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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 March 29, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE News from the POA Around Island Kids The Island Need Your Help By Dale Rankin There has been a bit of the prevailing Funding for new notion that that the world has gone mad here on our little sandbar this playground at week, every hour seems to bring a new revelation. Billish Park Falls Among other things each bite of the burrito has had an Island crunch through the cracks this week as thirty mile per hour By Dale Rankin winds have deposited blow sand Three years ago when Islander on everything from Gulf to Laguna Jennifer Seymour began collecting and all points in between. As of this $65,000 to pay for new playground writing on Wednesday afternoon equipment at the newly renovated we await the arrival of sixty mile Billish Park her son was three years per hour winds and sixty degree old and young enough to enjoy the temperature – if the Weather Wonks swing sets and slides the new park are to be believed. would bring. Water temperature in the low Jump ahead three years to Tuesday seventies has put what passes for a night when Seymour had to skip her chill in the air sweeping in off the now six-year old son’s baseball game Gulf even as kids from all over the Row, row, row your dragon boat. Have you seen these rowers? Story and photos by Jan Rankin on A2 to stand shedding tears in front of country cavort on our beaches in the newly seated board of the Padre swimwear during Senior Trips to our Isles Property Association as she usually balmy shores. described her feelings earlier this The high tides have been up over a Indictments at Schlitterbahn year when she found out that that foot and half on most days when a money to help finishing paying for foot of tide will send water to the base the new equipment promised by the of the dunes on most area beaches, organization had instead been spent The result is that beach driving on What does it Mean for The on a sand volleyball court in the damp beaches during low tide has new Billish Park where work in well been great, but beach driving at high underway. tide in most areas means wet tires or Island Project? “It broke my heart when I heard deep sift sand where the Ford Prius what had happened,” she said. “We and Volkswagen Passat dare not roll. By Dale Rankin Henry & Sons Construction Co., aggravated endangerment of a child which was the company in charge have been working on this for three Driving south on the Kleberg beaches Jeff Henry who oversaw the design counts tied to injuries other riders of building the Padre park was years and now we can’t afford to has been might nigh impossible and construction of the Schlitterbahn sustained on the giant slide, called also charged in the indictment order the equipment.” without a heavy-duty four wheeler. Waterpark & Resort on Padre Island Verruckt, which is German for with Second-degree murder which was arrested this week in connection "insane." The indictment accuses As the meeting developed the reason The high winds mean that the tides carries a sentence of 9 years to 41 with the death of a ten-year old boy Henry of making a "spur of the for the funding fall-through became are ripping with daily warnings years in prison. The charges listed who was decapitated on a ride at the coming from the National Weather on the Henry’s inmate page include Indictments cont. on A5 Island Kids cont. on A4 firm’s park in Kansas City billed as Service for beachgoers to beware. murder, 12 counts of aggravated the world’s tallest waterslide. To most of us thin-blooded year- battery and five counts of aggravated Island High- Rules for round Islanders who, accustomed to Henry, 62, and a co-owner of the endangerment of a child. 85 degree water in the summertime, Schlitterbahn company with his The Kansas attorney general's office Rise Buildings Changing consider any water below 80 degrees brother and sister, was arrested in said designer John Schooley, also a to be semi-Artic rip tides are Cameron County Monday on a designer of the Kansas City ride was Struggling to Bylaws to Go irrelevant because we aren’t going warrant from Kansas on charges also charged with 17 other felonies, in more than ankle deep. We leave of reckless second-degree murder. beach swimming to the kids and including aggravated battery and Rebuild after to Membership Winter Texans. Harvey Vote Bomb meeting in the bombing By Dale Rankin zone! City’s Hotel A group called Padre Island ARCH If you read this before 5 p.m. on announced at the Tuesday board Thursday, March 29, you might Occupancy Tax meeting of the Padre Isles Property want to make your way over the Owners Association that they have gymnasium at the Seashore Learning could take $4 gathered the signatures necessary to Center where the U.S. Army Corps of million hit in 2018 force a vote by the membership on Engineers is holding a public meeting whether to roll back the power of to explain the reason behind letters By Dale Rankin the board to unilaterally change the sent to residents in the area around Seven high-rise buildings organization’s bylaws, and whether to Encantada and SPID informing representing more than five hundred change a current bylaw which gives them they live within World War II overnight stay rooms on Padre and board members the power to remove Bombing Target Area B-1. Mustang island inside the Corpus other board members without cause. It’s hard to escape the irony of Christi City Limits are still struggling Kelly McFadden, an ARCH holding a meeting to caution people to re-build after damage from organizer, announced at the meeting about the dangers of a bombing area Hurricane Harvey with only one on that 665 members have signed on to schedule to be open by the one-day inside the same-said bombing area. The Schlitterbahn park in the early stages of construction in 2013. bring the issue to a membership vote; Dang! That’s got to be against some peak summer season. she said that is 12.34 percent of the kind of federal regulation somewhere The old Padre Isles Country Club headquarters is visible in the right? foreground. High-rise cont. on A7 Rules cont. on A4 The “bombs” in question were actually wooden practice bombs A little Island history armed with a .40 caliber shotgun load designed to show pilot trainees where they hit and as far as anyone can tell none have ever been found in When The Island Got Bombed the area – but try explaining that to the title company when you go to sell U.S. Army Corps of Engineers briefing March 29 your house – in a federally registered By Dale Rankin We have had several inquiries about bombing area. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the bombing ranges so we revisit the As we have reported before Bombing is holding a public meeting March topic this week. Area B-1 doesn’t show up on the 29th from 5 to 7 p.m. at Seashore The history of the ranges on Padre federally maintained website listing Learning Center – Gym in regards comes to us from a variety of sources, old bombing ranges hereabouts, but to World War II Bombing Target including the historical data compiled somehow the pamphlet got mailed out Area B-1 which, according to letters when Padre Island National Seashore anyway. So strap on your bombproof sent to homeowners in the area, was founded, a few eyewitness flip-flops and head on over to the was located near the intersection of accounts, and locals who came later bombing area for a public meeting on Encantada and SPID on the south and saw the aftermath. the dangers of the bombing area. The end of Padre Island neighborhoods. world has gone mad indeed. Pilot training began at the new Naval Several weeks ago we reviewed a Air Station in Corpus Christi began Viva Villa! history of the bombing ranges on in March, 1941 and accelerated Former mayoral candidate Ray Padre Island which were in active quickly as World War II increased Madrigal complained to the Corpus use from the World War II era until the demand for pilots. By the end City Council this week that he is 1960 when extension of SPID (Park of 1942 Corpus Christi NAS and getting no help from the city staff Road 22) went south beyond the its auxiliary bases were processing Kleberg County Line. Around cont. on A4 History cont. on A4 50-caliber bullets found on Padre Island. March 29, 2018 Island Moon A 2 Port A. Surf Rescue Squad on the Waves No One's Dragon These Boats!
Port A.'s elite Surf Rescue Team were caught training on the beach last Saturday. Photos by Abigail Bair
Manitoba paddling association members are training in their Dragonboat and kayaks in the canals and on the Intracoastal waterways. The team from Canada has been coming here for the last four years to take advantage of our warm weather and favorable boating conditions. The seventy-five member team consists of members from the ages of twelve to seventy two. The younger members train three times a day and then do homework at night. They will be competing in the world championship in Gainesville, Georgia in September of this year. Give them a shout out of encouragement if you see them on the Island. Photos by Jan Rankin March 29, 2018 Island Moon A 3 3. What did the Easter bunny say about the Moon Monkeys Easter parade? Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the It was eggs-cellent 4. How does the Easter bunny stay fit? Hear? Eggs-ercise By Mary "Scoop" Craft Editor [email protected] 5. Where does the Easter bunny get his eggs? From eggplant 6. What happened to the Easter bunny at New Advertisers school? Corpus Christi Live is He was eggspelled presenting “Two on Tap” which 7. What do you call a mischievous egg? they say offers “rhythm, style, humor and Broadway flair.” Distribution A practical yolker Bring in their ad in this issue and Pete Alsop 8. What happened to the egg when he was purchase one ticket and get one Island Delivery tickled too much? free. Ticket prices start at $10 and Coldwell Banker He cracked up. can be purchased at their web site. Advertising 9. Why was the Easter bunny upset? Jan Park Rankin He was having a bad hare day Business Briefs Classifieds 10. What happened when the Easter Bunny Easter Sunrise Services at Arlene Ritley Water Views Lost met the rabbit of his dreams? Whitecap Beach will be hosted by Two major island canal views- enjoyed by Production Manager They lived hoppily ever after the Island Presbyterian Church at Abigail Bair all - are soon to be lost! The island's beauty is complimented by the canal systems visible to all 11. What do you call an egg from outer space? 7am. St. Peter’s by the Sea United Contributing Writers Methodist Church and Island in joggers, bikers, dog walkers, babies in strollers, An "Egg-stra terrestial" Joey Farah bird and fish watchers or just that old lady who the Son United Methodist Church Andy Purvis loves to sit on her porch for the tranquility. The 12. What sport are the eggs good at? will also be participating. Mary Craft drive down Whitecap Blvd. is accentuated to Running Kelly Trevino your left and right by the glimmering water Scuttlebutt’s is no longer serving Jay Gardner of the Laguna. But unfortunately the bulkhead 13. What did the Easter bunny say to the carrot? breakfast since the winter season Todd Hunter ends, allowing these views, have varying It's been nice gnawing you is over. Dotson Lewis property lines thus allowing a water lot owner- who already has a view- to construct a FORTY- 14. What music does the Easter bunny like? Corpus Christi Cycle Plaza Dr. Tom Dorrell FIVE foot wooden fences SIX feet tall on Hip hop has all new 2018 Sea-doos with Ronnie Narmour the narrow bulkhead. To what avail is this? I 15. What day does an Easter egg hate the most? features like modular seating with Brent Rourk understand the need twenty-five feet of privacy a huge swim platform, waterproof Photographers fence. But if you're limited on building your Fry-day dock out to the middle the canal why can you bluetooth audio system, new Miles Merwin (Emeritus) How do you know the Easter Bunny is really cargo system to attach jerry can build a fence that obstructs the view to the smart? Because he's an egghead. Debbie Noble middle of the canal which does have access and (fuel container) or cooler and Jan Rankin boating privileges to all? Did you hear about the lady whose house was the most stable platform in the Mary Craft infested with Easter eggs? She had to call an BUYERS BEWARE! Thirteen years ago I eggs-terminator! industry. Visit them at 2937 SPID Ronnie Narmour paid three times the land lot price for a lot with or call 852-7368. Why do we paint Easter eggs? Because it's Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) water views. The house was built to these views. About four years ago an older home on the easier than trying to wallpaper them! The Manitoba Paddling Riley P. Dog northeast corner of Whitecap and Isabella was What kind of bunny can't hop? A chocolate Association is here training for sold. The new owner extended the bulkhead end one! the World Championship Dragon fence to the middle of the canal thus obstructing Boat World Championship to be the view for many surrounding properties. An Why did the Easter egg hide? He was a little outraged group appealed to the POA but to no chicken! held in September in Gainesville, avail. We were told there is no such thing as Why was the little girl sad after the race? Georgia. They have been coming a water view in the housing market. The new Because an egg beater! for four weeks training here the owner moved a year later but Whitecap is stuck Why won't Easter eggs go out at night? They last four years. It is the first time with his ugly fence! Now the other half of the the championship has been held in bulkhead end is threaten by another new home don't want to get "beat up". who owns the other half of the bulkhead. So if Why couldn't the Easter egg family watch the USA. history repeats itself prepare for the entire view T.V.? Because their cable was scrambled. Woody’s Sports Center in of the Isla Pinta/Isabella canal on Whitecap to Publisher be gone! Not even an opening in the middle. Where does the easter bunny eat breakfast? at Port A now has their docks fully Dale Rankin Ihop functional with fuel. About the Island Moon On Catamaran between Key Largo and Isabella another new home at the end of the bulkhead is How long does the Easter Bunny like to party? WB Liquors & Wine has Easter The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Around the cluck! Rankin, Editor / Publisher. under construction. I was told by the owner that specials this week only that Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes he owns the forty- five feet of bulkhead end and What happened to the egg when he was tickled include Jack Daniels Honey 750 delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 will construct a six foot tall fence. Fortunately, too much? He cracked up. copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, the owners of the property on the other side of ml for $21.99 and Crown Royal as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 What do you call ten rabbits marching the canal feel as I do about the open natural Vanilla 750 ml for $26.99. copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. backwards? A receding hareline. landscape- that we all moved here for- and News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, High tide golf cart route to Bob they fenced only 20 feet. Also on this end is a What do you call a sleepy Easter egg? Egg- payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. five foot easement sparing the view from total zosted! Hall pier for visitors to know - The Island Moon Newspaper eradication. take Whitecap to Cruiser south What happened when the Easter Bunny caught to Encantada go east across the 14646 Compass, Suite 3 In this "All about me and no one else" society his head in the fan? It took ears off his life! I urge realtors to inform buyers what could highway to get to the beach road Corpus Christi, TX 78418 What's red and blue and sogs up your Easter happen to a view on a bulkhead end. We all basket? Coloured scrambled eggs! to the pier. 361-949-7700 know a vacant lot will be built on at some point but with the varying property lines on the Why did the rabbit cross the road? Because it [email protected] bulkhead ends it takes a little more research to was the chicken's day off. Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper be informed. And perhaps the bulkhead buyer What does the Easter Bunny get for making a might better understand the open philosophy of basket? Two points, just like anyone else. the island. Why is the letter A like a flower? A bee comes Why was the rabbit rubbing his head? Because after it Shortly after learning about the loss of my he had a eggache! (headache) view, an eleven year old boy dropped his bike Why did the egg go to the baseball game? For on the bulkhead to check out the fish as many Why did the Easter Bunny hop down the road? the egg-stra innings! Where to Find The do. I was working in the yard and said, "You He was making the Movie What happened when the Easter Bunny met the better look now because there will soon be a What's pink, has five toes, and is carried by the Island Moon fence." He replied my sentiments, "Selfish!" rabbit of his dreams? They lived hoppily ever Easter Bunny? after! Kathy King His lucky people's foot! Trinity By the Sea What do you call rabbits that marched in a long Port Episcopal What do you call the Easter Bunny after a hard sweltering Easter parade? Hot, cross bunnies. Responses to Last Week's day's work? Tired. Aransas What is the Easter Bunny's favourite state Sand Piper Condos North Question of the Week What's the Easter Bunnys favorite Story? A capital? Albunny, New York! Cotton Tale Sea Gull Condos Editor's note: Our Question of the Week last What would you get if you crossed the Easter Padre Why was the Easter Bunny arrested? He was Bunny with a famous French general? Napoleon Gulf Breeze RV week was "Would you like to see a dog park on All Stripes Stores the Island? Our responses this time came in the charged with Hare-assment! Bunnyparte! Pioneer RV Black Sheep/ form of the following letters to the editor. Since What did the rabbit say to the carrot? It's been What is the Easter Bunny's favourite sport? the response was a "yes," our question this week La Palmilla Golf Barrel nice gnawing at you. Basket-ball, of course! Club is: "Where would you like the Island dog park CVS to be located?" What does a rooster say to a hen he likes? Your Why didn't the easter egg cross the road? Stripes (1A) one hot chick! Because he wasn't a chicken yet! Whataburger We absolutely need a dog park. As it is, the Kody’s Restaurant dogs can never break into a full run or their What did the bunny put over his sore? A Knock, knock! Who's there? Alma. Alma who? eggage. Alma Easter candy is gone. Can I have some Amano Doc’s Restaurant owners have to break the leash laws. more? What has big ears, brings Easter treats, and WB Liquor Snoopy’s Pier C R Shearer goes "hippity-BOOM, hippity-BOOM, hippity- Knock, knock! Who's there? Arthur. Arthur 361 Bar Isle Mail N More I cast my vote and any I can beg, borrow BOOM"? The Easter Elephant. who? Arthur any more eggs to decorate? Island Italian or steal for a dog park on our island. We are Moby Dicks responsible dog owners and observe the leash What has long ears, four legs, and is worn on Knock, knock! Who's there? Donna. Donna Spanky’s Liquor Brooklyn Pie Co. laws but our fur babies need and deserve a place your head? An Easter bunnet! who? Donna want to decorate some eggs? to run free with their friends. My Great Dane IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware Why did a fellow rabbit say that the Easter Knock, knock! Who's there? Harvey. Harvey Sadie died waiting and now my 140 lb. boy Bunny was self-centered? Because he is who? Harvey good Easter everyone. Port A Glass Studio Harley has taken up her vigil. We don't ask for Holiday Inn eggocentric. (egocentric) Knock, knock! Who's there? Heidi. Heidi who? a state of the art facility like most communities San Juan’s Mexican Heidi the eggs around the house. Texas Star (Shell) of our standing enjoy, merely a fence for our Where does Valentine's Day comes after Restaurant Easter? In the dictionary. Jesse’s Liquor safety, a sticker-free surface and a water source. Knock, knock! Who's there? Howard. Howard Wash Board Please don't let Harley die waiting as well. How do you catch the Easter Bunny? Hide in who? Howard you like a chocolate bunny? Laundry Mat Scuttlebutt’s the bushes and make a noise like a carrot! Restaurant Linda Shearer Knock, knock! Who's there? Police. Police Drop Anchor Bar & Do you know how bunnies stay in shape? who? Police hurry up and decorate your eggs. Grill I don't think your 'dog park question' is a fair Subway question to ask. Anyone inclined to say 'no', Hareobics. Knock, knock! Who's there? Sherwood. Port A Parks & Rec Island Tire will be worried about being labeled an animal What kind of jewelry do rabbits wear? 14 Sherwood who? Sherwood like to have an Public Library hater, therefore won't write in with a response. carrot gold. Easter basket like yours. Padre Pizzeria This will make your responses overwhelmingly What's the difference between a bunny and Knock, knock! Who's there? Wendy. Wendy Chamber of from those wanting the park. A better question And all Moon a lumberjack? One chews and hops, the other who? Wendy Easter Bunny coming? Commerce/ Visitor’s would have been: "Where would you like to see retail advertisers hews and chops. Center a dog park on the island?" WB Liquor How does the Easter Bunny say Happy Easter? Woody’s Sports Curtis Taylor Moon Center Hoppy Easter! Editor's Note: Good idea, Curtis. We read you Why did the magician have to cancel his show? Back Porch Flour Bluff loud and clear. Question of the H.E.B. He'd just washed his hare and couldn't do a Shorty’s Place thing with it. Week Whataburger on Fisherman’s Wharf Horrible Holiday Humor: What type of movie is about water fowl? A Waldron Giggity’s duckumentary. Where would you Ethyl Everly Easter Fool's Day Edition Tarpon Inn What is the difference between a crazy bunny like to see a dog park Senior Center 1. What do you call a rabbit with fleas? and a counterfeit bill? One is bad money and the Gratitude’s Fire Station Bugs bunny other is a mad bunny! on the Island? The Gaff Police Station 2. What's wrong with Easter jokes? What's long and stylish and full of cats? The Wild Horse Easter Purrade! Send your answers to: Stripes on Flour They crack you up Treasure Island What is the end of Easter? The letter R. Bluff & SPID [email protected]. What do you call a duck that just doesn't fit in? Mallardjusted. March 29, 2018 Island Moon A 4 Around cont. from A1 History cont. from A1 Island Kids cont. from A1 in his effort to moved on a regular basis. Military considered as a place to explode the first atomic bomb and it actually came down place a statue The bombing targets consisted of large white to about three sites that were pretty high on of Pancho Villa bull’s-eyes encircled by concentric white rings the list: one was in California, one was the on the Peoples 100 yards in diameter. The eight strafing targets Alamagordo site in New Mexico and the other Street T-Head. consisted of vertical cloth or paper and, along one was South Padre Island. Fortunately for us We can’t for with the bombing targets, were built spaced Island dwellers, Almagordo won the contest. An the life of us about five miles apart. Bombs dropped on the official involved in the decision said later: figure out why targets were usually very small and contained there would be only enough explosive for pilots to check their “South Padre had been used as a gunnery any resistance accuracy. The principal practice bomb, the Mark range for the Army Air Corps. It was a very to placing IV, was only nine inches long and contained remote area… It was, at that point of course, the statue of a 40-gauge shotgun shell in the nose as an really undeveloped as a tourist site and then a Mexican explosive. Some larger bombs were dropped across from it was the King Ranch which was bandit and on occasion, a few 500-pounders, and typically also, at that time, nearly one million acres of Governor of the half of their weight would be explosive. undeveloped land. But, on the plus side, Corpus Mexican State Christi was 120 miles away and it had rail With the construction of the targets also came of Chihuahua connections and there was also a Naval Air the need to service and repair them and naval in a public Station there. So it would have worked.” place in South personnel had to perform this duty. Initially, Texas. After all crews had to travel by boat to reach many of the Then in the early 2000s a Kingsville economic he only raided targets, but eventually a housing facility known development group pushed for a new bombing one town on as Caffey barracks was built. Caffey barracks is site in Kenedy County to replace the bombing the American still on the island and now serves as the ranger range being closed at Vieques, Puerto Rico. The Seymour attending the recent POA side of the station. 220,000 acre site near the National Seashore election was considered since it was across the Laguna Rio Bravo Patrols also were established on Padre Island Madre from the vastness of the King Ranch and clear. As planning for the park improvements before being to ward off German submarines and by 1943, it also offered the chance to practice amphibious went forward, paid for with $500,000 in bond chased back nine patrol stations were established. In spite of landings. Opposition from Texas politicians money and $200,000 in funds from the POA, into Mexico the new military presence on the island, cattle stopped the proposal before it reached the the planners believed that funding for the by Black Jack operations continued as they had for over a official application level. playground equipment was in place and used the Pancho Villa Pershing, boy hundred years. Bombing practice was halted money for other elements in the park; funding that city staff during the annual round-ups and for the rest Where is Bombing Target B-1 for the playground fell through the cracks. really knows how to hold a grudge. of the year several thousand cattle roamed the We respectfully suggest that Mr. Madrigal island as they had since the days of Padre Balli. When the colorful pamphlets and letters sent “We have raised $48,000,” Seymour said, “we might want to refocus his efforts in the direction by the federal Military Munitions Response need another $16,749 to order the equipment.” Observers noted that cattle would move away Program began arriving in mailboxes on the of Gregorio Cortez who history will note from targets at the first sign of an airplane The good news is that some money can be saved conducted many more raids on American soil south end of The Island in February they showed engine, then “move in and around the targets as ground zero for the “Old Bombing Target B-1” by ordering through the city, there is a $50,000 than Pancho. In fact, Gregorio once raided soon as the firing stops and graze bombing areas contingency fee with $40,000 left available, Lichtenstein’s Department Store downtown not to be near the SPID/Encantada intersection with when the ranges are quiet.” the area outlined in red including Balli Park and and the POA board on Tuesday instructed the far from the Peoples Street T-Head and made project manager to come back next month with off with eighteen brand new fancy D. Heye Seashore Learning Center. It sounds incendiary on its face, but a closer look at existing federal a final cost for the equipment and they will find saddles before disappearing back into the Wild a way to fund it. Horse Prairie. Now there’s a guy who knew how and historic records finds no evidence of a to shop during a raid! A guy like that could use a “Bombing Target B-1” located in Nueces “We are obviously in favor of this and will get statue down there on the Peoples Street T-Head County. this done,” Board President Marvin Jones said. to remind us how a proper cross-border raid is The pamphlet includes a phone number and a In the meantime Seymour is $16,749 short of conducted by a true professional. The world has website to check for old bombing ranges across making a playground in the new park a reality. gone mad indeed. the United States and also a telephone number. A check of the website and a call to the listed Work at the park is on schedule and a grand ISAC meeting April 3 number found 370 former bomb sites in Texas, opening is scheduled for June. Maybe the Island Strategic Action Committee Steerman trainers at NAS Corpus Christi with five listed in Kleberg County, and four in can restore some sanity to our little sandbar 1941. Nueces County (all across the Laguna Madre) during its next meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, but no mention of a “B-1” bombing range in Rules cont. from A1 Nueces County. The list shows Targets B-2, April 3 at the Holiday Inn Express. It will be After World War II total membership which is 125 ballots over B-3, B-4, and B-7 in Kleberg County, but no the first meeting of the group with some newly the minimum of 540 needed to call a special appointed members and as always is open to the Things began quieting down after World War mention of a “B-1” range of any kind. II and according to locals, by the Korean War meeting for the vote. public. As of this writing no statue of Pancho Corpus Christi attorney David Coover whose the number of bombing ranges was down to A meeting has been set for 10 a.m., April 21 at nor Gregorio is on the agenda…but there is still father was a ranch foreman on The Island only two. But the bombing stopped when Park Seashore Gymnasium for members to weigh in time. through 1960, and who frequented the ranch Road 22 was extended south of the Nueces/ on the subjects. We’ll see you there and in the meantime say Kleberg county line in 1960. The last range was and the bombing areas as a teen, says he doesn’t hello if you see us Around The Island. decommissioned in 1966 and the Navy sent out not believe there were any bombing ranges The move to gather signatures to force the ordinance experts to sanitize the ranges of all north of the Kleberg-Nueces line. votes by membership began in 2017 after ARCH members discovered that the POA board unexploded ordinance. The sand at the targets “The northernmost bombing range that I ever History cont. from A1 had met in 2013 and “changed our bylaws, was sifted down to a level of 18 inches using saw or heard of was about four miles south of stripping away significant homeowner rights. 2,500 pilots per month and became the largest heavy equipment and the bombs removed. But the county line,” Coover said. “There were as That process was conducted in a manner that naval pilot training facility in the world. Among from time to time, even into the late 1990s calls many as six sites through World War II, by the was secretive and in violation of Texas law,” the notables trained here were future President would come into the Island Moon Newspaper Korean War that had been reduced to three, and according to the ARCH. George Bush, Senator/Astronaut John Glenn, office that someone had found an old bomb there were only a couple left when the military actor Tyrone Power, and TV emcee Bob Barker on PINS. In 1966 bombing operations were shut them all down in 1960.” At question is whether the bylaws can be – where he may or may not have found that the moved to McMullen County managed by NAS altered by the board without a vote by the Crews working on expansion of the park road at Price Was Right. Kingsville. That range was often referred to as membership. The matter became an issue in the PINS last year found four “ordinances” during Yankee/Dixie range, identifying its Yankee and recently completed POA board elections. On excavation work; four were live bombs and one Island is off limits to civilians Dixie target complexes. Tuesday the board voted to alter the bylaws to was a dummy bomb. They were practice bombs Early in the war the island was declared remove the board’s power to change the bylaws, A near miss typically used for training, about three feet long off-limits to civilians and all information but that move was under review at press time with a charge about the equivalent of a ten- concerning activity on the island was declared We Islanders can’t help but wonder what on Wednesday. Both items are scheduled for gauge shotgun shell in the nose to show the pilot classified making the finding of the sites of would have happened if the military had discussion at the April 21 meeting. where they landed. seven bombing targets and eight strafing targets, pushed forward with a proposal to use Padre “In our work with the ARCH we have searched difficult to pinpoint later. According to visitors Island to explode the first atomic bomb. South The pamphlet circulated by federal authorizes high and low across the USA and can find no to Padre Island during the war the sites also Padre Island was one of eight sites that the US on The Island says “Bombing Target B-1 was other recent cases where the members rose up located on Padre Island, inside the City Limits to take back control,” Jim McFadden said this of Corpus Christi.” The federally maintained week. “This is a very significant point in our website mentioned in the pamphlet lists no such Island history. Hope to see you there for this site. historic event.” That is a question that hopefully will be The McFaddens and Islander Karl Rubinstein answered by the Army Corps of Engineers this were the original organizes of the ARCH. week.
