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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 June 6, 2019 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Photo by Gary McAlea Around Fugitive Wichita Jailbird Seen Monday, June 10 The Island City Council By Dale Rankin in Lavaca Bay! Members The summer season is upon us, the sargassum weed has started to wash Flamingo 492 escaped from a zoo in 2005 has passed into legend Coming to up on local beaches, the turtles are tired, and we are playing chicken By Dale Rankin African flamingo who busted loose The birds’ arrival at the zoo was there on June 27, 2005, but if he novel enough to warrant a story in The with our first tropical depression of Fourteen years ago he/she and Padre Island didn’t he should have. It would have Wichita Eagle. Like many inmates in Padre Island will host two special the Hurricane Season. another captive took it on the lam and been poetic justice because before lockup the bird was young, at least by meetings on the same day when the he/she has become famous across the But live music is busting out all the zookeeper could trim human standards, at about 25 years Island Strategic Action Committee country. over, in spite of all the rain of late the flying feathers from old, and short by human standards at and the Island Reinvestment Zone the mosquitos have yet to show Somehow the words of Stephen the wings of the bird and (TRZ #2) meet separately at the themselves in numbers, and Tourist King’s 1994 novella 'Rita Hayworth his/her companion who were Holiday Inn Express & Suites on Season 2019 looks to be the best we and Shawshank Redemption,' seem both captured as adults and brought Windward Drive on Monday, June have had in years. All in all things are appropriate, although we paraphrase to their cage a mighty wind blew up 10. looking good on our little sandbar as liberally. and both of them took the opportunity The regular monthly meeting of the we wind on down toward the heart of to take to the sky. They got away so the summer. "I believe in two things: ISAC, an advisory committee for the quickly they didn’t even have time Corpus Christi City Council, which discipline and the Bible. Here to find out if either was a he Tired turtles you'll receive both. Put your usually meets the first Tuesday of or a she, or even give them each month, was postponed due to The number of turtles visible on a trust in the Lord; your wings names, only a number on a the Memorial Day Holiday. walk out the Packery Jetties these belong to me. Welcome to yellow armband that one bird still days is the highest in memory. The Sedgwick." wears like a prison tattoo – Flamingo The ISAC agenda includes items locals have been helping them when regarding repairs to the Packery There is no way to know if the No. 492. they wash up and they just keep on Channel Jetties and updates on plans zookeeper at the Sedgwick County coming. The folks who know about "Lord! It's a miracle! Up and for maintaining Island beaches. Zoo in Wichita, Kansas ever uttered such things tell us there is a “washing vanished like a bird in the those words to the now famous wind!" The TRZ #2 board which is chaired machine effect” going on caused Jailbird cont. on A4 by District 4 City Councilman Greg by heavy runoff from recent rains Smith, includes all members of the and the high tides which have been city council and representatives of the inundating our beaches. The result is Second Bridge to The Island Approved various taxing entities which provide that the turtles are tired because they tax incentives on improvements inside are swimming all the time. Usually Not time to start your OTB engine just yet the zone to pay for improvements, when you get too close to a turtle it including the Packery Channel will swim off, but now they just kind Jetties. The zone was established in of look at you and say, “I’m a tired By Dale Rankin documents presented to the council was presented to the Island Strategic Action Committee in early 2018 the 2004 and dictates that property tax on turtle, please leave me alone.” It may The Corpus Christi City Council the regional parkway would run 9.9 bridge would reach Padre Island in improvements in the zone since that be a tough time to be a turtle but for has approved an amendment to the miles and include an extension of the area south of Sea Pines on a 3,680 time are earmarked for project inside those of us who just like to watch city’s Urban Transportation Plan Rodd Field Road near where the new acre tract of land in Kleberg County the zone, including the proposed Park them swim around it’s a good time that includes a second bridge from Southside Del Mar College is to be purchased by Nueces County in 2015 Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge. The for turtle watching. Corpus Christi to North Padre Island built. with a grant from the Ed Rachal TRZ board has never held a meeting at a cost of $400 million. But don’t The measure approved by the council Wetlands center at Balli Park Foundation. on Padre Island. The board manages start revving your OTB engines just would consist of two separate bridges, the TRZ fund which now has about The Nueces County Commissioners yet. one northbound and one southbound, The area where the bridge would $13 million. Court had an item on their agenda this but construction of the project would cross is known as Natural Beach, According to the measure approved The Island Reinvestment Zone Board week for development of a wetlands not begin until sometime around which runs between Bob Hall Pier by the council in mid-May the Meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m., with area at Balli Park near Bob Hall Pier. 2050; earlier estimated anticipated and Padre Island National Seashore. regional parkway as it is called the ISAC meeting following at 5:30. The genesis of the idea comes from the bridge would be needed by 2035. The area was well-known to many would connect Park Road 22 to the The public is invited to attend both an unusual source – a bar ditch. According to the North Padre Island Islanders due to the presence of a Crosstown Expressway and would be and it is a chance for Islanders to find Development Plan which was done as The term “bar ditch” comes from funded through the Texas Department out what is in The Island’s future. the act of “borrowing” dirt from the of Transportation. According to part of the large areawide plan which Bridge cont. on A4 roadside to build up the roadway and as many things often do ended up in a bar. It may not be something you would think of as wetlands but if it stays there long enough it falls into that category and if you remove it or fill it in you have to create wetlands somewhere else to replace it and that is what led to the idea of a wetlands area at Balli Park. When planning for development around Lake Padre first began more than twenty years ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wanted water circulation from Lake Padre to the Island canals on the west side of SPID. The idea was to place culverts under SPID to get the water moving. But when a bond item was passed in 2004 to turn the culverts into the Sargassum weed showed up on local beaches this week for the first time in several years Park Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge it meant that the bar ditches on each side of the road had to be removed and since they were considered A little Island history wetlands they had to be replaced with new wetlands elsewhere. Hired by Captain King The process is common on The Island and involves committing an By Dale Rankin “That’s right. McNelly got fired. division of the ranch and married off-site property to permanently Captain King’s niece in 1882. They Durham left Banquette and headed And you don’t want to work for that remain an undeveloped wetland. In had nine kids. They eventually moved for the King Ranch. On the way man Hall?" this case the site chosen to make a to the Sauz division where Durham he stopped and put on the new suit “I think he’s fired too,” Durham said. permanent wetland to replace the bar was general foreman and King built of clothes he had bought in San “The new governor has cut the whole ditches is Balli Park. The idea has them a house where he lived until his Antonio and a clean shirt. As he outfit off.” been around for several years and death. Carolyn died in 1915. During rode onto the King Ranch one of has taken many forms but the latest, “Did you ever work stock?” the ensuing years there survives only the wranglers took him for a cattle according to the agenda, is to create one written account of his daily life buyer and took charge of his horse Durham shook his head and tapped a trail that would traverse the said there. In his book Life on the King and Durham led him to the big his gun. “The only trade I got is wetlands. Ranch published in 1951 author house on the King Ranch “duded chopping cotton and this.” Frank Goodwyn whose father was The Nueces County Coastal Parks up like a sore wrist.” Captain King King hired him at sixty dollars a a foreman on the ranch wrote of his Board for several years has been was in the front office and came out month. “I don’t have any cotton that encounters with Durham and another pursuing a plan that would create a and looked him up and down. walking trail/cart path from Balli all needs chopping right now but I can retired Ranger when he was a young the way down to PINS and the nature “You’re one of McNelly’s men, use you. Give the bookkeeper your boy living on the Norias division of trail could be part of that system. If it aren’t you?” he said. “Are you right name.” the ranch. happens it would be a great addition alone?” For the next sixty years Durham Adobe house on black loam river that flowed through the ranch to The Island. We will keep you worked and lived on the King “Yes, sir.” and was an adobe ranch house updated as things progress. Ranch as King’s driver on trips Goodwyn writes that in 1918 “What brings you down this way? made of scorched earthen bricks to Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Durham was living on the Sauz Live music on The Island What are you looking for?” whitewashed with lime paints. and Brownsville. Between trips he Ranch which was “located in the When built the houses shone in the “A job,” Durham said. worked at a cow camp on the Laureles black loam south of the underground Around cont. on A4 June 6, 2019 Island Moon A 2 May's Padre Poker Run

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That’s not 34%. And the answer lies in Moon Monkeys which year the raise was the 10% one, but for Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the simplicity let us say it was going from year 2 to year 3. Let’s say the taxes started at $100. Hear? The next year it was raised 8% so the taxes were By Mary "Scoop" Craft Editor now $108. The second year the increase was 10%. But that is not $118—it is 108 times 1.10, or $118.80. The 8% the next year compounds it from 118.80 to 128.30, and the fourth year it is 128.3 times 1.08, for a total of $138.56. That is New Advertisers a 38.56% raise over four years.And if the city Joyride Rental Co. on The did another 8% in 2017 (pretty certain they did) the taxes that year were up to $149.65. In five Island offers beach-ready golf years with 8% four of the years and 10% once, carts starting at $9995. They also Distribution we are at 50% increase in the city’s property taxes. have a wide selection of golf Pete Alsop The magic of compounded interest. carts, paddle boards and fat tire Island Delivery beach bikes for rent. You can And THAT’S why retirees on fixed income Coldwell Banker make reservations online at www. Advertising have to sell their home when the $8000 tax bill of 2012 becomes $11,972. It doesn’t take ten joyriderentalco.com. Jan Park Rankin Grammar Slammer years to double their home taxes. In ten years it Classifieds Dear Mr. Rankin: Please allow me to correct is more than double—$16,288. Arlene Ritley a grammatical error in your headline "Majority All the while our Annual inflation rate averaged Business Briefs Production Manager of Michael J. Ellis Beach Closed to Vehicles 1.5% a year. Using the same compounding During Memorial Weekend. Majority must interest calculations, over the ten years from The Lucky Tunes game room Abigail Bair Contributing Writers refer to more than one thing. Michael J. Ellis 2009 through 2018, our inflation rose 12.35% next to Subway has closed. Beach is one thing. If more than one beach had from baseline. Joey Farah been closed then it would be fine to use majority, So if using those inflation numbers from your Mikel May’s Beachside Bar & Andy Purvis say, "Majority of Beaches...." The correct original 2012 to 2016, the mean was 1.32% a Grill Gift Shop is now open and Mary Craft headline should have read "Most of Michael year, but compounded was 6.8% total. Take Kelly Trevino J. Ellis Beach Closed..." We would not say is the only one on the Island with that $8000 property tax (city only) and taxes "Majority of Ocean Drive Needs Repair". We Jay Gardner indexed to inflation, the end of five years should a water view. The bar has happy would say "Most of Ocean Drive Needs Repair" Todd Hunter have only gone up to (1.068 times $8000) to hour weekdays 3 – 7 pm. The Dotson Lewis Sincerely, $8,544. NOT $11,972. kitchen is open until 9 pm and Dr. Tom Dorrell George Nickas City Tax inflation here is like Argentina, Ronnie Narmour 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Coquina Bay Avenue or Columbia when their economies and Brent Rourk governments were falling apart. Saturday brunch is served 8 am – Photographers Compound Interest Why is the cost of our government going up noon and Sunday brunch 8 am – Miles Merwin (Emeritus) over 4 times the annual rate of inflation year 2 pm. I found an uncharacteristic math error in your after year? Debbie Noble article about the new Tax Law (or soon to Jan Rankin be.) In the next to last paragraph, you stated John Carroll Mary Craft that “Between 2012 and 2016 alone the City Ronnie Narmour of Corpus Christi raised property taxes by 34 %—3 years at 8% and 1 year at 10%…." 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Contact Alicia Walker at site. There is live music at the Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery, 337-290-0251 or alicia.walker@utexas. marina every Friday and Saturday. 361-949-7700 13919 SPID, right here on the island. edu A $3 per person donation covers the Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus The Josh Abbott Band will [email protected] workshop, materials and the open jam. Christi Red Hat Society. In 2004 a play at the Shrimporee in Aransas Loaner ukuleles available at no extra cost. Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper group of Island ladies got together under Pass on Friday, June 7th and can RSVP online. PadreIslandUkeClub@ a Palapa and founded the Padre Island gmail.com Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only rule is that be enjoyed for just the price of KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. there are no rules! We are all about fun admission which is $10 for age 13 Kiwanis meets at Veranda Restaurantat and friendship. We meet once a month Schlitterbahn at Noon on the first and for lunch and various fun outings from and up. Where to Find The third Wednesday of the month. cupcake making to CPR. The Waves Resort will have Island Strategic Action Committee. Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. big name band concerts the first Island Moon Is a 14-member committee which meets This is the Island book club. We meet at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each the first Wednesday of each month at The Thursday of each month starting month at the Comfort Suites on Windward. Barrel at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of on the 4th of July with TwoTons Port North The committee’s purpose is to advise the ladies that like to read, love socializing Aransas Padre Corpus Christi City Council on matters with the girls and drinking wine! Come of Steel who have performed at Gulf Stream RV pertaining to The Island. All meetings are out and join us we would love to have Gruene Hall and The Grand Ole All Stripes Stores open to the public and the public is invited you! Contact Linda Walsh, lawalshva@ Pioneer RV Opry. The opening bands will Black Sheep/ to address the committee during the public yahoo.com or 361-445-7999, or just show up! start at 6:30 pm and the headliners Stripes on 1A Barrel comment period. Padre Island Business Association. The Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is will play 7:45 – 9:15 pm. My Coastal Home CVS association is a not-for-profit organization a local chapter of the Parrot Heads in The Joey Farah Fishing Report WB Liquor Store Whataburger whose primary purpose is to advertise and Paradise Inc., a not-for-profit corporation Island Wine Room promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour whose purpose is to assist in community can be heard Saturday and Sunday Doc’s Restaurant Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing and environmental concerns and provide a Kody’s mornings at the top of hour 6, 7, 8 Snoopy’s Pier the interests of the business community. variety of social activities for people who Coffee Waves It is managed by a 9-member board of are interested in the music of Jimmy Buffett and 9 am on 107.3 FM. Isle Mail N More directors. A membership luncheon is held and the tropical lifestyle he personifies. 