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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 November 24, 2016 Weekly FREE Around The Island Tortuga Dunes Headed for New Ownership By Dale Rankin You know fall has arrived on The Island when your Saturday morning alarm clock is .12 gauge. The duck season is in full bloom through Sunday so expect the cacophony to carry on along the Laguna Madre until then. The fishing continues to be good all over The Island. Anglers have been catching flounder in the canals flood insurance was not an option due and there are several reports of to FEMA restrictions placed on the Spanish mackerel being caught property due to its location adjacent from the beach fifteen to twenty to the Gulf of Mexico, a deal had miles down Padre Island National been struck with Lloyds of London to Seashore. Large trout have also been provide private insurance. However, caught up and down area beaches. Tortuga Dunes as originally envisioned according to potential buyers at the We can always tell when the fish By Dale Rankin 66-acres of developable property time the original cost of a slab for a are moving because the shores of at a price, according to sources, of After almost a decade of inactivity 2000 square-foot house could have Packery Channel by the bridge fill up under $3 million, according to the due to the cost of flood insurance the run as high as $225,000 with monthly with wade fisherpersons; maybe the listing the property had been on the The dune walkover is ready for moribund Tortuga Dunes beachside flood insurance premiums at around mathematically inclined amongst us markets since spring, 2016 at price development along Zahn Road north use. $5000 per month. could come up with a formula there three times the final purchase price. of Packery Channel appears headed - 2 fisherpersons X 78-degree water = The remainder of the property on the Lampkin said building single- In spite of the obstacles the original for new ownership. 10 SPH (Specks Per Hour). Offshore site must be maintained as wetlands. family homes, as envisioned by investors went ahead with Phase I of fishing has also reportedly been good Developer Jeff Lampkin, the driving Forestar Group which originally the project which included building “We have the property under on the days when the wind lays down force behind the successful beachside developed the property, is unlikely. infrastructure including, electric contract,” Lampkin said last week. enough to go out. mixed-use development Cinnamon When Forestar built and marketed power, water, telephone, and gas and “So far we have not decided what we Shore in Port Aransas, has made an the property in 2008 they told Red Light talkin’ will do with it if we buy it.” offer to buy the 137 acre-tract, with potential buyers that while federal Tortuga cont. on A4 The agenda for the next meeting of the Island Strategic Action December 9-10 Committee, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 6, at Schlitterbahn, is not Where There's Smoke... out yet but expect a discussion of the La Posada! traffic light currently being installed at The La Posada Lighted Boat Parade the SPID/Aquarius. The original plan and the activity leading up to it are for the light has hit some snags as the only four weeks away. The Old 105-room hotel which was the raison Farmer’s Almanac calls for higher d'être for the light in the beginning than normal temperatures this year has, at least for now, disappeared and the Old Farmer usually knows from the plan. The question at hand about these things. The kickoff is what kind of warning device, if party is Tuesday December 6 at any, should be placed on the JFK Scuttlebutt’s, bring your toys. Causeway as drivers approach the For full schedule and information high point in the bridge, and the blind see the section in this issue. spot behind it, as they approach The Island from the Flour Bluff side. The fear is that on busy days traffic at the light will back up onto the bridge and drivers coming over the top will have nowhere to go when they encounter stopped cars on the downside. If you have an interest in what happens at that intersection the ISAC meeting will be the place to get information and/or make your opinion heard. Port A talkin’ We had a big night at Shorty’s last Saturday as the Moon Monkeys stayed out till way past dark. Our old friend Michael Martin came A large brush fire broke out Monday afternoon on the back of The Island south of Sea Pines. Investigators down from S.A. and we old geezers said it appeared whoever started it arrived by boat because there were no tire tracks to the site. It started who usually set with the sun risked west of the houses and the wind blew it away from the subdivision so no structures were threatened. throwing out backs out by dancing. We’re trying to limber up for the A little Island History Turkey Bowl at the Back Porch Bar at the end of this month. The annual event is a bittersweet time because Thanksgiving: An Alternative Story It Wasn’t Official – But the First it marks the end of the season at the By Dale Rankin plunder and profit. Four-fifths of Thanksgiving in America was venerable outdoor bar and we kind of the cost for the venture was paid for We all grew up hearing the story wander around in circles until next by noble lords, including the Earl of Thanksgiving. You know the Celebrated on the South Texas February when they reopen. of Orford, the Baron of Romney, one, the Pilgrims suffered through a the Duke of Shrewsbury, Sir John It’s almost time for the Winter Texan tough winter with the Plains in 1534 Somers, and Lord Season which means things will heat help of their Native By Dale Rankin Thanksgiving holiday as Richard Bellomont up at The Gaff as the belt sanders American friends and we now know it began a tall, gout-ridden, It wasn’t an official take to the track. There is a rumor then threw a big party to take shape. Days sixty-year old Irish Thanksgiving as there that the Winter Texans only go to to celebrate and bang, of Fasting were called aristocrat who was was no such thing see those belt sanders crash but we we got Thanksgiving. for after the drought of heir to a baronetcy yet. It was November, don’t’ believe that. We think they go Well, that makes for a 1611, and for relief from in Ireland but broke. 1534 and four because it’s free. warm and fuzzy story the plagues of 1604 and Bellomont managed shipwrecked Spanish but that may not be 1622; in 1588 it was the La Posada talkin’ to bring King William wanderers making exactly how it went defeat of the Spanish III of England into the their way across the It’s about time to La Posada down. prairies of what is Armada, and in 1705 everybody so get some toys ready and project and Kidd was the deliverance of Queen Author Richard now South Texas had make sure your blender is working. presented with a letter Anne, then the failure of Zacks in his book little to be thankful There is no heartbreak like a broken of marque, signed the Gunpowder Plot in “The Pirate Hunter for – at least until blender at a La Posada party. We once personally by the 1605. – The True Story of the end of November knew a guy who had to stir his batch CaptainWilliam Kidd King which reserved Captain Kidd” tells rolled around and Lord Belmont These were Protestant of margaritas with a boat oar and after 10% of Kidd’s a slightly different their fortunes began celebrations that that the thing would only paddle his captured loot for the version. Crown, and subsequent historical to change. were foreign and boat in circles. The bad news was he probably unknown to the four never really got where he was going, evidence suggests that the King may A Moorish prediction England 1695 have even fronted some of the money Catholic Spaniards who had found but the good news was that he never Before 1536 there were 95 Church themselves washed upon what is go lost either, he just ended up right The story begins in England in 1695 for the voyage himself. when some of the most powerful holidays, plus 52 Sundays, when now the Alabama shoreline on back where he started. But then At the time, Bellomont had secured people were required to attend church November 4, 1528. The men had set isn’t that the case with just about men in the Empire put financial an appointment as Governor of backing behind the voyage of and forego work and sometimes out from Spain in 1527 to seek their everything in this world. Massachusetts Bay in the New pay for expensive celebrations. In fortune in the New World. On their ship captain William Kidd whose World and was looking to add the Say hello if you see us Around The mission was to put to sea and raid 1536 reforms reduced the number voyage to Florida by way of Santo of Church holidays to 27 and the Island. the ships of England’s enemies for Alt-Thanksgiving cont. on A4 First Thanksgiving cont. on A4 A2 Island Moon November 24, 2016 TV Crew Films Mazoch Home

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November 24, 2016 Island Moon A 3 lower row and put it on the passenger seat and then turn her attention to emptying a mailbox Did Ya Moon Monkeys Letters to the on the top row, it became clear to me, she was Mike Ellis, Founder after the mail and the potential identity theft that goes with it if there's a preapproved credit Hear? By Mary Craft Editor card application in the mix of mail. I decided to [email protected] walk down the driveway and approach her--she was standing outside the open passenger side door. I asked if she was getting the mail for New Advertisers someone and she said yes, her Aunt Jill Garza Raggdoll Boutique Too will have a Black who owned several units in the buildings (we Friday sale offering twenty percent off all are two buildings of 6 townhomes in each). As merchandise all weekend. The Padre Island a board member for the HOA, I know the names store is located at 14457 S.P.I.D. near WB of all the owners and Jill Garza is not one of Liquor. Only their store in Port Aransas them. I proceeded to ask her what unit her aunt located at 124 E Ave. G will be open on Distribution owned, she said 505. I told her no, the owner Sunday. Pete Alsop of that unit is XYZ. She said "Oh, I mean 705." Island Delivery I told her, again, no, the owner of that unit is Business Briefs ABC. She had leaned over in the car talking to The Holiday Inn Thanksgiving Brunch will Coldwell Banker the driver at one point so I got a glimpse of the Dotson on Point be served 10:30 am - 2 pm and cost $29.99. Advertising driver. At that point I told her to give me the mail Mr. Lewis, Great summary article for proposed Reservations only - call 949- 8041 Ext. 115. she had in her arms so I could return it to the Jan Park Rankin revision of veterans medical care. It was proper mail boxes and that I would be calling the My Coastal Home Furniture Store is Classifieds important enough as an issue for President police. I was by the rear of the vehicle and was having a sale with up to 50% off selected Truman to appoint General Omar Bradley Arlene Ritley able to clearly see the Texas temporary tag and items on Black Friday. There are stores to heading the VA just after WWII ended. memorize the number which I wrote down as I located in Port Aransas, Rockport and North Production Manager I am retired navy, serving 4 years active duty immediately went into my unit and called 911 Padre. Abigail Bair in the Vietnam Nam era, then after a break in to report the incident and describe the vehicle Contributing Writers service I reenlisted and retired from the reserves The Holiday Home Tour of seven Island and the persons. It took about 30 minutes for a Joey Farah as an E9 after 21 years combined service. homes sponsored by Padre Island Enrichment police officer to respond. He asked what kind th Maybe things have changed, but I was Club will be held on Sunday, December 4 Andy Purvis of vehicle they were driving, I responded a light taught early in my service that VA medical 12;30 – 5:30 pm. There will be music, food, color sedan though I couldn't confirm 2 or 4 Mary Craft benefits were reserved for those honorable shopping trip raffle and more. Tickets are $10 door. He informed me that the tag information Christiansen veterans with a service connected disability. and can be purchased at the POA office at I had given when I placed my 911 call had I never expected, nor felt I merited, free 14015 Fortuna Bay, the Blue Crab Boutique Jay Gardner come back registered to a truck. Clearly, these medical care for life simply because I on Compass and at all the homes. For info Todd Hunter were people intent on obscuring their identity served, and survived it without a disability. call Katherine Pierce 960-0327. Proceeds thus a stolen tag as well as committing mail Dotson Lewis There are about 20 million veterans living benefit the PIE scholarship fund. theft, a federal offense and a felony. Later in Ronnie Narmour now, a vast majority without disabilities, do the morning, as per recommendation of my Fiesta a la Playa at La Playa Mexican the planned revisions include all veterans? (I Brent Rourk Department of Homeland Security son-in- Grille in Port A will have gourmet hors imagine a huge increase in the VA's medical Photographers law, I reported the incident to the Flour Bluff doeuvres, silent auction, raffle prizes, live budget). If not, the public, for the most part, th Post Office Supervisor who called the report in music and more on Sunday, November 27 Miles Merwin are laboring under a common misconception. someone up the chain of command from him. 5 – 8 pm. Jeff Dolan I have lost count of the people I have met Mary Craft who thought medical care was free for There you have it, Schlitterbahn Thanksgiving Holiday Buffet will be served 11 am - 2 pm at a veterans, just because they wore a uniform. Doreen Kinkel Ronnie Narmour I have nothing but respect and support for cost of $29.99 and $12.99 for children Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) the honorable men and women who have under age 10. Riley P. Dog surrendered a part of their life to wear a Tortuga Permitted? The 3rd Annual Enchanted Forest uniform in defense of my life and liberties. Christmas Auction sponsored by To the Editor of the Island Moon Timon’s Ministries will be held I enjoy your articles, keep writing. Thursday, December 1st 6 - 9 pm at the lower level of Doc’s Seafood & Steak Respectfully, We noticed your enthusiastic note on the Restaurant. Tickets are $25 and include front page of the November 17 Moon about two drink tickets and hors doeuvres. James Boisvenue, Padre Islander the Tortuga Dunes development that has There will be many unique wreaths and been on hold for several years. Are you and trees on display for purchase. the developer aware of the Corpus Christi The Mazoch home at the end of Whitecap Merger Proposal and Nueces County restriction of building is always the highlight of the Christmas light no nearer to the sand dunes than 350 feet? As a Del Mar College Regent and strong tour of The Island. The decorations have

