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Around By the numbers The Island Passenger By Dale Rankin Air Traffic at The low rumble emanating from the Island side of the JFK Causeway Corpus Christi during the first week of Spring Break 2020 wasn’t the noise of revved up International college students blasting their way to the beach. It is fair to say that Spring Airport Break 2020 came in less with a roar than with the look of a fairly normal Outbound seats available by summer season weekend. airline No the rumble from the bridge 12,695 American Eagle 2018 wasn’t from Spring Breakers but 12,208 American Eagle 2019 rather from officers from the Corpus Christi Police Department sent to 15,618 Southwest Airline 2018 reign in rowdy revelers who they 15,869 Southwest Airlines 2019 found in short supply vis-a-vis the number of officers per reveler. From 8339 United Airlines 2018 the looks of things this week they 10,316 United Airlines 2019 are protecting locals from dangerous Spring Breakers by writing us Outbound passengers by speeding tickets on the JFK and in our March 14th neighborhoods. So far it’s working, airline 2019 9174 Outbound passengers as of mid-afternoon Wednesday no Almost Half of Local American Eagle locals have been killed by spring Annual PIPOA breakers that we know of, although 8118 Outbound passengers many locals now have tickets to pay Passengers Drive To Members Southwest Airlines and are staying home. One mosquito Meeting 7175 Outbound passengers was pulled over and written up for United Airlines riding a Honda 90 without a license. Out Of Town Airports The annual Thursday afternoon Saturday Whitecap Speed Trap was in full Total passengers 2020 by bloom all week as Spring Break 2020 To Catch Flights Two seats and two airline reaches its penultimate weekend. 38% Market share for Slow down ore stay home everybody! 280,000 per year bylaw amendments American Eagle PIPOA annual meeting 33% Market share for By Dale Rankin of the Wright Amendment which on ballot Southwest Airlines since 1958 had required flights On the local front this Saturday Statistics from Corpus Christi The 2020 Annual Membership originating at Texas airports to land 29% Market share for United marks the annual meeting of the International Airport show that 45 Meeting for the Padre Isles Property at a second airport in Texas before Airlines members of the PIPOA and there is percent of the airline passengers Owners Association is set for leaving the state. The move was a new wrinkle this year. The board is traveling from the Corpus Christi Saturday, March 14, at the Seashore passed when the new DFW airport following the full letter of the law and area drive to airports in San Antonio Learning Center Gymnasium, 15801 • Source: Corpus Christi was built and legislators feared that sent out ballots to all of the members, or Houston to catch outbound flights South Padre Island Drive. The doors International Airport outbound flights would bypass other including owners of large tracts who which means about 280,000 local open at 9:00 a.m. and the meeting General Activity Report airports across the state resulting in are unlikely to send them back. More residents per year drive before they begins at 10:00 a.m. than 8000 ballots were mailed when less flights. fly. See the meeting agenda and sample in the past it was only about 5000; As a result, Bridger said many “In some cases it is due to price ballot on page A13 in this issue. but here’s the wrinkle. According to airlines, such as Southwest Airlines discounts, especially when an PIPOA bylaws it takes a ten percent with its hub at Love Field in Dallas Two seats on the seven-member entire family is traveling,” said Kim return on ballots to get the quorum routed planes headed out of state to board are up for grabs with the top Bridger-Hunt, Marketing Manager at By the numbers required for the election to be valid Amarillo before flying to their final two vote-getters taking office. The CC International. “In other cases it is and that means it’s going to take just destinations. With the final repeal candidates in ballot order are: Marvin to be able to catch direct flights.” over 800 returned ballots to avoid of the Wright Amendment in 2016 Jones, Sandy Graves, and Nita Smith. Padre lsland a second election when the normal The “Catchment Area” for Corpus she said many of the Southwest For the first time management of number of ballots returned is around Christi International is the 60-mile Airlines direct out of state flights the election has been outsourced to Property 500. So vote early and vote often. radius around the airport where about began originating from San Antonio a private firm, Election Trust, and 550,000 people live, by comparison Padre Island Poker Run International which resulted in more members may vote by electronic Owners airports in the Rio Grande Valley Corpus Christi passengers driving mail as well as by paper ballot. Paper The Padre Island Poker Run season have more than 1.5 million people in there to catch flights and a 25 percent ballots can also be turned in at the Association sponsored by the Moon kicks off their radius. In some cases cities in decrease in Southwest Airlines’ February 14 meeting. If you have Thursday, March 26. It starts at Black the Rio Grande Valley offer airlines flights out of Corpus Christi. The any questions about the ballot or if 2020 Approved Sheep Bistro at 6 p.m. and ends at $16 per empty outbound seat under same is true for United Airlines you do not receive a ballot, contact the Angry Marlin. This month’s 80 percent of capacity. Corpus Christi flights which schedule direct flights the election administrator, Election Budget charity is Texas Sealife Center. The has not taken that step. from their hub at George Bush Trust, at 425-956-3312, ext. 2. Expenses series runs on the last Thursday of Bridger said the market bleed has Intercontinental Airport in Houston. You may also email them at help@ the Month through October. Due to been a chronic problem for the local “The problem we have is that we electiontrust.com. $2,041,862 Total Expenses popular demand jeeps, pedestrians, airport for decades but increased need more passengers to get more $80,000 Uncollectable Fees skateboarders, Onewheelers, and from 30 percent to the current 45 bike riders are encouraged to jump percent in 2016 with the final repeal (Estimate) in this year. As Millie and John say: Airport cont. on A4 POA cont. on A4 “Come by cart, come by Jeep, ride a $8000 Property Tax bike, or use your feet.” Everyone’s $355,515 Payroll welcome. A little Island history Fungus among us $12,000 POA Building/General Maintenance The Island Moon Science and Technology Department which meets Two Years that Changed the PIPOA $8000 Bulkhead Tieback By Dale Rankin hear updates on the organization’s Island canal system and in its rush at various Happy Hours Around The back to the Gulf of Mexico flowed Inspection The Padre Isles Property Owners operations and this year’s meeting is Island this week has determined eastward through the main canal Association was incorporated set for this Saturday, March 14. $15,000 Bulkhead Tieback Repair that the coronavirus is not caused and crashed into the bulkhead along in 1976 as a Texas Nonprofit The current Operating Budget of the by drinking Corona Beer. However, the east side of the Cruiser Canal $539,000 Bulkhead Repair organization as the umbrella organization is about $2 million and it leaves open the question of what destroying about 250 feet of it and organization for the thirty-five since its inception the organization should replace the handshake and/ leaving large amounts of sand in $5000 Canal Cleanup separate subdivisions that it has grown to one of the largest of or the Island Embrazo. The Elbow Island canals in some places and encompasses, each of which has its kind in the United States and $250,000 Canal dredging Bump seems somehow awkward and deep holes in others. The storm set its own set of Protective Covenants during its history has seen times of the Footshake is frankly just weird, in motion a chain of reactions which $197,940 Common Area and bylaws. turbulence and times of tranquility it seems like it should somehow culminated in 1982 with changes but a review of the minutes of the Maintenance be followed by a Double Dog Dare Development as we know it began that are still relevant to the PIPOA organization’s meetings which are or something. How about a good in 1965 and currently 5313 parcels today. $66,581 Boat Ramp Maintenance old fashioned Japanese Bow? It’s of land have been developed out on file at the PIPOA offices finds that Even as the organization dug out $60,000 Billish Park Maintenance worked for the Japanese for a couple of 8950 planned. The Padre Island two years stand out as turning points from the storm it opened its current of thousand years and can be done Investment Corporation, which was in the journey that brought it to where headquarters. The minutes show $54,145 Insurance outside the six-foot parameter the original developer and changed it is today. that on November 17, 1982 the suggested by doctors. It comes in hands twice, controlled the board $37,000 Legal Fees 1982 PIPOA board approved construction many varieties allowing for some seats and in fact held 5% of control of the current PIPOA offices in Income personal expression and, like the of the seven-member PIPOA Board The first is the year 1982. But its Billish Park. By then annexation handshake can be performed without until January 1, 1984 when control significance begins two years earlier of Padre Island into the City of $2,041,862 Total Income setting down your Corona. was passed to the membership in 1980 when Hurricane Allen Corpus Christi was complete from Hunker down everybody Spring where it remains today through slammed into the Coastal Bend and $1,914,576 Assessments caused significant damage to the the Kleberg County Line up to Break 2020 is almost half over, and the Board of Directors. Each year $27,150 ACC Fees in March the members attend bulkheads and canals on Padre Island. give us a bow if you see us Around History cont. on A4 The Island. a meeting to elect officers and A large volume of water entered the $23,000 Late Fees March 12, 2020 Island Moon A 2 CBBEP Funds Public Access Improvements at Padre Balli Park Pollinator Habitat By Kathryn Tunnell is now flourishing as a pollinator habitat for many native and migratory pollinator species. Did ya hear the latest buzz? Nueces County recently put the finishing touches on their “Nueces County did a such a great job Pollinator Habitat at Padre Balli Park! The creating the Pollinator Habitat and restoring project was funded by the Coastal Bend Bays the area,” said Jake Herring, Director of Land & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) and includes Conservation and Stewardship for CBBEP “So interpretive signage, benches, and ADA when they approached us about partnering on compliant parking and access. public access improvements, we knew this would be a great opportunity and were excited to be a part of it.” No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced – Sir David Attenborough These public access improvements invite the public into this restoration and conservation By now we we’ve all heard that both native and story. The ADA compliant parking facilitates migratory pollinators - think bees, butterflies, access for all, and the interpretive signage hummingbirds, beetles, and bats - are in enhances public awareness of the invaluable CBBEP staff presenting Judge Canales and Nueces County Commissioners Court decline worldwide due largely to habitat loss relationship between our native pollinator a check for the project. and fragmentation, and the rise in popularity species and our local ecology. “The Coastal of chemical pesticide and herbicide use. But Bend Bays & Estuaries Program really values did you know that the vegetation in Nueces projects that not only fill critical ecological County, in its natural state, has a high amount needs, but also enhance the publics experience of biodiversity and is strategically valuable in our natural resources,” said Jake. “Projects to pollinators due to its location within the like these will benefit both wildlife and people migratory path of several pollinator species? for years to come, it’s a win-win.” Armed with that knowledge, Nueces County’s Spring is in the air and the pollinator habitat created the Pollinator Habitat at Padre Balli will soon be in full bloom. So next time you are Park in 2017 by restoring an otherwise unusable headed to the beach at Padre Balli Park, take greenspace within the median of Padre Balli an extra 10 minutes to stop by on your way in, Park Rd. The 2.33 acre area was seeded with you’ll be glad you did! over 30 varieties of native flowering plants, and

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driving range & practice facility March 12, 2020 Island Moon A 3 The meat market next to Scuttlebutt’s is no more, but the new IGA which will open this Moon Monkeys summer will have a butcher shop. Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the IGA Editor Your persistence is paying off! We get excited watching the progress of the building coming to life and can not thank you enough! I would also like to compliment you on providing parking for parents picking up their kids after school and building stairs between the School & your parking area. Also developing the rest of that area South of the Store is genius! We get what three restaurants, other small businesses and Distribution services! Wow. Pete Alsop Bob Shirley Island Delivery Coldwell Banker Thank you Lori and Moshin. Your big hearts Advertising just keep on giving to the Community. We are so Jan Park Rankin very happy for you and Padre Island. Definitely a mixture of businesses for us to select from. Classifieds Texas Can't wait to see everything up and running. or if we keep having the the same problem Arlene Ritley Dear Editor, You persevered and remained positive through without solution maybe we should change the Production Manager Thank you for printing the Texas Declaration all the hurdles and red tape. That is what I call department leadership. Public health should be dedication. a top priority. Abigail Bair of Independence in your March 5th edition. My Contributing Writers great-great-great grandfather was one of two Danna Sue Stockton Whatever the problem let’s get it fixed so we Joey Farah native Texans who signed it. His name was Jose don’t join the third world. Francisco Ruiz. You have him listed as Francis Andy Purvis Ruis. Thank you for your perseverance. You stayed Respectfully Mary Craft strong and kept your eyes focused, jumped thru Carlos F. Melick, Sr Emily Gaines His parents sent him to school in Spain. Upon his return he became the first public school hoops and over the hurdles. Your efforts have Jay Gardner teacher in San Antonio. The one room school not been done in vain. Thank you very much for Todd Hunter house that he used now sits on the grounds of staying the course. Dotson Lewis the Witte Museum. Sandy Read Graves Dr. Tom Dorrell He fought for freedom from Spain's oppressive Ronnie Narmour government here and also freedom from Miracle Brent Rourk Mexico's. He was a Colonel in the Texas Army. Dotson, Photographers He was a wanted man because of the stand Miles Merwin (Emeritus) he took and he took refuge with some Native I've enjoyed your Moon articles for many years American tribes for a while. He learned their now and was incredibly surprised to find you Debbie Noble language and became an interpreter. His report writing about something so far from TX sports Jan Rankin entitled "The Indian Tribes of Texas" was but so close to my heart. translated into English by Yale University and Mary Craft I AM A HUGE FAN OF THIS STORY AND sits on their library shelves. Ronnie Narmour THE EVENTS SURROUNDING IT. While attending UTSA in the 1990's I collected Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) I was 10 yrs old at the time and grew up in information about his life for a report and MN so this game was VERY close to home. As Riley P. Dog discovered that he lead a fascinating life. you know many of the team was from our state He was a true Texas hero and I try every day so it was a point of state pride that this Miracle to honor him and all who take a stand for happened especially with so many players we righteousness by following their example. all knew. I grew up in the same town as Steve I enjoy your newspaper and thank you for your Christoff from the team, have met (briefly) hard work. several other players during my life there. Sincerely, I have discussed the details of the events of this tournament with many other friends and others Alice Herrera Garanzuay who know the members of the team and also seen the recent MIRALE movie which captured Meat Market the event quite accurately. I actually have a VHS And then their was one. Photo by Denise tape with the last two actual games. Christophersohn. Publisher Hi Dale! Dale Rankin You did a great job hitting the critical point Several years ago there was a meat market on that the MIRACLE game was not for the gold About the Island Moon the Island and I seem to recall you recently ran The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale metal and that if we had lost (possibly even if Rankin, Editor / Publisher. a story about the market and its owner. Can you we tied) the game against Finland we would refresh my memory as to its location back then Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes have gotten the bronze. And you also did a good delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 and the name of the owner who mysteriously just noting that conditioning was the key. The copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, disappeared? rigorous schedule and the intense conditioning as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. Also, is the current meat market near allowed them to win in the 3rd period (and News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Scuttlebutt's still open? ultimately the game) in almost every game of the tournament. Coach Brooks would say " the payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. Thanks, legs