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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 August 19, 2021 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Photo by Riekie Roncinske Photo by Evelyn Pless-Schuberth From The Island to ABC Islander to make debut on Grey’s By Dale Rankin Anatomy Apparently Hurricane Grace really September 30 likes Mexico. By Dale Rankin So much so that she is making two trips there this week first midweek Islanders tuning into the premier of in the Yucatan Peninsula and then by the 18th season of Grey’s Anatomy week’s end to Túxpam, which in the on Thursday, September 30 will see language of the Aztecs means “Place a familiar face. of Rabbits”, a compound of tochtli Beach wedding. “rabbit” and -pan “place.” That should work out okay because as everyone knows your average rabbit can easily outrun a hurricane. According to the Weather Wonks landfall is Funding for Packery expected to be well south of South Texas but they say our beaches will likely get rough seas potentially life- threatening conditions with rough Channel Repairs waves and dangerous rip currents. Not there is really any discernable City officials awaiting final paperwork pattern anymore but over the last five or so decades our hurricanes have By Dale Rankin tended to come about this time or later in the season but moved from After almost four years of wrangling the early alphabet – Carla 1961, Allen with federal authorizes over funds to 1980, Celia 1970, Beulah 1967 - to a repair damage to the Packery Jetties Michael Gazin. little later in the alphabetical order - by Hurricane Harvey there was some Dolly 2008, Ike 2008, Harvey 2017 good news from city hall this week. Michael Gazin, son of longtime KIII Dennis July 2020. We’re not sure that “There are still a couple of hoops really means anything, but maybe newsman and Island resident Joe to jump through,” District 4 City Gazin and Julie Gazin, will make his once we get past Hurricane Henri Councilman Greg Smith said then Ida – if there is one – will leave appearance as Dr. Kyle Schroeder, Wednesday, “but FEMA (the Federal a new character described by the us alone. But as we all know you just Emergency Management Agency) can’t reason with hurricane season. network as “very competent but has told us they will fund the work.” somewhat arrogant.” School debt City officials said Tuesday the Gazin attended Flour Bluff schools The Texas Comptroller’s Office this Packery Channel Restoration, the before graduating from the University week reported this week that in 2019, rebuilding of the jetties due to of Houston and making his way to Funding for Packery Channel repairs was tentatively Flour Bluff ISD had an enrollment Packery repairs cont. on A4 Hollywood where he previously of 5,693 and a debt per capita of approved this week. starred in the Amazon Prime movie $1,421 per taxpayer up from $112 “Something.” Grey’s Anatomy per taxpayer in 2013. In 2019, the has been on air since 2005 but the district’s General Obligation debt Lake Padre Work Underway network has announced that this will amounted to around $8,118 per By Dale Rankin be its last season. We will let you student, up from $691 per student in know if there is an Island watch party. 2013. Figures from the 2020 school Crews began work on the bulkheads around Lake Padre year were not released. School taxes this week in anticipation of approval of design plans for the for the district make up about half one-hundred acre tract which are pending at Corpus Christi By the numbers of the property taxes paid by Island City Hall. property owners. The managing partner of the project, local businessman 2021 PIPOA No Wake Zone Tim Lange, said the design drawings, which include platting of the site, are nearing final approval by city officials. He Budget We reported in these pages two also said he is awaiting permitting from the U.S. Corps of The following numbers are weeks ago that the city staff told Engineers to remove the structure from both sides of the from the Padre Isles Property members of the Island Strategic Seagate which connects Lake Padre to Packery Channel. Owners Association budget Action Committee the Corpus Previous permits allowed removal of the structure from one for the 2021 budget year. Christi City Council would consider side of the opening which would have opened the waterway a measure to make the portion of the to about seventy feet, but the requested permit would expand Intracoastal Waterway from the JFK that distance to over one hundred feet improving passage $1,963,000 Assessments Bridge southward to Marker 37 a No from Lake Padre through the Gulf of Mexico. $2,059,000 Total Operating Wake. As of this writing the council Revenue agenda for the August 31 meeting has Work underway cont. on A4 not yet been released but we have not $150,000 Investment Income received any information that would $2,209,000 Total Revenue lead us to believe that has changed. A little Island history The move came after three injuries $600,000 Bulkhead Repairs to boat passengers due to wakes at $60,000 Billish Park businesses along that stretch of the Maintenance waterway. This move has been a What Happened in the 1950s on the Island long time coming and is certainly $14,700 City contribution to welcome Around The Island. Has Never Been Written ... Until Now Billish Park Maintenance If the item is in fact included on the Common Area Maintenance By Mary Craft agenda in the final meeting in August $220,000 Mowing/Trimming it would require a second reading to The North Padre Island Causeway $35,880 Boat Ramp take effect and since the council does completed in 1950 made it easy to Maintenance not usually meet the first week of the get to the Island and because of month that would mean the No Wake that a developmental boom was $500,000 Total Area Zone would take effect sometime expected as the natural outcome. Maintenance after the meeting on Tuesday, The Island was only accessible by September 7. The big question of boat before the causeway except General Expenses course is who will enforce it once it 1927 until 1933 when there was a $1,160,000 Routine is on the books. wooden bridge that could transport Operations Model T Fords. The next question, raised by PIPOA $350,000 Payroll President Marvin Jones in his column The first six months the causeway $25,000 POA Building is in this issue is whether it could be was open more than 51,000 cars Maintenance extended to Island canals. Maybe we crossed, more than half were from could bring that up at the August 31 outside Nueces County and 13 $530,000 Total Office Expense meeting. % from out of state.The original $85,000 Insurance Expense In the meantime watch out for retirement date for the revenue moving water – whether from bond was 1973 but there was so $60,000 Legal Fees speeding boats or slow moving much traffic especially in the 60s $55,000 Accounting/Auditing hurricanes. Say hello if you see us that the tolls stopped in 1967. In $1,979,000 Total Expense Around The Island. 1968 the name was changed to JFK Causeway. $230,000 Excess Revenue This Packery Channel Home was built by Padre Island Added to Reserve Fund History cont. on A4 Development Company president M.E. Allison in 1955. August 19, 2021 Island Moon A 2 Texas Legends Billfish Tournament Island Artist of the Month Winners Jennifer Seymour

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PADRE ISLAND SOUTHSIDE 15326 S. Padre Island #106 6181 Saratoga Blvd. #107A Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Corpus Christi, TX 78414 361.949.1100 www.brooklynpie.com August 19, 2021 Island Moon A 3 Port A. Happenings Island obituary Moon Monkeys Letters to the *Guided Nature Walk: Saturdays, 8-10am, Mike Ellis, Founder Community Park Trail Head, FREE guided Longtime birding in the Nature Preserve. Walk through Editor the Gulf Coast Prairie habitat, see birds, Islander Kavin plants and other critters. Pre-registration 5pm the Friday before required at https://porta. Cash recdesk.com. *Community Pool: Open for lap swim & exercise only Tuesday-Friday 7-8am and 9:30am-6pm; Saturday 7am-6pm; Sunday11am-6pm. Open swim is 1-6pm Tuesday-Sunday. Distribution *Summer water aerobics classes: Shallow Pete Alsop water aerobics: Tuesday-Friday, 7-8am with Carrol, tougher weight workout in 4' Island Delivery at Community Pool. Deep water aerobics: Coldwell Banker Tuesday-Friday, 10am with Pam. Work at Advertising From Our Facebook Page your own rate of exertion with weights/ Jan Park Rankin dumbbells/noodles in deep end. Belts A little Island history available to hold you up & equipment is Classifieds provided. Jazzercise with Selena every Friday Arlene Ritley Brent Wideman at 11am. Register at https://porta.recdesk. Kavin Cash, 60, of Corpus Christi, com. Production Manager Road the bus with his kids growing up on Texas, passed away peacefully at his the island.He had a outside shop on the side Abigail Bair *Port Aransas Parks and Recreation is still Padre Island home on August 10, 2021. Contributing Writers of 22 .He lived there in a travel trailer.And hiring pool lifeguards. Go to Employment Kavin was born on September 13th, 1960 the restaurant at present day Pelican bar.The Joey Farah Opportunities - City of Port Aransas for more in Harlingen, Texas. His family moved to restaurant had a goldfish pond with a bridge you information and to apply. the Southside of Corpus in time for him Andy Purvis walked over to go inside.The best blackened Mary Craft *Nature Preserve Yoga: Tuesdays, 11:30am- to start Parkdale Elementary School. He redfish. went on to attend Shannon Jr. High and Emily Gaines 12:30pm, in-person only at NP Pavilion. Patricia Marschall King High School. Jay Gardner Practice a variety of yoga styles with Selena Pastor Kris Bair That’s a great article. Thanks for sharing it. Esensee in the wild. Previous classes on FB. In addition to his parents, Aaron Lloyd FREE. Cash and Margaret Helen (Morrow) Todd Hunter Barbara Ann Carlson *Birding on the Boardwalk: Wednesdays, Cash-Yates, he was preceded in death Dotson Lewis So fun to read. I remember Frenchy's. I 9-11am, Birding Center, FREE, for novice by his daughter, Allison Danielle Cash. Dr. Tom Dorrell also remember going to the beach as a kid & to expert birders. Ray Dillahunty and Leslie He is survived by his soulmate of over Ronnie Narmour beachcombing with relatives. I found a yellow Hoekstra lead the way, pointing out exciting twelve years, Shawnee Lalonde, as well fishball...! I didn't get to keep it... Brent Rourk wildlife. as his son Dustin Cash and his grandson Photographers Clayton Mahan. Additionally, Kavin is Around the Island For more info, P&R Community Program survived by his two brothers Kyle and Miles Merwin (Emeritus) Sarah Scott Coordinator Pam Greene 361-749- his wife Edna, and Keith and his wife Debbie Noble 4158, [email protected], @ Lynne, two nieces, Shana and Shelby, It’s too bad that the new ordinance doesn’t portaparksnrec, Facebook, YouTube, and three nephews, Aaron, Travis, and Evelyn Pless-Schuberth cover gravel. This place is an eyesore largely Instagram and Twitter Tyler. Jan Rankin due to the trucks and rusted out boat trailers *Parks & Rec Summer Guide can be viewed Mary Craft parked in people’s front yards. Kavin worked hard to provide for his at Parks & Rec Summer 2021 Program Guide family and maintain a lifestyle that Ronnie Narmour Business Briefs (canva.com) anyone would appreciate. His off-hours Marie Pittman were forever spent in the company of his great friends at the beach. He was a Finally….a diner!! Sunday, November 7 solid member and chairman of the board City council denies request to allow a to his family known as the Beach Bums. Bed and Breakfast on Mizzen Street Annual Padre Island Devastated by this tremendous loss, he leaves countless family, friends, and But no relief in sight for The Island's Art Walk co-workers in a state of disbelief and Short-Term Rental Problem sorrow. The only comfort is knowing he Free Art Walk at Billish will be with his daughter Allison in the Delea Sanborn presence of God. Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) So, here's a question for PIPOA. It has been Park – Everyone’s The Celebration of Kavin's life will Riley P. Dog stated that PIPOA does not allow home be on Friday, August 20th beginning owners to operate a business from their homes. Welcome with visitation at 12:30 followed by the Knowing that the city has already cited the The Padre Isles Property Owners Association services at 2 p.m. at Memory Gardens Publisher house for violations of short term rentals, and is hosting the Annual Padre Island Art Walk. Funeral Home: 8200 Old Brownsville Dale Rankin the house apparently has been advertising as a The Art Walk will be held Sunday, November Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78415. There About the Island Moon short term rental on global sites, does that fall 7, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Don & Sandy will also be a celebration of Kavin's The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale under the PIPOA definition of a business? Billish Park, on Gypsy Street, on Padre Island. life on the beach at mile marker 210 Rankin, Editor / Publisher. If it does, what can the PIPOA do about it? This is a FREE event open to all of Corpus beginning at 5 p.m. after the funeral Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes Christi. This event is designed to improve all service. delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 Brian Piatt copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, aspects of the Art Community. All works are as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 Given that the STR are part of the POA, can't created by these artists and Craftsmen. The copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. the POA fine them for being in violation of that event will foster community unity and provide News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, agreement? What is the point of the bylaws if an opportunity for the public to meet our local payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. folks don't have to follow them. Artists and Craftsmen. Come out and be a part of the biggest Art Walk on the Island. The Island Moon Newspaper Trevor Johnson Any Artist or Craftsmen who would like to 14646 Compass, Suite 3 I find it really intriguing to watch everyone participate at no charge please call JoAnn Smith fight the inevitable.....this is the future....like Corpus Christi, TX 78418 for more information. No commercial items or everything else the city fights it to a miserable resale items permitted. 361-949-7700 level instead of embracing and making the island and city nicer. For more information: Call JoAnn Smith at [email protected] 949-7114 or 815-7431 Stella Haversham Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper I still say get their insurance companies involved and put a spotlight on this. They will suffer much larger consequences if they Where to Find The are defrauding their insurance or mortgage companies? Maybe they will no longer have a Island Moon property to run an illegal STR out of and run an "in-home" business which violates PIPOA covenants? Also, the property manager is aware Port North of the city ordinances, and PIPOA covenants, correct?? Shame on them also for being party Aransas Padre to this if they are acting as the owners' rep and Pioneer RV doing their bidding in this illegal activity. The high tides this week inundated much All Stripes Stores of the beach. Stripes on 1A Black Sheep/ Phil Terrell Photo by Evelyn Pless-Schuberth. Kody’s Barrel Everyone complaining about the short term Coffee Waves rentals: That’s what you get when you live it CVS a tourism destination (well, it’s one to some Moby Dicks Dollar General people who haven’t been to a real one). IGA Doc’s Restaurant Plus, I’d be willing to bet that a good percentage Beach grooming. Treasure Island Snoopy’s Pier of the people complaining have used VRBOs themselves. Photo by Evelyn Pless-Schuberth. San Juan’s Restaurant Isle Mail N More Wash Tub Island Italian Woody’s Sports Center Brooklyn Pie Co. 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Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com Photo by Evelyn Pless-Schuberth. August 19, 2021 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Packery repairs cont. from A1 damage from Hurricane Harvey in 2017, project funding for the Channel Restoration project, is at step 23 of 25 for FEMA project review, in addition to the obligation already received which is Large Project Review. for the Sidewalks, Cables, Bollards, and other improvements. An internal city memo said this week: The total cost eligible for FEMA assistance Under FEMA rules all projects over a certain is $10,238,745 which includes $9,214,870.50 threshold must clear Large Project review (90%) from federal funds and $1,023,874.50 through the Office of Management and (10%) from local funds. Budget at the White House and go through the Congressional Notification process that occurs The 10% of local funds could come from the for all federally funded projects. It is important Island Tax Increment Refinancing Zone #2 to note that the city has now cleared all of the which city officials announced this week has steps necessary to qualify for recovery of direct $14,115,671 available in capital improvement administrative costs for the project. There will funds. That money comes from property taxes be no official funding allocation until the city on new development inside the zone since its receives the official obligation letter. This is the founding in 2003. A&H Tackle in Flour Bluff. The year the causeway opened did create some activity. The 600’ Gulf Park Pier (changed to Bob Hall Pier in 1953) was built and at the park was Padre Grill, Ira’s Bait Shop, a beach house and a bath house. In 1953, The Beach Club with indoor and outdoor seating opened south of the pier. That year a museum was added to the park that was very popular with the tourists. It had on display shells, Indian artifacts, bottles and treasures that had washed ashore. Many tourists camped on the beach to do beachcombing.

Swing bridge to wait for a water line to be put in from the mainland. The first three homes on Playa del Rey dry side were built in 1953. The sales office, on the main road next to Pelican Plaza recently torn down, and a home on Verdemar were built in 1954. Another two waterfront homes on Playa del Rey were built in 1955 The Monterrey Motel two corner units and one of them was built by M.E. Allison. were first ones built in 1951 when it was The home lots were 50’ wide and 120 - 150’ deep. By 1956 there were just six homes called Sea Ranch Motel. because the development never took off and two of those homes have since been torn down. The only other home in the area was the Dunn house built in 1917. There were no more homes built on the Island until the 1960s. The traffic over the causeway went from 112,000 vehicles in 1950 to 250,000 in 1954. The number of vehicles a year The Padre Island Development Company remained around 300,000 from 1955 to 1963 sales office that stood next to Pelican illustrating the stagnant development. Plaza was built in 1954. There was some excitement in 1955 when John Reid, a real estate developer from Miami In 1956, the county rented out colorful Beach, put in an option to purchase offer to cabanas that had a shower, sink, electricity and bench. Other cafes and bait stands came and went during the 50s near the pier like Lebby’s Grill and Cherrie's Cafe. All during the 50s there were many large community events held at the park. Many bait stands, boat launches and cafes popped up in the 50s on both sides of the length of the causeway and on the Island side of the intracoastal. Some of them were Red Dot, Coastways and Wright’s Bait Stands on the intracoastal. On the causeway were Work underway cont. from A1 Grahams's, Parker's and Rush's Bait stands The work around Lake Padre has been awaiting and Opal’s Cafe had three boat launches. This Playa del Rey home on a dry lot completion of the Water Exchange Bridge along SPID and the sewer lift station on the west side In 1951, there were two motels built which was built in 1953 remained the only motels through the 50s. of the roadway. Both of those projects are on Loma Alta was built where Loma Alta Plaza schedule and expected to be fully done by the is now. Mr. & Mrs. E.O. Lehman who built it the Padre Island Development Company. end of 2022. There is no word on when work also lived there with their two children. They John thought he could make the Island the on the bulk of the one-acres around Lake Padre rented out the four units with kitchenettes next Miami Beach.. He planned a 100 room will begin once the city permits are in place. and had planned to add 40 more units, tennis hotel and resort on 33 acres of Gulf front The plans call for a full marina along with retail court and pool but that never materialized. The north of the Gulf Park. He also planned for and residential development. motel closed in the mid 60s but they continued dredging a high end waterfront community to live there until they passed away. with 400 hundred homes on the Laguna and a shopping center on the main road. Obviously The other motel was the Sea Ranch Motel the purchase never happened. built by three private investors from Corpus Christi who literally built it. It opened with Throughout the 50s many businesses were just two kitchenette units with plans to open created in Flour Bluff near the Padre Island 40 more. The motel name was changed toll booth. In 1951 A&H Tackle opened and to Monterrey Motel in 1970 when it was was a major one stop shop that had a marine purchased by a buyer from Mexico and is the life exhibit, talking parrot, boat storage that name it is today. The motel current owners grew to 76 units, restaurant, grocery store purchased in 1992 and it has 24 units. and fishing supplies. It was located in the

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current Wind & Wave building. There was The causeway also initiated a development Nicholson’s Grocery Store which is now company to be formed. Barton Street Pub that closed in 1975. There The Jones family from Kansas that bought the was a Dairy Queen owned by the Odonovich Island from Colonel Sam Robertson in 1928 family who would later open one on the created the Land & Cattle Company. In 1950, Island. There was Sportsman’s Drive In, they felt the timing for development was right Gateway Sporting Goods, a laundromat, and formed The Padre Island Development bait shops, car wash, gas stations and more. August 26, 2020 Company. The development company had All the businesses were taking advantage of 2500 acres of platted land and Cattle & Land the area known as “The Gateway to Padre Bene  ing the Riley P Dog Park Company kept 1751 acres that the Dunns Island.” had grazing rights to until 1970. Padre Island During this same decade South Padre  eme: Who Let the Dogs Out! Development Company sold 1200 of the acres was where the action was. It was a beach to five investors including M.E. Allison, who destination written about in Texas media and •Canine costume contest had been associated with the Jones Family for in other states. The difference was that part years and was the president. Allison had issued of the Island was developed aggressively as a •Prizes for top 3 poker hands $1.3 million in bonds to fund the construction tourist destination while we were the sleepy •Prize for best decorated vehi e of the causeway. fishing town. •Prize for best dog costume Investors were sought for the platted areas Some movement forward happened on the and the company would even arrange loans Island in the 60s but development didn’t  e poker run begins at Island Gatherings on Compass Street.  ey are behind for responsible major investors but they never really take off until 1970. New blood came Island Joe’s Co ee shop.  en players will go on to the Bla Sheep Bistro.  e came. The first area to be developed was the in and aggressively promoted the Island next stop is Joyride Rental Company on Wh ecap Blvd and ending at  e area from the main road “EL Camino de Los worldwide with 24 sales offices across the Padres” to the Packery Channel. By 1951 there country and 16 in Canada, Europe, South Angry Marlin where cards will be drawn at 8 p.m.Dog costume contest and were five miles of side streets but housing had America and Mexico. prizes will take place at 9. Don’t miss the fun! August 19, 2021 Island Moon A 5

Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island Tides for Bob Hall Pier August 19 - August 26 By Dale Rankin A friend of mine who $111,000 in revenue tax breaks for the new Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon lives in a house I couldn’t pay the electricity park. It was the last step in the approval process /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible bill on is fond of saying, “No whining on the and surprisingly sparsely attended given the Th 19 High 4:15 AM 2.0 7:02 AM Set 3:49 AM 83 yacht” which is to say no complaining about gravity of the vote at hand with less than half First World Problems. As if the plague, floods, a dozen people in the audience and only two of 19 Low 7:24 PM -0.5 8:03 PM Rise 6:20 PM wildfires, the seventeen-year cicada square, us who were there for the Tri-Party Agreement F 20 High 4:59 AM 2.0 7:02 AM Set 4:54 AM 90 and the heartbreak of psoriasis weren’t enough vote. But it was the person who was not there now comes the curse of warm pool water from yet that we were anxious to see; Jeff Henry was 20 Low 8:24 PM -0.5 8:02 PM Rise 7:12 PM a reader asking what he could do about the expected to make an appearance and it would Sa 21 High 5:35 AM 1.9 7:03 AM Set 5:59 AM 96 “hot bathwater” in his swimming pool. Now, be the first time most us, including the city 21 Low 9:19 PM -0.3 8:01 PM Rise 7:57 PM why anyone would consult me on matters of council members had met him. We had no idea thermodynamics is way above my pay scale what to expect and were a little surprised when Su 22 High 5:59 AM 1.7 7:03 AM Set 7:03 AM 99 given the science-challenged curriculum of my Jeff Henry walked in wearing a pair of muddy 22 Low 11:12 AM 1.4 8:00 PM Rise 8:36 PM scholastic career. My suggestion was simple; work boots, jeans and a ball cap. We knew it clean the frozen fish out of the freezer in your was Jeff because he was wearing a work shirt 22 High 1:42 PM 1.5 garage and get a cardboard box like movers use, with a patch that said “Jeff.” 22 Low 10:09 PM -0.1 line it with a heavy-duty plastic bag, fill it with He sat alone in the mostly empty council water, and when it freezes solid take it out and M 23 High 6:09 AM 1.5 7:04 AM Set 8:04 AM 99 chamber until a council member raised a put it in the pool. question regarding the wastewater capacity of 23 Low 11:16 AM 1.3 7:59 PM Rise 9:11 PM “How am I going to get it out of the freezer,” he the Whitecap Wastewater Treatment plant and 23 High 3:07 PM 1.4 said, after some thought, then he started doing whether it could handle the added burden of 23 Low 10:56 PM 0.1 math on the water volume. This calculation restrooms at the coming Schlitterbahn Park. involved the weight of water per square foot All eyes turned to Jeff and he rose to speak to Tu 24 High 6:10 AM 1.4 7:04 AM Set 9:03 AM 98 and calculation of the volume of your average council. 24 Low 11:33 AM 1.1 7:58 PM Rise 9:43 PM moving box and after some contemplation... “Funny thing,” he said. “People at our parks 24 High 4:24 PM 1.4 “Just get your neighbor to help. Freeze a handle don’t use the bathroom much,” and he sat back in it. Don’t use heavy water. Use a bunch of down. 24 Low 11:42 PM 0.4 small water bottles,” I said. “Or better yet, get The notion that kids, and even adults, used the W 25 High 6:09 AM 1.3 7:05 AM Set 9:59 AM 94 one of those boxes for hanging clothes. They water rides as convenient facilities came as no 25 Low 11:57 AM 0.9 7:57 PM Rise 10:14 PM are skinnier and you could freeze them up near surprise but the notion that the first message to the top of the freezer it might be a lot easier.” 25 High 5:40 PM 1.4 the folks about to vote on $111 million in tax Believe it or not I think he’s going to try it which breaks from the fellow who was about to begin Th 26 Low 12:28 AM 0.7 7:05 AM Set 10:54 AM 88 falls under the category of “Hold my beer and construction of the park would run along those watch this here.” 26 High 6:08 AM 1.2 7:56 PM Rise 10:44 PM lines was unusual. No, thank you for helping, My last invention was the DRUBA – the Dale or even a self-introduction, but our customers 26 Low 12:26 PM 0.7 Rankin Underwater Breathing Apparatus – don’t use our restrooms. 26 High 7:02 PM 1.4 which consists of a garden hose with a large My first thought at the time was, “well, this nail run through the end to keep it perched on is going to be a little different” but it never a Styrofoam float and attached to a snorkel with occurred to me that eight years later they would a purge valve. It allowed me to sit comfortably be hauling the park away in trucks. in the shallow end of the pool until my skin shriveled up without having to answer my cell Having said that as we approach a reset of phone or listen to requests for odd jobs. It’s flaw the use of the land where the park used to be was it made me fall asleep which resulted in a I am entirely optimistic, I think whatever the lung full of water but other than that it works new plans for the site turn out to be they will fine. bode well for our Island. As I have often said to the critics of the former project, I have never Now I’m working on the DRPIM – the Dale lost a dime on the deal (the tax incentives were Rankin Pool Ice Machine. Hold my beer and revenue based and dependent on cash flow from watch this here… the park which never materialized). And then there’s this… The one-thousand or so acres of vacant land As I was sitting at my desk last week listening on Padre Island is private property and has to the trucks roll by on Compass Street hauling been improved with canals and bulkheads. With away the remnants of the former waterpark work beginning this week on the land around across the street my mind wandered, as it often Lake Padre and plans for the land surrounding does, a time back to 2013. the former Waves Park pending the private landowners are moving forward as the Water It was a meeting of the Corpus Christi City Exchange Bridge and other infrastructure after Council meeting where there was a vote on decades things are starting to move. Hope the Tri-Party Agreement that would lead to springs eternal. No whining on the yacht. Thoughts From Dr. Tom Demolition Continues at Waves Resort Redfish Everywhere!

By Dr. Tom Dorrell The reds have been making a choice. One of the great problems to plentiful around here have in South Texas in the fall. which is awesome If you are fly fishing or trying to learn, take considering what happened in February. This is the time to get a lesson from someone. Most a great reward for all the conservation minded guides will give you one on the boat or you can fisherman and guides down here! All the guides get one at Roy’s here in town. It is better to do I know myself included are showing their your learning before you pay for a trip but if clients a great time. I have seen two trout over you hit a slow spot query your guide. Most are 25 inches up skinny lately and I hope that glad to do it because it increases your success. progress continues. My observations show they Fly fishing guides and most guides consider the are feeding on juvenile shrimp in shallow grass client’s success their own success so having a beds especially on incoming tides. Likely white customer that is experienced and a good caster shrimp or pink I would think based on the life makes a technically tough task much more cycles. I have not caught any shrimp or cleaned successful. If I have a good caster on the boat fish to find out, call it an educated guess from we might catch 70% of our opportunities versus watching them feed. 3-5%. It certainly makes a difference, so do the We will soon be entering my favorite time of work is my advice and value your guide on his year. I just finished filling feeders at the ranch work ethic if you are not a good caster because and the deer are finishing up horn growth, which he cannot always make you catch them. Twenty with all the rain should be good. It appears fish days have been the norm for some of my from doing game surveys that we will not be really good fisherman recently, that makes for a disappointed. The fishing is shaping up just in good time in anybody’s book. time and if the winds will continue to settle Redfish are not the only thing around these fishing for reds, jacks, tarpon and just about days, covid delta variant has everyone hustling everything else will be stellar soon. Nearshore in the ER and hospitals. Monoclonal antibody and inshore should be a hoot. Bird season is injections or infusions are being used early coming up as well and the main problem will be for those at risk. CDC and NIH guidelines still recommend doing very little other than get vaccinated or if you are very ill. In my experience it is helpful to use some things early on to help when you get sick, steroids, inhaled budesonide, debate over doxy and Zithromax still exists but has been down played due to a study earlier in the year showing they made no difference. Ivermectin is still being used by some docs. Fluvoxamine is a resurgence of an old drug for obsessive-compulsive disorder that showed some promise in two small studies but has no real track record at this point. Zinc, vitamin d, and vitamin c along with quercetin are probably not harmful and might be helpful. Buying a pulse oximeter for home use on Amazon might be worthwhile. We are seeing the numbers of delta being similar as the prior surge but overall less severe disease than before. It is still bad and good hygiene is key. Getting the vaccine seems to lessen the severity but does not prevent contracting it. Everyone has to figure that one out for themselves. I have not moved to Florida to be a fishing guide as one of my patients recently was told by an Island business that I no longer work at haha. I am still around like a bad case of shingles. I am guiding fly fisherpersons and outfitting hunts in Goliad and working the ER at TLC Complete Care South Side starting September and in Lavernia ER close to the ranch currently, makes it convenient for me. Give me a holler anytime. Capt Tom Dorrell MD. www. lagunaflyoutfitter.com and www.4dranchhunts. com Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: Demolition at the Waves Resort site continued this week but sources say it will likely be The Island Moon at least a week before work to raze the tower at the site is begun. Watch the Island Moon Newspaper Facebook page theislandmoonnewspaper for daily developments. A6 Island Moon August 19, 2021 Senior Moments Forgotten Battles of WWII Island Moon on a Spoon In the Gulf of Mexico Watermelon Agua Fresca By Dotson Lewis By Chef Vita Jarrin Special to the Island Moon message: “SOS SSS. Alcoa Puritan, U-boat on Dotson’s Note: When the surface position 28:40N 088:22W at 1700 Hot weather makes you One medium to large whole Seedless Hurricane Michael struck Bay County October hours GMT [Greenwich Mean Time].” The thirstier! Well August is here (hollow sounding) watermelon 10th, 2018 the wind-driven storm surge exposed and it’s not letting up anytime soon. Looking freighter began moving faster through the water, Juiced you’ll need about 6 cups of juice a circular concrete and steel foundation that to cool down? Tired of the plain ole Iced Tea but its reprieve would not last long. (half of watermelon) had long been buried in the sand at the east options? Well watermelons are the way to On the U-boat, Schacht turned to Plan B. He end of Panama City Beach. Erected in mid- go! It’s summer and watermelon season is in 2-3 C of Iced water ordered *U-507 to the surface, and at 12 noon, 1943, it had supported a U.S. Army 155-mm full swing. Some of you may have had, or his gunners opened fire with the boat’s 105- Mint or Basil for Garnish (optional) coastal artillery cannon, one of two big guns seen Agua Fresca (fresh water) made with mm main deck gun. Although by now Alcoa deployed close by the St. Andrew ship channel fruit. Some Agua’s are infused with citrus, ½ lime juiced into pitcher if storing juice Puritan was a mile off and making its maximum linking Port Panama City to the Gulf of Mexico. cucumbers, pineapples, strawberries, fresh in fridge speed of 16.5 knots, or just under 19 mph, the The 76-year-old structure was far more than herbs etc. A bit different than a smoothie. surfaced U-boat could make 20 knots, and it Ice for serving a simple artifact, it is a physical reminder of This is more of a clear water drink, not a began closing in. Schacht’s gunners pumped a now long-overlooked maritime struggle that textured thicker drink. It’s less filling and Sugar is optional to taste should you want it 50 rounds of high explosive shells into the brought World War II to the Gulf of Mexico. quenches your thirst better. merchantman, disabling its steering gear and Directions: causing other serious damage. Do you struggle with picking a good, sweet In order to cut up the watermelon, it is watermelon? When I pick a watermelon at the On Alcoa Puritan, Krantz called it quits, and important to have a good knife as well as grocers, I like to look at the bottom of the box ordered everyone to abandon ship in a lifeboat securing