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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 February 06, 2020 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around Early Voting The Island Starts February By Dale Rankin 18 Well, we had some of what passes New polling location for winter this week as it got just a little too cool to barbeque in the on Padre Island back yard. But when it gets a little cooler than we like Around The Early Voting begins on Tuesday, Island we can tell ourselves it won’t February 18 for both the Democrat last long as Mother Nature soon and Republican primary elections. enough pushes things back to the mu Voters on Padre Island take note of the temperature of the water that that the Early Voting location has surrounds us which has been sticking changed and is now at Padre Island in the mid-sixties. Baptist Church 14253 S. Padre Island Drive. It is the site for both Democrat The Winter Texans know this and and Republican primary voters. when they hear year-round Islanders Registered voters are not required complaining about the cold they look to vote at their own precinct polling a little puzzled as they walk the beach place and can vote at any location in in short pants and windbreakers. Nueces County. Spring Break will be here before we know it. For a list of convenient voting places From Eggs to Freedom! and complete sample ballots see page Careful what you ask for This family of owls was brought into the Texas Sealife Center in October by Fisher A15 in this issue. And speaking of Spring Break – see Phillips who found their eggs in a deer blind near Three Rivers. Now they are in the how that works – it kind of feels like flight pen in order to get their wings ready the annual Thursday afternoon Spring for their release this Saturday. By the numbers Break Speed Trap on Whitecap these days only all the time. Each March 2019 Crime when CCPD sends large numbers of officers to The Island in anticipation Police Department Reorganizing to Stats on Padre of the crowd they arrive a day early – on Thursday – and with nothing Island much to do they run speed traps on Beef Up Island Coverage Editor’s note: The following Whitecap. It happens every year and crime statistics for Padre Island longtime Islanders know to take the By Dale Rankin issued orders to keep the two officers The Island, if he gets in trouble his in 2019 were released this week on Island duty the redrawing of the backup has to come from over the Aquarius route to stay off Whitecap Corpus Police Chief Mike Markel by the Corpus Christi Police district lines will make is easier to bridge and that can put his safety at during the Spring Break onslaught. told a packed house at a town hall Department. enforce and to patrol. Padre Island, risk.” Markel said. But the recent push for more of a meeting at Holiday Inn Express and Mustang Island north the Corpus 0 Homicides police presence on Padre Island has on Tuesday that by summer he is He said The Island also currently has Christi City Limits, are in the Bravo activated the Law of Unintended redrawing the lines of the patrol a third officer on patrol during peak 4 Robberies District which also includes Flour Consequences. City leaders have district which includes Padre Island hours from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. who is Bluff and a portion of the city west 10 Aggravated Assaults responded to the call and Police Chief to keep at least two patrol officers paid for by Hotel Occupancy Funds. of Oso Bay. He said that the new Mike Markel has ordered that at least present at all times. That officer will remain. He also said 6 Assaults by an acquaintance two officers remain on The Island at district lines will put the boundary of that placing a police substation on “The Island has two full police 4 Assaults by strangers all times now. That’s good and bad. As the Bravo District at the east side of Padre Island is out of the question. we go through the crime reports each beats,” Markel said, “and we are Oso Bay contracting the area that the 36 Burglaries week the number of burglaries are going to make sure that those two officers assigned to it must cover to “Some of you may not want to hear down and the trouble that historically officers are never called away from only The Island and Flour Bluff. He this but a police substation on Padre 222 Larcenies (Theft of comes from the transient population The Island unless they are replaced. said part of the reason is for the safety Island is out of the question,” he personal property) along the Michael J. Ellis Seawall \ That is a direct order from me.” of officers who patrol Padre Island. said. “But you should know that a 22 Thefts from vehicle has dropped off dramatically. But the Markel said that while he has already “When there is only one officer on 2 Arsons officers like to earn their keep and Police cont. on A4 with less to do they are now making a 14 Sexual Assaults lot more traffic stops; sixty-seven this week up from the normal number of 12 by an acquaintance around thirty. To quote Pink Floyd – Island Under Construction 2 by strangers if you don’t eat your meat you can’t Construction fences and work crews are ubiquitous on Padre Island these days with new buildings going have any pudding – or something like up and old buildings finding new lives. Continued on page A4 129 Vehicle-related crimes that. 92 Burglary of a motor vehicle We do want to thank the two council 65 Thefts from unlocked cars members who have responded to requests from Island residents 10 Thefts of vehicle parts or concerning police protection on accessories Padre Island. Council members 15 Unauthorized use of a motor Paulette Guajardo and Greg Smith vehicle came to The Island twice this week 10 Vehicle break-ins with the to talk to residents, once on Thursday use of keys morning at Waves Resort where 9 Vehicle thefts with no damage about thirty Islanders attended, and The new development along Zahn again in a town hall gathering during The new Starbucks at the Aquarius/ The new pavilion near the boat Road which will be the first new 16 Vehicles locks jimmied the meeting of the Island Strategic SPID intersection is expected to be ramps on Zahn Road is almost ready overnight stay rooms built on the Action Committee on Tuesday. For a open by the summer season. for use. beach since the 1980s are nearing full report see the story in this issue, completion. but we want to thank both of them for Seashore taking the time to help us. Charter Schools Mardi Gras Fat Friday A little Island history Last week we accidently moved the Seek School Barefoot Mardi Gras Fat Friday party. The correct time and place is this San Jose Island Zone Friday, February 7th at Mikel Mays By Dale Rankin If you’ve ever driven down SPID starting at 6:30 p.m. We include more towards the Sea Pines neighborhood Barefoot Mardi Gras information this San Jose Island has been in the or PINS around 3:00 p.m. on a school week as we walk up to the Barefoot news this week as six barges left day, you’ve probably noticed the Beach Parade on Saturday, February there by Hurricane Harvey are in endless line of cars inching along 22. the process of being removed. The the shoulder of the road at the corner process of transporting them on The Question of Encantada, right where our island rollers off the island on the Gulf elementary school and preschool The most asked question Around of Mexico side is expected to be – Seashore Learning Center and The Island this week is when is the complete by the end of February Seashore Early Childhood Academy work going to begin on the canal according to a spokesman for the – sit. connecting to the Park Road Water company doing the work. For years, Seashore has been Exchange Bridge on the west side So with that going on we take a Barge being removed from San Jose Island this week. working with parents to solve the of SPID. Crews were expected to look at a bit of the past of San Jose Photo by Cathy Fulton. problem of picking up and dropping be on site by the end of January which actually played a crucial San Jose Island is privately owned Some scholars believe it is the off our preschoolers and K-4th but so far that has not happened. role in World War II. The island by the Texas-based Bass family. It island which Cabeza de Vaca graders in the safest way possible A spokesperson for one of the took a direct hit from Hurricane is 21 miles long and five miles wide described in his writings and with cars and trucks roaring past landowners told the Island Strategic Harvey and Ground Zero, where at its north end where it is separated considered by some of them as his at 55mph. The schools have tried Action Committee on Tuesday that as the eye of Harvey made landfall from Matagorda Island by Cedar landing place on the Texas Coast out multiple pick-up and drop-off work was about to start a glitch was is just north of the site where the Bayou. It is also said to be the largest in 1528. It has also been identified systems over the years, and staff discovered in the contract between barges were left. privately-owned barrier island in the as the island called Snake Island members take an active role in getting two owners of the seventy acres of United States. Around cont. on A4 Seashore cont. on A4 February 06, 2020 Island Moon A 2 Preparing to Parade

Doug and Debby Seefeldt and Butch and Joann Smith are hard at work getting their float ready Send letters and photos to [email protected] for the Barefoot Mardi Gras Beach Parade on February 22. February 06, 2020 Island Moon A 3 of outdoor over-lighting to links to cancer in Ronnie With the News Moon Monkeys Letters to the humans is being found due to light pollution. Mike Ellis, Founder I would urge islanders to turn off their exterior Hey Ronnie, lighting at night. It serves no useful purpose I always enjoy your column you send to me Editor and you are paying for the waste. Three 60-watt but I really gained some valuable info from your bulbs attached your house left on all night long latest one. every night of the year costs you almost $100 on your electric bill a year--that's $1000 over ten I lived in Port Aransas for years and started years. Light pollution is a serious issue which using Mike the Barber shortly after he requires our attention. opened some 30 years ago. He has been my exclusive barber every since, through years of Sincerely, international travel and my move off the island Dr. George Nickas, Emeritus Professor of to Rockport (including visits to the boat barn Physics and Astronomy/Hanover College he was using post Harvey). You saved me a trip Distribution (Indiana) | Coquina Bay Avenue over this week with your info on his accident and recovery time. Pete Alsop Island Delivery Super Bowl at Waves Best wishes for your continued success with the column and Mike's recovery. Coldwell Banker Waves Resort was Awesome!! Our annual Advertising Super Bowl Party needed to relocate due Thanks, to the renovations at the house. Epicuria at Craig Griffin Jan Park Rankin Waves Resort went above and beyond! I can’t Classifieds Branding Padre Island say enough positive about every aspect. Food, Arlene Ritley Some years ago, my daughter and I were service, communications were excellent. Best flying home to Corpus Christi, engaged in pizza and nachos on the island – hands down! Production Manager Send letters and photos to editor@ conversation with a mom and her daughters. We had a group of 21. Kudos to Christi, Donna Abigail Bair They were excited to be coming here to go to and Jose – our wonderful server! We are lucky islandmoon.com Contributing Writers the beach, their hotel was on the beach...that's to have this great restaurant on our island! Facebook: Joey Farah what they thought. In a broad interpretation, it Dianne C. The Island Moon Newspaper Andy Purvis was. But it wasn't the beach they thought they Mary Craft were staying at. They had booked the Sandy Emily Gaines Shores hotel on North Beach. My daughter and I looked at each other like, do we tell them? Jay Gardner We felt they were owed so we explained it was Did Ya Hear? Todd Hunter on the bayfront and though the street name By Mary "Scoop" Craft Dotson Lewis was Surfside, there was no surf there. Gulf of Dr. Tom Dorrell Mexico beaches, where they thought they were Ronnie Narmour staying, were 30 minutes away. We felt bad... Port A Splash Park will be built next to the New Advertisers swimming pool and will be approximately Brent Rourk Geographic confusion is not uncommon for Port A Community Theater presents 2000 sq. ft. and should be ready by May. Photographers Corpus Christi and it makes creating an identity Timeline Journey Tribute Band on Harvie Chisholm will be celebrating her a challenge. Lake Corpus Christi is 25 miles Saturday, February 22nd doors open at Miles Merwin (Emeritus) 105th (not a misprint) birthday at the Pelican outside the city limits. 7 pm. VIP tickets are $50 and include Lounge at 2 pm Saturday February 8th. Irfan Debbie Noble food, beer, wine and soft drinks. General The Visit Corpus Christi, CVB, website is will be opening the lounge early for the Jan Rankin admissions tickets with concessions are confusing and convoluted when it comes to event. Mary Craft the Island and beaches. From one of the pages $20. Tickets are available at the Theater Ronnie Narmour (at the "explore-our-beaches" part:) "Corpus web site. The Chocolate Crawl in Port A is a Valentine›s shopping event that will he be Christi has beaches for everyone...Go beachside Nurse Practitioner Elsie DeLeon is Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) happening on Thursday, February 13th 4 - to enjoy the waves from the Gulf of Mexico... welcoming new patients ages 16 and up Riley P. Dog 7 pm. There will be 17 shops participating Go bayside to enjoy the relaxing atmosphere at Christus Family Medicine at 14725 including Stephanie›s Stuff, Fishtales, Bella of the Corpus Christi Bay..." Can someone Compass Street. Same day appointments Bella Boutique and Georgia A Children’s explain what a beachside beach is? Isn't that are available call 902-6170. There will be Boutique. redundant? Why not just refer to Gulf beaches an Open House on Wednesday March 4th vs bayside beaches? 