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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 April 9, 2020 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around The Seashore Supporters Turn Area Beaches Island Closed to Traffic By Dale Rankin for Easter So how is everybody doing during Lemons Into Lemonade Life in the Time of Coronavirus? Weekend First we have a couple of items from Some good news when we can all use some the Glass Half Full Department this Set to reopen week. By Mary Craft Many of the SLC Our Island crime rate, which was Sarah Greaud is a Seashore Learning families participated Monday never very high anyway, is now Center parent and board member who including some of By Dale Rankin about as close to zero as crime rates started the Front Porch Project as a the school’s teachers. Island beaches and beach access could ever be. One knucklehead or fundraiser for the school. The school Sarah stated “The roads will be closed to traffic for knuckleheads hit a couple of houses lost their largest annual fundraiser response to the five the Easter weekend, city and county in the 15200 block of Cartagena “Whoop it Up” to the coronavirus minute front porch officials announced late Wednesday. this week but other than that we and to try to replace some of that portraits blew up and I might have the most bored police revenue, Sarah has donated her enlisted Photographer Nueces County Judge Barbara officers in the city. Islanders staying time and photographic creativeness Niki Viersen (also an Canales announced in a late home means a lot of eyes on Island to promote donations to the Island SLC parent) to help.” Wednesday afternoon press conference that beaches in Nueces streets and that’s bad news for sneak Foundation. They have created 70 thieves. There have been a few County, from Port Aransas south Sarah follows other photographers family portraits taken through Kleberg County and on more Disturbance calls for reasons from a safe distance we won’t speculate on, and more online and one she follows in Kailua, to Padre Island National Seashore Hawaii was taking family front porch and have raised more will be closed to vehicular traffic Suspicious Person calls as Islanders than $4000 so far. She keep an eye on things. You can’t help photos to raise money for a local beginning at 6 a.m. Friday, April 10 charity. After researching she found says the numbers have through 6 a.m. Monday, April 13 but notice as you wander Around started dwindling so The Island that there are a lot more others across the country doing the when they will be reopened. same since the virus kept families we hope the spread of joggers, bike riders, walkers, golf- the photos in the Moon carters, surfers, and beach-goers than home bound. Sarah said “ I thought it Beaches cont. on A4 would be a fun and cool document of will change that. After you would normally see this time of the session, families year. Islanders are adapting and more this weird season of life we are living through." can give a good faith City Bans than a few remembering why they donation to the Island moved here in the first place. The Island families enjoyed the Foundation through Short-Term Surfers had a couple of Cranking opportunity and used their “stay the school's PayPal The Levandowski family front porch. days this week as surf conditions home” time to do a creative family link or when school Photo by Sarah Greaud Photography. were about as good as they get around project together, and Sarah added reopens they can put More photos on A2. Residential here. Our beaches continue to be our “They get to make something fun out a check in the drop off release during these homebound times of the situation.” During Life in the box at the Seashore Middle School family has lived on the Island for Rentals and when the weather is passable Time of Coronavirus we learned that Academy. five years. To set up a session call or By Greg Smith Islanders have not lost their sense of text her at 225-588-0975 or Niki (NL Islanders hit the beach at respectable Sarah is from Louisiana but her Council District 4 social distancing intervals. We say humor. Viersen Photography) at 443-7174. again, if you are going to be have to The Corpus Christi City Council stay close to home our little sandbar on Tuesday expanded its Emergency ain’t a bad place to do it. Order regarding restrictions due to the Covid-19 virus to include a ban Glass half empty Waves Resort Signs Come Down on short-term rentals in residences through April 30. In the Glass Half Empty Department the Suspicious Person calls may Information on the Corona virus is be related to the higher number of changing daily; here is an update on homeless people that are moving what is going on at the City of Corpus Around The Island right now. Judging Christi in our efforts to combat from the look of the gear they haul Covid-19. Council met in a special around it appears many of them were session Tuesday and took two actions likely living on the beach before the concerning the Covid-19 virus. The beaches started closing at 8 p.m. They emergency order that was in place and seem to like bus benches and talking due to expire on April 8 was extended to themselves but for the most part to April 30. This keeps the order date keep to themselves. We will survive. close to the extended Nueces County and State declarations. Visitors still coming The Corpus Christi order was We are still seeing a lot of visitors expanded to ban non-essential stays finding their way to our shores. A less than 30 days at residences. check of Island boat ramps finds Council also appropriated two dealer tags from all over the state and million dollars to fund a loan license plates from states afar. If you Crews removed the signs identifying Waves Resort Corpus Christi on Wednesday leaving only their frames behind. Short-term cont. on A4 can’t work you might as well hang Calls to the park’s owners were not returned by press time. Park owners announced in March that the park will out Around The Island but that’s not a remain closed until summer 2021. good idea right now. The Rio Grande Valley is stopping cars to enforce their Flour Bluff ISD stay at home order, and boat ramps in Kleberg County are now being A little Island history to Live Stream monitored by law enforcement to keep out of towners from launching. Board Meeting The city order this week to stop Spanish Settlement Begins to Arrive short-term rentals in homes and April 28 to mark condos will likely help here but a look at the statistics shows that travel Explorers strike the Nueces River near Calallen, name the bay first time meeting is the most common way for the virus San Miguel Arcangel to spread and short of dropping the can be viewed from bridge halting overnight stay is the Editor’s Note: When Padre Island called entradas entered Texas best way to limit movement from National Seashore was established by land. Led by Alonso de home OTB. in the 1960s the National Park Leon, entradas took place from By Dale Rankin Service as part of the due diligence 1686 to 1689. The last was The April meeting of the Flour Bluff Help is on the way did an historical study of the area. successful in finding Fort Louis, Independent School District Board of It began back when the only Island only to discover that it had been We still have at least three weeks Trustees will mark the first time in the inhabitants were Native Americans abandoned and its occupants of staying at home, and that could organization’s history that the event and ends in the early 1960’s either had fled, been killed be extended, and it is starting to put will be live streamed so that parents when Island dwellers were either by the Karankawas, or were stress on our older Islanders who have and taxpayers can see it live without ranchers or beach dwellers who captured. The first two of these to leave home to buy food so a group going to the district headquarters in lived a hard scrabble existence on entradas came near Padre Island of less-older Islanders is putting a Flour Bluff. plan together to do something about Island beaches. and the first might have actually FBISD Superintendent Dr. David it. It’s too early to go into details but This portion of the study picks up visited the island. In 1686 de Freeman said Monday the details suffice to say things are moving. The at the point where Spanish ships Leon advanced to the mouth of are not yet set but will be in the days idea is to deliver food from Island were moving up and down The the Rio Grande and explored leading up to the April 30 meeting. restaurants to those who are stuck Island looking for the settlement the coast for a distance of eight at home and a group of restaurant called Fort Louis founded by leagues. He reported that he “We’ll likely use Zoom. I won’t owners are stepping up to prepare the Frenchman Robert la Salle so they found all kinds of debris, boards, have the meeting code or dial in food and deliver it to doorsteps. At could destroy it. They hadn’t found shipmasts, broken rudders, information until we get closer to this early stage we need addresses or it, but did report back to Spain barrel bands, and four wheels the meeting date. This information contact information for older Islander that the land was too swampy for from broken artillery carriages. will be posted on the agenda,” Dr. who need to stay at home. If you or settlement and full of hostile natives Although it is uncertain whether Freeman said. a neighbor you know of need food de Leon was on Padre, his delivered, or anything else for that While the search for La Salle from reports of a litter-strewn beach Nuevo Santander Under state law the agenda must be the Gulf went forward, expeditions could apply to the island. 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Fire Station TWIA Meeting Police Station Stripes on Flour Postponement Bluff & SPID Commissioner Kent Sullivan John Polak Gentlemen, The undersigned State of Texas legislators request that TWIA postpone their April 9, Beach by Debbie Noble April 9, 2020 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Arcangel FBISD cont. from A1 Around cont. from A1 On January 29, 1747, in compliance with matter, e-mail us at [email protected] In 1687 he explored up the mainland as far as posted at least 72 hours prior to the meetings, Escandon's orders a force of fifty well-armed which are typically held at 6 p.m. at the or Facebook us at theislandmoonnewspaper, Baffin Bay. Finding nothing, he turned around. men under the command of Captain Orogio or call us at 361 949-7700 with addresses and On this trip he undoubtedly saw Padre Island district’s headquarters at 2505 Waldron Road y Basterra left La Bahiía and headed for the but prior to the April meeting the only way to we will take it from there. Islanders are on it so and probably inquired among the natives about coast. Hitting the Nueces somewhere between don’t be shy. it. Once again Padre had been briefly touched view the meetings was to attend in person since San Patricio and Calallen, Basterra proceeded viewing online was not possible. However, by Spanish exploration. In 1689 another party down river. After an uneventful march he soon So long John finally found Fort Louis. due to restrictions on crowd size due to the reached Corpus Christi Bay, which he called San coronavirus Freeman said that will change this We would remiss to let the passing of songwriter Early Spanish Settlement Passed the Miguel Arcangel. Here he spent several days month. John Prine who died of the coronavirus in Island By enjoying the landscapes and mild climate. On Nashville this week go unnoticed. We leave you February 27 he continued south and, following The March meeting was open to the public with a stanza of his lyrics that seem perfectly Although Louis XIV quickly lost any interest his instructions, remained as close to the coast meeting, according to Kimberley Sneed, Public apropos. he ever had in wresting territory west of the as possible. By the time Basterra reached Baffin Information Officer for FBISD. There's a big old goofy man Mississippi from Spain, La Salle's incursion Bay, he discovered he was having difficulty “The meeting adhered to social distancing alarmed the Spanish and led them to begin finding sweet water. This forced him to leave guidelines set forth by local, state and national Dancing with a big old goofy girl the settlement of Texas. The first Spanish the coast and head inland. Reaching the Rio standards, there were only nine individuals in Ooh baby settlements in Texas and the road connecting Grande, he rendezvoused with Escandon and the room,” Sneed said. “We had a sign-up sheet them passed far to the north of Padre Island. made his report. for public comment (as always) with parameters It's a big old goofy world Uninterested in occupying the coast, which had Basterra told Escandon of his explorations, in-place to adhere to the ten or less gathering Say hello from a safe distance if you see us been reported to be unfit for settlement, Spanish saying that the country he had just covered was guideline. The agenda was posted 72 hours (as Around The Island. officials were obviously less interested in such for the most part well suited for cattle raising. required) prior to the meeting and everyone in barren barrier islands as Padre. He described Corpus Christi Bay in ideal terms, the room sat six feet apart.” By the middle of the eighteenth century, Spain contending it could easily be reached by sea Sneed said that if the district had decided to had established her colonial system of presidios and would thus make a good place to establish close the meeting to the public there were April's Bag and missions in Texas at such places as San a colony, He reported that he and his men had video conferencing and telecommunication Antonio de Bexar and La Bahiía. The coast seen many wild horses and asses and that deer requirements outlined by the Texas Department Hero and mainland, however, for a distance of 100 were plentiful. Although there is no evidence Informational Resources that would have to 150 miles inland remained a vast territory as that he visited the Isla Blanca, he undoubtedly needed to have met. She said that the Texas yet unoccupied. In order to pacify the Indians, saw the island and probably inquired about it. Education Agency has provided school districts exploit the valuable salt deposits reported to be Basterra's 1747 reconnaissance of the south with rules for making sure open meeting found along the coast, and establish a direct and Texas coast is important not only because his requirements are met as district across the state safe communications route to La Bahi a on the was the first description of Corpus Christi adjust to the rules for public gathering in the Guadalupe, Spanish officials decided the time Bay. Basterra's entrada marked the first time wake of the coronavirus. had come to move into the area of the lower Rio that Spanish explorers visited the region in Grande Valley. In 1746 Jose de Escandon, a man We will post the information for viewing order to determine its potential for economic of energy and ability, was appointed to settle the April meeting on our Facebook page exploitation. The agricultural frontier had come the Rio Grande Valley. Entradas associated with theislandmoonnewspaper once it is released to the south Texas coast. Escandon's settlement plans once again brought prior to the meeting. Flour Bluff ISD Campuses Spanish explorers to the neighborhood of Padre Escandon listened carefully to Basterra's remain closed through Monday, May 4. Island. description of the region and integrated the information into his report to Mexico City on Beaches cont. from A1 In planning the settlement of Seno Mexicano, the lower Rio Grande Valley and Texas. Calling as the area was called, Escandon decided to “We do not have the resources to enforce all the area to the Nueces River and along the coast first explore the region