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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 May 18, 2017 Weekly

FREE Photo by Teri Beck Around The New Record Island for Nesting Sea By Dale Rankin The rain on Wednesday gave us a Turtles respite from the blowing sand on our little sandbar. We Islanders don’t High Winds bring need a secret handshake to identify each other on our trips OTB. We them ashore know each other by our Dustbowl A new state record was set on Hack. Where’s Woody Guthrie when Tuesday when 43 Kemp’s ridley nests you need him? were found in Texas, including 28 at Litter Critter lineup Padre Island National Seashore, 6 on South Padre Island, 4 on North Padre Island north of Padre Island National Seashore, 1 on Bolivar Peninsula, 1 on Galveston Island, 1 on Surfside Beach, 1 on Mustang Island, and 1 on Boca Chica Beach. That brings the total to 236 Kemp’s ridley nests found in Texas The line for the Saturday Island this year and exceeds the previous visit of the Litter Critter backed up annual record of 209 nests found in traffic from the end of Whitecap all 2012. The 144 nests found at Padre the way back to Tesoro. We can’t say Island National Seashore exceeds if this is due to the cutback from two Brent Chesney's annual Sandcastle Run took place last Saturday. The event raise money to help send the previous annual record of 117 Litter Critter visits per month to one children with diabetes to summer camp. More on A16. Photo by Bruce Bair. Kemp’s ridley nests found there or if we Islanders are just generating during 2009 and 2011. The 14 nests more stuff that needs to be thrown Relief! found at Boca Chica Beach also out. Either way if you are taking your Fixing exceeds the previous annual record of litter to the critter be sure to give 12 nests found during 2008. yourself some traffic time. Irrigation System to Collapsed Beach to Bay And speaking of traffic the 41st Stop Sand Blowing Bulkhead annual Beach to Bay run is this By Dale Rankin first along State Highway 361 and Saturday and that means an Island Since spring winds picked up in then along SPID, which will pump traffic snarl of a few hours in the Expected to earnest several weeks ago Islanders 35,808 gallons of water per day in morning. The 26.2 mile-long event is downwind of the construction area a 36-foot radius. A special coast billed as the largest relay marathon in around Lake Padre have been feeling seed mix of grass will be spread the country and will have 2000 teams Cost $200- the effects of the fine, blowing sand. throughout the irrigated area. The this year and that means 2000 runners On Wednesday the lead developer work is being done by PureNature, taking off on the first leg which starts on the property, Paul Schexnailder, LLC., Landscape Construction $300,000 on The Island. For the second year issued his plan to deal with the Services based in New Braunfels. there is also an individual class which problem. Lack of bidders a will swell the running ranks ever The water will come from a pond Dr. Donna Shaver said the nesting further. “We know it’s a problem,” he said located near the sprinklers which will problem season could extend until mid- Wednesday, “We didn’t anticipate be fed by non-brine surface water. July, so certainly more nests will be The first leg of the event begins near By Dale Rankin this much wind and we are moving to Schexnailder said the irrigation will recorded in Texas this year. Beach Access Road 5 and is entirely deal with it.” be in place, “As soon as we can get About seventy feet of collapsed on The Island with the first team the equipment there.” Nest Count exchange point on the beach south The plan calls for a series of rotating of Bob Hall Pier. That means runners sprinkler heads place sixty feet apart, 2 Bolivar Peninsula who drive themselves will be parking 4 Galveston Island in that area. The route enters SPID/ 0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside Park Road 22 at Access Road 6 and continues all the way to the base of 1 Surfside Beach the JFK Causeway Bridge where it 0 Quintana Beach takes the northbound side to Flour Bluff. The southbound side of the 0 Bryan Beach JFK will be one lane each way and in 0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent past years that means a backup until Beach around 10:30 a.m. 0 Sargent Beach It kicks off at 7 a.m. and the duration of the traffic event varies from year 1 Matagorda Peninsula to year but should be cleared out well 0 Matagorda Island before noon. A tip for we Islanders; the route does not use Windward or 1 San Jose Island go north of the beach at Whitecap. 8 Mustang Island South Packery beach is free and clear if you can get there. 6 North Padre Island north of Padre Island National Seashore Sargassum seepage bulkhead on Primavera Street is 144 Padre Island National Seashore expected to cost between $200,000- We’re starting to see some 55 South Padre Island sargassum weed wash up of late. It’s Sand Blows! $300,000 to repair according to an estimate from Padre Isles Property 14 Boca Chica Beach been a couple of years since we have Sand blowing across Park Road 22 caused a fog-like effect last week a serious infestation but it looks like this may be the year as fisherpersons as winds gusted at over 35mph. Bulkheads cont. on A4 Turtles cont. on A4 have been reporting large offshore mats for several weeks. When is A little Island history someone going to figure out how to cook this stuff? Indianola was the State’s Busiest Port -- Now it’s a Ghost Town Fourth of July Fireworks By Dale Rankin California. The town that became Strange as it may sound the annual known as the Mother of Western The port town of Indianola was Fourth of July Island Blast Fireworks Texas was founded after the earlier born and died through suffering. The Display is but a mere seven weeks settlement of Matagorda, situated on town was situated near sea level on away and organizer Jerry Watkins has the left bank of the Colorado River and Matagorda Bay near Port Lavaca everything ready but is about $3800 which had the first newspaper in the from 1844-1886. During that time short of the final amount of funds state, failed due to raids by Comanche Indianola grew from a camp of needed. We’re trying to keep Jerry Indians and the development of a silt immigrants running from suffering in from having to sell pencils in the bar deposited by the river along the Europe into a cosmopolitan port city. Stripes Parking lot to raise the money narrow eastern arm of the bay which Before the first of two storms hit the so if you can help out make checks prevented the approach to Matagorda city in 1875 Indianola was regarded payable to Island Blast, addressed by ships entering the bay through as second only to Galveston in to 14890 Granada Dr. #205, or drop Pass Cavallo. Cargo had to be shifted commercial and maritime supremacy them here at the Island Moon office, to lighter vessels and ferried the final and was a threat to the older port 14646 Compass. All of the proceeds four miles of the route, which was because of Indianola’s location go directly to the show. This will expensive and tiresome. nearer to the heart of Texas, and be the fifth year for the show which points west, which were then being in only a short time has become an Politics intervenes settled my immigrant Europeans. Island tradition. Then in 1839 things changed for the Indianola was the port for trade with We’ll see you there, and in the mid-coast region of Texas when a Chihuahua and the eastern terminus meantime say hello if you see us decision was made, against the wishes Indainola, TX street scene for the shortest overland route to of Sam Houston, to move the seat of Around The Island. History cont. on A4 A2 Island Moon May 18, 2017 Water Street Gallery Grand Opening May P.I.B.A. Mixer Corpus Christi's first "Pop Up" Gallery

Artist Wade Koniakowsky hangs his work prior to Thursday's grand opening of Corpus Christi's first pop-up gallery. Koniakowsky was one of three featured artists whose work focuses on surfing and surf culture. All the works are for sale, and a portion of the profits will go to support the Texas Surf Museum located next door, The May Padre Island Business association Mixer was sponsored by Compass Bay associates L.P. an Illinois limited partner company that recently purchased the Compass Bay Apartment complex and is turning them into high end privately owned condominiums. Pictured top: (from left) the new owner Bruce Kinney, Shannon Bumstead of Bumstead properties who are handling the sales of the units and David Heitzman the director of Property management. Photos below: Guests enjoy complementary food and drinksPhotos by Jan Rankin

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14810 Windward #521 $221,000 Call 361-949-7281 Mary Melick Real Estate May 18, 2017 Island Moon A 3 Maps Moon Monkeys Letters to the Good morning, I am new to the island. My Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder family and I absolutely love living here. Is it possible to get a copy of the First Geological Hear? Editor Map of Texas that was printed in the May 11 By Mary Craft issue? Thanks for your help. [email protected] Scott Sowles Editor’s note: It is available from the Texas New Advertisers General Land Office. Check their website, there Port Aransas Realty is having an are a large number of historical maps available open house on Saturday, May 20th there for a nominal fee. noon – 4 pm at 6871 Hwy 361 Lost Colony Unit 13. It is a beach front Town Hall Meeting home in a gated community with Distribution pool and boardwalk to the beach. The Pete Alsop Please attend Marvin Jones’s Town Hall Meeting. I am sponsoring a meeting on May home is 2174 sq. ft. 4 br/4 bath for Island Delivery 22, 2017 at Schlitterbahn- Veranda at 6:00 $699,000. It is listed by Del Welborn Coldwell Banker PM. Come and tell me your concerns, the who can be reached at 319-4180. Advertising Big Ethanol pros and the cons regarding the POA. I will be your voice on the Board. Possible issues Jan Park Rankin “Big Ethanol” is at it again. In a new advertising campaign timed with the start of boating to talk about, bulkheads, canals, Billish Park, Moving Sale at 15857 Cuttysark Classifieds season, the Renewable Fuels Association hurricane planes, POA budget and spending, 5/19-5/20 8 am – 3 pm. They will Arlene Ritley (RFA), the leading trade association for and the ever-controversial compliance program have household items, fishing rods, Production Manager America’s ethanol industry, continues to spread and enforcement. You can talk about any issue surf boards, tools, lumber and more. mistruths in its support of the Renewable Fuel on your mind. Abigail Bair Contributing Writers Standard (RFS), a 2005 law that mandates the Do not be silent- Be HEARD. blending of biofuels such as corn-ethanol into Business Briefs Joey Farah our gasoline. The nation’s largest recreational POA Board Member, Marvin Jones Eagle Lock & Key no longer has a Andy Purvis boating advocacy, services and safety group store on the Island but are continuing Mary Craft Boat Owners Association of The United States POA Problems to operate as a mobile business. They (BoatUS) clarifies the ad campaign’s spin with MayBeth Christiansen This Monday, I got a notice in the mail from can be reached at 949-2233. hard truths. Jay Gardner Sam Glover, Compliance Inspector at our POA. The Island Bar & Grill at the SPIN: “E10 is the fuel of choice for many Todd Hunter It included 3 pictures of my garage door and Holiday Inn is having a New Menu boaters because of its high performance and car. The door was obviously open a bit. "Please Tasting Event on Friday, May 19th Dotson Lewis lower emissions.” paint or repair garage door and keep maintained 5 – 10 pm with live music by Tori Ronnie Narmour HARD TRUTH: E10 is simply the most in an attractive condition. Section V.K.13. McClure. There will be drinks and free Brent Rourk common fuel sold in America today, but it is House trim, garage doors, and windows and tasting until 7 pm. doors shall be painted as needed so to create a Photographers not recreational boaters’ preferred choice of A Town Hall Meeting by POA fuel. According to those surveyed by BoatUS, clean and upkept appearance when viewed from Miles Merwin the street. (Who wrote that obtuse verbage into Board Member Marvin Jones on 91 percent prefer non-ethanol fuel for their nd Debbie Noble boats. Unfortunately, non-ethanol gas is facing what kind of bylaws? I dunno. I mean "un kept" Monday, May 22 6 pm at the Veranda Mary Craft more uncertainty as the government mandate to doesn't pass Spellcheck. ) Restaurant. Marvin wants to be your voice and talk about your concerns. All Ronnie Narmour increase the volume of ethanol in the nation’s My garage door was recently replaced and fuel supply may actually reduce the availability POA members are welcome. Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) works very well, thank you. I like to leave of ethanol-free gas. While ethanol boosts a my garage door open a bit to vent it, or for WB Liqours & Wine is having May Riley P. Dog fuel’s octane rating, the US Department of any neighbor's kitties to run in and hide from specials on 1.75L bottles of Deep Eddy Energy acknowledges that ethanol contains less predators. When you have a re-enforced garage for $26.99, Svedka for $17.99, Bacardi energy than gasoline and “result(s) in lower fuel door to withstand storms, it is very heavy and for $19.99 an Fireball for $24.99. They economy.” eats garage door openers. There is a little rust have locations in Port A, North Padre SPIN: E10 is the “preferred choice by on a few panels of the garage door. I had that and in town. repainted, along with the trim all over, not professionals” with supporting quotes by the “Fire in the Sky Fourth of July National Boat Racing Association and Crappie terribly long ago. Masters. Island Blast” is once again looking When I planned to move here, I wanted a to Islanders to help fund the event. HARD TRUTH: Both organizations are condo, to begin with. Then I discovered what Permits are in place and they are sponsored by the RFA. could be nightmarish HOA's who wanted lots of monthly income. I decided a house was better. working toward having another SPIN: “Tip #1: Ensure a tight seal, if water is More for the money and less hassle. I just fantastic display. They are currently Publisher found, dry the tank before refueling.” wanted to finish out my working days working $3800 short of funding the show. from home in peace. Make checks payable to “Island Blast” Dale Rankin HARD TRUTH: This impractical and 14890 Granada Drive #205 or drop off About the Island Moon potentially very unsafe “tip” asks boaters I am now a retired nurse case manager, who with built-in fuel tanks to do the impossible. a donation at the Island Moon office at The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale writes screenplays, that don't sell. Yet. So I am 14646 Compass. Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Removing and disposing of phase-separated on a fixed income. This would have been more; Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes fuel – a result of too much water in moisture- however, I encountered a confidence man (read The BoatUS 2017 top 3 boat delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 attracting ethanol fuels – can only be done copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, lawyer) in Dallas who fleeced me out of a lot of names are Serenity, Seas the Day and as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 safely by professionals and is expensive. Even my retirement bucks over a period of time. But Andiamo (let’s go in Italian). copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. for those with portable fuel tanks, this RFA spin that is another story. All I can say is that when The Nueces County Appraisal News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, offers no practical, reality-based solution to the you deal with 4 lawyers over the years on estate challenging disposal issue of the ethanol-and- District Satellite Workshop in Port payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. matters, and 2 out of 4 are either crooked or th water soaked gas. inept or both, where does that leave you in your A will be held Saturday, May 20 8:30 The Island Moon Newspaper estimation of the value of the legal profession? am – 3:30 pm at the Brundett Middle SPIN: “Regular maintenance is key.” School Gymnasium 100 Station 14646 Compass, Suite 3 And this is from the adult child of a lawyer and HARD TRUTH: It certainly is when it comes sister of same, both now gone. Street. I went to the one last week at Corpus Christi, TX 78418 to ethanol! A 2016 survey by Boating Industry Flour Bluff and was able to reduce magazine points to ethanol as playing an even Sorry, no further rambling. I did call Sam today my property value by about 10% so 361-949-7700 “bigger role” in boat service issues than it at the POA,. She was pleasant and I explained definitely worth going. There were to her that my garage door DID work. I had my [email protected] was the year prior, with 87 percent of survey plenty of representatives there so I just respondents reporting seeing boat engine verbal, aged fists up,. She noted that the letter did say "Friendly Reminder Notice", but I see it had to wait a few minutes to be seen Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper damage caused by ethanol. Said one boat but come prepared. manufacturer, “Ethanol is a boom for the service is in small letters on top of the first picture. Yes, departments (and a) huge drag on our industry I can nit pick with the best of them. I explained Kody’s Restaurant & Bar in Port because it negatively affects the customers. It to her that I just don't have the bucks to paint A has prime rib with twice baked makes them hate boating. It ruins their day, their the door again at this time. And I cannot do it potatoes on Wednesdays 5 pm until boat and their entire boating experience.” myself, as I do well to walk and cant stand for they are gone. They are located at 2034 any great period of time. (years as a clinical Hwy 361 and open 11 am – 2 am. Where to Find The Boat U.S. nurse will take your legs and /or back) .Per Ms Sam, the POA is working on getting a group The Island Italian Restaurant Island Moon What is IUPAC? together to do small jobs when the owner cannot has live music Thursday, Friday and do them. She will put me on their list. I thanked Saturday. You can check out their daily her for that. specials on their Facebook page. They Trinity By the Sea offer delivery on the Island after 5 pm. Port Episcopal So here I am/here we are with the mini KGB's at the POA making the rounds, looking for Giggity’s Restaurant & Bar in Aransas trouble in our "Disneyland" by the Gulf. "We Port A has all you can eat fried Sand Piper Condos North have met the enemy and he is us".