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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 August 10, 2017 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around The Dispute Island Between By Dale Rankin We played chicken with Tropical Storm/Hurricane Franklin this week Schlitterbahn and came away clean. As of this writing Wednesday afternoon it Partners appears Franklin is Veracruz bound with the possibility of some good Revealed in surfing along our shores but not much else. Court Filings An item on the agenda of the Tuesday city council meeting mentioning Released this the proposed water exchange bridge on The Island, started the phones ringing. Here is what we know. Week Park Road 22/SPID Water Cost of park Exchange Bridge A decision on the future of the Park escalated from Road 22/SPID Water Exchange original $28 million Bridge seems to be coming down to the wire. The $11.5 million project, 2017 Port Aransas lifeguards! to $58 million first approved by voters at $1.2 million in 2004, is the lynchpin in a By Dale Rankin planned 3200 foot-long Beach Walk The veil around the details of the which is at the heart of the $550 Couple Purchase IGA Grocery dispute between partners in the million project which includes the Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort on water park, a marina on Lake Padre, The Island was lifted this week with and the retail and commercial space Franchise for Padre Island the release of a cache of documents that would line the canal. The Beach from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing Walk would be the signature feature By Dale Rankin in the United States Bankruptcy on the Island if/when it is completed, When Mohsin and Lori Rasheed Court in the Western District of Texas but will not happen without the bridge moved to Padre Island three years in San Antonio. The filings reveal to link the existing Island canals to ago their plan was to retire and take a deep-seated acrimony between Lake Padre. things easy. But that plan has taken the partners and a park with costs Previously the council had a detour as last week Lori purchased which increased during construction earmarked $7.5 million in money left a franchise from the Independent from an original construction price over from 2008 bond projects to fund Grocers’ Alliance (IGA) and are of $28.5 million to a final cost of the bridge, which when combined moving forward to have a grocery $58,026,983. Responsibility of with up to $4 million from the Island store open on Padre Island in the next covering the cost those overruns is at Tax Re-Investment Zone, would fund nine months. the heart of the dispute. the bridge. However, city staff is now “Every time we asked people what The involuntary bankruptcy filing under orders from the council to find we should put in the shopping center was done on behalf of companies funds for pre-design work on projects we are building they always said, owned by the Henry family, owners to be included in an anticipated bond a grocery store,” Mohsin said this of the Schlitterbahn parks across election in 2018 and according to week. “We are part of the Island the state and two-thirds owners of the agenda item for last Tuesday’s community now and Padre Island the Island park, who seek to push meeting $5 million in funds for the wants and needs a grocery store, so the local park into involuntary bridge is on their radar. we are going to build one.” bankruptcy in an apparent attempt The money for the bridge has been to sell off some of the 270 acres of The Rasheeds have been married for undeveloped land surrounding the in place for several months and the 39 years with three kids and during bid to build the bridge was opened park to pay for cost overruns on the that time have built, owned, and park and adjacent building. in March and remains in effect. What operated restaurants and shopping Mohsin and Lori Rasheed, owners of Padre Island IGA Grocery has been lacking is the political will malls in Sacramento, where they franchise. See their plans on page A4. to pull the trigger on the project, owned 38 restaurants, and Houston “Judges will eat which would require council action to where in the last fourteen years “Everything in the grocery business Plans call for 32 parking spaces turn the money lose. However, based they have built 18 shopping centers, just came to a stop after that,” Mohsin along the south edge of the center’s you both” on the item on the Tuesday agenda it three of which they still own. The said. “There is no movement in that parking lot for parents picking up The lenders on the land, Axys appears the staff may be moving to let center they are building on Padre business right now. So Lori just kids at the middle school. Capital Credit Fund, filed a the bid on the bridge expire and use Island is located adjacent to Seashore decided to buy an IGA franchise and “I know there has been talk of a brief saying the 500 acre, $552 $5 million of the bridge money to pay Middle School along SPID, where we will do it ourselves.” grocery store on Padre Island for a development surrounding and for pre-design work on the projects the earthwork is currently underway. Each IGA store is its own franchise long time,” Mohsin said. “But this is including the park is saddled with a in the 2018 bond package, including As designed it will have a total of and the local owner decides what to going to happen.” “dysfunctional management (that) is $52 million for “improvements to 33,500 square feet, with the grocery stock. incapable of effective operations.” North Beach related to the new store occupying 18,000 square feet With permitting and funding in Axys is owed about $18 million on Harbor Bridge.” and another 6000 square feet to be “With 18,000 square feet we won’t place, it looks like after decades of the land, which they say is now worth Two problems a restaurant, with a tenant yet to be have ten kinds of ketchup,” Lori said. wishing, Islanders are about to have a between $11.8 million and $15.8 determined. There are also eight retail “We will only have a few and we want place to buy groceries without having million, and the firm’s attempt to As we have reported before the spaces. to know from Island residents what to go OTB. holdup on the bridge project stems brands and items we should stock. They were nearing a final agreement “This is going to be a first-class To read a complete set of the from two sources: First, the situation We will stick strictly to groceries, with the Sprouts chain until a few operation,” Mohsin said. “We are surrounding the financial problems we won’t be competing with CVS court filings in the case see weeks ago when Amazon announced going to do this in a way that Padre at the Schlitterbahn waterpark (see or other existing stores, we are only its purchase of the Austin-based Island will be proud of.” islandmoon.com the story in this issue) and; Second, going to sell groceries.” Whole Foods Chain. the last 300 feet of the canal on the Schlitterbahn cont. on A4 west side of SPID which needs to be dredged to connect the canals A little Island history dug three years ago around the Schlitterbahn site to the salt water Island canals. Those two problems have understandably made the The Ranch House on Packery Channel political class weary of funding a By Greg Smith beach provided for lumber to build “bridge to nowhere” and as it is an the house and when asked why he Around the turn of the century unalienable political truth that money built a two story he replied “not a Patrick built a headquarters house does not stand idle for very long in single saw washed in with the lumber for the Dunn Ranch at the head of city accounts without someone trying and I had no saw to cut it shorter.” the Island. The location was just to take a bite out of it. west of the Packery Channel Bridge As time went on he built a new Developer Paul Schexnailder has said where folk’s park and fish today and kitchen and dining hall on the back of for several years that his permit with discarded plastic bags decorate the the house and added a separate bunk the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nearby dunes. house on the bay side. Patrick and Requires him to dig the canals on both family never used this house as their The house was not a fancy structure, sides of the roadway leading to the residence, living in Corpus Christi, when originally built it was two bridge site and construct bulkheads, but did spend several months of the story, with the kitchen and dining but a lack of a formal Memorandum year there. area on the first floor and sleeping of Understanding to that effect has quarters above. It had a three sided yet to be forged with the city and the Crossing the Laguna porch running the full length of the guarantee in the corps permit does not Gulf, Island and Packery side of At that time getting to the Island was provide the council with the certainty the house. A pier extended from no easy matter. Coming by sailboat it they want to turn lose the funds for the porch into the channel for boats was a fourteen mile trip across the bay the bridge. No council person wants bringing supplies and passengers and then six miles down Corpus Pass. to be part of funding an $11.5 million This house was used when the Dunn family ranched The Island and from Corpus. Pat being of the Depending on the wind and currents is the oldest house on The Island. Around cont. on A4 economical sort used what wood the History cont. on A4 August 10, 2017 Island Moon A 2 "Be Prepared" for Art Center of Port A.'s New Home Rip Currents Their First "First Friday" Scouts increase awareness

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Even if, for the sake of [email protected] argument, we agree the current rules are valid, they are still oppressive and illogical. These invalid Bylaws need to be stricken. The existing New Advertisers Board ought to do this themselves and agree to Rapport with Port of Corpus revert to the 1994 version of the Bylaws which is the last valid set. Failing this, there are two Christi is an open town hall options. Court action, or a vote by the owners to update on their latest projects and amend the illegal 2013 version. In due course, upcoming changes. It will be held Distribution I will write a proposed Bylaw amendment for at Schlitterbahn on Wednesday, Pete Alsop consideration. But I wish the Board would just August 16th 6 – 7 pm. Everyone Island Delivery fix this themselves, otherwise any board member is invited. Coldwell Banker On Baffin seeking reelection ought to be disqualified. Advertising Editor’s note: The Baffin Bay Study Group By Karl L. Rubinstein Kinsel Docks offers professional is in the process of holding a series of public construction of decks, docks, Jan Park Rankin meetings to discuss its work into the long-term piers, marinas, boathouses and Classifieds health of Baffin Bay. P.O.A. Response Response from POA Attorney John Bell bulk heads. Their accessories Arlene Ritley Baffin Bay is a well known recreational and include hydraulic boatlifts, Production Manager commercial fishing hot spot. However, in 2012- In response to Karl Rubinstein’s Essay No. 3 concerning the Padre Isles POA Bylaws, the kayak launches, LED dock light, Abigail Bair 2013, the bay was plagued with water quality underwater fishing lights, fish Contributing Writers problems that led to starving drum populations 2013 amendments to the POA Bylaws were in and unmarketable commercial catches. no way a “power grab” by the Board. The Texas cleaning stations and deck ladders. Joey Farah Legislature changed the law in 1994 making Call 729-7661 to get locations of Andy Purvis The Baffin Bay Study Group was formed by boards primarily responsible for Bylaws the local community to bring together scientist, some of their projects to view Mary Craft amendments rather than the membership, and natural resource managers, guides, and other their work. MayBeth Christiansen the 2013 amendment were initiated solely at my bay users to support interests in resolving recommendation in order to better conform the Jay Gardner Baffin Bay water quality and biological Bylaws to the requirements of a lot of changes Business Briefs Todd Hunter productivity concerns. A part of that effort in State laws, including that one. was the establishment of the Volunteer Water The Brooklyn Pie Company has Dotson Lewis Quality Monitoring Program, a partnership When the Legislature makes changes to the a kids menu with a chicken tenders Ronnie Narmour with Dr. Michael Wetz at Texas A&M-Corpus nonprofit corporation laws or the Property Code, meal for $8 and a ham and cheese Brent Rourk Christi, who with the assistance of community those changes must be followed by property owners associations even though their Bylaws meal for $7. Their menu includes Photographers volunteers has been leading monthly sampling and lab analysis since the group was formed. may be different. For example, the Legislature many varieties of pizza, calzones, Miles Merwin The group has grown to include not only created a lot of new requirements in 2009 and sandwiches, wings, several salads Debbie Noble researchers and state agencies, but commercial 2011 when it expanded the rules in Chapter 209 and desserts. Owner Richard Mary Craft fisherman, recreational fisherman, hotel/ of the Texas Property Code governing property Perales is also part owner of Eats- B&B owners, citizens living on Baffin Bay, owners associations. I believed that it was Ronnie Narmour ranchers, business owners, federal and local important to amend the Bylaws to conform to Port A Restaurant. Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) agencies, and other interested stakeholders. The those new requirements so it would be easier for Island in the Son United Riley P. Dog groups charge is to identify the issues in Baffin members to know what the rules actually are. Methodist Church is seeking Bay, characterize the problems, and develop One of the significant changes in 1994 was solutions. By bringing stakeholders together vendors for their “Fabulous Fall” conferring the power to amend the bylaws of a Arts and Crafts Sale to be held on to communicate about water quality and nonprofit corporation to the Board of Directors. biological productivity in Baffin Bay, we ensure The previous law adopted in 1958 was written Saturday, September 23rd 9 AM a collaborative effort and keep everyone on the like the original provision in the Padre Isles to 3 PM. Contact Kathy Merchant same page as to the direction that research and POA Bylaws stating that “the members may for a vendor information packet management decisions are being made. amend the Bylaws...”, but the Legislature saw by phone (361-774-8994) or email Additional Baffin Bay studies funded by fit to change that process. It was not in any way ([email protected]). Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program and a decision by the Board of Directors. conducted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and The hierarchy of applicable laws for a nonprofit Padre Island Enrichment Club Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico corporation is: (PIE) is looking for homes to Studies include sediment core sampling to Publisher 1. State law participate in the Island Holiday determine historical water quality, acoustic nd Dale Rankin Home Tour on December 2 . You work to track the movement of black drum 2. Articles of Incorporation (now known as About the Island Moon populations, benthic sampling to analyze food the Certificate of Formation) do not need to be a member. Call The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale availability, as well as gut content analysis to Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Katherine Pierce 960-0327. establish drum feeding preferences. All of 3. Bylaws Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes Black Sheep Bistro/Barrel now delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 these studies, in conjunction with the volunteer Only three exceptions exist to the State copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, water quality monitoring, have led to a greater standard that Bylaws be amended by the Board has Wednesday steak night with as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 understanding of what is happening in Baffin of Directors: (1) if the Articles of Incorporation/ rib eye or NY strip for $25 with copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. Bay, and set us up for taking the next step. Certificate of Formation specify that Bylaws a side. The daily happy hour 5 – News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Over the next three years, the group plans only may be amended by the membership, (2) 7 pm serves $4 house wine, $3.75 payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. to engage community, industry and next- if other State law specifies amendment only well and half price beer. The Island Moon Newspaper generation stewards in watershed restoration by the membership, or (3) if the membership efforts, develop a long-term watershed has adopted a “particular” bylaw “expressly Schlitterbahn is celebrating 14646 Compass, Suite 3 protection plan, and continue water quality providing that the Board of Directors may not American Heroes Week August Corpus Christi, TX 78418 sampling to assess the impact of restoration amend or repeal the bylaw.” No particular bylaw has ever been adopted by the Padre Isles 14 – 20 with free admission activities. To learn about all the Baffin Bay for members of the military, 361-949-7700 Study Group partners, view presentations, and POA imposing that limitation, and the general more visit http://www.cbbep.org/baffin-bay/. statement in the original POA Bylaws does not firefighters, police officers and [email protected] meet that test. EMT. From Kathryn Tunnell Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper As a result, when I presented the proposed Lorelei Brewing Company in Bylaws amendments to the Board for approval Governance of the Padre in September 2013, the method of approving the Bluff released the first canned the changes was by Board action in conformity craft beer in Corpus Christi. On Isles Part III with Section 22.102 of the Texas Business weekends they normally have a Property owners and residents comments Organizations Code applicable to nonprofit food truck and live music. reveal dissatisfaction and distrust of the PIPOA corporations. The amendments were designed to Where to Find The Board. A lack of transparency, a failure to conform the Bylaws to the current requirements The Holiday Inn celebrated function in the best interests of the property of State law. No other amendments were their one year anniversary with Island Moon owners, a general attitude of condescension; considered or approved, so many would new owners Steven Kim and Sung and a willingness to spend funds (held in consider the changes “housekeeping” in nature Park. The owners have made just to make the Bylaws consistent with the Trinity By the Sea trust as I explained in an earlier letter to the procedures required in State law. The new laws many improvements including the Port Episcopal Moon) in unapproved, unwise, and even unsanctioned projects. These “projects” include go into effect when enacted by the Legislature recently added restaurant beach Aransas the so-called Island Beautification Program, and not when clarifying bylaws are adopted by view patio. Sand Piper Condos North the “enhancements” to Billish Park, the now organizations, but it’s helpful if the Bylaws are Back the Blue Beach Workout Sea Gull Condos abandoned plans for a new PIPOA headquarters adapted to be consistent with the applicable Padre building, and the now withdrawn proposal to laws. will be held at JP Luby Beach Gulf Breeze RV All Stripes Stores gift $100,000 to the Charter School. A recent The method of adopting these Bylaw changes near Zahn Road on Saturday, th Pioneer RV example, is the Board’s decision to change the in 2013 was no different than the method used August 12 at 8 am. The 90 Black Sheep/ voting rules in the middle of the last election-- La Palmilla Golf Barrel by other nonprofit corporations across the state minute workout is sponsored by many recall the Board reluctantly agreed in the ever since 1994. As a lawyer, I know better Club face of owner opposition to apply the new rules Apexfit Athletics and the $35 cost CVS than to state that my legal opinions are inerrant, includes event entry, food, drinks Stripes (1A) to future elections. but this issue has been a fundamental part of Whataburger Kody’s Restaurant In this, the Board relied on the last sentence nonprofit corporation law since 1994. and event tank top. of Article 7 of the Bylaws—which supposedly Amano Doc’s Restaurant Very truly yours, The Boathouse Bar & Grill allows the Board to amend the Bylaws all Snoopy’s Pier John D. Bell now has Taco Tuesday with two WB Liquor by itself. Because this provision seems so tacos for $5 and house margaritas 361 Bar Isle Mail N More unreasonable, I have investigated its origin Wood, Boykin & Wolter, P.C. and discovered it was added in 2013. The for $5. Island Italian Moby Dicks prior Bylaws, as I read them, allowed only the The Zack Walther Band from Spanky’s Liquor Brooklyn Pie Co. “Voting Members” (property owners) to amend the Bylaws. Do You Know This New Braunfels will be playing IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware at the Pelican Lounge on Friday, The 1994 Bylaws, state that the Voting th Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn Members “may” delegate the power to amend Moon Kitty? August 11 . San Juan’s Mexican Texas Star (Shell) the Bylaws to the Board, but the Voting Bluff Bay Marina is hosting Restaurant Members never did. Hobie Kayak Demo Days on Jesse’s Liquor Wash Board But in 2013, with no owners’ vote, the Board Saturday, August 12th 9 am – 2 pm. Laundry Mat Scuttlebutt’s simply rewrote the Bylaws and gave themselves Restaurant the power to amend. But this action was itself Drop Anchor Bar & ineffective because the then operative 1994 Grill Subway Bylaws mandated amendments could only be Port A Parks & Rec Island Tire done by a majority vote of the Voting Members and the Voting Members did not approve this Public Library Padre Pizzeria provision. In fact, none of the 2013 Bylaw Chamber of And all Moon amendments was voted in by the Voting Commerce/ Visitor’s retail advertisers Members. Center This is no mere legal technicality. It is, in Woody’s Sports WB Liquor effect, a power grab by the Board, giving itself Center the power to dictate to the property owners what Back Porch Flour Bluff the governing rules will be, thereby turning the original intent of the Bylaws upside down. Shorty’s Place H.E.B. This improper seizure of power may explain Fisherman’s Wharf Whataburger on why the Board tends to do what it wants without Waldron Giggity’s seeking approval of the owners. It is the attitude The Moon office has a new kitty mascot Ethyl Everly engendered by this ineffective provision that Tarpon Inn explains the Board’s willingness to spend trust (appropriately black and white, as every Send Letters and Photos Senior Center news-cat should be) living under our Gratitude’s funds in improper ways, to issue onerous rules, to Fire Station to delay needed bulkhead repairs, to allow office at 14646 Compass (across from The Gaff Schlitterbahn). This seems to be a lost [email protected] Police Station builders to trash out worksites, to fail to issue Wild Horse reasonable rules for parking RVs (etc.), and so house cat, but he's too shy to let us get too and follow us on Stripes on Flour on. close. If you know this kitty, contact us at Treasure Island Facebook: The Island Bluff & SPID But now we see the Board assuming more the Moon at 949-7700 or on our Facebook Moon Newspaper and more power unto itself. Seven individuals page: the island moon newspaper. August 10, 2017 Island Moon A 4

Around cont. from A1 Schlitterbahn continued from A1 “bridge to nowhere” and this understandable. foreclose on the property was stopped when the million coming from UPP in additional equity, Henry owned companies filed the involuntary with the Henry family agreeing to temporarily So here we are. The will to move forward with bankruptcy request in May. According to the cover the additional $4 million. the project in the face of the related problems Axys filing Upper Padre Partners, owed jointly Subsequently, in the face of continually at Schlitterbahn is not there and it appears the by the Henry family interests (two-thirds) escalating project costs, the filing by UPP ownership issues with the water park will not and investors represented by developer Paul claims the Henry’s established an additional be resolved until late 2017 at the earliest and Schexnailder (one third) in a second tranche $7 million line of credit with Frost Bank and by that time the bid on the bridge will have of financing borrowed $16 million against the by June, 2014, unbeknownst to the other UPP expired, unless it is extended. That creates a land to complete the park and building at an 1950 Padre House and pens on the Dunn partners, and when that money was spent, the perfect storm for $7 million designated for the interest rate of 15% which increased to 18% Henry’s threatened UPP with bankruptcy unless bridge to disappear into the mist leaving the fate Ranch on The Island.JPG (the highest allowed under state law) when the additional equity was put into the project to of a major island project hanging in the balance. of the coastal plains she joined the party and note went to default in November 2016 and cover the $7 million borrowed. Two separate projects took the boat trip over from Corpus. For first since that time the amount owed has increased timers like Buena the surprise tradition was to at $8000 per day, plus attorney fees, together At that point, according to the filings, the It is important to note here that the Schlitterbahn throw them into the channel off the end of the comprising the $18 million figure. Attorneys project began a downward spiral which will waterpark and the proposed 3200-foot Island dock. Arriving at camp she was asked to check for Axys filed a claim that their original loan culminate with the August 28 hearing in San Walk project are two separate entities. While out the end of the pier to the suppressed grins agreement with UPP allows them to foreclose Antonio. The complaint alleges “various linked in the public consciousness they are and laughter of the boys about to give her the on the land regardless of any bankruptcy causes of action, including claims for breach owned and operated by two (mostly) separate wet surprise. Running out to the end Buena claim; a matter which is scheduled to be heard of fiduciary duty, fraud, breach of contract, groups of partners and the Beach Walk can/ quickly pulled off her dress, reveling a bathing before Bankruptcy Judge Craig Gargotta in San conspiracy and other claims.” will move forward no matter the outcome of the suit underneath and jumped off end of the pier. Antonio on Monday, February 28. A section of the filings by IWD called “The dispute among the Schlitterbahn partners. But She merrily asked the now surprised group to Attorney Ray Battaglia, the bankruptcy Perpetration of Fraud” aimed at the Henry without the bridge boat passage from the current join her as she had been forewarned of this attorney for Upper Padre Partners has told brothers, claims they: “Made a series of false Island canals to Lake Padre, and on through prank a few days before. Impressed with this Gargotta that the partners are deadlocked and and/or reckless representations, and omissions Packery Channel to the open Gulf of Mexico young lass’s humor Patrick’s son Burton Dunn appear incapable of coming to an agreement of material facts” on “when the waterpark will be impossible. If the will to build the bridge, began a romance that would last the next fifty- on how to proceed pending the outcome of a would be completed” and the “financial risk to and therefore the funding, dissolves what The five years. binding arbitration process expected to be UPP associated with the funds borrowed by (the Island will be left with is a low, water-exchange complete by the end of 2017. In the interim, Henry’s) related party, to continue expanding only bridge which would not accommodate Next week: The Civil War Comes to The the identity of the final owners of the park, is the park without authorization.” boats. If that happens the Beach Walk and the Island. currently unknown, pending the outcome of the auxiliary development will turn into something The filing goes on to claim that unapproved bankruptcy and/or arbitration processes. much less and a great opportunity for the future Irrigation System expansion of the park by the Henry companies of The Island will have passed. The acrimony in the dispute is caught in an incurred $30 million in debt obligations against e-mail included in the filings, written by Jeff the park accounting for the increase in overall Schexnailder said this week that he will have Nears Completion Henry, who directly oversaw construction of cost from $28 million to $58 million, that the crews at the site on the west side of SPID by the the park through a Henry-owned company, Henrys and their companies now have more end of this week digging the last of the canal, and addressed to both Schexnailder and Jeff than 20 creditors, and that “Cash flow from the minus a small plug that will be left in place Henry’s brother and partner in the Schlitterbahn Debtor’s (Henry’s) operations is insufficient until the bulkheads are finished. Whether that company, Gary Henry shortly before the death to repay these obligations on any reasonable, development will be sufficient for the council of the brothers’ 89 year-old father and company confirmable basis.” to fund the bridge without work starting on the founder Robert “Bob” Henry in June. bulkheads is still up in the air and it is safe to For his part, in an e-mail from Jeff Henry in say that at this point the future of the Water “I am extremely tired of both of you guys, December, 2015, he blamed “interference at all Exchange Bridge is hanging fire. consider me your lifelong enemy now, as I have levels” by Schexnailder for the problems. He sworn on dads grave to avenge,” Jeff Henry could not be reached for comment for this story. Stay tuned, and in the meantime say hello if raged. “Believe me now, I’m going to blow both you see us Around The Island. Groundbreaking on the Island park was done of you out of the water or worse sink you below after completion of a $117 million tax incentive it. You may win in court but let me assure you package was approved by the City of Corpus History cont. from A1 you will not win in the end. Hell is where you Christi in 2012 with the completion of the 25- both belong. Don’t worry Paul, Gary, one in the acre park set for summer 2014. That date was same, judges will eat you both!!!” pushed back after the size of the park doubled Judging from the contents of the court filings by mid-2015. All but $5 million of the incentives The irrigation system to tamp down the matters only deteriorated from there. involve Sale Tax and Hotel/Motel Tax, meaning blowing sand around Lake Padre is almost the funds are remitted to the park owners only A section of the filings titled “Failures to Honor comlete. after being collected on the park’s cash flow. Promises and Duties Owed,” filed by IslandWalk Development, a shareholder of Upper Padre Mystery Palms Parters, LP, claims that Jeff Henry increased Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted the size and cost of the park without gaining for new location on Packery Channel permission of the UPP board as required, they Dunn ranch line house still on PINS. say, under the original contract. According to the it could be a three hour trip or take the whole IWD filing the original funding for the park was day. By horse or wagon it was about a six hour spent by April, 2014, long before the park was Packery trek, following a route close to where Yorktown complete, and UPP was required at that time to Flats borrow an additional $19 million with a claim TM Boulevard is, crossing the Oso at Mud Bridge Floating Cabin Repairs and then fording the Laguna, leaving Flour by the Henrys that the additional money would Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available Bluff around Bluff Landing and coming ashore We have been getting several inquiries eventually increase the before tax profits of the good for either repairs or rebuilding in the vicinity of Whitecap. about the new palm trees near Lake Padre. Water Resort by 168%. The filings say that $15 Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel This is their temporary home, if anyone million of the additional funding was borrowed Call for lease terms The Laguna before the days of the Intracoastal can guess their final destination we will by IBC Bank, who provided the original Packery Flats Marina and Humble channels was two to three feet funding for the project, with an additional $4 deep on the Bluff side and less than a foot deep give you a free copy of the Island Moon. 361-774-8886 for the last mile to the Island. The ford across the Laguna was a hard sand bottom marked by wooden stakes. Outside of the stakes were Elevation for New Padre Island IGA Grocery soft mud areas that could quickly bog a wagon or animal, turning an easy crossing into a nightmare. In the best case the cattle or horses would thrash their way out, if not then it required roping and pulling them to the hard sand with a team of mules or horses. Occasionally a panicky animal would die, exhausted, from the stress and sinking too far into that stinky blue mud to escape. Visiting the house