in order to determine of these guidelines for social gatherings on to the mouth of the San Antonio River "Nuevo the beach so it is with that in mind that we Santander," Escandon recommended that three are taking these steps,” Canales said. “We are new settlements of 50 families each be made in asking everyone, even those with private access Texas. One of them was to be at San Miguel to the beach to help us this weekend. Just this Arcangel. weekend help us because this is the right thing Short-term cont. from A1 to do.” program for small businesses with less than She said barricades will be placed at beach 1.5 million dollars in annual revenue. The access points to keep traffic off the beach maximum loan amount is $25,000 for those that starting at 6 a.m. on Friday, April 10 and will be qualify. Terms are zero percent interest and no removed at 6 a.m. on Monday, April 13 and law payments for four months. Funds are available enforcement officials will be on hand to make within 8-10 days after application. The number sure they are not removed. She said penalties to apply is 888-215-2373. Online applications include a jail sentence of up to 180 days. will be available April 10. The program will “Our city beaches are closed, Kleberg County, The Skip the Plastic project of the Surfrider be funded from the general fund which will Nueces County, Padre Island National Seashore, Foundation - Texas Coastal Bend Chapter then be reimbursed from the Type A Economic and Mustang Island State Park are also closed,” recognizes community members and businesses Development fund. The Corona virus webpage Canales said. “Don’t mess with the barricades. that set a positive example by making the shift at the City of Corpus Christi website, www. We will find out and you will not be in good to reusable shopping bags or otheralternatives cctexas.coronavirus has been updated to include shape.” to single-use plastic bags. a zip code map of confirmed cases in Nueces Canales said the purpose of the county closures Our April Bag Heroes are David Newstead County. It is updated every day at 4:30 PM. is to discourage visitors from traveling to the and his son, Diego. David shared with us As of April 7 they are 65 confirmed cases Coastal Bend during the Easter weekend. Bay that, “As a wildlife biologist, I see the effects in Nueces County, eight of which are in the beaches will also be closed. of plastic on the environment every day, and 78418 zip code, the Island and Flour Bluff. it’s a constant reminder to reduce plastic use In the same press conference Mayor Joe Four are located in the 78373 zip, Port Aransas as much as possible. Whenever I leave the McComb announced that many city parks will and Mustang Island. 16 cases are community house and think of the Adam Sandler song also be closed for the Easter weekend, but did transmission, 11 person to person, 8 under ‘Phone, wallet, keys,’ I add ‘bags.’ I also make not include any city parks on Padre Island. He investigation and 30 travel related. One week decisions about places to eat and things I said all beach access roads will be blocked, ago there were 34 confirmed cases. With buy based on the packaging and containers. as will the entrance to the parking lot on the about a ten day lag time from infection to If the community demands it, restaurants and Michael J. Ellis Seawall. Bob Hall Pier is also being reported as a confirmed case one should producers will come around.” closed as part of the statewide closure of state consider there is a number of infections in our and county parks. community that are not yet reported. For more information see updates on our On the State front Texas had a record 1,008 Facebook page theislandmoonnewspaper. new cases as of 10:00AM Tuesday followed by 902 cases on Wednesday. Texas still ranks in the lowest ten states in infection percentage. Remember When Nationally April 4 has been the peak in new cases at 34,196, Tuesday’s number was 33,331. The end of the beginning of the pandemic will Ten Years Ago This Month be when daily cases peak and plateau. This coming week will tell if we have reached that point. Below is a list of the top fifteen countries, US states, US Counties and Texas counties of the percentage of population with confirmed cases as of April 7. Texas and Nueces County are included for comparison purposes, Texas is ranked 45th and Nueces is 30th of the forty Historic map. largest counties in Texas. The information is from the John Hopkins Dashboard and Arount the potholes. the best locations for establishing settlements. database for the United States. Worldometer is Exploration parties made up of soldiers would the source for international data. I also post on accomplish two goals. They would show the my facebook page daily the ranking of all states flag to the natives and thus demonstrate the and all Texas counties of populations greater strength of Spain. Seeing well-armed soldiers than 100,000. would, it was hoped, cause the Indians to think again before starting hostilities with the coming Stay safe. settlers. Second, the soldiers would bring back valuable information about the character of the land and its potential for economic exploitation. Escandon decided to divide his forces and send separate columns through the countryside. One of them would originate at the presidio of La Bahiía del Espíritu Santo on the Guadalupe. This party would march south, staying as close to the coast as possible. 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April 9, 2020 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides of the Week And then there’s this… English being a constantly Tides for Bob Hall Pier April 9 - April 16 evolving language the There are the obvious additions to the Corona Lingua, for instance “covidivorce” which stems Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon fungus among us has spawned a new branch on our vernacular tree from a couple of weeks of an “isolationship.” /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible that we’ll call Corona Lingua in honor of our Out in California they have a new term that Th 9 High 5:24 AM 1.9 7:10 AM Set 8:30 AM 99 Spanish speaking friends with a nod toward the they call “pandemic nice guys.” These are the cerveza of the same name. Here are a few of the same guys who six weeks ago would have 9 Low 12:27 PM 1.0 7:51 PM Rise 9:56 PM terms that have made themselves known so far. cut in front of you in their Italian sports car 9 High 3:35 PM 1.1 to get your parking place but now, as the New Coronastress York Times put it this week, “find themselves 9 Low 10:35 PM 0.0 As my wife is going into Stripes… engaging in shocking niceties, like waving out F 10 High 6:43 AM 2.0 7:09 AM Set 9:13 AM 95 their car windows at pedestrians and thanking “Do you want anything?” she asks. 10 Low 11:22 PM -0.2 7:51 PM Rise 11:03 PM the garbage collectors and police officers.” “Yea, get me a Coke.” They will likely return to form once things calm Sa 11 High 8:07 AM 2.0 7:08 AM Set 10:01 AM 89 down as it is difficult for Californians who drive “I’m not getting you a Coke those things are 11 7:52 PM Italian sports cars to change their spots. They full of sugar and caffeine, they will kill you!” usually just move to The Island and start telling Su 12 Low 12:14 AM -0.2 7:07 AM Rise 12:08 AM 81 she said. us how to fix it. 12 High 9:37 AM 2.0 7:52 PM Set 10:51 AM “You’re going in for cigarettes!” I reminded her Coronaidiots M 13 Low 1:13 AM -0.2 7:06 AM Rise 1:09 AM 72 as she slammed the door. One word I have noticed is “Coronaidiots.” 13 High 11:09 AM 2.0 7:53 PM Set 11:45 AM Coronashake These are the folks who think the whole thing Tu 14 Low 2:19 AM -0.1 7:05 AM Rise 2:05 AM 62 This one is the term for the uncomfortable is a Chinese plot and refuse to alter their habits. encounter when you greet a friend on the They stick out their hand and if you don’t shake 14 High 12:25 PM 1.9 7:53 PM Set 12:41 PM seawall and halfway through you catch yourself it they give you the full on Lyndon B. Johnson W 15 Low 3:35 AM 0.1 7:04 AM Rise 2:55 AM 51 about to shake hands and then give ‘em the old embrazo and stick their face right up in yours. I have adopted the response of sticking my hand 15 High 1:20 PM 1.8 7:54 PM Set 1:38 PM fugazi implying that you think that maybe, just maybe, they are a spreader? The arm bumping between their face and mine then backing off Th 16 Low 4:54 AM 0.2 7:03 AM Rise 3:39 AM 41 just seems wrong, and besides it violates the and grabbing the bottle of hand sanitizer that is 16 High 1:56 PM 1.7 7:55 PM Set 2:34 PM six-foot rule. I’m still sticking with the polite now my constant companion and make a show Japanese bow. of washing my hands hoping they will get the message – so far it has not worked a single Kalsarilannit time but hope springs eternal. The term Natural Then there is the contribution to the corona Selection comes to mind and I know you got to lexicon from our Finnish friends who for nine be tough if you’re going to be stupid but I’m not months out of each year live in a freezing and looking to be tough. dark environment and home isolation is not an Coronaascared anomaly but a way of life. They have a term for it – kalsarilannit – which roughly translates I guess you could call me Coronaneutral into English as “pantsdrunk.” It is the practice because I’m somewhere between The Sky is of sitting around the house in your underwear Falling and the bone-chilling prediction from drinking. Not that anyone on The Island would the London Academy study that 70 percent ever do such a thing but the Finns do it so much of us will eventually get the virus. Call me they even have two emojis for it. Cononaascared. I played a round of golf last week, my first in three years, call it Coronabored and I picked up right where I left off…five or six on every hole, at least I’m consistent and by Cost Accounting standards I’m getting a great deal because I’m getting in a lot of shots in for the same green fee – it feels like I’m cheating The Man. I also remember why I quit playing golf. But in Coronagolf you can’t throw clubs lest they land Island Moon on a Spoon within six feet of someone. My best shot of the day was for a par four but, unfortunately, was on the wrong hole. I stopped a seven iron on Eat Pray Love The Island version of course doesn’t involve the green and two-putted only to discover I was boxer shorts but rather board shorts and we shooting at the wrong green! The hole I was already have a word for it – Sunday! We just supposed to be on was a par five so I actually Easter Treats Quiche Lorraine leave on the shorts we wear to church on birdied and parred two holes at the same time… By Chef Vita Jarrin Sunday morning and don’t put a shirt back on Coronagolf Magic! after we jump in the canal. It turns out we’ve If you have a new term for the Corona Lingua Greetings Readers, ½ C mushrooms been kalsarilannitting all along and didn’t even send it along. It’s a strange time folks, but know it! That’s cool. We get to party like the This Sunday is Easter Sunday, and as we all 1 tsp. light olive oil sending your sense of humor OTB doesn’t help. Finns only in warm weather and outside, wow! know this Easter will be celebrated differently 1 ½ C shredded Swiss cheese Is this a great Island or what? What’s the term for the people with lobster tans with our current social distancing situation. who are spending all day on the beach to get out However, that doesn’t mean we won’t celebrate, 1 tbsp. minced parsley or basil of the house…anybody? or that we can’t add to that celebration through 4 extra large eggs food. Food often is the one universal language keeping us together through difficult times. 1 C heavy cream Ask Ralph This week I not only wanted to give you a 1 C whole milk recipe to cook for Easter, or any other brunch ½ tsp salt New Small Business Loans you might have in the future, but I wanted to share with you the beautiful Zen feeling I get Ground pepper to taste By Ralph Coker it’s not clear how much due diligence they are required to do to determine the borrower’s when baking a pie. All of us know the feeling 1/8 Tsp. ground nutmeg Q. Are special Small credit worthiness. Some lenders are waiting we get when we bake Christmas cookies, well Business Administration for clarification before accepting applications. this is similar, however, pie dough is therapeutic Directions: For Dough (SBA) loans available to in it’s own right. It allows you to focus and form Measure water in a liquid measuring cup and small businesses to help them survive the The lender must be an SBA approved lender a beautiful, edible creation, made from some of add about 4-5 ice cubes. Let water get ice cold. Corona virus? to participate in the program and not all local the simplest ingredients in our pantry. I actually lenders are SBA approved. However, SBA Remove ice. While water is cooling, place flour A. Yes. It’s called the SBA Paycheck find this feeling with all dough formation. says there are expedited approval processes to and salt in bowl and cut up butter into squares Protection Program and became available on approve new lenders. Before you apply, check Creating dough, whether you’re making and with a fork, pastry cutter or best with your April 3. The recently approved $2.0 trillion to make sure the lender is SBA approved by bread, empanadas, or pizza, or pies, or pastas hands, work butter into dough until it resembles stimulus bill designated $350 billion to contacting the lender or the local SBA office. or cookies, is an art that requires you to be in chopped walnuts. Slowly add ice water and start that SBA program. The businesses can use touch, simultaneously with your senses. You to wet dough while mixing it and incorporating the loans to cover up to 8 weeks of payroll This is a great program for small businesses, use your mind, your hands, your emotions as the flour and water to form a dough ball. Don’t expense to avoid laying off employees and because it enables them to keep employees well as your imaginary taste buds, in order to over work it, because you want the butter to for certain other expenses such as rent and on staff and the business will be ready to envision what you want create and end up with- not melt and remain in the dough to create utilities. If the business keeps its employees resume normal operations when the Corona -as well as what flavor or taste you are wanting flakes when it bakes. Let dough rest, covered employed, the loans are forgiven which is a virus crises is over. Stay in touch with the to enjoy. in plastic in the refrigerator for about 1 hour. great asset for the business. local SBA approved lenders and submit an Once dough is resting, get your pans ready. application as soon as possible. The approval Because this is a large new SBA program, You may use disposable pie pans or dishware. process is quick, band you will have your there have been a few glitches for both the Additionally, you can start to prep filling. cash soon after approval. lenders and business borrowers. Lenders say Directions: for Quiche Filling Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit In a sauté pan, brown and lightly crisp bacon. If using ham or just veggies, sauté in light olive oil or vegetable oil. Add onion and mushrooms and set aside to cool. In a bowl beat the eggs, milk, cream, salt, pepper, nutmeg and add nutmeg and herbs. Mix with the sautéed bacon and mushroom mixture and add cheese. Set aside. To make pie rounds, flour a counter or silicone baking mat. Remove dough from refrigerator, remove plastic and divide evenly into two balls. Flour the surface and with a rolling pin, you’ll So in a time of mandatory isolation, find your want to roll out dough in a circle to about a ¼ inner artist, your inner baker and dough maker inch high circle. Go 2 inches over the size of and relish the joy of creating. Taking the time the pie pan so you may crimp edges. If you and allowing yourself to focus on this creation don’t have enough for 2 inches, then go 1 inch. will also provide you a sense of accomplishment Place your first dough round over the pie pan that we are all having a hard time finding as we and then repeat the second one. By placing the remain sequestered. This will give you a sense dough right in the center, you should be left of peace, calm and tranquility as well as a with an overlapping edge. This edge can be delicious meal, whether you’re feeding yourself crimped by squeezing with one hand’s thumb or your whole family! and index and with the index of the other hand pushing inward. If you don’t visualize what Happy Easter & God Bless You All! Let us I’m saying feel free to crimp your way or watch find comfort in eating, praying and loving a YouTube video. With a fork, score the bottom “together” during this difficult time—until we of the dough by pricking holes into the bottom can meet face to face again. and Par bake for about 10 to 15 minutes until This Too Shall Pass!!! the raw dough looks par cooked. Remove from oven let cool 5 -10 minutes and then add the Ingredients: Pie Dough egg filling. Mix your egg and water to make an egg wash and with a pastry brush, brush the Yield Makes Enough Dough for 2 large Quiche edges with the wash to create a golden crust 3 C all-purpose flour while baking. Place back into the oven and let 2.5 tsp. salt cook for about 40-45 minutes. You’ll know it’s done when the center is firm by shaking the pan 1 lb. unsalted cold butter a little. 