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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 March 5, 2020 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around Island Grocery Store Waterpark How the Island Voted The Island Going Up! Ride Nueces County Constable By Dale Rankin Precinct 4 (Runoff) Once upon a time on a beach not so Set to open by summer 2020 1123 (45%) Monty Allen far away Spring Breakers swarmed to Comes 1101 (44%) Robert Sherwood the beach north of Packery Channel By Dale Rankin space. Mr. Rasheed said a verbal between Zahn Road and Newport agreement has been reached to locate 269 (10.8%) John Bowers The 20,420 square-foot IGA grocery Pass. Cheek to jowl they lined the a Denny’s diner on a separate three- store under construction on South Down Padre Island totals beach with tents, couches, giant thousand square-foot site fronting Padre Island Drive south of Whitecap bonfires, and bags of trash, most of SPID. 7882 Total Padre Island which got left behind when they went Boulevard will be open by summer Registered Voters home. 2020, according to owners Lori and Mr. Rasheed said the IGA store will Moshin Rasheed. be roughly based on the design of a 2510 (32%) Total Padre Island Police flooded the area but to little Sprouts Farmer’s Market and will voters “We will have the equipment for avail as the revelers, very few of include walk-in coolers for produce the grocery store arriving in the Contested Races Republican which were actual college students, and meat with a butcher on duty, a next few weeks,” Mr. Rasheed said. created the kind of trouble that draws full selection of beer and wine, along 1659 (98%) Padre Island votes “Everything is on schedule.” police. Two single traffic lanes were with a regular selection for Donald J. Trump President cut to allow for southbound traffic of grocery items. It also from Newport Pass to Zahn Road and 1282 (80%) Senator John includes large icemakers. Cornyn U.S. Senate a temporary traffic light was placed Ms. Rasheed said an on State Highway 361 at the Zahn experienced grocery District Judge 347th Court Road intersection and traffic officers store manager and Island 1305 (82%) Missy Medary controlled vehicular access even as resident has been hired to the traffic lanes looked more like manage the store, Michael 297 (18%) Guy Williams parking lots. Ingle Hart. The IGA store District Attorney One year the beach there got so is owned and operated by crowded that beach goers bypassed the Rasheeds who said 595 (42%) James O. Gardner the area and headed for Port Aransas finishing out the interior 826 (58%) Jon West where traffic was so backed up that of the store will cost about Nueces County Constable Port Aransas restaurants were empty $1.6 million. Precinct 4 because no one could get there and Of special interest to IGA owners Moshin and Lori Rasheed 209 (13.5%) John Bowers large supplies of food bought in Island residents the Balli anticipation of Spring Break crowds Center includes a golf 682 (61.4%) Monty Allen The entire complex is called the Balli went bad. Something had to be done. cart path to connect it to the adjacent Center and Rasheed said contracts 391 (25.1%) Robert Sherwood street, meaning Islanders can grocery So before Spring Break 2013 have already been signed with shop by golf cart. And for the parents the Corpus Christi City Council tenants for most of the 8000 square- Republicans Port Aransas outlawed pit bull dogs on the North and students at Seashore Middle feet of retail space on each side of the President Academy next door the Rasheeds A work crane so tall the top reached Packery beach. They soon found out grocery store. They include an 8000 have also included spaces to allow for into the foggy air arrived at Waves 840 (93%) Donald J. Trump that so –called “breed bans” had been square-foot Hardknocks Bar & Grill off-street parking for parents waiting Resort on Tuesday and by late held unconstitutional by the courts on the south side of the center. On the U.S. Senate to pick up kids from the school rather Wednesday had removed most of the (possibly due to the Pit Bull Lobby) north side of the center an “authentic” than having to park along SPID. Padre Plunge ride. The ride never re- 576 (73%) John Cornyn and so the next year banned all dogs – Mexican food restaurant and a Steps are also being installed to allow opened after Hurricane Harvey. good and bad of all breeds- from the 2500-square-foot Dominoes "pizza District Judge 347 District access between the school parking lot area during the Spring Break season theater" store have already signed Court and that, along with the heavy police and the center’s parking lot. lease agreements, Mr. Rasheed said. Hay! Look Up 472 (62.4%) Missy Medary presence did the trick. A nail shop and a phone store are Since that time Spring Breaks along currently in negotiations to lease IGA cont. on A4 in the Sky! 284 (37.57%) Guy Williams the North Packery beaches have been Nueces County Constable relatively tame affairs. For the last FEMA “Unlikely” to fund Packery If you have cast your gaze skyward Precinct 4 dozen or so years city crews kept the in the past week you have probably three lanes in place during the Spring 60 6.43% John Bowers Monty seen a helicopter with a long tether Allen 163 17.47% Break season until 2019 when traffic Channel Jetty Repairs attached hauling freight along high was light enough and the beaches By Dale Rankin they will not reimburse the city for above the beach. Speculation on its 710 76.10% Robert Sherwood wide enough that only a single the project.” More than two years after Hurricane mission has ranged from a coyote Democrats Padre Island emergency lane was cut on the beach. eradication program to the latest That is the plan for this year as well. Harvey did millions of dollars worth The move comes after months of of damage to the Packery Channel questions from ISAC members who way to smuggle contraband across President A few years ago the Port Aransas jetty system the effort to fund repair consistently pushed the city staff for the border. In reality it is nothing so 279 (36%) Joseph Biden City Council put a ban on alcohol work suffered a serious setback definitive answers on funding for the exotic. 154 (20%) Michael Bloomberg consumption on their city beaches Tuesday when city staff told the repairs, estimated to run between $7.5 after sundown and the demographics Island Strategic Action Committee at million and $14 million depending on Hay cont. on A4 146 (19%) Bernie Sanders of local Spring Breakers changed its March meeting that funding for the which design plan is finally adopted. 90 (12%) Elizabeth Warren radically. Now the only portion of our project from the Federal Emergency local beaches that really looks like “This is exactly where we didn’t 29 (5%) Amy Klobuchar Management Agency (FEMA) is want to be,” ISAC Chairman Jay “Spring Break” is the area just south “unlikely.” U.S. Senate of the bollards in Port Aransas where Gardner said Tuesday. college kids congregate to party “We don’t have a final letter from Sources Wednesday said that a 52 (8%) Cristina Tzintzun under the watchful eye of police them yet,” Assistant City Manager behind the scenes effort to FEMA Ramirez Keith Selman told the group. “But officers and Constable’s deputies. A to seek commitment for the funding 190 (30%) Mary “MJ” Hegar small army of “State Police” descend the indications at this time are that on Port Aransas to aggressively corral FEMA cont. on A4 74 (12%) Amanda K. Edwards Spring Breakers and locals alike. It’s 66 (10%) Annie “Mama” enough to keep most of us home. A little Island history Garcia Make no mistake, if the weather is 40 (6%) Sema Hernandez merely tolerable our beaches will be packed the next three weekends, they Nueces County Attorney will be door to door from Port A to Mustang Island Abandoned By J. Guthrie Ford human hands, the milk cows were 214 (37%) Carlos Vela PINS but it won’t be crazed college easily coaxed from their pastoral kids burning down lifeguard stands February 1862 began with a strong 363 (65%) Rene Flores grazing to the surf line; there, they – they are made of composite now. norther. After it blew through, the stood passively as their throats were Port Aransas It will be mostly families cooking, turning wind made it easy for the slit. Each bovine's knees buckled as playing horseshoes, and playing a Federal sailors to get from their 1,321 votes out of 3,179 her blood pumped onto the sand. A game with the unwieldy name of ship to the Mustang beach. Registered Voters 42% sailor took the bell from the Clubbs' Corn Hole. Each of the next two Once the longboat was pushed black and white Jersey; it would be President Sunday afternoons will be scavenger ashore and the oars stored, the a unique souvenir of time spent in hunts for locals looking for pup tents, 128 (36%) Joseph Biden leader of the landing party, a burly enemy waters. cots, beach toys, firewood left behind master's mate from Massachusetts, 87 (24%) Bernie Sanders for the taking on Sunday afternoon. The butchering was barked out his orders. "Coming in, 62 (17%) Michael Bloomberg supervised by a man who was a The most unused portion of the I seen them behind that sand hill," Wisconsin dairyman before enlisting 44 (12%) Elizabeth Warren beach during Spring Break and most he pointed to a large foredune. "Go in the navy. The sailors used cleavers of the summer is the few miles south and fetch'em close to the boat and U.S. Senate and great knives to hack away the of Beach Access Road #2 located then kill'em quick, but no gunfire. slabs of beef, carrying them and the 123 (41%) Mary Hegar just north of Fire Station #16 which And this time do not forget: a pound requisite blobs of fat to the longboat. is only accessible from that roadway. of tallow from each. If the captain 37 (12%) Dr. Hunter curses me again for your laziness, Manning the tiller, the master's mate Watch out for rip currents, and we’ll 32 (11%) Amanda K. Edwards you will pay dearly my laddies… called out a nautical cadence as his see you at the Flour Bluff grocery and know that is God's truth. Now crew strained to row the heavily laden 28 (9%) Cristina Tzintzun store Thursday night. craft away from the shore. When the Ramirez carry on and be quick about it." The Mercer place was rebuilt after It’s time to hunker down everybody, longboat was near the ship, a sailor It was a simple matter for the blue the Civil War. Nueces County Attorney and say hello if you see us Around held up a meaty rack of ribs. The clad men to roundup and slaughter The Island. ship's company let out a hearty cheer. 187 (68%) Rene Flores the animals: Knowing only gentle History cont. on A4 45 (32%) Carlos Vela March 5, 2020 Island Moon A 2

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Abigail Bair our recent actions on the New Harbor Bridge Contributing Writers Replacement Project and think many of you Joey Farah may have the very same questions. So we would like to share with you the reasons for our Andy Purvis position. Mary Craft Emily Gaines Your safety is always the top priority of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Jay Gardner and we are redundant design.” Aruba Bay Resort Todd Hunter Dotson Lewis The NTSB’s findings were the result of a thorough investigation and analysis. The Bocci Ball at Waves Resort Dr. Tom Dorrell Business Briefs report can be viewed at https://www.ntsb. Ronnie Narmour gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/ Celsita’s Mexican Restaurant will Brent Rourk HAR1902.pdf. be located in the IGA Balli Center and will serve authentic Mexican dishes Photographers Similarly, a July 2019 investigation of the Miles Merwin (Emeritus) Miami bridge collapse by the Occupational not TexMex. The woman opening the restaurant will also be making the Debbie Noble Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found: rotisserie chicken and fresh bread for Jan Rankin the IGA. Mary Craft • “The bridge had structural design deficiencies that contributed to the collapse during Coastal Pet Supply & Exotics is Ronnie Narmour construction stage III. The cracks on the bridge opening Monday, March 9thin the Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) occurred due to deficient structural design.” former Paradise Pet Supply Store Riley P. Dog location near Spanky’s Liquor. The • “EOR should have known that the truss was Croquet at Waves. a non-redundant structure and if one diagonal animals they will have include bearded member failed, the entire bridge could collapse.” dragons, ferrets, iguana, tortoise and The 41st Annual Fulton Oysterfest The OSHA report is available at https://www. parakeets plus they can special order. will take place Thursday, March 5th osha.gov/doc/engineering/pdf/2019_r_03.pdf Owner Chandra assures that there until Sunday, March 8th. There will be is absolutely no affiliation with the fireworks, a parade, live auction, lots of FIGG seemed to believe there was relevant previous store. She also states that she information not considered by the NTSB. In a vendors, carnival rides, oyster eating responsive letter to