a large cutting board with a wet because when they pack them, they put the and two life rafts. Although several crewmen towel underneath. This trick keeps the heaviest ones at the bottom. Heavier, means had sustained minor shrapnel injuries from the cutting board from sliding around while larger (wink wink)! I love watermelons and shelling, all 54 souls on board survived. For cutting. Prepare a couple of bowls for adding eat a slice or two every day, therefore since I cut up watermelon and the skins you remove. share them with the family, I like the larger A sieve for straining the juice you pulse. A ones. But if you aren’t sharing, a smaller one blender for pulsing the watermelon. A pitcher works just fine. However, when picking one for storing it after strained. You’ll also need out, you’ll want look for a large yellow skin wet, cotton kitchen towel to absorb the juices marking on flesh, which indicates that it sat in on cutting board. Dry towels tend to not it’s patch, in the sun and it ripened naturally. absorb the liquid as quickly, causing a mess. Coast Artillery Battery. Another sign, is a watermelon with beautiful Cut watermelon in ½ and set the flat side stripes from one end of the core to the other. down. Remove skin, by gently cutting it off The Freighter Alcoa Puritan My best and last test, is the TAP method. I from the top to bottom. Cut the melon into love to tap the watermelons before choosing slices and then cut into chunks and place them The sun was at its mid-day peak as the it. By tapping them, I’m looking for a hollow American freighter Alcoa Puritan, loaded with into a blender. I’d start with half and see how sound. If it doesn’t sound hollow, it’s most much juice comes out of half. Save a slice of 9,700 tons of bauxite ore, was slowly moving the seven passengers aboard, it was déjà vu. likely less sweet and squash like. You know northward in the Gulf of Mexico on its way to melon for cutting up thin slices for garnish. They were all survivors of the Esso tanker T.C. the melons I’m talking about it, a tasteless If you want to juice all of it, add double the Mobile, Alabama. For master Yngvar Krantz, McCobb, which had been sunk by an Italian pink flesh that tastes like a sponge. Well in his 47-man crew and seven passengers, the five- water. Once blender jar is full, blend for about submarine off the coast of French Guiana five order to make a delicious and naturally sweet 3 minutes and then pour over a pitcher through day journey up from Port of Spain, Trinidad, weeks earlier, and who had just endured seven watermelon Agua Fresca, you’ll need to start thus far had been uneventful. a sieve, to catch the unwanted pulp. Press days in a lifeboat before being rescued. with a ripe, sweet watermelon. down on the pulp with a spoon, squeezing out It was 11:13 AM, on Wednesday, May 6th, Ninety minutes after sighting the Alcoa Puritan, Ingredients: additional juice. Discard the pulp. Add about 1942. Krantz and his shipmates were not aware, U-507 fired a single G7e electric torpedo at 2 to 3 Cups of the iced water but their journey was about to come to an abrupt the now-stationary target, ripping a gaping to the juice. Each watermelon and disastrous end. Nine miles to the north, hole in its side amidships. Three minutes later, is different therefore, adjust lookouts on a German U-boat had sighted the the freighter and its precious cargo vanished liquid as needed, depending freighter’s masts peeking up over the southern beneath the surface. on how concentrated you want horizon. it. Should you want it a bit sweeter, add a sweetener of choice. Tip of the week: If you aren’t serving this right away, add the juice of ½ a lemon or lime to preserve the brightness of flavor. If you are serving this at a party, you can add ice to a glass pitcher with hers and citrus for presentation. However, I love to add Ice to the glass before serving so that you don’t water The Alcoa Puritan. down the juice in the pitcher. If you want to make this an adult drink, feel free to add a Before resuming his patrol in the Gulf of clear alcohol of choice. Gin or Informed of the fast-approaching target, Mexico, the U-boat’s commander, Schacht, Vodka work fabulously. (drink Korvettenkapitän (Commander) Harro Schacht, committed an act of kindness toward the Alcoa responsibly) 34, instantly ordered a crash dive and the Puritan survivors. Maneuvering his U-boat 251-foot-long U-507 quickly slipped beneath through the debris field toward Krantz’s The options are endless. ;) the calm Gulf waters. His 53-man crew manned lifeboat, Schacht ordered his crewmen to pass The Important thing is to have their battle stations as the 1,032-ton submersible cigarettes, bread and drinking water to the fun, try new things and Enjoy! closed in on its prey. Americans, calling out, in clear English, “Sorry Agua Fresca When Alcoa Puritan was less than a half-mile we can’t help you, hope you get ashore!” He away, Schacht fired a single G7a torpedo at the then headed U-507 on a “deceptive” course of ship. 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Rockport Center for the Arts Announces Did Ya' Hear? New Acquisition by Celebrated Sculptor By Mary Craft | [email protected] Kent UllBerg Sculpture project the first announced for new arts New Advertiser Absolute Quality Painting work both on facility slated for completion August 2022 interiors and exteriors including decking, fencing, cabinets, wood staining and brick Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA) will to deliver the work, about the same time our repair. Call 225-2867 or text 415-0597. feature a new sculpture from longtime Islander new art campus is completed.” Kent Ullberg. The new $8.7 million RCA will be home Business Briefs Recognized as one of the world's foremost to hallmark programs in the 14,000-square- An AT&T store is opening at the Sherwin wildlife sculptors, Ullberg is often inspired by foot visual arts and art education complex, an Williams strip mall in the Bluff. nature and in this case, the wildlife of the Texas 8,000-square-foot performing arts facility and convention center featuring a culinary arts Celsita’s Restaurant next to the Island Market coast, Merry Time Romance will feature a pair education kitchen and multiple break out rooms IGA is set to open next week for breakfast and of seahorses, scaled up from an original 19.5- for meeting space, along with the sculpture lunch. IGA store manager Tammy sampled inch mantel piece to a finished size of 8 feet and garden housing works from the permanent some the food and describes it as «amazing.» approximately 300 pounds. collection by nationally and internationally Made possible through the generosity of an recognized artists such as Ullberg. The Padre Island Art Gallery monthly “Sip anonymous donor, the bronze sculpture will be & Shop” will be held Friday, August 20th 5 - 8 prominently displayed in the 16,000-square- A native of Sweden, Kent Ullberg is recognized pm. This month they will be serving Hurricanes foot outdoor sculpture garden of the new RCA as one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. and hopefully those are the only hurricanes we campus currently under construction in the He studied at the Swedish University College see on the Island. The gallery offers classes for heart of downtown Rockport. of Art in Stockholm and worked at museums adults and children. in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Africa “Seahorses pair for life, and every morning the and Denver, Co. After living in Botswana, couple greets each other in intricate, rhythmic, The Packery Bar under the bridge has all Africa, for seven years he has made his home Absolute Quality painting pair-bonding dances, interpreted in my design necessary permits and a liquor permanently in the United States where he now with the upside-down heart,” said Ullberg. license. The ground level will open lives on Padre Island and also maintains a studio “At breeding time, the female then places her first when the bar is finished and in Loveland, Co. eggs in the male’s belly pouch, and the father swings installed. The food truck carries the embryos through gestation until he Ullberg is a member of numerous art with four fryers has been purchased gives birth to sometimes hundreds of babies.” organizations and has been honored with and will also be there when the bar Resident of the waters of the South Texas many prestigious awards. In 1990 his peers opens. Looks like it is now weeks elected him a Full instead of months to get it open. Academician (NA), Guajillo’s on the Island has thus making him changed their hours to 11 am - 2 pm the first wildlife and 6 - 9 pm. They are closed on artist since John Sunday and Monday. James Audubon to Bron’s Backyard in Port A is receive one of the having a mixer on Thursday, August greatest tributes 26th starting at 4:30 pm. There will in American art. Packery Bar be live music, free food and cash bar. A selection of All are welcome to join in the fun. his memberships include the National Actor Michael Gazin will be appearing as Dr. Kyle Schroeder Sculpture Society; on the premiere of the final season of Grey’s Anatomy on the American September 30th Society of Marine The Back Porch and Woody’s in Port A had an asking price Art; the Allied of $7.5 million with a sale pending last week on Zillow. This Artists of America; week the listing was changed to off market but no information Nature in Art, yet to know if it is a done deal. Sandhurst, UK; the National Academy There are currently 57 homes for sale on the Island and 18 of of Western Art in them are on the water. Oklahoma City, The Rockport Center for the Arts announced an acquisition Okla., which of a sculpture by Island resident and world renowned sculptor awarded him the Kent Ullberg. The “Merry Time Romance” features a pair Prix de West, of seahorses and will be displayed in the outdoor sculpture Gazin the foremost garden. The piece was contributed by an anonymous donor. The recognition in center has two other Ullberg statues a five foot tall “Preening Heron” and a 13’ tall statue of Western Art. In two whooping cranes called “Rites of “Spring.” 2010 he received the Briscoe Legacy Award and in 2016 the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Animal Artists. Best known for his monumental works executed for museums and municipalities across the globe, his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and his Merry Time Romance. Omaha, Neb., installations are the largest bronze wildlife compositions ever Coast, the lined seahorse (scientific name done, spanning several city blocks. Both earned Hippocampus erectus) is a diurnal species with him the coveted Henry Hering Medal Award an approximate length of 15 centimeters and from the National Sculpture Society, NYC. His "Rites of Spring" Ullberg statue stands at the Rockport Center for the Arts Statue lifespan of one to four years. most recent monumental installation is "Snow- Garden. There are 20 Ullberg sculptures currently Mastodon," a life-size bronze Mastodon placed on display in the Coastal Bend, including outside the Denver Museum of Nature and two already owned by RCA. Ullberg’s other Science. sculptures in RCA’s permanent collection are Preening Heron, featuring an 5-foot tall Rockport Center for the Arts abstracted bird, and Rites of Spring, his famed Rockport Center for the Arts has moved monumental 13-foot tall bronze sculpture of temporarily to 401 S. Austin Street at the two whooping cranes that was the genesis of Baker Law Building, first floor, while awaiting the original RCA sculpture garden located on the completion of a new facility in August Aransas Bay. 2022. Hours of operation for the showroom, “The sculptures of Kent Ullberg are some of galleries, and gift shop are Tuesday– the most realistic and breathtakingly beautiful Thursday from 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Friday and depictions of wildlife ever created,” said Luis Sat from 10 a.m.– 5 p.m., and Sunday from Purón, executive director for RCA. “From noon–4 p.m. Admission is always free. his beautiful mantel pieces to the striking Visit rockportartcenter.com, follow RCA on public monuments he has created, his work is Facebook, or call (361) 729-5519 for more recognized worldwide. We are so pleased to information. be adding yet another one of his magnificent pieces to our collection. I will be visiting Kent’s studio and the foundry where casts his work at the end of the month. It will take roughly a year

Sculptor Kent Ullberg along side his "Preening Heron."

Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com A8 Island Moon August 19, 2021 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Did You Know This Dog Days of Summer About Babe Ruth? By Andy Purvis Every wonder how that for the Colonels, hit a long fly ball that did By Dotson Lewis moniker came to be? I not clear the outfield fence. Red Stockings would assume that it’s because some animals, outfielder, Abner Powell, tried to run the ball Dotson’s Note: One of the fighting in the South Pacific. Ruth replied with especially dogs, do not sweat like we humans down but was interfered with by a large dog first megastars of modern American sports, Babe his typically colorful language about how the do. Dogs get rid of their body heat by sweating that happened to be sleeping next to the fence. Ruth helped usher in the Roaring Twenties with Japanese should all be killed, and he spent through their tongue. That’s why you see them This dog was disturbed by all the commotion his seemingly superhuman athletic abilities the following day helping with a Red Cross hassling when they spend a lot of time out in and proceeded to chase Powell, eventually and outsized personality. He made good on a fundraising drive. The American military brain the heat. But how did baseball come to use this biting him over and over and then he would not promise to hit a home run for a sick child. He trust reportedly considered a strategy in which term? One of the secrets of baseball, in my let go. Wolf continued to circle the bases and allegedly pointed to a spot in the stands and Ruth would broadcast messages asking for a opinion, is that you play virtually every day. scored what was ruled a game-winning, inside- then launched a home run to that very spot. He peaceful surrender over Japanese airwaves, but Therefore, you do not have to wait very long the-park home run for Louisville. The dog days partied hard, ignored team rules, hobnobbed the plan was never enacted. to redeem yourself if you played poorly. But of summer had become a reality. with movie stars and called everybody “Doc” 162 games in 180 days can get pretty tiring, or “Kid” in lieu of remembering names. Thanks Babe’s Farewell Speech Chicken Wolf’s real name was William Van especially in the heat of August. This is the Winkle Wolf. He was born in Louisville, Bill Morgan, Robert Creamer and Tim Ott for "Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. time of the year where players are grinding the facts contained in this report and to Bill You know how bad my voice sounds. Well, it Kentucky, on May 12, 1862. He was a terrific to stay healthy and push to keep their team in player who played eleven years with the Morgan for the photos. feels just as bad. You know, this baseball game contention. of ours comes up from the youth. That means Colonels and won the American Association The Babe's fast-living eventually caught up batting title in 1890, by hitting .363, in a 134 with him, leading to the cancer-stricken home the boys. And after you're a boy and grow up to play ball, then you come to the boys you game season. His salary that season was said run hero saying goodbye to Yankee Stadium to be 216 dollars. The Louisville Colonels fans on April 27, 1947, before his death the see representing clubs today in your national pastime. The only real game in the world, I think, eventually became the St. Louis Browns of the following year at age 53. American League. Interestingly, we now have a day for fans to bring their dogs to the park for a game. The dog days of summer live. Andy Purvis is a local author and radio personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. com for all the latest info on his books or to Since most of my friends own pets, I thought it listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books would be fun to give you some history on how are available online and can be found in the “Man’s best friend” and baseball go hand and local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be hand. So, here lies the story of baseball and the contacted at [email protected]. Also dog days of summer. On August 22, 1886, in listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s a game between the Cincinnati Red Stockings Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. and the Louisville Colonels, a fellow by the com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of name of “Chicken” Wolf, who played shortstop the Houston Astros.

is baseball. As a rule, people think that if you He Trained to Become a Tailor give boys a football or a baseball or something The son of a saloon owner in a seedy section like that, they naturally become athletes right of Baltimore, Ruth was sent to the St. Mary's away. But you can't do that in baseball. You got Industrial School for Boys at age 7 to keep him to start from way down, at the bottom, when the out of trouble. He developed his formidable boys are six or seven years of age. You can't wait baseball skills at St. Mary's, playing upwards until they're 15 or 16. You got to let it grow up of 200 games per year between classes, but the with you, if you're the boy. And if you try hard no-nonsense Catholic monks in charge required enough, you're bound to come out on top, just as each boarder to learn a useful vocation. The these boys here have come to the top now. There Babe displayed a talent for shirt making, and have been so many lovely things said about me he was good enough to earn an apprenticeship today that I'm glad to have had the opportunity at a tailor shop located in the school's laundry to thank everybody. Thank you." building. Of course, he was better at throwing *Actually, Japanese soldiers on occasion when and blasting a baseball to the high heavens, so mounting a charge, would shout “Kill Babe when he left St. Mary's for good in 1914, it was Ruth”. My uncle, Marine Joe H. Clark, heard to join the minor leagues. this yelled by Japanese soldiers on the Pacific He Spoke German Islands of Tinian and Iwo Jima. Both Ruth's father and mother had German Dotson’s Other Note: This speech was written roots, and as a kid, he was surrounded by his by George Herman Ruth for April 27th 1947. Despite Winter Storm Uri, Resilient Texas Pennsylvania Dutch paternal grandparents, so He presented this speech to the entire audience he was immersed in the language at an early of Yankee stadium. This was possibly one of Dove Populations Point to Favorable age. In his seminal 1974 biography Babe: The the most resounding and important speeches Legend Comes to Life, Robert Creamer related of the decade. The greatest player of the a tale of how baseball historian Hunting Season Fred Lieb once attempted to Dove hunters can expect a robust population of conditions all season long. Fitzsimmons converse in German with New birds when the season begins in September. encourages hunters to be ready for action- York Yankees co-star Lou Each dove season almost 300,000 Texas packed days in the field throughout October and Gehrig, only to find Ruth even into the second half of the season. continually butting in. hunters take to the field but after Winter Storm Uri hit the state in February, many hunters Hunters may notice there are six Special He Had an Unusual Method are wondering how the snowfall and below- White-winged Dove Days instead of the usual for Keeping Cool freezing temperatures may have affected four this year. This is the only regulatory change dove populations. Texas Parks and Wildlife for the 2021-22 season. Professional baseball uniforms Department (TPWD) biologists report that “Since federal regulations restrict the South were made of wool until the hunters can expect a good dove season, Zone Regular Season from opening prior 1940s, rendering most players especially in the South Zone. a sweaty, wobbly mess during to September 14, the Special White-winged the midsummer months. As “Our spring dove surveys suggest that there Days provide some early September hunting such, Ruth introduced to his may have been some impacts from the winter opportunity, and they continue to grow in teammates an unusual technique storm, particularly in the northern half of the popularity every year,” Fitzsimmons said. for keeping cool: He pried the state, but it’s difficult to know the extent since “We worked with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife leaves off a head of cabbage dove populations naturally fluctuate from year Service this year to bump up from four days and spread them over the ice in to year,” said Owen Fitzsimmons, TPWD Dove to six, which will provide three-day weekend a cooler, and when they were Program Leader. “The most evident impact opportunities for our hunters.” Ruth taking a swing at a giant ball. seems to be in the North Zone, where white- sufficiently chilled, a leaf under Dove hunters should purchase their new 2021- wing estimates are below average overall. I the cap would supply much- 22 Texas hunting license prior to hitting the field game said good-bye but only wished everyone don’t anticipate any long-term impacts. The needed relief for a few innings before needing this fall. Along with their hunting license, those else well in his poor health. Ruth only wished good rainfall this spring and summer has to be replaced. A large man with an extra-large hunting dove must have the migratory game to thank all of the fans who had stood by him resulted in good production, which will help noggin, Ruth was said to require two leaves for bird endorsement and be HIP-certified. Hunters throughout his incredible career. Thanks for offset any losses and allow a quick recovery.” the method to be fully effective. reading and commenting on the articles in must accurately answer the HIP questions when The Island Moon. Contact me at dlewis1@stx. Fitzsimmons says that statewide breeding getting certified, and, if a vendor does not ask rr.com or call/text: 530-748-8475. populations are about average this year with 25 questions about hunting activity last season, million mourning doves and 12 million white- hunters are encouraged to ask that they do -30- Hang in there and have fun winged doves. so. It’s also required by law that hunters have proof of their completion of a hunter education course. Dove season dates for the North, Central and South Zones, along with regulations, bag limits and more can be found in the Outdoor Annual. Hunters can also access digital copies of their licenses via the Outdoor Annual and My Texas Hunt Harvest apps. Additionally, hunters are Ruth and wife Clare encouraged to report any birds they recover that “Overall, breeding population estimates range have leg bands. from average to below-average in the North Anyone hunting on Texas Public Hunting and Central Zones, but they are still well within Lands are also required to purchase an Annual He Joined The New York National Guard normal, and even a little up from 2019, when Public Hunting Permit. Texas has more than 1 we last did surveys,” Fitzsimmons added. “In Inspired by a membership drive, a patriotic million acres of land that is accessible to the the areas with good hatch-year production, we Ruth enlisted in the 104th Field Artillery public. More information about these lands and are expecting an average to good season. Our Regiment of the New York National Guard locations can be found on the TPWD Public estimates for the South Zone are highest on in May 1924. As with most public activities Hunting website. involving the home run king, a huge crowd record. We anticipate another excellent season showed up to Times Square to witness his there.” official swearing-in by Colonel James Austin, One effect of the winter storm that hunters and he was later photographed offering his best in every Dove Zone may notice this fall is salute to General John Joseph Pershing. Of frostbite damage on doves they harvest. The course, Ruth's enlistment was purely symbolic; frostbite damage, however, doesn’t appear to he continued to play baseball and saw zero be impacting the overall health of the birds. combat action during his three years in the Fitzsimmons says that it’s not unusual to find National Guard. doves that migrate in from the northern states He Was the Subject of a Japanese War with missing toes or even the tips of their bills. Cry Fitzsimmons notes that Winter Storm Uri did take a toll on Texas birds though, especially Although he had headlined a hugely popular white-winged doves. Asian tour of American All-Stars in 1934, Ruth “They are a sub-tropical species and not was the sworn enemy of Japanese soldiers very cold-hardy, but they are pretty resilient,” during World War II. This came to light in a Fitzsimmons said. “Despite their injuries, most March 1944 article of The New York Times, of the ones we’ve encountered are otherwise which reported that the Japanese shouted some healthy and in good condition.” variation of "To hell with Babe Ruth!"