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Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper August 10, 2017 Island Moon A 5 Elevate Your Gardening Success By Melinda Myers growing within the garden. Or include steppers Don’t let a sore back, bad knees or lousy soil or pathways if creating larger raised garden stop you from gardening. Elevate your garden areas. for easier access and better gardening results. Add a mowing strip around the edge of the The simple act of creating a raised bed improves raised bed. A narrow strip of mulch or pavers drainage in heavy clay soil. Add in some organic set level with the soil surface keep the area tidy matter to further increase drainage and improve and eliminate the need for hand trimming. the water holding ability for sandy soils. Select a material suited to your landscape design. Wood, brick and stones have long been used to create raised beds. Consider using materials that are long-lasting and easy to assemble, like Lexington Planter Stone (lexingtonseries.com). These stone sections can be set right on the ground, fit together easily, and can be arranged and stacked to make planters the size, shape and height desired. Start a raised bed garden by measuring and marking the desired size and shape. Remove the existing grass and level the area. For taller raised gardens edge the bed, cut the grass short And if your soil is beyond repair or you don’t and cover with newspaper or cardboard prior to want to wait, a raised garden allows you to bring filling with soil. Be sure to follow directions for in quality soil and create a garden right on top of the system being installed. the existing soil or even paved areas. Once the raised bed is complete, fill it with The quality soil and easy access will allow for quality soil. Calculate the volume of soil needed dense plantings without pathways. This means by multiplying the length times the width times greater yields, up to four times more, in raised the height of the raised bed, making sure all beds than in-ground gardens. measurements are in feet. Convert the cubic feet Raised beds also help conserve water. You’ll measurement to cubic yards by dividing it by concentrate your growing efforts in smaller areas 27 (the number of cubic feet in a cubic yard). and that means less water wasted. Increase the For a 4 x 8 feet raised bed that is 2 feet deep benefit by using soaker hoses or drip irrigation you would multiply 4 x 8 x 2. This equals 64 in order to concentrate water application to the cubic feet. Divide by 27 and you will need just soil nearest the plants, right where it is needed. a bit more than 1 cubic yard of soil. Don’t let the math overwhelm you, most topsoil companies Make your raised bed a comfortable height. and garden center staff can help you with the Elevating the garden minimizes bending and calculations. Just be sure to have the raised bed Tides of the Week kneeling. Design raised beds in corners or edges dimensions handy when you order your soil. suited for sitting or areas narrow enough to set a Tides for Bob Hall Pier: August 10 - August 17 garden bench alongside for easy access. The best part is that this one time investment of time and effort will pay off with years of Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon Design raised gardens so they are narrow /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible gardening success. enough for gardeners to easily reach all plants Th 10 High 6:25 AM 1.4 6:57 AM Set 9:34 AM 95 10 Low 12:33 PM 0.9 8:11 PM Rise 10:18 PM 10 High 4:33 PM 1.1 10 Low 11:22 PM 0.2 F 11 High 6:41 AM 1.3 6:58 AM Set 10:31 AM 90 11 Low 12:48 PM 0.8 8:10 PM Rise 10:56 PM 11 High 5:55 PM 1.1 Sa 12 Low 12:04 AM 0.4 6:58 AM Set 11:29 AM 83 12 High 6:57 AM 1.2 8:09 PM Rise 11:35 PM 12 Low 1:18 PM 0.6 12 High 7:26 PM 1.1 Su 13 Low 12:52 AM 0.7 6:59 AM Set 12:29 PM 74 13 High 7:10 AM 1.2 8:08 PM 13 Low 2:01 PM 0.4 13 High 9:10 PM 1.2 M 14 Low 2:00 AM 1.0 6:59 AM Rise 12:16 AM 63 14 High 7:18 AM 1.2 8:07 PM Set 1:30 PM 14 Low 2:53 PM 0.2 14 High 11:14 PM 1.4 Five Creative Ways to Use Containers in Tu 15 Low 3:53 PM 0.0 7:00 AM Rise 1:01 AM 52 15 8:07 PM Set 2:33 PM Your Landscape W 16 High 1:18 AM 1.6 7:00 AM Rise 1:50 AM 41 by Melinda Myers to create a dramatic focal point. 16 Low 4:57 PM -0.2 8:06 PM Set 3:36 PM Create a privacy screen or mask a bad view. Th 17 High 2:33 AM 1.7 7:01 AM Rise 2:43 AM 30 Use an arbor or other support for hanging baskets and then place a few containers below 17 Low 6:01 PM -0.3 8:05 PM Set 4:38 PM for an attractive screen. Or create a garden of containers to provide seasonal interest using a variety of plants. Use trees, shrubs, and ornamental grasses for height. Save money by purchasing smaller plants. Elevate these on overturned pots for added height and impact. Mask the mechanics by wrapping the pots in burlap. Then add a few colorful self-watering

pots in the foreground for added color and Container gardens have long been used to add beauty. Fill these with annuals or perennials for a spot of color by a front entrance or expand additional seasonal interest. planting space in city lots, balconies and decks. Bring the garden right to your back door for Don’t let past experience and tradition limit ease of harvest and added entertainment. A your vision. Try one or more of these attractive, self-watering patio planter, windowbox, or fun and functional ways to include containers in rail planter reduces maintenance and makes your landscape, large or small. harvesting herbs as easy as reaching out the Add vertical interest to any garden or garden window or backdoor. Plus, guests will have fun Ruben V Aug 10 space. Select a large attractive container filled harvesting their own fresh mint for mojitos or with tall plants like papyrus and canna. Or greens for their salads. elevate a small pot on steppers or an overturned Night Owls Aug 11 Define outdoor living spaces within your pot for added height. Create height with landscape. Use containers as walls and dividers smaller pots and plants by strategically stacking to separate entertaining and play areas from Finding Friday Aug 12 and planting them into a creative planting. Try quiet reflective spaces. And consider using pots setting any of these planters right in the garden with built in casters or set them on moveable Austin Meade Aug 17 saucers to make moving these pots easier. This way you can Hamilton Loomis Aug 18 expand and shrink individual spaces as needed simply by Mario Flores Aug 19 moving the pots. Create your own vacation paradise. Use planters filled ON THE WATERFRONT with cannas, bananas, palms and New Zealand flax for a more W. Cotter St. PortA tropical flare. Add some wicker 132 furniture to complete the scene. Or fill vertical gardens, an old child’s wagon, metal colander or wooden and concrete planters with cacti and succulents. Add some old branches and large stones. You’ll feel as though you’ve hiked into the desert. All you need is a bit of space and creativity to find fun new ways to put containers to work for you in the garden this season.

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By Dotson Lewis Technology By Abigail Bair of underpants of the genus Horrible Horribulus Special to the Island Moon Dear Sir, away from her. Stadler began to give way a tiny Dotson’s Note: I have been actively involved in own multiple times before moving on to another I don’t know what compelled you to discard bit as I pulled her front feet off the ground, but Senior (55+) Computer Education since 1995. I challenge. Also, don't throw a bunch of new your not very gently used tighty whities by the still clung like a barnacle armed with epoxy. I am continually amazed at the myriad of excuses tools at her at once; the government survey roadside. I can only imagine that you had a started to try to shake all 74 pounds of her off, I hear from friends and others whose DOB* found that seniors learn best when technology personal emergency situation and decided that still yelling stuff like, “STADLER! THIS IS was prior to 1955. If I have my way, whether is delivered using equipment they're already throwing them out your car window was the DISGUSTING! OH GOD!! EWWWW!!!” you like it or not, you are going to be dragged familiar with. Of course this doesn't help if your equivalent of magically transporting them into And that’s when 82 pound Rowlfie joined in, (in some instances kicking and screaming) parent or loved one uses no technology at all, another dimension, preferably one populated grabbing a corner left unclaimed by the original into the ‘Technology Age.” This is inevitable, but it suggests that if your loved one already has entirely by appreciative dung beetles. I can combatants. Rowlf snapped his gator mouth but you are being offered the opportunity to go experience with one type of technology, you assure you that this is not what happened. shut, braced his stocky bulldog body and started through this life change, almost painlessly, and might want to increase her skills in that area Instead, your underpants sat in the middle of pulling for all he was worth. I am nothing if in many instances it will be a fun trip. Please before trying a new device. the road, being run over by cars and soaked by not competitive, and there was absolutely no see “Dotson’s Other Note” at the end of this The Cranky Curmudgeon last night’s rain, until my dogs found them this way these dogs were going to take your nasty article for the “how to.” Melanie Haiken-Health morning, that is. man panties home with us. I uttered a cuss so Journalist, contributed to this article. We all know at least one person who falls into long and profoundly disturbing that it can’t be this camp -- or we might even describe ourselves A bit of background here: I am responsible for reproduced in print (I know this because I tried Old Dogs, New Tricks: Why Seniors this way, at least under some circumstances. The the exercise needs of two large dogs, Rowlfie and the paper kept catching on fire), placed Have Trouble with Technology operative issue here as it relates to technology is and Stadler. At a combined weight of 156 my other hand on your undies and faced the temper; the curmudgeon has a low frustration pounds, they possess the towing strength of rapturous canines. threshold, is easily annoyed, and lacks the approximately one Clydesdale – two when they patience to work through problems when they see a cat. I give them their work out by attaching After a couple of minutes, Rowlfie’s weight and arise. (Which they will do -- adapting to new their harnesses to a two-headed leash with a strength dislodged Stadler. She tried to get back technology is never problem free.) handle like a waterski tow cable, and let them in, but she couldn’t maneuver around Rowlf How to Help: To prevent frustration, set low haul me around the neighborhood on my bike to get another bite of your drawers. I reeled expectations from the start, explaining that (Gertrude), while I burn out the brakes and yell, Rowlfie in like I had a swordfish on the line, pretty much everyone gets stuck early on and “NO SQUIRRELS.” It is, admittedly, a pretty gradually winding your tighty whites around it's no big deal. To combat crankiness, offer stupid way to save time since it’s ultimately my right fist. Eventually, I won the terrible taffy plenty of positive reinforcement after each going to wind up at a minimum breaking both pull, dislodging old Rowlf with one great final task. If your loved one gets impatient with you, my legs and rupturing my spleen. However, the tug. Exultantly, I held your corrupt contribution Three Unconfused Senior Education you can speed up the pace of your instruction, canine contingent seems to really enjoy it. aloft as I remounted Gertrude, and made to start our ride anew. Students-Del Mar College but stop frequently and have her practice each The morning was pleasantly cool – a mere skill. (Otherwise you'll trigger frustration when 83 degrees and I was excited to go for a long I probably should have noticed that both You've tried to show your grandmother how she can't remember.) If she gets impatient “ride.” By the time we reached the street dogs were sitting, ears perked forward, staring to use Facebook three times and she can with herself, you can try humor to defuse the in question, the dogs had settled in to a nice, almost lasciviously at their new FAVORITE never remember how to log in. Your father situation, offer reassurance, take a break, or companionable trot. Everyone was enjoying the TOY OF ALL TIME as I held it out of reach. loves Sinatra, but when you send him links simply overlook the grumpiness and keep beautiful morning by the sea. I noticed your I didn’t, though, because trying to mount a to historic clips, he says he can't open them. going. downstairs debris from about half a block away, bicycle holding a leash in one hand and a You desperately need your mother to learn to but mistook them for an HEB bag. Not thinking pair of disgusting underwear in the other is text so she won't interrupt your workday with The Stay-at-Homer the dogs would have any interest in said stupid more difficult than you might imagine. As calls. Why is it so difficult to teach older adults "I'm always here, so why would I need a cell how to use the Internet, cell phones, and other phone?" If you've ever heard this one, you know technology? And given the uses and benefits that you're in for a chicken-and-egg discussion. most of us value so highly, why do some seniors Many seniors are so used to relying on a home seem unmotivated to learn? Researchers, it phone and voice mail that they don't realize it's turns out, have been studying this very issue and exerting a habit-forming pull. ("I need to stay have come up with some interesting answers -- home in case Mary calls.") But isolation can and solutions. Read on and see if any of the become a habit, and not a good one. Recently, situations below sound familiar, and what to experts in aging have begun to focus on what do if your loved one fits one (or more) of these some are calling an "epidemic of loneliness"** profiles. among older adults. More seniors today live The Slow Starter alone than at any time before, and many do not have strong social networks for support. The number of seniors using the Internet has Studies have shown that for many older adults, grown much more slowly year by year than isolation gradually breeds fear, social anxiety, the rate of Internet use by adults in general. and increases the likelihood of depression and In 2012, the Pew Research Center's Internet health problems. and American Life Project was finally able to How to Help: Internet usage can be key announce that more than half (53 percent) of to helping seniors stay connected and avoid American adults over age 65 are online and loneliness. The Web also comes in handy for Some people are entirely too pleased with themselves using e-mail. When asked their reasons for not tasks that may be difficult for older adults going online, most said they either "didn't need who don't get out much. Learning to do online it," didn't see the benefits of it, or didn't know bag, I continued on course, happily listening to I accomplished the task and made ready to banking, for example, could save her many a how to access it. Interestingly, though, once my music and thinking that the world wasn’t resume our journey, I angrily hurled your trip downtown. And when it comes to accessing older adults get online, they tend to be very such a terrible place after all. beleaguered briefs at the nearest curb. They government benefits, older adults may have active; Pew's data show that most Web users over flew like a fastball and landed in the gutter with no choice but to go online. In 2011, the U.S. Unfortunately, thanks at least in part to people 65 go online on a daily basis, and more than half a disgusting “splat.” Social Security Administration stopped mailing like you; the world is not a bucolic paradise. It use social media