6-7 oz. of iced cold water Tip of the week: 1 egg and 1 tbsp. water for egg wash As with any fillings, feel free to change your Ingredients: Quiche Filling ingredients and your cheese. You can certainly keep this meatless. ¼ lb. bacon or ham diced The options are endless. ;) The Important thing 1 C onion diced is to have fun, try new things and Enjoy! A feral pig was spotted this week at the Birding Center in Port Aransas A6 Island Moon April 9, 2020 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Boundary Tips Women in World War I for the Apocalypse By Dotson Lewis By Abigail Bair Special to the Island Moon Potential problems include: arrest, accidental Greetings, fellow quarantinos. self-stabbing during transportation of device, Dotson’s Note: During my research of the 1918 not. As a result, the Army did not consider Social distancing is my normal, so a few and that it’s really difficult to sustain a death Pandemic, I ran into many stories of women the Hello Girls as servicewomen and did not weeks ago when the State of Texas decreed that circle while loading bags of frozen French fries participating in the war. I had never heard of issue honorable discharges to them. Therefore, everyone had to stay the heck away from me, I into your cart. Death circles are a two-handed the Hello Girls, who served in France during the 233 Hello Girls were not considered to be felt like I had won the lottery. I, along with the affair. WWI. Thanks to Olive Shaw, Alice Dunbar, veterans of the war that they had served in. local canine population, was more than happy Possible alternate use: you could run the pole Nelson Kenneth Holliday and the National This began a sixty-year battle for them to be to stay home and watch Netflix. The happiness through the holes near the cart handle and go War museum for many of the facts contained in recognized for their military service. of the neighborhood dogs out for perhaps their full-on medieval knight joust style, but this this report and to the National Archives for the It wasn’t until Congress passed the 1977 G.I. first walkies this year has overjoyed me (Stadler leaves your back undefended. Also, a wheeled photos. Improvement Bill that the Hello Girls finally could care less) on our now twice-daily bike cart with basically a lance stuck through it Women’s Roles in World War I received recognition from the government for rides. In fact, I read a story this week about rolling down a grocery aisle may cause heart their service. When President Carter signed it a poor puppy who had to be taken to the vet attacks, fainting, or counterattacks with canned At the time of the First World War, women into law, the Hello Girls were given discharges because after two days of quarantine he sprained goods. Wear a helmet. in the United States were barred from voting from the military and granted Veteran benefits. his tail from wagging it too much. or serving in military combat roles. Many 2) Fill a Super Soaker with grape juice. Only 18 of them were still alive at the time. That’s the good news. saw the war as an opportunity to not only Problems: you will get covered in grape juice serve their country but to gain more rights Olive Shaw was one of those surviving Hello The bad news is that I can’t go to the grocery because those things leak like sieves, but if and independence. With millions of men away Girls. She had returned home to Massachusetts store because somehow, despite the restrictions, you're permanently sticky anyway, no problem. from home, women filled manufacturing and after the war and began working for the stores are fuller than they’ve ever been. Bonus: doubles as The Communionator -- Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers as her a safe way for pastors and priests to deliver agricultural positions on the home front. Others Introverts notice stuff like this. provided support on the front lines as nurses, personal secretary. Shaw was one of the Hello communion. Must be used in combination with doctors, ambulance drivers, translators, and in Girls that led the sixty-year battle for Veteran My usual shopping pattern was to get groceries a repurposed NERF Vortex Nitron Disc Blaster rare cases, on the battlefield. One bystander status. When she died in 1980, one year after once a week at 6 a.m. right when the store for concurrent distribution of the Jesus Pieces wrote, American women “do anything they are being granted Veteran benefits, she wished to be opened. I miss doing stupid dances down the (wafers). buried in the soon-to-be-opened Massachusetts asked to do, their hours are long, their task is deserted aisles to 80’s pop songs blasting over 3) Construct a hedgehog suit using a leftover National Cemetery. When the cemetery opened hard, for them there is small hope of medals the intercom. “She-Bop” never sounded quite inflatable sumo costume. Simply tape sharp in October, she became the first burial there. The and citations and glittering homecoming so boppy as it did at 6:03 a.m. in HEB. thorny things to the exterior of the outfit while recognition of her military service, which had parades.” As you all know, this method is no longer it’s in the deflated position. Put on the still airless been denied to her for almost the entirety of her effective. The lines start as soon as the store suit, drive to the store, get out of car, inflate suit The Hello Girls in World War I life, is now forever remembered at her grave. opens and it seems like there’s never a good causing the thorns stick out. Potential problems: General Pershing’s Request None of the other Hello Girls who died before time to zip in and out. none, obviously. 1977 ever had the chance to use their Veteran After the US entered the war in 1917, the This week, however, it had been fifteen days 4) Banjos. Bring a banjo and play it aggressively benefits. None of them were ever eligible to be Army desperately looked for ways to improve since I’d been to the store and my larder any time anyone gets too close. Like really play buried in a national cemetery as a Veteran. communications during military operations. consisted of two cans of black beans, some it AT them, full eye contact the whole time. Commanders discovered major problems with frozen tortillas, and my hurricane rations stash Works best if you have no idea how to play a the use of two languages in exchanges between of ramen noodles which has dwindled to four banjo. Bagpipes are also effective, but you can the American and French armies. At first, lonely packets on an otherwise empty shelf. play those correctly. American men and French women were used in Luckily, I have plenty of loose tea and strange 5) The zombie defense. Cover yourself in telephone exchanges, but both groups proved to condiments. How long can a person survive on chum. The smell will keep most people at least be unsatisfactory. The Army had trouble finding peri-peri sauce? I’m going to guess about five six feet away so that you can shop in peace. If qualified men for the job and looked elsewhere. minutes. you can’t stand chum, Drakkar Noir works just as well, but you have to spray it constantly and Pushed to an obvious limit, I decided to try a you have to smell Drakkar Noir the entire time. grocery run on Sunday. The timing was bad, According to the blockbuster film, “Silence of but I steeled myself to the sticking point and the Lambs” a generous application of Vick’s ventured out. Vapor rub directly in both nostrils should help, Hello Girls in France. It was a complete, unmitigated disaster. assuming you consider Vick’s Vaper Rub nicer I wound up a tearful wreck in a Wal-Mart than chum. Most people don’t. Below is the grave marker for Marguerite parking lot watching bandana wrapped humans Caution: neither chum nor Drakkar Noir will Lovera at Golden Gate National Cemetery stand way too close together in a line defined on work at WalMart. either side by shopping carts. One way in, no before and after the discovery that she served 6) Toilet paper toss: if you’ve been hoarding way out – like a kill chute at a slaughterhouse. as a Hello Girl in World War I. The left image is and have extra, bring it to the store and chuck I’d rather starve, although I am going to start her grave marker prior to 2018, the right image rolls past interlopers yelling, "GO GET IT, wearing bandanas – not because I believe Above, the ‘Hello Girls’ in France awaiting is the current marker. BOY." Bonus points if you can throw really far. they’re particularly effective in preventing the inspection and review by General Pershing. Maybe one of those things you use to launch spread of the coronavirus, but because I want tennis balls for the dog would work? to look like an 1880’s train robber in a “clever” General Pershing, commander of the American disguise. Unfortunately, I don’t have the raw materials Expeditionary Forces, requested a recruitment to implement most of my own suggestions. On I headed home to my couch to rethink the of women telephone operators that spoke Sunday, I managed to procure a gigantic bottle problem. I don’t want to get that close to people both English and French. In America, women of white wine, two huge bags of potato chips, even when it’s not the plague apocalypse, so I primarily made up the workforce of civilian and a loaf of Mrs. Baird’s Gas Station White came up with a series of potential solutions telephone operators. Nearly 10,000 women Bread (nutrition free since 1963) at the 7-11, to help people who just don't get the social applied to fill Pershing’s request. Those that so I’m set for the time being. I’ll try the stores distancing picture. were accepted into the program underwent again later this week, but until then, it’s just me a tough selection process and had to agree to 1) Duct tape a chef’s knife to broom handle the and the good old musical fruit. serve for the duration of the war. The women tip of which is at exactly six feet. You swing it Don’t worry about me. I’ll just blame it on the were evaluated on tests similar to those given around yourself to create a circle of death. to Army officer candidates. Then they were dog. individually investigated by the Secret Service. Marguerite Lovera died in 1959, 20 years before Thoughts From Dr. Tom Because the nature of the work required them being granted Veteran benefits. However, it was to handle highly confidential information, discovered that she was interred in Golden Gate their loyalty and motivations for serving were National Cemetery as an eligible spouse to Felix investigated more thoroughly than the average Lovera, an Army Veteran who had also served How Not to Go Crazy During soldier. in World War I. Marguerite’s grave marker only read “Marguerite, Wife of SGT F A Lovera,” COVID-19 Season with no recognition to her own service during This is a crazy time in When it comes to exercise we have to be the war, nor even her full name. history. The one hundred inventive. Dust that home exercise equipment In 2018, a relative of Marguerite contacted year pandemic is here. off and start your own little crossfit home the National Cemetery Administration with How do you stay sane with all of the craziness? gym for you and your family. Exercise really information that she served as a Hello Girl. One thing is to limit your time on the boob helps blow off the stress from all this and it is Though she wasn’t considered a veteran when tube. The talking heads can not seem to have cheap. Get some beach or woods time and keep she was interred in the cemetery, she was now. a conversation without using it. Instead of your social distancing. This brings the topic Not long after NCA was notified, historians coming together some of the media continues to of closing boat ramps and fishing areas. This verified the information and the cemetery sensationalize and politicize every single word is the most poorly thought out asinine thing I director had a new grave marker placed for or off handed remark that any official makes. have seen yet. This is obviously developed by Marguerite that gives proper recognition to her If you continually punish yourself with this it those with no experience actually fishing. Note military service. It reads “Marguerite Martin can make you anxious and in folks that have to officials… people do not get in a pile and Lovera, California Signal Corps, Tel Op, World preexisting issues it can really make you come swap spit or drinks to go fishing. We need to War I” followed by the years of her life and her unwound. allow boat ramps and shoreline to stay open to husband’s name. You have to be able to manage your time if fishing for recreation, stress relief and feeding you are lucky enough to be working at home. their families. This only further hurts the folks Even more than 100 years after the war to end most affected by our bad economy and makes Olive Shaw In Her Army Uniform. wars in which they served ended, these women It might work out well for you and create less stress. Learn to deal with your IT issues to make things worse with little to no positive benefit. It are still slowly receiving the recognition that is like gun control, it makes the unwise feel like they deserve. These trailblazers were some your life easier, especially if you are an old dog Their training included daily military drill. like me. Ask your kids and grandkids they will they did something good while accomplishing of the first women to serve in the Army. In nothing but harm to good folks. They were taught about the Army, its traditions, recognizing the Hello Girls, they are honored know how to operate Skype and Zoom and all and military terms. They wore a uniform, were for their service and sacrifices to their country, this other fancy means of communication. Once Last week my oldest, who works for a major given ranks, and were subject to inspections. their contribution to Women’s History, and their you get this pinned down, things will smooth oil services company and myself were poling In every way they appeared to be soldiers. And lasting legacies. out some. down a local shoreline. We were each on our their abilities overseas proved invaluable: They Eventually, the hoarding will likely get a little own conference call with the mute button on and were far more effective than men in operating Dotson’s Other Note: Had any of you Moon speaker phones on. It was comical calling out the military telephone and had a proficiency that Monkeys ever heard of the Hello Girls? To me, better. People are just not that full of it to need all