feed the wolf". The Island Moon Newspaper Rhonda Ganz Yet there were a couple points in your article 14646 Compass, Suite 3 Editor’s note: In the early 1990s Padre Island that I was not aware of. I did not know about had a meat market located at 14941 SPID the interactions between Johnson and Fetisov Corpus Christi, TX 78418 called Island Meat Market. It was owned by or Johnson/Strobel and Mikhailov . I appreciate 361-949-7700 a man known as Mike who it turned out was this insight. relocated to Padre Island under the witness [email protected] Incidentally, there is a good documentary protection program after he testified against about Fetisov (he was the first USSR player to Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper organized crime figures in the northeast. make it to the NHL) and the political hurdles His name was Michael Cardello but he was he had to overcome to be allowed to do so. His known to Islanders as Mickey (pronounced success and handling it correctly paved the way Mikey) and, according to later court testimony, for many others to follow him. I did hear that to his friends in the Bonanno family where he the players that did make it over to play were all Where to Find The was a soldier and captain, as Mickey Bats, class acts and good people - despite the political Kobe and Jason get the mud bugs ready for supposedly for his choice of weapons. His son differences. Red's Riviera Cajun Boil last Sunday. Jimmy later made a trip to the northeast from And, thanks for taking me back. Keep up the Island Moon which he did not return. good work. In 2010 Mickey was one of fifty-one people God Bless, convicted by testimony from former Bonanno Port North underboss Salvatore Vitale and sentenced to Doug Fick Aransas Padre ten years. Shortly after his arrest at his house Gulf Stream RV on Cayo Cantiles a story made rounds in the Beach All Stripes Stores neighborhood that a group of men, not dressed Pioneer RV as fishermen, arrived at the empty house by Hi Dale, long time reader from Port A. I Black Sheep/ decided to head south towards CC yesterday Stripes on 1A Barrel boat and entered through the glass door in back, emerging later with a bag. The curious for some beach time with my bike. However My Coastal Home CVS neighbors went over to take a look and found this is what greeted me at MM60. It extended WB Liquor Store Dollar General a hole cut in the sheetrock. What may have all the way to the state park jetty. I presume it continued beyond that as well. Island Wine Room been taken from the wall, if anything, was never Whataburger discovered. Kody’s Doc’s Restaurant While on The Island Mickey was a popular Coffee Waves Snoopy’s Pier fellow at backyard cookouts where he brought the meat. Moby Dicks Isle Mail N More IGA The New York Sun described the 2010 events Island Italian like this: Treasure Island Brooklyn Pie Co. "Lawyers for Amato and Palazzolo contend Ms. Woody’s that the two should not be tried together Automotive Ace Hardware and lumped in the same trial with associate Red's Riviera hosted a Cajun Boil last Sunday Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn Anthony Basile and soldiers Joseph "Joe Desi" DeSimone, Generoso "Jimmy The General" with a big old tub of mud bugs. San Juan’s Restaurant Texas Star (Shell) Barbieri, Peter "Petey Boxcars" Cosoleto, and Wash Tub Jesse’s Liquor Michael "Mickey Bats" Cardello. I'm bringing this too your attention because I Woody’s Sports Scuttlebutt’s Putting aside all the individual motions for believe it (once again) displays irresponsible Center Restaurant relief that lawyers for all seven defendants have beach management. I drove down that section made, no one wants to be tried with Mickey Bats Back Porch Bar of beach the day before yesterday and it was Subway Cardello, 63, a onetime captain who moved to in perfect condition! I understand grading the Shorty’s Place Island Tire Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1997 after his release roadway, but why also destroy the shoreline ... from federal prison. Fisherman’s Wharf especially on the first day of spring break? Padre Pizzeria His co-defendants do not object to Cardello's Giggity’s Anyway, I'm not normally a rebel-rouser, but And all Moon relocation to the Lone Star State, but claim this ongoing issue on CC beaches is worth Gratitude retail advertisers they'll be unduly prejudiced by his presence bringing to light in my opinion. Perhaps some at the defense table because he's charged The Gaff WB Liquor media exposure can bring about some change Trinity By the Sea with three murders, more than any of his co- in policy? defendants. Episcopal The beach and it's patrons deserve much better! Flour Bluff Prosecutors Mitra Hormozi, Nicolas Bourtin, H.E.B. and Mr. Andres say all seven men are partners in JW crime and should be tried together, noting that Whataburger on Cardello is charged in the Mauro murder with Sewage Waldron four others - Palazzolo, DeSimone, Barbieri, The Honorable Joe McCombs, Mayor of Ethyl Everly and Cosoleto - and in the Perrino murder with Amato and Basile. Corpus Christi: Senior Center In the third murder for which Cardello is I called the water and sewer department to Fire Station charged, his alleged accomplices - capos report sewerage flowing down the street on Bounty Ave. into the drainage and then to the Police Station Anthony "Tony Green" Urso and Joseph "Joe Saunders" Cammarano and soldier Louis canals. When I called all I got was a message Stripes on Flour Restivo - all took plea deals. Urso, 68, will that “no operators were available.” Kim Erwin caught with an Island banker in Bluff & SPID receive 20 years in prison; Cammarano, 70, I have observed this very problem being his Corporal Klinger costume at the Mission will take 15, and Restivo, 70, will get 10 years." worked on in the past by the city. If we are of Mercy MASH Bash at the Ortiz Center on over capacity maybe we should stop building Friday night. Mission of Mercy provides free healthcare for uninsured working families. March 12, 2020 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 the books. of cash receivables resulting in it being counted as income twice.” Packery Channel. When the area was annexed includes: 2018 “The problem with this is that I can’t say there Billish Park, among others, was given to the “All canals and waterways fully installed and In March 2018 as a new board, made up of is money missing but it if it is taken out and City of Corpus Christi but the PIPOA retained constructed together with all bulkheads and/or a majority of newly-elected members, was not recorded then you don’t know,” she said. ownership of the land where the office building retaining walls appurtenant thereto for the… preparing the file Federal Taxes for the fiscal year “If there is money missing it is probably from is currently located. portions or subdivisions of the Padre Island- 2017-2018 they came to the conclusion that due smaller accounts and there is no way to know.” According to a review of the minutes of Corpus Christi Project (also commonly known to a lack of fundamental recordkeeping an audit She said if the cash was not recorded coming in meetings from the time the year of 1981 had as the Padre Isles subdivision).” was needed to prepare a set of “clean” books there was no way to track it. been dominated by efforts to rebuild the Island Then in a document signed on June 15, 1981, on which to base the tax filings. Testimony to Parking stickers. The parking stickers sold to infrastructure after the hurricane in 1980 and as Padre Island was being annexed in the City the board at that time categorized the financial Island residents by the POA were never tracked. in 1981 the Island Beautification Trust Fund of Corpus Christi, in what appears to be a record keeping as fundamentally non-existent was established to repair and improve cul-de- clarification of language of the 1977 agreement other than bank account records which showed “There is no way to know how many were sacs and other common areas after the storm. an amendment was added to assign ownership seven separate checking accounts with no sold,” Jayroe said, making it impossible to It remained in place until a review of its of the “Padre Island Investment Corporation… common accounting for the entire organization. know how many were purchased in cash. She procedures and finances from October 22, 2009 for Ten Dollars ($10)…does hereby SELL, The board engaged the services of CPA Nita recommended that the stickers be individually through June 30, 2015 was complete in 2016 ASSIGN and TRANSFER to Padre Isles numbered to make them possible to track. which found a myriad of problems with the Jayroe from the firm of Jennings, Hawley, & property Owners Association, Inc. (PIPOA)” Co., P.C. who in December 2018 returned with handling of funds in the account and it the Trust all of (its) powers…regarding the maintenance Action Taken was discontinued. the results which sent a shockwave through the of the common areas in Padre Island, Nueces organization. While the audit was for only one The new PIPOA board, which had called for The records show that in early 1981 the PIPOA County, Texas. PIPOA does hereby accept such year, since filing taxes was the prime goal of the audit, made the necessary changes to the spent $225,650 to dredge the area around the assignment and hereby agrees to perform the the audit, it showed that the same standards and system through 2019 but the process was slow entrance to the canal system near the Padre obligations of Trustee under said agreements.” practices in place for that year had been is use and tedious since they were in effect building a Island Yacht Club which had been filled with The 1981 document was backdated to take for almost a decade with little or no change. record keeping system from the ground up. It sand by Hurricane Allen and another $1500 wasn’t until their meeting in February 2020 that effect on June 15, 1977 and with that full While the audit found “no evidence of paid to Texas Parks and Wildlife to fill a hole the board was able to announce that they were ownership of the common areas on Padre intentional wrongdoing” it found numerous caused by Hurricane Allen in the Suntan Canal. confident that their Year to Date budget was Island, including the bulkheads and canals and errors in recordkeeping that in one case over- By November of 1981 the PIPOA records show accurate and that “clean” books were finally where applicable the easements containing the reported income by $1.2 million and also found that the organization had already spent $411,727 in place resolving the chronic and sometimes bulkheads was fully in the hands of the PIPOA. that due to lack of recording keeping some cash in repairs after Hurricane Allen and had only decades-long problems with how PIPOA accounts and credits issued to homeowners and $95,967 in ready cash available due to expenses Annexation and hurricane costs funds were handled. A complete set of books, developers could not be tracked. related to repairs after the storm. By mid-1982 including check records showing to whom As the year 1982 opened the minutes of PIPOA the organization ledger shows $639,595 spent In front of a packed house at the monthly PIPOA checks are written, can now be viewed meetings show that finding the funds to pay for dredging after Allen, including $12,000 to meeting Jayroe read off a litany of specific at the PIPOA office for the first time in at least for repairs after Hurricane Allen was still on fill a hole caused at the end of the Cruiser Canal problems. She found problems with the a decade. the PIPOA board agenda. The minutes show causing the oxygen levels in the water to fall recordkeeping and lack of systems for tracking that a Small Business Association loan was If 1982 marked the year when the PIPOA found below state standards. incoming funds and outgoing credits extended applied for in early 1982 and $500,000 to repair a way to dig out from Hurricane Allen then to homeowners. The largest error in terms of In 1982 the records show that PIPOA spent waterways and bulkheads after Hurricane Allen 2018 marked the year when systems were put dollars was $1.2 million in income during the $24,000 for bulkhead insurance but for reasons and that loan was eventually granted. A balance in place to bring the organization transparency first three months of 2018 which under the unstated in the minutes that amount was not sheet dated November 30, 1982 shows a total of and into the Information Age, making both two Accrual Accounting Method being used by enough to remove the sand deposited in the cash disbursements for the year at $1,558,174 years that transformed the PIPOA the former bookkeeper and accountant was canal system by the storm and to repair damage for Hurricane Allen Expenses. to the Cruiser bulkheads. More money had to recorded twice resulting in the reporting of $2.4 POA cont. from A1 be found. On November 11, 1981 a Memorandum of million in assets in the organization’s account Understanding between the PIPOA, Padre when the amount was actually only half that Aside from the election of board members Damaged Seawall Island Investment Corporation, and the City of sum. The mistake was discovered during the there are also two items regarding a change of Corpus Christi was signed establishing a service audit and was corrected. bylaws on the ballot. They read as follows: In addition to the damage to the canal system plan for Padre Island under the provisions of the Jayroe said the audit began in July, 2017 but Hurricane Allen destroyed the Michael J. Ellis Texas Municipal Annexation Act. With the third Item 1 was delayed due to “a magnitude of problems” Seawall which was and is still privately owned reading of the document by the Corpus Christi and “because of the magnitude of errors we Amendment of Section 1.01 of the Bylaws in leaving the repair costs at the doorstep of the City Council on November 18, 1981 that date owners of property there. In an effort to prevent found we increased the scope” of the audit. order to require having covenants as a condition became the official date of annexation of Padre to membership in the Association. A subdivision the problem from recurring, in 1982 the PIPOA Island. The Island from the Kleberg County “We don’t normally do an audit in this scope board proposed taking title to the seawall and that terminates its covenants shall not qualify Line to Packery Channel was now part of the unless we find this many problems,” she said. for membership. taking responsibility for its maintenance and City of Corpus Christi. payment of its insurance and in return seawall Over the course of a half-hour presentation Item 2 property owners would pay an additional one- Island security in 1982 Jayroe recommended several changes to the half cent in Common Area Maintenance fees. recordkeeping system at the organization which Amendment of Subsection A of Section 1.04 of As Padre Island grew security for Island had been in use for nearly a decade and made the Bylaws would give the Board of Directors A few months later the PIPOA minutes contain residents and homes was also on the agenda. On it difficult for her to produce a set of “clean the authority to set the annual meeting date. a passage which reads “The Seawall Owners July 6, 1982 the POA Board signed an agreement books” going forward. The problems she listed If the Board does not act, the last Saturday in have soundly rejected our proposal to take with the Intracoastal Security Corporation for were as follows: March will be the annual meeting date. title to the Seawall and assuming financial private security on Padre Island. The PIPOA responsibility for paying the insurance premium board signed a deal for security for one year at Poor internal control. Cash disbursements were in return for a half-cent in Common Area $6,370 per month. not approved internally resulting the inability Maintenance assessment.” to track outgoing cash. She recommended a Airport cont. from A1 Security services included: multiple-signature system be put in place. Things remained unchanged until 2015 when flights, and more flights to get more passengers,” a Municipal Management District was drawn 1) A continuous unarmed and motorize patrol Lack of documentation for transactions. Jayroe Bridger said. 24 hours a day in vehicles equipped with a two- up with the idea of transferring ownership of said under the old system there was “no way In an effort to lure most flights into and out of way radio commination. both the seawall and the Island bulkheads and to tell when money moved” and recommended the city the United Corpus Christi Chamber has canals to it for the stated purpose of allowing 2) 24 hour dispatcher with a two-way radio that an officer of the organization sign each cash formed an Air Service Task Force in conjunction for the issuance of low-interest government communications with the motorized patrols and transaction so that if questions arose at a later with the city and the airport with the goal of bonds to repair both in case of catastrophic telephone communications to receive calls from date they could be directed at the signator. finding new ways to grow demand. damage. However, after the MMD was Association members. Multiple credits on homeowner accounts. Bridger said that effort is now complicated by formed it was discovered that PIOPA bylaws 3) Patrols to be alert for suspicious behaviors, Jayroe reported that credits issued to individual the fear of the coronavirus as airlines this week forbid transferring ownership of any PIPOA creations of nuisances of unlawful actions by homeowner accounts, in some cases going back announced capacity cuts in both international property to a governmental agency which lacks individuals or groups of individuals including several years, could not be tracked, verified, and domestic service. She said that while these taxing authority (which the MMD lacked) residents, pedestrians and visitors an their or the reason for the credit nor the amount cuts are not really impacting service at CCIA at so ownership, and any repairs costs, of the animals or other possessions, e.g., boats, motor determined. She said that while the dollar this time if they continue there will be an impact bulkheads and canals remain in the hands of the bikes, etc. amounts of the credits issued by the PIPOA in local numbers. PIPOA members. could be found in some cases there were no 4) Assist in bringing to the attention of owners, As a result of the decisions made in 1982 the explanations of whether the credit was a cash occupants or visitors infraction of the Protective seawall must remain open to the public due to refund on money previously paid, a credit Covenants, e.g., parking on the stress, dumping a funding arrangement to rebuild it after Allen against future dues, why the credit was being on vacant lots belong to another person. signed that year which included an agreement issued, or what year the initial transaction with the Texas General Land Office leaving 5) Liaison with precinct, county, city and state took place. In some cases signatures were its ownership along with its maintenance and law enforcement agencies. affixed indicating who in the PIPOA structure authorized the credits or refunds, but not why repair costs solely in the hands of the private 6) Render to property-owners and law they were being issued. She said there was no owners of the property that abuts it. In essence enforcement agencies assistance in time of way to retroactively reconstruct the transactions when it comes to repair and maintenance of the emergencies and disturbances. Island seawall, canals, and bulkheads nothing without contacting each of the property owners has changed since 1982. 