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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 November 15, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE It’s time to La Posada! Around Cost of Packery Repairs Let Us Know The Island About Your By Dale Rankin Placed at $11 Million It was a rare sight Monday morning Parade Viewing as the beach from Whitecap to Bob Could be as high as $13 million Hall was entirely deserted. Party By Dale Rankin sand from under the structure as it La Posada is swiftly approaching reentered the channel. While the Padre Island. The dates and schedule The cost of repairing the damage jetties on both sides of the channel are listed below. to the Packery Channel jetty system sustained damage, the South Packery is estimated to be $11,518,000, Jetty was the hardest hit where most If you are planning a party and would according to estimates presented of the damage occurred in the area like a U.S. Marine to visit your party to the Island Strategic Action behind the dune line. Some of the and pick up your toys let us know. By Committee Tuesday. large rocks on the beach side of the letting us know of your party and the night it is being held, La Posada can Several options ranging in price dune line were moved but, according schedule a U.S. Marine, in dress blue were outlined by the firm HDR to the study, repairs there will be uniform, to pick up your party’s toys Engineering, Inc. which was much less expensive than those further inland where the structure was by either Boat or Car. It was too cold for Good Island Dogs contracted by the City of Corpus undermined by the water. and even the seagulls sought shelter Christi to access the damage and Email to or call: Gail Morris, wherever it is that seagulls go to seek repairs. The repairs will consist of repair [email protected], 361-877-5150. shelter. If ever there was a week when The study found that rushing to the revetments and concrete Information needed: Island weather couldn’t make up its outbound waster pushed by walkways, post and cable mind this was it. Cold, windy, and Hurricane Harvey undermined the replacement, storm drain outfalls, - Host Name blustery for a couple of days, then jetty structure on the south side of and the removal of debris left in - Address of Party and description beautiful sunshine by mid-week. the channel near the basin outside the the channel. One of the decisions Damage to South Packery Jetty. of your house from the water side if We had a report from Islander Steve State Highway 361 Packery Bridge facing ISAC members is whether to on the water Morgan that as he and his wife sat at where the channel was scoured to a rebuild the structures as the existed The study offered three options - Phone number the Phoenix on Friday that there were depth of more than twenty feet. It also before the storm or to build back to ranging in price from $7.2 million, twenty people in the place and nary found that the most severe damage the original design which contained to $13.6 million. In the final analyses - Expected Attendance a pair of flip flops to be seen. That’s features removed during construction was done in areas where the rushing - Start and end time of party how you know it’s cold around here water overtopped the jetty washing due to cost considerations. Packery cont. on A4 folks. - Friday night or Saturday night Turtle watch Events benefiting La Posada: By Tuesday the water in the bay Island in the Son Reopens Port A. - Saturday Nov. 24- Island Golf had turned over and was the color of Cart and Jeep Poker Run. Start at mocha coffee. The water temperature the Joyride Cart Rental. Admission: in the Laguna Madre was hovering Chef Takes 1 new, unwrapped toy for “Toys for just decimal points above fifty Tots”. degrees early in the week which is flirting with the fifty-degree mark Second La Posada Events which is the line of demarcation Tuesday, Dec. 4 - Our giant Kick Off for cold stunned turtles. Dr. Donna Place in Party with Live and Silent Auction Shaver put out the word this week at Schlitterbahn starts at 6:00 pm. to be on the lookout for cold stunned La Posada cont. on A4 turtles on the Laguna side but as of World press time none had been reported. The water temperature at Bob Hall Food By the numbers Pier has held steady in the mid-70s, which may be too cold for dogs but Corpus Christi not for surfers. Contest Whiskey Acres Lakes Police Calls by We’ve had several complaints this week about the weeds around the Year lakes in Whiskey Acres, the area Year Calls Dispatched between Das Marinas and the old golf course. Officially the area is 2007 152378 105709 known as Island Fairway Estates, a 2008 226585 166174 bit of a misnomer these days since 2009 217670 162478 there is no longer any fairways, but 2010 209275 152924 in the Island vernacular it has always been known as Whiskey Acres due Island resident Gail 2011 204431 171253 to the street names – Crown Royal, Huesmann took second 2012 210561 161839 Canadian Mist, and Highland Mist. place Chef in The World 2013 217603 157121 But there has been no Southern Food Championships held in Comfort in the subdivision of late 2014 221103 153571 as residents complain of high weeds Orange Beach Alabama last 2015 226919 178893 week. Gail is the Executive and grass which have gone uncut 2016 230850 181052 through months of rainy weather. Island in the Son Methodist Church celebrated its grand re-opening Chef at The Black Marlin 2017 286482 183982 The lakes and surrounding area were with a special service Sunday. The church was badly damaged by Grill in Port Aransas Texas. part of the old irrigation system for Hurricane Harvey but is now completely repaired. The building is The Black Marlin also won 2018 245992 154833 the golf course which used brown located in the open just north of Packery Channel on State Highway first place at this year’s Taste water from the Whitecap Wastewater 361 and took the full brunt of Harvey’s offshore winds. During the of the Island. • Source: City of Corpus Treatment Plant. During construction interim the congregation met at the Padre Island Yacht Club. Congratulations Gail! Christi of the waterpark the lines feeding the lakes were cut and when the land went through bankruptcy the area fell A little Island history through the cracks. It still belongs to Upper Padre Partners while the Ten Percent of the U.S. Cotton Crop Processed in Corpus Christi surrounding land is owned by the Inside a non-descript building on color, and five other catagories new owners of the park. The question a quiet street on the north side of which combine to reach the ultimate going forward is who is going to pay Corpus Christi seventy people work number; its value. Texas accounts for to cut the grass there and so far the feverishly behind lines of machines about half of the United States’ cotton answer in no one. that stretch, cut, sort, and dry ten production and last year produced a Stay tuned. percent of the cotton crop grown in crop valued at $2.2 billion the United States each year. Brother’s Keeper Long history The USDA Agricultural Our friend Rick Rickenbauch in Marketing Service collects cotton The interwoven history of cotton Port A has hit a rough patch and we from one million acres of cotton- and Texas began with the Spanish wish him the best. Rick got off a one- growing land in Texas roughly missionaries which, according to liner for the ages a while back when covering the state east of Interstate reports from the early missions, he was the lighthouse keeper at the 35 and west to Uvalde. Every day produced several thousand pounds Lydia Ann Lighthouse owned by from August to December the local of cotton annually as far back as HEB grocery chain owner Charles workers sample cotton cut from 1745. Colonists in the Austin colony Butt. Rick ran into Charles’ brother 36,000 bales processed at fifty eight were attracted by the promise of Howard and when asked his name cotton gins in the region. cotton production in the blackland said, “I am your brother’s keeper,” along the Brazos and Colorado river which in fact he was. We need you Dryers under conveyer belts bring bottoms starting in 1821, a part of the back on The Island Rick. the moisture content in each of the state which now produces the cotton samples to seven percent in order sampled at the local lab. Cotton Turkeys can fly to produce a uniformity that allows production grew quickly and in 1825 for testing of the cotton’s strength, The assembly line at the Agricultural Marketing Service Around cont. on A4 History cont. on A4 November 15, 2018 Island Moon A 2 La Posada Island Thunder Motorcycle Run

Ride participant Robert Phillips (left) stands with Marines who collected toy donations for Toys For Tots at last weekend's La Posada Island Thunder Motorcycle Ride sponsored by Corpus Chrisit Cycle Plaza and the Pelican Lounge. For more information on La Posada, see pageA4. Photos by Jan Rankin.