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History cont. from A1 Voices sound sad as they're singing along the City of Corpus Christi passes a policy that Bridge cont. from A1 another piece of America's lost opens up individual rentals in other types of sun like those dreamed of by Spaniards when zoning we Islanders are going to have a decision longstanding illegal shooting range there which Ed Bruce they first brought the longhorns to the region.” to make. A court decision last year restricted has now been removed. With the purchase of the But by 1918 when Goodwyn came along it Next time: George Durham’s story of the the power of property owners associations to land Nueces County took over law enforcement represented “no man’s dreams, only memories.” Taming of the Nueces Strip would have been regulate short-term, internet-based leasing so duties with officers from Precinct 4 Constable Its whitewash was cracking and the main ranch lost to history but for the work of a single the city policy, at least for now, will rule the Bobby Sherwood’s office patrolling the area. house was a long square-topped edifice called writer from the San Antonio Express-News day. The natural forum for this discussion to Officials said that the environmental impact of The Store even though no one ever came there who sought him out near the end of his life. take place on The Island is the Island Strategic the new bridge will be discussed and evaluated to buy and there was nothing to sell. Just two The reporter’s name was Clyde Wantland and Action Committee and from the looks of things in the next five years as the project moves things connected this ranch house with the he was portrayed as the reporter at the end it won’t be long before a decision will have to through the hearing process. outside world; a delivery wagon that drove of Lonesome Dove who said to Captain Call, be made and it will be one that makes a big During the council meeting District 4 council between it and Raymondville twenty-one miles “They say you are a man of vision.” difference in what our Island looks like going to the west, and a new telephone. member Greg Smith pointed out that, while forward. neither commercial nor residential development In one of the smaller wood frame houses Around cont. from A1 In the meantime watch out for the riptides would be allowed on that land the bridge will nestled among the mesquite trees lived a “stove- everybody and say hello if you see us Around eventually be necessary due to expected growth up ex-Ranger, Old Man Durham. He was tall Live music on The Island The Island. on Padre Island and increased traffic along and scarred as the adobe houses and except for the SPID corridor between the Crosstown his mustache he kept his face shaved so smooth After decades of sputtering starts the live Expressway and Laguna Shores Road. of gray whiskers that it looked like a parched music scene on Padre Island is quickly picking bacon rind. If he had not used tobacco he would up steam. Music from the Moon will feature Jailbird cont. from A1 During a presentation to the ISAC by planners of the bridge project they said that a second never have used the phone. Distrustful of the Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang at Waves only five feet tall. But Flamingo 492’s natural bridge running adjacent to the existing JFK mechanism’s efficiency, he bellowed into it at on Thursday, June 20, the night of the official lifespan is about 50 so he/she still has got some Causeway was considered but did not address the top of his voice and sent me away gloating grand opening of the new park. Waves this time left. over the coincidence that his name and the week announced an ambitious summer concert the rapidly increasing traffic load on the inland brand of tobacco he used were the same. schedule with some bands that have never been "I guess it comes down to a simple side of SPID, relieving traffic pressure on that seen on the Padre end of The Island due to the choice, really. Get busy living or stretch of road was cited as the main concern of “Hello! Raymondville? This is Mister Durham. lack of a venue. But Waves has taken things up get busy dying." building a second bridge to Padre Island. When the wagon leaves, send me some Durham a notch with bands like Two Tons of Steel, Joe tobacco.” And since busting lose 492 has made the best King Carrasco, Jesse Dayton, and Del Castillo. of it. He’s been seen in Texas several times, as w See the full schedule in this issue. Three of these well as in Louisiana and Wisconsin. He moves bands have been packing houses in Port A for Island Strategic In another wing of the house lived another ex- with the wind and just last month Texas Parks years but have never played the Padre end of and Wildlife announced 492 was spotted by Ranger Old Man Talley, the same George Talley The Island. Two Ton Tuesday has been a staple Action Committee that Durham had ridden with in their McNelly photographer John Humbert just up the coast at the Texas Mother Church Gruene Hall in New wading in Lavaca Bay where it did a flyby days. One can’t help but see the parallel between Braunfels for more than a decade, Joe King Regular Meeting their existence on the King Ranch prairie and about the same time last year. Maybe 492 likes Carrasco has been packing houses in Austin to check out Beach Fest there for the country that of the fictitious Ranger Captains Augustus since the 1970s and his New Year’s Eve shows Agenda "Gus" McCrae and Captain Woodrow F. Call and Tejano acts that come to town for three at Giggity’s in Port A are the stuff of legend, Corpus Christi, TX, US, 78418 in Larry McMurtry’s iconic novel Lonesome days of live shows on Memorial Day weekend. Jesse Dayton plays the Back Porch and tours all Tuesday May 7, 2019 at 5:30 P.M. Dove and subsequent series almost exactly one It somehow seems fitting that a spirit-pink over the world. This is something entirely new flamingo would like Tejano music. hundred years after Durham’s Ranger band for Padre Island and is a sign of things to come. Holiday Inn Express, 15209 Windward broke up. It seems scant coincidence that when "You know what the Mexicans say about Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78418 The Friday night events at Market 37 have Members of the audience will be provided author McMurtry built the set for the fictional the Gulf Coast? They say it has no Rangers’ hometown of Lonesome Dove he already become part of the weekly routine for an opportunity to speak during the meeting. memory. That's where I want to live the placed it on the banks of the Rio Grande a many of us with more shows scheduled as the It is requested that presentations be limited scant one hundred miles from the house where summer wears on. Doc’s and the Angry Marlin rest of my life. A warm place with no to 3 minutes. Please identify yourself, give Durham and Talley spent their last years. are doing regular live music as well. Our music memory." your address and state your point as briefly as writer Ronnie Narmour who has been rocking Flamingos are not native to Texas, in fact they possible. But instead of one great last cattle drive to steady to bring live music to The Island for Montana like Captains Gus and Call, Durham are pretty much never seen in the United States The City of Corpus Christi promotes more than a decade is going to be busy as a one- except in old episodes of Miami Vice, but like and Talley rode herd on a single gate they armed bass player. participation regardless of race, color, national kept in working order on a fence in the Sauz. many fugitives they seek reinvention here. origin, sex, oge, religion, disability or political Goodwyn’s description of the two aging World Class “As long as they have these shallow, salty types belief Reasonable accommodation is provided Rangers bears repeating. It is the story of men upon request and in accordance with the The term “World Class” gets thrown around a of wetlands they can be pretty resilient,” Felicity who have outlived their time and have little Americans with Disabilities Act. For assistance, lot in these parts referring to all kinds of things Arengo, a flamingo expert at the American calling in their here and now but the shared or to request a reasonable accommodation, but there are two areas where it certainly is Museum of Natural History, told The New York remembrance of times past in taming the land contact Rozie Canales at {361) 826-3232 at apropos. One is the Port of Corpus Christi and Times. they can’t leave. least 48 hours in advance. the other is sailing. A specialist for the Coastal Fisheries Division, I. Call to order/Roll Call Pistols and high-heeled boots Worldwinds Windsurfing at Bird Island is told the Austin-American Statesman that it’s unclear if 492 stayed along the Texas Coast all In the words of Frank Goodwyn through the rated as one of the best windsurfing locations II. Approval of Minutes from April 8, 2019 year or if it just returned as part of its migratory eyes of a child. in the world and the Youth Sailing World III, Consideration of Requests for Excused Championship that came to Corpus Christi Bay path. But there is no plan to try to recapture 492. “Old man Talley did not chew tobacco but Absences last summer are being followed by the Etchells "I have to remind myself that some birds he smoked and cussed constantly. He called IV. Public Comment World Championship that is kicking off there aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers himself a wicked old cuss and he loved his right now. Both of these are as World Class as pistol as himself. He cleaned it daily and are just too bright. And when they fly V. Ongoing Business for Discussion/Possible it gets and it looks like when it comes to sailing Action lavished on it all the devotion that most men we are on the map, which leads to a problem. away, the part of you that knows it was a lavish on their wives and babies. Both Durham sin to lock them up does rejoice." 1. Ex-Officio members updates and Talley wore high-heeled boots that came The crews that sail in the Etchells event "There really isn't an easy way to recapture the 2. Beaches and Parks update almost to their knees. Their pants and jackets come to town a month early to practice in the bird," Christan Baumer, Sedgwick County Zoo were of khaki that had once been brown but local conditions and because they are here for 3. Island Engineering Update spokeswoman, told the AP in 2007. "It would now were faded to a pale, washed out cream. that long don’t want to live out of hotels. An only disturb wildlife where it's been found and 4. TIRX #2 Update Their hats were blackened in the seams by dust organizer of the event called in to the Jim Lago possibly could do more damage to the bird than and use and their brims were crumpled, limber Radio Show Monday morning to report that the VI New Business for Discussion/Possible just leaving him alone." and floppy. arriving crews are finding lodging to be a real Action problem. There are almost forty crews from all 1.Future TIRZ Pro j ect “Neither worked anymore but still drew a over the world in town and she reports that they salary because they were too proud to take a are having trouble finding rentals through the VII. Identify ISAC Future Agenda Items pension. Talley’s self-assigned task was to limp websites that offer vacation rentals by owner VIII. Schedule Next Meeting - June 4, 2019 down the road every morning to a gate to make which offer houses and condos where they stay sure it was still intact and properly latched. He in most cities. They bring their families and like IX. Adjournment went armed with cartridge belt and pistol in to stay near the racing venues but in Corpus hopes a buzzard or hawk might appear and give Christi they are finding scant accommodations him a reason to shoot.“ near the downtown marina area. He and Durham had earned the eternal gratitude Our city’s policy toward private individuals of Captain King, long since passed away, and renting their homes and condos for short-term his descendants by ridding the land of bandits. rentals is a work in progress. A task force was Send letters Durham bossed his own sons who now took set up last year to come up with a citywide plan care of the ranch and the two men took turns but it has yet to make its way to the city council. Photo by Brent Orteg visiting each other in their respective houses, The result is a sort of system that isn’t a system. and photos to the last of the men who shared the memories of the land when it was wild and in need of their As things now stand leasing out your home 492’s fellow jailbird has not been seen since services. When in Talley’s room Durham spit for short-term rentals is against city codes and the escape. But the Coastal Fisheries Division his tobacco juice on the toes of his boots out of is in fact not legal, but if you pay the Hotel says it now considers 492 a Texas citizen, and editor@ respect of the lumbered floors. They wasted no Occupancy Tax you will most likely be left like fugitives of yore who find their way to words. Goodwyn listened through windows and alone unless there is a complaint. A check of the Texas 492 needs a new name, something more half-opened doors. websites shows about 300 rental places available fitting than 492. The office is currently taking islandmoon. with many of them on Padre Island. Sources tell “Been down to the gate today.” name suggestions on Facebook with hundreds us that the new code if/when it is adopted will of submissions so far including Dorothy, Lone “H---, yes, Saw a d--- skunk. Didn’t shoot him. likely allow short-term rentals in all parts of Star, Fugi for “fugitive,” and Davy Crockett. com Too d--- close.” the city with complaints handled as they arise Our suggestion… from neighbors who don’t like the noise. This “I was over at the pens today. Shot a snake. is a big deal for Padre Island since we are the "Easy peasy japanesey." Fourteen.” And with that Durham pulled from Facebook: The destination of choice for about eighty percent of Don’t know why, it seems to fit. his pocket a rattle with fourteen points he had the visitors who come to Corpus Christi. cut from the snakes tail and handed it over. A few years ago the City of Port Aransas Front page Photo by Mike Cosby courtesy Island Moon “Hmmm. D--- good. How far?” initiated a registration system requiring anyone of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department “Twenty feet.” offering short-term leasing to pay a nominal fee and get on a list. A computer program searches Newspaper “Gonna send it to Noris?” where they paid five the websites offering accommodations and red cents for every rattle to encourage the ridding flags anyone renting without being registered. the ranch of snakes. By all accounts the system is working fine. “H--- no. Gonna keep it.” Durham killed In comparison to Port A Corpus Christi is rattlesnakes because it was his duty; it was a still in the Wild West stage of things and if the shame to take rewards for that. reports of Monday are an indication our system “Gonna rain?” is not World Class. “H--- no. Rained last month.” On The Island the lack of overnight stay Such was the life of the anachronistic Texas accommodations for the summer 2019 season Ranger in the age of the singing wire. Two old is further complicated by the lack of rooms warriors with no more battles to fight but with a at the high rise buildings along the beach on great story to tell. State Highway 361 which are still out due to Hurricane Harvey damage. There are a few areas This is the last cowboy song the end of a on The Island where city zoning already allows hundred year waltz overnight stay but none are in neighborhoods. If NEW CAKE BATTER SHAKES