4 - 6 pm. Island Wine in Port A offers wine on tap, by the glass or bottle and Texas Craft beer Following are several examples creating Real Life has a new series for the new in a coffee shop atmosphere. It is smoke- confusion, at least to me, at the CVB website year. New year - new you? Easier said than free and pet friendly with live music every (https://www.visitcorpuschristitx.org/index. done. Maybe it’s time to stop the cycle of weekend and trivia every Thursday. It is aspx,) and know that I've lived in Corpus Christi craziness and make 2020 a year of peace. located in the Tower Center on Hwy 361. months shy of 40 years, on the island since Services are held on Sundays on the fourth 2001. floor of Waves Resort at 9:30 am and 11:00 A Shrimp & Crawfish Cajun Boil with • click on "Michael Ellis Beach" and it takes sm. They have bought land on the Island Constable Bobby Sherwood will be Publisher you to "Padre Island Seawall Beach" no next to the Best Western on SPID and will held on Saturday, February 8th 3 - 6 pm Dale Rankin mention of "Michael Ellis Beach." be building a church there. at the Briscoe Pavilion. The Ossou Zydeco Band from Louisiana will be participating About the Island Moon Larry Allen Concrete Construction has • a panel at "explore our beaches" page in the festivities. There will be pony rides, a The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale 30 years experience and they say no jobs Rankin, Editor / Publisher. (https://www.visitcorpuschristitx.org/trip- petting zoo, balloon animals and more. It is too big or too small. Call them for retaining Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes ideas/must-see/explore-our-beaches/ ) lists free and open to the public. delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 beaches in alphabetical order not by location walls, patios, mortar, driveways and more. copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, mixing bayside and beachside beaches Call Islander Larry at 830-460-1173. The 16th Annual Adopt-A-Beach will be as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 held on Saturday, February 8th 9 am - noon. together Sea Gull Condominiums on Hwy 361 is copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. You can sign up at their web site or show up having an Open House for Winter Texans News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, • same page further down beaches are now onsite to take part. Check is at the Malaquite on Monday, February 17th 10 am - 2 pm. payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. split into 4 beachside beaches and 2 bayside Visitors Center at PINS and the parking lot You can get a peek at their newly renovated beaches while the list in a side panel has 5 off Hwy 361 near the Packery Channel. The Island Moon Newspaper beachside beaches beachfront condos while enjoying pastries and coffee. You can also register to win Surepoint Emergency Center Padre is 14646 Compass, Suite 3 • clicking "North Packery Beach" in the door prizes. having a ribbon cutting on February 13th 5 - panel takes one to J.P. Luby Surf Park/North Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Monty Allen is running for Constable 7 pm with a Mardi Gras theme. There will be Packery Beach food, refreshments, king cake, fun activities 361-949-7700 Pct 4. Monty is a Padre Island resident • at another place in the site, previously and has twenty years of experience in law for the kids, raffle drawing for prizes and free [email protected] unmentioned, unidentified Whitecap Beach enforcement. Find out more at “your island give ways. Everyone is welcome. now appears Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper constable.com” Texas SandFest will hold an Open House Are you confused? Wait for it. The 8th Annual Texas Winter Market for potential volunteers on Sunday, Feb. 16th 2 - 4 p.m at the Port Aransas Art Center 104 In information for Padre Island Seawall Beach, is this Saturday, Feb. 8th from 10-5 and Sunday, Feb. 9th from 10-4 at the Aransas N. Alister. The SandFest will held April 17 it immediately says "Not to be confused with - 19. the Corpus Christi Seawall, the Padre Island Pass Civic Center. Ad mission is three Seawall..." Why not avoid confusion by dollars and one dollar off with a canned Scuttlebutt’s is having a Valentine›s Where to Find The including location--"Corpus Christi Seawall on good for the food bank. The market Day four course dinner special with wine the bayfront, Padre Island Seawall on the Gulf features Texas handmade item, Sea Glass pairing. Enjoy soup, salad, steak & lobster Island Moon of Mexico." This highlights, emphasizes the Sculptures, Gourmet food, Clothing and and cheesecake stuff chocolate covered Gulf of Mexico, a draw for tourism, for visitors, more. strawberries for $125/couple. Dinner will be branding, marketing. served 6 - 9 pm and reservations need to be Port North made by February 12th. There's more but I think the point has been Business Briefs Aransas Padre made. Googling "North Padre Island" the Aerodrome Distilling in the Angry Marlin is featuring a Valentine›s Gulf Stream RV second hit, http://onpadreisland.com/, aptly Bluff specializes in handcrafted spirits with Day dinner of prime rib, blackened redfish, All Stripes Stores pork osso bucco, blue corn crusted chicken, Pioneer RV describes Padre Island and its relationship with exceptional quality bourbon, rye, rum and Black Sheep/ Corpus Christi "... A barrier island located vodka for sale by the bottle or mixed drinks. panko crusted flounder or 12 ounce New York Stripes on 1A Barrel within the city limits of Corpus Christi, Texas..." It is pet and family friendly with a play set strip. Appetizer and dessert is included for a CVB would do well to take a look at this site. price of $90/couple. The dinner is available My Coastal Home CVS out back on their half acre.` Owner Nathan Bitz is a 25 year Naval aviator veteran who Friday and Saturday. For reservation call WB Liquor Store Dollar General In November, (Nov. 5, 2019) in reference to the 272-9973 or email theangrymarlin.com. tragedy on Padre Island George Stephanopolous is offering 15% off to all military. They Island Wine Room Whataburger of ABC News referred to it as a "popular tourist are open weekends only Friday 5 - 10 pm, Black Sheep Bistro Valentine›s Day menu Saturday & Sunday 2 - 10 pm. The bar is includes seared duck breast, butternut squash Kody’s Doc’s Restaurant beach." Later, George called it Padre Island, not Padre Island at Corpus Christi--this is the located inside a hangar near the base at 407 agnolloti, wagyu try tip and poblano chicken. Coffee Waves Snoopy’s Pier national news folks. There's also the matter Aviation Drive. The meal is $120/couple and is also served Moby Dicks of that gem of a place just down the road, the with soup or salad, appetizer and dessert. The Isle Mail N More renowned Padre Island National Seashore, part meal is available both Friday and Saturday. IGA Island Italian of the U.S. National Park Service, notable for its Call 210-418-4819 for reservation. Treasure Island success with recovery of sea turtle populations. Brooklyn Pie Co. Valentine’s Day at Doc’s Seafood & Steak Ms. Woody’s And I'm pretty sure Hurricane Harvey put our will feature live music with Sierra Howe Automotive Ace Hardware Padre Island on the national map. upstairs 5 - 8 pm and The Scarecrow People downstairs 8 pm - midnight. The special Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn To say Padre Island at Corpus Christi is redundant, Padre Island IS PART OF CORPUS menu items include herb crusted prime San Juan’s Restaurant Texas Star (Shell) CHRISTI!! At least that's what my tax bill rib, prosciutto wrapped stuffed grouper, parmesan crusted redfish, crushed tomato Wash Tub shows. Jesse’s Liquor The Back Porch in Port A will be opening basil seafood linguine and bacon & spinach Woody’s Sports Scuttlebutt’s Doreen Kinkel this Friday, February 7th. Live music will stuffed chicken. Center start in March. Restaurant Eats at Waves Resort has availability Back Porch Bar Subway Lighting The Crazy Cart Crawl in Port A will for Valentine’s Day Dinner for $75/ be held on Saturday, February 8th and Shorty’s Place Dear Editor: couple. Entrée: Island Tire registration will be at 1:30 pm at the Fisherman’s Wharf Since moving to the island three years ago, I Community Park 700 Clark Parkway. The Prime Rib with Horseradish, Parmesan Padre Pizzeria have noticed that many people leave the exterior Risotto & Asparagus or Pan seared Mahi Giggity’s cost is $10 per golf cart. For more info And all Moon lighting affixed to their homes lit up all night contact Pam Greene at 749-4158 or email topped with Lemon Arugula Salad, on bed Gratitude long. The lighting is almost all decorative and [email protected]. of Creamy Pesto Orzo. Desserts are creme retail advertisers incandescent which uses a lot of electricity. brulee or banana foster plus two glasses of The Gaff WB Liquor We can all see this in our neighborhoods, but Surfside Sandwich Shoppe has enclosed LaMarca Sparkling wine. For reservations Trinity By the Sea according to reputable sources the outdoors their outdoor patio area where they will be call 589-4224. Episcopal of our entire country, if not world have adding a dart board and lots of seating. The Flour Bluff artsy remodel inside has the floor painted to Ethel Eyerly Community Center at become overlit at night with signage, security 654 Graham Road in the Bluff is having a H.E.B. lighting, spotlighting, excessive street lighting, look like surf on a beach. It will reopen with full bar before the end of the month. Valentine’s Day Dinner & Dance 4:30-7:30 decorative lighting which amounts to a massive pm with lasagna dinner and music by Bud Whataburger on waste of electrical energy and money (a lot of Waldron Whittington. The cost is $8/person and you which is generated by dirty fossil fuels). In can RSVP at 826-2330. Ethyl Everly fact, Americans are putting about $10 billion Senior Center annually into the pockets of the utilities to Single Awareness Day Party at the send light everywhere but where it is needed. Lookout Pub & Pourium on the second Fire Station Lighting up clouds and your neighbor's' house floor of the Waves Resort can be enjoyed on Valentine’s night. Bring a friend or let cupid Police Station makes no sense. Moreover numerous medical studies now cite the hazard to human health, not help you with match making. The DJ will Stripes on Flour to mention other living things, of the explosion spin a special mix of music, fun and games. Bluff & SPID of nighttime lighting. In fact, everything from There will be drink and food specials. fireflies becoming progressively extinct because Kiwanis Bingo can be enjoyed every Thursday at 7 pm until February 20th. February 06, 2020 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Around cont. from A1 Police cont. from A1 Seashore cont. from A1 by Diego Ortiz Parrilla who explored the Gulf land the canal will bisect. He said the contract substation would not increase police presence students in and out of their vehicles each day, Coast area in 1766. shifted all of the cost of finishing the canal to the here. Police substations are just buildings where but safety concerns continue to be high. remaining landowner if one of them defaulted officers report for duty, they are not manned. A The Handbook of Texas says the French had The all-volunteer Board of Directors, led by during construction. He said the problem has substation on The Island would not help police landed parties on the island in 1712 and 1718, Board President Jon Reynolds, has been making been ironed out and final paperwork is expected presence here.” and José de Escandón explored San Jose, Padre, continued efforts to improve traffic conditions to be ready this week and work can begin. The Mustang, and Matagorda islands in 1766. The The substation for the Bravo District is in on SPID alongside the Seashore Learning city has awarded the contract for the bridge combined islands of San Jose and Matagorda Flour Bluff and is scheduled for reconstruction Center campus. The schools have long hoped and the private owners have their construction were also known as Culebra (Snake). The first this year. Markel said moving it would be very to reduce the speed limit and/or install a school contractors waiting for the word to go. After United States flag to be raised in Texas is said to expensive because of the infrastructure needed. zone in that portion of SPID, but were told that sixteen years of trying this project is finally have been raised on San Jose Island by United the cost of doing so would fall on the school, and about to kick off. “Just the bandwidth needed to run the computer States troops on July 26, 1845 and forts were system would be cost-prohibitive,” he said. that the cost would be in the area of $60,000. As erected at various times on the south end of the That’ all for now, say hellos if you see us “When officers pull up to the station at the end an open-enrollment public charter school, that island. Around The Island. of their shift the video from their body cameras is not a cost Seashore can afford to take on. and the data from their onboard computers are Seashore Learning Center and Seashore Construction cont. from A1 automatically down loaded. That takes a lot of Middle Academy (the middle school campus) bandwidth.” receive 20% less funding from state and The Bravo District commander told the crowd federal resources (about $1,800 less per student that the number of police calls on Padre Island annually) than regular ISDs like Flour Bluff. dropped by “about five to ten percent” in 2019 As such, Seashore operates on a much smaller and encouraged Island residents to report budget, and it’s up to the Island Foundation, the all incidents to the department so that the 501(c)3 nonprofit which owns and operates all numbers can be used to allocate police time. three Seashore schools, to make up the deficit. He also encouraged Island residents to join the Neighborhood Watch program which has been in place for eighteen years but often inactive.