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and keeping the voters/members involved and Moon Monkeys informed without a select group of the board Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the meeting secretly and deciding issues - not Did Ya voting (because we all know that is illegal) - but deciding amongst their majority group - Hear? Editor how the motion will be read, who will make the By Mary "Scoop" Craft motion, who will second, and who will vote for it. You are deciding what legal formal actions will be taken in public but you are deciding it in a secrete meeting and that is illegal. Business Briefs Didn’t this particular slate of candidates The Veranda has Thanksgiving- run on a platform of “transparency and full disclosure”? to-go but you need to phone in your order by 5pm November 20th. Distribution And, while the statement about changing the order of the agenda is valid with an approved The traditional meal also includes Pete Alsop motion, to move an item as important as hiring a Waldorf salad, fresh rolls, bread Island Delivery a new attorney from Austin (one that is at the pudding and pecan pie. To pick up Coldwell Banker top of the billing scale in Texas), raises all sorts you simply pull up and pop your of questions. This item was presented on the Advertising trunk and they will load it up. The Editorial Guidelines agenda as Action Item #11 – yet it got bumped Jan Park Rankin to #1, voted on, and passed, within the first 5 cost is $175 for 6 – 8 people and Classifieds Editor's Note: In an effort to give all our minutes of the meeting. Perhaps the board $240 for 10 – 12. Call 589-4203 readers a fair say in these pages we have not Arlene Ritley members involved in this vote decided on the or order online. been enforcing our length guidelines on Letters outcome prior to the start of the meeting? It sure Production Manager to the Editor. The exchange of ideas is what we Dragonfly Restaurant is came across as previously scripted. Abigail Bair do around here and some things just take longer offering a Thanksgiving meal for Contributing Writers to say than others. Having said that we are Additionally, the termination of the POA long time legal council John Bell was not a posted 4 – 6 people at a cost of $109. Joey Farah asking from here on that writers keep the length of their letters to around 600 words or less. That agenda item. When I was president of the board, The turkey comes with stuffing, Andy Purvis is about the length of one column all the way we followed a rule where action could not be mashed potatoes, gravy, green Mary Craft down the page. We will make some exceptions taken on items not posted on the agenda. We beans and cranberry. To order Kelly Trevino on request but 600 words is the target. felt this was only fair to the membership, how your holiday meal call 949-2224 Jay Gardner else would they know what was to be discussed. Writers must provide contact information and Looks like times have changed. or 210-363-0657. Todd Hunter first and last name along with an address, any Dotson Lewis or all of those can be withheld at the request I encourage anyone interested in the drastic Black Sheep Bistro will be Dr. Tom Dorrell of the writer but we need to make sure we are changes taking place related to our POA to visit serving a Thanksgiving Day meal Ronnie Narmour hearing from a real person. The only person you YouTube and watch the October 23 meeting with all the fixings 1- 5 pm. The on the North Padre Politics page. Judge for Brent Rourk can libel or slander is the Editor here, whatever main courses offered will be you call him he’s been called worse. And if you yourself how this new elected majority board is Photographers turkey, honey and prime rib. It is decide to roll up the Moon and hit somebody running the POA organization. Watch them read Miles Merwin (Emeritus) over the head with it be aware that you may be from previously written scripts and see their reservation only and the price for Debbie Noble on the receiving end next time out. orchestrated motions and votes. Mr. adults is $29 and $15 for children Jan Rankin All letters to the Editor must be received by Jones has gone out of his way to point out my under 12. Mary Craft the end of day on Tuesday for Thursday’s “ignorance of the law” – so I ask other attorneys The Padre Island Enrichment publication. Letters received after Tuesday will to weigh in – is an elected board allowed to meet Ronnie Narmour Club is having their annual be published the following week. secretly and bring previously written scripts of Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) motions, who will make them, who will second, Thanksgiving pie sale at Keller Let us here from you and remember, brevity is th Riley P. Dog who will support to a formal board meeting to Williams Tuesday, November 20 the soul of wit. assist in executing an action item? The attorneys 9am – 1 pm. I’ve spoken with indicate you cannot. Port A. Holiday Shop Around POA Response I’d like to reiterate, it is time for those of you Response to Mr. Jones Island Moon Nov. 8th long time Islanders who love where we live, will be happening on Saturday, th Article or you new Islanders that are looking to make November 17 10 am – 5 pm and this place your home, to get involved. The On October 30, I submitted a letter to the editor on Sunday hours vary. There are Island is in serious jeopardy of being ruled expressing my thoughts related to the October 25 merchants participating and by a dictatorship that bends the rules, is not 23 PIPOA Board Meeting. I was told it would each store will offer a discount or transparent and has an agenda of their own. run in the November 8 issue. It did not run. incentive. However, Marvin Jones’ rebuttal to my letter Richard C. Pittman DID run on November 8. If you would like The Flour Bluff Hornets Publisher to read my initial letter, I have submitted it to YWCA Has Their Say begin football playoffs Friday, Padre Island Fact Check. November 16th 7:30 pm at home Dale Rankin Wow, thanks for the visibility you brought to About the Island Moon Whether you want to quote Texas Government the YWCA, Abigail! We’re always up for folks against Palmview High School. The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Code section 551 or Texas Property Code Rankin, Editor / Publisher. learning about the YWCA! Your observations The games will be streamed on 209.0051 and argue which one applies to and jokes put the YWCA in the forefront of the web at kdae.net. Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes the POA was not the point of my letter. My delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 people’s minds, despite some TMI… th copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, point was, and still is, that The Texas Open The 4 Annual Enchanted as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 Meetings Act is all about good governance Separating a little fact from fiction below: Forest Christmas Tree Auction copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. When the hot tub cracked beyond repair, Gala will be held at the lower News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, lifeguards became a requirement for hot tubs, level of Doc’s on Wednesday, payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. and we discovered that there was no adaptive November 28th with doors The Island Moon Newspaper exercise room in town designed for folks The Flu with mobility impairments, YWCA filled that opening at 5 pm and live auction 14646 Compass, Suite 3 niche; $10/ month fitness facilities don’t offer at 6:30 pm. Ticket price is $25 25 meter heated pools, full court gyms nor Corpus Christi, TX 78418 and includes two drink tickets land & aquatic aerobic exercise classes (60/ and hors oeuvres. On auction will 361-949-7700 & You week here); be unique decorated, wreaths, [email protected] By Abigail Bair Numerous Medicare, not Medicaid, centerpieces and homemade Supplemental policies pay for fitness. Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper goods. All proceeds go to Timon’s Dressed, out for fitness and friends means Ministries. you’re not in the ER or the Doctor’s office; The Golf Cart/Jeep Poker Run Vending machines offer healthy choices and kitchen will soon be occupied by Artisan will have a La Posada theme this Brands, LLC. month and will be held Saturday, Where to Find The th With a mission of Eliminating Racism November 24 . It will begin at Island Moon Empowering Women, the YWCA is everybody’s noon at Joyride Golf Cart Rentals fitness facility! So, get out, come on over and near Good & Crisp then heads to check it out for yourself. Schlitterbahn next to the Barrel Port North Strong Alone Fearless Together, then Boathouse and ending at Aransas Padre Nancy Wesson-Dodd, President/CEOYWCA Angry Marlin. The Marines will Gulf Stream RV Corpus Christi be collecting your unwrapped All Stripes Stores toys at Angry Marlin 4 – 6 pm. Pioneer RV Black Sheep/ Joyride will have carts available Stripes on 1A Barrel for rent but you should book now. My Coastal Home CVS Veranda Restaurant Sunday WB Liquor Store Whataburger Brunch is terrific! All dishes are Island Wine Room Doc’s Restaurant prepared with Executive Chef Kody’s Wolfgang’s recipes and all are Snoopy’s Pier Coffee Waves made from scratch. I indulged last Isle Mail N More Sunday and enjoyed the 3 piece Moby Dicks Island Italian jazz band with the great food. It IGA is quite a spread of both breakfast Brooklyn Pie Co. Treasure Island and lunch items. The array of Ms. Woody’s Ace Hardware pastries and cakes were from Automotive Holiday Inn JB’s German Bakery. It was nice Port A Glass Studio to see so many young families in Texas Star (Shell) the updated and opened up dining San Juan’s Restaurant Jesse’s Liquor area. Check it out and let’s support Wash Tub Scuttlebutt’s the new direction they are taking. Woody’s Sports Restaurant Center When the Dollar General Store Subway opens there will finally be cottage Back Porch Bar Island Tire cheese to purchase on the Island. Shorty’s Place That’s right folks I have waited Padre Pizzeria Fisherman’s Wharf years. And no, it is not available Giggity’s And all Moon at CVS or the three convenience retail advertisers Gratitude stores. WB Liquor The Gaff A new upscale restaurant is Trinity By the Sea coming to the Island. More details Episcopal Flour Bluff in the Briefs next month. H.E.B. Moon Monkeys Wanted to help Whataburger on decorate a boat for La Posada. If Waldron your interested in stretching your Ethyl Everly creative muscle, call 361-332- Senior Center 9978. Fire Station Police Station Stripes on Flour Bluff & SPID November 15, 2018 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Packery cont. from A1 the study recommends an option that would cost Mikel May’s Contract Under $11,518,000. No decision on which option to recommend to Federal Review the Corpus Christi City Council was available at By Dale Rankin restaurant was in violation of the terms of the press time on Wednesday afternoon. original grant. Several months of trying to find A decision currently under consideration at the a compromise by moving the exterior sign and Funds to pay for the repairs will come from U.S. Department of Justice could determine the other changes were unsuccessful and in June a variety of sources including the Island Tax future of Mikel Mays Beachside Bar & Grill at the county asked the Department of the Interior Reinvestment Zone, FEMA, and grants from Bob Hall Pier. the RESTORE Act which come from either if an installment plan could be used to pay back fines paid in the wake of the Deep Horizon Oil Mikel May’s co-owner, Island businesswoman the money, however, that request was denied Spill, or from the RESTORE fund controlled by May Nardone, said she spoke with incoming and the matter was forwarded to the Department the state. No timetable has yet been established Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales this of Justice where the matter now rests. week who said she has been in touch with for when the funds for repair will be available or The Coastal Parks Board renewed a five-year Justice Department officials. At issue is whether when the work could begin. contract for Mikel Mays’ operation in July and Nueces County will be allowed to use an according to county records the business paid installment plan to pay back $750,000 in grant $121,000 to the county under the contract in La Posada cont. from A1 money used to expand the facility in 2011. The 2017. That money is used to help fund park funds were from the U.S. Department of the Schlitterbahn has turned over their downstairs operations. Nardone said the owners agreed to Interior and were earmarked for construction to La Posada and will be serving food and the contract with the county in good faith and of a public viewing area on the pier with was beverages during the event. Come out and help the restaurant/bar will remain open. us raise money to bring the Joy of Christmas to be free of charge to the public. to Children in Need. Please bring a new, The expansion was done under Cotton on the line unwrapped toy to hand to the U.S. Marines who the management of the Nueces will be present for “Toys for Tots”. County Coastal Parks Board and the first cotton gin was used in Austin's colony an operational contract issued to and by 1828 there were four to five cotton gins - Friday, Dec. 7 - North Canals Lighted Boat the owners of Mikel Mays through in operation there. In 1849 a census of the cotton Parade. Parade starts at 7:00pm. a bidding process. production of the state reported 58,073 bales - Official viewing locations: According to information (500 pounds each). In 1852 Texas was in eighth presented to the Nueces County place among the top ten cotton-producing states - Marker 37: food, beverages, Live Band and Coastal Parks Board the problem of the nation. The 1859 census credited Texas Santa began in late 2017 when an with a yield of 431,645 bales and by 1860 there - Doc’s Seafood & Steaks: Live band,food inspector from the Department of were approximately 2,000 gins in Texas. and beverages specials. the Interior visited the site. The The development of the cotton industry in the - Snoopy’s Pier: reduced winter prices,food inspector viewed a sign at the state came after the invention of the cotton gin in and beverages. facility requesting visitor to ‘wait 1793 Eli Whitney, a shortened term for "cotton to be seated’ which the inspector engine," which mechanized the separation of Saturday, Dec. 8 - South Canals Lighted found to be a violation of free public the cotton fiber from the seed. Boat Parade. This Parade will be Televised access. The inspection resulted in Live on KIII, Channel 3. Parade starts at 6:00 By the 1870s the Blackland Prairie, an area a letter to the parks board in early pm near the Caravel boat ramp. The Parade 2018 from the Department of the served by the local lab, became the primary can be seen from most boat ramps but why cotton-growing region of the state due to the Interior informing them that the not have a party so your friends can view the current use of the facility as a bar/ development of a plow that would break up Parade? prairie soil, construction of rail lines, and heavy immigration from the Deep South and from First Community Bank Hosts November Europe. Port A Holiday Shop There was a boll weevil outbreak that moved PIBA Mixer south from Mexico and reached the Corpus Around Christi area in the 1890s and spread through the The Port Aransas & Mustang Island Chamber South. of Commerce and Tourism Bureau is hosting the annual Holiday Shop Around on November 17 from 10:00 am-5:00 pm and November 18 (hours vary) in Port Aransas. Twenty-five area merchants will be participating in this year’s holiday shopping event. Each store will offer a discount or incentive. A drawing will also be held at each participating shop for the chance to win a gift. For listings of island accommodations, restaurants, shopping and activities, visit: visitportaransas.com.

Islander Dwight (Jack) Jackson (left) PIE Sale works for the National Cotton Council and Ben Robles is manager of the local Agricultural Marketing office for the Tuesday! USDA. For those of you with a house full of company arriving for the Thanksgiving holidays, Tuesday is your special day! South Texas impact The woman of Padre Island Enrichment (PIE) South Texas became a major cotton producing are holding their annual Bake Sale. Come by region beginning in the 1870s as the towns the front porch of Keller Williams Real Estate of Taft and Sinton became centers for cotton on Park Road 22 from 9 a.m. – noon, Tuesday, production in the Coastal Bend as part of the November 20 and pick out the pies, cookies and Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company, a million cakes that will make your company happy! acre operation which became popularly known as the Taft Ranch in the early twentieth century. All proceeds go to support college scholarships Taft was often referred to as the "Friendliest for local youth. Hope to see you there! Cotton-Pickin' Town in Texas" and was the Happy Thanksgiving! center of the cotton operation. The ranch was built and owned by Charles Phelps Taft, the half-brother of President William Howard Taft. The nearby town of Sinton, Texas is named for Due to the his father in law David Sinton. Thanksgiving Holiday It was that early history and the development of the Port of Corpus Christi which led to the next week, our establishment of the local cotton testing facility - Inside a non-descript building on a quiet street deadline for articles, on the north side of Corpus Christi. Dale Rankin letters to the editor, Around cont. from A1 and advertising One of the highlights of the Island season is submissions has been coming up on Sunday, November 25 as the Back Porch in Port A hosts its annual Turkey moved to Monday, Bowl before closing for the winter season. A few years back Rick got too wound up with his Nov. 19th turkey toss and hurled his frozen bowling turkey over the roof of the Porch out into the parking at 3 p.m. Classifieds lot where it stuck a Harley parked in the lot. No Harley’s nor turkeys were injured but it put an must be received by end to Rick’s turkey hurling career. Stay warm and get ready for the Winter Texans Noon on Tuesday, Nov. everybody. And remember the words of Townes Van Zandt, “Wherever you go…there you are." 20th. Say hello if you see us Around The Island. First Community Bank hosted a very fesive PIBA mixer on Tuesday. Photos by Debbie Noble and Jan Rankin

Remember When LA POSADA FOUNDATION Release of Liability

Jesse's Liquor Had a Drive-In Window?

In consideration of being allowed to participate in Padre Island La Posada events, including the Boat Parade, I, ______, execute this Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk (“Release”) and I hereby release La Posada Foundation and its officers, and the Padre Island Yacht Club and its officers, from any liability for property damage or physical harm to me, my boat, occupants, or to third parties who may be affected by my actions while I am participating in, or viewing, La Posada activities. I further release and hold harmless La Posada Foundation from any damage or harm, property or physical, caused by another participant in La Posada Boat Parade, to myself, my boat, occupants, or another third party.

I acknowledge and agree that La Posada Foundation, its officers, agents, and employees, and the Padre Island Yacht Club make no representation or warranty regarding the skill, experience, or safety record of the operator of any boat or fitness of any boat, or any other vessel, including floats, in the La Posada Boat Parade, and I release them of any liability regarding La Posada Boat Parade.

My participation in this Program is a privilege subject to revocation at any time by La Posada Foundation. This Release shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Venue for any litigation regarding this Release shall be in Nueces County, Texas.

