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Around The By the numbers Island Goodbye Hanna! ' Top By Dale Rankin We got some wind and rain on Trading our little sandbar this week. Think of Hanna as a shot across our bow Partners reminding us that it is after all Source: Texas Comptroller hurricane season and we need to be ready to head OTB ina hurry. As Texas Export Destinations/ storms go Hanna wasn’t a whopper. 2019 Export Values An Island anemometer recorded (Billions) steady winds of 61 miles per hour $108.6 with gusts up to 70 mph, just enough to get our attention. The National Canada $28.5 Weather Service said the peak South Korea $16.6 observed water level was 5.48 feet above Mean Sea Level at Bob Hall Pier Brazil $13.5 which eclipses the previous highest Netherlands $11.7 water level measured on record there Japan $11.3 which was 4.29 feet above Mean Sea Level during Hurricane Ike in China $11.0 2008. The NWS said the highest United Kingdom $9.7 wind speed was 65.9 mph with gusts of 89.8 103.3 mph were both India $8.7 measured at Rincon Del San Jose, TX Taiwan $8.5 where the minimum record pressure Islanders are digging out this week after Hurricane Hanna swept across our shores. The pictures tell the story best. Hotel Occupancy for the of 976.1 mb was also recorded. The This is our version of the first draft of history for Hurricane Hanna, the storm that was. offshore buoy surfers use to judge Above: Bob Hall Pier after the storn removed the T-Head. Photo by Laurie Lyng. weekend of July 24-25 incoming waves reported swells of 21 feet. 52.8% Corpus Christi The waves lapped over the walkway 47% Island and SPID corridor at Bob Hall Pier taking off the “T” at Floating Cabins in Registration the end. Nueces County Coastal Park Board Chairman Jim Needham said Area Take Pounding During Still Open for $3.45 million Sunday the county will get the pier inspected and if it is deemed safe will Hurricane Hanna Seats On Flour for Island reopen the pier as it currently exists; By Dale Rankin an “I” instead of a “T.” The parking Bluff School lot there was destroyed for the Owners of floating Projects in City umpteenth time in recent memory. cabins around Baffin Bay Board We’re starting to get the impression are reporting that about Bond Package that Mother Nature doesn’t want a eighty percent of the Island projects will get $3.45 million parking lot there. The sunken boat cabins in that area broke Island taxpayers for six projects as part of a $75 in Lake Padre made the Guardian loose and ended up along million bond package approved by newspaper in London. the King Ranch shoreline make up $2.5 billion the Corpus Christi City Council on and only about half are Tuesday. salvageable. of $3.2 billion A total of 42 projects around the city Eyewitnesses said taxable property in will go before voters in November. Hurricane Hanna The projects will be broken into generated a five-foot the district categories which include $61 million through the in Street improvements, $12 million Some cabins weren't so lucky. Filing for the four seats on the Flour Land Cut doing severe Bluff school board remains open in Park improvements, and $2 million damage to cabins in its through 5 p.m. Monday, August 17. for Public Safety projects. Now that this boat has found its way path. A majority of seats on the seven- Island projects to the bottom it becomes the salvage The Texas General Land Office member Board of Directors are project for the private landowners Island projects included in the bond announced this week they are up for election in November. who own the bottom of the lake. package are as follows: working with cabin owners to help Current members Jennifer Welp, The dune line in Kleberg County them rebuild. Vice-President Michael Morgan, Douden Park $300,000 playground was cut back by about fifty feet and The “Church” an iconic cabin at Jerry Hooper (appointed), and Jeff equipment we were once again reminded that in Baffin Bay was partially sunk and Rank each face re-election on the Park Road 22 Median improvements times of turbulent waters the Michael is coming to the area under the JFK November ballot. The seats are all At- at Compass Street $300,000 J. Ellis Seawall is our best friend but Causeway for repair. Large for four-year terms. is starting to show its age. One of the Jackfish from end of Aquarius to The district lists total revenues most vivid photographs of Hanna’s Witnesses said floating cabins at Park Road 22 $900,000 of $50,138,774 in the 2019-2020 aftermath was this shot at Portofino Nine Mile Hole broke loose during adopted budget and levies a property Park Road 22 South Access Road, on the seawall where this room was the storm and were driven by the tax of $1.07 per $100 of property Commodore to Jackfish $1.6 million left without a wall but with everything wind into land cabins near the cut The Church made it through the value and makes up slightly more inside still apparently intact. entrance causing damage. They said storm on a wing and a prayer. Encantada at Nueces County Park many of the floating cabins that broke than half of the property tax burden $650,000 loose were able to be salvaged by The cabins are privately owned and for Island property tax payers. Beach Access Road 2A Engineering owners but about half are damaged located on leases through the Texas for new access road between 1 and 2. beyond repair. General Land Office. Election cont. on A4 Near Porto Villageo.

A little Island history Promises Made During Island Annexation Room with a view. Photo by Mary Craft.. and Why Our Power Goes Out So Much By Dale Rankin When we play chicken with The day was November 20, 1981. not do once The Island became part hurricanes around here the first The day that the Annexation Service of the city. question that runs through the Plan for Area D of The Island was collective Island mind is, what It makes many promises, some kept, signed making the majority of The do I have in my freezer? That’s and others more like the promise Island part of the City of Corpus because we all know a power outage made by the Great Father to the Christi. is coming. Hanna left 197,400 Native Americans that would remain customers without power and some Area D included most of the area inviolate as long as the Mosquitoes Islanders didn’t get power back on south of Commodores, east of shall grow and the Gulf waters shall until a late as Tuesday. For most of SPID and north of Whitecap, and flow. us things went dark about midnight southward along SPID to the City Power lines Saturday and we sweltered in dark Limits at Sea Pines. One of the provisions of the MOU houses until Sunday evening. The Memorandum of between the city and the PIPOA As is the case with many storms Understanding which was was that power lines on that bear down on us Hanna turned finalized between the Padre Island would be buried; something we all at the last minute. She went south Investment Corporation, the Padre likely pondered as we sat in the dark where Hurricane Harvey went north. Isles Property Owners Association, last weekend. But finding out where Longtime Islanders can name off a and the City of Corpus Christi is this plan went awry is mighty nigh dozen storms that have turned at the the Social Compact between the impossible because city records, as last minute as they come close to City of Corpus Christi and Islanders spelling out what each will and will Island street signs prior to annexation. Around cont. on A4 History cont. on A4 July 30, 2020 Island Moon A 2 Stormy Weather!

The folks on Captain Kidd had some fun waiting out Hurricane Hannah. This is Matthew Rohmfeld and neighbor Steven of Captain Kidd. They had a friendly A lifeguard stand found its way to the dunes during Hanna. Photo by Mary Craft. photo competition to pass the time. Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com

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AEP is planning on transmission upgrades on the line across the Laguna that will help avoid long power outages in the future. Distribution The waves created during Hurricane Hanna were about 12 feet high but were not good Pete Alsop for surfing because of the turbulent water beneath. Island Delivery Coldwell Banker Hanna has turned up the redfish especially at the Humble Channel. Advertising The Bob Hall Pier inspection should take place next week. And it is expected to take Jan Park Rankin up to fourty-five days to rebuild the parking lot. Classifieds Turtles Arlene Ritley Hi Dale, The PIPOA has started the canal clean up. Call 949-7025 to report debris and they will Production I hope this finds you well and I just wanted to give you an update. Although we are still send a crew out. Abigail Bair Contributing Writers not available for interviews at this time, we are The storm displaced some of the jetty rocks to the middle of the Packery Channel. This issuing the following statement today: Joey Farah was told to me by a surfer who crossed the channel with his surfboard from the South Andy Purvis The National Park Service review underscores Packery jetty to the North Packery jetty to get to the better surfing conditions there. The the importance of the sea turtle program at Mary Craft North Packery beach was not accessible by land. Padre Island National Seashore and outlines Emily Gaines goals to strengthen its mission and expand The only boats that sank during the storm were the ones that were lifted all the way to Jay Gardner opportunities for shared stewardship. No cuts the top of their boat lift. That allowed water into the boat during the storm instead of Todd Hunter to the sea turtle program's base budget are letting it roll with the waves. I don’t include the boat near the Boathouse that has been Dotson Lewis planned or have been enacted. At present, in that spot for years. Dr. Tom Dorrell the sea turtle program constitutes nearly one Ronnie Narmour quarter of the park's base budget. We want to There were about 80% of the floating fishing cabins broken loose around Baffin Bay broaden the success of the sea turtle program and about half of those were salvageable ending up on the King Ranch shoreline. One Brent Rourk to include the park’s other resources for their of those destroyed was one that had been there for 80 years. The GLO does now allow Photographers protection and for the enjoyment of our visitors. rebuilds of fishing cabins. The cabins before Baffin were fine. This cabin info came Miles Merwin (Emeritus) Some of the review’s recommendations will from Joey Farah. Debbie Noble require careful study and public feedback Jan Rankin before deciding when, or if, they should be The General Land Office will be implemented. Indeed, no changes to the Mary Craft setting up dumpsters on the spoil park’s nest management program have been Ronnie Narmour implemented. Doing so would require further islands this fall to collect destroyed Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) review as mandated by the Endangered Species cabins and debris. Riley P. Dog Act. However, several other recommendations The seawall parking lot can hold up are opportunities to implement agency best practices. We believe reducing overtime, to 300 vehicles. strategically hiring seasonal employees, and It was great to see all the people instituting health, life, and safety measures picking up trash at the beach Sunday better aligns this program with National Park morning. Service practices and conservation principles. Charles (Chuck) Lassiter I am guessing that Hanna has Beach Clean Up By Debbie Noble. affected the palm tree trimming Chief of Interpretation and Education business in not a good way. Public Information Officer