FIGG in December 2019, will keep in stock the popular Fromm contests and more than ten bands. dog food. Call 813-5799 for more info. the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) The 58th Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry rejected the assertions submitted by FIGG to rebut the NTSB findings and reconfirmed that Show is being held at the RMB Regional there were significant errors in the final design Fairgrounds March 7th & 8th. There will Publisher calculations, among other issues. In this letter, be displays, exhibits, demonstrations, Dale Rankin Dr. Joseph Hartmann, FHWA’s Director of the shopping and education. About the Island Moon Office of Bridges and Structures, told FIGG: The Waves Resort will have DJ Pool The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Per your request, I have reviewed in detail Parties and daily drink specials during Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes the information that you submitted on behalf spring break March 6 - 15 and March 21 delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 of FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc. (FIGG) and & 22. copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE), as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 Island Tire is in the process of getting copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. regarding the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) investigation of the Pedestrian their new inspection license and News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Bridge Collapse over SW 8th Street (FIU Coastal Pet Supply. equipment and should be able to start payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. pedestrian bridge) on March 15, 2018, in Miami, doing state inspections again next week The Island Moon Newspaper Florida. In short, despite this detailed review, I Supercuts is looking at a couple of 8 am - noon weekdays. For more info call have found no new data or information from spots on the Island to open a salon. 949-4949 14646 Compass, Suite 3 FIGG/WJE that was not previously considered Green Waves has products to help you South Texas Botanical Gardens & Corpus Christi, TX 78418 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in advising and supporting NTSB quit smoking. Vaping CBD oil can help Nature Center has special daily Spring 361-949-7700 as they conducted their analysis of the facts you quit by eliminating the nicotine Break activities, featuring both flora/ [email protected] resulting in a determination of probable cause. but still having the habitual ritual of fauna, beginning Saturday, March The FHWA stands by the analysis that smoking. Owner Brian McBrayer 7-Sunday, March 22, including a $2 Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper we provided to the NTSB in support of its can help you find the right product admission break for students ages 13 & investigation. for whatever your needs. The store is up. As you know, the NTSB determined that the located near Spanky’s Liquor on SPID. probable cause of the collapse was “the load and capacity calculation errors made by FIGG Where to Find The Bridge Engineers, Inc. (FIGG) in its design of the main span truss members 11/12 nodal Island Moon region and connection to the bridge deck.” As it has since the beginning of the New Harbor Bridge Replacement Project, TxDOT will Port North continue to be involved with project oversight. Aransas Padre All engineering design and construction Gulf Stream RV work undergoes an extensive quality review All Stripes Stores and acceptance process, and all construction Pioneer RV Black Sheep/ completed to date is safe and has been built in compliance with specifications. Stripes on 1A Barrel My Coastal Home FDLLC, the developer on this project, CVS has already begun the process of seeking a WB Liquor Store Dollar General replacement engineering design firm for the Botannical Gardens Island Wine Room Whataburger main spans. While this vital step for additional review and verification could result in potential Kody’s Doc’s Restaurant delays to the project with potential cost impacts, The Back Porch in Port A will feature Coffee Waves Snoopy’s Pier the value of safety and taking the time needed Davin James on Friday, March 6th and for this project is unquestionably the right Moby Dicks The Scarecrow People on Saturday. Isle Mail N More course of action. As more detail becomes Green Waves owner Brian with his 10 IGA available, TxDOT will share any effects this The Seashore Charter Schools are Island Italian week old buddy Kai. may have on the project timeline. accepting registrations for the fall Treasure Island semester during the month of March. Call Brooklyn Pie Co. Work on all other aspects of the project has a special this Ms. Woody’s Scoopy’s Veranda Susie at 949-122 ext. 0 for kinder - 4th Ace Hardware continues to move forward, including drainage, week with half off their new Reuben Automotive grade and Claudia at 654-1134 for 5th - roadway and overpass construction, and sandwich with purchase of a Cuban Holiday Inn 8th to have a registration form emailed to Port A Glass Studio reconstruction of a major new interchange at sandwich. San Juan’s Restaurant Texas Star (Shell) I-37/US 181/SH 286. you. St. Andrews by the Sea Fish Fry is Motorists also have full access to the current Bealls in the Bluff is having a huge Wash Tub Jesse’s Liquor every Friday during lent 5 - 7 pm and Harbor Bridge. closing store sale. Woody’s Sports Scuttlebutt’s is $8/plate. Center Citizens of the Coastal Bend 3 February 20, Lastly and most importantly - Restaurant 2020 TxDOT appreciates the support of the Back Porch Bar Subway public and elected members as we continue to Be sure to hit HEB before the Spring Shorty’s Place vigilantly ensure that the engineering design and Break onslaught this weekend. Island Tire construction meet the highest safety standards. Fisherman’s Wharf Padre Pizzeria And we will take every action necessary to do Giggity’s this. our Island, due to its proximity to the bridge. And all Moon From Our Facebook Page I marveled that we could even talk about palm Gratitude retail advertisers Sincerely, Around the Island: fronds with that derelict business sending the The Gaff WB Liquor James M. Bass | Executive Director message that businesses aren't held to any Trinity By the Sea We saw a 3-4 ft rattler yesterday at Charlie's standards on the Island. I am not saying that Episcopal Ballot Propositions Pasture in Port A! is the case, I am saying that is the message. Flour Bluff Tourists who see that have to wonder about I have a college degree, am old enough to have Jerry Mrakava decay elsewhere. Having that on the main drag H.E.B. voted many times in my life. I am in disbelief of Numerous people have applied for ISAC was just wrong. Thanks for the happy news! Whataburger on the way some of the propositions were worded committee but waiting for City Council to put Waldron for the primary voting period. Actually 2 of on agenda to fill vacancies. Marilyn Knapp Litt them I remember, one specifically because of Ethyl Everly Lori Rasheed Karen Marcum handles my taxes and my the double negatives which refers to prayer families. She is good, honest and timely! Senior Center in school. Why not a simple, “Should prayer Business Briefs: Cassie Lee Scott Fire Station be allowed in public schools”? Wondering if everyone who voted had to think that one I am ecstatic about the car wash being torn Police Station through foe a long time and still wasn’t sure if down! It is the worst eyesore and blight on they voted what they thought it meant? Whoever Stripes on Flour wrote these propositions to vote on clearly has Bluff & SPID an agenda and not a good one. Just my two Send letters and photos to editor@ cents. Would love some feedback on this. Shelly Walton islandmoon.com March 5, 2020 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 FEMA cont. from A1 The two boys whose daily chore was to move is underway but its likelihood of success is Hay cont. from A1 the three cows to the milking shed were stunned unknown. As we have reported previously the work is line is rolled into circular bales and transported when they saw the awful and bloody scene. One Design plans for the repairs have been underway to restore native grass to the area on San Jose by air to San Jose Island. The operation is boy gently touched the cold nose of the animal for several months and until Tuesday’s meeting Island to facilitate the removal of six heavy expected to be complete by week’s end, but he had known as a frolicking calf, and whose funding was to be split between the Island’s Tax barges that were left there by Hurricane wild speculation on the Coconut Telegraph is baby he helped birth. The boys sat down on the Increment Refinance Zone #2 (TRZ #2), which Harvey. Native grass (hay) from the privately- expected to continue. crimson sand and wept openly. As they walked is designed to fund Packery Channel upkeep, owned land just south of the Kleberg County back to the settlement area, they saw the ship and FEMA funds which would either be used to with the Stars and Stripes flag making way for initially pay for the work or in reimbursement the Aransas Pass. The boys' grief turned into fist to the city after the work was complete. One shaking rage, and one of them screamed into the possible plan is to extend the Island TRZ #2 wind, "You Yankees will pay for this." past its 2022 expiration date which would delay During this time of the repairs for several months at the least. the year, I imagine According to information presented to ISAC various historical over the past several months FEMA typically scenarios that might would reimburse the city for 80% of the project have caused six with the remainder coming from the TRZ fund. Mustang Islanders to open fire on United IGA cont. from A1 States sailors on the Completion of the Balli Center comes at afternoon of Tuesday, the end of four and one-half years of wading the 11th of February, through permitting and red tape primarily at the 1862.* The scenario city and federal level. above incorporates the fact that sailors “The wetlands were the biggest problem we Mercer Family from the USS Arthur ran into,” Lori Rasheed said. “We’ve built all commandeered— over the country but this is the first time we have stole in the eyes of the owners—livestock from dealt with wetlands.” Mustang Island to re-supply their ship's food They lost the use of an acre and a half of land locker while on blockade duty off the Aransas on the site which remained as wetlands, Mr. Pass. Rasheed said, and they had to purchase four Although the specific cause of the Islanders' acres of land offsite to turn into wetlands for armed aggression against the United mitigation. The Balli Center is eleven feet States Navy may never be known, the fiery above sea level. Ironically, the land where the consequence of that action is a matter of record. center is located is not naturally occurring On the morning after the shooting incident, wetlands. It only became wetlands because the Mustang's settlement area—about a dozen sand was removed in the 1970s to be used as fill houses—was shelled by naval artillery. When for development near the site. the Arthur bombardment lifted, sailors came The project hit a snag in mid-2009 when city ashore and torched the house of Robert A. officials required the installation of a twenty- Mercer, the Island's first settler. (The captain of four inch sewer line running south from the Arthur, John Kittredge, targeted the Mercer Whitecap along the back of the center. The place because he saw Mercer among the rebel line was much larger than the center required shooters.) and cost $907,000, it was needed because it The bombardment and torching led to the will service all of the Island south of the site abandonment of Mustang Island for the including the Cape Summer area around the remainder of the Civil War—the Mercers, for Ski Basin when it is developed. That line is instance, moved to Indian Point on Nueces Bay. complete and the city is expected to reimburse When the Island was repopulated, folks spent the Rasheeds (and their bank) for the cost. Reconstruction in the business of supplying Ms. Rasheed said the grocery store is designed cattle to hungry Northern markets. to survive a hurricane and includes a generator. *The Federals were in small boats going “If we get hit by a hurricane we will be able to through the Aransas Pass after inspecting the reopen very quickly,” she said. lighthouse. None were hit by the shots fired at them. The building is actually constructed as three separate structures with double and unconnected walls on each side of the IGA store to make it more resilient in to high winds.

Send Letters and Photos to The Rasheeds said they expect the entire Spring is in the air by Jeffery King. [email protected] complex to be complete in May and ready for opening in early June. and follow us on Facebook: The “Once we get the roof on and the building Island Moon Newspaper closed in we can work sixteen hour days to get ready,” Mr. Rasheed said.