advocate of a 'Southside Academic Campus' caught national attention and this month a Publisher In 2008, Tortuga Dunes, to our complete disgust, for academic students principally from The cable crew was in town to shoot a feature bulldozed within inches of the dunes, totally Dale Rankin Island, Flour Bluff, and Southside to truly story. About the Island Moon prepare them for TAMU-CC junior/senior ignoring the fact that the dunes were being The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale years and graduate or professional school, destroyed. Why is it so difficult to appreciate The widening of Hwy 361 in Port A to four Rankin, Editor / Publisher. I congratulate the TAMU Chancellor, Retiring the beauty and value of these natural structures lanes from Avenue G to Access Road 1A is Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes President Dr. Flavius Killebrew, and Interim for so many living and visiting here? Not only just about completed. delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 President Dr. Kelly Quintanilla for the TAMU- are they an ecological distinctive environment, copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, Brooklyn Pie Padre Island is a proud as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 CC and TAMU-Kingsville 'Merger Proposal'. but they are natural protection from the damage supporter of toysfortots. Bring in a toy and copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. We all need recognize that graduate or created by aggressive waves and storms. get 5% off your order. Offer is valid until the News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, professional school is crucial for Del Mar La Posada boat parade. payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. College academic graduates to become well I would expect an editor to be aware of these educated future leaders of the Coastal Bend facts and to endorse sound development that Snoopy’s Pier now serves a grilled The Island Moon Newspaper area's businesses, professions, education, serves the community's broader needs-not mahi salad. 14646 Compass, Suite 3 government, and civic organizations. blindly encourage commercial ventures that Three things are vital for Padre Island, Flour ruin the very reason the island is a unique Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Bluff, and Southside academic students: and beautiful place to live, work, and visit. 361-949-7700 first, TAMU-CC and TAMU-Kingsville need become an 'Emerging Research Institution' Michael and Gloria Skwierawski, [email protected] with more doctoral and professional programs with the 'Merger Proposal' being key; Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Regular Visitors and Nueces County property second, there need be a minimum of $30 owners. million in research expenditures and funding from the Texas Research Incentive Program, Editor’s note. We are not aware of any buildings Core Research Support Program, and the there within 350 feet of the dunes. A reading of National Research University Fund with the permitting of the work there, after several the 'Merger Proposal' being the key; and complaints such as yours, found that the permit third, needed is more land space for TAMU- to reform the dunes was issued by the city and Where to Find The CC graduate and professional programs that approved by the Corps of Engineers. has been disappearing with little space left, to- Any permitting for buildings would be a Island Moon wit: (a) the Island Campus has along Ocean separate permitting process which to our Drive parking lots because of landing planes knowledge has not been initiated/ If you know Sandpiper Condos to next door NAS and has a large baseball of a "commercial venture" there that permits a Port park; and (b) Momentum Campus is being building within 350 feet of the dunes please let New Chef's at the Island Grille WB Liquors used for out of area students with dormitories us know and we will check it out. Aransas and athletic programs that need be shifted to Restaurant located in the Holiday Inn Port A Arts Dale Lisabella’s Kingsville with the 'Merger Proposal' being key. Restaurant In short, the Chancellor and Interim President North need to keep moving forward! Island Water is Just Fine veteran cemeteries on foreign soil. Find more Pioneer RV Park Padre Guy Watt There is some confusion regarding the recent information at WreathsAcrossAmerica.org. Stripes @ Beach water analysis of Island water. Filtered tap The Wreath Laying Ceremony in Killeen is Access Rd. 1A All Stripes Stores water was distilled and it was the brownish- organized by the Friends of the Central Texas Homeowners Wanted State Veterans Cemetery. You can find more Angry Marlin black residue left behind after distillation that A Mano Analogous to the national elections and the was submitted for analysis by the Moon, NOT information at WreathsforVets.org. Coffee Waves CVS evaluations of what has transpired, hopefully tap water. Corpus Christi - Saturday, December 17, at you have reflected on our local governance as 11:00 a.m. Moby Dicks Whataburger well. The process of distillation purifies water by removing salts, minerals and metals. Indeed, Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery Spanky’sLiquor Doc’s Restaurant I am eager to hear of the many ways you wish an analysis of the liquid residue following 9974 IH 37 Access Road, Corpus Christi, TX. to be involved to enhance life here on the Island. distillation, and published by the Moon, IGA Grocery Snoopy’s Pier 78410 revealed high levels of all of these and a high Store Isle Mail N More I suggest you read your copy of the homeowners' covenant that some think merits pH. The brownish-black color was most likely Sponsored by the Veterans Band of Corpus Carter Pharmacy Island Italian an "update" or a complete revision to include derived from oxidized manganese and iron Christi what is important to YOU as a homeowner. found in the water. These are normal findings San Juan’s Brooklyn Pie Co. for distillation residue. Taqueria Your input is valued; share as best you can. Ace Hardware What you observe in your immediate area may Our tap water is completely safe. You can find Wash Board be unknown to others. Please speak out and Holiday Inn an analysis of Corpus Christi water on-line if Laundry Mat help to make our Island life even better. Please you want to be assured. The minerals in our Texas Star (Shell) write down your observations and perceived water come from the rocks and soils through Port A Parks and possible solutions. Rec Jesse’s Liquor which the water comes in contact. This is Our local paper, the Moon, can assist you in nature's way of supplying us our trace minerals. Public Library Scuttlebutt’s voicing your views. We will have two openings If you choose to purify your water through Restaurant on our board this March; consider how possibly distillation, just don't drink the brownish-black Chamber of stuff left behind! Commerce Subway you, or someone you know, could enrich our governance. Laura Murphy, Ph.D. Duckworth Island Tire Home ownership, for many, is the largest Antiques And all Moon financial investment we have; help safeguard Wreath Laying Back Porch retail advertisers it and our community. Get informed and involved. To honor our fallen military heroes and Woody’s Sports WB Liquor their family members this holiday season, Center Sincerely, Commissioner George P. Bush, the Texas Barbara DeToto Veterans Land Board (VLB) and their partners Shorty’s Place Flour Bluff invite members of their communities to attend Giggity’s H.E.B. a wreath laying ceremony at one of four Texas Mail Thieves on The State Veterans Cemeteries in Abilene, Corpus Stripes @ Cotter Liquid Town Christi, Killeen and Mission. Donations for the & Station Whataburger on Island purchase of holiday wreaths, and volunteers About 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning, for the preparation, placing and retrieval of the Gratitude Gift Waldron November 16, I was going out to my garage to wreaths are also requested. The goal is to place Aquarius Light. Shop Ethyl Everly get something from the freezer when I spotted a wreath on every grave and monument at each Contirubuted by Karen Winship Keepers Pier Senior Center a car pulled over by the mailboxes for our 12 Texas State Veterans Cemetery. House Fire Station unit townhouse complex. The mailboxes are The Wreath Laying Ceremonies in Abilene, Send letters and photos to in 2 rows. I didn't recognize the vehicle and Port A Glass Corpus Christi and Mission are in partnership [email protected] Police Station thought perhaps the young woman standing with Wreaths Across America, a non-profit Studio there opening one of the mailboxes on the lower Facebook: Stripes on Flour organization with more than 1,100 participating The Gaff row was collecting the mail for someone. When locations in all 50 states, and 24 national The Island Moon Newspaper Bluff & SPID I saw her empty one of the mailboxes on the A4 Island Moon November 24, 2016 going in and out of London. Alt- Thanks cont. from A1 the Indian diet. governorships of New York and New Hampshire For the luckless Kidd there was little to be Tortuga cont. from A1 to his resume in hopes of garnering a combined thankful for, but today 319 years later we still “It was the best time of year for these people,” propane lines, as well as a wastewater pump salary of 1800 pounds a year and to reverse his celebrate the holiday that his exit from America Dorantes later told the Mexican Audiencia. station and 95 six-acre single-family lots. falling fortunes, which he eventually did. “For, although they have almost nothing else engendered from a gouty governor with a burnt Optimism was in the air as the property was rope instead of a treasure. to eat other than these prickly pears and a few Scheming governor snails they search for, they fill their bellies marketed at a Caribbean styled development. The original marketing material painted a Kidd did indeed put to sea but when he found day and night. That makes them very happy, First Thanks cont. from A1 because for the rest of the year they waste away glossy picture of what was to come. Domingo a Moorish woman had predicted that from hunger.” “Tortuga Dunes, a sun-drenched paradise few of the men who went ashore would survive The first Thanksgiving nestled on Mustang Island, is Forestar Group's and anyone who did survive would be blessed newest ultra-luxury, master-planned community by God who would perform great miracles It was also the only time of year when the through them. By November of 1534 the four four Spaniards who lived apart, got to see each survivors had arrived on the Isle of Misfortune other and in the Prickly Pear Season of 1533 and had little to be thankful for other than their they had begun to plan their escape. Now in simple and unlikely survival. autumn of 1534 it was now time to move. As the new September moon waxed they bided They talked with a “click” their time until its full face would shine its On the blustery night of November 4, 1528 light on the trails they would follow to the place of rendezvous they had agreed on. The the pickings of foreign vessels too slim for his likings he was accused, subsequent historical evidence also casts doubt on his guilt, of instead raiding ships belonging to the English East India Company which did not win him any friends in Jolly Old England. Kidd was subsequently Much of the area is covered by wetlands arrested in New England where by this time which cannot be developed. Bellomont was in fact Governor. Charges of piracy were brought against Kidd and he was clapped in irons and Bellomont, while scheming - just a short drive from downtown Corpus to get his hands on part of Kidd’s loot, was also Christi and just steps from the sandy beaches scheming to keep himself from being blamed for and warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.” bringing King William into a pirating adventure Phase II, which was never undertaken, was which could have landed him in the Tower of to add 39 additional single-family lots, along London or worse. Battling fits of gout with with 48 townhomes and condominiums, and visions of being drawn and quartered made for a 37,000 square-feet of commercial space at the chilly October in Boston town for the scheming tunas season was winding down but would corner of Zahn Road and Park Road 22. Aside governor. a group of Karankawa Indians were huddled from bordering the Gulf of Mexico the site is around the hearths of their open-sided wigwams provide sustenance for the four as they fled their October thanks captors. As the four men gathered they made surrounded by public land and wetlands which on the Isle of Misfortune sheltering from the likely will never be developed. Boston at the time was under the staunch violent storm which was upon them. As they their decision. ecumenical spell of father and son ministers had always done they migrated to the Texas “And so, Oviendo recorded, “believing that it Coast each fall, leaving behind the long hot were better to do their duty as Christians and as summers of the upland river valleys where noblemen, which each of them was, than to live they ate fruits and seeds and hunted the bison. like godless savages, they entrusted themselves They came to the barrier Islands, now called to Our Lord” and fled. “And Jesus Christ in his Galveston, Mustang, and Padre, where fish and infinite mercy guided them, showing them the cattail roots would keep them fed through the paths they should follow, while God tamed the season of the Blue Norther. The Karankawas wild hearts of the indomitable savages.” had seen passing Spanish ships on the horizon As so it was they rushed headlong into the brush but they were now about to come face to face country of South Texas with no idea of where with the Spaniards for the first time. they were going or how they would get there. The Karankawas were later described by the With fear driving them forward at the end of the Europeans as tall and angular people, unlike the first day of their journey Oviedo later recorded, Captain Kidd's ship was later recovered builds of the squat, thicker Indians they would “It pleased the Mother of God that the very same later encounter inland. Little is known of the day at sunset, they came upon some Indians of Karankawa culture as they left little behind in the kind they had hoped for. They were very Increase and Cotton Mather whose beliefs the way of structures or writings. Their unusual gentle and although they had heard something of were far enough on the conservative side that appearance and the peculiar “click” which was the Christians, they know nothing of how badly Bostonians didn’t celebrate Christmas based part of their language and was also peculiar to we had been treated. This was a very good thing on the belief that is was a pagan holiday. Since the tribes of the African shore has lead modern from the point of view from a bunch of sinners.” the 1660s ministers and governors in New linguists to speculate that their origins may have England had been singling out various fall days been from that part of the world. Their origin is in October for a thanksgiving, usually based By now the end of November was approaching still the subject of speculation. on the harvest season for the local crops. The and the three Spaniards and the former slave day of thanksgiving varied by region according were free of their captors and headed out across to the ripening of the local harvest and in the As the storm abated the Karankawas set about the South Texas flatlands. They had plenty to northeastern portion of the continent that was their business; the men inspected fishing traps be thankful for in what history will record was The cobblestone streets at Tortuga Dunes always in October. set along the Laguna Madre, others waded out almost one hundred years before the Pilgrims are in place along with the water and landed at Plymouth Rock and was in fact, the But as Governor Bellomont wrung his hands with their bows ready to shoot the large black first Thanksgiving in North America – if not in utilities. and pondered his uncertain future in Boston drum and sheepshead that came to shelter in the record at least in deed. he had little to be thankful for until the middle calm shallows. The women searched for fresh However, aside from the cost of flood insurance of October when a letter arrived by ship from water and uprooted the tubers which the tribe the high traffic on the beach adjacent to the England. When he opened the letter he learned ate for their starch, and searched the beach for property made selling homes which started that Parliament had given orders to the Admiralty driftwood for fires. It was there they first sighted Holidays Can Bring above $500,000 difficult and worked stopped in to send a ship to Boston to bring the jailed something rising and falling with the sea as it 2009 with little or no sign it would ever proceed. accused pirate Captain Kidd back to England to came closer to them and their shore. It was a Increase in Scams stand trial. Immediately, instead of facing trial boat much larger than the canoes they knew and Then, according to those with knowledge of for making the King a financier of a piratical the children were dispatched to tell the men of The City of Corpus Christi wants to remind the project, the original owners expressed a cruise Bellomont now would be absolved of the approaching boat which by now they had residents about possible scams in the area any guilt, which would now fall exclusively on realized was filled with men. regarding utility workers. The holiday the woebegotten Captain Kidd, and in fact the season can usher in a higher number of Right Honorable Governor Bellomont would be The first Thanksgiving scams including utility company imposters. entitled to any of Kidd’s loot that he could find. Now, six years later, in November of 1534 only Residents and businesses should always ask for four of the original shipload of men had survived identifying information from utility workers. Oh Thanksgiving! to make their way to South Texas. Álvar Núñez City employees can provide the following:

If ever there was a man with a reason for Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, City Issued Identification: includes employee giving thanks it was Governor Bellomont. He Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, and an black photograph, City logo, and bar code; decided that all his loyal subjects should share Moroccan Berber slave named Esteban (later City Vehicle: includes City Logo in his joy and in his jubilation on October 23, called Estevanico) who had made the Atlantic and department information 1695 declared that then and forever more the crossing in bondage, had seen much hardship Uniform: includes City logo and employee name last Thursday in November of each year would and suffering at the hands of the elements and Utility employees work a variety of hours both be the day of giving thanks for the good fortune the cannibalistic Karankawa. They were trying during the day and night. If you are unsure that had befallen him; no Tower of London, no to get to the Spanish settlements in Mexico. The pump station was build and paid for of work being done in your area you can drawing and quartering. Thanksgiving for all! the developer who was reimbursed by the The four had survived thus far by making contact the City of Corpus Christi Customer city when it was tied into the city’s system. A gouty Lord and a burnt rope themselves valuable to the Karankawas along Call Center at (361) 826-2489 (CITY). the coast by gathering wood and performing But alas his euphoria didn’t last long. The very whatever task they could find to stay in the If you cannot positively identify the City desire to have the project off their books by the next day the ship St. Antonio which Bellomont good graces of their captors. Six years of living utility employee, the city is urging residents end of 2016. The property is currently zoned as had dispatched to the island of Santa Catalina among the Indians left them little but their to call the Police Department non-emergency Planned Use Development area but Lampkin in what is now the Dominican Republic sailed survival to be thankful for but had taught them number at (361) 886-2600, if you believe it is said that may have to be addressed. into Boston Harbor and presented him with a a few things about life among the Karankawas an emergency please call 911. burnt rope, called a “bass cable”, that had once and their roles had eventually evolved to that been attached to the treasure Kidd had left there. of shamans whose charms were valuable to the The rope ended at the water’s edge and had been primitive coastal peoples. Cabeza de Vaca’s Best Black Friday burned asunder by another pirate who knew of account of his journey, Shipwrecks, would later the treasure and sailed off with it. The gouty lord fascinate Europe. It told stories of shamanism, was left to sit in Boston and finger his burnt rope miracles, and how the four survivors became Sales and think of the treasure that might have been. the first celebrities of the New Word, celebrated With total holiday spending expected to reach $656 billion this year — up from nearly On the positive side, Americans got the from the Indian campfires of the Texas plains to the court of the Spanish King. How it came $631 billion in 2015 — the personal-finance Thanksgiving Holiday followed by Black website WalletHub conducted an in-depth Friday. Captain William Kidd was convicted to be should be regarded as cause for the first Thanksgiving story of the New World. analysis of 2016’s Best Stores for Black Friday. in a show trial in London then hauled through WalletHub surveyed 8,000 deals from 35 of the streets in a cart from Newgate Prison to the The season of the tunas the biggest U.S. retailers’ 2016 Black Friday banks of the Thames River in Wapping to be ad scans to identify the stores offering the “We believe the property has great potential,” Castillo and Esteban, who were kept together hanged. Along the way he was informed of the biggest discounts in various product categories, Lampkin said, who is familiar with the among the Iguace band of the Tonkawa Indians, death of Governor Bellomont and celebrated in a such as “Appliances,” “Jewelry” and “Toys.” rules and restrictions for building beachside began to work as “doctors” among the Indians as pub so that by the time he reached the Execution developments due to his work with Cinnamon early as 1533. De Vaca did the same among the Best Black Friday Retailers (Avg. % Dock was drunk as, well, as a drunken sailor. He Shore which is currently expanding. proclaimed his innocence as the floor under him Karankawas with whom he lived. The American Discount) fell away but his bad luck was not over. The rope Indians, unlike their Spanish visitors who were 1 Macy's (63.35%) Development of the property was further around Kidd’s neck broke leaving him dazed fresh off the Inquisition, were tolerant of other complicated when in 2007 a policy, known as the and sprawling to the ground as he looked up at belief systems and were inclined to incorporate 2 Stage (62.81%) 350-foot rule, widely acknowledged to be one his three companions on the gallows and saw his other religious practices into their own. The 3 JC Penney (62.79%) of the most stringent beach setback restrictions fate; he was lifted back up and ten minutes later Indians found comfort in the incantations and in the nation, went into effect. It gave builders told the clergyman present, one Paul Lorrain, to rituals which the Spaniards brought with them 4 Harbor Freight (62.58%) wide latitude to remove dunes more than 350 send his love to his wife and daughter back in from their training in the Catholic Church. 5 Gordmans (61.59%) feet beyond the dune vegetation line, provided New York, saying that his greatest regret “was Their acceptance as shamans was helped by they construct new ones of equal size. The 6 Kohl's (58.15%) the thought of his wife’s sorrow at his shameful the long blonde beards of the Spaniards and the rule had been enforced for nearly a decade by death.” “sunburned” skin of Esteban which made them 7 Shopko (55.55%) simply delaying the permits of builders who mysterious to the Indians. wanted to build nearer to the beach, but became 8 Fred Meyer (49.70%) Nonetheless the clergyman Lorrain rushed to official in 2007. Each year in the late summer the scattered the printer where he published the “deathbed 9 Craft Warehouse (45.03%) confession” of the notorious captain which bands of the Karankawas gathered in the area So the reconfigured dunes at the site were immediately sold 5000 copies in London. just south of the Nueces River. Their daily 10 Sears (43.89%) closely watched when Hurricane Ike came wanderings took them from the mainland to the roaring ashore in 2008 which in some places on Kidd’s body, as was the custom with famous island in search of food, but as the days grew Key Stats the Texas Coast took as much as 80 feet of width pirates, was left hanging until the waters of shorter they migrated to the inland prairies in Macy's has the highest overall discount and caught the construction at Tortuga Dunes Thames washed over it three times before it was search of the ubiquitous prickly pear cactus rate at 63.35 percent, whereas Big with only about 60% of the newly-built dunes removed and carried twenty-five miles down which grew there. It was during this time of Lots has the lowest at 23.52 percent. covered with vegetation. The dunes weathered the river to Tilbury Point where the river meets year when the tunas fruit of the prickly pear The overall average Black Friday discount is the storm with very little damage. the sea where it was hoisted in chains on an oak ripened to a bright red and became the staple of 39% gibbet to be “plainly seen” by all the ship traffic Lampkin said he expects to close on the The “Toys” category has the biggest share of property around, if not by, the beginning of Send letters and photos to [email protected] discounted items, 28.26 percent of all offers, 2017. Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper November 24, 2016 Island Moon A 5 November Moon Phases Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin

It all sounds so simple. finish. When you Google what is most certainly the most “Get the bird back out here,” Mel said. common query this week, By this time word has spread through the “How to Fry a Turkey” the crowd that Island Mel was playing with thermal explanation seems pretty straightforward. dynamics and everybody was outside waiting to “Heat peanut oil in a turkey fryer or a very, see what was going to happen next. very large stockpot to 350 degrees F. Lower “He’s gonna blast that bird into space!” turkey into hot oil, very carefully, making sure it someone said, and no one disagreed. is fully submerged. Fry turkey for 3 minutes per pound plus 5 minutes per bird. Remove turkey “Everybody stand back,” Island Mel says as from oil and drain on paper towels.” he hoists the bird of which the bottom part is charred due to the previous low-oil dunking. Sounds easy if you say it real fast. “Here she goes!” Turkey…check He drops the bird into the pot and the flames shoot high enough that they singe Island Mel’s Paper towels…check eyebrows. Big pot…check “It’s supposed to do that,” Mel says as he takes Butane heater…check a few steps back. “She’s gonna cook now!” A little simple math…how big is that bird… But that’s not what happened. hey kid, come here I need you to do some cyphering. That baby’s gonna blow! Two shots of vodka for focus…check. I imagine it like the noise that comes up through the casing of an oil well right before Now how much oil was that and what kind am the blowout. There was a gurgling, then some Tides of the Week I supposed to buy? bubbling up around the outside edge of the pot, This year will mark my fourth try at frying and then…whoosh! Hot oil went flying and as it Tides for Bob Hall Pier November 24 - December 1 up a turkey and if doing the same thing and did the flame spread with it; all over the cement expecting a different result is the definition of patio as we all tried to push through the door Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon for the safety of the house at the same time, /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible insanity then I should go ahead and schedule a Fire Department call at my house for Thursday nobody thought anything about pictures with a Th 24 Low 6:05 AM 0.6 6:57 AM Rise 2:43 AM 26 afternoon. cell phone. 24 High 1:01 PM 1.4 5:34 PM Set 2:58 PM Stand back and let me show you how it’s “The bird is angry,” someone screamed. 24 Low 6:26 PM 1.2 done son “Get the hose!” Island Mel said, and somebody 24 High 10:51 PM 1.4 did because, well, Island Mel had done this I was more than half a decade ago when my before and he was the expert. Mel began F 25 Low 6:33 AM 0.4 6:58 AM Rise 3:34 AM 18 old friend Island Mel who was not shy about his spraying the cement patio with water to put out 25 High 2:13 PM 1.6 5:34 PM Set 3:32 PM turkey frying expertise showed us all how it is the fire but instead of putting it out it pushed done…or more accurately how to turn a turkey 25 Low 7:40 PM 1.3 it out to the grass in the yard which started fry into a floorshow for the slightly alarmed but throwing up dark smoke and flame. 25 High 11:02 PM 1.4 not really in danger witnesses. “Spray water on the house,” somebody yelled, Sa 26 Low 7:00 AM 0.3 6:59 AM Rise 4:25 AM 11 It was a fine afternoon on Eaglesnest or “It’s gonna catch the house! Call the fire Hawksnest, I can’t remember. There were department.” 26 High 3:07 PM 1.7 5:34 PM Set 4:07 PM about thirty of us there and Mel was waxing 26 Low 8:56 PM 1.3 philosophic on how much better his fried bird “This happened once before,” Mel said. “You got to contain the flames.” 26 High 11:10 PM 1.4 was going to be than those namby-pamby oven cooked birds that the poor old plebeians OTB I noticed that Mel had the garden hose in one Su 27 Low 7:26 AM 0.2 7:00 AM Rise 5:16 AM 6 had to choke down. He had a big old pot on hand but still clutched his Bud Light with the 27 High 3:51 PM 1.8 5:34 PM Set 4:44 PM the back patio and a gallon or so of peanut oil other and hadn’t spilled a drop. When the heat’s and a bird that would barely fit in the pot. He M 28 Low 7:51 AM 0.1 7:00 AM Rise 6:07 AM 2 on Island Mel is cool as the back of the pillow. described the intricacies and subtleties that only The flames had Island Mel surrounded and were 28 High 4:30 PM 1.8 5:34 PM Set 5:23 PM an expert bird fryer like Island Mel would know sneaking up on him from behind. I remembered and we all nodded in wondered if Mel actually Tu 29 Low 8:17 AM 0.0 7:01 AM Rise 6:58 AM 0 an old joke about the guy whose heels were on knew what he was doing. fire and his culo was catching. 29 High 5:07 PM 1.9 5:34 PM Set 6:05 PM The answer came soon enough. “Hey Mel, your culo is catching,” I yelled. W 30 Low 8:43 AM -0.1 7:02 AM Rise 7:49 AM 0 Thermal dynamics make my brain hurt “Yea, it cool,” Mel said. “It’s cool.” 30 High 5:43 PM 1.9 5:34 PM Set 6:49 PM The first problem Island Mel encountered was But the fact is it wasn’t cool at all. When Mel Th 1 Low 9:11 AM -0.1 7:03 AM Rise 8:39 AM 1 calculation of volume- as in how much oil do had successfully spread the fire from the cement 1 High 6:18 PM 1.9 5:34 PM Set 7:37 PM we need. His second problem had to do with on the patio to the grass in the yard it left a thermal dynamics and beer -he didn’t know film of cooking oil, of undetermined nature, anything about thermal dynamics and he was covering the cement and in the confusion Riley drinking beer. When he poured the peanut oil P. Dog had been the only one to keep his cool… into the giant pot it only filled about two inches or his culo for that matter…and he was licking up from the bottom. We pointed this out to Mel, up that tasty oil as fast as he could wag his but not to worry, Mel was an expert. tongue before anybody saw him. I just let him “When we put the turkey in it will squish it go, a dog with stomach problems was going to all the way to the top,” he said, and we nodded be the least of the problems if the house caught. but got our cell phones ready to shoot video of “Stamp it out!” somebody yelled and we all whatever was about to happen next. ran out into the back yard and started doing the In went the bird but still the peanut oil barely duck step waddle like a bunch of dumb hicks made it up a third of the way and out came the trying to stamp out literacy before it spread to turkey. the village. I heard somebody curse in Spanish when they dropped their beer in the flames. “We’re gonna need more oil, Island Mel said, Somebody had the good sense to shut off the and we all agree because after all, Mel was butane but in the melee the pot full of what was the frying expert. Someone was dispatched to left of the oil and the turkey got knocked over Stripes but as it turned out lack of peanut oil was spreading even more oil on the patio where a common problem on our Island that day so the Riley P. had kicked his tongue into high gear messenger returned with oil of undetermined working to keep up. After a few minutes of nature. duck step waddling the backyard was put out “It’s all they had? Well, it’ll have to do, doesn’t and everybody headed toward the bar. The grass matter anyway,” Mel said. healed up pretty quick but the patio for years showed a charred black patina. Island Mel The “Hey Mel, don’t different kinds of oil have didn’t have any eyebrows for a while and his different flash points.” face was kind of red for about a week, which “Who’s frying this bird?” was about how long it took for Riley P. Dog’s innards to return to normal. “You are Island Mel.” BACK PORCH “Mel’s right,” we said. “Frying a turkey is a lot “Well, okay then.” more fun than cooking one in the oven! Let’s do In went the new oil and up Cruise Control Nov. 25 went the flame under the pot. Somewhere around Laid Back Texas Nov. 26 about 160 degrees the smoke started. “That’s gonna make it taste TURKEY The BOWL so