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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 September 27, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around Final Hurdle for The Island Billish Park to Open Island Grocery By Dale Rankin Store is Cleared The rain event scheduled for last weekend was sunned out but the in October Construction long-awaited arrival of the Litter Critter was already canceled before continues the sun showed up. When we went The final piece of permitting for the to press Wednesday night The Critter IGA grocery store on Padre Island was on, but not long after we hit the was passed by the Corpus Christi street on Thursday it was cancelled City Council on Tuesday clearing the meaning the only way to get the way for construction to continue. word out was on our Facebook page, which we did. But not everyone got the word and as a result there is a surplus of Litter Critter material piled up at Briscoe King Pavilion. So here’s hoping the third time is the charm for the Return of the Critter!

Platting at the site of the new Balli Center originally called for a street, called Las Tunas, to run across the Waiting for the Critter. Grocery cont. on A4 Burning down the house! For the second time in two years the Islanders Make port-o-can at Billish Park has burned The supervisor of the Billish Park improvements told the board of the Padre Island Property Owners Endorsements to the ground. Association Tuesday the park will be open to the public “in three weeks.” Turf still has to be placed on the southernmost portion of the park and some elevation work is still in Mayoral underway on the baseball field but the word to the board is that the park will be “completely open” in three weeks. The City of Corpus Christi must still issue a permit for the new playground. and District 4 The project began with $500,000 in bonds in 2012 and $200,000 was added by the POA. Council Races POA News Two Endorsement Fines, Audit of Accounts, Nights Set for September 27 and We’re not sure if it is a vendetta against outhouses or spontaneous Channel Markers October 6 combustion but it is the second time By Dale Rankin When asked if the new rules would “What we have found so far just Islanders chose youth over include higher fines for infractions look like errors,” Jeff Smith with the it’s happened in the recent past so Fines for violating rules of the experience in the race for Corpus Rickertson said, “A h--- of a lot CPA firm of Jennings, Hawley, and there is some kind of a pattern here. Padre Isles Property Owners Christi Mayor when they endorsed higher.” Company. “I believe they are truly Association would get stiffer if a challenger Michael Hall over just errors.” La Posada plan currently under development “We need to wipe the slate clean,” Incumbent Joe McComb at the first The La Posada Lighted Boat Parade by the organization’s Compliance Rickertson said. “To make sure He said the organization currently Endorsement Night of the Island will be televised live this year on Committee is approved by the Board members follow the rules we need to has $8,882,582 in the bank but said United Political Action Committee KIII television as the result of an of Directors. have small fines for small infractions that through June 2018 spending Thursday night. agreement between the station and and big fines for big infractions.” was at $1,259,079 while income Committee Chairman Alan Voters went the other way in the event organizers. The Island Moon was $1,224,183. Smith said that Rickertson gave a broad outline of Rickertson said based on the race for District 4 City Councilman is a sponsor of the event and we will while he believes the cash balance the new rules under consideration feedback from members his by overwhelmingly endorsing have more information as the date numbers in the account are accurate by the committee to the POA Board committee has found that that incumbent Greg Smith. approaches. there are problems with the “Builders of Directors at its regular monthly homeowners want well defined rules Account.” IUPAC cont. on A4 Water Exchange Bridge meeting Tuesday night at Island that are fair and applied equally Presbyterian Church. Rickerson told across the board. “At this time I don’t believe you La Posada During a candidate forum last week the board his committee, which held could generate an accurate balance Mayor Joe McComb told the crowd a public forum earlier this month to Audit sheet,” Smith said. “Due to the that bids on the Park Road 22 Water Parade to be get input from members, believes The auditor conducting a board- problems with the Builders Account Exchange Bridge are expected to go to avoid confusion the current rules ordered review of the organization’s and Accounts Receivable.” out in October. He said the city and regarding violations such as boat financial accounts said they have Broadcast Live private owners of the land west of the He said part of the problem is that trailers parked in yards, untrimmed uncovered several issues with policies road are working on a Memorandum deposits by builders are rolled over palm trees, and other infractions and procedures for internal control on KIII of Understanding and once it is done from one project to the next making enforced by the POA should be taken of funds but with “about 10%-15%” The La Posada Foundation the project will go to bids. It was them “impossible to trace,” but “that off the books and new rules put in of the audit done found nothing that announced this week they have bid in 2017 at $11.5 million but the process has been stopped.” He said place to encourage compliance. “looks malicious.” reached a partnership with KIII contract was never let due to a lack POA cont. on A4 (Channel 3) to broadcast the Saturday, of commitment by the previous December 8 lighted boat parade live. landowners to fund construction of the canal and bulkheads on the A little Island history The La Posada lighted boat parade west side of the bridge site. Expect will be the first planned event ever to an update on the project at the next be televised live from Padre Island. meeting of the Island Strategic Action Island United Political Action Committee La Posada cont. on A4 Committee on Tuesday, October 2, By Dale Rankin done, the same was true for bonds to could swing elections across the city 5:30 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express. and Islanders, then four-percent of The public is invited. As the election season hits its full build the Aquarius Extension project The Litter stride this fall the Island United but there was no follow through to get the population and 14 percent of Zahn Road Political Action Committee is in the project done. the property tax base, began to pay Critter Has the news and we have had several attention. Zahn Road on the north side of Apathy and cynicism ruled the day questions about how it came into Packery Channel remains closed due as Islanders constantly heard their Voting Rights Three Lives! being. to destruction from the recent rains. city leaders say, “The Island takes To understand local city politics you Access to the beach there is through It all started in 2008 when there care of itself.” What that meant in have to go back to the Voting Rights Reschedule for Newport Pass Road until further were 6823 registered voters in the practical terms was that because Act of 1965, which was signed into notice but the detour hasn’t stopped two voting precincts on North Padre Islanders split their votes between law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Saturday, September surfers who have been out in numbers Island. That number was slightly various city candidates, once elected aimed at protecting voting rights 29, 9 a.m. - 1 to take advantage of the good surf down from 6846 Island voters in officeholders at city hall could ignore guaranteed in the 15th Amendment when it arrives. 2006 out of 197,596 registered in The Island without political peril. We to the U.S. Constitution. One of the Nueces County. simply didn’t count. p.m. Briscoe King Beach driving is good, the weather main tenets of the reforms was to has let up a bit as we head into fall, the While Islanders still voted in City elections then were held in the do away with At-Large city council Pavilion seats which required office seekers standing water is starting to evaporate higher percentages than any other spring and were separate from county, For the third Saturday in a row the to raise the money necessary to run if not the mosquito population, and precincts around the county that had state, and federal elections, meaning Litter Critter is scheduled for arrival a citywide campaign. The effect was the Holiday Season is just around not led to any help with projects on low turnout, and it began to dawn on at Briscoe King Pavilion. the corner. It won’t be long until the The Island from the City of Corpus Islanders, and often pointed out in the to keep the power in the hands of Winter Texans start appearing on the Christi. Bonds for the Park Road Island Moon, that with only about the moneyed interests who could, The long awaited appearance of The JFK…where has 2018 gone… Water Exchange Bridge had been 25,000 votes typically cast in city through their contributions, control Critter has been postponed each of approved by voters in 2004 but elections, if Islanders voted together Say hello if you see us Around The there was no move to get the project their relatively small numbers, 6823, History cont. on A4 Litter Critter cont. on A4 Island. September 27, 2018 Island Moon A 2 Red Fish and Water Spouts -- Just Another Day at the Port A. Jetty