Padre Island National Seashore I saw a frigatebird for the first time which is a seabird that mainly lives over water. The Publisher storm brought it to the Island. Dale Rankin Bob Hall Pier About the Island Moon The new pier open in 1983, was built of This is my first column that I have not actually written about a particular business. The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale reinforced concrete, designed like a giant Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Chinese puzzle. There are no bolts or pins. Hopefully, my last one. Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes Instead gravity holds the pier together. It was delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, originally thought this could be storm proof as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 because the concrete deck squares can be pop copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. out and allow the rest of the structure to remain part just extra work they don't want to deal with. News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Comment: I am trying to determine who has We the people pay for the parks, the upkeep, The pier was made so a cherry-picker could payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. the jurisdiction/control over the intersection the salaries etc etc. we should be allowed to pick the blocks up and move them to the beach. at Park Road 22 and Aquarius at the end of responsibly enjoy those same parks whenever The Island Moon Newspaper For some reason Nueces County failed to do the JFK Causeway. I would like a copy of the we want to. We try to work with them, the parks this, and let's the storm destroy parts of the 14646 Compass, Suite 3 agreements between the City of Corpus and TX need to do the same not pull rank and say that structure. With the blocks removed the pylons Dot regarding the installation of the stoplight local and state opinions dont matter and go Corpus Christi, TX 78418 would withstand a better chance of not being and turn lanes at this intersection. behind our backs on rules and regs period. damaged. Instead they just let the blocks shift 361-949-7700 and grind from the surge of the water until Paragraph 9: Sandra Lamirand -- When you read the Park's recommendation it clearly appears to be something gives. There must be a reason they Traffic control devices such as signs, traffic [email protected] a complete dismantle of Dr. Shaver's renowned don't remove the blocks,, because this isn't the signals, and pavement markings, with respect Turtle Division and a definite money grab. Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper first time that the county has let this happen. to type of device, points of installation and Please write Senator Cornyn. Also go to PEER necessity, will be determined by traffic and Floyd Rayburn site and file petition. engineering studies. The City shall not install, Editor's note: for more information on this maintain, or permit the installation of any Jan Roberson -- Yesterday, I spoke with issue, see Jay Garder's column "On the Rocks" type of traffic control device which will effect Robert Arnold, Legislative Correspondent for on page A11. or influence the use of State highways unless U.S. Senator John Cornyn. He understands that Where to Find The approved in writing by the State. Traffic Eric Brunnemann, PINS new superintendent, Traffic Light control devices installed prior to the date of has embraced the Review and is trying Island Moon this agreement are hereby made subject to the Dale, to dismantle the Sea Turtle Program. Robert terms of this agreement and the City agrees asked how Senator Cornyn could help. I made a Freedom of Information Request a to the removal of such devices which affect or Suggestions from myself, Nick Meyer, Nancy Port North while ago regarding the "Jurisdiction" of the influence the use of State highways unless their Lubbock, Maureen Hurlow and others, include; traffic light at the bottom of the bridge. When continued use is approved in writing by the State. 1.Leave the sea turtle program as it is, it works Aransas Padre this light was proposed, we were presented a Gulf Stream RV It is understood that basic approval for future for the turtle lovers, fishermen, and brings in petition which said the light would make it safer All Stripes Stores installations of traffic control signals by the over a million dollars to the local community, 2. Pioneer RV to exit our neighborhood. We were also told it State or as a joint project with the City, will be Withdraw the Review, it is fill with inaccuracies Black Sheep/ would be a State-of-the-art light that would be Stripes on 1A indicated by the proper City official’s signature and bias information. (leaving the eggs on the Barrel able to monitor traffic flow over the bridge and on the title sheet of the plans. Both parties beach will surely increase mortality rates of all My Coastal Home time the light accordingly. We gladly signed. The CVS should retain a copy of the signed title sheet or sea turtles found on out Texas beaches, which light did make it safer to exit our neighborhood. WB Liquor Store Dollar General a letter signed by both parties acknowledging are all threatened or critically endangered) 3. As for State-of-art??? I investigated this light which signalized intersections are covered by The model they are basing this report Island Wine Room Whataburger about 10 years ago and was told "No way." this agreement. Any special requirements not on will not work on PINS due to the remoteness TXDOT would not allow it on the highway Kody’s Doc’s Restaurant vcove4red within this agreement will be covered of potential nesting areas, which requires they control whether the city wanted it or not..... under a separate agreement. constant monitoring by volunteers and staff Coffee Waves Snoopy’s Pier well somehow it happened anyway (Developer during nesting season. The volunteers and staff money talks). Now somehow the city has taken Moby Dicks Isle Mail N More also rely on fishermen who often report the control over something I was told they had no From our Facebook Page IGA turtles nesting or stranding. The fisherman does say in (turning the light off and closing the Island Italian Dale’s column on the Padre Island this 12 months a year and often report stunned Treasure Island turn lanes) As I read this agreement(attached) National Seashore turtles due to cold in winter. 4. This report was Pie Co. the City has no authority to do this at their Ms. Woody’s put together by staff out of state without any discretion. Read paragraph #9, page 3 "The Linda Hurt Tart -- Thank you for this Automotive Ace Hardware consultation from fishing groups, which are City shall not Install, maintain, or permit the opening article. It raises a number of questions, the main users of that beach. The entire report Port A Glass Studio Texas Star (Shell) installation of any type of traffic control device such as what will happen with the proceeds should be withdrawn! Please write to Robert which will affect or influence the use of state collected for the use of this property? Do I really San Juan’s Restaurant Jesse’s Liquor Arnold express your concerns. highways unless approved in writing by the expect a state representative to stand tall and Wash Tub Scuttlebutt’s State." I am assuming since TXDOT did not address this issue? The only thing I see from all [email protected] -- To those involved with our current government is Woody’s Sports Restaurant include the "Permission slip" the City would quote from the Department of the Interior, “what can I get out of this”? I think it’s time we National Park Service Budget Justifications, Center Subway need to shut down the traffic control device, that there is not one. all, the users of this area, to force the issue. For years 2013-2020, "While all parks face their Back Porch Bar us to stop closing our eyes or burying our heads own challenges, collectively, national parks are Island Tire Turning this light off and closing the Turn in the sand and saying “things will get better “. responsible for tremendous economic benefits to Shorty’s Place lanes has made stretch of road treacherous in Padre Pizzeria Yeah right! local businesses and surrounding communities. so many ways and the only safe alternative to Fisherman’s Wharf many national parks are located in areas of the And all Moon exit or enter the neighborhood is to drive down Will Nash -- I don't think the experiences country that are rural or isolated in nature; so Giggity’s retail advertisers the access road to Commodores and perform Texans are having with the NPS are unique the positive impact of these parks is crucial to Gratitude a U-turn. As much fun as that is, imagine it to PINS. They act in similar fashion in other WB Liquor the survival of the surrounding communities.” when they start the bridge project and that National Seashores (Cape Hatteras, namely). The Gaff becomes another major thoroughfare." I have Great article, thanks for the background! Save Our SeaTurtles SOS Trinity By the Sea Flour Bluff 6 kids and five of them are drivers, so I have Episcopal MK Walling -- It would be nice to have a local Juan Elefante -- What would happen if it H.E.B. a vested interest in matter. Is there any chance attorney make a case on this. Clearly there is could become a STATE PARK not a National of applying your prodigious investigative crossover and over reaches as well as breaches. park? Whataburger on journalistic skills to this matter? Its an easement! Right? Waldron Patti Head White -- Texas State Parks are Thank you, Doris Kaubisch -- Good article, thanks. managed very well. Even without much Ethyl Everly Kurt Tugman Unbelievable how they hide information from funding. Lots of volunteers that love nature and Senior Center the public. park experiences. Response from TxDot: Fire Station James Andrew -- We need to bring this to the This is a city signal. They installed and attention of our national and state representatives Police Station maintain it…As for the agreements, TxDOT attention. Vehicle and foot access should never Stripes on Flour has a Municipal Maintenance Agreement that be taken away from the general public. This Bluff & SPID incorporates particular items that the city will is as others stated happening in other federal maintain including signals within city limits on parks also. They get control of the land, make TxDOT roadways. Thanks. their own rules without public opinions/votes Reason for Contact: Open Records Request too often, and also consider their property and everyone else ( general public ) are for the most Letters to Ed cont. on A4 July 30, 2020 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Election cont. from A1 Turtle Count far as I can find, make no reference to Island “B. Windstorm Insurance Premiums. The Texas Comptroller’s office lists the Market Value of property in the district at power lines buried or otherwise. As Padre City will consider support of the Associations Kemp’s Ridley $3,835,908,969 with a Taxable Value of Island was built out the power lines were efforts to obtain lower premiums for $3,201,589,196. Numbers presented to the So far this year, 262 nests have been confirmed privately owned so the only way to have Windstorm Insurance for structures located Corpus Christi City Council in September, on the Texas coast including (north to south in enforced that promise made to The Island on the Island and subject the Architectural 2019 list the Taxable Value of property on Padre state): would have been through zoning laws which Controls of the Association.” were never passed. The overhead lines have Island at just over $2.5 billion. 0 Bolivar Peninsula failed regularly over the decades and will Also a promise kept. The district has a total of seven campuses, 1 Galveston Island likely continue to do so. FEMA regulations which limited flood including three elementary schools, one middle Up until that past half decade the Corpus insurance were also a concern: school and one high school as well as two 1 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside Christi Fire Department would regularly “C. Barrier Island Legislation combined campuses. The district website list 6 Surfside Beach spray the lines to wash off salt deposits which enrollment at 5,600 students in prekindergarten weighted the lines and caused them to fail City will consider support of the Association’s through 12th grades. 0 Quintana Beach in high winds. Periods of drought meant efforts to mitigate the impact of legislation by 1 Bryan Beach more frequent power outages. That problem the U.S. Congress to restrict the use of land on The election 0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach has been mitigated in recent years by taken barrier islands and deny the benefits of certain Candidates must pick up registrations packets preventative measure as lines have been federal programs to Island property owners.” at the Administration Building Flour Bluff ISD 0 Sargent Beach worked on. This has been a mixed bag as the harshest 2505 Waldron Road. Their hours are: Monday 1 Matagorda Peninsula But going forward the only way, and restrictions have been limited to the area through Thursday: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm. Friday. 0 Matagorda Island it’s a longshot, to get Island power lines south of the city limits, but also cover the area The office will remain open: Monday, August underground would be through some form of just north of Zahn Road which has stalled 17, until 5:00 pm to accept application filings. 18 San Jose Island development in the Tortuga Dunes project. zoning. The drawing of lots for the order in which the 13 Mustang Island Life in the Big City Beach driving candidate names will appear on the ballot is Monday, August 17, 5:30 p.m. in the District 143 North Padre Island, including 136 at There are two things that can be said for Even in 1981 allowing cars on the beach in Boardroom, Flour Bluff ISD, 2505 Waldron Padre Island National Seashore certain after thirty- nine years of Life in the front of the seawall was already an issue. The Road. Failure to appear or have a representative 72 South Padre Island Big City. First, property taxes in Port Aransas tortured language in Section D of the MOU present at the designated time will result in a are 60 cents for every dollar paid by Islanders providing an example of saying nothing in a random drawing by a disinterested party. Early 6 Boca Chica Beach who live inside the Corpus Christi limits. lot of words: voting begins: Monday, October 19, 2020 Being able to keep your sales and hotel/ Loggerhead Turtle “D. Vehicles Traffic in Front of Seawall. and ends Friday, October 30. Election Day is: motel taxes and lion’s share of beach parking Tuesday, November 3. So far this year, 4 nests have been confirmed permits has its advantages. 1. The Association and CITY recognize on the Texas coast, including (north to south in that, in Texas, beaches are open to the public. state): Second, when it comes to promises made to Around cont. from A1 Neither the Association nor City seek to deny The Island by the City of Corpus Christi on 1 Brazoria County, North of Surfside access of any portion of any beach to any one the Padre shore, Gilbert being the largest. Why November 20, 1981 the city’s performance is (sic). The Association and CITY do, however this happens is the subject of eternal debate 1 Mustang Island a mixed bag at best. recognize that certain hazards to public health Around The Island with the most common, but 2 North Padre Island, including 2 at Padre The four-page MOU covers much ground and safety do exist on the beach in front of the scientifically unverified, explanation being the Island National Seashore and is a supplement to and expansion of seawall in Section A of the subdivision. The shape of Continental Shelf off our shore that the Service Plan for The Island required by hazard is due to the presence and movement pulls up cool water from the bottom and pushes Green Turtle state law for annexation to became a reality. of motor vehicles along the narrow stretch it ahead of the storm surge causing the storm to So far this year, 20 nests have been confirmed Islanders already living on The Island were of beach front which also has a very heavy turn. Try as we might we have never been able on the Texas coast, including (north to south in wary from the beginning. They asked for density of pedestrians thereon. The hazard is to find a definitive explanation for the turning of state): and got specific assurances from the city aggravated and compounded by the behaviors storms, we just observe what has happened over that certain services would be guaranteed; of vehicle drivers. To the end of rendering this time. Maybe our readers can inform us. 13 North Padre Island, including 13 at Padre something like the anti-Federalists requiring small stretch of beach-front safe for human Island National Seashore Hurricane Season 2020 is still mostly ahead of that the Bill of Rights be attached to the use and inhibiting unlawful conduct thereon, us so be ready to jump OTB everybody. And say 7 South Padre Island original Constitution just to make sure while at the same time, allowing the full use of hello if you see us Around The Island. everyone understood what the agreement the beach by people, the Association and City said and didn’t say. As our Spanish speaking agree to cooperate in seeking solutions to avoid friends like to say, a little Pelon to make sure stated hazards and public safety problems. “ the deal is right. Storming the Beaches So while the City in 1981 was “aggravated” Here are a few entries from the “Island Bill by the hazard of having cars on the beach in of Rights.” front of the seawall which is “compounded” by the knuckleheads who abuse it, thirty-nine Parks years later the cars are still there. Section II. Parks. Not exactly a promise broken, but a can Section IV. Parks and Recreation; Subsection kicked down the beach for thirty-nine years is B. Park Maintenance neither a promise kept. “Upon conveyance by Padre Isles Investment Island ambulance Corporation and acceptance by City, City will assume responsibility for maintaining Keeping a fully staffed ambulance on The existing park areas and improvements Island was a concern from the beginning. thereon. Such level of maintenance will be “Section VII. EMERGENCY SERVICES. Photo by Laurie Lyng. equal to that provided to other parks in the B. Medical City” 1. City will station an ambulance on the Island Based on that item we may then assume appropriately staffed within six (6) months that all parks throughout the City of Corpus following the date of annexation.” Christi are infested wall to wall with grass burs, pocked with gopher holes, without Notice it doesn’t mention anything about public restroosm, not kept watered, and moving the ambulance into town when calls mostly devoid of grass (excluding weeds). are heavier there, or cutting the number of personnel on it to move them into town. It is In another agreement between developers reasonable to take from that inviolate language and the city an agreement was reached to not that it would be unacceptable to roll a firetruck allow for the assessment of special fees for for a medical call because the ambulance is parks as is done in OTB part of the city. This in town or not sufficiently staffed to make the Red Dot Pier Flooded Photo by Evelyn Pless- fiat came from developers to protect them call. Schuberth. from having to pay the fee when the Island was first developed. However, it did not By the time an ambulance makes it to The release the city from maintaining Island parks Island from a fire station in town a good at a promised level “equal to that provided to many medical emergencies will have resolved other parks in the City” If other parks in the themselves – and not in a good way. city lack enough gophers to be “equal” to This one has to go down as a promise ours we got plenty. We can export them OTB. reluctantly and only partially kept, at best. . After all, a promise is a promise and if our parks are different we are not worthy of being Canal safety part of the city and the annexation agreement Subsection C. Regulation of Traffic on Canals is off. “The City agrees to police as necessary the Sidewalks canals and associated areas to protect public If you have ever wondered why Island streets safety and private property.” are almost entirely devoid of sidewalks your As we sit here thirty-nine years after this answer lies in Section V of the MOU under promise was made there is no evidence that Streets. the city intends to enforce No Wake zones Specifically, Subsection C. Sidewalks: and other infractions of city ordinances in our canals even though ordinances are on the Photo by Laurie Lyng. “City will not require sidewalks to be books that allow them to do so. But when installed in previously platted areas.” Padre Island was annexed that was the deal. In layman’s terms that means, if they ain’t Thirty-nine years later the mosquitos are there already we ain’t building them. That still growing and the Gulf waters still flowing one is a promise kept. which is more than could be said last weekend Storm insurance of the power in our overhead lines. Even in 1981 the cost of Windstorm insurance was a concern. In Section VI. Under Other: The storm tide moved the dune line back in The after the wild weekend of Hanna Kleberg County. hurricane look. Photo by Riekie Roncinske.