good!” Island Mel said, and we all agreed even as we fingered our cell phones in BACKTHIS SUNDAY PORCH our pockets. Somewhere up LAST DAY OPEN UNTIL MARCH around the high 200s the oil started to look like a witches ALL BEER MUST Bar GO! COME HELP! brew, like maybe something was coming to life in there, and the smoke got thicker ON THE WATERFRONT and we all took a big step back. 132 W. Cotter St. PortA “Hey Mel, is it supposed The to be smoking like that? Safety first... Something doesn’t look BACK PORCH right.” this again next year.” “Turn up the burner Mel, I think that thing is “Heat peanut oil in a turkey fryer or a very, One Bite and You’re Hooked! ready to blast off!” very large stockpot to 350 degrees F. Lower “It’ll be fine once we get her up to 350,” Mel turkey into hot oil, very carefully, making sure it Bar is fully submerged. Fry turkey for 3 minutes per said, and turned up the burner. pound plus 5 minutes per bird. Remove turkey All You Can Eat There would be no halfway measures on this from oil and drain on paper towels.” Day of Thanksgiving. It was time for the big Fried Shrimp Sounds easy if you say it real fast. Wednesdays 5 - Close Prime Rib Thursdays 5 - Until They're Gone Mini Golf Great Food Seafood, Steaks, Salads, Burgers & Full Bar Open 11am - 2am • Kitchen Closes at 1am 2034 State Hwy 361 361-749-TACO (8226) A6 Island Moon November 24, 2016 Senior Moments Colombians Vote on Peace Accord Texas Rangers Founded Will the 54 Year Old Civil War Ever End? By Brent Rourk quickly, mere feet in front of the restaurant November 24, 1835 opening as the pleasant wafts of freshly made It is the best of times and it is the worst of times arepas, sausages, and soups permeated the air By Dotson Lewis in Colombia for much the same reasons as times trapped inside the tiny carved out restaurant. are in most countries; it is difficult to keep a lid Special to the Island Moon on crimes, Bogota expands as if there were A very lean, unclaimed dog waited immediately Dotson’s Note: For you on this Thanksgiving home and ended up moving to Texas in 1872 no limit to its growth, traffic and pollution in outside of the opening to the restaurant, mere Day is another November 24th in Texas history. at the age of 22. He joined the Austin militia Bogota are equally unhealthy, and most workers feet away from speeding cars. Its emaciated It was on this date in 1835 that the Texas unit known as the Travis Rifles before moving make a modest if not low wage. On the other stomach and ribs reflected massive hunger and Rangers were founded. I am willing to wager on to a company of Texas Rangers led by hand, most people find jobs, Colombia is a lack of meals. Piercing and sad canine eyes an adult beverage (cheap wine) that none of you Captain Leander McNelly. Armstrong’s most geographic wonder, incorporating a vast variety stared sadly at all of the restaurant patrons. Moon Monkeys has ever heard of more than one famous exploit as a Ranger by far was his of ecological zones, and Colombia still retains of these Texas Rangers whose feats are related capture of John Wesley Hardin in the spring of a cultural diversity from countryside natives to below. Of course, the wager does not apply if 1877. Hardin, Texas’ most infamous gunfighter, big city, modern offerings. any of you are a direct descendent of one or was said to have killed at least 20 men in the more of those mentioned below. Sarah Pruitt decade following the Civil War; some said the The People Not Congress Decide Peace contributed to this article. total reached as high as 40. By 1877, he was on Accords the run, wanted by the Rangers for the killing Eight Famous Texas Rangers During a recent Sunday, for those who might of Comanche County Deputy Sheriff Charles have missed this on the world news, Colombian After riding to victory alongside other Texan Webb. Though he was recuperating from a people went to the polls to vote on one solitary forces in the war for independence, the rough- gunshot wound, Armstrong sought and won issue; whether or not Colombia should accept and-ready Texas Rangers served as the new permission to work the Hardin case. He and his a peace accord between the Colombian republic’s primary law enforcement agency. team tracked Hardin to Pensacola, Florida, and Government and the well-known group They proved their mettle yet again in the confronted the gunfighter and his gang in a train FARC – Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Mexican War, but many Rangers went on to car. Though various versions exist as to what Colombia (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of fight against their former U.S. army comrades Colombia) a rebel, guerilla group at war with A mountain restaurant oven - making when Texas joined the Confederacy during the government for 54 years. arepas and coffee the Civil War. From Wild West train robbers and gunfighters in the 1870s to bootleggers Unlike in many countries where the president and gamblers in the 1920s, criminals in Texas or a congress or parliament or other governing Finally, a soon to be sainted restaurant worker faced the wrath of the Rangers. Now an elite body decides and creates treaties and accords, kindly gave one of the dogs a decent portion of police squad tasked with the state’s most serious Colombia has assigned that vital task to the what my tired and old eyes detected as meat and criminal investigations, the Texas Rangers have people who decide by voting on the measure. potatoes. The dog’s tail rose to half-mast and undergone many changes in their colorful The 54 year war has resulted in over 220,000 in seconds it wolfed the food down, altogether history—and some particularly memorable deaths and a huge waste of money and time. Ten eliminating any wasteful chewing process, let characters have emerged over the years. years ago the government proposed an accord alone leisurely enjoying the handout. that was summarily turned down. John Coffee Hays I displayed considerably more restraint than After 4 recent years of careful talks between the the hungry dog, savoring every bite of my Colombian Government and FARC, including filling lunch while chatting with my companion happened next, the most commonly told story decisive assistance from other countries, the Maria. We compared the arepas, soups, and is that Hardin’s gun snagged on his suspenders Colombian citizens prepared to head to the polls sausages to others we have eaten in Colombia and Armstrong was able to hit him over the again to vote on that one measure. Would they and we discussed the beautiful scenery we had head, knocking him out. Armstrong then sent vote to accept the peace accord (SI) or would passed on the way to our late lunch destination. Hardin back to Texas to stand trial for Webb’s they vote to refuse the accord (NO) thereby murder. leaving the country in continued turmoil? Radio Updates on the Vote John B. Jones Checking Out the Process A radio in the background had been playing more traditional Colombian music, until ‘up In 1874, Jones, a distinguished veteran of Texas to the hour’ voting results were broadcast. forces in the Civil War*, was chosen to head the The restaurant suddenly became silent and the Born in Tennessee, Hays arrived in San Frontier Battalion, a newly created organization patrons listened intently. Within a minute loud Antonio in 1837, shortly after Texas won its composed of six large Ranger companies and cheers broke the silence as a radio journalist independence from Mexico. By 1841, at the tasked with protecting the Texas frontier. Under announced that the ‘NO’ vote was leading in a tender age of 23, he was a Ranger captain. A his firm hand, the Rangers reached new levels few counties. The restaurant patrons, obviously fearless fighter and skilled leader, Hays won his as a state police force, helping preserve law and in favor of the ‘NO’ vote (declining the peace fame defending Texans from raids and attacks order in the chaotic period following the Civil accord and continuing the war) were very by both Native American (Comanche) groups War* and Reconstruction. Train robber Sam animated and excited about the voting progress and Mexican bandits. More than any other man, Bass, one of the most notorious outlaws of the he would come to symbolize the Rangers of the time, eluded capture until July 1878, when one Texas Republic era. During the Mexican War of the members of his gang turned informer, (1846-48), Hays’ Rangers scouted, defended writing to Jones of Bass’ plans to rob a small U.S. supply and communication lines from bank in Round Rock. Jones’ Rangers met the attacks by Mexican guerrillas and fought robbers there, and in the ensuing gunfight Bass alongside regular U.S. army troops, earning a was fatally wounded. In 1879, Jones was given national reputation for their bravery. After the even greater responsibility as adjutant general war, Hays went further west to California, where of the state of Texas; he died in service in 1881. he made his name in politics, real estate and Colombian Mountains ranching and helped found the city of Oakland. Captain Bill McDonald Hays and his men were usually outnumbered in I traveled back to Colombia to visit a close their skirmishes with Comanche and Mexican friend and to see for myself how Colombia forces, but managed to hold their own thanks was reacting to the voting process and the to their highly effective use of a more modern vote. I spoke with several people that week weapon: the revolver. in Colombia about ‘El Voto’ (the vote), and the sides seemed strongly entrenched, neither Samuel H. Walker willing to listen to the other, only to decry and Soon after Samuel Walker joined Hays’ Ranger solidify their own position and rationale [that company in 1844, they and 14 other Rangers sounds more than vaguely familiar as I compare Restaurant fare in the mountains the day took on some 80 Comanche in the battle of the reaction of Colombian views of the accord of the vote - Colombian chorizos and Walker’s Creek. Armed with the first practical to our two recent presidential candidates and arepas revolver, designed by Samuel Colt, the Rangers If Bass’ death marked the passing of the the Presidential Election.] Remarkably, it was came out on top in the fierce clash. Walker was traditional Texas frontier villain, Jones’ death apparent that Colombians were truly split on seriously wounded, but recovered to become a marked a transition for the Texas Rangers, who the accord, offering a wide range of reasons for as it was delivered by the strong voice on the celebrated Ranger captain during the Mexican were forced to modernize in order to confront voting ‘SI’ or ‘NO’. radio. It was unanimous as all of the restaurant War. In late 1846, he made some simple the changing world around them. Bill McDonald patrons, except me, were strongly against suggestions to improve Colt’s revolver design, was one of the most visible Rangers to emerge Trying to Persuade Colombians accepting the peace accord. Smiles, laughs, and the upgraded “Walker Colt” became the in this new era. As a Ranger captain from Seemingly in vain, I tried several days before back pats, and nodding heads continued for deadliest weapon of the war. Walker was killed 1891 to 1907, McDonald took on numerous the vote to persuade Colombians to vote ‘SI’ – several seconds. in a clash with Mexican forces at Huamantla in high-profile criminal cases, including illegal to accept the accord, stop the killings, and take a Clearly, it was in my best interest to be October 1847. prizefights, bank robberies, murders and riots. positive step forward, not forgetting the terrible absolutely quiet, eat my delicious country fare, He earned a reputation for his marksmanship, as tragedies of the long war, but rather to ensure Ben McCulloch well as for being the source of one of the most and continue to chat with Maria. Except for a that there could finally be peace. I wrote a letter brief faciaI show of disappointment aimed at McCulloch followed his neighbor and family famous Ranger sayings: “One riot, one Ranger.” to a large Bolivian newspaper encouraging Though McDonald probably never said exactly Maria, I showed no emotion about the vote, but friend Davy Crockett from Tennessee out to Colombians to vote ‘SI’, probably viewed did witness how excited the dozen patrons were. Texas in 1835. He came down with the measles that, it’s a pretty good statement of his attitude. by some Colombians as an intrusion on their As one story goes, McDonald arrived in Dallas They had their reasons. For all I know some of and didn’t make it to the Alamo before its fall, personal business. them were loyal FARC members, but although but joined Sam Houston’s army for the Battle to stop a prize fight, and when community leaders asked when his fellow Rangers were After all, why should a ‘gringo’ from the states curious I did not know and I did not ask. Still, of San Jacinto. After joining the Rangers, he have any right to say anything about what goes I was hoping that hungry voters would fill the fought courageously against Comanches at the arriving, he said “Hell! ain’t I enough? There’s only one prize-fight!” on in Colombia. Others of the ‘SI’ persuasion ballot box with ‘SI’ votes – feeding hunger for Battle of Plum Creek and other engagements were pleased and grateful for my efforts. My peace, like the restaurant worker who fed the and was named Hays’ first lieutenant. During Frank Hamer reason for writing the article hinged on my lean dog. the Mexican War, McCulloch earned the basic belief about peace – Peace over War. I Maria and I completed our meal, picked up a distinction of chief scout for General Zachary gave every effort, in spite of my passionate Taylor’s army. In 1849, McCulloch joined few arepas ‘para llevar (to go)’, side-stepped beliefs about stopping the war, to avoid causing the still hungry dog, took one more look at the many other fortune-seekers who headed to an international incident, however, I chatted California during the Gold Rush. By the time amazing scenery, and headed back to Bogota. unabashedly and comfortably about it with The country was on pins and needles as votes the Civil War* broke out, he was back in Texas, Bogota locals. and in May 1861 became a brigadier general were tabulated and broadcast. in the Confederate Army. Assigned to defend Voting Day – Sunday in a Mountain I wondered how well Colombians really Indian Territory in Texas, he contributed greatly Restaurant understood the issues at hand with the vote. I to the Confederate victory at the Battle of As I traveled in the mountains outside of wondered how many had been impacted and Wilson’s Creek in August 1861. In March 1862, how they were voting. What values or beliefs McCulloch was killed in the Battle of Pea Ridge Colombia on the Sunday of the national vote, I ran across signs that simply stated ‘SI’ or were at the core of their vote? Were they in northwestern Arkansas. Frank Hamer (far right) and three other voting like their friends or family members members of the posse who ambushed and ‘NO’, obviously referring to accepting (SI) or William “Bigfoot” Wallace did (sometimes very common)? What would killed Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. not accepting (NO) the accord. Carved into a mountain on a very narrow, winding road with influence the vote one way or another? Gender? The 19-year-old Wallace (whose more-than- Age? Religion? Socio-economic status? Rural six-feet, 240-pound stature earned him the the most picturesque view imaginable was a very small eating hole (literally) restaurant where vs. urban? Party lines? College vs. high school nickname “Bigfoot”) was at home in Lexington, After Frank Hamer helped capture a horse and lower educated? Would they have the best Kentucky, in 1836 when he learned that his thief on the ranch where he worked, the local interest of the country in mind as they voted? brother had been killed by the Mexican army sheriff recommended him to the Texas Rangers. in the massacre at Goliad. He headed to Texas Hamer joined the Rangers in 1906, and became Turn Down the Accord part of a company that patrolled the South Texas looking for payback, but the war was over by In the end the ‘NO’ won by about 60,000 votes, border. He left the Rangers periodically over the the time he arrived. Wallace decided to stay and by a percentage of 50% (SI) to over 49% years to take different law enforcement jobs, but on