Barges before the work to remove them began The Tuesday meeting, which came during a break in the monthly meeting of the Island Strategic Action Committee, was the second The shallow pass between San Jose and called for and attended by council members Mustang Island in the days before dredging Paulette Guajardo and Greg Smith this week, caused many shipwrecks and in 1834 two the first being Thursday morning at Waves vessels bringing Irish colonists to the Power Resort which was attended by about thirty and Hewetson Colony on the mainland went Island residents. aground there. While waiting for transport to the mainland 250 of the colonists died in a cholera Today, Seashore serves over 500 students from epidemic. Soon after the Texas Revolution North Padre Island, Mustang Island, Flour several families of cattlemen and seafarers Bluff, and NAS Corpus Christi. And it’s doing established homes on San Jose everything it can to keep them safe. In May of 1863 A Confederate Company Thanks to several years of work and under the command of Captain Edwin E. dedication on behalf of the charter schools by Hobby attacked the Union post on San Jose Representatives Todd Hunter and Matt Krause, Island which was then used to store captured Senator Eddie Lucio, and former Seashore Confederate cotton and secured it for the Charter Schools Superintendent Colleen remainder of the war. McIntyre, Texas House Bill 3871 was passed Into private hands and became effective on September 1, 2019. The Island’s Town Hall meeting at Holiday Inn Express on Texas HB3871 amended Section 545.355(b) history was much Tuesday. of the Transportation Code to include open- tamer after that and enrollment charter schools in the list of in 1936 oil magnate Also attending the Tuesday meeting were educational institutions eligible for a county- Sid Richardson Nueces County Sheriff and former Island police declared speed limit reduction for a section of bought it for less officer John “Chris” Hooper, and Precinct 4 county road or highway within 500 feet of the than $30,000. The Constable Bobby Sherwood who said the role school. The speed limit may be no lower than well-worn shot of of the constables’ office on The Island is to 20 mph. support the police department. President Franklin Work on the Aruba Bay condominiums is Section 545.357 of the Transportation Code Roosevelt holding moving quickly on the east side of Lake Padre. Smith said that the city council has put a plan was also amended, granting open-enrollment up two fingers It includes one, two, and three bedroom condos in place to add police officers in each of the next charter schools like Seashore the legal right to while riding in a and boat slips. five years. petition the City of Corpus Christi to conduct boat was taken “We went twenty years without adding any an Engineering and Traffic Investigation of the when he came to roads in and around their campuses. visit Richardson new officers,” Smith said. “This year we added at San Jose. eight new officers above the attrition rate and Landing strip on San we will add five in each of the next five years.” Jose Island. Richardson and his partner Clint He said about twenty officers retire each year Murchison who and the department answers about 300,000 calls had made their fortunes in the oil business, and per year citywide, a number which is expected according to a family history commissioned by to increase quickly with a population increase Perry Bass, whose family interests now own of 10,000 over the next ten years on the city’s San Jose, Bass was commissioned immediately south side alone. after World War II to design a house for Richardson on the island. According to the Guajardo also answered a question from the book Bass came up with the idea of making the audience concerning the homeless population house from shellcrete and that house still stands in Flour Bluff. In a special board meeting on September on the island today. “We are currently working with the 26th, 2019, the Island Foundation Board of organizations that are in daily contact with the Directors discussed and voted to approve homeless population there to find out exactly a formal petition for the City of Corpus who they are,” she said. “We are doing a survey Christi to conduct an Engineering and Traffic because right now we don’t know exactly who Investigation at our Seashore Learning Center were are dealing with.” campus with the intent that the speed limit be reduced and/or a school zone be installed on She said early indications are that about 80 that portion of S.P.I.D. (Park Road 22). That percent of the homeless population has mental same week, the petition -- as well as a request illness or drug issues and the police department for notification of the date for the hearing on the has two full-time officers assigned to do petition -- was sent to several key city officials, outreach to the homeless population. including Mayor Joe McComb, City Manager Peter Zaconi, and Councilmembers Greg Smith, Longhorn cattle on San Jose prior to The walls are going up quickly at the new Hurricane Harvey. Paulette Guajardo, Michael Hunter, and Rudy strip center on SPID which will be the home Garza. of the IGA grocery store and the HardKnocks Richardson also realized that San Jose was Sports Bar & Grill. To date the city has made no response to the well suited for cattle raising and bought 100 Island Foundation regarding either the petition Santa Gertrudis bulls from the King Ranch and for the Engineering and Traffic Investigation or began a cattle operation on the island’s 33,000 the request to be notified of a hearing date on acres. One of the bulls, Mr. Sid’s Ditto, won our petition. seven grand championships by the time it was Interested in supporting the Island Foundation two years old in Fort Worth, San Antonio, and and Seashore Charter Schools? Join them at Houston, all in the same year. their annual Whoop It Up – Roaring ‘20s Bash on Saturday, April 18th at Waves Resort! For more info, visit @IslandFoundationCCTX on Facebook.

The shellcrete house on San Jose before Hurricane Harvey.

Richardson then began raising Texas Longhorns and engaged famed Texas historian J. Frank Dobie to help him select stock to begin his herd. They chose a group of longhorns Send Letters and Photos to from East Texas because they were the closest [email protected] to the original longhorns that roamed freely and follow us on Facebook: The on the Texas plains. The descendants of those Island Moon Newspaper longhorns can be seen on San Jose Island today.

Trust The new home of Cycle Plaza near the corner of Whitecap and SPID is expected to be open Padre Island and Port Aransas’ Oldest Island Based Pest Control Company. this week.

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By Ralph Coker The 3-5 year strategic plan projects annual of the channel is said to be between 54,000 sales revenue, cost of goods sold, expenses Q. How important are financial statements and 120,000 cubic yards short of what would and profits. Its major benefit is in trying Michael J. Ellis Beach is in the in managing my business? best shape ever. be needed. But from what I can see there isn’t to anticipate major changes in business much need for that. The city beach crews have A. Extremely. Financial statements measure conditions that will impact the business either the beach there in the best shape I have ever the success of your business. Without them positively or negatively, so that you can plan follow suit in Texas. seen it. It is wider now that it was right after the you don't know how well or bad the business for those changes. It ended up on a ballot and was voted down original dredging of the channel. Before then it is doing until the cash runs out and then it's Another valuable financial statement is soundly across the city, The Island voted in favor was barely twenty feet wide but now it is well too late. Occasionally, at SCORE we have the monthly cash flow statement. Prepare a but barely, and even today the issue is always just beyond the 150-foot GLO limit in most places. clients call for help whose business is about to projected cash flow statement annually for below the surface waiting for some luckless soul go bankrupt. Unfortunately, at that late point, Beach managers told ISAC members Tuesday each 12 months showing cash revenue and to try it again. As part of that vote any closing it's usually too late to help. Good financial that there were 191,589 beach parking permits cash disbursements. Have your bookkeeper of the beach to traffic now requires a vote by the statements would have predicted bankruptcy sold in 2019 from Port Aransas south to the produce actual monthly cash revenue public and in fact, in 2008 if memory serves, a in advance when corrective actions could Corpus Christi City Limits, an increase of over and disbursements and compare it to the second vote was taken in which a proposal was have been taken to avoid it. Another valuable 20,000 from 2018. They also said there were projections. Having cash on hand or credit approved to take traffic off the beach in front of use of financial statements is that they help 291 jellyfish stings in 2019. available to pay bills as they come due is the seawall. This was just after Packery Channel you improve the business's profitability. critical. Businesses go bankrupt when there's was dredged and the beach there was newly wide As things now stand the bollards limiting beach Without financial measurement, you never no cash or credit to pay bills. If you think and the seawall parking lot was already in place. traffic are moved periodically as the beach ebbs know what strategies work and what doesn't. you might need credit at some point during We published a photo of a truck driving through and flows. That seems like a much better system You want to continue what works and drop the year, get it early while the business is still a volleyball net while the players looked on. than shirts-off-in-the-parking-lot fights over what doesn't add to the bottom line. thriving. You can't get it when the business is The move was approved but when it got to an cars on the beach. Basic financial statements include an annual out of cash and desperate. ad hoc committee of Islanders– this was before And so it goes. 12- month budget and a 3-5 year strategic we had the Island Strategic Action Committee Monitor your gross margin as compared to plan. The annual budget projects the sales your industry. Gross margin is sales revenue revenue, cost of goods sold, expenses and less cost of goods sold. If your gross margin profit for each month of the year. Your How Did You Get Here? is 30 percent and the industry average is 40 bookkeeper should calculate the actual sales percent, you have a serious problem. That Editor’s note: Since no one was actually born As full-timers, we had our first workkamper job revenue, cost of goods sold, expenses and means either your prices are too low or you on Padre Island we run stories about how in Palmer, Alaska, returning to the lower forty- profit for each month and compare it to the are paying too much for your merchandise if Islanders arrived here as fast as they could. If eight where we continued the workkamping budget to show whether the business is on you are a retailer, or your raw material if you you have an arrival story to tell please sent it life. For the next ten years, we spent summers track. Look for the causes and try to correct are a manufacturer or processor. along. This week we hear from Bruce and Kris in cooler climes; PA, MI, WI, OR, working as if it is not. Without a comparison between Rohnstock. cooks or office/cleaning staff, in return for free projected and actual, you could be months too Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE which golf and a campsite. Winters found us on the late realizing you have a problem. For new provides free help, consulting and mentoring Bruce and Kris Rohnstock Florida or Texas coasts, eventually becoming start up businesses, it's especially difficult to small businesses and nonprofits I spent thirty years in the Air Force (25 regulars in Corpus Christi. to project realistic monthly sales revenue. accompanied by my wife). We had many That's the reason many new businesses fail. In 2010 my wife announced that we couldn’t assignments, stateside and overseas. I retired do it forever and that she wasn’t going to end in December of 1995 and we spent most of up as an 86 year-old widow living in some 1996 travelling the country looking for a place sleazy trailer park in a broken down RV with to run a B&B. 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Dotson’s Note: The first use of television to to impart a new sense of confidence for the cover a political event occurred in 1940 on an struggling nation, declaring that “the only thing experimental basis when NBC broadcast filmed we have to fear is fear itself.” During its first reports from the Republican convention, but several months, famously labeled “The Hundred television had to wait to displace radio as a Days,” Roosevelt’s administration presented a primary medium for political communication broad array of measures to Congress aimed at until after World War II. By 1952, the jumpstarting America’s economic recovery– displacement process was well under way these would become the building blocks of his in the US and other industrialized states. revolutionary New Deal. One of his earliest Thanks to history.com editors and the Museum actions as president was to declare a “bank of American Heritage for many of the facts holiday,” or a period during which all banks contained in this report. Also thanks to James would be closed until they were determined to “Brad” Bradley, for the photos. be solvent through federal inspection. President Harding Installed a Radio in Addressing the Public the White House In combination with the bank holiday, Roosevelt called on Congress to come up with new emergency banking legislation to further aid the ailing financial institutions of America. On March 12, 1933, he took one more important step, delivering a relatively informal address on the banking crisis that would be broadcast Members of The Padre Island Business Association held a ribbon cutting over the radio. In that first speech, Roosevelt at the new Island’s Edge Salon. praised the “fortitude and good temper, with which everybody accepted the hardships of the banking holiday.” The holiday, as well as the radio address, seemed to have the intended effect: When the banks opened again, the panicked “bank runs” that people had feared did not materialize, showing that public confidence had been restored in some measure. During the 1930s, well before the advent of television, some 90 percent of American households owned a radio. Seeing the potential Calvin Coolidge of mass media to communicate directly and intimately with the public, Roosevelt would February 8, 1922, was a big day at the White give around 30 total radio addresses from House. On this day President Harding had a March 1933 to June 1944. The topics he spoke Ten years ago this month Mary and A.J. met a radio installed. At the time, radio was the hottest about ranged from domestic issues such as the Ten years ago this month CCPD was hiring. real Moon Monkey. technology there was, and the White House was economic policies of the New Deal, drought and on the cutting edge. Almost two years later, unemployment, to Europe’s battle with fascism Calvin Coolidge, who followed Harding, was and American military progress in Europe and the first president to broadcast from the White in the Pacific during World War II. House. Coolidge's address for Washington's Birthday was heard on 42 stations from coast By the Fireside to coast. Before that historic broadcast, radio had played a big role in Coolidge’s victory in the 1924 presidential election. The night before the election, Coolidge made history when the largest radio audience ever tuned in to the broadcast of his final campaign speech. Coolidge won the election easily, and in March, Americans listened for the first time to their president take the oath of office on the radio. First Fireside Chat Back in the 1920s, radio was in what is now called its "golden age." Broadcasting was more Roosevelt was not actually sitting beside a than a business or a job, it was considered to fireplace when he delivered the speeches, but be a very glamorous profession. Radio was a behind a microphone-covered desk in the White formal affair; announcers dressed up for work House. Reporter Harry Butcher of CBS coined in tuxedos and evening gowns, even if there the term “fireside chat” in a press release before was no studio audience. Many local stations one of Roosevelt’s speeches on May 7, 1933. had a staff orchestra, and some had their own The name stuck, as it perfectly evoked the dramatic groups. Each station had its own group comforting intent behind Roosevelt’s words, Ten years ago this week we had a fish kill in the canals. of fans who tuned in each week to listen to their as well as their informal, conversational tone. favorite programs. Radio was at its peak then, Roosevelt took care to use the simplest possible and its influence is much like that of TV or the language, concrete examples and analogies in Internet or radio talk shows today. the fireside chats, so as to be clearly understood The Fireside Chats by the largest number of Americans. He began many of the nighttime chats with the greeting “My friends,” and referred to himself as “I” and the American people as “you” as if addressing his listeners directly and personally. In many of the speeches, Roosevelt invoked memories of the Founding Fathers and Abraham Lincoln, or other inspirational figures from America’s past. “The Star Spangled Banner” was played after each chat ended, underlining that patriotic message. Finally, the president appealed President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who took to God or Providence at the end of almost office in early 1933, would become the only every speech, urging the American people to president in American history to be elected to face the difficult tasks ahead with patience, four consecutive terms. He would lead his nation understanding and faith. Through depression through two of the greatest crises in its history, and war, the reassuring nature of the fireside the Great Depression of the 1930s and most chats boosted the public’s confidence (and of World War II. This exponentially expanded Roosevelt’s approval rates) and undoubtedly the role of the federal government through his contributed to his unprecedented number of New Deal reform program and its legacy. From election wins. March 1933 to June 1944, Roosevelt addressed Dotson’s Other Note: I believe many of you the American people in some 30 speeches Moon Monkeys now listen to the radio for your broadcast via radio, speaking on a variety latest news and entertainment. Some of you may of topics from banking to unemployment to not be tuned in, so if you would like to know fighting fascism in Europe. Millions of people where and what, please contact me. I can be found comfort and renewed confidence in these reached at: [email protected] and/or Land speeches, which became known as the “fireside Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell, call or text: 530- chats.” 748-8475. I really appreciate the phone calls, Did you know? Though he worked with Emails, texts and conversations about Senior speechwriters, Roosevelt took an active role Moments. in creating the chats, dictating early drafts and Please note: The next Veterans Round Table reading aloud revisions until he had almost Meeting will be Tuesday, February 10, 2020; memorized the text. He was said to be fond of 8:30-11 a.m., 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, ad-libbing, explaining why official versions of their families and anyone interested in his speeches often vary from the actual recorded veterans’ affairs, are invited. Coffee & donuts version. are provided. Hope to see you there. Also our By the time Roosevelt took office in early Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on March 1933, the Great Depression had spread KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 a.m., Saturdays. The across the globe, and America’s economy next show will air February 8, 2020. Please had declined to desperate levels, with banks listen and call in. 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Island Resident Who Rescues Hundreds of Homeless Pets A Year Without Transport Vehicle after Crash For two years Island resident Sam Mullin and his organization, Shelter-A-Mutt, has driven hundreds of homeless pets in the area to forever homes in northern states. After a crash on a snowy Iowa freeway, the 2018 Ford Transit Van belonging to Shelter-A-Mutt was totaled, leaving literally hundreds of homeless Coastal Bend pets without a ride to safety.