Sandball Nation It's never too late for a kind T-Head at Bob Hall Pier taken in April 2020 by Laurie Lyng. gesture By Keneth Fain. July 30, 2020 Island Moon A 5

Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier July 30 - August 6 Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon In some ways hurricanes can be looked at as opportunities and that is the /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible case with our beaches. The question of where to Th 30 High 3:19 AM 1.7 6:52 AM Set 3:00 AM 74 get the sand to renourish them has been hanging 30 Low 6:32 PM -0.6 8:19 PM Rise 5:10 PM fire for almost two years. A few months ago a report to the Island Strategic Action Committee F 31 High 4:15 AM 1.8 6:52 AM Set 3:50 AM 83 stated that there is not enough beach quality 31 Low 7:26 PM -0.7 8:18 PM Rise 6:11 PM sand along the bottom of Packery Channel to re-nourish the beach along the Michael J. Ellis Sa 1 High 5:03 AM 1.8 6:53 AM Set 4:46 AM 90 Seawall and after this weekend’s storm the 1 Low 8:19 PM -0.6 8:18 PM Rise 7:07 PM beach is going to need to be widened. According Su 2 High 5:46 AM 1.8 6:53 AM Set 5:44 AM 96 to the studies presented to ISAC all of the beach quality sand in Packery Channel has been used 2 Low 9:08 PM -0.6 8:17 PM Rise 7:58 PM up. So where is it? It’s piled up along the South M 3 High 6:21 AM 1.7 6:54 AM Set 6:43 AM 99 Packery Jetty. The sand from the original dredge A close look shows the small shells that of the channel in 2005 and in the subsequent 3 Low 9:52 PM -0.4 8:16 PM Rise 8:43 PM indicated this sand came from the bottom of dredging projects since didn’t go away it just Packery during dredging. Tu 4 High 6:46 AM 1.6 6:54 AM Set 7:42 AM 99 kept moving north with the prevailing wind and of the seawall began disappearing underground. 4 Low 10:33 PM -0.3 8:15 PM Rise 9:22 PM the flood tide from Hanna sped up the process considerably. But for the last few years only two of them W 5 High 6:59 AM 1.4 6:55 AM Set 8:39 AM 98 have been visible on the northern half of the The storm cut the seawall as the dredged sand dried out and 5 Low 12:54 PM 1.1 8:15 PM Rise 9:57 PM width of the beach started migrating north. A little simple math 5 High 2:55 PM 1.2 considerably from tells us there is at least six feet of sand that has Whitecap Beach and accumulated along the foot of the seawall due 5 Low 11:10 PM -0.1 along the south end to the dredging and renourishment process. Th 6 High 7:04 AM 1.3 6:55 AM Set 9:33 AM 95 of the seawall to the There is enough sand there to widen the beach point that some kind 6 Low 1:06 PM 1.0 8:14 PM Rise 10:30 PM by at least one hundred feet and probably more. of renourishment For decades city crews scooped up sand at 6 High 4:12 PM 1.1 will be necessary. the water’s edge and dropped it in front of the 6 Low 11:44 PM 0.1 The debate has been dunes with the idea of, one removing seaweed whether to dredge and flotsam and jetsam from the most used part The sand on the north the canal, and more of the beach. This infuriating plan served to end of the Michael J. importantly where to move the dunes forward and the beach back. Ellis Seawall is now get the sand for the Fortunately in the past couple of years under up to the top, eighth, beach. Remember that beach management that process was reversed step, meaning there is Packery Channel was at least six feet of sand designed and funded as below that was dredged a beach renourishment up from Packery project, the channel, Channel. at least officially, was secondary. There was even talk of trying to get sand from the dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel for the beach here. But Hanna reminded us that the beach is a dynamic entity, the wind is constantly moving

Tides from Hanna cut breaches in the dunes south of Packery, some of the sand is now behind the dune line while some is now piled up along the south jetty. City Update

By Greg Smith, City Council Member District 4

Last week in a storm opened next week. It can’t come soon enough. Last week the bottom of these steps on the preparation meeting, looking around the room seawall were visible meaning that the storm with everyone in a mask, I couldn’t help but Budget put about three feet of new sand here. think what a year 2020 has turned out to be. At City Council on Tuesday we were presented On Sunday the Mayor, myself and City with the draft budget for the fiscal year beginning Hanna narrowed the beach at the soupth end staff observed the damage on the Island from October 1, 2020. The highlights were a drop of the seawall. hurricane Hanna. We started at the new Island in general fund spending of 2 percent to reflect Mart IGA where a crew was working on some expectations of lower sales tax revenue due to minor issues. The project manager said that the the pandemic. The budget does have seventy- damage was related to temporary construction eight million dollars for streets. One of the components that are not part of the finished projects will be the repaving of Ocean Drive project. We then went to Bob Hall pier which which has fallen into poor condition. Also bore the brunt of the storm. The popular beach included is a street sweeping program which parking area and picnic tables are destroyed will result in less debris going into the water along with significant damage to the pier and and just plain cleaner streets. There will be a approaches. The pier is County owned and their web meeting on August 17th for district four staff was already working in the area. Next was seeking public input on the draft budget. the beach approach of White Cap, the traffic Bonds When Packery Channel first opened these circle is going to require some repair. There blocks were three to four feet above the grade The other big topic was the proposed 2020 was a large amount of erosion at the South end of the beach, now the sand has covered some bond. It was pared down from the prior week of the seawall that will need to be addressed. of them. The pedestrian beach is now well under the We then went to the Windward parking lot. All from 113 million dollars to 80 million to 150 foot width required by state law to close was well; it was good to see the Seawall looked insure there is no increase in property taxes as the beach to vehicles. undamaged because in Hurricane Allen in 1980 expressed by Council at the last meeting. No sand from south to north on the prevailing wind, it was close to being destroyed. Then on to District four projects were dropped. The major it’s just that when a storm hits the sand moves the Packery parking lots and boat ramp. The cuts were proposed public safety improvements in fast motion; what would have taken a month and a long course Olympic pool. On the street instead took a day. Trash can holders that stood and we saw the beach south of Packery and new pavilion had a few ridge shingles turned along the seawall grow to the widest it has ever but otherwise OK. The revetments that were side there was a lively discussion on one of five feet above grade last week are now two feet the largest street projects on the bond, a new above grade. The Beach Bum monument on been, even immediately after the first Packery Harvey damaged showed no additional damage, dredge. indicating a lesser water velocity than we saw extension of Rodd field to the Oso. The project SoPac last week was head high and is not barely in Harvey. Both storms overtopped SH361 but would add a small amount of developable chest high. That sand is still there, it’s just now piled there was not the erosion of the shoulders in acreage, about 30 that is not currently And the newly deposited sand is on top of what up against the seawall and the jetty and in Hanna that Harvey caused. On the beach the accessible. The argument in favor for the the prevailing southeasterly wind had already the manmade dunes that have formed there foredunes were clipped. This is to be expected, project was that it would provide a secondary since Packery was dug. All the sand we need Brett, Katrina, Rita and Ike all eroded the relief of the Rancho Vista subdivision which has to widen the beach is literally right under our foredunes and the dunes subsequently rebuilt in three existing access points on Yorktown. The feet. We don’t need sand from the ship channel the ebb and flow of sand movement following basic issue was why are we doing a collector or anywhere else. The cost of using dredge natural cycles. Newport pass opened as in street of limited value and not improving that sand to widen the beach is somewhere in the Harvey. All in all it could have been a lot worse. portion of Yorktown which is a narrow, dark two neighborhood of six dollars per cubic yard, the cost of using the sand that is already there because it was already brought up from the bottom of the channel is about a dollar fifty for the same amount. The simplest solution also happens to be the most cost effective. If the city or county can get some FEMA money from Hanna, which has been declared a This cutbank left behind by Hanna shows the disaster by the governor freeing up funds that is quantity of sand that has piled up south of Packery. This sand came up from the bottom of the channel during dredging and migrated here after it was placed on the beach along the seawall.