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______Printed Name Remember when Jesse’s Liquor had a drive in? It was way back in 2007 when for a day at least Jesse’s Liquor had a drive in window. It was repaired soon enough and has been closed since… La Posada registration and liability forms can be downloaded at islandmoon.com. November 15, 2018 Island Moon A 5 Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier November 15 - November 22 It’s been a week for hearing you steered by means of the arm attached to things. the motor which required the driver to sit in the Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon back of the boat which caused the bow to rise up /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible Each Monday morning I leave the house before and block the view requiring a constant zigzag daylight for a radio show. Just as I opened the Th 15 Low 1:29 PM 0.6 6:50 AM Rise 1:16 PM 42 course in order to see directly ahead. It felt silly door to my truck this week I heard a voice so I solved this problem by teaching Riley P. 15 High 10:28 PM 1.8 5:37 PM behind me; I froze - a robbery! I had heard about Dog to deploy his seventy pounds of ballast in F 16 Low 2:36 PM 0.7 6:51 AM Set 12:34 AM 51 these, they wait for you to open your door and the bow and once I reached a certain speed his bam! They get all the change in your ashtray. 16 High 10:49 PM 1.7 5:37 PM Rise 1:53 PM weight up front allowed me to get up on plane It seemed like a long time to wait in the dark and see my way to clear to a the straight and Sa 17 Low 6:31 AM 1.1 6:52 AM Set 1:27 AM 61 of my front yard for thirty-seven cents but hey, narrow. He didn’t seem to mind but this system desperate people do desperate things right? 17 High 9:46 AM 1.2 5:36 PM Rise 2:28 PM created a second problem which was that every 17 Low 3:56 PM 0.9 My first thought, where’s my gun, I’ll blast the time another boat went by, no matter how so and so full of holes! As my mind raced my small, the wave action caused me to draw air. 17 High 11:06 PM 1.7 assailant repeated his demand… After bouncing my way through the canals for a Su 18 Low 6:28 AM 1.0 6:52 AM Set 2:20 AM 70 “Have a holly jolly Christmas!” What kind of couple of months my sore kiester and I made an 18 High 11:32 AM 1.3 5:36 PM Rise 3:02 PM stickup line is that? “It’s a happy time of year…” executive decision in defiance of my previously long-held conviction that in fact there is such a 18 Low 5:19 PM 1.0 Was it some kind of a sick joke? A stickup thing as a boat that is too small and we sold it. man with a sense of humor? Slowly I turned in 18 High 11:21 PM 1.6 the deserted street to face my assailant; a life- We no longer have Riley P. and traded his M 19 Low 6:36 AM 0.8 6:53 AM Set 3:14 AM 78 sized fat man in a red suit with white trim in my seventy pounds of ballast for twenty pounds of dog that can’t sit still and so we have now also 19 High 12:53 PM 1.5 5:36 PM Rise 3:36 PM neighbor’s front yard. If I had my heater I would have shot Santa Clause full of yuletide holes, traded the bouncy-seated twelve-footer for a 19 Low 6:40 PM 1.2 I would not have been a very popular fellow whopping fourteen-footer with a steering wheel amidships, sort of like a yacht. Yea, a yacht… 19 High 11:34 PM 1.5 down at the jailhouse… Tu 20 Low 6:49 AM 0.5 6:54 AM Set 4:10 AM 86 Moon over the jail 20 High 2:00 PM 1.7 5:35 PM Rise 4:12 PM And speaking of the jail Moon readers will be 20 Low 8:00 PM 1.3 happy to know we are now circulating in the Nueces County lockup at the request of several 20 High 11:43 PM 1.5 spouses of the men who reside there. One of W 21 Low 7:09 AM 0.3 6:55 AM Set 5:08 AM 92 the indisputable facts of urban life is that every 21 High 2:59 PM 1.8 5:35 PM Rise 4:51 PM story in town sooner or later finds its way to the jailhouse. It is also said that Truth resides 21 Low 9:31 PM 1.4 there because it is often found on the jailhouse 21 High 11:40 PM 1.5 floor. So unless the denizens there find a way to turn the Moon into a weapon we will likely Th 22 Low 7:36 AM 0.1 6:55 AM Set 6:09 AM 97 now begin getting collect calls from innocent 22 High 3:55 PM 2.0 5:35 PM Rise 5:33 PM citizens unfairly locked up there unjustly. We are a full service newspaper… The sporty weather has kept us from launching the new one-boat fleet but the spending has And then I heard this… already ginned up with a trip OTB to buy life Here’s a story male readers may find jackets, line, gunwale bumpers, and a second unbelievable but here goes… gas tank. Since it is a small hole in the water I hope the spending will be in accordance but I So last Friday I heard a noise in my front yard somehow think that is a landlubber’s pipedream. and walk out to find to my surprise a man, a nice guy whose name turned out to be Tom, was The good news is that since it was my lovely backing a boat trailer into the yard on the side wife’s idea and she has learned how to drive it of my house. I do have some plausible deniability when it comes to maintenance. Fortunately Tom, who “Hey what’s going on?” knows about such things, has agreed to come “We’re putting this boat trailer in the side by and make sure it is still right side up in the yard,” my wife said. slip. Yes fellows, I might have the near perfect setup…while it’s not quite as good as someone “Where’s the boat?” else’s boat it’s pretty close. According to the “It’s in the slip behind the house.” Boston Whaler propaganda it is unsinkable, and Sure enough a check of the slip out back found if the motor quits it’s light enough the wind will a 14-foot Boston Whaler a dangle from the push it to the Skinny Water where I can jump slings. We have now entered the world of boat out and walk home. It sounds too good to be ownership. true and probably is…but… Our previous turn at the joys of boat ownership Ask me in six months… was invested in a 12-foot Boston Whaler that Just Another Day at City Hall… Ask Ralph “The winds obey me and the people will obey me…” Should I Stay at My Job? Even with the meat of the Election Season The rainmaker and a lecturer By Ralph Coker behind us the majority of the seats on the He was followed to the podium by a guy in a Corpus Christi City Council are still up for Rice University shirt looking for city support Q. I’m an engineer reasonably close. I later felt I should have grabs as five of the seats are now headed for on a plan to seed the clouds and make it rain in my first job after taken that job because he was so up front and runoffs. Mayor Joe McComb missed avoiding without creating hail. A noteworthy endeavor graduation and after 4 transparent with me. That was a good sign. a runoff by .27 of a point and four of the five but likely not within the purview of city months am disappointed with the job. Should Then ask yourself whether your present job Single-Member council seats, excluding our government. I stay? will provide the skills to get to your 5-10- own District 4 Councilman Greg Smith, are year goal. also headed to another round of balloting. Then a lady with a hat, also a regular speaker, A. Four months into your first professional reminded the council members that in case they job is not enough time to judge it. You have Network and find out whether other young We should thank our lucky stars that good forgot they represent All the people, not just no previous professional job to compare it professionals like you are having a good people line up to run for these seats which pay some. to. You don’t know whether there are better experience. Look for ways to take initiative almost enough, about $5,000 per year, to cover jobs out there for you. If you change now, and improve your job situation. Talk with gas money to meetings and the ensuing mental Mullet man the new job could be worse, not better. In your manager and see if there are new anguish. The headaches of the job were on full my first engineering job, I felt there wasn’t assignments you can take on or new skills After a complaint about a water bill from display Tuesday as a plethora of speakers rose enough assignments to keep me busy. I used you can be learning. Consider joining a another regular, a guy sporting a semi-mullet to the podium to inflict their wisdom on the my time for self-study to improve my skills professional group outside your company and silver leopard skin coat introduced himself captive council members. Here is a sample… and it eventually worked out well and I had and learn what other young professionals by saying, “if you want to know about me a good career. in those companies are doing. That gives “Something I saw on the way down my arrest records are updated regularly.” He you a basis to compare your job with others here” informed the council that… Consider setting some personal career goals. What can you learn in your present job? How without changing jobs to find out. Don’t let “A territory in dispute is a territory disputed. A gentleman who speaks at every meeting can you use this job to get where you want to your manager or colleagues see your negative I have a unique skill the winds obey me and on such wide-ranging topics as palm trees be in 5 or 10 years? One of my employers attitude. That could prevent you from getting the people will obey me. I want you to observe blocking sidewalks, political signs that went up asked its managers to ask their professional the new opportunities you hope for. Don’t what an anonymous public can do for itself. a day early, and once “something I saw on the employees where they wanted their career to assume your manager understands your I have released Mr. Trump from the position way down here,” as well as a lack of attention be in 5 to 10 years. I was amazed that most concerns and goals and will do what is best I have placed him in, he would like to go to to his personal problems by council members, had no idea. As a professional, I always for your career. Most managers are not that Russia with his daughter.” Mr. Trump is no burned his three minutes of fame by haranguing knew where I wanted to be in 5-10 years. sensitive to the concerns and career goals of doubt relieved to hear this. those present with a complaint about the In one of my college interviews on a plant their workers. Take the initiative and insure city’s spending $2.3 million on outside legal The man did not say if he had taken his dose of visit, the plant manager asked me that and I your manager does in a positive way. counsel in spite of having twenty-four in-house Thorazine as prescribed. told him I wanted his job in 5 to 10 years. Bio: Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE lawyers. He had a pretty good point until it To my surprise, he then asked me what which provides free mentoring for small was remembered that week in and week out he Other than a guy complaining about the lack of a storm drain that was the end of the show salary I expected and I gave him an annual businesses and nonprofits threatens the city with legal action for anything salary and then he told me his salary. I was and everything he can think of and some he for the day. It was the weekly demonstration of can’t. The outside lawyers are often, not Participatory Democracy at its grass roots level. always, hired to fight lawsuits filed against the Maybe in lieu of higher pay we should arm city closing the circle of absurdity of nine good council members with paint guns. If nothing people having to sit quietly each week while the else it might mean we could charge admission fellow raises the decibel level of his oratory to to the meetings and help pay for some of those Seashore Students Honor Vets jet-taking-off proportions while simultaneously lawyers… sinking the gravitas of the occasion by venting Dale Rankin his spleen on matters of upmost unimportance and redundancy. Everybody needs a hobby and this seems to be his.

On Friday students at SLC put on a Veterans Day Celebration to show appreciation for our military veterans. Each grade level displayed their gratitude by performing songs, skits, and poems to honor these brave men and women. -Kelsey Kirchmeyer A6 Island Moon November 15, 2018 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Code Talkers

By Dotson Lewis Nipping at My Toes Special to the Island Moon of battle turned within 24 hours, according to By Abigail Bair “Great,” I thought as I climbed out of my nest Dotson’s Note: Last Bloor, and within 72 hours the Allies were on of covers. I began to dress for the ride as the Friday there was a tribute full attack. Most human lives have a few inevitabilities, dog danced around me in joyous anticipation, to veterans at Ethel Eyerly Community Center most commonly death and/or taxes. In my At least 19 Choctaws subsequently completed hurtling in and out of her dog door after running in Flour Bluff. During the introductions one world, there is a crucial addition to these known a short training session. Lacking the words for great laps about the yard. I put on two pairs of of those present mentioned that one of their simply as the dog jog. certain modern-day military terms, they used pants, four pairs of socks, a tank top, a t-shirt, a relatives had been a Code Talker during the war. long sleeved shirt and a cashmere sweater that To my surprise when the Master of Ceremonies “big gun” for artillery, “little gun shoot fast” for I don’t know how I spoiled my still-stupid- machine gun, “stone” for grenade and “scalps” but-increasingly-canny Black Lab, Stadler, into I bought when I lived in Oregon and couldn’t asked if any one present knew about the Code bear to get rid of. Then I put on outerwear: a Talkers, no one did…what a shock! No one even for casualties, among other substitutions, thinking that she was owed at least one six-mile thereby becoming true code talkers rather than run alongside my bicycle every morning, but hoodie, a jacket, a hat that looks like a cat (with mentioned the movie “Windtalkers.” Thanks to earflaps), a scarf and a pair of painstakingly Jesse Greenspan’s article published May 29, simply communications operators speaking she acts as though God himself spake this unto a little-known language. “They create these her as her very own inalienable right. We had located almost-matching red gloves. I looked 2014, which contained many of the facts in like a fatter version of the Michelin man, or this report. Also thanks to Wikipedia the free code words, but they don’t actually get to use enough problems with Divine Right of Kings, them because the war ends on the 11th [of and I have a pretty good idea that Divine Right (since my entire outfit minus the gloves was encyclopedia and War History on Line for black) a very plump ninja. additional facts and photos. November],” Meadows said. Even so, Colonel of Dogs is just about as bad. I would opine that Bloor described the results of the training we should be fairly careful extending any rights Stadler exploded into joy as I waddled towards Five Civilized Tribes session as “very gratifying.” “It is believed, had to felines. Give cats a nanometer and they’ll my trusty steed, Gertrude. I’m pleased to the regiment gone back into the line, fine results take the very globe by its countertops. announce that it only took my four tries to would have been obtained,” he declared. “We In any case, as soon as I lumber out of bed in realize that my helmet wouldn’t fit. I could get it were confident the possibilities of the telephone the morning my occasionally-loyal-when-she- on, but it teetered precariously on top of my cat had been obtained without its hazards.” wants-something-or-is-terrified-of-the-garbage- ears, threating to loll to one side at any second A captured German later admitted that his side truck dog is right at my heels – or, more often, like something out of Dr. Seuss. I thought about couldn’t make heads or tails of the Choctaw sitting directly in the middle of my path so that old-timey football players in leather helmets speakers, whom Allen credited with likely I have to go around her do anything. What and decided I to forge on without protection, bringing about an earlier end to the war and possible advantage can this be for canines? It although (admittedly) I studiously avoided saving hundreds of thousands of lives. The just mean no one gets anywhere, and the human thinking about brain damage. irony would not have been lost on them, she folks trip over the dog folks and yell. I keep Off we went, Stadler running so fast the wind added, that “the same government that was telling Stadler that she’s obviously not the whipped my face. My glasses got so cold they One of the so-called “Five Civilized Tribes” asking them to use their native language to win lead dog “because leaders don’t continually gave me brain freeze, so I took them off and of the southeastern United States, the Choctaw, the war was punishing people for speaking it look over their shoulders to figure out where tossed them into my basket. I once again had traditionally farmed corn, beans and pumpkins back home.” American Indians from at least everyone else is going.” “To dog” is probably a a flittering thought that perhaps living for so while also hunting, fishing and gathering wild five other tribes also used their native tongues verb due to this kind of annoying behavior. long in the Coastal Bend has turned me into edibles. Despite allying themselves with the to transmit messages during World War I in As the morning progresses through the a weakling when it comes to the cold. After United States in the War of 1812, they were an effort to confuse the Germans, although bathroom and coffee stages, Stadler gets all, I’m from Kansas where frigid winds whip pressured afterwards into ceding millions of unlike the Choctaws they are not known to have increasingly ansty. She jumps around the house across with prairie with nothing to stop them acres of land to the government. Following the invented intentionally coded vocabulary. like a Mexican Jumping Bean, clacking her but you. I’m pretty sure we used to wear shorts passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, toenails to and fro in a loud tattoo that says, “I’M and t-shirts in fifty degree weather, but that most members of the tribe were then forced to World War II READY TO GO, AB!!! GO!” If I make any might be because we were also idiots. relocate to present-day Oklahoma in a series of Code talkers made an even bigger impact move toward a door-type region, Stadler flashes poorly planned and poorly provisioned journeys Of course with perfect ironic timing, I spotted a during World War II, when the U.S. government into zone defense, gracelessly somersaulting in that left an estimated 2,500 dead. In what would guy doing yard work wearing shorts, flip-flops, specifically recruited Comanche, Hopi,excitement. a funky gardening hat (evidently to block the become a catchphrase for all Native American Meskwaki, Chippewa-Oneida and Navajo tribal removal west of the Mississippi River, a Her little dog brain (which I’m beginning to absolutely non-existent sun), and a Hawaiian members for such work. The Navajo developed print tank top. I was devastated. My cold- Choctaw chief described it as a “trail of tears.” the most complex code, with over 600 terms, for think is powered by squirrels in strange neural hamster wheels) is now so hardwired to believe wussiness was confirmed. World War I use in the Pacific Theater, compared with about 250 terms for the World War II-era Comanche that run time is incontrovertible, we recently THEN ICE FELL FROM THE SKY. and under 20 terms for the World War I-era have had to go in the pouring rain. Obviously, the recent cold snap didn’t provide even a As I rode through the sleet, I began to feel a Choctaw. “Even the other tribe members back lot better about myself, although I honestly felt home didn’t know what this coded vocabulary modicum of deterrent. If anything she was even more excited. that several of my limbs were going to fall off meant,” Meadows said. “It was all gibberish to as soon as they thawed. It was going to be a them.” In addition to the handful of intentionally Yesterday, I was awakened by 80lbs of Black long winter. coded Native American languages employed Lab standing on my right boob (which now by the Allies, they used two dozen or so others unfortunately resembles and eggplant). I Later that day I got a text message from the on a more ad hoc basis. The opposition is not reacted by gasping, and flipping onto my side G.P (my Dad) telling me that he had purchased believed to have deciphered a single code talker to protect my more delicate regions, but the a new space heater and that I had officially message in either world war. dog just climbed onto my ribs and stared down inherited “Old Shocky” (our familial name for her long snout at me, giving my one long lick the electric heater inhabited by a poltergeist to assure herself that I was, in fact, awake. I who thinks static electricity is hilarious). By checked the weather on my handy phone app then, I had thawed, but I was still grateful. – it was 45 degrees outside, but the Weather Old Shocky could defibrillate a bull moose Channel helpfully reported that with the gusting while warming a cathedral. Once again, we winds it “felt like 35.” will survive.

