hears About impaired. Since the adult had just been observed it so easy; we are over doing it. We are Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE which This! rapidly becoming victims of electronic provides free help, consulting and mentoring operating the boat only a few minutes earlier, he communication technology rather than users. to small businesses and nonprofits was arrested for Boating While Intoxicated. A McLennan County game warden contacted a subject that had been identified through a The providers are more and more in control A Sinking Feeling with things like mobile alerts and users are Facebook post sent to him by a Colorado game less and less in control. While patrolling along the Trinity River, warden. The post was made in December of a Houston County game warden saw some 2019 but then quickly deleted. In the post the unusual tire marks near the riverbank. A month subject admitting to shooting ducks over the later, he was notified that local authorities had limit and wounding several more. The same spotted a partially submerged vehicle in the river individual had been cited earlier in 2020 for where he had previously spotted the tire marks. duck hunting a week early. The subject was Remember When Leon County game wardens then responded by eventually located after contacting his mother. boat in order to assist with the truck’s recovery. When the game warden presented the subject After further inspection, the truck was found to with the Facebook post, he confessed to The 2010 Hurricane Season be stolen out of Brazos County a month prior. shooting four red heads and two mallards over The investigation is still ongoing. the limit the day the post was made. He then The 2010 Hurricane Season which kicked off ten years ago this week was the beginning a confessed to there being a second individual three years of active hurricane seasons. Watts up with that? with him that day that shot two mallards and The 2010 season tied the 1887, 1995, 2011, and 2012 seasons for the third-most active A Houston and a Trinity County game warden three Wigeons over his limit. Contact was made Atlantic hurricane season on record, with 19 tropical storms, only behind the 1933 and the patrolled the Trinity River for fishing violations with the second subject and he also complied, 2005 seasons. when they approached a man in a boat who giving a full confession. Both claimed they appeared to have casually thrown something read the Outdoor Annual incorrectly. Citations The hyperactive season featured 12 hurricanes, tied with 1969 for the second highest into the water upon seeing them. Wardens were issued and restitution was assigned. total. Only the quintessential 2005 season saw more activity. Despite the high number of contacted the boat and asked the man what he Ditch and Pitch hurricanes, not one hurricane hit the United States making the season the only season with threw. He denied having thrown anything into 10 or more hurricanes without a United States landfall. the water but one of the wardens recognized A Burleson County game warden was But in early June, before Hurricane Alex hit the Mexican Coast, an unnamed storm blew him from years ago when he had been caught dispatched to a call of a man walking down a across The Island doing damage and foretelling what was to come. shocking fish. The man eventually said that he road yelling for help. More information then threw a small fish back into the water, but it came in regarding a single rollover accident was later determined by wardens to be wires. near the same location. The game warden was Wardens located a shocker still running inside the first on scene and discovered a vehicle in the a battery box. While one of the wardens was roadway with its front smashed in. Witnesses attempting to open the battery box, the man still on scene with the vehicle said that the said that if the box was that hard to get into, the driver left on foot. Another vehicle was found shocker probably wasn’t in there. Several cases in the ditch nearby with the driver still inside. have been filed and evidence was seized. The game warden dispatched medics to the area. Once backup arrived, the warden drove Don’t Bother Knockin’ the immediate area searching for the man who An Orange County game warden received fled the scene. A man fitting the description a call from a Bridge City resident who had was located at a nearby gas station. The man’s discovered a large alligator on their front porch. story didn’t make sense, but he did admit to At this point, there was no time to refer the drinking that night. The man had seatbelt burns resident to an animal control technician, so the on his stomach and chest. The witnesses to warden responded himself. When he arrived, the accident were brought over for a drive-by he discovered that the home was located next ID and confirmed he was the individual they to a drainage ditch that connected to a nearby had seen leaving the scene. The incident was marsh. The resident’s fence had been damaged handed over to DPS and charges are pending. during a recent thunderstorm, allowing the

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By Dotson Lewis NFL Divides Up Leadership Roles in the By Andy Purvis Dotson’s Note: Many of Officiating Department Henry David Thoreau once said, “It’s not what From 1951 to 1953, Pepper you Moon Monkeys are you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” In the played in 36 games for the NFL fans and were calling Officiating administration has been undergoing late 1940s and early 1950s, we found ourselves Yellow Jackets but, interestingly, only started for an update of the League…you got it….I a shift in the offseason, and the NFL announced living in a remarkable time of change in science, in six. will keep you posted…. Thanks to Bill Morgan its changes for management of the officiating the economy, in race relations, in sports and in In 1954, Rodgers was selected in the 12th (former SWC SID), Rich McKay, Hayley department. Former referee Walt Anderson* music. With his sometimes strange and colorful round by my favorite team growing up, the Elwood, Cameron Filipe and Ben Austro for the and former assistant coach Perry Fewell were personality, he became one of the most thrilling Baltimore Colts, but he decided to stay at facts contained in this report and to Bill Morgan previously announced as senior vice presidents players of his generation. He was a mix of your Georgia Tech and earn his B.S. degree in for the photos. in the officiating channel, but now there is a little more clarity of the leadership structure going grandfather, father, brother and best friend, industrial management, while also serving as Three Rule Changes Approved for 2020 forward. and also the guy who took your lunch money a student assistant coach for Dodd. It was the NFL Season every day at school. His sense of humor was best decision he ever made. He wanted to be Al Riveron, the existing senior vice president as dry as your grandfather’s head and like most a coach. In 1955, Rodgers joined the U.S. Air of officiating, will no longer head the officiating athletes, he was so superstitious he would only Force and became a pilot for the next five years. department. It will be run as a trio of Riveron, pick up a coin if it were “heads up.” For guys He flew the F-105 Thunder Chief Jet. While Anderson and Fewell. They are equally like him, playing it straight all the time was like with the Falcons, Rodgers served as an assistant positioned on the league’s organization chart and having ice cream for breakfast; it doesn’t seem coach, in 1958 and 1959. He left