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So when 2018 rolled around the Windstorm Association Board voted F 7 High 9:15 AM 1.9 6:33 AM Rise 10:46 AM 14 Islanders who have heard stump speeches by to raise rates by the maximum and customary State Representative Todd Hunter over the years 7 8:23 PM 10 percent per year that was historically baked know that few things get him as worked up as into their DNA. Their finding for a TWIA rate Sa 8 Low 12:41 AM -0.4 6:33 AM Set 12:35 AM 23 hikes to rates by the Texas Windstorm Insurance increase was headed for approval by the Texas Association. 8 High 9:56 AM 1.8 8:23 PM Rise 11:51 AM Department of Insurance, where it would Su 9 Low 1:43 AM -0.2 6:33 AM Set 1:20 AM 33 When Hurricane Ike hit the Upper Texas Coast undoubtable play to good reviews. a storm that should have cost $2 billion in Hunter stepped in and bought time by urging 9 High 10:27 AM 1.6 8:23 PM Rise 12:55 PM Windstorm claims ended up costing $6 billion Governor Greg Abbott to suspend the move M 10 Low 2:54 AM 0.1 6:33 AM Set 2:01 AM 44 after attorneys for homeowners piled on the until June, 2019 to give the legislature an system driving up settlement costs – almost 10 High 10:48 AM 1.4 8:24 PM Rise 1:57 PM opportunity to consider concerns about TWIA’s two thousand claims were filed on the last day actuarial soundness. In other words they might 10 Low 5:54 PM 0.8 before the filing deadline. On inspection a good need some intervention from lawmakers, or at many of them were dubious at best and straight 10 High 9:50 PM 0.9 least the threat of it, and it gave Hunter time to up money grabs at worst. Even raising the rates work the room. Tu 11 Low 4:22 AM 0.5 6:33 AM Set 2:40 AM 56 by the allowed 10 percent per year couldn’t 11 High 11:02 AM 1.3 8:24 PM Rise 2:59 PM keep the system solvent over the long haul if To the pulpit! storms hit the coast too close together, or were 11 Low 6:09 PM 0.5 combined with the $2 billion hail storms that It was with that goal in mind that as the W 12 High 12:10 AM 1.1 6:33 AM Set 3:18 AM 67 had recently swept through Dallas. Something legislative session wound down in Austin last had to be done. month Hunter took to the podium on the House 12 Low 6:08 AM 0.8 8:25 PM Rise 4:00 PM floor and delivered an impassioned plea to his 12 High 11:12 AM 1.1 Hunter enlisted the help of local attorney, Port fellow House members to act. It was a rare hair- Aransas resident, and current Chairman of the on-fire performance from the normally low-key 12 Low 6:36 PM 0.1 Board of the Port of Corpus Christi, Charlie Hunter who tends to work his legislative chops Th 13 High 2:06 AM 1.3 6:33 AM Set 3:56 AM 77 Zahn, and current District 4 City Councilman on more of a one-to-one basis with individual Greg Smith to barnstorm the state and explain House members. 13 Low 7:56 AM 1.0 8:25 PM Rise 5:01 PM the need for reform of the Texas Windstorm 13 High 11:16 AM 1.1 Insurance Association. This was a political At question was House Bill 4534 which would have extended the moratorium put in place by 13 Low 7:11 PM -0.1 fight that pitted Tornado Alley in the Panhandle against the Texas Coast and the Panhandlers had Abbott by 18 months giving the legislature the House numbers due to population and were the chance to look at an overhaul of the entire always winning. system in its next session or before. It was an existential threat to TWIA and Hunter’s A little history arrow found its mark. House members voted twice on House Bill 4534 and Legislators The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association voted 132-10 two separate times to extend the (TWIA) was established in 1971 by the Texas moratorium, sending a shot across the bow of Legislature to provide wind and hail coverage the TWIA board that if the kids couldn’t solve to property owners unable to obtain insurance the problem the adults would have to step in in the private market. When hurricanes came and do it for them. What the legislature was in rapid succession insurance underwriters ran about to consider was nothing less than whether for cover leaving property owners potentially TWIA could be trusted to maintain the actuarial exposed to catastrophic damage. TWIA soundness of the essential government service is governed by Chapter 2210 of the Texas it was established to provide – being the insurer Insurance Code (which is a little thin on plot) of last resort for Texas homeowners struck by but it is not a state agency and does not receive natural disasters. funds from the general revenue. The Coastal area it covers includes 14 first-tier counties The TWIA Board of Directors got the message (including Nueces and San Patricio but not the that routinely placing the burden of paying crucial and politically powerful Harris County out for coverage shortfalls solely on the backs - Houston) and 14 second-tier coastal counties. of ratepayers was a political minefield and The idea was to provide a backup to private in their May 24 meeting the board reversed underwriters that operates as an insurance field and voted unanimously to withdraw the company by issuing policies, collecting Association’s rate filing with the 10 percent premiums, and paying losses. TWIA is required hike they had made in 2018, and which was by law to transfer its net gain from operations still pending with the Texas Department of Waves Resort Corpus Christi Announces each year into the Catastrophe Reserve Trust Insurance. When Hunter managed to shine the Fund (CRTF), an account maintained by the spotlight on them they blinked, you might even First Thursday Concert Series Texas Comptroller dedicated to the payment of say they flinched. Not only did they drop the future TWIA catastrophe losses. rate hike they essentially voted to initiate what I will call a Zero Based Budgeting process that Presented by Shiner Brewing Company But as Zahn and Smith pointed out as they along with the Texas Public Finance Authority made their rounds, the board was historically and the Texas Department of Insurance will guarantee a slammin’ party for all. Whether dominated by insurance industry players who look at refinancing the very underpinnings of they are performing on the Grand Ole Opry, rubber stamped annual rate increases favored the Windstorm system in Texas. Gruene Hall, or any other great venue, Two by the powerful and well lobbied insurance Tons of Steel provides a sound, attitude, and industry. The majority of board members Private coverage is available and cheaper approach as big as Texas. came from the industry and returned to it after granting it favorable increases. It was a One thing that stuck me back when Zahn August 1: great little system unless you were a ratepayer. and Smith dug into the TWIA system was that they found that Florida had gone through Del Castillo with San Juan Underground Each successive storm on the Coast provided the political cover to raise Coastal rates while the same process years before and there were Spanish guitars and corrido cool, country grit shifting the weight of paying for the system then as many as fourteen major windstorm and Austin flair, Del Castillo’s smoldering away from the Panhandle where, at the time, the underwriters ready and willing to come into bybrid of flamenco, rock, Latin, blues and world numerical power in the legislature resided. The Texas and offer private coverage but were being music will enchant you. Warning: spontaneous Coast subsidized the Panhandle. held off by rules favored by the Texas insurance SAVE THE DATE burst of dancing are the norm at their concerts. industry (lobby). The Texas system rather than GRAND OPENING The result having uniform statewide rules for Windstorm Waves Resort Corpus Christi featuring September 5: has a polyglot system that varies from county to celebration Without getting too far out in the weeds here, Schlitterbahn® WaterparkTHURSDAY, JUNE and 20TH Shiner Brewing county. Private Windstorm carriers are out there ~ FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT 10 AM ~ Tomar and the FCs with Splendiferous here’s what happened after Ike. 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Dog Park, coverage will get cheaper even as the TWIA Secondly, a non-profit organization.CORPUS CHRISTI TX 78418 Awesome prizes October 3: board tells us increasingly higher rates are the will be raffled off at each concert. Andrews Joe King Carrasco with The Chanklas TWIA issued $2 billion in securities and only way through. Maybe it’s time for a system Distributing, iHeartMedia, Inc. Coprus Christi assessments that would provide interest overhaul. and the Island Moon are proud partners in the Tex-Mex Party Rock. It’s a Party Party payments that along with annual rates would As it turns out the threat of that combined with concert series. Weekend any time Joe King Carrasco, high- pay for damages. When Harvey hit TWIA was a fiery speech on the House floor is enough to energy leader of the Nuevo Wavo, take the to use the proceeds of the issued Class 1 bonds When: Concert series begins on the Fourth of stage. make the TWIA board run for cover. July at 6 p.m. - openers at 6:30, headliners play to pay policyholders’ Hurricane Harvey claims from about 7:45 pm to 9:15 pm. November 7: but those claims outstripped the money available July 4: Jesse Dayton with Matt Hole and the Hot Two Ton Thursday with Two Tons of Rod Gang Ask Ralph Steel with Ty Dietz Jesse Dayton’s hard chargin’ turbo country and scorching Texas rhythms will light up the night. Two Tons of Steel’s rambunctious brand of Reducing Fixed Cost country rooted rock and high-energy show By Ralph Coker Q. How can I reduce solution could be to schedule them less than fixed cost for my retail 8 hours one day and make up the lost time business? by scheduling them extra hours later in the week to reach a 40-hour week. A better way A. There’s very little you can do to reduce would be to have productive fill in work for fixed costs. I managed an oil refinery in the remainder of the day such as re-stocking my career. The fixed cost was 100 percent counters or unpacking new merchandise. of plant operating and maintenance costs. If you sell online, they could be filling and If you analyze your retail business cost, I packing online orders for shipment. Fill in think you will find likewise that 100 percent productive work creates flexibility to have of your operating and maintenance costs efficient sales staff on duty as customer flow are fixed. My refinery was built to process varies. 100,000 barrels of oil per day. If it operated below that capacity, revenue went down and When your building lease comes due to fixed costs remained the same and the plant’s renew, consider carefully whether you need profitability went down. that much space or that quality of space which costs more in rent. Don’t rent in a high Let’s say for your retail business, you rented cost shopping mall if the extra customers space and bought inventory to serve 400 and revenue doesn’t justify the extra costs. customers per day. When you open your If you are not averaging 400 customers per doors each day, your rent and utility costs day, maybe you can reduce the amount of continue whether you have 400 customers space you rent. If you reduce space, consider or less. You have to schedule sales staff to reducing display inventory. handle 400 customers because you never know in advance how many customers you Finally, market constantly to increase sales will have and you can’t afford to lose a sale revenue. Customers don’t find you, you for lack of sales staff. So, labor is a fixed cost have to find effective ways to find them and regardless of the number of customers. The convince them to visit your business. Once same is true of all other costs. there, make a sale and try to create a repeat customer. Become expert in website, social If you find during certain hours of the media and email marketing. They are cheap day you have fewer customers, consider and used expertly produce sales revenue. reducing sales staff during those periods. However, realize that employees want to Bio: Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE work 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week which provides free mentoring to small to support themselves and families. If you businesses and nonprofits schedule them less, you may lose them. One A6 Island Moon June 6, 2019 Senior Moments Anecdotingly The Flying Coffins of World War II Skunked By Dotson Lewis By Abigail Bair Special to the Island Moon My dog is so friendly, in fact, that once I saw It was a calm and pleasant her attempt to make the acquaintance of a large Dotson’s note: 75 years ago the United States’ before its D-Day triumph. In August 1943, a summer night. There was clod of dirt – going so far as to offer the clod first military stealth aircraft, the Waco CG-4A Saint Louis-based contractor invited the city's absolutely zero foreboding in the air at 12:56 several pieces of her own food. She was very combat glider, glided into World War II history. mayor and other dignitaries to experience the a.m., as I lay asleep in my bed dreaming pleasant disappointed when it failed to rise up from the This was not a “flying machine,” it was powered excitement of a glider flight before an airshow dreams of owning a normal dog. At 12:57 a.m., ground and entertain her. She barked at it for only by the prevailing winds and the guts of the audience of 5,000. Aghast spectators watched however, my slumber was rudely interrupted by awhile before giving up. I am, frankly, a little men who flew them. Thanks to Michael MacRae, as a glider abruptly lost a wing at 2,000 a huge commotion out in the yard. concerned for the giant toad who lives in a large Donald MacRae, Leon B. Spencer, General feet and crashed in front of the grandstand, hole by the side fence. He has yet to make an Stadler (my dog) had evidently lost her mind. James Gavin and General William Westmorland killing all onboard. After ruling out sabotage, appearance this year. Stadler gets stompy when for much of the data contained in this report and investigators traced the cause of the crash to a She barked a series of sharp, seemingly curious she’s happy. to The Silent Wings Museum Lubbock, Texas for faulty bolt provided by a subcontractor who was woofs and then yelped loudly. I could hear her The squirrels who live in our yard are among the some of the data and the photos. in the coffin business. tearing over the decks to get to her dog door, fattest and sleekest I have ever seen. I’m pretty as she careened into the house for comfort. D Day June 6, 1944 Of the 6,000 men trained as glider pilots, some sure the dog is sneaking them food, too. I’ve In a matter of seconds, the house filled with had washed out of conventional pilot training seen her attempt to carry a full bowl through her a horrific smell – as though a field of rotting and were given a second chance to fly. Others door. This resulted in lots of yelling and a large cabbages were in some serious gastric distress. had a civilian pilot license but were passed over mess. Still, it is rare that Stadler is ever really I leapt from my bed, breathing through my for powered flight training. The possibility of deterred when she thinks she has a mission. The mouth, positive that the dog had encountered officer's pay and the chance to fly attracted a squirrels, while clearly eating something, still the business end of a skunk. particular breed of risk-tolerant trainees, and have the audacity to look at the dog snottily as the glider pilots' maverick reputation quickly I leerily approached Stadler, who by now was we pull into the driveway, sometimes going so spread. Gen. James Gavin, commander of the leaping up and down in the hallway exhibiting far as to shake a fist in her direction. Stadler is 82nd Airborne Division, lamented the pilots' pure glee. Slowly, I took one tiny half sniff, and oblivious to the ingratitude. demeanor. But he also recognized the audacity (to my delight) discovered that Stadler stank I’ve identified three and a half clear thoughts of landing a glider in combat. "It is a chastening only of exuberant dog rather than odiferous in the dog: “I want your food;” “Can I get some experience. It gives a man religion," he said. skunk. On D-Day and other major Allied airborne of that chicken;” and “What is that thing and assaults, the Waco glider carried troops and Germany was well prepared for a glider The rank smell pervaded the house, though. I how can I make friends with it?” The perfect materiel behind enemy lines to take out key invasion of Normandy. Beachheads were couldn’t sleep in my bedroom due to the clouds example of the synthesis of these notions is how enemy defenses and transportation links. These guarded by anti-aircraft guns. Likely landing of toxic miasma. I tried the spare bedroom and Stadler tries to trade Dale dog biscuits for his humble gliders – engineless and unarmed – zones were saturated with “Rommel’s then the couch, but the stench was unbearable. fried chicken. overcame perilous odds to make the first cracks asparagus” – a glider-smashing network of 10- I guessed that the side of the house had been Every time Dale brings his lunch back to the in Hitler's Fortress Europe. Yet their story is an foot poles wired together with explosives. sprayed, so I donned my trusty flip-flops and office, Stadler demands a biscuit. She then lays obscure chapter in the Allied victory saga. went outside to see if hitting the area with the down in his doorway with the biscuit between hose would help at all. Their moment in the spotlight of military her front paws and a big, stupid grin on her face. aviation was fleeting. But in the pre-helicopter It did not. In fact, it soon became evident that If Dale acknowledges her even with a “No, you age, combat gliders represented the state-of- the cause of the problem was that the central can’t have my chicken,” she will nudge her the-art in stealth, landing precision, and hauling air conditioning unit had sustained a direct hit, bone temptingly in his direction. “Yes, but look capacity. pushing the fumes through the duct work of the at this FINE bone,” she seems to be saying, “it whole house. I went back inside and turned off "Flying coffins." "Tow targets." Pilots and is clearly far superior to that boring old fried the a/c. That did not last