that toilet paper….are they? HEB has done shots and being in fish while working remotely. was unmatched in their British counterparts. It it is another of those historical tidbits which for That is until he had to actually get on the phone was said that without the Hello Girls, “It would some reason have been ignored for years. I am a great job of trying to keep up with demand when you really think about it. The restaurants right after he had nice eat by 26-inch red. It was be impossible to brigade American troops.” on a mission to change this failure to educate comical watching him respond to the work call all, would you care to join me? are also doing their best to help so we really Bells rang throughout France on the morning need to get take out just like we were eating out while trying to pinch the phone between is ear of Nov. 11, 1918, signifying the end of World Please note: The Veterns Round Table Meetings back in the pre-corona days. We need to help and shoulder. I was giggling on the pole as the War I. In Paris, people filled the streets in a have been postponed indefinitely. When the each other out and patronize the businesses that red took him around the prop and cut him off. bittersweet celebration: the war was finally over. meetings are resumed all veterans, their families we can in this environment. Spending the extra Nice….. can’t do that on a regular work day. and anyone interested in veterans’ activities, time with family might be a good thing. Y’all stay safe out there and burn off a little But while those celebrations took place, an are invited. The Veterans Radio Round Table steam No positives this week on the sandbar. American woman drew her last breaths in a is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 a.m., foreign city. Inez Crittenden had been stationed Saturdays. The next show will be April 11, 2020. in France for a year serving in the U.S. Army Please listen and call in or text. The listener/ Trust Signal Corps as a telephone operator. In the text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s your two hours, final days of the war, she became bed ridden please let us hear from you. Padre Island and Port Aransas’ Oldest Island Based Pest Control Company. with pneumonia. She died in Paris on the day the war ended. Crittenden was one of 233 women who served as telephone operators for the Army’s Signal Corps during the war. They were known as Karen L. Marcum “Hello Girls.” Certi ed Public Accountant On Padre Island Since 1994. After she died, Inez Crittenden was given a The Pest Control Professionals military burial in Suresnes American Cemetery Locally Owned by Island Resident OVER 30 YEAR EXPERIENCE and Memorial. Her grave lies alongside over Bookkeeping | Payroll Tax a thousand other American service members Bill Schroeder who died overseas. But after the war ended, the Tax Returns Army decided that the Hello Girls had served as 15481 SPID Just past civilians, not soldiers. 361-779-8033 Whitecap on Right Sixty-Year Battle For Recognition 949-0208 While the Navy had opened enlistment to Email: [email protected] women during World War I, the Army did 921 N. Chaparral Street | Suite 215 Residential and Commercial Services Corpus Christi, Tx 78480 Termite * Ants * Rodent * Critter * Roaches * Spiders * Fleas A7 Island Moon April 9, 2020 A little Island history A Call from Colombia Baffin Rocks! Editor’s note: Bobbie Kimbrell has lived in spoil dumps. In other places the seagrass is so The Times They Are a Changing – Bob Dylan Flour Bluff since 1942 and was a commercial thick, you cannot navigate a boat between the fisherman until his retirement a few years ago. dumps and it kills water circulation as well. By Brent Rourk is here now, generously and silently battering The sadness came out of nowhere and for the globe with its destruction while pushing By Bobbie Kimbrell In the past, when fishing in and around the scientists to find vaccines, medical staffs to rocks with trotlines baited with cut mullet, it some reason I was not expecting it, even Unbeknown to a lot of fishermen or boat accommodate the infected, politicians to make was a haven for catching redfish, redfish and though in our global situation I should have enthusiasts there are two “Points of Rocks” in sound decisions, and people to stay sheltered in trout being the choice that the housewives anticipated it. Maria called me from Colombia the Laguna Madre. One of the points of rocks homes and to maintain hope. bought at the markets. Not so today since trout using Messenger, a delightful, free service is the reef that runs out about 100 yards or so and redfish are now regulated for sport fishing that permits face to face calling. This call was “Even the parks are closed, everything. I cannot north of Penascal Point where Baffin Bay meets only and million dollar redfish tournaments. different than our regular once or twice a day go outside in this apartment complex. Even the Laguna Madre. The other Point of Rocks, calls. Her pink puffy face, with pronounced tear with the fence around it the security will not let as is shown incorrectly on the Padre Island Also in the past nearly every rock that posed a tracks running down her cheeks, immediately us out. I am working with Juan [grandson] on National Seashore National Geographic Maps, hazard for navigation was marked with an iron signaled a problem. She did not wait for me to his online school”, Maria added in frustration if is located where the mot northern part of Baffin pipe. They were all marked in the same manner ask. not a noticeable hint of fear. Bay meets the Laguna Madre a few feet east of so that even a novice could determine where the the Intracoastal Canal. Those rocks are covered rocks were. Some of the pipes were put up in Chaos in Colombia Fear grips us during trying time, and now is over with dredge mud now. the 1930s and were replaced if they rusted out a trying time for our globe. Many countries or if hurricane debris did them in. to the best of are worse off than others, lacking medical The “Mail Box” a marker made of three cedar my remembrances none of the pipes are there infrastructure, reliable communication, food, stakes jabbed into the sand bottom of a sand today due to fishermen tying on to them to rod supplies, and true knowledge about Covid-19. reef extending east of the Intracoastal Canal and reel fish in rough weather which broke them Colombia has communication and most people and tied together at the top with a wooden off, especially of they were getting rusty. are riveted to their television sets in the morning, arrow pointing to the east, was the marker racing to learn more while fear maintains a where, \heading south you turned east to avoid If the weather is rough and windy the rocks are tenacious grip on their soul. They wonder ‘is it hitting the point of rocks, from there heading easily detected by the waves turning white and worse?’ and ‘how many are sick now?’ I shared south was piling markers on the east side where foamy as they break over the rocks. Some of the USA numbers with her, but that served only to the shallow water ended and the deeper water biggest speckled trout ever caught were caught Bogota - a metropolitan area of over 13 manifest more fear. There is no escaping for her started. on the rock reef a few hundred feet from the million inhabitants is on lockdown. and the other citizens of Bogota. They cannot shoreline of East Kleberg Point in Baffin Bay. leave the city. They travel by phone only. Most of the bigger trout, “sow trout,” are caught near the King Ranch shoreline south of the Pure “It is crazy here in Bogota my love. It is now Baby Will it Go Away? ten days of isolation in the apartment. We cannot Oil Channel all the way south to Baffin Bay and “Baby, do you think it will go away?” Maria go out and we cannot drive,” Maria stated in from there all the way to Starvation Point at the asked. mouth of Alazan Bay. At times a few big trout broken English. Her English is improving daily are caught between Pita Island and the Pure Oil as a result of the many hours she is currently “It will go away some day. Hopefully, it will Channel. devoting to learning English, however, she used run its course and we will survive this round. Spanish and English interchangeably as she Just stay indoors and stay positive. Stay with It’s still possible to navigate a shallow draft described what she was thinking and feeling. Wendy, Cris, and Juan. They need you now outboard boat, on plane, all the way from more than ever. You are the grandmother, the As she continued, I saw her eyes well up again Flour Bluff, hugging a few feet from the west head of the family. Share your love with them as she tried valiantly not to allow her voice to shoreline of the Laguna Madre, down to Baffin and stay calm.” I responded. I was not reading crack. “Nobody is on the streets and everything Bay and then all the way to Starvation Point in from a script but merely saying the words that is closed here in Bogota, except for grocery Baffin Bay. There is also a rock-free area about raced through my head at that moment. She stores, pharmacies, and drug stores. It is ten two or three miles long about one mile west of needed reassurance, a days now. Only one person from the family can Compurta Pass down to East Kleberg Point with calm voice, and hope in shop for food or else you get a fine. There are a sand bar built up between the edge of the deep the face of the rapidly thieves out robbing people of their food and water and where the shallow water starts toward changing cityscape. the shoreline. money,” she added. “Yes, I know. But I Maria is staying with her son, daughter, and Most of the rocks in the Laguna Madre south wish you were here,” grandson in an apartment instead of staying in of Baffin Bay on the west side are on the bottom she repeated. and don’t pose a hazard to navigation. Until you our condominium. It is the adage strength in Those markers extended all the way across the get down to Rocky Slough where the water is numbers and strength in family. “Me too but you know I mouth of Baffin Bay down toward the lower have to be ready to go to more shallow. There are a few rocks on the east “My love, I wish that you were here with me end of the Lagoon, (before the Intracoastal California,” I stated [my side of the Intracoastal Canal at the mouth of or maybe I could be there,” she continued. “It Maria in September Canal was completed in the late 1940s). After mother is terminally Baffin Bay as well as some rocks between the is scary here now. Is it like that in the United 2016 eating at a completion of the Canal, which resulted in the ill and I will need to spoil dumps where the Yarborough Channel States?” She had been here with me on the Island restaurant in Park 93 Laguna Madre not being as salty, the sea worms go there at a moment’s runs into the Intracoastal Canal. There are from February 10th until March 4th and loved in Bogota. ate the pilings up and they ceased to exist. notice so I need to be numerous rock reefs all along the south shore of it. She had finally received her Visa to travel to here in The States.] Starting where the Laguna Madre meets Baffin Baffin Bay in Kennedy County, starting at the the United States after being denied four times Bay there is a large mass of rocks that extends Penascal Point and then west down to Niebaur in four years. Enjoying the Island, she made “Yes,” she responded with a dejected face out into Baffin Bay. Most of the rocks are in Point toward Lyola Beach and Rivera Beach. many trips to the beach and reveled in meeting and eyes that noticeably watered, pushing the shallow water one to two feet deep with a lot That coastline is also navigable with a shallow some of my friends here. Maria thought that our beginnings of tears from her eyes to cascade of separate rocks in the deeper water. Some of draft outboard boat. There is one rock about 50 Island was one of the most beautiful places in down the tear tracks already established. the rocks were flat and 20 to 30 feet across and yards out from the west shoreline of the Laguna the word. But now she was back in Colombia were visible on the extremely low summer or Madre about two miles north of Baffin Bay that “We will be together again soon enough. We and covid-19 had finally begun to change the will just have to wait longer,” I offered not winter low tide. has been hit by just about every boat that travels landscape of the Earth, her city, her family, and the west shore in that area and it is hit only in a knowing when we will see each other again. Most of the time all the rocks are underwater. her hopes and dreams. real low summer or winter low tide. The uncertainty of this virus, its lethality, and When the Intracoastal Canal was dug it went Bogota, a metropolitan area of about 13.5 its long-term impact are question marks that right though most of the rocks where the Laguna Many a lower unit and propeller has been million people has become a ghost town. history will reveal. Madre crosses the mouth of Baffin Bay and it damaged hitting that rock and I am surprised Only small fractions of people are working in destroyed a lot of the good fishing grounds in that some organization like the Texas Parks and Maria began to softly cry and I felt that frog different areas of the city, rent is suspended, the in my throat beginning to grow and create that that area because the dredge spoil created large Wildlife Department or the Redfish Sportsman streets are deserted, and people are afraid. This spoil dumps on the east side of the Canal and Association hasn’t removed the small rock with familiar discomfort when I do not want to cry. happened overnight. A bustling city steeped in It wasn’t that I did not want to cry. I needed the Canal itself eliminated a lot of the rocks. dynamite or with some type of jackhammer. history to a mega ghost town. That rock has left thousands of boats throughout to. I felt a deep sadness, however, Maria’s Most of the big trout and redfish that are caught the years stranded and disabled. There are no Viruses. So, this is the reality that I have need at that moment was for reassurance and in Baffin Bay are from around and nearby rocks. rocks on the east side of the Intracoastal Canal wondered about for 40 years – the constant race hope. People in Bogota are frightened and the Every time the canal is re-dredged because of all the way from Flour Bluff to the mouth of of humans vs. viruses that I had heard about in covid-19 curve that we are familiar with here silt, more rocks are covered up and more fishing Baffin Bay. college. A few films in the past 30 years have has just begun to show its ugly bump there. grounds are covered up with dredge mud. brought that very race to our attention. But it Most of the rocks look to be made of lava but Next time: Keeping busy in Colombia. The same goes for the rest of the Lagoon as according to scientists they were made by rock well, even where there are no rocks. In places worms millions and millions of years ago. where the dredge spoil was dumped between The Barnacle Line existing spoil dumps that caused some areas Fishing a rocks throw from the rocks will to become dead areas because of no water usually put fish in your creel, or as it is By Del Smith Eating cold beef stew, out of a can, flavored by circulation, cuts had to be remade between the commonly called, a Jax Box. Had some friends of mine the salt spray coming over the bow, –- In the to come by and left me with very, very, early morning hours. some magazines for my But we sailors are purists. By George! We got edification and pleasure. to have that canvas, stretching in the wind, over –-- I presume that was the our heads while we head for those selfsame reason. Anyway, that’s what I’ll go with. One islands. And when we do get there, (finally), that of those magazines was all about islands. As ole sailor-cheap comes out again. For then we a matter of fact that is the name of the