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Moon Monkeys Tarek Tico Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the We used to live in the same Cayo Cantiles house. Hear? By Mary "Scoop" Craft Editor Alicia Ardoin I lived in that house after the fact. Scott Callender Business Briefs We were good friends ... made the best Italian sausage ever. Work has begun on the Holiday Inn and there is currently scaffolding Joseph Farah on the entire west wall. They are also I remember MAD MEATS and the other repairing the overhead cover at the Distribution retail shops that relentlessly struggled. How entrance. Pete Alsop every retail shop struggled with parking, clean sidewalks, hygienic trash area. Most of all the Island Delivery extra fees. Coldwell Banker Ann Elliott Haynes Advertising Jan Park Rankin Raise the Causeway Was under witness protection and registered his home under his real name not his new name. The real hero in raising the Causeway was Classifieds Easily found by mob on east coast thru public State Representative Gene Seaman. He had the Arlene Ritley record search. He and son “whacked”. Btw all guts to badger state leadership so much that tax dollar money for meat market costs. Part of Production Manager they finally gave him the money to go home the deal to testify. Abigail Bair and Chill - lol. This was a time when all the Contributing Writers major cities in the State were using TXDOT John Olvey Joey Farah like a piggy bank and cities like ours got zip. Of Leave the gun, take the cannolis Andy Purvis course there was a lot of support from County th Judge Richard Borchard, Lloyd Neal, Mark Bill Blake The 30 Annual Taste of the Mary Craft Scott and others great leaders. The elevation Island will be held at Schlitterbahn Kelly Trevino A wise guy on the island. That makes at least on Wednesday, October 17th 6:30 – money was a miracle. two Jay Gardner 9:30 pm. John Trice Joe Martinez Todd Hunter The Yacht Club Garage Sale will Dotson Lewis He had the best silver steak!! be held on Saturday, October 6th. Dr. Tom Dorrell Can't Answer the Phone Roman Arellano Ronnie Narmour There was a time when you received a call with Larry Joe Taylor will be at the Brent Rourk a 361-949-xxxx number you knew somebody I remember him but I think it was in 1999 ? I Back Porch in Port A on Saturday, called you who lived on The Island. loved their meat and sausages. October 6th. Photographers Anastasia Restifo Friday Miles Merwin (Emeritus) Now you pick up the phone and the background The Golf Cart & Jeep Poker Run noises of a call center in what do I know where "Not dressed as fisherman" haha...good story this month will be held Thursday, Debbie Noble they are located are so loud that you do not even th Emma Wilson September 27 starting at the Barrel Jan Rankin understand what that caller wants to sell you. at 6:30 pm. The theme is football and Mary Craft Do I stop picking up my land line phone when I sold the old man a car. Great cannolis. there will be prizes for best decorated Ronnie Narmour I see a 361-949-xxxx number on the display? Arnulfo Fito Dela Rosa vehicles. Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) Other Islanders have the same experience? The best prime rib roasts and Italian sausage! The Island United Political Riley P. Dog Evelyn P.-S. Jacki Bellino Siller Action Committee is hosting an At-large Endorsement Night on Ive heard this story before but didn't know it Thursday, September 27 6:30 pm Sink Holes was true. at the Seashore Learning Gym on Good morning Dale, Sara McGlaun Encantada. You can cast your vote at Not sure if this is news-worthy or not, but He used to come hang out the Holiday Inn Bar that time in person or you can drop thought we'd share. all the time he's really nice guy. off a ballot at the POA office or email In early 2016, soon after we closed on our Joshua Crim [email protected] by 3 brand new house, the plumbing was backing up. pm that day. We called the city, and they sent a scope down, Additional Info on The Dragonfly Restaurant will cleaned out some roots from the neighbor's be closed Sunday, September 30th tree...and called it "good". Fast forward to th Publisher the tropical storm last week....and a sink hole Channel Markers through Monday, October 15 . Dale Rankin appeared near our mail box. Small at first.. At the September 25 board meeting, members The Litter Critter will be at About the Island Moon Then after a few days, it had the diameter of from the audience were allowed to comment the Briscoe Pavilion on Saturday, The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale after the committee presentations. I was unable th Rankin, Editor / Publisher. about 8 feet. September 29 9 am – 1 pm. It was to finish my comments before the 2 minutes rescheduled from last Saturday due Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes We called the city twice yesterday, they ended, and would like to do so here. delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 assured us someone would be out right away.... to weather. copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 but nothing. Called again this morning and the The Slip Cocktail Lounge copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. first stop should be ours. We shall see! Attached 1.Tim Boriskie is not the Head of the US is starting a shuffleboard on News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, are a few picks. I can send more if they arrive Coast Guard 8th District, as implied by Wednesdays starting October 3rd. On and start some kind of work. payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. Marta. He oversees the USCG 8th District NFL Sundays they open up at noon Anna Murray Private Aids to Navigation division, which The Island Moon Newspaper rolls up under the Waterways Branch – one of and happy hour is from 12 – 7 pm. over 20 branches/divisions in the 8th district. All of the games will be shown on 14646 Compass, Suite 3 their 8 big screens. 2.Mr. Boriskie was not bombarded by Corpus Christi, TX 78418 phone calls from numerous individuals, as Chef Vita from A La Mode 361-949-7700 implied by Marta. The only 2 people calling Gelateria will be competing at the or emailing Tim for information were Bill Gelato Festival World Masters this [email protected] Sargent and myself. As recently as September weekend in Dallas. Over the next Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper 10th, Tim signed his email to me “ If you three years chefs from all over the have further questions please contact our world will compete in the grand office”. If he didn’t want to correspond with anyone besides Marta, why would he respond finale in Italy 2021. to me, and then sign off his email in that Del Mar West Campus will be manner? hosting a dental event where dentists Where to Find The 3.Despite what she reported at the board from across the state will be providing meeting, the committee still has not received free dental care to Hurricane Harvey Island Moon copies of any/all correspondence between victims on Friday and Saturday all Marta and the Coast Guard. Everything day in the Del Mar Dome. we received has been either paraphrased or Port North published in the Island Moon or social media Schlitterbahn is now offering – not given to us directly. memberships for $39/single and $59 Aransas Padre family. The membership includes Gulf Stream RV 4.If the POA had been ignoring the USCG for All Stripes Stores 9 years, why was this never mentioned during year round access to the heated pool, Pioneer RV Black Sheep/ the conversations that Bill Sargent or I had tennis courts, fitness center which Stripes on 1A Barrel with Tim Boriskie during July, August and will be upgraded, 20% discount on dining, 15% discount on waterpark My Coastal Home September? If the POA was so delinquent, CVS and the Coast Guard so frustrated with our and unlimited use of golf practice. WB Liquor Store Whataburger organization, wouldn’t he make mention of Island Wine Room that when we were discussing our project Doc’s Restaurant with him? Kody’s Snoopy’s Pier 5.he Committee does not know anything Coffee Waves about the 6 “Discontinued Markers” Marta Isle Mail N More Moby Dicks referred to on Tuesday. The committee Island Italian believes this could only be coming Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted IGA Editor’s note: Let us know if you get any action from misinformation given to the CG. for new location on Packery Channel Treasure Island Brooklyn Pie Co. from the city. In the meantime watch out for the Unfortunately, we were not given copies of City Sinkhole Tax! this correspondence, and were not included in Ms. Woody’s Ace Hardware the conference call with the Coast Guard, so, Packery Automotive Holiday Inn once again, we will be unable to verify this Flats Remember When TM Port A Glass Studio Texas Star (Shell) information or weigh in on the discussion. Floating Cabin Repairs Editor’s note: Our story last time about the Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available San Juan’s Restaurant Richard Pittman Jesse’s Liquor Island meat market run by a person in the Witness good for either repairs or rebuilding Wash Tub Protection Plan garnered many comments on Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel Scuttlebutt’s Call for lease terms our Facebook page theislandmoonnewspaper. Woody’s Sports Restaurant Packery Flats Marina Center Here are a few: Subway 361-774-8886 Back Porch Bar Jimmy was cool but you definitely didn't want Island Tire Shorty’s Place to be on his bad side lol. Didn't take long for Padre Pizzeria us islanders to figure out what was up. Weren’t Fisherman’s Wharf many people out here back then. And all Moon Send letters and photos to Giggity’s Anthony Tagliaferro retail advertisers Gratitude This street is full of interesting stories.. thanks [email protected] WB Liquor The GaffTrinity By for adding another one.. any chance to share the Sea Episcopal which house at Cayo Cantiles? Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Flour Bluff H.E.B. Now available online at islandmoon.com Whataburger on Waldron Ethyl Everly Senior Center Fire Station Police Station Stripes on Flour Bluff & SPID September 27, 2018 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 POA cont. from A1 There are 7734 registered voters in the two LaPosada cont. from A1 Padre Island Precincts. About 60,000 votes city government at the council level. Cities several write-offs were granted to property are expected to be cast in Nueces County in In 2017, The La Posada Foundation donated across the country did away with At-Large seats owners, some up to $1000 and “there are no the November election. Early Voting begins over 4100 toys and $20,000 to the U. S. Marines' and replaced them with the more diverse Single- policies in place to handle adjustments.” October 22 and runs through November 2. The Toys For Tots Program. Member systems. However, Corpus Christi (a last day to register to vote is October 9. story for another day) did not do this, instead He also said there are currently two accounting “We are immensely proud and honored to take keeping three At-Large seats and making it programs being used and they “don’t balance.” Hall, a newcomer to politics said he has lived part in an event that does and has done so many wonderful things for needy children,” said KIII possible for big contributors to control five seats “Accounts receivable have to be redone and on Padre Island for four years and is trained as Channel 3 Station Manager Dan Robbins, “We on the nine-member council. there are currently no internal controls,” Smith an engineer. In his presentation he emphasized look forward to a long relationship between said, “And there needs to be a budgeting process his technical expertise and experience in So in 2008 when Islanders started to look at managing large budgets. KIII-TV and the La Posada Foundation.” the political landscape they realized that while put in place.” “When we heard about the opportunity to the At-Large seats were designed to keep power The current board of directors approved up to Smith emphasize extending the Island Tax broadcast this long-time Island tradition live, in the hands of the good old boy network, they $50,000 for an audit after taking office in April Increment Re-Financing Zone to protect the I immediately told our General Manager, Dan would also work in favor of The Island. Three 2018, so far about $11,000 of the money has future of Packery Channel, and also announced Robbins. He did not take a lot of convincing At-Large seats combined with the Mayor, and actually allocated. Several members of the board he plans to bring a dog park to the land located that it was in everyone's best interest to get this Council District 4, all races in which Islanders made conducting an audit part of the campaigns adjacent to the Whitecap Water Treatment Plant deal done!’ Said longtime Islander and KIII could vote, made up five votes on the nine for office in the board elections and approved at the west end of Whitecap Boulevard. Managing Editor/News Anchor, Joe Gazin, member council. an audit after taking office. Smith said currently who will be hosting the parade live from the he has only reviewed one year of records but is Litter Critter cont. from A1 Padre Island Yacht Club. “We are talking about IUPAC is born continuing his work, hoping to be done in time the last two Saturdays due to rain (or expected providing toys for needy children at to file the organization’s tax returns later this City elections were in odd numbered years then rain). and as the 2009 season rolled around a group of year. He also recommended that the board hire a Christmastime...something that definitely Islanders started meeting and eventually formed bookkeeper and outsource the payroll function, The cancellation last week was done after The sells itself! As a Padre Island resident myself, what became the Island United Political Action and that the financial recordkeeping numbers Island Moon went to press causing confusion I've watched our La Posada events evolve to Committee and the first candidate forums currently “reflect cash flow and not profits.” and resulting in many people showing up with the point that they are now of interest to all of trash and nowhere to leave it. South Texas. The boat parades, the Island toy and votes were set up at the Holiday Inn. The Channel markers room was packed as almost three-hundred So, pending a hurricane the Litter Critter will drive parties and out “Giving Spirit” continue to The board also discussed the ongoing effort Islanders for the first time gathered to select the arrive at Briscoe King on Saturday, September grow, year by year. It's my hope that bringing it to replace markers in Island channels. A group candidates they would rally behind and it began 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to gobble up items all to television can only facilitate that growth of board members had a discussion with Coast to dawn on all of us there that this could work; such as paint, gasoline, or any toxic materials, even more. We at KIII-TV are very proud to be Guard officials Tuesday prior to the meeting if we could make the PAC function as designed electronic items, branches, clippings, yard part of it.” and are awaiting a registered letter from the we could get a seat at the table at city hall. vegetation, household items like furniture and “Partnering with Channel 3 is a wonderful Coast Guard outlining their requirements for regular trash are acceptable. But please, no opportunity for the La Posada Foundation to Then Mayor and Island resident Henry Garrett, the design and placing of the new markers. appliances. The City will supply two 40-yard bring the excitement of our parades to the entire the favorite to win re-election, showed up and Information provided to the board on Tuesday dumpsters and no commercial trash will be city of Corpus Christi and to educate the rest of told the Islanders gathered that he needed to indicated that the POA has been out of accepted. the city on the work we do to bring the joy of make his statement first because he had to leave compliance with a decades-old agreement Christmas to children in need,” said La Posada to attend a meeting of the League of United with the Coast Guard for several years and if “A Big Thank-you to Councilpersons Paulette Foundation President, Fred Edler. “KIII has Latin American Citizens going on downtown, the problem is not reconciled the organization Guajardo and Greg Smith for working with been so very generous to us with their time and At-Large candidate Nelda Martinez did the could be fined $1500 per day per infraction. me and others to get this event organized and same and both made their statements and finalized. Another Big Thank-you to Joe Hall future TV on-air coverage of La Posada events. While no formal vote was taken Tuesday, the left. That did not sit well with the Islanders for his efforts to work with the city, and organize Working with Dan and Joe has been a pleasure. consensus of the board as stated at the meeting in attendance and not only did they not vote volunteers for next Saturday, said Padre Isles The decision to sign with KIII was based on is to act in accordance with the Coast Guard to endorse Martinez, they voted to endorse Property Owners Association President Marvin several considerations but KIII's commitment letter once it is received. newcomer Joe Adame over Garrett. Jones. “Joe says we need more volunteers. to our community and to the Island convinced us KIII was the right choice.” Adame said after the meeting that up until that If you can spare two hours next Saturday, time he was not even sure he would stay in the Grocery cont. from A1 please call the POA office at 361-949-7025, to La Posada has hosted lighted boat parades on volunteer. Please leave your name and phone race, but with the Island endorsement, the first property locate between Seashore Middle Padre Island for 44 years. The Padre Island number so that in the race, he saw a way to victory. Academy and Whitecap Boulevard. However, Yacht Club has been La Posada's home and we can organize still is. In 1997, in an effort to use the parades The IUPAC board got busy, they organized completion of that roadway would have the volunteers. as a vehicle to give back to the community, a door to door campaigns to place door hangers required creating offsite wetlands, causing the The purpose of partnership with the U. S. Marines' Toys For on all Island homes, they organized phone cost of the project to increase dramatically and the volunteers is Tots program was formed. Today the Marines banks, they put up signs, the Island Moon got causing possible delays in completion. to keep the traffic state that the La Posada Foundation is the single behind the get out the vote campaign and office The developer of the property Moshin Rasheed flowing.” largest donor to Toys For Tots on the entire seekers began to take notice. plans to create a roadway at the south end of It will be the Gulf Coast. Recently, the Foundation received When the dust settled after the April 6, 2009 the property connecting it to the Island street responsibility of the people dropping off their a letter from the Toys For Tots National Office election Adame won in an upset with 66% of system, making the Las Tunas connection trash to unload and put the trash in the dumpster. stating that the La Posada Foundation is one of the vote. At-Large candidates Mark Scott, Brent unnecessary. His plans also include a row The Litter Critter Lives! Now it’s time to feed the largest donors in the entire United States. In Chesney, and Martinez won the three At-Large of parking spaces along the south end of the the Critter. 