delivered before the storm. When Packery was constructed the granite blocks on the jetty stood between three and four feet above the beach but over time the grade of the beach rose to the top of the blocks in the area immediately behind the beach, but after the storm the raised beach now lane road with five new or under constructions extends well inland. The one dark spot of Hanna over Harvey for the subdivisions being built in that section of the Island was the loss of power. In speaking with The storm narrowed the beach south of road and the additional traffic Yorktown will see So if we are looking for sand to remake the Whitecap. AEP there were some transmission line issues from the New Del Mar Campus. I felt it was a beach along the seawall we have to look no that had to be rectified first that contributed to poor use of bond dollars and did not vote for the further than the area south of Packery Channel. the length of loss of service. AEP is planning issue. Also brought up in the discussion was the All the sand we need is there. icing on the cake. The storm has presented us on transmission upgrades on the line across the with an opportunity. We had a problem before fact that TXDOT will pay for 80% of the road if Along the seawall Laguna that will help in the future. they build it in their ten year plan. Hannah but now we have a solution. Newcomers to Padre Island may not be aware Overall the City did well during the storm. The Our Covid new cases continued the decline Let’s not overthink this. that there are eight steps on the seawall, each largest exception is North Beach which was that started on July 15. While this is good about eighteen inches in height. It wasn’t until mostly underwater and suffered both property news the time from infection to hospitalization Packery Channel was dredged and the spoils damage and beach erosion. North Beach with lag new cases and our health cared system is used to widen the beach in 2005 that the steps no dunes to protect it and streets with heights extremely stressed. Both ICU and total beds are above sea level comparable to the road to Doc’s at record levels with 401 patients in the hospital and Snoopy’s is always vulnerable to a high as of Tuesday. Our infection rate continues to surge that was part of Hanna’s storm personality. be higher than New York at their peak. The old section of Laguna Shore road was also damaged. The contract for improving and The beach closure that expires on August 1 will Send letters and photos to editor@ raising those sections of Laguna Shores is to be likely not be extended if new cases continue on the current trend. islandmoon.com A6 Island Moon July 30, 2020 Senior Moments Anecdotingly John Scopes - The Monkey Trail Welco Padre Part-III By Abigail Bair By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon I gotta say, folks, I “I don’t really want to go out there,” said the never anticipated a surprise party from a G.P. (who had been obsessively spying on the hurricane. While Harvey lolled like a gorging hurricane since it was a tropical storm). “We’ll Dotson’s Note: Thanks to stories I heard from shifts in certain states might be reflected in how hippopotamus over the Gulf, Hanna slipped in take the S.U.V.” my dad and information from T. T. Martin, anti-evolution legislation fared in the period quick as a fox raiding a henhouse. Russel D. Owen, Douglas O. Linder and a immediately following the Scopes trial. As A few minutes later we set out to the Island (all bunch of really old newspapers for the facts might be expected, members of the public asked As Hanna built herself up into a tizzy over the of us wearing our masks without complaint). contained in this report, and to the same old their opinions about evolution at the time of the Gulf last weekend, my Kansan parents became As we exited the JFK Bridge, I noticed that the newspapers which I scanned for the photos. Scopes trial came up with a variety of answers. increasingly worried. “Welco Padre” banner that hangs on the Day & Night Boardwalk Shopping Center sign was As a reminder, the last statement in Part II was, One Dayton high school student, asked by Friday afternoon, Mom called and said, “We still intact. “In response to Darrow's relentless questions as journalist after the trial what he thought of need to come over and board up your windows. to whether the six days of creation, as described Scopes and the theory he taught, said: “I like Hanna is a hurricane.” “Look, ma!” I exclaimed, “We’re still half in Genesis, were twenty-four hour days, Bryan him, but I don’t believe I came from a monkey.” welcome on the Island!” said ‘My impression is that they were periods.’” “Let me call Jan,” I replied. The Moon office was fine except for a power The question of the day is in what ways and Island Moon publisher Jan Rankin grew up in outage. for how many Americans did July 1925 mark South Florida and is my go-to storm advisor on the beginning of a re-examination of long-held anything that originates over an ocean. When we pulled up to check on the church, religious beliefs and a growing acceptance there was already a family of good Samaritans “Are you boardin’ ‘er up?” I asked, although of evolution and its implications for the cleaning the palm debris out of the parking lot. Jan and Dale have very cool metallic shutters place of humans on the planet? The answer They looked a little embarrassed when Mom that (when installed) make their pink house look is complicated and, as is the case for most thanked them. “This,” they appeared to be like a background shot in a David Lynch movie. important questions, not one anyone can with thinking, “is what you’re supposed to do after confidence provide full details. “Hech no!” Hialeah Jan replied, “It’s only a a hurricane.” CAT 1.” Each side came away feeling their cause had They weren’t wrong. been advanced in Dayton. Russel D. Owen, Experience told the truth once again. I lost Here’s the deal: Hanna was a wussicane writing in the New York Times, reported, “Each power on Saturday for around 11 hours. After compared to Harvey, yet some people are Main Street Dayton, TN about 8 of those, Stadler, myself and the contents behaving much worse than they did when of my freezer bravely evacuated to the Rev’s confronted by real disaster. Mild inconvenience Bryan, who began his testimony calmly, house where they still had air conditioning and appears to be more angering than having to talk stumbled badly under Darrow's persistent internet. prodding. At one point the exasperated Bryan to Dorothy over at All State said, "I do not think about things I don't think about having one’s roof blown about." Darrow asked, "Do you think about the to the magical Land of Oz. things you do think about?" Bryan responded, After Harvey, communities to the derisive laughter of spectators, "Well, banded together to clean up sometimes." Both old warriors grew testy as the debris, help small business the examination continued. Bryan accused recover, share stories of that Darrow of attempting to "slur at the Bible." He storm and those long-past, find said that he would continue to answer Darrow's homes for the homeless, and impertinent questions because "I want the world clothes, food and toys for those to know that this man, who does not believe in without. One notable Hurricane God, is trying to use a court in Tennessee--." Hero brought a truck full of ice- Darrow interrupted his witness by saying, "I cold beer which he handed out object to your statement" and to "your fool ideas for free to exhausted workers. that no intelligent Christian on earth believes." After that outburst, Raulston ordered the court William Jennings Bryan Hanna wasn’t even close to adjourned. The next day, Raulston ruled that Harvey. Why not count your Bryan could not return to the stand and that his Still standing after all these storms. lucky stars, set your trashcan back testimony the previous day should be stricken side withdrew at the end of the struggle satisfied on its wheels, help a neighbor if from evidence. it had unmasked the absurd pretensions of the AEP returned my service by around 11 p.m. you can, and worry about the next one? that night, but Stadler was more comfortable other.” The predicts that The confrontation between Bryan and Darrow with the whole pack together, so we stayed. was reported by the press as a defeat for Bryan. To summarize the trail Douglas O. Linder Hanna is only the first of many, and certainly According to one historian, "As a man and as a wrote “The eight days of the Scopes trial have I fretted the night away about my hurricane we can learn from her. preparation errors. I forgot to put the trashcans legend, Bryan was destroyed by his testimony the poignancy that accompanies the memory If this, however, is the benchmark for behavior, in the garage. I left one of the electric blue that day." His performance was described as that of a moment just before a life-changing event. it’s going to be a damned long season. of "a pitiable, punch drunk warrior." Darrow, A sepia-toned photograph of trial participants plastic lawn chairs on the deck. I didn’t board We all chose to live on the Gulf – a place however, has also not escaped criticism. Alan could be the photograph of a group of white- anything up. that breeds toughness like other places breed Dershowitz, for example, contended that the water rafters as they approach Class V rapids. My worry was in vain. I returned the next rabbits. It’s not all beaches, excellent tacos, celebrated defense attorney "comes off as William Jennings Bryan is seen shouting morning to find that the winds hadn’t even tipped and margaritas. If you were fooled by a Jimmy something of an anti-religious cynic." furiously to other rafters to paddle backwards, over my big green can, and the chair (rather Buffet song, sorry – buy a map that’s not printed away from the falls. Looking at the picture, than crashing through the kitchen windows) had The trial was nearly over. Darrow asked the we know he is seconds away from his doom. on a restaurant placemat. jury to return a verdict of guilty in order that mostly stayed where I so irresponsibly left it. Clarence Darrow and H. L. Mencken chomp on We ought to be at least as resilient as the the case might be appealed to the Tennessee Harvey tore the roof off of the house – causing their cigars, laughing mockingly at the concern seemingly half-indestructible “Welco Padre” Supreme Court. Under Tennessee law, Bryan eight months of loathsome interaction with of their frenzied raft mate. Scopes is there too, sign – and if you feel like you can’t be – well… was thereby denied the opportunity to deliver sitting quietly and staring ahead. The defense’s carpetbagging Disaster Capitalists. a closing speech he had labored over for weeks. … GO! religious and scientific experts are crowded Later Sunday afternoon, I phoned the Rev The jury complied with Darrow's request, and together at the back of the raft, talking among and G.P. to see if they wanted to drive out to Judge Raulston fined him $100. themselves about the best way of avoiding the the Island to check on the Moon offices and on Six days after the trial, William Jennings Bryan deadly boulders that lie ahead. In the trees on Island Presbyterian Church (where my Mom is was still in Dayton. After eating an enormous the far bank and over the rapids there appears to the new pastor). dinner, he lay down to take a nap and died in a mist—the mist of a god or of a departing god, his sleep. Clarence Darrow was hiking in the perhaps. The water is churning, suggesting Smoky Mountains when word of Bryan's death the presence of the ideas that moved human reached him. When reporters suggested to him history.” A Surfeit of Suffering that Bryan died of a broken heart, Darrow said The Scopes trial by no means ended the "Broken heart nothing; he died of a busted debate over the teaching of evolution, but it By Pastor Kris Bair Hardly. God knows what it means to belly." In a louder voice he added, "His death is did represent a significant setback for the anti- a great loss to the American people." Island Presbyterian Church suffer. You know the story—Jesus Christ, evolution forces. Of the fifteen states with anti- the incarnation, hanging on the Cross and A year later, the Tennessee Supreme Court evolution legislation pending in 1925, only two Like you, I’ve been thinking a lot about enduring pain that most of us shall never know reversed the decision of the Dayton court on states (Arkansas and Mississippi) enacted laws suffering these days. The COVID-19 (praise God!), and then dying—the real thing! a technicality--not the constitutional grounds restricting teaching of Darwin's theory. pandemic has forced us to confront real- as Darrow had hoped. According to the court, life suffering, magnified and intensified far God knows what it means to suffer. God Dotson’s Other Not: Well, fellow Moon cared enough to suffer with us, in human form the fine should have been set by the jury, not Monkeys, what is/was you take on Scopes beyond our usual news dosage. Raulston. Rather than send the case back for as Jesus Christ. and The Monkey Trial? I recall my Dad and What does the appalling death of more than further action, however, the Tennessee Supreme friends debating this event during the Great 100,000 Americans have to say to us? But God cares enough to suffer even beyond Court dismissed the case. The court commented, Depression. To me, listening to the discussions THAT. God suffers every time God’s once What does the inability to provide medical "Nothing is to be gained by prolonging the life was great entertainment! perfect Creation heaves and groans. God of this bizarre case." services, appropriate PPE, vaccines, tests, suffers every time any of us suffer! Thanks for reading and commenting on the ventilators, etc., have to say to us? There are several places one can look for articles in The Island Moon. Contact me at Take the suffering of Jesus, and multiply it What does the destruction of jobs, income, answers as to how much America changed in [email protected] or call/text: 530-748-8475. by every person who ever lived, every creature July 1925 and the months afterwards when ability to pay rent or put food on the table, lack who ever breathed, every gorgeous mountain the meaning of the trial was hotly debated. Please note: The Weekly Veterans Round of insurance, inability to pay outstanding loans that ever crumbled, every wildfire that ever One way to evaluate the effect of the trial is Table Meetings are now on Zoom on Tuesdays and mortgages, have to say to us? raged, and then try to understand the suffering 9-11a.m., if you would like to join us, please examine newspaper accounts of public reaction, What does the inability to get food supplies to of God. call, text or Email me. When the meetings are recognizing all the biases that might accompany markets, the lack of toilet paper and sanitizer resumed at , all veterans, their It is a suffering that God is not required to such reports. A second approach is to measure products, the inability to pay for baby diapers, families and anyone interested in veterans’ bear, a suffering that God does not have to the reactions of editorialists, few of whom could have to say to us? avoid offering an opinion on the attention- activities, are invited. The Veterans Radio endure. But it is God’s will to do so. grabbing trial. (Public opinion polls—a more Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, Pandemic begets suffering, and we are Why? When God could wave a magic wand direct measure—were uncommon in 1925.) 8 – 10 a.m., Saturdays. The next show will be suffering now—at least a lot of us are. And and say, “It isn’t so!” and suffering would be Another is to look to the decisions of textbook August 1,, 2020. Please listen and call in or a lot more are going to be as the joblessness no more. publishers as they readied next editions of text. The listener/text line is: 361-882-5397… takes its toll. We wish we knew. Can there be ANY biology textbooks for marketing to schools It’s your two hours, please let us hear from you. The most blessed nation in the world—and justification for the suffering of an innocent around the country. Finally, a sense of opinion we are suffering. And we do not like it. Not child, and the suffering of her mother and one bit. father? But we are not the first. Think, for example, “NO!” we cry out. “NEVER!” about poverty stricken Haiti, being wiped out by earthquake, followed by hurricanes, now Can there be ANY justification for the followed by pandemic. After the hurricane, pandemic we are experiencing now? Pat Robertson said that Haiti cursed itself with NO! a pact with the devil. We cannot know the why of God. It is a Well, good grief. Did we incur Hurricane mystery beyond our ken, for we are only Harvey because we made a pact with the devil? human. We cannot know the mind of God, and Did suffer 29 inches of rain because we certainly are NOT God ourselves. We are the city made an agreement with Satan? in no position to judge whether the suffering of I think not. There are sinners everywhere— anyone is possibly deserved, expect perhaps in Texas AND Haiti “for all have sinned and the case of our own personal lives (even then, fallen short of the glory of God,” Paul writes. we “see in a glass darkly,” as Paul says). Last time I looked, that included Pat And the Bible has no absolute answer for Robertson! us. But the Bible does tell us this: God has walked this journey God’s self, in the form of And you know, hurricanes and earthquakes, Jesus Christ. God is with us in our suffering. tsunamis and tornados happen. They are part God hears our prayers, and the prayers of our of God’s Creation, just like we are. Suffering is brethren and sisters in Haiti. God mourns our part of our world. It is the way we are. It is the losses and grieves with us—then, now and nature of things—we are born, we live, and we always. And God promises us a new world on die. There is suffering in that process, whether the other side of our suffering—a world where we are plant or animal. the hungry will be fed, and the thirsty will Does that mean that God approves of drink; where the lion will lay down with the suffering? That God made us to suffer? lamb; where people will live together in peace, That God WANTS us to suffer? That God is and suffering shall be no more. laughing at us right now? Thanks be to God!