Send letters and photos to [email protected] Thoughts From Dr. Tom Pictured above is the honorable discharge and Purple Heart of Tobias Frazier, a How Do I know If I Have Pneumonia? Choctaw Indian code talker during World War I. This winter many of us If you have these findings then your best bet is to come to the ER. The usual doctors office A Navajo Code Talker Relays A Message will develop respiratory When the United States entered World War I or even urgent care is not always able to fully On A Field Radio-WW II infections that can make in April 1917, it had not yet granted citizenship us feel very ill. Most diagnose and treat this condition. Sometimes to all Native Americans, and government- of these cause similar symptoms of cough, the patient will need IV antibiotics are even run boarding schools were still largely congestion sometimes fever. How do I know hospitalization depending on the baseline attempting to stamp out their languages and Only the Navajo, with more code talkers than all health of the patient and the severity of the other tribes combined, have become relatively when this condition could be more serious? cultures. Nonetheless, several thousand Native When the infection gets down in my lungs condition. Typical evaluation would be and Americans enlisted in the armed forces to fight well known, in part due to the Hollywood film exam, stat labs, Chest X-ray and sometimes “Windtalkers.” They received congressional and can become dangerous. First let’s define the Central Powers. Nearly 1,000 of them pneumonia. even CT scanning of the patients chest. Chest representing some 26 tribes joined the 36th recognition for their exploits in 2000, whereas X-rays can miss pneumonia and a good Division alone, which consisted of men from the remaining tribes had to wait eight more Pneumonia is an infection of the sacs of the clinician with experience can often determine Texas and Oklahoma. “They saw that they were years until a bill passed praising them for lung, called alveoli. The alveoli are where air clinically after looking at the studies and needed to protect home and country,” said Judy their “dedication and valor.” “Honoring Native (think oxygen and carbon dioxide) exchange treating you if the CT is needed in order to Allen, senior executive officer of tribal relations American code talkers is long overdue,” the bill actually takes place. This is different from the make the diagnosis and help determine the for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, “so they admitted. Pursuant to the legislation, a medal air passages called bronchi and bronchioles best course of action. ceremony took place in November 2013 in which transmit air from the outside to the went to the nearest facility where they could Treatment will consist of IV,IM, and/or oral sign up and were shipped out.” Washington, D.C., with 33 tribes known to have alveoli for exchange. When the alveoli begin had code-talking members in attendance. “My to fill with fluid and pus from infection we antibiotics to cover the appropriate pathogens Men Of The Choctaw Nation-WW I regret,” said Allen, “is that none of the code term this condition pneumonia. If the alveoli that are likely responsible for the condition. talkers were alive from our [Choctaw] nation Sometimes breathing medications thru a In summer 1918, the 36th Division arrived in fill up with infection it inhibits gas exchange to see this moment, and none of their children nebulizer or inhaler are needed. Occasionally France to participate in the upcoming Meuse- and can cause us to not get enough oxygen in were alive.” our blood stream. This is termed hypoxemia. steroids will be used and cough medicines to Argonne campaign, a major offensive along the alleviate symptoms so you can sleep. If you Western Front. At that point, the outcome of the Dotson’s Other Note: In my opinion the movie The closest noninvasive way of determining this is to measure oxygen with a pulse need short term IV antibiotics and breathing conflict was still in doubt. “World War I really did a disservice to the men it is intended to meds these can be done for 23 hours in the wasn’t decided until very, very late,” explained honor. As some of you Moon Monkeys who are oximeter that is found in the emergency room and in some urgent care centers. This device is ER. If you are in worse shape then you can William C. Meadows, a Native American history buffs know, the code talkers served in the be direct admitted to the hospital. If you are studies professor at Missouri State University South Pacific during World War II and were kept placed on fingers and is able to calculate the oxygen saturation which if low (usually less stable then, IM or oral antibiotics at home and expert on code talking. “It wasn’t like a secret until 1968 when the Navajo code was may suffice. Follow up radiology studies World War II where we clearly had them on the finally unclassified. If you saw the movie, what than 94% at sea level for normal person and less than 92% at altitude) is termed hypoxia. are usually recommended in 10-14 days run.” did you think of it? If you didn’t see it, if you to make sure the pneumonia has cleared. get a chance, see it and let me know what you This condition can become life threatening the One main problem for the Allies was This is especially important in smokers, think. Thank you for reading and commenting worse it gets and must be corrected. the Germans’ ability to listen in on their who occasionally may have a lung cancer on Senior Moments. I can be reached at: communications and to break their codes, Symptoms that you might experience are as uncovered as a post obstructive pneumonia. [email protected] and/or Land Line: 361- which were generally based on either European follows. Fever is frequently but not always CT scanning is required in all of these patients 949-7681 or Cell: 530-748-8475. languages or mathematical progressions. “We present. Shortness of breath is a bad indicator who do not have their symptoms or radiology couldn’t keep anything secret,” Allen said. An Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table although not always present. It can be a findings resolve after treatment. harbinger of bad things to come especially if apocryphal story spread around that a German Meeting will be Tuesday, November 19, 2011; Hopefully, this will give some guidance on once interrupted a U.S. Signal Corps member 9-11 AM, 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their there is evidence of hypoxia. Pain when you breathe in and out is suspicious for pneumonia when to worry about pneumonia and what to sending a message to taunt his use of code families and anyone interested in veterans’ do. Visiting a skilled physician is the first step words. Sending out human runners proved affairs, are invited. Coffee & doughnuts are or any condition that inflames the lining of the lung and chest wall which we call the pleura. if you are concerned. Don’t Forget we have equally ineffective, since about one in four provided. Hope to see you there. Also our both Urgent Care for minor illness, and our were captured or killed. And other methods of Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on Cough is usually but not always present. It may be dry or productive initially. Wheezing great Island ER for everything else. Have a communications, such as color-coded rockets, KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 AM, Saturdays. The next great week. Doc Tom electronic buzzers and carrier pigeons, were show will air November 17, 2018. Please listen is sometimes seen and is an audible high too limiting, too slow, too unreliable or a and call in. The listener/text line is: 361-882- pitched sound on expiration. Wheezing is combination thereof. 5397…It’s your two hours, let us hear from you. often associated with shortness of breath. Rapid heart rate that we term tachycardia can Choctaw Indians pioneered a new type of Hang in there/Have fun! be present and sometimes indicates that the military intelligence. patient is not tolerating the illness. Soon after the Meuse-Argonne campaign got underway, a company commander in the 36th Division reportedly happened to overhear two of his soldiers conversing in Choctaw. In a flash, he recognized the military potential of the language, essentially unknown to the Germans, and persuaded his superiors to post a Choctaw speaker at various field company headquarters. On October 26, 1918, the Choctaws were put to use for the first time as part of the withdrawal of two companies from the front. Having completed this mission without mishap, they then played a major role the following two days in an attack on a strongly fortified German position called Forest Ferme. “The enemy’s complete surprise is evidence that he could not decipher the messages,” Colonel A.W. Bloor later wrote in an official report. The tide November 15, 2018 Island Moon A 7 Island Moon on a Spoon Gobble Gobble Gravy Included