Brielle, rescued and transported from a Nueces County shelter by Shelter-A-Mutt now living her best life in Colorado. – and the animals who depend on it– find themselves stranded. Sam Mullin, Island resident, founder and Van down. president of Shelter A Mutt is enormously grateful that the drivers weren’t injured but the The van, which was returning from bringing loss of the vehicle is catastrophic. “South Texas adoptable pets to a shelter in Iowa, flipped and has a huge homeless animal crisis” says Mullin, fell on its side evading an aggressive driver. “there aren’t enough homes down here for all the While both the rescue’s staff were safe and animals that find themselves in shelters. There the dogs were already offloaded, it’s still a are plenty of good homes up north waiting for devastating blow to one of the few lifelines for them but losing the van makes it impossible for the area’s unwanted dogs. us to bridge that gap – and means more lives will be lost.” Dogs like Joelle and Joe, both out of time at Corpus area shelters, who not only found new Insurance will cover some of the loss of life- Feeding time at the Texas Sealife Center. homes in Colorado, but also found safe transport saving vehicle but it won’t replace it. Which These guys hit the salad bar the Texas Sealife to them in that Shelter-A-Mutt van. leaves Shelter A Mutt, and dozens of pets Center this week.The turtles in the tank awaiting their life-saving ride, stalled. As the are Kemps Ridley turtles undergoing rehab organization struggles to raise the $3,000 needed before being released. The center is holding a to replace the vehicle the rescue is hoping that fundraiser at the Lorelei Brewing Company in the community – and maybe even a local car Flour Bluff on Saturday, March 28 which we dealership – will step in to help. If you’d like be followed by a turtle release the next day at to help, please go to shelteramutt.inc@gmail. Mile Marker 216 along the Michael J. Ellis com, donations are being accepted on their Seawall. Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ shelteramutt.inc/

Joe, out of time at a Corpus area shelter, found a loving new home in Colorado and transport there through Shelter-A-Mutt.

Shelter-A-Mutt has worked with overcrowded animal shelters in Nueces County and nearby areas to transport homeless pets to safe homes in the north. Before the demise of the van, it had sent hundreds of hopeful dogs and cats on freedom rides to new lives in New York, Iowa, Colorado, Wisconsin, and dozens of other states where adoptable dogs are in high demand. Sam Mullin of Shelter-A-Mutt. Without the van, this island rescue organization Valentine’s Menu Valentine’s Day Menus will be served Friday and Saturday Early Voting February 18th—28th **Election Day March 3, 2020** $90.00 per couple Appetizer choice (Select 1 to share) • Lobster & Shrimp Quesadilla Monty Allen • Spinach & Artichoke Dip • Calamari Constable Pct 4 Entree choice (1 entree for each person) IT’S TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH • 12 oz. Prime Rib – garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed green beans Dessert choice TO ISLAND SAFETY! • Blackened Redfish – lemon beurre blanc sauce, dirty rice, (Select 1 to share) sauteed green beans • Salted Caramel Crème Brulee • Pork Osso Bucco – garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed 20+YEARS OF EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST green beans • Brownie Bottom Pie-Gluten Free • Blue Corn Crusted Chicken with Chipotle Honey • Bread Pudding Ala Mode with caramel glaze– garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed green beans • Black Magic Cake • 12 oz New York Strip with caramelized onions, mashed DEDICATED PADRE ISLAND PATROL potatoes and green beans • Panko Crusted Flounder- Poblano cream sauce, wild rice, sauteed green beans SCHOOL ZONE PATROL & ENFORCEMENT Make your reservations today reserve by phone, email or visit our website don’t wait until the last day... (210) 272-9973 theangrymarlin.com TRANSPARENT, ORGANIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT 15605 South Padre Island Dr. Corpus Christi, TX AN ISLAND RESIDENT WHO CARES THE RIGHT CHOICE ABOUT FOR PADRE ISLAND RESIDENTS www.YourIslandConstable.com Valentine’s Menu THIS IS A POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR BY THE MONTY ALLEN CAMPAIGN Valentine’s Day Menus will be served Friday and Saturday

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When telling his that time, but also the Hall of Fame basketball America these days, when the Kansas City story, you will hear the word love far more player who’s likeness is used as the logo for the Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers faced off in the When the AFL struck a deal in 1966 to than the word basketball. Exceptional people NBA. It’s safe to say West knows a thing or Super Bowl last Sunday, there were billionaires merge with the NFL, Hunt helped drive the separate from others very early on. There’s a two about basketball players and their potential. involved. The Miami Dolphins owner Stephen negotiations. That season his Chiefs lost Super difference in what you do and who you are. Kobe’s agents were Arn Tellem and Todd Ross hosted this year’s game. Thanks to Bill Bowl I to the Green Bay Packers in what still That is the story of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year old Pelinka, current General Manager of the L. A. Morgan (former SWC SID) for many of the facts proved to be a legacy-defining game for Hunt, daughter Gianna and seven others. The sports Lakers. It was Arn who contacted Jerry West to and for the photos contained in this report, and since he was the one who coined the term landscape was altered on January 26, 2020. I take a look at a 17-year old high school kid with to Chase Peterson, for some of the facts. “Super Bowl,” inspired by the popular Super think it’s poignant that nine souls were set free mad basketball skills. West brought in former Ball toy his children had. “I have kiddingly in a helicopter crash near the City of Angels, Los L. A. Laker, Michael Cooper, a great defensive The Hunts and the DeBartolos called it the 'Super Bowl,'” he wrote to NFL Angeles, California. Others lost in the tragedy player, to guard Kobe in a workout. “After ten commissioner Pete Rozzelle, “which obviously were college baseball coach John Altobelli, his minutes, I stopped the workout,” said Jerry. can be improved.” wife Keri and their daughter Alyssa. Also lost “He was embarrassing Cooper.” On draft night, In 2005, Lamar passed the reins to his son, Clark were girls’ basketball coach, Christina Mauser, West traded L. A. Laker center, Vlade Divac, Hunt, who still oversees the team. Lamar’s heirs Sarah Chester, and her daughter Payton, who to the Charlotte Hornets for the rights to Kobe also own a minority stake in the Chicago Bulls, was Gianna’s teammate, and the helicopter Bryant. Then he set his sites on Shag O’Neal. the FC Dallas soccer team and SubTropolis, a pilot, Ara Zobayan. West then told O’Neal, “We have just drafted 6.5 million-square-foot underground business the best young player in the draft. Come play complex in Kansas City. All told, the Hunt for the Lakers.” Was he the best NBA player family fortune, which Forbes named the 16th- ever? I’ll say this; he was as good as anyone largest in America in 2016, is spread among who has ever played. The rest is history. dozens of people, though Lamar’s siblings Ray I was pleased when I heard that Kobe and Lee Hunt, who runs oil and gas conglomerate his daughter Gianna attended church and Hunt Consolidated, and William Herbert Hunt, participated in communion before getting on Hunt and DeBartolo who owns a Louisiana refinery and oil company that helicopter. I can’t help but feel that there’s Petro-Hunt, remain individual billionaires. a life message in his leaving us so soon. Maybe San Francisco 49ers, Owners DeBartolo/York the lesson is about loving one another regardless Oil heir Lamar Hunt, who died in 2006, and family, net worth $5.7 billion, source of wealth, of the circumstances. Take the time to see the his descendants, part of the $15.3 billion Hunt Shopping Malls. good in others. Understand that being different family, have owned the Chiefs for six decades. does not necessarily make us enemies. All we Denise DeBartolo York, and her family, worth The DeBartolos found fortune in shopping really ever have in this life is God and each some $5.7 billion, have owned the 49ers for malls. The son of Italian immigrants, Edward Kobe Bryant other. How dull would life be if we were all four decades. DeBartolo Sr., who died in 1994, got his start in alike? Kobe’s early death may very well bring his stepfather’s paving business at age 13. After Their fortunes come from two different I don’t have an emotional attachment to Kobe, attention to those of us who need to reach out to getting an engineering degree from Notre Dame industries (oil and shopping malls) and two never met him in person, but saw him play up- loved ones and people who are important to us; and serving in the Army Corps of Engineers different eras (the pre-WWII Texas Oil Boom close many times, especially in the NBA All- to mend those fences and forgive them if there during World War II, he launched the Edward J. and the post-WWII Baby Boom). But both Star Games. But, I do know something about have been issues. DeBartolo Corporation in 1944 to build homes clans have one thing in common, their obese being a father and a husband. That’s where the for returning vets. When the postwar boom hit Robin Roberts once asked Kobe, “What have wallets have been considerably fattened by real Kobe Bryant shined. Kobe was a rare coin. full stride, he realized suburbanites would need you learned in your 20 years in the league?” their NFL franchises, which have zoomed up Never afraid of change or evolving, he was retail outlets, so he built strip malls and, then, “Always keep going,” said Kobe. “No matter in value in recent years thanks to the league’s Showtime. Look for the NBA All-Star Game shopping malls. By the time he made the first- what happens, the storm eventually ends. Keep hefty TV contracts and a favorable labor deal format to change next week as a tribute to Kobe ever Forbes 400 list in 1982, DeBartolo Sr. was going.” with players. In 1977 the DeBartolos got in, Bryant. considered the largest mall builder in America, paying $13 million for a Niners franchise worth As a basketball fan, when you hear something having developed some 60 million square feet. So, when does an athlete become a legend? $3.5 billion now; the Hunts got in, investing a When he comes to symbolize something much like this your mind races and the memories of mere 25 grand in1960 to create a Chiefs team In 1977, he used $13 million of his profits to greater than himself? Kobe Bryant paid his watching him play come flooding back. Most now valued at $2.3 billion. buy the 49ers from the family of team founder dues. For years he worked hard and practiced of us had a front row seat for Kobe’s entire Tony Morabito. He gave the franchise to his career. Kobe wanted to be bigger than life in With investment returns like that, no matter his craft. And even after he became a star he son, Edward DeBartolo Jr., who quickly found every way. Just think about how many people what happened on Sunday, the billionaire had to fight off a new generation of players success with five Super Bowl wins between families behind the teams already have plenty like LeBron James and Dwyane Wade to stay 1982 and 1995 with star quarterbacks Joe of reason to celebrate, even if there is only room on top. The public grew to love Kobe and so Montana and Steve Young. did his peers. The true measure of a legend is Year purchased 1977, purchase price $13 not just when his friends, family, and teammates respect and love him, but when his adversaries million, current value $3.5 billion. do, too. There have been other athletes who In the late ’90s, a public corruption scandal have had the same qualities as Kobe Bryant, occurred involving the governor of Louisiana but they have fallen short of becoming living and a $400,000 bribe for a riverboat gambling legends. The truth is simple. There’s only one license. In 1998, DeBartolo Jr. pleaded guilty thing that can turn a star into a legend, you, the Kobe and Gianna to not reporting the bribe, which then-governor public. Kobe Bryant is an icon because you are Edwin Edwards demanded DeBartolo Jr. pay to reading this story right now. You saw his name Kansas City Chiefs Owners, the Hunt family, Kobe touched around the world with his words, Net worth, $15.3 billion. secure the license, and was given a $1 million at the top and wanted to know more. That is fine and two years of probation. As the scandal what made the Black Mamba an icon. his love, his actions and his competitive drive to be the best he could be whether he was on for one at the top. erupted, he handed the 49ers’ operations to his Kobe Bryant’s early death from a helicopter or off the court. The hardest story to write is sister, Denise DeBartolo York, and in 2001 sold crash was devastating, unexpected, and tragic. Rich Football Families Competed For the her his interest in the team. He took over many about a mother (Vanessa Laine Bryant) who He was so young, full of life and only 41 years lost her husband and daughter and has to bury Lombardi Trophy This Year of the family’s real estate assets. Denise and her old. Hundreds of people will come from near family, including son Jed York, has run the team them both. But, for now he will be remembered The Hunt family’s fortune traces back to oil and far to pay their respects. Friends, family since 2008. They still own 97% of the team, for one name, Kobe. Don’t frown because we wildcatter H.L. Hunt, who used poker winnings and business associates all wondered, why with the rest owned by the son of Silicon Valley lost Kobe Bryant, smile because of the time to buy untapped land, struck black gold in the Kobe? Most of all I was stunned, and then felt real estate billionaire John Sobrato and Bay he gave us, while he was here. In one of his 1930 East Texas Oil Boom and later spread helpless, angry, and hurt. None of us deserves Area moguls Mark Wan and Gideon Yu. last television interviews, Kobe said, “The his wealth to his 14 children. When Forbes to lose someone so special, yet we all do at most important thing is how your life touches published its inaugural