2015 the La Posada Foundation was formed to seats, while David Loeb who had been endorsed shopping center parking lot for parents picking gain 501 C-3 status by the Island finished fourth only .18 of a point up students at Seashore. behind Scott. In District 4 newcomer Chris Construction at the site began in mid-2018 Adler who was also endorsed by the IUPAC when building permits were issued and is also won handily. While there are no precinct expected to be complete in 2019. Aside from voting totals from that election are available in the IGA store Balli Center will include retail city archives a story on the election in the next space. Island Moon reports that out of 26,115 votes cast in the mayoral race fully 3141 of them came from Padre Island. Out of five candidates IUPAC cont. from A1 endorsed by the IUPAC four had won and the The second Endorsement Night is scheduled one who lost did so by less than one percentage for 6:30 p.m. Thursday September 27, at point – 123 votes. Seashore Learning Center gym on Encantada to Now what? choose three candidates in the At-Large races for seats on the Corpus Christi City Council. The winners took notice and within a week turned to Islanders to find out what exactly it The following Thursday, October 6, a forum was that we wanted. We had their attention but will be held for Flour Bluff ISD and Del Mar needed a way to speak with one voice, not just Regents at the same time and location. The in election season, but afterwards. There was IUPAC will not make endorsements in the Flour a debate among the IUPAC board about what Bluff ISD nor Del Mar races. to do next. The decision was made that the All voters registered in the Island Precincts IUPAC would only ramp up during elections 40 and 81 (plus voters in Precinct 19 inside and another avenue would have to be found for the Corpus Christi City Limits) are encouraged pushing island causes. to attend and will be able to vote for the It took about a year but a provision was found endorsement of the candidate of their choice in in the Island Master Development Plan, passed each race. The IUPAC was formed in 2010 to in 2004, which called for the formation of an unite Island voters behind candidates chosen by Island Strategic Action Committee. In late 2010 the voters in non-partisan city races. the first ISAC was seated with Gabi Hilpold as A vote of attendees will be taken at each of the chair. events. All three events will take place at the That began a new era of Island thought as we Seashore Learning Center gym at 6:30. Come realized that what Benjamin Franklin said all listen to the candidates so you can make an those years ago was true; “If we don’t hang informed vote during the November general together we shall surely hang separately.” election. Let’s pick the best candidates to represent our Island! Vote early October 22- Joe Gazin KIII Managing Editor/News Anchor, Dan Robbins KIII General Manager, As Island voting power began to rise certain November 2. Election Day is November 6. Fred Edler LaPosada Foundation President, Dr. Nick Colosi La Posada Foundation Vice OTB interests moved to dilute the Island vote President sign the agreement to televise the La Posada lighted boat parade. by moving the city elections to November when the number of votes cast went from 26,000 to 100,000 and 60,000 during the November cycles. Plans for Offshore Oil Terminal As of 2018 there are now 7547 registered voters on North Padre Island out of 199,057 countywide. If past patterns hold somewhere around 60,000 votes will be cast in the upcoming November Election and between 5000 and 6000 of them will be from North Padre Island and that is enough to swing most elections. That is why the Island United Political Action Committee is arguably the most crucial organization on The Island in terms of self-defining out future. Without it we would surely hang separately.

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A few issues back we told you about a proposed offshore oil loading platform for large, oceangoing tankers that can hold up to two million barrels of crude oil each that is being planned for 12.7 miles off the shores of North Padre Island. The Swiss company Trafigura has applied for a federal permit to build the facility in about ninety feet of water where it could accommodate up to eight of the large tankers per month allowing them to take on oil from the Eagle-Ford shale play, and the Permian Basin in West Texas through a 30-inch feeder line that would run across North Padre Island. When we ran the original story we did not know the exact route of the feeder line nor the exact location of the offshore terminal. As shown in this diagram from the permit application for the project the line would bisect North Padre Island near “the bowl” a large sand field behind the dunes about two miles south of Bob Hall Pier. September 27, 2018 Island Moon A 5 Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier September 27 - October 4 percent overrun. That twenty-five percent cost Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon We’ve had several inquiries this week about overrun would have funded installation of the /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible plans to rebuild the Packery Channel Jetties flashing, but the city for reasons lost to history, Th 27 High 4:17 AM 1.6 7:20 AM Set 9:34 AM 97 after damage from Hurricane Harvey. The did not want to go that route. Engineers from the questions center around why the jetty was not 27 Low 10:41 AM 0.8 7:20 PM Rise 9:19 PM corps side saw what this cut would mean down built to stand up to storm damage in the first the road and as part of the negotiations shifted 27 High 6:05 PM 1.9 place. There is a saying in the engineering world the entire cost of maintaining the jetties - and of that goes, “there is always time to build it right F 28 Low 12:18 AM 1.4 7:20 AM Set 10:32 AM 92 future dredging of the channel - to the city. At the second time, and by piecing together the the time there was no mechanism for funding 28 High 4:17 AM 1.6 7:18 PM Rise 10:00 PM narrative from the people involved with the first maintenance to the jetty and the channel. 28 Low 11:13 AM 0.6 build out it looks like that is what we are seeing here. Let’s start from the beginning. That problem was addressed with the formation 28 High 7:15 PM 2.0 of the Island Tax Re-Investment Zone (TRZ) Voters approved construction of the $30 million Sa 29 Low 11:54 AM 0.5 7:21 AM Set 11:31 AM 85 which catches property tax on new construction channel in 2000 with $10 million coming from inside the zone after 2003 when the TRZ took 29 High 8:35 PM 2.1 7:17 PM Rise 10:44 PM federal sources and $10 million from the City effect. It was thought at the time that the channel of Corpus Christi. But by the time construction Su 30 Low 12:44 PM 0.3 7:21 AM Set 12:32 PM 77 would have to be dredged each year and a $4 was nearing completion in early 2005 money million reserve was set aside to cover that cost; 30 High 10:06 PM 2.1 7:16 PM Rise 11:34 PM was short and something had to be done. What is that $4 is still in place. Since its beginning in M 1 Low 1:43 PM 0.3 7:22 AM Set 1:33 PM 67 euphemistically referred to as cost engineering 2003 the TRZ has accrued between $2 million is really a way of saying we’re out of money 1 High 11:38 PM 2.2 7:15 PM and $6 million each year, and there is currently and we’ve got to cut something. By that time about $10 million in the fund; it is $4 million of Tu 2 Low 2:55 PM 0.3 7:22 AM Rise 12:28 AM 57 funding for bulkheading for the channel inside that money that will be used to fund a portion the SH 361 Packery Bridge had already been 2 7:14 PM Set 2:32 PM of the Park Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge. cut, the bulkheads that were eventually built When the TRZ was formed in 2003 the Corpus W 3 High 12:48 AM 2.3 7:23 AM Rise 1:28 AM 45 behind the houses along the channel were done Christi City Council created what is commonly with private funds to keep from losing more 3 Low 4:15 PM 0.3 7:13 PM Set 3:28 PM called the Six Pack