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That money funded committees to develop JFK Bridge; the Island’s front yard where roads Th 5 Low 4:41 AM -0.5 6:48 AM Set 3:38 AM 69 plans that covered the whole city as well as ad flood with rising tides, has no lighting to speak of, and has pools of saltwater where parking 5 High 2:37 PM 1.7 6:32 PM Rise 2:21 PM hoc committees for a Downtown Development Plan and a Southside Development Plan but no spots should be. Each month since mid-2019 F 6 Low 5:46 AM -0.5 6:47 AM Set 4:33 AM 79 Island Development Plan. As a result the Island members of the ISAC committee have inquired 6 High 3:09 PM 1.7 6:33 PM Rise 3:25 PM Strategic Action Committee did one of its own. about progress on plans and have been given the mushroom treatment. They went so far as Sa 7 Low 6:47 AM -0.6 6:46 AM Set 5:25 AM 87 Now things have come full circle as consultants to draw up their own set of preliminary plans hired by the city are going around the city 7 High 3:35 PM 1.6 6:33 PM Rise 4:33 PM that included lights and parking areas under the working with residents on plans for various bridge, and raising the elevation is key areas to Su 8 Low 8:46 AM -0.5 7:45 AM Set 7:12 AM 94 parts of the city and they came to Padre Island prevent saltwater from flooding the roadway 8 High 4:55 PM 1.4 7:34 PM Rise 6:41 PM Tuesday night for a two-hour workshop with leading to the businesses there – in some recent members of the ISAC and members of the 8 Low 10:08 PM 1.1 cases for weeks at a time. The improvements, public who were in attendance. Observing from with local input, were well within the $1.5 M 9 High 1:50 AM 1.3 7:44 AM Set 7:56 AM 98 the audience it looked like the consulting team million budget. was caught a bit off guard by the preparedness 9 Low 9:44 AM -0.3 7:34 PM Rise 7:50 PM and the details coming back from Islanders who Then on Tuesday came business as usual. ISAC 9 High 5:08 PM 1.3 have learned over the decades that if we leave members were presented with an unsigned planning to outsiders we often end up with well- document from city staff responding to seven 9 Low 10:11 PM 0.9 intentioned plans that do little but collect dust requests presented by ISAC with five of the Tu 10 High 3:17 AM 1.4 7:43 AM Set 8:38 AM 99 on a shelf at city hall. improvements listed as “No Go” and two listed as “Go.” 10 Low 10:43 AM -0.1 7:35 PM Rise 8:57 PM First and foremost in any Island Development 10 High 5:18 PM 1.1 Plan, given the amount of development about Improvements under the bridge – No Go. From to start here, is an Island Mobility Plan. One a “desktop view” the puddles of water looked 10 Low 10:34 PM 0.6 of the key points that came out of Tuesday’s like wetlands and “might” require a permit. W 11 High 4:40 AM 1.4 7:42 AM Set 9:18 AM 98 discussion is one that effects every person who Straightening out the curve on the access road lives on or visits Padre Island. We have a chance 11 Low 11:45 AM 0.3 7:35 PM Rise 10:04 PM leading to SPID – No Go. Might have to move to build a beach to bay community here unlike the roadway and that would require a permit. 11 High 5:25 PM 1.0 any on the Texas Coast. The challenge is to find Fixing the flooding in Snoopy’s parking lot – 11 Low 11:10 PM 0.3 a way to get golf carts, bicycles, and pedestrians on the west side of SPID where most of us live No Go. “Outside the limits of the project.” Th 12 High 6:04 AM 1.5 7:41 AM Set 9:58 AM 93 to the beach without having the slower moving Filling in the low-lying parking area next 12 Low 12:57 PM 0.6 7:36 PM Rise 11:10 PM carts necessarily traveling in traffic lanes but to Doc’s – No Go. “Outside the limits of the rather along a waterway. The planned Beach 12 High 5:28 PM 0.9 project” when raising the elevation of the Walk offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to area was a main reason for applying the bond 12 Low 11:55 PM 0.1 do something special. The Park Road 22 Water funding there in the first place. Exchange Bridge – expect an update on this project soon – includes two 38-foot wide cart Stabilizing the eroding shoreline east of and pedestrian lanes which will allow mobility Billings – No Go – would require a separate from the neighborhoods to the beach under permit. the roadway; the question is how to connect to On the short “Go” list: those lanes to neighborhood streets on the west and how to get golf carts from the bridge to Restriping the SPID turn lanes. the beach on the east side. As was pointed out Repair Access Roads Tuesday any cart paths other than the current Notice that the two “Go” projects are inside streets on the east side will need to go through the right of way of the Texas Department of private property and will therefore need the approval of the private property owners. That does not appear to be an obstacle with the private landowners on both sides of the roadway fully aware of the opportunity we have. It is rare to have as much undeveloped land as we do fronting the Gulf of Mexico; and having only a few owners to buy in on a Island Gardeners February plan is even rarer. We have a chance to do Snoopys road flooded. Yard of the Month something very unique on the Texas Gulf Coast. Transportation along SPID. The two projects But no plan is workable without input from the that, as of now at least, would get the $1.5 people who will use the system once it is done million in city money are in the state right of and that is us. So, take note that the planners way and the solely city-controlled areas – which are asking for all the input from Islanders they the city bond money was originally supposed to can get. There will be a public hearing at the improve get nothing, zero, zilch…well, except Seashore Learning Center Gym, 15801 SPID, for continued darkness and flooding! on Thursday, March 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A So The Island gets a $9 million bill to fix up presentation outlining the effort will be done at a state right of way so we can keep feeling 6 p.m. with public comment to follow. In the our way through the darkness under the JFK meantime comments are requested by e-mailing in order drive through saltwater to go to local two addresses: Shad Comeaux at sec@freese. businesses which have all been paying city com, or Senior City Planner Keren Costanzo at taxes for decades. [email protected], or by phone at 361 826- This is not the fault of ISAC, they have been 3573. proactive from the beginning of this process. This is not going to be a plan that collects dust They made recommendations, they followed at city hall, this is a plan that is going to be the up, then they were sandbagged and eventually framework for Island planning and development bushwhacked by a city staff that did what they that will affect all of us who live here for as long wanted to do right from the beginning – say as we live here and this is a chance to have our nothing until they announce design plans to fix say. The more input we provide the better the the state access road which is the course of least final plan will be, don’t be shy. resistance but also the least cost effective. Island in bondage… We have a State Representative in Todd Hunter Lila Bradshaw has the Yard of the Month for February. who has a very good track record when it comes As we reported last issue the City of Corpus to getting us help from TxDot. As far as I can Christi is considering a $110 million bond tell he was never contacted by the city staff to package for November and what happened to see if there might be some state help available us on Padre Island after the last bond package to fix the state right of way before committing is an object lesson of how we have historically all $1.5 million of the city bond money to do been treated when it comes to bond money – that job. an afterthought at best, mushrooms most of the time. As things now stand our city staff wants to use $1.5 million of city money to fix a state problem In 2018 voters passed $96 million in bonds, out and hand The Island a $9 million tab. of which Padre Island got a total of $1.5 million. Keep in mind that the Island’s share of the cost Welcome to our world. of the bonds – principle without interest - will be

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By Dotson Lewis Q. How should I handle cases of employee That may be a hardship for a small business, Special to the Island Moon theft in my small business? but it's necessary to be consistent. Don't discuss the cause of termination with other A. Employee theft occurs occasionally in Yalta & Potsdam Conferences-1945 begun at Yalta. Although the Allies remained employees; however, do remind them of the committed to fighting a joint war in the Pacific, both large and small businesses. It can be Dotson’s Note: These conferences were the two consequences of stealing. Don't tolerate even the lack of a common enemy in Europe led a major crisis for a small business because most important peace conferences of World War small theft. That could create a work culture to difficulties reaching consensus concerning small businesses don't usually have the II. The Yalta and Potsdam Conferences were where theft is acceptable. Having good theft postwar reconstruction on the European financial resources to survive an employee called to help the Allied Forces decide what monitoring systems is a deterrent. continent. theft. I have an acquaintance who lost his should happen to the world after the war finally business because of employee theft. Theft If the employee is too valuable to the ended. Thanks to The Office of the Historian, Despite numerous disagreements, the Allied also damages the mutual trust that small business to terminate, experts advise getting Foreign Service Institute, United States leaders did manage to conclude some agreements businesses depend on. Handle employee a signed confession and requiring re-payment Department of State for the facts contained in at Potsdam. They agreed on the status of a theft carefully to be sure what you do is legal as a deterrent to prevent future theft. Consider this report and to The US Army for the photos. demilitarized and disarmed Germany under and minimizes the impact on the business. time off without pay as a penalty and put the four zones of Allied occupation. According to employee on probation for a period. Yalta the Protocol of the Conference, there was to be Experts say it's best to cut ties with the “a complete disarmament and demilitarization employee quickly. Owners of small Small businesses should review their anti of Germany”; all aspects of German industry businesses tend to want to try to recover the theft procedures periodically. Wherever that could be utilized for military purposes lost assets and give the employees a chance possible, have processes that require two were to be dismantled; all German military to explain and repay the loss. Experts advise or more employees to commit theft. For and paramilitary forces were to be eliminated; writing off the loss, terminating the employee example, authorize one employee to make and the production of all military hardware in quickly and explaining the termination as a purchases, another to receive purchases and Germany was forbidden. Also, German society "downsizing" without mentioning theft. third to issue payment. Be especially careful in accounting for each receipt. Cash is easily was to be remade along democratic lines by Accusing the employee of theft requires stolen. Inventory valuable property regularly. repeal of all discriminatory laws from the hard evidence that will stand up in court Review your bank and credit card statements Nazi era and by the arrest and trial of those if the employee sues. Experts say if you personally each month. Consider having Germans deemed to be “war criminals.” The don't intend to prosecute, don't accuse them mailed to your home if you receive hard German educational and judicial systems were the employee of theft. Call it a necessary copies. to be purged of any authoritarian influences, downsizing. The owner may want to consider and democratic political parties would be offering severance in exchange for a release Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE which encouraged to participate in the administration of claims and a confidentially agreement if the provides free mentoring and advice to small of Germany at the local and state level. employee has valuable business information. businesses and nonprofits The reconstitution Make sure there are no other employees Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta of a national German involved. If so, terminate all at the same time. Government was, however, postponed This conference took place in a Russian resort indefinitely, and town in the Crimea from February 4–11, 1945 the Allied Control At Yalta, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Commission (which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and was comprised of four Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important occupying powers, the decisions regarding the future progress of the Joseph Stalin and United States, Britain, war and the postwar world. Harry Truman France, and the Soviet The Allied leaders came to Yalta believing Union) would run the that an Allied victory in Europe was practically country during the interregnum. inevitable. Recognizing that a victory over One of the most controversial matters Japan might require a lengthy fight, the United addressed at the Potsdam Conference dealt States and Great Britain saw a major strategic with the revision of the German-Soviet-Polish advantage to Soviet participation in the Pacific borders and the expulsion of several million theater. Roosevelt and Churchill discussed Germans from the disputed territories. In with Stalin the conditions under which the exchange for the territory it lost to the Soviet Soviet Union would enter the war against Union following the readjustment of the Soviet- Japan and all three agreed that, in exchange for Polish border, Poland received a large swath potentially crucial Soviet participation in the of German territory and began to deport the Pacific theater, the Soviets would be granted German residents of the territories in question, a sphere of influence in Manchuria following as did other nations that were host to large Japan’s surrender. This included the southern German minority populations. The negotiators portion of Sakhalin, a lease at Port Arthur at Potsdam were well-aware of the situation, and (now Lüshunkou), a share in the operation even though the British and Americans feared of the Manchurian railroads, and the Kurile that a mass exodus of Germans into the western Islands. This agreement was the major concrete occupation zones would destabilize them, they accomplishment of the Yalta Conference. took no action other than to declare that “any The Allied leaders also discussed the future transfers that take place should be effected in of Germany, Eastern Europe and the United an orderly and humane manner” and to request Surfin' dog photo by Scott Ellwood. Nations. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin that the Poles, Czechoslovaks and Hungarians agreed not only to include France in the postwar temporarily suspend additional deportations. governing of Germany, but also that Germany In addition to settling matters related to Send letters and photos to [email protected] should assume some, but not all, responsibility Germany and Poland, the Potsdam negotiators for reparations following the war. The approved the formation of a Council of Foreign Americans and the British generally agreed that Ministers that would act on behalf of the United future governments of the Eastern European States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and nations bordering the Soviet Union should be China to draft peace treaties with Germany’s “friendly” to the Soviet regime while the Soviets former allies. Conference participants also pledged to allow free elections in all territories agreed to revise the 1936 Montreux Convention, liberated from Nazi Germany. Negotiators also which gave Turkey sole control over the Turkish released a declaration on Poland, providing for Straits. Furthermore, the United States, Great the inclusion of Communists in the postwar Britain, and China released the “Potsdam national government. In discussions regarding Declaration,” which threatened Japan with the future of the United Nations, all parties “prompt and utter destruction” if it did not agreed to an American plan concerning voting immediately surrender (the Soviet Union did DAVIN JAMES MARCH 6 procedures in the Security Council, which had not sign the declaration because it had yet to been expanded to five permanent members declare war on Japan). following the inclusion of France. Each of SCARECROW PEOPLE MARCH 7 these permanent members was to hold a veto on Dotson’s Other Note: The Potsdam Conference decisions before the Security Council. is perhaps best known for President Truman’s July 24, 1945 conversation with Stalin, during Initial reaction to the Yalta agreements which time the President informed the Soviet LANDON BULLARD MARCH 13 was celebratory. Roosevelt and many other leader that the United States had successfully Americans viewed it as proof that the spirit of detonated the first atomic bomb on July U.S.