By Chef Vita Jarrin Thanksgiving is a few short days away… and Ingredients: some of us are extremely excited to cook in a 1 C of diced carrots kitchen all day (me me me) and others… not so much. Part of the issue surrounding the cooking 1 C of diced celery of a Thanksgiving meal, is perfecting the turkey. 1 C of diced onion After all, it is the star of the show. However, it is also one of the biggest challenges. Some 2 cloves of minced garlic challenges are due to the size. Therefore, you 2 sprigs or so of thyme need to make sure it’s completely cooked. Using a thermometer is key. However, over a good drizzle of olive oil cooking it, makes for a dry bird. Also a great 1 Tbsp. pure cane sugar reason to invest in a thermometer. 2 C chicken or veggie stock But for this article let’s focus on another challenging component that goes hand in hand 2 Tbsp. flour with the turkey. The gravy. 2 Tbsp. salt 1 tsp. ground black pepper 1/8 tsp. granulated garlic pinch or two of cayenne 2 Tbsp. of unsalted butter or adjust salt above 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar Directions: Heat oil in sauce pan and add diced veggies, garlic and the sprigs of thyme. Sauté for a bit and add salt, pepper and the sugar. Cook until tender and carrots look caramelized. This process should be low and slow and take about 15 to 20 minutes unless you want to use a higher stove setting or flame. Just make sure you watch and stir frequently. Add flour and As a Chef, I certainly want all of you cooking stir until the flour is absorbed. Add half the a turkey this Thanksgiving to cook an amazing butter. Add stock and cook until everything centerpiece. But many do struggle with the is well incorporated. Adjust seasoning. gravy and turkey without a delicious and Remove from heat and let cool for about flavorful gravy is like leaving a movie theater 10 minutes. Being super careful, blend one ten minutes before the ending. It just doesn’t ladle at a time in a blender or food processor. make sense. Just like you need an ending to a Using a sieve, pour the gravy through so it great movie you paid to watch, you need a great will catch al the chunky veggie bits and leave gravy to compliment the turkey you worked so you with a yummy, smooth gravy. Return hard represent your holiday meal. Corny? Yes, gravy to another sauce pan, place over heat I know, but you get me ;) right? and add your cayenne, your other half of On with the show… the gravy is actually easier butter and the vinegar. You should end up than you think. Whether you are cooking your with a glossy, well balanced gravy, filled turkey in the oven or deep frying it, you can with flavor. Feel free to add additional black make gravy from scratch. If you are baking pepper and or cayenne if you like that extra it, you do have an advantage by utilizing the peppery kick! drippings of the turkey and by adding your Tip of the week: veggies at the bottom of the roaster to cook with the turkey. But let’s plan on cooking the If you find your gravy needs a little more veggies stovetop so that you can make the gravy thickness, place a half cup of hot gravy in ahead. After all, the more options and shortcuts a cup. In another cup smash soft butter with the better, on such a busy day. a tablespoon or two of flour. Incorporate completely. Mix in with the gravy and mix well. So what’s the shortcut you ask? You can cut up Add this back to they gravy on the stove and mirepoix (carrots, onion & celery) which is the whisk well. You can make this gravy ahead of holy trinity in creating most anything, sautéing Thanksgiving, if you’re not using the drippings the veggies and using stock, herbs, a little flour from the turkey. If you are vegetarian, omit the and boom, you have gravy. Obviously, this chicken stock and use veggie stock and you recipe can be used anytime of the year, and can pour this over potatoes, a mushroom tart or poured over mashed potatoes, chicken, veggies, even tofu. No matter what you pour it over… etc. So here’s what you’ll need. The important thing is to Have Fun! Try New Send letters and photos to [email protected] Things! Happy Eats… Enjoy! A8 Island Moon November 15, 2018 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Chuck Bednarik’s Hit on Frank Stickler for Details By Andy Purvis war, Tex was assigned to Special to the Island Moon Naval Air Station Corpus Gifford Still Remembered Christi as a test pilot for By Dotson Lewis This man was everything the game of basketball defensive back Jack Butler on a fly. I dove and could have hoped for. He should be a national an experimental jet aircraft. While there, Tex Dotson’s Note: This report is about two of the caught the pass for a touchdown. From that monument. The man belongs to the ages like played basketball under commanding officer, best football players of all time. Thanks to Dave point on, he trusted me.” the Empire State Building. Chuck Taylor. Yes, that Chuck Taylor, later Anderson and Brandon Lee Gowton for many known for his association with canvas sneakers For three seasons, Gifford provided Tittle with When in a gym, he reminded you of the best of the facts contained in this report and John G. a flanker to offset the coverage on split end Del known as Chuck Taylor’s Converse All-Stars. Zimmerman for some of the photos. fundamental teacher you ever had. The man He was discharged from the Navy with the Shofner. In 1962, Gifford’s seventh Pro Bowl had some pull. People listened. This guy season, the Giants went 12-2 to win their fifth rank of Ensign, in 1946. Tex then enrolled The Big Hit could arrange a “meet and greet” with the and played basketball at the University of Eastern Conference title in Easter Bunny. His devotion to the game earned seven years before losing the Southern California as a senior, during the him respect from all. This fellow was a free 1946-47 season, for Head Coach Sam Barry. NFL championship game to spirit who infected his players with his desire the Green Bay Packers, 16- It was under Barry that he began to learn the to win. He was some kind of special. He was triangle offense. At USC, Winter became an 7, in an icy, swirling wind at so thoughtful he could make the Boy Scouts Yankee Stadium. All-American pole vaulter and was a teammate look suspect. Everything in his life revolved of Bill Sharman, Alex Hannum and Gene Rock, In 1963 the Giants, at 11- around the game of basketball. He was the kind all future professional basketball players. Tex 3, added another conference of guy who no longer needed to carry a photo graduated from USC in 1947. title before losing the title ID. People knew who he was; but being an game to the Bears, 14- assistant coach in the NBA is sometimes like During 30 years in college coaching, Tex won 10, in Chicago. After the an appendix, you don’t know you have one until 453 games while losing 334. Giants’ 2-10-2 collapse in something goes wrong. Chicago Bulls 1964, Gifford retired. Over Towards the end of his coaching career, he was Winter was hired by General Manager Jerry his 12-season Hall of Fame always there, somewhere near the end of the career, he totaled 9,758 all- Krause and joined the Chicago Bulls in July bench. His polar-bear white, wavy hair always of 1985 as an assistant coach. Phil Jackson purpose yards, including 14 gave him away. touchdown passes on the became the Bulls’ head coach in 1989. Jackson In the above photo is Eagles linebacker Chuck Bednarik halfback option that Vince Tex and Winter remained together in Chicago until (60) after knocking out the Giants’ Frank Gifford, flat on his Lombardi had installed as 1998. Jackson left for the Los Angeles Lakers back on the ground. offensive coach. Being from the Lone Star State, he preferred in 1999, and took Tex Winter with him. They a name that sounded like he had just climbed remained there together until 2008. Tex was a Gifford was a television down off a horse. They called him “Tex.” part of nine NBA titles, six with the Chicago This happened on November 20, 1960 and broadcaster for decades, notably from 1971 Listening to Tex Winter explain the Triangle Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, and Gifford was hospitalized for several days. It to 1998 as the play-by-play voice on ABC’s offense was like hearing Tina Turner trying to 1998), and three with the Los Angeles Lakers was an anniversary that Frank Gifford did not “Monday Night Football” booth, often with explain her song, “What’s love got to do with it.” (2,000, 2,001, and 2002). celebrate. Fifty-eight years ago, as the Giants’ Don Meredith and Howard Cosell. The man had a deep sense of right and wrong, All-Pro running back, he lay crumpled at and a missed extra pass to the open man was In 1962 Tex wrote a book entitled The Triple- “The only other concussion I remember,” Post Offense. In his book, he described the game Yankee Stadium after having fumbled away Gifford said, “was when I was a defensive back just wrong. There is an old Chinese saying that a pass reception when blindsided by Eagles goes like this: “One finger cannot lift a pebble.” he loved. “Basketball is a game of geometry,” my first or second year with the Giants in the said Tex. “The court is a rectangle, the ball is linebacker Chuck Bednarik late in a 17-10 Polo Grounds. I got hit hard and kept playing. I Winter’s real job was to get special one-of-a- loss. Unconscious, Gifford was carried off the kind athletes like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant a sphere, the rim and net form a cylinder, and lined up wrong in Tom Landry’s defense for two the offense, when run properly, will produce field on a stretcher and examined. Wrapped in or three plays until I snapped out of it.” and Shaquille O’Neal to play “team” basketball. blankets with an ice-cold compress above his Having Tex Winter as your coach, was like a triangle.” The Triangle Offense consisted closed eyes, he was soon rolled on a gurney to Chuck Bednarik having a championship ring on your finger. He of ball movement and teamwork. It involved an ambulance that hurried him to St. Elizabeth’s was a stickler for details. His legacy is secure. three players: a center that played down low The fact that Chuck came up from a Hospital. Take a bow, Tex; you earned it. on the block, a corner guy and a player at the background like he did is admirable because top near the three-point line, creating a triangle The diagnosis was said to be a “deep brain it’s very symbolic of the idea of "The American on one side of the court. concussion,” and Gifford remained in the Dream". He came from a hard-working, blue- Each player was spaced hospital for several days. His 1960 season was collar family and replicated that lifestyle in his 15-20 feet away from each over. And when he pursued a local television play. He went off to war at the young age of 18 other to prevent a double offer rather than return to the Giants in 1961, and survived over 30 missions before coming team. Some believed that his football career appeared over. back home and deciding to enter another world the triangle was overrated. At the time, it was professional football’s most of violence: the NFL. Most coaches thought, the notorious concussion. Before rejoining the Chuck once said, "And I remember one time better the basketball player Giants in 1962 for three more seasons, Gifford somebody said to me ‘What do you want to be is, the more you can expect refrained from contact for about 18 months. most remembered for?’ And I said that ‘I was they might not want to That should be a lesson for anyone involved a guy that came from poor people, made it big, accept the triangle, because in football’s current vigilance on concussions. got all the adulations and all the awards you can it involves giving up the At every level, too many players rush — or are get that any athlete ever got, but I never forgot ball. Who couldn’t win with rushed by coaches, doctors and sometimes by my friends and my roots and I want to be back players like Michael Jordan, parents — to resume playing after a concussion. home with them.’" Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal? But, the fact is that As Gifford lay unconscious, Bednarik waved This quote shows how truly humble and I snapped this photo of Phil Jackson and Tex Winters at the Jordan, Bryant and Shaq his arms and hopped around in celebration. grateful that Chuck was for his opportunity in 1992 NBA All-Star Game in Orlando, Florida. never won a championship Spectators and some Giants players thought the NFL. This type of action also really speaks running a different offense. Bednarik, Philadelphia’s All-Pro linebacker/ out about how pure his character was. You know it’s funny; the only thing that was center, was enjoying the scene. Then and Born in Texas He also said, "You gotta play with that killer really exciting about Tex Winter was the until the day he died, , Bednarik insisted he Morice Fredrick “Tex” Winter was born near instinct, man. You gotta hate that guy across championships. was celebrating the Eagles’ having recovered Wellington, Texas, on February 25, 1922, about Gifford’s fumble, virtually ensuring a victory 15 minutes after his twin sister. The family Unfortunately, I never had the chance to meet that would propel them to that season’s NFL moved to Lubbock, Texas, in 1929. At the Coach Winter. I did take several photos of Tex championship. age of ten, his father, a mechanic, died from standing beside Chicago Bulls’ head coach, an infection. Tex and his brothers and sisters Phil Jackson, at the 1992 NBA All-Star Game in Frank Gifford took jobs while they were in grade school Orlando, Florida With the Triangle, Tex created to help their mother support the family. Tex action and movement that happened in less than collected boxes for a local baker in exchange 24 seconds. The Triangle took away the ability for day-old bread for his family. In 1936, for good players to guard other good players,” the family moved to Huntington, California, said Wilson. “Players were trying to stop the where his mother took a job as a clothing store process, while having to guard guys like Jordan. manager. While in high school, Tex had the There was just so much movement.” opportunity to work with Coach Pete Newell as Tex died on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, the ballboy at Loyola University. Tex graduated in Manhattan, Kansas, where he was living. from Huntington Park High School in 1940 “Father Time” had no idea where he lived. Tex and enrolled at Compton Jr. College in Los was the world’s youngest 96-year old. He never Angeles. Winter not only played basketball, acted his age and believed that growing up was but he also became an outstanding pole vaulter way overrated. At his age, Tex lived a long at Compton. He spent two years there, before full life; his candles may have cost more than Chuck Bednarik earning a scholarship to Oregon State in 1942. his birthday cake. Tex is survived by his wife In 1943, Tex was considered a candidate for the Nancy and their sons Chris, Brian and Russ. U.S. Olympic team in 1944, but the Olympic from you. Then after the game, tell him what They have three grandchildren. Games were cancelled due to World War II. a nice guy he is… shake his hand. Especially if Andy Purvis is a local author and radio you win. Right? (chuckle)" Tex Winter met his future wife Nancy while personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. attending Oregon State. Both of them joined Chuck was the ultimate role model for other com for all the latest info on his books or to and served in the U.S. Navy, from 1943 until players in the game. Go out and be the toughest listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books 1946. Tex entered fighter-pilot training school, SOB you can out there, because when the game are available online and can be found in the and his wife went into the WAVES. Tex earned is being played, you have to do everything you local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be Frank Gifford his pilot’s wings and was assigned to the Pacific can to win. But when the game is over, he says contacted at [email protected]. Also Theater. His orders were rescinded when it that the players need to leave it on the field and listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q was discovered his brother’s plane had been be respectful human beings to one another. This & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com Gifford agreed. He said “Chuck hit me exactly shot down. He was then assigned to Naval is a prime example of his appreciation of the 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of the way I would have hit him, it was with his Air Station Glenview in Illinois. After the shoulder, a clean shot.” game, along with another example of his high the Houston Astros. character and lively personality Clean but cruel. In the tackle, Gifford’s head snapped back. He learned decades later that he Dotson’s Other Note: I believe that the best also sustained what he described as a spinal Eagle of all-time was Chuck Bednarik, who is The Best Pizzeria concussion. a legend not to be forgotten. I would wager that my friend, Dutch Wurzbach, whom I believe was “When I had tingling in my fingers about seven a neighbor of Chuck’s in Philadelphia, agrees in the Coastal Bend or eight years ago, I had X-rays of my neck,” with me. In the event that you did not know, Gifford, when he was 80, said. “The technician following his graduation from high school, he Now Serving asked me if I had ever been in an automobile entered the United States Army Air Forces and accident. I told him no, but he said the X-rays served as a B-24 waist-gunner with the Eighth showed a fracture of a neck vertebra that had Air Force. Bednarik flew on 30 combat missions healed by itself. After the Bednarik play, they over Germany, for which he was awarded the never X-rayed my neck. They just X-rayed my Pizza Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters, the head.” European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Over those 18 months away from football, Medal and four Battle Stars. Two of the best By The Gifford’s brain (and apparently his neck) had in football left us a little more than three years time to heal. When tested before his 1962 return ago: Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 to the Giants’ training camp, he was cleared to – March 21, 2015) Francis Newton Gifford Only $3.99 play. During the 1961 season, he scouted the (August 16, 1930 – August 9, 2015). -30- Slice! 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132 W. Cotter St. PortA A 13 Island Moon November 15, 2018 The Great Outdoors On the Rocks By Jay Gardner Backwater Adventures The weather lately has made the numbers look pretty close to reality for By Joey Farah me want to curl up on the what they’re proposing. The proposed repair couch and take a nap until options are both repair to original and/or better Farah’s Fishing Adventures March, but as I type this the than constructed conditions. The question still FIRE Stretched across the sky and stirred the now confined to areas that favor their body weekend doesn’t look all that bad and maybe remains, where is the money going to come colors into a swirl of orange pink yellow and temperatures. Moving in and out of deep water, we’ll get up and go outside. Typically I take from? The estimates are more than is even more. The shadows grew into blackness and and out of fast moving current is key in their the Thanksgiving week off and wander around available in the TIRZ #2, even if you recoup the all you could see was this canvas of sunset. A survival. Look for lots of fish to be in and down the beach for a good stretch, but meetings $4 million that is promised for the Park Road few moments of reflection laid upon everyone around the ICW as it is the highway for bait. are trying to rear their heads up next week 22 Bridge and completely drain the TIRZ. You who watched the sky. Reflection on the days When the cold fronts are blasting through, this despite my trying to stave them off. Wish me loyal readers know that many of us feel nervous triumphs afield and in life. These beautiful area will be flooded with fast moving current. luck, and maybe I’ll even wedge in an article about draining the TIRZ if it’s not absolutely sunsets at the end of recent Fall next week. necessary. Things can actually get worse than Days have brought us all to say they are now, believe me. I’m not THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR sure why there isn’t a “Hurricane- BLESSINGS. Ike-repair-level-estimate” which was simply dumping rocks on the bad Looking back over the last spots. It’s like buying a set of swim year here on the Island we all trunks while planning a vacation have some big things to be without having the necessary thankful for and so many of vacation days, or the money for the you deserve the recognition plane ticket to go. We all understand of a heartfelt THANK YOU the FEMA option, however that is this Thanksgiving. PORT a re-imbursement option that isn’t ARANSAS pulled together guaranteed. Last I checked, we’ve and came back after a major recently had Hurricane Harvey, hurricane. Most all of us were Hurricane Maria, and now with the effected, but together and with California wildfires, I’m wondering love and dedication PADRE how deep the FEMA pockets are ISLAND CAME BACK AND HAD A GREAT SUMMER these days. That ship might have Three Veterans that I was lucky enough to have on my sailed, and as time goes on, gets less SEASON! I’d like to say thank likely of saving our bacon. We must you to all the families that boat with screaming drags, due to redfish overload! press forward though, and by this sacrificed life savings and hard work to piece together and time next week, I expect that we will Surface water cools and is funneled into the rebuild the marinas and bait houses here so that have a vote to do so. channel, lowering the temperature. Look for we could still function. BILLINGS MARINA, nooks that allow fish to pull out and away from Well folks, not much fun going on CLEMS, and MARKER 37 along with all the the sweeping water and relax in deep water Juvenile tarpon. this week as we acclimatize to our new folks in Port Aransas and Rockport THANK close by. Side channels, barge washouts along weather patterns and locate our long YOU! I’m always reminded and humbled the edge, and deep flats just beside the channel. johns and coats, but hopefully we will when I get my tea over at the sandwich shop at Wade fishing for those big trout is good on the You can always tell when winter is coming have some stories for you next week. About all Snoopy’s. A little towel with a big thought.: IF warming trend days. Trout have thin skin so as on, as the price of airline tickets creep up by I have is that I caught a juvenile tarpon in a cast YOUR LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE BY THE soon as the sun comes out hunt them in shallow increments each hour that that it gets colder net the other day at one of the drainage ditches. OCEAN, YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH GIVE soft bottom areas close to deep water with the around here. My folks are headed to Kansas As I mentioned in the last edition, it’s good to THANKS GOD BLESS (yes, I know, wrong direction) to visit some see the juveniles pop up more and more in our DOA SHALLOW WATER BAIT BUSTER! relatives next week and asked if I was interested local waters, and it is likely Packery’s influence. In the outdoors, cold temperatures have really This bait is a suspending bait that is much easier in joining them. I haven’t seen some of my Hopefully this isn’t the only tarpon I land this brought up some great fishing. Gamefish to master than an original CORKY. The mullet aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews in many year, because I’m not even sure it counts. like trout, reds, drum, and flounder have all body hangs in the middle of the water column years, and need to get up there at some point. become temperate. This means that they are and darts perfectly with every twitch. The single It’s holiday time and the schedule is filling up hook design is much better than treble I’m not sure winter is the best time, but they’re with Christmas parties and all that jazz. The going to go pheasant hunting, something hooks as you won’t hang up on rocks “OTB Island shoppers” will be out in force and grass every cast. I’ve caught untold I haven’t formally done yet. I checked on checking for unlocked doors and garage “show tickets yesterday afternoon, and then again numbers of giant trout in this bait hobby rooms” that they can make easy scores on MARKER 37 MARINA to visit their new this morning, and they went up by over $100 Islanders stuff. It’s a shame that it occurs, and overnight. Pretty quick, and I’m talking about display of my favorite DOA BAITS and I have to imagine that there will be a conga-line try one out. This winter is your opportunity the destination from currently-sunny-Corpus of OTB cars following the UPS trucks as they to probably-snowing-Wichita KS. Not exactly to really learn and become effective with make their deliveries on the Island checking soft plastics. Clean clear water, and Miami Beach, and yet still tickets are going up. your Amazon presents. Keep your eyes peeled, Brud says it’s the holidaze. concentrated numbers of gamefish means and drop me a line at [email protected]. now is the time to just pick up the rod, This evening at ISAC we will be hearing from If the planets will align and the forecast will fill your pockets with rubber baits and the City and their engineer on the proposed become more amenable, you might even see take off. The beach, the bulkheads, any repairs to Packery Channel. I’ve seen the some of us down south On the Rocks. public spot, or out in a boat much of preliminary engineering drawings, and I agree the best winter fishing is very close and with their two different repair levels, and even easily accessible. Give me a call and I’ll let you know when I’ll be hitting the dock This Local Islander had some old friends at MARKER 37 MARINA, I ALWAYS HAVE come in for a weekend of fun and fishing. A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE SOME BAITS Game Warden Field Notes Braved the wind and cold to hook up on AND TECHNIQUE WITH YOU. Follow all our hookups on FACEBOOK at Joey Farah’s The following items are compiled from recent this nice black drum from the Padre Island Sharing and Liking His Trophy Buck Backwater Adventures 361-442-8145. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law Canals. On October 13, a Webb County game warden enforcement reports. was reviewing a Facebook post of a 15-point Lost and Found deer taken with a bow during a hunt in Laredo. As the warden began looking through the While patrolling for hunting violations pictures posted online, he verified the hunter’s recently, a San Jacinto County game warden name and information. He determined the came upon a vehicle in the Sam Houston hunter was from Louisiana and had harvested National Forest. The warden approached the the deer without a hunting license. When the vehicle and made contact with a hunter who subject was questioned regarding the harvest said he was waiting for his buddy. He told the of the deer, he denied hunting and requested warden they became interested in hunting on the warden prove he had. After the warden public lands after seeing it on the Lone Star advised him of the photos he had obtained from Law television series, and this was their first Facebook, the hunter apologized and admitted time in the Sam Houston National Forest. He to harvesting his trophy deer without a hunting had been waiting on his friend for a couple of license. Cases have been filed, and restitution hours and was worried he might be lost. He led is pending. the warden to the location he had hunted and said his friend had been hunting approximately Bass Busted 100 yards from that area. After about an hour of While patrolling Longhorn Dam on the searching, the missing hunter was located in a Colorado River around sunset, a Travis County thicket and safely returned to their vehicle. Both game warden observed an individual with two hunters were grateful they were not spending gutted largemouth bass, homemade spear gun, the night in the woods. and a Hawaiian sling; not a legal means and Didn’t Stop in the Name of Love method for taking game fish in Texas. Upon contact, the individual admitted to using the On October 7, game wardens in Presidio and spear gun to catch the bass and not having a Brewster County were patrolling south on U.S. fishing license. He stated he knew it was illegal Highway 67 when they were flagged down by but said he wanted some bass because it was some motorists on the side of the road who getting late in the season. Multiple citations were victims of a hit and run. The suspect were issued, and the fish were seized. Citations vehicle description was given, and the game and civil restitution are pending. wardens headed south in pursuit. State troopers were advised of the accident and were able to Overstaying His Welcome obtain a better description of the vehicle after On October 6, game wardens responded to a interviewing the victims. The game wardens trespassing call in Concho County from an irate located the suspect vehicle with a missing landowner who explained a flatbed trailer, an driver-side mirror, a traffic stop was conducted, ATV and two empty bow cases were located and the driver was arrested without incident on his property. With an idea of who the just outside Shafter. The trooper working the suspect might be, several calls were made to accident case came to the arresting location to local businesses, and the individual was found match the chrome from the debris left by the checked in at a nearby motel. They located suspect’s vehicle at the accident location. The and visited with the suspect, his girlfriend, driver of the truck was charged with accident and the girlfriend’s brother. The suspect, from involving damage to a vehicle, a Class B Mesquite, had been invited to hunt on the misdemeanor, and placed in the Hudspeth property the weekend before but did not have County jail. During transport to jail, the suspect any luck. The landowner, also from Mesquite, freely admitted to being in a hurry to see his agreed to take the suspect on another hunt girlfriend in Mexico. The case is pending. but explained he had prior commitments the Next Time Use the Entrance Gate following weekend. The suspect later decided to invite himself to the deer camp that weekend Beautiful 34 inch redfish caught by this angler along the shoreline of ROCKY SLOUGH A Morris County game warden was patrolling not knowing the landowner’s brother would be this week. Purple chartreuse DOA CAL SHAD. CAPT FARAH. along Interstate 30 near the White Oak Creek in the camp. Cases pending. Wildlife Management Area boundary when they spotted a vehicle parked along the shoulder next Not on the Hunting List to the Sulphur River. The location is not a legal On October 27, a Titus County game warden access entry point for the WMA, so the warden responded to the White Oak Creek Wildlife set up along the Interstate to observe the vehicle Management Area on a report of hunters and, about 30 minutes after sundown; two men illegally hunting two different sections while the came out of the woods carrying shotguns. It was area was closed for the Special Drawn Hunts. discovered the two subjects had been hunting Five hunters were caught in one area trying for hogs and both received citations. to hide 14 illegally killed squirrels. Two more hunters were caught in the second area with an illegally shot deer. Citations are pending.