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Five million of the money was in hard cash to build the infrastructure needed he took a red pen out of his pocket and drew 29 Low 9:13 PM 0.9 before work on the park could begin, $111 a curved line across the supposedly finished plans. “Move it over here closer to the building.” F 30 High 2:19 AM 1.4 7:21 AM Set 6:59 AM 96 million was on the come in the form of Sales and Hotel Occupancy tax incentives that would Then his phone rang and he walked out into the 30 Low 9:35 AM 0.3 7:45 PM Rise 7:11 PM be generated by the park. hall to answer. 30 High 3:48 PM 1.3 The discussion had been going on for almost an “Well, what do you think?” someone asked. 30 Low 9:35 PM 0.7 hour and given the amount of money involved There was a pregnant pause, then someone the crowd was slim, only a few spectators and Sa 31 High 3:33 AM 1.5 7:20 AM Set 7:38 AM 99 replied, “Well, I’m thinking about a million- developer Paul Schexnailder who was sitting two, he just ran the lazy river right through 31 Low 10:33 AM 0.5 7:46 PM Rise 8:11 PM directly behind me. I asked him if anyone from the curio shop.” A few days later crews were Schlitterbahn was present and after looking 31 High 3:57 PM 1.2 out there busting freshly poured cement with around the room he answered in the negative. I jackhammers. 31 Low 10:03 PM 0.5 thought, “Man the Henry family must have a lot Su 1 High 4:41 AM 1.6 7:19 AM Set 8:17 AM 99 of money and be really busy if they don’t show A while later a four story building started up with $117 million hanging fire.” coming up out of the ground where twenty tree 1 Low 11:32 AM 0.8 7:46 PM Rise 9:09 PM house hotel rooms were originally supposed to As the discussion continued a fellow walked 1 High 4:05 PM 1.1 be, trucks carrying giant cypress trees arrived in the room who kind of looked like he might and were cut into beautiful bar tops, pieces 1 Low 10:33 PM 0.3 be changing the light bulbs in the men’s room. of Navy ships and life boats, and miles of He was wearing a well-worn gimmi cap, a work M 2 High 5:47 AM 1.6 7:18 AM Set 8:55 AM 98 rope arrived, and trees with burns from a fire shirt with a name on it, a pair of muddy jeans in Bastrop, pirate ships, wooden ship’s doors, 2 Low 12:36 PM 1.0 7:47 PM Rise 10:06 PM tucked inside the tops of even muddier boots a menagerie of bits and pieces and items I and he sat down a couple of seats down from 2 High 4:11 PM 1.1 couldn’t quite identify began piling up in the Paul. 2 Low 11:06 PM 0.2 yard behind the old caddy shack. The council discussion turned to wastewater, as I had stood in the yard and watched as the Tu 3 High 6:52 AM 1.6 7:17 AM Set 9:34 AM 94 in, can the sewer system on The Island handle Alamodome came up out of the ground in San 3 Low 1:58 PM 1.1 7:47 PM Rise 11:02 PM the amount of wastewater that the new park Antonio and this project was nothing like that. would generate. When the council directed the 3 High 4:07 PM 1.2 This was a dizzying array of spare parts and question to Mr. Schexnailder he deferred to the change orders and zigs and zags on a weekly 3 Low 11:40 PM 0.2 new arrival who he introduced as Jeff Henry, basis. The giant spindle that was the center of one of the owners of the new park and the man W 4 High 8:00 AM 1.7 7:16 AM Set 10:14 AM 88 the tower begin going up only to be torn down who would be in charge of building it. Mr. and replaced with a new one. 4 7:48 PM Rise 11:56 PM Henry walked to the microphone in front of the Th 5 Low 12:19 AM 0.1 7:15 AM Set 10:57 AM 81 council dais and simply said, “It’s a funny thing The cost of the park caused two rounds of about our waterparks, people don’t seem to use refinancing, dark rumors of trucks leaving the 5 High 9:13 AM 1.7 7:48 PM the bathrooms much,” and he turned around and site in the middle of the night laden with new sat down. machinery destined for parts unknown. Lawsuits from subcontractors who didn’t get paid, phone “Well, this could turn out to be an interesting calls to the office from workers about corners project,” I thought. It was no state secret that being cut. My response was always, it is a visitors to waterparks often saved time by private venture on private land paid for with relieving themselves in place while floating in private money. It’s only the public’s business if their tubes, I have seen the Guadalupe River run the work stops. a funny shade of green on busy afternoons, but to have the park’s owner and designer tell the Now here were are, five years later wondering council that people would be doing that in the what is going to happen next. Mayor Joe park the first time he had met them, in an open McComb fired a warning shot across the bow meeting yet, was a different kind of management Tuesday when he read a prepared statement style that what I was used to seeing. saying in effect that if the park does not open as scheduled for the summer season, under the I had no idea. Schlitterbahn brand name, on April 28 the city Let’s move this over here will consider its option to pull the part of the 380 Agreement connected to the park and the About a year later I was standing in what park of the $111 million in incentives that go used to be the caddy shack at the Padre Isles with it. County Club but was then the nerve center of the construction project that was well underway As we Islanders behold the structure that has outside. Half the golf course was gone and arisen in our midst in the last five years we can’t cement was being poured and buildings were help but ask ourselves, what hath God wrought? The starting to come up out of the ground. Jeff Henry Ask me on May 1. Indictments cont. from A1 BACK PORCH rooms to a project with a downsized waterpark and a 92-room hotel, which came in $29,347,083 over budget. Ironically, according to the report LAID BACK TEXAS MAR 30 one of the few areas where actual spending came in under the initial construction budget MYNDFIELDS MAR 31 was on “Rides & Attractions” at the park where the actual spending was $3.1 million, when the JUL & THE CHROME WHEELS APR 6 original budget was $4.4 million. An appraisal by a the original lender on the The CODY ANGEL BAND APR 7 project, International Bank of Commerce, John Schooley (left) with Jeff Henry (right) which is now in control but not ownership of the LANDON BULLARD APR 13 Schlitterbahn Riverpark & Resort, and included BACK PORCH in the report places the value of the park, hotel, moment" decision to build the ride, and that he SCARECROW PEOPLE APR 14 and Schooley lacked technical or engineering and contents to be $36.5 million with a net loss expertise in amusement park rides. As of of $7,775,441 in 2017 after depreciation and Bar Wednesday Henry was being held in a jail amortization. International Bank of Commerce without bond, pending extradition to Kansas. holds two separate liens against the property The attorney general's office said Schooley is for a total of $30.5 million, with the first loan
ON THE WATERFRONT not in custody. Sources say he may in China against the property issued on February 12, where his is working on another project. 2013 in the amount of $18 million, the second W. Cotter St. PortA on February 25, 2015 was for $12,500,000, 132 The The case has been covered extensively in the according to documents filed in January with national media, but the question on The Island is the Nueces County Clerk how the recent developments might impact the BACK PORCH sale of the local park which has been shopped The sales document shows Total Operating Thoughts From Dr. Tom to the market through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Expenses in 2017 of $1,063,306. It also shows proceedings since late 2017. losses in Total Revenue in eight months of 2017 with positive revenue in June, July, August, and Bar “This certainly changes things,” said Harold October and Total Revenue for the year as a net Allergies Bordwin of Keen Summit, a New York based loss of $235,900 with Total Operating Expenses increased inhaler use. Recognizing you have Allergies are a very marketing firm hired by court appointed $1,063,306. The appraisal included a figure a problem early is advantageous. People are common issue for many Bankruptcy Trustee Dawn Ragan to find a buyer of $46 million as the value of the park “When still admitted to the hospital and occasionally folks here in the Coastal for the property. “It is pretty upsetting and we Stabilized” by 2021. Bend. Allergies also can intubated for asthma these days. Getting in to hope to have more to say next week.” present in many different seek treatment is key to preventing this dire The documents show the original construction ways and range from nuisance type symptoms circumstance. We almost always have to use Bordwin said early Wednesday he would be on costs of the park and hotel building at $33 to severe life threatening respiratory issues. systemic steroids and breathing medications the property by day’s end and Ragan is expected million with final, actual costs of $62,347,083, Minor forms of the disease can be controlled including nebulizer treatments in this setting. to arrive no later than Thursday. Phone calls to a cost overrun of $29,347,083. They show that with over the counter meds and avoidance Seeing us early is the key so that you regimen Ragan were not returned by press time. cost overruns of $18,245,403 on Park Facilities behaviors. Severe forms can land you in the can be modified to correct your particular The Corpus Christi City Council discussed the with $8,973,264 of those overruns on the hotel emergency room or your doctor’s office. situation. Relying on rescue inhalers too much matter in Executive Session on Tuesday, after building. can get you in a bind. Allergic rhinitis is a condition where we which Mayor Joe McComb read a statement: City officials say a Permanent Certificate of get large amounts of inflammation in the Skin conditions can also be precipitated by “The elements of the ($111 million) 380 tax Occupancy for the building at the park was nasal mucosa and sinuses. It can cause allergies. We can see these as wheals, hives abatement agreement say that the agreement issued a few weeks ago to replace the Temporary bad runny nose and nasal congestion. It is or urticaria which all describe the same thing. can be revoked if the park does not operate Certificates of Occupancy the park and building accompanied by bouts of sneezing and will They are diffuse itchy welts that pop up when under the Schlitterbahn name or if the park does had been operating under since their opening in sometimes affect the eyes causing allergic the immune system recognizes allergens in not operate on the same schedule as the other 2015. conjunctivitis manifested by swelling itching the skin that it gets angry at for lack of a better Schlitterbahn Parks.” The 28.63 acre park and building were and sometimes redness that is usually analogy. This condition also can be treated scheduled to be auctioned on the steps of the seen on both sides. Doctors call this term with antihistamines and systemic or topical The abatements come from rebates of Sales Tax and Hotel Occupancy Tax on revenue generated Nueces County Courthouse in February but bilateral, meaning both sides of the body. steroids. Avoidance is key for preventing many that move was postponed to allow Ragan time This can make you miserable as a patient of these things. Sometimes your allergist can by the park, but city officials say none of that money has yet been claimed by the park’s to market the park through May. It is unclear and sometimes lead to other complications. do immunotherapy if the issue is persistent. at this time what effect the recent indictments You might see secretions turn from clear to operators. McComb stressed that “taxpayers are I hope your Spring Break was great. I also not paying for the tax incentives.” will have on the eventual purchase price, but cloudy and develop fevers and headaches am hopeful that the Island, Rockport and those involved in the deal unanimously agree that can indicate sinus infection. Sometimes Port A will get some insurance relief soon Park officials told the Island Moon last week the pressure on price will be downward, how far this needs treatment to resolve. Usually if for those that are bogged down in red tape. It that the park is scheduled to open for the downward is speculation until buyer is found. you catch it early you can treat with over the summer season on April 28 despite persistent is sad to see the lack of movement for some Sources close to the deal said this week that counter antihistamines like Zyrtec or Claritin business owners in our area due to insurance but unconfirmed reports that pumps on some and a steroid nasal spray like Flonase. The features in the park will not be ready by that three unidentified buyers have discussed offers issues preventing rebuilding. Our prayers are to purchase the park and building but none “were latter takes about a week to really prevent with you guys for a speedy recovery. If you time. symptoms but the other 2 work right away. taken seriously” by IBC Bank. IBC official have an acute illness or injury or anything In the sales packet issued by Keen Summit to If you are miserable you can come in and get Michael Applegate on Tuesday offered a “no that concerns you, come by and see us at TLC potential buyers of the park, the park showed more aggressive treatment that works faster comment” on the progress of the sales effort. Complete Care. We are always available 24/7 2017 losses of about $7.5 million after non- like steroid injections and maybe antibiotics Bankruptcy Judge Craig Gargotta has given the I am available full time or one of our excellent operating expenses are added. The report traces if a sinus infection is hitting hard. bank and Ragan until May to find a buyer for docs is always available. We can take care of the trajectory of a project from its original the property, so far he has not indicated what his More severe manifestations can occur if most anything acute and help you get imaging design as a large waterpark with twenty hotel plans may be if that deadline is not met. patients have allergy mediated asthma. In and specialist care after your visit if you need these instances we can see the asthma become it. We will call and check on you after your a life threatening emergency. It may manifest visit with close follow up if needed. Have a Send Letters and Photos to by wheezing, shortness of breath and blessed week. Doc Tom [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper A6 Island Moon March 29, 2018 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Important Day Alert! An Early Easter By Abigail Bair By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Last Christmas, the G.P. in the front seat was wearing such humongous (Great Provider, my Dad) and the Rev (Mom) (my Mom calls it “beachy”) headgear that I Dotson’s note: Please don’t forget that this sub-deacons' festivities and probably had their gave me a very nice digital camera. The coming Sunday April 1st, 2018, is one of the origins in earlier Pagan customs, such as the couldn’t see any windows at all, including the great thing about it is that while you can just windshield. most important days of the year, which is “All Roman Saturnalia, when slaves were granted set it to “auto,” and take consistently decent Fool’s Day.” As a public service, I diligently temporary equality with their masters. During photographs, you can also mess with the settings By