slick. tend to find those areas where you can anchor And slick it is. All printed up on bright shiny out, away from all of the sun-baked paving and paper mostly full of advertisements for upper concrete. We look for those native villages of scale hotels and resorts on islands in the sun, drift-wood walls and rusty, tin roofs. Where the surrounded by tropical, clear, blue-green water. native girls, wearing long, loose, soft cotton Come dream wth me!! dresses, cook on empty fire drums, fueled by coconut husks; supplied by the native guys in All of the stuff that normally attracts the ragged tee-shirts, shorts and a dirty baseball cap people stuck in a high paying, a-pocket-full- perched on the back of their heads. of-Tums, rat-race, nine-to-five, wading-thru- the-slush, form of indentured servitude. Having These people know that the starch and the palm that glazed look in their eyes, as they sit or fronds are both scratchy and itchy. stand behind desks or counters, thinking of Villages that have little, one room grocery Michael J. Ellis Volleyball Island that tropical paradise waiting out there; --- just stores, with inexpensive canned goods and for them. Dreaming about those pages full of bottles of rum that you can buy three of, for beautiful resort buildings, surrounding concrete what a six-pack of Coke costs. –- Villages that ponds. Imagining themselves walking down have sand streets that wander down to, less than paved roads to funky little bars and restaurants perfect, beaches with rickety little piers, that over looking the beautiful tropical beaches. are the docks for beat-up working sailboats Watching native girls dancing, wearing palm and skiffs with sun-weathered, hand cranked, fronds over their green bikinis, as they sip exotic outboard engines. –- Villages where the food, concoctions out of coconuts, with a flower or cooked on the empty, coconut husk fired drums, umbrella stuck in it. Served by native guys in taste wonderful and fresh. Where your rum crisp starched uniforms. concoction is also fresh and sweet out of the green coconut you just knocked out of the tree. Garbage Can Island As to why these “friends” thought that I would find this magazine interesting, I do not know. I --- Sans umbrella. --- Sans the expensive Coke. guess it is because they are not boaters and do Yes sailors are cheap, but by the nature of the not understand what makes me, –- well –- me. beast, they would probably be uncomfortable And especially about sailors such as myself. over there on the other side of the island, sitting The fact that all sailors do want to go those by the concrete pond, sipping that hi-dollar rum very same islands is only on the surface of the and Coke. Just as would the nine-to-fiver would matter. What they don’t see and understand, is be, on the back side amongst all of the sand that, way down deep, far below the surface of flies, bemoaning the lack of indoor plumbing normalcy, all sailors are cheap. –------After with air-conditioned bedrooms. all the wind is free. ---- Isn’t it? And what all Shark on a wire. I think that each one of us has them, their own those ads represent are lots of green-back pieces form of get-away-from-it-all, which makes that of paper, that the people working that tropical time among the crystal-clear waters and palm paradise want. trees swaying in the warm tropical breezes, Also, never mind that most of us sailors won’t satisfying. –--- Which is good. After all, if discuss the facts about the cost of those sails, everybody wanted the same thing, it would get that they are forever looking up at, to catch that awful crowded on that side of the island. --- cheap wind. Let alone all the supporting rigging Wouldn’t it? and string that is supposed to keep it all under Now the really strange thing, about all of this control. --- (Some of the time. We hope) –- No, desire to get-away-from-it-all, that we here in they will not admit that the amount of fuel that the States have, is what my Venezuelan friend, all of that stuff represents, could have them in a Jose, pointed out, “It’s crazy, you want to go whole bunch of ports, for a lot of years, sucking down there to have what they have, while they on a rum and Coke, while in their purist form, want to go up there to have what you have!” they want to be, out there, pounding through Deno Fabrie aka Moon Dog shows off his The Gaff is ready. heavy seas with the wind on your nose. ---- Now ain’t that the truth. –-----Got to be some party truck. sort of time-sharing scheme in there somewhere. A8 Island Moon April 9, 2020 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon High Percentage Shot Baseball and the 1918 Pandemic Basketball’s first seven-footer played By Dotson Lewis for legendary coach Henry IBA and the Dotson’s Note: I decided as a member of the American League staff that I would be doing you of umpires he gave the best he had. He never Oklahoma Aggies Moon Monkeys a disservice shirked. He never grumbled over an assignment, if I didn’t remind and/or tell you what happened always accepting them as they came as part of By Andy Purvis In a February game played in 1946, against in baseball during the 1918 Pandemic. Thanks the game.” Special to the Island Moon to Bill Moran (former SWD SID), Bill Francis, St. Louis University, Kurland was matched the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum You never asked guys that tall to dribble. It against another future Hall-of-Fame basketball and, the Library of Congress, for the facts was like asking a two-year-old to hold a ripe player known as “Easy” Ed Macauley. Ed was contained in this report and to Bill Morgan for tomato, nothing good was going to come a freshman who stood 6’ 8” tall and played for the photos. from the event. He was extremely tall, lanky, the Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks after and red-headed. He was even too tall for the graduating from college. Kurland poured in 58 Baseball Was Not Immune military. When growing up, his mother went points that night against a devastated Macauley. Ed told The Tulsa World in 1996: “I kept a Influenza casualties during this deadly year from “Baby, eat your food” to “If you eat one newspaper clipping from that game in my included: Boston Globe sportswriter Eddie more thing, I’m going to spank you.” This billfold throughout my pro career. Every time I Martin, the secretary of the local chapter of the fellow was a rebound machine, the Windex thought I needed to be humbled, I would look at Baseball Writers’ Association of America and man; he always cleaned the glass. He was so that box score and remember I was the guy who one of the official scorers in the 1918 World tall some thought he needed oxygen. Writers held Bob Kurland to 58 points.” Series; Philadelphia-based baseball writer nicknamed him “Foothills,” because he was Chandler Richter, son of The Sporting Life the next step between the flatlands and the The Oklahoma Aggies editor Francis S. Richter; and former Federal mountains. He was so big he wasn’t born, League umpire J.J. McNulty. he was founded. He was labeled college Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now known as the basketball’s first seven-footer and the kind of Oklahoma State Cowboys) were coached by Among ballplayers, the flu took: Cy Swain, a player that the fans “let have it” every time out; legendary Henry Iba. The Aggies won back-to- minor leaguer from 1904 to 1914 who slugged what more could a basketball player want? If back NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships 39 home runs in 1913; Larry Chappell, a big you let this guy in the building, he could score. in 1944-1945 and 1945-1946 seasons with Bob league outfielder for the White Sox, Indians He ran from rim to rim, and his height was his Kurland in the middle. The Aggies became and Boston Braves between 1913 and 1917; weapon of choice. This fellow scored so easily the first college team to win back-to-back catcher Leo McGraw, a minor leaguer between he needed to announce when he was going to titles. Kurland was voted a three time All- 1910 and 1916; catcher Harry Glenn, a minor Larry Chappell pass the basketball. He played during a time American and a two-time National MVP. In leaguer from 1910 to 1918 who spent time with in college basketball when players who stood 1946, Kurland received the Helms Foundation the 1915 Cardinals; minor league pitcher Dave A pair of veteran Baseball men, Connie Mack over 6’5” were viewed as freaks, oddities, and College-Basketball-Player-of-the-Year Award Roth, who played between 1912 and 1916; and and Clark Griffith, had kind words for their different. He was different all right and gained and the Sporting News Player-of-the-Year minor league pitcher Harry Acton, who played fallen comrade. “O’Loughlin was original and national renown for his athleticism in blocking Award. During the 1945-1946 seasons, Bob led in 1917. always a hard worker,” said Mack, Philadelphia shots, rebounding, and scoring the basketball. the entire NCAA in scoring, with 643 points, an Athletics owner and manager, “and his death Coach Henry Iba built his Oklahoma Aggies average of 19.5 points per game. Umpire Dies from Flu will be mourned by all baseball fans.” “His team around this big guy, and they won two The play of 6’ 10” George Mikan of DePaul, Silk O’Loughlin was one of the best and most death is a real loss to baseball,” said Griffith, National Championships together. 6’ 10” George Kok of Arkansas, and 7-footer renowned umpires in the major leagues. Then manager and part-owner of the Washington Bob Kurland created additions to the NCAA the famed arbiter, in the prime of his career, Senators. “No squarer or more honest official Bob Kurland has been credited as the first rule book. These three and other big men often fell victim to an insidious, fast-acting infection ever made decisions in a ballpark. He had the player to use the dunk as a way to score in a just swatted away shots before they reached the that was killing thousands of people across the courage of his convictions always, and was basketball game. Nobody celebrated a dunk in rim or jerked down rebounds while the ball was country in an astonishingly rapid rate. With the admired and respected by players and fans the 1940’s. The game of basketball was thirty above the cylinder. To put a stop to these, the horrors of World War I in their final year, a life- alike.” years away from its first slam dunk contest. He NCAA instituted the defensive goal-tending and-death battle was taking place around the never thought a slam dunk was anything more Called “the little indicator holder with the than a high percentage shot. “You only get two rule at the end of the 1944 season. globe. megaphone voice,” O’Loughlin, who, when a points,” said Bob. Kurland played for the Gold Medal winning When the 46-year-old O’Loughlin passed player disagreed over a call would tell him that men’s basketball teams that represented the away on December 20, 1918, the reaction in he had made over a million decisions in his day “It happened by accident,” said Kurland in United States Olympic Team in London, the baseball community and among fans of the and had never missed one, shared his umpiring a story captured by the Orlando Sentinel, in England, in 1948, and also in Helsinki, Finland, sports was shock and sorrow. Sports pages in philosophy in the September 1911 issue of 2012. “We were playing Temple University in in 1952. newspapers across the country made note of the Baseball Magazine: “Be boss of the diamond. 1944. The ball happened to be under the basket sad fact that the man who had ejected 164 men An umpire, like a player, must think in advance. and I got it up and stuffed it in. That started I heard a great story told by Kurland about during his time in the majors was finally called He must know each man’s peculiarities, his it; I guess…It was an unintentional accident. It his 1948 Olympic team trials. The trials were out. O’Loughlin died at his Boston apartment, strength and weakness,” O’Loughlin wrote. “He wasn’t planned.” held in New York City and the starting five of where he was working in the offseason for the must so plan that he is in the most advantageous the winning team would automatically go, and Department of Justice. His wife, Agnes, who position to render instant decision upon every the winning coach would be the head coach. had also been seriously ill with influenza at the play and at the same time must not interfere The losing coach would be his assistant. It time, survived him. His entire $25,000 estate with the play. Running his own game does not came down to the defending NCAA champion was left to his widow. mean surliness. It means the umpire is sent onto Kentucky team against Head Coach Omar the field to represent the league, to decide plays Browning’s Phillips 66ers. “We had a pretty O’Loughlin umpired in the American League and interpret the rules. He may not tolerate good team and led most of the way,” said from 1902 to 1918 while working the World interference; he may not permit a player to Kurland. “Late in the game, Kentucky called ‘show him up.’ He must retain his dignity and time and Coach Adolph Rupp was not happy. not permit an argument. He should not make his He laid into Kentucky’s center, a great All- decision too quick or he may have to change it. American named Alex Groza. Rupp was so It isn’t a good thing to have to change decisions, loud; we could hear him in our huddle.” Rupp and earn a reputation for being premature.” said, “Now Alex, that big red-headed boy is The veteran arbiter, known for his the sweeping sticking his butt into your face and scoring gestures and pronounced exclamations, had a every time! I did not come to New York City sharp tongue and a ready wit. It was said that to be the damn assistant U.S. Olympic Coach. his favorite expression was that there were no So, get out there and play some D. (Defense)!” close decisions in baseball. Bob never played in the ABA or NBA. Kurland “I have never made a wrong decision. At least, was drafted by the St. Louis Bombers in 1947, if I did I never admitted it, which amounts to but followed many players from his era to the the same thing,” O’Loughlin once said. “If I Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) ranks. The ever do make a mistake it would be idiotic for Bob Kurland simple fact is, at that time you could make more me to tell it. Of course there are lots of times money playing in the AAU than you could in Above, left to right at the 1915 World Series: when ballplayers and fans don’t agree with me, the newly-formed NBA. Many NBA players The Philadelphia Phillies announcer with but I’ve found that what I say always goes so it Playing for Iba complained that they were not getting paid on umpires Cy Rigler, Bill Klem, Silk O’Loughlin must be right. My skin is thick enough to shed Robert Albert “Bob” Kurland was born time. Kurland worked for Phillips Petroleum and Billy Evans. the criticisms heaped upon me. I don’t stop December 23, 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri. His and played for the Phillips 66ers. The team was speaking to newspapermen when they roast family moved to Jennings, Missouri, a suburb based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Bob Kurland me, and I don’t find fault with the players who close by, where he grew up. And I mean grew played on this team for six years and the 66ers Series in 1906, 1909, 1912, 1915 and 1917. grumble in the heat of battle.” O’Loughlin’s up! At Jennings High School, Kurland faced won three AAU Championships (1947, 1948, The obituaries for O’Loughlin, who allegedly funeral in Rochester on December 23, 1918, the same issue of most tall guys, where their and 1950). In 2006, Bob Kurland was also received his nickname as a child due to his silky was said to have been one of the most largely coordination rarely catches up to their size, until inducted into the College Basketball Hall of blonde hair, often remarked that he was one of attended in the history of the city. they are older. At 6’6” as a freshman, Henry Iba Fame. the most “picturesque” figures in the baseball decided to take a chance on Bob. Iba told him, Dotson’s Other Note: Are you surprised that I Islander and Moon columnist Dotson Lewis, world, “his ‘Ball tuh,’ his long, drown out ‘S-t- “I’ve never seen anyone like you before. I don’t featured the story of an umpire? A reminder: played against Kurland and the Phillips 66ers in r-i-k-e!’ and snappy ‘Fouled-er!’ known the know if you can play basketball or not, but if you The influenza pandemic of 1918 was a highly 1946. The final score was 7-5. “Bob Kurland country over.” come to school here, enroll and stay eligible, I’ll contagious strain that viciously attacked the simply blocked every shot attempted by our see that you get a college education.” Kurland “In the death of Silk O’Loughlin the country respiratory system. By the time it had spread team,” said Dotson. enrolled in 1942. When legendary coach has lost a worthwhile citizen, baseball has lost across the United States, the deadly event had “Phog” Allen from the University of Kansas Bob Kurland died at his home in Sanibel Island, a remarkable character, and I have lost one of killed an estimated 675,000 Americans. If you found out Kurland had enrolled at Oklahoma Florida, on Sunday, September 29, 2013. He my dearest friends,” said umpire Billy Evans, are interested in additional facts about the 1918 A&M, he chastised Kurland as a “glandular was 88. Kurland retired as a senior marketing a 1973 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, who Pandemic check the Senior Moments report in goon.” executive, from the Phillips Company, in the worked games with O’Loughlin. “If there ever issue #833 (April 2, 2020) of The Island Moon. mid-1980s. He is survived by his wife Barbara, was an umpire who gave the plays as he saw Comments/calls/texts are welcome. Email: Iba gave him a #90 jersey and started Kurland two sons, Alex and Ross, two daughters, Dana them, O’Loughlin was that individual. He had a [email protected] Mobile: 530748-8475 immediately skipping rope to improve his and Barbara, and seven grandchildren. In heart of oak, a keen intellect, and the courage to agility. Iba also had him work a speed bag -30- Have fun and hang in there! 