7) Surveillance of homes whose owners are out who received the credits over the course of of town. To include on-premises inspection of several years, and even then with no paperwork Who owns the bulkheads? doors and windows. for the transaction the resolution would be In recent years questions have been raised by 8) Assistance in evacuation of people from the solely dependent on the recipient’s memory. some PIPOA members regarding ownership of subdivision in case of storm. Patrolmen will She said she found a list of credits issued the bulkheads and canals on Padre Island and not be required to remain on the Island during going back “several years” and looked at 200 the answer is found in a conveyance document storm passage; however, protective service statements and found that “about 100” of them on file at the PIPOA office dated June 1, 1977 will continue as long as possible before the were without documents. which handed ownership from Padre Island storm and resume as soon as possible after the “It is a question of poor practice,” Jayroe said. Fully Guided • All Tackle Provided Investment Corporation to the Padre Isles storm. Patrolmen who volunteer may remain “There is no documentation, how many dollars Property Owners Association of: on the Island in the Association’s Emergency of credit were issued? Was it for an overpayment (361)442-8145 1) All existing leases covering oil, gas, or other Operations Center Padre Isles Country Club at or an overcharge? There is no way to tell.” their own risk. minerals and all outstanding royalty of mineral Offsetting journal entries. It was this problem interests…under the property. 9) Relocate Base of Operations from the Old that led to the over-reporting of the $1.2 million 2) Any and all covenants, conditions, Million Dollar Inn to the EOC at the Country in the organization’s bank account when three Serve Corpus Christi easements, reservations, rights-of-way and Club should it become necessary. months of income was incorrectly recorded. restrictions affecting the Property. How long that arrangement remained in place Builders’ deposits. Jayroe said that records – Make a Difference 3) Taxes and assessments on the Property after the end of that contract is not specified in of deposits made by builders, required when becoming due and payable after the date of this the minutes. construction begins, in 2017 had “insufficient April 2020 and Upcoming deed. So as 1982 drew to a close the organization had a details or source of payment” making them difficult or impossible to fully track. In some Vacancies 4) All ordinances, regulations and laws of any new headquarters under construction, sufficient funds to rebuild the damaged bulkheads and cases deposits and fees owed were dismissed The City of Corpus Christi has numerous municipality or other governmental authority, if outright, but who dismissed them, why, and boards, commissions and committees which any, having jurisdiction. remove sand from Island canals and the Island Beautification Trust in place to hold funds to whether cash changed hands was impossible to strive to reflect the diverse interests and abilities 5) Rights of parties in possession, if any. update and improve common areas. Hurricane determine given the lack of documentation. of our citizens. The document then listed the metes and bounds Allen was in the rearview and the PIPOA house POA accounts. Jayroe said that POA accounts The City Secretary’s Office is currently seeking of all the existing property on Padre Island that was in order. Things remained pretty much on were used for fundraising for non-POA projects applications for the following boards: that same course until 2018 when a new board became property of the PIPOA, the last, and and recommended the practice be stopped. • Airport Board important paragraph conveys ownership of the of directors took office and started looking at Failure to file liens on past due property. This • Board of Adjustment canal system to the PIPOA and its members It resulted in unpaid dues and, according to board members at the time, about $330,000 in current • Corpus Christi Commission on Children Trust accounts receivable. Why no demand of the & Youth past due fees was not demanded, or even if • Transportation Advisory Committee some had in fact been paid in cash, could not Padre Island and Port Aransas’ Oldest Island Based Pest Control Company. be determined. • Human Relations Commission Insurance for contract labor. Jayroe said that while payments for insurance by contractors (NEW POLICY: All individuals considered doing work for the PIPOA were recorded and for appointment by the City Council to a discounts to contractors granted - and in some board, commission or committee must have cases insurance paid for by the PIPOA - there On Padre Island Since 1994. an application on file in the Office of the City was no reporting system to verify that the Secretary not later than the 14TH calendar day The Pest Control Professionals insurance had actually been purchased. She before the date appointments are considered by Locally Owned by Island Resident OVER 30 YEAR EXPERIENCE recommended that a reporting system be put in City Council.) place. Bill Schroeder If you know of anyone interested in serving on Mixed cash deposits. Jayroe said that cash a City board, commission or committee, please 15481 SPID Just past received at the POA office was sometimes not direct them to the City of Corpus Christi’s deposited for several days or weeks resulting website at http://serve.cctexas.com. For Whitecap on Right in confusing recording for cash accounts. She assistance, please call Norma Duran at (361) recommended that all future payments to the 826-3893 or via e-mail at NormaD2@cctexas. 949-0208 POA be done by check or credit card. She said com. Residential and Commercial Services that in February, March, and April of 2017 $1.6 Termite * Ants * Rodent * Critter * Roaches * Spiders * Fleas million was posted as “cash” then “reversed out March 12, 2020 Island Moon A 5

Did Ya Hear? Thai Sun Island Cafe has the best egg roll/ Stuff I Heard on the Island spring roll I have ever had. It is the Crispy By Dale Rankin By Mary "Scoop" Craft Vietnam roll. Make sure you tell them you There is a lot going on ORVs can currently be driven on Island streets heard about it here and maybe I’ll get one on and beaches…I obviously can’t speak for the the house. Around The Island these Business Briefs days, let’s start with city but CCPD has not been writing tickets for A nail salon will be going into the IGA Bluffalo Wings has opened a second unfinished projects. them since September when the new state law Balli Center. A salon name has not been location at 5802 Yorktown near Chops & took effect. Spring Break might be the exception finalized. They currently have a salon under Eggs. It is larger than their Bluff location and Elephant in the Room because these days if it moves it’s susceptible construction next to Papa Murphy’s in the has a 2000 sq, ft. covered patio with games, The most asked question on The Island lately is to a ticket. But even if that happens the ticket Bluff so it will be their second location. water misters and a stage for live music. when work will begin on the canal connecting would be solely for violation of the state law There are 48 beers on tap and a broader menu. the current canal system on Padre Island to – for which there is no system for compliance. Marker 37 Marina Paradise Fishing Sounds like a pretty good defense. Pier has reopened after being destroyed by the site of the Park Road 22 Water Exchange Hurricane Harvey. The pier has been totally Bridge. There is some movement to report this Vacation Rentals by Owner renovated and shaded and is open 5:30 am week as the City of Corpus Christi received a - 5:30 pm. Live bait, ice and fish cleaning new construction permit from the U.S. Army Late last year the city made an agreement to services are available on site. The Marina Corps of Engineers which while not holding up collect Hotel Occupancy Tax from owners of Sunset Deck will feature live music this the bridge project was one hurdle along the way certain local dwellings who rent for overnight weekend with The Red Tide Band on Friday, that had to be cleared at some point. stay but it applies only to those who rent from that single website. There is currently no way March 13th and The Chanklas on Saturday The future of the project is now fully in the both at 6 pm. for the city to track who is renting and where hands of the private property owners on the and there are no city rules for where short-term The Sunset Sounds Summer Concert west side of SPID where they are to build the rentals are allowed in the city and where they Series in Port A at Roberts Point Park kicks canal. To see where things stand refer to the are not. If you do it and the neighbors complain off Friday, March 13th 7 - 9 pm with singer Memorandum of Understanding on page A6 then you better be paying the state portion of the Melissa Brooks. Bring your chair, ice chest, signed last year between the City of Corpus HOT and the city will shut you down. pup and kids to this great free outdoor event. Christi and the private landowners which is Bluffalo Wings included. The city has teed the project up The city council instructed the staff to come The International Feline Showcase will with the permitting, construction contract, and back with a draft ordinance but as of this week take place at the Omni downtown March 13 funding in place for the bridge and it is now up that has not happened so we have no way of - 15. General admission is $6 for adults and Nueces County created the Pollinator to the private interests involved to hit the ball knowing what it might say – assuming that it $4 for children. Habitat at Padre Balli Park in 2017 by down the fairway. Work around Lake Padre is gets done at some point in the future. It is in restoring an otherwise unusable greenspace Mikel May’s Beachside Bar & Grill stalled since the owners there are waiting to see fact not allowed in some type of zoning which will host live music this coming week. On within the median of Padre Balli Park Rd. if their design should include a water exchange includes the area of The Island west of SPID Saturday, March 14th Sierra Dawn will The 2.33 acre area was seeded with over bridge or underground culverts. On this project and under current case law while POAs cannot entertain 11 am - 3 pm and Weegie & the 30 varieties of native flowering plants, and it is hurry up and wait but there is great reason outlaw short-term rental cities can. If a new Wonder Twins 5 - 9 pm. On Tuesday 6 - 9 pm is now flourishing as a pollinator habitat to be optimistic. draft ordinance appears we will let you know Ty Dietz will be featured and Thursday Jerry what it says. Ward 5 - 9 pm. Aquarius paving Joyride at the former Whitecap Liquor The portion of Aquarius Drive from Dasmarinas offers rentals on fat tire beach bicycles, golf to Whitecap these days has as many potholes carts, stand up paddle and foam surf boards. that the mineral rights might be sold at auction. They also sell kites, floats, and water toys for The plan released by the city a few months ago island fun. Call 334-1328 for more info. to repave it is now obsolete. The new head of the city department charged with fixing streets – an Islander – told the Island Strategic Action Committee this month that after looking at that part of Aquarius he has come to the conclusion that repaving it won’t work; it is in such bad shape that the current street needs to be torn out for many native and migratory pollinator Off Road Vehicles and rebuilt entirely and that is in the works. The species. Public access improvements with When the legislature cleared the way in its cavalry is on the way folks, just keep your horse ADA compliant parking have been recently 2019 session for Off Road Vehicles to drive on from stepping in the potholes for a while. added. Perfect place to stop on your way to city streets with a speed limit under 35 miles per the beach. hour the Corpus Christi City Council quickly The Padre Island Enrichment Club will passed an ordinance making the vehicles – be awarding two $2,500 scholarships in May, also referred to Utility Vehicles - legal on city 2020. All graduating seniors who reside streets and local beaches along with golf carts There will be new striping, signage and on North Padre Island are eligible to apply. which were already allowed. The problem that on Park Road 22 turn bays lighting areas Scholarships will be determined based on still exists is that the new state statue required Light up e Sky  e 4 of July! going under the bridge. The restriping is to merit and need. Applications are available the ORVs to be registered with the state to be accommodate more length for decelaration. in your counselor’s office or by contacting legal but the state has yet to set up a process for Island Blast Kathy Merchant at (361) 774-8994. registration. Fireworks Display Deadline for receiving applications tax-deductible donations are So while the vehicles are fine under city still being accepted. is Monday, May 4th. ordinances and allowed by the new statute, If you’d like to help, please mail checks to Island Blast Texas P.E. Firm HDR Engineering, Inc. Registration No. 754 14493 Suite A PMB 342 | Corpus Christi, TX 78418 BOAT RAMP The Seashore Charter Schools House Bill 1548, to be technically fully in You can also donate online through the island blast 1 have open Enrollment for any new compliance with the new state law have to be facebook page. DOC'S 7 ACCESS ROAD students wanting to attend. Parents CONSTRUCTION LIMITS registered with the state and there is currently 4 6 SNOOPY'S 2 should complete and return one no way to do that. So the question is whether STRIPING LIMITS 5 application for admission for each 3 BOAT RAMP new student by the end of March. A Ask Ralph Lottery will be held on April 1st for any openings. Students need to reside in zip codes 78418, 78419, Help Make Work Meaningful 78373 or 78379. E&J 22 Bar & Grill located in the old will have DJ Pool By Ralph Coker Country Store will be opening in April. The Waves Resort There is an 1800 sq. ft. outdoor patio. The Parties and daily drink specials during spring Q. Some of my employees say they want to identify their most connected employees and exterior has been completed by the Rasheeds break until March 15th and March 21 & find more meaning in their work. How do I ask them to conduct sessions with co-workers and the tenants are now working on the 22. The Lookout Pub on the second floor will help them do that? to discuss how the business can help people interior. More details will be available soon. celebrate St. Patrick’s Day March 9 - 17 with and provide good feedback. daily green beer and food specials. A. Many workers, especially younger workers, want to find meaning in their work, Timing is important. Don't do as one not just a job and a paycheck. That may be business did: launch a campaign during because work consumes more of the life of or after the business had to cut costs and employees now than before. Many workers lay off employees. A business should be work more hours, have more competitive realistic in the claims it makes for doing pressures and employer expectations and are good and making the world better. Excessive tied to work after hours by smart phones, I claims will be seen by employees as fake, Tides of the Week pads and emails. exaggerated or frivolous. That would be a turn off for employees. Don't write off the Some businesses adopt grand mission two-thirds of employees who don't buy into Tides for Bob Hall Pier March 12 - March 19 statements about helping humanity and the program. There are many other things Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon changing the world. It's easy to make that /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible than doing good that motivates workers. connection in businesses that produce a Many take pride and get satisfaction from Th 12 High 6:04 AM 1.5 7:41 AM Set 9:58 AM 93 product or service that helps people have a doing a difficult job well. The achievement better, easier life. Examples would be health 12 Low 12:57 PM 0.6 7:36 PM Rise 11:10 PM is enough. Many get satisfaction from being care and education. It's more difficult for creative in their work by finding a better 12 High 5:28 PM 0.9 businesses that produce ordinary products or way to do things. Many enjoy being a team services. 12 Low 11:55 PM 0.1 member with co-workers and enjoy their F 13 High 7:35 AM 1.5 7:40 AM Set 10:40 AM 86 About a third of workers want to feel that personal relationships with co-workers. Most their work is a calling. The other two-thirds 13 Low 2:33 PM 0.9 7:37 PM workers respond to recognition for work well don't connect their work to a higher calling. done. Many workers want to be included and 13 High 5:19 PM 1.0 However, those who do tend to be more have input into business decisions. satisfied with their jobs, be more engaged, Sa 14 Low 12:48 AM -0.1 7:39 AM Rise 12:15 AM 77 Doing good is just another way to motivate work longer hours and have fewer absences. and inspire workers. Each person responds 14 High 9:19 AM 1.6 7:37 PM Set 11:23 AM Some businesses have found that emphasizing to different motivations. Managers need to a greater meaning creates employee loyalty, Su 15 Low 1:48 AM -0.2 7:38 AM Rise 1:19 AM 67 figure out what works with each employee satisfaction, and retention. 15 High 11:22 AM 1.6 7:38 PM S et 12:10 PM and focus on that. Businesses use several techniques to involve Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE which M 16 Low 2:57 AM -0.3 7:36 AM Rise 2:20 AM 56 employees. Some conduct contests for provides free help, mentoring and advice for 16 High 1:06 PM 1.7 7:38 PM Set 1:01 PM employees to submit stories and digital posters small businesses and nonprofits Tu 17 Low 4:12 AM -0.3 7:35 AM Rise 3:17 AM 46 about how their work helps others. Some 17 High 2:14 PM 1.7 7:39 PM Set 1:54 PM W 18 Low 5:28 AM -0.2 7:34 AM Rise 4:10 AM 35 18 High 3:03 PM 1.7 7:39 PM Set 2:49 PM Th 19 Low 6:36 AM -0.1 7:33 AM Rise 4:57 AM 26 19 High 3:39 PM 1.6 7:40 PM Set 3:44 PM