-Pogo comic flounder every day 11 am – 7 pm. Sea Gull Condos Padre character. We pay for all of this. So why don't They have live music every night we stop? Does anybody remember Joan Baez and karaoke in the Tiki Room. Gulf Breeze RV All Stripes Stores when she stopped paying the IRS to support the Pioneer RV ever popular Vietnam War? You know, the days Black Sheep/ of coffins coming into the states by the plane La Palmilla Golf Barrel load. And yes, I do support our armed forces Club and remember all my family and ex-spouse who Top Ten Boat Names CVS IUPAC candidate selection forum Stripes (1A) did serve in that melee from hell. So do we need The nation’s largest recreational boating Whataburger Kody’s Restaurant to amend the bylaws or what? This is out of advocacy, services and safety group, Boat Doc’s Restaurant The Island United Political Action Committee hand. I am too old to go to the mailbox and have Owners Association of The United States Amano annual meeting is Thursday, June 8 at 6pm at to get angry. I/we deserve better. (BoatUS), issued its 2017 Top Ten Boat Names WB Liquor Snoopy’s Pier the Holiday Inn. Come help us help you! Meet Sincerely, list today, a tradition dating back a quarter Isle Mail N More the board members, help us officially install and decade. The names come from tallying up 361 Bar elect new members and officers. Cash bar and Mary Winborn on Natal Plum requests for boat names to the BoatUS Graphics Moby Dicks Island Italian door prizes! service, and each reveal much about the personality of the vessel’s owner. Spanky’s Liquor Brooklyn Pie Co. The IU PAC is not a members only club. It is Donate to Island a nonpartisan organization that works for every The BoatUS 2017 Top 10 Boat Names: IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware member of our Island community. We are the Fireworks! Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn people who help provide the rest of the Island Hey everybody, it's almost that time again for 1.Serenity: The utter calm and quietude with information to make voting easier. We boating brings San Juan’s Mexican "Fire in the Sky Fourth of July Island Blast". Texas Star (Shell) provide candidate forums and endorsements Restaurant Permits are in place and we are working toward 2. Seas the Day: A nautical wordplay on the Jesse’s Liquor during election years and meet and greets with having a fantastic display this year! Once again Latin saying “Carpe diem,” taking boating to Wash Board elected officials in between - all so you can I want to thank everyone who contributed its fullest Laundry Mat Scuttlebutt’s understand who is and should be working for financially to last year’s 4th of July Fireworks 3. Andiamo: “Let’s go!” in Italian and a Restaurant you. Our goal is to provide a strong unified and am asking for donations to help put us over Drop Anchor Bar & perennial favorite boat name Grill Subway voting voice from the Island so that we are well the top for this year. We are currently $3800 represented at city hall. All our events are open short of funding the show. 4. Irish Wake: Mourning and merrymaking Port A Parks & Rec Island Tire to the public, and our endorsements decisions after the death of a family member or friend are made by any and all registered voters on Make checks payable to "Island Blast" 14890 Public Library 5. Freedom: Patriotic name that first appeared Padre Pizzeria the Island who care to participate. You can be Granada Dr #205 Corpus Christi Tx 78418 Or drop at The Island Moon. on the Top 10 Names List in 2004 Chamber of And all Moon added to our email list, follow us on Facebook Commerce/ Visitor’s retail advertisers (IslandUnitedPAC), check out our website Jerry Watkins, Event Founder 6. Adagio: Italian for “at a slow tempo.” Center (IslandUnitedPAC.com), or read about our Represents how boating reduces stress in our Woody’s Sports WB Liquor events in the Island Moon. hectic lives Center Want to get involved, learn more about the 7. Ohana: From the Hawaiian culture, Back Porch Flour Bluff election process, help your community? We meaning “family” in an extended sense H.E.B. need a few more good citizens to fill our board 8. Oasis: A fertile spot in a desert where water Shorty’s Place which meets once a month at Island Time Sushi Whataburger on is found; symbolizes boating’s ability to Fisherman’s Wharf on second Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Please contact refresh and nourish our daily lives Waldron [email protected] to tell us who you Giggity’s 9. Happy Ours: A playful take on the good Ethyl Everly are and why you want to be a part of IU PAC! Tarpon Inn feeling you get at the afternoon communal Senior Center Debbie Noble cocktail time Gratitude’s Fire Station 10. Firefly: Making the list for the first time, The Gaff Police Station Send letters and photos to editor@ it’s thought that the kids picked this one Wild Horse islandmoon.com Stripes on Flour For a look at all of the BoatUS Top 10 Boat Treasure Island Names lists over the years as well as a directory Bluff & SPID Facebook: Need some pallets for your projects? of over 9,000 boat names, go to BoatUS.com/ The Island Moon Newspaper boatnames. May 18, 2017 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Turtles cont. from A1 Bulkheads cont. from A1 state government from Houston to the center canneries began popping up along the Indianola The high winds continue to bring large numbers of the state along the Colorado River, which wharfs. In 1871 the Texas Legislature approved of nesting Kemp’s ridley turtles to our shores. was then the edge of the Texas frontier. The the incorporation of the Indianola, San Antonio state needed a deep water port that would feed and El Paso Railroad Company. Hotels sprang This nesting turtle was found near Bob Hall people and trade goods into the Heart of Texas up, as did general stores, an ice cream parlor, Pier where she laid 106 eggs. but as often happens politics got in the way of then in 1871 came regular trips from New York good judgment and the port town of Calhoun, by steamship which disembarked passengers

Owners Association Executive Coordinator Maybeth Christensen. The problem began several years ago when it is believed the tiebacks which connect the bulkhead to an anchoring device behind the bulkhead were cut by crews installing cable lines. Over the years rainwater was trapped behind the bulkhead and a storm drain that goes through the bulkhead had to be repaired several times. Then about a year ago a major rain event

in Indianola for overland passage to San from which the country now takes its name, Antonio, and then a telegraph connection from was founded in 1839 on the northeastern end of Indianola through Corpus Christi to Mexico was Matagorda Island. There were two reasons for established; Indianola was booming. locating Calhoun on the east side of Matagorda Island: First, the constant fear of invasion Trouble by Mexico from the sea meant that Calhoun Then came September 1, 1875 when the could defend the pass into Matagorda Bay, and United States Signal Service office in Indianola second; the lawmakers who were about to move received by wire from Washington the news from the safety of Houston to the Republic’s of a burgeoning hurricane sent from the ship new capitol in the state’s center wanted a fort Tautallon Castle off the coast of Africa. The between them and the Mexican Navy. report generated little interest in Indianola but no It was immediately apparent that Calhoun’s doubt would have if it had listed the hurricane’s location was a disaster for commercial traffic. point of landfall – Indianola. The storm hit the Many of the other local towns had been put to Caribbean and veered west northwest splashing the torch during the recent Texas Revolution over 100-foot cliffs and swamping ships. But and the sites of the seven military camps set up on through early-September ships continued the new Republic in the area were not suitable steaming out of Indianola for open water with for ports so the hunt for a site for a new port was no knowledge of what was ahead. begun. By early 1840 the military camps were On the 15th Rockport took the brunt of the gone and there was no town of significance storm and experienced ship captains refused to along that area of the coast. Then in August of go to sea after seeing the “highest tides they had that year an Indian attack on Victoria pointed ever seen on the coast.” In Indianola business out the region’s vulnerability. went on without knowledge of the coming The arrival of a German Prince storm. The events which began the life of the town of By the morning of the 16th the tide had So far this year, 193 nests have been confirmed Indianola began in 1842 in Germany with the broken over the beach and was running in on the Texas coast including (north to south in formation of the Adelsverein at Biebrich am the streets. Wooden buildings on Main Street state): began to collapse and by mid-day the wharfs Rhein. The stated purpose of this group was to 1 Bolivar Peninsula sponsor those willing to immigrate to escape were gone and the streets were rivers. The the economic depression there and the political cement courthouse was jammed with refugees 3 Galveston Island as the storm slammed into the coast that night upheaval that went with it. The Adelsverein 0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside secured grants from the Republic of Texas for and breakers in the streets made evacuation land and each household wanting to immigrate impossible. Winds reached 150 mph. 0 Surfside Beach deposited 600 gulden ($240) to pay for passage. A cubic yard of salt water weighs 1728 pounds 0 Quintana Beach which dropped a large amount of water in a The next problem was where to land. and the surge tide of 15 feet bore down with 0 Bryan Beach short period of time caused the wall to start Prince Karl zu Solms-Branufels set sail for all its weight on the town. By the time the eye leaving toward the water side. 0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach Texas in May 1844 with the first group of passed over the town in the hours after midnight all the water that had been built up inland by At that point Christensen began looking for emigrants hot on his heels. When he landed 0 Sargent Beach contractors to do repairs, also meeting with the at Galveston he immediately realized that city the storms furry reversed course and headed back out to sea. With it went half of the town 1 Matagorda Peninsula city and the cable would not work as the port of entry for the company, and Germans and he sailed west along the coast of Indianola, washed out to sea and gone along 0 Matagorda Island with the people who lived there. the project went looking for a place for a new port. He looked 1 San Jose Island to bids. But only at Port Lavaca, which he described as “a town When reporters from the Victoria Advocate one company 7 Mustang Island of four houses” set high on a bluff away from rode into town the next morning they brought responded and the inland swamps but saw that the sand and back a note from W.H. Crain, the Indianola 2 North Padre Island north of Padre Island Christensen mud bars in Lavaca Bay made the landing of District Attorney: National Seashore began contacting large ships impossible. Had that not been the other potential case Port Lavaca would likely have eventually “We are destitute. The town is gone. One-tenth 116 Padre Island National Seashore of the population are gone. Dead bodies are bidders, but so far no contract has been awarded. supplanted Galveston as Texas’ largest port. 49 South Padre Island strewn for twenty miles along the bay. Nine- “I called about nine companies and most of On the west side of the bay near Gallinipper tenths of our houses are destroyed. Send us help, 13 Boca Chica Beach them were not interested, they were too busy, Bar was a spot called Indian Point where for God’s sake.” Christensen said. “One of them actually told vessels carrying cargo and people could dock. Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted Indianola’s unfettered access to deep water me – we don’t do any work for homeowners Indian Point was connected to the mainland for new location on Packery Channel associations because there are too many “eyes” by a series of low islands made of fine, white, had been her life’s blood and now was her downfall. Entire families were gone and in watching our every move, and questioning crushed shell which heavy rain and tides did not everything we do - it’s not worth it!” disturb. What the Prince saw was a deep water their place were piles of debris. Most of those port with a land bridge to the interior of Texas. left relocated to San Antonio but a few hardy Packery Currently the project is being re-engineered Indianola was born. souls stayed to rebuild. By 1886 it was clear that before going back out to bids. The first work Indianola would never be the dominant Texas Flats TM on the project will be offsite where sheet panels German settlement port originally envisioned. Realizing their town Floating Cabin Repairs and the support devices will be built and the would never be a freight and transit port again Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available drying time for the cement can take as long as residents turned to making it a resort town with good for either repairs or rebuilding twenty eight days, then testing is necessary. fishing, yachting, great seafood restaurants and Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel “I know the residents are upset with the length swimming as the main attractions. Call for lease terms Packery Flats Marina of time – no less upset than I am,” Christensen Another hit said. “But since folks want multiple bids and companies who are qualified, I’m sorry!” Then came the summer of 1886 when a hot and 361-774-8886 dry and unusually strong easterly wind blew sand that pelted the citizens who were still wary from their 1875 experience. But they thought It was here that Texas’ first German Protestant that the Signal Corps now had the means to minister, the Rev. Louis Ervendberg held the warn them of an impending storm. It turned out first Weihnachtsfest complete that December that a simmering feud between the U.S. Signal complete with a Christmas tree for the new Corps and their counterparts in Cuba made Texans. Those families were the first of many reliable reports about storms crossing the Cuban thousands of Germans who would arrive at Island impossible to get in the U.S.; a problem Indianola and eventually fan out across Texas that would also contribute to the devastation of and found towns with German names which Galveston in its 1900 hurricane. are today part of the daily Texas vernacular. In By the time the warning came the tide was January 1845 the first wagon train of immigrants already in the streets of Indianola. An inbound set out across the plains bound for the Comal train was blown off the tracks; the tracks were Tract of land, at the current site of the town washed away two miles inland. A lamp left of New Braunfels in Comal County between lit, ironically in the Signal Corps office, blew Austin and San Antonio. The Comal River, over and set the downtown ablaze. The storm called Las Fontanas by the Spanish, would tore through Texas with 85 mph winds doing provide the water supply for the first group of $250,000 worth of damage to the Government immigrants who landed at Indianola and set out Hill section of San Antonio. for their new homes. The people of Indianola had seen enough. On The group soon purchased the land which September 20 the Commissioners Court issued became the town of Fredericksburg and in an order moving the County Seat from Indianola the fall of that year 5,247 men, women, and to Port Lavaca. Indianola was no more. In children arrived in Indianola from Bremen and April, 1887 what little was left of the town was Antwerp and the rush was on. destroyed by fire and the railroad line was torn Indianola grew and prospered. Warehouses out. The post office shut down in October and sprang up along the wharfs. With the signing the town was officially dead. The hurricane that of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 a hit Indianola in 1875 was the first to ever hit a commission was sent to West Texas to survey populated area of Texas and eventually barriers the Texas/Mexico border. The commission left and seawalls were erected but it was all too late New York in 1850 and landed in Indianola, the for Indianola. settlement of West Texas was begun in earnest What was once the gateway to West Texas is with Indianola as the port of entry. The town’s now a small subdivision at the end of a two lane future looked bright. road near Bayside. You can reach it if you want The Civil War came and went, but during the to but will see little to indicate it was once was war when the markets for Texas beef were the second largest port in Texas. cut off by the Union blockade the herds of The rise and fall of Indianola is a stark unattended Texas Longhorns swelled to eight testament that we live at the edge of the Big million head. In 1869 a process for canning the Water at Mother Nature’s pleasure and sooner meat using carbonic acid gas created a boom for or later she’s going to remind us of that. ranchers shipping canned beef out of Texas and