in 1960 for each reports directly to executive vice president like a good idea, but if it makes you happy, why of football operations Troy Vincent. It’s been not? His college football coach, Bobby Dodd, well established that Riveron was drowning in understood what he had on his hands. “You the responsibility of the officiating department, don’t put a saddle on a mustang,” said Dodd. and the prevailing thought was that new hires would be placed under him so he may delegate. NFL Football Instead, Vincent placed those hires under his control, rather than Riveron’s. The NFL announced last week that owners Riveron will be in charge of just the officiating, approved three rule changes for the upcoming particularly on game day and mostly with season. These were adopted after the owners centralized replay. Anderson will oversee a voted at virtual league meetings. continuing education aspect, with enhanced Approved 2020 Playing Rules training for officials in their first 3 seasons, a term agreed to last October in the officials’ • To amend Rule 15, Section 2, to make collective bargaining agreement. Anderson Pepper Rodgers-Coach permanent the expansion of automatic will also handle all aspects of the development Pepper Rodgers-Quarterback Georgia Tech replay reviews to include scoring plays pool and the very long process of scouting for College football is a game of youth, no and turnovers negated by a foul, and any new officials. Fewell will take the day-to-day grizzled veterans, no one making one last the University of Florida, where he would coach successful or unsuccessful try attempt. operations and the overhead functions of the comeback. They come and they go in a few as an assistant until 1964In December of 1973, • Expands defenseless player protection department, as well as being the point of contact short years and stay just long enough for us to Georgia Tech called. He showed up riding a to a kickoff or punt returner who is in for coach and general manager officiating love them, sometimes never to forget them. We Harley motorcycle. possession of the ball but who has not had inquiries. ask for their bodies and souls, while we get so It would be four years before Rodgers would time to avoid or ward off the impending Previously, a lot of these duties that are being much in return. Still, they go out on Saturday take the field as a head football coach again. In contact of an opponent. assigned laterally were handled by directors or with reckless abandon. They come from all 1984, he became the one and only head coach • Prevents teams from manipulating the vice presidents under the head of the department. over, showing us how to take many and make of the Memphis Showboats, a professional one. They are reflections of their times. They team from the USFL. He once wore a tuxedo game clock by committing multiple dead- Riveron is no longer the officiating boss as were ball fouls while the clock is running. dazzle us with what they offer and surprise us at to the game when they played the New Jersey his predecessors: Dean Blandino, Carl Johnson, what they might become. They are the players Generals, owned by Donald Trump. It was here Pass Interference Replay Reviews Are Mike Pereira, Jerry Seeman, and Art McNally. that make college football America’s Game. In that Rodgers mentored future Hall-of-Famer One-And-Done, Will Not Return In 2020 “Our intentions are to implement meaningful 1952, playing against Georgia Tech was like Reggie White, while leading the team to a 19- improvements to the game and officiating,” going to a bad movie; it never ended like you 19 record. The league folded after two years Following a season where pass interference expected. For all his antics, “Pepper” Rodgers Vincent said in a press release. “We will Franklin Cullen “Pepper” Rodgers, Jr., died on replay reviews were an infamous hot topic, always stuck to business on the field. Pepper, continue to make every effort to improve a Thursday evening at Reston Hospital Center Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay a rebel with a cause, became a Georgia Tech officiating and pursue officiating excellence.” in Reston, Virginia, from complications from has reported that the one-year proposal will not There is a clear delineation of responsibility legend. be renewed for the 2020 season, according to an a fall in his bathroom at home. Coach hit his laid out by the league in their press release and Franklin Cullen “Pepper” Rodgers, Jr., was head and the doctors were not able to stop the interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio. McKay the previously reported job functions, however announced that since neither the Competition born on October 8, 1931, in Atlanta, Georgia, to bleeding in his brain. Pepper was 88 years old crossover is bound to occur. Based on the Franklin C. Rodgers, Sr., and Louise Rodgers. and the date will read May 14, 2020. Pepper Committee nor any team has proposed information presented there, Riveron’s core extending the 2019-only rule change to add His nickname, “Pepper,” was given to him by is survived by his wife of 45 years, Janet responsibilities — as well as his influence — his grandfather, who named him after Pepper Lake Livingston, sons Rick, Kelly and Kyle, pass interference to the list of reviewable plays have been significantly curtailed. to the 2020 season, the ability to review pass Martin, the rough and rowdy infielder of the daughter Terri, six grandchildren and one great- interference has “died a natural death.” Assuming these are coequal positions, adding “Gas House Gang,” who played in the 1930s grandchild. with the St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball team. Andy Purvis is a local author and radio Coaches, players, and fans alike were able to Pepper was a three-sport athlete at Brown High personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. witness the results of a knee-jerk reaction to an School in Atlanta. He was selected All-State com for all the latest info on his books or to in basketball, football and baseball. Wearing listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books #36, his football team won the Georgia State are available online and can be found in the Championship in 1949, when he was a senior. local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be Rodgers enrolled with the “Ramblin’ Wreck” contacted at [email protected]. Also of Georgia Tech in 1950, and played backup listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s quarterback and placekicker for legendary Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. NFL Officiating Leadership coach, Bobby Dodd, as a sophomore in 1951. com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of He wore the #29. the Houston Astros. Fewell, who was most recently an interim coach for the Panthers, is a return of coaching blood to the head of the officiating department for the Patton Donates $1 Million Rich McKay first time in 50 years. Mark Duncan was the supervisor of officials from 1964 to 1968, after working as an assistant coach for the 49ers. In to Flounder Research unfortunate no-call, as it became a headache 1963, commissioner Pete Rozelle brought in In Texas and throughout the South, Southern to fisheries management. The Institute has a right from the get-go. McKay noted, as we all Notre Dame head coach Joe Kuharich as head Flounder are a favorite among anglers and long history of revealing the mysteries of fish predicted, that allowing such a subjective call to of officials, then facilitated moving him to the seafood enthusiasts. The bad news is Southern reproduction and