as well as e-mail and search Social Security benefit statements, making is, in a word, often quite crappy. And that’s when both dogs ran directly over me engines. What does this suggest? That seniors them available online only. Even more drastic, and my bike to retrieve them. only discover the benefits of being online once I turned my gaze from observing the way in March 2013 the agency stopped mailing they are there. In other words, showing your sunlight runs liquid down the palm fronds back As I lay in the street, my helmet knocked paper-based benefit checks, requiring direct grandmother the baby pictures your sister just to my happy dogs, thinking that one of them cockeyed and my body bereft of all air, I deposit instead. Get your loved one up to speed posted on Facebook is going to be a much more might shoot me a thankful grin. Instead, I watched the now uncontrolled canines joyously on e-mail, social media, or online support powerful motivator than anything you can say. witnessed my ever-curious, pokey-nosed Black tearing your underpants to shreds. They fought groups, and you've introduced her to a virtual Lab, Stadler, gleefully scoop your streaked until they finally stretched the elastic waistband How to Help: The best way to help a slow starter community that's available even when she's tighty whities into her eager jaws and then to its breaking point, and then scooped up the is with the simplest possible technology and housebound. begin tossing them up into the air, catching remains and brought them over to me (still step-by-step demonstrations. So next time you *Date of Birth them as she ran. She didn’t miss a stride. tangled, defeated in Gertrude’s frame) – to see visit, sit down with Dad or Grandma and walk if maybe I could fix the toy so that they could them slowly through the basic steps, starting **Epidemic of Loneliness will be published in “OH NO! GOD NO!” I screamed, immediately play some more. wherever they are. If your loved one is resisting a future issue of The Island Moon. and accurately assessing a situation so terrible that the story must pass into urban legend, a Eventually, I managed to tear the scraps out the introduction of technology at home, get her Dotson’s Other Note: I have a fix for the many cautionary tale to terrify young dog owners. of their dog faces – although I’m pretty sure started at the library, or bring your own laptop concerns seniors have regarding technology. at least some fabric made it into their digestive or tablet over to show her what she's missing. We have classes scheduled to start in the near “RELEASE!” I yelled, trying to get her to drop systems. This time, I bagged your trash pants in Many seniors also benefit from the support of a future that will get you or someone you know your underpants as Gertrude ground to a wheel- a poop sack and went home. group course, like those offered at New York's into technology in a fun and free (almost) peeling halt. Senior Planet, a new senior technology learning The final resting place of your tighty whities setting. Classes are scheduled starting soon. Stadler, carrying a prize so spectacular that center that offers free courses in Internet use, was in my big green city dumpster. They were Our (volunteer) instructors are experienced any compulsion for obedience was vehemently iPad apps, digital photography, and more. Many given an eloquent final eulogy the premise of and skilled in assisting seniors in learning overridden, did not release. I dismounted and adult day programs and community centers offer which was, “Sons of blanks who throw their technology. And for the most part, they are not tugged her closer to me so that I could remove such courses, too. Keep in mind any physical blanking downstairs detritus out the car window old grouches. Hopefully you will find a flyer her new most favorite toy from her jaws. I limitations -- if your loved one has arthritis that so the blanking dogs can get it.” If you would from Del Mar College listing all of the scheduled grabbed your underpants by what I hoped was interferes with typing, for example, a tablet or like to hear it, please contact me at editor@ classes. In addition we will soon announce a the waistband and began to pull. Every neuron an oversized keyboard might be the solution. If islandmoon.com, subject line: “Penitent fall class: Social Networking (Facebook 101). in Stadler’s small brain lit up like an especially eyesight is an issue, there are phones designed Douche Canoe.” I will be happy to recite it for This is a must-have class if you have children, ambitious Christmas tree. “GAME! GAME! with larger interfaces, and you can increase type you verbatim. You owe me a full bottle of hand grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. Call GAME WITH AB! TOY!!!” She began to pull size on devices and computers. sanitizer, a gallon of bleach, three pink “Hello 361-698-1328 for information, and/or to in earnest, planting her back feet and mock Kitty” Band-Aids and a heartfelt apology. The Nervous Nellie register for a class. growling. 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By 1955, other became tangled with 18-year-old Zola Budd Some people collect antique cars; this person teams began to learn their lesson and refused to of South Africa and fell to the track in the collected interceptions. He just had a nose throw in his direction. Butler did not intercept 3,000-meter race at the 1984 Summer Olympics for the football. He was the kind of guy who a single pass that year. In 1956, he recorded in Los Angeles. I have attempted to provide you rolls up his shirt sleeves instead of running his six interceptions for 133 yards and returned a the Moon Monkeys with the “rest of the story.” mouth. As a defensive back, he could make the fumble recovery for a touchdown. In 1957, Mike Rosenbaum contributed to this article. Zola Budd opposing quarterback hold the ball a little longer Butler was like a magnet as he led the entire with his tight coverage. He was called square NFL with a career-best ten interceptions. Jack Did Zola Budd Trip Mary Decker? Budd, the barefoot South Africa-born runner also scored a touchdown offensively on a pass who was given a fast-track passport to represent and boring by his teammates. He liked plain old Did Zola Budd trip Mary Decker in 1984 in the vanilla ice cream instead of buttered pecan and reception from quarterback Jim Finks, against Olympic Games? The video was inconclusive Great Britain at the Olympics, said she “gave the New York Giants. Finks had been kept as up” after the incident because she did not want was as uninteresting as Bill Belichick picking but there’s no doubt that the 3000-meter race out a new hoodie. Butler owned a good sense quarterback by the Steelers and future Hall- produced one of the greatest controversies in to win a medal when the crowd started to boo of-Fame quarterback, Johnny Unitas, was cut. her. of humor and was as loyal as a cocker spaniel. Olympic track and field history. He played during a time in professional football Butler added nine more interceptions in 1958. Budd said she could only recall a “blur” of when there were very few rules and even fewer He also got off to a great start in 1959 with two the events of the 3,000m Olympic final. “I only referees to enforce those rules. He was cut from interceptions, before his knee injury occurred knew someone had fallen. When I passed by the steel, and his teammates said for breakfast he in the seventh game of the season. That injury spot again, on the next lap, it was then I realized had two cups of iron in a large bowl. “You could would end his season and career. Jack Butler it was Mary,” she told the Radio Times. “And bump’em and push’em and do things,” said never made more than $12,000 in any one the crowd started booing. That’s when I gave Butler. “You could grab onto his jersey so he season. up. Everything leading up to it, all the politics, didn’t get far from you.” Don Joyce, a longtime In 1963, after football, Butler became the all the hype, and then for Mary to fall. It was Baltimore Colt defensive lineman who played longtime director of BLESTO, an NFL like a soap opera. It couldn’t be real. I slowed during Butler’s era once said, “Those guys were Scouting Combine that stood for Bears, Lions, down deliberately. I didn’t want to be on the tough; Jack Butler personified the era.” They Eagles, Steelers Talent Organization. This medal podium. In a way, I stopped running.” say that water covers 2/3rds of the planet earth. combine was established by Butler, to analyze Budd had joined the British team on the If that’s so, then Jack Butler covered the other college players and provide information for grounds that her grandfather was British, but third. He could go get that football with the teams to be used in the NFL draft. It has been the switch was hugely controversial during the best. This guy was like Pac man; he gobbled up estimated that Butler and his staff scouted and apartheid-era sporting boycott. everything and everybody, and just got stronger. graded over 75,000 college kids in his 44 years It’s as if he had heard the play called in the other as the head of BLESTO. Butler retired in 2002. The Aftermath team’s huddle. Butler would hire, train and oversee the scouts, Zola Budd Gains British Citizenship to Budd and Decker were reunited for a feature- John “Jack” Bradshaw Butler was born on but allow them to develop their own eyes for Compete in the 1984 Olympics length documentary 32 years (2016) after the November 12, 1927, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. talent. He gave them a map, a stopwatch, and catastrophic finish to one of the most eagerly a list of names and schools and told them to go Budd was already a well-known and Jack grew up playing sandlot football with his anticipated clashes on the running track. In the have fun. Scouts would write their reports into controversial competitor prior to the Los buddies while studying to be a priest at a local Sky Atlantic documentary, The Fall, the two a notebook that had copy paper. Those reports Angeles Games. The barefoot runner was born seminary. Later he decided against being a priest women jog together on the grassed-over track were then sent to Butler, given a grade, and then in South Africa, which was then banned from and enrolled at St. Bonaventure University, in the LA stadium where it happened. located near Olean, New York, and walked sent to each team. Along the way, thousands the Olympics due to its government’s apartheid of athletes were graded and a new breed of policy. Budd said it was “probably good for both of onto the football team. The encouragement he received from Father Silas, the athletic director, talent evaluators was born. Jack Butler’s When Budd applied for British was enough to convince him to play. Jack greatest class would be discovered during the citizenship in early 1984 her Butler is the last person to play in the NFL from 1969 draft class by the Pittsburgh Steelers. It request was expedited and she St. Bonaventure, because the school dropped just happened to be Head Coach Chuck Nolls’ became a British citizen in their football program after the 1951 season. first year. This draft class is considered to be time to compete in Los Angeles Jack played on the Varsity team all four years the finest single-team selection in NFL history. where she earned a spot in the (1948-51). He was named Honorable Mention All five draft picks ended up in the NFL Hall 3000 final. in 1949 on the All-Western New York College of Fame. Names like “Mean Joe” Greene, Jack Lambert, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster, and John The women's 3000-meter race Football Team for his defensive skills. In 1950, as an end, he caught 29 passes for 522 yards Stallworth leaped off the pages of NFL history. was hotly anticipated as the Jack Butler may not have become a priest, but media posed it as a duel between and scored five touchdowns. Jack Butler is also a member of the St. Bonaventure University he did become an NFL legend. The roots of his American world champion Mary NFL scouting combine are still used today. Decker and Zola Budd. But they Hall of Fame. Interestingly, Father Silas was weren't the only competitors, as also a Franciscan priest and his given name was Butler, #80 in your playbook, made the All- Maricica Puica from Romania Dan Rooney, the brother of Pittsburgh Steelers NFL First Team three times (1957, 58, 59), had set the fastest time in 1984. Mary and Zola today owner, Art Rooney. This relationship between played in the Pro Bowl four times (1955, 56, Father Silas and Jack Butler would pay big 57, 58), and was selected to the NFL Hall of Just past the midpoint of the dividends in the future for both Butler and the Fame on February 4, 2013. Jack Butler, a race, with Budd slightly ahead of Decker, the us. To be there with Mary put a lot of things Steelers. walk-on, is believed to be one of the very few two came in contact but neither broke stride. Hall-of-Fame players who were not initially Moments later, however, Budd moved lower to rest. Before, it was this huge stadium full of Butler graduated from college in 1951 and was booing people. But meeting Mary normalized ignored by professional football. He went un- drafted by a professional football team. Other on the track and Decker stepped on Budd’s notable players drafted in 1951 are as follows: heel, causing Budd to stumble and Decker to everything. It healed both of us.” drafted by all twelve teams. At 6’ 1” tall and weighing 200 pounds, he got the most out of Andy Robustelli, Don Joyce, Bill George, Jack trip over Budd. Budd got up and continued Budd was asked if she still thought about the Christiansen, and Kyle Rote. In October of but never drew back into contention, finishing race today. “Yes I do. You can’t not. It becomes his size. Butler had been an outstanding end. A phone call from Brother Dan to Brother Art 2008, he became part of the Pittsburgh Steelers seventh. Decker remained down with an injured part of your life,” she said. “It did make me All-Time Team, the Steelers 50th Anniversary thigh. Romania’s Maricica Puica went on to angry, but not anymore. I still feel angry at insured Jack a tryout. Butler not only made the team as a defensive halfback (cornerback), but team, and the Pittsburgh Legends Team. Butler win the race. people for blaming me for apartheid, and intercepted 52 passes in 103 games while wanting me to take responsibility for that. But started that very first season. “He was just what The Blame Game the Steelers ordered, a back with good hands, recording 827 return yards, and scored four I’m not bitter.” touchdowns. Jack also recovered ten fumbles Decker angrily blamed Budd for the incident, good speed, good size, and his instincts were Decker, the former world champion and tremendous,” said Steelers quarterback, Ted during his career. He was second only to Emlen saying there was “no doubt” that Budd was one-time golden girl of US athletics who set Tunnell who had 79 career interceptions for the at fault. Track officials initially agreed, Marchibroda. Ted was the only NFL first-round a string of world records in the run-up to the pick in St. Bonaventure history. Marchibroda New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers. disqualifying Budd for obstruction, but 1984 Games, said: “I don’t think about it. It’s Butler is listed as part of the NFL’s 1950’s All- reversed their decision after reviewing tapes of later became a successful head coach for something that almost happened in a different the Baltimore Colts, Indianapolis Colts, and Decade team and is still ranked 27th all time the race. These seemed to indicate that Budd’s lifetime. People need to understand that the after all these years. move, while perhaps a bit abrupt, was made in Baltimore Ravens. Butler did not miss a Olympics are important, but they don’t define start until 1959, when he suffered a career- Jack Butler died from natural causes on a reaction to other runners’ movements and was your entire career.” She continued: “I think I unintentional. ending injury to his knee after a collision with Saturday May 11, 2013. He was 86 years old. have arrived at a good place. I have one child, Philadelphia Eagle end, Pete Retzlaff. Our memory is a holy ground where our heroes It is the responsibility of the trailing runners to Zola has three. We have life.” have a resting place. He was survived by his avoid contact with the runners ahead of them. The Pittsburgh Steelers were not a very good Dotson’s Other Note: It was the most infamous football team before the 1970’s. In 1951, they wife, Bernadette, four sons, four daughters, a Leaders should try to move predictably, but fall in Olympic history and now Zola Budd has brother and a sister, and 15 grandchildren. Why those behind them need to take precautions. finished fourth out of six teams in the Eastern told how she deliberately slowed down after she Division. The joke was, you knew it was going it took so long for him to be inducted into the Budd was roundly booed as she completed tangled with Mary Decker who came crashing to be a long season when the opening day give- Pro Football Hall of Fame is beyond me. the race and said in her autobiography that she to the ground at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. away was an apology letter from the General Andy Purvis is a local author and radio deliberately slowed down in the face of the Do any of you Moon Monkey “sport nuts” Manager. In 1951, while wearing #25, Jack personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. hostile crowd. She said she tried to apologize remember this incident? Your thoughts then and Butler took five intercepted passes back for 142 com for all the latest info on his books or to to Decker as they left the field but was rebuffed. now are solicited and welcome. Your comments, yards and a touchdown in his rookie season. listen to the new radio podcast. 