projects, amenities including land due to erosion. The project was now about parking and rest rooms on the beach adjacent to Th 4 High 1:38 AM 2.2 7:23 AM Rise 2:30 AM 34 25 percent over budget and there was nothing the channel, which would also be paid through 4 Low 5:35 PM 0.4 7:12 PM Set 4:20 PM left to cut but the jetty structures themselves. the TRZ. But what to cut? But placing the burden of maintenance of the A look at the original design drawings from the both the channel and the jetties on the city has jetties show an impervious section of flashing left a funding gap that now has to be addressed. on the inside of the jetties that would sink fifteen The TRZ is scheduled to expire in 2022, feet below the bottom of the channel that was meaning that if the jetties are damaged again designed to keep rushing water from getting after that time the repairs would have to be under the jetties causing them to fail; which funded either through city bonds which would is what happened during Hurricane Harvey. have be subjected to a vote, or some other city When it came time to cut the budget in 2005 source such as the General Fund or Capital the underground portion of the project was the Improvement Budget. That creates uncertainty easiest to cut - out of sight out of mind. for what is a crucial piece of infrastructure on At question was whether it was preferable to Padre Island. increase the budget of the project or cut costs. The obvious solution is to extend the TRZ, a The city did not want the hot potato of cost move pushed by District 4 City Councilman overruns so the decision was made to cut costs Greg Smith last week. Given the decision by by cutting the underground flashing. But in the city in 2004 not to seek additional funding hindsight this was a very shortsighted decision for building out the jetties, and the subsequent that could have been avoided. In talking to shifting of the maintenance costs exclusively to people involved in the discussions I found there the city it is the only way now to project Packery was a road not taken. When the U.S. Army Corps Channel and the Packery Jetties after 2022. of Engineers approves a project, and a budget, they have the ability to fund up to a twenty-five This is a win-win for both the city and The Island. Ask Ralph Remember When Is Collaboration Worthwhile? Dig the Packery! By Ralph Coker Q. I spend a lot of my beneficial is this task to the business.” business working hours In my career, I used a daily to do list. collaborating with The paper slip I used was only large others. Is it worthwhile? enough for 10-12 items. I worked on the list in order of priority. Unfinished A. Research shows many business tasks carried over to the next days to do professionals spend 95 percent of their work list. If a task remained on the list for time collaborating with others by meetings, 2 weeks, it was apparent it was not a emails, conference calls or instant messaging. priority and I deleted it. That’s a 50 percent increase in the last 10 years. There are several personal attributes • Critically evaluate each email and that trap workers into over committing. scheduled meeting. You’ll find that most don’t add real value for the • Fear of missing out (FOMO). Workers business. believe they must be involved in everything going on. • Don’t let your manager over load you with projects. Ask “which projects do • Desire to be seen as the go-to person you want me to delay to make time and the expert in that area. for this new project”. That puts the • Desire for closure causes workers to responsibility back on the manager to over commit time to projects that by set priorities. their inherent nature can’t be neatly The most valuable asset business managers, wrapped up. It’s better to pick the best- owners and professionals have is their looking option and try it and tweak it if personal time, energy, focus and attention necessary. (TEFA). There’s a strict limit on how much • Managers assign too much work to TEFA you have. Your success depends on workers. how well you spend it for the benefit of your business. Coaches say 18 percent to 24 percent of a worker’s wasted collaborating time can be Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE which eliminated by taking certain measures: provides free mentoring for small businesses and nonprofits • Set strict priorities on what tasks you work on. The key question to ask is “how

Thoughts From Dr. Tom Fall Feast

This is the time of year just sit tight when the mower comes. This that a sportsman’s plate is the time of year we have to ready blinds is more than full. There is just too much to both rifle and bow. Permanent blinds have choose from in terms of outdoor activities. to be tuned up, cleared of insects if present Dove season is under way and even though it and make sure windows are functioning nice has been a bit wet, Coop and I were able to kill and quiet. Bow blinds with tripods have to be a couple of limits down in Hebb after all the reestablished with new netting and foliage. If work had been done at the ranch. They were you use pop ups you should have put those out actually quite plentiful even with all the rain. at least a month ahead of time to prevent the The month of October means that dove season deer from shying away from them. is on, Managed Land Permit deer season and Most of us use dove season for an excuse to bow season for deer opens. The Laguna is go to the ranch and get this work done allowing usually on fire with redfish herding up and the us to hunt in the evening when we can cut off bull run coming on strong. The surf is heating about 1600 hrs. It is time of great fellowship up with tarpon and jacks and bull reds. It is and anticipation of the season ahead and almost more than a boy can bear. maybe some bacon wrapped jalapeno and September and October at the ranch are major onion dove on the mesquite grille with a little work times for most hunters and ranchers. The honey glaze….nice. Then the talk returns to transition occurs from feeding protein to corn what we are missing on the coast. is typical. This means the last of the protein The wind has calmed the water is a little is put out and the bulk feeder if you use one cooler and the fish are definitely happier back has to be cleaned out and readied for the corn at home. It is a great time to hit the water and milo to come for the rest of the season. I and find herds of reds moving toward the put out 5 tons of protein solo on Friday and jetties. Tons of bait in the surf and the trout then cleaned out caulked and prepared the bite usually longer into the day with flies and bulk feeder this weekend. This included wire topwaters. I like to fish the waters closer to brush, applying ospho and then priming and home in the middle of the week. The crowds The year was 1999 and Packery Channel was still just a gleam in the Island’s eye. painting the top to prevent rust from the bird are gone and the fish less pressured. I watch Corpus Christi was heading down toward a vote on whether to Dig the Packery. A poop. Luckily I only have to paint it every few closely for the surf to settle so that I can similar effort had failed when the Packery project was placed on a ballot in conjunction years. It is a pita for sure. venture down the surf in the boat chasing jacks with an unpopular building project in the north end of Nueces County and, as a pair, Mowing senderos starts right now as well and pelagics with a trolling motor down the both failed. although with all the rain it may have to be second and third bar. Maybe if I get lucky I But Islanders didn’t give up and a second vote was set for 2000 and Island residents got repeated. I do not mow early in the year for will get a shot at a tarpon. Fall on the coast. busy in efforts to push the project over the top; which they did. fear of running over bedded fawns that will What is not to like? Go have some fun, have a We now take Packery Channel to be a permanent fixture on the Island landscape, but great week. Doc Tom those who were here Remember When in 1999 it was not a given that it would ever happen. Photos by Mike Ellis A6 Island Moon September 27, 2018 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Who Were the Best Generals in World War II?