the time they’d finished their taquitos, it researched this historical day to provide all the Feast of Asses, the preacher impersonated and take weird ones. I assume that reading the was time to shoot the Great Egg Hunt. I asked of the facts, to insure that none of you Moon the Hebrew prophets while arguing the Divinity directions would inform me about how to take (and got) permission to set up in the middle of Monkeys missed participating in activates of Christ. This sermon evolved into a drama, decent adjusted pictures, but I haven’t quite the egg-strewn field that soon would be packed (which you initiate) on this, the ichiban (#1) including actors and a procession which gotten there yet. Since I gave the parental units with children ages zero to three. The G.P. told fun day of the year. My thanks to the many incorporated the riding of an ass, probably a gigantic, black air fryer that looks a lot like a me at last year’s Billish Park Egg Hunt that the websites who contributed many of the facts for symbolized by a hobby horse, into the church. more-ovoid version of the Death Star (Darth Air secret to taking pictures of children was to get this report. This spectacle was greatly appreciated and Fryer), I feel like I really came out on top in this down on their level. Since the average child was enjoyed by the parishioners. So much so, that years’ gift exchange. about as tall as a standard toilet seat, I knelt in All Fool’s Day it eventually developed separately until the the prickly grass, relieved at the absence of both I wanted the new camera so that I could pick Also known festival became known as the Feast of Asses fire ants and sticker burrs. While Pops took the up a little bit of the photographic slack here at as April and, in its turn, gradually became absorbed into establishing shots of the crowd, I spied on kids the Island Moon. The G.P. and I have had many Fool's Day, the Feast of Fools. The Feast of Fools was later through my zoom lens. Most of them wound adventures taking Moon snaps for about a year is celebrated outlawed by the Church in some areas due to the up putting their buckets on their heads and then now, and two cameras seemed to be a good way annually on immoral behavior of the congregation during head butting their parents in the most fragile to get even more photos. I gotta tell you guys, the first day this time. area available – generally knees or crotch, but it’s pretty neat to have a job that welcomes both of April. It there were several misses. It seems that the There is speculation that All Fool's Day my dog and my Dad. is a time for originated in the Hindu festival of Huli or major failing of a bucket helmet is that all you the traditional Holi, celebrated in March to commemorate the Last weekend, the team got together to go to can really see is your own feet. playing of defeat of evil. Originally lasting for five days, Port A. for the “Keep Port Aransas Beautiful pranks upon the modern version of this festival covers only Native Plant Swap.” We had to leave early in unsuspecting two. On the first day, a bonfire is lit and, on the the morning because the event started at 8 a.m. people, the second, people throw colored powder and water and I wanted to catch the crowd and greenery. victim of the over each other. Holi I learned this lesson the hard way. When Dad prank being called an April Fool. celebrations are and I tried to shoot the Port A. city-wide garage sale, we got there late and all that was left were The origins of this custom are somewhat associated with the a few tables containing six lug nuts, a broken uncertain, but may have initially been related Hindu Demoness, tea cup, and an enormous pile of winter coats. to the arrival of Spring in late March, at which Holika. time Mother Nature is said to "fool" the human In many cultures, I told my parents (plants were involved so my race with sudden and fickle changes in the tradition dictates that notoriously green thumbed mother decided to weather, rain one minute and sunshine the the pranking period tag along) that we had to leave promptly at 7:30 next. The playing of practical jokes dates back must expire at noon Saturday morning. to Ancient Rome and these activities were an on April 1 and any My phone rang as I pulled up to my parents’ integral part of the Hilaria celebrations held jokes attempted after house at 8:03 a.m. on March 25, a celebration which would again that hour will bring back luck to the perpetrator. appear to be associated with the coming of In addition, any who fail to respond with a good “Where are you, Ab? Are we going or what?” Spring and the Vernal Equinox, which was held humor to tricks played upon them are said to asked the G.P., slightly annoyed. to honor the resurrection of Attis, Roman God attract bad luck unto themselves. Such victims In my defense, never in the entire history of of Vegetation who was linked to the seasonal are, however, entitled to "turn the tables" after my family has anyone ever been ready to go cycle. In England, an ancient legend says that the hour of noon with the retort: "April Fool's anywhere at the agreed-upon time. April Fool's Day commemorates the fruitless gone past...and you're the biggest fool at “I’m trying to park the car, Pop,” I replied. The latter stages of the kid classic: "I will mission of the Rook (or European Crow) which last!" It should be noted that not all April Fool wear this bucket on my head and bash you was sent out in search of land from Noah's Ark, superstitions are negative. Males who are fooled “Where? Nova Scotia?” he responded, now with it" in which visibility problems have which was riding out the flood. by a pretty female, are said to be fated to marry sure I had gone without him. the girl, or at least enjoy a healthy friendship been solved. It is generally accepted that the All Fool's Day “In front of your house!” I didn’t even make tradition began in France during the Sixteenth with her. it to the front door before Dad maneuvered When the children were finally unleashed, they Century, when the beginning of the New Year The style of April Fool's pranks has changed down the driveway like a cracked-out NASCAR descended upon the brightly colored treats like was observed on April 1 and was celebrated in over the years. Sending unsuspecting parties driver, Rowlfie (their dog) and the Rev already a pack of roly-poly beagle puppies. The littlest much the same way as New Year is today with on pointless errands was a particularly prized happily aboard. kids couldn’t really grasp the whole pick-up- parties and dancing late into the night. At that practical joke in the early history of the “Head ‘em up, move ‘em out,” the Rev called an-egg-and-put-it-in-your-basket concept, so celebrations. Today, however, it is often a time cheerfully as Stadler (intellectually challenged they’d just grab one, get really excited and race of initiation rites into a club or group, especially family “low dog”) and I loaded up. off in an entirely different direction, trailed by by the adult population, and it is the children a frantic parent yelling, “Nooooo!!! Put. Your. who appear to truly celebrate the day complete We got to the plant sale right on time, first Egg. In. The. Basket!!!!” with its original sense of abandon. Modern meeting a fellow who calls himself Native pranks tend to center more on bogus telephone Dave. He’s a big proponent of cultivating plant Most of them were too small to understand that calls, texts and media-driven foolery. In sum, species indigenous to the area, and showed us inside the eggs was candy (not just egg), so a All Fool's Day is a "for fun only" observance, some beautiful examples. His biggest point was lot of them seemed to think this was a group a time when nobody is expected to buy gifts, that these plants would grow without trouble picking-up-your-toys exercise – a concept receive cards or spend money and there is no in our local soil – which, in my experience, many of them very vocally announced was time off from work or school. The main force appears to consist of equal parts concrete, clay “TOTAL BULLCRAP,” but in toddler language behind April Fool's Day jokes and pranks are and the salty tears of gardeners past. “Yep, it’ll so it sounded more like, “WAAAAAAAAA that they should not be harmful but able to be grow in this crap [soil],” said Native Dave, “and NOOOOOOOO WAAAAA!” Then someone time, the festivities ran for a week, beginning enjoyed by everyone, especially the person you can quote that for your article.” would open an egg for them, give them the treat, on March 25, and included the exchanging of upon whom the joke is played. and they would have this total “EURKEKA!” gifts. Then Mom took all of Dad’s money to buy a moment and start trying to get every egg –even Dotson’s Other Note: It would be great to hear tree and some ground cover from Dave. The those in other people’s baskets. In 1582, however, during the reign of King from all of you faithful readers, about pranks truck was getting pretty full. Charles IX, Pope Gregory introduced a revised that you played on someone and/or were played It was great fun for me, but largely because I calendar for the Christian world wherein the As I was getting a shot of the event volunteers, a was only trying to wrangle two large dogs and on you. I remember some “dillies!” Do you? lady wearing paper bunny ears told me that Port New Year fell on January 1. Since it took some Thank you for reading and commenting on two regular-sized senior citizens rather than a time, possibly even years, for many people to A. Parks and Rec was having their annual Easter single toddler on a Charlie Sheen-level sugar Senior Moments. I can be reached at: dlewis1@ Egg Hunt at 11:15 that morning. Anything even hear word of the change (communications stx.rr.com and/or Land Line: 361-949-7681 or high. being what they were in the Sixteenth Century) with cute, smiling children is the newspaper Cell: 530-748-8475. equivalent of a gold strike, so I enthusiastically As we left the park, walking slowly back to and since others obstinately refused to accept the greenery laden truck, we passed many small such reform or simply forgot, New Year's Day Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table agreed to cover it. This left an hour and a half of Meeting will be Tuesday, April3, 2018, 9-11 parental corralling to be done before the event. family groups who were sticky, but happy. I was continued to be celebrated on the first day of pretty happy about our lack of stickiness, as we April in many areas. Individuals who had AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families “Feed them,” I thought to myself and yelled, and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are “Hey, Dad! Let’s go to Whataburger!” are the kind of family who (as a unit) could accepted the dates of the new calendar played manage to glue ourselves to the floor. As I got tricks on those who had not and referred to the invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope The endless drive-thru line might not have to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round into the SUV, I brushed against Mom’s new unfortunate victims of such pranks as "April been visible from space, but you could probably prized, indigenous tree. I put my arm around Fools," sending them on a "fool's errand" (an Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 9 AM, have seen it from North Padre (and possibly Saturdays. The next show will air March 31, Rowlfie, ready to travel home, when tragic invitation to a non-existent party, for example) from Houston on a clear day). I sat in the realization struck… or attempting to make them believe that 2018. Please listen and call in. The listener/ backseat, both dogs alternately panting in my something which was true was actually false. text line is: 361-882-5397*…It’s your hour, let’s face or drooling on my legs, listening to my I was stuck to the dog. hear from you. Over time, this practice evolved into an annual parents have a heated argument about which Happy Easter everyone. Try to stay unstuck. tradition of April 1 prank-playing, eventually *This is 1440 KEYS new listener/text line. drive-up window was the second one. They migrating to England and Scotland during the tried to make me referee the issue, but everyone Hang in there/Have fun! Eighteenth Century and thus, introduced to the American colonies by British and French settlers. Some maintain that the development of All Fool's Day is linked to the medieval Feast of Asses or Feast of Fools, and the latter certainly was a popular French festival. It seems unlikely that such a feast day was associated in any manner with the New Year, since such celebrations occurred at the time of the Feast of the Circumcision on January 1 which, during medieval times, was not the date of the New Year. Under the Julian calendar, the New Year was celebrated in March. It not easy to now distinguish between the Feast of Fools and the Feast of Asses, which may also have been celebrated in January. Many church dignitaries were honored on specific feast days during the Christmas season. The deacons on December 26 (Saint Stephen's Day), the priests on December 27 (Saint John's Day), the choristers and mass- APY* servers on December 28 (Day of the Holy Compare % Minimum deposit Innocents) and the sub-deacons on January 1 Our CD (Feast of the Circumcision). 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www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC FDI-1867G-A March 29, 2018 Island Moon A 7 High-Rise cont. from A1 Port Royal Ocean Resort & Conference million of that amount coming from The Island, Center, just south of the city limits line between and half of that $4 million from Port Royal and Corpus Christi and Port Aransas, with about Holiday Inn. Any shortfall in HOT revenue next 210 rooms which each suffered some level of year would have to be deducted from the budget hurricane damage, is working to repair the units which supports the Convention and Visitors which sustained water damaged when the roof Bureau and the downtown Convention Center. was destroyed is closest to being ready for a “We were without power for two weeks after partial opening by the summer 2018. Crews this the storm so we could not start drying out the week were replacing the roof on a portion of rooms until we got power back,” said Jessica the units while in other areas overhead support Pennington, General Manager at Mustang beams were all that is left of the pre-Harvey Island Condominiums on Mustang Island. “We roof structure. will not be open in time for the summer season But a canvass of beachfront developments of 2017.” further south along Mustang Island found that Up and down Mustang Island along the none expect to have overnight stay units ready Corpus Christi beaches the story was the same. for summer 2018. Officials at the Holiday Inn Mustang Island Beach Condominiums had on Padre Island said earlier this year that the severe damage due to water falling down the facility will not be ready to open until 2019. elevator shaft and is still awaiting parts and The City of Corpus Christi each year collects repairs, officials there said Monday. about $16 million in HOT across the city with $4
Black bellied whistling ducks at Paradise Pond.
Gulf Shores will not be open for the 2018 summer season.
Crews this week were replacing the roof on the buildings near the beach side of Port Royal while the roof on the front buildings were still open.