life-cycles necessary for be reviewed would pose problems, even with the coach of the Eagles during an ownership change Flounder populations across the South and robust and sustainable populations. Institute established “clear and obvious” standard. Out after one season. In the AFL, Hall of Fame Southeastern U.S. have been in decline since scientists will now focus their efforts on of the 102 plays from the 2019 regular season single-platoon center and former coach Mel the 1970s. Southern Flounder. and postseason that were subject to a review of Hein was the league’s final head of officials, either offensive or defensive pass interference, One man hopes to reverse the downward trend “There is agreement amongst recreational but by that time the NFL began centralizing that through science and education. This week, only 24 of the calls on the field were changed; operation in preparation for the merger. and commercial fishermen supporting sound a mere 23.5% reversal rate. Only 3 of those Bobby Patton, a Fort Worth businessman on the management to reverse that decline. The 24 reversals picked up thrown flags for pass From 1938-55, an official served as a University of Texas Marine Science Institute research goal is to couple what is already known interference, as the remaining 21 reversals technical advisor to the commissioner, who Advisory Council, donated $1 million to the about flounder with new findings, educate the called pass interference when it had not been was the officiating boss. The link between the Institute in support of flounder research. An public on best practices and provide the best called on the field. 20 of the 102 reviewed plays, officiating department and the commissioner’s avid angler and member of the Texas Parks and information to inform decision-makers,” Patton just under 20%, were initiated by the replay office remained that way until the 1990s, when Wildlife Commission, Mr. Patton is well aware said. booth, and the remaining 80% of reviews were the business of football was taking on many of the perils that flounder face. new dimensions. Football operations became The timing of this donation couldn’t be better. requested through a coach’s challenge. “I’m passionate about fishing and committed Just last week, the Texas Parks and Wildlife the umbrella department that separated the to making decisions with the best facts McKay, who is also the president and CEO of business end of the league, which officiating Commission moved to adopt new flounder the Atlanta Falcons, admitted that combining a available. As a commissioner on Texas Parks regulations but delayed their implementation was eventually added to, but it broke that direct and Wildlife Commission, I want to do what is subjective call with a subjective replay process reporting to the commissioner. for a year. This new donation will dramatically was set up for widespread disagreement. right for flounder and what is right for Texas. I increase understanding of flounder reproductive Replay was designed to correct objective calls, Now, the one head of the department is Troy think there is universal agreement that flounder capacity and the critical times in their life cycle such as the ball breaking the plane of the goal Vincent. 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Drift just off moving into the surf, summer is sitting down fishing effects of the “virus” and other things. She also mentioned that commercial seafood of the main ICW around Bird Island. This area upon the Coastal Bend. As the seasons change, You loyal readers know that we’ve been talking suppliers along the coasts have had a tough time has the best water and the most fish. When the a new crop of young men and women are spat about components of that problem for a few of it. Standing orders that they had counted on green water pushes in, the surf is full of Spanish out into the world. My son and his peers have weeks now, and it was really refreshing to talk suddenly stopped. Employees had to be laid mackerel and trout. Big sharks on the beach waited a lifetime to walk across the stage, yet to someone who is diving straight into that off in droves. The fishermen that have stayed this year they swim through some struggles specific issue. in business had to re-invent themselves on the fly regarding their livelihoods, and a handful of with the pandemic and world unrest. I hope that One of the effects is the almost seemingly resilient suppliers have seen a slight uptick in this is somehow a test to make them stronger excessive boat traffic on the Laguna lately. I’ve sales. That makes sense as we all know that for what is to come. What lies ahead of them seen comments from locals and guides alike there have been breaks in the supply chain of in our close future is change. Change in many mentioning not only the numbers of boats, but nationally produced beef, chicken, and pork. ways. The one thing that they can count on is also the behavior of these boat operators. People When you go to the store and the selection is the quality time we spend and lessons we share being furloughed and laid off has increased the mediocre to vacant, then the typical consumer and teach them in the great outdoors. traffic and pressure on the resource like we will look at other venues. The local fish couldn’t have imagined. markets are sustained mainly by local fish and Another effect is the large number of sharks other seafoods. That isn’t an earth-shattering being caught on the beaches, and some have statement, but something I’m pretty sure a lot died, maybe more than normally would have. of people didn’t see coming. We’re supposed Furloughed people don’t always prefer to fish to be supporting local businesses anyway, right? the Laguna, and there are shark camps up and Carly and I had a great visit, and the effects of down the beaches. A few of us took Johnny the virus will be felt for a while. Augs down the beach for his birthday this past weekend, and it was completely packed down Under the JFK the Seashore. I haven’t seen that many people Moving down the road, I got a note from on the beach since, like, ever. We made it down fellow ISAC member David Perry regarding to the 28MM, but the beach was so packed AND the proposed improvements under the JFK narrowed up due to high water that we turned Causeway. We still haven’t received a viable Flour Bluff High School Graduates around and wedged in somewhere around the update on our “wish list” from City Staff and local Island fishermen Joey Farah 16MM. Kimmy Sue caught a nice trout or two, regarding proposed paving and lighting Andrew Leal and Jackson Soward put but the bite slowed down by the time we found Throwing small soft plastics in extremely improvements. One of David’s several the smack down on this box of trout and a spot to park. Mardi’s daughter Kai had a blast suggestions was to pave the parking lot from shallow water is paying off with redfish reds this week in Baffin Bay! Good luck catching some bull whiting though and got a Billings to Clems. When I got the Corps like this one Joey caught in Nine Mile nice stack in the cooler. permit to do that project years ago, paving was and an amazing future to all of our local Hole. graduates 2020!! Carly mentioned that when the shut-down hit, supposed to be part of it, but budget limitations it affected businesses in different ways. For got to us. If that parking lot is paved, then some are being caught, hammerheads, bull sharks example, some coastal towns in Mississippi host of the caliche will have to be removed for new and spinners. The fishermen that are landing weekenders that come in, get a