Send letters and photos to [email protected] Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper May 18, 2017 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin There are a couple of Under I get the sense that we have a chance to do the Radar items this week. something great here if we push back. If the city can spend TRZ money for a boat downtown it Where’s the patrol boat? seems to me spending it on a boat for The Island Ever since I can remember isn’t much of a hill to climb. My compliments Island homeowners have been screaming about to the ISAC and Smith for digging into this. It is lack of enforcement of No Wake Zones in Island an idea whose time has come. For more details canals. Well, get ready for the volume to ratchet attend the next ISAC meeting, 5:30 Tuesday, up to Ted Nugent levels. June 6 at the Veranda. A year ago I would have told you an Island patrol boat was Crazy Talk. Island taxpayers have been paying for a patrol But it turns out if we just call it a Floatation boat since 2004 that has been parked downtown. Device we might get one! A boat by any other I say again, Island taxpayers have been paying name right… for a patrol boat since 2004 that has been parked Police downtown. For the past couple of months there has been The Island Strategic Action Committee has a concerted effort to put a string of speakers in been digging into the finances of the Island Tax front of city council meetings calling for125 Reinvestment Zone, which collects property tax more police officers. The effort clearly has been on new Island construction inside the TRZ after carefully orchestrated and has, I’m told, found 2004. The first result of their effort was a savings some traction with newly minted Councilwoman of over $2 million over the next four years on Paulette Guajardo who proposes to pay for them the Packery Channel Monitoring program. with a reserve fund. Here are some numbers The second finding was that Island taxpayers presented to the city council on Tuesday. last year spent $98,000 for the phantom boat, • It costs $1 million to hire eight new police up from $92,000 the year before. The question officers is where is the boat? When ISAC members and District 4 Councilman Greg Smith started • It will cost the city an estimated $11.6 asking that question the first thing that happened million for police health care in 2017 – supposedly – is that the boat was moved from • The city had to pony up an additional $8 its home downtown to a hiding place “on The million last year for police health care over Island.” But where is anybody’s guess as no the budgeted amount living Islander so far has laid eyes on it or the two city employees said to be employed to staff • An additional $3.8 million was paid out it. Tuesday for overruns on police health care costs so far this year, which were budgeted at Also on the list of new discoveries, the budget $8,378,177 but are now estimated to come in Tides of the Week for the boat, which began in 2004 at $80,000, at $11,589,142. Tides for Bob Hall Pier May 18 - May 25 has been automatically increasing by three percent each year since, getting it to the $98,000 • Claims against the police account, which Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon that until last week was being pulled from The forced Tuesday’s funding of overruns, have /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible Island to pay for it. increased fourfold since 2014 primarily due Th 18 Low 1:37 AM 0.2 6:38 AM Rise 1:39 AM 62 to “catastrophic claims When Packery Channel was first opened 18 High 10:43 AM 1.7 8:13 PM Set 1:02 PM federal rules required the boat as a way to help • Police and fire personnel, unlike other city F 19 Low 2:38 AM 0.4 6:38 AM Rise 2:20 AM 52 boaters get accustomed to the new waterway. employees, can go outside their system of But as is the way with things bureaucratic if doctors and the city will pick up the tab. 19 High 11:13 AM 1.6 8:13 PM Set 1:58 PM no one is paying attention taxes, funds, fees, • The overages in the police fund have been 19 Low 7:15 PM 0.9 increase and, of course, no money goes unspent. paid from a reserved fund which now has 19 High 9:33 PM 1.0 On top of the bleeding of the account is the salt only $679,977 left. A level a city staffer on Tuesday called “a dangerous area” since Sa 20 Low 3:54 AM 0.5 6:37 AM Rise 3:00 AM 42 in the wound; the boat operators cannot write tickets nor can they in any way cite scofflaws given the city’s total debt the city’s AA bond 20 High 11:38 AM 1.5 8:14 PM Set 2:57 PM for excessive wake-making even in Packery rating is imperiled if cash reserves drop too 20 Low 6:54 PM 0.8 Channel which is currently their sole area of low. operations. Their job, as best as I can tell, is 20 High 11:38 PM 1.1 • The number of reported police calls across to drive around and see if people are having the city in the last quarter of 2016 was the Su 21 Low 5:28 AM 0.7 6:37 AM Rise 3:39 AM 31 a nice day. Or in some cases, according to second lowest on record, the lowest being in eyewitnesses, sunning themselves in one end 21 High 12:00 PM 1.4 8:14 PM Set 3:57 PM 2015, and down by half from the late 1990s. of the boat under the Packery Bridge while The huge growth Texas has experienced since 21 Low 6:59 PM 0.6 “patrolling” in the shade at the other end of the 1990 has largely bypassed the Sparking City M 22 High 1:13 AM 1.3 6:36 AM Rise 4:20 AM 21 boat. Nice work if you can get it. by the Sea, from 259,000 in 1990 to 320,000 now, even as the state population went from 22 Low 7:10 AM 0.9 8:15 PM Set 4:59 PM There are also some as of yet unconfirmed reports of some of the money being spent on 17 million in 1990 to 27.5 million now. 22 High 12:18 PM 1.3 a “floatable device” of undetermined definition. City Manager Margie Rose said Tuesday that 22 Low 7:19 PM 0.3 “Floatable device” covers a lot of ground. while the health care plan for city employees Maybe it paid for that life preserver the Mayor Tu 23 High 2:33 AM 1.5 6:36 AM Rise 5:02 AM 12 is being revised to save money, the costs of the Pro Tem wore when they shoved her off the police and fire health care plans are negotiated 23 Low 8:48 AM 1.1 8:15 PM Set 6:04 PM pirate boat into the bay last week – sans plank. and locked in until the next round of bargaining. 23 High 12:32 PM 1.2 The question now is whether the $98,000, or As of right now the cash reserve fund that is being used to fund the annual overage in the 23 Low 7:50 PM 0.0 some part of it at least, can be used to fund a patrol boat for Island canals. I anticipate the police plan does not have nearly enough money, W 24 High 3:43 AM 1.8 6:36 AM Rise 5:48 AM 6 policy wonks at city hall will say the money short by about $7 million annually, to fund the 24 Low 10:28 AM 1.1 8:16 PM Set 7:11 PM can’t be used to patrol outside the TRZ limits, same overages that have been run up in each of which would rule out everything but the Main the last two years. Something has to give. 24 High 12:36 PM 1.2 Canal which as of last year became part of the “We’ve been kicking this can down the street 24 Low 8:28 PM -0.3 Packery Monitoring contract and therefore must for years,” Smith said Tuesday, “and we are out Th 25 High 4:48 AM 1.9 6:35 AM Rise 6:38 AM 1 be inside the TRZ. But where there is a will of cans.” there is always a way. 25 Low 9:12 PM -0.5 8:16 PM Set 8:19 PM The council is being lobbied to add 125 more You may recall that about six years ago police but first has to figure out how to pay for Islanders donated $26,000 for an Island boat, the ones we have. on the way to a total of $80,000, but fundraising stopped when the then police chief said he “This is a crisis for our city,” Councilwoman would not staff it with officers. But it’s a new Carolyn Vaughn said Tuesday. “There is no day, and there is little reason that the patrollers telling where we are going to be five years from have to be licensed peace officers. Again, where now.” there’s a will there’s a way. Maybe Marta and No telling. her Island Squad could help out.

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ON THE WATERFRONT 132 W. Cotter St. The PortA BACK PORCH Bar A6 Island Moon May 18, 2017 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Vietnam 1940-1975 Plus Housekeeping By Abigail Bair By Dotson Lewis I’m not going to lie: I’m too big for baskets. My collection of shoes I not the best housekeeper. Special to the Island Moon don’t wear, but still like to look at is the worst of I employ the ancient art of collecting lots of these. Last January, the floor to shoe ratio in the Dotson’s Note: Officially the Vietnam War took only in the South, and in October 1955 he pretty baskets, throwing random junk in them spare room finally tipped to the “unfavorable to place during the period of 1954 to 1975. The declared himself president of the Republic of until they get full, then purchasing additional human survival” side. Because the deadliness best estimate that the Department of Defense Vietnam. The North, not ready to start a new baskets to handle the overflow. My whites of five inch platform heels approaches that of can conclude is that between 2,709,918 and war and unable to induce its Chinese or Russian come out barely whiter-than-black. It doesn’t a spilled bucket of Legos, I began referring to 3,173,845 GI's served in-country and in-waters allies to act, could do little. help that Stadler-the-Dog cultivates terrible the area as "Shoe-ma-geddon," and purchased a Vietnam between 1954 and 1975 (this does not History of the Vietnam War smells so extensively that her resume should vertical storage rack. count the handful of Americans who served list “Stink Farmer” as her primary occupation. When I’m involved, “some assembly” requires in Vietnam during WWII). Ronald H. Spector The Vietnam War was a conflict that pitted Also, my beloved yard lizards have recently several distinct phases. contributed to this article. the communist government of North Vietnam decided (evidently en masse) that they’d much and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the French Rule Ended-Vietnam Divided rather be house lizards. They keep sneaking Phase #1: Build it backwards. Figure out that Viet Cong, against the government of South through the dog door and stowing away in my project is backwards due to project falling on Vietnam and its principal ally, the United orchids. This has resulted in several dropped self/floor/dog/dinner/lizard. Start over. States. Called the “American War” in Vietnam pots, and terrible evictions wherein both lizard Phase #2: Build correctly. Project still falls (or, in full, the “War Against the Americans to and landlord caterwaul about the unfairness of Save the Nation”), the war was also part of a apart and lands on head/dog/fragile heirloom/ the situation. Todd, a reptilian recidivist who Todd because I had to take it apart with a claw larger regional conflict (Indochina wars) and enjoys dog food, may actually have squatter’s hammer. Phase #2(a): Throw project on floor a manifestation of the Cold War between the rights by now. United States and the Soviet Union and their in spare room and cuss at it every time I see it. respective allies. This said, for the most part my home appears This can take months. clean(ish) and reeks like “Kitchen Sunshine” Phase #3: Super glue. (The BAD phase). I At the heart of the conflict was the desire of wax cubes (they smell a lot like Lemon Pledge) once glued my right foot to a carpet with Liquid North Vietnam, which had defeated the French which can be purchased for a mere $2 at HEB. Nails and had to cut myself out with scissors. colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, I am aware of certain filth pockets which My heel was hairy for two weeks. to unify the entire country under a single I typically try to forget -- out of sight and communist regime modeled after those of the mostly out of mind until some sunny Saturday At this point, I was still only on Phase #2. I Soviet Union and China. The South Vietnamese in spring when I find myself precariously either had to fix the rack, or throw it out and government, on the other hand, fought to perched atop a step ladder, gangster rap blaring, pile the shoes on the closet floor. “That just The Vietnam War had its origins in the preserve a Vietnam more closely aligned with dusting as though I channeled a tornado made won’t do for a guest,” complained my inner broader Indochina wars of the 1940s and the West. U.S. military advisers, present in small of wolverines, and wondering how things Heloise. I took the hint. Time to initiate Phase ’50s, when nationalist groups such as Ho Chi numbers throughout the 1950s, were introduced could “possibly have gotten this bad.” Prime #3! Amazingly, I got the thing glued/pounded Minh’s Viet Minh, inspired by Chinese and on a large scale beginning in 1961, and active examples of this blissful ignorance include together without sticking anything to myself. Soviet communism, fought the colonial rule, combat units were introduced in 1965. By 1969 filthy (possibly lizard-y) ceiling fans and tops However, the shelf had a gazillion parts, each first of Japan and then of France. The French more than 500,000 U.S. military personnel of picture frames. of which must irrevocably stick to some other Indochina War broke out in 1946 and went on were stationed in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the piece, or risk further total tower collapse. This week, however, my out-of-sight routine for eight years, with France’s war effort largely Soviet Union and China poured weapons, Construction took hours, but I got it done at encountered a hitch. My friend, Lena (yes, funded and supplied by the United States. supplies, and advisers into the North, which in about the same time Lena was fighting her way you probably know her) decided to drive to Finally, with their shattering defeat by the Viet turn provided support, political direction, and through Houston. “Ab, a city bus just crossed Corpus from Charleston, South Carolina with Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in May regular combat troops for the campaign in the four lanes of traffic! It almost took out some her giant dog, Scooter. She told me her plan 1954, the French came to the end of their rule South. The costs and casualties of the growing old pickup without tags going 28 in a 70. We’re well in advance, giving me plenty of time to in Indochina. war proved too much for the United States to going to die for sure.” bear, and U.S. combat units were withdrawn by incrementally tear the house apart and clean all The battle prodded negotiators at the Geneva “No way, Lena! That’s just the Houston 1973. In 1975 South Vietnam fell to a full-scale the grossness pockets. Yeah, right. I, of course, Conference to produce the final Geneva version of Tokyo Drift. Quick, see if you can invasion by the North. procrastinated. Accords in July 1954. The accords established spot Vin Diesel’s counterpart, Van Weasel.” the 17th parallel as a temporary demarcation The human costs of the long conflict were I started scouring the morning of the arrival. “What’s that?” line separating the military forces of the French harsh for all involved. Not until 1995 did Mistake #1. By 10 a.m., my house was torn and the Viet Minh. North of the line was the Vietnam release its official estimate of war apart, only a little razor wire short of looking “I don’t know, some weasly looking guy Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or North dead: as many as 2 million civilians on both like a Latvian missile testing facility. I had driving a windowless kidnap van?” Vietnam, which had waged a successful eight- dramatically careened into the stage-of- sides and some 1.1 million North Vietnamese “OH! I see four of those!” year struggle against the French. The North was and Viet Cong fighters. The U.S. military has scrubbing-for-company where everything was under the full control of the Worker’s Party, or estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 much, much worse than when I started. Cleaning The race was on. Time was of the essence. Vietnamese Communist Party, led