PINS damage from Hurricane Hanna A7 Island Moon July 30, 2020 Full Transparency and Disclosure Ask Ralph PIPOA News by Marvin Jones, President Good Advice & Where To Find It By Ralph Coker As always, let me have Jim Smock-Executive Director- Jim Q. How can I find good hands on experience. Free advice is available your thoughts. You can Smock, spoke at length regarding the advice for running my from organizations like SCORE and SBDC. reach me at marvin@ detrimental effects of Social Media. He business? A lot of good information and advice is now pipoa.net stated the Fake News and Rumors put forth on available online at federal and state agency A. There are 3 kinds of business advice. Social Media destroy the Island community’s websites. Several large companies who sell Board Meeting- The First are best industry practices. That includes unity. goods and services to small businesses have Board meeting was held on Tuesday, July 28, how to produce your product or service along websites that provide good information 2020. Board members attending were Marvin Board Votes- The Board voted to refund with competitive base line measurements Jones, Dan Brown, John Weis, Sandy Graves, members who were fined for compliance like worker productivity and sales per square and advice to small business owners. Tommy Kurtz, and Nick Colosi attended by violations over the last four years. This is foot of sales space. That information is Consultants are available on a fee basis, ZOOM. Marta Sprout did not attend the the result of a legal opinion from the Board’s typically only available through your industry however select the consultant carefully to meeting. Attorney, Greg Cagle. According to Attorney trade association. Each year association insure they are really experts in that function. Cagle, the covenants do no authorize the business members voluntarily submit their Good consultants can be an asset. Poor ones The Board voted to censure Marta Sprout for are worthless. You do not have the time or her actions pertaining to alleged allegations PIPOA to fine members. This opinion is information in a standard format which the completely opposite of the Board’s previous trade association keeps confidential. The probably the capability to become expert in of misconduct by a PIPOA Staff and an ACC all the business functions. Your time should volunteer. An investigation was conducted Attorney. association compiles the data and issues the measures in 5 quartiles from the best be spent producing the product or service and into alleged allegations reported by Marta The Board voted to send billing statements running the business. Sprout to Executive Director, Jim Smock. to several owners that had not been billed for 20 percent to the worst 20 percent. The Marta Sprout did not make the allegations, their CAM fees. These owners acquired their association will indicate which quartile your The third kind of business advice is business instead reported what 3 or 4 persons told her. property from owners that claimed developer business falls in for each measure. That wisdom. It is the most valuable of all. Wisdom However, she refused to provide the names of status. Thus, they had not been previously tells you how your business compares to is things like knowing when in the business the complainants. Thus, the reputations of a billed. This is going to get interesting. the competition and what areas you need cycle to expand and take risks and when to PIPOA Staff member, Heather Cooley Coxe, to work on to improve. Many associations hunker down, conserve cash and prepare to and ACC volunteer, Robert Pruski, were The Board voted to oppose the ARCH also publish best industry practices for each survive hard times. You will not find wisdom tainted. Marta Sprout’s refusal to identify (McFadden) initiative to amend the covenants task in the business. Those best practices from consultants. In seeking advice, the trick the complainants reduced Heather Cooley of five subdivisions. The Board believes that are developed by standing committees of is knowing how to choose the advisor whether Coxe and Robert Pruski the opportunity to these amendments would be detrimental to association members. Volunteer to serve on it be a volunteer mentor or a consultant. Your confront the accusers and clear their name. the overall mission of the PIPOA. Expect those committees. It is a great opportunity bank loan officer, accountant, and business In addition, Ray Morais, Jr. sent an email to hear and read more about this in the near to learn the newest cutting-edge practices in attorney are potential good sources. Pick a to the Board requesting an investigation and future. your industry. person with a lot of successful experience alleging possible wrongdoing by the same Canals- The canal clean up after Hanna has Second is advice about the business functions preferably in your industry. They should have persons employed by the PIPOA, including begun. Please report debris in the canals to the including marketing, advertising, accounting, good judgment and no conflicts of interest. If Jim Smock. During an interview Mr. Morais, PIPOA office. Please call the office at 361- taxes, insurance, financial management, your advisor is a volunteer mentor, always Jr. he particularly alleged wrongdoing by 949-7025. A crew has been out cleaning up human resources, safety, and training. Each express your appreciation for the time and Heather Cooley Coxe. However, he presented floating debris for two days. The debris can of those functions are different. Seek advisors work they spend helping you. That is the only no credible evidence against anyone. Marvin be dangerous to boats. If you see something, who are experts in that function with a lot of payback they expect. Jones investigated the entire matter. Heather please make the call. Cooley Coxe, Robert Pruski, and Jim Hurricane Cleanup- There is no litter Smock were found completely innocent of critter schedule at this time. The City of what turned out to be alleged allegations Corpus Christi operates litter Critter. There with absolutely no evidence to support a is no brush and debris pickup scheduled by Port Aransas Aftermath of Hanna complaint. Frankly, this type of character the City at this time. We need the City’s help smear cannot be tolerated in our community. to clean up the island. I will be speaking My investigative report has been placed on with City officials in an attempt to get their the PIPOA website for those that may wish to assistance with an Island cleanup. Stay tuned read it. I am happy to speak with any member for additional information. who wishes to discuss this matter. Send me an email to [email protected].

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By Marta Sprout even though that is explicitly forbidden. The Members came back to me and stated that Editor’s note: We after seeing what was done to me for merely offered board member reporting a concern, they could clearly see that Marta Sprout the opportunity to respond, here if they had stepped forward, they would have is her answer. faced an even worse inquisition. They were When I was elected to the PIPOA Board, I ran right to harbor such fears. on the principles of listening to our Members, The Board then voted to censor me for the rest respecting their rights, and following the law. of my term, even though they have no authority Change has happened, but not as I had hoped. to do so. (This has been verified by three POA Several Members of this community confided in Attorneys.) This Board can vote to paint the me that they had witnessed alleged wrongdoing. Statue of Liberty purple, but that does not mean Our Policies allow for anonymously voicing they have the authority to do so. concerns to a Board Member. These people Their actions prove that this Board operates refused to come forward for fear of retaliation. beyond their scope of authority as it did with I did not make any allegations. I only levying fines and they disregard their own REPORTED Members’ concerns – without Bylaws, Policies, and governing documents. prejudice or malice - as is required in our Board This Culture of Retaliation sends a clear Policy Manual. I specifically stipulated that message to our community that the current both parties accused of wrongdoing MUST be leaderships sees itself as above the law to treated fairly and that we needed a policy that such an extreme that none of us dare even prohibits gifts for favors. This could have been question them. Their latest plan is to spend handled with care, dignity, and professionalism, your CAM Fees on a program to prevent you but it was not. from changing YOUR own Covenants. That is The result was an orchestrated personal attack a violation of your rights. This Board had no on me. Two Board Members conducted an problem with allowing a developer, who owns “investigation” on their close friends, who two whole subdivisions, to alter their covenants, were the accused, and found no wrongdoing. but they don’t want you to exercise your rights The final step was to take retribution on me to do the same. If that is not favoritism, I don’t for daring to report a problem and the attack know what is. intensified. What happened to Leadership that Listens? In the Board Meeting last night, the Board I’m listening and I will continue to stand up violated its own Policy Manual to retaliate for the rights of our Members during each and every minute of my time on this Board.

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Shelter from the storm. Pelican under public Photo by Richard Anthony Gleason. restrooms near Bob Hall Pier. Photo by Paul Goodloe. Photos by Steve Coons. A8 Island Moon July 30, 2020 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Dizzy Dean: Easily Best Is Anyone Sitting Here?