-Soviet wartime cooperation would carry 16, 1945. Historians have often interpreted GARRETT SMITH MARCH 14 over into the postwar period. This sentiment, Truman’s somewhat firm stance during however, was short lived. With the death of negotiations to the U.S. negotiating team’s belief Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Harry that U.S. nuclear capability would enhance its RICH LOCKHART MARCH 20 S. Truman became the thirty-third president bargaining power. Stalin, however, was already of the United States. By the end of April, the well-informed about the U.S. nuclear program new administration clashed with the Soviets thanks to the Soviet intelligence network; so he MATT HOLE MARCH 21 over their influence in Eastern Europe, and over also held firm in his positions. This situation the United Nations. Alarmed at the perceived made negotiations challenging. The leaders lack of cooperation on the part of the Soviets, of the United States, Great Britain, and the many Americans began to criticize Roosevelt’s Soviet Union, who, despite their differences, handling of the Yalta negotiations. To this day, had remained allies throughout the war, never many of Roosevelt’s most vehement detractors met again collectively to discuss cooperation in accuse him of “handing over” Eastern Europe postwar reconstruction. I can be reached at: 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront and Northeast Asia to the Soviet Union at Yalta [email protected] and/or Land Line: 361- despite the fact that the Soviets did make many 949-7681 or Cell, call or text: 530-748-8475. I substantial concessions. really appreciate the phone calls, Emails, texts Potsdam and conversations about Senior Moments. The Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Please note: The next Veterans Round Table Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was Meeting will be Tuesday, March 10, 2020; 9-11 replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement a.m., 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families Attlee, and U.S. President Harry Truman— and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, are met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to invited. Coffee & donuts are provided. Hope to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round of World War II. After the Yalta Conference, Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt had agreed a.m., Saturdays. The next show will air March to meet following the surrender of Germany 8, 2020. Please listen and call in. The listener/ to determine the postwar borders in Europe. text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s your two hours, Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945, and the please let us hear from you. 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Greetings Readers, end up with a very flavorful sauce, because of it’s fresh, blended ingredients. Happy March to all! For this week’s article, I thought it would a great idea to highlight one For this recipe, we’ll use the basil pesto recipe of the greatest and easiest, no cook sauces to and add sun dried tomatoes to add a tomato zing, have in our recipe repertoire, as well as in our that compliments dishes well. The pasta can be fridge. Pesto is typically associated with basil served cold, as in a pasta salad or tossed with a as the base herb. Adding virgin olive oil, garlic, hot pasta. The shape of the pasta will dictate parmesan cheese, gives this sauce the creamy how much sauce it will absorb. If the pasta has texture it needs to compliment an array of grooves, or cup shapes, like orrechiete, it will Ivan the Iguana with staff. dishes. require more than that of a bowl of slippery spaghetti or linguine. The amount of pesto Most associate this creamy, herb sauce, to be you make, is also up to you, if you’re going added to pasta. However, pesto is great drizzled to use it for one application or if you’re using on pizza, over grilled meats and fish, brushed just a dollop to add flavor. Pesto, if properly on crostini, before adding a smear of ricotta, or stored, can last up to 7 days in a tightly sealed topping them with tomato bruschetta, it’s great, container, kept in the refrigerator. If you use it dolloped in soups, tomato sauce recipes, as well for a salad application, or cold application, it is as caprese salads and sandwiches. Speaking of important to let it stand at room temperature for sandwiches, if you love mayo but want to kick it about 10-15 minutes so the oil has time to be up a notch, add pesto, stir and spread! less congealed. Shawnee State University Community Pesto Ingredients: Involvement 2 C of fresh basil leaves ½ C sun dried tomatoes in oil (ensures they are hydrated enough to blend) 2 -4 cloves of garlic (the amount of garlic Nature Play varies by taste) ¼ C pine nuts (optional) 1 C parmesan cheese grated 1 C Extra Virgin Olive Oil (lighter in color for less bitter flavor) Add salt & pepper to taste (keep in mind cheese has salt also) Chile flakes for heat (optional) Directions: Pesto is not only versatile in it’s applications, Blend all ingredients in a blender and adjust but in it’s ingredients as well. Although basil is the salt & spice to your liking. If you like other the herb primarily associated with the traditional nuts or not nuts, remove. Use immediately or pesto recipe, you can use other herbs as well as refrigerate and use later. greens to create various pesto sauces. You can use sundried tomatoes, as well. This will result Tip of the week: in a red pesto and can be added to a base basil Since there’s TWO big Spring Break weeks pesto and used in a variety of applications as This sauce can be made in advance and as this year in the Coastal Bend, the South Texas well. the flavors marry, it will continue to develop Botanical Gardens & Nature Center has daily in flavor. Get creative and try making various Spring Break activities beginning Saturday, Another common ingredient used in the types and have a blast. Sauces like these are March 7-Sunday, March 22, including a $2 traditional pesto recipe, is pine nuts. Pine nuts, great for marinating meats, fish as well and admission break for students ages 13 & up. just like the Parmesan cheese, adds another throwing them on the grill for an added punch Tequila the macaw with Baby Boy, level of nutty flavor. However, other nuts such of flavor. as pistachios, walnuts and pecans can be used as well. 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So…here’s what than dealing with the problem by calling the I’m thinking: first I find out for sure where all appropriate authorities (the G.P. or a plumber), this water is coming from (I’m only fairly sure I just left the water off and did my dishes with it’s not outer space ), then I turn off the water to the hose. Things started to get pretty real this the house, unscrew the thingy that attaches the morning. You can only pretend you’re camping dealy, do the pipe tape all up in there, and then for so long before reality descends like an axe. screw the bleeper back together? As I stood, hosing out a pan, ankle deep in Dude: That sounds right to me. Make sure you yard mud, I decided I was going to “McGyver put the pipe tape going in the right direction. the hell out of it” fixing the problem with the unstoppable combination of duct tape and a Me: Um…explain “right direction.” spunky, can-do attitude. Dude: Not counter direction to the threads I actually have ‘fixed’ things using gum when tightening. Youtube if you have to. I’d wrappers before, but mostly those things were explain it better, but I’m not a plumber. pieces of gum that needed wrappers. I don’t Me: (after watching the world’s most boring know what makes me so uniquely confident in Youtube video on application of pipe tape my ability to repair objects, but it’s certainly not which did NOT need to be 9 minutes long) personal experience. I have this idea that I’m I’m encouraging myself by thinking about how crafty, and it’s been in my head since childhood. proud I will be if I fix it while simultaneously When I was 8, I stole a bunch of wood and ignoring how very awful everything could get if some hand tools out of the G.P.’s workshop and I utterly bleep it up. constructed rickety handmade furniture that I Cut to FIVE MINUTES LATER after I crawled then tried to sell on our front lawn. under the sink, turned the water back on and got My parents found me a few hours later, totally hit in the face with a not-very-nice deluge. I’m The Art Center of Corpus Christi hosted their annual Souper Bowl on February 27th. Tickets dejected because no one wanted a table that not sure it was water. It was wet. I’m trying not included one handmade bowl, unlimited soup from 20+ local restaurants, and complimentary kept falling over. People notice things like to think of all the gross things in the world that valet parking. that, no matter how much you claim that it was are wet, but I'm pretty sure at least 90% of the SOUPER BOWL marries two integral organizations in our community. Tickets purchased go to “designed” that way. most disgusting possibilities are at least damp. directly supporting both the Art Center of Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend Food Bank. The And this was not an isolated incident. Another Me: Yeah, I looked under there. I can’t fix it. Barry Brown Clay Studio, located in the Art Center, works hard for months creating the unique time my friend Emily and I stole what we At this writing, the G.P. is scheduled to arrive bowls to choose from at Souper Bowl. Photos by Debbie Noble. thought were some boards but were actually to help me fix Old Sinkful in a couple of hours. parts of an antique mahogany bookcase. We He was not totally happy to get the call, nor was nailed them to a tree to make a club house. We I thrilled to make it. I do not suffer defeat with even had a sign: “Wild Hors Club.” I maintain very great aplomb, and I am literally dying to that it was supposed to say “Horses,” but others go over there and pull the entire thing apart into in my family are unsure. its component bits because the sink is now THE And even that wasn’t enough to stop me…I ENEMY. I have pliers. I have pipe tape. I have later: made my own homecoming dress a not-so-terrible flashlight. I have a sharpie. I that mostly held together and wasn't solely also have a really big hammer. The bleeps are responsible for me being called “Streak” during going to be epic. the last two years of high school. I hand dyed Update: The G.P. showed up yesterday, Easter Eggs with onion skins that just turned assessed the problem and immediately began out looking like brown eggs. I almost blew up conjugating the “eff word” with Latin verb a city block assembling my own propane grill. endings. He decided that the entire faucet had I rewired a light fixture that I constantly worry to be replaced. Then we couldn't get it detached about just a little bit every time I walk by it from the sink because a nut had become glued because I’m still not sure which color went with shut with some kind of super rust. Dad tried what. And don’t get me started on the duct tape. everything, including hitting it with two There is a lot of cheap furniture in my house hammers. Frustrated, my by then bare chested that is made mostly of wood glue and painted father threw his tools on the counter, raised his duct tape. arms to the sky and shouted, “How can you To be fair, it was originally particle board, so resist the mighty power of Thor's hammer?” the duct tape is a minor upgrade. Dad then went home and got his Saws-All. Still, this morning, there was no doubt in my There isn't a faucet anymore. I mean, mind that I could fix a significantly leaking somewhere, in some other dimension there faucet with a pretty okay flashlight, a pair might be a highly theoretical faucet, but on this of pliers, some pipe tape and a permanent plain, that faucet has zero claim to existence. felt tip marker (I don’t know why I needed a Sharpie. It just felt right). I didn’t neglect my Honestly, I'm lucky. I got to whomp the due diligence, though. I messaged a Dude. It’s bleeper with a hammer a few times while the not that I don’t believe in women’s equality, I G.P. wasn't looking. Eventually, I'll probably just don’t currently know any ladies other than get really good at doing dishes in the yard. myself that mess with this stuff. If you are

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In a phone conversation from background and the smell of the salty air. Either year, 1977, the Seagulls played in the Lone Star salary offers. Baseball Commissioner Happy his home in Houston he said: “He was movie- way, did you know that Minor League baseball League and again they were a powerhouse, Chandler imposed a five-year ban from the star handsome, and he was rich. A big ladies has been a part of Corpus Christi since the early winning the division. The Seagulls left at the Major Leagues for anyone who played in the 1900’s? The Corpus Christi Pelicans, a Class-D end of the season. Mexican League and did not return by April team of the Southwest Texas League, existed 1, 1946. Despite the ban, more than a dozen in 1910 and 1911, but did not have affiliation The Corpus Christi Barracudas operated in players chose to play in Mexico. Thanks to Bill with any Major League club. Their manager Corpus from 1994 to 1995. Several one-time Morgan (former SWC SSID) and Marty Appel was Harry Hunt. Two of the Pelican stars were Major League players joined the team in an for the facts contained in this report and to Bill Joe Pate from Alice, Texas, an outfielder for effort to work their way back to a big league Morgan for the photos. the Philadelphia A’s, and Denney Wilie, also an club. They were Tony Mack, Randy O’Neal, outfielder, for the Cardinals and Indians. Gary Eave, and Mike Felder. They were known as a Class-Independent operating in the Texas- Louisiana League. Their manager was Mark Wasinger. The announcer for the Barracudas was a fellow by the name of Dave Schultz. He asked me several times to sit in with him and do the color commentary. The Barracudas played their home games at Cabaniss Field and one night we got into a 19-inning game against Jose Cruz and his San Antonio Tejanos. I tried to leave several times, but Dave persuaded me to stay. We were both pretty much out of things to say. The Barracudas finally won around 12:45 or so. We figured the team coming in, Happy Chandler 2006 Hunter Pence and me. the Harlingen White Wings, were already in town and in their hotel before our game ended. The next night, the Barracudas surprised us by Jorge Pasquel (Left) The Corpus Christi Seahawks, a Class-D team, hitting three grand slams, two by Gary Hagy The Mexican League was not affiliated in any played in the Texas Valley League from 1926- and one by the league’s leading home-run hitter, way with Organized Baseball in the U.S. It 1928. They were not affiliated with any Major Ron Reams, to beat the White Wings 15-4. was not a startup league however; it had been League club at the time and were managed by man. He was in politics, he was in the oil around since 1925, with available records and “Chick” Brandon in 1926, whose team finished Our Corpus Christi Hooks are the Class business, owned a newspaper, was a customs a greater organization behind it since 1937. It fourth and Jim Payton in 1927 and 1928. broker, and he exported goods to everyone was a familiar port of call for a vast number Payton’s 1927 club finished as league champs. during the war – the Allies and the Germans. of Negro League players who tended to shop South Texas was the destination for many clubs Didn’t matter. He made a fortune.” By the early around for the best offer year after year, with in the early days, as the New York Yankees and 1950s, Pasquel was granted a monopoly on Organized Baseball unavailable to them until the Brooklyn Dodgers regularly played spring Mexican oil distribution. Jackie Robinson played in the International training games in San Antonio and Austin. League in 1946. “He built a ballpark in Mexico City for maybe Both Dick Esrey and Lee Stebbins became stars $10 million,” said Irvin. “It was on the outskirts of the hometown Seahawks, but neither was 1946 was the year that 39-year old Jorge of town. But the farm population was moving in good enough to make it to the “Show.” Pasquel, who with his four brothers owned and the outskirts became the inskirts. He sold the league and its eight teams, decided to go In 1938, Rod Whitney was managing the new the park for $51 million. after major league players by offering them team in Corpus known as the “Spudders.” This much more money than they were making “I remember going to his chateau at 39 Class-D team from the Texas Valley League back home. It