in the new Texas Republic, and eventually (NO). Close, but no cigar. On Monday, most by 1922 he had become a senior Ranger captain moved to San Antonio. After joining the Texan of the country went on about its business with in Austin. In the 1920s, Hamer was a key figure Army to repulse a Mexican invasion in 1842, many chatting about the vote, and by Tuesday in preserving law and order in Texas’ oil boom he was captured and spent two years in a it was history – at least for much of Colombia, towns. But it was in 1934, after he retired as notoriously brutal prison at Vera Cruz. Upon his at least until the next citizens are killed, and at a Texas Ranger, that Hamer scored his biggest return to Texas, Wallace joined the Rangers, and least as long as the fighting and violence escape triumph: hired as a special investigator for the would serve under Captain Jack Hays; in the the eye of the average Colombian. Who will die state prison system, he spent 102 days tracking The restaurant carved in the rock with a 1850s, he led a Ranger company of his own. An next? Will peace prevail at some point? When? opponent of secession, Wallace stayed in Texas the infamous outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde majestic view and a very thin dog during the Civil War*, continuing his defense Barrow, finally ending their multi-state crime Give Peace a Chance spree in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, about a dozen local patrons casually ate some of the frontier against attacks by the Comanche, Current Colombian President Juan Santos Union soldiers and deserters. In his later years Louisiana. traditional, rural Colombian culinary offerings, including home-made arepas, chicken soup, a [National Unity Party], viewed as unpopular in (he died in 1899), Wallace regaled friends and *Better known in my circles as: “The War of some circles, and considered a step down from neighbors in South Texas with tales of his wild plate with boiled sausages, chorizos, potatoes, Northern Aggression” and plantains, and piece of cooked pork on the the previous President Alvaro Uribe [Colombia frontier life, earning a reputation as a Texan folk First Party], is tirelessly focusing on ending hero. Dotson’s Other Note: Do you remember bone. hearing of the exploits of this elite eight? If I the war and will continue to do so with both To call it a restaurant was a stretch, yet it national and international assistance. We can John B. Armstrong owe anyone an adult beverage, please contact had a stunning view of the green mountains me so that we can meet up for the pay-off. only wish the Colombians the best and we can Yet another Tennessee native, Armstrong and valleys and the mystical ascending and hope that sane heads prevail. As John and Yoko clashed with Reconstruction-era authorities at descending fog and clouds. Cars sped by once crooned, Give Peace a Chance! November 24, 2016 Island Moon A 7 Taming the Channel: An Epic Story Island Moon on a Spoon Editor’s note: This story first appears in the November and December. They have channels To Brine or Not to Brine: November newsletter of the Port Aransas made of reeds and get fish only during that time, Preservation & Historical Association and is in afterwards they subsist on roots. At the end of conjunction with an exhibit currently on display February they remove to other parts in search of Elevate Your Turkey! there. food, because the roots begin to sprout and are By Chef Vita Jarrin

Gobble Gobble! November has arrived and it’s It’s because you are layering flavors from the never too early to start planning Thanksgiving beginning. Poultry has a very bland, flavor dinner. Part of reducing holiday stress, requires profile. Therefore, layering flavors enhances planning and preparation. It’s one of my favorite your turkey while it’s raw and continues to pick holidays to cook for, because it’s unique, and up flavors, through the cooking process. My one of the most traditional yet versatile meals favorite brines, consist of a simple mix of water, served. America is a melting pot when it comes salt, sugar and infusing the liquid with citrus to diverse cultures, therefore, every culture, sets such as lemons, limes and oranges, apple skins, their table with traditional and non-traditional apple juice, and to add savory, I add spices, fare in order to take part of this nationwide herbs, garlic, etc. celebration. ***NOTE***Always make sure, that you cool That said… I wanted to kick off November’s the water by making it in advance and placing column with some “food for thought”. it in the refrigerator, for it to cook down, before Planning the menu and how to execute it early adding your meat. If you lack the time to do on, eases the anxiety for those that either dread so, you may cool it with ice also, but it may “cooking from scratch” or for those that are dilute your sugar and salt content, therefore, content making their usual, traditional meal you may want to add extra, if using this process. because switching it up, is nerve racking and Also, always clean your sinks, counters, bins, complicated! coolers etc. with bleach in order not to cross contaminate. So let’s talk Turkey! Realistically, whether you’re a pro at cooking turkey or tackling it Easy brine recipe: for the first time…that big ole bird can be 3 gallons cold water This exhibit tells the story of the capture and not good any more.” intimidating. There are so many tips and tricks taming of the Aransas Pass. these days that for most of us, just picking one 4 C apple cider The Pass: A Route to Exploration up at the grocers and shoving it in the oven is The story begins with the Karankawa, the first 4 C orange juice islanders, and ends with the final extension of The Spanish effort enough. However, turkey is the star of the our jetties and dredging of a harbor for Port meal. How do we avoid serving a tough, dry 2 C brown sugar Wealth, power and fame enticed Spanish Aransas in 1919. The cast includes Spanish bird? Here is a simple solution (pun intended) ¾ C kosher salt explorers, early ‘Texians’, and the armies of exploration away from the Caribbean colonies for a better tasting, juicy turkey. three warring nations. to the American mainland in the early 16th 2 red onions quartered century. Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda set sail from To brine? Or not to brine? Yes… Brining is 6 cloves garlic smashed Prior to being tamed the channel moved Jamaica, intending to sail east around Florida. similar to marinating. You immerse the meat or southward at a rate of over 200’ per year. Strong winds forced his fleet of four ships to poultry in a liquid that is infused with herbs and 4 TBS peppercorns Arresting this steady migration was going to spices as well as salt and sugar in order for the change course and sail west into unknown 4 bay leaves require skill, vision, money and determination. waters. In 1519 Piñeda sailed into the Aransas product you are brineing to take on additional Pass and named the bay Corpus Christi. flavor prior to cooking. The acid from the juice, 4 Rosemary sprigs breaks down the tissue in the muscle, therefore, Running along the Gulf Coast from the Florida by adding juice, you are tenderizing your meat. Heat above ingredients in a sauce pot and Keys to southern Mexico, Piñeda noted rivers You can leave the protein immersed in the bring to a boil. Turn off heat and set aside and and inlets along the way, creating the first map liquid, anywhere from 4 hours to 24 hours. let cool. Once cool, refrigerate overnight or of the region When I brine chicken or turkey, I like to leave for at least 4 hours. Immerse turkey in bin or in the refrigerator overnight. Place it in a turkey roaster and cover. Turn turkey over if needed, roaster or bin, (use a clean plastic bag inside, every 8 hours. before adding liquid; this helps water from splashing) and if turkey isn’t fully immersed, you flip it every 8 hours. If the turkey is too big, Tip of the week: you can also use a cooler, filled with ice, and In order to perfect your turkey for bag the bird in the brine and cover with more Thanksgiving, start experimenting with ice. Before you are ready to cook it, remove different brines and spices on chicken. You can from liquid and rinse it for a few minutes, under brine and season your chicken, until you find cold water, and then pat dry. How you should the right combination for your Thanksgiving season it, is in next week’s column. Stay tuned! turkey. Not only will you have a delicious In summation, this concept, is similar to using chicken for dinner, you will end up cooking, stock or drippings instead of water. If you make serving and eating a very delicious, flavor It took over fifty years and five attempts before a soup, sauce or gravy, the stock or drippings, packed, memorable turkey for the holidays. final success. Both private and government add much more flavor than just tap water. groups weighed in before the task was completed. A railroad the length of the proposed jetty had to be built out into the sea to accomplish this job. A steam locomotive, crane, pile driver and flat cars full of rock had to be transported by barge to the construction site. After the rocks were dumped into the sea the cars had to be returned by barge and traded for loaded ones. The job required tons of dynamite, thousands of trees, millions of pounds of stone and more than a hundred laborers. The Pass: A Route to Sustenance Long before Spanish and French explorers sailed along the Texas coastline indigenous The French peoples, the Karankawa, claimed the lands from More than a century later, French ships entered Galveston to Corpus Christi Bay as their own. the Gulf. With the backing of King Louis XIV, Nomadic by necessity, the Karankawa migrated René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle left with the seasons following the food sources. the port of La Rochelle, France in 1684 with Fall and winter offered the bounties of the plans of wedging a French settlement between Spanish holdings in Texas and Florida. La Salle’s flotilla consisted of four ships laden with the necessary men and provisions for the French to stake their claim. The expedition ended in death, misery and failure; the Gulf of Mexico remained Spanish waters. **In 1995 Texas Historical Commission archeologists discovered La Salle’s ship the Belle in Matagorda Bay. Artifacts from this famous ship can be viewed at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History and the Texas Maritime Museum in Rockport. The Pass: A Route to Settlement The shallow, narrow pass that connects the Gulf inshore waters such as redfish, oysters and of Mexico to inland waterways was a necessary turtles, while spring and summer required the feature to get goods and people onto the isolated skill of a hunter to kill bison and deer found central Texas coast. But the constant movement inland. Karankawa families traveled in small of this natural channel often led to maritime dugout canoes to move between their summer disasters, especially when combined with rough and winter homes. Roots, nuts and fruits seas. An 1834 account describes such a journey: gathered during the inland stay rounded-out the “We arrived at the pass, which we found Karankawa diet. stormy and bad. Notwithstanding the dangers “To this island we gave the name of the Island of trying to cross the bar, the captain announced of Ill-Fate. The people on it are tall and well his determination to enter at any hazard. As formed, they have no other weapons than bows our little schooner reached the bar, a rough sea and arrows with which they are most dexterous. broke on her, and a heavy swell threw her from The men have one of their nipples perforated the channel and she became unmanageable from side to side and sometimes both; through …. Another heavy sea struck her … [lifting] this hole is thrust a reed as long as 2 ½ hands the vessel into shallow water, where she was as thick as 2 fingers; they also have the under permanently fixed.” John Linn lip perforated and a piece of cane in it as thin Three centuries of exploration proved the as the ½ of a finger. The women do the hard importance of the pass, resulting in more work. People stay on this island from October accurate charts, but failed to harness or tame till the end of February, feeding on the roots I this important waterway. have mentioned taken from under the water in A8 Island Moon November 24, 2016 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Hired To Be Fired Nice Pants, Bud

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Dotson’s Note: In July 1977 I accepted a very felt more like 15,000. A journalist extraordinaire, he covered expressed Deford. Collins was hired almost everything from Cassius Clay, the war in South immediately on August 7, 2007, by ESPN and challenging, newly created position as the Here’s the tough part of big-time collegiate Vietnam, to the double that Ted Williams hit teamed with onetime NBC partner Dick Enberg Executive Director of the newly formed not- athletics: When a fan base becomes disenchanted off Hal Newhouser, but it was tennis that made on the network’s coverage of Wimbledon, the for-profit corporation the “Southwest Officials with the head coach, it starts looking for what him tick. He was funny and smart; a historian U.S. Open, the French Open, and the Australian Association.” The objective and goal of this it deems to be better options. Strong appeared by nature, this guy enjoyed sharing the history Open. Bud was in heaven. new organization was to educate and train set to be the head coach in 2017 had he beaten behind the events he covered, especially tennis. officials (referees, umpires & etc.) to work Kansas and TCU to finish 7-5. That would have In 1994, Collins was elected to the International In fact he wrote several tennis encyclopedias. (officiate) sports contests for the UIL & TAAPs represented progress on a grand scale even Tennis Hall of Fame located in Newport, Rhode (Texas High Schools Public & Private), SWC though there are some who already had turned For 35 years he brought us up close and Island. In 1999, Bud Collins was awarded the (Southwest Conference), SWAC (Southwest their gaze toward Houston’s Tom Herman. personal with the professional tennis results at Red Smith Award for his sports writing, by the Athletic Conference), SLC (Southland the All England Club known as Wimbledon. Associated Press Sports Editors. Collins was Now, after Saturday’s gut shot, even more Conference), LSC (Lone Star Conference) Short in statue and sometimes bearded with a also inducted into the National Sportswriters Texas eyes are glancing that direction because and other athlete conferences and all levels of wisp of hair, you could spot him in the crowd by and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 2002. In the most crushing defeat of Strong’s career schools, public and private. It was hoped by his wardrobe. He wore his heart on his sleeve 2009, Boston University awarded him the came on the same weekend that Herman’s many of our members that they would become and no one had more friends than this guy. master’s degree in public relations which he Houston Cougars shut down Heisman favorite skilled to the point that they would be hired by Outlandishly colored clothes, glow-in-the-dark had never completed, citing his writings on the the NFL, MLB and/or NBA. With all that being Lamar Jackson and Louisville’s College said, it was quite a shock that I was immediately Football Playoff chances. They’re not talking thrown into the cutthroat war of win at all costs. about Herman’s losses to SMU and Navy. That is the not so well kept secret of major Now, Texas is Herman’s job to have. Strong college and professional sports. The following will coach the Longhorns against TCU, but I is an example of that war. Thanks to Cedric don’t see him coaching them beyond that game. Golden of ‘American-Statesman’ who wrote the His office just took a hit from which it will not following Charlie Strong article. recover. Charlie Strong Just Did the One Thing It’s over. He Couldn’t Afford To — Lose College Football Appears Set For A Hectic Coaching Carousel This Off- Season. (Thank you to Ezra Siegel of Sports Day, dallasnews.com for the below information) LSU already fired head coach Les Miles, while high-profile programs such as Texas, USC and Oregon may have openings at season's end.