Forbes 400 list of the The 49ers make up most of Denise York’s some time. Everything in life appears to be those around you and how it carries forward to richest Americans in 1982, eight years after estimated $3.2 billion fortune. Edward a lesson. I refuse to walk around angry, and the next generation.” Mission accomplished, H.L.’s death, 11 of his heirs made the list. Son DeBartolo Jr. still controls a major stake in maybe I finally now understand. We all rise by Kobe. Well said. Ray Lee Hunt followed him into oil and gas, publicly traded mall giant Simon Property lifting up others. There are things that we don’t as did sons Nelson Bunker Hunt, who died in Group, which merged with the DeBartolos’ want to happen, but have to accept. Things that I hope I don’t have to write another story like 2014, and William Herbert Hunt, who fell off shopping mall business in 1996, plus a Florida- we don’t want to know, but have to learn, and this for awhile. the rankings in the late 1980s after piles of debt based property development and investment people we can’t move on without, but have to Andy Purvis is a local author and radio and a failed attempt to corner the world’s silver firm that owns apartments, hotels and retail let go. We just have to keep living, moving personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. market left them bankrupt. Daughter Caroline and industrial space across America. Forbes forward, and accepting fate. He was a great com for all the latest info on his books or to Rose Hunt, meanwhile, founded and later sold estimates that he’s worth $2.5 billion, putting basketball player, a very likeable guy, a funny listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. Son Lamar Hunt the family’s combined wealth at about $5.7 guy, and a fine dad for his four daughters, who are available online and can be found in the turned his attention to sports instead. billion. remained rigid in his beliefs. If the Lakers were local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be the heartbeat of professional basketball, Kobe In the 1950s the NFL was beginning to cement Dotson’s Other Note: In 2016, DeBartolo contacted at [email protected]. Also Bryant was the life blood that ran though it. itself as a dominant force, and a young Lamar Jr. was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Hunt wanted in. The league would not approve Fame, which was, nearly 44 years to the day We have heard literally hundreds of stories Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. his plans to create a new team in Dallas. The after Lamar Hunt was given the same honor. from his teammates, opponents and friends com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of owners of Chicago Cardinals offered to sell Lucrative TV deals have helped push the value of the Houston Astros. him 20% of their team, but Hunt declined. He NFL franchises sky high in recent years, adding had a bolder vision, for a league of his own. So billions to the fortunes of team owners like the he corralled a group of eight fellow wannabe DeBartolos and Hunts. What did you think of the owners, who put in $25,000 each, and launched game, the commercials and hype? I would like the competing American Football League. His to hear from you. 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Throughout my different newsletters, I like to the festival, check out their website here: http:// pipoa.net In general, the ISAC focused on the Packery highlight different events that take place in the www.barefootmardigras.com/ Councilwoman Channel, its sand flow, and possible dredging. Coastal Bend. In this week’s article, I will be Port Aransas will also host a Mardi Gras Paulette Guajardo- The meeting was put into recess while the discussing two events, the Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade on February 25 at 5pm. The parade will Councilwoman Guajardo Police Chief, Sheriff, Constable, Councilman, Parade and Festival held on Padre Island, and start at the corner of Beach and Station in front held a town hall-style meeting on Thursday, Greg Smith, and Councilwoman, Paulette the Port Aransas Mardi Gras Parade. Barefoot of the Gaff Bar. For more information about January 30, at the Waves Resort. Councilman Guajardo, held a Town Hall regarding the Mardi Gras was founded as a fundraiser for Big the parade or more events happening in Port Greg Smith was also in attendance. There police functions on the Island. The Chief Brothers Big Sisters and has grown into a staple Aransas, visit: https://portaransas.org/ was a large and enthusiastic turnout at the said there would be no substation on the event for the Coastal Bend since 2015. Island because it is not economically viable meeting. I started the Question and Answer Barefoot Mardi Gras will continue on February If you have questions regarding any of the or practical. He went on to say; the Island session by advising Ms. Guajardo that three 7 with a Fat Friday Party at Mikel Mays at information mentioned in this week’s article, has two beats, which means we should always of the top issues PIPOA members have 6:30pm. Then, on February 12 will be an Art please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or have two officers on the Island. He stated that concerns about are police protection, street Contest and Reception at 5:30 pm. Later in the District Office. Please always feel free to this has not always been the case, but it is his maintenance, and city code enforcement. In month, a parade will be held on February 22 contact my office if you have any questions official policy going forward. general, the Councilpersons agreed that the starting at Whitecap Beach and ending at Balli or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if island could use more and better service in Billish Park- The park remains under Park. The Barefoot Mardi Gras parade will be you would like to contact my office regarding all three areas. The Councilpersons advised construction in the playground area. fun for the whole family, filled with different constituent services. My offices are available that the Police Department is in the process Hopefully, this project will be completed in parade floats that will make you feel like you at any time to assist with questions, concerns of rearranging their patrol districts. The new the near future with the modifications creating have stepped onto Bourbon Street with a taste or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; “BRAVO” district will only cover the Island more safety for the children. of the beach. Following the parade, there will District Office, 361-949-4603). and Flour Bluff. - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 Common Area Maintenance Fees (CAM)- be a Mardi Gras Festival all day, at Balli Park. I reiterated my request for a meeting with The billing statements have been mailed out. So, after you watch all the parade floats head on Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). Councilwoman Guajardo and the City Code Thank you for your prompt attention to the over to the festival for live music, food, drinks, He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. Enforcement officials. The Police Department payment of the fees. and even a kid’s fun zone! The festival will texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. is in charge of the City Code Enforcement also include a variety of artists, float displays, division. As a result of my pressing the issue, Annual Meeting- The annual PIPOA exhibitors. Finally, on February 25 there will Councilwoman Guajardo has arranged a meeting will be held on Saturday, March 14, be the King & Queens Ball at 7 pm at Waves PACT Seeking Texas meeting with myself, Executive Director, Jim 2020. The ballots will be mailed out within Resort. the next week. This year, for the first time, Smock, and the Code Enforcement officials. The Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade and Festival The purpose of the meeting will be to find you will be able to vote electronically. That Sandfest Volunteers is, your ballot will have instructions on how is a great way to enjoy the Coastal Bend with common ground and create a working plan a truly unique experience. We are excited to for the City and the PIPOA to coordinate to go online and vote without having to mail Volunteer Meeting on efforts to keep our Island beautiful. back the ballot. Please take advantage of this. Battleship TEXAS February 16th By Brent Rourk Free Lecture Series League of Women Foundation Now Sandfest is considered to be one of the biggest events in the Coastal Bend each year, drawing Accepting Proposals tens of thousands of people who enjoy dozens Each Thursday Voters Candidate of incredible sand sculptures as well as the The University of Texas Marine Science hospitality of Port Aransas and its beautiful Institute hosts a free public lecture series every Forum Thursday, for Battleship beaches. This year will be no different and in winter. This year, lectures are every Thursday in anticipation of large crowds attending this festive February. They begin at 7:00 p.m. and the doors February 13 TEXAS’s New event April 17-19, Port Aransas Community open at 6:30 p.m.. They are held at Pioneer Theatre (PACT) is seeking volunteers to help A Candidates Forum is scheduled Thursday Beach Resort, 120 Gulfwind Drive, Hwy 361, make the event run efficiently. Port Aransas evening, February 13, 2020, featuring candidates Home on the March 3 Primary Ballot who are seeking PACT has been a prime beneficiary of Sandfest, February 6 - Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico: election and are unopposed. Sponsored by the using the funds to help operate the theatre, one Real Time Tracking of Marine Apex League of Women Voters-Corpus Christi, the of the most successful community theatres in Predators Candidates Forum will be held from 6 p.m. South Texas. Volunteers are key to the success Dr. Kesley Gibson, Harte Institute, Texas to 9:15 p.m. in Council Chambers at Corpus of Sandfest as well as PACT, helping both run A&M University Corpus Christi Christi City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street. smoothly for many years. February 13 - The Good, the Bad & the The forum is open to the public at no charge. Algae: Ciguatera fish poisoning Audience members will include community members, family and friends of the candidates, Dr. Deana Erdner, The University of Texas students, campaign supporters, and others who Marine Science Institute want to hear what candidates have to say before February 20 - The Road Less Traveled: Early Voting begins on Tuesday, February 18. Battleship Texas, 1969 Birding in Northern Peru Invited to participate in the Thursday, February Scott Holt, Retired Researcher from the 13, forum are 19 candidates facing opposition The Battleship TEXAS Foundation (BTF) is University of Texas Marine Science in the following races: now accepting proposals for the selection of Institute • US Representative, District 27 a home port for the Battleship TEXAS after February 27 - Climate Change: How it’s (Democratic Primary, 2 candidates) it returns from major repairs. The request for Affecting Research in the Arctic and Gulf of proposal (RFP) opened January 21. • District Judge, 347th Judicial District Mexico (Republican Primary, 2 candidates) After the proposals have been submitted, the Special panel of experts: BTF will conduct a fair and extensive evaluation • District Attorney, 105th Judicial District and select the location best suited to the future Melissa Huffman, National Weather Service (Republican Primary, 2 candidates) needs of the Battleship TEXAS. Anyone Texas Sandfest presents a time for you to come and enjoy an afternoon with friends and neighbors. Dr. Christina Bonsell, The University of Texas • Nueces County Attorney (Democratic wishing to submit a proposal must contact the

Marine Science Institute Primary, 2 candidates) BTF through [email protected] to request the RFP package. You as a volunteer are the backbone of making Dr. Andrew Esbaugh, The University of Texas • Nueces County Commissioners Court, Texas Sandfest the successful event that is has Currently, the BTF and the Texas Parks and Marine Science Institute Precinct 3 (Democratic Primary, 2 been for many years. Volunteers are not paid, Wildlife Department (TPWD) are preparing candidates) not because they are worthless, but because they Call Sara Pelleteri at (361)774-1785 for the ship for transportation to a shipyard. There, are PRICELESS. additional information, questions, and disability • Nueces County Constable, Precinct 1 repairs will include replacement of the hull accommodations. (Democratic Primary, 2 candidates) from the waterline down and new paint, along It is time to ‘Meet & Greet’ Sandfest’s new • Nueces County Constable, Precinct 2 with other necessary improvements. Volunteer Coordinator Tim Parke. Tim has been brainstorming new ideas, not only to make (Republican Primary, 4 candidates) The ship is tentatively scheduled to depart Sandfest the best memory you will have, but Valentine’s Day her current berth between April-August 2020 • Nueces County Constable, Precinct 4 also to give you a chance to ask questions and and be in the shipyard for a period of about (Republican Primary, 3 candidates) to have meaningful input as a volunteer. He will With PIE twelve-months. Once the battleship leaves the Candidates will be seated on the Council be looking for Team Leaders and explaining Hearts and flowers shipyard, the ship should be arriving in its new dais and provided an opportunity to share the new volunteer signup program available at will abound, Friday berth around August 2021. Following a period information with the public with an opening Texas Sandfest’s website; www.texassandfest. noon, February 14th-- to prepare the ship for reopening, the plan is to statement, responses to questions posed by the org for the PIE Valentine’s have it receiving visitors by early 2022. League and those seated in the audience, and a PACT invites anyone who has volunteered or is Day Luncheon at The BTF is a nonprofit foundation that was closing statement. Forum moderators will be interested in more information on volunteering Waves Resort, 11:30 founded in 1999. Its mission is to preserve and Paula Breighton, the League’s Vice President to attend the volunteer meeting on Sunday, a.m. enhance the Battleship TEXAS and develop this of Voter Services, and Kathryn Oler, chair of February 16th from 2-4 PM at the Port Aransas historic ship into a premier museum and visitor PIE ladies and their the electronic VOTE 411 voters guide. League ART Center, 104 N. Alister Street in Port attraction. In 2019 the BTF and TPWD entered guests are encouraged President Anne Stewart will bring the welcome. Aransas. They will have beverages, finger food, to dress in red, and have a fun, romantic a 99-year memorandum of understanding/lease “Before the Candidates Forum gets underway,” and door prizes. Mark the date and grab a friend Luncheon, with Padre Island Celebrity Singer, with TPWD whereby the BTF would operate Breighton said, “we will recognize the almost or two. Volunteer and become one of the people George Reed singing Dean Martin style love and maintain the Battleship TEXAS for TPWD 30 candidates who are not facing opposition in that make Sandfest one of the most exciting songs, accompanied by his partner, Flo Pena and and the State of Texas. their respective Primaries.” events in Texas! The Board of Texas Sandfest his Karoke machine. 