Mustang Towers sustained damage to the The buildings at Sea Gull and Sand Piper roof and elevator and will not be open for sustained roof and siding damage and will the 2018 season. not be open by summer 2018. A8 Island Moon March 29, 2018 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon March Madness Question: Race Against Time Who Is Sister Jean? By Dotson Lewis At age 18, she took a ferry from San Francisco By Andy Purvis Giants, Kansas City to Oakland and then boarded a train bound Special to the Island Moon Monarchs, Newark Dotson’s note: Sister for Dubuque, Iowa, to enter the convent, the On November 7, 1990, the Negro League Eagles, New York Black Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM serves as chaplain motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of the Baseball Museum, located in Kansas City, Yankees, Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh of the men's basketball team at Loyola University Blessed Virgin Mary. “I was armed with one Missouri, was created by a group of former Crawfords and the Memphis Red Sox. Chicago. She may be only 5 feet tall, but Sr. Jean suitcase, two girls from the class above me in Negro League players in a one-room office In 1945, Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn has a large presence on and off the basketball school and a sense of possibility,” she recalls. space that contained a round table and six chairs. Dodgers recruited Jackie Robinson from the court at Loyola. She says the students keep her After becoming a nun, she spent two decades In two of those chairs sat Buck O’Neil and Slick Kansas City Monarchs. He became the first young. Thanks to the Huffington Post, Chicago Surratt. The story goes; that they took turns African-American in the modern era to play on Tribune, Loyola Phoenix and photos via Loyola working as an elementary school teacher and coaching girls’ basketball, volleyball, softball paying the monthly rent to keep their dream a Major League team. Jackie would make his University Chicago for their contributions to alive. This office space was part of the Lincoln Major League debut in 1947. Unfortunately this report. and track at schools in Chicago, Los Angeles and North Hollywood. Building, which is located at the Historic 18th this event, while historic in civil rights history, Meet Sr. Jean and Vine Street, in the Jazz District. eventually spelled the end of the Negro In 1961, she took a job teaching at the Catholic Leagues, as many fine Negro League players During this all-women's Mundelein College near Loyola's joined the Major League ranks and their fans year’s NCAA campus in the Rogers Park neighborhood of followed suit. Some of those names are well men’s basketball Chicago. Thirty years later, she was still there known such as Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, Roy tournament, you when the college affiliated with Loyola, and Campanella, “Satchel” Paige, Ray Dandridge, probably have been in 1994, she became the basketball chaplain. “Junior” Gilliam, Luke Easter, Hank Thompson, treated to televised She’s done it ever since, as well as riding with “Minnie” Minoso, Willie Mays, Henry Aaron scenes of a certain students on the campus shuttle bus and handing and Don Newcombe. Jean Schmidt out prayer cards during finals week. cheering “her” team She says young people are an inspiration, during the games. keeping her young and informed. She even Then you’ve seen keeps up with friends on Facebook. “I learn her being hugged by towering and sweaty every day. My vocabulary has changed over the basketball players, one by one, following years by virtue of the fact that they use words another one of their “Cinderella team” victories. differently. Everything is awesome, everything Rock star, basketball nun, cherished chaplain — is cool,” she says smiling. these are just a few ways the Loyola University Chicago community describes Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM. She says to just call her “Sister. Jean.” She’s been at Loyola for over a half century and has served as chaplain of the men’s basketball team since the early 1990s. At 98 years young, Sister Jean says, “I have fun all the time.” Sister Jean is just one of the thousands of nuns who are celebrated during National Sister Jean's custom Nikes Catholic Sisters Week each year. Women serve Jackie Robinson God through a diversity of ministries; in Sr. What does she attribute her good health and Jean’s case, her impact can be felt in several longevity to? “I say I eat well, I sleep well and To be clear, this building is not a Hall of generations of students. hopefully I pray well and I do those things every Fame. It is important to the Museum that they At her 95th birthday celebration in 2014, day.” are not referred to as such. The Negro League then-Loyola President Jesuit Father Michael Baseball Museum (NLBM) was conceived as Satchel & Willie While the number of young Catholics entering Garanzini teasingly pointed out that “Sr. Jean is a museum to tell the complete story of Negro From 1920 through 1962, the end of the Negro religious life is smaller than it was when Sr. older than the grandparents of the parents of our League baseball. They do not hold any special League era, more than 2,500 men and, yes, Jean was young, she says, “All you have to freshman class … Sr. Jean has worked at Loyola induction ceremonies for honorees. They women contributed to the Negro League games do is spend one day with the students here at since before Loyola had adopted a pension plan believe that the National Baseball Hall of Fame, as players, coaches, managers and executives. Loyola and you’ll be filled with great hope for for its employees!” in Cooperstown, New York, is the proper place It is estimated that approximately 120 former the church.” for recognition of baseball’s greatest players. Negro League players are still living. Most of Fr. Garanzini continued that Sr. Jean is “better “And I’m excited by Pope Francis, not just However, they do give special recognition with them played at the tail end of the era. For them, known and more loved than anyone else on because he’s a Jesuit, but because he’s asking us their exhibits, to those Negro League players this museum has definitely been a race against campus.” What do you give a 95-year-old nun to evangelize, who have been honored in Cooperstown. In time. on her birthday? "Well, of course, in this case, 1994, this group was able to expand into a 2,000 to share our As of this writing, there have been 35 former it’s easy: a new pair of running shoes!” said Fr. square-foot space. They hung photographs faith with Negro League players inducted into the Garanzini. and built interactive displays, and a number of other people National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. film exhibits were added, all commemorating You’ll find Sr. Jean wearing a personalized pair and listen to Not all of them played in the Major Leagues, the history of Negro League baseball. With of gym shoes at the basketball games, and she’s their faith as but they were honored for their contributions to the help of the city, a new 50,000 square-foot honored to serve as chaplain of the men’s team. well. He needs the Negro Leagues. Many of them were WWII building opened in September of 1997, and “Bopping around the sidelines in my Nikes and our help. We veterans. trifocals, standing 5 feet tall, I’m towered over better give it to the Baseball Museum moved into their new by the athletes, but they treat me like a queen,” him! He keeps space of 10,000 square feet. They opened their As for me, I have been blessed to meet Buck she says. telling us, ‘God doors in November of that same year. Twelve O’Neil on two different occasions and also Slick bronze sculptures and many artifacts are now on Surratt. They were together in Houston during Sr. Jean takes her job seriously, scouting out loves us. We may get tired of display. the 2005 World Series and were the speakers for opposing teams before games and offering input the Negro League traveling museum. I wrote loving God, but During the 1870s-1880s, over 50 African- on which players to watch out for in pre-game about both of them in my Greatness Series He never gets Americans had played in leagues with white huddles. Head coach Porter Moser recalls that books. when he first got the job, he found a scouting tired of loving players. In 1884, Moses Fleetwood Walker, report on his desk of every current player — us.’ To me a catcher, became the first Negro to reach the So, on Saturday, November 7, 2015, it Sister Jean Dolores that’s a great written by Sr. Jean. “I was blown away. She's Schmidt Major Leagues, with the Toledo Blue Stockings was fitting that the Negro League Museum one in a billion.” gift.” of the American Association. White pitchers celebrated its 25th anniversary. Attending refused to accept signs from a Negro catcher. the celebration were stars like Hank Aaron, She also acts as a guide for the team, focusing Sr. Jean is one By 1887, all the ownership of white teams Dave Winfield, Jim “Mudcat” Grant, “Fergie” on their educational and personal development of a kind and that’s fine with her. “We need to entered into an agreement that refused to sign Jenkins and many more. Current curator, Bob as well as athletics. She even sends each player lead extraordinary lives. I don’t have to be like anymore African-American players. It would Kendrick, was pleased. Next time you’re in a personal email after the games. somebody else. I just have to be me.” be 60 years before another black player joined Kansas City, check it out. Born in 1919 in San Francisco, Sr. Jean said Dotson’s other note: The foregoing is, in my the Major Leagues. His name was Jackie opinion, one of the best stories to ever come Andy Purvis is a local author and radio she knew in the third grade that she wanted to Robinson. personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. be a nun and help people. “I love being with out of March Madness. As I was working on In 1920, Andrew “Rube” Foster, a former com for all the latest info on his books or to people, spreading God’s word. And you do this report last Saturday and Sunday, Loyola- player, manager and owner of the Chicago listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books that not by talking all the time, but just by your Chicago beat Kansa State in a thriller, and American Giants put in place the organized are available online and can be found in the presence.” will play Michigan in the Final Four Semi- Final Game #1 in San Antonio at 6:09 p.m., baseball group that would become known as the local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be Sr. Jean says that growing up in a Catholic Saturday, March 31. The winner of this game Negro Leagues. Twenty-two different teams contacted at [email protected]. Also family she embraced her faith and sought will play the winner of Semi-Final game #2: made up the Negro Leagues from 1920 until listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q adventure. She remembers that in second grade, Villanova vs Kansas, Monday, April 2nd for 1962. Some of the more famous include: the & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com she had the audacity to hand-deliver a Valentine the National Championship! These three games Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of to a cute sixth-grade boy named Charles. are don’t-miss-events, even if you are not a Giants, Indianapolis Clowns, Baltimore Elite the Houston Astros. “Charles went on to become a Jesuit priest fan of basketball. For you baseball fanatics, and serve as president of the University of San you are reminded that the Major League Send letters and photos to [email protected] Francisco!” Baseball season starts today…HAVE FUN! As an eighth grader, Sr. Jean had saved up all Your comments, suggestions, questions and her birthday, Christmas and First Communion concerns regarding Sports Talk articles are Moon Writer to Host Book Signing money to travel to Chicago for the 1933 World’s greatly appreciated, please call LL: 361-949- Andy Purvis’ newest book “Greatness Above Fair. When she laid out her plan to her parents, 7681 Cell: 530-748-8475 or Email: dlewis1@ the Noise” is out and on the shelves at Barnes her mother asked how she was going to pay for stx.rr.com & Noble in Moore Plaza. The book signing is lodging. “I didn’t bat an eye. ‘Oh, I’m sure the -30- Saturday, April 28th from 1-3 pm. Purvis will be sisters there will be happy to host me.’ I wasn’t joined by Shane Nelson former NFL linebacker, afraid of anything.” Dotson Lewis and many other local sports Hall of Famers. This book contains 60 inspirational stories of some of the greatest athletes, coaches and broadcasters in sports that have left us in the last two years. Their names ring out like Ali, Arnold Palmer, Dick Enberg, Pat Summitt, Jim Bunning, Frank Broyles, Tommy Nobis, Buddy Ryan, Gordie Howe, Craig Sager, Y. A. Tittle, Bobby Doerr, etc. It’s amazing how fast they leave us and no ones talks about them anymore. “I grew tired of seeing the crawl at the bottom of ESPN letting us know someone has passed,” said Purvis. “I have been blessed to meet many of them. These books are my way of keeping our sports heroes alive.” The book is available on any book seller site (Amazon, BN.com, Booksamillion, etc.) and also in e-book format.
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Caden Cadaval caught this drum all by Elkhorn coral himself. down here. It has been a windy mess and we’re getting restless. We need to get on the road so to speak, but it’s pretty lumpy out there. As I mentioned last week, we went and did Slippery dicks a dive out on the wall. The island is literally surrounded by reef; spurs and grooves on the yesterday and things were crazy; we sit still top drops off to about a 60’ deep ledge, that and just wait for everyone to get off the island Linda is one of Our Islands most Colorful literally drops straight off to around 400’, then at about 2pm. I hope they don’t ever build a on to over 1000’ within a matter of yards. It characters. We caught these black drum dock here; it would be a bad thing. Anyway, we really is a wall. The coral on the outside is still this week out deep along the King Ranch got to Smith Cove (which is actually across the pretty war-torn from the last storm, but looking Shoreline in 6ft of water on dead shrimp. street from Guy Harvey’s Estate. Yes, ESTATE. better. There was an obvious lack of grouper It’s massive) and this section of the island of any size around the reef, which makes is an “iron shore” of eroding coral reef. It is me suspicious about the commercial fishing sharper than any rocks on our jetties, and hosts operations down here. We had a nice dive and I some different creatures such as zebra nerites got a few pics (see my facebooks). and sally lightfoot crabs. There is a nice sand beach entry, between two points and is typically protected from the winds and swell. We swam out and snorkeled around, and the coral was in decent shape for being in such a heavily used public snorkel area. I was very surprised and pleased to see some elkhorn coral bases starting to come back. Colorful parrotfish bombed around munching on the coral, and there was even a decent schoolmaster Squid snapper right there (obvious lack of poaching. This SEA MONSTER was brought to hand Spearguns are illegal here in Cayman). I found by Morgan Weinhold. The big drum are a school of squid all lined up and hanging We did a few other activities around the island, still along the ICW Channel. Big pieces of around for no particular reason as well. It was including riding the bus to go get fried chicken blue crab will keep you hooked up a nice afternoon. Trish Fort’s big catch. yesterday up north towards Macabuco (the names of these places are a lot of fun). They Hopefully the winds die off in the next few have a sea turtle conservation/farm next to a days as we’re trying to make our way back to I’ve been caught!! Running behind this week, short winded somehow even with all the “swim with the dolphins” center (the locals are Texas without getting pounded to pieces. We’re big south east gusts. Less talk and more action! More toothy critters. not fans of the dolphin place). We didn’t check all cutting it close on time and the route and Fishing has been good even in these strong winds. Live shrimp on the bottom and these places out as I wouldn’t approve of some length suggest an average of 8 days at sea. I will drifting with live shrimp and popping corks has been the best, for a mixed bag. wiping of the activities and might have said something be in the middle of the gulf next week folks, so winds have kept most of the flats muddy, but the trout are here! Floods of tide-runner rude. Right next to the turtle farm was a place this one will have to tide you loyal readers over trout are up and down the Lagoon. Look for some big ape trout this weekend before the that had a sign outside that read “turtle meat until I get back on American soil. Y’all be good market.” Sorry Donna. to each other and stop sending the wind please. full moon. Go get wet! See y’all on the flip side. Spring Commissioning Checklist for your Boat With boatyards, backyards, marinas, and clubs hoses, for softness, brittleness or cracking. Game Warden Field Notes now coming to life, spring commissioning Check all joints for leaks, and make Caught in a Hog Trap No Herding Allowed time has arrived. Boat Owners Association sure all lines are well supported with of The United States (BoatUS) has a Spring noncombustible clips or straps with smooth At the end of December, a game warden On Jan. 14, Sabine County game wardens Commissioning Checklist to help boaters start edges. received information from an Abilene City were patrolling Toledo Bend Reservoir for duck the season right: Marshall Lake Patrol Officer of hog traps hunting violations when they heard a group of 2. Inspect fuel tanks, fuel pumps and filters being located on City of Abilene property near duck hunters shooting nearby. As they motored Before You Launch for leaks. Ensure portable tanks and lines are completely drained of stale fuel before Lake Fort Phantom, which is an area closed close by to check for compliance, the wardens Hose clamps should be inspected and to the public and off limits to hunting. Game observed another hunter in a mud boat traveling filling with new fuel. Clamps should be snug replaced as necessary. Double clamp below- and free of rust. Clean or replace fuel filters. cameras were set up and monitored to gather towards a group of coots and canvasbacks. The waterline connections, including all hose evidence on possible suspects using the traps. hunter rallied the ducks and proceeded to shoot and fuel lines with marine-rated stainless 3. Every few years, remove and inspect After reviewing the photos from the camera, the the birds as they attempted to fly. While the boat hose clamps and keeping seacocks closed exhaust manifolds for corrosion. warden determined that a suspect was coming was rallying the ducks, the other hunters began when you are away are wise moves. 