* during Fully Guided • All Tackle Provided Habitat conditions have been favorable throughout the state this year thanks to abundant (361)442-8145 Send letters and photos to [email protected] rainfall, which could make for good hunting A9 Island Moon August 19, 2021 The Island Gold We Buy & Sell Gold - Silver - Platnium Slip Bullion Jewelry - Repairs OPEN 2 P.M. 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Locally, for the ordinance, and I’m sure the Justice of Harvey showed many weak points in the power the Peace, Honorable Thelma Rodriguez would grid and while a few people never lost power, have no problem prosecuting those tickets. The Topdog and I were out for 10 days. It was a City of Aransas Pass has managed to get several seemingly never-ending nightmare, and I still No wake zones established out that way with remember those days and nights vividly. A day little effort or gnashing of teeth. Seems to be a or two after landfall, in the dark neighborhoods, no-brainer. I have a meeting with City Staff on there were plenty of unscrupulous people trying Friday morning to figure out where they are at to loot people’s houses on our streets. It turned and what they need. into the Wild West pretty quickly. The only storm that has been considered more costly Sharkathon in both terms of damage and deaths was the Sharkathon registration opened this past Snowpocalypse of this past February. What’s Wednesday for the 2021 event to be held that saying about Texas weather again? October 8-10th. This very popular event brings a lot of people to town that spends money and Grace has a large impact on the local economy. In Tropical Storm Grace is headed into the addition, there are a lot of prizes on the line Campeche basin, but most of the tracks have and is always a good time, plus they support her going south. Hope she didn’t hit our friends conservation and shark tagging. Make sure to Daniel and Ambuyah over in Grand Cayman sign up at sharkathon.com ASAP to ensure you This is the time of year when those GIANT This beautiful speckled trout was gifted too hard as she went by. The warm water path get a spot, because they will sell out. BULL REDS start schooling up! We are to us this week in the northern part of the that Grace will want to follow is exactly where already seeing many 28-32” fish like Laguna Madre’. We were fishing with live the models are predicting, using sea surface Babes on Baffin this one this week. If we want to have a bait along the edge of a sand bar running temperatures as the guide. There is also a large That same weekend is the Babes on Baffin CCA healthy redfish population to compensate along Laguna Shores Rd. The fish was band of cold water upwelling all along the ladies fishing tournament on October 8-9th and for the loss of so many trout we must think quickly released while not harmed. Those coast from south Mexico up to the mid-coast of registration is coming up on-line as well on the about letting the oversized redfish go to large mature trout have been spawning Texas. It will likely weaken as it comes ashore, babesonbaffin.org website. Also, you need to spawn this fall. The slot reds are much extra hard this year dumping eggs at every and it was the cold water upwelling that steered read the rules as this year they will be going better to eat anyway full moon. Much needed spawning activity Harvey away from us at the last second. That to catch and release only, with an online app doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be ready; but for submitting fish for weigh-in. This should after we lost so many in the freeze. Try to no reason to panic-buy fourteen loaves of bread result in a zero-kill tournament, which I have release all large spawning sized trout! and five gallons of milk, however a handful of been advocating for a long time. The ladies essentials might be prudent. Y’all take a minute look forward to this tournament every year and and take stock. thanks to Islander Cheri Sperling with Coastline Properties for being the hat sponsor again this No Wake year. The No Wake zone seems to have grown Unfortunately, both of these tournaments some legs, as it is still being kicked around in are again landing on the same weekend, and various circles. The Texas Parks and Wildlife you will have to pick your poison. 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By State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 reach me at marvin@ If Doc's and Snoopy's can have an ordinance, pipoa.net or call me at why can't the PIPOA and its members have an August is Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) SMA Type III is diagnosed after the child is 469-231-3485. You can ordinance prohibiting wakes? I will look into awareness month. Organizations like Cure 18 months old and up to 3 years old. These also call the PIPOA office this next week. Ordinances are sometimes SMA work diligently to educate the public individuals may meet the typical milestones for with any questions you a benefit to the quality of life on the Island, about this genetically-passed disease that is the walking, but will lose this ability over time. This have at 361-949-7025. but the ordinances' enforcement is certainly leading cause of death of infants up to 2 years also can require them to use a wheelchair. The Douden Park- I sent the City officials a questionable. Who is going to enforce the of age. 1 in 50 Americans, despite gender or rarest form of SMA is Type IV. This type will letter with pictures of disgraceful Douden ordinance? race, can be a carrier of this recessive gene. not affect the person until they are 35 years old Being informed and spreading knowledge on (some cases as early as 18 years old). Type IV park. A small bit of good news, the park was Potholes- The Island streets are filled with the probability, risks, and effects of this disease SMA results in only mild motor impairment. mowed last week. However, there remains potholes. However, if you think we have it is helpful in family planning and the pursuit of much work to be done. For those who do not bad on the Island, take a drive OTB through One way of treating SMA is to increase the finding a cure. want the PIPOA to maintain Billish park, look the City's residential areas. Be sure and take amount of survival motor neuron protein in the at Douden and the other parks on the Island. a spare axle with you. SMA is caused by a mutation of the survival body. These ways of treating SMA are often Billish is the only usable park on the Island. motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1) that is responsible called “SMN-based” or “SMN-enhancing” Short-term rentals- The zoning change for muscle development necessary to walk, eat, approaches. Many SMN-enhancing treatments Hurricanes- The season for hurricanes are requested by a property owner to allow a and/or breathe. This recessive (non-dominant) target this SMN2 gene, causing it to make upon us. It is important for all of us to secure Bed and Breakfast was denied by the City gene affects nerves with the spinal cord that is more useable SMN protein. Other SMN- our homes and, in particular, to remove loose Council. A big thank you to the City Council. responsible for producing the protein necessary enhancing approaches work to replace or repair items from around backyards, decks, and However, enforcement of the ordinance for normal muscle growth. When the SMN1 the mutatedSMN1gene directly. For example, docks. Flying debris is both dangerous and against short-term rentals continues to be gene is mutated, it hinders muscle development on December 23, 2016, the Federal Drug destructive. The City website has tips for a major problem. At last week's Council and causes the nerves within the muscles to die. Administration (FDA) approved a treatment, hurricane preparedness. The PIPOA's blue meeting, the City Attorney announced that Since SMA only affects physical development, available to all ages and types of SMA, called round sticker on the back window of your the Municipal Court was backed up with it is hard to recognize if newborn has this disease SPINRAZA (Nusinersen). The first approved car will not provide you a pass to get back approximately 4,500 pending cases. Thus, until they do not meet the typical developmental therapy for those who have this genetic on the Island after an evacuation. You will cases of zoning violations for short-term milestones. mutation! To learn more about this treatment need proof that you live or own property on rental may not be heard for over a year. I option please visit https://www.curesma.org/ the Island. The proof is a driver's license know COVID has caused a slow down in the There are five types of SMA. Each type is spinraza/. If you would like to learn more about with an Island address, a utility bill, or a tax Municipal Court, but it certainly sounds like based on the age of the individual affected, SMA overall, please visit http://www.curesma. statement. the City has a problem with the Municipal the onset of muscular atrophy (lose), and the org/sma/. Let’s continue to bring awareness Court. How about part-time Judges and highest milestone achieved. Type 0 is very rare Board Meeting- The PIPOA Board of to SMA to the public in hopes of continuous Prosecutors to do night Court? (Wasn't that and very severe, with symptoms beginning Directors will not meet in August. This is breakthroughs in treatments and healthy babies. a long-standing tradition based on Board a TV show?) prior to birth and is seen as decreased fetal movement in the weeks prior to delivery. Type If you have questions regarding any of the member’s and other’s vacation time. The next Boat ramps- The PIPOA will begin I, also known as Werdnig-Hoffman disease, is information mentioned in this week's article, meeting will be on September 28, 2021. resurfacing the Cartagena and Gypsy boat typically diagnosed within the first 6 months of please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or ramps after Labor Day. As a result, these ramps No Wakes- Did you notice the City passed a child’s life. This is the most severe form of District Office. Please always feel free to will be closed temporarily for construction. an ordinance prohibiting wakes in the area SMA. It is also the most common form of SMA, contact my office if you have any questions Alternative Boat ramps include Caravel and of Doc's, Snoopy's, and Marker 37 on the accounting for 60% of all SMA cases. When or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if Fortuna Bay. It should take about one week Intracoastal as it leads under the bridge. This these babies’ muscle development is debilitated, you would like to contact my office regarding to resurface each. These boat ramps will also may be an opening for the PIPOA to request they suffer from the inability to swallow or constituent services. As always, my offices are receive docks to make loading and unloading the City create an ordinance prohibiting breathe due to respiratory failure, which may available at any time to assist with questions, boats easier. lead to death. Type II SMA is usually diagnosed concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- after 6 months of age, but before two years 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). of age. Children who suffer from this form of - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 Texas Hunting, Fishing Licenses on SMA are only slightly impaired. Those affected can sit up on their own, but do not meet the Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). Sale August 15 developmental milestones for motor (walking) He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. The start of a new hunting season is right around works without internet connectivity which skills. This causes them to need a wheelchair. texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. the corner and the Texas Parks and Wildlife makes it easy for hunters and anglers to view Department (TPWD) is reminding hunters and regulations in even the most remote locations. anglers that current year Texas hunting and Other features include license lookup, location- fishing licenses (except the Year-from-Purchase based functionality such as “Hunting Seasons Texas Senate All-Water Fishing Package) will expire at the and Regulations by Location,” “Where to Fish,” end of August. New licenses for the 2021-22 and more. season go on sale Aug. 15. Despite Filibuster, Senate Approves Printed copies of the Outdoor Annual can be Annually, Texans purchase more than 2.7 picked up at license retailers when customers Election Bill