pants, a Buster Brown bowtie; I’m sure he never history of tennis as sufficiently scholarly. The had a stylist lay out his wardrobe. You got the Boston Globe quoted a paragraph from his last feeling that he never even turned on the light in piece, a story from 2011 about Serena Williams On a bleary day in the American heartland, his closet, when he picked them out. He was as at the U.S. Open. Read and enjoy the work Charlie Strong’s coaching tenure at Texas took much a showman as McEnroe or Connors. of a true storyteller. “Sister Serena is back. a critical hit. His interviews could be as overwhelming as Bold, blasting, and bell-ringing--a woman with his enthusiasm. You knew you were about to a cause to turn the world upside down as her A loss to Kansas won’t get Shaka Smart property once again,” wrote Collins. fired, but we’re talking about football here. be “big time” when he asked you for a few Texas football. The Longhorns don’t lose to minutes of your time. This guy covered tennis Bud Collins considered himself as much a Kansas. Shoot, college football doesn’t lose like Willie Mays covered centerfield. The man print journalist as a television personality. He to Kansas. It’s been a bit since Gale Sayers, had more stories than Will Rogers. Spinning was a walking encyclopedia. His writing was Bobby Douglass and John Riggins played in yarns may have been what he did best. He filled with funny adjectives, spot-on metaphors, Lawrence. wrote like Damon Runyan and reminded me of and references to history. He covered every Don Knotts. After you saw his given name you major tennis event more than a few times and The guys who beat Texas won’t have their understood why they nicknamed him “Bud”. It was known for his stories from Wimbledon. He names emblazoned on the Memorial Stadium was tennis star Chris Evert who walked off the called Wimbledon the true tennis championship walls, but they made the memory of a lifetime court after one really tough loss at Wimbledon of the world. Collins was a writer and senior at Texas’ expense on Saturday. and said, “Nice pants, Bud,” as she passed by. editor for the World Tennis magazine. Simply put, the Horns gave it up to the worst Who is pictured above? It’s funny now, but thinking back, he just looked football program in America. like a guy who should be called Bud. Happy ending depends on where you stop your story Kansas entered the game with a 2-50 record However, there is still a heavy price for Beginnings in its last 52 Big 12 contests and a 1-21 record programs to get rid of their head coaches. Last September 15, 2015, they hung a plaque in coach David Beaty’s tenure. So Texas and According to USA Today, seven coaches would Arthur Worth “Bud” Collins Jr. was born in with Bud’s name on it in the media center of the Rhode Island now share something in common: command buyouts of over $20 million, while Lima, Ohio, on June 17, 1929. Bud graduated Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (U.S. Both have lost a football game to the 2016 several more would cost over $10 million. from Berea High School in 1947. His father Open). The center was named the Bud Collins was an athletic director and coach at Baldwin- Media Center and the plaque said, “Journalist, Kansas Jayhawks. USA Today's Brent Schrotenboer rounded up Wallace University; Bud attended the same Commentator, Historian, Mentor, and Friend.” the highest buyouts, with Texas' Charlie Strong, The Rams can at least use the excuse that they school and graduated in 1951. At the age of 18, Collins led the way to tennis popularity and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops and Texas A&M's play in the FCS. Bud drove with two of his high school friends showed the way to newspaper reporters who Kevin Sumlin ranking toward the top: Texas has no excuse. to Forest Hills for the 1947 Nationals (the wanted to be broadcasters. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State: $33.1 million forerunner of the United States Open). After And for Charlie Strong … it’s over. he served in the U.S. Army, Collins moved to Collins penned many books. His first was Urban Meyer, Ohio State: $27.4 million entitled The Education of a Tennis Player. It He dropped to 16-20 in his first 36 games here Boston in 1959 and enrolled in graduate school was written with the help of Rod Laver, in and will finish without a winning record in the Jim Harbaugh, Michigan: $25.6 million at Boston University. He did not complete the 1971. Evonne! On the Move followed in 1974 regular season for the third straight year. A requirements for his master’s degree in public Kirk Ferentz, Iowa: $25.3 million with Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s assistance. win next Friday over TCU won’t mean much relations. Collin wrote part-time for the Boston In 1989, Bud wrote My Life with the Pros and because it came after a loss to Kansas. His Bob Stoops, Oklahoma: $24.8 million Herald and become their lead sports columnist. Total Tennis. tenure will soon come to an end. Nick Saban, Alabama: $23.3 million “I’m a hacker,” Bud once said. “But I love the Bud Collins fell in his hotel room, while It’s a tough business and losses happen, but a game.” Collins teamed with Janet Hopps in Dabo Swinney, Clemson: $20 million attending the 2011 U.S. Open Tennis team that knows its coach needs to win to save 1961, and they won the National Indoor Mixed tournament in New York. The fall resulted in his job can’t turn the ball over six times and Lovie Smith, Illinois: $19.3 million Doubles at Longwood Cricket Club of Boston. torn tendons in his left leg which required many think they’ll still come away with a road win, He also reached the finals of the French Open Chris Petersen, Washington: $16.4 million surgeries to repair. not even against Kansas. Senior Men’s Doubles in 1975, playing with Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M: $15.4 million Jack Crawford. A little bit of tennis left us on Friday, March “The game was over,” Strong said of the 21- According to USA Today, Texas would be 4, 2016, with Bud Collins. He was 86 years of 10 fourth-quarter lead that got away. “Guys are He also coached tennis at Brandeis University forced to pay $11.2 million to part ways with age. Bud Collins, the voice of American Tennis hurting in there.” before taking his dream job at the Boston Strong, who sits at 5–6 this year after finishing Globe in 1963. His words were magic. Collins died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. You feel for the man behind those teary eyes. under .500 in his first two seasons. covered the Davis Cup play in Australia, the He suffered from Parkinson’s disease and Strong is a likable coach who is genuinely dementia. After hearing about Collins’ death, Many believe Strong is on his way out. Texas Nationals for NBC in 1964, and the United loved in the locker room by his players and his Mike Lupica wrote, “It is worth saying again paid Mack Brown a $2.8 million buyout in States Open for CBS from 1968 to 1972. He assistants. But this isn’t a Harlequin romance. today, that no media figure ever meant more 2013, paving the way for Strong's hiring. covered the “Impossible Dream” season of the It’s big-time collegiate athletics where coaches Boston Red Sox in 1967, as they played their to any sport than Bud Collins has to tennis.” are paid millions to deliver wins and not lose to It's unclear which coaches will be on the move. way into the World Series against the St. Louis Bud left behind his wife, photographer teams like Kansas. But there's bound to be a lot of money floating Cardinals. Collins was also a candidate for Anita Ruthling Klaussen, a daughter, seven around college football this winter. After wins over Baylor and Texas Tech, we Mayor of Boston, in 1967. He then returned to stepchildren and 11 grandchildren. talked about how tough it would be for Texas NBC to cover Wimbledon. Bud joined Donald Orson Welles once said, “If you want a happy President Gregory L. Fenves to part ways with Dell to call tennis matches for PBS television, ending that depends of course on where you Strong if he finished with a winning record in from 1974 to 1977. Collins did play-by-play stop your story.” Bud Collins will be missed the regular season. Now Fenves’ decision has for “Breakfast at Wimbledon,” starting with its but I dare say never forgotten, and that, my been made easy. inception in 1979. friends, would make him happy. The 24-21 overtime loss was as bad as it Soul of the game Andy Purvis is a local author and radio sounds, much worse considering the opponent. personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. This time there wasn’t a Vince Young to convert After 35 years, during the 2007 Wimbledon com for all the latest info on his books or to a fourth-and-18. There wasn’t a Case McCoy to tournament, Collins announced that NBC had listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books ride on a white horse and save Mack Brown’s chosen not to renew his contract. Frank Deford are available online and can be found in the bacon in the final seconds. This time it was a of Sports Illustrated expressed his displeasure local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be dazed and confused Shane Buechele making in the move. “There isn’t another American contacted at [email protected]. Also inexplicable decisions at critical times and journalist so identified with his sport as Bud is listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s former Heisman Trophy candidate D’Onta Kevin Sumlin-Lost Saturday with tennis. He is the very soul of the game, as Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. Foreman putting the ball on the ground twice, historian, as authority, as devotee, as enthusiast,” com 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The Dotson’s Other Note: I have/had many friends the second time coming when the Horns were home of the Houston Astros. over the past 70 plus years in the coaching in position to put the game away. business and to a man, they were vividly aware “We never should have been in that position,” that they were “hired to be fired.” What are your left tackle Connor Williams said. “We should thoughts excluding pro sports, of: “It’s whether have executed better. There’s really not much to you win or lose, but how you play the game?” say. It’s saddening.” After all, it’s only a game. Your comments, Choose one of our Signature It’s a real sports paradox, friends: Strong got suggestions, questions and concerns regarding Paninis and a medium off the plane in Lawrence desperate to return Sports Talk articles are greatly appreciated, for a fourth season and get the Horns into please call the Benchwarmers at 361-560-5397 Gelato... a bowl game after that 3-5 start. 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By Kelly Trevino Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With tempting, but be cautious when booking Christmas a month away, many people are on an unknown travel website or through finalizing their holiday travel plans. Whether an online advertisement. Common travel- you are flying or gearing up for a road trip to related complaints to BBB reported trouble visit relatives, Better Business Bureau serving with reservations, online advertisements and Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the incorrect charges. Be sure you understand Permian Basin advises holiday travelers prepare all anticipated charges to help you compare for safe travels. prices with confidence. According to the U.S. Department of Consider travel insurance if flying. There Transportation, the holiday period between are a number of reasons why you may want Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is among the to purchase travel insurance when booking a busiest long-distance travel period of the year. flight. Some reasons may be peace of mind, And between now and Nov. 29, upwards of 27 protection from the unexpected and concern million people will be flying in the U.S., partly over losing the financial investment in a trip. because fares have dropped. Also, check with your credit card company, If you plan on driving this winter, the National as some offer travel insurance as a perk if Highway Traffic Safety Administration you use the card when booking a flight. recommends getting your car serviced before Understand extra fees. you hit the road, especially if you anticipate traveling in inclement weather, like snow and Baggage fees: Some airlines charge to ice. Visit your mechanic for a tune-up and have check bags. If a bag check-in is free, bags your entire vehicle thoroughly checked. weighing over 50 pounds may cost you more. Before you hit the highway or tarmac this holiday season, BBB recommends that travelers: Pet fees: Most airlines accept pets if they are kenneled, but the charge is usually around Check out the business first. Whether $100. you’re looking for a trustworthy travel agency, hotel, resort or auto mechanic, check Ticket changes: Plans can change, but keep out a company’s BBB Business Profile at in mind that your travel cost was determined bbb.org. by your original departure and arrival times. Changing your plans may cost you extra, Create a vehicle safety kit. Holiday driving especially during the holiday travel season. often includes the threat of dangerous winter weather. Prepare for bad weather Hotel fees: Many hotel rooms may charge by creating your own safety kit. Basics for extra fees for room service and Wi-Fi. the kit include blankets, a flashlight with Remember to read the fine print when extra batteries, a radio, a first aid kit, jumper booking a hotel, and save your receipts. cables, non-perishable foods like granola Kelly Trevino is the regional director for bars and nuts, bottled water, an ice scraper the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better and warm gloves. Consider having your Business Bureau serving Central, Coastal, vehicle checked out by a professional before Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin. Flour Bluff Fire Department Parade Sunday, going on a long road trip. Kelly is available for media interviews and Research last-minute travel deals. speaking engagements. You can reach her by Bargains on airfare or a hotel may be phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ December 11th corpuschristi.bbb.org. The Nueces County Emergency Services Right Ports O Call - Left Gypsy - Left District 2, Flour Bluff Fire Department, will Whitecap hold their annual Christmas Parade on Sunday Right Dasmarinas - Left Aquarius, 3rd Annual Enchanted Forest December 11, starting at 5:45 p.m. The will form up at Briscoe King Pavilion and welcome Right Tesoro - Right Cobo De Bara - Right any golf carts that want to join in. Tesoro, ChristmasTree Auction December 1st By Linda Walsh Here is the route they will follow: Right Camino De Plata - Left Whitecap, wreaths and other items. We are still looking for more decorated, lighted, Christmas trees, Encantada Ave - Left Palmeria Ave - Right This year our Christmas Tree Auction will be Left Aquarius - Station 15 break Right December 1 at Doc’s Seafood and Steaks, lower and other items you would like to donate. San Felipe St. Swordfish, level, ”Under the J.F.K. Bridge”. We want to We will have an “Appreciation Wine & Cheese Left Cabo Blanca - Left Punta Bonaire, Right Cabana - Left Commodore - Left thank Roberta and Fred Soward, owners of Party” for all donors, the evening before the Right Sea Pines - Right Palo Seco, Compass Doc’s, for being our program sponsor for the auction, Wednesday, November 30 from 6 to third year and donating the food and venue for 7 pm. We did this last year and it was truly a Left La Blanquilla Dr - Right El Soccorro Right Head Sail - Left Frontage - Left the evening. Loop, Jackfish wonderful evening thanking all of our donors. The doors and bar open at 5:00, you can check For tickets and applications to donate a Left Sea Pines - Right Coralvine - Left Right Aquarius - Left Sea Horse - Right out all the beautiful trees and start bidding on Allamanda, Aloha, decorated tree, wreath or centerpiece contact the silent auction items. The live auction will [email protected] or call me at 361-445- Left Pionciana - Right Bay Bean - Left Left Suntan - Left Aquarius - Right begin at 6:00. Local, Wade Grassedonia is our 7999. Treebine, Ambrosia Auctioneer this year. The ticket price is $25.00 and includes 2 drink tickets for beer or wine and You can also purchase tickets online at www. Right Sea Pines - Left Palmeria Ave, hors-d-oeuvres. timonsministries.com and call Kae or Cindy at 361-937-6196. Tickets will be available at Left Encantada Ave - Right Gypsy - Left Creating Dreams This is such a beautiful evening, as you enter Fortuna Bay the door. Checks, cash or credit cards will be into the Enchanted Forest of beautifully lighted accepted for entrance and purchases. for Island Homeowners and decorated trees. If you haven’t been before, since 1987 it is a must for early shopping for your trees and We look forward to seeing everyone again this Pop in the Park to • New Homes other gifts. year at The Islands first Joyous Christmas Event of the Season! • Remodels This year we are adding Centerpieces and Discover “How • Additions other stylishly, homemade Christmas items to All proceeds go to Timon’s Ministries a 501c3 • Repairs the Auction. We already have over 15 trees, 5 Charity. the Grinch Stole • No job too big Christmas or too small Call 774-7043 for estimate Free Family Holiday www.billgoinhomes.com Entertainment at Lindale Park The Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department invites you to a free showing of the animated Dr. Seuss film, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, on Friday, December 9, starting at dusk (weather permitting) at Lindale Park, 3133 Swantner Drive. This laugh-out-loud movie is about the Grinch who can’t stand the holiday cheer from the Whos of Whooville. So, along with his companion, Max, he steals the gifts from under the Christmas trees of every Who. As the Whos rejoice anyway, he realizes that Christmas is more than just gifts and Roast Beast. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. For more information, call 826-PLAY. Ainsley Rhea is a 4th grader at Seashore Learning Center. She will be performing in the Corpus Christi Concert’s Nutcracker November 26 & November 27 at American Bank Center. Her parents, Steven & Jennifer, are very proud!!

