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Inside the Moon Art Walk A2 Seashore A7 Traveling Moon A9 Fishing A11 Babes on Board A16 Issue 708 The Island Free The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 November 9, 2017 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Photo by Abigail Bair Around December 5,8,9 The Joy of The Island By Dale Rankin La Posada We got a small taste of winter here By Doug Seefeldt on little sandbar midweek as Cool Front Arthur blew in. It’s not the first Wow it’s hard to believe the La cool front of the season but the first Posada Kickoff Party and Lighted one that was actually cool so it gets Boat Parades are less than a month the first name. By the time you read away! It’s time to check that Christmas this the temperature may be back up shopping list and bring your list to to bathwater levels as cool fronts are the Kickoff Party and auction at short lived hereabouts this time of Schlitterbahn Resort on December year. 5th. There’ll be a huge selection to bid on, from vacation condos to great Last year we barely got what could restaurants and much more. And be called a winter, it’s been a few who doesn’t love the excitement of years since we had what our Winter an auction. Our auctioneer will be Texans friends might consider an Kenny Stowe, formerly from the TV actual winter. We have started seeing series “Texas Storage Wars”. Kenny the first harbingers of the Winter and his wife Clairice have a real Texan flock blow in but the big heart for the children and always do migration won’t hit until the year’s a fantastic job! end. There are fabulous parties on What we haven’t heard yet is the Crews from the Coastguard, FEMA, and Texas General Land Office have been busy removing wrecked parade nights and we appreciate rat-a-tatting of Duck Season and boats after Hurricane Harvey the thousands, yes that’s right, the ring-a-ling of the telephone here thousands of toys that you give to at the Word Factory from people the Marines Toys for Tots Campaign! complaining about the rat-a-tatting A Huge Thank You to our United of shotguns out their backdoors. The Packery Channel Improvements States Marines for all the work and season kicked off last Saturday and th sacrifices they make for our country, runs through the 26 before picking Pavilions, navigation aids, access road improvements our community and the children of up again in early December. Joey the Coastal Bend. says the reason for the lack of gunfire Solar powered beach restrooms due in two weeks near neighborhoods is that the ducks Boat owners it’s time to register for are staying further south, but here’s By Dale Rankin the Parade and let the celebration guessing it won’t be long before Years of a logjam on long sought begin! we have the Annual Duck Hunting improvements around Packery This year's entry themes are Debate. The loudest protestor last Channel was cleared Tuesday when Christmas Spirit and Island Spirit. year was Rick and he has since pulled the Island Strategic Action Committee Awards will be given for 1st & 2nd up stakes and headed for the Hill approved measures to bring several of place for Christmas Spirit and Island Country. the projects to fruition in the coming Spirt in the following categories: months. For Island newcomers, don’t be Power boat: 30' and over, 29' and alarmed when you wake to the sound The first is the arrival of solar under, Sail boat All lengths. of gunfire along the Laguna, it’s not powered restrooms to be placed Fleet Award: Top boat across all a Foreign Invasion, only a Duck on the beach near the mouth of the categories 30' & over, Top boat across Invasion. channel. Corpus Christi Parks and all categories 29' & under Beach combing Recreation Director Jay Ellington told ISAC members the restrooms To register for the 2017 La Posada We haven’t had a chance to go are scheduled to arrive within two Lighted Boat Parade, go to www. check for ourselves but the word weeks. The idea to replace the current laposadacc.com and print the on the beach is that the tides have portable facilities with permanent registration form & boat information. now moved a layer of sand that was structures was first approved by Registration forms can be picked up covering the beach down toward the Corpus Christi City Council and/or dropped off at Padre Island Little Shell on Padre Island National in 2003 following the vote to dig Mail Plus or North Padre Island Seashore and the beachcombing is Packery Channel but the project has Hardware, emailed to nick.laposada most excellent. Those who have been Damage to the Packery Jetties from Hurricane Harvey is expected to cont. on A4 @yahoo.com or mailed to La Posada down that way report good driving cost about $2 million to repair. Foundation 14493 SPID, A-249, conditions and good shelling and that Corpus Christi, TX 78418. there is plenty of driftwood deposited By the numbers by Hurricane Harvey and the recent The Lighted Boat Parade is not high tides that is being harvested Convention Center, Selena Auditorium, complete without our collector boats. by woodworkers. We like to head Center console boats and pontoon down that way at least once a year American Bank Center boats are great for collecting toys. It's to replenish our supply of hard hats a wonderful feeling collecting toys for $1,712,684 operating loss underprivileged in our community, if because, hey, you never have enough These numbers were presented to The following are budget projections you're interested in being a Collector hard hats. the Corpus Christi City Council on for a proposed 2018 budget. American Bank Center Arena Boat Captain; please contact Bob Tuesday in preparation for a new Convention Center Muir at [email protected] Ready to spring… long-term management contract. See $703,100 total Rental Income We came a related story in this issue. $606,556 total Rental Income $2,708,939 Total Expenses It hard to believe La Posada will be across this here soon! We look to Christmas as a $16,557,171.15 cost to the City of $4,211,120 Indirect Expenses $435,350 Service Expenses loss law dog ready joyful time for friends and families. Corpus Christi to renew/extend the $728,945 Total Direct Event to spring into $280,855 Direct Event Income Some of the premier holiday events current management contract for all Income are the La Posada Kickoff Party and action outside three facilities through 2023. $1,769,899 Total Event Income the FEMA $1,982,258 Total Event Income the La Posada Lighted Boat Parades $24,978,169.39 cost to renew/ $2,931,706 Total Revenues office on $2,498,436 Total Revenues that thrill the crowds while collecting Staples there other day. To his credit extend the current contract to 2026 $2,708,939 Total Indirect Expenses thousands of toys for the Marines he came to life when a fellow came $4,211,120 Total Indirect Expenses around the corner and tripped over $222,767 Operating Profit La Posada cont. on A4 his feet…but he returned to watching the inside of his eyelids in no time at A little Island history all. Island bed and breakfast Texas A&M Through the Years Come And Take It - Texas Aggies daring the legislature to close We have a new A&M, 1885 their school. “Come and take it,” was kind of bed a battle cry they knew as well as you and breakfast 1885 was a landmark year. Dr. do. on The Island Pepper was served for the first time. these days U.S. Grant was placed in his tomb. In the Beginning - Texas A&M in the wake And a certain institution of higher Football, 1894 of Hurricane learning in Austin was gaining Harvey. enrollment. This is how it all started. During the 1890s, the sport of football was It’s a sad sight we’ve seen up and A lot of people assumed the taking hold of the psyches of young down The Island since the storm. Agricultural and Mechanical men ready to prove their toughness. College of Texas was doomed. It’s almost time to La Posada Freshman Milton Sims wanted to everybody it’s time to untangle the Enrollment was less than two field a team and made it happen. The Christmas lights and tape them onto hundred and the myopics were first coach was Dudley Perkins, who the boat. Whatever happened to screaming that Texas didn’t need also played right end. Thanksgiving! It seems like we put two public colleges. It took Sul away the Halloween costumes and go Ross to shut them up, but that was They didn’t have numbers. Or right to the Christmas stockings. a few years down the road. helmets. A touchdown was worth 4 points and a field goal worth 5. Times Say hello if you see us Around The You can think of this image as Island. History cont. on A4 November 9, 2017 Island Moon A 2 Annual Island Art Walk THANKSGIVING DAY AT: Enjoy thanksgiving day without the work. Have Thanksgiving Day with a white tablecloth service on November 23rd. 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