hotel, do some asphalt base. I suggested that the removed This week I loaded the boat with the boys and the most of them are very specialized in their gambling, hire a charter and fish, come back caliche could be used to either pave the cut- took off for Baffin Bay. The deep rocks are full tackle and baits. They never kill the sharks, only and gamble some more, hit the restaurants, and throughs under the Causeway, or that empty lot of post-spawning trout, so we used live croaker occasionally they hook one deep and regretfully finish out their hotel stay before heading home. next to Docs and make it usable. Hey, re-using to work those fish into a frenzy. After we caught loose the fish. easy limits of trout, we headed to the extreme They are both fly-in and drive-in destinations, IS recycling. Just a thought. Y’all stay safe out Take a break and walk a little slower now that shallows of Nine Mile Hole. Walking into the and the shutdown has caused a 3X effect on the there in this crazy new world, drop me a line our summer crowds are here. Practice patience flats we could see redfish under the matted local economy. It should go without saying that at [email protected] and I’ll see you next and withdraw from letting yourself get fired grass digging for crabs and small minnows. The week On the Rocks. up with the busy crowds. Remember we are boys blind casted small DOA 3” cal shads with all on Island Time Follow all our hookups on 1/16 ounce jig heads to catch some redfish in Facebook at Joey Farah’s Backwater Fishing less than knee deep water. Recent high tides and tune in for a fishing report every weekend makes actually seeing the fish difficult. Blind morning on 107.3&104.5FM! Get wet! casting airways with the wind in knee deep Graduation is no water, slowly swim the bait through areas you time to learn you see bait movement. Keep an eye out for those big reds to show up at your feet! I was casting haven’t saved at a grass line and had already caught one nice enough for college. redfish when I heard a loud explosion up along the beach. I turned to see three feet of white For a free, personalized water in the air and small mullet scattering in about 6inches of water. Joey was only a few college cost report, contact yards away and about 30 seconds later had the your Edward Jones financial biggest redfish he had ever seen pass within two advisor today. feet of his legs. Times like that, keep casting and connecting with Mother Nature. Drifting the flats in the Laguna Madre is hot right now. Look for the green water. 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1 of 1 6/2/2020, 12:06 PM June 4, 2020 Island Moon A 13 Full Transparency and Disclosure Alzheimer’s and Brain PIPOA News by Marvin Jones, President Awareness Month By Todd Hunter, District 32 As always, let me have plentiful rainfall, the weeds they mowed last your thoughts. You can week have once again grown tall. Vegetation growth occurs on member’s properties as well. This year, the month of June has been to uncover as many aspects of Alzheimer’s reach me at marvin@ designated as Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness disease and other dementias as possible. Some pipoa.net Please do your best to keep your properties weed-free. Thank you for your cooperation. Month. When people think of being healthy, of the most remarkable progress has shed light PIPOA- The PIPOA generally we think of our external physical on how Alzheimer’s affects the brain. The hope office has reopened. Survey- The PIPOA staff is tabulating the health. However, officials with the Alzheimer’s is this better understanding will lead to new There will be social distancing and masks survey, and the results will be announced Association want to remind everyone that mental treatments. Many potential approaches are available. Let us all exercise good ole upon completion of the tabulation. health is just as important. Alzheimer’s & Brain currently under investigation worldwide fashioned common sense to protect ourselves. Water Exchange- The digging of the canal Awareness Month began to bring attention to People with memory loss or other possible signs on the west side of Park Rd 22 continues and different brain diseases, educate communities of Alzheimer’s may find it hard to recognize Boat Ramps- This last weekend, no vehicles about their effects and provide support to those or boat trailers were towed from the boat ramp will be completed within the next several they have a problem. Signs of dementia may days. This new canal must be bulkheaded individuals and families struggling with this be more obvious to family members or friends. parking lots. Thank you to everyone who condition. has purchased stickers. Your cooperation is before it is completed. If you have noticed these symptoms with your appreciated. Short Term Rentals- The PIPOA receives Brain disorders come in several forms. loved ones, help is available. The Alzheimer’s complaints regarding short term rentals of Dementia is the general term used to describe Association is a great source of information and Board Meeting- The next Board meeting a decline in mental ability that is severe enough has many tools to help. For more information is tentatively set for Tuesday, June 23, 2020. single-family residences and other properties. According to Mayor Joe McComb, the City to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s is the visit https://www.alz.org/. They also have a 24- The meeting is contingent upon the status of most common type of dementia as it accounts hour helpline that can be used to access reliable the COVID-19 opening rules by authorities. has an ordinance prohibiting short term rentals. In addition, the Mayor advised that for 60 to 80 percent of dementia cases and is the information and support. Their phone number ACC Meeting- The Architectural Control the City does not enforce this ordinance. The 6th leading cause of death in the United States. is: 1-800-272-3900. Committee (ACC) will meet Monday, June 8, PIPOA covenants do not directly address The most common early symptom of If you have questions regarding any of the at 5:30 PM at the PIPOA Office. short term rentals. Apparently, when the Alzheimer’s is difficulty remembering newly information mentioned in this week’s article, Bulkheads- The PIPOA has received covenants were drawn up decades ago, the learned information. This is because Alzheimer’s please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or new engineer stamped drawings for use founders did not anticipate short term rentals changes typically begin in the part of the brain District Office. Please always feel free to in bulkhead maintenance and repair. The as an issue. This issue needs to be addressed that affects learning. As Alzheimer’s advances contact my office if you have any questions PIPOA bulkhead repair contractor continues by the PIPOA Board. An amendment to the through the brain it leads to increasingly severe or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if to work on member’s bulkheads. In addition, subdivision covenants could be created to symptoms, including disorientation, mood and you would like to contact my office regarding the contractor has recently made necessary restrict short term rentals in the PIPOA. behavior changes; deepening confusion about constituent services. My offices are available repairs to the bulkheads at the Gypsy boat Hurricane Season- Hurricane season is events, time and place; unfounded suspicions at any time to assist with questions, concerns ramp. here. Please prepare your properties for a about family, friends and professional