by Ho Chi South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war. products dripped all over the kitchen floor. The I realized that I was never going to get things Minh; its capital was Hanoi. In 1982 the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was freshly washed curtains created an inadvertent both actually clean and reassembled in the tent city, held up by my disassembled couch. In the South the French transferred most of their dedicated in Washington, D.C., inscribed with approximately three hours I had left, so I The bathroom was coated in bleach and Comet authority to the State of Vietnam, which had its the names of 57,939 members of U.S. armed evolved into the final stage of housekeeping-for- layers so thick that they resembled striations in capital at Saigon and was nominally under the forces who had died or were missing as a result company: “Flying to Phuket.” Suffice it to say, antediluvian granite. Despite the mess, the front authority of the former Vietnamese emperor, of the war. Over the following years, additions that while every lizard I could find was forcibly of the house was so quiet you could hear a lizard Bao Dai. Within 300 days of the signing of the to the list have brought the total past 58,200. evicted, and the house really looks clean, it’s fart. I had paused all of the above because I accords, a demilitarized zone, or DMZ, was to (At least 100 names on the memorial are those all just as cosmetic as ever. At any moment, a decided mid-stream that it was most important be created by mutual withdrawal of forces north of servicemen who were actually Canadian painting might shift, dislodging a deluge of filth to focus on the spare bedroom. and south of the 17th parallel, and the transfer citizens.) Among other countries that fought for (and possibly lizards). Lena is a good person, of any civilians who wished to leave either side South Vietnam on a smaller scale, South Korea Calling my second bedroom a ‘multipurpose though. She may notice the dust, but I’m pretty was to be completed. Nationwide elections to suffered more than 4,000 dead, Thailand about space’ is a nice way of saying that it provides sure she won’t write in it. The jury is still out decide the future of Vietnam, North and South, 350, Australia more than 500, and New Zealand storage for various overflow problems that are on the lizards. were to be held in 1956. some three dozen. Accepting the de facto partition of Vietnam as Vietnam emerged from the war as a potent Part 2 unavoidable, but still pledging to halt the spread The Truth about Palms of communism in Asia, President Eisenhower Pruning vs. Over-Pruning: In our previous spread infections such as began a crash program of assistance to the article, we learned that palms produce and store Thielaviopsis Trunk Rot and State of Vietnam, or South Vietnam, as it was the nutrients they need to thrive in their fronds. Fusarium Wilt. This source invariably called. The Saigon Military Mission, Before we start talking about pruning, know of lethal diseases is one of the a covert operation to conduct psychological this: all experts agree on one certainty: Palms leading causes of palm tree warfare and paramilitary activities in South do not need or benefit from pruning. death. Dr. Timothy Broschat Vietnam, was launched on June 1, 1954, Over-pruning is so tells us that this is reason under the command of United States Air Force (Figure 3: enough to not prune. Colonel Edward Lansdale. At the same time, common that it looks Spikes, holes, Viet Minh leaders, expecting political disarray normal to us. Figure 1 and shaving) Compromised nutrition from and unrest in the South, retained many of their shows a classic example well-intended pruning gone political operatives and propagandists below of over-pruned palms. bad will lead to the thinning and weakening of the 17th parallel even as they withdrew their According to experts, the trunks. We’ll talk more about that in another military forces to the North. palms should look article, but for now look around the island. You like a lollypop, with will see trunks that are uneven, very thin, or Ngo Dinh Diem, the newly installed premier of a full 360° canopy— they have a narrowing as seen in figure 2. Those South Vietnam, thus faced opposition not only not a feather duster. are weak points that are predisposed to breaking from the communist regime in the North but As we learned in the in high winds and cold snaps. also from the Viet Minh’s stay-behind political previous article, such Another risk is that the raw stubs of freshly agents, armed religious sects in the South, and (Figure 1: palms over-pruning impacts trimmed fronds, especially green ones, emit even subversive elements in his own army. the health of the tree over-pruned) volatile chemicals that draw palm weevils, Yet Diem had the full support of U.S. military by causing potassium which can wipe out your trees and those of your advisers, who trained and reequipped his army deficiencies, reduced photosynthesis, weakens neighbors. along American lines and foiled coup plots the trunks, and leaves the palms vulnerable to by dissident officers. Operatives of the U.S. disease. That’s logical. If we reduce access to its Yikes! Spikes! Ladders can’t get a tree trimmer Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) bought off food source (the fronds)—essentially starving up high enough on tall palms to prune. A bucket or intimidated Diem’s domestic opposition, the tree — of course the tree will suffer. truck can do the job, but that and U.S. aid agencies helped him to keep his can be very expensive and military power within Southeast Asia, but How much can you safely prune? Palms tolerate economy afloat and to resettle some 900,000 they often can’t reach trees its agriculture, business, and industry were removing fruits, flower stalks, or completely refugees who had fled the communist North. that aren’t close to the street. disrupted, large parts of its countryside were dead fronds that are dry and completely brown One of the most common By late 1955 Diem had consolidated his power scarred by bombs and defoliation and laced all the way to the trunk. The ideal time to and sometimes only option is in the South, defeating the remaining sect forces with land mines, and its cities and towns were remove dead fronds is when they are about to climbing the tree with spikes and arresting communist operatives who had heavily damaged. fall, but this would require constant care, which as seen in figure 3. (Yellow surfaced in considerable numbers to prepare is neither practical or financially feasible for tall A mass exodus in 1975 of people loyal to arrow) These spikes leave for the anticipated elections. Publicly opposed trees. As you will see in upcoming articles, there (Fig. 4: the South Vietnamese cause was followed by open wounds in the palm’s to the elections, Diem called for a referendum are things to consider here too, when removing Suffering another wave in 1978 of “boat people,” refugees trunk. (Orange arrows) dead fronds or tree beards. trunks) fleeing the economic restructuring imposed by Jennifer Thomas, with Texas the communist regime. Meanwhile, the United Our POA wants us to remove all brown fronds A&M’s AgriLife Extension States, its military demoralized and its civilian (living and dead) once a year and they hand tells us that trees with bark “can regenerate and electorate deeply divided, began a process of out a pamphlet that recommends pruning all re-grow, but palms are different, they do not coming to terms with defeat in what had been fronds below the 9 -3 regenerate. The damage to the trunk will remain its longest and most controversial war. The two o’clock positions on the forever.” Those holes will remain open portals countries finally resumed formal diplomatic tree, which leaves the for pests and diseases and each year when you relations in 1995. palm looking like an prune, you’ll be adding more holes. umbrella, not a lollypop. Dotson’s Other Note: The youngest Vietnam The other thing you see in figure 3 (white This cut is a common veterans will be turning 60 this year, unless arrow) is a practice called shaving. Some tree compromise that many they lied and got in under age. Today there are trimmers prefer to shave so they can get a better experts admit they have about 855,070 veterans who actually served foothold with the spikes. Also, when a palm has resigned themselves to in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Today seen its share of pruning, it’s common to see the in order to discourage Vietnam Veterans are dying at a rate of about (Figure 2: trunk take on a ragged, uneven appearance. (See “pencil-pointing” as 492 daily, which is approximately the same narrowed trunks figure 4) numbers as their WWII brothers. Because seen in figure 1. And from past over- To remedy this, tree trimmers and property of faulty record keeping there is no confirmed yet the same experts pruning) number of Americans who served in Vietnam. acknowledge that owners have taken to the practice of shaving the However, veterans groups estimate that today this goes against their trunks. Like spikes, this too scores the trunks approximately 9 to 12 million Americans assertion that palms need their full canopy. with permanent wounds, which also leaves it fraudulently claim they served in Vietnam. The They also agree that the more fronds you cut wide open to insect infestations and viruses. debate still goes on, should we (the US of A) off, the less nutrition is available to the tree, If palms don’t benefit from trimming and have participated in that conflict? Perhaps we which will affect the long term health of your considering all these risks, we have to ask: why will never agree. trees. However, if you feel you must prune your do we prune palms at all? There is only one trees this is likely to be better tolerated than answer— some people think trimmed palms Your thoughts regarding this or any articles pencil-pointing, but this brings us to the dangers appearing in The Island Moon are greatly are pretty and they don’t know about the risks that you are entitled to know about before you or are are willing to accept the risks. Others appreciated. Thank you for reading and grab that chain saw. commenting on Senior Moments. I can be see the risks as outweighing any perceived reached at: [email protected] and/or Land One of the major concerns is that tree trimmers aesthetic value. The choice is yours. After all, Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. do not disinfect their equipment between each these are your trees. Your property. Next week tree. That is a like going to the doctor and we will delve into what lurks beneath those Hang in there/Have fun! allowing them to use the same needle on you “Brown Fronds.” Any questions? Contact me at: that they used on all the other patients that day. [email protected] Send letters and photos to [email protected] There is no dispute that contaminated tools May 18, 2017 Island Moon A 7

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It tells you Directions: if it’s ready or not. Rinse potatoes and wrap about 4 at a time in by Melinda Myers discovered when some plants are stressed they aluminum foil produce hundreds of molecules that help them Although June is national rose month, better tolerate environmental stresses as well Dip Corn on the cob in a sink filled with gardeners can keep their roses healthy and as insect and disease attacks. When applied water (prevents burning the leaves) for about blooming all summer long. Through proper to plants in the form of a plant strengthener, 10 minutes, drain for grill. care and a few simple strategies both existing the treated plants improve their own defenses, and new roses can continue to look their best Cut the top off garlic head about an inch, much like immunizations do for us. Gardeners throughout the summer months – maximizing until the interior cloves are partially exposed. will notice less damage from stress, better their beauty and enjoyment for all. Place on a sheet of aluminum foil and drizzle recovery, reduced yellow leaves, and healthier oil over the cloves. Place rosemary on top and Water thoroughly whenever the top few inches plants overall. wrap the foil around the garlic so nothing is of soil are crumbly and moist. Use soaker hoses Proper fertilization will help keep roses healthy exposed. or drip irrigation to apply the water directly to and producing lots of flowers. A soil test is the the soil where it is needed. You’ll lose less water Place these three items on the grill. While best way to determine how much and what type to evaporation and reduce the risk of disease by they are grilling, rinse and drain the chick of fertilizer is best for roses growing in your avoiding overhead irrigation. peas, and cut the onion and place in salad landscape. bowl. Check your plants throughout the season for To check doneness of potatoes, pierce the signs of insects and disease. Early detection potatoes with a knife. When everything is makes control easier. Remove insects or infested cooked, remove the foil from potatoes and plant parts when discovered. Look for the most cut in halves or quarters and add to salad Most backyard get-togethers serve up lengthy eco-friendly control options when intervention bowl. Once the corn is cooled, remove the tables of meat filled platters starting from is needed. husks. Place clean corn and one at a time the infamous patties for burgers to platters of on a cutting board, cut the corn off the cob Enjoy your efforts and improve your roses seasoned steaks, ribs, chops, chicken, fish and lengthwise and put it in the bowl. Add the appearance by harvesting a few rosebuds for the list goes on. However, if planned correctly roasted garlic, after discarding the rosemary. indoor enjoyment. Prune flowering stems back you can use the grill to slow cook rosemary You add the cloves by pressing the garlic to the first 5-leaflet leaf. 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It was the first home run to ever leave the greatest athletic that ever lived. She did it all. Employers Casualty. The second-place team, Wednesday, May 6th 2015. Those three home yard at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Seventeen Do you remember her? If you don’t, you should, the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club, scored 22 runs against the Miami Marlins traveled 404’, others would accomplish the same feat over the so here goes. My thanks to Don Van Natta Jr., points — with 22 athletes. 431’, and 441 feet. The first was hit to left- next 35 years. Ruth left the game after hitting WHO contributed to this article. “Implausible is the adjective that best befits center, the second to straightaway centerfield and the third and longest was hit into the right- Babe Didrikson Zaharias’s Legacy Fades the Babe,” Arthur Daley wrote in The New York Times. field upper deck. It was a monster day for the kid and just one of many to come. He would She went on to Los Angeles for the 1932 go on to hit a total of six home runs in three Olympics and won gold medals in the javelin consecutive games. Harper, known as “Bam- and the 80-meter hurdles and a silver medal Bam,” hit 55 home runs in his first three seasons. in the high jump. Almost overnight, she had Harper is very confident with lots of mustard become the most famous female athlete in the on him and he sports a complicated haircut. world. Bryce may be the closes player we have to a But she had few places to compete. And she modern day Pete Rose. It will be fun to watch had to overcome ridiculers, among them high- him progress. Harper’s exploits reminded me Bryce Harper society Texas women who wondered whether of another day in May, when the “Colossus of she was a she, a he or an ‘it’. They whispered Clout” set the record that would last a lifetime. his third home run in the seventh inning. The she was a lesbian obsessed with athletic only access at Forbes Field for both teams’ competition to compensate for her failure in The Babe locker rooms was through the Pirates’ dugout. “the sport of man-snatching.” Ruth was said to have stopped and sat down on the Pirates’ bench next to Mace Brown, where Within five months of her Olympic success, he said, “Boy, that last one felt good.” The Didrikson, needing a job during the Depression, third home run was estimated to have traveled performed vaudeville on Chicago’s Palace over 600 feet, but it was impossible to verify. Theater stage, then played baseball riding Eyewitnesses said the ball struck the roof a donkey around the base paths with the of a house located at 334 Joncaire Street and barnstorming House of David team in small bounced over to Bouquet Street where a kid towns and villages across the country. Mildred Ella Babe Didrikson Zaharias has, in named Henry DeOrio retrieved the ball. That many ways, become America’s all-but-forgotten It was not until Didrikson took up golf that she ball was later donated to the National-Baseball- sports superstar. And nowhere is Didrikson’s began to transform her image and personality. Museum Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New faded sporting legacy felt more powerfully than She embraced golf in part to try to conform, York, by DeOrio. I was able to see this ball in her hometown, where she hopped hedges somewhat, to America’s expectations of how on my two separate visits to the Baseball Hall along Doucette Street