Send letters and photos to [email protected] November 15, 2018 Island Moon A 14 Full Transparency and Disclosure STATE POA News by Marvin Jones, President Month of November Helps to Recognize News You Can Use Our Veterans By Todd Hunter, District 32 is to match veteran job seekers with the Litter Critter- The next Litter Critter is This is why we are waiting for the 16th to The month of November best employment opportunities available. scheduled for Saturday, November 17, 2018, open up registration. is a time to recognize the • Education: this department approves at the Briscoe King Pavilion parking lot from sacrifice of the men and Administrative Assistant- Executive all programs for Chapter 30, 33, 35, 9:00 AM until dumpsters are full. Come women that served in the armed forces. U.S. Director, Jim Smock, has added an assistant 1606, and 1607 federal educational early! We need more volunteers to help with veterans have sacrificed so much for our to the PIPOA staff. The Board had previously benefits. Through an approval process, the unloading. Young, strong persons are country and it is important to honor them for approved this position. the Texas Veterans Commission ensures especially welcome! their service. In Texas, we have a number Audit- The PIPOA Bylaws, Section 2.08 that institutions and employers are in of programs that seek to help and assist our Board Meeting- The next regularly requires an annual audit. The audit for 2017 compliance with federal guidelines current and former members of the military. scheduled Board Meeting is December 11 is almost completed. The PIPOA Tax return and are qualified to provide the type of These programs are spread across different state at the Island Presbyterian Church starting at is being prepared by our CPA firm. The Audit training offered. agencies that work to implement and administer 5:30. The Board agreed to combine November and the Tax Return should be available soon. and December’s meeting due to the holidays. them. • Grants & Funding: The Texas Veterans Billish Park- Herbicide and fertilizer were Commission Fund for Veterans’ According to a Texas state summary conducted Elections- Do you want to be a PIPOA Board applied to the new sod last week. Hopefully, Assistance (FVA) grant program awards by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, our Member? There are two Board seats up for the special formula herbicide will put an end reimbursement grants to eligible charitable state is home to around 1.6 million veterans. election. To be a candidate, you must be a to any emerging sticker burs. According to organizations, local government agencies, Many have chosen to stay in Texas or move property owner in the PIPOA. The deadline the experts, it is not possible to completely and Veterans Service Organizations that to Texas from somewhere else due to the to register is November 15, 2018. You must eradicate sticker burs because their seeds provide direct services to Texas Veterans great programs that are in place to help assist submit a written notice to the PIPOA and blow in the wind and can travel great distances and their families. our service members. Texas has a number of provide a short bio or resume to the PIPOA before settling to the ground. Thus, a constant resources that are managed by a wide range of In addition to the TVC, the Texas Veterans office. You can email it to [email protected] or effort to keep the sticker burs under control is state agencies, but the two primary agencies are Land Board (VLB) helps our military men and drop it off at the PIPOA office. required. the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) and the women after they return from service. The Vacant Board Seat- On the 16th of PIPOA Office- The office will be closed Veterans Land Board (VLB). VLB was created in 1946 with the mission of November, the procedure to apply for the on Thursday, November 22 and Friday, administering benefits that were exclusively The Texas Veterans Commission was vacant Board seat will be announced. The November 23 in observance of Thanksgiving. for our Texas veterans. Some of the programs established in 1927 and was originally vacant Board seat is a Board appointed at the VLB help our service members with As always, let me have your thoughts. You designated as the State Service Office. It was position, not a member elected position as obtaining low interest loans on land, homes, can reach me at [email protected] tasked with assisting those veterans of the mentioned above. I know it is a bit confusing. home improvements as well as home programs Indian wars, Spanish-American War, and World to help provide long-term care services for our War I. The intention of creating this agency Texas veterans. If you would like to learn more was to act as the state appointed advocate of about these programs and the VLB, please visit the veterans in Texas. Today, the TVC works to Ethel Eyerly Community Center their website at: http://www.glo.texas.gov/vlb/ try and help both current and former members of our military to secure the benefits they have If you have questions regarding Activities Schedlue earned through their service. According to their any of the information mentioned in this week’s The Ethel Eyerly Community Center in Flour Thursday website (http://www.tvc.texas.gov/), there are article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol Bluff is open with a full activities schedule which or District Office. Please always feel free to Zumba Gold (Co-Ed) 10:30-11:30 AM four program areas in which they can be of is shown below. All are welcome. The center is assistance: contact my office if you have any questions located at 654 Graham Road (Flour Bluff). ($20/month, or $4/session) or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if • Claims: this department serves veterans, you would like to contact my office regarding Nutritious Meals Served For Persons Age 60 Wii Bowling & Chair Volleyball - 12:30- their dependents and survivors, in all constituent services. As always, my offices are and Over 11:30 A.M. 4:45 PM matters pertaining to veterans’ disability available at any time to assist with questions, benefits and rights. It is the designated ($2.00 SUGGESTED MEAL DONATION) Quilting 2nd Thursday of the Month concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- agency of the state of Texas to represent 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). Monday Tai Chi Class 4-5 PM the State and its veterans before the U.S. Fun & Fitness Exercise 10-11 AM Free ($40/Month or $10/Session Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 Computer Interest Group Every Second Friday • Employment: this department offers Monday 12:30 to 2 PM employment services to Texas veterans Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). Fun & Fitness Exercise 10-11 AM (Free) and helps employers find qualified veteran He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. Wii Bowling 12:30 PM Table Tennis – 11 AM job applicants. The goal of these services texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. Tuesday Bingo - 1 PM ($.75 Cards) Zumba Gold (Co-Ed) 10:30-11:30 AM ($20/month or $4/session) Special Events Committee Dinner/Dance Padre Island Real Estate Ticker Table Tennis & Table Games-12:30-5 PM Every 3rd Friday October 16 - 31 Tai Chi Class 4-5 PM By Cindy Molnar 4:30-7:30 PM ($40/Month or $10/Session Coldwell Banker Island Realtors Tickets sold by Special Events Committee Wednesday or phone reservation: 361-826-2330 Waterfront Homes Sold 79 Interior Condominiums/ Fun & Fitness Exercise 10-11 AM (Free) Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From 14130 Cutlass Avenue $88,400.00-$449,800 15333 Caravel Drive Port Aransas Art Waterfront Condomiums/Townhomes Texas Drilling 15333 Mutiny Court Sold Permits and Center Celebrates 13902 Dasmarinas Drive 14873 Granada Drive #14 65 Waterfront Homes Listed From 14300 S. Padre Island Drive #50 $285,000.00-$1,999,000.00 Completions #GivingTuesday and 14802 Windward Drive #220 Interior Lot Homes Sold 14802 Windward Drive #226 Encourages Support 14322 Scallop Street Statistics for 14802 Windward Drive #105 14849 Dasmarinas Drive for Programs for 14810 Windward Drive #215 September 2018 15538 Escapade Street The Railroad Commission of Texas 14810 Windward Drive #521 13973 Jibstay Street (Commission) issued a total of 974 original Youth, Adults and 14858 Granada Drive Unit F drilling permits in September 2018 compared to 15346 Barataria Drive 903 in September 2017. The September 2018 63 Waterfront Condominiums/ Daily Operations 15269 Cartagena Court total included 857 permits to drill new oil or gas Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From wells, 11 to re-enter plugged well bores and 106 15605 Dyna Street $69,700.00-$1,250,000.00 for re-completions of existing well bores. The 15242 Barataria Drive Waterfront Lots breakdown of well types for those permits is 271 oil, 55 gas, 576 oil or gas, 62 injection, zero 13946 Blackbeard Drive 15214 Cartagena service and 10 other permits. 15062 Reales Drive 50 Waterfront Lots Listed From $135,000.00-$2,000,000.00 In September 2018, Commission staff 15245 Capstan Drive processed 553 oil, 129 gas, 60 injection and Interior Lots Sold two other completions compared to 318 oil, 101 14832 Whiltecap Blvd. gas, 40 injection and four other completions 14826 Whitecap Blvd. 15741 Cuttysark Street This #GivingTuesday - November 27, 2018 in September 2017. Total well completions 14125 Coquina Bay Drive processed for 2018 year to date are 8,041; up - the Port Aransas Art Center will encourage 13902 Dasmarinas Drive from 5,408 recorded during the same time contributions to support its programs for youth, 83 Interior Lot Homes Listed From 51 Interior Lots Listed From period in 2017. adults and its daily operations. Gifts of all sizes $184,900.00-$715,995.00 $45,000.00-$160,000.000 are welcome and appreciated from now through According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig Interior Lot Condominiums/Townhomes/ #GivingTuesday on November 27. Commercial Lots count as of October 5 was 524, representing Duplexes Sold 11 Commercial Lots Listed From about 51 percent of all active rigs in the United Port Aransas Art Center webpage devoted to 14832 Whitecap Drive $125,000.00-$1,850,000.00 States #GivingTuesday: https://portaransasartcenter. org/givingtuesday/ 14826 Whitecap Drive Presbyterian Church • #GivingTuesday’s national website (the 14832 Leeward Drive Art Center is an official participant and noted as such in its database): https:// Raffle Dinner for www.givingtuesday.org/ • Qgiv online donation form for direct Twelve giving: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/ Instead of cooking your Thanksgiving dinner, recurrg/ P.I.E. Needs Homes for the why not buy a raffle ticket to win a wonderful • Port Aransas Art Center YouTube video Send letters and photos 2018 Holiday Home Tour dinner for 12? Island Presbyterian Church is for #GivingTuesday: https://youtu.be/ selling raffle tickets $5 per ticket or 5 for $20. qoVPDPdKPns to editor@islandmoon. Live/Silent Auction Cocktail Party – Tickets are available from members of the • GuideStar gold seal profile of the Port Friday, Nov. 30th 6 PM till 10 PM church or by calling 949-8770. The dinner Aransas Art Center: https://www2. com Holiday Home Tour – Sunday, Dec. 2nd includes turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and guidestar.org/profile/74-2782537 12:30 PM -5:30 PM gravy, green vegetable, sweet potato casserole, $5 Raffle Tickets for a $500 Visa Card on fruit salad, cranberry sauce, rolls and two pies #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that of your choice from apple, pecan or pumpkin. harnesses the collective power of individuals, Sale Now! Drawing will be held November 18 after the communities and organizations to encourage Padre Island Enrichment Club LLC (PIE) 10 a.m. church service. Meal will be delivered philanthropy and to celebrate generosity is looking for homes to participate in the to your home Wednesday (the day before worldwide. Following Thanksgiving and tour this year. You do not have to be a Thanksgiving) after three with full instructions the widely recognized shopping events member to place your home in the tour. on reheating. Sorry, menu cannot be adjusted Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this year’s Your home does not have to be a certain for gluten free, vegetarian or vegan. #GivingTuesday takes place on November 27th size or have every room decorated. The and will kick off the giving season by inspiring Tour will start at Schlitterbahn @12:30 people to collaborate and give back. pm where you can purchase tickets and “The Port Aransas Art Center is excited about receive your map to the homes the day of ISLAND participating in #GivingTuesday for the first the tour. Tickets will be available at the time this year. In fact, 2018 is the first year we POA office starting Oct.11, 2018. CHIROPRACTIC have an online giving platform in place that This year we are holding a Live/Silent Daxton T. Krugman, D.C. can easily accept donations from all kinds of Auction in the Pour House upstairs at 14602 Compass Street, Ste B. sources and from people located anywhere in Schlitterbahn. No entrance fee. There Texas, the U.S. and beyond. Our focus is to will be a cash bar, live music, appetizers, generate financial support for our programs (361) 949-2199 live and silent auction. We are looking www.krugmanchiropractic.com for youth, adults and for the Art Center’s daily operational needs. And, we hope to establish for donated auction items and/or cash COMPLIMENTARY #GivingTuesday as an annual “year-end” giving donations to cover expenses. For tradition! Your questions, suggestions and information please call Katherine Pierce CONSULTATIONS charitable donations are welcome.” @ 361-774-2992. November 15, 2018 Island Moon A 15 November 28, 2018 What’s the Risk of a Medical Data Breach? 4th AnnualEnchanted Forest Christmas By Kelly Trevino Regional Director, Corpus Christi and Victoria Better Business Bureau Tree Auction Gala Norma Wright We will have a live auction for decorated Despite strict privacy laws, like the Health Be Wary of “Free” – Be cautious if someone trees and a silent auction with Wreaths, C Insurance Portability and Accountability Act offers you “free” health services or products This year our Christmas Tree Auction will Centerpieces and other stylishly, homemade (HIPAA), intended to safeguard your personal but requires you to provide your health plan ID be November 28, 2018 at Doc’s Seafood and Christmas items. We already have over 15 medical information, medical identity theft is number. Medical identity thieves may pretend Steaks, lower level, ”Under the J.F.K. Bridge”. trees, 5 wreaths and other items. We are still on the rise and that could be a prescription for to work for an insurance company, doctor’s We want to thank Roberta and Fred Soward, looking for more decorated, lighted, Christmas financial disaster. offices, clinic or pharmacy to try to trick you owners of Doc’s, for being our program sponsor trees, and other items you would like to donate. into revealing sensitive information. for the fourth year and donating the food and A law passed in 2009 requires health care venue for the evening. For tickets and applications to donate a providers and other entities covered by HIPAA Know Who You’re Talking To – Don’t share decorated tree, wreath or centerpiece contact to inform the U.S. Department of Health and medical or insurance information by phone or The doors and bar open at 5:00 pm, you can Norma Wright at [email protected] Human Services (HHS) and affected individuals email unless you initiated the contact and know check out all the beautiful trees and start bidding or call Norma at 361-946-4996. You can also of a medical data breach affecting 500 or more who you’re dealing with. Call your doctor on the silent auction items. The live auction will contact Kae or Cindy at www.timonsministries. people. directly or login to your insurer’s patient portal begin at 6:30. Local, Wade Grassedonia, is our com or call Timon’s at 361-937-6196. Tickets to verify that the query is really coming from Auctioneer this year. The ticket price is $25.00 The HIPAA Journal compiled statistics on will be available at the door. Checks, cash or them. and includes 2 drink tickets for beer or wine and healthcare data breaches from October 2009 credit cards will be accepted for entrance and hors-d-oeuvres. through 2017. They found that there were 2,181 Keep it Safe and Secure – Keep paper and purchases. We look forward to seeing everyone healthcare data breaches resulting in the theft/ electronic copies of your medical and health This is such a beautiful evening, as you enter again this year at The Islands first Joyous exposure of 176,709,305 healthcare records, insurance records in a safe place. Shred into the Enchanted Forest of beautifully lighted Christmas Event of the Season! which includes just over 50% of the U.S. outdated health insurance forms, prescription and decorated trees. If you haven’t been before, All proceeds go to Timon’s Ministries a 501c3 population. Their statistics found an increase and physician statements, and the labels from it is a must for early shopping for your trees and Charity. in the number of breaches over the nine- prescription bottles before you throw them out. other gifts. year period, with 2017 indicating the highest Read the “Explanation of Benefits” – Your reported cases. insurer routinely mails out summaries of If the thief’s health information gets mixed medical services rendered with “This is not a Grand Opening of Farrah’s Fashions with yours, your treatment, insurance records, bill” printed on top. Briefly review everything payment information and credit report could mailed to you from doctors and your insurance be affected. Even more troubling, when company. If you spot anything suspicious, Open now in Port A. hackers steal your health data they can use that contact the provider or your insurance company. information to commit identity theft, not just Kelly Trevino is the regional director for medical fraud. Thieves can apply for loans and the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better government benefits or rack up charges on credit Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas. cards fraudulently taken out in your name. Kelly is available for media interviews and Your medical and insurance information speaking engagements. You can reach her by are valuable to identity thieves. BBB and the phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offer the corpuschristi.bbb.org. following advice to help protect you from medical identity theft: Send letters and photos to [email protected] Padre Island Christmas Parade Sunday, December 9 Nueces County Emergency Services District The Nueces County Emergency Services Left on Whitecap, Left on Aquarius St., District Number 2 will hold its annual Christmas Right on Commodore Dr to Schlitterbahn Parade on Padre Island on Sunday, December 9. (break) The route is as follows: Left on Commodore Dr., Right on Aquarius It will begin at 5:45 p.m. at Nueces County St., Right at Cabana St., Park and wind through Island streets. Left on Commodore Dr., Left on Compass, Right turn from Nueces County Park cross Right on Headsail Ave., Left on Frontage, PR @@ onto Encantada, Left on Jack Fish, Right on Aquarius, Left Left on Palmira, Right on San Filipe, Right on Sea Horse, Right on Aloha St., on Cabo Blanco, Right on Suntan Ave, Left on Aquarius, Right on Punta Bonaire, Right on Sea Pines, Right on Ambrosia, Left on Marina, Right on Palo Seco, End. Left on Blanquilla Dr., Right on El Soccorro Loop, Left on Conquina Bay Ave., Right on Palo Seco Dr., Left on Sea Pines, Right on Coral Vine St., Left on Allamanda Dr, Left on Pionciana St. Right on Bay Bean, Left on Treebine Dr, Right on Sea Pines, Left Palmira, Left on Encantada, Right on Gypsy, Left on Whitecap, Right on Dasmarinas, Left on Aquarius St., Right on Whitecap, Right on Tesoro, Right on Cobo De Bara Circle, Right on Tesore, Right Left Port Royal Ct., Right on Tesoro Dr, Right on Camino De Plata,

