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Issue 759 the Island Free Remember When A10 Inside the Moon Dog-Gone Fest A3 First Friday A4 Harvest Moon Regatta A7 Padre Poker Run A9 Seashore Book Parade A10 Photo by Tina Jubera Minkina Issue 759 The Island Free The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 November 1, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around $1.2 Billion Supertanker Port Island The Island By Dale Rankin Announced for Harbor Island As October faded into the rearview Bait we finally got the beautiful weather Exact location undermined. Construction to start in 2019 the month usually brings to us. Driving conditions on the beach from By Dale Rankin associated with the Port of Corpus first land-based Port for VLCCs in Christi. the United States. VLCCs can be up Shortage Mustang Island State Park all the way The beginning of the era of the to 1,540 feet in length with a beam of south to Little Shell were beautiful supertanker is underway along the The latest entry into the rush to By Jay Gardner up to 200 feet. on Saturday and the locals took full Texas Coast and as the leading service Very Large Crude Carriers If you’re a bait fishermen, there’s advantage turning out in force. crude oil export Port in the United (VLCCs) which can carry up to two The project announced by the Port been an interesting twist in the bait States the Port of Corpus Christi is million barrels of oil each came this this week is a venture between the shrimp supply lately. Evidently bait at ground zero. Transmission lines week with the announcement that Port of Corpus Christi and The houses that had been buying their bait from the Permian Basin in north engineering and design work have Carlyle Group with work scheduled shrimp from several distributors here central Texas and the Eagle-Ford begun on a $1.2 billion oil export to begin in late 2019 with completion all along the Texas coast were told shale play in south central Texas are terminal on a 250-acre tract of land in late 2020. The Port of Corpus that they were no longer allowed to quickly making their way to the Port at Harbor Island across the Corpus Christi in the first nine months of sell that particular shrimp for bait. and two offshore loading facilities Christi Ship Channel from Port 2018, set a record of 79.3 million These frozen shrimp are Pacific have been announced off Mustang Aransas that, as planned, would be tons moved. According to the whites that come from Venezuela and Padre islands in recent months. able to handle some of the largest announcement by the Port, under or Vietnam or someplace else. This is on top of the $50 billion new oil tankers in world and require the the terms of the Agreement the Port Although they have been sold along construction at the Port in recent dredging of the channel from the Gulf will work exclusively with Carlyle to the Texas coast for years and years, years. According to Port statistics to Harbor Island to 73 feet. According The water took a vacation as the Supertanker cont. on A2 it has recently come to their attention first sandbar was visible all along the 90,000 jobs are directly or indirectly to the Port statement it would be the and the TPWD is attempting to be route and cars were parked in what proactive in guarding our resources. normally would be more than a foot Evidently even though the shrimp is of water. There was more fishing than New Islander Wins STAR frozen, there are two viruses that are catching going on up and down the able to survive and if those shrimp beach reminding us once again that Schlitterbahn are put back in public waters (used there is a fine line between fishing Tournament for Dorado for bait) then those viruses can be and just sitting there looking stupid. Owners Take 39 pounds 4 ounces spread to our local native shrimp. Remember, it’s a shrimp eat shrimp Arrival of The Critter the Park in New world out there folks. Direction Bait cont. on A15 Emphasis on Early Voting features other than Brisk waterpark By Dale Rankin Election Day The Litter Critter played to a full parking lot at Briscoe King on After the first full summer season Tuesday, Nov.6 at the helm the new owners and Saturday as the flotsam and jetsam of Early Voting at Schlitterbahn Island life filled up seven containers. operators of the Schlitterbahn Riverpark Corpus Christi are moving continues at a quick pace as 2800 Thank you to the volunteers that voters had cast ballot by mid-day helped load the stuff and you can to expand visitation at the park beyond the traditional one hundred Wednesday. In contrast in 2014, volunteer for the next arrival of The the last cycle with a governor’s Critter on Saturday, November 17. day summer Island tourism season by featuring the building and new race at the top of the ticket, a total Packery Repair activities in it. Shannon Smith (left) with his winning catch of 1684 people voted. The last day for Early Voting is Friday, Officials from Diamond Beach Islander Shannon Smith was eighty it was the first time he was in the hunt November 2. Election Day is Holdings LLC, an operating arm of Tuesday, November 6. International Bank of Commerce miles out of Port Aransas on his for a trophy. which bought the park and forty-three-foot Cabo, the High The State of Texas Angler’s Rodeo Polls are open 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. on surrounding land out of bankruptcy Interest, when he hooked a fish that (STAR) Tournament is the annual Election Day. Island area Election this year, said this week that by he fought for thirty-eight minutes. At membership recruitment drive for Day voting locations are: March of 2019 they plan $5 million the end of the line he found a Dorado CCA Texas. The tournament spans that weighed in at 42 pounds. He used Island Presbyterian Church— in improvements at the park. A big the entire Texas Gulf Coast and offers 14030 Fortuna Bay Dr. part of the plans are to open the top a satellite phone to call ashore and CCA Texas members the chance to found out that the leader in the Gulf- Fourteen months after Hurricane two floors of the building at the park win over $1,000,000 in prizes and Schlitterbahn— 14353 wide STAR tournament for Dorado Harvey visited our shores the Packery which after five years of operation scholarships. Fishing categories Commodores Dr. was 38.15 pounds and he headed for Jetties are showing signs that time still do not have a Certificate of include Speckled Trout, Flounder, Woody’s in Port Aransas. Port Aransas Community has not been good to them. The sand Occupancy from the City of Corpus Sheepshead, Gafftop, Dorado, King Center—-408 N. Alister St. continues to erode around them and Christi. When he arrived at Woody’s the Mackerel and Ling (Cobia). There is Ethel Eyerly Senior Center— in some cases, as you can see in this fish had dropped to 39 pounds 4 also a special tagged Redfish Division “There is a great ballroom space 654 Graham Rd. Flour Bluff picture, has disappeared from under on the fourth floor where we can ounces – still enough to put him in in which winners receive complete them altogether. The wheels at City do events and concerts,” Stephanie the lead in the CCA Texas-sponsored boat and truck combos The STAR Flour Bluff ISD (Maintenance Hall turn slowly as, according to city Pickett, General Manager at the park tournament. Smith is a lifelong Tournament runs from Memorial Day Building) — 2510 Waldron Rd. staff at the last meeting of the Island member of CCA but winning the through Labor Day all across the Gulf Strategic Action Committee, only a STAR in any category is not easy and of Mexico. In the angling world it’s a Schlitterbahn cont. on A2 preliminary design contract has been Winner cont. on A2 let and it will be next year before repair work begins. There should be A little Island history Seashore an update at the next ISAC meeting on November 14. Charter Schools The good news is that Tony Tag has How an Island Dream Became an Island Institution Island Italian back up and running Island Italian is back up and running Partner with after Harvey. The new building is nice and the crowds have been good. Tony By Mary Craft La Posada for tried to do a soft opening to get the When Hurricane Harvey tore kinks in the new operation worked Children’s through Padre Island it destroyed out but that didn’t pan out as word the roof of the Island institution spread quickly and the place filled Island Italian Restaurant. The Choice up. It’s a sure sign that our Island has venerable island eatery has been a put Harvey behind us. Go by and say popular spot since it was founded Parade hello. in 1987 by the parents of current By Dale Rankin Strange doings owner Tony Tagliaferro. This year La Posada will be more exciting than years past. Not only We’ve had four reports in the past Tony’s father Robert Tagliaferro, will the Lighted Parade be televised week of cars being rifled during the known as “Tag” and his wife Joyce by KIII TV, this year The Children’s night from all over The Island.
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