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Someone who is in a hurry to get By Kelley Shannon Closed-door meetings are for deliberations only, and only for certain subjects. The Texas can be a lonely time for some, which prompts off the dating site and wants to move Whatever our political Open Meetings Act allows a governing body many to turn to the internet in search of that the relationship along quickly may have views, certainly we can agree to meet in a closed or “executive” session in special someone. Online dating has helped suspect motives. Never wanting to meet we have the right to know how government is some cases, such as to consult an attorney for many find their forever partner, but it can also and hard-luck stories of sick relatives or conducting business. How are taxpayer dollars legitimate legal questions or to discuss the be a vehicle to help scammers find their targets. financial troubles are also signs of a scam. spent? Who is influencing decisions? purchase of property. Public officials can only Romance scams can be very tricky, because • Don’t send money to strangers. Even if Access to information allows us to speak up and deliberate behind closed doors. Any vote or the scammers take time to create a relationship they have a really sad story, refrain from hold public officials accountable, while a lack of final action must happen in public. with the victim. Sometimes this can mean sending money to someone you haven’t transparency diminishes trust in government. weeks – or even month -- of communication. met in person. This includes sharing your A ‘walking quorum’ is a no-no. A quorum These scammers create profiles with fake credit card information with someone so The Texas Public Information Act and Texas of a governmental body discussing official names and stolen pictures, then reach out to they may purchase a plane ticket to see Open Meetings Act are the state’s main open business is supposed to occur in a posted public their targets over social media, email or dating you. If someone starts asking for your government laws. Based on recent frequently meeting. Members of a governing board cannot apps. They gain their target’s trust, quickly personal or financial information, it is asked questions about these laws, here are a few knowingly have one-on-one conversations develop a relationship, and eventually ask best to cut off contact. important reminders: about public business – whether talking, emailing or texting – when it is part of a series for money, often claiming to have a sudden • Ask specific questions. Take a good Requested information must be provided emergency or wanting to use the money to promptly. That means as soon as possible of private communications that will ultimately look at the profile and ask them specific constitute a quorum. This deliberate behavior, travel to the victim. questions about the details you see. A and without delay. It’s a misconception that a governmental body, once it receives a written known as a “walking quorum,” is banned, and Tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars scammer may not be paying attention to the Legislature clarified that again in 2019. have been claimed in loss to romance scams, the small details and could stumble when request for information, can wait up to 10 days to make the records available. Ten business days Texas law does allow discussion of business and victims can be left heartbroken and in answering or trying to make their story fit. outside of a public meeting through a publicly financial straits. Use these tips from your is the deadline under the Public Information Act • Do your research. A common tactic of for the governmental entity to ask for a Texas viewable online message board. Better Business Bureau to keep yourself safe scammers is to steal photos from the from romance scams as you look for love this attorney general ruling if it is attempting to The public can comment at meetings. Under internet. If you are suspicious of someone withhold information. a law that took effect in September 2019, Valentine’s Day: you are chatting with, try using reverse Records requests can be made in multiple ways. governing bodies must allow members of the • Know the signs. Staying educated on image search with their photo and see public wishing to speak on an issue on the the red flags of a romance scam can help what results come up. Some government offices these days insist that requestors use a specific online form when agenda of an open meeting to do so before or making a public records request. Wrong! Using when it’s considered. Reasonable rules can Why No Birds? an online form is optional. Written requests be adopted limiting the total amount of time Martin Hagne may also be made via email, regular or certified a member of the public may address the body We have been asked here at the certain species right now. They are still north mail or hand delivery. If you wish to email your on an item. Officials cannot prohibit the person Gulf Coast Bird Observatory of us, not needing to travel farther this year. request and can’t find the appropriate address from criticizing the governing body or its acts, policies or services. quite often this winter, by folks Birds that we see every winter such as Orange- on a government’s website, call and ask for it. up and down the Upper Texas crowned Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers Note: If a government office designates a single These and other topics will be addressed in a Coast and inland… where are the winter birds? are more of regular winter migrants. They move email address for records requests, then emailed series of open government seminars the non- Folks are missing seeing their American Robins, south each year when the number of hours of requests must be sent there. profit Freedom of Information Foundation of American Goldfinches, Cedar Waxwings, and daylight triggers the urge to move south. But Searchable-sortable Information should be Texas is participating in this year with the Texas other bird species that often (normally) spend even some of those species may not make it all Attorney General’s Office. The first seminar the winter with us. made available. Electronic information shall be the way down to us each year in the same big provided in the format a requestor prefers if it will be Feb. 25 in Corpus Christi, hosted by numbers. We always have some of these birds, is stored that way and can be provided in that state Rep. Todd Hunter. but in some mild winters maybe not as many, as format at no greater expense or time, the attorney Let’s take every opportunity in 2020 to improve they stopped short of us a bit. Why expend all general’s office has stated. So, if government knowledge of Texas’ transparency laws. That, that energy and take the risk of traveling further data is stored in a searchable and sortable in turn, can lead to more effective government. when one doesn’t need to? electronic spreadsheet and it’s requested in that Kelley Shannon is executive director of the Bird species such as Snow Geese seem to be format, it should be provided as a spreadsheet rather than as a PDF, which can be less useful non-profit Freedom of Information Foundation shifting their migration pattern altogether. The of Texas. For more information about the warmer winters, on average, are keeping them when looking at numbers and large amounts of information. foundation and regional open government further and further north, even though there are seminars go to www.foift.org. severe winter storms that effect their migration as well. This is not a good development as they are outcompeting themselves for food in those American-Goldfinch habitats and, at times, starving to death. Many of the “missing” birds are called an In general we do have less birds than we did irruptive species. They are not true winter before. About 30% less since 1970, actually. migrants in the sense that each year they always That is a huge decrease in bird numbers in such migrate south at the same time or to the same a short time! And it is noticeable, especially location. Irruptive species do “migrate” but only in some bird species. The reasons are many, when and where they need to. Their migration including habitat loss and development that (or lack thereof) depends on the weather and have threatened birds for some time, but it is the food source. If it is a mild year up north also due to such things as birds hitting cars, and food is in ample supply, they stay put. Or windows, cell towers, sky scrapers in huge they migrate east and west instead, in search of numbers… by the millions each year. Outdoor food if it’s mild there, or just move south a short house and feral cats also claim millions of birds distance where they can find a good supply of each year in the US alone! It’s not easy to be a food. The name irruptive species comes from bird! They need all the help we can give. those years when they irrupt in big numbers into Martin Hagne is the Executive Director of the a different area for winter. Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. The GCBO is a I can attest to this, as I recently lead a birding non-profit organization dedicated to saving the trip to Duluth, MN. They still have American birds and their habitats along the entire Gulf Goldfinches there now, which they never do in Coast, and beyond into their Central and South winter! This explains why we are not seeing America wintering grounds. Valentine’s Day: Financial Protection Can Be a Great Valentine’s Day Gift On Valentine’s Day, you can give your spouse burden on your spouse or partner. In fact, or life partner a traditional gift such as candy the average cost for a private room in a Correction! or flowers. But once you’ve done that, why not nursing home is about $100,000 per year, think about something that can provide longer- while a home health aide costs about In the last issue we identified these condominiums in Port Aransas as the Dunes, lasting benefits for your loved one? Specifically, $50,000 per year, according to Genworth, that is incorrect they are the Sand Castle Condominiums which are under repair and think about ways to provide a lifetime of an insurance company. And Medicare reconstruction due to damage from Hurricane Harvey. financial protection. typically pays only a small percentage of these expenses. To protect your spouse You can do this in several ways, including: or partner – not to mention your grown • Protection while you’re alive – As you children – from possibly having to deal know, it’s usually necessary for both with these costs, you might consider partners or spouses to work to maintain purchasing long-term care insurance. a household – so if your income were As an alternative, you could purchase to disappear, even temporarily, it could a “hybrid” policy that combines long- present a big problem. Your current term care benefits with those offered by a employer could offer disability income traditional life insurance policy. So, if you insurance as an employee benefit, but it never needed long-term care, your policy might not be enough for your needs, so would pay a death benefit to your spouse you may want to consider purchasing your or partner or another beneficiary you’ve own policy. Keep in mind, though, that named. disability coverage typically only lasts for • Protection when you’re gone – If you a few years, and, in any case, probably were to pass away, would your spouse won’t completely replace your income. or partner have the financial resources Consequently, it’s a good idea to build up to continue the same lifestyle, pay the your financial resources in other ways, so mortgage or, if you have children, provide contribute as much as you can afford to for their education? If the answer is no, your 401(k) and IRA during your working then you need to maintain adequate life years. If you do become disabled, it may insurance. How much is enough? There’s be possible for you to tap into these funds no one right answer for everyone. You without incurring a tax penalty, though might hear that you need a death benefit regular taxes may still be due. that’s worth seven or eight times your • Protection if you need care – If you were annual income, but the actual amount ever to need some type of long-term care, should be based on a variety of factors – such as an extended stay in a nursing your age, size of family, current income, home or the services of a home health spouse or partner’s income, and so on. care worker, you might find the costs to A financial professional can help you be considerable – and possibly a severe determine the appropriate amount of coverage. Valentine’s Day is just one day on the calendar. But if it serves as another reminder of how much you value your spouse or partner and spurs you into action to protect her or him throughout your lifetime – and beyond – then it will be an important day indeed.