Linda Walsh, Patricia Fort, Janet Pitchford, Patty Parker and Kathy Pratt wore their best suffragette white and marched with the League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and YWCA to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote. A historical display will remain open to the public at the County Courthouse through the end of March. -- Debbie Noble A6 Island Moon March 12, 2020 Senior Moments Agreement Between Developers and City The Truman Doctrine and The on Park Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge Marshall Plan and Adjoining Canal Editor’s note: The City of Corpus Christi of documentation by the City acknowledging By Dotson Lewis this week received its permit from the U.S. that the Bridge Project has been substantially Special to the Island Moon Army Corps of Engineers for construction completed in accordance with the terms of the of the Park Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge construction contract. Dotson’s Note: Very soon after the war military personnel to Greece and Turkey, at clearing the last hurdle on the city’s side of Roles and Responsibilities of the President Truman had decided to use America the request of those countries, to assist in the the agreement between the city and the private Developers to stop the spread of communism around the tasks of reconstruction, and for the purpose landowners surrounding the bridge site. The world. He told congress the country must of supervising the use of such financial and agreement was signed in April, 2019 and details 2.1 Developers shall, within 30 days after intervene wherever necessary throughout the material assistance as may be furnished... the responsibilities for both the city and the the City provides notice of the prepared bid world to prevent the subjection of free people The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured private property owners who have agreed to package for the Re-Bid, provide an executed to Communist inspired totalitarian regimes at by misery and want. They spread and grow in build the canal and bulkheads required before contract between Developers and a construction the expense of their national integrity. Thanks the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach construction will begin on the Park Road 22 contractor for the construction of the Village to ‘Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign their full growth when the hope of a people for Water Exchange Bridge. That puts the project Canal. Relations’ for the facts contained in this report a better life has died. We must keep that hope between items 1.6 and 1.7 on the list. Here is the 2.2 Following receipt of the certificate and to the United States Department of State alive. full agreement as signed. referenced in Section 1.4 above, Developers for the photos. The free peoples of the world look to us for Roles and Responsibilities of the City shall, within a commercially reasonable time, President Truman's Address Before a issue a notice to proceed to the contractor to support in maintaining their freedoms. If we 1.1 City shall prepare a new bid package for Joint Session of Congress, 3/12/1947 falter in our leadership, we may endanger commence the construction of the Village Canal the construction of the Bridge Project within in accordance with the plans provided in the the peace of the world -- and we shall surely (30) days (the “Re-Bid”) of the Effective Date endanger the welfare of our own nation. Great United States Army Corps of Engineers permit of this Agreement and provide it to Developers issued regarding the canal project. responsibilities have been placed upon us by the for review; (Complete) swift movement of events. I am confident that 2.3 Developers shall substantially complete the Congress will face these responsibilities 1.2 The City shall issue the Re-Bid within 30 the Village Canal within 90 days following the squarely." days following receipt of an executed contract receipt of the certificate referenced in Section between Developers and a construction 1.4 above, subject to Force Majeure as defined The Truman Doctrine contractor for the construction of the Village in Section C below. In any event, regardless of After the speech Truman pledged that the Canal. The Re-Bid will require that all bids Force Majeure, Developers must substantially United States would help any nation resist remain open for a minimum of 240 days; complete the Village Canal within 180 days communism in order to prevent its spread. His (Complete) following the receipt of the certificate referenced policy of containment is known as the Truman 1.3 Following the opening of the Re-Bid, in Section 1.4 above. If the Village Canal is Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine demonstrated City will notify Developers of its intent to not substantially completed within the 180- that the United States would not return to recommend award of a construction contract to day period, this Agreement will be considered isolationism after World War II, but rather take City Council. The parties understand that if the terminated for all purposes. For purposes of an active role in world affairs. To help rebuild lowest bid in the Re-Bid exceeds the amount of this Section 2.3, substantial completion of the after the war, the United States pledged $13 $11,696,319.50, additional funding may not be Village Canal shall mean the date when the billion of aid to Europe in the Marshall Plan. available. (Complete) dredging and bulkheading is completed for the Village Canal; The world was in flux in the aftermath of 1.4 Contemporaneously with the notice President Harry S. Truman World War II, and political upheaval reigned in referenced in Section 1.3 above, the City 2.4 Upon completion of the Village Canal, many countries. Already wary of communism shall provide to Developers a certificate of subject to Force Majeure as defined in Section C "Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the thanks to George Kennan's Long Telegram, the funds for the amount of $11,696,319.50 in below, the Developers shall connect the Village Congress of the United States: US government was dismayed when a number currently accessible funds that have been duly Canal to the existing canal owned by the Padre ...The United States has received from the of countries in Europe and Asia adopted appropriated by the City for the Bridge Project. Isles Property Owners Association (“PIPOA”). Greek Government an urgent appeal for communist governments in the late 1940s. If additional funding is required and identified Developers shall coordinate with the PIPOA on the connection to the existing canal system; financial and economic assistance. Preliminary When the United Kingdom notified the United by the City, City shall provide to Developers, as reports from the American Economic States that it could no longer afford to fight soon as practicable, a certificate of funds for the 2.5 Upon reaching substantial completion of Mission now in Greece and reports from the communist insurgencies in Greece and Turkey, additional amount. If the funds are not located, the Village Canal, including the connection American Ambassador in Greece corroborate US President Harry S. Truman issued what the City will provide notice to Developers within of the Village Canal to the PIPOA canal, the statement of the Greek Government that would become known as the Truman Doctrine: 3 days after determining the lack of funding, this Developers shall notify City. For purposes of assistance is imperative if Greece is to survive a promise that the United States would do Agreement shall terminate upon City’s election, this Section 2.5, substantial completion of the as a free nation... whatever was necessary both economically and and Developers will have no obligation to the Village Canal shall mean the date when the City to complete the Village Canal; (Complete) The very existence of the Greek state is today militarily to contain the spread of communism dredging and bulkheading is completed for the threatened by the terrorist activities of several around the world. 1.5 As soon as practicable following notice Village Canal; and thousand armed men, led by Communists, who With this step, the United States signaled that of the Village Canal’s substantial completion 2.6 As soon as practicable following the City’s defy the government's authority at a number its role on the world stage would not conclude in accordance with Section 2.5 below, City issuance of the notice referenced in Section of points, particularly along the northern after World War II, ending a century and a half will award a contract for the construction of 1.8 above, Developers shall connect the canal boundaries. A Commission appointed by the of isolationist foreign policy in America. the Bridge Project at a regular meeting and within the PR 22 right of way to the Village United Nations security Council is at present will provide written notice to Developers of Canal. investigating disturbed conditions in northern During Truman's presidency, some believe the date and time of the meeting and a copy of Greece and alleged border violations along that the Truman Doctrine* resulted in another the documents being presented to City Council Sequencing of Obligations conflict in Asia, this time in Korea, as the US the frontier between Greece on the one hand at the meeting. The Developers acknowledge So the Parties can further clarify the sequencing and Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia on the government attempted to prevent the unification that items typically appear on the City Council of Korea under a communist government. outlined in this Section A, the Parties’ other...The United States must supply that agenda twice before final approval. For purposes obligations shall proceed in order as follows: assistance... Truman's policy would continue to drive of this Section 1.5, substantial completion of American interventions through the 1980s. the Village Canal shall mean the date when the 1. City shall prepare the Re-Bid The peoples of a number of countries of The Marshall Plan dredging and bulkheading is completed for the 2. Developers shall provide to the City the the world have recently had totalitarian Village Project; (Complete) regimes forced upon them against their will. executed contract for construction of the Village One of the most pressing problems in the Canal The Government of the United States has immediate aftermath of World War II was the 1.6 As soon as practicable following the City’s made frequent protests against coercion and reconstruction of Europe. The war left a swath award of the contract for the construction of 3. City shall issue the Re-Bid intimidation, in violation of the Yalta agreement, the Bridge Project, the City shall issue a notice of destruction 4. City shall determine its funding capabilities in Poland, Rumania, and Bulgaria. I must also that crippled to proceed (the “Notice to Proceed”) to the state that in a number of other countries there contractor awarded the Re-Bid, so long as the based on bids submitted in response to Re-Bid infrastructure and and City shall certify funding for the Re-Bid to have been similar developments.... led to massive contractor timely provides an executed contract and all of the documents required to finalize the Developers I believe that it must be the policy of the United food shortages in the winter of contract, and will provide written notice of the 5. Developers shall issue a notice to proceed to States to support free peoples who are resisting Notice to Proceed to Developers within 3 days attempted subjugation by armed minorities or 1946-1947. a contractor to commence construction of the of its issuance; (Complete) Village Canal by outside pressures... The US government 1.7 After receiving notice of the Village 6. Developers shall substantially complete the I believe that our help should be primarily Canal’s substantial completion in accordance through economic and financial aid which is Truman Signs the feared that a Village Canal Marshall Plan. hungry, devastated with Section 2.5 below, and after the City’s essential to economic stability and orderly award of a construction contract under the Re- 7. Developers shall provide to City notice of political processes... Europe might turn the Village Canal’s substantial completion to communism (as China would do in 1949). To Bid, the City shall expend the amount agreed It is necessary only to glance at a map to stabilize the European economy, US Secretary upon in the Re-Bid in the construction of the 8. Developers shall connect the Village Canal realize that the survival and integrity of the of State George C. Marshall proposed a plan to Park Road 22 (“PR 22”) Bridge or complete to the existing canal owned by PIPOA Greek nation are of grave importance in a much construction thereof at a lower cost Nothing in provide Europe with $13 billion in economic 9. City shall award construction contract for the wider situation. If Greece should fall under the this Agreement shall be considered a prohibition aid. Bridge Project and issue the Notice to Proceed control of an armed minority, the effect upon on terminating a construction contract with any its neighbor, Turkey, would be immediate and The Marshall Plan proved enormously contractor that has failed to adequately perform; 10. City will fund the construction contract successful, helping to rehabilitate European awarded under the Re-Bid serious. Confusion and disorder might well 1.8 Within 10 days of the substantial spread throughout the entire Middle East. nations that accepted the aid. It also provided a boost to the American economy, since Marshall completion of the Bridge Project, the City shall 11. City shall notify Developers of the Bridge Moreover, the disappearance of Greece as an Plan funds were used to purchase American issue notice of such substantial completion to Project’s substantial completion independent state would have a profound effect goods. Developers. For purposes of this Section 1.8, 12. Developers shall connect the canal within upon those countries in Europe whose peoples substantial completion shall mean issuance the PR 22 right of way to the Village Canal are struggling against great difficulties to Dotson’s Other Note: *I do not believe that the maintain their freedoms and their independence Truman Doctrine caused the Korean War but while they repair the damages of war. I still believe the action Truman took was the thing to do. The foregoing took place 73 years It would be an unspeakable tragedy if these ago this month. You wouldn’t believe all talk that countries, which have struggled so long against went on when all of this happened. Hind sight is overwhelming odds, should lose that victory 20/20, what do you think? If you could go back for which they sacrificed so much. Collapse in time and “do a do over,” what would you do? of free institutions and loss of independence I can be reached at: [email protected] and/or would be disastrous not only for them but Land Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell, call or text: for the world. Discouragement and possibly 530-748-8475. I really appreciate the phone failure would quickly be the lot of neighboring calls, Emails, texts and conversations about peoples striving to maintain their freedom and Senior Moments. independence... Please note: The next Veterans Round Table I therefore ask the Congress to provide Meeting will be Tuesday, March 17, 2020; 9-11 authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey a.m., 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families in the amount of $400,000,000 for the period and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, are ending June 30, 1948. In requesting these funds, invited. Coffee & donuts are provided. Hope to I have taken into consideration the maximum see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round amount of relief assistance which would be Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 furnished to Greece out of the $350,000,000 a.m., Saturdays. The next show will air March which I recently requested that the Congress 14, 2020. Please listen and call in. The listener/ authorize for the prevention of starvation and text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s your two hours, suffering in countries devastated by the war. please let us hear from you. In addition to funds, I ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American civilian and Drew and Taylor Creel were shopping local at Saturday’s Loca for Local pop-up market at BUS downtown. 