and learned how to play a female athlete should look and act in the of Fame. Ruth walked by himself back to the golf at Beaumont Country Club. 1930s. She bought a new wardrobe and applied Schenley Hotel in Pittsburgh. We now know lipstick. Some writers still ridiculed her looks. that he was contemplating retiring at this time. Off Interstate 10, a modest, circular brick (“I know I’m not pretty, but I try to be graceful,” Despite Ruth’s slugging performance, the museum, built in 1976 as a tribute to Babe, is she said.) And in December 1938, she married Braves lost to the Pirates, 11 to 7. Five days easy to miss. Its smudged glass cases are stocked George Zaharias, a professional wrestler. He later, after returning to Boston and meeting with with the loot collected during Didrikson’s helped sell her makeover to the news media and management, Ruth retired for good as the all- fabulous sporting life: the medals, trophies, golf to the public. time home-run leader. Babe’s record would clubs and get-well telegrams and letters, from stand until Hank Aaron hit #715 in 1974. Hank housewives and schoolchildren, prime ministers Golf was the toughest game for Didrikson, but would finish his career with 755 home runs. and presidents, now yellowed and fading. It is she mastered it by practicing for 10 hours a day Babe Ruth open every day except Christmas. Ruth had joined the Braves with a promise that he would be the assistant manager to manager On a good day, the museum attracts a handful On May 25, 1935 (82 years ago), another Bill McKechnie, who had also managed the of visitors. On many days, though, no one steps fellow hit three home runs in three consecutive Pirates in the 1925 World Series. Ruth had been inside. at-bats for the last time in his career. His name to Pittsburgh only one previous time, when the At a local awards for gifted high school was George Herman “Babe” Ruth. Ruth, no Yankees swept the Pirates in the 1927 World golfers, only two winners said they had visited longer a Yankee, had joined the Boston Braves Series. Ruth eventually begin to see the real Babe Didrikson’s museum. Even in her own truth to his signing, as his fame was being used backyard, the young golfers now prowling the to enhance the gate receipts, and the Braves had courses where Didrikson learned the game no intention of replacing McKechnie with him. barely know her name. Most of you know that Barry Bonds of the “Every time I tell her story, people have trouble San Francisco Giants has passed both Ruth and believing everything she was able to do during Aaron in career home runs, with 762. With her life,” said Beaumont’s mayor pro tem, W. young superstars like Bryce Harper, Albert L. Pate Jr., the president of the Babe Didrikson Pujols, Mike Trout and Giancarlo Stanton, is the Zaharias Foundation. “And she did so much in record safe? Only time will tell. But on next so little time.” Monday, May 29, 2017 Memorial Day, take a Didrikson died of cancer at 45 on Sept. 27, minute to remember this day in baseball history 1956, and she was buried in Beaumont, at the Babe Ruth autograph when “The Babe” decided 714 was enough. Forest Lawn Cemetery. On a memorial near Andy Purvis is a local author and radio her burial site, there is the old Grantland Rice of the National League. They were finishing personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. up a three-game series with the Pirates of line about how winning and losing are not what Didrikson Pitching For New Orleans of com for all the latest info on his books or to matters but rather how one played the game. It Pittsburgh, at Forbes Field. Ruth was 41 years listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books is unclear how the lines came to be engraved the Southern Association In 1934. old and hitting .150 at the time. In front of a are available online and can be found in the into the stone. What is clear is Didrikson never crowd of less than 10,000 cranks (fans) that day, local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be subscribed to them. “I don’t see any point in until her hands were bloodied and blistered. Ruth proceeded to hit three home runs. There contacted at [email protected]. Also playing the game if you don’t win,” she often From 1946 to 1947, she won 14 consecutive were no lights in 1935; all games were played in listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q said. “Do you?” But if her name may mean tournaments, including the British Women’s the afternoon. All three home runs were hit to & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com increasingly little to a young generation of Amateur Championship in Gullane, Scotland. right-field. The first home run was hit off Red 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of sports fans, Didrikson, who was born 106 years Lucas and landed in the lower deck. Pitcher the Houston Astros. Perhaps her most lasting legacy is as a founding ago, was perhaps America’s greatest all-around Guy Bush gave up the second home run in the member of the L.P.G.A. The women’s tour was athlete, male or female. created in large part to showcase Didrikson’s No athlete excelled at more sports and games booming drives, soft touch around the greens “Babes on the Bay” This Weekend than Didrikson. She was an all-American and the effortless way she made members of the basketball player, a two-time Olympic track and gallery laugh and cheer. “I just loosen my girdle Largest Women Anglers tournament in the U.S. field gold medalist and a golf champion who and let the ball have it,” she liked to say. On Friday and Saturday, May 19- 20, Aransas from fishing rods to jewelry. won 82 tournaments, including an astonishing Tournament organizers paid her $1,000 under Bay will be filled with women! They will be The kick-off for Babes on the Bay will be held 14 in a row. One of the 13 founding members the table just to show up; it did not take long for arriving for the annual Jim Ehman Memorial at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 19, at the Fulton Harbor of the L.P.G.A., Didrikson became the first other female golfers to become envious of her “Babes on the Bay” fishing tournament. Park with a mandatory Captains Meeting at 8 woman to play against men in a PGA Tour stardom. But they also knew it was Didrikson p.m. The fishing tournament officially begins at event and the first American to win the British The tournament, which originally started at whom the people were coming to see. Fulton Harbor, but later moved to Rockport, sunrise on Saturday, May 20. Weigh-in for the Women’s Amateur Championship. She was also event will be from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Fulton “Babe was an entertainer,” said Marilynn has returned to its original starting point at an outstanding baseball, softball, tennis and Park grounds. 1st - 5th place prizes will be given Smith, a Kansas pro and L.P.G.A. founding Fulton Harbor for 2017. The tournament has billiards player, diver and bowler. for five divisions. The divisions are as follows: member, who won 21 tour events in her career. been going strong since the year 2000. The At 13 she was just a poor, foul-mouthed Team with a professional guide (any bait); Team “She knew you’re not just out there hitting a tournament is the largest one day unrestricted Beaumont girl who preferred to play baseball with a Professional Guide (artificial only); team golf ball.” fishing tournament in the United States, and basketball with the boys because they were bringing in around 1,300 ladies, of all ages as with Non-Professional Guide (any bait); Team better athletes than the girls. Didrikson received a diagnosis of rectal cancer participants. The ladies who fish the tournament with Non-Professional Guide (artificial only); in April 1953. Doctors told reporters she would and Babe-ette Division (ages 16 and under). A brash, tough-talking Texan who spent range from elementary school students to great- never play professional golf again. She tried to 1st -5th places will be awarded for the first four her life hurdling obstacles placed in her way grandmothers. If the fishing tournament itself give her clubs to a friend, but soon she vowed divisions with additional prizes for Babe-ette by chauvinistic sports fans, sexist reporters is not unique enough, the team names certainly publicly that she would come back to play Division. Additional prizes given for heaviest and class-conscious golfers, Didrikson often are: Nauti-Tails, Reel Ladies, Bayboy Bunnies, tournament golf and win. fish in 4 categories. Awards will be presented showed up in the clubhouse before a tournament Outa Line, Playing Hookies, and Anglers at approximately 6 p.m., following the weigh-in and bellowed to her female competitors: “The Fifteen months after a colostomy, she won the without Danglers…just to name a few. Along on Saturday. For more information, visit www. Babe’s here! Who is going to finish second?” United States Women’s Open at Salem Country with the fishing tournament, the event also Club in Peabody, Mass., by an amazing 12 features a Food Vendors Court and a Babes babesonthebay.com , call 361-386-0028. or Perhaps Didrikson’s most spectacular athletic strokes. Afterward, she shared her victory with Shopping Mall where vendors sell everything email [email protected] achievement occurred at the amateur track and her doctors and the thousands of cancer patients field championships in Evanston, Ill., on July who had written to her and rooted for her. 16, 1932. She was the lone representative of Employers Casualty Insurance Company of Didrikson became a tireless crusader against Dallas, competing against company teams of cancer. She spoke openly about her illness in an 12, 15, even 22 women. When Didrikson was era when public figures preferred to keep theirs introduced, she ran onto the field by herself, a secret. her arms waving wildly. 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The deeper water will help hide your presence as well as keep for quite some time. Back watched lots and lots of dolphins. Mostly, about to explode! Just in time, when I used to be cool and fish a lot, I would they’re too busy with “dolphin-stuff” to really our fishing is about as good as bait and gamefish moving with some tidal flow. The open flats get too calm and still at times fish all over the place. So we biddy-bopped up pay too much attention. Sometimes one would it gets! There is just too many things to do that the channel and set down right in the middle of get curious and come by and give us a roll to put are in prime time. Live bait summer croaker and it makes it next to impossible to catch more than one fish per spot. When it’s dead calm GO the hole. I kind of wondered why we were the an eyeball on us for a few fleeting seconds. The DEEP! only folks up there, and then suddenly I heard dolphin in Deadman’s is anything but typical. the reason; a bottle nose dolphin right behind He will watch you very carefully each and Trying to get out on some of these busy the boat. every time he comes up. It’s curious behavior. mornings can be difficult. Many of the best guides and fishing spots have been taken. The In addition, I’ve never had a pressure loosens up and the bite turns on in dolphin follow me into such the afternoon! With the days getting longer shallow water before, he followed and longer there are two times that offer an us as we drifted from the hole up uncrowded opportunity to get some great fishing onto the shallow, gin-clear flats! in. Most of the boats head towards the dock by I’ve rarely witnessed that. His 1-2pm. That’s just when the winds start to pick up behavior is something different, for and oxygenate the water, the sun casts shadows sure. 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They were pretty goofy season just took off with limits of trout even on action before looking trying to stand up there in the slowest days. At the same time fishing with and after the the wind, but they managed and it lures has been out of sight! The water quality peak high was good entertainment. in the Lagoon and Baffin is great this year, and low tide. even when it’s windy. Sight casting for redfish The redfish Well folks, Memorial Day is in the extreme shallows has been consistent in certainly come Mr Don Wilkey spent most right around the corner, and the between the biggest tides, finding us stalking out to play of his years raising hell White Ibis on a power line hooligans are about to be out of the shorelines. For those who love using later in the and a family here in Flour school. Time to supply up and nail live shrimp the Baffin area is still hot for the day! With the Bluff and on the Island. There’s been a dolphin stuck in Deadman’s down anything that isn’t nailed down. 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1 of 1 1 of 1 5/16/2017 3:37 PM 5/16/2017 3:39 PM May 18, 2017 Island Moon A 13 State Senate Unanimously Approves STATE Sandra Bland Act Jail officers would be better trained on how • SB 1101 by Plano Senator Van Taylor, which to deal with possible mental health issues would allow doctors to write prescriptions for National Stroke in newly incarcerated individuals under a epinephrine auto-injectors to be kept in stock at bill approved unanimously by the Senate on child day care centers. This extends a 2015 law Thursday. The bill is intended to improve the that gave the same ability to public schools. Awareness Month treatment of people with mental illness and to • SB 1443 by Conroe Senator Brandon By Todd Hunter, District 32 prevent people from harming themselves after or bill number in the top-middle section of this Creighton, would require that Lone Star cards Since 1989, the United being booked into a county jail. The Senate page. The left of the page has several links display a photo of the beneficiary, in an effort States (US) Congress designates the month of Criminal Justice Committee looked at the issue that will connect you to the Texas House of to combat fraud. May as American Stroke Month. Throughout the after the high-profile death of Sandra Bland by Representatives homepage (http://www.house. month, communities and organizations strive to apparent suicide after spending three days in a • SB 1942 by Mineola Senator Bryan Hughes, state.tx.us/) and to the Texas Senate homepage increase awareness and education of the types, cell in 2015 and found that 26 people took their would allow public school teachers with (http://www.senate.texas.gov/). prevention methods, warning signs, effects or own lives in county jails in 2016. Committee licenses-to-carry to store their guns in their cars risks, and treatments of strokes. The American To receive alerts of bills that interest you, please chair and bill author Senator John Whitmire while parked on school grounds, provided the Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke visit http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/MyTLO/ of Houston said when the government arrests weapons remain out of sight and in a locked car Association (ASA) work diligently to bring Login/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMyTLO% someone, they must protect them. “When or compartment. attention to this preventable medical condition 2fAlerts%2fBills.aspx. You can create a free you deny someone their liberty, you have a • SB 2094 by Edgewood Senator Bob Hall, that affects millions of Americans annually. account by clicking on “New User” underneath responsibility to provide for the safety and which would create a grant program to help the password box. Once you’ve created your welfare of that person,” he said. counties pay for overtime and other expenses A stroke occurs when blood is unable to flow login, you will see a line full of empty boxes. properly within the brain. When this occurs, His bill, SB 1849, would mandate new training related to sending officers to a four-week ICE Under “bill”, you type in the bill number and brain cells are unable to receive oxygen and for jail officers that would teach them how certification program in South Carolina leave the next box as “any category”. This will begin to die. There are three types of strokes. to recognize signs of possible mental illness send you alerts each time the bill moves through • SB 195 by Houston Senator Sylvia Garcia, The most common form is ischemic strokes, or substance abuse and ways to de-escalate the legislative process. You can also add notes. would permit school districts to apply for accounting for 87% of all stroke cases. This conflicts with people with these problems. It Finally, select “Add Bill”. additional transportation funding to increase type of stroke occurs due to an obstruction, would also require that a judge be notified of safety for kids that have to walk through high like a clot, within a blood vessel in the brain. If you have questions regarding any of the new inmates with possible mental illness within crime areas on their way to and from school A transient ischemic attack, also known as information mentioned in this week’s article, 12 hours, rather than the current 48 hours, and a “mini” or “warning” stroke, is caused by a please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or require that county jails install cameras where Session ends in just a little over two weeks, temporary obstruction within a blood vessel. District Office. Please always feel free to funding allows. Whitmire believes his bill will and Senate bills leaving the chamber face Hemorrhagic strokes occur when a weakened contact my office if you have any questions save lives. “This is a mental health awareness tight deadlines as they must still go through blood vessel in the brain ruptures. You can or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if and prevention piece of legislation that I think the committee process on the opposite side of find more information on each type of stroke you would like to contact my office regarding will go a long way toward preventing future the Capitol before they make it to the House at https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/types_of_stroke. constituent services. As always, my offices are tragedies due to confinement in our county floor. As time wears on, the Senate’s focus htm. available at any time to assist with questions, jails,” he said. The measure will now head to will likewise be on legislation that has already concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- the House for consideration. passed the House. Session ends on Memorial Recognizing the warning signs of someone 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). Day, May 29th. having a stroke can significantly reduce the As the end of session grows near, the Senate effects or save the individual’s life. The AHA/ - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 has accelerated the rate of bill passage, The Senate reconvened Monday, May 15 at 2 ASA created an easy-to-remember method to approving more than 100 bills in four days this p.m. Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). identity warning signs. If you believe someone week. Some of those include: He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. is having a stroke, remember F.A.S.T.: Face texas.gov or at 512-463-0672 drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 911. It is important to get the The Five Seconds That Can Get a Boater individual medical help as fast as possible. The AHA/ASA note that it is helpful to inform the medical staff of when the Police Blotter Into Trouble symptoms first appeared. To learn more about Island Police Calls F.A.S.T., visit http://www.strokeassociation. Beach Access Road 3 4 p.m. May 13 ‘If you’re texting from the helm, you’re likely not org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/ Driving while license suspended AmericanStrokeMonth/FASTVideo/2017- FAST-Video-and-Treatment_UCM_493177_ 14000 block SPID 11 p.m. May 12 helming the boat’ Article.jsp#.WRoL4VUrJ1s. Driving while license suspended The National Highway Traffic Safety texting from the helm, you’re likely not helming The effects of a stroke depend on the area of 14300 block SPID Midnight May 14 Commission says that sending or reading a text the boat.” the brain that was not getting blood and the Public intoxication/DWI takes your eyes off the road for five seconds. The stress of it all: Adding to the challenge amount of time the blood flow was hindered. 100 block Zahn Road 7 a.m. May 12 On waterways across the country, recreational and unlike automobiles, says Sensenbrenner, is If the back of the brain is affected, the stroke Burglary of a motor vehicle boaters know that five seconds is a world of time boating’s unique stressors of sun, glare, wind, will negatively affect the person’s vision. If to get into trouble. Unlike driving on a road, the right side of the brain is affected, the left 100 block Zahn Road 7 a.m. May 12 waves and vibration. Research shows that hours Burglary of a motor vehicle boats can approach from any direction, come of exposure to these boating stressors produces side of the body will experience paralysis. in all shapes and sizes and move at different a kind of a fatigue, or “boater’s hypnosis” which Other functions that are affected include the 11500 block Gulf Beach Access 5 p.m. speeds. As part of National Safe Boating Week slows reaction time almost as much as if you individual’s ability to see and/or result in a May 14 Assault with injury (May 20–26), the BoatUS Foundation urges quick, inquisitive behavioral style. If the left were legally drunk. Adding alcohol multiplies 15200 block Leeward 9 p.m. May 11 boaters who bring smartphones aboard to be side of the brain is affected, then the right the accident risk. Assault side of the body may experience paralysis. 4 tips to improve situational awareness: Cell The person may experience problems in their 15400 block SPID 4 p.m. May 11 phones, alcohol and other factors can hinder ability to communicate or speak and/or result Violation of court order knowing what’s going on around you, or your in a slow, cautious behavioral style. Memory “situational awareness.” Sensenbrenner says 15300 block Cruiser 4 p.m. May 10 loss can occur in stroke cases, as well. You can Overdose boaters can always improve their situational find more information on the effects of a stroke awareness by: 1. not texting while driving, 2. on a brain at http://www.strokeassociation.org/ 15300 block SPID 10 p.m. May 9 Illegal slowing down, 3. posting extra lookouts, and STROKEORG/AboutStroke/EffectsofStroke/ dumping 4. waiting for your safe return ashore before ATouroftheBrain/A-Tour-of-the-Brain_ 15800 block SPID 6 p.m. May 14 Illegal enjoying alcohol. UCM_310943_Article.jsp#.WRoLSFUrJ1s. dumping If you’d like to learn more about safe, smart Strokes used to be the fourth leading cause of 13800 block Mizzen 1 p.m. May 11 Theft and clean boating, go to BoatUS.org. death, but is now ranked fifth! According to the under $100 AHA/ASA, the higher survival rates are a result of advances in medical treatments for strokes. 14700 block Aquarius Midnight May 15 Go on Patrol The ability to get an individual the right care Hit and Run quickly can save their life and quality of life. with Texas Game The types of treatments available depend on the type of stroke. In the event of a ischemic stroke, the treatment goal is to bust or remove the clot. Wardens to Promote For a hemorrhagic stroke, the treatment goal is to stop the bleeding within the brain. More Boating Safety information on how these goals are met can be found at http://www.strokeassociation.org/ before Memorial STROKEORG/AboutStroke/Treatment/Stroke- Treatment_UCM_492017_SubHomePage.jsp. Day According to the National Stroke Association, up to 80% of strokes are preventable. Knowing In 2016, Texas game wardens responded to 35 the risk factors for stroke is the first step in aware of the risk of distracted boating. boating related fatalities, 182 boating accidents preventing a stroke. The leading risk factor Good news/bad news: “Cellphones are the and 105 boating related injuries. With many that causes strokes is high blood pressure. primary communication device for many boaters expected out on the water this Memorial High cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, excess boaters,” said BoatUS Foundation Assistant Day, game wardens are stressing boating safety alcohol consumption, and tobacco use are also Director of Boating Safety Ted Sensenbrenner. ahead of the busy holiday weekend to help keep significant risk factors that lead to strokes. Each “So while they’re important to all of us, we Texans safe on the water. of these risk factors are reversible through proper have to know how to use them wisely. If you’re To assist in promoting this important message, nutrition and exercise. You can find helpful tips the media is invited to ride along with a on how to decrease your risk of having a stroke game warden at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in at http://brainhealth.strokeassociation.org/. Creating Dreams conjunction with National Safe Boating Week Spreading awareness and educating May 20-26, 2017. During the ride along there communities of strokes will help to reduce the for Island Homeowners will be opportunities to interview the game since 1987 amount of lives claimed by this preventable wardens and view safety checks with boaters on medical condition. The AHA/ASA created • New Homes and off the water. • Remodels the Together or End Stroke initiative. You Where: Aransas Pass, Conn Brown Harbor can find helpful resources and tips on how • Additions (600 W. Cleveland Blvd. Aransas Pass, TX to educate and spread awareness of strokes • Repairs 78336). within your community by visiting http:// • No job too big When: 10 a.m. Thursday, May 25 www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/ or too small AboutStroke/TogethertoEndStroke/Together- Boat space is limited, so RSVPs are required. to-End-Stroke_UCM_448718_SubHomePage. Call 774-7043 for estimate To reserve a ride along with a game warden, call jsp. or email Aubry Buzek by Wednesday, May 24, www.billgoinhomes.com at 512-239-8519 or [email protected]. We are in the final month of the 85th gov Legislative Session. Sine Die, the final day, of this Session is May 29th. Until then, the Legislature will continue to hold hearings over bills in committees and decide matters in the House and Senate Chambers. To look up and/or track legislation that interests you, please visit http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Home.aspx. 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Well, because I am now on project events and/or projects send them along and we For more info please contact Rebecca Robbins have too much time on number 7, and I found this awesome fountain will get them in. 303-434-0947. their hands when they wall for the backyard that my husband and I are Be sure to include a brief description of what Island United Political Action Committee: decide to ‘retire’ to an Island paradise such as going to build on the twelfth of never and I am your organization does and a contact person Maximize representation of Corpus Christi our own. On the other hand, when the clock completely enthralled in that at the moment! for those interested in joining. residents on Padre and Mustang Islands in area keeps ticking, we all too often find that we just government by promoting and supporting, by While I have never been the person who is Send the info to [email protected] and simply don’t have enough time. This is the the endorsement process, proactive and unified aware of having an attention deficit disorder, we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700. lesson I am learning after purchasing a duplex I am totally aware that it might be the case voting in non-partisan races and other issues here on this Island. I seriously have no idea now. I am living in a self-created construction Padre Island Antique Classic Car and referendums put to public vote. Meetings at this point if I am coming or going. I know zone. There is drywall and paint in a corner of Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting one thing for sure, that darn clock and I are not one room, very neatly stacked and tidy, and in 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - going to be very good friends. Apparently, it another corner in the room adjacent to it there Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like 7:00 PM at the Island Time Sushit Bar, contact: hasn’t quite learned the proper definition of are sewing supplies, material, and lighting to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, Nick Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. “Island Time”. fixtures still in the box. I have come to the tours, car shows on and around the Island. com. conclusion that I am one hot mess with too Please contact [email protected] for When I realized all the magic I could do with POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. much time on my hands and a Pintrest account information on the upcoming meeting. Please all my spare time, I was all too eager to jump The Association’s primary responsibility is to that needs to be deleted! I don’t know if I have include your contact information and the type right into project number one. My kitchen maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect a serious problem here or I’m simply just too of car owned. cabinets! They aren’t falling apart, nor are they the annual fees and provide information and excited and passionate about this cute little aesthetically unpleasing, I just wanted a more assistance to property owners. .. Membership duplex. I know one thing for sure, I have got modern look. So, I traveled over to Ace, and Upcoming Activities: in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring picked up some supplies. I got to work right to be stopped! Youth Development Foundation of record legal title to any property within Padre away. Sanding, painting, sanding, sanding and Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna then spackling. Because, once I took those Too much OTB Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Port Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, cabinets off I realized that this was way more At this point I have definitely traveled to the Aransas. For more information please email [email protected]. work than I had thought needed to be done, and dark side. I am making way too many trips [email protected]. it needed to be done right. Boy do the bottom OTB to duplicate the designer looks that I have ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. cupboards look great with their fresh paint and found on Pintrest on a dime. I certainly have Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate new hardware! And then it began. a knack for this. However, I don’t think my every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny with the University of Texas at Austin Marine husband is going to agree when he gets the bank Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation Pintrest rainstorm statement. This is when I get really crafty! After meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM of most species of wildlife in the area with an watching a friend of mine sell things online so and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels emphasis on marine animals. If you find an successfully, I decide I can do the same. I have welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and animal in peril they can help Tony Amos is the all these fixtures and furniture I am not using, Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. Director. 750 Channel View Dr. Port Aransas. so maybe I will just sell that stuff and it will A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, 361 749-6793, 361 442-7638. afamos@mail. pay for at least half of what I am buying, right? materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles utexas.edu. Nope, think again. Selling stuff online is like available at no extra cost. RSVP online. Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi fishing without bait and not wearing sunscreen. [email protected] Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island Nothing worth catching is grabbing that hook, Padre Island Yacht Club (PIYC) – is ladies got together under a Palapa and founded and you’re definitely getting burned! welcoming new members. We have boat slips the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only I have certainly learned to take on projects with available now for members. Contact Ignacio rule is that there are no rules! We are all about less expectations. I have learned that if I am De Lenda at [email protected] for slip rental fun and friendship. We meet once a month for going to take something apart, I know that it’s information. Padre Island Yacht Club members lunch and various fun outings from cupcake going to entail taking apart at least three more enjoy small and large boat Cruises, small making to CPR. things and then putting them back together boat Poker Runs, Cruises to area restaurants, ISLAND ROVERS: Walks every Saturday again. I’ve also learned that a margarita at the Progressive Dinners, 4th of July Fireworks 3 miles or less along the beach, depending on Dragonfly can go a long way when you feel up close, extended boat cruises to Palacios, peoples fitness and desires. When: Saturday, overwhelmed and you need to run away from TX, South Padre Island, Ingleside, Rockport, at 9am at the Padre Balli Park Office South the case of the whoopsies. I have successfully Fulton, and other areas. Please come, join us! of Encantada, in the parking lot between I found myself smack dab in a whirlpool of completed 5 out of nine projects as of today, Contact James Thompson, Rear Commodore a Pintrest rainstorm. I had pinned about 40 the office and the RV park. No competition, and I am just fine with that. I have discovered in charge of Memberships at, jmtislandtime@ just conversation and healthy fitness. For small projects that I wanted to do knowing that pesky clock on the wall can run a whole gmail.com to attend. good and well that each one I would start would information see the Facebook group “Island lot better on Merlot than it can on batteries, and KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis Rovers” turn into 25 more. I was already on project finally, it now understands “Island Time”. number 6, re-upholstering the dining chairs. meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the is the Island book club. We meet the first BBB offers advice for choosing a child care month. Wednesday of each month at Island Time Sushi Padre Island Rotary Club. Padre Island Rotary Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of arrangement this summer Club. Of the things we think, say, or do…..Is it ladies that like to read, love socializing with the TRUTH?....Is It FAIR to all concerned?... the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join By Kelly Trevino Will it Build GOODWILL and better us we would love to have you! Contact Linda Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau FRIENDSHIPS?....Will it be BENEFICIAL Walsh, [email protected] or 361-445- to all Concerned? If you can meet this 4-way 7999, or just show up! The school year is coming to an end, and sure the bathroom facilities are age-appropriate test the Padre Island Rotary is looking for you! summer is right around the corner. For parents, and that hand-washing stations are accessible Island Emmaus reunion is open to anyone We meet the second and fourth choosing a child care situation can be a for small children. Food prep and serving areas that has been on a Chryslis or Emmaus walk. Thursday of each month at the Veranda difficult decision. One has to consider safety, should be separate and well-marked. Please join us on the 4th Tuesday of the month Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. affordability and convenience to home, work at 6pm at Island in the Son united Methodist •Ask about employees. Ask if background Contact is Linda Walsh, Secretary, lawalshva@ and school. Better Business Bureau serving the church located on hwy 361. For more checks are conducted on all employees and yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. Heart of Texas advises asking a lot of questions information call Eileen Moeller @ 830-708- volunteers. Ask about employee turnover. High and doing some homework before settling on Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a 8367 or [email protected] turnover of full-time staff is a red flag. Make the arrangement that is best for you and your 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 sure employees are CPR and first-aid certified. Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is a local child. p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the If it’s a home-based day care, ask for names of chapter of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc., Veranda at Schlitterbahn. The committee’s Whether you decide to go with a day care friends or family members that regularly visit a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City center, someone who provides day care the home when children are there. is to assist in community and environmental Council on matters pertaining to The Island. services at their home or an in-home provider concerns and provide a variety of social •Find out about policies. Ask what All meetings are open to the public and the like a babysitter or nanny, it’s important to activities for people who are interested in the facility’s policy is for punishment of public is invited to address the committee check licenses, certifications and make sure the music of Jimmy Buffett and the tropical misbehaving students. Punishments should be during the public comment period. background checks are in order. lifestyle he personifies. Founded in 2009, the age-appropriate and non-corporal. Also, get Padre Island Business Association. The club motto is “Partying with a Purpose’’. To join Before you settle on a child care situation, a copy of the payment policy and schedule to association is a not-for-profit organization or ask questions go to portaransasparrotheads. BBB recommends that you: make sure there are not additional fees or late whose primary purpose is to advertise and com or email or call Deno “Moon Dog” penalties. •Check out the business first. Whether you’re promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff Fabrie, President at 361 749 0256 or dfabrie@ looking for a day care center, a home day care •Ask around. Get recommendations from and Corpus Christi while advancing the yahoo.com. or a nanny service, visit bbb.org for a company’s parents in your neighborhood. When visiting interests of the business community. It is The Schliterbahn Women’s Golf Business Review page. It may be a good idea to a facility, ask parents of current students about managed by a 9-member board of directors. association meets every Saturday at 9 AM check with the Texas Department of Family and their experiences there. A membership luncheon is held on the 2nd for a friendly round of golf. All skill levels are Protective Services, the state agency in charge Kelly Trevino is the regional director for Thursday of each month at The Veranda starting welcome. Call Fran more information: 361- of licensing and registering child care facilities the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of 877-2551 in the state, to check a day care’s license Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas. the month. The association annually has two status. You can also see the results of previous The New Neighbors League of Corpus Kelly is available for media interviews and fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the inspections of the facility. fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring. Christi will host its monthly luncheon on May speaking engagements. You can reach her by 18, 2017 at Schlitterbahn, Pour Haus (upstairs •Tour the facility. It should be clean, toys and phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club is 2nd fl.), 14353 Commodores Dr., social equipment should be in good condition, and it corpuschristi.bbb.org. a ladies only social club open to all owners/ begins at 10:45am, with the luncheon to begin should feel age-appropriate for your child. Make residents of North Padre. We hope to enrich at 11:15. Adriana Martinez, Development our members through social activities and Coordinator from the YWCA Corpus Christi community involvement. We have monthly will be our speaker. luncheons (2nd Friday) along with groups of bunco, bridge, spades, craft club and book The New Neighbors League is a women’s clubs. We also have social events throughout social organization open to women of the the year including a monthly “Happy Hour” coastal bend. Guests and prospective members where the guys join in. We enjoy raising are invited to attend. For reservations or money for scholarships for local graduating information, contacted us at ccnewneighbors@ gmail.com. 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If you would like to volunteer to 42,000 Notices between now and the middle of Supporting local organizations that help service, and the outdoors because of their be on the new board please contact Jan Rankin June. In the event the Notice of Appraised Value children is what Kiwanis International is all participant in Boy Scouts. Many Island boys at [email protected] or call 361-949- was not received contact the Taxpayer Liaison about and last week the local Kiwanis Club became more confident and skilled young 7700 with your contact information. We will Officer at PH 361 696-7683. of Padre Island gave its support to two local men because of the Boy Scouts and several have a meeting to assemble the new board If there is a disagreement with property value organizations in the form of $500 donations. completed their Eagle Scout Project. and share ideas about how best to move the or exemptions, the first action of a property Children’s Advocacy Center of the Supporting local Troop 949 the Kiwanis Club park forward in early May. Any time you can owner is to file the Notice of Protest that was of Padre Island again this year, donated $500 to contribute would be much appreciated. included in the Notice of Appraised Value. Coastal Bend go towards various expenses, including camp- Next, gather evidence to support an exemption, The Children’s Advocacy Center of the Coastal outs. a closing statement on the property, pictures of May 10-24 Bend (CACCB) was extremely pleased with Garrett Dorsey, Troop 949 Scout Master conditions of the property, bid for repairs and/ the donation from the Island club as CACCB commented, “The generous donation from or current sales of like properties to support Community Education Specialist Cassandra the Kiwanis will help support Troop 949 with your position. It is strongly recommended to Hinojosa stated, “Thank you Kiwanis Club of events like their upcoming camp at Lost Pines Dine Island contact an appraiser as soon as possible at the Padre Island for your commitment to supporting Boy Scout Camp in June.” The second annual Dine Island Restaurant Nueces County Appraisal District located at the children of our community. We very much Week will take place May 10-24. Participating 201 N Chaparral, PH 361 881-9978. appreciate your generous $500 donation to the Continuing, Dorsey emphasized “One of the missions of the Boy Scouts of America Island restaurants will offer special fixed-price Upon receipt CACCB.” is to serve others. Just like the Kiwanis, the menus to encourage diners from all over the of a protest the Island boy Scout Troop 949 helps to support city to visit Island restaurants with the proceeds Nueces County community events like Barefoot Mardi Gras, going to help the Corpus Christi Food Bank. Appraisal Review the Texas GLO Adopt-A-Beach and Sand Board (ARB) will Padre Island announces its second annual Castle 5K Run & Walk where they serve the schedule a date and Restaurant Week-type event: a unique three- community by helping with beach clean-up time for a hearing. course dining experience at a value price, island after the events.” style. From May 10-24, people from all over If there is a signed Corpus Christi are invited and encouraged to try agreement of value John Vaughn, President of the Kiwanis Club out special fixed-price menus at participating with the Appraisal of Padre Island, along with Kiwanian MayBeth Island Restaurants, while helping out the District appraiser Cristensen presented the checks to each of the Corpus Christi Food Bank. there will not be a organizations. After giving the check to Troop requirement to meet 949 Vaughn stated, “It was an honor tonight to Paticipating restaurants are Dragonfly, Chief appraiser the scheduled ARB Boy Scout Troop 949 receives a 500 donate funds to help with their expenses. Troop Costa Sur, Angry Marlin, Island Time Sushi, Ramiro “Ronnie” hearing. The ARB donation from the Kiwanis Club of Padre 949 is building leaders for the future of our Padre Pizza, Holiday Inn, Veranda, SurfSide Canales is an independent, Island that will help the troop with their community and our country. I am proud of these Sandwich, Mikel May’s, A La Mode Gelateria, impartial group of big camp-out. Photo by Brent Rourk Scout leaders and the results they attain.” and Island Joes. For info contact: Debbie Noble Nueces County citizens appointed by the local at 410-271-1167 or at [email protected]. Administrative District Judge to resolve disputes Advocating for children, the CACCB is a Raising Money for Children’s Causes between taxpayers and the Appraisal District. collaboration of local agencies that investigate Under certain circumstances a postponement and treat child victims of sexual and physical of the hearing can be made to a later date. If abuse. They also prosecute perpetrators. Mobile Property a taxpayer does not wish to attend the ARB Included in CACCB’s partner agencies include hearing in person, the law allows the evidence all police departments in the Coastal Ben, Appraisals for be submitted in the form of an affidavit that is therapists in the Coastal bend, Nueces County available at the Appraisal District. The affidavit Sheriff’s Department, Nueces County District must be signed by a Notary Public or an officer Attorney’s Office, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, authorized to administer oaths and state if the Corpus Christi Police Department, and the Island Residents Kiwanis Club of Padre Island members The Nueces County Appraisal District (NCAD,) taxpayer will or will not attend the ARB hearing. Texas Department of Family and Protective will offer an opportunity for all property owners The affidavit does not waive the right to appear Services (all counties in the Coastal Bend,) present a 500 donation to Cassandra in person for the hearing. The affidavit must Hinojosa of CACCB to further their to discuss their property value matters without Child abuse is a global issue, sadly leaving its be submitted with the evidence to the Nueces mission of assisting children in the the need to travel by bringing mobile offices catastrophic marks locally. In 2015 CACCB County ARB at 201 N Chaparral, Corpus to Flour Bluff and provided the following services: 1705 Forensic Coastal Bend Christi, Texas 78401 before the scheduled ARB Port Aransas. Interviews, 333 children referred for a SANE hearing. The evidence for an ARB hearing is the Funds earned during BINGO at the BEACH Exam, 354 cases referred to counseling, 885 Then on Saturday, same as listed in the above paragraph. help finance the donations that Kiwanis gives families received services, 1380 follow-ups, May 20th from to local organizations. Vaughn added, “The Upon completion of ARB Hearing, a 534 cases in which Justice Support Advocacy 8:30AM to Kiwanis Club of Padre Island is very thankful to 3:30PM, the mobile Determination Order stating the results of the was provided. hearing will be provided to the taxpayer. If our support of BINGO, allowing us to support offices will be at For more information about CACCB and the taxpayer is not satisfied with the results of groups working with children.” Ancel R. Brundrett their vital role in the community see www. the Determination Order an additional appeal Look for Kiwanis Club of Padre Island to Middle School coastalbendcac.org. Gym located at 100 Station St. in Port Aransas, can be made by binding arbitration or District continue throughout the year to support other Texas. Court. Instruction on appeal will be provided Island Boy Scout Troop 949 Coastal Bend organizations that directly with the Determination order. For additional support children’s needs. Last year, Kiwanis Nueces County property owners with limited information, contact the Taxpayer Liaison Helping teach and raise fine young locals made donations to 7 local organizations and mobility will now be able to handle their Officer on the third floor of the Appraisal on the Island for years, leaders from Boy also sponsored Breakfast with Santa and co- property value matters at one of these mobile District, by phone (361 696-7683) or by Email Scout Troop 949 have continued to broaden sponsored the Easter Egg Hunt on the Island. offices during the month of May. ([email protected]). and enrich the lives of boys who become tomorrow’s outstanding leaders. Preparing boys The Kiwanis Club of Padre Island consists for life, Boy Scouts provides programs that of a diverse group of Islanders who wish to build character, trains in the responsibilities of make a difference in the lives of children. positive, proactive, participating citizenship, If you are interested joining this service and develops personal fitness. minded organization, contact John Vaughn at [email protected] or call John at 361-779- For years, Island boys have learned more about 0477.

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Member SIPC Texas Drilling Permits and Completions May 18, 2017 Island Moon A 16 Statistics for April 2017 Sandcastle Run Helps Kids Go to Camp Texas Drilling Permits and Completions The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 909 original drilling permits in April 2017 comparedStatistics to 683 in April 2016. for The April April total included 2017 821 permits to drill new Theoil or gasRailroad wells, nineCommission to re-enter plugged of wellTexas bores andIn 79April for re2017,-completions Commission of existing staff well processed (Commission)bores. The breakdown issued aof totalwell typesof 909 for thoseoriginal permits 439 issued oil, April 44 gas,2017 45included injection 223 oil,and 55 two gas, other drilling576 oil permitsor gas, 36 in injection, April 2017one service compared and 18 to other completions permits. compared to 873 oil, 120 gas, 49 683 in April 2016. The April total included injection and five other completions in April In April 2017, Commission staff processed 439 oil, 44 gas, 45 injection and two other 821 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, nine 2016. Total well completions processed for completions compared to 873 oil, 120 gas, 49 injection and five other completions in April 2016. to re-enter plugged well bores and 79 for 2017 year to date are 2,455; down from 4,499 Total well completions processed for 2017 year to daterecorded are 2,455; during dow then from same 4,499 period recorded in 2016. re-completionsduring the same of period existing in 2016. well bores. The breakdown of well types for those permits According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig issuedAccording April to2017 Baker included Hughes 223 Inc., oil, the 55 Texas gas, rig576 count count as of asMay of 5 May was 443,5 was representing 443, representing about 50 about oilpercent or gas, of 36 all injection, active rigs one in servicethe United and States. 18 other 50 percent of all active rigs in the United States. permits.

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PERMITS TO DRILL OIL GAS DISTRICT OIL/GAS HOLES COMPLETIONS COMPLETIONS (1) SAN ANTONIO 183 54 13 AREA (2) REFUGIO AREA 60 46 3 (3) SOUTHEAST 43 12 2 TEXAS (4) DEEP SOUTH 24 9 8 TEXAS (5) EAST CENTRAL 8 6 0 TX (6) EAST TEXAS 28 6 0 (7B) WEST 23 15 3 CENTRAL TX (7C) SAN ANGELO 51 51 0 AREA (8) MIDLAND 401 185 11 (8A) LUBBOCK 34 23 0 AREA (9) NORTH TEXAS 29 19 3 (10) PANHANDLE 25 13 1 TOTAL 909 439 44