or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; caregivers; and difficulty speaking, swallowing District Office, 361-949-4603). Litter Critter- No news from the City on the hurricane. Repair of your decks and docks and walking. Just like the rest of our bodies, our return of Litter Critter. The Litter Critter is will reduce the debris in the canals should a brains change as we age. Most of us eventually not put on by the PIPOA. It is strictly a City hurricane strike. - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 notice some slowed thinking and occasional function. The COVID-19 is still out there. Please problems with remembering things. However, take all the appropriate measures to protect Weeds- The recent rains have caused weeds serious memory loss, confusion and other major Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). in vacant lots to explode in growth—many of yourself and others from the spread of the changes in the way our minds work may be a virus. The health and safety of all members He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. these empty lot owners, contract with private sign that brain cells are failing. texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. mowing companies. Typically, the mowing is priority one. Today, Alzheimer’s is at the forefront of companies start at one end of the Island Marvin Jones-PIPOA President biomedical research. Researchers are working mow their way across. Unfortunately, with Pandemic Drives Record Unemployment Notes From Nueces Texas Workforce Commission flooded The New Normal with claims By Brent Chesney educational observation deck will start in the By Peggy Fikac and David Green the number of call centers. It also expanded call Nueces County Commissioner fall sometime and will be a great addition to center hours to 12 hours a day, from 7 a.m. to 7 Precinct 4 Port Aransas as well. Businesses across Texas and the nation have p.m., seven days a week. been forced to curtail or cease operations in What Is The New Normal? Port Aransas And Nueces County the face of the coronavirus pandemic, throwing The agency tapped employees from other millions out of work and prompting a record divisions to help with claims and hired Have you heard that question over an over Working Together On City/County Law increase in unemployment claims that is temporary workers. The Legislature even again? I have. It is a valid question but also it Enforcement Center straining the safety net for workers. sent staffers to assist. In early March, about a is difficult to answer. As of the time I wrote Nueces County and the City of Port Aransas thousand people were fielding claims; by early this out of all the tests done in Nueces County along with FEMA are working together to get The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), April, there were 1,546, according to TWC. about 3.1% of the tests done are positive and like its counterparts across the U.S., initially the City/County law enforcement center rebuilt. Among its other actions, TWC temporarily thankfully 96.9% of the tests done have been It has taken a while but to no fault of anyone. struggled to cope with the flood of out-of-work negative. Further our hospitalizations continue people trying to file claims. waived work search requirements and the Working to replace a multi-million-dollar one-week waiting period for unemployment to trend down. Now that could change at any facility is not an easy task especially when minute. As the Governor re-opens Texas we An Unprecedented Challenge benefits. It also allowed children to remain government funding is involved. I will keep you eligible for subsidized childcare even if their must all rejoice but be careful. Please keep posted. Nearly 2 million people in Texas filed for social distancing. Might that be part of the new unemployment insurance benefits from the parents’ jobs, schooling or training were lost normal? Maybe. I do not know when or if there Covid Testing Sites Have Huge Turnouts week ending March 14 through May 9, nearly or interrupted, and/or if parents were unable will be a vaccine but until that time be careful In Port Aransas And Flour Bluff triple the number of claims filed in all of 2019. to pay their share of the cost, through June and stay diligent. 1. The agency also is promoting its Shared Both Port Aransas and Flour Bluff had large A record 315,167 Texans filed initial jobless Work Program to companies as an alternative Ib Magee To Open Soon turnouts for the Free COVID testing. The Texas claims during the week ending April 4; a to layoffs, by making unemployment benefits comparable week in 2019 saw about 13,000 Please take a minute to go see the wonderful National Guard did a wonderful job collecting available to workers whose regular hours are and there are so many others to thank for their claims. Texas’ weekly claims during the Great reduced. progress on IB Magee RV park in Port Aransas. Recession of 2007-09 peaked at 49,398. By the time you read this I am hopeful that help. Nueces County has no say in how fast the results come back since they are sent to the The state’s Unemployment Compensation it will be open and moving forward. The Many more people, however, tried to contact Trust Fund had a closing balance of about construction has really gone well and this will Texas state testing lab. My hope is that the come TWC online or by phone; the agency received back quickly and my prayer is that all tests $933 million on May 21, according to TWC. be a wonderful re-addition to Port Aransas. 2.7 million calls from 153,000 unique callers on Bernsen said the agency has been authorized The IB Magee Park building is next. The new come back negative. There were 126 tested in April 22 alone. Port Aransas and 141 tested in Flour Bluff. to draw federal advances of up to $2.6 billion In response, TWC rushed to ramp up its web- in June and $2 billion in July. These federal based and telephone systems, boost staffing dollars would come from Title XII of the Social and extend operating hours to ensure claimants Security Act, which can provide loans without Southwest to Increase the Number of could get the benefits due them. interest through December. “It’s happening all Federal Response Flights at CCIA Later This Year over the country — In response to the crisis, the federal Coronavirus the agencies that deal Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) with unemployment Increasing weekly flights to Houston and Dallas Act was signed into law on March 27. The claims are just CARES Act expands unemployment insurance overwhelmed,” eligibility to those who normally wouldn’t In November, Southwest plans to operate says economist There is good news to report on airline activity qualify, such as contract workers and self- 25-flights per week between CCIA and Houston Bernard Weinstein, at Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA). employed individuals. It also funds up to 13 Hobby. That number was 21-flights a week associate director of weeks of additional unemployment benefits For the past couple of months, airlines have back in 2019. In December, Southwest will Southern Methodist until Dec. 31, 2020, on top of the usual 26 been operating reduced schedules at airports offer 28- flights a week, as compared to 21 the University’s Maguire weeks offered by the state of Texas. across the nation as a result of the coronavirus same time last year. That’s an average of four- Energy Institute. pandemic and the dramatic slow-down in air flights per day. Bernard Weinstein “We’ve never seen In addition, the law will fund additional travel. Those