was an enormous story at the Hamburgo Street in Mexico City to get paid. would post a 92-44 win-loss record to win first time, particularly after overtures were made Still remember the address. He had this huge place, but lose to the Harlingen Hubs in the to Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Stan Musial, Phil home with fifteen-foot walls around it, and these playoffs. Pitcher “Ox” Miller from George Hooks crowd June 24 -2. Rizzuto, Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Kurowski, three enormous Great Danes with him. He also West, Texas, and George Hausmann, from Enos Slaughter, Terry Moore, and other top tier had homes in Laredo, Los Angeles, New York, Boerne, were the stars of this club. Miller would Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. Nolan players back from World War II. Paris and Africa, where he hunted big game. On become a pitcher for the Senators, Browns, and Ryan and Don Sanders formed the ownership his desk were machine guns. At one point he Cubs, while Hausmann was a second baseman Because the American press generally group of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, with Nolan’s tossed a .45 caliber handgun to me, just to show for the N.Y. Giants. The Spudders lasted just followed baseball with unapologetic support, oldest son Reid as the CEO. Nolan Ryan and it off. I’d never held a gun before! I made other one year. It would be another twelve years and because the American public would likely his group purchased the Jackson Generals, arrangements to get paid in the future. Those before pro baseball returned to Corpus. have overwhelmingly voted “keep it!” to the located in Mississippi in 1998, and moved Great Danes were big.” reserve clause, Pasquel and his project suffered By 1952, the new Class-B Gulf Coast League them to Round Rock, Texas, just outside of the scorn of the U.S. at almost every turn. In ’42, Monte came within two RBI of winning team in town called themselves the Corpus Austin. They were moved again to Corpus “Outlaw league” was its noun, and “raided” and the league’s Triple Crown, (batting .397), and he Christi Aces. This team would be managed after the 2004 season ended. They began “jumped” were the action verbs. It was hard to received $700 a month plus an apartment and a through the 1954 season by Jack Trench and play at Whataburger Field in 2005. In 2006, win in the court of public opinion with those maid. But he had given his word to Effa Manley eventually “Showboat” Fisher. Three players under Manager Dave Clark, the Hooks won terms out there every day. that he would play for her Newark Eagles from this club made the Major League rosters. the Texas League Championship, defeating the following his Army discharge, and he kept his Tommy Warren was a pitcher and hurled for the Wichita Wranglers. This marked the first time But for players who were paid little, and word. But he never forgot his experience there Dodgers. Heinz Becker was a fine first baseman a Corpus Christi franchise had won a league who had no free agency system to work with, as a black player. “We felt so free; no Jim Crow for the Indians, and catcher Joe Kracher from championship since the 1958 Corpus Christi this was The Grand Temptation. The story laws….we could live anywhere, dine anywhere, San Angelo spent his time with the Phillies. Giants. really begins with Jorge Pasquel, who had the go to movies anywhere, sit anywhere, it was swagger of Donald Trump and, like George The Aces were replaced by the Clippers in In October of 2013, the Ryan-Sanders Baseball wonderful. The fans loved us and Mexico had Steinbrenner, the money behind it. He and his 1955. That year, Skipper Billy Capps would group sold their rights to Houston Astro’s new the prettiest girls I’d ever seen. Ray Dandridge brothers set about recruiting players by meeting lead his team to an 87-60 win-loss record, well owner, Jim Crane. Crane then hired Reid managed for the Pasquels and loved it. He them in person in the U.S. The effort knew few enough for a third-place finish in the Class-B Ryan to be the President of the Astros, while stayed there for many years. Josh Gibson played bounds. Pasquel flew to St. Louis to meet with Big State League, affiliated with the Milwaukee the Hooks elevated former all-star pitcher and there as did Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Cardinal pitchers Max Lanier and Fred Martin Braves. Connie Ryan managed the 1955 club Hooks executive, Ken Schrom, to be their Club and Quincy Troupe. Pasquel treated all us just and infielder Lou Klein, on May 23, 1946, only as the Clippers became the League champs. President. Schrom has spent 16 seasons with great. Sundays, we would play at 10 a.m. so to discover that the Cardinals were in New Sibby Sisti and Jack Wilkinson were player- the Hooks and retired at the end of last season. that everyone could go to the bullfights in the York. No problem. They accepted his offer and managers with the club though 1957. Other afternoon. It was quite a life.” Irvin really loved Do the names, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, left immediately for Mexico. Pasquel was a stars who made it to the Majors were Leo his time in Mexico and loved Pasquel. Alex Bregman, Dallas Keuchel and George persuasive man. Posada, an uncle of Jorge Posada, former New Springer ring a bell? I thought so. These are To be continued next week. York Yankee catcher, who played for the Kansas Joe Garagiola just some of the players that have joined the list City A’s, and Sibby Sisti himself who played for was just a 20- Dotson’s Other Note: As I said earlier it was of former Hooks who now play at the Major the Milwaukee Braves and starred in the movie year old rookie an enormous story at the time, particularly League level. Now you can refer to them as “The Natural.” Most of the players for the Aces catcher on the after overtures were made to Ted Williams, Bob World Series Champions. The Hooks have sent and Clippers had their careers interrupted by Cardinals in Feller, Stan Musial, Phil Rizzuto, Joe DiMaggio, over 100 players thus far to the Major League WWII. 1946, he recalled, Whitey Kurowski, Enos Slaughter, Terry Moore, level, including Hunter Pence. Pence became “We were kind and other top tier players back from World War The Corpus Christi Giants moved from the first former Hooks player to win a World of shocked and II. We heard on the radio, and read daily in Oklahoma City in time for the 1958 season. Series title with the 2012 San Francisco Giants. disappointed the newspapers, the stories and rumors of our They also changed affiliations from the Boston Ben Zobrist has joined him with the K.C. because they left heroes leaving for Mexico. It looked, at times, Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants. They Royals in 2015. without saying like all of our stars where gone or going. Stay were a Class Double-A team in the Texas Gregorio Petit will lead the 2020 Hooks this anything, they tuned for the rest of the story. Comments/calls/ League attached to the San Francisco club. season. This year will be the 16th anniversary were just gone. texts are welcome. Email: [email protected] This team played at the Giants’ Field also of Corpus Christi Hooks Baseball. With a new We came in and Mobile: 530748-8475. once referred to as Clippers Field. On Friday, stadium lease in place that will insure Minor their lockers were April 18, 1958, the Giants entertained the San League baseball in Corpus Christi until 2034, Max Lanier empty. We lost Antonio Missions and won their first game. the Hooks will open their season Thursday, a pretty good -30-Have fun & hang in there! They would finish third with a 77-75 record April 9th at home against Northwest Arkansas. second baseman and face the Houston Buffs in the playoffs. There are lots of great players in the Hooks in Klein, and a real good pitcher in Lanier. Pitchers Eddie Fisher, who would later pitch for Minor League system, and no doubt we will Nobody really knew much about it. We knew the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White witness several this coming season. So grab what we read in the newspaper. Guys started Sox, and soon to become a Hall-of-Famer your mitt and come check them out, before they saying there’d be a big raid on the big leagues. Gaylord Perry, who seemed to have pitched become stars. See you at the park! We knew our guys were gone and we saw that for everyone, closed out the Buffs and moved the Giants lost Danny Gardella, so we wondered on to play the Austin Senators, led by player- Andy Purvis is a local author and radio ‘Who else was going to go?’ ” Karen L. Marcum manager “Peanuts” Lowrey. The Giants beat personality. 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Having a small tackle box with the outstanding conditions the day before the on this topic as time rolls by. follow us whenever we are testing the waters. jig heads, plastic bodies, scissors, leader line, cleanup, we made an executive decision to As far as the homework, that part was fun As my bait flew near out of sight I could see pliers, and a stringer. All in a tight area easy send groups early and go farther south than we and productive. The Planning Department is the glowing sand pocket. I swam the lure down to reach. In and out of the bait or truck, search ever had! The first sections headed out of the updating the Mustang Island Padre Island Area towards the top of the grass and fluttered it the area for activity, bait, and strikes. Do not parking lot just after 7am and headed all the Development Plan (ADP), and solicited ISAC down inside the pocket. I let stay too long, be ready to pack up and explore. way down to the 45MM, and we shifted all the to have a round table discussion regarding the it hit the bottom and pop a When we find groups of fish we dissect the area sections south. I was originally supposed to be future of the Island the way we see it. I think few times. I imagined the jig and find the consent ration of larger mature fish. at the 20MM but got bumped down to the 25. the folks taking notes had somewhere around head thumping the sand and Keeping tabs on several schools of fish at one I had what was the best crew one could hope 12 pages and were quite surprised regarding as I raised the tip of the rod. time allows me to change areas easily at all for, with longtime members Tom Chrobo, Brian not only the volume but also the quality of I could feel the sway of the Trube, Martha from Beach Ops and volunteers information that the committee imparted to long plastic tail on my lure, David and Erica Hulse (who will be great them. Then again, at ISAC, we’ve all been as I skipped it a few times and section leaders themselves next year!) We looking at these things in detail for years. Who them began to pump the bait easily knocked out our mile, and then formed better? out of the sand and began to a “super section” with folks from Tyler’s and swim it towards the edge of Patrick’s section, and bumped north, getting a A review of the previous plan was a stark Go for the the grass. I felt her jaws open few more miles with other volunteers. All told, reminder that things that have been planned for glitter! and suck the plastic worm in we had over 1500 volunteers that cleaned over years now that have not yet occurred but are still Reflections then a flash of silver bolted 33 miles of the beach and picked up 60 tons of at the top of the list as far as action items. We against in the morning sunlight. She trash off the beach. Wow! Since the inception need to extend the TIRZ and use it as a tool for morning rose in a fury and her white public improvements in that area. We need to of the clean up 25 years ago, that brings us up to light wakes gills flared as she clearedNOW SERVING 11,425 volunteers picking up 2,936,000 pounds repair and enhance Packery Channel as one of us all for the the water. The cold spring of trash. That’s just amazing folks. Thank you the drivers of the TIRZ. We need to improve salt water foamed around all that came out, there are literally too many to residents and tourists’ parks and amenities. morning bite! her head. I soaked it in like mention in this space. We need a multi-modal transportation plan a short video clip in slow (walking, bicycles, motion. Her dark shoulders flew under the boat golf carts, UTV’s, like a streaking jet plane. As she rolled beside etc). We need the boat and I swept her into the net, her spots to carefully plan broke the purple haze of color along her body. SATURDAYThis young angler stuck a great trout with the zoning of the When she left she splashed my glasses, as to various areas of the wipe away any memory of the event. It didn’t Farah this week on ALL ARTIFICIAL adventure. Lots of trout on mixed sand island and deal with workEVERY as I’m two daysSat later 8am still able - 11:00to put you am and Sunday 8 am to Noon BRUNCH! paper streets. We beside me. Quality experiences on the water like and grass bottom. need to complete this are not visible to the average bait fisherman. the Park Road 22 It’s the difference between fishing for a bite and levels of the lunar bite and take a few fish from bridge and get the angling. This is the best time of year to advance each location. Never depleting the population in 13309 S Padre Island Dr marina area up and your skills and fine tune your angling skills on that area or attracting boats. So when you see running. We need some of the bestBrafast trout fishing of the year. Patme I’m probably just making a random stop. Corpus Christi, TX 78418 a “town center” Doc’s Breakfast Plate 12 or at least several My confidence on the water is all started nodes that could act 2 Eggs | Hash Browns | Bacon or Sausagewith my equipment. | Biscuit Solid or Tex- start is a good rod. as so to encourage as Toast My Waterloo HP Lites are so sensitive the the development strikes and movements of the bait I described Swt Trats of walkable stores earlier flow down the line into your hands and Captain’s Orders 14 imagination. All you have to do is pickPirate’s my rods Booty 10 and venues. We 2 Eggs | 2 Biscuits & Gravy | Hash Browns | Blueberry Sau- need to focus on up and make a cast and you feel the Sweetdifference. Cream Pancakes Drizzled With Coconut Cream, infrastructure, and sage | Bacon | Second is a balanced tacky box. SmallTopped medium With Vida Cana Rum Pineapples & Coconut make sure our and large, in lures, jig heads, and topwaterFlakes baits. That was an interesting meeting at ISAC water, wastewater, and streets are all up to par Dark, bright, and natural colored baits of the Tuesday night. We got bad news, and then Davy Jones’ Breakfast 30 same like. Learn to work each style. Follow the and ready for the long haul. There is lots on LB Sweet Cream Pancake | 4 Eggs | Hash Browns | 4 Pirates Pancakes 12 had to do homework. Boo! The bad news the to-do list, and we need to move these things baits to the rod with your eyes. Play with rod was pretty bad though. ACM Keith Selman from “planning” to “completed.” Strips of Bacon | 4 Blueberry Sausagestrokes Links and learn the dance of each lure1 Sweet so that Cream Pancakes | 2 Eggs | Hash Browns | reported to the committee that he had received This Monster Black Drum was hooked you can feel it play out from end ofSausage each cast or Bacon For those of you that want to partake in the an “unfavorable report” from FEMA regarding close to the Humble Channel. 