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The second annual Sandcastle Run sponsored in part by Brent Chesney to benefit children with Diabetes was held on Saturday May 13 at Bob Hall Pier. Children with Diabetes do not have the opportunity to go to traditional summer camps. So Camp Sandcastle in Rockport provides them that opportunity. Were it not for the proceeds from this run many children would be left behind. The expenses for this race are covered so every dollar raised stays right here in the Coastal Bend and helps our children with Diabetes. Build a Better World 2017 Summer Reading Program Readers ages four through The summer reading program coordinator will nine will explore new ways be Angelina Dichiera. to reuse and recycle as Ellis The program will be held Wednesdays from 3 – The Flour Bluff Jazz Band (with band director Mr. Lara) performed. And visitors to Memorial Library presents 4 p.m. on June 7, June 14, June 21, June 28, July Schlitterbahn enjoyed the two new open features: The Padre Plunge and Standing in the “Build a Better World” 19, and July 26 at the Port Aransas Community Splash Zone next to the Padre Plunge. during our summer Center located at 430 N. Alister. library program. Activities will include Registration begins May 1, 2017 at the Library robotic hand creation, located at 700 W. Avenue A. TheThe BestBest PizzeriaPizzeria inin crafts, build-it-yourself For more information, you may call the library projects, reading, story at 361-749-4116. the Coastal Bend time, and more. the Coastal Bend All programs are free of charge. NowNow ServingServing One Bite and You’re Hooked! PizzaPizza ByBy TheThe Wednesdays Prime Rib Slice!Slice! 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang will play Giggity’s on Saturday. May June18, 2017 2, 2016 Island Moon AA18 18 ThreeThree Chords Chords and theand theTruth Truth Scarecrow People, will play the Back Porch, the Free Beer Band plays the Thursday Coming this weekend… ByBy Ronnie Ronnie Narmour Narmour previously released “The A to Z Book of residencyDO at Giggity’sNOT MISSand Zane LIST Williams and Birds.” Both are beginners guides and are Bri Bagwell are at Brewster Street. For my Also on Thursday, Ty Dietz and Tony [email protected]@gmail.com Billy Bacon & the Fobidden Pigs… illustrated by the artist. His next book, money, the Back Porch has it this weekend. Saracene are at Shorty’s and Cody 2Saddlend Annual up… Kiwi They’veHere’s agot blast the from nicest the guy past. in Tonight,country music, Canada plus Blue Water Highway “The A to Z of Wildflowers” comes out Thursday June 2nd, the great rockabilly I went for mom butBerryman stayed for Memorialthe music. Being Pub are at Brewster Street. On Friday, Sting this fall. Earney has also written 2 murder monster Billy Bacon and the Forbidden that it was Mother’s Day Weekend,Crawl… I jumped at mysteries, a novella and has an extensive reincarnate, Scarecrow People are at the the chance to head up tond central Texas, see the The 2 Annual Kiwi body of fine art which can be viewed at Back Porch, Ruben and the Rolling fam and catch some music… which is exactly J’s will bring their folk and classic rock what I did. So, I dugBerryman out my trusty Memorial passport Pub and www.earneyworks.com, fineartamerica. Crawl will be held on Thursday, June 30 com or the home gallery of Carol Elliott. to Giggity’s, the Rasta Cowboy Billy starting at the Gaff at 5:30 The late Kiwi Snipes is at the Gaff and local cowgirl Capt. Chester is back in town… Trop-rock faves Triggerfish will have Berryman was from New Zealand and Melissa Brooke is at Treasure Island. On Old islander, Captain Chester Rudor, their CD Release party at Giggity’s was a beloved member of our community. At the Continental Club in Austin with Red Saturday,this Saturday country from crooner 4-8. Photo Todd byDorn Miles He could be found everyday at the Gaff is back inVolkaert town from and his Steve winter Dean home and the Sea Drifters get their boot scoot in Key West. Chester has the Stray Cat Merwin. at his special seat at the founder of the Texas Dance Hall Preservation on at Giggity’s, the powerhouse blues of sailing charter at the Island Moorings Mr. Holler and a Swaller, Thomas Michael bar, always on his laptop. and the author of his 2015 publication, Historic Riley (Fredericksburg, TX) will play Friday If you wanted to know Texas Dance Halls. He owned a historic dive and the original Rockabilly Filly, Rosie Flores, anything about anything, bar on S. Congress in the early 80’s called the will play on Saturday. I first saw Rosie at Austex Lounge. He’s also a train robber and you asked Kiwi. He was Slim’s in San Francisco at a show she opened Mothers Day 2017 a horse thief and I’d take a bullet for him. If for Rodney Crowell. Also on Friday, Dennis the most informed fellow I you get a chance, check out Steve’s article in Quaid and the Sharks will play Brewster. I jumped the ditch. everI can knew.make it I to have Bastrop a special in just the April edition of Living Blues called Live in may have to make that one, just for curiosity under three hoursplace and thein mytrip heartis really for nice.Kiwi. I ’75 about the early days of Austin blues. It’s sake. On Saturday, Island trop-rock heroes, love going throughWhen those greatI first old got historic down Texas articulate, concise and spot on. Triggerfish, will have their CD release party towns: Refugio, Goliad,here and Gonzales, was living Cuero… on it’s Thomas Michael Riley will play the Back from 4-8 at Giggity’s. They will play a set at a very cool way to spend three hours. And , my Porch on Friday. 4:00 and then move it back to the Tiki Room family lives on thethe Austin beach side in ofmy 71 van in Bastrop and for a meet and greet. Later, the great Toman so with the toll wroteroad, itsmy no column problem “View getting Brothers (San Antonio, TX) will honky tonk downtown in 20 minutesFrom a or Van” so depending about the on the Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs play it up til the wee hours. The brothers Toman, traffic. I am not goingchronicles to whine of abouta fledging the insane the Back Porch tonight. Randy and Rusty, were Gary Stewart’s road Austinbeach trafficbum from or the the insane big city,growth Kiwi of Austinwould this band for many years. Also on Saturday, Eric time. I’m beginning to like it. open the Gaff at seven in the morning and Magnussen will play Shorty’s. Pigs (San Diego, CA) will play the Back always madeEly sure at toAntone’s… let me in and give Captain Chester Rudor is back in Port A Memorial Day Weekend… for a while Porch. I booked Billy many, many times John Cortez will play Shorty’s on me coffee and his friendship. Through at the clubs I ran in San Antonio and Get ready… it’sSaturday almost here.night Watch for Gary the years we became great friends and P. Nunn, Beat Bodega, Somethin’ Silky, will attest, he’s the real deal. He was I miss him dearly. I went on the first and has purchased an even bigger yacht James Little, Ty Dietz, A.F.Y., Larry Joe good friends with the late blues diva, memorial pub crawl with Kip Shannon which he keeps in Key West. His son JohnTaylor, Cortez Passing is atStrangers, Shorty’s PlaceTodd , DornDalton and Candye Kane (also from San Diego) Selfie. That ought to keep you busy for a while. and all the regulars at the Gaff including Charlie Rudor pilots the boat here Domino is at the Back Porch and the Rip Dale Watson played C-Boys on Sunday who was an Antone’s Records artist and Be safe out there. his mother Barbara Creager and a bag and his daughter Ashley Rudor is the Tones will play the Farmer’s Market in a beautiful person. I once saw Kandye pipe player and we marched in to all of hostessS. Congress at the Phoenixon a Sunday Restaurant afternoon. Their … Billish Park. That ought to keep you busy play an entire set topless at the Melo Melo Kiwi’s favorite haunts with great pride. dinner charters to St. Joe are epic. I for♫♪♫ a while. And, that’s the truth ♪♫♪ hadSo, dinnerwe first at Lawent Playa to C-Boy’s with the to familycatch some in Amsterdam. I’ll never forget it. Trust Old islanders may remember Kiwi as the Sunday afternoon Dale Watson for some and think the world of these people and me, this Billy Bacon show is a DO NOT pastry chef at Beaman’s. He was always wangin’ and twangin’. While we was there The Rockabilly Filly, Miss Rosie Flores he has become a cherished addition MISS. Those guys are wild. ♫ ♪ And, that’s the truth ♫ ♪ an early riser. Rest in peace pirate. You are I ran into the Mike Stinson Band who was will play the Back Porch on Saturday. on their way back to Houston, after playing truly missed. to the Key West community. You can contactFredericksburg Chester the at night217-663-3737 before with or country Joe MichaelEly and DavidEarney Holt book at signing…Antone’s last artist, Brian Whelan in tow. Then we went Friday straycatsailingadventures.com. Both The great artist and author, Michael Chester and Charlie are musicians and Earney, is in town for his book signing at will serenade you on the sail. Its great fun My first show wasJoe Ely at Antone’s on Live Music the First Friday event at the Port Aransas Friday night. Joe had his “in the pocket” and I highly recommend it. Art Center on June 3rd from 5:30-7:00. Lubbock crew with him, David Holt (guitar), Scattered shots… DavisMichael McLarty will be (drums), there signing Jimmy his Petit latest (bass). Memorial Day weekend was loaded James Little Band @ Ibook gotta entitled, say, David “The Holt A is to a Zmonster. of Weeds And there Tonight Giggity’s with music and surely kept me jumping. wasand noOther bigger Useful shoes Plants.” to fill than Earney those hasof the late Thursday, June 2 RedHot Giant Attacks @ Shorty’s@ Mikel Jessie “Guitar” Taylor, who played with Ely During the coarse of the weekend I saw BillyThursday, Bacon May & the 18 Forbidden Pigs @ Back Porch The Beyonders @ Executive Surf ClubMays from the start and was born with a guitar in his performances by FreeScarecrow Beer Band People @ @Giggity’s Back Turnpike Troubadours, Old 97’sTy @Brewster Dietz @ Shorty’s Street hand. Jessie was the baddest monster there was, TyPorch Dietz @ Shorty’s JimmyKinda Wilden Smooth @ @Rockits South Aloha Dave and ShaynaFree Beer Sands Band @ @ Vino Mio Deatfest w/ 5 bands @Texas House Ice of HouseRock but Holt’s chops would have made Jessie proud. David Martinez @ Executive Surf Club When David Holt lit into the smokin’ lead riffs the Tourists, Giggity’s Metalachi @ Brewster APEXJerry Ward @ Rockits (5-9) @ Mikel Friday, JuneStreet 10 on Boxcars, I swear he channeled Jessie Taylor. Gary P. Nunn, Cody Canada & the Departed, Blue Water Hyway @ Mays SCARECROW PEOPLE MAY 18 Austin HeatAPEX @ Back @ Rockit’s Porch Joe looked good. I’ve been knowing Joe Earl Larry Joe BrewsterZane Williams, Street Bri Maria WilliamsonRed Tide @ @The It’ll Gaff Do Ely since 1970 and did some hanging with him Taylor, Lyrical EP13.Bagwell, Old Nathan Boy T Bonnes@ House @ of THOMASRock MICHAEL Red Giant @ Giggity’s RILEY MAY 19 Saloon in Lubbock and Austin in the old days. Those Bynge, John Brewster Street TyBreaklights, Dietz @ Shorty’s Johnny shows in Lubbock at Fat Dawgs and The Cotton Friday,Somethin’ June Silky 3 @ Rockit’s ROSIE FLORES MAY 20 Emily Dale @ Sunset Sounds Cortex, Matt Five, Knockouts @ Club probably have a lot to do with me being ScarecrowBattle of the People Bands @ @ Back PorchSELFIE MAY 25 Wino Vino BandHouse @ Vino of RockMio the way I am and the direction I took. Really Hole and the RubenHouse &of theRock Rolling J’s @ GARY P. NUNN MAY 26 Another Level @ Executive Giggity’s powerful. The first time I saw Ely was with Hot Rod Gang, LARRY JOE TAYLOR MAY 27 Saturday,Surf May Club 27 Billy Snipes @ The Gaff Cruise Control @ South the Flatlanders (Butch Hancock, Jimmy I ran into Mike Stinson at the Dale Watson Friday, May 19 Larry Joe Taylor @ That Captain, MelissaThomas BrookeMichael @ Riley Treasure @ 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Texas Ice House Dale Gilmore) at a head shop near Texas Tech show at C-Boy’s in Austin last weekend. Back Porch Billy Snipes and IslandBack Porch Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs June 2 Erotic City-Passing Prince Strangers Tribute @ called Buffalo Beano’s. In my book, he’s simply Edna de la Garza with the great Ray EricFlatbroke Magnusson @ Giggity’s @ Shorty’s Scarecrow People June 3 @BrewsterTreasure StreetIsland the best. So is that band from Lubbock he Lyrical Bynge played Another Level @ Vino Mio James Little @ Rockits down to the Continental Club to meet up with Oddfellas @ Mikel Mays Dalton Domino June 4 A.F.Y. @ Giggity’s holds onto. Those three guys, Holt, Pettit and Wylie Hubbard. BushbullitRed Giant @ Shorty’sExecutive Audic Empire, Bumpin Giggity’s last Friday Captain Legendary June 9 Billy Snipes & the Rasta McLarty are a well honed machine… kind of That’Steve aand lot ofsee Heybale with the incredible SurfDennis Club Quaid & the Sharks UgliesCowboys @ House @ ofShorty’s Rock like reversible jackets. musicRedd Volkaert to kick offon guitar and Earl “Pool” Ball Spazmatics@ Brewster @Brewster Street Austin Heat June 10 Jam Band @ Mikel Mays on keys. Earl toured with Johnny Cash for StreetAnother Level @ Rockit’s Uncle Lucius June 11 Cruise ControlSaturday, @ June Rockit’s 11 the20 yearsseason. Redd and there’splayed plentywith Merle more Haggard on the ClarissaThe Jam Serna, Band @Art It’ll Barrera Do Uncle Lucius @ Back SteveArtist Dean: and author Champion Michael of Texas Earney Dance signs 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Hip Hop Hooray @ way. @Saloon Rockits Porch his new A to Z ofHalls… Weeds and Other Useful for many years and won a 2009 Grammy for Brewster Street Best Country Instrumental Performance. Red Chasca,CC Fridays Migrant @ House Kids, of Red Giant May 19 AustinMotif Heat@ It’ll @ DoGiggity’s Saloon On Sunday,Plants my brother-in-law, at First Friday. Jim, and I plays a Telecaster the way it was designed to be ArcadeRock Hustlers @ House Eric Magnusson May 20 BELTTomar SANDER and the RACES FCs @ of Rock went into town late afternoon to catch a couple played. Man, he’s all over that neck and makes Ty Dietz Band May 26 Vino Mio@ Social The GaffClub Billy Snipes @ Shorty’s of shows on South Congress and hook-up with it look effortless. This is a real deal two stepping Saturday, May 20 Billy Snipes May 27 Battle of the Bands my old friend Steve Dean. Make that StephenGIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Saturday,Rosie Flores June @ 4Back Porch SimonFINAL Snider @ House @ Treasure of Rock country band with no gimmicks and a tow sack Dalton Domino @ Back Stevie Start June 2 Michael Dean. I met Steve when I worked at Toman Brothers @ Island LIVEfull MUSICof pedigree. EVERY NIGHT PorchGiggity’s Independent Thieves June 3 Reno Perez @ Vino Mio the original Antone’s on 6th Street and Steve Ty Dietz June 2 Sunday, May 28 Free Beer Band June 2 ToddTriggerfish Dorn @ CD Giggity’s Release (4- Public Disturbance @ had a rare records store, OK Records, next door. DO NOT MISS LIST Todd Dorn & the Sea IN PORT A Ruben & the Rolling June 3 Right8) @ Giggity’son Red @ Treasure OPENEric Till Magnusson 2am • 823 Tarpon St. PortJune Aransas 3 DriftersExecutive @ Surf Giggity’s Club This was in the mid 70’s. Steve is an amazingTodd Dorn June 4 IslandJohn Eric @ Mikel Mays John Eric @ South Texas Coming this weekend… John Cortez June 4 Selfie @ Shorty’s fellow. He is a Texas historian, a blues historian,Antone & the All Stars June 5 EmilyEric Magnusson Dale @ The @ GaffShorty’s James Little @Ice Treasure House a publishedBuy author 1 Entreeand a champion of TexasOpen JamThursdays w/ Selfie are starting to lookJune up. 6 Tonight, JohnMetal Cortez Shop @Band Brewster @ Red Giant June 9 Sing Along Piano BarIsland @ Thursday the 18th, Police reincarnates, Shorty’s Brewster Street Dance Halls and BBQ Joints. He is the co-Paul Taylor June 7 Street Ty Dietz June 10 Jon Wolfe, Shotgun Rider Rip Tones (4-8) @ Farmers Weezer, Panic at the Disco Get 2nd One Ty Dietz June 8 Another Level @ Rockit’s @ Brewster Street Of Equal or Lesser Value MarketFist Full in of Billish Metal Park @ It’ll Billy SnipesF ull B ar & JuneGrill 11 Johnny@ Concrete Kiser (4-8) Street @ Open 11am-2am Daily. Kitchen open til 1am. 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Matt @ Landing www.dropanchorportaransas.com Tuesday,House June of Rock 14 AntoneTuesday, & May the All 23 Stars @ Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Giggity’sPaul Taylor Band @ OpenWednesday, Mic w/ Rev. May Matt 31 RingsGiggity’s of Saturn, The Martinez @Jimmy House Wilden of Rock @ JET BOAT PORT A Browning,Copernicus Lorna Day 6 Shore PM @ @ Giggity’s House of Rock Wednesday, June 15 ULTIMATE BOAT RIDE The Gaff Open Mic w/ Rev. Matt @ Simon SnyderThursday, @ Giggity’s June 1 EXPERIENCE Monday,House of JuneRock 6 Lighted Pier in the Gulf of Mexico ScarecrowAustin People,Meade @Arcade Back 360° TURNS & POWER SLIDES Open Jam w/ Selfie @ Pole Rentals Hustlers @ House of RockPorch Giggity’sWednesday, May 24 Bait, Beer, Burgers & Wings Free Beer Band @ 800 HORSEPOWER- HOLDS 25 OpenStevie Mic Start @ @ Rockits Giggity’s Thursday, June 16 Horace Caldwell Pier Port A Giggity’s PEOPLE Scarecrow People @ JerryJerry Diaz Ward & Hannah’s (5-9) @ MikelReef Tuesday, June 7 230 N. 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