reductions are slated to continue CCIA is seeing a slow, but steady increase in the Maguire Energy anything like this.” federal benefits of $600 a week for up to four through the summer. months until July 31. Texas’ maximum weekly number of people coming through the terminal. Institute, Southern In energy-intensive state benefit, excluding this additional federal “We’re seeing promising signs Methodist University Texas, the impact was amount, is $521 in 2020. that people are ready to start compounded when oil getting on airplanes again,” prices plummeted and demand fell. According to Slow Recovery to Come? said Fred Segundo, Director of Weinstein, the Texas unemployment rate could Aviation at CCIA. “When it’s reach 15 percent in the next several months — Weinstein expects the eventual economic time to book your travel, we up from 12.8 percent in April — but he foresees recovery will be slow. encourage people to consider the recovery process beginning this summer. “It could actually be a couple of years before flying CCIA,” said Segundo. And while the economic shock may be stressing the economy is back to full health,” he says. “The more we use the service the state’s unemployment insurance system, he “And that’s going to depend in part on what that we currently have, the has no doubt it will withstand the pressure. happens to the rest of the world.” greater our chances of getting more service in the future.” “I think we can be confident that the services Ed Serna, TWC executive director, said in an will be there,” Weinstein says. April 8 Facebook Live briefing that the agency The reduced schedule for now would sustain what is expected to be a lengthy Southwest Airlines has published schedules has Southwest at two-flights a day to Hobby, State Response through November and December, which not effort to meet the public’s needs. United Airlines is also at two-flights per day in James Bernsen, TWC’s deputy communications only restore those reduced flights at CCIA, but and out of Houston Bush Intercontinental, and “It’s really just us helping our neighbors and include additional flights as well. director, says the agency has prepared for our fellow Texans,” Serna said. “We ask you to American Airlines is operating an average of emergency situations, “but no one could have three-flights a day to DFW. continue to work with us. Continue to be patient anticipated the unprecedented nature of this with us. 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Call Atlantis For All Your Pool Needs June 4, 2020 Island Moon A 14 Nature Notes Online Purchase Scams Wilson’s Plover By Emily Gaines | PR Coordinator for BBB serving the Heart of Texas Population Thriving Online shopping has risen in the past few • Search for reputable retailers. A years, as more retailers have improved the trustworthy business will deliver quality Amidst a Global Pandemic virtual shopping experience for their customers. products on time. Many businesses are However, more online shopping means more communicating with their customers to By Taylor Bennett broods. The adults are given a U.S. Federal alert them to any shipping and delivery Government metal band and a red band with opportunities for scammers to target consumers I hope this article finds you safe and well. delays caused by COVID-19. The best a two letter code or a letter and number. The and businesses alike. In the time of COVID-19, Despite the pandemic, the beach nesting bird way to find a trustworthy company is to chicks are given a metal band and a plain red online purchases are more common than ever, season is in full swing for the Wilson’s Plover. creating even more opportunity for scammers read reviews from past customers, ask band. friends and family for recommendations, The Wilson’s Plover is a shorebird that breeds selling counterfeit or fake masks, sanitation This year at GCBO’s study sites, there are and search business profiles at BBB. along the Texas coast on beaches. Though it is items and health products. currently 13 banded adults and 7 out of 11 chicks org. Additionally, more and more small not federally protected, it is certainly a species are banded so far. 17 nests and 4 mystery broods For buyers, online purchases come with a risk businesses are offering online ordering, that we should be concerned about due to its have been observed. More nests are expected of losing money to items that are counterfeit which means you may be able to find a population decline. The Wilson’s Plover is to hatch within the next couple of weeks. The or never arrive. Giving credit card information small company you’ve done business with considered threatened and endangered in some Wilson’s Plover chicks are precocial, so they to an untrustworthy website could lead to before. It is important to find a secure parts of the country, but because the majority of hatch with their eyes open, covered in downy identity theft. For businesses, online purchase website to keep your credit card safe from the population nests in Texas, it is not protected feathers, and can walk, run, and feed themselves scams can mean selling to scammers using being used fraudulently. by the state here. fraudulent cards. While businesses and credit within hours after hatching. The parents will card companies alike are increasing measures to For businesses: protect them from threats by performing a broken wing display (faking a broken wing) prevent fraud, it is still a possibility that could • Know the red flags. There are several which distracts a predator or threat away from lead to trouble for businesses that unknowingly red flags that could indicate fraud in an the chicks or nest. They can also hide the chicks process stolen cards through their payment online purchase. These include unusually under their wings. The chicks themselves are system. large purchases, repeated requests for camouflaged and blend in with the sand and rush orders on high-priced itmss, multiple Better Business Bureau serving the Heart wrack. of Texas offers this advice to consumers and payment cards from the same IP address businesses to protect against online fraud: and more. Generally, fraud is indicated by April through August is the most vulnerable several of these signs rather than just one time for Wilson’s Plovers and other shorebirds. For consumers: of them. Their nests and chicks are susceptible to predators, weather, and people. So if you do plan • Be alert to product claims. Consumers • Be diligent. If you notice multiple red to go to the beach, please take extra precaution will search for the best products and flags, take action to protect your business : Mama J5 “Janet” protecting her day old and practice social distancing with the birds as deals, now more than ever. Scammers and your customers. Contact the credit chicks. Photo by Morgan Barnes. well. will try to lure them in with big claims card provider to report suspicious activity, stating their products will work instantly try to reach the phone number provided or Due to its vulnerability to climate change, Please stay 50 yards away from nesting or cure ailments. Use your best judgement call the merchant bank to verify the billing disturbance, and habitat loss, the Wilson’s birds and chicks. Drive slowly and be on the to determine if a claim is legitimate. address. Plover is a species of high Remember, if it sounds too good to be concern. One of the few • Train your staff. Put policies in place to true, it probably is. organizations that are helping make credit card purchases more secure. to protect and monitor • Look for contact info. Search the Train your staff on implementing