– Part V By Dotson Lewis The Colassal Cheerleader Debacle Special to the Island Moon was to engineer Zhukov’s second fall from By Abigail Bair Dotson’s Note: Many of grace, barring him once again from public minimum, desperately trying to cling to some us in the United States Ab’s note: this one goes out to the ladies at life and erasing him from official histories. semblance of human dignity. As the risers don’t realize that the bulk of the fighting the Ethyl Eyerly Senior Center in Flour Bluff. He was even threatened with arrest because filled, Mr. Schumacher got angrier and angrier against the Nazis was carried out by the former Moon columnist Dotson Lewis dropped by my he didn’t conceal his disdain for the regime. at our lack of enthusiasm which made us try to Soviet Union, which bore about 90% of Allied office the other day to tell me that they have Khrushchev was later removed, and Zhukov suck even more. He couldn’t actually scream at casualties. Many historians have agreed that been enjoying my columns. This was, for me, was rehabilitated. us in front of our parents and a bunch of third “Georgy Zhukov led the Soviet forces in all the a huge compliment. Kind words are never graders, right? decisive battles that decided the outcome of Geoffrey Roberts’ 2012 book, Stalin’s wasted. Thanks, girls! This one’s for you. the war on the Eastern Front.” Steve Forbes, General: The life of Gregory Zhukov gives us a Then, a loud and joyful noise emerged from My 7th grade choir instructor, Tim Schumacher, Geoffrey Roberts & Life Magazine contributed true appreciation of Russian generalship during the back of the house. It was finally time for the was locally famous for creating an infomercial to this report. the war. To judge from many Western histories, tiny popular girls to begin their descent. They to hock his Christmas carol for a new Germany lost the war because of the weather jumped down, leaping high and fully squatting. Who Was the Best Russian World War II generation. It was called “Baby Jesus and Santa in Russia, Hitler’s incompetence and Moscow’s They turned around, spinning gracefully on Claus, Making Christmas Special For Me,” and General? willingness to “recklessly” expend human life their toes, and LORDY did they pick that features Santa attending Jesus’ birth. I know in fighting the Nazis. cotton! Christians who quite firmly believe (probably Soviet casualties were indeed horrific, as were through an accident involving a strange In fact, they were so intent on singing loudly some of Moscow’s methods of waging war: childhood conflagration of The Flintstones and and hitting their marks -- popping perfectly in Sunday School) that Jesus rode a T-Rex to the and out of the changes in the routine -- that Sermon on the Mount. However, even those they missed the moment when (right in front of stalwart devotees felt that time-traveling Santa them) one of the medium sized kids barfed. was something of a stretch. Sales were dismal. His name was Jonas, and he exploded. Mr. Schumacher, though, was quite proud However, despite the fact that he’d just left of his Magnum Opus, and I suppose he made about 50 gallons of pea green greasy vomit in Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was a his critical mistake in an effort to further the aisle, he kept going and walked out into the budding furrier in Moscow when he was drafted develop as an artist. One thing is certain, Tim inky night, through the stage right exit door – into the czarist armies as a cavalryman during Schumacher had very little quit in him, and so cool as a cucumber. World War I. He sided with the Bolsheviks when he decided that our entirely white middle The next few kids gingerly stepped around during the Russian Civil War and remained in school choir should perform “Jump Down Turn the puke pile, making it to the risers without the military when that conflict ended. Though a Around, Pick a Bale of Cotton” for our Spring incident. loyal communist, Zhukov was first and foremost concert, there was little anyone could do to talk a soldier. He rose in the ranks during the 1930s, him out of it. The mean girls weren’t so lucky. barely escaping Joseph Stalin’s impulsive, Now, when I say “entirely white,” I think The first cheerleader hit the upchuck right as murderous purges. you may not entirely appreciate how white we she was landing a graceful leap and started Zhukov first showed his extraordinary courage white kids were. We were the Wonder Bread of to slide, grabbing the girl behind her in mid- against Japanese forces on the Mongolian- children. We looked like the 1941 recruitment spin, which caused a chain reaction. All the Manchurian border during the summer of class for the Hitler Youth. Maybe one kid had a girls began clutching at each other for support, 1939, where the two sides were fighting for few freckles, but that was as pigmented as any ultimately sliding to the bottom of the aisle like dominance. Several battles had already been of us were. a pile of penguins down an ice floe. fought by the time Zhukov arrived. With Eleven-year-old me was the lone sticky wicket. It was like a scene from the Exorcist. painstaking and detailed planning and training I approached Mr. Schumacher with the sheet Zhukov pulled together an offensive battle Some of the audience erupted into laughter, General Zhukov-1944 music, noting that at the bottom of the page the as did us poor picked-on mooks still trying to plan that skillfully integrated all facets of the song was described as a “Negro Spiritual.” He military. He cleverly concealed his intentions finish the song on the risers. retreating troops were often shot by special was neither impressed nor discouraged. He sent from the enemy, a method he would repeatedly me to my seat and then explained that we would Tim Schumacher was furious, mouthing dire employ later against the Nazis. That August battalions; some 158,000 Soviet soldiers threats at us and fiercely slicing the air with his were executed for “disciplinary” reasons. be performing the song with choreography Zhukov sprang his surprise offensive against – jumping down (squatting), turning around baton. the Japanese, routing them even though their Nonetheless, Roberts writes, “Zhukov was (spinning in place) and then pretending to pick I was laughing so hard, I jumped down and just forces were a little larger. His success was dismissive of the German generals: What none cotton. stayed that way, squatting breathless in silent overshadowed internationally by the lead-up to of them would admit, according to Zhukov, mirth with tears streaming down my face. World War II. Nonetheless, the repercussions was that ¬superior ¬Soviet generalship was A certain section of our group was thrilled. were profound: Tokyo turned its aggressive the primary reason they had lost the war.” The cruel, popular girls were all in dance class Victoria Schmidtberger was so overwhelmed attention to Southeast Asia, which ultimately Especially Zhukov’s. together and their ballet instructor, Miss Jackie with glee that she fell off the risers. I peeked led to the attack on Pearl Harbor. In closing, Roberts compares Zhukov to other (who was personally responsible for a city- over the edge to check on her and and found wide anorexia epidemic) had come up with the her lying on the floor holding her stomach After Germany invaded in June 1941 Zhukov Allied commanders. “The conclusion to be brilliant moves. The petite dancing divas had and roaring. The rest of the kids on the risers gave Russia a badly needed victory at Yel’nya, drawn from this survey of comparable generals been torturing me since the very beginning of weren’t faring much better. The cheerleaders near Smolensk, the only check Germany is that while Zhukov did not excel as ‘the best my middle school tenure. Girls who were tall were huddled, bawling by the exit door until a suffered during its initial sweeping offensive. ever’ in any one field of military endeavor, he was the best all-around general of the Second gawks and couldn’t figure out makeup were parent finally hustled them through. Stalin, who, unlike Adolph Hitler, learned to regarded as “gross” or worse – and heaven defer to his principal military commanders, World War. He combined prowess and courage Finally, Tim Schumacher gave up and the song in battle with ambitious strategic vision, forbid if you had an affinity for higher math. soon put Zhukov in charge of the Leningrad Girls were supposed to be tiny, pretty, permed, died out with one last pathetic “pick a bale a ¬determination, and organizational day.” ability. He inspired the affection and and into madras. I was not, and criticizing confidence of his troops—as well anything Miss Jackie did would bring down The entire crowd was deadly silent, waiting to as their fear—if not the ungrudging about your head the furious wrath of around see what would happen next. one hundred starving (and mad about it) young respect of all his peers. He was stoic That’s when Victoria Schmidtberger’s hand dancers. I shut my mouth. in defeat and exuberant in victory. slammed up onto the riser, and she awkwardly He had seemingly inexhaustible The night of the Spring concert, the pretty girls boosted herself back up like a zombie emerging reserves of ¬energy and the will to clustered in the bathroom in front of the mirrors, from the grave. She clambered into a standing succeed however challenging the while the rest of us stoop in the auditorium’s position, covered in dust and spiderwebs, face circumstances. These were qualities lobby in small miserable clusters. My friend streaked with tears. Zhukov needed to deploy again after (and fellow gawk) Victoria Schmidtberger was Everyone, including me, stared in stunned the war when he came under personal a portrait of despair. “I can’t believe we have to silence. and political attack from Stalin and do this,” she whispered. then from Khrushchev.” Victoria stood up straight as a nail, a huge grin The plan was that we were to joyfully enter and on her face, and yelled, “OH LORDY, THEY Historians’ battles over the approach the stage down the ramp-like aisles DONE PICKED THAT BALE.” Causing the reputations of politicians and military that separated the seats, jumping down, turning audience to erupt again into hysterical laughter, commanders of this war—or of any around, and picking cotton while singing as and causing Tim Schumacher to turn the color major conflict—will go on forever. loudly as possible. We were also cautioned to Operation