long. glider-borne infantry had colorful and well- chicken! YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT.” earned nicknames for their ungainly planes. But It turns out that skunk stink is actually a lot Shockingly, Dale never wants the dog biscuit, according to at least one veteran flight officer, Restored WACO GC-4A. worse hot than cool. but sometimes he gives Stadler a bite of his the most common moniker for the combat I didn’t get any further sleep that night, which chicken anyway. To her, he is St. Dale of the glider was way off base: "Silent Wings." For MacRae, his tow plane lost an engine gave me time for some annoyed reflection on Fried Chicken – the very soul of generosity. "For us it was louder than hell," said glider pilot and threatened to cut the troop-laden glider Stadler’s past overtures of friendship. Since She checks him minutely every time we see Donald MacRae, who flew troops into battle on loose over the English Channel. After tense she’s mostly a Labrador(k), there have been him, in case he is secreting some deliciousness D-Day and in the invasion of The Netherlands. negotiations, the C-47 pilot agreed to wait until many. about his person. The glider's spartan construction provided no land was in sight. MacRae landed safely, but It’s been about week since the spraying about 25 miles shy of the intended landing zone. The first was when she woke the Rev up in the insulation from the roar of the C-47 tow plane's middle of the night, insisting that she needed to incident. During that time, I’ve discovered engines, the pounding of the natural elements, His troops went off to find a fighting unit, and several little known housekeeping facts -- the he eventually found his way back to his base in go outside. The Rev let her out and left her to and the din of enemy anti-aircraft fire, he said. her business for a few minutes, only to reopen most profound of which being that you can’t England. "I never found out what happened to scrub skunk juice off of an air conditioner, even MacRae, who flew with the 37th Troop Carrier my squad or the tow plane crew," he said. the back door and find Stadler earnestly trying Squadron of the 316th Troop Carrier Group, said to befriend a hissing Blossom-the-Possum. with 20 Mule Team Borax. I’ve also learned the glider had few provisions for passengers' Every glider pilot had at least one story of Mom had a heck of a time getting the dog back that eau de faded skunk is only slightly superior safety and none for their comfort. There were that long trip back to safety. After delivering in the house and settled down. Dad swears to the full dose, and that my sofa sleeps like it’s four basic instruments on the control panel, his troops 90 miles behind enemy lines in the that Blossom was enraged at the intrusion for filled with lava rocks. which the pilots mistrusted. Air pockets and 40- famous "A Bridge Too Far" invasion of The several weeks, although how he discovered that It is amazing what you can get used to when mph winds created violent turbulence. Enemy Netherlands, MacRae hit the road through no- factoid is anyone’s guess. you have a dog like mine. fire on descent was constant, and many pilots man's land with limited rations and no plan. A were taken out before they could land. ramshackle bicycle eased his journey initially, but with his rations gone and his strength Texans at Normandy: the 75th With no parachutes onboard, glidermen ebbing, he readily traded it to a passing soldier took pain to protect their pilots. According to for extra K-rations. Refortified, he happily Anniversary of D-Day MacRae, "Some of the guys found an extra hiked another 35 miles to Brussels. flak jacket for me – not to wear but to sit on. By U.S. Sen. John Cornyn the war and returned to the United States with They didn't want anything coming up from The Waco CG-4A glider was the first and last homeward bound troops in tow. Since she was Seventy-five years ago, underneath the plane to hit anything vital." of its kind. Mothballed at war's end, fewer than decommissioned in 1948, the Battleship Texas a courageous battle was a dozen restored gliders exist today. The ranks has been open to the public at the San Jacinto fought and won by Allies at of the pilots are thinning too. MacRae 92, died Battleground near La Porte, Texas. five years ago. At the time, he was one of only a the beaches of Normandy. few hundred living glider pilots. Its significance cannot be understated; On a personal note, the 75th anniversary of the Allies’ defeat of the German forces at D-Day reminds me of my father-in-law, Don Glider pilots who participated in the Normandy Normandy recast the direction of the war and Hansen, who bravely stormed Utah Beach on landings were awarded the Air Medal for their set forth the campaign to liberate Europe from June 7, 1944, and of my own father, a career Air role in the Allies' early successes on D-Day. Nazi Germany. Force officer who served as a bomber pilot in Their role in “Operation Market Garden” was World War II. On his 26th mission, my father Texas’ World War II veterans who have lauded, even though it was overshadowed by the was shot down by the Nazis and spent months spoken about their time in the English Channel mission's overall failure to take the key bridge in a POW camp before General Patton’s troops remember the invasion as like nothing they’d at Arnhem. Gliders were also central to Allied freed him and his fellow service members. Both ever seen. Claude Grisham of Holly Lake invasions of Sicily, Burma, Southern France, men were personal role models and inspired my Ranch, Texas recalls the many boats stacked Bastogne, and the crossing of the Rhine into career in public service, and while both men with thousands of men funneling equipment Germany in March 1945. have deceased, they live on through our family towards the beach. Jack Hetzel from Big and the stories we tell of their heroism. Like all Army Air Corps pilots, the Glidermen Sandy, Texas shared that the sky was so thick Inside The Cockpit Of The Waco GC-4A wore wings on their chests. Theirs were special, with military aircraft, not even the sun shone All in all, 700,000 Texans served in uniform Combat Glider. with a capital "G" stamped in the center. through. Paul Marable of Waco, Texas noted on during World War II. Texas sent the largest Technically it stood for "glider," but they were D-Day’s 70th anniversary five years ago that he percentage of men and women into combat of The CG-4A fuselage was 48 feet long and quick to tell anyone who asked that it really could “still hear the gears in that turret [of his any state. And 22,000 Texans laid down their constructed of steel tubing and canvas skin. stood for "Guts." tank] turning.” lives to protect others – their fellow troops, their Its honeycombed plywood floor could support countrymen at home, and the many fighting for Dotson’s other note: I first saw a glider in 1943, More than 156,000 Allied troops, including more than 4,000 pounds, approximately the freedom and peace around the world. glider's own empty weight. It could carry two when one landed in a pasture about 2 miles 73,000 Americans, stormed the beaches and pilots and up to 13 troops, or a combination of from our house in the country, near Fayetteville, cliffs on June 6, 1944 for the largest seaborne The loss our nation experienced on D-Day is heavy equipment and small crews to operate it. Arkansas. That is a story for another time. In invasion in history. While ultimately successful, hard to fathom, but thankfully, Texas veterans The nose section could swing up to create a 5 x my opinion the story of WWII Gliders has been the operation cost us many lives. American through their optimism have helped us point out 6-foot cargo door for Jeeps, 75-mm howitzers, mostly forgotten. Here is a link for a video that forces suffered about 2,500 fatalities, and the some lessons to share with the next generation. or similarly sized vehicles. I believe you will find fascinating: https://www. Allied casualties have been estimated to be Homer Garrett, who saw 96 fellow soldiers youtube.com/watch?v=ohroxm30GoM .If any close to 10,000. die when his landing craft hit a mine, said that With a wingspan of 83.5 feet, the Waco maxed of you Moon Monkeys know, or have heard of because of his fellow soldiers in the Army’s Homer Garrett of Lindale, Texas remembers out at 150 mph when connected to its tow plane. WWII living glider pilots, please contact me. 300th Combat Engineers Battalion whose the victory with a heavy heart: “Ninety-six Once the 300-ft length of 1-inch nylon rope was remains still lie in Normandy, he “know[s] Thanks for reading, I can be reached at: members of my battalion were killed in a cut, typical gliding speed was 72 mph. the price of freedom.” And Paul Marable, [email protected] and/or Land Line: 361- single day, and many were injured” as they hit The Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, OH, a who during the invasion woke up to a German 949-7681 or Cell: 530-748-8475. Please note: a German mine approaching Utah Beach. 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Derek quickly called Michigan Baseball One pick. The Astros made their choice. The Celtics won their 11th championship in Head Coach Bill Freehan, a former 11 time All- no shortage of legendary, classic moments from Former pitcher and now Astros scout, Hal NBA Finals history. Here’s a look at some of 13 years by defeating the Lakers yet again, but Star catcher with the Detroit Tigers, told him the it was not for a lack of effort from Jerry West. particulars, and said four words, “What should Newhouser, took the call from his boss, Dan the best NBA Finals games of all time. And O’Brian, upstairs. “Well, I’m through,” he sure, this list is highly subjective—but we can The Lakers standout notched a triple-double I do?” Freehan answered with four words of in Game 7 (42 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists) his own, “You’ve got to sign.” Derek Jeter said to his wife when he came down the stairs. certainly all agree that these are historic games “They picked Nevin.” Newhouser never spent that will never be forgotten. Thanks to Mark and became the first Finals MVP from a losing signed a New York Yankee contract on June 28, team. 1992, just two days after his 18th birthday. The another day in baseball after that, except when Ludwiczak for many of the facts and much of he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame data contained in this report. Also thanks to Bill amount was for $800,000. Jeter had become Game 7, 1957 — Boston Celtics 125, St. the first high school player selected in the 1992 later that same summer. He was beside himself Morgan, former SWC SID, for some of facts, with the Astros’ decision. “He’s the best I’ve data and all of the graphics in this report. Louis Hawks 123 (Double OT) Major League draft. It would become the pick of a lifetime. So, sit back, relax, put your feet ever seen,” said Newhouser. Hal never used a Game 3, 1970 — New York Knicks 111, up, and let me tell you the incredible story of radar gun. He didn’t need a gun to tell him that Los Angeles Lakers 108 (OT) The only Game 7 to ever go to double overtime. how Derek Jeter became a Yankee. Jeter threw fast. Other scouts with radar guns Tom Heinsohn had 37 points and 23 rebounds said he topped out at 90 mph from shortstop to to lead Boston to its first of 17 championships. first base. Turns out Hal didn’t need stat sheets or box scores either. The Houston Astros had Game 7, 1988 — Los Angeles Lakers lost 97 games during the 1991 season, and that’s 108, Detroit Pistons 106 one of the reasons Newhouser had been hired The Lakers’ second consecutive title capped to scout for their team. Hal had made the long a frenetic finish to this seven-game series. Los round trip from Bloomfield to Kalamazoo to see Angeles nearly let a 15-point lead slip away young Derek Jeter play in high school numerous before winning 108-105. James Worthy led the times, all with joy. “I don’t know if Derek will way with his only career triple-double in Game play shortstop or end up in centerfield. Either 7 (36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists). way, he’s going to play in the Majors for 20 years,” exclaimed Newhouser. Game 7, 1962 — Boston Celtics 110, Los The second pick was owned by the Cleveland Angeles Lakers 107 (OT) Derek Sanderson Jeter was born June 26, 1974, Indians. In 1989, the Tribe had just signed Jim The Lakers came within inches of ending with good genes. In the late 1960’s, his dad, Thome and Manny Ramirez, and they were Boston’s championship reign when Frank Charles, an African-American from Alabama, in dire need of pitching. A big hard-throwing Selvy’s shot in the final seconds trickled off had played shortstop and second base at Fisk right-hander named Paul Shuey, a pitcher from the rim. Instead, the game went to overtime, University located in Nashville, Tennessee. the University of North Carolina, was right where Boston prevailed with its fourth straight After Fisk, Charles moved to New Jersey were there for the choosing. They took Shuey. title. Bill Russell tied his own record with 40 he met his future bride-to-be. She was of Irish The third pick belonged to the Montreal rebounds to go along with 30 points. descent, white, and her name was Dorothy. Expos who also needed pitching. They liked Game 7, 1970 — New York Knicks 113, They moved their family to Kalamazoo, left-hander B. J. Wallace of Mississippi State Michigan, when Derek was four. Charles Jeter University. Wallace went north to Canada with Los Angeles Lakers 99 taught his son many things, but through it all, the Expos. Derek Jeter was better then everyone else the Willis Reed gave the Knicks the emotional boost The fourth pick rested with the Baltimore Jerry West first day he played at anything. they needed to win their first championship. Orioles. With Cal Ripken Jr. at shortstop the Against all odds, Reed returned into the starting He was tall, and very skinny; some said he O’s grabbed up power-hitting outfielder, Jeffery lineup for Game 7 after missing the previous had to run around in the shower just to get wet. Hammonds, of Stanford University. game with a torn thigh muscle. Even though he Derek was the leader of his team at shortstop. Before Steph Curry made half-court shots Pick number five fell to the Cincinnati Reds. wasn’t playing at 100 percent, he nailed the first He was quiet, respectful, and said “yes sir” seemingly routine, there was Jerry West, who They wanted Jeter but future Hall-of-Fame two shots of the game—and the Knicks never and “no sir.” When others were heading to the sent Game 3 of the 1970 Finals into overtime shortstop Barry Larkin was in the way. They looked back. mall, he was going to the baseball diamond to by nailing a miracle 60-foot shot and evening chose the next best player in outfielder Chad play catch. Derek Jeter hit over .500 and only the score at 102. Game 6, 1998 — Chicago Bulls 87, Utah Mottola, from the University of Central Florida. Jazz 86 struck out once in 23 games, his senior year of Game 3, 2006 — Miami Heat 98, Dallas high school. His hands were educated and soft George Steinbrenner had been banned for life Mavericks 96 Michael Jordan’s career with the Bulls like cotton candy. His footwork labeled him from day-to-day operations of the Yankees by Dwayne Wade turned the 2006 Finals around appropriately ended in spectacular fashion. as a tap dancer, a Gregory Hines at shortstop. Commissioner Fay Vincent, for paying Howie with 42 points in this dramatic comeback With 5.2 seconds remaining, Jordan drove to He played basketball in high school to stay in Spira $40,000 to spy on Derek Jeter’s idol, Dave victory. The Mavericks had a 13-point lead his right before abruptly stepping back. (Did shape for baseball, and he predicted two things: Winfield. Nevertheless, George made it clear midway through the fourth quarter—but Wade he push Byron Russell? Probably.) By the way, “When I grow up, I’m going to play for the New that he still owned the team and he approved rallied the Heat with 15 points in the fourth, he nailed the jumper, and the one-point victory York Yankees and marry Mariah Carey.” Jeter as their pick if he fell that far. The Yankees gave Chicago its sixth championship in eight were in need of some luck as they had not been even while playing most of the quarter with five The University of Michigan, Notre Dame, seasons. in the playoffs since 1981. “Captain Luck” was fouls. Miami won the next three games for their and The University of Miami all offered him staring them right in the face with the sixth pick. first championship. a scholarship to continue his education, while Game 5, 1997 — Chicago Bulls 90, Utah Anthony Robbins once said, “You see, in life, playing baseball for them. Dot Jeter wanted her Jazz 88 lots of people know what to do; but few people Game 2, 2011 — Dallas Mavericks 95, son to go to Notre Dame, while Derek leaned actually do what they know. Knowing isn’t Miami Heat 93 Three simple words: “The Flu Game.” In towards Miami, but then he met Bill Freehan of enough. You must take action.” With a 15-point lead midway through the the gutsiest