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She was a bomber on the golf course. At Strong,’” said Wright. Nothing surprised you he left the Mexican league…I believe he was and the following year became classified as a the age of 12, she could drive a golf ball out about Mickey Wright. She lost in the 1954 U.S. one of the best who ever donned “The Tools of Double-A circuit, with a more sound connection of sight. This gal began taking part in a clinic Women’s Amateur, but won the 1954 World Ignorance.” The following report is the second to the U.S. governing bodies. In 1966 it became under professional golfer and teacher, Fred Amateur Championship. and last, for now, regarding the 1940’s Mexican Triple-A, as it is today. Sherman, at Mission Valley Country Club In the early years, professional golf was in San Diego. At night time, near the end of League Raids.” Thanks to Bill Morgan (former Sal Maglie returned to the Giants in 1950 the ultimate individual game made up of the class, the driving range was lit by several SWC SID) for many of the facts contained in and promptly went 18-4 to lead the league in independent contractors. “It was different,” enormous lights. “Show the people how you this report and for the photos. percentage, ERA and shutouts, and then went said Wright. “We all traveled together by car can make the ball disappear” said Fred. She With Pasquel throwing around money, you 23-6 in the pennant-winning season of 1951. from one event to another, and all the girls were would drive the ball so high and far that it went would think that his quest produced more than As a Brooklyn Dodger, he was Don Larsen’s crazy about Elvis Presley. Mickey recalled out of sight. Over the years, when she needed a it did. In the end he signed some relatively high opponent in the World Series perfect game of playing the final 36 holes with the legendary big drive, she claimed that she would whisper to profile names like Sal Maglie of the Giants, and 1956 (after pitching a no-hitter himself late “Babe” Zaharias at the 1954 U. S. Open. “I herself, “Make it disappear.” Mickey Owen and Luis Olmo of the Dodgers, in the season), and pitched until 1958 with a was scared to death and the ‘rough’ was as thick in addition to Lanier, Klein and Martin. Maglie lifetime .657 W-L percentage. He was the last of This lady was a nightmare for her opponents as a milkshake,” said Wright. Babe won by 12 doubled his $6,000 US salary. Lanier went from only 14 players to have played for all three New with a golf club in her hands, and her chip strokes, while Mickey finished 17 strokes back about $10,000 to about $25,000. Owen got York teams – Dodgers, Giants and Yankees. shots were as smooth as a glass of warm milk. and tied for fourth place. Two years later, Babe She owned a long and beautiful swing, and passed away. $15,000 plus a home, (other players lived in nice Lanier came back in 1949 but was never again the sound that her driver made when she hit a apartments), plus had all his taxes paid in both the pitcher who went 32-19 in 1943-44. He In 1961, Wright won 10 golf tournaments golf ball should have won a Grammy Award. I countries. He was to be a playing manager for retired in 1953 and his son Hal was a 10-year during the year. She also won 10 tournaments hoped that she had a good lawyer because she Veracruz. (Pasquel sometimes wore a uniform infielder and later Houston manager in the big in 1962. In 1963, she topped her best with 13 murdered golf balls. Normally, the margin of and coached third). leagues. tournament wins. In 1964, at the Tall City Open, success in the game of golf was razor thin, but Wright shot a 62 in the final round. It was 95 Martin pitched for the Cardinals in 1949-50 she was the closest thing to a human tidal wave degrees that day, but Mickey Wright may have before pitching in the minors until 1960 and that you will ever see. She didn’t beat you with been hotter. It was the lowest score ever shot managing in the minors for five seasons. her chipping and putting; she beat you with her in LPGA history at that time. From 1961 to Klein returned in 1949, and did not see much mind. Just watching her swing a golf club was 1964 she won a total of 44 golf tournaments, playing time, but did emerge as part of the a pleasure in itself. Putting for a living may including 8 Major Championships, and also Chicago Cubs rotating head coach brigade in be harder than robbing a bank. The outlaw, served as the President of the LPGA (Ladies the early ‘60s. Jesse James, didn’t make as much money Professional Golf Association) for two years, with his shooting iron as this gal did with her during that time. She also won the most money The well-liked Olmo played for Brooklyn and 6-iron. This lady made so much money that on the tour during those four straight years. the Braves from 1949-51 before retiring. if she dropped her wallet, it could cause an Mickey Wright was chosen the Associated earthquake. Her long irons were the strength Of the other players, only Reyes, Estrella, Press Female Athlete of the Year in both 1963 of her game. Handing this lady a 2-iron was Carrasquel and Ortiz saw major league action, and 1964. She became the only player in LPGA like giving Peyton Manning a football, Roberto however briefly, after the ban was lifted. For the history to hold all four Major titles at the same Duran a pair of boxing gloves, or John McEnroe others, their big league careers or aspirations time. It seemed unfair to make her wait to go a tennis racket. Something spectacular was were over. The longest surviving player was into the Golf Hall of Fame. Luis Olmo, who passed away in 2017 at almost going to happen. The best compliment I ever 98 years old in Puerto Rico. got on a golf course was, “Hey, I think we can She would play occasionally until 1973, and find that one.” But this gal should have had to then she retired to her home in Port St. Lucie, Pasquel died at 47 in a crash of a private plane play with one hand tied behind her back just Florida. And yes, she lived next to a golf course. over San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1955, which to even things up. Some golfers blame the Her last competitive appearance occurred in was followed weeks later by the reported game, the gallery, the weather, the curvature of 1995. You could see Mickey hitting wedge Mickey Owen. suicide of his mistress, movie star Miroslava. the earth, even sun spots for a shank shot or a shots from her back porch at the age of 82. She was a glamorous Czechoslovakian-born missed putt. Not Mickey Wright. The last time Pasquel fell short of snaring any big fish, Wright won 82 LPGA victories, including 13 Jew who achieved stardom in Mexico. Wright missed a putt for par, dinosaurs may although he was prepared to spend huge dollars Major Championships. She also recorded eight have roamed the earth. on Williams, Feller, Rizzuto and Musial. He Pasquel’s security man survived the crash, other wins for a total of 90 victories. Her 82 reportedly offered Feller tour wins were second all-time $500,000 for five years, to Kathy Whitworth, who had 88 and Williams $360,000 wins. Wright’s 13 Major wins for three. Babe Ruth were second only to Patty Berg’s was said to be offered 15. “Patty Berg was the best golfer the league presidency. I have ever seen,” said Wright. Pasquel even reportedly Mickey was exciting to watch in offered Chandler $50,000 person. Mickey Wright has been to become commissioner. labeled the greatest female player of all time. She joined the World Vern “Junior” Stephens of Golf Hall of Fame in 1976. In the the Browns, the defending year 2000, Wright was named the A.L. home run champion, Top Woman Golfer of All Time. In who had been holding Mickey Wright 2011, The USGA Museum opened out, jumped too. He the Mickey Wright Room, where supposedly got $250,000 So, let me tell you about Mickey Wright. You several of her golf clubs and other mementos for five years. But after can’t put a golf ball in a hole with your height, are on display. Mickey Wright was inducted two games, he returned his Beisbol or your strength, or your speed. It doesn’t into the PGA of America Hall of Fame in 2017. first check and went home. matter to a golf ball how fast you can run or how He said the inability of the So, how do you get so good at something and and was later suspected in a possible murder of high you can leap. She wasn’t born incredibly league to get American equipment – for fear then just walk away from it? She had quit Miroslava. strong, or able to run the 100-yard dash in 9.0. I of reprisal by the manufacturers – was the first playing competitively by the age of 34. It has don’t think she could even jump. What she was danger sign he saw. And he sure didn’t like the Dotson’s Other Note: Mickey Owen quit the been estimated that U. S. golfers spend nearly born with was a lot of patience, determination, descriptions of over-the-mountain, harrowing Mexican League in August of 1946 and returned 600 million dollars on equipment each year, yet guts, will power and nerves of steel. You can’t bus rides to Tampico and Laredo. home to plead for the lifting of his suspension. Wright continued to play with her twenty-year- Chandler would have none of it. Pasquel and play golf without all five of those. There was old clubs. The Mexican League began playing the Owen sued each other in U.S. Federal Court. Mickey Wright, and then there was everybody American imports in May, 1946, while Owen won, but the award was vacated. Mickey else. Now that she’s gone, we would all pay to Mickey understood that to be great, you have continuing to pursue the big names. Those they Owen was a good citizen of the game. While see her play one more round. to fall in love with the process of becoming had signed were spread among the eight teams great. She inspired other golfers to try shots best remembered for his passed ball in the 1941 Mary Kathryn “Mickey” Wright was born on – Mexico City, Monterrey, World Series that gave the Yankees life – and that maybe they shouldn’t. It has been said February 14, 1935, in San Diego, California. that a person’s heart will tell you how they All the jumpers except Stephens, who was an eventual championship – he had a good She was “old-school.” It was not about what “afterlife” in baseball too. He ran a highly lived and sometimes how they died, but it will unsigned, received five-year suspensions from she had; it was what she did with what she never tell you how they loved. Mickey Wright’s successful baseball school and he served as had. She grew up in a time when you only sheriff for 17 years Greene County, Missouri. At entire life was a victory lap. People loved her replaced things when they broke. Now we trade everywhere she went. When she died, her eyes a Baseball Writers Association Dinner in New perfectly good cars, stand in front of a closet York, where Hank Aaron was honored, Hank were closed but her heart was open. She had full of clothes, and upgrade our smart phones beaten everybody but Father Time. The clouds said, “You probably don’t remember Mickey daily. We focus on what we don’t have. Wright Owen, but I owe him so much. When I was a kid, parted and the sun shined. Mickey Wright was graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in approaching her tee shot and the heavens were I played winter ball in Puerto Rico. And every 1952 and enrolled at Stanford University, where day, for 14 days in a row, Mickey would pitch watching. Mickey Wright suffered a heart she played on the women’s golf team. She attack and left us on February 17, 2020, three to me for one hour – for 20 minutes I had to was so young, she should have been learning hit to right, for 20 minutes back at him, and for days after turning 85. She had suffered a fall a how to ride a bicycle instead of winning golf few weeks prior and was in the hospital. 20 minutes to left. He made me a hitter. And in tournaments. Wright won the 1952 U. S. that heat, at his age, that was really hard work.” Girls’ Junior Championship. At age19, she left Wright always worked on fundamentals. Her Comments/calls/texts are welcome. Email: Stanford to turn professional in 1954. joy came from identifying problems and fixing [email protected] Mobile: 530748-8475. them. Ben Hogan stated, “Her golf swing When you think about those people who -30-Have fun & hang in there! was the best ever.” Mickey Wright lived an helped shape you, people you learned from, exemplary life. “Just know that they are always they never leave you. Her first teacher was Sal "The Barber"Maglie. watching,” said Wright. “Whoever you are, Johnny Bellante at La Jolla Country Club. He there is some younger person who thinks you instilled in Mickey the idea that you swing Chandler, in office less than a year. Predictably, are perfect.” through the golf ball and not at it. Her most the punishment had wide support. The influential teacher was Harry Pressler. Mickey Andy Purvis is a local author and radio Cardinals owner, Sam Breadon, took a trip to Wright’s golf swing wasn’t made in Heaven; it personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. Mexico City on his own to meet with Pasquel, Karen L. Marcum was made in San Gabriel, California. Harry was com for all the latest info on his books or to and perhaps halt the raids and set in motion a Certi ed Public Accountant known throughout California as the best teacher listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books working relationship. He not only failed, but he of female golfers. Every Saturday, Mickey’s are available online and can be found in the was fined $5,000 for acting without approval by mother would drive her 2 ½ hours north to local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be Chandler. Bookkeeping | Payroll Tax San Gabriel Country Club for a 30 minute contacted at [email protected]. Also In May of 1946, Bernardo Pasquel appeared in Tax Returns golf lesson. 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Off to a rocking start this We’ve actually put the skiff in the water a few bolted off. Drag peeled and I gave a hoot as week loyal readers, and I’m looking forward to times lately and gotten out over the Laguna Chuck walked over. After a few hookups I stood reading Ronnie’s article about the “Den of Sin”. to see what spring is bringing us. The fish behind Chuck as he plucked redfish one by one We survived the great “scary-thing-in-the- are hungry and if you guess the water depth like he was shooting bottles at a county fair. His sky” outbreak on the Nextdoor app (referring to correctly and get the right cadence on your lure fly rod bent strait as big redfish rebelled against the helicopter moving hay bales from south of then you can catch a bunch of fish. One of the his pull. Each red would have a few friends the Kleberg line to the barge site on San Jose. surprises along the shorelines of the Laguna has following up to our feet and I would sight cast One of the best comments that I saw was that been the amount of black drum that are mixed them from beside his fish. We stood back to they were relocating bundles of coyotes from in with all the rest of the fish. We have been back yelling and laughing as both rods went off the Island to somewhere else. It makes my hitting at least one drum per drift throwing in separate directions. I truly believe luck can articles and future letters to the editor a lot more artificial shrimp patterns. I have to imagine that be produced by positive karma, we both have entertaining when we stumble into random the schools of black drum running around in the Flour Bluff Pride! Me and Chuck and can never get rid of our salt water soul. Laguna is approaching critical mass. I guess I thoughts and comments on social media. Good stood side by side rods bent double all South Padre times. need to go ride around with Joey and take a look at his sidescan. afternoon. Spring is finally springing I took off and headed south towards Mexico this Once you get the salt in your blood, you are week to attend a DOA LURES writers event in for real, as I finally saw some hooked for life. leaf buds on some pecan trees South Padre. I got to jump on the boat with my yesterday. Those are always the In my youth, there was only one time of year friend and guide Andy Salinas to hunt big trout last to pop compared to everything that I didn’t spend my days out exploring the and reds. The bay system in South Padre is what else. The weather forecast shows outdoors in the Laguna Madre which begins the Upper Lagoon was like before the crowds a steady southeast wind in our at our house, was football season. My friend and over-harvest with live bait. Andy pulled near future, so that will encourage Chuck and I shed blood, sweat, laughter, and the boat up in the fog to a submerged sand bar the masses of birds to lift off from tears together over the old sticker patches in with jumps of grass scattered along its drop off. the Yucatan peninsula and head Flour Bluff. Thirty years later we stood side by Bait started to flicker on the surface and I saw our way en masse. You need to side staring into gin clear water watching small my first big fish roll on my bait and dart off. A get your hummingbird feeders schools of big redfish hunting crabs and shrimp. redfish stopped my heart as I probed the shallow grass, visualizing one of the famous 35-inch up and the nest boxes hung in the We burped you trout that have been caught from these waters. trees here pretty quick. 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P.I.P.O.A. Board of Directors Candidates PADRE ISLES PROPERTY Annual Membership PIN: Editor’s Note: Ballots in the race have been mailed and the results will be announced at the OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Meeting annual members meeting Saturday, March 14. INC. March 14, 2020 VOTES: ABSENTEE BALLOT Candidate Statement Marvin Jones The undersigned, being entitled to vote at the March 14, 2020 Annual Meeting of the Members of the Padre Isles Hello Island Neighbors, Property Owners Association, Inc. (the “Association”), hereby casts my vote(s) as set forth below. No vote shall be cast Why vote for Marvin Jones for any issue(s) not marked below. We finally find ourselves in the last week prior • Over the course of the last NOTICE REQUIRED BY SECTION 209.00592 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE to the election on March 14th, to be held in the By casting your vote via absentee ballot,you will forgo the opportunity to consider and vote on any action from the two years, many people have Gym of Seashore Elementary. floor on these proposals, if a meeting is held. This means that if there are amendments to these proposals, your votes approached me and expressed will not be counted on the final vote on these measures. If you desire to retain this ability, please attend any meeting This year the current Board decided to hire in person. You may submit an absentee ballot and later choose to attend any meeting in person, in which case any in- their thanks for my work on person vote will prevail. behalf of the members of the an outside election company, Election Trust to PIPOA. conduct, oversee, monitor, and announce the Paper Ballot Marking & Mailing Instructions election results. From everything I can see, Please FILL IN the Oval Next to Each of Your Ballot Choices. • A reoccurring compliment they have their system down to a T. EXAMPLE: from members is that I have been the voice of NOTE: If You Mark More Than Two (2) Candidates Your Vote will NOT Be Counted for That Contest. reason and provided calm, steady leadership. I I want to thank all of you who have voted Ballots Must be Received in Washington State by March 12, 2020 to be Counted. either electronically or by mail. For those who am humbled by these compliments. I genuinely Board of Directors appreciate the support offered by members. It are waiting to vote in person, I want to thank all Vote for Up to Two (2) is not easy being a PIPOA Board member. It of you for taking time out of your day to attend requires personal commitment, large amounts of and vote. Your vote no matter which form you Marvin Jones time, and a thick skin. chose; it is important that you vote and let your Sandy Graves wishes be known. It is also important to be Nita Smith • I believe I have demonstrated a commitment there even if you have previously voted. This and dedication to the PIPOA. I have been will be the time when our Executive Director Item 1 honest and transparent by keeping the members Vote for One (1) gives us his annual report. You know the where informed of PIPOA issues. we are, where have been, and what direction the Amendment of Section 1.01 of the Bylaws in order to require having covenants as a condition to POA is going. Also, the election results! membership in the Association. A subdivision that terminates its covenants shall not qualify for Experience membership.