4. Charge battery. Clean and tighten in around noon each day to check the traps. firing as well. Multiple citations were issued for electrical connections, especially both On Jan. 4, the warden and the marshal sat in hunting from a boat and rallying ducks. Inspect cooling hoses for stiffness, rot, leaks ends of battery cables. Wire-brush battery a nearby location to try to catch the suspect. and cracking. Make sure they fit snugly. terminals and fill cells with distilled water After a short while, both officers witnessed Poser Replace deteriorated sacrificial anodes. (if applicable). a red pickup enter the property, and quickly Social Media Tip #39: When posting photos Inspect prop(s) for dings, pitting and confronted two subjects inspecting one of the of yourself with the deer you falsely claim to 5. Inspect bilge blower hose for leaks. distortion. Make sure cotter pins are secure. hog traps. When questioned who gave them have just harvested, be sure to pin the location; Grip the prop and try moving the shaft – if Sailboat Rigging permission to trap on the property they replied it helps game wardens when they come to it’s loose, the cutless bearing (on inboard they had never seen anyone on the property investigate. After spotting Facebook photos of Inspect swage fittings for cracks and heavy drive systems) may need to be replaced. and just assumed it would be okay to trap hogs a woman with a mule deer buck she claimed to rust (some discoloration is acceptable). there. Both subjects were filed on for hunting have shot, game wardens ran a quick check, and Check the rudderstock to ensure it hasn’t Inspect wire halyards and running backstays without landowner consent, and three hog traps learned she did not have a hunting license. The been bent. for “fishhooks” and rust. were seized as evidence. The cases are pending. pinned location of the posted images appeared Inspect the hull for blisters, distortions and Remove tape on turnbuckles and lubricate to be a ranch in Brewster County enrolled in Caught in the Act stress cracks. threads, preferably with Teflon. Replace old the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s tape with fresh tape. January 4, a Red River County game warden Managed Lands Deer program, which carries Make sure your engine intake sea strainer was patrolling for night hunters down a country certain tagging and harvest log requirements. is not cracked or bent from ice, free of If you suspect the core around a chainplate road when he witnessed a subject shine a light After identifying the individual’s boyfriend, corrosion, and is clean and properly secured. is damp, remove the chainplate to inspect out of a truck window, and then fire a high- who also appeared in the photos, the wardens With inboards, check the engine shaft and make repairs. powered rifle. The warden initiated contact and went to the hunting camp to sort things out. and rudder stuffing boxes for looseness. A Trailers learned through dispatch that both male subjects When questioned, the boyfriend told wardens stuffing box should only leak when the prop in the vehicle were convicted felons. The pair he had killed the buck, legally, and showed shaft is turning and needs to be inspected Inspect tire treads and sidewalls for cracks admitted to shooting a deer. The warden was them the deer head and MLD tag with his name routinely. or lack of tread and replace as necessary. able to locate a large 8 point buck that appeared on it. He then confessed his girlfriend made Check air pressure — don’t forget the spare. Inspect and lubricate seacocks. to have been shot with a rifle. The subjects the initial shot on the deer, and he dispatched Inspect wheel bearings and repack as were transported to the Red River County Jail the buck due to her misplaced shot. She only Use a garden hose to check for deck leaks at necessary. and booked for hunting deer at night, hunting claimed it to show off because she is a city ports and hatches. Renew caulk or gaskets as deer with an artificial light, hunting deer from girl, he said. Upon further investigation, it was necessary. Test all lights and winch to make sure a public roadway, discharging a firearm from found only the backstraps were saved and the they’re working properly. Inspect hitch a public road, and unlawful possession of a remaining carcass was dumped because “the Inspect bilge pump and float switch to make chains. sure they’re working properly. firearm by a felon. An investigation is ongoing deer was old.” Multiple citations were issued Inspect trailer frame for rust. Sand and paint involving multiple deer and hogs having been and the deer was seized. Check stove and remote tanks for loose to prevent further deterioration. shot from the road at night. fittings and leaking hoses. An Illegal Commercial Fishing License, Inspect brakes and brake fluid reservoir. Howdy, Neighbor Please Inspect dock and anchor lines for chafing. Safety While enjoying a day off at his deer lease, a On Dec. 8, an individual came into the Texas If equipped, ensure that the stern drain plug Check expiration dates on flares. Inspect Cherokee County game warden was checking Parks and Wildlife Department’s Victoria Law is installed fire extinguishers. Replace if over 12 years some of his game cameras when he heard a shot Enforcement Office to purchase a general After the boat is launched, be sure to check old. Over 40 million Kidde extinguishers nearby. Thinking his neighbor had taken the commercial fishing license. One of the all thru-hulls for leaks. with plastic handles were recalled on Nov. shot and might need help retrieving a deer, the office clerks was attempting to complete the 2, 2017. warden called to check. His neighbor informed transaction, but the computer system didn’t Engine Outdrives and Outboards him that he was out of town, but would check recognize the individual’s social security Inspect rubber outdrive bellows for Make sure you have properly sized and with his neighbor to the east. It was quickly number. A game warden on hand was handed cracked, dried and/or deteriorated spots wearable life jackets in good condition learned that the neighbor to the east had shot the individual’s Texas ID card, which he (look especially in the folds) and replace if for each passenger, including kids. Check a small 8-point buck. Curious as to how small, immediately recognized as a fake. The warden suspect. inflatable life jacket cylinders. the warden contacted the other neighbor and verified through dispatch that the individual asked for a cell phone image. He recognized 2. Check power steering and power trim Test smoke, carbon monoxide, fume and didn’t have any documentation on record with bilge alarms. the young buck as the same one he had seen the Texas Department of Public Safety. After oil levels. on his game camera previously, and he knew questioning the individual regarding his fake 3. Replace anodes that are more than half Check running lights and spare bulb it did not meet the county’s 13-inch minimum ID, the subject admitted he bought the social worn away. inventory. antler requirement. That afternoon, the warden security card, Texas ID card and a Mexican ID Update paper charts, chart plotter software. contacted the subject at his home, confirmed the from an individual in Pasadena. The subject 4. 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The UT-MSI Wetlands Depending on your age, you may have only predict precisely how long bear markets will This week, I’d like to Education Center is an outdoor facility on experienced the bull market of the past nine run, but they’ve typically been much shorter take a look at some of the a marsh, with boardwalks and displays that years, so you might not know what to expect than bull markets. So, while you might not excellent higher education inform the public about the local ecosystems. – or how to respond – whenever the next bear particularly like looking at your investment organizations that operate, teach, and serve our market strikes. statement during a decline, you can take some Though recently damaged by Hurricane comfort in knowing such downturns are a area so well. Corpus Christi and Port Aransas Harvey, University of Texas Regents voted on Of course, just recently, you’ve witnessed a normal feature of the investment landscape. are home to Texas A&M University – Corpus Monday, March 19 to help rebuild UT-MSI. market correction – a drop of at least 10 percent Christi, the University of Texas Marine Science Bear markets don’t affect all investments The project will help the institute come back in the major stock market indices, such as the Institute, and Del Mar College. Each institution into full operation and it will pay for replacing S&P 500. This sudden plunge made big news equally. If you only own U.S. stocks, your brings positive benefits to people in the Coastal portfolio may well take a sizable hit during a roofs and mechanical systems, supporting and reminded many investors of how volatile Bend, the state of Texas, and the country. interior and exterior restoration of numerous the financial markets can be. But a full-fledged bear market. But other types of investment Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi buildings damaged in the storm, rebuilding a bear market usually isn’t identified until the vehicles may not be as directly affected – (TAMU-CC), previously Corpus Christi State research pier that was destroyed by a drilling markets are down 20 percent from their recent and some may even show positive results. University, joined the Texas A&M University ship in the aftermath of the storm and replacing highs. Plus, bear markets, unlike corrections, Consequently, you could reduce the bear’s “bite” system in 1989. It offers bachelor’s, master’s, student housing. tend to linger for a while. if you also own a variety of other investments, such as international stocks, bonds, government and doctoral degrees in a variety of disciplines Del Mar College, which was established in The last “bear” emerged from hibernation in securities, certificates of deposit (CDs) and and fields. The school recently added electrical 1935, has a current enrollment of over 12,000 October 2007 and stayed on the prowl until so on. However, while owning this type of engineering to its growing list of degree people, and offers a variety of associate degrees early March 2009. During that time, the S&P diversified portfolio can help reduce the impact programs. TAMU-CC offers one of the nation’s in the arts and sciences, as well as certificates of 500 declined by about 50 percent. Clearly, of market volatility, it does not guarantee profits top graduate nursing programs as well. The achievements. Del Mar College was named one investors were not happy – but the market or protect against losses. university has a strong athletics program and of the Top Military Friendly colleges for two recovered and moved to new heights. This a burgeoning life sciences division. Recently, years in a row by Military Advanced Education, long and strong run-up may have obliterated A bear market can be challenging. But by TAMU-CC partnered with the Texas State making the right moves, such as staying and is designated a “Service Members your bear market memories, if you ever had Aquarium (TSA) to offer a course titled “Texas Opportunity College.” them at all. And that’s why you might want to patient, looking for buying opportunities and State Aquarium Animal Care Operations – a familiarize yourself with some of the bare facts maintaining a diversified portfolio, you may be Look at Conservation, Welfare and Research” Del Mar College offers many continuing about bear markets: able to prevent a market decline from becoming which will provide unprecedented opportunities education and career courses for the local unbearable. community. Some of these classes can be applied Bear markets may provide good buying for biology students to study animal care This article was written by Edward Jones activities at the aquarium. to Continuing Education Units (CEUs). A CEU opportunities. When gas is expensive, you may is a kind of credit that professionals can use to just buy a few gallons at a time – but when the for use by your local Edward Jones Financial TAMU-CC also recently received two Texas Advisor Keith Clark “On the Island” 14646 prove their completion of continuing education price falls, you’re probably more likely to fill Sea Grant Awards that will be used for research courses or initiatives. For more information on up your tank. The same principle can apply to Compass St., Ste.#4 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 focusing on oyster reef restoration. The Texas (361)949-9500” Del Mar College, you can access the college investing – when stock prices are down, your Sea Grant program only funds four to six website here: http://www.delmar.edu/ investment dollars will buy more shares. And the proposals a year from researchers across the state, making these grants highly competitive. If you would like to follow the Texas House and The research project will be conducted through learn more information on news, committees The Port of Corpus Christi Approves Lease multiple field studies within the Mission- or other aspects of the legislative body, you Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve. can access its website at http://www.house. They hope to determine whether restored oyster state.tx.us/. The site features live streaming Agreement with Castleton Commodities reefs become similar to natural reefs and will of committee hearings, as well as access to a work on quantifying how long the process number of other resources. You can also follow International for a New Marine Terminal takes. Oyster reefs are an important part of the the Texas Senate at http://www.senate.state. Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners last Under the terms of the Lease Agreement, ecosystem because they increase water quality, tx.us/. week approved a lease agreement with CCI the port will construct a new oil dock (“Oil influence water circulation and stabilize the sea If you have questions regarding any of the Corpus Christi Infrastructure LLC (“CCI”) for Dock 22”) and CCI will install the loading floor. information mentioned in this week’s article, approximately 55 acres of land on the north arms, handling equipment, storage tanks and In 1946, the University of Texas Marine please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or side of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the other facilities. The Port will dredge a berth to Science Institute (UT-MSI) was established as District Office. Please always feel free to Inner Harbor, for purposes of constructing and accommodate Suezmax tankers at Oil Dock 22 the first permanent marine laboratory on the contact my office if you have any questions operating a marine terminal facility for export of and CCI will have exclusive use of the Dock Texas Coast. It is located in Port Aransas, Texas. or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if US crude oil, condensate and refined petroleum 22 Berth. With a focus on research, the Institute hosts you would like to contact my office regarding products via a new oil dock. From 2016 to 2017, the Port’s crude oil exports graduate and undergraduate programs, such as constituent services. As always, my offices are “This lease agreement aligns with the Port’s increased by 267%, from an average of 83,488 Fish Physiology and Marine Biogeochemistry. available at any time to assist with questions, vision to be the Energy Port of the Americas BPD, to 306,334 BPD. The Institute has contributed groundbreaking concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- and the strategic plan goal by supporting the research and scientific accomplishments, such 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). About Port Corpus Christi infrastructure developments necessary to move as being the first institution to spawn redfish in increasing volumes of US-produced energy As the leading U.S. crude oil export port and a captivity. - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 toward global markets.” Said Charles W. major economic engine of Texas and the nation, UT-MSI contributes to the community in many Rep. Hunter represents Nueces (Part) County. Zahn, Chairman Port Commission. “We look Port Corpus Christi is the 4th largest port in the ways. The Visitor Center educates the public on He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. forward to expanding the business at the Port United States in total tonnage. Strategically Marine Science with exhibits and videos that texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. and continue to build a mutually beneficial located on the western Gulf