performance of his other-worldly Michigan and changed his mind. Michigan was fourth quarter, the Heat were on the verge of career, Michael Jordan put up 38 points while coming off of probation and the program was And so it began with the sixth pick of the 1992 a commanding 2-0 lead before the Mavericks battling both the Jazz and the stomach flu. The down. draft. Kevin Elfering, the Assistant Scouting 90-88 win gave Chicago a 3-2 series lead after Coordinator, and Director of Minor League staged a wild comeback, as Dirk Nowitzki led But lying like a snake in the grass was New losing the previous two games. Operations for the New York Yankees had never the way with 24 points and 11 rebounds. York Yankee scout Dick Groch. One story seen Derek Jeter play. All he was required to do had Groch telling a Michigan State recruiter Game 4, 1987 — Los Angeles Lakers Game 6, 2013 — Miami Heat 103, San was say, “Derek Sanderson Jeter of Kalamazoo who was adding Jeter’s name to a mailing list, Antonio Spurs 100 (OT) Central,” and he was a Yankee. Unbelievably, 107, Boston Celtics 106 “You’d better save your postage; that kid’s not the best baseball player in the land fell to the going to school, he’s going to Cooperstown.” The third and final meeting between Magic New York Yankees. Johnson and Larry Bird in the NBA Finals Officials had already begun to put yellow Groch later said that Ken Griffey Jr. had been featured one of Johnson’s most iconic moments: rope courtside in preparation of a Spurs trophy the best he had ever seen in high school until Derek Jeter has collected 3,304 hits, five Gold his game-winning hook shot in Game 4. The presentation, but Ray Allen and the Heat had he saw Jeter. Now, he placed them right there Gloves, and five World Series rings, all while Lakers went on to win the series in six games. other plans. Down three points late, Allen together. There was only one problem, the New playing in 12 All-Star Games. He retired at drained a three from the right corner with York Yankees picked sixth in the draft. No one the end of the 2014 season. To think, he could Game 1, 2001 — Philadelphia 76ers 107, 5.2 seconds left to send it to overtime. The in their wildest dreams thought Jeter would be have been a Houston Astro. All they had to do Los Angeles Lakers 101 (OT) Heat prevailed in OT and won their second there when it came time for the Bombers to was say his name into the telephone. What a Kobe Bryant and the Lakers ultimately won consecutive title following Game 7. pick. difference it might have made, especially since Houston now plays in the American League. their second straight championship in 2001, but Game 6, 1980 — Los Angeles Lakers Here’s how the June 1, 1992, draft would not before a major scare from the 76ers in Game Andy Purvis is a local author and radio 123, Philadelphia 76ers 107 commence. The Houston Astros owned the first 1. Allen Iverson exploded for 48 points in the pick. They also knew there were some issues personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. upset win, and his infamous step over a fallen Magic Johnson lived up to his nickname—and with their starting third baseman, Ken Caminiti, com for all the latest info on his books or to Tyronn Lue sealed his statement to the world. then some—in the finest game of his storied and the use of steroids. Infielder Phil Nevin from listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books career. With league MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Cal State Fullerton had been named the College are available online and can be found in the Game 7, 1984 — Boston Celtics 111, Los sidelined, Johnson—then just 20 years old— Player of the Year. Houston Scouting Director, local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be Angeles Lakers 102 started at center in Abdul-Jabbar’s place instead Dan O’Brian, liked both Nevin and Jeter and contacted at [email protected]. Also The first of three NBA Finals matchups between of his usual role at point guard. Johnson went on felt that their scout Hal Newhouser was right listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Larry Bird and Magic Johnson was as legendary to play all five positions and put up 42 points in about Jeter. Bob Watson, Houston’s Assistant Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. as their rivalry. Even though the Lakers came up the Game 6 series-clinching victory. General Manager, leaned toward Nevin, a com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of college kid versus a high school kid. The Astros the Houston Astros. short after a fierce rally from a 14-point deficit Game 5, 1976 - Boston Celtics 128, late in the fourth quarter of Game 7, the series— felt that Jeter would be easier to sign, but owner and the Magic/Bird animosity—injected the Phoenix Suns 126 (Triple OT) John McMullen wanted someone who would NBA with a much-needed adrenaline boost Some games just can’t be contained in regular after several down years. time. 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By Jay Gardner By Joey Farah Matt reared back with the Farah’s Fishing Adventures harpoon as the broadbill swordfish swam from the stern to the bow, but Captain of the Vessel Texas, and spread the ALOHA SPIRIT for the sensing movement from the boat decided to If you have ever owned or even driven a boat, surf community. He put make another desperate run down. Matt reacted you know that feeling of being the captain of soul into my surfing and and reached over the gunnel throwing and your own vessel. The excitement of being life, and everyone that pushing the harpoon down into the blue water, free to roam the world without barriers, only met him. Mike always and luckily finding the shoulder of the swordfish answering to the almighty power of God called me his Nephew ten feet under the boat on the first shot. As the and our Mother Ocean. It’s easy to leave the As free as a sea only in respect for my swordfish hesitated and shuddered, it gave Matt worries of modern society behind, erupting an turtle. father, because to both a split second to drive the harpoon even deeper. addiction for adventure and exploration that has of us he was a second Line began peeling off the rod again, as it had fueled explorers of earth and sea, soothed souls dad and I was his son. You may all remember done time and again over the past hour and two throughout time. This feeling can be found along this March Mike and Karen got into a rollover miles of drifting while reeling the sea beast up our beaches and water’s edges, even if you’re accident on the JFK causeway and lost their dog from 2,000 feet of water. This time however, not looking for it. For some, visiting that feeling THUNDER, who was found. Mike passed away the harpoon point attached to heavy rope began and the ocean is something or somewhere we this week after a long fight with complications uncoiling from the deck and heading over long to come back to always, and for some it from that wreck. the gunnel. The fish was stuck, and the fight becomes a way of life. The Captain goes down changed odds in our favor against the fish. with the ship, because that is exactly where he The vessel Mike road across the earth and sea It’s been a wild wants to be. was tired and wore out. The Captain went down ride lately loyal with the ship. I know that all of readers, having us have and will experience great spent the last two losses in life, it’s all a circle. The weeks in Florida fire that burns within that circle bombing around Adam with a blackbelly rosefish.jpeg of life is what is important. the middle Keys. Mike as well as your loved ones We were pinned to on. Doing a deep drop like that with a 10 lb will come to you in the form of the dock with the weight takes almost three minutes to hit the nature’s beauty. In the marbled same high winds bottom, and even with an electric reel, takes colors of the sky, in the cool that y’all were twenty minutes to reel up just the weight. This breeze blowing through your experiencing for the time was different, and by a quarter of the way soul on top of a mountain peak, majority of the trip, up, the reel was struggling, and half way up, or as one of God’s creatures that Matt with a blueline and only the last something started pulling drag back out against for a moment makes eye contact the reel. We knew we had a good one on the with you. These are those tilefish few days we were able to get out on line, and we started working it up towards the moments we should all smile, the ocean blue. One surface. It was nearly an hour before we saw it remember, and in light pass on of the great things about the Keys is that the for the first time. the ALOHA SPIRIT ourselves. water drops off very quickly. Five miles out of The fish suddenly We left the hospital without average 20 feet deep is the reefs (Sombrero is came to the surface Mike and Karen king, full of ALOHA SPIRIT a path, except straight to the what we were near) and then it goes to 200 feet and jumped 10 feet beach. I got out with THUNDER within a mile of that. Eight miles out and you’re away from the boat, DOG, and walked into the ocean. in 600 feet of water. Thirty miles out you are in soaking us all. There My friend MIKE KING was a perfect balance Twinkling blue water stretched as far as I could 2,000 feet of water. Here in Texas you have to were some desperate between the land and the sea. Mike, a full see, somewhere out there was Mike. I looked go ninety miles out to get that depth out water. moments when it tried blooded Osage Tribal member from Oklahoma down and at my feet, and there was a small sea At one point we were literally halfway to Cuba. to get into the motors knew the ways of the land and the animals that turtle treading water looking straight up into my We had spent most of the week fishing close before giving Matt lived upon it. We started our hunting adventures eyes. “I’m right here, and I’ll be here whenever by, catching a few schoolmaster snapper, the shot we needed. together when I was 15yrs old. A giant silver you need me,” and he led me out to the sand bar mangroves, and landing one wily tarpon. The The broadbill turned haired warrior with a Hollywood smile, towed and glided away. The next morning I crept the real prize was waiting offshore though, as out to be a decent me along to all corners of south Texas hunting boat up close to the mouth of a flooded slough reports we had from before the blow were that sized fish at around and camping. Teaching me about the intertwined where Mike and I used to canoe. A long cast fishing offshore was great. Finally towards the Matt and me with a 100 lbs. The crew family of nature. As soon as he left Oklahoma and Mike came up and struck the bait! The big end of the trip, the forecast for the following swordfish. was ecstatic, and and his super star college baseball career, he trout pulled and splashed plumes of white water days after that showed smooth seas. A decision thankfully no one married the young woman of his dreams and over the golden waters of sunrise. The big trout was made to push flights and extend the stay to was around to hear began his life along the ocean. By the time I met rolled into the net and relaxed, looking me into take advantage of the conditions. I mean, we the yells of triumph as the first sword of the him he was THE DUKE OF SURFING here in the eyes. We took a few pictures of my clients were already there, right? Easy enough. crew was brought on board and dispatched. trophy of a lifetime, and slipped the VESSEL Good times! back into the sea. Last night I burned a fire In Sunday morning we headed out to the best the back yard, dry wood popped and the colors This next week is going to be a doozy folks. conditions we had seen and started off trolling of the rainbow swirled in the flames. Off into the We have TIRZ #2 and ISAC on Monday, with a nice mahi on the old cedar plug. The distance I heard Mike singing with the coyotes and there is a public meeting in the Bluff on decision to deep drop was quickly launched running through the grass and over the dunes. Thursday regarding Laguna Shores Road. My after a lull in the action, and fishing in a 4 knot We never say goodbye to our friends ALOHA. current is a good trick. We had a few fails, but lawn went full on Jungle Book while I was got on it. We decided to do “one last drop” gone, and there’s a CMP application due next We will have a giant celebration of life and before going back to the trolling, and got a bite week too. At least I have a good tan and some love of the ocean on Father’s Day on the beach as soon as we got to the bottom. The bite was stories to bask in the glow of this week. Drop at North Packery. We will send Mike out for subtle, barely a rod tip bump, but with a half me a line at [email protected] because another surf session, surf, watch kids play, mile of line out with a quarter mile bow in it, I’ll be chained to this desk for a while here On barbecue, and tell great stories. I’ll have a great that’s all it takes to signal something going the Rocks. fire, please join us. 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Editor’s note: This story by our old Austin-by- way-of-Wimberley friend Joe Nick wrote this story for Texas Highways Magazine. We use it here by permission. By Joe Nick Patoski Photos by Erich Schlegel When you’re skimming the surface of the Laguna Madre at 30 miles an hour, nature doesn’t just rule. It overwhelms. Shortly after daylight on the most remote stretch of the South Texas coast, husband-and- wife captains Aubrey Black and Sally Moffett zip past concentric circles marking spots where mullets work the surface. A redfish wiggles its silvery, one-black-dotted tail above the water to dine on shrimp in the seagrass, and squadrons of sea trout push by in semi-organized vees. As we approach a sandbar in our inches- drafting catamaran fishing boat, a swirling swarm of several hundred ducks launches into meets the main part of the Laguna Madre. The the sky above us. John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway linking Corpus Christi to Padre Island lies 26 miles north. The boat veers south toward Nine Mile Hole, a prime fishing destination. As it turns, we pass a floating cabin tethered to the bay bottom within eyeshot of a barge moving up the Intracoastal Waterway. We pass a few more floating cabins, and then clusters of primitive fishing shacks built on the spoil islands created by dredging for the Intracoastal Waterway. The shore around Baffin is lightly populated with a scattering of several low-key fishing lodges and motels, an RV park, the landmark King’s Inn restaurant, some Airbnbs, and the county park where most boats launch. The construction of the Baffin Bay Rod and Gun Club, which opened in 2016, was a game changer, offering luxurious amenities for up to 21 guests including a swimming pool, open bar, Federal Red Snapper Season Opens June 1 and on-site chef. The horizon line vanishes. I can’t figure out They didn’t intend to be so highfalutin.’ The private recreational angler red snapper charter boats or headboats, will remain in its where the water ends and the sky begins. When season in federal water opened June 1 for a current management structure set by the federal the morning sun finally climbs high enough Moffett, the first female fly-fishing guide on projected 97-days. Red snapper fishing is open government. The federally permitted for-hire to burn through the overcast, it pierces the the Texas coast, and one of the first to guide in year around in state waters. Bag and size limits sector’s red snapper season will begin June 1, gray gloom with bright-yellow rays shooting kayaks, achieved celebrity status when she was will remain unchanged; 2 fish per person daily 2018 and last 62 days. between the swiftly scudding clouds coming off based in Rockport, appearing on ESPN, NBC, with a 16-inch minimum size limit in federal As part of this agreement, also known as an the Gulf of Mexico. Pretty soon, patches of blue and CNN and other national media, and writing waters, and 4 fish per person daily with a 15- Exempted Fishing Permit, Texas must close peek through, and the gray falls away. In full the book, Saltwater Kayak Fishing, The Texas inch minimum in state waters. the fishery when the state’s allotted poundage sunlight, the tranquil water appears startlingly Way. Shallow saltwater fishing enthusiasts Under an agreement between the Texas Parks is reached. The red snapper season can also be clear. knew Black as the monster trout whisperer, and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the closed in Texas waters if the Gulf-wide Total having landed more than 120 speckled seatrout There are few places in and around Texas longer than 30 inches. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Allowable Catch is exceeded. TPWD’s Coastal where the visible fish—plus dolphins, peregrine TPWD can establish the opening and closing Fisheries Division will be closely monitoring falcons, and brilliant-pink roseate spoonbills— The couple merged their guiding services in of the red snapper fishery in federal waters off this fishery throughout the season and will close outnumber the people viewing them. The 2009 and married the the Texas coast for private recreational anglers it when appropriate. The public will be notified Laguna Madre is one of those places, the only next year, setting up shop fishing from their own vessels in 2019. of any closings through TPWD’s website, social body of water in the state that truly qualifies as in a funky geodesic dome media accounts and news releases. The federally permitted for-hire sector, extreme. with an upstairs platform which allows recreational anglers to fish from to accommodate five A skinny, elongated bay, the Laguna extends overnight guests, and from near Corpus Christi south 130 miles to five more guests in the Port Isabel at the southern tip of the state. 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Hap’s Cut, dependable channels in otherwise For our journey into the heart of the Laguna shallow parts of the laguna, on our way to Nine Madre, Captains Black and Moffett launch their Mile Hole, 35 miles south of Corpus. At the speedy boat from a county park at Loyola Beach hole, we tool around, looking for places where on Baffin Bay, the major inlet of the laguna, the captains can take clients. Black and Moffett next to the couple’s three-year-old resort, the spot schools of fish where I just see chop in the Baffin Bay Rod and Gun Club. surface. It pays to be with someone who knows what they’re looking at. Baffin Bay can be intimidating. It’s tricky to navigate due to the presence of reefs created Back in Baffin, we explore its extension into by petrified colonies of serpulid worms, which Alazon Bay, with nary a boat in sight. Hundreds can shred a boat bottom like coral and make the of pelicans, blue heron, ibis, sandhill cranes, bay extremely treacherous if you don’t know seagulls, and all kinds of ducks—14 species in where you are going. Baffin’s waters are even all, Moffett says—congregate on the sandbars more saline than the Mother Lagoon, because and in the shallows. freshwater inflow is limited to direct rain runoff Watching the Laguna Madre recede behind us in the drainages. The conditions are ideal for as we head back toward land, a sense of calm record-size speckled seatrout and redfish, which washes over me. We’d been out where nobody drew Black and Moffett here about a decade else was, one of those rare places where cell ago. phones don’t work and the wildlife is noisier “This is the mecca of Texas kings,” Black and more abundant than the humans who come waxes poetically as he steers the boat deftly to see them. 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Good news Discussing how and where you plan to evacuate States Department of Homeland Security, the stickers are going to non-PIPOA members. for Ms. Smith is the cost of the recount will is essential, as well. To find the best evacuation American Red Cross, and the National Oceanic However, the PIPOA does keep a written be $2,000. Ms. Smith will receive a refund of route please visit http://www.txdot.gov/inside- and Atmospheric Administration , Texas record of members buying stickers. $1,500. Furthermore, the $2,000 cost is $500 txdot/division/traffic/safety/weather/hurricane. Department of Public Safety, and many more less than Ms. Smith proposed to pay persons html. Once you have established your travel My proposal to give every member one free agencies work diligently to create awareness she suggested do the recount. Therefore, the plan, create a list of places between your town car and one free boat trailer sticker when their and provide resources to keep Americans safe PIPOA has saved her $500. No doubt Ms. and your destination to stop if the highways are CAM fees are paid have met with enthusiasm throughout hurricane season. Smith will appreciate this. by the Board. Because the number of boat clogged. Having a document of potential hotel During hurricane season, tropical cyclones trailer stickers issued this year is so high, it The recount will be done between June 11 reservations is helpful, too. are more likely to form. Tropical cyclones will be necessary to begin the free sticker and June 14 at CC Texas A&M. A&M is The physical damage from hurricanes are a rotating organized system of clouds and program for 2020. Stay tuned for more news legally responsible for possession and security can be devastating. There are ways to mitigate thunderstorms that originate over tropical or on this later. of the ballots. damage from the strong winds and rain, though. subtropical waters, have a closed low-level Simple fixes include trimming or removing Sea Pines- The PIPOA has scheduled a Accounts Receivable- The PIPOA collected circulation, and rotate counterclockwise. damaged trees and limbs from your yard, as Town Hall style meeting for the Sea Pines past due CAM fees in the amount of $78,000 Not all tropical cyclones produce hurricanes. well as, securing loose rain gutters and cleaning members. The meeting will be held on June in May. Members that are delinquent in The NOAA defines a tropical cyclone with them out to prevent clogging. Retrofit to secure/ 13, 2019, starting at 6:00 PM at the Holiday paying CAM fees will be receiving additional maximum sustained winds of 38mph or less reinforce your roof, windows, doors, and Inn Express on the Island. The meeting billing statements and notice that failure to as tropical depressions. A tropical storm is garages to reduce serious property damage. room will accommodate approximately 80 pay CAM fees may result in serious legal a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained The Federal Emergency Management Agency seated people. Because the meeting is for action taken against them. My view is, it is winds of 39-73mph. Hurricanes are a tropical (FEMA) also advises building/creating a storm Sea Pines residents to discuss their covenants absolutely unfair to members who pay their cyclone with wind speeds of 74mph or higher shelter “safe room” in the event that you are and other needs, the seats will be made CAM fees promptly and carry the expense and a major hurricane has a maximum sustained unable to evacuate. More information and tips available to Sea Pines residents first, and of the PIPOA while delinquent members are wind speed of 111mph or more. non-Sea Pines members will be offered seats allowed to go in some cases, years without on how to accomplish this can be found at The Coastal Bend is considered an “evacuation based on availability. A written summary of paying their CAM fees. https://www.fema.gov/safe-rooms. zone” during hurricane season. If a hurricane the discussion will be made available to all To keep up with potential storms Board Meeting- The next PIPOA Board is approaching, the best/safest thing to do is members sometime after the meeting. Sea throughout hurricane season, visit http:// meeting will be on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at evacuate. It is advised to prepare an evacuation Pines members, please come to the meeting www.nhc.noaa.gov/. The National Hurricane 5:30 PM. Location to be announced. checklist and kit ahead of time. The Texas and get the facts and straight answers. Center provides several resources to keep Division of Emergency Management and the Litter Critter- The next Litter Critter is you up-to-date. To learn more about what Recount- The PIPOA has retained the National Weather Service urges all coastal scheduled for Saturday, July 20, 2019. hurricanes are associated hazards, visit http:// services of Ms. Pam Hill to do the last Board residents to have the following on their checklist www.nws.noaa.gov/os/hurricane/resources/ and in their evacuation kits: TropicalCyclones11.pdf. For more information • First-aid kit, prescription medications, on how and what to prepare for hurricane season, eyeglasses, copies of prescriptions, other please visit: http://www.redcross.org/get-help/ special medical items, hearing aids and prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/ LaRue named Texas Surf Museum batteries hurricane; http://www.texasprepares.org/; • Important documents and records, photo https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes; and https:// President of Opens China Beach: IDs, proof of residence, information to www.dps.texas.gov/dem/ThreatAwareness/ process insurance claims helpfulWebLinks.htm. United Chamber of Surfing During the • Credit cards and cash (if power is out, If you have questions regarding any of the banks and ATMs may not be available) information mentioned in this week’s article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or Commerce Vietnam War Exhibit • Battery-operated radio, NOAA Weather District Office. Please always feel free to The United Corpus Christi Chamber of When American soldiers got a break from duty Radio and extra batteries contact my office if you have any questions Commerce Executive Committee announces in the Vietnam War they often headed for the 20 • Phone numbers of family, friends and or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if the appointment of John LaRue, former miles of white sand of My Khe Beach with they other important phone numbers you would like to contact my office regarding Executive Director of the Port of Corpus Christi called China Beach. The lucky ones went to do constituent services. As always, my offices are Authority, as President/CEO. LaRue will begin some surfing while they were there, and they • Road maps available at any time to assist with questions, work in his new position on June 24th. He will brought their stories and love of surfing with • 3-day supply of non-perishable food, one concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- succeed Cleofas Rodriguez, Jr., who submitted them when they came home gallon of bottled water per person per day, 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). his resignation in May after serving two years With that in mind Brad Lomax and the Texas coolers for food and ice storage, paper - State Representative Todd Hunter, District as President/CEO. Surf Museum are bringing the story of China plates, utensils 32 John LaRue was Executive Director for the Beach: Surfing During the Vietnam War to • Manual can opener, knife, tools, booster Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). Port of Corpus Christi Authority from 1994 Corpus Christi at the Texas Surf Museum. cables, fire extinguisher, duct tape, tarp, He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. to 2018 and to which he was unanimously The exhibit is now open and features images, rope, flashlight with extra batteries texas.gov or at 512-463-0672 selected for following an international search. artifacts, and first-hand stories from the veterans • Extra keys LaRue is a member of the Port Industries who lived them. of Corpus Christi, a coalition of major port- related entities in South Texas concerned “When I saw this exhibit in California, I Deadbeats Pay Attention! with advancing the quality of life. Among understood how China Beach and surfing his many local community activities, he has provided healing and hope during the war,” City Reminder for Residents with served as a Board Member and Past Chairman said Brad Lomax. “And, it shows the power of the Gulf of Mexico Foundation; Past Chair of wave-riding to support our veterans as they and member of the United Way of the Coastal transitioned to civilian life. The collection Outstanding Utility Accounts Bend Board of Directors; the American Heart includes stories, photographs, and memorabilia Association Board and Executive Leadership from the era.” Disconnection Grace Period EXTENDED Team, Interim President and CEO of the Corpus “We will be adding a Texas perspective during Christi Regional Economic Development the coming months. We are inviting Vietnam Through June 30 Corporation, past Board Member of Incarnate Veterans, especially those who surfed China Word Academy, and past Chair of St. Philips Beach, to reach out to the Texas Surf Museum If you forgot to pay your utility bills the City o Address: City of Corpus Christi Parish Council. at 361-882-2364 or [email protected].” of Corpus Christi has given you until June 30 PO Box 659880 Their stories will be incorporated and featured to pay up or be sold into indentured servitude. Immediately prior to assuming his duties at San Antonio, Texas 78265-9143 the Port of Corpus Christi, John was Executive during the Texas Surf Museum Surftoberfest Last summer, the City stopped disconnections Director of the Philadelphia Regional Port Celebration in October. after finding issues with equipment used to · Online bill pay service available via your bank or credit union Authority. A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Other China Beach Exhibit activities will provide billing information for utility services John received his BA and MA in Political extend beyond the Museum. The Texas Surf including water, wastewater, gas, garbage and · Interactive phone payment system (361) Science from Villanova University. Museum and the USO of South Texas will host street fees. A subsequent study found that 885-0751 China Beach Surf Camps for military families as many as 11,000 customers may not have received bills. But the city announced this week · Online Payment Portal: https://ccpay. and will sponsor a “Paddle Out for Patriotism” cctexas.com/IPSUB/PortalAccount/Login Port A. Art Center around the USS Lexington as part of the Fourth that while they are extending the deadline to of July Celebrations. settle up delinquent utility accounts through the · In person at City Hall, 1201 Leopard end of June disconnection will begin thereafter. Street, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 (1st The Surf Museum is located at 309A North Summer Camps Payments may be made as follows: floor) Due to a Grant from HEB Tournament of Water Street, downtown. · H-E-B Stores in Corpus Christi For information regarding your utility bill, Champions we are able to offer each of these please contact the Customer Call Center Camp Sessions at $35 for the week, so sign up Fishing for Scouts · Mail – using the provided envelope with at (361) 826-CITY (2489) or by email at & pay Very Soon to Save your Space. Grades return stub, send to: [email protected]. 4-6 welcome. June 10th-14th 1:30- 4:30pm-Big Wave, Big Fun! Fishing Tournament Printing, painting and more while learning The South Texas Council, Boy Scouts of Laguna Shores Road about Master Hokusai’s inspiring Great Wave. America (BSA), is excited to announce the PENN THOMAS, P.C. Intro. To Sumie Brush painting and Shibori Tie- 2019 Fishing for Scouts Fishing Tournament CPA FIRM dye methods continue our exploration into the will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at The Closure arts of the Far East. Families join us Friday for Waterline at Doc’s Seafood and Steaks, 13309 Beginning June 7, and for approximately two a Hawaiian Dance Party, Art Gallery + Awards South Padre Island Drive. The Waterline is weeks; weather permitting, Laguna Shores P T, CPA Reception. located at sea level on the deck below Doc’s. Road between Graham Road and Knickerbocker [email protected] Street will be closed to perform utility work. Fishing for Scouts is a team tournament June 24th-28th. 1:30- 4:30pm-ExpressYourself! Drivers are advised to follow detour routes or consisting of no more than four anglers. Prepare for busting out all over with self- seek alternate routes to avoid the area. expression! We will discover the Expressionist Guides, amateurs, general public, and anglers artists this week while also working on our of all ages are welcome to enter as a four-person own forms of creativity culminating Friday in team. Teams will compete for prizes in various U O I  O categories. A silent auction will also take place  N. C,   S.P.I.D. a Student Talent show, Art show, and Award    C C, TX ceremony fit for the Hollywood red carpet! at the VIP party Friday evening and Saturday during the tournament. C C, TX     July 8th-12th. 1:30 – 4:30pm-Tree of Life! T : ( ) -  T : ( ) -  Investigate the wonderful art of the Symbolist The purpose of the tournament is to raise funds : ( ) -  : ( ) -  artists this week...Imagine this! Trees of gold to support the South Texas Council’s efforts to and wired jewels, a giant mural and t-shirt serve the thousands of youth who benefit from batiking... straw painting, story making, and Scouting’s various programs across 17 counties more too! Friday we celebrate The Art of of South Texas. Creating Dreams Family at the Awards Reception! The South Texas Council, Boy Scouts of America provides outdoor experiences, for Island Homeowners July 22nd-26th. 1:30 – 4:30pm-I’m Impressed! since 1987 The Impressionists changed the art world in an character development and leadership programs • New Homes exciting way, much as this week promises to for youth ages 5-20 years old. Youth are be! Lily ponds, and landscapes, squishy faces trained in the responsibilities of participating • Remodels in clay....of course we’ll paint a beach scene citizenship, team building, individual goal • Additions since we are in Port A! Parents are invited to setting, and developing personal fitness. • Repairs our version of a Paris Salon Exhibition of Art Sponsorship opportunities start at $500 for a • No