1961, Bob Kurland was elected to the Naismith do what he believed was right, regardless of the to increase his hand-to-eye coordination and Basketball Hall of Fame located in Springfield, opinion of others. Through 17 years of service required Bob to take dancing lessons to help his Massachusetts. footwork. Slowly Kurland gained the ability to block shots, and run the court. His teammates Andy Purvis is a local author and radio began to look for him in an effort to feed him personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. the ball. 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The rest of acting like it was a free Las Vegas buffet or a flat, the Big Super Moon of someone’s day with a us are “enjoying” some of the highest pollen Saturday afternoon at Chuck E Cheese with an April 2020 set on the opposite smile and hello. This counts of the season, and I’d explain to you entire t-ball league inside. Sometimes feeding horizon. Schools of black Virus is an enemy of our what the symptoms are, but someone might call can be an attractive nuisance for sure. I suppose drum made wakes upon the country, and just as if it a ambulance for me. Better than the alternative the lesson is to properly space your feeders out surface as we crept into the were soldiers dropping I suppose. folks. flat. Small minnows looked from the sky, we need Speaking of flat out riots, the hummingbird dog like rain as they twinkled on to come together and fights have been nothing short of epic around my Sometimes the surface. Mother Nature is take care of ourselves porch. My favorite part is when the ruby throats and neighbors here on large gamefish still the most consistent thing Victoria landed this and black chinned are seemingly fighting to the in our world, because it’s her beautiful Baffin our little Island. death all the way down to the ground, and then feed on tiny world we live in. I’m not sure the buff belly comes in and scatters them like minnows, Bay trout this week This big Full April what to think anymore about down along the Moon pushed our first chickens. There is one that comes and goes making this “world” we have made Buffet line. very regularly and always to and from the same Kennedy Shoreline. BULL TIDE into the anglers efforts for ourselves. I do know bays. As it peaks the direction, and I have a feeling she is nesting in difficult, this that history repeats itself, my neighbor’s yard. water is marching out and should go down to If you didn’t notice the bird fallout that we trout choked and right now our world is normal soon. Billions of tiny baitfish that have had the past couple of days, you might as There has been another closure announced, up a micro pin changing right before our hatched this spring are flooding up into the well skip ahead a few paragraphs. The first now it’s Bob Hall pier for fishing. Evidently perch. eyes. One thing is for sure, skinny waters and shallow grass. Redfish have decent fallout of the season brought some good someone who was exposed went fishing, and Mother Nature reclaims what followed them along with the black drum. Get birds here to the Coastal Bend. I heard from they are delousing the pier. I think that has is hers, in so many ways. out of the boat and take a walk in shin deep water Melinda, Ken, and even Moon Monkey Jan that been particularly long overdue anyway, as the As of writing this looking for gamefish. Light steps and polarized there were birds around, and it resulted in some last time I was out there I think I saw some fish article our local boat glasses are a must. Always move slower than great photos on the social medias. Heather scales stuck to the handrail about ¾ of the way ramps are open and what you are hunting. Pitching DOA shrimp and Roadkill Willie both got some great shots. out that I put there back when I was in high life on our island is not at everything that moves This first fallout was the smaller birds, i.e. school. I’m just being facetious, but at this that much different. is a good start, but teach hummers, hooded warblers, black and white point in time, there’s lots of things that could There are however a yourself to identify warbs, orange crowned, parulas, etc. The next likely stand to be closed and steam cleaned. My lot of people coming species of fish, direction one will include some of the larger birds like front porch being one of them. in from out of town that they are moving, and the Baltimore orioles and grosbeaks and maybe because we are free. project a good cast. Sight some catbirds and the like. The water is up, and the fishing should be pretty good. I wrote last time about how this There are people fishing can raise your I observed something yesterday that I really full moon should set off the latest trout spawn, acting like they are on understanding of when, didn’t think about clearly until now. My but unfortunately, I haven’t made it out to check vacation, coming in where, and how gamefish feeder was up, and I had it loaded chock-full of my theory. I’ll give it a shot one afternoon with their boats and hunt. sunflower seeds and orange slices in anticipation this week if I can get my chores done and find going to the beach. Out deep we have been of some glorious migrants. 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The PIPOA office prepare-prevent-spread-coronavirus or call remains closed to the Contractors- The PIPOA is having a I would like to remind the Coastal Bend we the Consumer Protection Division: 1-800- public due to concerns about COVID-19 problem with some contractors and a few must work together to combat the virus. I will 621-0508 and the need for social distancing. You can homeowners. In that, contractors are starting continue to encourage everyone to take these Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: contact the PIPOA via phone at 361-949- construction on decks and docks without filing precautionary steps to prevent the spread of the https://www.tabc.state.tx.us/coronavirus/ 7025 or email to Jim Smock at jim@pipoa. an application for construction approval with virus. These actions include: index.asp net. the PIPOA. 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Difficulty in ensuring and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will continue compliance with social distancing, problems in For live national briefings from the Texas COVID-19 Shelter in Place Map: to stay current with the latest public health maintaining adequate supplies and keeping park Coronavirus Task Force: https://www. https://txdps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/ recommendations and will announce when a facilities sufficiently sanitized are only a few of whitehouse.gov/live/ opsdashboard/index.html#/7f8f7d13bcc942d definite reopening date has been determined. the challenges encountered by state park staff. Small Business Association: https://www. 98c1ceb93b4697c36 “Given the myriad of challenges and While parks are closed to the public, staff sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small- Texas Department of Pubic Safety: https:// heightened risks of operating the parks at will be working to help maintain the standard business-guidance-loan-resources www.dps.texas.gov/COVIDtravel/ this time, we believe this is the best course of upkeep, maintenance, stewardship, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid: https:// Texas Board of Nursing: https://www.bon. action right now in order to meet the health and continued regular cleaning of site facilities. www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-safety- texas.gov/COVID-19.asp safety expectations the state has set out for the The Texas State Parks Customer Service oversight-general-information/coronavirus citizens of Texas,” said Carter Smith, Executive Texas Restaurant Association: https://www. Center is currently working toward contacting Director of TPWD. “All state parks will remain U.S. Food and Drug Administration: https:// txrestaurant.org/news/coronavirus-guidance- customers with upcoming overnight temporarily closed until public health and safety www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and- resources reservations to reimburse stays booked through conditions improve. During the closure, staff response/mcm-issues/coronavirus-disease- the reservation system. Group and facility Texas Department of Housing and will continue to steward and care for the parks 2019-covid-19 reservations have been cancelled until April Community Affairs: https://www.tdhca.state. to ensure they can be immediately reopened to U.S. Department of Education: https://www. 30. Cancelled reservations will not be charged tx.us/covid19.htm visitors at the appropriate time.” ed.gov/coronavirus normal administrative fees. Texas Health and Human Services: https:// Outdoor recreational opportunities such as U.S. Department of Agriculture: https:// Day passes purchased through the reservation hhs.texas.gov/ hunting, fishing, biking, jogging, walking, www.usda.gov/coronavirus system, not associated to the Texas State Parks hiking, wildlife viewing, and the like are Texas Comptroller: https://comptroller.texas. Pass, will also be refunded without penalties. U.S. Department of Labor: https://www. essential activities for Texas citizens. TPWD gov/about/emergency/ The Texas State Parks Customer Service Center osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/ will continue to do its part to actively encourage The City of Corpus Christi: https://www. will automatically process cancellations of both and promote these opportunities in ways that are U.S. Department of Homeland Security: cctexas.com/coronavirus overnight and day-use reservations. If your safe and close to home, said Smith. https://www.dhs.gov/publication/notices- The City of Port Aransas: https:// reservation is impacted by a facility or park arrival-restrictions-coronavirus Through this trying time, TPWD has worked closure, a Customer Service Center agent will cityofportaransas.org/coronavirus/ diligently to facilitate access to the outdoors U.S. Department of State: https://travel.state. contact you – you do not need to contact us. We The City of Aransas Pass: https:// across the state, including in the state park gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/ are contacting customers in order of arrival date aransaspasstx.gov/383/COVID-19 system, which hosted nearly 740,000 day and and appreciate your patience. covid-19-information.html overnight visitors throughout the month of Corpus Christi ISD: https://www.ccisd.us/ Questions regarding state park reservations can U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: https:// March. Departments/Communications be emailed to [email protected]. www.publichealth.va.gov/n-coronavirus/ Despite the implementation of increasingly gov and general park information can be found index.asp Port Aransas ISD: https://www.paisd.net/ restrictive visitor use measures to help minimize at TexasStateParks.org. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Flour Bluff ISD: http://flourbluffschools.net/ https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/ coronavirus-covid-19-updates/ IRS Issues Warning About Coronavirus- list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2 London ISD: https://www.londonisd.net/ U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Aransas Pass ISD: http://www.apisd.org/ Related Scams; Watch Out For Schemes https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/ coronavirus-covid-19-resources The Corpus Christi Economic Development Corporation: https://www.ccredc.com/ Tied To Economic Impact Payments Internal Revenue Services: https://www.irs. index.php?src=gendocs&ref=ccredc.com/ information for others to input on their behalf gov/coronavirus coronahelp&link=ccredc.com/coronahelp The Internal Revenue Service this week urged into the secure portal. Federal Emergency Management Agency: taxpayers to be on the lookout for a surge of If you have questions regarding any of the https://www.fema.gov/ calls and email phishing attempts about the The IRS also reminds retirees who don’t information mentioned in this week’s article, Coronavirus, or COVID-19. These contacts can normally have a requirement to file a tax return Office of the Texas Governor: https://gov. please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or lead to tax-related fraud and identity theft. that no action on their part is needed to receive texas.gov/coronavirus District Office. Please always feel free to contact their $1,200 economic impact payment. Seniors “We urge people to take extra care during this Texas Department of State Health Services: my office if you have any questions or issues should be especially careful during this period. period. The IRS isn’t going to call you asking https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/ regarding a Texas state agency, or if you would The IRS reminds retirees – including recipients to verify or provide your financial information like to contact my office regarding constituent of Forms SSA-1099 and RRB-1099 − that no Texas Education Agency: https://tea.texas. so you can get an economic impact payment services. My offices are available at any time one from the agency will be reaching out to gov/texas-schools/safe-and-healthy-schools/ or your refund faster,” said IRS Commissioner to assist with questions, concerns or comments them by phone, email, mail or in person asking coronavirus-covid-19-support-and-guidance Chuck Rettig. “That also applies to surprise (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, for any kind of information to complete their