$6.00 off any oil change! November 24, 2016 Island Moon A 14 Everything You Need to Know About La Posada La Posada Toy Drive Underway By Brent Rourk it in your heart to give. The toy drive that raises more toys for the U.S. To register for the parade or for other questions Marines Toys for Tots program in Texas is now go to Padre Island Mail Plus and Ace Hardware underway on The Island. in addition to www.piyc.org (go to the La Donations have begun for the toy drive leading Posada link and download the application.) up to the 42nd edition of the La Posada Lighted Call Nick Colosi at 618-889-9160 about parade Boat Parade on the weekend of December 9th. questions. The big weekend this year is Friday, December For golfers who want to play in the tournament 9th when the parade will take to the canals on at Schlitterbahn on December 3rd total cost the north end of The Island, and the following for 18 holes and lunch is $35 for members and night on Saturday December 10th when it $45 for non-members. Additionally, if golfers covers the south end. The event traditionally bring a new toy for Toys for Tots, then they will raises the largest amount of toys in Texas for receive a $10 discount. the Marine Corp’s Toys for Tots program. Don’t forget the La Posada Kickoff Party at The La Posada Foundation recently received Scuttlebutt’s on Tuesday, December 6. a grant from the Coastal Bend Community It’s almost time to La Posada everybody! Foundation in Corpus Christi. The grant will be used in our local community; backpacks for children (Timons Ministries), shoes for kids in FBISD, and Toys for Tots, among other very worthy causes. The Padre Island Yacht Club’s La Posada Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is operated 100% by donations and volunteers. It does not pay wages or salaries to its members, and except for operation costs, all donations go directly to children’s causes in Corpus Christi and Coastal Bend areas. As we near Christmas the La Posada Foundation once again thanks all people and organizations for their donations and contributions of money, toys, and volunteer time. “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” - Winston Churchill A huge thanks to the Padre Island Yacht Club’s La Posada parades and parties will be La Posada Foundation for what they have done, here soon - join the parades, attend the what they do now, and what they will continue to do. As we approach Christmas may you find kick-off party, or help collect toys

2016 LA POSADA BOAT PARADE REGISTRATION La Posada Events Schedule Sponsored by the La Posada Foundation and PIYC By Brent Rourk December 10th – La Posada Parade South side of the Island – begins at 6:00 PM ALL of the following information is required. Please print legibly: Mark your calendars with the following La NAME______Posada events sponsored by the Padre Island The PIYC La Posada Foundation is seeking ADDRESS______Yacht Club La Posada Foundation. The La Toy Collector Boats to help pick-up the Posada Lighted Boat Parades once again thousands of toys donated during both parades. PHONE with area code______CELL______promises to bring Islanders lots of smiles. This is a fun way to contribute to La Posada. E MAIL ADDRESS______December 3rd – La Posada Golf Tournament Contact Bob Muir, Collector Boat coordinator, POWER______SAIL______BOAT NAME______at Schlitterbahn – 9:00 AM - 18 holes at 361-688-8120. BOAT DESCRIPTION______includes lunch La Posada parades are a hallmark of the STATE REGISTRATION #______LENGTH______NAME OF INSURANCE COMPANY______December 6th – The fabulous La Posada Holiday season here on the Island, helping Kick-off Party at Scuttlebutt’s Restaurant usher in Christmas and New Year’s. Islanders are encouraged to decorate their boats and to Additional requirements: December 7th – Toy Collector Boat meeting become a part of these parades. Applications • CAPTAINS OR A VESSEL REPRESENTATIVE MUST ATTEND THE CAPTAINS' at PIYC (7:00-8:00 PM) are available at Padre Island Mail Plus and MEETING DECEMBER 8, 2015 AT THE PADRE ISLAND YACHT CLUB AT 7 PM. Ace Hardware in addition to www.piyc. December 8th – Parade Captain’s Meeting at • ALL VESSELS MUST MEET STATE & FEDERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. PIYC (7:00-8:00 PM) org (go to the La Posada link and download the application, or cut out the one below). • ALL VESSELS MUST HAVE A WORKING VHF RADIO. December 9th – La Posada Parade North Call Nick Colosi at 618-889-9160 about • CAPTAINS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE AND PRUDENT side of the Island – begins at 7:00 PM parade questions. OPERATION OF THEIR VESSELS. • ONLY ENGINE-POWERED VESSELS ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. • PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKED TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PARADE ROUTE FOR WHICH THEY ENTER.

Indicate Parade Area(s)/Dates in which you will participate:

______FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016. GALLEON BAY/COMMODORES COVE Marshalling area at the entrance to Commodores Canal by 6:30 PM. Parade begins at 7 PM. ______SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016. NORTH & SOUTH OF WHITECAP BLVD Marshalling area by the Caravel Drive boat ramp (north of Whitecap) by 5:30 PM. Parade begins at 6 PM. Instructions: Return this completed registration form Electronically to: Nick Colosi at [email protected] or Nick Colosi 13561 Camino De Plata Ct. Corpus Christi TX 78418. Or deliver it to PADRE ISLAND MAIL PLUS, the PHARMACY at CVS or NORTH PADRE ISLAND ACE HARDWARE. You will receive a confirmation call after I receive your registration form.

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The Share-A-Meal program 14400 block Aquarius Midnight November upon us, it is important 20 Reckless damage or destruction allows a group of volunteers to come to the to remember there are Ronald McDonald House to cook a meal for 14300 block SPID 7 p.m. November 13 many Coastal Bend residents that may need a our families as well as see the “House That Public intoxication/ helping hand this winter. In last week’s article, I Love Built”. discussed helping others through food donation. 14200 block Ambrosia 5 p.m. November 9 In this week’s column, I would like to continue Provide Wish List Items: The ‘Wish List’ Harassment that discussion by sharing a few simple ways allows you to contribute by donating some 14200 block SPID 5 p.m. November 9 you can make a significant impact in the life of of the most needed items to the House. The Disorder someone less fortunate this year. 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You can find a you remove all valuables from unattended stay at the House is appreciated, a family 14500 block SPID 4 a.m. November 22 donation location in your area by contacting in need is never turned away for inability vehicles and definitely, do not leave a firearm them by phone at 866-222-0555 or visiting unattended in a vehicle. Theft of vehicle to pay. Participating in the Share-A-Night the local Goodwill website here: http://www. Program can help the organization meet Woman Steals 72 Cigarette Lighters 1 block Gulf Beach (North Packery) 10 goodwillsouthtexas.com/ . 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The 13800 block Longboat 9 p.m. November 19 & Life Enrichment for the Disabled, Healthy To learn more about the Ronald McDonald woman inquired about a job at the store and Vehicle theft Living Center, and the Mother Teresa Shelter, House Charities, please visit their website at: the clerk mentioned that positions available Inc., the Catholic Charities offers a number of 13900 Port O Call 5 p.m. November 18 http://www.corpuschristirmhc.org/ or you can were night shifts. The woman said she was volunteer and donation opportunities. 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The man and items to volunteering your time, there are Bob Hall Pier) 7 a.m. November 19 Theft concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- woman then left the store without paying for several ways to get involved as outlined on their 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). the lighters. The lighters are valued at $2.74 14900 block Whitecap 7 a.m. November 19 website: for each individual lighter which makes the Child locked in vehicle value of the stolen merchandise at $197.28. Administrative Volunteer: House volunteer 14300 block SPID 2 a.m. November 19 opportunities exist for those looking to - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 No word on whether their fingers were Reckless driving help with the day-to-day administrative Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). actually sticky but tar is suspected. operations of the House. He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. 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Nov. 11, Mission-Aransas Reserve partners any physical shape with certified trainer Island organizations. If you are a member of a A membership luncheon is held on the 2nd with Parks & Rec for nature walks. Tours are Karen Decker (361-903-0901). Cost is $3 for club and want to get the word out about your Thursday of each month at The Veranda starting Fridays at 5pm through March. Stroll along drop-in class or $30 for 15 classes. Mondays events and/or projects send them along and we at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the trails with guide Judy Perkins to see what & Wednesdays at 5:15pm in Civic Center, 710 will get them in. the month. The association annually has two budding, blooming or bustling in the marshes, W. Ave. A. Join others and enjoy the benefits fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the prairie and mottes of the Port Aransas of play for adults: Relieve stress. Improve Be sure to include a brief description of what fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring. Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture. Bring brain function. Stimulate the mind and boost your organization does and a contact person binoculars, camera & water. Wear walking creativity. Improve relationships and your for those interested in joining. P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club is connection to others. Keep you feeling young a ladies only social club open to all owners/ shoes, sunscreen & mosquito spray. Meet at Send the info to [email protected] and and energetic. Check [make out to COPA] or residents of North Padre. We hope to enrich the Preserve Pavilion at the end of Port Street. we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700. cash. our members through social activities and Yoga on the Beach: Nancy Myers will Padre Island Antique Classic Car Port A RPG Game Night: If you are into community involvement and we have A LOT conduct a yoga session Saturday, Nov. 12, Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles gaming age 16 and older, here is another outlet of FUN in the process. We have monthly starting at 8am, next to Horace Caldwell Pier 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, for play. In a controlled environment, high luncheons (2nd Friday) along with groups of at end of Beach St. This event is held the 2nd Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like school and college gamers play Pathfinder, bunco, bridge, spades, craft club and book Saturday of each month. FREE! to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, Star Wars RPG and Mutants & Masterminds. clubs. We also have social events throughout tours, car shows on and around the Island. Held every Friday and Saturday, 4:30 pm the year including a monthly “Happy Hour” Please contact [email protected] for to close, in the Girl Scout hut inside Parks where the guys join in. We enjoy raising information on the upcoming meeting. Please and Recreation building, 739 W. Ave. A. No money for scholarships for local graduating include your contact information and the type charge to attend, but food usually is ordered seniors as well as other worthy causes in our of car owned. if gamers want to eat while playing. community. We would love for you to join Padre Island Dog Owners Group (PI DOG). us and see how PIE can be part of your life. Birding on the Boardwalk: 9am, Every The PI DOG Christmas Party With Your Pup For more info please contact our membership Wednesday. Join birding expert, Nan Dietert, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 17 at chair Jaki Boyd @ 533-0854 as she points out what’s flying, floating or the home of Bev & Chuck Hoffman (13913 fishing at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Island United Political Action Committee: Skysail). Please bring a wrapped dog toy or Center at the end of Ross Avenue. Birders of Maximize representation of Corpus Christi treat for a gift exchange. Limit $5.00. For more all ages and ability levels are encouraged to residents on Padre and Mustang Islands in area information call Bev Hoffman at 949-3112 or attend. Bring your own binoculars. FREE! government by promoting and supporting, by email [email protected]. the endorsement process, proactive and unified Beach Walk: Eliesha Barr will lead the walk voting in non-partisan races and other issues on Port A’s beaches to hunt for treasures. Meet Port Aransas Community Pool Fall Upcoming Activities: and referendums put to public vote. Meetings under the purple flag 9am, Friday, Nov. 25 (4th Schedule Kiwanis Club of Port Aransas. Kiwanis are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting Friday of each month) near Horace Caldwell 700 Clark Pkwy 361-749-2416 Now meet at Noon each Wednesday at Stingray’s, the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - Pier at end of Beach Street. FREE! heated --Pool is closed Mondays 401 Beach Ave., Port Aransas. For more 7:00 PM at Island Time Sushi Bar and Seafood Interval Training: Offered by Parks and Open Swim: Tuesday-Sunday…1-5pm. information please email portakiwanis@gmail. Grill. Board President - Brent Rourk, Phone Recreation with certified personal trainer com. 361-244-7603 e-mail: [email protected]. Karen Decker (361-903-0901) 6:30am on Lap Swim & Water Exercise: Tuesday- Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet Parrot Heads of Port Aransas – is a not-for- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. High Friday…8am to 5pm; Saturday & Sunday… every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny profit organization whose purpose is to assist Intensity Training in short spurts for all ages 12-5pm. Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next in community and environmental concerns and and levels. Work at your own pace. Held in Total Body Aquacize: Tuesday & Thursday meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM provide a variety of social activities for people Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A. Cost is $3 a class at 8:30am, and Wednesdays & Fridays at and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels who wish to volunteer. Founded in 2009 the or $30 for 15 classes. Cash or check to COPA. 9:30am, also Saturday at noon with AAAI welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and club motto is “Partying With a Purpose.” To Open to men & women. Bring mat & water. Water Aerobics instructor Sally Jo Bartlett. Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. join go to portaransasparrotheads.com or call Spring Forest Qigong: 9am. Every Saturday. Deep Water Aerobics: Tuesday through A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, LuAnn Ferguson, 361 749-5141 or 817 291- Relax, just do it! Suzanne McCann will be Friday at 11am. Water Aerobics: Tuesday- materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles 7034. leading a weekly moving meditation in the available at no extra cost. RSVP online. Friday at noon. POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. outdoor pavilion at the Nature Preserve at [email protected] CLOSED Thursday, Nov. 24, for The Association’s primary responsibility is to Charlie’s Pasture. Being active in cooler Thanksgiving; reopening Friday, Nov. 25. Padre Island Yacht Club – is maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect morning temperature is a great way to start Interval Training: Offered by Parks and welcoming new members. We have the annual fees and provide information and your day! Now only $3/person! Recreation with certified personal trainer Boat slips available now for members. assistance to property owners. .. Membership **All programs are outside, so please come Karen Decker (361-903-0901-call for Contact Ralph Ferges, rferges@ in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring dressed for the weather with a water bottle, location gmail.com for slip rental information. record legal title to any property within Padre sunscreen and a hat. Check us out as every Friday Night is Happy Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna Hour from 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contact Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, David Satterwhite, Rear Commodore in charge [email protected]. of Memberships, [email protected] to attend. Padre Island Yacht Club (PIYC) ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. members enjoy small boat Poker Runs, Cruises Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate to area restaurants, Progressive Dinners, with the University of Texas at Austin Marine 4th of July Boat Parade, extended boat Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation cruises to Palacios, TX. South Padre Island, of most species of wildlife in the area with an Ingleside, Rockport, Fulton, and other areas. emphasis on marine animals. They care for The Members plan several social events every about 1300 animals each year, including about year including Holiday Events and Potlucks, 300 sea turtles and more than 100 species of Dinner Dances, Murder Mysteries, Soup Nights, birds. If you find an animal in peril they can Chili Cook-offs, Old Fashioned Picnics, Talent help Tony Amos is the Director. 750 Channel Night, Theme Parties such as “Tie One On”, Fab View Dr. Port Aransas. 361 749-6793, 361 50’s, Brazilian, Western, and Medieval Nights. 442-7638. [email protected]. PIYC hosts The La Posada Foundation, Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi whose mission is to gather toys and other Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island donations for the US Marines “Toys for ladies got together under a Palapa and founded Tots” campaign through The Annual La the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only Posada Parades and the Scuttlebutts La rule is that there are no rules! We are all about Posada Kick-off Party and Auction. fun and friendship. We meet once a month for Please come, join us! Check us out for a lunch and various fun outings from cupcake Friday Night Happy Hour! making to CPR. KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis ISLAND ROVERS: Walks every Saturday meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at 3 miles or less along the beach, depending on Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the peoples fitness and desires. TheThe BestBest PizzeriaPizzeria month. When: Saturday, at 9am at the Padre Balli Padre Island Rotary Club. Padre Island Rotary Park Office South of Encantada, in the parking inin thethe CoastalCoastal BendBend Club. Of the things we think, say, or do…..Is it lot between the office and the RV park. the TRUTH?....Is It FAIR to all concerned?... NowNow ServingServing Will it Build GOODWILL and better No competition, just conversation and healthy FRIENDSHIPS?....Will it be BENEFICIAL fitness. to all Concerned? If you can meet this 4-way For information see the Facebook group test the Padre Island Rotary is looking for you! “Island Rovers” We meet the second and fourth PizzaPizza Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This Thursday of each month at the Veranda is the Island book club. We meet the first Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. ByBy TheThe Wednesday of each month at Island Time Sushi Contact is Linda Walsh, Secretary, lawalshva@ Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. ladies that like to read, love socializing with Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join Slice!Slice! $ 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 us we would love to have you! Contact Linda Only 3.99 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at Walsh, [email protected] or 361-445- For any 1-topping Slice the Comfort Suites on Windward Drive. The 7999, or just show up! Only 25 committee’s purpose is to advise the Corpus for Each Additional Christi City Council on matters pertaining to The Island. All meetings are open to the Topping public and the public is invited to address the Monday Thru Friday committee during the public comment period. 11am - 3pm Padre Island Business Association. The Dine-in and Pick-up Only association is a not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to advertise and promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing the 949-0787 interests of the business community. It is 14493 S.P.I.D Suite E padrepizzeria.com Gluten Free • Wine Wednesday - Half Price Bottles All Day • Monday football special $1.99 domestic draft beer all day What can we fi x for you today? 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                                        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                                   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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 November 24, 2016 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth will play Giggity’s. And James Little is all over By Ronnie Narmour the map this weekend, playing the Wild Horse [email protected] on Friday and Treasure Island on Saturday. That boy is on fire. Also on Saturday, Americana stud Mark McKinney will play the South Texas Ice Tis the season… House and Laid Back Texas will play the Back Porch. On Sunday, the WORLD FAMOUS Just to state the obvious, TURKEY BOWL will end the Back Porch’s HAPPY THANKSGIVING season. This is an event you dare not miss. I everybody. We’ve made it. have been a regular participate for many years It’s the end of November and and can even claim a championship from a few we haven’t dissolved in the heat. At the end of years back. The Porch sells the their beer cheap August it was touch and go. I’m loving it. And Chili con Curtis will play Giggity’s on because they need to get rid of it, so needless to the “up north” license plates are making their Friday. say, this deal is a bonified hoot. Usually, 50 or appearance. I saw quite a collection of plates more people wait in line to hurl a frozen turkey at the IGA from Michigan, Minnesota and bless all of you and I wish you all a wonderful at bowing pins just for bragging rights. I do it Vancouver, etc last week. They are certainly on Stevie Start played Shorty’s last Friday Thanksgiving. The Free Beer Band will be with pride every year. their way. My pals from Canada, Val and Patty, and it was way cool. Carol Elliott did a moving playing at Giggity’s (as they always do) and are here and I love them… John and Karen rendition of you can certainly feel the love over there. On the horizon… Boekler, Mark and Barbara Munson too. Bob the Gillian I might even get up and sing a couple. Come and Carolyn Reed are surely on the way here Welch join us. There’s a big show at Brewster Street from Colorado. I adore our Winter Texans. Once song, By on Thanksgiving night with Roger Creager. On they all get here, the PA Rockers will be in tact the Mark, Friday a rockabilly outfit from Europe, Chili and the world will be at peace… at least on with con Curtis, will play Giggity’s. They come every Wednesday at Bernie’s. I absolutely love Crawford by way of Austria from our friends, Ulrich this time of the year. Am I gushing? I get to dig Brown Ellison, who highly recommended them. I don’t out all the clothes in my closet that stay hidden and it was know much about them but I think this may eight months out of the year and on occasion nothing be a DO NOT MISS SHOW. Their FB photos I get to don my super cool leather jackets. I short of certainly look interesting. Also on Friday, assume everyone else gets the same charge I do. spectacular. Ruben and the Rolling J’s local celebrities, Selfie, will be making their It comes from spending 60 odd years in Texas I also caught played Gigg’s last Saturday statement at Shorty’s and Cruise Control will where the sun beats down an inferno most of great sets by play the Back Porch. On Saturday, the great the time. the Bad Buoys, Ruben Limas and the Rolling California meets Texas country, Mike Stinson, J’s and Stevie Start... all local talent and well worth the effort. Those Bad Buoys are extremely Scattered shots… woodshedded and a lot of fun. Also on Sunday, Joe King Carrasco will play New Year’s I went to the “Bloody Mary Contest” at the 361 Eve at Giggity’s. Club (Formerly the Coast Club) at which our own sweetie pie bartender from Giggity’s, Julie Coming up, watch for shows by Reckless Powell Flippo White won. There was a virtual Kelly, The Independent Thieves, Chanklas, buffet of condiments adorning the entries which Aloha Dave and the Tourists, Michael may have put them in as their own food group Martin, Rand Rogers, Ty Dietz, Kevin in. The presentations of all the stuff sticking out Fowler, Roger Creager, Ulrich Ellison and on top, like pepperoni, pickles, olives, cheese, Tribe, Aaron Watson and Joe King Carrasco. etc, etc was pretty impressive and served as a That ought to keep you busy for a while. Be safe nice dinner. Club 361 bartender, Rita Olsen, out there.

The 2016 Turkey Bowl is upon us this Sunday. ♫ ♪ And, that’s the truth ♫ ♪ The amazing Michael Martin and George Batista played Shorty’s last Saturday

I had a… welll, actually a magnificent weekend. For starters, the incredible Michael Martin Live Music (San Antonio, TX) was in town and played Shorty’s. Michael is an S.A. staple and leader of the Infidels. He came in with his most excellent guitarist George Batista and absolutely slayed Tonight the crowd at Shorty’s. He is an amazing artist Monday, December 5 and it was a joy to see him after so many years. Club 361 held a Bloody Mary competition Wednesday, November 23 Open Jam w/ Selfie @ Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s Giggity’s He’ll be back in December. Also this weekend, last Sunday and Julie Powell won The Oddfellas @ Rockit’s my little bluegrass band (although slightly Roger Creager @ Brewster also had a killer Bloody Mary mix going. Lots 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Tuesday, December 6 of spice but maybe a little pricey. This 361 Street Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Club seems to be the new Shorty’s south in the Thursday, November 24 Wednesday, December 7 burbs. I like it. Me and J.J. and Irish Mike lit Roger Creager @ Brewster Cruise Control Nov. 25 Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s it up pretty good. I think this club will be a nice Street Laid Back Texas Nov. 26 addition to the live music scene around here. At Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s Thursday, December 8 least I hope they will. Minnesota Al @ Gaff Friday, November 25 Turkey Bowl Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s Chili con Curtis @ Giggity’s Bandora @ Rockit’s DO NOT MISS LIST Selfie @ Shorty’s This Sunday! James Little @ Wild Horse Last Day Open Until March! Friday, December 9 Cruise Control @ Back ALL BEER MUST GO! COME HELP! Jim Dugan @ Gaff Porch Chanklas @ Giggity’s Happy Thanksgiving… Russell Edge @ Gaff Stevie Start @ Shorty’s APEX @ Rockit’s The Bad Buoys played Giggity’s last There is so much to be thankful for and most Bandora @ Rockit’s of all, I’m thankful for my friends and family. Five Card Draw @ Brewster Metalachi @ Brewster Street Friday Street I won’t be able to get back home on Thursday, Siggno @ Concrete Sttreet but I’ve been invited to a multitude of feasts, Saturday, December 10 BELT SANDER RACES @ augmented) The Sandy Bottom Boys played the including one at my Honey Badger buddy, Saturday, November 26 Gaff Sunday service at Trinity By the Sea Episcopal Ney Ney’s. It’s easy to look around and feel BELT SANDER RACES w/ Aloha Dave @ Giggity’s for a celebration of Bishop David Reed’s visit, such pride this time of year. I have nothing to Leslie Willey @ Gaff Selfie Nov. 25 Grace Robinson @ Mikel complain about and only love in my heart. God Mike Stinson @ Giggity’s Billy Snipes & Mays James Little @ Treasure the Rasta Cowboys Nov. 26 Michael Martin @ Shorty’s Island John Cortez Dec. 2 Spendiferous @ Rockit’s GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Laid Back Texas @ Back Sing Along Piano Bar @ Porch Independent Thieves Dec. 3 Brewster Street LIVE MUSIC EVERY NIGHT Billy Snipes & Rasta Stevie Start Dec. 9 Free Beer Band Nov. 24 Cowboys @ Shorty’s Michael Martin Dec. 10 Sunday, December 11 Cruise Control @ Rockit’s IN PORT A Chili Con Curtis Nov. 25 OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Antone & the All Stars @ Hip Hop Hooray @ Brewster Giggity’s Mike Stinson N o v. 2 6 Street Antone & the All Stars Nov. 27 Asking Alexandria @ Monday, Decembe 12 ALL YOU CAN EAT Open Jam w/ Selfie N o v. 28 Concrete Street Open Jam w/ Selfie @ fAJITAS Paul Taylor Nov. 29 Mark McKinney @ South Giggity’s Eric Magnusson Nov. 30 Texas Ice House Full Bar & Grill Tuesday, December 13 $10.99 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Sunday, November 27 Paul Taylor Band @ Antone & the All Stars @ Giggity’s BEEF, CHICKEN Giggity’s WE WILL BE Trinity by the Sea TURKEY BOWL @ Back CLOSED UNTIL Wednesday, December 14 or SHRIMP Porch Randy Rogers, William Clark Trimmings The Episcopal Church Welcomes You! JANUARY Green @ Brewster Street With All the Monday, November 28 Jimmy Wilder @ Giggity’s www.trinitybythesea.org Open Jam w/ Ray Summy & Caribbean Style Food EVERY TUESDAY Friends @ Giggity’s Thursday, December 15 433 Trojan St., Port Aransas 361-945-9595, 118 Cut Off Rd., Port Aransas www.dropanchorportaransas.com Ugly Christmas Sweater Catering for any Occasion Tuesday, November 29 Party @ Gaff Closed Monday Sundays 9 & 11 a.m. Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s 222 Beach St. Port A Five Card Draw @ Brewster Wednesday, November 30 Street (361) 749-0022 Eric Magnusson @ Giggity’s Friday, December 16 Ruben & the Rolling J’s @ Bay Fishing on the Thursday, December 1 Giggity’s Minnesota Al @ Gaff Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Island Queen II Free Beer Band @ Electrotypes @ Rockit’s Giggity’s 4 Hour Fishing Trips Another Level @ Brewster Reckless Kelly @ Street Fun For the Whole Family Brewster Street Includes Rod, Reel, Bait & Tackle Saturday, December 17 Friday, December 2 Billy Snipes @ Gaff Ice Chests Welcome Bad Buoys @ Giggity’s Kevin Lee Hill @ Mikel Children 1/2 Price, Senior & John Cortez @ Shorty’s Mays Military Discounts Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s Todd Dorn @ Giggity’s Spazmatics @ Brewster Red Giant @ Shorty’s 136 COTTER Street Another Level @ Rockit’s (361) 749-6969 Metal Shop @ Brewster WOODY’S Saturday, December 3 Street Chicken Bingo @ Gaff TREASURE ISLAND Kevin Fowler, Jon Wolfe @ James Little @ Giggity’s Concrete Street Independent Thieves @ Sunday, December 18 Music Lessons Shorty’s JAMES LITTLE Antone & the All Stars @ * Guitar * Voice Kevin Lee Hill @ Mikel Giggity’s Mays THIS SATURDAY * Piano * Performance Another Level @ Rockit’s Monday, December 19 Spendiferous @ Brewster Open Jam w/ Selfie @ * Songwriting Street Giggity’s 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Call Carol Elliot Sunday, December 4 treasureislandporta Tuesday, December 20 (361) 537-1863 Antone & the All Stars @ 21 & Up Paul Taylor Band @ Giggity’s Giggity’s The Gaff Beer ● Pizza ● Belt Sander Races (361) 749-5970