these this species is Gulf Coast business’ website for contact information. policies effectively and recognizing the Bird Observatory. GCBO This information will allow you to reach red flags. out to the business directly if there is a monitors two Texas beaches, problem with your purchase. A lack of With online shopping playing an important role Bryan Beach and Matagorda contact information is often a red flag of in the day-to-day lives of consumers, keeping Beach, for Wilson’s Plovers. an online purchase scam. businesses and consumers safe is key. For more The habitat is varied between tips on avoiding fraud, visit us at BBB.org. these areas due to disturbance and erosion. There isn’t much beach habitat at Bryan’s Beach Can You Invest for Retirement that is usable for nesting, so the plovers there tend to nest and Education? farther back in the dunes. This protects them from human Typically, this time of year is filled with Now, let’s move to your other key goal: disturbance, but increases Mama VJ protecting her two chicks by having them hide graduation ceremonies and celebrations. But education. Several education funding vehicles their chance of being hunted under her wings. Photo by Morgan Barnes. with the coronavirus pandemic, not much has are available, but one of the most popular is the by coyotes and feral hogs. been typical lately. Eventually, though, things 529 plan. Your earnings grow tax-deferred and The Wilson’s Plovers at Bryan Beach had zero lookout for birds and chicks. Avoid the dunes will return to normal and schools will reopen withdrawals are free from federal tax, provided productivity last year and due to disturbance where they nest and the wrack and tire tracks for in-person learning. And if you have young the money is used for qualified higher education from construction, GCBO is expecting the same where chicks like to hide. Please be mindful of children, you may want to save for their higher expenses. (529 plan withdrawals not used for for this year, unfortunately. education, whether that be college or trade qualified expenses may be subject to federal your children and pets and keep your dogs on The Wilson’s Plovers at Matagorda Beach tend school. At the same time, though, you’re moving and state income tax and a 10% IRS penalty a leashfd (plovers do not know the difference to nest in the sand close to the dunes. As well, ever closer to retirement. Can you save for your on the earnings.) Furthermore, your 529 plan between dogs and coyotes.) Avoid littering and some nest in the algal flats by the Colorado kids’ education and a comfortable retirement for contributions may earn a state tax deduction or even pick up trash. On behalf of Gulf Coast Bird River Mouth Flats located near the beach access yourself at the same time? credit if you participate in your own state’s plan. Observatory, we wish you and your family well entrance. Both populations of Wilson’s Plovers during this tough time. It is indeed possible, although you may need to You can set up recurring contributions from a prefer a little bit of vegetation which can prioritize somewhat. Specifically, you may not bank account to a 529 plan. And you don’t have provide shade on warm days and cover from Taylor graduated from Old Dominion want to put off saving for retirement in favor of to fund your 529 plan on your own. Instead potential predators. University with a Bachelor of Science degree education. But by viewing these goals together of gifts for birthdays, holidays, graduations in Biology concentrating in Marine Biology, Wilson’s Plovers nest on the ground, which and investing as early as possible in each of and other occasions, why not ask friends and and performs shorebird surveys along the makes them more vulnerable to disturbances them, you can take advantage of one of your relatives to contribute to the 529 plan you’ve upper Texas Coast. The GCBO is a non-profit such as vehicles, people, and dogs. Both the biggest assets – time. set up for your child? They’re all eligible to organization dedicated to saving the birds and participate – and their contributions may earn males and the females take turns incubating their habitats along the entire Gulf Coast, and Of course, you’ll still have to budget your them tax benefits if they live in your state and the nest. They can lay up to three eggs which beyond into their Central and South America resources. You want to invest as much as you you’ve invested in your own state’s plans. hatch within 25 days. The adults and the chicks wintering grounds. can, but not so much that your monthly cash are banded to help keep track of the nests and flow is crimped. Consequently, you may have to A financial advisor can help you plan for consider retiring later, contributing less to your more than one goal, understand the benefits child’s education, or a combination of the two. and tradeoffs of your decisions, and make the But in terms of logistics, you can make saving process of saving for those goals easier. So, get and investing easier. the help you need to stay on track – or rather, two tracks – toward the important objectives of First, consider your retirement accounts. If education and retirement. you have a traditional 401(k) or similar plan, your contributions come out of your paycheck This article was written by Edward Jones before you even see the money – so it’s about for use by your local Edward Jones Financial as painless a way of building your retirement Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC fund as possible. 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Crossword Solution June 4, 2020 Island Moon A16 Saturday. Johnny Boy will be back at Giggity’s Three Chords and the Truth on Friday the lovely Debra Scott Brown will bring the delightful Dreaming in Color there on Saturday. Shorty’s has the always By Ronnie Narmour entertaining Unrehearsed and Unashamed [email protected] outfit withKen Yarbrough on Friday and the Jam Band on Saturday. On Friday Treasure It’s raining raccoons… Island has Rex Allen McNeil on Friday and I think we could all use a little diversion Red Tide on Saturday. That ought to keep you right about now… me and my mermaid gal busy for a while. Be cool fools. life is short… had quite the surprise on Saturday night. It too short to stay mad forever. It’s time to move was about 11:30 and we had gone to bed. All on. the lights were out and we’d turned off the ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ television and were just about asleep when we heard a loud crash in the bedroom. I turned the The Cody Bryan Band will play the Back lights on only to discover that a 4X8 ft ceiling Porch on Friday. panel had come crashing down and there was a family of five raccoons on the floor at the foot of our bed. Tracy had been hearing some noises in the ceiling and suspected there were animals up there and we had seen a big mama raccoon on the porch recently, so this wasn’t a Live Music Kip Shannon, owner of the Gaff in Port A, huge surprise. The crash was… it sounded like shows his new benches dedicated to the a train wreck. So I got up and saw four small memory of Mike Williams. critters huddled together on the insulation that fell. They were cute as they could be but were Tonight very much disoriented. It was apparent that Wednesday, June 3 Mitchell Ferguson @ Back they were a couple of months old and were not Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s Porch little babies. So I put on some clothes and went KT Tunstall @ Brewster downstairs to get a pet carrier from the boat Thursday, June 4 Downtown barn. When I got back upstairs I picked up the Free Beer Band @ little ones and put them in the carrier and set Giggity’s Friday, June 19 Art Barrera @ Treasure them on the porch outside. When I came back Mike Blakely @ Back Island SEASON AMMONS JUNE 4 Porch in, Tracy said, “The mama raccoon is under the Season Ammons @ Back CODY BRYAN JUNE 5 Chanklas @ Giggity’s bed and she’s REALLY BIG.” At this point I’m Porch Red Giant @ Shorty’s Clarissa Serna @ CODY SPARKS JUNE 6 Rush Tribute @ Brewster Brewster Street LANDON BULLARD JUNE 11 Downtown Friday, June 5 THOMAS MICHAEL RILEY JUNE 12 Saturday, June 20 Rex Allen McNeil @ GARY P. NUNN JUNE 13 Todd Dorn & the Sea Treasure Island Drifters @ Giggity’s Johnny Boy @ Giggity’s 132 W. Cotter St. Port A Mike O’Neill @ Shorty’s Cody Bryan @ Back On the Waterfront Mario Flores @ Back Porch Porch Testify @ House of Rock Unrehearsed & Unashamed @ Shorty’s Sunday, June 21 Jim Dugan played at the Mike Williams Spazmatics @ Brewster Antone & All Stars @ memorial at the Gaff last Thursday. Street Giggity’s