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Saturday, August 26 Island Moon Columnist Holds Book Signing Collection of photos from 35 years in the trenches Island Moon fans we get so few opportunities to meet or columnist Andy see someone up close and in person, who is Mary Decker Purvis has been considered to be a great athlete. To get a chance writing about to interview them is a whole new ballgame and sports and the a privilege,” Purvis said. running in a pack. In any event, the tangle cost people who play The photos begin when the autograph craze both runners the chance for an Olympic medal them for more hit the sports world in earnest in the late 1980’s in 1984. than two decades. and early 1990’s as athletes came to understand During that time After the Olympics that their fans would pay good money just to he has written meet them and take away a smile, a handshake They had a rematch at Crystal Palace in July four books or a memento from that meeting in the form 1985, with Mary Decker-Slaney winning and highlighting the of an autograph. These photographs bring that finishing 13 seconds ahead of Zola Budd, who people and experiences he has gathered along era to life as they chronicle Purvis’ personal finished fourth. the way and is working on the fifth book of what travels through that world through the lens of he now refers to as the “Greatness Series.” Budd competed at the 1992 Olympic Games his camera. in South Africa in the 3000 meters. She broke But in “This Close to Greatness,” now out, he Many of the shots show familiar sports heroes the world record for the women's 5000 meters takes a detour from his usual format with a book in the prime of their careers and capture fleeting in 1985. She won the World Cross Country of photographs he has taken during his three- moments in time otherwise forgotten. It was Championships in 1985 and 1986. plus decades traveling through the world of the blue collar poet Merle Haggard who said, sports. He will hold a book signing at Barnes Decker's record for the 1500 meters stood “Everything does change except what we chose & Noble on Saturday, August 26, from 1-3 p.m. for 32 years and other US records for the to recall,” and with these photographs Purvis has mile, 2000 meters, and 3000 meters were still “The 492 never before seen photos mark frozen these recollections in time, recollections standing as of 2017. She was the first woman the time and these people are part of my past. of a road well-traveled. to run less than 4:20 for the mile. However, This scrapbook reminds me of how incredibly It is available at Purvisbooks online. she was plagued with stress fractures and was blessed I have been to meet and visit with so disqualified due to doping tests from the 1996 many of my childhood sports heroes. As Dale Rankin Olympic Games. Send letters and photos to [email protected] August 10, 2017 Island Moon A 9 The Traveling Moon Gets Around

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As the special session enters its final unanimously for HB 3976, which addressed the week, the time to pass legislation designated by problem with more than $350 million in aid to Governor Greg Abbott is running out, and these the system coupled with an increase in ongoing Awareness Month members want to ensure that key bills reach his state contributions and benefit cuts for retirees By Todd Hunter, District 32 desk. under 65. In the time between the end of the over time. This also can require them to use a regular session and the beginning of the special, August is Spinal These Senators highlighted two measures wheelchair. The rarest form of SMA is Type IV. Houston Senator Joan Huffman said members Muscular Atrophy (SMA) awareness month. passed by the body earlier in the session, one This type will not affect the person until they heard about the changes from retired teachers. Organizations like Cure SMA work diligently to to create a special commission to study the way are 35 years old (some cases as early as 18 years “Many of them had fears and concerns that educate the public about this genetically-passed the state pays for public education and one to old). Type IV SMA results in only mild motor the reforms were not affordable,” she said. disease that is the leading cause of death of put more money into TRS-Care, the program impairment. Huffman urged House action on SB 19, by infants up to 2 years of age. 1 in 50 Americans, that provides health coverage for retired Senator Jane Nelson of Flower Mound, which despite gender or race, can be a carrier of this SMA is not preventable, but knowing if you and teachers. The first, SB 16, by Friendswood would use a one-time deferral of state funds to recessive gene. Being informed and spreading your significant other is a carrier of the SMA Senator and Education Committee Chair Larry put another $212 million into TRS-Care for the knowledge on the probability, risks, and effects gene can be helpful during family planning. Taylor, passed the Senate with unanimous purposes of reducing premiums and deductibles of this disease is helpful in family planning and The cost of caring for an infant who suffers approval twice, once during the regular session for retired teachers. It also includes a bonus the pursuit of finding a cure. from SMA is between $260,000 and $3 million and again at the end of July. The measure now pay structure for active teachers and would pay and often require 24/7 care. SMA screening is awaits House action. Taylor believes that with SMA is caused by a mutation of the survival them between $600 and $1000 in September available through blood tests. There are also no Supreme Court mandate directing them, the motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1) that is responsible 2018, depending on their years of service. options for prenatal testing. Legislature has a unique opportunity to address for muscle development necessary to walk, eat, the state’s 30-year-old school finance system. Also Tuesday, the Senate Business and and/or breathe. This recessive (non-dominant) The SMA community recently celebrated a “With the most recent Supreme Court decision, Commerce Committee heard testimony gene affects nerves with the spinal cord that is huge breakthrough thanks to their efforts to raise they have given us the ability to start with a clean relating to a bill that would place restrictions responsible for producing the protein necessary awareness and funds. This past December, the slate, and design a school finance system from on municipal tree ordinances. Many cities for normal muscle growth. When the SMN1 Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the ground up,” he said. “A system that includes have laws that limit property owners’ ability gene is mutated, it hinders muscle development a treatment for SMA called SPINRAZA all the constitutional parameters we know we to remove full grown trees from their land and causes the nerves within the muscles to die. (Nusinersen). The first approved therapy for must meet, yet accounts for the demands and without paying a fee. The Senate passed Since SMA only affects physical development, those who have this genetic mutation! To the innovations that the 21st century offers.” a bill earlier in the session that would have it is hard to recognize if newborn has this disease learn more about this treatment option please ended these municipal ordinances, with some until they do not meet the typical developmental visit http://www.curesma.org/spinraza/. If you SB 16 would commission an interim panel to exceptions for public safety and tree health. milestones. would like to learn more about SMA overall, examine the issue and make recommendations The bill considered in committee Tuesday, please visit http://www.curesma.org/sma/. for top-to-bottom reforms in school finance. There are four types of SMA. Each type is HB 7 sponsored by Brenham Senator Lois Let’s continue to bring awareness to/education “This is not another interim study,” said based on the age of the individual affected, Kolkhorst, moderates that approach by allowing of SMA to the public in hopes of continuous Taylor. “This proposed commission made the onset of muscular atrophy (lose), and the property owners to avoid or reduce the fee by breakthroughs in treatments and heathy babies. up of educators, legislators, members of the highest milestone achieved. Type I is typically planting another tree either in the same spot or business community and members of the diagnosed within the first 6 months of a child’s If you have questions regarding any of the another spot agreed to by the city and property community at large will be tasked with making life. This is the most severe form of SMA. It is information mentioned in this week’s article, owner. The bill would also limit municipal tree recommendations for a new path forward.” also the most common form of SMA, accounting please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or ordinance fees to $400. The bill was approved for 60% of all SMA cases. When these babies’ District Office. Please always feel free to The Senators also urged action on a bill by the committee 5-3 and will now head to the muscle development is debilitated, they suffer contact my office if you have any questions full Senate for consideration. from the inability to swallow or breathe due or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if to respiratory failure. And may lead to death. you would like to contact my office regarding State Sales Tax The onset of Type II SMA is usually between 6 constituent services. As always, my offices are months to 18-24 months of age. Children who available at any time to assist with questions, Revenue Totaled SEEKING VENDORS suffer from this form of SMA are only slightly concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- For “Fabulous Fall” Arts and Crafts impaired. Those affected can sit up on their own, 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). $2.6 Billion in July Sale but do not meet the developmental milestones for motor (walking) skills. This causes them to - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said today that Island in the Son United Methodist need a wheelchair. SMA Type III is diagnosed Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). state sales tax revenue totaled $2.56 billion in after the child is 18 months old and up to 3 years He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. July, 7.9 percent more than in July 2016. Church will have a “FABULOUS FALL” Arts and Crafts Sale on old. These individuals may meet the typical texas.gov or at 512-463-0672 “Sales tax receipts from all major economic Saturday, September 23, 2017 from milestones for walking, but will lose this ability sectors were up compared to last year,” Hegar 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM. You won’t said. “The most notable increases were from oil- want to miss this opportunity to and gas-related industries, as spending on well Hunter Files Bill to Limit Windstorm development continues to rebound. Despite the “shop ‘til you drop” among the recent uptick, sales tax revenue remains in line great selection of unique items Insurance Rate Increases with recent estimates from my office.” for sale, including food, jewelry, candles, home décor, specialty bags, Editor’s note: State Representative Todd which the filing is made; and Total sales tax revenue for the three months Hunter this week filed a bill in the Special (4)AAthe commissioner has not disapproved ending in July 2017 is up 7.3 percent compared crafts of all kinds, and more! A Session of the Texas Legislature that would limit the filing in writing, advising of the reasons for to the same period a year ago. Sales tax revenue Vendor information packet with increases in Texas Windstorm Insurance rates the disapproval and the criteria the association is the largest source of state funding for the registration form is available by to no more than 1% per year. Hunter in recent is required to meet to obtain approval. state budget, accounting for 56 percent of all emailing or calling Kathy Merchant sessions worked successfully to reconstruct tax collections. Motor vehicle sales and rental at [email protected] or 361- the state windstorm insurance board to push SECTIONA2.AASection 2210.352(a-1), taxes, motor fuel taxes and oil and natural gas 749-0884. Vendor spaces will be back against steadily escalating rates, which Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows: production taxes also are large revenue sources reserved on a first come, first served prior to the reform increased 5% each year, the (a-1)AAThe association may use a rate filed by for the state. basis, and only after payment is maximum then allowed by state law. the association under this section without prior In July 2017, Texas collected the received. Deadline for registration is The proposed bill reads as follows: commissioner approval following revenue from those taxes: September 9. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating (1)AAthe filing is made not later than the 30th day before the date of any use or delivery for motor vehicle sales and rental taxes — Island in the Son UMC is located to rate filings by the Texas Windstorm Insurance use of the rate; $384.7 million, down 7.3 percent from July at 10650 Highway 361 on Mustang Association. 2016; Island, 2 miles north of Packery BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE (2)AAthe filed rate does not exceed 101 [105] percent of the rate used by the association in motor fuel taxes — $308.2 million, up 3.7 Channel between Newport Pass OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: effect on the date on which the filing is made; percent from July 2016; and Road and Beach Access Road #3. SECTIONA1.AASection 2210.351(d), We always welcome you to “come and oil and natural gas production taxes — Insurance Code, is amended as you are!” (3)AAthe filed rate does not reflect a rate $251.5 million, up 24.6 percent from July to read as follows: change for an individual rating class that is 2016. (d)AAThe association may use a rate filed by more than one [10] percent higher than the the association without prior commissioner rate in effect for that rating class on the date on Send letters and photos to editor@ live Music, BBQ, approval if: which the filing is made. islandmoon.com & Party (1)AAthe filing is made not later than the 30th SECTIONA3.AAThe change in law made day before the date of any use or delivery for by this Act applies only to a rate filed by the use of the rate; Texas Windstorm Insurance Association with (2)AAthe filed rate does not exceed 101 [105] the Texas Department of Insurance on or after the effective date of this Act. A rate filed with 2017 percent of the rate in effect on the date on which the filing is made; the Texas Department of Insurance before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law (3)AAthe filed rate does not reflect a rate as it existed immediately before that date, and change for an individual rating class that is that law is continued in effect for that purpose. more than one [10] percent higher than the rate in effect for that rating class on the date on SECTIONA4.AAThis Act takes effect December 1, 2017.