million hunting and fishing licenses and directly purchase their license or at TPWD offices. By Richard Lee fund a multitude of conservation efforts and Additionally, the Outdoor Annual website recreational opportunities, helping make Texas offers the option to download and print all or Less than one week after it started, the Senate member filibustering a bill must stay standing, one of the best places in the country to hunt and select sections of the Outdoor Annual. has considered and approved bills relating to with no relief or refreshment, if they wish to fish. Some of the many projects made possible nearly all of the topics laid out by Governor hold the floor. Rules also require them to remain The My Texas Hunt Harvest app, which can by license sales include fish stocking, wildlife Greg Abbott for the Second Called Session of on topic. Ultimately, Alvarado spoke against the be accessed through the Outdoor Annual app, management, habitat restoration, public hunting the 87th Legislature - including the controversial bill for fifteen hours, ceding the floor just before enables electronic submission of mandatory leases, river fishing access and Texas Game elections bill that sparked a walk out by House 9 a.m. on Thursday morning. The bill passed harvest reports, including alligator gar harvest Wardens. opponents. While the Senate has passed these the Senate shortly thereafter. reporting. The app also allows hunters to measures, in some cases for the third time, they Outdoorsmen and women can purchase a variety complete their on-site registration for many Virtual Education of licenses online through the official TPWD may have to take another stab at them if the TPWD public hunting lands. Hunters can hunt A handful of new items were also included website, by phone at 1-800-895-4248 during House continues to lack members for a quorum. on more than one million acres of public land on the Governor's agenda. One would create regular business hours or in person at more As of Thursday, that chamber had yet to have with the purchase of an Annual Public Hunting a framework for virtual education. While the than 1,800 retailers across the state. Anyone the 100 members needed to conduct business. Permit. vast majority of students do better with in- planning to buy their license from TPWD’s Abbott has promised to keep calling sessions When buying their license, resident hunters person instruction, bill author and Friendswood Austin Headquarters is reminded to make an until these bills reach his desk, so whether or and anglers may wish to purchase an entry in the Senator Larry Taylor said that one thing learned advance appointment. Appointments may be not the bills passed this week by the Senate will Lifetime License Drawing. Three lucky winners from the COVID pandemic is that some scheduled up to one week in advance. Call be signed into law remains to be seen. will each win a Lifetime Super Combo License students flourish with virtual learning. His bill 1-800-262-8755 or 512-389-4828 to schedule. The agenda set forth by Abbott for the second and never need to buy a Texas hunting or fishing would allow local school districts to implement TPWD encourages repeat license buyers to use special session is much the same as the agenda license again. Entries are $5 each and can be virtual learning programs for no more than ten the expedited checkout process, which speeds for the first. The elections bill, passed on purchased online, by phone or at any license percent of students. It would include provisions up re-purchasing the same license bought in Thursday by the Senate, would ban a number retailer. The first entry deadline is Sept. 30. for requiring a return to in-person classroom recent years. of voting strategies employed by Harris County should the student have difficulty with grades, When making their purchase, license buyers to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic during Customers can access their past and current attendance, or behavior. For state funding can also add a donation of $1, $5, $10 or $20 to the November 2020 general election, including licenses in several ways: (1) an electronic purposes, virtual students would count the same help support the Hunters for the Hungry program bans on drive-through voting, unsolicited photo of one’s license, (2) an emailed receipt of as in-person students. The bill has a two-year or the Fund for Veterans Assistance. Donations applications for voting by mail, and 24-hour your purchase; (3) one’s account in the online sunset provision, so lawmakers can evaluate the to the Hunters for the Hungry program provide voting. It would standardize early voting license sales system; (4) via License Lookup in program when they return to Austin in 2023. hunters with a way to donate legally harvested the Outdoor Annual app or in the My Texas Hunt statewide, increasing early voting hours in 55 deer to participating processors. The processed Harvest app. Hunters and anglers must still have counties, said bill author and Mineola Senator Other news meat goes to local food banks to feed Texas a physical license for any activities requiring Bryan Hughes. It would also give poll watchers families in need. Donations to the Fund for Only a few measures remain before the Senate, tags. more leeway to observe election procedures, a Veterans Assistance program provide grants provision that opponents worry could lead to mostly fiscal ones. Though state leadership Hunting and fishing regulations for the 2021- to veteran service organizations and nonprofit voter intimidation or election disruption. was able to extend funding for the Legislature 22 season are available online at outdoorannual. charitable institutions, assisting veterans and through the end of September, a bill to Senate opponents to the measure used every com, on the Outdoor Annual mobile app or their families at the community level throughout completely restore the funding vetoed by the tool at their disposal to defeat the bill, but with in the printed Outdoor Annual booklet. The Texas. governor in response to the House quorum break mobile app is free, and once downloaded, it weeks left to go in the special session, time remains before the Senate Finance Committee. wasn't on their side. Houston Senator Carol Also in that committee is SB 11, which would Alvarado engaged in a filibuster, speaking pay for the bonus check for retired teachers, through the night, reading testimony from cover property tax breaks and other costs from citizens saying that the bill would negatively legislation passed earlier in the special session. impact their right to vote. In the Texas Senate, a

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132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Send letters and photos to [email protected] August 19, 2021 Island Moon A 14 Nature Notes The Barnacle Line By Del Smith Yellow Flowerpot Mushrooms So here we go again On the day of the incident, Dick had been back to that journey to riding his Harley motorcycle as a form of stress By Celeste Silling Southwest Florida that relief from his normal business life. In the I recently came across a As with many mushrooms, Leucocoprinus graced the 1995 issues of course of the afternoon's ride he stopped near bright yellow mushroom birnbaumii is toxic to humans. Mushroom the Moon. This particular the Chikee Hut to purchase a small amount of in one of my planter pots. experts always advise that unless you know tale you might recall from last year. As it IS gas from a stack storage marina. As there are The bright Sulfur yellow with 100% certainty that a mushroom is edible, about my time over on the other side of the no gas stations here on Isles of Capri he did not color caught my eye, and suddenly I was seeing don’t eat it! And even if you know that it is Gulf, I thought that it might bare repeating. It want to fight traffic to the nearest gas station, the same mushroom all over the place; it was edible, make sure you know if it needs to be is of course The Ballad of Diesel Dick. way over, on Marco Island. Also given the fact cooked or prepared. This yellow mushroom that he was not sure that he even had enough outside of stores, in my succulent garden, on Wharf Committees are pretty much the same, is toxic when eaten, but they’re fine to look fuel to get to there, so the addition of a small the side of the road, and on my patio! Out of no matter where you go. And trust me, you will at and enjoy in your house plants. They aren’t quantity of the refiners art from these undefined curiosity, I decided to do some research on this find one firmly in place, at every marina, any known to harm the plants themselves, so unless pumps was most welcome. rampant little fungus. where in the world. Their soul purpose in life you have pets, children, or overly adventurous seems to be the critical review of any event That accomplished he went on home where he Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (luke-o-kuh-PRY- adults that might eat them, there’s no harm in that happens in and around any spot that boats found out, the next day, about his first mistake niss burn-BAUM-eee-eye), also known as the keeping them in your planters. Flowerpot Parasol Mushroom or Lemon Yellow congregate. Normal subjects for attack, and I when the motorcycle did not start. Lepiota is a common mushroom the can be So where do these flowerpot parasols come do mean attack, are the every day operations of He had put diesel into the gas tank! found in house plants, gardens, or really any from? Mushrooms are part of a larger fungus boating and the said operators of same, for these place where the temperature is warm and the and only pop up when the fungus is ready to groups. THEN he made the second and the worst reproduce. The main part of the fungus, which mistake; ---- he told everyone at "Mickeys'" soil is rich. It’s a striking light-yellow color (I Up to now I had thought that some of the is called the mycelium, is a tangled web that about it!! call it post-it notes yellow) on both the stalk and Texas versions that I had experienced were the lives underground, kind of like the roots of a the cap, occasionally with some brown texture most critical that one would ever find. I have Bad judgment, as this was promptly leapt plant. The majority of these fungi reproduce on top. The young mushrooms come up with even witnessed a couple, docking their boat, upon, chewed up, swallowed, digested and by spreading spores, kind of like the seeds of almost spherical or football-shaped caps that being greeted with a line-up of scoring judges pronounced as a fit target for the Committee. a plant. Like a tree growing apples with seeds eventually flatten out into an umbrella shape as complete with cards. As I remember, (not that inside, the fungus grows a mushroom with They then hoisted banners, waxed mustaches, they grow older. I had anything to do with it), the score was 7.3. spores inside. girded loins, polished helms, sharpened lances, Which is not bad for a first time that the gal marched proudly to the ramparts, where they The flowerpot parasols that we see popping out drove the boat into the slip, as a training exercise stacked stones, fired the oil, loaded up, took of our potted plants likely came directly from for the co-captan rank on the up-coming multi- sight and --- FIRED AWAY!!! First salvo was the bagged commercial potting mix that we year cruise, they were planning. the sign hung at the Little Chikee proclaiming used for planting. Spores are microscopic and As I said, “Up to now”. The one here at the that "MOTORCYCLE DIESEL SOLD HERE". so would be impossible to pick out of the soil Pelican Bend Marina, where we are wintering Next shot was the immediate new and apparently once its contaminated. This particular fungus the boat in Florida has to be one of the permanent nickname of "Diesel Dick". Now if seems to have cracked the system and is using toughest any one would ever want to tangle that wasn't bad enough, then came the fax from human gardeners to spread its spores! with. Now, I suppose the main reason for this "Big Vinnie”, Tom’s brother-in-law from far- Along with the birnbaumii species, there are is the fact that this particular Committee is in away South Dakota. Whose copies of same other types of Leucocoprinus mushrooms session every day, (no sneaking in on off days were freely passed around the bar. that can be found in Texas. Leucocoprinus here), around the Little Chikee Hut bar at the All of a sudden, folks, this is taking on, almost, cepaestipes has a similar shape to the flowerpot Pelican Bend, or more commonly known as international proportions here. parasol, but is colored white, and Leucocoprinus "MICKEYS'", after the owner. Mix in the facts fragilissimus is an almost see-through yellow. of its location; overlooking the marina where This fax, presented as a news release, had an Neither of these are edible, but they’re still fun our boat was at and that many of the participants almost believable Harley-Davidson letterhead to look at! are professional charter-boat captains and you with the following text; There are thousands of other mushroom will have one very intimidating, critical Wharf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; species in Texas, and with the bulk of fungi Committee. Not to mention all of the amateur back-up support that also gathers there. Yes- Harley-Davidson Motor Company has being underground, you never know where or announced an addition to it's 1997 line up. when they’ll pop up! The Yellow Flowerpot siree Bob, indeed it is tough. And it lives up to Parasols only bloom for a few days or weeks, so it's expectations. No error goes unnoticed, no Dubbed the "MACK GLIDE" by insiders appreciate this fun pop of color while you can! matter how small or trivial it's execution was, and the "NO PLUGGER" by industry The flowerpot parasol pops up in a as it is nothing but a palm frond shade over oval officials, this revolutionary new diesel twin planter. Photo by Celeste Silling. Photo by Celeste Silling. Caption: The bar. – Nothing to block the view of any and all could prove to be a glimpse of things to come flowerpot parasol pops up in a planter. perceived transgressions and misdemeanors. from Harley-Davidson. Makes for some real careful docking's, and The number two man in the blended fuels leavings, it does. I want you to understand that department has been quoted as saying, "It I feel like I need to look over my shoulder to smokes like a prairie fire, smells like Prince Padre Island Real Estate Ticker see if anybody is watching. 