touching tribute. Gaff owner Kip Shannon had Saturday, June 6\ Monday, June 22 Those are a couple of lucky racoons. bought a couple of really nice benches and put Cody Sparks @ Back Open Jam @ Giggity’s plaques on them commemorating the memory Porch of Mike. On Friday the great Jake Castillo Dreaming in Color@ Tuesday, June 23 thinking, “Nope. Not going fight a mad mama Giggity’s from San Antonio played Giggity’s. Jake is a Paul & Victoria @ raccoon that just lost her “group” of “kits” and Red Tide @ Treasure Treasure Island Giggity’s could probably kick my rear.” What to do? So seasoned guitar slinger and put on an excellent Island I dug through my phone and found a number show. I expect we’ll be seeing more of him. Jam Band @ Shorty’s ART BARRERA JUNE 4 for the Animal Control guy but they didn’t Also on Friday, Johnny Boy Amundsen played Kyle Park @ Brewster REX ALLEN MCNEILL JUNE 5 Wednesday, June 24 Shorty’s and VIRAL played Treasure Island. Street answer. By this time it was after midnight. So I RED TIDE JUNE 6 Hank Reeves @ Giggity’s called the non-emergency number at the Port A On Saturday the Groove played Giggity’s, Police Department and told the dispatcher our Diamond’s Edge was at Treasure Island and Sunday, June 7 CRUISE CONTROL JUNE 12 Thursday, June 25 Antone & All Stars @ Free Beer Band @ dilemma. I could hear her snickering under her the phenomenon known at Ruben V played JONMIKAEL MREZ JUNE 13 the Porch… that’s Mister Ruben V to you. Giggity’s Giggity’s breath when she said she’d get an officer out Jim Dugan @ Back Porch 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 That was a great line-up of bands and it sure Rich Lockhart @ Back to our house to help us out. In a few minutes, treasureislandporta Porch Officer Moore showed up and informed us that felt good to run around town again. I hope the Monday, June 8 she used to be an animal control officer and do Rona doesn’t rear its ugly head again. We might Open Jam @ Giggity’s Friday, June 26 we have a blanket. By this time the little mama be paying for our sins if we’re not careful here. Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s had moved to the corner of the room and was Tuesday, June 9 Johnny Boy @ Shorty’s hissing under a bunch of clothes. Then Officer Paul & Victoria @ Finding @ Back Porch Oestreich showed up to help. I got another Giggity’s Timeline @ Brewster Street pet carrier out and Officer Moore grabbed the Wednesday, June 10 Saturday, June 27 blanket and wrapped her up gently and they Jered Clark @ Giggity’s BELT SANDER RACES got her in the carrier. I’m telling you, those Led Zeppelin 2 @ @ Gaff ladies have no fear and totally helped us out. Brewster Downtown Finding Friday @ Back I thought, in this time where the whole world Porch is questioning the ethics of the police, these Thursday, June 11 Unrehearsed & Unafraid June 05 Back Pew Revival @ two officers absolutely came to our rescue and Jon Pardi @ Concrete Jam Band June 06 Giggity’s helped us in a situation that could have left me Street Thomas Michael Riley @ scratched up at best and chewed up probably Free Beer Band @ Back Porch Giggity’s John Cortez June 12 (or worse). I was also concerned that I might Starlite & the Moonbeams Steve Trevino @ Brewster Ty Dietz June 13 @ Shorty’s accidentally hurt her. They were happy to help Street Red Giant June 19 and it showed. They took the family of raccoons Mike O’Neill June 20 Sunday, June 28 to the ARK the next morning and left us with a Friday, June 12 Antone & All Stars @ happy ending. Nobody got hurt and nobody got William Shull of Diamond’s Edge played OTB Band @ Sunset OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Giggity’s arrested. Thank you PAPD lady officers. You’re Treasure Island on Saturday. Sounds our heroes. Landon Bullard @ Back Monday, June 29 Porch Open Jam @ Giggity’s Just to state the obvious… DO NOT MISS LIST Cruise Control @ Coming this weekend… Treasure Island Tuesday, June 30 Just to state the obvious, 2020 has delivered Bruce Robison & Kelly Paul & Victoria @ us another serious blow with the continuous Willis @ Third Coast Giggity’s protests and rioting/looting over the murder Theater of Minnesota resident, George Floyd, by a Groove @ Giggity’s Minneapolis police officer. Everything is all John Cortez @ Shorty’s Wednesday, July 1 messed up right now and this anger is taking Steve Trevino @ Brewster Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s its toll on us as a nation. We have become Street divided and it has separated us from our family, Thursday, July 2 Saturday, June 13 friends and all we hold dear. I pray our country Free Beer Band @ BELT SANDER RACES Giggity’s can endure this odious time in our country. @ Gaff Patience and tolerance is running thin and life Jonmikael MREZ @ Friday, July 3 as we know it has taken a leave. All I can say Treasure Island Whiskey Myers, Read is, come on people now. Smile on your brother. Gary P. Nunn @ Back Southall, Kody West @ Everybody get together. Try to love one another Porch Concrete Street Dreaming in Color will play Giggity’s on Toman Brothers @ right now. Right Now! RIGHT NOW!!! We all Saturday. Dreaming in Color @ need to get back to that place where all we had Giggity’s Giggity’s to worry about was the Rona and hurricanes. Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Jam Band @ Shorty’s Steve Trevino @ Brewster Scattered shots… On Thursday Art Barrera will play Treasure Street Saturday, July 4 Island and Season Ammons will play the Mike Milligan @ Giggity’s We had Mike Williams’ send off at the Gaff Back Porch. This weekend the Back Porch Sunday, June 14 Mike O’Neill @ Shorty’s last Thursday. Jim Dugan, Jered Clark and has a couple of stellar Americana artists with Antone & All Stars @ Hank Reeves played and Julie Caraker gave a Cody Bryan on Friday and Cody Sparks on Giggity’s Sunday, July 5 Antone & All Stars @ Monday, June 15 Giggity’s Open Jam @ Giggity’s Monday, July 6 GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Tuesday, June 16 Open Jam @ Giggity’s Paul & Victoria @ LIVE MUSIC LIVE MUSIC Giggity’s Tuesday, July 7 Free Beer Band every Thurs (7-10) Paul & Victoria @ EVERY Johnny Boy on Friday (9-1) Wednesday, June 17 Giggity’s Magnus @ Giggity’s NIGHT Dreaming in Color on Saturday (9-1) Mike’s Barbershop Wednesday, July 8 Antone & All Stars Every Sunday(8-12) Thursday, June 18 Jered Clark @ Giggity’s Free Beer Band @ Open Jam Every Monday (8 -12) Kitchen Open Giggity’s Thursday, July 9 Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10) Free Beer Band @ Until 1 a.m.! 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