• I have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, a Here is the part where I ask you for your vote, if you have not made up your mind yet. Some Master’s degree in Urban Economics, and a Law Yes, I Vote For This item degree. of you may be thinking why would anyone want to place themselves in such a dysfunctional No, I Vote Against This item • I have decades of business experience, situation, and put that “target” on their back? ITEM 2 including owning and operating a business with My answer is, I felt that it is important for me to Vote for One (1) international offices and owning and operating do so. I along with so many of you, have issues a law firm. In addition, I served this country as Amendment of Subsection A of Section 1.04 of the Bylaws would give the Board of Directors the with the current board, internal discord, and authority to set the annual meeting date. If the Board does not act, the last Saturday in March will be a Special Agent with the United States Secret lack of action to name two (2). I do not have a the annual meeting date. Service. personal agenda. What I do bring to the table is • I have three years of experience on this PIPOA the ability to hear all sides and help make those Yes, I Vote In Favor of This Item Board. For the last two years, I have been hard decisions. One of my duties as General No, I Vote Against This Item President. My fellow Board members in 2019, Manager of Northwest Airlines was to work unanimously elected me President. Experience side by side with the various Unions to ensure Precinct 10 [10] (CS ???) on the Board provides consistency for policies a continuous working relationship. To hear Padre Isles Property Special Board Of and continuity with procedures. grievances, work together and find solutions. My goal is to do the same with this POA Board. Accomplishments The ultimate decision of who to vote for is Owners Association, Directors Meeting • Billish Park- When I became President, the yours and yours alone. I will work hard for you Wednesday, March 18, 2020 construction of Billish park was a mess. The and for our Island. That is all I can promise Inc. Annual Board 5:30 PM project manager and construction company had you. If you have voted for me, I thank you. If Holiday Inn Express Conference Room forgotten to install electricity for the irrigation you are voting on March 14th, I humbly ask you Of Directors pump. The park was completely overgrown for your vote. 15209 Windward Dr. with weeds. There was a delay in getting the Oh, one more thing, when out and about, don’t Corpus Christi, TX 78418 children’s playground installed. I, with the Meeting forget to wave! support of other Board members, was able to Saturday, March 14, 2019 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA Sandy Graves work with the contractor and engineering firm Seashore Learning Center Gymnasium – 1. CALL TO ORDER to remedy these problems. It wasn’t easy, Immediately follows Annual Meeting and it required a committed effort to get these 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE corrections done and the park completed. Nita Smith 15801 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus 3. RECEIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST Christi, TX 78418 • Boat Ramp Parking has been a problem for STATEMENT many years. Members of the community asked Graduating from UT Austin with a BA, I later NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA 4. RECESS MEETING FOR THE BOARD for a method to ensure that only members use went back and got a Master’s Degree. I taught 1. CALL TO ORDER APPOINTMENT FORUM the boat ramp parking lots for their trailers and for over 25 years in public high schools. I co- trucks. I compliment the PIPOA staff. They founded an educational publishing company 2. RECEIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST The Board Appointment Forum will be for came up with the idea of patrolling the boat and wrote test prep materials for AP and state STATEMENT the property owners to meet those persons who have applied to be appointed to the ramp parking lots and giving notices to vehicles level tests. Then, I sold the company, retired, 3. NEW BUSINESS: Possible election of Board of Directors (BOD). The BOD plans that did not have a PIPOA sticker. I endorsed and moved to the Island to enjoy the beach. officers: 2019-2020 this plan, and as a result, more parking space is I have participated in Billy Sandifer Beach to appoint a person to fill the vacancy due to now available for members. cleanups, rescued cold-stunned sea turtles, and 4. ADJOURN Dan Herrington’s resignation. Immediately served on the Island United Political Action following this forum, the Special Meeting Protecting Member’s money Committee and on the POA Canals Committee. will reconvene for this appointment. The BOD will pose questions to the applicants; • Safeguarding your money and spending it I am honest and an independent thinker who Padre Isles Property judiciously has been a hallmark of my time on each applicant will have an opportunity to believes in analyzing problems, getting input make opening and closing statements. the Board. I have strongly promoted and, in from people with expertize, and then coming Owners Association, some cases, required purchases to be seriously up with practical solutions. My patience, a The BOD will consider the following 8 negotiated with the vendors. In 2019, your willingness to listen and learn from other applicants, listed in alphabetical order: PIPOA saved approximately $350,000 of the Inc. Annual Meeting people, and a sense of humor will all help me Saturday, March 14, 2019 • Robert Algeo revenue received by the PIPOA. This money in working with other board members and has been placed in the investment account. all members of our community, as would my Seashore Learning Center Gymnasium • Drew Diggins CAM Fees/dues willingness to admit when I am wrong [a rare 15801 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus • Donna Eyles occurrence}, to apologize, and to learn from my Christi, TX 78418 • David Heitzman • There is no need to raise anyone’s CAM fees/ mistakes. Dues. I pledge to fight any attempt to raise the Doors open at 9:00 AM; Meeting begins • Tommy Kurtz CAM fees/dues of members. With over 5,000 members, the POA is lucky promptly at 10:00 AM to have people with knowledge in many areas, • Kim Chul McGuire NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA Social Involvement and many of these people are willing to donate • Deborah Packer • Many people have expressed a desire to their time and knowledge to help the POA. 1. CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME I learned this while being chair of the now • Ray Singleton have the PIPOA participate in fun time social 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE activities. The PIPOA primary mission does defunct Canals Committee. When I asked for 5. RECONVENE SPECIAL MEETING volunteers, engineers, licensed boat captains, 3. INTRODUCTION OF ELECTION not make the PIPOA a social organization. 6. NEW BUSINESS: APPOINTMENT OF However, I fully endorse partnering with other and long-time residents with knowledge of our TRUST (Vote Tallying) canals… all stepped forward to help. BOARD MEMBER organizations to participate in community- 4. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS building activities. For example, the La Posada Utilizing the skills and knowledge of our 7. ADJORN Foundation (a major contributor for Toys for large membership through the establishment of 5. 10:20 AM – VOTING ENDS Tots) and the PIPOA will use Billish Park this multiple, permanent committees would be one 6. VERIFICATION OF QUORUM holiday season for fun activities including a Tree of my main goals. 7. THE POA AT WORK lighting. Members, please come out and enjoy Teaching English and Social Studies in public the holiday season with food, hot chocolate, and 8. ELECTION RESULTS high schools taught me the importance of having share the festivities with your neighbors. set rules and procedures that are clearly stated 9. SEATING OF NEW BOARD My commitment to the community has brought and enforced fairly. I would work with the other MEMBERS Light up e Sky  e 4 of July! change and steady improvement to our PIPOA. board members to go through the Board Policy 10. 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Nearly 10% of the cryptocurrency scams where the band number can be submitted if the But we know pelicans don’t fly in straight lines, reported to Scam Tracker in 2019 came from • Know what to look for. Before purchasing cryptocurrency stock, know where it trades bird is ever encountered by another person. instead they tend to stick pretty close to the coast. Texas, and while the median dollar loss is This bird likely flew around the Gulf of Mexico, $3,000, some Texas consumers reported being and look for any cautions associated with it. Also stay away from stocks with huge around Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, then along scammed out of more than $10,000 trying the western shoreline of the Caribbean Sea to buy and trade cryptocurrency. This year’s spikes in price, as this can be indicative of potential manipulation or fraud. to arrive at the dock in Tela, Honduras. This Risk Report data shows us that scammers are route is over 2000 miles long, and the pelican always on the lookout to take advantage of To learn more about cryptocurrency, visit us at completed the trip in less than a year! new technologies consumers are incorporating bbb.org/crypto. To read the Risk Report in full, into their lives. Use these tips from your Better go to bbb.org/riskreport. Without the leg band number, there is no Business Bureau to use your digital dollars possible way to know the history and travels safely: of this pelican. It shows that rehabilitated birds can survive in the wild just fine on their own. It also indicates that brown pelicans can Scam Attempts Continue Throughout AEP travel long distances. However, it raises many Brown Pelican. more questions. Why did this pelican travel so far away from Freeport? Will it come back to Texas Service Territory; Don’t Be A Victim Freeport, or will it stay in Honduras, or will it The release of the pelican was picture perfect. continue to wander? Why do some pelicans fly AEP Texas has learned that scam attempts More Red flags for scam activity are continuing to occur throughout its service It was transported to the beach near Freeport, so far afield, while others apparently do not? • The thief instructs the customer to TX in a kennel. When the kennel door was territory. Unfortunately, some of these attempts In any case, it is gratifying to know that this purchase a pre-paid debit or credit card – opened, the pelican hopped out and then took have been successful. The latest attempts have pelican survived for nearly a year after it was widely available at retail stores – then call a couple steps. It gave a couple mighty flaps of occurred in the Alice, Falfurrias and parts of the released. It has had quite a journey. Rio Grande Valley. him or her back to make a payment. Persons claiming to be AEP Texas employees • The scammer asks the customer for the are contacting businesses and residents prepaid card’s receipt number and PIN Foreign Student Exchange Available threatening to disconnect their electric service number, which grants instant access to the unless an immediate payment is made. AEP card’s funds. to Islanders Texas is not making these calls. Don’t be a • The scammers are calling from numbers By John Lembo family’s daily lives for the 10 month victim. that names either AEP or AEP Texas With all that Padre Island has to offer its school year In some cases, individuals are either calling on the Caller ID. Moreover, they have residents, their families and visitors, we can • Able to provide 3 meals a day or going door-to-door telling residents or a telephone recording that sounds like now extend our parks, canals, beaches and • Able to transport to and from school businesses that their electric meter needs to an AEP Texas phone system message. genuine hospitality to Foreign Students ages and events (foreign students can ride the be changed out and asking for either a deposit Calling the number left on the recording 15 - 18 from all over the world. Working with school bus) or payment to complete the process and avoid connects the customer with the person or the non-profit Greenheart Exchange who each disconnection of service. persons attempting the scam—not AEP year provides over 800 exchange students • Able to provide a bed in a room with a Texas. sibling of the same gender within 5 years AEP Texas employees do not proactively from over 60 coun-tries the opportunity to of their age or provide them their own contact customers demanding payment How to protect yourself study in the Untied States, one of our Island residents, John Lembo, is available to work bedroom to replace an electric meter. AEP Texas • Call your Retail Electric Provider to periodically replaces meters; however, AEP with our community to answer all questions • Able to provide a place to study verify your account balance and date your on becoming a Host Home Family for the Texas employees do not seek payment in order payment is due. The correct phone number Foreign Students come with their own medical to remove and replace the meter. upcoming 2020 - 2021 high school year. Once is shown on your monthly electricity bill. becoming an approved Host, letters and bios of insurance, all spending money, an excitement to Thieves are calling consumers within the AEP Calling a number left on phone message Foreign Students become available to choose share their culture, language and life experiences Texas service territory and: may connect you with the scammer—not from. Who can host? with their Host Home Family, volunteer in the your Retail Electric Provider. community and soak up all that Padre Island, Threatening to shut off power unless an • Homes with a head of household 26 years the school system and the great state of Texas immediate payment is made; (Note: As an • The Retail Electric Provider--not AEP of age or older willing to supervise and have to offer. Please contact John Lembo, Lo- energy delivery company, AEP Texas does Texas--will notify customers that their include the Foreign Student into their cal Coordinator at padreisland.greenheart@ not bill the end-use customer. The end-use account is past due and their electric outlook.com customer is billed by the Retailer Electric service will be disconnected – never Provider. AEP Texas disconnects customers for a single notification one hour before non-payment as instructed by the Retail Electric disconnection. Provider.) • If you suspect someone is trying to scam Telling customers they need a new electric you, hang up and call the local police and meter, but must make a payment before the new then AEP Texas. Never dial the phone meter is installed; number the scammers provide. Demanding a deposit is paid immediately; Customers, who suspect or experience fraud, or feel threatened during contact with one of Offering a discount on their utility bill if these thieves, should contact local authorities, they sign up for auto-pay (Note: Again, as and then AEP Texas at 1- 877-373-4858. a distribution and transmission, or “Wires” company, AEP Texas does not bill the end-use customer.) Padre Island BIRDING TOURS • 25 Years Experience • Custom Shallow-Water Bird Boat • $200 for up to 3 people Book Your Trip Today! Call Captain Joey Farah To the far right of the picture is Moritz from Germany who is currently being 361-442-8145 hosted by a family in Flour Bluff. LIVE MUSIC IS BACK Padre Island AT MARKER 37 MARINA THIS WEEKEND! March 26th, 2020 Friday March 13, 2020 Poker Run RED TIDE BAND 6 pm to 10 pm 6 P.M.