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960-9597 August 10, 2017 Island Moon A 14 Timmons Brings Hope CLUB NEWS with a Smile The Island Moon provides this space for where the guys join in. We enjoy raising By Hallie Trial Island organizations. If you are a member of a money for scholarships for local graduating club and want to get the word out about your seniors as well as other worthy causes in our Editor’s note: Hallie here because her upper set of dentures will not events and/or projects send them along and we community. We would love for you to join is a senior at Flour stick properly in her mouth. As he is speaking will get them in. us and see how PIE can be part of your life. Bluff High School. with her, Dr. Allen notices a wound on her hand. For more info please contact Rebecca Robbins Be sure to include a brief description of what With a little bit of prying, he discovers that it is 303-434-0947. “How do I talk with these things?” mumbles a dog bite. your organization does and a contact person Chrystal Anderson thickly. for those interested in joining. Island United Political Action Committee: “A bite like that could get infected,” he says, Maximize representation of Corpus Christi “I need you to be singing all the time to get Send the info to [email protected] and fetching an opaque brown bottle. “This is called residents on Padre and Mustang Islands in area used to them,” replies Natalie De La Cruz, the peroxide. It releases oxygen and kills bacteria we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700. woman in black scrubs standing beside her. government by promoting and supporting, by that don’t like oxygen.” He gently applies the Padre Island Antique Classic Car the endorsement process, proactive and unified Chrystal continues to beam at herself in the disinfectant. “They’re called anaerobes… You Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles voting in non-partisan races and other issues hand mirror she has been given for a moment need to put this on several times a day.” 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, and referendums put to public vote. Meetings and then turns away to make eye contact. Aside from the working experience, students Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting Before she begins to speak, she removes all the also gain more intangible benefits from the to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - teeth from her upper jaw. The transformation partnership. tours, car shows on and around the Island. 7:00 PM at the Island Time Sushit Bar, contact: is instantaneous: her cheeks again sunken, her Please contact [email protected] for Nick Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. “I like to see the smile on people’s faces when lower jaw again protruding ever so slightly. information on the upcoming meeting. Please com. One thing, though, does not change back. She the pain that they had when they came in is include your contact information and the type is smiling. gone,” says Rodrick Brooks. of car owned. POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. The Association’s primary responsibility is to As Christina Gonzales, the woman in the chair “I feel beautiful.” maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect beside Rodrick, tells her story, the words of the Upcoming Activities: the annual fees and provide information and Chrystal has just received a new set of dentures young dental assistant-to-be are vividly fleshed assistance to property owners. .. Membership free of cost from Dr. William Allen Dental out into reality. Ms. Gonzales is here to have Youth Development Foundation of in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring Clinic at Timon’s Ministries. Founded in 2009 a cracked tooth extracted. This is not her first Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each record legal title to any property within Padre through a grant from the Laverne and Thomas experience with a cracked tooth. Earlier this Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Port Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna Howell Foundation, the clinic serves patients year, Ms. Gonzales, unable to afford dental Aransas. For more information please email Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, throughout the Coastal Bend who, for financial care, felt that the only way to escape the chronic [email protected]. [email protected]. reasons, have few or no other options for care. pain in one of her molars was to remove the Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet “Can I see them?” asks another patient, tooth herself. every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate Jennifer Treviño, from across the room. “Oh, “I went with pliers and tried to take it out. I Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next with the University of Texas at Austin Marine they look nice. I can’t wait to get mine.” broke it into pieces.” meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation A mischievous gleam enters Chrystal’s eyes. She had to live for two months with a molar welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and of most species of wildlife in the area with an “Now I’m gonna get all the guys!” cracked into four pieces while she attempted to Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. emphasis on marine animals. If you find an The volunteer dental assistants laugh at her find a clinic that would help her. A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, animal in peril they can help Tony Amos is the joke, but they all know that a toothless smile “I had to eat little pieces. I couldn’t eat steak. materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles Director. 750 Channel View Dr. Port Aransas. can cost a person much more than dating I couldn’t eat nothing… Basically soups… Not available at no extra cost. RSVP online. 361 749-6793, 361 442-7638. afamos@mail. opportunities. anything cold or hot.” [email protected] utexas.edu. “They can’t get jobs… You’d think people Finally, on April 5th, she was able to have her Padre Island Yacht Club (PIYC) – is Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi would overlook that, but it’s an image that tooth extracted free of charge. welcoming new members. We have boat slips Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island people are looking at,” says Natalie De La Cruz, available now for members. Contact Ignacio ladies got together under a Palapa and founded an instructor of dental assistants at South Texas Rodrick shakes his head sadly. “All these De Lenda at [email protected] for slip rental the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only Vocational Technical Institute (STVT). Each patients… This is all they have.” information. Padre Island Yacht Club members rule is that there are no rules! We are all about time the clinic is open, De La Cruz and her “This is all they have,” — that is true of more enjoy small and large boat Cruises, small fun and friendship. We meet once a month for students come to assist the dentists. Through people than just the dental patients here today. boat Poker Runs, Cruises to area restaurants, lunch and various fun outings from cupcake this partnership, students are able to gain Dental care is one of many services provided by Progressive Dinners, 4th of July Fireworks making to CPR. experience while providing a vital service to the Timon’s Ministries to its clients, most of whom up close, extended boat cruises to Palacios, ISLAND ROVERS: Walks every Saturday community. are the working and nonworking poor with TX, South Padre Island, Ingleside, Rockport, 3 miles or less along the beach, depending on “We bring them here for their clinicals so children. Many are also disabled or elderly. Fulton, and other areas. Please come, join us! peoples fitness and desires. When: Saturday, they can work with live patients. At the school Only about 5% of those served by Timon’s Contact James Thompson, Rear Commodore at 9am at the Padre Balli Park Office South we work with Dexters [dental mannequins]. Ministries are the chronic homeless. Timon’s in charge of Memberships at, jmtislandtime@ of Encantada, in the parking lot between It’s also good for them to work with many Ministries goes far beyond merely providing gmail.com to attend. the office and the RV park. No competition, different types of doctors with different types of people with clothing, food, and access to KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis just conversation and healthy fitness. For demands,” De La Cruz explains. showers and washing machines; free eye care, meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at information see the Facebook group “Island family medical care, and behavioral counseling Rovers” The dentist who happens to be working on Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the are just a few more examples of the invaluable month. July 14th is Dr. Allen himself, but he is quick forms of assistance Timon’s offers to Corpus Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This to point out that he is one of four doctors who Christi community members in need. Padre Island Rotary Club. Padre Island Rotary is the Island book club. We meet the first share the responsibility for dental care at the Club. Of the things we think, say, or do…..Is it Wednesday of each month at Island Time Sushi clinic, the others being Dr. Steven Villarreal, Dr. The mission of the dental clinic is the same the TRUTH?....Is It FAIR to all concerned?... Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of Robert Ruiz, and Dr. Keith Hood. as that of Timon’s Ministries as a whole. Say Will it Build GOODWILL and better ladies that like to read, love socializing with Natalie De La Cruz, “We’re trying to help the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join Dr. Allen’s concern for his patients’ overall FRIENDSHIPS?....Will it be BENEFICIAL people who just don’t have the means… Help to all Concerned? If you can meet this 4-way us we would love to have you! Contact Linda well-being is overwhelmingly apparent as he them get back on their feet… Our motto is “A Walsh, [email protected] or 361-445- interacts with them. One woman, Rosemary, is test the Padre Island Rotary is looking for you! hand up, not a hand out.” We meet the second and fourth 7999, or just show up! Thursday of each month at the Veranda Island Emmaus reunion is open to anyone Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. that has been on a Chryslis or Emmaus walk. Take advantage of the Sales Tax Holiday Contact is Linda Walsh, Secretary, lawalshva@ Please join us on the 4th Tuesday of the month yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. at 6pm at Island in the Son united Methodist Aug. 11-13 Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a church located on hwy 361. For more By Kelly Trevino 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 information call Eileen Moeller @ 830-708- Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the 8367 or [email protected] Veranda at Schlitterbahn. The committee’s With the new school year right around the • Know the difference between “back-to- Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is a local purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City chapter of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc., corner, Tax Free Weekend is a great opportunity school sale” and tax free items. Retail Council on matters pertaining to The Island. to stock up and save on some of your back-to- stores may advertise back-to-school sales a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose All meetings are open to the public and the is to assist in community and environmental school shopping needs. because they know consumers are buying public is invited to address the committee items for the upcoming school year. concerns and provide a variety of social This year’s Sales Tax Holiday is Aug. 11-13. during the public comment period. Certain discounts will still have taxes activities for people who are interested in Tax Free Weekend means that items like school applied to them unless the item appears Padre Island Business Association. The the music of Jimmy Buffett and the tropical supplies, clothing and footwear are tax free. For on the state comptroller’s tax free list. association is a not-for-profit organization lifestyle he personifies. Founded in 2009, the example, if you spend $100, you save $8. whose primary purpose is to advertise and club motto is “Partying with a Purpose’’. To join • Read the fine print. Retailers aren’t According to the Texas Comptroller of promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff or ask questions go to portaransasparrotheads. required to collect state and local sales Public Accounts, all sales of qualifying items and Corpus Christi while advancing the com or email or call Deno “Moon Dog” or use tax on most clothing and footwear made during the holiday period qualify for interests of the business community. It is Fabrie, President at 361 749 0256 or dfabrie@ that are sold for less than $100 during Tax the exemption, including items sold online, managed by a 9-member board of directors. yahoo.com. Free Weekend. The exemption applies by phone or mail, and with layaway. A list of A membership luncheon is held on the 2nd to items that sell for less than $100, The Schliterbahn Women’s Golf qualifying items can be found here. Thursday of each month at The Veranda starting regardless of how many items are sold on association meets every Saturday at 9 AM at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of for a friendly round of golf. All skill levels are According to the National Retail Federation’s the same ticket. the month. The association annually has two annual survey, families with children in grades welcome. Call Fran more information: 361- • Save your receipts. You’ll need them if fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the K-12 plan to spend an average of $687.72 on 877-2551 you want to make an exchange or return fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring. back-to-school shopping. Total spending for an item. Remember some items are non- The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors K-12 and college is expected to reach $83.6 P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club is refundable or have a 30-day return period. League is a women’s social organization open billion, a more than 10 percent increase from a ladies only social club open to all owners/ to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun last year. Kelly Trevino is the regional director for residents of North Padre. We hope to enrich & friendship. New Neighbors League holds the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better our members through social activities and To make the most out of Tax Free Weekend this monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas. community involvement. We have monthly year, Better Business Bureau serving the Heart activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples Kelly is available for media interviews and luncheons (2nd Friday) along with groups of of Texas recommends shoppers: Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a speaking engagements. You can reach her by bunco, bridge, spades, craft club and book few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ clubs. We also have social events throughout email us at [email protected] corpuschristi.bbb.org. the year including a monthly “Happy Hour” Send letters and photos to [email protected] Follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Send photos and letters to: [email protected]