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NOW do you believe me when I say that the 13901 Mingo Cay Court Unit G Wharf Committee at "Mickeys'" is one of the 13725 A La Entrada Calle Street 13922 Mingo Cay Court #3 Please understand that Dick is one of the more toughest in existence? 13713 Cayo Gorda Court popular members of this particular committee. 14334 Cruiser Street #103 He hails from one of those states, way up there, But the really scary thing about it is that I think that this whole thing is not over with yet. 13725 Cayo Gorda Court 14 Waterfront Condominiums/ close to the northern border of our country and owns large, successful insurance agency. He Yes, I can see it all now, it could become: "The 13945 Dasmarinas Drive Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From has a warm-weather home just down the street LEGEND of Diesel Dick". $79,900.00-$729,900.00 15106 Tesoro Drive from the Little Chikee Hut, here at Mickeys, Poor guy. 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By Ronnie Narmour they come down here. I am obsessed with this project and won’t give up until I am the greatest. [email protected] The Moon Monkey will abide… I hope. Just to State The Scattered shots… Obvious… Just to state the obvious, the world is crumbling, Haiti just got hit twice in two days with an earth quake and tropical storm, COVID is back for the fourth wave and there are three tropical systems to keep an anxious eye on as we speak. What could possibly go wrong? Don’t ask. I’m counting seven band cancellations since last weekend due to COVID concerns just in our little bubble and I expect much more to come. These are trying times to say the least. I’m not Johnny Boy Amundsen with Cody Strong on drums and Jose' Felix on bass played here to tell anybody what to do and I’m not Shorty's on Friday when the Independent Thieves cancelled. telling you anything new, but I’d be mighty He'll be at Bron's on Thursday. careful if I were yall. Gary P. Nunn played the Back Porch on Nanci Griffith died… Saturday. The GRAMMY award winning folk singer/ Last weekend songwriter/performer Nanci Griffith died Live Music was jumbled up. this week. I cried real Clubs like Shorty’s, tears when I heard this. Back Porch and She was such a beautiful Treasure Island soul. An Austin native were scrambling for Tonight moved to Nashville and bands when COVID Thursday, August 19 Open Mic @ House of hit it large among the related cancellation Zack Walther @ Back Roc k people who know good Elisa Lunt and Glen occurred. The Porch Dave’s Duo @ The Bus music. Nashville didn’t Martin at the Gary P. Independent Marco Ramirez @ Jerry Ward @ Pelican know what to do with her Treasure Island Lounge Nunn show last Saturday Thieves bowed out Reno Perez @ Shorty’s Jacob Jaime @ Doc’s but she eventually fit in at the Back Porch. at Shorty’s on Friday John Amundsen @ Bron’s Waterline Nanci Griffith thanks to clubs like the and were replaced Ruben Limas @ Island Sierra Dawn @ Doc’s died. Bluebonnet Café. She was by Johnny Boy Italian revered by every person Amundsen and Stevie Start @ The Slip ZACK WALTHER AUG 19 Monday, August 23 that ever heard her sing. Starlite and the Jerry Ward @ Doc’s MARK MONACO AUG 20 Kevin Kurtz @ Bron’s Her cover of Townes Van Zant’s Tecumseh Moonbeams Eric Graham @ Cassidy’s Stevie Start @ Doc’s Valley is nothing short of brilliant. She recorded were replaced by Groove Chili @ House TBA AUG 21 18 albums since 1978. Go to YouTube and dial of Rock Tuesday, August 24 John Cortez on CHANKLAS AUG 22 up The Five and Dime or Once in a Very Blue Joseph Martinez @ Open Mic @ Rialto Saturday. At the Brewster Southside Theater- Aransas Pass Moon or the John Prine duet, Speed of the Back Porch Two Colby Swift & the Bay RIP TIDE AUG 25 Last Call Duo @ Katz 21 Sound of Loneliness and it becomes obvious Tons of Steel Drinkers @ Brewster Stevie Start @ Doc’s what an exceptional talent she was. Nanci was cancelled and Downtown 132 W. Cotter St. Port A 68. Rest in peace sweet lady. Jim Dugan played the were replaced with Wednesday, August 25 Memphis Kee from Friday, August 20 John Amundsen & the Dial Tone Records in the house… docks at Fisherman's Clay Hollis Beach Bash Padrinos @ Cinnamon Wharf on Friday and Hutto. Those guys My old pal Eddie were really good. Party @ Treasure Island Shore Stout, a born and the Gaff on Saturday. Cosmic Cowboy Mark Monaco @ Back Ty Dietz @ Vernon’s Porch Riptide @ Back Porch bred Austin native pioneer Gary P. Jam Band @ Shorty’s Shawn Hart @ Pelican was in town this Nunn picked up Ty Dietz @ Bron’s Lounge weekend. They the slack at the Another Level @ Marker Treasure Island Billy Snipes @ Doc’s were offering a Porch on Saturday 37 Kevin Kurtz @ The Slip COVID vaccination and we saw many Dave’s Duo @ Doc’s MARCO RAMIREZ AUG 19 Ruben Limas @ for children in local friends Waterline Blackbeard’s Port Lavaca this in attendance Jerry Ward @ Doc’s Open Jam @ Executive Stevie Start @ Island CLAY HOLLIS BEACH PARTY AUG 20 Surf Club Eddie Stout of weekend and including boss Eddie and his man Glen Martin Italian Rich Lockhart @ Dialtone Records and John Cortez played Dreaming in Color @ CHAINLINKS AUG 21 Harrison’s Landing the Eastside Kings family jumped Shorty's on Saturday in and our good Pelican Lounge at the chance to buddy Elisa Lunt. Festival. place of Starlite and the Art Barrera @ The Slip 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Thursday, August 26 get his daughter Dave’s Duo subbed Rich Lockhart @ Sunset treasureislandporta Mike O’Neill @ Shorty’s vaccinated. I’ve Moonbeams. for the Groove at Hideaway Ingleside TBA @ Back Porch known “Little Eddie” since the mid 70’s when Treasure Island on Bad Chords @ House of Ty Dietz @ Bron’s he and guitarist David Murray (Marcia Ball, Friday and Back Pew Revival played there Rock Ruben Limas @ Island Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, Doyle on Saturday. I also got by Bron’s on Friday to The Wailers, Audic Italian Bramhall) were still in high school and their see Justin and Niki with percussionist Luis Empire @ Brewster Stevie Start @ The Slip band, The Bottle Rockets, used to practice in Villarreal in tow. The island was fairly busy Downtown Jerry Ward @ Doc’s CJ Simmons @ Brewster Selfless Lovers @ House my Westside Seafood market at night. Eddie last weekend but it’s starting to show the effects Southside of Rock was the international rep for Antone’s Records of school starting. Tres Matts @ Cassidy’s AJ Cruz @ Cassidy’s when I had the label’s in-house booking agency in the 90’s. We traveled the world together Saturday, August 21 Friday, August 27 promoting artists, records and tours. Little Jim Dugan @ Gaff Season Ammons @ Back Eddie Stout is good, solid people and I was Back Pew Revival @ Porch absolutely delighted to see him. He’s one of Shorty’s Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s those true friends for life. He is also the founder TBA @ Back Porch Kevin Kurtz @ Bron’s of Dialtone Records, a real deal purist blues Chainlinks @ Treasure Richard Lockhart @ Island RENO PEREZ AUG 19 Marker 37 label of authentic blues artists such as Crystal Caleb Navarro @ Bron’s Chainlinks @ Pelican Thomas, Birdlegg, The Texas Horns, Mathew Radney Foster JAM BAND AUG 20 Lounge Robinson, Little Joe Washington, Lavelle Memphis Kee played the Back Porch on CANCELLED @ Third Jerry Ward @ Doc’s White, Barbara Lynn, The Bells of Joy, Coast Theater BACK PEW REVIVAL AUG 21 Michael Burtts @ Doc’s Keller Brothers and Bloodest Saxophones, Friday when Two Tons of Steel cancelled Jered Clark @ Virginia’s Waterline due to COVID. Trudy Lynn, EJ Mathews, etc, etc. Eddie Splendiferous @ Pelican KEVIN KURTZ, TY DIETZ AUG 22 Stevie Start @ Island hosts a blues festival every year in September Lounge Italian called the Eastside Kings Fest at the blues clubs DO NOT MISS LIST OTB @ Doc’s Waterline Jerry Ward @ The Slip of East Austin. Look up blues in the dictionary Gann Band @ Doc’s Paul Wall & Friends @ Coming this weekend… Robin Palmer @ Island OPEN 10am - 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Brewster Downtown and you’ll see Eddie’s picture. He’s the real deal I haven’t heard of any cancellations so far Italian Independent Thieves @ and I owe Little Eddie Stout much for showing for next weekend but I won’t be surprised if Jacob Jaime @ The Slip House of Rock me the ropes in the music business. I’d take a there are some. Coming this Thursday there Dope Show: Marilyn Ruben Limas @ bullet for him. He also plays a mean bass. are plenty of good shows. The most impressive Manson Tribute @ Blackbeard’s Brewster Downtown Night Notes @ Cassidy’s Zack Walther will play the Back Porch, Alley Catz @ Brewster powerhouse bluesman Reno Perez is on the Southsider Saturday, August 28 porch at Shorty’s, my island son Johnny Boy Chanklas @ BUS LIVE BELT SANDER Amundsen plays Bron’s and Americana artist Matt Hole @ Executive RACES (6:00) @ Gaff Marco Ramirez is at Treasure Island. On Surf Club MUSIC Thomas Michael Riley Friday Mark Monaco from San Antonio plays Wings Ovcr Society @ SCHEDULE @ Back Porch the Back Porch, House of Rock BACKYARD Justin & Niki @ Bron’s the Jam Band Aaron Jacobs @ Cassidy’s JOHN AMUNDSEN AUG 19 Yosh & Yimmy, Todd Dorn & the Sea Drifters plays Shorty’s, TY DIETZ AUG 20 Sunday, August 22 @ Shorty’s singer songwriter Chanklas @ Back Porch CALEB NAVARRO AUG 21 Diamond’s Edge @ extraordinaire Ty Kevin Kurtz, Ty Dietz @ TRAVIS BOLT AUG 22 Pelican Lounge Dietz plays Bron’s Shorty’s Robin Palmer @ Island and Clay Hollis is Travis Bolt @ Bron’s KEVIN KURTZ AUG 23 Italian at Treasure Island Jered Clark @ Virginia’s Gann Band @ Doc’s for an all out Ty Dietz @ Black 314 E. Ave G, Port A.| (361) 336-4723 Diamond The Moon Monkey placed 3rd this week at Beach Bash Party theme going on. the Gaff's world famous BELT SANDER Also on Friday the RACES on Saturday. historical Wailers On the local front… play Brewster Street Clay Hollis will play a with Austin reggae And on the local front, my precious belt sander Beach Party at Treasure band Audic Empire racer, the Moon Monkey, came in a respectable Island on Friday. opening. On third place at the Gaff’s world famous BELT Saturday it’s Coach SANDER RACES last week. I had to go up Dugan at the Gaff, the Back Pew Revival at Mike’s Barbershop against a bunch of “Tractor Supply” guys who Shorty’s, Caleb Navarro at Bron’s and the took first and second, but I was proud to just be Chainlinks at Treasure Island. Also note that in the heap. My pit crew, Chris Jordan, tells Radney Foster cancelled Third Coast this me he has some tricks up his sleeve to make it Saturday. That’s it. Be safe out there. Evil lurks. go faster. I hope he’s right because the Winter Texans are just around the corner and those ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ guys work on their racers all year long before

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