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Spring Break in the Coastal Bend Full Transparency and Disclosure PIPOA News by Marvin Jones, President As always, let me have By Todd Hunter, District 32 Board of Directors the flexibility to set the your thoughts. You can date of the Annual Meeting. The purpose reach me at marvin@ of this amendment is to allow the Board to As Spring Break begins, I would like to show The South Texas Food Truck Festival is an pipoa.net hold the annual meeting on a Saturday that the importance of the Texas Coast. Texas has annual event. This year, it will take place does not conflict with Spring Break. This over 360 miles of coastline that line the Gulf on March 21st from noon to 10pm. Over 45 Vote- Members, please change should allow more members to attend of Mexico, also known as the Gulf Coast. The different food trucks will gather together at vote for 2 open Board the annual meeting. The second one amends coastline and beaches of Texas are important Whataburger Field to serve different delicious seats and for the 2 the qualification for membership within the for our ecosystem, communities, and economy. meals. A variety of restaurants from all amendments. Your vote is important! PIPOA. In the event that a subdivision has These areas are home to marine life, wildlife over South Texas will be sending trucks to Annual Meeting- The annual PIPOA no covenants or terminates their covenants, and their natural habitats. Texas beaches are participate. Many of the food companies will meeting will be held on Saturday, March 14, then the subdivision will no longer qualify for also popular tourist destinations. During the be local, giving guests an opportunity to try 2020, at the Sea Shore School Gymnasium. If membership within the PIPOA. break, it is essential to care for the coastline by some of the best food truck meals in our region. you have any questions about the ballot or if not leaving trash, and to recycle properly. Aside from food, there will be fun kids’ games, you do not receive a ballot, please contact the The Board of Directors asks the members to arts and crafts, and live music to make it an all- vote YES to these amendments. On the southern coast, Corpus Christi and election administrator, Election Trust, at 425- around great family event. Port Aransas have several beach locations to 956-3312, ext. 2. You may also email them at Special Board Meeting- Candidate Forum- visit. These include the Padre Island National To find more events around the Coastal [email protected]. Please vote!! The There will be a Special Board meeting on Seashore, Mustang Island State Park, J.P. Luby Bend I encourage you to visit: https://www. doors for the Annual Meeting will open at Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at 5:30 PM at Surf Park/North Packery Beach, Whitecap visitcorpuschristitx.org/index.aspx and 9:00 AM. This provides an hour to finish up the Holiday Inn Express on the Island. A Beach, Padre Balli Park/Bob Hall Pier, I.B. https://portaransas.org/. There are excellent voting before the start of the meeting at 10:00 meet the candidate forum will be conducted McGee Beach Park/Horace Caldwell Pier, North opportunities to participate in the great South AM. Please come early and avoid a line to with the Special meeting. The purpose of this Beach, South Packery Channel Beach, and Texas culture. vote. meeting is for the Board to select someone to fill the vacant Board seat created by Dan San Jose Island. Each of these locations offers If you would like to review more about the Bylaws- The Board of Directors has placed Herrington’s resignation. outstanding views and recreational activities. legislature, please visit the Texas Legislature on the ballot 2 Bylaw amendments for the Some of these include fishing, hiking trails, online at www.capitol.state.tx.us/. If you have members to vote on. The first one gives the RV access/camping, swimming, windsurfing/ questions regarding any of the information kiteboarding, kayaking/canoeing, and birding/ mentioned in this week’s article, please do not wildlife viewing sights. For more information hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. visit: https://www.visitcorpuschristitx.org/see- As always, my offices are available at any time and-do/beaches/, http://onpadreisland.com/ to assist with questions, concerns or comments beaches.aspx, and https://portaransas.org/play/ (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, Spring Break 2020 beaches/. 361-949-4603). I also want to recognize a very spirited event - State Representative Todd Hunter, District Who will be here this weekend? – The South Texas Food Truck Festival. This 32 event do a great job bringing our communities Editor’s note: This weekend – March 14-15 Eastern Oklahoma State College together, and the food is delicious. Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). is the week that the Spring Break schedules Harvard University He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. of the various schools overlap, meaning it Corpus Christi texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. will be the biggest weekend for visitors. Here Hastings College (Nebraska) is a schedule of the schools who are out this Indiana University Bloomington weekend. Nueces County Iowa State University PIE and Bingo! Schools with Spring Break beginning Lamar University March 7 Public Health Friday, March 13 at Missouri Southern State University Angelo State University North Dakota State District Creates Waves Baylor University Northeastern State University of Oklahoma The PIE Ladies and their guests will have a Central Michigan State University Local Coronavirus Bingo Luncheon, Friday, March 13th, at 11:30 Northern Illinois University a.m. on fourth floor, at Waves Resort. The cost is Missouri Western State Northwestern Oklahoma State University only $20.00, and includes King Ranch Chicken, Sam Houston State Information Hub rice, a vegetable, and a dessert. Afterwards, Oklahoma State University The Corpus Christi Nueces County Health Southern Illinois University they will have an opportunity to play Bingo-- Princeton University District launched a comprehensive information with prizes! Southwestern Oklahoma State University website today on the coronavirus also known as Rice University COVID-19. The link to website information can If you still want to sign up for the Luncheon, Stephen F. Austin University please contact our luncheon reservations chair, SMU Southern Methodist University be viewed from the front page of both Nueces Sul Ross State University County www.nuecesco.com or the City of Linda Schaeffer at: 720-530-3949, or e-mail Southeastern Oklahoma State University Christi at www.cctexas.com by clicking on the her, at: [email protected]. Tarleton State University St. Edwards (Austin) Coronavirus button. Anyone desiring to become a PIE member, TCU (Texas Christian University) Missouri State University – Springfield The site will be updated daily with the latest can still join for the yearly dues of $25.00, by Texas A&M University national, state and local virus statistics. There contacting Membership Chairman, Jaki Boyd, Texas Southern University at:361-533-0854. Texas Christian University TCU is also information on how to contact the health Texas State @ San Marcos district. The website features information about PIE has a number of Interest Groups, which Texas Woman’s University symptoms, prevention and frequently asked Texas Tech University you can join for free, including Bunco, Book United States Naval Academy questions in both English and Spanish. Beyond Clubs, Crafts, Lunch Bunch, Happy Hours, Tulsa Community College education information, it also consolidates links and monthly Luncheons. Any resident of Padre University of Houston University of Central Missouri from other resources such as the Centers for Island is welcome to join by contacting Jaki University of Incarnate Ward – San Antonio Disease Control and Prevention, Texas Health Boyd. University of Central Oklahoma and Human Services, and the Corpus Christi University of Kansas University of Iowa Nueces County Public Health District. University of Minnesota University of North Dakota New Signs and Ferry University of North Texas University of Oklahoma Padre/Mustang University of Texas – Pan American University of Texas – Austin Traffic Lanes University of Texas- Arlington Two new traffic signals are now operational in University of Texas – El Paso UTEP Island Area University of Texas at San Antonio Port Aransas as part of the Texas Department University of Tulsa of Transportation’s ongoing $9 million ferry University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley Development Plan stacking lane project. University of Wisconsin Madison Schools with Spring Break beginning West Texas A&M Community Meeting One signal is located near Port Aransas City March 14 Hall at the intersection of SH 361 (Cut-Off Western Oklahoma State College Road) and Avenue A/Port Street. Once the Austin Community College and Open House stacking lane project is completed, this signal Thursday, March 26, 2020 will control traffic flow into the new stacking area that is adjacent to the ferry operations 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM building. Presentation at 6:00 PM Sea Bean Day! The other traffic signal is located on Harbor Lt. Gov. Patrick On Saturday March 7th, Padre Island National SEASHORE LEARNING CENTER GYM Island at the intersection of SH 361 and the Seashore had its first “Sea Bean Day”. Sea 15801 South Padre Island Drive 78418 entrance to the Gulf Copper facility. Appointments: Beans are simply any kind of seed or pod Ferry traffic that float onto beaches, but what makes them Help Shape Your Community! Windstorm Insurance interesting is the journey they take to get there. The City of Corpus Christi is currently Motorists leaving the ferry landing should be Some sea beans travel thousands of miles, and working with the Freese and Nichols planning aware that traffic may be stopped at the new spend unknown years at sea, to travel from team to create a new Padre/Mustang Island signal locations. Legislative Funding places like South America and Mexico. They Area Development Plan. The plan will give Construction on the stacking lane project, illustrate how connected the world’s waterways guidance for future development on the Island which began last October, is expected to take and Funding and oceans are, but equally as interesting are the and identify opportunities for the improvement about 18 months to complete. The project is people who collect them. of existing facilities. designed to better handle vehicles waiting to Structure Oversight You are invited to participate in the upcoming board TxDOT ferries in Port Aransas and on community meeting and open house to help Harbor Island. create a vision for the future of the Island and Stacking lanes are dedicated areas for vehicles Board to identify the area’s strengths and challenges. waiting to board the ferries. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the Pop in briefly or stay the entire time – you appointments of these senators to the Windstorm can give your thoughts and ideas at any point Insurance Legislative Funding and Funding during the event. Freese and Nichols will Structure Oversight Board today: introduce the project and explain the process Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland during a short presentation at 6:00 PM and staff Hills - Co-Chairman will be available from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM to listen to your ideas and answer any of your Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen questions. Your feedback will guide the plan’s Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood recommendations, including policies, future Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown development, and infrastructure investments Most people who come to Padre Island are for the Island. For more information about this “I am proud to appoint these senators to the eager to look for seashells. Uncommon is the project, please visit www.cctexas.com/island. Windstorm Insurance Legislative Funding visitor who knows what a sea bean is or what and Funding Structure Oversight Board. kinds can be found here. If you look closely, Responsible stewardship of Texas Windstorm however, there is a quiet but large community of Send Letters and Photos to Insurance Association (TWIA) is vital to our people who collect them. Not only do these sea [email protected] vibrant coastal communities, and I am confident bean hunters look for rare and desirable seeds, and follow us on Facebook: The these senators will focus their serious attention but many then turn their finds into pieces of Island Moon Newspaper on this oversight task.” jewelry and art. The Windstorm Insurance Legislative Funding and Funding Structure Oversight Board will gather information regarding the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA) FREE YOGA EVERY current funding and funding structure. They FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH will also review how the catastrophic risk pools of other states operate as well as other IDEAL FOR BEGINNERS information the board considers necessary to prepare a report to the legislature. They are OPEN EVERY DAY •Free weights directed to review proposals for establishing 4 am - 11 pm •Yoga •Cardio Room and implementing a sustainable funding (to members) •Pilates •Personal Training structure for TWIA and hold public meetings Sea Bean Day at Padre Island set out to teach • with experts, stakeholders, and other interested people about resource phenomenon and to $30 Week Pass Strength •Cybex Strength parties to gather recommendations. celebrate the unique community that surrounds Short Term Cardio Classes Equipment them. Extremely rare sea beans and fine art The Windstorm Insurance Legislative Funding pieces were on display. Over 200 people partook Memberships Available and Funding Structure Oversight Board was NO ENROLLMENT OR ANNUAL FEES in the event, some won prizes, and everyone got created in the 2019 Legislative Session. 14330 S. Padre Island Drive Ste. 108 | 361.949.3298 to take home a sea bean. FULL CLASS SCHEDULE ON OUR WEBSITE AT ISLANDFITNESSCC.COM March 12, 2020 Island Moon A 16 Seashore Happenings Flour Bluff Students Place First in Anatomy and Physiology In Statewide Completion By Diana Ventry-Casey Gina Ventry a junior at FBHS and Emerson Moorman, a senior at FBHS placed first in the Hundreds of junior high and high school event, receiving gold medals. Other students students traveled from West Houston, El Paso, from Flour Bluff High School placed receiving San Antonio and all over the state this week to silver medals as well. I believe King and compete in the local Science Olympiad held at Veterans High school may have won events too Texas A&M Corpus Christi. but they may not have been first place. Many of the students traveled several hours to Ginaa Ventry from Flour Bluff (who placed compete in the science competition and....we first) has been a straight A student since had some local winners who beat out regional elementary school and has never received any students hailing from Science and Technology formal recognition. There was a beauty to the Schools. diversity and a sweetness that would make any Our local Flour Bluff High School team had a resident of Corpus Christi proud. first place finish with Anatomy and Physiology!