Farrah’s Fashions hosted their Grand Opening Celebration last Saturday in Port Aransas. Photos by Ronnie Narmour.

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949-0794 www.theislandsedgehairsalon.com November 15, 2018 Island Moon A 16 The Island Outdoors CLUB NEWS Healthful House Plants The Island Moon provides this space for The Tuesday before Thanksgiving will By Stacey Kempf Island organizations. If you are a member be our annual “PIE” Sale November What Works Well of a club and want to get the word out 20th from 9 am to 12 pm at the Keller about your events and/or projects send Williams Office on Park Rd. 22. While the study did show that houseplants are them along and we will get them in. Proceeds go towards scholarships for beneficial for air pollution reduction, it also students living on the Island. When the north wind kicks up and the demonstrated that not all are created equal when Be sure to include a brief description of temperature drops, most people tend to spend it comes to removing one or more of these types what your organization does and a contact Pies, cakes, cookies and brownies – get a little more time indoors rather than out, but of chemicals. Certain ones out-performed the person for those interested in joining. there early! We sell out pretty fast. that doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to others, and out of the twelve plants tested at the Send the info to [email protected] Island United Political Action put your gardening gloves away until Spring. time, only the following were shown to remove and we will include it. Or call us at 949- Committee: Maximize representation Adding indoor plants to your home is an ideal all three types of chemicals mentioned above: way to enjoy growing something beautiful 7700. of Corpus Christi residents on Padre Corn Stalk Dracaena (Dracaena without sacrificing your comfort. What’s more, and Mustang Islands in area government massangeana) Padre Island Antique Classic Car by promoting and supporting, by the not only can they improve the aesthetics of your Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles endorsement process, proactive and indoor living spaces, but they just might make English Ivy (Hedera helix) 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, unified voting in non-partisan races and you a little healthier in the process. Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like Variegated Snake Plant (Sansevieria other issues and referendums put to public laurentii) to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, vote. Meetings are open to the public. tours, car shows on and around the Island. IUPAC meets meeting the 2nd Thursday Red-Edged Dracaena (Dracaena marginata) Please contact [email protected] for of the month from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum “Mauna Loa”) information on the upcoming meeting. the Island Time Sushi Bar, contact: Nick Please include your contact information Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. Florist’s Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum and the type of car owned. com. morifolium) Youth Development Foundation of POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. Other Benefits Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each The Association’s primary responsibility Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., is to maintain the Common Areas, assess Port Aransas. For more information please and collect the annual fees and provide email [email protected]. information and assistance to property Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet owners. .. Membership in PIPOA is every other Tuesday night! Call or text automatic for anyone acquiring record Florist’s Chrysanthemum Danny Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 legal title to any property within Padre Isles. Their office is located at 14015 for the next meeting date. Beginners Plants in Space Workshop: 6 to 7 PM and Open Jam: Fortuna Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels welcome. 949-7025, [email protected]. Back in the 80’s, the National Aeronautics and Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery, ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. Space Administration (NASA) was in search of 13919 SPID, right here on the island. Located in Port Aransas the ARK is a way to make the environment inside their space A $3 per person donation covers the affiliate with the University of Texas at stations more suitable for human occupancy. workshop, materials and the open jam. Austin Marine Science Center. They The concern they had revolved around the Loaner ukuleles available at no extra cost. handle the rehabilitation of most species air quality inside of these types of sealed off RSVP online. PadreIslandUkeClub@ of wildlife in the area with an emphasis locations, as previous studies had shown that Peace Lily gmail.com on marine animals. If you find an animal living in an enclosed and poorly ventilated area could pose a health risk to humans. KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. in peril they can help. 750 Channel View In addition to purifying the air inside your Kiwanis meets at Veranda Restaurantat Dr. Port Aransas. Contact Alicia Walker at They recognized that newly built buildings home, other studies have also shown that Schlitterbahn at Noon on the first and 337-290-0251 or alicia.walker@utexas. were especially prone to showing signs of low houseplants can reduce stress levels and make third Wednesday of the month. edu air quality. Much of that was due to the use of people feel happier, in general. It’s not just being in the vicinity of houseplants that can improve Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus new building materials, new furnishings, and Island Strategic Action Committee. new high-tech equipment in them, all of which your health though. Gardeners often mention Is a 14-member committee which meets Christi Red Hat Society. In 2004 a the calming effect that planting and tending to group of Island ladies got together under released trace amounts of chemicals into the air. at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each So NASA, with the support of the Associated plants can have on them, and while this is often month at the Comfort Suites on Windward. a Palapa and founded the Padre Island associated with working outside, it would seem Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only rule is that Landscape Contractors of America, turned their The committee’s purpose is to advise the attention to Mother Nature for a solution. that the positive implications extend to planting Corpus Christi City Council on matters there are no rules! We are all about fun houseplants as well, as shown in a university pertaining to The Island. All meetings are and friendship. We meet once a month They conducted their research on common study completed 2015. open to the public and the public is invited for lunch and various fun outings from houseplants and attempted to determine if to address the committee during the public cupcake making to CPR. plants had any impact on air quality. What they IMPORTANT: Plants & Pets comment period. Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. found after two years of studying them was that If you are a pet owner and you want to add This is the Island book club. We meet some houseplants, and the micro-organisms houseplants to your home, it is very, very Padre Island Business Association. The that lived in their soil, had the ability to remove association is a not-for-profit organization the first Wednesday of each month at The important to determine if they are toxic to your Barrel at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of certain common chemicals from the air. They pets. Many, including all of the top five plants whose primary purpose is to advertise and also realized that these results were not only promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour ladies that like to read, love socializing listed above, are toxic to dogs and cats and can with the girls and drinking wine! Come applicable to space but to the average home, as be harmful to them if ingested. So please take Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing well. the interests of the business community. out and join us we would love to have the time to do some research before adding It is managed by a 9-member board of you! Contact Linda Walsh, lawalshva@ The chemicals they focused on were Benzene plants to your indoor spaces or in areas where directors. A membership luncheon is held yahoo.com or 361-445-7999, or just show (found in paint, oil, rubber, plastics, etc.), animals may have access to them. Plants on the 2nd Thursday of each month at The up! Trichloroethylene (used in paints, varnishes, like Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum), Veranda starting at noon. Mixers are held Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is and adhesives) and Formaldehyde (found in Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exalta bostoniensis), on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The a local chapter of the Parrot Heads in particle-board, plywood, household cleaners, and Christmas Cactus (Nephrolepis exalta bostoniensis) are examples of safer options to association annually has two fundraising Paradise Inc., a not-for-profit corporation and numerous paper products) all of which can consider. events – Taste of the Island in the fall and whose purpose is to assist in community be found in nearly everyone’s home. a Wine Tasting in the spring. and environmental concerns and provide a P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club, variety of social activities for people who Inc. is a not-for-profit women’s social are interested in the music of Jimmy Buffett Port A Parrot Heads Spread their Wings club. It is open to all woman property and the tropical lifestyle he personifies. owners or residents of North Padre Island. Founded in 2009, the club motto is “Partying It is our goal to not only enrich the lives of with a Purpose’’. To join or ask questions go our members through social activities but to portaransasparrotheads.com or email or to look for ways to enrich our community call Deno “Moon Dog” Fabrie, President at through community involvement and 361 749 0256 or [email protected]. giving back. We have luncheons with The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors programs each month (2nd Friday) doors League is a women’s social organization open open 11:30 am at Schlitterbahn. Please to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun join us as a visitor or member to enjoy our & friendship. New Neighbors League holds free raffle and program. Please come to monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly PIE and learn all about our fund raising activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples (PIE Sale, Silent Auction, Holiday Home Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a Tour, etc.) and our many groups (Bunco, few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or Bridge, Hearts, Spades, Craft, Book email us at [email protected] Clubs, Mahjong, etc.) Raffle Tickets for the 2018 Holiday Home Tour are on Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H Flour Bluff sale now. The tickets cost $5.00 for a Padre Island 4H (FBPI4H) is a club for kids chance to win a $500.00 visa card with no in 3rd grade-12th grade. We meet at 6:30 restrictions. The drawing will be during pm the first Monday of every month in the the 2018 Holiday Home Tour Dec 2nd @ FB Intermediate cafeteria. 4H provides 5 pm. 2018 Holiday Home Tour tickets opportunities and experiences where young will be on sale at the meeting for $10.00 people learn by doing. Please visit us on each. For more information please call Facebook at Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H or Joanne Cunningham@303-667-0425. our website at FBPI4H.com. Padre Island Enrichment club is having Port Aransas Art Center 104 N. A;lister our Annual Business Meeting this month. 361-749-7334 Classes offered, call for details. We will also have a Kris Kringle Market to do some early Christmas shopping!