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. On th Island, your Edward Jones Financial Advisor is Keith Clark. Keith can be reached at 361-949-9500. February 06, 2020 Island Moon A 15 Democrat Primary Ballot Republican Primary Ballot Federal Federal President United States Senator President United States Senator John K. Delaney Mary “MJ” Hegar Joe Walsh John Anthony Castro Michael Bennet Michael Cooper Bill Weld John Cornyn Deval Patrick D.R. Hunter Bob Ely Dwayne Stovall Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente Sema Hernandez Zoltan G. Istvan Mark Yancey Pete Buttigieg Annie “Mamá” Garcia Matthew John Matern Virgil Bierschwale Cory Booker Jack Daniel Foster Jr Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente Guerra United States Representative, District 27 Amy Klobuchar Amanda K. Edwards Donald J. Trump Michael Cloud Michael R. Bloomberg Victor Hugo Harris Robby Wells Adrian Ocegueda State Bernie Sanders Chris Bell Tulsi Gabbard Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez State Senator, District 20 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 Julián Castro Royce West Judy Cutright Jeff Boyd Joseph R. Biden United States Representative, District 27 State Representative, District 32 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 Tom Steyer Charlie Jackson Todd Hunter Brett Busby Elizabeth Warren Ricardo “Rick” De La Fuente Railroad Commissioner Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Marianne Williamson Vote for none, or one Place 3 Andrew Yang Ryan Sitton Gina Parker James “Jim” Wright Bert Richardson State Chief Justice, Supreme Court Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 State Representative, District 32 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 Nathan Hecht Kevin Patrick Yeary Eric Holguin Gisela D. Triana Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Railroad Commissioner Peter Kelly Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6, Unexpired Term Place 9 Kelly Stone Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Jane Bland David Newell Roberto R. “Beto” Alonzo Place 3 Chrysta Castañeda William Pieratt Demond Mark Watson Elizabeth Davis Frizell County Dan Wood Sheriff Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District, Place 4 Chief Justice, Supreme Court Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, JC Hooper Place 4 Jaime Tijerina Amy Clark Meachum District Attorney, 105th Judicial District Tina Clinton Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District, Jerry Zimmerer James O. Gardner Steven Miears Place 6 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6, Jon West Clarissa Silva Unexpired Term Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Constable, Precinct 4 Place 9 District Judge, 214th Judicial District Kathy Cheng John Bowers Brandon Birmingham Inna Klein Larry Praeger Monty Allen District Judge, 28th Judicial District Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 Robert Sherwood Greg Perkes Staci Williams County Attorney Brandy Voss Jenny P. Dorsey District Judge, 347th Judicial District County Chairman Missy Medary Guy Williams County Jim Kaelin Sheriff District Judge, 347th Judicial District Propositions David Torres Deborah Rios Proposition 1 Proposition 6 District Attorney, 105th Judicial District Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District, Vote Yes, or No Vote Yes, or No Vote for none, or one Place 4 Texas should not restrict or prohibit prayer in Texas should ban chemical castration, puberty Migdalia Lopez Mark A Gonzalez public schools. blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital Kelly Stone mutilation surgery on all minor children for County Attorney Proposition 2 Roberto R. “Beto” Alonzo transition purposes, given that Texas children as Carlos Vela Vote Yes, or No young as three (3) are being transitioned from Chrysta Castañeda their biological sex to the opposite sex. Rene Flores Texas should reject restrictions on the right to Mark Watson keep and bear arms. County Chairman Proposition 7 Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District, Coretta Graham Proposition 3 Vote Yes, or No Place 6 District Judge, 28th Judicial District Vote Yes, or No Texans should protect and preserve all Nereida Lopez-Singleterry historical monuments, artifacts, and buildings, Vote for none, or one Texas should ban the practice of taxpayer- such as the Alamo Cenotaph and our beloved funded lobbying, which allows your tax dollars Nanette Hasette Alamo, and should oppose any reimagining of to be spent on lobbyists who work against the the Alamo site. taxpayer. Proposition 8 Proposition 4 Propositions Vote Yes, or No Vote Yes, or No Right to Be Free from Violence: Should Texas election officials should heed the Proposition 1 Texas should support the construction of a everyone in Texas have the right to live a directives of the Office of the Governor to purge Vote Yes, or No physical barrier and use existing defense- life free from violence-gun violence, racial illegal voters from the voter rolls and verify that grade surveillance equipment along the entire Right to Healthcare: Should everyone in Texas hatred, terrorism, domestic violence, bullying, each new registered voter is a U.S. Citizen. southern border of Texas. have a right to quality healthcare, protected by harassment or sexual assault-so Texans can Proposition 9 a universally accessible Medicare-style system grow in a safe environment? Proposition 5 that saves rural hospitals, reduces the cost of Vote Yes, or No prescription drugs, and guarantees access to Proposition 7 Vote Yes, or No Bail in Texas should be based only on a reproductive healthcare? Vote Yes, or No Texas parents or legal guardians of public person’s danger to society and risk of flight, not school children under the age of 18 should be Right to Housing: Should everyone in Texas that person’s ability to pay. Proposition 2 the sole decision makers for all their children’s have the right to affordable and accessible Vote Yes, or No healthcare decisions including, but not limited housing and modern utilities (electricity, water, Proposition 10 to, psychological assessment and treatment, Right to a 21st Century Public Education: gas, and high-speed internet) free from any contraception, and sex education. Vote Yes, or No Should everyone in Texas have the right to form of discrimination? 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February 06, 2020 Island Moon A 16 2020 Treasures of the Texas Coast 11th Annual Winter Adopt-A- Children’s Art Contest Barefoot Mardi Gras Beach Saturday, The Texas General Land Office hosts an annual February 22 February 8 Padre Island in Corpus Christi will bring Sign up for the 16th Annual Adopt-A-Beach art contest to encourage young Texans to reflect the 11th Annual Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade Coastal Bend Winter Cleanup on Saturday, and Festival on Saturday, February 22, 2020. February 8. on wonders of the Texas coastline Barefoot Mardi Gras captures the great spirit Volunteers can sign up at www. of Island life and gives everyone in the family texasadoptabeach.org or show up onsite to take something wonderful to experience during this part. The event runs from 9 a.m. through noon, The 2020 Treasures of the Texas Coast In addition, one Grand Prize Winner will be most lively time of the year. check-in is at one of the locations below: Children’s Art Contest is now open for selected to receive two round-trip coach-class entries. Artwork should be based on the theme tickets from United Airlines to any destination The Barefoot Mardi Gras festivities will kick off with the Parade at 11:00 a.m. at Whitecap Padre Island National Seashore - “Treasures of the Texas Coast” and depict why in the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, Kleberg County the Texas coast is important or special to the Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Beach and continues through Padre Balli Park. participating student. The top 40 pieces of art Caribbean, one 7-night Caribbean cruise from Over sixty floats will stroll on along the beach, Check-in: Malaquite Visitors Center, 20420 will appear in a 2021 calendar which will be Royal Caribbean International departing out of all decorated in traditional Mardi Gras theme Park Road 22 distributed throughout the state. Galveston, Miami, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, Port and complete with the tossing of necklaces, galleons, and candy to the spectators. The Contact: Chuck Lassiter, 361-949-8068 or Canaveral or Puerto Rico, and a class party at 8069, [email protected] Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Galveston. Barefoot Mardi Gras Festival begins at 11:00 a.m. and goes through 5:00 p.m. with an Dustin Baker, 361-949-8068 or 8069, dustin. The grand prize winner’s teacher will also admission fee of $5. It will features food [email protected] receive a prize package to include two round- trucks, live jazz and Cajun music, exhibitors, trip coach-class tickets from United Airlines an art show and FREE children’s activities. Packery Flats - Nueces County and one 7-night Caribbean cruise courtesy of The festival will be located at the Briscoe King Check-in: Parking lot off of Highway 361 on Royal Caribbean International. Pavilion in Padre Balli Park. Mustang Island near Packery Channel The winning artwork will be on display in The 2020 King and Queen Ball will take Contact: Jace Tunnell, Coastal Bays the South Central Gallery at the state capitol place on Fat Tuesday, February 25 with a New Foundation, 361-244-8665, jace.tunnell@ May 20th through 27th. Special thanks to State Orleans style event with Cajun food, live music, texasadoptabeach.org Representative Dennis Paul for sponsoring the All 40 winners will receive a ticket to the and different fun activities at Waves Resort exhibit this year. from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. At 9:00 p.m. the Adriana Reza, Coastal Bays Foundation, 361- USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, two tickets 882-3439, [email protected] to the Houston Zoo, a ticket to the Texas State All entries must be postmarked by Wednesday, new Barefoot King and Queen will be crowned Aquarium, two all day passes to Schlitterbahn March 4, 2020. Guidelines and Entry Form for during a traditional New Orleans Processional Aransas Pass /Redfish Bay - Nueces Waterpark in Galveston, prizes, a certificate of the art contest can be found on the Adopt-A- in between the festival. Tickets for the Ball are County recognition from the Texas General Land Office Beach website. $30 per person in advance or $40 at the door. and a calendar displaying the winning artwork. The event is for people 21 years and older. Check-in: Lighthouse Lakes Park, 4 miles east Costumes are encouraged. of Aransas Pass on Highway 361 “We invite everyone to join us in a traditional Contact: Richard Gonzales, 361-779-7351, Skip the Plastic Recognizes Kristin Evans Mardi Gras celebration that is family-friendly and uniquely held at the beach, said Elaine North Corpus Christi Beach - Nueces as Bag Hero Motl, Event Producer for the Padre Island County Business Association. “Leave your shoes at Check-in: Texas State Aquarium, 2710 North The Skip the Plastic project of the Surfrider Our February Bag Hero is Kristin Evans, home and come let the good times roll!” Shoreline Blvd. Foundation - Texas Coastal Bend Chapter who works as the Education Coordinator Proceeds from the event benefit the Island recognizes community members and at the University of Texas Marine Science Contact: Melanie Kudra, 361-881-1319, Foundation Schools and Big Brothers Big businesses that set a positive example by Institute and [email protected] Sisters. making the shift to reusable shopping bags or Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Cole Park (Kid’s Place) - Nueces County For more information on the events please visit other alternatives to single-use plastic bags. Research Reserve in Port Aransas. We www.barefootmardigras.com. Check-in: 1526 Ocean Drive happened to catch her while she was loading her groceries into her car at Sprouts. Contact: Katie Galan, 361-290-2461, katie. [email protected] Reusable bags are nothing new to Kristin: “I don’t go anywhere without my reusable bags! The Texas General Land Office Adopt-A- I’m happy to say I picked up the habit many Beach program began in the fall of 1986, when years ago, and am thankful I can haul all my 2,800 volunteers picked up 124 tons of trash. groceries (and other goodies) without the Since then, more than 540,000 volunteers extra plastic.” have removed 9,700 tons of trash from Texas beaches. Each volunteer will be given data Reducing our consumption of disposable cards, gloves, pencils and trash bags. All plastics is paramount to the health of the Gulf volunteers are advised to wear closed-toe shoes, and local bays, and reusable bags are a great bring sunscreen and plenty of drinking water. place to start. Come fly a kite at Padre Island National Seashore! We’re hosting our annual kite The Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach cleanups are held rain or shine! day and you are invited! Kids can make their own kites (while supplies last) and kite flying clubs will give tips and Crazy Cart Crawl Texas Sealife Center demonstrations. Everything begins at 9 Send letters and photos to am on Saturday February 15, 2020 at the Saturday “Raptor Rehab” at Malaquite Visitor Center. [email protected] On Saturday, February 8, it’s a scavenger hunt and a golf cart race all in one in Port Aransas. Botanical Gardens Grab some family members or friends, get BINGO Player…B 1 at Waves on a golf cart and meet at the Port Aransas March 14 Community Park, 700 Clark Pkwy., at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday Nights to register. Amanda Terry, Outreach Coordinator for Texas Sealife Center, will discuss challenges The fee to join the hunt is $10 per cart. The raptors face which sometimes result in injury, number of participants per cart cannot be more needing rehabilitation. Meet one of their animal than the legal number allowed for the cart. ambassadors and learn about ways to keep these The hunt will take participants all around town. beautiful animals safe, or what to do if you find Get to know some parts of Port Aransas you an injured bird, in the “Raptor Rehab” seminar, may not have not known about. Of course, the 9:15 am, Saturday, March 14, South Texas hunt will not take you down State Highway 361, Botanical Gardens & Nature Center, 8545 S. because it is illegal to drive carts there. Staples Street. Participants must follow all traffic laws, and Class included in general admission, members only licensed drivers may drive the golf carts. free, or $5 class only. Check in at Visitors Center. Info at www.stxbot.org, or 361-852- Prizes will be awarded to the winners. Contact 2100. Info – Pam Greene, (361) 749-4158 or pamg@ cityofportaransas.org for questions.