Bagration of a beefsteak tomato. But Roberts’ book makes it clear that, “SMILE OR ELSE.” The tall kids were first in despite his flaws and mistakes, Zhukov the processional because we had to stand on the To this day, I consider Victoria Schmidtberger front. Zhukov stopped the Germans from was at the summit of World War II’s military very back of the risers erected in the orchestra one of the greatest heroes of American History. seizing the city, which prevented the Nazis’ mountain. pit. There is no greater justice than the poetic. flanking Moscow from the north. (The Germans *As part of the Paris Peace Treaty in 1947, then blockaded the city, which was catastrophic Mr. Schumacher led us, baton swinging like Honestly, it couldn’t have happened to a better Finland was classified as an ally of Nazi for the civilian population.) Zhukov wasn’t he was starring in a one-man version of the bunch of girls. Germany, bearing its responsibility for the at Leningrad long before Stalin called him Music Man. We followed him, doing the bare war. ... The country was heavily influenced by to Moscow, where he successfully defended the Soviet Union, but was the only country on the city against a massive German assault in the Soviet pre-World War II border to retain October and November and then launched a democracy and a market economy. Trust lethal counteroffensive in December. Dotson’s Other Note: Author Geoffrey Roberts During 1942–43 Zhukov successfully led Padre Island and Port Aransas’ Oldest Island Based Pest Control Company. wrote: “The most formidable Allied commander the Soviet forces in Stalingrad, inflicting a of World War II was not British or American but devastating defeat on the Germans. In the Russian. It has been said by many that Georgy summer of 1943 he was in charge at the critical Zhukov was ‘the greatest WWII General you battle of Kursk, which ended Germany’s never heard of.’” Did any of you Moon Monkeys offensive capabilities in the East. ever hear of him? By the way I had forgotten Zhukov’s ”Operation Bagration,” in 1944 was that Finland was an ally of Germany during On Padre Island Since 1994. on an larger scale than Kursk or Sta¬lingrad, WW II. The Pest Control Professionals driving the Nazis out of Belorussia and most of Do any of you, by chance happen to have Locally Owned by Island Resident OVER 30 YEAR EXPERIENCE the Bal¬tic States and knocking Finland*, which a different nominee? Your opinion will be was a German ally, out of the war. Then came Bill Schroeder greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading the push to eastern Germany and the capture and commenting on Senior Moments. I can be of Berlin. There were battlefield setbacks and reached at: [email protected] and/or Land 15481 SPID Just past operational delays along the way, but overall Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell: 530-748-8475. Whitecap on Right Zhukov had an outstanding record of success. Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table The Soviets had a number of first-rate 949-0208 Meeting will be Tuesday, October 2, 9-11 AM, commanders—Konev, Vasilevsky and 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families Residential and Commercial Services Rokossovsky—but Zhukov was the supreme and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, one. Stalin chose him to receive the German Termite * Ants * Rodent * Critter * Roaches * Spiders * Fleas are invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. surrender in May 1945, and it was Zhukov, Hope to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio riding a magnificent Arabian, who took the Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, salute at the Victory Parade in Red Square. 8 – 10 AM, Saturdays. The next show will air Unlike Dwight Eisenhower, who could September 29, 2018. Please listen and call in. achieve the pinnacle of political power in the The listener/text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s United States, Zhukov found his postwar career your two hours, let us hear from you. blighted by a jealous, paranoid and all-powerful Hang in there/Have fun! dictator. Not long after the war Zhukov was humiliated and demoted and was virtually erased from official Soviet accounts of the war. He was too popular for Stalin to arrest or execute, a fate that befell some of his associates. Creating Dreams Stalin’s successor, Nikita Khrushchev, whom for Island Homeowners Zhukov had gotten to know during the war, since 1987 returned Zhukov to personhood, eventually • New Homes “I understand the Island’s appointing him minister of defense. There • Remodels Zhukov was open to ideas of reducing nuclear opportunities and challenges. I will weapons, initially impressing Khrushchev with • Additions his willingness to downsize the massive Soviet • Repairs be your Advocate-in-Chief!!” military. Zhukov was even willing to cut a deal • No job too big with the U.S. to make it easier for each country or too small to spy on the other via reconnaissance aircraft. votebarbaracanales.com In 1957 Zhukov played a critical role in Call 774-7043 for estimate saving Khrushchev from being ousted by his #BelieveinBarbara Communist Party foes. Khrushchev’s reward www.billgoinhomes.com Pd Pol Adv by Barbara Canales Campaign September 27, 2018 Island Moon A 7 IUPAC Hosts Mayoral Candidates Island Moon on a Spoon Beyond Mozzarella & Processed Cheese Product By Chef Vita Jarrin Before we chat about cheese, I’m not trying Caramelized Onion, Goat Cheese & Fig to be insensitive to those who are Vegan, or Pizza lactose intolerant. I too have family members 1 lb. pizza dough (room temperature) and friends who are both. Therefore, I always adjust my home cooking to accommodate them. 6 slices of Havarti cheese for base of pizza However, in this article, I’m sharing my love 3 Tbsp. Irish Butter (extra for brushing for cheese. Being Sicilian I grew up on cheese. dough) Grated cheese on pasta, shreds on pizza, chunks At-Large candidate Rudy Garza attended. Bob Paulson is IUPAC President. of cheese with lunchmeats etc. Ricotta cheese 1 sweet onion, peel removed and thinly sliced was a staple in my fridge as well. Therefore, I 2 Tbsp. Balsamic vinegar love cheese… I believe it’s in my DNA. 1 tsp. pure cane sugar With that said, for those of us who use cheese, when most of us make or eat pizza, or stuff 4 oz. prosciutto sliced thin and shredded over chicken, or in general think of a shredded pizza cheese, we think mozzarella. It’s a great 1 tsp. garlic powder safe, reliable cheese. But there is life beyond 6 figs, each sliced into 3 pieces mozzarella. There is a world of cheese just waiting to be explored. So let’s explore. 4 to 6 oz. goat cheese One of my favorite things to do is go to the Fresh cracked black pepper

cheese section of the grocery store and see DIRECTIONS: where the various cheese options come from. Preheat oven to 425 degrees and prepare Some are from dairy producing states such as a baking sheet or pizza stone. Spread out Wisconsin, others as far as countries such as dough. Mayoral candidate Aislynn Campbell France, Ireland, Greece, Switzerland etc. The attended the forum. reason the various selections of cheese vary in In a medium-sized skillet, over medium heat taste and texture so much, is because the dairy add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Once the oil is cows and sheep and goats eat from various hot, add in the onions, sugar pinch of salt and grasslands and feed. The temperatures where pepper and garlic powder. Cook until they they live and graze also vary. are soft and caramelized. Add the balsamic vinegar and cook for a few more minutes. The other factor is the pasteurization, the Remove the onions from the pan and set curing process and the ingredients used in aside. infusing flavor. Today’s cheese artisans are using a much wider range of flavor profiles that On you’ve stretched out dough to your will make your cheese selection better to pair desired thickness, use remaining tablespoon with a wine, a dessert or a savory dish. You can of olive oil to spread across the dough. buy a cheese infused with wine, nuts, truffle Top with Havarti cheese and then with IUPAC endorsed challenger Michael Hall caramelized onions, prosciutto, figs, and for Mayor. and various herbs. Some cheeses are aged for months, others for years. chunks of goat cheese. Once you go beyond mozzarella, you will see Add to the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes why cheese is as fascinating as is a bottle of or until the crust is brown and the cheese is wine or glass of bourbon. The layers of flavor, melted on the top. their texture, their pungency is so fun to explore. Remove the pizza from the oven and let it Processed cheese doesn’t stand a chance when rest/cool for about 5 minutes. Slice and enjoy! you start trying the world of cheese that awaits you! Tip of the week: This article would go on for days, if we started Usually, before taking the pizza out of the oven, Mayor Joe McComb was on hand. talking about the factors involved with what about 5 minutes or so before, I like to brush cheese melts better than others and which one melted butter or extra virgin olive oil along the Original IUPAD board members Norm holds up to frying such as Greece’s saganaki crust. It adds, sheen and if you want to go a Baker and Blackie PItzer were in the cheese. My thought is go to the store and find a step further, and you’re a garlic lover, you can crowd. cheese you want to explore just as you would a add garlic powder to the melted butter and even spice or a wine and give it a try. Read up on it. a sprinkle of parmesan cheese to the butter and Google is my best friend. brush the crust for that extra flavor. I love to add chili flakes to my pizza too for a little kick. The important thing is to Have Fun! Try New Things! Happy Eats… Enjoy! Fun at September's P.I.B.A. Mixer