On March 5th, 2020 the Seashore 1st and 2nd grade students hosted their annual Bazaar. They experienced being entrepreneurs by selling handmade items such as jewelry, slime, bookmarks, keychains, and creative crafts. They had great practice for coin identification and making change! Afterwards, they got to “shop local” and spend their earnings on each other’s businesses.

Science Olympiad Pic 2020 1st Place Anatomy and Physiology.

Drew and Taylor Creel were drinking and shopping local at Saturday’s Loca for Local pop-up market at BUS downtown. The quarterly market organized by Elena Flores of Sew Taco features over 20 unique local vendors, DJ music, food trucks, and the popular BUS bar. Top Producers for 2019

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Spring Break Music onWinter TBD Drinkues Specials Ty Dietz 6 pm - 9pm Wenes$2.00 Wells Karaoke 6 pm - hurs$3.00 All Jerry Bacardi Ward Flavors 5 pm - 9 pm 10 pm $4.00 House Margaritas tur$4.50 All Sierra Crown Dawn Flavors ri$4.00 Karaoke House 7pm Bloody - 11pm Mays 11am$3.00 - 3Fireballs pm un$4.00 TBA House Pina Colada Weegie$3.50 Cuervo& the Wonder Twins $3.50 Jager 5pm$4.00 - 9pm Tito’s $3.50 Rumple $4.00 Jameson $4.50 JackH Daniels Hour on$7.50 Patron thru ri Silver $4.00 Espolon rinWinter Kitchen Hours M-Th: 11a.m - 910 p.m. p.m. Friday: 11 a.m. - 1011 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. - 1011 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. to 910 p.m p.m Open For BRUNCH: Sat & Sun 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 949-7437 On top of Bob Hall Pier March 12, 2020 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour There were a lot of familiar faces on our [email protected] ramblings around the island this weekend. I Just to state the obvious… started out at the Back Just to state the obvious, Spring Break broke Porch on Friday with on us last week. The beast has arrived. You may Davin James hosting have noticed the barrage of young student types their first show of the now occupying our little island where until season, as is the norm. recently were old people from up north. Yeppers, I’ve always said, Davin the Winter People have been replaced by young is real deal bluesman in a cowboy hat. He played and wild Spring Breakers. As is usual, me and Davin James Landon Bullard will play the Back Porch my mermaid gal have begun our daily trek solo for this show, his on Friday. from the jetty to pole 34 to document the event. opened the Back constant companion, Red Giant will play Treasure Island on Porch season last Friday. As of this writing on Tuesday, the onslaught Cletus on Bass, was the Chanklas will have some righteous reggae Friday. hasn’t been exactly dominating, yet… but if painfully absent. I’m at Giggity’s, Selfie will rock it at Shorty’s, And finally on Sunday, the Pelican Lounge on history serves, they’re on the way. We noticed a told Cletus has been Landon Bullard will play the Back Porch Padre will host a very cool festival of sorts with presence on Butt Cheek Beach and noticed that sidelined with a serious and Red Giant will play Treasure Island. On Spoonfed Tribe, AHHFUGYEAHS, Joseph swim suit style appears to be dominant again medical issue and could Saturday the definitive bar band, the Toman King, Ty Dietz. Justin Estes & Nikki Gar and this year. This week the smaller Texas schools use some positive vibes, Brothers will play Giggity’s. I love these guys. Jerry Ward. That’s a great local line-up right (UTSA, UT Arlington, UT Rio Grande Valley, right about now. Davin They hung the moon. Also on Friday, my island there. I might have to make that show. That th U of Houston) got out between March 7 and was spot on. I sat with son Johnny Boy Amundsen will rip up Shorty’s ought to hold you for a while. Be safe out there. the 14th. We get the big boys this weekend: UT my pal Clay Williams and Garrett Smith will play the Back Porch. Austin, SMU, Texas Tech and TCU and many who named his daughter ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truthy ♫♪♫ of the major schools elsewhere. It may be even Magnolia after a Davin bigger this year since SXSW was cancelled. I James song. Also on hope you know the drill by now: stock up on Friday Mike O’Neill groceries and don’t leave the island for anything played the blues at that isn’t completely necessary for at least a Rudolf Llanes and Giggity’s. When I Rudolf Llanes was leaving, organist Live Music week. The word of the day boys and girls is “hunker down”… OK two words. Last year me with Starlite and Charlie Rouzer was and my mermaid gal and Rockin’ Dale Rankin the Moonbeams jamming hard on jumped right into the big seething middle of the played Giggity’s on Green Onions. That’s Festering Den of Sin on the biggest day with Saturday. a real good band Tonight right there. I still have Dale’s Channel 3 news camera and were nearly Thursday, March 12 that song rolling around in my brain hole. On Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutts swallowed up. We are considering this tactic Free Beer Band @ Flatbroke @ Brewster again this year, but with the coronavirus scare Saturday, it was the Rudolf Llanes boys (senior Giggity’s Street may have to suit-up accordingly. I’m thinking on drums and junior on guitar) at Giggity’s with Gabe Fidel @ Scuttlebutts Ratchet Dolls, Hard Knocks bubble wrap. We’ve been monitoring the Starlite and the Moonbeams, Scarecrow ZombieKing, Shugga @ House of Rock progression of the festering den down at pole Shugga @ House of Rock LANDON BULLARD MARCH 13 Mike Mata @ Harrison’s 32 since last week and there’s no doubt that it’s Jody Booth, John Eric @ GARRETT SMITH MARCH 14 Landing on the way. We’ve already seen them circling Brewster Street RICH LOCKHART MARCH 20 the wagons and waving their flags. And their Sierra Howe @ Harrison’s Friday, March 20 Landing MATT HOLE MARCH 21 The Groove @ Giggity’s political statements are painfully obvious on RIP TIDE MARCH 27 Back Pew Revival @ both sides of the aisle. This should add another Friday, March 13 CRUISE CONTROL MARCH 28 Treasure Island element of unrest that our boys in blue will Melissa Brooke (7-9) @ Rich Lockhart @ Back certainly have to deal with (as if the ongoing Sunset Sounds 132 W. Cotter St. Port A Porch theme of “drunken stupidity” isn’t enough.) In Red Giant @ Treasure On the Waterfront DaBaby, Mo3 @ Concrete past years, I have ridden with Chief Burroughs Island Street on the big Spring Break Saturday, and truly Landon Bullard @ Back Darren McGill @ respect what our law enforcement officers Porch Scuttlebutts have to deal with. Believe me, their increased Chanklas @ Giggity’s RDGLDGRN, Stoop Kids Selfie @ Shorty’s @ House of Rock presence and aggressive behavior is absolutely The Mike O’Neill Blues Band with Expendables, Bumpin Viral @ Rockit’s mandatory. If you think our little town is full Uglies @ House of Rock Wade Bowen, Robt cops now, you’ll be wishing the National Guard Charlie Rouzer, Antone Perez and Art Treasure Island Galvan played Giggity’s on Friday. Diamond’s Edge @ Ray, Slade Coulter @ was here by the time it’s all over. The cops have Rockits Brewster Street enough on their plates right now… don’t add to Darren McGill @ RED GIANT MARCH 13 Cedric Childress @ the chaos. Their patience tends to run short right Scuttlebutts Harrison’s Landing about now so play nice. It’s Spring Break for us The Dope Show @ SCARECROW PEOPLE MARCH 14 all year long. Rant over… now get out there and Brewster Street BACK PEW REVIVAL MARCH 20 Saturday, March 21 stop having fun. Samantha Jewitt @ Todd Dorn & the Sea Harrison’s Landing RED TIDE MARCH 21 Drifters @ Giggity’s Chanklas @ Shorty’s Saturday, March 14 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Red Tide @ Treasure BELT SANDER RACES treasureislandporta Island @ Gaff Matt Hole @ Back Porch Garrett Smith, AJ Guel @ Splendiferous @ Rockit’s Back Porch Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutts Toman Bros @ Giggity’s Tropicoso Spring Break @ Scarecrow People played the Back Porch 3/14 House of Rock on Saturday and will play Treasure Island Scarecrow People @ Another Level @ Brewster this Saturday. Treasure Island Street Johnny Boy @ Shorty’s Sierra Howe @ Harrison’s The Festering Den of Sin is growing. Cody Johnson, Parker Landing People at the Porch and the dunebilly maniacs, McCollum @ Concrete Selfie, at Shorty’s. That was a fun line-up and I Street Sunday, March 22 kept thinking when Treasure Island jumps back Testify, Seattle Rising @ Antone & All Stars @ Scattered shots… into the mix very soon, we’ll be hitting on all Brewster Street Giggity’s cylinders. I did some island trolling and all the Adrenaline @ Rockit’s Selfie Mar. 13 John Eric @ Scuttlebutts bars looked good. It was a dress rehearsal for Beards on the Bay @ Johnny Boy Mar. 14 Fundaze @ House of Rock this weekend coming. House of Rock Buckshot Green @ Mike Guerra @ Chanklas Mar. 21 Harrison’s Landing DO NOT MISS LIST Scuttlebutts Mike O’Neill Mar. 28 Michael Burtts @ Monday, March 23 Coming this weekend… Harrison’s Landing Selfie Apr. 04 Open Jam w/ Ray Summy @ Giggity’s On Friday the Parks and Rec Department in Sunday, March 15 OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Captain Al @ Scuttlebutts Port A will kick-start their summer concert Antone & All Stars @ series, Sunset Sounds, at Roberts Point Park (7- Giggity’s Tuesday, March 24 9) with Melissa Brooks. It’s a beautiful setting John Eric @ Scuttlebutts Paul & Victoria @ at the park over-looking the ferry landing and Fundaze @ House of Giggity’s the sunset. Bring your kids, your dog, your golf Rock Aaron Jacob @ Scuttlebutts cart, a blanket and your ice chest and get hip to La Maquinaria Nortena @ Selfie played Shorty’s on Saturday and a very cool scene…Port A style. Also on Friday, Brewster Street Wednesday, March 25 Sierra Dawn @ Harrison’s Hank Reeves @ Giggity’s will play there again this Friday. Landing Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutts Spoonfed Tribe, Damon Scott @ House of AHHFUGYEAHS, Joseph Rock GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR King, Ty Dietz, Justin Rich Lockhart @ Harrison’s & Nikki, Jerry Ward @ Landing LIVE MUSIC Pelican Lounge LIVE MUSIC Free Beer Band every Thurs (7-10) Buckshot Green, Sierra Thursday, March 26 Chanklas on Friday (9-1) Howe @ Harrison’s Free Beer Band @ EVERY Landing Giggity’s Toman Bros. on Sat. (9-1) Gabe Fidel @ Scuttlebutts NIGHT Mike Williams Sunday Brunch (11-3) Monday, March 16 Charley Crockett @ Antone & All Stars Every Sunday(8-12) Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Brewster Street Open Jam Every Monday (8 -12) @ Giggity’s The Heroine, Reely Rotnz, Kitchen Open Billy Snipes @ Expert Computer Repairs Save the Dolphins @ House Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10) Scuttlebutts of Rock Until 1 a.m.! Jered Clark Wednesday (8-12) Jeff Wood @ Harrison’s 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX St. Patty’s, March 17 Landing Pub Crawl @ Gaff Paul & Victoria @ Friday, March 27 Giggity’s Back Pew Revival @ Aaron Jacob @ Giggity’s Scuttlebutts Rip Tide @ Back Porch Darren McGill @ Wednesday, March 18 Scuttlebutts Magnus @ Giggity’s Part One Tribe, Saltwater Billy Snipes @ Slide, Soulfiya @ House Scuttlebutts of Rock Damon Scott @ House JR Castillo @ Brewster of Rock Street Rich Lockhart @ AudioBox @ Rockit’s Harrison’s Landing Michael Burtts @ Harrison’s Landing Thursday, March 19 Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s

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