Broadcast Choice Part II It was a Saturday afternoon in June of player in baseball was 2002, when I arrived at Minute Maid Park By Dotson Lewis Houston’s Bob Aspromonte. in downtown Houston, Texas, home of the Billy’s dad called the Colt Dotson’s Note: Lago agrees, we are on “In Pee Wee [Reese] they got a better player, but . I had two weekend season 45’s and asked to meet with Aspromonte. Bob a mission! Our goal is to get Dizzy Dean lesser announcer [than himself],” Blattner said. tickets in the last row behind home plate. On was told what Billy had said and decided to visit nominated and selected for the MLB Hall of Dean called the first four . Reese asked this particular day, I was alone and a fellow Billy in the hospital. Bob took Billy Bradley a Fame Ford C. Frick Award. Thanks to Bill what the pitcher threw. Diz: “I believe that’s a dressed in a suit and tie approached me and signed ball and a glove. Billy was blindfolded Morgan (former SWC SID), Edgar Scherick baseball.” Dean scored Washington’s syntax. asked, “Is anyone sitting here?” “No,” I said, and could not see anything, including Bob. and Ron Powers for the facts contained in this “Are those jokers putting’ a tax on that, too?” “Have a seat.” He was over six feet tall, slender, Shades of Babe Ruth, Billy Bradley asked Bob report and to Bill Morgan for the photos. At one time or another time he sang “Precious wore glasses and had gray hair. You don’t see to hit a home for him in his next game. Memories,” ate a watermelon on play-by-play, very many people in coats and ties at a baseball As a reminder, we ended Part I quoting Diz game. Over the years I had sat close by many Once the press caught wind of the request, “That’s enough a’ that poop. Now Ol’Diz is and said of a hitter, “He’s standing confidentially added pressure was applied in interview after at the plate.” Another week he fell asleep. Pee different scouts and former players from other gonna make money. I’m going to butcher this teams and once met President George Herbert interview. As fate would have it, in Bob today.” Forseeing what he would say and when. Wee requested a closeup. “Pod-nuh,” he said, Aspromonte’s last at-bat with Billy Bradley nudging Diz, “am I keeping you awake?” The Bush and his wife Barbara, along with Astros’ What follows is only a smattern’ more of ole’ owner, Drayton McLain. listening to the game on the radio in the hospital, Diz’s qualifications for that award. two ex-jocks coursed through Idlewild Airport. Bob hit a . Houston announcer Bob Suddenly Dean, in Western boots and Stetson, Elston screamed, “This one is for you, Billy Statingting in early yelled, “Hey, Pee Wee.” Yeah.” “How come you Bradley.” 1953, Edgar Scherick played here for 18 years and nobody knows you? was a bit ABC-TV Interestingly, the following year, after several aide — “a nothing Everybody knows Ol’ Diz.” more surgeries, Aspromonte visited little network, fewer outlets Reese laughed. “If I had that hat on, everybody’d Billy one more time in the hospital and again than CBS or NBC.” know me, too.” Later he ribbed the old pitcher in Billy asked Bob to hit him a home run. Bob Upside: It needed Dean’s room. “Dizzy Dean, high hard fastball. Aspromonte delivered this time with a grand paid programming I wish I’d had a chance to hit your ****.” In slam. Luckily for Bob, Billy eventually — “anything for pajamas, Diz started winding. “You might have regained part of his sight, but this is not the end bills.” Falstaff pined hit it, pod-nuh, but you’d be on your ***.” Bob Aspromonte of the story. to go national. Edgar On July 26, 1963, after receiving partial Diz on Time Cover. broached a Saturday By 1964, they worked at Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field, St. Louis, Philly, and Baltimore. My new friend asked if I knew a lot about sight from further surgery, little Billy Bradley “Game of the Week.” baseball. I said “I think so.” Then he said, attended his first Houston Colt 45’s baseball ABC hesitated. Baseball was a regular-season New York got $550,000 of CBS’ $895,00. (Six NBC clubs got $1.2 million.) “In ’53, no one “I see you like to keep score,” and I nodded, game. He had asked Bob Aspromonte to hit local good. How would “Game” reach TV? yes. “Do you know who holds the record for him another home run. Billy was finally going Who would notice if it did? wanted us,” said Scherick. “Now teams begged for ‘Game’’s cash.” The NFL began a $14.1 grand slams?” he asked. I said, “Yes, it’s Lou to see his hero play in person. “When he asked “Football fans watch regardless of team,” said million revenue-sharing pact. Turning green, Gehrig with 23.” “No,” he said, “I mean for the again, I said, ‘Billy you’re really pushing your Scherick. By contrast, Phils-Cubs needed a baseball ended its big-city blackout, got $6.5 Astros. Who holds the record for grand slams luck. Will you settle for two base hits?’” said Voice surpassing team: “straight out of James million for 1965 exclusivity, and split the pot. for the Astros?” I did not know but was willing Bob. In the first Bob came to the plate Fenimore Cooper by way of Uncle Remus,” “A mint,” said MacPhail, “so they thought.” to guess. I offered Glenn Davis, Jeff Bagwell, with the bases loaded against the New York wrote Ron Powers — Diz. In April, Edgar set Jimmy Wynn, Jose Cruz, and as he Mets. Pitching for the Mets was Tracy Stallard, out to sell teams rights: “‘Game of the Week.’ I ABC began mere 28-game Saturday/holiday shook his head side to side, and then I said, “I the same guy who had given up Roger Maris’s expected a breeze.” Instead, he hit a gale. Only coverage. Ratings tanked: Tigers-Twins left, say, don’t know, who was it?” He said, “It’s me.” 61st home run in 1961, to break Babe Ruth’s the A’s, Tribe, and White Sox signed. Worse, Boston cold. Meanwhile, CBS aired a 21-game Now I’m embarrassed, especially since I’d had season home-run record. Apsromonte hit baseball barred “Game” within 50 miles of Yankees slate. In 1966, the Bombers joined a radio sports talk show for about ten years at another over the left field wall and any bigs park. “‘Protect local coverage!’ They NBC’s package: 28 v. 1960’s three-network 123. the time and really do spend a lot of time on the place went crazy. Bob was crying, Billy was didn’t care about national appeal.” Soon Dean denoted an age so far removed that it baseball. So, I said, “And who are you?” He crying. The fans were crying. The game was was hard to recall it existed. It did. grinned like a catfish, stuck out his hand and stopped so Billy could come down on the field ABC, which did, grasped that “most of America For many of Diz’ young fans, Saturdays said, “I’m Bob Aspromonte.” where the two embraced. Bob gave Billy the was still up for grabs.” In many cities ABC was baseball. All was right in the world, or was it? weak or nil. Unvexed, “Game” wooed an 11.4 started with grass stains, grounders, and broken I remembered the name and shook his hand 1953 rating (one point: 1 percent of TV homes). windows. Pickup games preceded late-morning while he snickered at me. I knew a bit about There is still more to this story. In 1974, during Blacked-out cities had 32 percent of households. TV: Sky King, Roy Rogers, and Dale Evans. his background and asked him to autograph my a freak accident, Bob Aspromonte was blinded In the rest, 3 in 4 sets in use watched Diz. Had Next: lunch, Cliff Arquette as Charlie Weaver, program. He was actually with his brother Ken, when a car battery blew up in his face. The “Game” sunk, said MacPhail, “maybe sports Dennis James’ TV newsreel, ‘toons culled from who had played professionally for six different same surgeon who had restored Billy Bradley’s TV has a different future.” Instead, by 1955 its forgotten files. “Game” began at 2. Sunday wed clubs before becoming the Manager of the vision performed surgery on Bob Aspromonte. road led to the Network of the Eye pitched on the morning paper, church, and short walk home. Cleveland Indians. They both had seats down The surgery gave Bob back about 40% of his floating clouds. Watching, we were “pod-nuh” — still are. in front of me. I remembered a story I had heard sight, but required him to wear glasses. Bob In 1967-68 Ole’ Diz did the Braves TV, fished, years ago about Bob and a kid who was blind. I Aspromonte hit a team record six grand slams hunted, and wondered at the pastime’s mind. An asked him to tell me the tale. during his career for the Houston Astros and became a successful Budweiser Distributor Alabamian wrote to The Sporting News: “We Colt 45’s simple people really miss Dizzy Dean. He added and Billy Bradley became an executive with life to the game … hours of clean, wholesome Bob Aspromonte signed with the Brooklyn Merrill Lynch Insurance Company in Memphis, fun. Baseball has always been for ordinary folks Dodgers in 1957 at the age of 18. He was Tennessee. They still visit with each other quite like me. Please bring Ol’ Diz back.” Astute and from Brooklyn, New York, and went to high often. self-aware, Dean might have laughed — except school with pitcher Sandy Koufax. He played So, that’s the story of how I met Bob third base for the Colt 45’s from 1962-1968 Aspromonte. and became one of Houston’s first baseball stars. He set the record for Andy Purvis is a local author and radio Diz Singing Wabash Cannon Ball On He Haw. errorless games with 57 at third base. Bob hit personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. 60 home runs during his thirteen-year career com for all the latest info on his books or to and, in 1971, he became the last of the original listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books “CBS stakes were higher,” said Buddy Blattner, Brooklyn Dodgers to retire. are available online and can be found in the leaving Mutual to rejoin Dean. “They wanted local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be someone who’d known Diz, could bring him In 1962, a nine-year-old kid named Billy contacted at [email protected]. Also out”: becoming “a mythologizing presence,” Bradley, living in Arkansas, was struck by listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s wrote Powers. MacPhail mused: “The reaction lightning and blinded while playing on a Ford C Frick Award. Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. was stunning.” In Hollywood, Clark Gable baseball diamond. He was moved to Methodist com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of golfed each Saturday. “Clark’d play nine holes,” Hospital in Houston for eye surgery and listened the Houston Astros. said Buddy, “watch us in the saloon, then play that, enlarged in exile, he missed “Game,” too. to the Colt 45’s games on the radio. His favorite nine more.” Where did Dean live? Curt Gowdy asked. CBS added a Sunday “Game” in 1957. Outlets “Why, in Bond, Mississippi.” Where was Bond? cheered in Phoenix, Little Rock, and Cedar Curt said. “Oh,” said Diz, “‘bout three miles Rapids. Dean cracked the Gallup Poll’s 10 from Wiggins.” Where was Wiggins? “Oh, ‘bout most-admired list. CBS offered a prime-time three miles from Bond.” Diz died, at 63, July 17, series. 1974, of a heart attack, the fox taken as a buffoon who winds up taking the taker. “Podnuh,” he Dean refused to air a Falstaff ad — because the often said, “you ain’t just a’ woofin’.” Middle date was Mother’s Day. United Airlines backed America ain’t a’ woofin.’ As a broadcaster, Dean “Game.” Hating to fly, Diz said, “If you have deserves the Ford C. Award. to, pod-nuh, Eastern is much the best.” In 1958, he made MacPhail’s gray hair white. “I don’t Dotson’s Other Note: The Frick Award election know we come off callin’ this the ‘Game of the cycle rotates annually among Current Major Week.’ There’s a much better game — Dodgers- League Markets (team-specific announcers); Giants — over on NBC.” National Voices (broadcasters whose contributions were realized on a national level); In 1959, Buddy resigned amid discord with and Broadcasting Beginnings (early team Diz. His partner became a retired Dodgers voices and pioneers of baseball broadcasting). . This cycle repeats every three years, with the Pee Wee and “Podnuh” National Voices ballot being reviewed this fall (2020), and the *Broadcasting Beginnings ballot to be reviewed in the fall of 2021. 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Rain doesn’t hurt us here, but the tidal had dropped in on one of the best and meanest preconceived notions about what and where the will dry out, and the sand will blow up one surge of our mother ocean has unimaginable surfers on the beach! damage would be. We started our “pandemic grain at a time back where it came from. The power. This week we were all front row on John Jones was about as aggressive as they post-apocalyptic” tour under the JFK, which railroad vines will grow back down and start the national news with the attack of Hanna. Some come, and lived to fight. He was screaming and fared pretty well. The retaining wall at the stabilization process just as it has for thousands graphic shots of just a few damaged areas made I was paddling back out and down the beach. Billings ramp lost the cap, but I’m thinking that of years. But it will take time. for good television. Overall, our Island was When I finally came in, I had to walk right by it could be screwed right back on. The water spared, but the fishing cabins down in Baffin the group of surfers, the smell of Coppertone, came up over the roads, under the bridge, and Bob Hall Pier Bay and the Land Cut did not do well. We beer and weed warned me of the band of angry We then went around Bob will all have to deal with the large amount of natives. John came right out of the pack with Hall, but you all have seen scattered debris. Cleanup? How do we find it F-bombs out. “You dinged my board you that footage and know that all, and whose is it? One of the biggest concerns kook!” I apologized a few times, but when he story. My next bit here is the large cement columns and rebar that is pushed my board and it hit the sand I got right isn’t going to be popular, undoubtably scattered across the ocean bottom in his face. I was going to do my best to bite but it’s going to be the near Bob Hall Pier. Surfing and swimming there scratch and inflict any damage I could against truth. Regarding Bob Haul could be very dangerous -- and that’s from a the War Lord. pier, yes, the concrete deck local surfer that has surfed the pier for 40yrs. pieces were designed to Just a second before my death Kevin Jones was be able to be removed in laughing, and yelled to John not to be beating the event of a storm. Now, up the children! In a few seconds, I was brought “designed”, and “practical” into the group of 20 something year old surfers are two different terms as as a Grom. Those guys and myself are all still you logical loyal readers will surfing today, especially every time those waves remember. “Designed” to be removed doesn’t mean that it’s easy and they can just be Beach-goers moved cones which were meant to prevent plucked up and stacked in a beach access. corner. It’s a very daunting task, and working 40 hour days, it would actually take then funneled off into the flats towards Marker a crew five days to remove all those tiles. The 37. There was some erosion next to the road, County didn’t have five days. No one had five but a load of dirt will take care of that. days. Hanna blew up overnight and it was We then made our way out to Packery. I mean, scramble time. Save your daggers and arrows not quite to Packery, but that direction. We for someone/entity that deserves it. had to get creative in accessing the beach and We really appreciate the attention that the Island jetties (more on that in a bit). Augs has his FAA and Gulf beaches have been getting during the license and is legally allowed to fly his drone recent pandemic. I’ve seen a lot of complaining Two days after the storm we pulled these around. He took off and we were able to see on social media lately about beach management two Bigs, 24.5 and 27” trout from Corpus the jetties from a fantastic view. The channel during the recent storm, but complaining Christi Bay. looked pretty good, although there is a sand doesn’t cut the mustard. I also know that there plug at the end of the jetties, which is to be are alternatives to closing the beach down to Late July was abuzz with locusts in the trees Lyne Cope took some friends out the expected with the storm. It is a hazard right everyone. I’ll have to write about that one next as we slipped out of the