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March is American Red Cross month, which information about how to participate in In the last few years, the POA has grown is a nationwide initiative aimed at raising one of the educational trainings offered tremendously as evidenced by the decline in Accomplishments awareness for the humanitarian programs and by American Red Cross can be found services provided by this organization. As online here: http://www.redcross.org/ux/ empty lots and new home springing up like • City Government- It is essential that the such, I would like to highlight the many ways take-a-class . mushrooms. This explosive growth has led PIPOA maintain a good working relationship the American Red Cross makes an impact in to many changes such as: live streamed board with the City of Corpus Christi. I have attended • Support for members of the military communities across the world as well as to meetings; board meetings having to move numerous meetings with City Councilpersons and their families: Another core share ways you can get involved. Founded in from POA office to larger venues as members and City Administrators. I believe my efforts function of the American Red Cross is 1881, the American Red Cross began as an attending meetings grew from a handful to over have contributed to the Police Department’s providing support for members of the organization dedicated to providing first aid, 50-100; needing a police officer in attendance decision to maintain two officers on the Island military and their families. A way this is water safety and public health nursing programs at board meetings; social media as platform at all times. Clearly, I cannot take full credit for accomplished in our area is by helping – services it still offers today. It was during the for commenting about the association; board this. However, I do think the communication service members return to their families First World War, however, that the Red Cross candidates spending hundreds of dollars I established with the Police Department during times of emergency. From the grew exponentially by expanding its outreach campaigning with signs and banners rather than was beneficial. Kathy Scofield and I met first day of deployment, service members to include military medical and disaster relief just a single bio of each candidate mailed out with Councilperson Paulette Guajardo and and their families are eligible for Red efforts and became the organization we now with ballots; office staff growing from only a City Code Enforcement officials. As a direct Cross assistance. All Red Cross services know it as today. It was also during this time director to a director and a staff of 7 or more; result of this meeting, we have entered into a are provided at home and overseas period that the Coastal Bend Chapter of the and the list goes on. type of community participation with the City instillations, which bring comfort to American Red Cross received its charter. to assist Code Enforcement in their efforts to thousands of families. Each year, the One thing that hasn’t changed is the number/ Today, the local chapter serves more than help maintain the appearance of the Island and American Red Cross helps reconnect, frequency of the board meetings. Maybe having 19 counties throughout our region including maintain property values. Litter Critter- Joe on average, more than 6,400 families more board meetings, say twice a month as Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval, Hall and I met with Councilpersons, Paulette separated by war, disaster, or migration needed [like the City Council], or topic focused Goliad, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Guajardo, and Greg Smith regarding trash around the world. board meetings would allow for more in depth Kleberg, Lavaca, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, removal from the Island. As a direct result of discussion of major issues which might perhaps Refugio, San Patricio and Victoria . • International relief and development: lead to more consensus and compromise. Maybe these meetings, Litter Critter was reestablished. Internationally, the American Red Cross According the organization’s website, the online surveys of members’ concerns/wishes The City of Corpus Christi is willing to work provides humanitarian services to 180 American Red Cross offers support and would help the board to make decisions the with our PIPOA for the betterment of our countries across the globe. These outreach resources to five key areas: membership would be happier with. community. In order to work with the City, efforts include disaster response, helping Getting more members actively involved the PIPOA must maintain a constant level of • Disaster Relief: It is estimated that the to reconnect families separated by crisis, through committees might also improve things. communication with the City. Remember, “the American Red Cross volunteers respond and providing vaccinations for diseases Getting a cross-section of members to serve squeaky wheel gets the grease.” to over 70,000 disasters annually. These such as measles and rubella. There are disasters include hurricanes, tornados, over 17 million volunteers worldwide. on committees and the board might result • Billish Park- When I became President, the floods, fires, transportation accidents, and in solutions agreeable to more members. If construction of Billish park was a mess. The Whether it is through volunteering time, chemical spills. In the aftermath of such everyone involved in decision making is a project manager and construction company had donating blood or offering financial support, I events, these volunteers help in such ways member of the Petunia Society, then it is more forgotten to install electricity for the irrigation would like to encourage you to mark national as collecting donations, operating shelters likely that those in the Rose, Gardenia, and pump. The park was completely overgrown American Red Cross month by exploring the for displaced families, and coordinating Wildflower Societies will feel that their wishes with weeds. There was a delay in getting the ways you can get involved with this important medical and emotional support for those are being ignored. children’s playground installed. I, with the organization. You can reach the local American in need. Getting people with special skills/knowledge support of other Board members, was able to Red Cross chapter at 361-887-9991. To learn on appropriate committees and then really work with the contractor and engineering firm • Lifesaving Blood: The American more about the American Red Cross, please listening to their suggestions might prevent to remedy these problems. It wasn’t easy, Red Cross realizes the need for blood visit their website at: http://www.redcross.org . donations. Through blood drives the Red some errors, and it might also lift some time and it required a committed effort to get these If you would like to review more about the Cross helps saves live all over the U.S. To consuming burdens off the board’s shoulders. A corrections done and the park completed. legislature, please visit the Texas Legislature learn more about donating blood and to finance committee with members experienced in • Boat Ramp Parking has been a problem for online at www.capitol.state.tx.us/ . If you have learn the facts of blood visit the American banking, accounting, and finance could do the many years. Members of the community asked questions regarding any of the information Red Cross website. ground work for budget discussions and perhaps for a method to ensure that only members use mentioned in this week’s article, please do not even help oversee invoices/accounting practices the boat ramp parking lots for their trailers and • Health and safety education and training: hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. and spot check or book entries. A canals trucks. I compliment the PIPOA staff. They The American Red Cross helps prepare As always, my offices are available at any time committee with engineers and experienced came up with the idea of patrolling the boat individuals and communities to manage to assist with questions, concerns or comments boaters on it could oversee canal and bulkhead ramp parking lots and giving notices to vehicles emergency situations through health and (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, inspections, analyze problems, and suggest that did not have a PIPOA sticker. I endorsed safety education and training services. 361-949-4603). an orderly way to solve challenges facing an Locally, the Coastal Bend Texas Chapter this plan, and as a result, more parking space is State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 aging bulkhead system. There could even be a now available for members. of the American offers Red Cross CPR communications committee to oversee quarterly and AED certification, First Aid classes, Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). newsletters, update the POA website in a timely Protecting Member’s money Lifeguard training, and Swimming He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. manner, write informative articles for the Moon, • Safeguarding your money and spending it and Water Safety instruction. More texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. survey the members, and such. judiciously has been a hallmark of my time on Maybe we need to re-evaluate the use of part the Board. I have strongly promoted and, in New Day Port A time staff. It can be frustrating for members or some cases, required purchases to be seriously Padre Isles Property builders to go into the office with a question or negotiated with the vendors. In 2019, your issue only to find that the person you need to talk PIPOA saved approximately $350,000 of the Fund Distributed with is not there, and that because they have no revenue received by the PIPOA. This money Owners Association, set schedule/ hours, no one can tell you when has been placed in the investment account. Over $2.4 Million they will be there for sure, and no one else in the Inc. Annual Board office can answer your question. Maybe having CAM Fees/dues in the Port Aransas an employee handbook and a list of duties/ • There is no need to raise anyone’s CAM fees/ expectations for each job position would smooth Dues. I pledge to fight any attempt to raise the Of Directors office operations and cut down on employee CAM fees/dues of members. Community turnover. My commitment to the community has brought Meeting So, explosive growth can bring problems, but it change and steady improvement to our PIPOA. Saturday, March 14, 2019 Formed after can also offer more opportunities and more heads Please vote for me so that I may continue with Seashore Learning Center Gymnasium – to put together to come up with solutions…. your help to move the PIPOA forward. Immediately follows Annual Meeting Hurricane Harvey if the board is willing to acknowledge the (Port Aransas, TX) The Port Aransas problems, analyze the causes of the problems 15801 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Chamber of Commerce Foundation is delighted and then implement good solutions. Sandy Graves to announce that the New Day Port A Fund Bio NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA has distributed $2,465,000 since September 2017 to residents, small businesses and non- I have been a resident and property owner for 1. CALL TO ORDER Marvin Jones profit organizations in Port Aransas. The fund the past 3.5 yrs. I am not a business owner, nor Why vote for Marvin 2. RECEIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST was supported with financial assistance from partial owner of any business on the Island. My STATEMENT Coastal Bend Community Foundation, Coastal Jones only interest is to improve and maintain the Bend United, HEB, Rebuild Texas Fund, quality of life this Island provides us. I like 3. NEW BUSINESS: Possible election of • Over the course of the last United Way, and numerous business and private to think of myself as someone who will listen officers: 2019-2020 two years, many people have donations. approached me and expressed and ask the questions. We are a community, 4. ADJOURN their thanks for my work on a unique on at that, let’s all move forward The New Day Port A Fund, an initiative behalf of the members of the PIPOA. together. of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce Padre Isles Property Foundation, was formed in conjunction • A reoccurring compliment from members is Employment: with Cinnamon Shore and the Port Aransas that I have been the voice of reason and provided Retired Owners Association, Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau calm, steady leadership. I am humbled by in response to Hurricane Harvey, which these compliments. I genuinely appreciate the Northwest Airlines: General Manager, occurred in Port Aransas on August 25, 2017. support offered by members. It is not easy being Billings, MT., Plant Maintenance Manager, Inc. Annual Meeting The fund was established to provide the Port a PIPOA Board member. It requires personal State of Montana. Saturday, March 14, 2019 Aransas community with support and recovery commitment, large amounts of time, and a thick WorldWide Flight Service: Operations assistance. Efforts included raising short-term skin. Seashore Learning Center Gymnasium Manager, Billings, MT. donations and securing long-term recovery • I believe I have demonstrated a commitment 15801 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus block grants and other funding sources to FedEx Express: Delivery Coordinator, and dedication to the PIPOA. I have been Christi, TX 78418 rebuild the community. Waco, TX. honest and transparent by keeping the members Doors open at 9:00 AM; Meeting begins On March 10 the fund will award its final informed of PIPOA issues. Volunteer Experience: promptly at 10:00 AM donation of $100,000 to four area churches Experience New Neighbors League Corpus Christi, TX.: NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA that were instrumental in getting funds to 2 term President those in need immediately following Hurricane • I have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, a 1. CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME Harvey. The churches worked tirelessly in the Master’s degree in Urban Economics, and a Law La Posada Foundation: Board member/Toys 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE community ministering to those who were degree. Padre Island Yacht Club: Communications affected by the storm. They also provided 3. INTRODUCTION OF ELECTION • I have decades of business experience, Director financial support, accounting services, meeting TRUST (Vote Tallying) spaces, and distributed checks. 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As an can’t necessarily predict future market There is one group of birds, and stories, which There are fossilized giant birds in Latin individual investor, how concerned should you developments; every situation is different, still intrigues me... the ancient tale of the America as well, some with wingspans of 24 be? and over the next year, returns might be thunderbirds, the rain birds, the storm drifters. feet or more. One of the legends in Texas is of modest, as prices have already soared The impact of the coronavirus on the markets These were giant birds that were told to soar the giant birds sweeping up north from the south in the 11 years since they bottomed out isn’t surprising. China is the world’s second- stormy skies in distant times. The First people and central Americas on high storms carrying during the financial crisis of 2008-09. largest economy, and when it experiences have many stories about such birds of varying them for days. They would hunt the prairies factory closures, supply chain disruptions and • Don’t try to time the market. We may well kinds. swooping down from high above. The cloud city lockdowns, the ripple effect on the world’s see coronavirus-based volatility in the There are also many more recent claims that dragons of Texas, if they ever existed, were other economies is considerable. Plus, the near future – but volatility implies “ups” such birds still exist. I may have to place those maybe the fifty-foot wingspaned pterosaurs, or financial markets simply don’t like uncertainty as well as “downs.” If you try to time the more in the Bigfoot category, and there are a similar ancient bird. – and there’s a lot of that associated with this market by guessing at highs and lows, and probably some good scientific explanations for But we do have some real evidence of large outbreak and the efforts to contain it. then “buying high and selling low,” you them, but more on that later. birds in Texas. California Condor bones have might get lucky once in a while, but you Nonetheless, instead of worrying over events been found in caves in west Texas. And proof could just as easily miss the mark. you can’t control, try to focus on what you can has been found that they were breeding there do in this investment climate. Here are a few • Keep a diversified portfolio. In addition to about 12,000 years ago. Granted, condors suggestions: avoiding efforts to time the market, you only have about nine foot wingspans… but that should also stay away from trying to pick brings us to another fact. We humans are good, • Don’t panic. The coronavirus may well “winners” and “losers” among individual actually great, at manufacturing things in our cause continued market volatility over investments in the marketplace of viruses. minds! I’m not making fun of folks, it’s just the next several weeks, or even months. Instead, try to build and maintain a a fact! But it’s important for investors to take diversified portfolio, consisting of an a long-term view. Market corrections – Over and over I have seen this happen with array of different asset classes, with typically defined as a drop in investment every kind of animal. Things as small as the allocation of these assets based on prices of 10% or more – are a fairly grackles have been turned into vultures. Two- your risk tolerance and time horizon. common occurrence, and we may have foot rattle snakes are often told to be six feet or Diversification doesn’t prevent losses or been overdue for one even before the longer! Once a raccoon was even turned into guarantee profits in a declining market, coronavirus scare. In any case, it’s Historical Avian Documentation an elk!! Our minds never cease to amaze me… but it may help reduce the impact of generally a good idea not to radically we have high imaginations that sometimes run volatility on your portfolio. revamp your investment strategy unless Throughout history and many cultures there wild! Or… maybe… nah… have been stories and legends of giant birds. you experience a major change in your You may not be able to totally quarantine your But nonetheless, California Condors once personal life – a significant career move, portfolio from this serious virus in the short American Indian lore is filled with stories of birds with enormous wingspans, some even soared the Texas skies for sure! So who knows medical condition, change in family term, but by following a consistent, long-term what else was lurking up there! situation, etc. investment strategy that’s appropriate for your told to carry away buffalo and human victims. individual needs, you’ll be doing what you can The name “Thunderbirds” came from their Martin Hagne is the Executive Director of the • Be aware of history. The coronavirus to help yourself move toward your financial flapping wings which made a sound like rolling Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. The GCBO is a is certainly serious, but it’s not the only goals. thunder. The birds have been described as non-profit organization dedicated to saving the viral outbreak we’ve seen in recent having wingspans of 20 to 40 feet or more, and birds and their habitats along the entire Gulf decades. During these earlier pandemics, *The S&P 500 is unmanaged, not available for most likely are referring to the pterodactyls of Coast, and beyond into their Central and South the financial markets also took a hit, but direct investment and is not meant to depict an prehistoric times. America wintering grounds. they bounced back. For example, from actual investment. late April 2003, in the midst of SARS This article was written by Edward Jones (severe acute respiratory syndrome) for use by your local Edward Jones Financial until late April 2004, the S&P 500 rose Advisor. about 21 percent.* And other large gains were recorded following the outbreak Edward Jones, Member SIPC