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We the agency as RRC seismologist. safety of our citizens.” watching children suffer from medical issues, donated the Brave Gowns to Driscoll Children’s painful ordeals, and prolonged recoveries. Hospital in order for children to think about Dr. Velasco is a professor of Geological As the RRC’s seismologist, Dr. Velasco will Worse yet is when children are terminal or something fun and imaginative for a while, Sciences and Director of Interdisciplinary serve on the Governor’s Technical Advisory do not recover. Our local Driscoll Children’s taking their minds away from the reason they Initiatives at the University of Texas - El Committee for the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Hospital and their staff of almost 2,200 ‘angels’ are in the hospital and putting a smile on their Paso (UTEP). He will continue to serve in his Program run by the University of Texas - is a beacon of beautiful light for children faces.” capacity as an educator and researcher at UTEP. Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology. He will in South Texas, serving to help children Driscoll Children’s Hospital Director of Commissioner Ryan Sitton said, “The also work with RRC staff in reviewing disposal successfully recover from a wide range of Volunteers Lizette Saenz broke out in smiles Railroad Commission takes the issue of induced well permit applications in areas of historic ailments, accidents, and physical problems. after seeing the gowns. She claimed, “The seismicity very seriously. I look forward seismicity to ensure proper requirements are in place to prevent or minimize the potential That is why the Padre Island Kiwanis Club gowns will give the patients a sense of feeling to working with Dr. Velasco to continue to for induced seismic activity. Additionally, Dr. donated 25 ‘Super Hero’ hospital gowns to like a super hero and will take their minds off ensure we have necessary procedures in place Velasco will serve in an advisory capacity to the the hospital this week. Well received by the of their situation for a little bit. Patients will to minimize and mitigate potential risks. I’ve RRC on issues and policy related to seismicity hospital, the gowns are intended to put a smile love these. They will go to our environmental personally attended meetings of the Technical and energy production in Texas. on the face of a young patient. The gowns are services and then to our inventory to be Advisory Committee and feel confident that patterned after super heroes and other cartoon distributed to our inpatient floors.” the work BEG and other academic institutions Dr. Velasco earned his Bachelor of Science type characters. Nancy Ludlow, Kiwanis member who spear- are doing will help us better understand the degree in applied geophysics from the headed purchasing the gowns from Brave science around this important issue. Dr. Velasco University of California - Los Angeles in Gowns, said, “I am thrilled that the Kiwanis is an important addition to the team who has 1988 and his doctorate in geophysics from Club of Padre Island delivered 25 “Brave been working on this issue since I joined the the University of California - Santa Cruz in Gowns” to Driscoll Children’s Hospital today. Commission.” 1993. He has held several teaching positions Our club is always looking for organizations Commissioner Wayne Christian said, at UTEP since joining the university faculty in and ways that we can help children and give “I welcome Dr. Velasco to the Railroad 2002. Prior to UTEP, Dr. Velasco held several back to the community. These gowns, in various Commission of Texas and look forward to technical and research positions, including sizes and designs, will bring a little comfort and working with him to ensure the safe and reliable work at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore happiness to children undergoing treatment at National Laboratories. the hospital.” Ludlow continued, “We are so blessed to have Foreign Invaders in Texas Lakes Driscoll Children’s Hospital in our community and it seemed like the perfect fit for our club. Lewisville, Randell, Ray Roberts, Stillhouse Children’s Miracle Network Administrator Hollow, Texoma, and Travis. for Driscoll Richard Harris stated, “This is a Positive Lakes: Zebra mussels or their larvae wonderful gift from Kiwanis to Driscoll. A lot have been detected on more than one occasion of times children come here and there is stress in lakes Livingston, Waco, Worth, and Fishing involved, and this will take their mind off of Hole Lake. At this point, there is no evidence of what is happening.” a reproducing population in these lakes. Rivers The next time you visit Driscoll Children’s downstream of infested lakes, including the Hospital look for the patients scurrying about Red, Leon, and Elm Fork of the Trinity, are also positive for zebra mussels. New super gowns for Driscoll patients with super hero and cartoon character gowns. donated by the Kiwanis Club of Padre They will likely be sporting big smiles. In Suspect Lakes: Zebra mussels or their larvae the meantime, hats off to Driscoll Children’s Island have been found once in recent years. In Texas, Hospital for the high level of professional and Lake Fork and Lake Ray Hubbard are classified loving care they provide to our children and for Zebra mussels are a small, yet destructive, as “suspect.” Padre Island Kiwanis Club President John the miracles they perform. Huge thanks also invasive species threatening to spread across Vaughn stated, “Kiwanis is a global organization to Kiwanis of Padre Island for supporting the Inconclusive Lakes: Zebra mussel DNA or an Texas by hitching rides on boats and trailers. of volunteers dedicated to serve the children hospital and its precious patients. unverified suspect organism has been found in These mussels often go undetected, as they are the past year. smaller than one and a half inches in size. Zebra Back to School Tax mussels multiply rapidly – just one mussel can Be a Responsible Boater produce up to a million microscopic larvae Free Weekend per year! These invaders hide in water, often going unnoticed due to their size, and attach to The statewide annual Sales Tax Holiday is hard surfaces, like boat hulls and motors. This scheduled this year for Friday, August 11 invasive species is a threat to all freshwater through Sunday, August 13 and offers Texans sources in the state and has devastating an opportunity to save sales tax on clothing and economic, recreational, and environmental various back-to-school items. impacts. Texans who shop during this weekend will not have to pay taxes on clothing, school supplies, Negative Impacts of Zebra Mussels or footwear priced under $100 and includes Zebra mussels multiply rapidly over large such items as baby clothes, diapers, and work areas, causing significant environmental and The only way you can be positive that you are uniforms. Items sold online as well as layaway economic damage. not carrying zebra mussels is to always clean, plans also qualify. Boats – Zebra mussels can damage boats drain, and dry your boat, trailer, and gear. Zebra by encrusting boat hulls. They can also clog mussels can survive for days in any water that water systems that are used in boat motors, air has been trapped in your boat. conditioners, and heads. The mussels can also In Texas, it is unlawful to possess or transport cause navigation buoys to sink and can destroy zebra mussels, dead or alive. Boaters must fishing equipment. drain all water from their boat and onboard Water Supply – Zebra mussels that colonize receptacles before leaving or approaching a inside of pipelines can disrupt the water supply body of fresh water. This requirement applies to by restricting the flow of water. They also all types and sizes of boats, including personal damage the water intake structures that provide watercraft, sailboats, kayaks, canoes, or any water to thousands of homes and businesses, other vessel used on public waters. costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Clean – Clean your boat, trailer, and gear Native Species – Zebra mussels lack natural by removing all plants, animals, and foreign predators in Texas lakes and are able to take over objects. A quick trip to the car wash to use habitats from native species. This damages the high-pressure spray nozzles can help clean lake’s ecology and affects the fish population. crevices and hidden areas. If your boat has Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted Zebra mussels pose a significant threat to native been stored on infested waters, it may need for new location on Packery Channel mussels by competing for food and attaching to be professionally decontaminated. to their shells. A colony of zebra mussels can Drain – Drain all water from the boat, Police Blotter smother a native mussel colony. including the motor, bilge, live wells, and Packery Island Police Calls Where are Zebra Mussels? bait buckets, before you leave the lake. Flats 6900 block Gulf Beach 7 a.m. August 4 Zebra mussels originated in Eurasia and Dry – Dry the boat and trailer for at least a TM Theft $2500-$30,000 arrived in North America in the late 1980s. week before entering another body of water. Floating Cabin Repairs If you are unable to let it dry for this long, Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available 7900 block Gulf Beach 11 a.m. August 1 They initially invaded the Great Lakes region wash it with a high-pressure washer and hot, good for either repairs or rebuilding Driving while license suspended and the first Texas infestation was discovered soapy water. Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel in Lake Texoma in 2009. Since then, zebra 14300 block Aloha 1 a.m. August 4 Theft Call for lease terms mussels have made their way in to several other $750-$2500 Report a Sighting Packery Flats Marina Texas lakes, and could eventually take over all 14200 block SPID 10 p.m. August 4 Hit freshwater sources in Texas. 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Padre Island Real Estate Ticker IRS Begins Issuing Notices to Taxpayers July 16 - July 31 whose ITINs Expire by End of 2017 By Cindy Molnar The Internal Revenue Service began mailing apply for an ITIN. CAAs can certify all letters this month to more than 1 million identification documents for primary and Coldwell Banker Island 15449 Cruiser Street Unit A taxpayers with expiring Individual Taxpayer secondary taxpayers and certify that an ITIN Realtors 15314 Bonasse Court Identification Numbers and urges recipients to application is correct before submitting Waterfront Homes Sold 14890 Granada Drive #104 renew them as quickly as possible to avoid tax it to the IRS for processing. A CAA can 13817 Halyard Drive refund and processing delays. also certify passports and birth certificates 15665 Cruiser Street for dependents. This saves taxpayers from ITINs with middle digits 70, 71, 72 or 80 are 14334 Dorsal Street mailing original documents to the IRS; and set to expire at the end of 2017. The notice being 13921 Blackbeard Drive Average Sales Price $210,333 mailed -- CP-48 Notices, You must renew your In advance, taxpayers can call and make an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number appointment at a designated IRS Taxpayer 15209 Cartagena Court 110 Waterfront Condominiums/ (ITIN) to file your U.S. tax return -- explains Assistance Center instead of mailing original 13601 Port Royal Court Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From the steps taxpayers need to take to renew the identification documents to the IRS. $64,900-$1,250,000 14833 Eaglesnest Bay Drive ITIN if it will be included on a U.S. tax return Interior Lot Homes/Condominiums and filed in 2018. Avoid Common Errors Now; Prevent 13538 Queen Johanna Court Delays Next Year Duplexes The notices will be issued over a five-week 15333 Beaufort Court Several common errors can delay some 14721 Whitecap Blvd. #394 period beginning in early August. Taxpayers 15945 Cuttysark Street who receive the notice but have acted to renew ITIN renewal applications. The mistakes 14721 Whitecap Blvd. #334 generally center on missing information and/ 13525 Queen Johanna Court their ITIN do not need to take further steps 14910 Leeward Drive #704 unless another family member is affected. or insufficient supporting documentation. Here are a few examples of mistakes taxpayers Average