emails that appear to be coming from the Texas Workforce Commission Resources 361-949-4603). economic impact payment, also sometimes IRS. Remember, don’t open them or click on for Employers: https://twc.texas.gov/news/ - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 referred to as rebates or stimulus payments. attachments or links. Go to IRS.gov for the most covid-19-resources-employers The IRS is sending these $1,200 payments Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). up-to-date information.” automatically to retirees – no additional action He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. Taxpayers should watch not only for emails or information is needed on their part to receive texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. but text messages, websites and social media this. attempts that request money or personal The IRS reminds taxpayers that scammers may information. Texas Oil and Gas • Emphasize the words “Stimulus Check” “History has shown that criminals take every or “Stimulus Payment.” The official term opportunity to perpetrate a fraud on unsuspecting Production Statistics is economic impact payment. victims, especially when a group of people is vulnerable or in a state of need,” said IRS • Ask the taxpayer to sign over their for January 2020 Criminal Investigation Chief Don Fort. “While economic impact payment check to them. Crude oil and natural gas production as you are waiting to hear about your economic • Ask by phone, email, text or social media reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas impact payment, criminals are working hard to for verification of personal and/or banking (RRC) for January 2020 came from 173,067 oil trick you into getting their hands on it. The IRS information saying that the information wells and 86,957 gas wells. Criminal Investigation Division is working hard is needed to receive or speed up their to find these scammers and shut them down, economic impact payment. The RRC reports that from February 2019 to but in the meantime, we ask people to remain January 2020, total Texas reported production vigilant.” Suggest that they can get a tax refund or was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 9.9 economic impact payment faster by working trillion cubic feet of total gas. Crude oil Don’t fall prey to Coronavirus tricks; on the taxpayer’s behalf. This scam could be production reported by the RRC is limited to oil retirees among potential targets conducted by social media or even in person. produced from oil leases and does not include The IRS and its Criminal Investigation Division Mail the taxpayer a bogus check, perhaps in condensate, which is reported separately by the have seen a wave of new and evolving phishing an odd amount, then tell the taxpayer to call a RRC. schemes against taxpayers. In most cases, the number or verify information online in order to IRS will deposit economic impact payments into cash it. January 2020 Statewide production the direct deposit account taxpayers previously Reporting Coronavirus-related or other provided on tax returns. Those taxpayers who phishing attempts Production Average Daily have previously filed but not provided direct Crude Oil 106,142,706 BBLS deposit information to the IRS will be able to Those who receive unsolicited emails, text (barrels) 3,423,958 BBLS provide their banking information online to messages or social media attempts to gather a newly designed secure portal on IRS.gov in information that appear to be from either Natural Gas 757,041,594 mcf (thousand Send Letters and Photos to mid-April. If the IRS does not have a taxpayer’s the IRS or an organization closely linked to cubic feet) 24,420,697 mcf [email protected] direct deposit information, a check will be the IRS, such as the Electronic Federal Tax mailed to the address on file. Taxpayers should Payment System (EFTPS), should forward it to and follow us on Facebook: The not provide their direct deposit or other banking [email protected]. Island Moon Newspaper April 9, 2020 Island Moon A 14 Voting By Mail Nature Notes By Debbie Noble expand vote by mail. At this time the SOS did not expand the vote by mail.” We are currently living with a city, county, and Too Much of a Good Thing? state Stay at Home order until at least April 30. And expanding vote by mail would mean that By Martin Hagne Today some biologists, including our staff The governor postponed our primary runoff counties have a lot of work to do to get ready. Some time ago the Brown here at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, are election until July 14, and we have a Presidential Normally only about 7% of people vote by Pelican was a rare sight along finding that some Brown Pelicans are crowding election in November. The CDC recommends mail in Nueces County. Scaling up will take the Texas Coast. That’s not the case today. You out other birds nesting along our shore, and wearing face masks when leaving the house, time, money, equipment, hiring, training, and can visit just about any bay or beach and see especially on bay reefs and islands. They aren’t which we can only do for essential trips, like planning. More people will be needed to process dozens of Brown Pelicans in majestic flight low necessarily doing this food or healthcare. They also recommend the applications and mail out the ballots. Many over the water, or diving into the sea head first on purpose, but there that we don’t go within 6 feet of anyone not more printed ballots will be needed. A robust looking for fish! currently living in our household with us. We public information campaign should be used to are more pelicans are supposed to constantly wash our hands make sure that people fill out applications and In 1973 they were put on the Endangered than nesting grounds and wipe down all our surfaces, even as hand ballots correctly and in a timely manner (we Species Act list, and very few existed then. it seems, at least in sanitizer and bleach sprays are difficult to find should be trying to get applications and ballots That’s way down from the old records of 5,000 some areas. This can back at the turn of the 20th century. Shortly potentially develop in stores. How do we exercise the greatest civic in very early so that there will be time to work Brown Pelican duty of our Democracy if we can’t leave our out any problems). after 1900, the species started to decline due into a huge issue for to being hunted by fishermen who said that the coming in for a other shore birds and house or go near people or touch anything? How Counties will have to make sure that both do we vote during a pandemic? birds competed too much with their fisheries. landing. water type birds. applications and ballots are postage paid so that Pelicans were wholesale slaughtered. 4 states currently conduct all their elections people are not trying to go out and purchase So why was this via mail (Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon and stamps. Many more trained people will be needed When DDT and a few other agricultural not an issue historically, before they started to Washington.) They mail a ballot to every to process the actual ballots, which includes chemicals were introduced, the population disappear? For one, there are probably more registered voter, and voters can mail it back or checking all the signatures and being able to call plummeted further. DDT softened their egg now than then. And it is believed that back drop it off or vote in person during an extended voters and work out any discrepancies, so that shells and incubating parents would crush the then they nested in a few mega colonies and election period. They have slowly and carefully votes are not thrown out without voters having eggs. By the mid 60’s there were only 50 or so therefore did not disturb other species. Today put systems in place to guarantee safety, time to contest. (This is a major concern of voter Brown Pelicans left. those nesting grounds are no longer around and security, accuracy, and efficiency. rights groups - last year, the Texas Civil Rights Once the species was protected, and the use they have been spreading out. Project sued the state on behalf of two voters Two thirds of the states allow anyone to apply of those certain chemicals was curbed, the What is yet to come is not known for sure. Do whose ballots were thrown out.) for an absentee ballot to vote by mail. About a pelicans slowly started to bounce back. From we have to control a species we brought back third, including Texas, require a valid excuse in Counties will need time to purchase enough only 50 birds left in the early 70’s to todays from near extinction? Do we need to replace order to receive a ballot by mail. special scanners to read and count the increased 20,000 count, they even have surpassed their nesting habitats lost? Will they self-regulate? number of ballots. We will definitely need early 1900’s numbers twice and then some! One thing is for sure… everything in nature is To be eligible to vote early by mail in Texas, an extensive plan for this staffing, training, When endangered species protection is done tied to something else, and we humans don’t you must: equipment, and public education process. right it will work! often understand it enough to get it right. • be 65 years or older; One of the stimulus packages just passed We really don’t know just how many Brown Enjoy and renew in nature during this trying • be disabled; by Congress included $400 million towards Pelicans existed in the wild along Texas coasts time of Covid-19 (at a safe 6’ apart distance of many years before the early 1900’s. It could course.) Be safe! • be out of the county on election day increasing vote by mail. Texas could be eligible for some of that funding, but it requires a state have been more, but we only started to keep and during the period for early voting by track then. And we also don’t quite know how personal appearance; or match and our legislature doesn’t meet again until 2021, so that seems unlikely. many nesting colonies there were way back • be confined in jail, but otherwise eligible. then, and that makes a difference. Although some in-person vote centers, drop The question that we should not have to vote boxes, and person to person interaction to on is whether any or all of us can check the resolve issues will still be necessary, Ms Sands ‘disability’ box if we believe we put ourselves did express her hope that increasing the vote Scams Targeting Economic or others at risk by physically going to a vote by mail option would put less pressure on the center and voting in person. Can this part of the county to find and staff so many vote center Impact Payments election code be broadly interpreted to solve our locations. The county always has issues finding social-distancing-while-voting problems? enough locations in enough precincts willing to By Emily Gaines | PR Coordinator for BBB serving the Heart of Texas The Director of Elections from the Texas act as vote centers, as well as the people to staff The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic • Simple tax returns are available. For those Secretary of State’s office sent out an advisory them adequately. Security (CARES) Act was signed into law who do not typically file a tax return, to all election officials on April 2. The purpose Security (making sure that people are on March 27, 2020. The act aims to provide simple tax returns are available to receive of the advisory was to assist in preparing responsible for their own ballot and not subject economic relief to both individuals and small the stimulus payments. More information for elections during this public health crisis. to pressure from caretakers, family, or outside businesses that have been financially impacted on filing this return is available at IRS. It covered registration procedures (still as forces) and timeliness of results are other issues. by the COVID-19 crisis. Deposits of economic gov/coronavirus. unwieldy as ever), early voting, curbside voting, Although there is no evidence of widespread impact payments into taxpayer bank accounts • No government agency will call or email cleaning and sanitizing, and voting by mail. voter fraud in any of the states currently offering are scheduled to begin a few weeks after you. The SSA has stated they will only Currently, the Election Code allows voting extensive voting by mail, it is always a concern the signing, but scammers are already using contact consumers who have requested by mail if one is sick or disabled, which is in any election to preserve public trust in the CARES to target consumers. to receive a call or already have ongoing defined as “a sickness or physical condition that process. Most states have voters sign the ballot One of the most common scams already business with them. If anyone claiming to prevents the voter from appearing at the polling and the back of the envelope, and then their being reported to BBB Scam Tracker involves be from government agencies, such as the place...without a likelihood ... of injuring the signatures are compared to the one on record consumers receiving calls from scammers IRS, SSA or U.S. Treasury Department, voter’s health.” According to the advisory, with the county or state. claiming to be from the Social Security contacts you via text, email or phone call, “Voters who meet this definition and wish to Most states took years to work up to this volume Administration. The caller states there is an do not respond. vote a ballot by mail must submit an application of mail voting. If we were to start now, we only issue with your Social Security account, and • Know your eligibility. Tax filers who have for ballot by mail. As the situation changes, we have 7 months. Especially in this short time until the issue has been resolved, your economic adjusted gross income levels of $75,000 will be updating our guidance. We hope this frame, any election officer considering taking impact payment will be withheld. Then you are for individuals and $150,000 for couples information has been helpful.” on this project should talk to their counterparts asked to confirm your Social Security number. will receive full payment. Payment is Our own Nueces county clerk, Kara Sands, in some of the states with successful systems to Another commonly reported scam shows reduced by $5 for each $100 above that seemed hopeful that this meant good news for compare best practices. individuals being reached via text message. threshold. Individuals with income above legally voting by mail during the pandemic, but Historically, primary runoff elections have The message instructs you to send a payment, $99,000 or couples above $198,000 with she was also hoping to get some more, clearer, very low turnout. Our July 14th election might generally of $50 or more, in order to receive no children are not eligible. guidance from the Secretary of State’s office be a great practice run for using our extended your stimulus check within 24 – 48 hours. Other • Report scams. If a scammer contacts you, soon. vote by mail option. But we will need a clear variations of the scam include providing your hang up or ignore the message. Report Grace Chimene of the Texas League of Women ruling from the Secretary of State very soon. Social Security number to know how much scams to BBB.org/ScamTracker, the Voters thinks that no such clarification is The longer we wait, the harder it will be. In the money you’ll receive, or when you’ll receive it. FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center coming and added that the league has joined a meantime, everyone who fits the current criteria Your strongest weapon in the fight against at www.ic3.gov, or the Office of the lawsuit. “We are suing to try to get the SOS to should apply for an application to vote by mail scammers is staying informed. That’s why your Inspector General at oig.ssa.gov. as soon as possible. Better Business Bureau wants you