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You can on the ballot 2 Bylaw amendments for the reach me at marvin@ members to vote on. The first one gives the Convention at the Town of Washington on pipoa.net Board of Directors the flexibility to set the Annual Meeting- The date of the Annual Meeting. The purpose the 2nd day of March 1836 annual PIPOA meeting of this amendment is to allow the Board to will be held on Saturday, hold the annual meeting on a Saturday that does not conflict with Spring Break. This When a government has ceased to protect the our representatives to fly for their lives from March 14, 2020, at the Sea Shore School change should allow more members to attend lives, liberty and property of the people, from the seat of government, thus depriving us of the Gymnasium. If you have any questions about the annual meeting. 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Please come early vote YES to these amendments. of their country, which they have sworn to It has made piratical attacks upon our and avoid a line to vote. support, no longer has a substantial existence, commerce, by commissioning foreign and the whole nature of their government desperadoes, and authorizing them to seize has been forcibly changed, without their our vessels, and convey the property of our consent, from a restricted federative republic, citizens to far distant ports for confiscation. composed of sovereign states, to a consolidated central military despotism, in which every It denies us the right of worshiping the interest is disregarded but that of the army Almighty according to the dictates of our and the priesthood, both the eternal enemies own conscience, by the support of a national of civil liberty, the ever-ready minions of religion, calculated to promote the temporal power, and the usual instruments of tyrants. interest of its human functionaries, rather than the glory of the true and living God. When, long after the spirit of the constitution has departed, moderation is at length so far lost It has demanded us to deliver up our by those in power, that even the semblance of arms, which are essential to our defense, freedom is removed, and the forms themselves the rightful property of freemen, and of the constitution discontinued, and so formidable only to tyrannical governments. far from their petitions and remonstrances being regarded, the agents who bear them It has invaded our country both by sea and are thrown into dungeons, and mercenary by land, with intent to lay waste our territory, armies sent forth to force a new government and drive us from our homes; and has now upon them at the point of the bayonet. a large mercenary army advancing, to carry on against us a war of extermination. When, in consequence of such acts of malfeasance and abdication on the part of the It has, through its emissaries, incited the government, anarchy prevails, and civil society merciless savage, with the tomahawk is dissolved into its original elements. In such and scalping knife, to massacre the a crisis, the first law of nature, the right of inhabitants of our defenseless frontiers. self-preservation, the inherent and inalienable rights of the people to appeal to first principles, It hath been, during the whole time of our and take their political affairs into their own connection with it, the contemptible sport and hands in extreme cases, enjoins it as a right victim of successive military revolutions, and towards themselves, and a sacred obligation hath continually exhibited every characteristic to their posterity, to abolish such government, of a weak, corrupt, and tyrannical government. and create another in its stead, calculated to rescue them from impending dangers, and These, and other grievances, were patiently to secure their future welfare and happiness. borne by the people of Texas, until they reached that point at which forbearance Nations, as well as individuals, are amenable for ceases to be a virtue. We then took up arms their acts to the public opinion of mankind. A in defense of the national constitution. statement of a part of our grievances is therefore We appealed to our Mexican brethren for submitted to an impartial world, in justification assistance. Our appeal has been made in vain. of the hazardous but unavoidable step now taken, Though months have elapsed, no sympathetic of severing our political connection with the response has yet been heard from the Interior. Mexican people, and assuming an independent attitude among the nations of the earth. We are, therefore, forced to the melancholy Texas Histerical Committee plaque. conclusion, that the Mexican people have The Mexican government, by its colonization acquiesced in the destruction of their laws, invited and induced the Anglo-American liberty, and the substitution therefor of a Notes from Nueces Youth runner sponsorship. 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The project is progressing Cooper Outdoor advertising we will have In this expectation they have been cruelly of the people of Texas, in solemn convention and I am very hopeful it will stay on track even more exposure opportunities for disappointed, inasmuch as the Mexican nation assembled, appealing to a candid world for the and be ready to open for the summer season. sponsors as well. Please call 361-888-0268 has acquiesced in the late changes made in necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve We have not started work on the Park office for more information. the government by General Antonio Lopez and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that as we are still dealing with insurance and de Santa Anna, who having overturned the other issues there. The RV part of the project FLOUR BLUFF TIRE CLEAN-UP constitution of his country, now offers us the the people of Texas do now constitute a free, Sovereign, and independent republic, and are which helps accommodate thousands of I am pleased to once again sponsor a tire cruel alternative, either to abandon our homes, visitors to Port Aransas and Nueces County acquired by so many privations, or submit to the fully invested with all the rights and attributes clean up in Flour Bluff. The event is Saturday which properly belong to independent nations; will be open soon barring any unforeseen March 7 from 8 am until 1pm or until the most intolerable of all tyranny, the combined complications. This project helps not only despotism of the sword and the priesthood. and, conscious of the rectitude of our intentions, trailer is full. This is NOT for commercial we fearlessly and confidently commit the issue accommodate thousands of visitors to Port tire companies. This is for residents and Aransas and Nueces County but provides It has sacrificed our welfare to the state of to the decision of the Supreme arbiter of the citizens in Nueces County to help clean up destinies of nations. revenue to Nueces County that is not our county. Coahuila, by which our interests have been property taxes and provides a lot of revenue continually depressed through a jealous and [Signed, in the order shown to Port Aransas from the people staying LONDON ROAD PROJECT partial course of legislation, carried on at a on the original document] there. MOVING FORWARD far distant seat of government, by a hostile majority, in an unknown tongue, and this Richard Ellis, President SEASHORE HEALTH The Nueces County Commissioners Court too, notwithstanding we have petitioned in of the Convention and Delegate from Red River. SCREENINGS FOR SEASHORE by another 5-0 vote approved the contract with the engineering firm hired to design the humblest terms for the establishment STUDENTS of a separate state government, and have, Charles B. Stewart - James Collinsworth - Tho. the improvements to County Road 22, and in accordance with the provisions of the Barnett - Edwin Waller - John S. D. Byrom - I am very pleased to once again sponsor 49. The improvements to these roads will national constitution, presented to the general Asa Brigham - Francis Ruis - Geo. C. Childress health screenings for the Seashore Students. help the traffic flow between 43 and 2444 Congress a republican constitution, which was, -Francis Ruis - Bailey Hardeman - J. Antonio This is a public service to help accommodate attempting to jump ahead of all the proposed without just cause, contemptuously rejected. Navarro - Rob. Potter - Jesse B. Badgett - these students in the comfort of their own development in that area. Nueces County is Thomas Jefferson Rusk - Jesse B. Badgett - school. Hopefully this public service helps planning ahead to help with traffic that will It incarcerated in a dungeon, for a long Chas. S. Taylor - Wm D. Lacy - John S. Roberts Seashore parents and their students. be coming with the planned development in time, one of our citizens, for no other that area. I am also looking at how Nueces - William Menifee - Robert Hamilton - Jn. SANDCASTLE RUN UPDATE cause but a zealous endeavor to procure Fisher - Collin McKinney - Matthew Caldwell County can help with drainage out there as the acceptance of our constitution, and - Albert H. Latimer - William Motley - James I am pleased to once again sponsor the well. More details to follow on that. the establishment of a state government. Power - Lorenzo de Zavala - Sam Houston - fifth annual Sandcastle Run. It is set for As always thank you for your support. It is Stephen H. Everett - David Thomas - George W. Saturday August 1. 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Run to Benefit the National Seashore Schools with Spring Break beginning Texas A&M University Texas Sealife Center March 7 Texas Christian University TCU Angelo State University Texas Woman’s University The first Golf Cart & Jeep poker run of the year will be Baylor University United States Naval Academy on March 26th and will have Central Michigan State University University of Houston a theme of “Under the Sea”. So decorate your vehicle as Missouri Western State University of Incarnate Ward – San Antonio your favorite Sea Creature Sam Houston State University of Kansas and come join your neighbors Southern Illinois University for drinks, food, fun, prizes and a scavenger University of Minnesota hunt. The clues for the scavenger hunt will be Southwestern Oklahoma State University Saturday, March 7th, Padre Island National University of North Texas printed in the Island Moon the day of the event. Seashore will be having a Sea Bean Day. This Stephen F. Austin University Proceeds will benefit the Texas Sealife Center. University of Texas – Pan American event will celebrate the interconnection of the There will be five stops starting at the Black Sul Ross State University University of Texas- Arlington world’s oceans through the quirky hobby of sea Sheep Bistro at 6:00 then onto Joyride Rental bean hunting and jewelry making. We will have Tarleton State University University of Texas at San Antonio Company, Boathouse Bar& Grill, Mikel Mays a Sea Bean Hunt for kids at 10 AM. There will and ending at the Angry Marlin where five TCU (Texas Christian University) University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley be special guest presenters giving programs at prizes will be given out for best hand, 2nd best 11 AM and 1 PM. Arts and Jewelry making hand, best decorated vehicle, worst hand and demonstrations will be available throughout scavenger hunt winner. Remember When… the day. At 2:30 we will award modest prizes for special sea beans people find on the beach State Sales Tax (categories will be unveiled that morning). Sea Spring Break 2010 Bean Day will last from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Revenue Totaled Malaquite Visitor Center. General admission price to enter the park applies. $2.9 Billion in Feb State sales tax revenue totaled $2.89 billion Texas Oil and Gas in February, 3.5 percent more than in February 2019, according to numbers released this week by the state comptroller’s office. Production Statistics The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to for December 2019 Crude oil and natural gas production as the agency in February. Total sales tax revenue Getting to the beach took patience. for the three months ending in February 2020 reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas Spring Break in Port A. was up 5.7 percent compared to the same period (RRC) for December 2019 came from 174,016 Photo by Ronnie Narmour a year ago. Sales tax is the largest source of oil wells and 87,595 gas wells. state funding for the state budget, accounting The RRC reports that from January 2019 for 57 percent of all tax collections. to December 2019, total Texas reported In February 2020, Texas collected the following production was 1.455 billion barrels of crude oil revenue from other major taxes: and 9.8 trillion cubic feet of total gas. Crude oil production reported by the RRC is limited to oil • motor vehicle sales and rental taxes produced from oil leases and does not include — $428.9 million, up 2.1 percent from condensate, which is reported separately by the February 2019; RRC. • motor fuel taxes — $301.2 million, up 0.6 December 2019 Statewide Production percent from February 2019; Crude Oil 102,260,868 BBLS Photo by Ronnie Narmour • natural gas production taxes — $136.4 Zahn Road. Photo by Miles Merwin. (barrels) million, down 16.7 percent from February 2019; and Natural Gas 707,644,526 mcf (thousand cubic feet) • oil production taxes — $371.8 million, up 38.5 percent from February 2019. New Je’Sani Smith Beach Safety Alert Features Electronic Message Boards The City of Corpus Christi joined forces with “A digital marquee message board has been Nueces County and the Texas Department of donated by Tressa and Dr. Chris Majka with the Transportation to unveil the first ever beach Texas Eye Care Network along with $10,000 safety alert. The “Je’Sani Smith Beach Safety in funding from the Port of Corpus Christi. We Alert” aims to increase beach safety awareness have never in the history of our City or County in Nueces County using electronic message had this type of Beach Safety Alert.” boards. “The Je’Sani Smith Beach Safety Alert “Public safety has will forever be the single most public safety always been my number mechanism we have to alert our residents and one priority and beach guest about the importance of beach safety,” safety is extremely added Guajardo. Skydiving with a pineapple important in our coastal Ms. Kiwana Denson created the Beach Safety community,” said Task Force to raise awareness about beach Paulette M. Guajardo, safety after losing her son Je’Sani Smith to a rip City of Corpus Christi current in 2019. Her efforts have garnered the Council Member support of state, county, and local officials who At-Large. “Most continue to work together in her son’s memory. importantly, what we are doing today is Media inquiries, please contact Paulette M. monumental for the safety of our kids. And Guajardo, City Council Member At-Large for the many guests who visit our beautiful at 361-834-4125 or by email at Paulette. beaches.” [email protected].