canals of my childhood day before the hurricane and laid some now, but hopefully with the ebbing tides, it will week, there’s not enough time here. home in the Bluff. The glassy surface was cut nice slots out in front of her Padre Island even out and at least make a cut on the north by the three kids in the 14ft jon boat, purple Condo. side as usual. The rest of the channel seems to Turtles haze blanketed the water reflecting the sky. have done fairly well, although there were some One last thing, and I’ll keep it simple, but if Reds shot out from their beds, but we didn’t cap stones that were moved around on the north there was ever a question regarding the science break from the throttle. We beached the boat lap the bottom of Bob Hall Pier. jetty, and there is a bit of sand that washed over behind the turtle program, it was just definitively on the back side of the Island in our then-secret into the channel. Just like Ike. And speaking and decidedly answered. If the turtle nests were cove and anchored the boat. With surfboards Seeing the destruction of the parking lot and of Ike, the Ike repairs that also survived Harvey required to be left on the beach in corrals, they in hand, we started our trek through the dunes pier this week hurt me to the bone. So many survived Hanna. It is going to be something to would have all been lost due to Hanna. I hope and eventually to the then-undeveloped Sea memories there -- me my kids, surf contests, think about as we move forward. the folks in D.C. catch on to that. ‘Nuff said, Pines Street. A short jump over the road and we nights upon nights fishing. I looked across and Go Donna. were doing dawn patrol on the barreling waves the broken pavement and watched a cheesy Dunes of Bob Hall. At 13, we had the freedom of weatherman cashing in on our heartbreak. So Well folks, as Billy Sandifer would say, it’s Ok, so we lost a ton of beach. More importantly, unsupervised recklessness, beach and bay. This many from so far have spent some of their best time to suit up, show up, and get it done. Help we lost a bunch of dunes. The dune line moved particular day, I remember the swells were clean seconds here. Many of their first trips as kids your neighbors out in the clean up effort, stay landward somewhere around 60 feet, and the and green, smacking the underneath of the Pier. without a worry in the world, and some of us safe, drop me a line at [email protected] mile markers on the beach tell the tale in stark That would make them about 8-10ft waves. there with too many problems to manage just and I’ll see you next week On the Rocks. reality. Yes, the beach is nice and flat, but that working them out on the picnic benches. Then Our days at the pier were Epic. The old there were plenty of folks spending their last used to be dunes that protected us. I’m hoping bathhouse stood in the mouth of the pier and that the City will leave the mile markers where breaths looking into the sea breeze finding rented tubes and had showers. You could hear peace with the life and world behind us. the screams and laughter echoing through the slatted walls. 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1 of 1 7/28/2020, 1:05 PM July 30, 2020 Island Moon A 13 City Of Corpus Texas Sales Tax Flood Preparedness & Safety Tips Christi to Conduct Holiday Is By Todd Hunter, District 32 Earlier this summer, I shared attention to local emergency alerts and weather Brush And Debris August 7-9 important information on how to advisories issued by the National Weather With the Texas economy slowly awakening prepare in case of a hurricane. I would like to Service. These alerts and advisories are helpful Collection Post from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, revisit that topic in relation to another type of in determining the risk of flooding in your Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds shoppers weather emergency with the potential to affect area and what, if any, action you should take. Hurricane Hanna they can save money on clothes and school residents of the Coastal Bend: flooding. Given Typically, there are four key terms used that supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on our community’s proximity to the Texas coast, help to indicate your risk level: As part of the city’s Hurricane Hanna Response Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7-9. many residents may already be aware that Plan, the City of Corpus Christi’s Solid Waste • Flood Advisory: A Flood Advisory is flooding can occur near the water or in other Department requests residents begin placing The law exempts sales tax on qualified items issued when flooding is not expected to be low-lying areas. However, as illustrated by the their brush and debris curb-side. There will — such as clothing, footwear, school supplies bad enough to issue a warning. However, recent flood events, flooding is a possibility be no citations or fines assessed during this and backpacks — priced below $100, saving it may cause significant inconvenience, even in those areas not typically at risk for this Hurricane response period. The city-wide shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend. and if caution is not exercised, it could type of weather disaster. With this in mind, I removal of debris will begin Monday, August 3, The date of the sales tax holiday and list of tax- lead to situations that may threaten life would like to share some of the necessary steps and continue until complete which is estimated exempt items are set by the Texas Legislature. and/or property. you can take to ensure your family is safe and to be no more than three weeks. • Apparel and school supplies that prepared in case of a flood. • Flood Watch: A Flood Watch is issued Residents should separate their brush and may be purchased tax-free are listed when conditions are favorable for a One of the most important ways to prepare debris into two piles. One for clean brush on the Comptroller’s website at specific hazardous weather event to for a weather emergency is by developing a which includes trees, limbs, palm fronds and TexasTaxHoliday.org. occur. A Flood Watch is issued when family disaster response plan. This can be other brush. This debris will be turned into conditions are favorable for flooding. It To promote social distancing, the Comptroller’s accomplished by first identifying specific flood mulch at the J.C. Elliott Transfer Station. The does not mean flooding will occur, but it office wants all taxpayers to know that during risk factors such as geographical location, the second pile will be for wooden planks, fencing, is possible. the annual sales tax holiday, qualifying items structure in which you reside, and personal roof shingles or other such debris caused by can be purchased online or by telephone, mail, circumstances such as medical conditions. • Flood Warning: A Flood Warning is Hurricane Hanna. Please make sure the brush custom order or any other means (including in- Another important component of this disaster issued when the hazardous weather event and debris piles do not block sidewalks, thru- store purchases) tax free, when either: response plan is identifying evacuation is imminent or already happening. A ways or drainage ditches. For more information, strategies in order to prevent confusion and Flood Warning is issued when flooding is you may contact Solid Waste Services Senior • the item is both delivered to, and paid for injury in times of emergency. imminent or occurring. Public Information Officer Amy Gazin at 361- by, the customer during the exemption 826-1655 or by email at [email protected]. period; or In addition to a comprehensive family disaster • : A Flash Flood • the customer orders and pays for the item, response plan, another key way to prepare for a Warning is issued when a flash flood is and the seller accepts the order during flood is by creating a disaster response kit that imminent or occurring. If you are in a “42 years of the exemption period for immediate includes items such as flashlights, batteries, flood prone area move immediately to satisfi ed shipment, even if delivery is made after telephones, radios and sufficient tools in case of high ground. A flash flood is a sudden the exemption period ends. an emergency. violent flood that can take from minutes customers” to hours to develop. It is even possible Texas’ sales tax holiday weekend has been Other important items to consider are blankets, to experience a flash flood in areas not an annual event since 1999, allowing Texans pillows, seasonal clothing and special items immediately receiving rain. to save millions of dollars in state and local for infants and the elderly. Be sure to also sales taxes each year. Uncertainty surrounding include first aid supplies as well as medicines When flooding occurs in your area, it is HOWRY consumer activity in the retail sector coupled and prescription drugs. Along with various important to remember to always avoid walking CONSTRUCTION with a lack of clarity regarding the timing and necessities, this kit should include copies or driving through floodwaters when possible. It only takes six inches of moving water to Mike Howry (President) nature of schools reopening prevents the agency of personal documents such as insurance from producing an estimate for dollars saved by information, birth certificates, and family and affect the ability to walk and two feet of water Additions | Complete Renovations emergency contact information. The American to sweep a vehicle away. Information regarding Kitchens | Baths | Interior & Exterior taxpayers during this year’s holiday. Last year’s holiday generated an estimated $102.2 million Red Cross also recommends having a three-day evacuation routes and travel safety during a Painting | Windows & Doors | Decks storm is available by visiting https://drivetexas. New Construction in savings for Texas taxpayers. supply of nonperishable food and water on hand in case of a flood. org/. For more information please related to floods, visit https://www.ready.gov/floods, 361-510-4434 Protecting your home, car, and other personal https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood, and property should also include ensuring you have the right insurance coverage in case of a If you have questions regarding any of the weather event such as flooding. The National information mentioned in this week’s article, Flood Insurance is a pre-disaster flood program please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or designed to reduce flood disasters. There is District Office. Please always feel free to typically a 30-day waiting period for most contact my office if you have any questions insurance policies to go into effect, which is or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if why it is essential to have the right coverage you would like to contact my office regarding in place before a weather emergency occurs. constituent services. As always, my offices are You can learn more about the National Flood available at any time to assist with questions, Insurance program at https://www.floodsmart. concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- gov . 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). In the event of inclement weather, those living State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 in areas susceptible to flooding should pay close County and City Access to Beaches After Hurricane Hanna Editor’s note: This statement was issued by the effect until August 1, 2020, at 6:00 AM. Beach City of Corpus Christi on Tuesday. Operations will continue to clean the beach Bob Hall Pier after Hurricane Hanna removed the T-Head. Photo by Laurie Lyng. and remove debris as it accumulates. Whitecap Due to Hurricane Hanna damage and cleanup Blvd. will remain closed to vehicular traffic. efforts, along with the closure of vehicular access to Gulf Beaches which was ordered on Zahn Road, Newport Pass Road, Access Road New Ferry Stacking Nueces County July 15, 2020, Nueces County and the City of No 3, and Access Road No 2 beach accesses Corpus Christi will continue to temporarily will remain closed to vehicular access until Lanes Open in Port restrict vehicular access to Bay and Gulf further notice. Beaches will be accessible to Appraisal Review Beaches within Nueces County through pedestrian foot traffic; however sections of the Saturday, August 1, 2020, at 6:00 AM. The beaches may be closed due to maintenance and Aransas Board Needs vehicular restrictions include golf carts and all- heavy machinery use. terrain vehicles. Access to stacking BAY BEACHES Members North Beach and McGee Beach will reopen lanes will be from The Nueces County Appraisal Review Board for pedestrian foot traffic on Tuesday, July 28, (ARB) is seeking applications from residents 2020. that have lived in Nueces County for the past two northbound Cut-off years and would like the opportunity to resolve NORTH BEACH disputes with property appraisals in Nueces Sand from the beach that was displaced onto County. This is part time seasonal contract labor Road only the road is being stockpiled by City crews at the with training. Persons selected will start January The Texas Department of Transportation parking lot along N. Shoreline Blvd. between 2021. is scheduled to open the new stacking lanes Bridgeport Ave. and Coastal Ave. while Parks facility for its ferry operations in Port Aransas Application must be submitted by August and Recreation works with the Texas General at 8 a.m. Thursday, July 30. 28, 2020 and is available on line at the Land Office regarding placing the sand back The opening of the facility in Port Aransas is Nueces County Appraisal District website onto the beach. The beach is open to pedestrian a major feature of a $9 million TxDOT project under Organization/Appraisal Review Board foot traffic, but all COVID-19 rules are in effect / Appraisal Review Board Application or at to construct stacking lanes and make other Seawall on the Island after Hanna. until August 1, 2020, at 6:00 AM. Beach visitors the District offices at 201 North Chaparral. A should be cautious of City crews working along improvements at the ferry landings. Stacking Photo by Dale Rankin. lanes are dedicated areas for vehicles waiting legible copy of the applicant’s driver license the beach boardwalk, sidewalks, and areas to board the ferries. The goal of the project is or Texas identification card is required. The GULF BEACHES along the beach. to move vehicles waiting for the ferries off city application can be turned in as described on the streets and Cut-off Road. application or to the Taxpayer Liaison Officer at Lifeguards will be patrolling all areas of City/ Nueces County Appraisal District. Contact the County beaches. Opening of the stacking lanes will result in Appraisal District Taxpayer Liaison Officer at Effective Tuesday, July 28, 2020: significant changes in the traffic pattern for 361 696-7683 for questions and/or information motorists: on the ARB work schedule during COVID-19. • Windward Parking Lot (Seawall) will be • Access to the stacking lanes will be open to vehicle and pedestrian foot traffic but from northbound Cut-off Roadonly. all COVID-19 rules are in effect until August Motorists will have a protected left 1, 2020, at 6:00 AM. Beach Operations will turn to Port Street and then take an continue to clean the beach and remove debris immediate right into the stacking lanes. as it accumulates. Access Road 3A will remain Traffic directors will direct motorists to closed to vehicular traffic. the proper waiting lane. • Packery Channel Parking Lot will be open to • There will be no access to the ferries allow fishermen and surfers pedestrian access South Packery Channel after Hanna. from Cotter Avenue. to the Jetty. • There will be no access to the stacking • Whitecap Blvd. will remain closed to all McGEE BEACH lanes from southbound Cut-off Road, pedestrians in order to complete necessary Avenue A or Port Street. maintenance resulting from Hurricane Hannah. Open to foot traffic on July 28, 2020, but all COVID-19 rules are in effect until August 1, • Traffic exiting the ferries will continue ISLAND’S EDGE Effective Wednesday, July 29, 2020: 2020, at 6:00 AM. Lifeguards will be provided to travel to the Cut-off Road /Cotter • Whitecap Boulevard will be open to pedestrian via mobile unit. Parks and Recreation will intersection. foot traffic, but all COVID-19 rules are in continue to clean the beach and remove debris S  f Her as it accumulates.