to keep the In an uncertain time, many are relying on these following information in mind as you await payments to ease the unexpected impact of The League of Women Voters of Texas your economic impact payment: COVID-19. Nobody should have to experience • No payment or information is required. additional hardships during this time due to The IRS will use your 2019 tax scams. Your Better Business Bureau is here Working to Expand Vote My Mail In Texas information (or 2018 if you have not yet to guide and protect you. To learn more on filed for 2019) to calculate and send your economic impact payments, visit us at BBB. In Light of COVID-19 payments. No additional action is required org/coronavirus, irs.gov/coronavirus and https:// on your part, including sending payments home.treasury.gov/cares. The League of Women Voters of Texas and efficiency cannot be underestimated. Counties or personal information. the League of Women Voters of Austin Area need to begin processing applications now.” requested to join as interveners in a lawsuit The League of Women Voters of Texas CARES Act Offers Help for Investors, arguing that Texas law expressly permits (LWVTX) and Austin Area League are joined expanded vote by mail options due to the by their partners, MOVE Texas Action Fund, COVID-19 global pandemic. The League is Workers Defense Action Fund, and a Travis Small Businesses asking the court rule that the definition of County registered voter. The League and “disability” in Texas law encompasses all As we go through the coronavirus crisis, we out over three years. Still, you might want to partners are represented by Texas Civil Rights are all, first and foremost, concerned about the avoid taking early withdrawals, as you’ll want registered voters, since the coronavirus prevents Project in this action. voters from appearing at a polling location health of our loved ones and communities. But to keep your retirement accounts intact as long without a real likelihood of injuring their health. After the League’s petition was filed, the the economic implications of the virus have as possible. Texas Secretary of State issued an advisory also weighed heavily on our minds. However, if “Voters desperately need the court to provide Suspension of required withdrawals – Once you to local election officials featuring many you’re an investor or a business owner, you just turn 72, you’ll be required to take withdrawals legal clarity that our state law permits all got some help from Washington – and it could of the provisions suggested by the League. from your traditional IRA and 401(k). The registered voters to vote by mail in light of make a big difference, at least in the short term, Additionally, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has CARES Act waives these required minimum this global pandemic,” said Grace Chimene, postponed May 2nd elections to the November for your financial future. president of the League of Women Voters of distributions for 2020. If you’re in this age 3rd, and the May 26th primary runoff to July Specifically, the passage of the $2 trillion group, but you don’t need the money, you can Texas. “We are in unprecedented times, and the 14th. need to balance public safety with administrative Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security let your retirement accounts continue growing (CARES) Act offers, among other provisions, on a tax-deferred basis. the following: Increase of retirement plan loan limit – Expanded unemployment benefits – The Retirement plan investors who qualify for NO JOB TOO SMALL…NO JOB TOO BIG CARES Act provides $250 billion for extended COVID-19 relief can now borrow up to unemployment insurance, expands eligibility $100,000 from their accounts, up from $50,000, and provides workers with an additional $600 provided their plan allows loans. We recommend CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION per week for four months, in addition to what that you explore other options, such as the direct state programs pay. The package will also cover payments, to bridge the gap on current expenses the self-employed, independent contractors and and if you choose to take a plan loan work with “gig economy” workers. Obviously, if your your financial adviser to develop strategies to arry Allen employment has been affected, these benefits pay back these funds over time to reduce any can be a lifeline. Furthermore, the benefits could long-term impact to your retirement goals. help you avoid liquidating some long-term Small-business loans – The CARES Act investments you’ve earmarked for retirement Loncrete provides $349 billion to help small businesses just to meet your daily cash flow needs. – those with fewer than 500 employees – retain C Direct payments – Individuals will receive a workers and avoid closing up shop. A significant Construction one-time payment of up to $1,200; this amount part of this small business relief is the Paycheck is reduced for incomes over $75,000 and Protection Program. This initiative provides 30 years experience eliminated altogether at $99,000. Joint filers federally guaranteed loans to small businesses will receive up to $2,400, which will be reduced who maintain payroll during this emergency. Local references available for incomes over $150,000 and eliminated Significantly, these loans may be forgiven if at $198,000 for joint filers with no children. borrowers use the loans for payroll and other Plus, taxpayers with children will receive an essential business expenses (such as mortgage (830) 460-1173 extra $500 for each dependent child under the interest, rent and utilities) and maintain their age of 17. If you don’t need this money for an payroll during the crisis. immediate need, you might consider putting We’ll be in a challenging economic it into a low-risk, liquid account as part of an PATIOS - RETAINING WALLS – MORTAR - DRIVEWAYS environment for some time, but the CARES Act emergency fund. should give us a positive jolt – and brighten our No penalty on early withdrawals – Typically, outlook. [email protected] you’d have to pay a 10% penalty on early This article was written by Edward Jones withdrawals from IRAs, 401(k)s and similar for use by your local Edward Jones Financial retirement accounts. Under the CARES Act, Advisor. On the Island your Edward Jones 14318 Cruiser st - Corpus Christi, Tx 78418 this penalty will be waived for individuals who Financial Advisor is Keith Clark. Keith can be qualify for COVID-19 relief and/or in plans that PO BOX 2526 - BANDERA, TX 78003 reached at (361) 949-9500. allow COVID-19 distributions. Withdrawals will still be taxable, but the taxes can be spread Edward Jones. Member SIPC. April 9, 2020 Island Moon A 15 Moon Classifieds #834

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If you’d like to help, please mail checks to Island Blast 14493 Suite A PMB 342 | Corpus Christi, TX 78418 You can also donate online through the island blast facebook page. April 9, 2020 Island Moon A16 loved, Navaho Rug, especially the way Jerry you’re local and are live streaming shows, drop Three Chords and the Truth Jeff Walker sang it. “Ay yi yi Katy. Whatever me an email and tell me when. Or let Debra happened to that Navaho Rug and you?” Also know. BTW, there’s also a Facebook page: By Ronnie Narmour Terri Hendrix played a show from her Willory Virtual Happy Hour with your Port Aransas [email protected] Farm in San Marcos that was lovely. And the Bartenders! That Kelly Gregory and Jenn big boys, like Paul Simon and Garth Brooks Mayes and friends that’s kind of goofy and fun. No lollygagging… are also putting out free performances on TV. Keep your head down… It’s like a ghost town around You don’t have to look far to find a show on the here lately. This pandemic has computer right now. gotten kind of spooky. The Local shows on the computer… government has ordered us all to stay at home and brother, the streets and beaches are vacant. Many of the local musicians have been live Mayor Bujon has decreed there will be no streaming on Facebook. My friend, Debra “lollygagging or socializing” on the beach… Scott Brown, is heavily embedded in the only exercising, walking, jogging or stretching. local music scene and is the lead singer with And NO fishing allowed from the piers, shores Dreaming in Color. Debra has been helping or jetties. And the “social distancing” rules are me put together a schedule of local musicians that we have to maintain a distance of at least who will be live-streaming shows this weekend. six feet between each other and there are to The CC Songwriters are consistently playing be NO groups larger than ten people at a time. on Sundays at 7:00 with such artists as Chuck That leaves us a lot of quiet time, right there, Hawthorne, Libby Koch, George Ensle, quiet and lonely. The city has also shut down Hollin McKay, Natalie Price and Adam swimming pools and hot tubs but not single Carroll playing virtual “in the round” shows. family pools. I’ve been all over town and up and On Saturday local troubadour, Michael Burtts John Prine died. down the beach every day and as far as I can will be streaming at 5:00 and Stevie Start has tell, nobody is flagrantly disobeying the rules. I a show every Saturday at 2:00. Plus I know that Well, here’s hoping the bars and restaurants did observe some feeble attempts at stretching Ruben Limas has been doing shows online too. open back up by the end of the month. Everyone in a beach chair, though. I also saw where our It’s a good idea to make contact with Debra on do your part. Keep your distance and keep your local sentry, Neesy Tompkins, saw some people Facebook where she assembles her ”Good Vibe head down and stay home, be a hero. March fishing from the shore at Charlie’s Pasture and Music” schedules. She has many local shows and April are not my friends right now. I’m Heidi has a stylish mask. listed along with their Pay Pal accounts for ready to put this thing behind us and get this tipping. Also The Exchange in Corpus is putting town cranked up again. This would have been face masks in her ample free time. And, as our an album together called, “Local Musicians Shorty’s big 74th Anniversary show with Alan government toys with the idea of making face Make an Album to Keep Music Alive”. And Haynes, Ty Dietz and Selfie. I sure hope they masks mandatory, Billy Snipes live streams on Facebook every reschedule that one. Be safe out there. And put we are starting to Wednesday at 2:00 and 6:00 and Michael your mask on. see them more Anthony Perez has one on Friday at 5:00. If and more around ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ town especially since the hoarders have bought up all the medical grade Live Music masks.. I’ve put a few pics of some original masks I’ve seen around Tonight town. I’m not sure how much actual good they Mermaid mask. are doing us in keeping the ALL SHOWS CANCELLED germs out but they look kind of cool. I’ve taken to wearing a bandana. I must admit it felt a bit awkward Thursday, April 9 Free Beer Band @ Thursday, April 23 going into the bank with a bandana tied across Free Beer Band @ my face. We all look like train robbers in search Giggity’s The Suffers @ House of Giggity’s Island sentry Neesy Tompkins. of a train. Rock TEMPORARILY Friday, April 24 Live streaming music… Josh Ward @ Brewster Street Red Giant @ Giggity’s Since ALL of the bars and restaurants are CLOSED closed and ALL of the live music performances Friday, April 10 Saturday, April 25 have been sidelined, we had to rely on live The Groove @ Giggity’s 132 W. Cotter St. Port A BELT SANDER RACES Eric Magnusson & Jason On the Waterfront @ Gaff streaming on Facebook to get our band fix. Mike Milligan & Texiana I watched two excellent performances this Neely @ Sunset Sounds Sing-Along Piano Bar @ Bluez @ Giggity’s weekend. My hero, Steve Earle, has a new Brewster Street Chanklas @ Shorty’s record out and showcased his latest material on Passing Strangers @ line this weekend. His theme was, “the devil put Saturday, April 11 Treasure Island Rockit’s the coal in the ground.” Earle has championed BELT SANDER RACES Metal Shop @ Brewster I spotted some lollygaggers on the jetty many causes. I remember when it he was @ Gaff Street this week. standing up for “no death penalty” when he Toman Brothers @ recorded Billy Austin on Exit O. I also saw a Giggity’s TEMPORARILY Sunday, April 26 74th Anniversaryw/ Alan Antone & All Stars @ rightfully reported the infraction. People better Haynes, Selfie & Ty Dietz Giggity’s know not to mess with Neesy. She’ll set you @ Shorty’s CLOSED straight in no time. And the way she puts it, “if Diamond’s Edge @ Monday, April 27 Open Jam w/ Ray Summy I can’t fish, then you can’t either.” I love that Rockit’s 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Timeline @ Brewster @ Giggity’s gal. You may remember her as the bartender treasureislandporta Street at the Salty Dog for many years. Maybe she Tuesday, April 28 should run for Mayor. Her heart is certainly in Sunday, April 12 Paul & Victoria @ the right place and she has a long history here. I Antone & All Stars @ Giggity’s personally wouldn’t take her on with a bazooka. Giggity’s So, as of today, Tuesday the 7th, there are four Wednesday, April 29 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Port A, Monday, April 13 Jimmy Willden @ Giggity’s 7 on Padre Island and 59 in Corpus. Let’s pull Open Jam w/ Ray Summy together and keep those numbers low. Stay at @ Giggity’s Thursday, April 30 Free Beer Band @ home my homeys… life is much better on this Temporarily Giggity’s side of the ground and it’s the ONLY way to Tuesday, April 14 defeat this monster. Don’t make me put Neesy Paul & Victoria @ Giggity’s Friday, May 1 on you. You wouldn’t like that. Aloha Dave & the Tourists Closed @ Giggity’s Anybody seen a train… Wednesday, April 15 Magnus @ Giggity’s Jam Band @ Shorty’s So with all this free time on our hands, my OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Hayes Carll @ Third Coast mermaid gal has taken to making original Thursday, April 16 Theater Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s Saturday, May 2 Dreaming in Color @ Friday, April 17 Giggity’s Chanklas @ Giggity’s Selfie @ Shorty’s Mike O’Neill @ Shorty’s Hayes Carll @ Third Coast SandFest @ Port A Beach Theater Viral @ Rockit’s Kyle Park @ Brewster Sunday, May 3 Street Iration, Hirie @ Concrete Debra Scott-Brown of Dreaming In Color. Street Saturday, April 18 Antone & All Stars @ Todd Dorn & the Sea Giggity’s Drifters @ Giggity’s classic Terry Allen show and a super great Tom Johnny Boy @ Shorty’s Monday, May 4 Russell performance dedicated to John Prine, SandFest @ Port A Beach Open Jam w/ Ray Summy @ Giggity’s who died from the virus on Wednesday. Tom Splendiferous @ Rockit’s OPEN FOR WALK UP SERVICE did a particular song he wrote that I’ve always Twista, Bone @ Brewster Sara has a Shorty’s mask. Street Tuesday, May 5 Paul & Victoria @ Sunday, April 19 Giggity’s SandFest @ Port A Beach GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Antone & All Stars @ Wednesday, May 6 LIVE MUSIC Giggity’s Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s LIVE MUSIC Free Beer Band every Thurs (7-10) Monday, April 20 Thursday, May 7 The Groove on Friday (9-1) Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Temporarily Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s EVERY Todd Dorn on Sat. (9-1) @ Giggity’s NIGHT Mike Williams Sunday Brunch (11-3) Tuesday, April 21 Closed Friday, May 8 Antone & All Stars Every Sunday(8-12) Paul & Victoria @ Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s Mikayla Griffin @ Sunset Open Jam Every Monday (8 -12) Giggity’s Kitchen Open Sounds TemporarilyPaul & Victoria ClosedEvery Tuesday (7-10) Wednesday, April 22 Dave’s Duo @ Shorty’s Until 1 a.m.! Hank Reeves Wednesday (8-12) Hank Reeves @ Giggity’s 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX

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