of Mexico with a relationship with CCI.” 36-mile, 47-foot (MLLW) deep channel and a April 27-29 “This initiative is the outgrowth of CCI’s long- 54-foot (MLLW) deepening project underway, Coastal Bend Bays standing relationship with the Port of Corpus Port Corpus Christi is a major gateway to Christi. We find the prospect of promoting international and domestic maritime commerce. Plan, 2nd Edition to Volunteers Needed energy producer access to global markets to be The Port has excellent railroad and highway exciting,” said John Wang, Managing Director network connectivity via three North American for Sandfest in the Strategy/Principal Investment Group of Class-1 railroads and two major interstate be Presented April 9 Castleton Commodities International. highways. The Coastal Bays and Estuaries Program will present its newest version of the Coastal Bend Recycling Bays Plan (Bays Plan) at a public forum on Sandfest 2018 in Port Aransas is fast Nueces County Monday, April 9, 6:00 p.m. at Del Mar College, approaching and the Keep Port Aransas Center for Economic Development, Room 106, Beautiful organization is looking for volunteers 3209 S. Staples Street. , to help expand the recycling program at the Judge Loyd Neal event. The plan has served as a regional framework for the management, protection, and conservation The event runs April 27-29 and volunteers are Inducted to Texas of Coastal Bend bays and estuaries for 20 years needed for three-hour shifts from 9-12 a.m. and has led to actions and projects that have and 3-6 p.m. for each day, Friday, Saturday, A&M University resulted in a Coastal Bend with cleaner water and Sunday. Several recycling locations and a and sediment, healthier habitats, greater public merchandise tent will be located around the site access, and a more aware and engaged public. and nine volunteers are needed for each shift. Corps of Cadets Hall For the mathematically challenged that means In 2016, the CBBEP initiated a new a total of 81 volunteers are needed. Volunteers of Honor collaborative effort to revise the Bays Plan in must be over 18 year of age. order to incorporate developments that have Nueces County occurred since the previous plan was drafted If you are interested e-mail them at Judge, Loyd Neal and to ensure that new priorities are being [email protected] and let them know this week was addressed. The goal of the revision process was what shift you can work. inducted into to produce The Coastal Bend Bays Plan, 2nd the Texas A&M edition, which meets the current and future needs University Corps of stakeholders in industry, local government, of Cadets Hall of academia, and resource management and can be Honor. used for years to come and the new plan will be Neal has been presented to the public for the first time at the Nueces County meeting. Judge since 2007 Dr. Kiersten Stanzel of CBBEP will present with prior service of Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted highlights of the Coastal Bend Bays Plan, 2nd four terms as Mayor for new location on Packery Channel Edition, the public meeting will consist of a of the City of Corpus presentation about the revised plan, followed by Christi. an opportunity for public comment. The Corps of Cadets established the Hall of To view a copy of the revised plan, visit our Honor in 1993 to pay tribute to those former Packery new Coastal Bend Bays Plan webpage at http:// cadets who have lived a life that exemplifies the Flats www.cbbep.org/coastal-bend-bays-plan. Public Texas Aggie Spirit. Those chosen also possess TM comments can also be provided by email to the values upon which the Corps was founded: Floating Cabin Repairs Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available [email protected] and must be received prior honor, loyalty, service, pride, patriotism, faith, good for either repairs or rebuilding to May 31. leadership, and honesty. Plaques containing Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel portraits and biographies of each member are Call for lease terms displayed in the Hall of Honor of the Sam Packery Flats Marina Houston Sanders Corps of Cadets Center in College Station, Texas. A special lapel pin 361-774-8886 identifies the members of the Hall of Honor. 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1 Tub of whipped cream or 2 aerosol cans of real whipped cream With warmer weather approaching and Easter around the 1 lime zested corner, I thought of sharing a recipe that has gotten rave reviews. It’s an easy no bake frozen Directions: lime cheesecake that can be served in slices or You can mix crumb mixture while cream one of my favorite ways… individual cupcake cheese is in mixer. See note below. size. This is a great way to end a heavy meal on a warm day. It’s light, full of bold flavor, yet In a mixer, with a paddle attachment, beat subtle and refreshing. the cream cheese until smooth using a low to medium setting (at least 8 minutes). You Another great will need to use a spatula and clean the thing about sides of bowl while creaming the cheese, making this so that any lumped cheese will be added recipe, is you into the mixture and blend as well. Add can prepare it the condensed milk and keep blending and a day or two slowly add the lime juice and lime zest. ahead so that When all is combined, (5 min) or so… it has time to remove bowl from mixer and add the cool freeze. I don’t whip or whipped cream and fold it in, until recommend completely mixed together. making it on the same day, NOTE***While the mixer is creaming the unless you plan on letting it set for at least 9 cream cheese you can prepare the crumb hours. topping. Melt butter and add to the crumbs and sugar in a bowl and mix together and set aside. If making it in a full cake size, you will need a spring form pan. I typically use a round of If using a spring form pan to make an individual parchment paper on the bottom of the pan and cake, you place the crumb topping on the lightly spray it with cooking spray so the crumb bottom of the pan, lined with parchment paper. mixture stays intact. Add your cheesecake mixture and place in your freezer over night. If using the individual If making individual sized portions, I silicone cups, pour a ladle of mix in the cup, recommend the silicone cupcake cups that you leaving a quarter inch of space for the crumbs can buy at a Michael’s or in a baking section on top. Unlike a regular cheesecake, you will of your favorite store. The flex in these cups place crumbs on the top and not the bottom, allow you to loosen the silicone cup and invert because you will invert the cake to serve. To them onto a plate, just by pushing the cake out serve, you can add a bit of whipped cream and carefully by pulling back the flexible rubbery berries on the side, you can drizzle with a glaze cup. The cups also come in a couple of sizes, or caramel of choice. Get creative. therefore if you plan on having multiple desserts, you may want to choose a smaller cup Tip of the week: size and vice versa. If you prefer to make your own whipped Crust Ingredients: topping, you can whip a batch of whipping cream by purchasing a quart of whipping cream 3 C of graham cracker crumbs and whipping it in a super cold mixer bowl with 4 tbsp. sugar a whipping attachment. Stop mixer and fold in a ¼ of powdered sugar. You may give it another 1 stick of butter whip, but don’t over whip, or you’ll get sweet Filling Ingredients: butter. The ideas are endless! The important thing is to Have Fun! Try New Things! Happy 2- 8oz. packages of cream cheese Eats… Enjoy! 2 cans of sweetened and condensed milk 1.5 C of pure lime juice (key lime is best)
Members of the Padre Island Yacht club had a bit of fun hosting an Easter egg hunt by boat this past weekend. Members boated to different spots on North Padre to pick PAC 949 Cleans the Beach up eggs filled with unknown prizes and then returned to the yacht club for a cookout. Photos by Jan Rankin A Welcome Post Spring Break Cleaning By Brent Rourk PAC 949 has one of the largest troops in all The last trickle of spring breakers sapped of South Texas numbering 65. Many were in BBB offers advice for choosing the attendance Sunday, longing to clean our local fleeting moments in the surf on North Padre Island Sunday afternoon, galvanizing memories beach while earning Scout community service right summer camp for your child that will hopefully bring them back to the hours. By Kelly Trevino Island next year. Meanwhile, a small army of Cub leader Marshall Hisaw clarified, “Each Regional Director, Corpus Christi and Victoria Better Business Bureau Cub Scouts from local PAC 949 grasped their year the boys have a certain amount of Dozens of movies have been made about Visit the camp in person. This will be yellow net bags, listened to beach clean-up community service hours. One of the best ways capturing the nostalgia and camaraderie of your opportunity to check out living, instructions, and followed adult guides to the for the PAC to give back to the Island is to clean summer camp. And why not? It is an exciting dining, recreational facilities and meet beaches and dunes to collect debris left by the the beaches.” 2018 spring break guests and by the incoming time in a child’s life where memories and staff members. Be sure to ask about safety Caden Meyer wore his Cub Scout shirt, tides. friendships can be made that last a lifetime. procedures and how rules are enforced. collection bag, and smile proudly as he prepared Whether it is a day camp or a sports camp at Assess the quality of staff. Find out These local Scouts flashed smiles and sported to spend a couple of hours cleaning the local a local university, Better Business Bureau the camp director’s background, the determined looks as they prepared to comb our beach. A three year veteran of PAC 949, Cayden serving the Heart of Texas recommends parents criteria used for hiring staff and whether local beach. Meanwhile, a group of parents explained, “I am here because I want to help look beyond professional-looking brochures certification in CPR and First Aid is methodically set up the feeding station for the with the community, pick up trash, and help sea and websites. A child’s safety, health and required. It is also important to know the busy Cub Scouts, who within 2 hours returned creatures. I do what the Cub Scouts do.” satisfaction should be the camp’s top priority. to a feast of burgers, hot dogs, and all of the ratio of staff to campers. Parents sending Hats off to the local Cub Scouts and Boy fixings. With mission accomplished appetites According to the American Camp Association children to specialty camps should inquire Scouts for all that they do for our Island. (ACA), more than 14 million children and adults about the staff’s level of expertise in the were satisfied. attend camp each year, and there are more than specialized area. 14,000 day and resident camps across the U.S. Know the fees and payment policies. What It’s great to have options, but with so many to is the total cost of tuition? Is your money choose from it can be an intimidating task. refundable should the camp be canceled? Before beginning the search, it is important to Are there extra charges for any activities? know your child’s personality to identify which Are meals and transportation included? program will benefit him or her most. It’s also Make sure all these details are included in important to include your child in the decision- your contract. making process. Ask about medical care. Find out if an BBB offers the following advice for parents infirmary and/or nurse or doctor is on-site. searching for the right camp: Inquire about the procedures for transporting injured or sick children to nearby medical Start with research. Find trustworthy facilities and under what circumstances you camps by checking the company’s BBB will be notified of any problems. Business Profile on bbb.org. You will find important background information, such as To find additional consumer tips, head to bbb. how long it has been in business, advertising org. issues, ownership information and complaint Kelly Trevino is the regional director for history. the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better Look for certification. Find out if it is Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas. certified by the ACA. The organization Kelly is available for media interviews and requires camps to meet up to 300 nationally- speaking engagements. You can reach her by recognized standards. phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ corpuschristi.bbb.org PAC 949 Cub Scouts prepare to clean our beaches. Photo by Brent Rourk Follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Send photos and letters to: [email protected]
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Artist by day musician by night. Willy J of the Cumberlands band out of New Mexico visited North Padre Island last weekend to paint murals on the new Tiki Bar at the Angry Marlin and in the evening entertained the crowd with his lively music. Mural pictured below right. Photo by Jan Rankin Louis A Garcia April First Friday Reception 4/6/18 5:30-7:30pm You, the public are invited to attend the First Friday reception for Men at Work-Louis Garcia, Jeffrey Neel McDaniel, Lee Ricks, Charlie Fisher. Live music,& refreshments. The IslandCLUB Moon provides this space for NEWSof the month from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Island organizations. If you are a member the Island Time Sushi Bar, contact: Nick of a club and want to get the word out Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. Mustang Island State Park Needs You about your events and/or projects send com. In August of 2017, Mustang Island State all of this is, most of the structures that were them along and we will get them in. POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. Park was awarded the AmeriCorps VISTA destroyed were already slated to be renovated, Be sure to include a brief description of The Association’s primary responsibility Grant which allowed the park an AmeriCorps so the hurricane really just expedited the tear what your organization does and a contact is to maintain the Common Areas, assess Volunteer In Service To America (VISTA). The down process and the storm has brought the person for those interested in joining. and collect the annual fees and provide VISTA, Alexis De Leon, a native Texan and community together with a common goal of information and assistance to property former Corpus Christi resident accepted the rebuilding,” Alexis explains. Send the info to [email protected] position after having lived in Alaska working owners. .. Membership in PIPOA is Many state parks have organized groups of and we will include it. Or call us at 949- for the National Institute for Occupational automatic for anyone acquiring record interested citizens that actively support their 7700. Safety and Health (NIOSH). legal title to any property within Padre park. These nonprofit organizations, sometimes Padre Island Antique Classic Car Isles. Their office is located at 14015 “Giving back to the community that gave me referred to as “Friends Groups,” work on Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles Fortuna Bay Drive on The Island. (361) so much growing up, has always been in my behalf of park sites to assist with volunteering, 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, 949-7025, [email protected]. life goals,” Alexis said. “So when I saw the fundraising and community outreach. These Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. opportunity to come back to Corpus and work groups serve as important links to local to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, Located in Port Aransas the ARK is with Texas Parks and Wildlife I jumped at it.” communities and park user groups, as well. tours, car shows on and around the Island. affiliate with the University of Texas at The main mission of AmeriCorps VISTA “It’s interesting how during one of our hardest Please contact [email protected] for Austin Marine Science Center. They information on the upcoming meeting. is to build capacity within organizations and years at the park we were fortunate enough to handle the rehabilitation of most species communities to help bring individuals and participate in the VISTA program and have Please include your contact information of wildlife in the area with an emphasis and the type of car owned. communities out of poverty. The Corps was someone like Alexis take on such a hefty on marine animals. If you find an animal created as part of LBJ’s War on Poverty. Today project. With the state of the park the way it Youth Development Foundation of in peril they can help. 750 Channel View VISTAs are people of every demographic who is currently, I don’t think the staff or myself Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each Dr. Port Aransas. Contact Alicia Walker at volunteer for one to three years of their lives would be able to allocate the amount of time Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., 337-290-0251 or alicia.walker@utexas. depending on their project, living 10% above and dedication it takes to create a support Port Aransas. For more information please edu the local poverty level. organization like a Friends Group. I’ve seen email [email protected]. Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Alexis is one of six VISTAs awarded state the benefits of having a well run Friends Group Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet Christi Red Hat Society. In 2004 a wide. Her project at Mustang Island State and how much of a difference those types of every other Tuesday night! Call or text group of Island ladies got together under Park consists of developing programs for associated organizations can have on a park,” Danny Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 a Palapa and founded the Padre Island underserved populations, particularly low Mustang Island State Park, Superintendent, for the next meeting date. Beginners Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only rule is that income and minority youth, to engage in service Scott Taylor said. Workshop: 6 to 7 PM and Open Jam: there are no rules! We are all about fun learning and recreation on public lands. These The partnerships between the agency and 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels welcome. and friendship. We meet once a month programs are meant to raise awareness among support organizations provide a mechanism Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery, for lunch and various fun outings from participants about employment opportunities to utilize the skills, contacts and resources of 13919 SPID, right here on the island. cupcake making to CPR. in natural resource and conservation fields and private citizens and businesses to enhance state A $3 per person donation covers the Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. the wellness benefits of outdoor recreation. She parks and to provide services that may not workshop, materials and the open jam. This is the Island book club. We meet strives to engage new and existing community otherwise be available. Friends groups continue Loaner ukuleles available at no extra cost. the first Wednesday of each month at partners and create resources such as outreach to be organized around the state in support of RSVP online. PadreIslandUkeClub@ Island Time Sushi Bar and Grill at 7:00 tools, curriculum, and training materials for Texas State Parks. Mustang Island State Park gmail.com pm. Wonderful group of ladies that like staff and volunteers, who will deliver these hopes to join the prestigious community by KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. to read, love socializing with the girls and programs. establishing their own Friends Group. Kiwanis meets at Veranda Restaurantat drinking wine! Come out and join us we As a VISTA of Mustang Island State Park, “We really hope to have passionate and Schlitterbahn at Noon on the first and would love to have you! Contact Linda Alexis works to support the strategic expansion motivated individuals come out and support third Wednesday of the month. Walsh, [email protected] or 361- of site specific volunteer programs. This their park. This event, will not only be a historic 445-7999, or just show up! Island Strategic Action Committee. includes developing volunteer recruitment, day for Texas Parks and Wildlife but it could Is a 14-member committee which meets Island Emmaus reunion is open to management, and training tools allowing the truly become something huge for the Coastal at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each anyone that has been on a Chryslis or park to conduct more effective outreach to low Bend,” Alexis said. “This group will provide month at the Comfort Suites on Windward. Emmaus walk. For more information income and underrepresented communities and the chance to build something great here and The committee’s purpose is to advise the call Eileen Moeller @ 830-708-8367 or to provide service learning, recreational, and give participants a chance to be the change they Corpus Christi City Council on matters [email protected] educational programs. However in order to hope to see.” better serve the park Alexis’ main goal has been pertaining to The Island. All meetings are Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is For those interested, the Friends Group creating a not- for profit “Friends Group.” open to the public and the public is invited a local chapter of the Parrot Heads in inauguration will take place Saturday, April 14, to address the committee during the public Paradise Inc., a not-for-profit corporation “About three months into my VISTA year, and from 10am-12pm. Food and refreshments will comment period. whose purpose is to assist in community speed reading ‘Non-Profits for Dummies’, my be provided followed by fun and information Padre Island Business Association. The and environmental concerns and provide a park, as well as my community were devastated on becoming a valued supporter of the park. association is a not-for-profit organization variety of social activities for people who by Hurricane Harvey. The hurricane completely Outdoor clothing recommended and all whose primary purpose is to advertise and are interested in the music of Jimmy Buffett shut down the park due to the destruction, I ages able to participate welcome. For more promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour and the tropical lifestyle he personifies. mean it looked like Spring Break if Stephen information please visit @MustangIslandSP on Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing Founded in 2009, the club motto is “Partying King had written it, but the silver lining in FaceBook. the interests of the business community. with a Purpose’’. To join or ask questions go It is managed by a 9-member board of to portaransasparrotheads.com or email or directors. A membership luncheon is held call Deno “Moon Dog” Fabrie, President at on the 2nd Thursday of each month at The 361 749 0256 or [email protected]. Veranda starting at noon. Mixers are held Padre Island Women’s Golf Association. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The All skill levels are welcome. Call Fran more association annually has two fundraising information: 361-877-2551 events – Taste of the Island in the fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring. The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors League is a women’s social organization open P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun is a ladies only social club open to all & friendship. New Neighbors League holds owners/residents of North Padre. We hope monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly to enrich our members through social activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples activities and community involvement. Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a We have monthly luncheons (2nd Friday) few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or along with groups of bunco, bridge, email us at [email protected] spades, craft club and book clubs. We enjoy raising money for scholarships Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H Flour Bluff for local graduating seniors as well as Padre Island 4H (FBPI4H) is a club for kids other worthy causes in our community. in 3rd grade-12th grade. We meet at 6:30 For more info please contact Rebecca pm the first Monday of every month in the Robbins 303-434-0947. FB Intermediate cafeteria. 4H provides opportunities and experiences where young Island United Political Action people learn by doing. Please visit us on Committee: Maximize representation Facebook at Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H or of Corpus Christi residents on Padre our website at FBPI4H.com. and Mustang Islands in area government by promoting and supporting, by the Port Aransas Art Center 104 N. A;lister endorsement process, proactive and 361-749-7334 Classes offered, call for details. unified voting in non-partisan races and other issues and referendums put to public vote. Meetings are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting the 2nd Thursday The tiki bar at the Angry Marlin got a facelift this week with new murals. 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 March 29, 2018 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour And then of course on Sunday, I may have mentioned THE SANDY BOTTOM BOYS [email protected] are playing the sunrise service in the park. It not a maze, it’s a labyrinth… Wooden Boat Festival… Happy Easter everybody! The wildflowers are popping up everywhere and the weather has been gorgeous. I could use a little less wind but hey, it’s March on the Texas coast. It’s in the by- laws. I hope everyone will join us this Sunday morning for the Easter sunrise service at Roberts Point Park pavilion. The Sandy Bottom Boys will be playing some toe tapping hillbilly gospel Chris Hays will play Treasure Island on Mark Monaco and the Strayhearts played Friday. the Back Porch last weekend. is a regular performer at Giggity’s and The Wooden Boat Festival is April 6-8. has a deep, smooth croon that keeps The rest of April looks pretty strong. The 4th packing the annual “Port Aransas Wooden Boat Festival” room, month The big horn band, Myndfields, will play which is put on by Farley Boat Works and after month. the Back Porch on Saturday. the Port A Museum, will be going on April His sound 6-8 in Roberts Point Park. The website says just feels in the 90’s and they’re still doing the same The Sandy Bottom Boys will play the to bring your wooden boats to display at this comfortable show. Let’s throw The Georges (with Two Ton family friendly event. They don’t need to be Easter Sunrise Service in the pavilion at and is easy to alumni Denny Fallon and Chris Dodds) into fancy, just made of wood. They can even be Roberts Point Park this Sunday at 7 AM. that battle and see who wins. And on Friday, Todd Dorn and the dance to. He’s displayed unfinished. There is no entry fee for like an island Laid Back Texas is playing the Back Porch. I boats or spectators. You may attend informative happiest Sea Drifter, imagine this band is what a country band from for the fifth version of programs on boat building and boating or build Woodie Ray Lawson, Humboldt County sounds like. My pal Brent year running. George Strait a boat at the Family Boat Building program. played Giggity’s on Wideman, who also plays with That Captain, This is an all meets Jimmy Kids can build a model boat, too. I love this is in this band. He also had another noteworthy denominations Saturday. Buffett… a event. There are some amazing boats on display. project called Beach Stone Rise that was service and real crowd This is a woodworker’s paradise. popular on Padre with the surfing community. is led by a pleaser. And Mark Monaco made it back for And over at Giggity’s, the Bad Buoys will bring different Port his first show of the season at the Porch. Mark On the horizon… their “cool guy” version of classic rock with A church each puts out a little rowdier noise with some hard In a nutshell, watch for upcoming shows covers of songs only the “cool” FM stations year. This strumming acoustic guitars and a little rougher from The Toman Brothers, Cody Angel, Los played in the 70’s. On Saturday there’s some year it’s the edge and soulful, driving vocals. It’s got an Lonely Boys, Lisa Morales, James Little, The The Labyrinth on the killer R&B on tap. Rudolf Llanes with Starlite Presbyterian’s energy. Chanklas, Turnpike Troubadours, Thomas beach in Port A. and the Moonbeams will play Giggity’s and turn and Pastor Michael Riley, Robert Earl Keen and The Myndfields will bring their big horn sound Steve from Independent Thieves. Plus Shorty’s 72nd DO NOT MISS LIST to the Back Porch. And at Shorty’s, Viva Community Presbyterian Church will lead Anniversary is on the 14th and SandFest is at the los Chuys will erupt. Los Chuys are ex-Joe the service. The weather man says it’s going Coming this weekend… end of April. Stay tuned, more will be revealed. King Carrasco longtime personnel, Tommy to be beautiful so rise and shine early Sunday Be safe out there. Coming this Procter and Roy Hollingshead, a band you morning. It all starts at seven in the AM. It s weekend… really should check out. Both of those guys are always a full house so come early for coffee and ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ on Thursday standout musicians and a lot of fun to watch on donuts and get a good seat. It’s a pretty cool Two Tons of stage. Tommy Procter is an amazing guitarist. deal with the Pollyanna as a backdrop as the Steel brings sun comes up to the sound of mandolins and their Dwight fiddles. I look forward to this every year. On Yoakum meets Tuesday I went out to the beach near the pier the Ramone’s where Father James Derkits had just finished act to Brewster etching out his labyrinth in the sand. When I Viva los Chuys with Roy Street in Live Music got there James said, “I just made a tool.” I was Hollingshead and Tommy Corpus with Free Beer Band @ going a hundred miles an hour when I pulled Procter will play Shorty’s Matt Hole Giggity’s up but after walking the labyrinth the simple on Saturday. opening the Chris Young, Kane Brown meditation of walking through an unsure path Tonight @ Concrete Street show. That’s slowed me down. I think there’s something to a nice pairing. Friday, April 6 be said for tip toeing slowly around in circles on If this show was a battle of the bands, I’d put Wednesday, March 28 Jul & the Chrome Wheels the beach. You should try it. It has many levels. PA Rockers @ Bernie’s my money on Matt Hole. I’ve been knowing @ Back Porch Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s Two Tons since they were the Dead Crickets Wooden Boat Fest @ Port A Looking good over at Woody’s… Open Mic @ Executive Toman Brothers @ Surf Club LAID BACK TEXAS MAR 30 Giggity’s Damon Scott @ House of MYNDFIELDS MAR 31 Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Rock JUL & THE CHROME WHEELS APR 6 Any Colour You Like @ John Eric @ Pelican CODY ANGEL BAND APR 7 House of Rock Lounge LANDON BULLARD APR 13 Spazmatics @ Brewster Michael Burtts @ Street Scuttlebutt’s SCARECROW PEOPLE APR 14 Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s Ruben Limas @ Blackbeard’s on the Beach 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Saturday, April 7 Wooden Boat Fest @ Port A Thursday, March 29 This is a beautiful sight. The fuel pumps Los Lonely Boys, Lisa Free Beer Band @ at Woody’s are back up. Photo by Scott Morales @ Brewster Street Giggity’s Cody Angel Band @ Back McCune. Two Ton’s of Steel, Matt Porch Hole @ House of Rock Ty Dietz @ Giggity’s Here’s some good news: Glenn Martin over at Flatbroke @ Executive Billy Snipes @ Shorty’s Woody’s Sports Center has finally repaired the Surf Club Another Level @ Rockit’s docks and fueling station in the marina behind Shane Smith @ Brewster Woody’s and the Back Porch. This marina is Street Sunday, April 8 APEX @ Rockit’s home to The Island Queen fishing charter, Antone & All Stars @ Marco Ramirez @ The Mustang dolphin watch, The Black Booty Giggity’s pirate attack boat, the parasail business and the Scuttlebutt’s Ruben Limas @ Angry Selfie on Fri. jetski rental, not to mention many local fishing Monday, April 9 Marlin Open Jam @ Giggity’s charters and recreational vessels. Needless . Viva los Chuys on Sat. to say, getting that fueling station operational Friday, March 30 72nd Anniverxary Tuesday April 10 again is huge. It is greatly depended on. It’s Chris Hays @ Treasure Rudolf Llanes with Starlite and the Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s been a long road to recovering from Hurricane Island April 14th
Harvey for Mr. Martin. The storm not only Moonbeams will play Giggity’s on Bad Buoys @ Giggity’s Todd Dorn, Ruben Limas, Wednesday, April 11 Saturday. Laid Back Texas @ Back Independent Thieves devastated his businesses but wiped out his Independent Thieves @ Porch home at Clines Landing, too. Welcome back sir. OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Giggity’s Selfie @ Shorty’s The place looks great. Open Mic @ Executive Jake Ward @ Brewster Surf Club Scattered shots… Street Oddfellas @ Rockit’s Thursday, April 12 There was plenty of country music in the air Shattered Sam @ House Free Beer Band @ last weekend. Chris Hays played Giggity’s on of Rock Giggity’s Friday and Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters Jack Nelson Band @ Wade Bowen, Zac Pelican Lounge (San Antonio, TX) were there on Saturday. Wilkerson @ Brewster Chris Saenz @ Plus Mark Monaco and the Strayhearts Street (San Antonio, TX) played the Back Porch on Scuttlebutt’s Three In a Row @ It’ll Do Saturday. Hays was the rhythm guitarist and Friday, April 13 Saloon backup singer with the James Little Band, and Red Giant @ Giggity’s BELT SANDER RACES has recently gone out on his own. It sounded Saturday, March 31 Laid Back Texas will play the Back Porch @ Gaff pretty good I guess, but I think a little more Starlite & the Moonbeams Selfie @ Shorty’s time in the woodshed is in order. Todd Dorn on Friday. @ Giggity’s Landon Bullard & Mostly Myndfields @ Back Porch Sober @ Back Porch Viva Los Chuys @ Juan Lobo, Jon Wolfe, Shorty’s Kevin Fowler @ Brewster TBA @ Treasure Island GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Street Broken Spokes @ Executive Surf Club Saturday, April 14 LIVE MUSIC Splendiferous @ Rockit’s LIVE MUSIC Expert Computer Repairs Scarecrow People @ Back Free Beer Band Every Thurs. Apex @ Pelican Lounge Porch EVERY Michael Burtts @ Bad Buoys on Fri 72st Anniversary w/ Todd Scuttlebutt’s NIGHT Starlight & the Moonbeams on Sat. Dorn, Ruben Limas, The Groove @ It’ll Do Independent Thieves @ Antone & the All Stars Every Sun. Saloon Shorty’s Jarrod Birmingham @ All You Can Eat Open Jam Every Mon. The Groove @ Giggity’s Brewster Street FRIED Paul Taylor Every Tues. Sing Along Piano Bar @ Brewster Street FLOUNDER Billy Snipes on Wed. Sunday, April 1 Myndfield @ Rockit’s Everyday 11-7 Sandy Bottom Boys @ 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Bruce Robison @ Third Easter Sunrise Roberts Coast Theater Point Park Antone & All Stars @ Sunday, April 15 Giggity’s Treasure Island CHRIS HAYS AND THE Antone & All Stars @ Giggity’s Monday, April 2 RANCHERO BAND ON FRI. Open Jam @ Giggity’s TBA ON SAT. Monday, April 16 Open Jam @ Giggity’s Tuesday April 3 FULL BAR OPEN AT Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Tuesday April 17
3 EVERYDAY Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Wednesday, April 4 Shinedown @ Concrete Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Street Open Mic @ Executive treasureislandporta Surf Club
Thursday, April 5 The Gaff Now Open! Pizza Beer Darts Belt sander Races