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There’s really no other bird like thoughts and dreams of boat just right over there along the gunnel, where shallow water to catch fish, dig up turtle eggs them in the U.S. and their antics can be quite bottoms, bilge’s and balmy breezes on the the sand and dirt has accumulated. Possibly, with their strong feet, or follow farm tractors fun to watch. I’ve seen a single caracara fending ocean blue. Which translates as another week enough sand might build up in the cockpit for catching escaping animals. Often they fall back off a whole flock of vultures at deer carcass. spent in a hot dusty boatyard getting super your very own mini beach. All the stuff of your on following vultures to carcasses. They can’t That’s one tough bird! fine particles of green stuff, (or whatever dreams. –--- Feel that sand trickle through your open up a carcass by themselves though and the color of that boat bottom that is towering toes. ---- Place as much of your body as possible above you, propped up on stands), into every in the cool shade of the palm. (Maybe next year Island Moon on a Spoon orifice and pore of your body. Regardless of it will be big enough to shade my whole arm!) all of the goggles, masks, suits and other sweat Snorkel your very own boat-bottom reef. From producing protective gear you can wear, the which you can harvest your dinner. “A little Southern Summer Berry & Biscuit crud still gets there. --Transporter like. –-- lemon on my oysters, if you please.” - Am going to have to talk to Scotty about all Well this sort of boat care and usage does have Surprise of this indiscriminate beaming. He has got to other positive sides. Such as no twenty foot By Chef Vita Jarrin start running more background checks. Control. seas or waking up in time, from a late night WE-GOT-TO-HAVE-MORE-CONTROL. Greetings Readers, watch to see the huge word KING, hovering Candied Pecans or nuts of choice, for serving All that this torturous equipment does, is filter high above your port bow, mesmerizing your Summer is in full swing, and what a better way (optional) out the BIG pieces, from you. The boat is just half-awake soul and body, until both the word, to enjoy the bounty of summer, than to dive into plain defenseless, and all that stuff can and will OCEAN, and the rest of the bow of the super delicious sweet strawberries. Directions: get into every corner and cranny, along with a tanker finally comes into focus. You know stuff Although you see and purchase strawberries Step 1 nook our two, of the boat. Months later you are like that. all year long, don’t assume the sweetness and still digging pieces of green, or red, or black, or Biscuit: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a bowl, But in lieu of all of the safety and economies juiciness is always the same. There’s something blue (or whatever), out of both you and the boat. combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, of such laid-back boat ownership, most owners about summer and strawberries that goes hand and salt and spices. Using a pastry cutter or your Gee, aren’t we having fun now! do elect to expend much labor and monies on in hand. fingers, cut in butter & Crisco until mixture that vessel so proud and pretty. The love of their But this demented time spent in and around this Now let’s ramp it up with delicious biscuits as resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk; stir until life. And because it is their love, they are not hellish territory is an inevitable part of owning a base and you’ll immediately be transported just combined. hesitant to do this themselves. a sturdy and true vessel to ply the ocean-sea. to a summer cottage from childhood, or a bowl Step 2 A craft that takes you to palm shaded, sandy Until it comes to ingesting all of that ugly, your grandmother or mamma used to serve you. beaches, lurking back there in the recesses of (pick-a-color), stuff. Anything but that. If you haven’t had that experience … now is the Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently, once or twice to help it come your mind. That’s when they come to me and they preach time to indulge and start making memories with your family, with this recipe. together. Pat into a 10-by-7-inch rectangle, Of course, you could say, “Tah’llwid’t”, and just to give me. -- Fortune, (Well it IS a little above about 3/4 inch thick. Cut length wise into thirds, let the stuff grow on the bottom. Understanding minimum wage.) – Fame, (“Just wait till I If you’re avoiding heavier carbs such as then crosswise into fourths to create 12 equal that the performance of the boat is going to be tell _____ and _____ about you doing bottom biscuits, you can enjoy this recipe over gelato pieces. Using a spatula, transfer to a 9 1/2-by- so bad that you won’t want to take it away from jobs!), have been promised and accepted. –--- or your favorite ice cream in a bowl or inside a 12 1/2-inch rimmed baking sheet or other pan, the slip. But, HEY!, you can still sit on it, there - Occasionally. After all I hate that green stuff waffle bowl. But if you want the full Southern arranging pieces to roughly re-create original in the slip, and dream your dreams of islands too. But then I start dreaming about something experience here’s what you do… rectangle but leaving 1/2 inch between them. and dark blue seas. Maybe someone will come new for my own transporter-of-dreams and need by with a wake. A little motion to reinforce your the funds from a couple of bottom jobs a year Biscuits Ingredients: Step 3 dreaming. Well, that motion for a little while, to augment the boat fund. So, I listen to all of 2/3 cup granulated sugar Brush tops with cream; sprinkle generously until the inevitable happens and that mini reef / the pleas. –- Fortune, yes. Maybe some Fame is 5 teaspoons baking powder with raw sugar. Bake, rotating sheet once, oyster bed grows the boat on the bottom. okay. –-- But never any of this First-Born stuff. until golden brown and cooked through, 25 to Now, I suppose we could take this low YOU get to put them through collage! 2 teaspoons kosher salt 28 minutes Let cool on sheet 10 minutes, then maintenance theme a bit farther and just doesn’t pinch of cinnamon carefully lift it with 2 large spatulas onto a wire rack. Let cool almost but not quite completely, Thoughts From Dr. Tom pinch of cayenne about 35 to 45 minutes. pinch of nutmeg Step 4 1 stick cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces Berries and cream: Meanwhile, combine Weathering the Storm 2 tbsp. Crisco (adds depth and flakiness) strawberries, granulated sugar, salt, cayenne, cognac and lemon juice; let stand, stirring 1 1/4 cups buttermilk By Dr. Tom Dorrell occasionally, until juicy, about 20 minutes. Beat cream with vanilla and confectioners’ sugar on it appeared Saturday evening. Definitely enough Heavy cream, for brushing This weekend was a medium high speed until stiff peaks form. doozy. The Island got to get your attention for what could happen if Large granular raw sugar, for sprinkling over pummeled with the bad you have already forgotten what Harvey did to biscuits Step 5 side of a tropical storm turned CAT 1 at the the North of us. Carefully slide biscuit last minute. I think most people stayed around. The problem with preparing for these things is onto a serving platter. I worked through all of it as we stayed open that they tend to change rapidly at the last minute Spoon 2 cups whipped on generator power at Surepoint ER. It was in both strength and path. When we start getting cream over biscuit; impressive even for a CAT 1. The storm surge to a CAT 1 you never know if it will stabilize top with 3 cups berry really did a number on Bob Hall and the beach there are jump to a 2 or 3 or worse. I personally mixture, drizzling think when it is going to be predicted at a 1 with some juices. we probably should hustle out of town after Sprinkle with nuts and strapping down. No one wants sit in the heat and serve immediately. humidity with no AC after a storm anyway and Serve with remaining that is if we get lucky and that is the main issue. whipped cream and berries on the side for It will take us a while to get over this mini- extra goodness! catastrophe but at least the power is mostly back and everyone is cleaning up debris and Tip of the week: getting back to going in their routine in the era of COVID. The hospitals are busy and the ICUs If you are short on are full of sick patients. We are lucky the storm time, or don’t really did not cause more issues in this setting. We are want to make the back and running as usual at the ER. We had biscuits from scratch, radiology down during the power outage and Berries & Cream you can certainly create this dish with store height of the storm but ready now for anything. bought biscuit dough. Follow the directions 4 cups sliced strawberries We are COVID testing those with symptoms of this recipe as if you made the biscuits but turn around is still delayed some. We are 5 tablespoons granulated sugar yourself, in order to replicate the effect. Feel free to improvise with extracts. For example, treating those that are ill enough to intervene 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt although most low risk young folks do very well if you love a hint of orange, add a little orange on their own. pinch of cayenne extract to the strawberries, or orange rind to the biscuit dough while mixing it with the butter and I saw some Corpus locals fishing by the 3 tbsps. Cognac or Bourbon of choice Crisco. There are many ways to make this dish causeway yesterday evening but I think our area 1teaspoon fresh lemon juice unique by substituting fresh peeled peaches, ramps and bait stands may need a little work. raspberries or blackberries, blueberries instead 11/4 cups heavy cream We need to be careful on the water because no the strawberries. Therefore, this recipe can be telling what kind of debris is out there especially 2 teaspoons pure vanilla paste made all year long. The Important thing is to further South. I wonder how all the cabins did have fun, try new things and Enjoy! and whether Bird Island is even useable since 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar The day after the storm. the ramp was never fully back after Harvey. It will be interesting to make that first trip south. I hope our neighbors to the South are ok. I am erosion. Water was above the bulkhead at the afraid for Arroyo and Mansfield. 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By Ronnie Narmour August 1 as a COVID precaution. Try writing a live music column when we have NO shows. [email protected] You’ll be glad to know that I’ve exhausted the And the hits keep right back log of material in my vault. Even more, try on coming… being a musician or a bar owner or bartender or waitress right now when the rent’s due What a crazy year. What a crazy life. It’s tomorrow or yesterday. The trickledown is huge almost like Mad Max meets The Omega Man and the tentacles of the entertainment industry during the Perfect Storm… with a little bit of Inglorious Bastards thrown in. Who would have thought we’d get a hurricane in the middle of a pandemic while at the same time violent riots raged throughout the country? Throw in a presidential election in less than a hundred days and we’re all set to go full goose bozo just in time for Halloween. I keep waiting for that plight of locust to darken the horizon any minute. The country is once again on partial shutdown as the COVID rates continue to soar. The good news, if there is any, is that our little Hurricane Hanna produced a lot of trash. Photo by Steve Coons. Cat 1 Hurricane Hanna that just blew through, with little advance notice, turned out to be just I looked up the official order coming out of as walking, running, yoga, etc. will be allowed a pretty decent storm that blew trash cans all Nueces Country and I guess some folks didn’t on North Beach and McGee Beach. get the memo or don’t care. I didn’t see any New ferry stacking lanes… police presence but we weren’t there long. Here is the order: The Texas Department of Transportation has announced the opening of new stacking lanes The City of Corpus Christi, City of Port for the Port Aransas ferry beginning today, Aransas and Nueces County have closed all Thursday, July 30 at 8a.m. This facility is a beach access roads and City of Corpus Christi major feature of a $9 million TxDot project to parks beginning on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at build the lanes and other improvements. The 6:00 a.m. through Saturday, August 1, 2020 at goal is to keep vehicles waiting for a ferry to 6:00 a.m. There is a daily beach curfew in place stay off public streets and Cut-off Road. This Hurricane Hanna brought the bucket starting at 8:30 p.m. and ending at 6:00 a.m. change will cause noteworthy changes to Port trucks back out to get our lights back on each day until Saturday, August 1, 2020.Access A traffic patterns. Access to the stacking lanes this weekend. roads to all City of Corpus Christi and Nueces will be from northbound Cut-off Road only County beaches are closed to vehicular traffic, and there will be no access to the ferries from including golf carts and all-terrain vehicles. Cotter Avenue and no access to the stacking reach far. We had a chance to get this thing This also includes beach access on North lanes from southbound Cut-off Road, Avenue under control but too many people got butt hurt Beach and McGee Beach. Tents, canopies, A or Port Street. Traffic exiting the ferries will about wearing a mask. I just read an article in sitting, lying down, eating, or sleeping is not continue to travel to the Cut-off Road /Cotter the Texas Scorecard (https://texasscorecard. allowed on both North Beach and McGee intersection. Beach accesses are closed in Nueces com/local/government-shutdowns-could-kill- Beach only. Physical activity and exercise such ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ County. Photo by Richard Anthony nearly-all-of-austins-live-music-venues/) by Gleason. Jacob Asmussen speculating what damage COVID might do to the Austin music scene saying, “Government shutdowns could kill nearly all of Austin’s live music scene. Of the 50-something Live Music venues in the city, there’s going to be five or ten after this. I think there’s a real risk of losing 90 percent of independent music venues in the next few Tonight months.” The Austin Chamber Sunday, August 9 of Commerce and the University Thursday, July 30 of Houston surveyed 1000 Antone & All Stars @ Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s business owners and the results Giggity’s The bars down at the flats area took a little hit from revealed how the music industry Zach Walther @ Back Monday, August 10 Hurricane Hanna but a big hit from COVID closings. is in a dire fight for survival in Porch TEMPORARILY Open Jam @ Giggity’s Photo by Steve Coons. the Texas Music Capital of the Dave’s Duo @ Shorty’s World. “Just 19 percent of local Tuesday, August 11 Friday, July 31 CLOSED AS COVID Paul & Victoria @ Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Starlite & the Moonbeams PRECAUTION @ Shorty’s Wednesday, August 12 Jered Clark @ Giggity’s Saturday, August 1 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Dreaming in Color @ Thursday, August 13 Giggity’s Free Beer Band @ Mario Flores @ Back Giggity’s Porch Jesse Stratton @ Back Selfie @ Shorty’s Porch CC Songwriters @ House Dave’s Duo @ Shorty’s of Rock Josh Ward, Copper Chief Juan Lobo Fest @ Treasure Island @ Brewster Street Concrete Street Friday, August 14 Sunday, August 2 Valetta @ Sunset Antone & All Stars @ TEMPORARILY CLOSED Sounds Giggity’s AS COVID PRECAUTION Back Pew Revival @ Giggity’s We have new stacking lanes at the ferry landing. Monday, August 3 Aloha Dave @ Shorty’s Open Jam @ Giggity’s 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Saturday, August 15 live music venues were able to pay their full Tuesday, August 4 over the beach and trash everywhere in Port treasureislandporta BELT SANDER RACES June rent, while 83 percent laid off their full- Paul & Victoria @ A. We know the drill. It did a number on our @ Gaff time employees—the most layoffs among all Giggity’s Mike O’Neill @ Shorty’s garden. Just like Harvey it was a tropical storm business industries surveyed. Even more, 62 that turned into a hurricane and headed in our percent of local live music venues said under Wednesday, August 5 direction. It did shear off the end of Bob Hall Sunday, August 16 current government shutdowns, they would Jim Dugan@ Giggity’s Antone & All Stars @ Pier and caused quite a bit of damage. We got not survive past October—at the latest. In fact, Giggity’s over 3 inches of rain in Port A and reported some local venue owners say nearly all of them Thursday, August 6 Free Beer Band @ sustained winds of up to 85mph. There wasn’t could die off.” Right now the music industry is Monday, August 17 any major damage in Port A ala: Harvey, but Giggity’s Open Jam @ Giggity’s on red alert whether you play the music, make Ruben V @ Back Porch the electricity did go out for about 20 hours on the drinks, clean the bathrooms, or just write Dave’s Duo @ Shorty’s Tuesday, August 18 both ends of the island. Padre got it much worse about it… this is scary times for all of us. If than we did being they are farther south of us. Paul & Victoria @ you really care about live music or people, put Friday, August 7 TEMPORARILY Giggity’s The Rio Grande Valley got hammered even on a mask. With the nation’s death toll now Gary P. Nunn @ Back worse. We were without electricity, cell and averaging 900 deaths a day, we must find a way Porch Wednesday, August 19 internet service and most importantly, we had to put this beast behind us. Johnny Boy @ Giggity’s CLOSED AS COVID Magnus @ Giggity’s NO air conditioning until the glorious bucket Independent Thieves @ trucks could get over here on Sunday and fix Beach access closed & curfew… Shorty’s PRECAUTION Thursday, August 20 us back up. It was a long, hot, muggy night Me and my mermaid gal recently walked down Free Beer Band @ sleeping with the windows open but it wasn’t Saturday, August 8 Giggity’s to the beach behind the Beach Lodge and were Toman Bros @ Giggity’s OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Harvey bad. Not even close. We got lucky. Dave’s Duo @ Shorty’s surprised at the number of vehicles including Larry Joe Taylor @ Back Texas bars are hurting… golf carts, tents, chairs, gathering of more than Porch Friday, August 21 ten people… a few much more than ten people. Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Groove @ Giggity’s The worst part of all this, for me at least, is that It looked pretty normal but I was confused so Matt Hole @ Shorty’s the bars in Texas will remain closed until at least

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