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and ice cream parlor! Serving ten flavors of Blue Bell Ice Cream, hand-made artisan soups, salads, and sandwiches! This week’s special: Half off our new REUBEN Sandwich with the purchase of our great CUBAN Sandwich. Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 March 5, 2020 Island Moon A 18 O’Neill will Three Chords and the Truth bring the blues to Giggity’s. On By Ronnie Narmour because of the coronavirus scare, but couldn’t pass this up. Joe had his old band of Lubbock Saturday, there [email protected] horse thieves and train robbers with him: Lloyd was a mix-up on Maines on pedal steel, David Holt on lead scheduling and It’s me in there, Mom… guitar, Davis McLarty on drums and Jimmy the Independent Me and my mermaid gal made a quick road Pettit on bass. Now we’re getting somewhere. Thieves will not trip this weekend and really squeezed a lot into They ran through the A- list of textbook early be performing 24 hours. On Saturday we headed to the hill Ely: Fingernails, Crazy Lemon, Box Cars, at Giggity’s, but country. The first stop was Bastrop to see my 90 Hopes Up High, Honky Tonk Masquerade, Starlite and the year old mom. Mom lives in a nursing home in Long Snake Moan, She Never Spoke Spanish, Moonbeams Bastrop and is still lucid and doing pretty well. Fools Fall in Love, Treat Me Like a Saturday will. Also on When we walked in she was sitting in her wheel Night and Johnny’s Blues, etc. The original Davin James will play the first show of the Saturday, Terri chair by the front door. I walked straight over recording had Ponty Bone on accordion, the season at the Back Porch this Friday. Hendrix and to her and bent down to give her a peck on the great Jessie “Guitar” Taylor on scorching DO NOT MISS LIST Rudolf Llanes with Lloyd Maines (I could write cheek and she said, “Do I know you? Who are lead guitar, Smoky Joe Miller on tenor sax Starlite and the you?” I told her, “I’m your son, Mom.” I should and bassist Greg Wright. I ran into Joe at Coming this weekend… volumes here) Casita Jorge’s Mexican Restaurant the day he Moonbeams will play will play mention here that my faithful barber Mike was This weekend flew back to Austin from London in 1980. His Giggity’s on Saturday.. Third Coast, in a bad ATV accident the great Davin hair was all screwed up from passing out in a Scarecrow about three months ago James will open chair the night before and Joe Strummer and People are at the and broke his leg badly the season at the guys in the Clash had given him a haircut Porch and Selfie is at Shorty’s. That ought to in two places and wasn’t the Back Porch and totally wacked it out. Joe was a punked out keep you busy for a while. Be safe. able to work. Mike the on Friday, as he mess. He was jet lagged and kind of crazy from Barber works with has for many ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ touring with the Clash. We ended up staying sweet Heidi Hagan in years. Also on up all night, gathering people along the way. It Selfie will play Shorty’s their shop on Cutoff Friday, Mike Road. Consequently started out just me and Joe, then we picked up on Saturday. my beard grew way out Guitar Newman and Cowboy Danny. By the It’s sure great to of control to the point time sunrise came around the party had grown to have Mike the where my own mother about 20 of us and we all waltzed into Donna’s Barber back. didn’t recognize me. I Club on South Congress (it later became the finally convinced her AusTex Lounge). Joe had been playing pool for Live Music that it really was me in money at Gordo’s for a while that night and there. She said she recognized the voice. when we got to Donna’s Club he pulled out an onion that he had picked up somewhere along Synrgy… the way and started using it for the eight ball at Tonight Thursday, March 5 $100 a game. This show brought back a flood Scarecrow People @ On Friday, me and my Free Beer Band @ Treasure Island mermaid gal and our of memories for me when I used to run around Giggity’s Johnny Boy @ Shorty’s buddies J.B. and Jettie with Joe and the band some in Lubbock and later Overkill, Exhorder, Cody Johnson, Parker went into CC for a big Austin back in the 70’s. I moved to Austin first Hydraform @ House of McCollum @ Concrete reggae/ska show at the before Joe and the band moved there and they Rock DAVIN JAMES MARCH 6 Street House of Rock, with the used to sleep on my floor for weeks at a time Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutts SCARECROW PEOPLE MARCH 7 Testify, Seattle Rising @ Bad Chords, Synrgy trying to get gigs. Eddie Beethoven actually Cody Canada, Waves @ LANDON BULLARD MARCH 13 Brewster Street Brewster Street Adrenaline @ Rockit’s and Mike Pinto. I was lived in my chicken coop for a while. The first GARRETT SMITH MARCH 14 big gig Joey got in Austin was at the Armadillo Beards on the Bay @ really impressed with Friday, March 6 World Headquarters opening up for Jerry Jeff RICH LOCKHART MARCH 20 House of Rock Brian Zach with Synrgy, originally from Davin James @ Back Mike Guerra @ the reggae soul and Los Gonzo because Bob Livingston was a MATT HOLE MARCH 21 Arizona and now living Porch 132 W. Cotter St. Port A Scuttlebutts band Synrgy from in San Diego. The lead friend from around Lubbock somewhere. That Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s On the Waterfront San Diego played vocalist, Brian Zach, was the night we met Billy Joe Shaver for the Flatland Cavalry, William Sunday, March 15 the House of Rock was a live wire. He first time. Being at this show at Gruene Hall Beckman @ Brewster Antone & All Stars @ Street Giggity’s last Friday. was all over the place, on Saturday was a uplifting experience for me. jumping off the stage There were many, many old farts from Lubbock Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s John Eric @ Scuttlebutts Gustavo Rodriquez @ Fundaze @ House of Rock and dancing with the in the crowd (including me) who knew every word to every song. I wouldn’t have missed Scuttlebutts Spoonfed Tribe, crowd, at times sitting on the stage singing with Muddy Ruckus @ House this show for love or money. Seeing Holt and AHHFUGYEAHS, his mic. Their sound had a west coast reggae/ of Rock Joseph King, Ty Dietz, ska meets Wilson Pickett feel to it and was Maines trading licks was epic. The icing on the Treasure Island Justin & Nikki, Jerry really engaging. This cat had star quality for cake was meeting my mermaid gal’s delightful Saturday, March 7 Ward @ Pelican Lounge sure. They put out a super strong effort which parents, Jack and Sally Fisher (who live in Starlite & the Moonbeams RED GIANT MARCH 13 reminded us of the first time we saw Tribal Round Rock) for lunch at the Grismill the next @ Giggity’s Monday, March 16 Seeds. Synrgy was a raw, romping good time, day. I really needed this. My soul is recharged. Scarecrow People @ Back SCARECROW PEOPLE MARCH 14 Open Jam w/ Ray Summy and left us wanting more. They’ll be headliners Porch BACK PEW REVIVAL MARCH 20 @ Giggity’s Selfie @ Shorty’s Billy Snipes @ soon. Terri Hendrix & Lloyd RED TIDE MARCH 21 Scuttlebutts Joe Ely… Maines @ Third Coast Theater 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Tuesday, March 17 Another Level @ Rockits treasureislandporta Paul & Victoria @ Sing-Along Piano Bar @ Giggity’s Brewster Street Aaron Jacob @ Scuttlebutts Dancing Days @ House of Rock Wednesday, March 18 Darren McGill @ Magnus @ Giggity’s Scuttlebutts Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutts Damon Scott @ House of Sunday, March 8 Rock Daylight Savings Time @ USA Thursday, March 19 Antone & All Stars @ Free Beer Band @ The Mike O’Neill Blues Band with Giggity’s Giggity’s Charlie Rouzer on Hammond B-3 will John Eric @ Scuttlebutts Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutts play Giggity’s on Friday. Fundaze @ House of Selfie Mar. 7 Flatbroke @ Brewster Rock Selfie Mar. 13 Street The great Joe Ely Band with Jimmy Pettit, Johnny Boy Mar. 14 Ratchet Dolls, Hard Knocks Davis McLarty, Lloyd Maines and David Monday, March 9 @ House of Rock Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Chanklas Mar. 21 Holt played Gruene Hall @ Giggity’s Friday, March 20 on Saturday night. Captain Al @ Scuttlebutts Mike O’Neill Mar. 28 The Groove @ Giggity’s Back Pew Revival @ On Saturday night we went over to Gruene Tuesday, March 10 OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Treasure Island Hall to see the great Joe Ely. It was the 40th Paul & Victoria @ Rich Lockhart @ Back anniversary of Joe’s “Live Shots” album Giggity’s Porch Aaron Jacob @ DaBaby @ Concrete Street recorded in London in 1980 while on tour with Scuttlebutts Darren McGill @ The Clash, who had just released their life Scuttlebutts changing album “London Calling”. The hall was Wednesday, March 11 RDGLDGRN, Stoop Kids packed to the rafters. We were a little nervous Jered Clark @ Giggity’s @ House of Rock about being in the middle of that huge crowd Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines will play Billy Snipes @ Viral @ Rockit’s the Third Coast Theater on Saturday. Scuttlebutts Wade Bowen, Robt Ray, Chris Stapleton @ Slade Coulter @ Brewster American Bank Center Street GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Damon Scott @ House of Rock Saturday, March 21 LIVE MUSIC Todd Dorn & the Sea LIVE MUSIC Free Beer Band every Thurs (7-10) Thursday, March 12 Drifters @ Giggity’s Mike O’Neill on Friday (9-1) Free Beer Band @ Chanklas @ Shorty’s EVERY Giggity’s Red tIDE @ Treasure Starlite & Moonbeams on Sat. (9-1) Gabe Fidel @ Scuttlebutts Island NIGHT Mike Williams Sunday Brunch (11-3) ZombieKing, Shugga Matt Hole @ Back Porch Antone & All Stars Every Sunday(8-12) Shugga @ House of Rock Splendiferous @ Rockit’s Open Jam Every Monday (8 -12) Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutts Kitchen Open Friday, March 13 Expert Computer Repairs Tropicoso Spring Break @ Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10) Melissa Brooke @ Sunset House of Rock Until 1 a.m.! Jered Clark Wednesday (8-12) Sounds 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Red Giant @ Treasure Sunday, March 22 Island Antone & All Stars @ Chanklas @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Selfie @ Shorty’s John Eric @ Scuttlebutts Expendables, Bumpin Fundaze @ House of Rock Uglies @ House of Rock Diamond’s Edge @ Monday, March 23 Rockits Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Darren McGill @ @ Giggity’s Scuttlebutts Captain Al @ Scuttlebutts

Saturday, March 14 Tuesday, March 24 BELT SANDER RACES Paul & Victoria @ @ Gaff Giggity’s Garrett Smith, AJ Guel @ Aaron Jacob @ Scuttlebutts Back Porch Toman Bros @ Giggity’s Wednesday, March 25 3/14 Hank Reeves @ Giggity’s Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutts

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