job too big and Award Reception on Friday. team entry up to $5000 for event sponsorship. or too small To register a team or to learn more about sponsorship opportunities please contact Marty Call 774-7043 for estimate Sepulveda at [email protected] or 361-816-3825. www.billgoinhomes.com June 6, 2019 Island Moon A 15 New Fulton Convention Center Prevalence of Counterfeit on the Horizon By Kelly TrevinoProducts in Online Retail The Town of Fulton ramps up for Regional Director, Corpus Christi and Victoria Better Business Bureau An in-depth investigative study by Better a great deal of work and spend a considerable new event center Business Bureau (BBB) finds that fraudulent amount of money trying to fight counterfeits. A long awaited event takes place Tuesday its base. It will have a covered entrance on the consumer goods are ubiquitous, difficult to This is a major priority for customs officials June 4, as ground-breaking begins on the new south side. The center will be built to code tell apart from the legitimate products they are and law enforcement as well; U.S. Customs and Fulton Convention Center, formerly Paws and with hurricane windows. It will be set 4 feet counterfeiting, and stem from a large network of Border Protection has increased its seizures of Taws. The 2.5 Million project is slated to be higher than before. The Marquee will be built organized criminals and credit card processing counterfeit goods by 125% over the last five completed in one year. in its former location and will display current mechanisms that are willing to support them. years, and the White House recently issued an and upcoming events. The future structure will executive order directing government agencies Ceremonies begin at 6 p.m. at Fulton Harbor Research shows that eight in ten Americans be a welcome and familiar site as it is being that work with brands to examine counterfeiting Park, 402 North Fulton Beach Rd in Fulton. shop online, and the dominance of online retail constructed to resemble the former building as and make it an enforcement priority. Following the ceremony, at 7 p.m., there will be means nearly anything can be bought online, much as codes will allow. a free concert featuring “The Pictures Band” of sometimes at discounts that seem too good to be The report recommends: Austin, TX. The public is encouraged to attend. Special thanks go to the Town of Fulton true. However, nearly anything available online can be counterfeited, and research also shows • BBB urges the credit card payment Bring your own lawn chair and beverages. Town Council and Staff, Federal Emergency processors to engage their full efforts in Management Agency, the state of Texas that one in four people have bought something “Life is a series of natural changes brought combating those that provide merchant and Rebuild Texas Fund for the efforts and online that turned out to be counterfeit. on by disasters or society. You cannot resist accounts to sellers of counterfeit goods. assistance in getting the project underway. The investigative study – “Fakes Are Not change but embrace the change. Remember the • U.S. consumers would benefit from past look forward to the change Harvey brought Fulton was founded in 1866. It was Fashionable: A BBB Study of the Epidemic of Counterfeit Goods Sold Online” – looks at the a program to help counterfeit victims Fulton. This building is cornerstone of a new incorporated during the 1970s, and by 1980 with chargebacks like the one operated norm.” stated Jimmy Kendrick, Mayor of the it had a population of 1,141 and forty- prevalence of counterfeit consumer goods and the criminal systems that circulate them. It digs in Canada by the Canadian Anti-Fraud Town of Fulton. one businesses. The 2000 census recorded Centre (CAFC). Such a program could population numbers to be 1,553. The Township into the scope of the problem, who is behind it, The Fulton Convention Center, once known as help identify fraudulent credit card is governed by a Mayor, Mayor ProTem and the multi-pronged fight to stop it and the steps “Paws and Taws” was an iconic structure of the merchant accounts, bogus websites, and four aldermen. It has a staff of 5 who work in consumers can take to avoid it. area. In the 1960’s and 70’s, the facility was a possibly locations from which such goods various aspects of the town. Tourism and fishing hopping Square Dance joint, earning its name The risk of encountering counterfeit goods can are being shipped. remain the mainstays of the economy. Fulton from a Square Dance call. Later the center was affect any online shopper. These goods range Harbor, Fulton Pier and Downtown Fulton • Law enforcement agencies could make an ideal venue for parties, weddings, meetings from brand-name sunglasses and handbags to shopping and entertainment continue to be better use of complaint information and more with amenities that included a bar, golf clubs and consumer electronics, as well major draws to the area. The rebuild of Fulton obtained by BBB, the FTC, and IC3. stage, sound system and catering kitchen. The as many other kinds of products. BBB’s report Pier should commence in August of this year. building was destroyed after the effects of finds that any shippable item with a reputation • More study and investigation is needed An exciting day for Fulton, Texas was when Hurricane Harvey made it unable to be salvaged. for quality and sizable markup is a candidate for for websites in China that deliver nothing the Kaboom outfit, Rebuild Texas Fund and a counterfeiting. While counterfeit goods often or where goods are sold deceptively – The new convention center will be 10,013 team of over 100 volunteers built the popular are reputed to be deeply discounted, in reality, even if there is no trademark or copyright square feet, with two break-out rooms, a state playground area at Fulton Harbor in one day. counterfeit sellers regularly use selling prices involved. of the art sound system, and great views of the Today is equally as exciting as the rebuilding that are close to the price of the real product, so • BBB recommends consumers check the water. The building will feature metal framing of the Fulton Convention Center begins on the the prices offered are no longer a signal that the reputation of the seller before making with Hardy plank siding and a rock façade at very footprint where it once stood. It is a great product is counterfeit. day in Fulton, Texas! payment at bbb.org and contact the The cost of counterfeiting affects not only manufacturer for a listing of authorized consumers who lose money by receiving sellers. Boaters Aren’t the Only Ones Getting products not as advertised, but also the What to do if you believe you have unwittingly broader U.S. economy. BBB’s report finds that purchased counterfeit goods: Heavier: Outboard Engines Catch Up counterfeiting and intellectual property piracy cost the U.S. economy $200-$250 billion and • Ask for a refund. Victims who don’t One year ago the U.S. Coast Guard required When these regulations were written in the 750,000 jobs annually. receive anything when buying online with new recreational boats to have more floatation early 1970s, virtually all outboards suitable for their credit card, or who receive goods In the last three years, BBB has received to support the increased weight of newer four- smaller boats were two-stroke models covering that are counterfeit or not as described, more than 2,000 complaints and more than stroke outboards if the boat becomes swamped. a broad range of horsepower, but that’s no should call the customer service number 500 Scam Tracker reports from people who Now the agency is implementing those changes longer the case. Four-strokes come in virtually on the back of their card and request a have shopped for goods online and received as reported in the Spring 2019 issue of the U.S. every size now, making them viable candidates refund. The report goes into great detail counterfeits instead of what they ordered. The Coast Guard Boating Safety Circular. for installation on more boats. While recently about the process of obtaining a refund Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet there have been some two- and four-stroke and the remedies available to victims. If you don’t know the weight of the Crime Complaint Center (IC3) processed 2,249 engine you’re replacing you can contact the models with comparable power and weight, by and large four-stroke outboard engines remain complaints about counterfeit goods (including • Report counterfeit goods. Contact one or manufacturer before you repower. A boat dealer pirated goods) in 2018, while the Federal Trade more of the following: or repair facility may also be able to provide heavier. A four-stroke’s more complex valve systems typically add 10% to 15% or more Commission (FTC) processed 552 complaints • National Intellectual Property Rights that information to ensure that, regardless of representing a total financial loss of more than horsepower, the engine weights are similar. weight than their two-stroke counterparts. Coordination Center: U.S. Immigration Twin engine installations compound the weight $752,000. That being said, many victims do not and Customs Enforcement (ICE) asks Federal requirements mandate that outboard- problem. file complaints, making it difficult to get a firm victims of counterfeit goods to file a powered monohull boats 20-feet and under grasp on how often people pay for goods that complaint with the IPR Center here. must be built with enough flotation to keep the This isn’t the first time the Coast Guard has are counterfeit or not as advertised. passenger-carrying area at or just below the recognized a growing vessel weight issue and • Better Business Bureau: Victims can file updated regulations. In 2011, the “Assumed According to BBB’s report, 88% of counterfeit complaints at bbb.org about online sellers water’s surface in the event of swamping or goods come from China and Hong Kong, capsizing. The boat must float level. There are Average Weight Per Person” was increased that claim to be in the U.S. or Canada. from 140 to 185 lbs., but only for commercial with their smuggling and their online sale BBB tries to resolve complaints and may no floatation regulations for vessels over 20-feet via fraudulent websites widely thought to be long. passenger vessels. Existing formulas for weight help in getting a refund. There is no cost capacity on recreational boats were considered coordinated by international organized crime for this service. BBB also looks for and adequate and did not change. groups. Customs agents seized $1.2 billion reports patterns of complaints. Consumers in counterfeit shipments in fiscal 2017, the can report scams to BBB Scam Tracker. most current year for which data is available; however, shipping and smuggling methods vary • Online markets: Victims can complain widely, creating major headaches for customs directly to eBay, Amazon, Facebook and officials. Inasmuch as counterfeit goods are Instagram or other online marketplaces. almost always paid for with a credit card, the In addition, Amazon has an “A-Z fraudulent websites that process these sales guarantee” for goods sold by third parties make extensive use of the credit card and on their site; victims who have purchased banking system, with a small number of Chinese counterfeit items from a third-party seller banks and an extensive network of intermediary can seek a refund here. payment processors responsible for the vast • Internet Fraud Complaint Center majority of processing for these purchases. (IC3): The FBI takes complaints about Active efforts are being made to fight the counterfeit goods. Complain here. flood of counterfeit goods. BBB attempts • Federal Trade Commission: You can to identify and report on bogus businesses, complain to the FTC by calling 877/FTC- especially if they claim to be located in the Help or file a complaint online. U.S. and Canada. Trademark holders also do The Coastal Cotillion Meet and Greet The Flour Bluff / Padre Island Coastal Cotillion Island United PAC held its annual meeting on Monday, June 3 at Island Italian. Elise opened the debutante season with a Meet and Lippincott and David Heitzman were elected to join existing board members Bob Greet at David’s Bridal. The meeting allowed Paulison, Debbie Noble, Kim Wilson, Nick Colosi, Carter Tate, Doreen Kinkle, Suzanne the debutantes and their mothers to learn more Guggenheim, and John Vaughn. Many thanks to our outgoing President and Secretary about the coming events and activities of the Keith and DeeAnna Heavilin. Representative Todd Hunter and several members of Coastal Cotillion from the senior adviser, Mrs. Flo East. The first event will be in September, his office and Luis Buentello from Congressman Michael Cloud’s office were also in the “ Afternoon Delight”. After the questions attendance. The IU PAC normally meets on second Thursday nights at Island Time from the debs and mothers were answered, senior year in high school. Activities through the Sushi. We still have one open board position if anyone is interested in helping us help Sylia DeLeon from David’s Bridal, talked about Coastal Cotillion support participating senior the island make educated voting decisions for City Council. We provide non-partisan the dresses available. The debutantes had a high school ladies develop their social skills as fantastic time trying on dresses with the help of candidate forums and endorsements, and access to elected officials and candidates they pursue post graduation ecucational goals the staff, the Coaastal Cotillion board, and the during election years. See our website or facebook page for and professional careers. more information and events ~ Debbie Noble, IUPAC President mothers. The activities prior to the Coastal Cotillion Presentation Ball in January 2020 include guest speakers, workshops, and social functions designed to develop personal social skills and enhance their resumes as they work toward graduation. The Coastal Cotillion is open to any senior high school girl in the Flour Bluff / Padre Island and London schools. Please call Mrs. Flo East at 361-937-9278 or call or text her cell 361-813-7221 if you need more information on becoming one of this year’s debutantes. The 2019 - 2020 Presentation Ball will be held on January 29th, 2020. The Coaastal Cotillion was established to educate and enlighten the young women in The Coastal Cotillion Board Members for the the Flour Bluff / Padre Island and London new year are: Mrs. Flo East, senior advisor, communities about the social and educational Mrs. Elaine Boughton, Mrs. Susan Lawson, Under the Bridge opportunities available as they complete their Mrs. Trudy Luce, and Dr. Elly Soler. 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By Stacey Kempf as well as other tasks, such as watering and inspecting the trees. One such member who On a Wednesday evening in takes part in the care of the grove is fellow September of 1993, a group of local residents, islander, Teri Beck, who joined the group in led by Robert Owens, gathered together in the 2017 after attending their annual summer sale. meeting room of the local botanical gardens to “I like to participate in the workdays,” says discuss forming an organization founded on Beck, who now serves as the PSST’s treasurer, their interest in and love for a single plant. By “because I can get free hands-on instruction the end of the night, the groundwork for what on plumeria care, drip irrigation, construction, was to become the Plumeria Society of South etc.” Texas (PSST) was in place, and one lucky attendee would walk away with the meeting’s Joining In On the Fun coveted door prize- a plumeria plant. The PSST is made up of members with diverse Since then, the PSST has grown to over 150 backgrounds when it comes to plumerias. Some members, but their goal has remained the same have years of experience growing them and - to educate people about plumerias and to others have only recently been introduced to maintain a growing collection of these tropical the plant. Either way, they all share an affinity plants for the public to enjoy. The organization for plumerias and a desire to learn more about is able to fulfill its mission through the them. For example, Beck’s experience with participation of its dedicated members in them extends back to her childhood in Hawaii, regular meetings (6 per year), grove workdays, but it has been her participation in the PSST and other various annual events. that has led her to appreciate and understand the plumeria plant even more. “Every single The Plumeria Grove time I go to a monthly meeting, participate in a workday, or work at one of the special events with other members, I learn something new,” she explains. Becoming a member is as simple as signing up on the PSST’s website, with memberships ranging from $15-$20, depending on the type. Members are encouraged to attend the society’s regular meetings and to volunteer when able, with opportunities to serve in the grove, on various committees, and more. Worth noting is that one of the perks of being an active member is that members can enter the annual plant sale an entire hour before it is open to the public.