The Kiwanis Club of North Padre Island BINGO has provided mid week fun for families, friends, neighbors, and co-workers, offering cash prizes and plenty of door prizes. BINGO runs for three more Thursday nights starting at 7:00 PM. Kiwanis officials recommend that you get there early to grab your seats and to enjoy meals and beverages for purchase. There is plenty of parking. Enjoy a fun week night out of the house and help our local sponsoring Kiwanis Club fund various children’s causes in the Coastal Bend. ~Brent Rourk

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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 February 06, 2020 Island Moon A 18 On the horizon… Three Chords and the Truth There’s more stuff on the near horizon around City Wide Garage Sale also sponsored by Parks By Ronnie Narmour th here and in town. Casey Lane at the House of and Rec will be on the 15 . Be sure to swing by Rock continues to put on consistently impressive [email protected] the civic center first then go across the street to shows year after year Michie’s Storage (right next to the cop shop on It’s all about that bass… in downtown Corpus. Avenue A and Cutoff) always has a ton of great There are several My pal Bubba sent me a note this week from the cheap garage sale stuff. upcoming shows on Port Aransas Police Blotter describing a noise Scattered shots… my radar: Jackie complaint coming from the 200 block of Alister Venson on the 21st at 11:00 PM on a Wednesday night. It basically It’s Winter People The Chanklas will play Giggity’s on who Casey tells me said the cops were called out (presumably by a time here in paradise Friday. is turning heads in neighbor) on a noise complaint to the 200 block and Wednesdays at on Saturday Austin, Mike Pinto of Alister to turn the music down but once there Bernie’s with the plus ex- and Synergy on determined that “the music wasn’t too loud but PA Rockers is still th Charlie Pride the 28 for national that the bass needed to be turned down.” My king for a day. It’s guitarist for touring West Coast first thought was, “duh”. If I had a nickel for the greatest high many years, Ron Baker will play reggae. And speaking every time I’ve had to tell the bass player to turn school reunion from Ron Baker, the Winter Sounds of West Coast reggae, down, I’d probably have about twenty bucks 1969 you’ll ever will play concert series at Iration will play by now. My second thought was, “cool”. The The Mike O’Neill Blues attend. Our Winter a show for the Port Aransas Concrete Street on only bar in the 200 block of Alister has to be the Band with Charlie Texans sure know rd the Winter Community Theater May 3 . That’s it. Salty Dog. My pals over at Paradise Computer Rouzer on Hammond how to party. My The Toman Brothers will play Sounds That’s all I got. Be in Port A, JB and Fred put their sound system B-3 played Giggity’s mermaid gal is away on Monday. Giggity’s this Saturday. concert series safe out there. together and its state of the art. When it was doing science stuff this weekend. Photo by put on by sitting on the floor at the computer shop, it in Florida so I ran ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ Bob Reed. Parks and Rec at the community theater this looked like you could probably knock down a solo last weekend. Saturday. wall with those bass drivers. Nine times out of I did catch Johnny Boy and Mike O’Neill at ten, it’s the bass that you hear over everything Giggity’s. That was some righteous blues right else, and if it’s a reggae band they can hear it there. I gotta say, Charlie Rouzer on Hammond in the next county. And why, you might ask. B-3 adds a super smooth velvetty layer under I asked Google, “Why is it you only hear the O’Neill’s driving leads. It really gels their bass from far away?” and Google said, “By the sound out. I highly recommend both these blues Live Music time sound waves from mid and high frequency bands but then I’m a sucker for blues. instruments (including the voice) have lost energy and faded away, the bass is still moving. DO NOT MISS LIST Sound can travel through many mediums (air, Coming this weekend… Tonight water, earth, etc) - but bass travels best and Thursday, February 6 Jana Pochop @ House of pushes a lot of air. That’s why you hear the bass Free Beer Band @ Rock outside the stadium.” After I posted this on my Giggity’s Facebook page, the bass players on my feed Mike Guerra @ Sunday, February 16 weighted in. Long time island bassist, Woodie Scuttlebutts Antone & All Stars @ Lawson, delivered the typical passing the San Juan Underground @ Giggity’s buck excuse, “Oh Man... I thought it was the Tannin’s CC Songwriters Festival @ drums.” Welcome to my world. Port Aransas OPEN THIS Executive Surf Club does have a sound ordinance. We hashed it out Friday, February 7 John Eric @ Scuttlebutts Betty Crawford with the Medicare Band Chanklas @ Giggity’s when Keith McMullen was mayor and the lady will play Moby Dicks on Spazmatics @ Brewster FRIDAY FEB. 7 PRESIDENTS DAY, living next door to the old Tarpon Ice House Saturday from 5-7. This photo is from Street February 17 complained about the music enough times that 2014 at Sharkey’s. Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s 132 W. Cotter St. Port A Open Jam @ Giggity’s the city addressed the decibel levels and wrote Captain Al @ Scuttlebutts On the Waterfront the code. It limits radios, phonographs, musical Mobley @ House of Rock Tuesday, February 18 instruments, etc., in a commercial setting Coming this weekend we got reggae on Friday San Juan Underground Election Day Early Voting between noon and midnight (all day on Sunday) with the Chanklas and country and classic @ BUS starts @ America to 85 db’s… which is about as loud as a normal rock on Saturday with the Toman Brothers. Paul & Victoria @ speaking voice and a feather in the wind for that The Tomans are consummate entertainers. I’d Saturday, February 8 Giggity’s Toman Bros. @ Giggity’s bass, that bass…it’s all about that bass. describe their show as Gary Stewart meets Unrehearsed & Foghat at Mark Knoppler’s house. Rusty Medicare Band (5-7) @ Unashamed @ Island On the local front… Toman is one of the greatest unsung guitarists Moby Dicks Wine An American Rhapsody Treasure Island Aaron Jacob @ The BIG news is, according to GM Lee to come from Texas. And the Chanklas are @ Performing Arts Center Scuttlebutts Harper, our beloved Back Porch, who in years always fun. We love our reggae around here. Piano Sing Along Bar @ past closed from Thanksgiving to Spring Break, And, there are a few shows around town Brewster Street FULL BAR Wednesday, February 19 will open early this year. In fact they will be otherwise. Miss Betty Crawford asked me to Billy Snipes @ Island PA Rockers @ Bernie’s open THIS FRIDAY. Lee went on to tell me they tell you that the new Medicare Band is giving Wine 14 TAPS Magnus @ Giggity’s it a go once again. They will play Moby Dicks at Michael Perez @ Billy Snipes @ probably won’t be having any bands until March, Scuttlebutts Scuttlebutts though. Welcome back guys! Pam Green over 5:00 on Saturday. The picture I have here is the DANCE CLUB Medicare Band at Sharkey’s in 2014. They’re an Audiobox @ Rockit’s old school big swing band with a songbird and Kinsmen @ House of 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Thursday, February 20 Rock treasureislandporta Free Beer Band @ lots of horns. They play old ballroom standards Giggity’s from the 30’s and 40’s. And, over at Island Sunday, February 9 Whooping Crane Fest @ Wine, Rasta Cowboy Billy Snipes will perform Antone & All Stars @ Port Aransas Giggity’s Aggrolites @ House of John Eric @ Scuttlebutts Rock Kody West @ Brewster Monday, February 10 Street Open Jam @ Giggity’s Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutts Ron Baker @ Winter Sounds Friday, February 21 Whooping Crane Fest @ Tuesday, February 11 Port Aransas Paul Victoria @ Giggity’s Dreaming in Color @ Aaron Jacob @ Giggity’s Scuttlebutts PIRATES & POETS Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Presents: Jerry Diaz, Brendan Mayer, Wednesday, February 12 Eric Erdman, Drop Dead Jered Clark @ Giggity’s TY DIETZ- FEB 21 Dangerous @ Pirates & It’s all about that bass. Woodie Lawson PA Rockers @ Bernie’s Poets and Colorado Bob of the PA Rockers. Billy Snipes @ DENTENTIONS- FEB 22 Jackie Venson, Shayna Scuttlebutts Sands @ House of Rock OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Audic Empire, Proof of at Port A Parks and Rec has put together a cool Thursday, February 13 Life, Flatbroke @ Brewster deal. They will have a “scavenger hunt and golf Free Beer Band @ Street cart race all in one this Saturday. There’s a $10 Giggity’s Darren McGill @ MercyMe, 20/20 @ Scuttlebutts fee per cart and the hunt will take participants American Bank Center all around town. Meet at the Community Park Draw Fish, Tumble Dry Saturday, February 22 at 700 Clark Pkwy at 1:30 to register. Pam’s Billy Snipes will play Island Wine Low @ Brewster Street Whooping Crane Fest @ email is [email protected]. Plus, the on Saturday. Mike Guerra @ Port Aransas Scuttlebutts Barefoot Mardi Gras @ Padre Island VALENTINE’S DAY, Timeline @ PACT GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR February 14 Johnny Boy Amundsen @ Red Tide @ Giggity’s Giggity’s LIVE MUSIC CC Songwriters Festival The Detentions (12:30- LIVE MUSIC Free Beer Band every Thurs (7-10) @ Executive Surf Club 4:00) @ Shorty’s Johnny Boy on Friday (9-1) Josh Turner @ American Black Jacket Symphony @ EVERY Bank Center American Bank Center Toman Bros. on Saturday (9-1) Willie J Laws Band @ Poets & Pirates @ NIGHT Mike Williams Sunday Brunch (11-3) House of Rock Plantation Suites Antone & All Stars Every Sunday(8-12) Ron Baker @ Island Wine Richard Leigh & Larry Open Jam Every Monday (8 -12) PA Rockers @ Port A Art Joe Taylor @ Third Coast Kitchen Open Center Expert Computer Repairs Theater Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10) Jason Suthern Band @ Crobot @ House of Rock Until 1 a.m.! Jered Clark on Wednesday (8-12) Brewster Street Diamond’s Edge @ 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Willie J. Laws @ House Brewster Street of Rock Passing Strangers @ Rockits Saturday, February 15 Captain Al @ Scuttlebutts City Wide Garage Sale @ Port A Sunday, February 23 Todd Dorn @ Giggity’s Whooping Crane Fest @ Janelle Shetters @ Island Port Aransas Wine Antone & All Stars @ Chad Prather @ American Giggity’s Bank Center John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s Stoney LaRue, Buffaloe & the Heard @ Brewster Monday, February 24 Street Open Jam @ Giggity’s Adrenaline @ Rockits Billy Snipes @ FAT TUESDAY, February Scuttlebutts 25 Miss Neesy & Ear Food @

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