Parrot Heads of Port Aransas held their annual Wings over Port Aransas fund raiser on October 12th and 13th. $11,000 in proceeds from the event were donated to the Amos Rehabilitation Keep and VFW Post 8967 Share and Care Program on Thursday, November 8th. The checks were presented by Deno Fabrie, President, Parrot Heads of Port Aransas to Mike Garrett, Commander of VFW Post 8967 and Alicia Walker, Amos Rehabilitation Keep Outreach Program Coordinator. The Parrot Heads thank the community for their generosity and support of the annual fall event. Pictured Left to Right: Mike Garrett, Commander VFW Post 8967, Deno Fabrie, President, Parrot Heads of Port Aransas and Alicia Walker, ARK Outreach Program Coordinator.

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Coming this weekend… Mark McKinney on Friday and Heather and Three Chords and the Truth Weather permitting and the weatherman says Max Stallilng on Saturday. At Giggity’s blues By Ronnie Narmour “no rain”, the Back Porch will have Rich jumper Mike Milligan plays Friday and the great Toman Brothers (San Antonio, TX) play [email protected] Lockhart on Friday and Michael Martin of the storied San Antonio band the Infidels. At Saturday. There’s also a show put on by Port A Time for the Winter People… Giggity’s the Chanklas will have their island Low Life in the Civic Center on Saturday with Passing Strangers, Hamilton Loomis, Two Winter came early this year which means the thing going on Friday and country crooner Todd Tons of Steel and Mike & the Moonpies. This Winter People started showing up in October. Dorn and Sea Drifters will play on Saturday. show goes to benefit the Port A Animal Shelter Usually the lion’s share of the migration doesn’t That’s two good nights of dancing right there. and the EMS Toy Roundup. On Sunday, there’s come until after Christmas, but Colorado Bob There’s a big show in town on Saturday at a big concert at Concrete Street with Blue got here last week and they (the Winter People) Brewster Street with Americana big shot Pat October. have been trickling in steadily. We saw Bob Green. Also, a band I really like, Folk Family playing harp with the Free Beer Band at their Revival is playing the House of Rock on Friday. regular Thursday show at Giggity’s. I suspect Thanksgiving weekend… we’ll be seeing lots of out-of-state tags here soon. That is if they can find housing. I just saw We are officially one week from Thanksgiving where Port Royal is back up and running. That’s followed shortly by the Back Porch’s world a good sign. And speaking of Colorado Bob, the famous Turkey Bowl on Sunday the 25th. This popular Winter People (this is a campaign btw) is the last day of the season that the Back Porch will be open until March. It’s also the day I band, the PA Rockers will resume their winter Ulrich Ellison and Tribe played Gigg’s on residency at Bernie’s every Wednesday starting reclaim my title which I won in 2013. Big Tim January 9. The common denominator of these Saturday. won it last year and I came in second. Hey, this is serious stuff. Not just anybody can get bands, which also includes the Bad Buoys (who Austria. Ulrich actually studied music at UT on their name on that trophy. We typically have played Giggity’s on Friday) is Steve Goldstein scholarship. So when you see him armed with a hundred people and more signed up to hurl on lead guitarist and vocals, Woodie Lawson a bow on the first song, you know this is going frozen turkeys at bowling pins while listening to on bass and vocals and Rusty Hicks on drums to be good. Austin has been trying to call him a Keith McMullen’s wry comments and trying to and vocals… actually everyone in all these blues act, but this is original rock with a strong consume all the Back Porch’s beer so they don’t bands sing. Expect those boys to be very busy back bone and lots of impressive guitar riffs have to store it for the winter. The beer is going around here. Those bands are in high demand, along the way. Ulrich had a new drummer in cheap that day because they need to sell out of it. being that they play a large spectrum of classic tow, Jason McKinzie who also plays with Billy It’s truly a wonderful event to cap off the 2018 rock depending on who’s singing the song. Joe Shaver. He really added another cool layer tourist season. Elsewhere on the horizon, watch Each band has its own slant. Free Beer Band is to their sound with his vocals and energetic beat. Turbo Trout takes on the Gaffinator at the for upcoming shows on the 23-24 weekend: at a little more rootsy and the Bad Buoys are like Ulrich will be back at Giggity’s on December Gaff’s Belt Sander Races last Saturday. the Back Porch with the phenomenon known the cool FM station in the 70’s. There’s a lot of 8th. Also on Saturday I made it over to the grand as Ruben V (San Antonio, TX) and dunebilly talent in those bands plus the clubs tend to run opening of a new boutique in the Tower Center maniacs, Selfie. Over at the Third Coast Theater earlier in the winter month as to accommodate to get some pics for Jan Rankin and ran into they have a big Thanksgiving weekend with the older folks. So I proclaim it “time for the Lela Caldwell playing the event. Yay Lela. She On the horizon… Winter People”!!! Let the festivities begin. is an impressive guitarist. I also made it by the I may try to make this Jimmy Dale Gilmore Gaff for the belt sander races to cheer on my and Dave Alvin show in San Antonio on the fave, Turbo Trout, who is the 2018 State Belt 28th at Sam’s Burger Joint. Man, I would love Sander Champ and beat out the Gaffinator for to see that show. I bet those guys are like a first place on this day. I stand with Turbo Trout! reversible jacket by now. Jimmy Dale is from DO NOT MISS LIST my hometown of Lubbock and sings like an angel. Plus, I’ve been a big fan of Dave Alvin for many years. Also on the horizon, keep your good eye peeled for shows by Shayna Sands, Three Dog Night, Jack Ingram, James Little, Roger Creager, Zack Walther, Parker McCollum and Joe King Carrasco. That ought to keep you busy for a while. Be safe out there. Mostly Winter Texans, the PA Rockers play ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ Bernies every Wenesday starting January 9. Photo by Woodie Lawson.

Keith McMullen keeps the turkey bowling going with his quick wit.

Michael Martin will play the Back Porch on Saturday. Live Music The Free Beer Band plays every Thursday Wednesday, November 21 at Giggitys from 7-10. William Clark @ Brewster Tonight Street Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s Sweet Daddy’s @ House Thursday, November 15 Scattered shots … of Rock Free Beer Band @ Rich Lockhart @ Otherwise last Giggity’s RICH LOCKHART NOV. 16 Harrison’s Landing weekend, the Flatbroke @ Rockit’s John Eric @ Pelican Abraxxus @ Brewster weather was pretty MICHAEL MARTIN NOV. 17 Lounge Street lousy. The Back Ruben Limas @ Chris Saenz @ Harrison’s RUBEN V. NOV. 23 Porch cancelled Folk Family Revival will play the House Blackbeard’s on the Beach their shows and of Rock on Friday. Landing SELFIE NOV. 24 Bobby Carter @ Thanksgiving, November Shorty’s isn’t Blackbeard’s on the Beach TURKEY BOWL NOV. 25 22 doing much live Samantha Atkins @ Katz Free Beer Band @ music right now. 21 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Giggity’s Neither is Treasure John Flores @ House of Selfie @ Giggity’s Island. Thankfully, Rock Chris Saenz @ Harrison’s Giggity’s is still Landing Friday, November 16 going strong. On Bobby Carter @ Rich Lockhart @ Back Saturday I saw the Blackbeard’s on the Beach’ Porch great Ulrich Ellison Samantha Atkins @ Katz Chanklas @ Giggity’s 21 and Tribe (Austin, Alley Catz @ Rockit’s TX). Ulrich and Seattle Rising @ Brewster Port A’s Friday, November 23 his bass playing Street Lela Caldwell played Ruben V @ Back Porch wife, Sabina, came Folk Family Revival @ the Grand Opening of Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters will play Oldest and Mike Milligan @ Giggity’s to Texas from House of Rock Mark McKinney @ Third Farrah’s Fashions. this Saturday at Giggity’s. Flatbroke @ It’ll Do Coast Music Saloon Friendliest Oddfellas @ Rockit’s Kinda Smooth @ Pelican Roger Creager @ Brewster Lounge OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Street Bobby Carter @ Cannibal Corpse @ House GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Blackbeard’s Too of Rock Ruben Limas @ Kingsbood @ It’ll Do LIVE MUSIC Blackbeard’s on the Beach Saloon LIVE MUSIC Free Beer Band Nov. 15 John Eric @ Pelican Saturday, November 17 EVERY Lounge Chanklas Nov. 16 Todd Dorn & the Sea Bobby Carter @ Todd Dorn Nov. 17 Drifters @ Giggity’s NIGHT Blackbeard’s Too Michael Martin @ Back Antone & All Stars Nov. 18 Ruben Limas @ Porch Blackbeard’s on the Beach All You Can Eat Open Jam Nov. 19 Pat Green @ Brewster

Paul & Victoria Nov. 20 Street FRIED Saturday, November 24 Pressive, Memories in FLOUNDER Jim Dugan Nov. 21 Selfie @ Back Porch Broke Glass @ House of Toman Brothers @ Everyday 11-7 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Rock Giggity’s Motif @ It’ll Do Saloon Max & Heather Stalling @ Jam Band @ Pelican Expert Computer Repairs Third Coast Music Lounge Passing Strangers, Hamilton Adrian Taylor @ Loomis, Two Tons of Steel, Blackbeard’s Too Mike & the Moonpies @ Bobby Carter @ Port A Civic Center Blackbeard’s on the Cruise Control @ Rockit’s Beach Treasure Island The Wonder Years @ Brewster Street Sunday, November 18 Cat House & John Cortez Antone & the All Stars @ OPEN A 5 P.M. @ It’ll Do Saloon Giggity’s LOUNGE Splendiferous @ Pelican Aaron Jacob @ Pelican Lounge Lounge BACKYARD Adrian Taylor @ Bobby Carter @ Blackbeard’s Too Blackbeard’s on the Beach DANCE CLUB 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Bobby Carter @ Blackbeard’s on the Beach Monday, November 19 treasureislandporta Open Jam @ Giggity’s Sunday, November 25 Steven Hansen @ Turkey Bowl @ Back Porch Blackbeard’s on the Antone @ Giggity’s Beach Blue October @ Concrete Street Tuesday, November 20 Fundaze @ House of Rock Paul & Victoria @ Damon Ballweg @ Pelican Giggity’s lounge Bobby Carter @ Bobby Carter @ Blackbeard’s on the Blackbeard’s on the Beach Beach

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