PSST Volunteers Replanting Plumerias

The society’s collection of plumerias resides at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center (8545 S Staples St, Corpus Christi, TX 78413) with plants available to view by the public from early March through mid- November. According to PSST Vice President, Melissa Garcia, the collection currently consists of around seventy cultivars, but at one time had up to two hundred. Unfortunately, many succumbed to freezing events and Hurricane Harvey, but the society continues to work towards rebuilding the grove’s numbers.

Plumeria At The Grove.

To Learn More To learn more about society be sure to visit them online via their website or Facebook page or you can make plans to attend their next meeting. Also, if you need assistance in trimming your plumeria or if you would like to donate your cuttings from your plants to the society, please contact them via their Facebook page. PSST Information PSST Workday At the Plumeria Grove Website: plumeriasocietyofsouthtexas.com Upcoming Plumeria Plant Sale: July 20th, The PSST’s involvement with the grove extends 10am-1: 30 pm @ The Garden Senior Center’s The Black Sheep Bistro hosted the opening of photographer Gary Mc Alea’s gallery beyond simply finding new and exciting Bluebonnet Room (5325 Greely Corpus prints. The event was sponsored by The Chris Gale Law Firm and Glenn Mier owner of varieties to add to the collection though. It is Christi, TX 78412) *Be sure to bring along a Black Sheep Bistro. The photographs which are for sale can be viewed the Bistro during also up to members to ensure the health and wagon, if you have one available regular business hours. Photos by Debbie Nobel. vitality of the plants by providing consistent Next General Meeting: Sept 25th, 6:30pm @ care and maintenance. Responsibilities include Garden Senior Center *Meetings are open to everything from digging the plumerias up in the public the late fall, to replanting them in early spring, Thursday/Friday/Saturday Night Featuring *All photos provided courtesy of the PSST Join us after close (10:00pm) at The Pelican Lounge for more live music/drinks! LIVE MUSIC

Thursday, June 6 th Food Specials 6-10pm at the outside Tiki Bar (all weekend) Stevie Start Fresh Oysters Friday, June 7th “The Best Oysters on the Island” 6-10pm at the outside Tiki Bar on the half shell or baked Rockefeller

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I’ve known Rockin’ Dale Rankin it all, load up the van with all things survival since the 80’s from our days in San Antonio and try my hand at being a real live beer when he was working with the big daily, the chugging, sand in my wrinkles beach bum. San Antonio Express News and KENS TV. The chain of events leading up to my grand We were introduced by a mutual friend from exodus from San Antonio actually dictated that Austin, Nelson Allen, who I pretty much stolt I really didn’t have any other choice. It was his writing style from. I was working the bars at a prime example of the tail wagging the dog. the time and Nelson and Rockin’ Dale Rankin I’ve always considered myself directionally were always around. Nelson lived downtown in challenged in the spiritual sense and thus could the Esquire Building and Rankin pretty much use that as my excuse to lead with my chin. So lived out of his car. Nelson wrote a column hey, my old buddy Rockin’ Dale Rankin says I can live on the beach for twelve bucks a year John Amundsen played Shorty’s last called “Behind Bars” about the S.A. bar scene weekend. and Dale was on the police beat. Man, those and they have showers....on the beach. Twelve were the good old days. Those guys taught me bucks a year. Did he really say twelve bucks the ropes of San Antonio, since I had just moved a year? My God, could he be right? And they there from Austin, and we all became friends really do have showers? There must be an entire Ruben V played the Back Porch last for life. I did some moving around from Austin population of middle aged romantics lined up Saturday. to S.A. to Corpus working in various bars and in their bath robes with bottles of shampoo and lost track of Rankin for a while until I found the Wall Street Journal in hand. In my mind, Let’s get some pics in. Ruben V was again him in front of my bar in South Town one night, there was a big golden plaque in front of the phenomenal last week at the Back Porch, so at Casbeers circa 2009. He told me about the shower building dedicating this glorious temple was the Back Porch Pickers. I also caught a Island Moon and Mike Ellis and convinced of hygiene to Jack Karouac, John Steinbeck and young up and comer who I really like, John me to follow him down to Port Aransas and Woody Guthrie. Maybe, I’m on to something. It Amundsen, at Shorty’s. Take a look at the help him out. The timing was perfect and I had could happen. I could be a beach bum. LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT calendar below to see what’s whooping this weekend. I’ll get back on a van I could live in, so we set up shop at the Bueno bye… Beach Lodge where Dale was living and started the beat next week. You know the drill. Be safe putting out papers. My first address in Port A I had just celebrated my 56th birthday two out there. weeks earlier by getting fired for imbibing a The Back Porch Pickers played the Back was the “No Dogs Off Leashes” sign at pole 9. ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ I’d sit in my van all night writing and wrote my bit too much on the job...on my birthday. As Porch last Thursday. first column for the Moon called “View From a a bartender, I thought such a time honored act Van” about the chronicles of a fledging beach would not only be condoned, but encouraged. bum from the big city. I had a beach bum guru, Nay. As it turns out, unless said birthday is one James Sullivan, who taught me the beach bum of numerical significance (21, 30, 40, 50, etc) routine and the rest is history. Enjoy! getting curly as a pretzel while on the clock is about as socially acceptable as, say, a flatulence attack in church. That settled the debate. Live Music Goodbye S.A. hello P.A. So, I tied up the pitifully few loose ends that I had and with no Wednesday, June 12 hesitation, and blew that pop stand. On the drive Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s down I wondered if Rockin’ had notified the Tonight Michael Burtts @ Welcome Wagon that upon my arrival, a small Thursday, June 6 Scuttlebutt’s but enthusiastic marching band and maybe a Art Barrera @ Treasure little confetti would probably suffice. I’m such Island Thursday, June 13 a sucker for hoopla and do enjoy parades more Free Beer Band @ Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s KEVIN DEAL JUNE 6 than most. Giggity’s Kevin Deal @ Back HOUSTON MARCHMEN JUNE 7 TBA @ Back Porch Leading with my chin… Porch CODY SPARKS JUNE 8 Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutt’s Falco & the Wolf @ RUBEN LIMAS JUNE 9 Falco & the Wolf @ But, as I sat in my van, on the ferry ride on Rockit’s Rockit’s to the island, the reality of what I was doing Robin Blue @ MIKE BLAKELY JUNE 14 J & the Sound @ Executive started to set in. Let’s review...I’m a middle Scuttlebutt’s TWO TONS OF STEEL JUNE 15 Surf Club aged, homeless, jobless man with no viable Randy Rogers & Wade skills driving a 1994 Ford van with 167,433 Bowen @ Brewster Friday, June 14 Street 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront miles on it and I know all of four people in the Mike Blakely @ Back Yosh & Yimmy @ Porch town that I am moving to. Yikes. Did I mention Executive Surf Club Mike Ellis and Dale Rankin in the early The Groove @ Giggity’s that I’m famous for leading with my chin? So I Adam Berry @ days of the North Padre Island Moon. did what anyone in my shoes would do the first Friday, June 7 Scuttlebutt’s ten minutes into my new habitation...I hit the Starlite & the Chanklas @ Shorty’s first bar I could I find (the Wild Horse Saloon) Moonbeams @ Giggity’s Treasure Island Flashpoint @ Rockit’s and found a seat with my back to the wall and Red Giant @ Treasure Michael Burtts @ decided to regroup. Island Executive Surf Club Yosh & Yimmy @ ART BARRERA JUNE 6 Where’s Rockin’? Shorty’s RED GIANT JUNE 7 Saturday, June 15 Houston Marchman @ SPLENDIFEROUS JUNE 8 Two Tons of Steel @ Back Three rum and cokes later and I’m thinking, “I Back Porch HYDE AFTER NINE JUNE 14 Porch want my mama”. Where’s Rockin’? Really, all I Adam Berry @ Matt Hole & the Hot Rod really needed was one of his famous pep talks. Scuttlebutt’s SCARECROW PEOPLE JUNE 15 Gang @ Giggity’s “It’s all gonna be fine, Ronyea. You’re gonna Spazmatics @ Brewster Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s be just fine.” And, like clockwork, he waltzes Street 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Hip Hop Hooray @ through the door like John Wayne and buys me Clarissa Serna @ treasureislandporta Brewster Street a drink, pops a couple of C notes on me, gives Rockit’s Cowboy & the Regulators Public Disturbance @ @ Shorty’s me a job and the key to his tiny hotel room, Executive Surf Club then leaves town. Now, that’s the pep talk I was Hip Hop Hooray @ Brewster Street waiting for. My job was to be his eyes and ears Saturday, June 8 Splendiferous @ Rockit’s in Port Aransas and to write about it from the Mike Milligan & Shayna Sands @ Executive prospective of a middle aged, homeless, jobless Texiana Bluez @ Surf Club man with no viable skills....who lives in his van. Giggity’s I can do that. Time to celebrate. So I did what Splendiferous @ Yosh & Yimmy June 07 Sunday, June 16 anyone in my position would do at the time...I Treasure Island John Cortez June 08 Antone & the All Stars @ James Sullivan my beach bum guru. headed for the showers. BELTSANDER RACES Chanklas June 14 Giggity’s with Jim Dugan @ The Cowboy & Regulators June 15 Jered Clark @ Back Porch Gaff John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s John Cortez @ Shorty’s Dave Russell & Port City Blues June 21 GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Orlando Herrera @ Mike O’Neil June 22 Monday, June 17 Scuttlebutt’s Open Jam w/ Ray Summy LIVE MUSIC Cody Sparks @ Back @ Giggity’s LIVE MUSIC Porch OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s Free Beer Band Every Thurs (7-10) Sing Along Piano Bar @ EVERY Starlite & Moonbeams on Friday (9-1) Brewster Street Tuesday, June 18 Swagger @ Rockit’s Paul & Victoria @ NIGHT Mike Milligan & Texiana Bluz on Saturday (9-1) Selfless Love @ Giggity’s Antone & All Stars Every Sunday (9-1) Executive Surf Club Aaron Jacob @ Open Jam Every Monday (8:30-12:30) Scuttlebutt’s Kitchen Open Sunday, June 9 Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10) Antone & the All Stars Wednesday, June 19 Until 1 a.m.! Billie Snipes on Wednesday (8-12) @ Giggity’s Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s Ruben Limas @ Back Michael Burtts @ 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Porch Scuttlebutt’s John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s Thursday, June 20 Corpus Christi Matt Hole & the Hot Rod Songwriters @ Gang @ Schlitterbahn Executive Surf Club Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s Monday, June 10 Mitchell Furguson @ Back Open Jam w/ Ray Porch Summy @ Giggity’s Expert Computer Repairs Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutt’s Billy Snipes @ Justin & Niki @ Rockit’s Scuttlebutt’s Independent Thieves @ Executive Surf Club Tuesday, June 11 Paul & Victoria @ Friday, June 21 Giggity’s The Chanklas @ Giggity’s Aaron Jacob @ Scuttlebutt’s

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