Selling Price $158,333 Under the Protecting Americans from Tax should avoid: Average Sales Price $457,515 Hikes (PATH) Act, ITINs that have not been 108 Interior Lot Condominiums/ 73 Waterfront Homes Listed From used on a federal tax return at least once in the Filing with an expired ITIN. Federal Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From $314,900-$3,250,000 last three consecutive years will expire Dec. returns that are submitted in 2018 with an $79,500-$459,900 31, 2017, and as mentioned above, ITINs with expired ITIN will be processed. However, Interior Lot Homes Sold Waterfront Lots middle digits 70, 71, 72 or 80 will also expire exemptions and/or certain tax credits will be disallowed. Taxpayers will receive a notice 15729 Dyna Street at the end of the year. Affected taxpayers who 38 Waterfront Lots Listed From expect to file a tax return in 2018 must submit a in the mail advising them of the change 14842 Quarterdeck Drive $135,000-$2,000,000 renewal application. to their tax return and their need to renew 14238 Allamanda Drive their ITIN. Once the ITIN is renewed, any Interior Lots Sold As a reminder, ITINs with middle digits 78 and applicable exemptions and credits will be 15854 Grenadine Drive 79 that expired at the end of last year can be restored and any refunds will be issued; 14150 Vincent Drive renewed at any time. 13953 Mainsail Street 15130 Reales Drive Missing a reason for applying. A reason 14709 Dasmarinas Who Needs an ITIN? for needing the ITIN must be selected on the 14250 Bay Bean Drive ITINs are used by people who have tax filing Form W-7; 14253 Allamanda Drive 14214 Bay Bean Drive or income reporting obligations under U.S. law Missing a complete foreign address. When 15706 Escapade Street but are not eligible for a Social Security number Average Selling Price $57,225 renewing an ITIN, if Reason B (non- 13818 Whitecap Blvd.0313 (SSN). ITIN holders should visit the ITIN resident alien) is marked, the taxpayer must 56 Interior Lots Listed From $45,000- information page on IRS.gov and take a few include a complete foreign address on their 14114 Coquina Bay Avenue $150,000 minutes to understand the guidelines. Form W-7; and 15438 Escapade Street Commercial Lots Who Should Renew an ITIN? Mailing incorrect identification documents. Taxpayers mailing their ITIN renewal Average Sales Price $316,180 21 Commercial Lots Listed From Taxpayers with ITINs set to expire and who applications must include original 83 Interior Lot Homes Listed From $49,900-$2,625,000 need to file a tax return in 2018 must submit a identification documents or certified copies $179,000-$650,000 renewal application. Others do not need to take by the issuing agency and any other required any action. Waterfront Condomiums/Townhomes attachments. They must also include the Sold ITINs with middle digits 70, 71, 72, or 80 (For ITIN assigned to them and the name under example: 9NN-70-NNNN) need to be renewed which it was issued in 6e-f 14428 Compass Street 3206 if the taxpayer will have a filing requirement in 2018. 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IRS Encourages More Applicants for the Acceptance Agent Program to Expand Botanical Gardens How to Renew an ITIN ITIN Services Thanks to a generous donation from Valero’s Who can go: All active duty military, active To renew an ITIN, taxpayers must complete To increase the availability of ITIN services Reel It In for Kids, the USO of South Texas is duty reservists and all currently serving in the a Form W-7 and submit all required nationwide, particularly in communities with hosting a special family friendly evening event National Guard including their spouses and documentation; taxpayers are not required to high ITIN usage, the IRS is actively recruiting for all active duty military and their families their families are invited. attach a federal tax return. Certified Acceptance Agents. Applications to honor our military and bring joy to their The IRS is currently accepting ITIN renewals. are now accepted year-round. Interested families. 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 August 10, 2017 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour TX) blew the roof off of Treasure Island. They DO NOT MISS LIST were every bit as powerful as the young funky [email protected] rock band I worked with 15 years ago in San Coming this weekend… Happy trails & full sails… Antonio. They don’t even look like they’ve Being that it’s the Well we got Timmy Flavell aged. And brother, they are still on fire. They middle of August right laid to rest. It was a respectable have a driving rock beat with a funky bass line now, we are hitting turnout for our beloved pirate. and slick Latin percussions. The three Vallejo on all cylinders. For It was a pirate theme for the brothers, AJ, Alex and Omar, should be instance, tonight, send off and many of the folks had dressed playing to big arenas. I know they were hooked Thursday the 10th, you the part. Everybody loaded up on the Mustang up with some high powered management teams got choices. Of course and we headed out to the jetties with his ashes. the Free Beer Band will On the way, we were attacked and boarded hold their regular court by pirates from the Black Booty, the “Pirate at Giggity’s for their Attack” boat of which Timmy was a respected weekly early show 7-10, crew member. There were lots of water canons Selfie will bring their and smoking canons with big booms and folks predictable Dunebilly being a little silly, because that’s the way mania to Shorty’s, and Ruben V will play the phenomenon known Timmy was. Timmy had a lot of friends and The Night Owls will play the Back Porch there were plenty of photo ops. As we passed the Back Porch as Ruben V will play through the jetties, about 50 of Timmy’s friends tonight, Thurs the the Back Porch. Also on Friday. 10th. tonight, the great country had gathered on the banks. This was a real Port swing band from Austin, the Night Owls. This singer-songwriter A send off. Adios pirate. Happy trails and full is a national touring act that plays big rooms and Tommy Alverson will sails. It was a pleasure to know you. festivals worldwide. On Saturday at the Porch, play Treasure Island. On Friday, the City of our favorite “shake your booty” band from San Port Aransas will host another installment of their summer concert series, Sunset Sounds, at Michael Martin and George Batista Roberts Point Park at 7 pm with Cody Wayne. played Shorty’s on Saturday. Also on Friday, Scarecrow People will play Treasure Island, Jim Dugan will play the Gaff, the great Bubba Westly will bring his country (such as Mark Proct) in Austin, way back band from Dallas, complete with fiddle, to when, who almost got them to the next level. I Giggity’s. The big show on Friday is at the Back could easily see them touring Mexico and all of Porch with the big (actually enormous) soul and Latin America with Mana or Shakira. I don’t

Friends of Timmy Flavell gathered on the Finding Friday will play the Back Porch. Mustang. Antonio, Finding Friday, will return with their funkytown on steroids sound. Also on Saturday, PAPD saves drowning woman… Ty Dietz is at Giggity’s, True Country is at Kudos to the three PAPD officers that ran Treasure Island, the Independent Thieves are into the ocean with all their gear on, at 4 in the at Shorty’s and the Gaff will be celebrating their th morning last Monday, to save a drowning lady. 12 anniversary with a jam from 2-5. Well, that Apparently she was wading knee deep in the ought to keep you busy for a while. Stay cool Gulf when she fell and a big wave swept her out there. out to sea. The police officers, Alan Graham, Brett Boyer, and Gina Oestreich, found the The Bubba Westly Band will play 40 years old lady about 300 feet from shore, Giggity’s on Friday. ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♪♫♪ near the Horace Caldwell Pier and were able to rescue her using the departments floatation devices and ropes recently donated by the Port Aransas Police Foundation. The local woman was exhausted but OK. Here’s to a few real Mike Stinson with Mark RIddell played Live Music heroes. Thank you PAPD for being there!!! Giggity’s on Saturday. Scattered shots… It was another fun know how Treasure Island proprietor, Tommy Swimming With Bears, Tonight Selfless Lovers @ House and eventful week here Saad, got those guys here, but it was a pleasant Thursday, August 10 of Rock on our little island. surprise and a fantastic show. I guess it’s the old Ruben V @ Back Porch The long awaited saying, catch them on the way up and on the Tommy Alverson @ Treasure Island Friday, August 18 Grand Opening of way down. The other two shows that grabbed Uel Jackson @ The Gaff me were Michael Martin (San Antonio, TX) Free Beer Band @ the new Port Aransas Giggity’s Somethin’ Silky @ Treasure Art Center kicked off at Shorty’s, and the great Mike Stinson Band Selfie @ Shorty’s Island with a booming First (Houston, TX) at Giggity’s. Though completely RUBEN V AUG 10 Hamilton Loomis @ Back Open Mic w/ Denny NIGHT OWLS AUG 11 Friday celebration. different in nature, both shows blew me away. Larkins @ Behringer’s Porch The new facility is Michael Martin is a legend in S.A. His band, Landing FINDING FRIDAY AUG 12 Eric Magnusson @ Shorty’s absolutely gorgeous The Infidels, have been playing the “A” rooms Jake Ward, Nathan Bonness AUSTIN MEADE AUG 17 Beach Stone Rise @ Giggity’s and we at the Island of Alamo City for @ Brewster Street HAMILTON LOOMIS AUG 18 Starlite & the Moonbeams MARIO FLORES AUG 19 Another Level @ Brewster Karen Winship and Moon commend you, many years. He Street Mary Rose and Karen has a unique brand @ Rockit’s Mary Rose at the Sonny Salinas @ House Oddfellas @ Rockit’s Winship, on your of folk rock and Art Center’s new of Rock 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Resz, Ratchet Dolls + 3 efforts. BTW, Arnie bows to no one. Bands @ House of Rock building. Govella provided the He is a true artist Friday, August 11 musical entertainment and his duo show Cody Wayne Band @ Saturday, August 19 for that event. I saw plenty of shows last with guitarist Sunset Sounds Mario Flores @ Back Porch weekend, but three of them stand out in my George Batista Scarecrow People @ Billy Snipes @ The Gaff Treasure Island Todd Dorn & the Sea mind. First and foremost, Vallejo (Austin, was superb. The Drifters @ Giggity’s Mike Stinson Jim Dugan will play the Jeffrey Ward @ Courtyard at the Tarpon Inn Jason Southern @ Treasure show was equally Gaff on Friday. Island impressive. Nightowls @ Back Porch Selfie Aug 10 & Aug 17 Jim Dugan @ The Gaff Chanklas @ Shorty’s Stinson is an old Bubba Westly @ Giggity’s Stevie Start Aug 11 Metal Shop @ Brewster Street school California country moves to H-Town Stevie Start @ Shorty’s Independent Thieves Aug 12 kind of country singer. He started out as a Finding Friday @ Brewster Splendiferous @ Rockit’s drummer in California. They have an original Street Magnus Aug 18 Leopold & His Fiction + 3 Bands @ House of Rock twang that is revered in such great rooms as Cruise Control @ Rockit’s Chanklas Aug 19 Tropicoso feat. Los the Broken Spoke, Ginny’s Little Longhorn and Sunday, August 20 C-Boys Heart and Soul in Austin. If you ever Skarnales @ House of Rock OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Antone & the All Stars @ get the chance to see the Mike Stinson Band Giggity’s with Brian Whelan, jump all over it. BTW, Saturday, August 12 Sing Along Piano Bar @ you can’t do much better than Lance Smith on Brewster Street Monday, August 21 The remarkable Vallejo played Treasure guitar and Mark Riddell on bass. True Country @ Treasure Open Jam @ Giggity’s Island on Friday. Island Seether @ Concrete Street Finding Friday @ Back Porch Full Bar & Grill Tuesday, August 22 Close Enough @ The Gaff Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Mynefield @ Rockit’s NOW OPEN MONDAYS Open Mic @ House of GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Independent Thieves @ Rock Shorty’s AT 4 P.M. WITH ALL LIVE MUSIC LIVE MUSIC Ty Dietz @ Giggity’s YOU CAN EAT BOILED Wednesday, August 23 EVERY NIGHT Free Beer Band Aug 10 Beer & Berto Show @ Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s House of Rock SHRIMP! Scarecrow People, Arcade Karaoke In Tiki Bubba Westley Aug 11 Hustlers @ House of Rock Room Open Thursday - Monday! Ty Dietz Aug 12 Sunday, August 13 Antone & the All Stars Aug 13 Antone & the All Stars @ 361-945-9595, 118 Cut Off Rd., Port Aransas Thursday, August 24 www.dropanchorportaransas.com Free Beer Band @ All You Can Eat Open Jam Aug 14 Giggity’s Authority Zero, Jon Gazi, Giggity’s FRIED Paul Taylor Band Aug 15 One Dollar Bob @ House Captain Legendary @ Back FLOUNDER Stevie Start Aug 16 of Rock Porch th Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Everyday 11-7 Gaff’s 12 Anniversary 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX with Open Jam (2-5) @ Open Mic w/ Denny The Gaff Larkins @ Behringer’s Landing Monday, August 14 Bart Crow @ Brewster Open Jam @ Giggity’s Street Somethin’ Silky @ Rockit’s Tuesday, August 15 Through the Roots + 3 Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Bands @ House of Rock Open Mic @ House of Rock Friday, August 25 James Little @ Giggity’s th Wednesday, August 16 10 & C @ The Gaff Stevie Start @ Giggity’s Jim Dugan @ Shorty’s Trapt, Resz, Rendered Darryl Lee Rush @ Back Heartless @ House of Rock Porch Five Card Draw @ JETBOATPORTA.COM Thursday, August 17 Brewster Street Free Beer Band @ SA Lights @ Rockit’s Giggity’s Treasure Island Kota the Friend + 4 Bands @ House of Rock Austin Meade @ Back TOMMY ALVERSON AUG 10 Porch SCARECROW PEOPLE AUG 11 Port Aransas Selfie @ Shorty’s Saturday, August 26 Open Mic w/ Denny TRUE COUNTRY AUG 12 Davin James @ Back Porch Construction Larkins @ Behringer’s SOMETHIN’ SILKY AUG 18 Uel Jackson @ Shorty’s Landing JASON SOUTHERN AUG 19 Close Enough @ The Gaff Est. 1999 Whiskey Myers, Blue Ruben & the Rolling J’s @ Water Highway @ Giggity’s Residential/Commercial Brewster Street 315 N. 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