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Photos by Debbie Noble A8 Island Moon September 27, 2018 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon Best Philadelphia Coming Off the Corner By Andy Purvis played at Marquette in the Phillies’ Pitchers Special to the Island Moon early 1950’s, and George By Dotson Lewis marks for complete On Sunday morning, December 31, 1967, chose to follow in his games and innings brother’s footsteps. The Marquette football Dotson’s Note: I did not grow up a St. Louis he went to Mass and when he came back to pitched by a Phillies team was originally known as the Golden Cardinal fan as did most of my relatives and the hotel room, without saying a word to his pitcher, logging Avalanche, until they later changed their name friends. I was an American League fan, and roommate Bob Lilly, he took a glass of water 272 and 3,739.1, to the Warriors. During his sophomore and always spent a lot of time studying all pitchers and tossed it on the window. The water froze respectively. He won junior seasons (1959-1960), George led the past and present. I believed the more I learned before it reached the bottom. Outside it was 13 234 games for the team in receiving from the slot-back position. about pitchers and pitching, the better hitter I degrees below zero. Welcome to Green Bay, Phillies, compiling Playing both ways, he also led his team in would be. For many of those years, I believed Wisconsin. Welcome to the NFL Championship an ERA+ of 114 tackles with 80, as a defensive lineman. Under that the Phillies had the best staff of pitchers game. Welcome to the Ice Bowl. and a WHIP of just the guidance of Head Coach Lisle Blackbourn, in the Major League Baseball. My thanks to 1.170. He won at the team finished with 3-6 win-loss record in Greg Pinto & Zac Voynow for many of the facts least 20 games in a 1960. In December of that year, the university contained in this report. Photos Credit: The season six times, leading the league in a bevy announced they were dropping the football Baseball Biography Project. of other categories over the course of his career. program for lack of money. Part of this process His number 36 is retired by the Phillies' was to limit the scholarship for the football organization, and after he passed away in May of players to just tuition fees. Andrie thought 2010, the team wore a memorial patch on their about transferring to Tulsa University until he sleeves to remember him and the contributions visited the Tulsa campus. He decided to stay he made to the Phillies. at Marquette for his senior season and focus on his studies and physical conditioning. George 2. Steve Carlton graduated from Marquette in 1962. For many people, there is no greater pitcher George Andrie With no senior season to fall back on, Andrie in the history of the Philadelphia Phillies than was unsure of his future in professional football, Steve Carlton. Simply known as "Lefty" for but George was in luck. The Player Personnel his craft and handedness, Carlton made a name Abe Lincoln once said, “The best way to Director of the Dallas Cowboys was Gil for himself by being as close to un-hittable destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.” Brandt, who was born and raised in Milwaukee, as possible, making hitters look foolish and This guy may have received every merit badge Wisconsin, and knew all about George Andrie. stockpiling impressive numbers on a number of the Boy Scouts give out. He never did anything With the 82nd pick in the sixth round of the bad Phillies' teams. embarrassing. For him it was always about the 1962 NFL Draft, he was chosen by the Dallas Acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals for game and his teammates. He loved everything Cowboys. Andrie was also drafted by the about football. So, most thought he was a nice San Diego Chargers of the AFL, in the 12th Phillies Logo-1944-45 fellow starting pitcher Rick Wise, the thought of Carlton—a promising young left hander— guy until he snapped on that chinstrap. Then it round. The 1961 Cowboys had just finished was on like Donkey Kong. He became Freddie their second season in the league with a 4-9- The Top Five Phillies’ Pitchers of All spending 15 seasons with the Phillies could be labeled as far-fetched. In spite of those doubts, Kruger in cleats. The man was serious, never 1 win-loss record. Andrie not only joined the Time Carlton did just that, logging 3,697.1 innings smiled during the game and gave short answers Cowboys, but he was given the #66 and won the starting job at the left defensive end position. Pitching wins championships. That's how and tossing 185 wins. The ace of both World afterwards. Everything about him was defensive. He also made the 1962 NFL All-Rookie Team. the old baseball axiom goes, right? The 2011 Series caliber teams and perennial losers, And there was something about his eyes. The version of the Philadelphia Phillies would Carlton accumulate 241 wins as a Phillie and man was so tough he was darn near illegal. Gil Brandt was a unique character. He has been certainly disagree. After all, they assembled would retire with more than 300. He posted Blocking this guy was like putting toothpaste called a loner, a con man and a genius. Tom one of the greatest starting rotations of all time an ERA+ of 120 and a WHIP of 1.210, and to back in the tube, impossible. Coming off the Landry once said, “No one knows Gil very well. and took not one, not two, but four "aces" into many, is the greatest Phillies' pitcher of all time, corner from the right defensive end position, he He doesn’t sit down long enough for anyone to postseason play, but even four of the game's top but not on this list. created so much traffic you could have opened get to know him.” It has been estimated that Gil pitchers could not push an anemic offense over a Starbucks. Defensively, he has every skill you Brandt traveled over 150,000 miles in the air the hump. would look for. Other defensive players had each year, looking for future Dallas Cowboys. assignments. His assignment was the football. Brandt was a master at finding little-known What would the 1980 version of the Phillies He left his fingerprints on every running back in hidden talent near and far. Besides George say about that old axiom? They won the World the league. He was 260 pounds of twisted steel Andrie, some of his most interesting signings Series in large part thanks to the contributions and he hit quarterbacks like Aaron Judge hits were Jethro Pugh out of Elizabeth City State, of their ace, Steve Carlton, who won 24 games fastballs. At 6 feet 7 inches tall, he was built for Larry Cole from Hawaii, and Rayfield Wright in the regular season before going 3-and-0 in the game of football. He was so big in college; from Fort Valley State. postseason play and their closer, Tug McGraw, people would ask him where the nearest buffet who posted an ERA (Earned Run Average) of was located. Bob Lilly once said, “The hardest part of 1.46 in the regular season and delivered the final learning Tom Landry’s defense is believing pitch of the World Series. This game called football is a battle of wills, it will work.” These guys not only believed a game for warriors. Without a war, what’s but they ate offensives in huge gulps. They What about the 2008 team? After all, that a warrior to do? The players I most loved to thought the St. Louis Cardinals’ offense was pitching staff was led by unproven but emerging meet were the guys in the middle of the lineup a strawberry patch. Team, like life is about "ace", Cole Hamels, who after a solid regular who only played for a few seasons, the grunts needing each other. We all depend on each season went on a tear in the playoffs, posting in the trenches who worked hard and did their other. They understood that team is about a record of 4-and-0 and leading the Phillies best despite the fact most of the credit went to coming together to understand that we cannot to a win in each of his five starts, after which others. The big stars always spent most of their be successful without each other. When you he would be named both the NLCS (National time being themselves, big stars. But the other find a group of individuals that play together League Championship Series) and World Series guys could be great characters, too. Players like they will be dangerous. No wonder they called MVP (Most Valuable Player). Diron Talbert, Bobby Smith, Vann McElroy, Grover Cleveland Alexander- 1917 WWI them the Doomsday Defense. What more can be said about Brad Lidge, who Craig Morton, Ray Childress, Reggie McKenzie after coming to Philadelphia in a trade in the or Shane Nelson were special and became my Next issue: Andre settles in as a Cowboy off-season, delivered a perfect season? So let's 1. Grover Cleveland Alexander friends. I once found myself face-to-face with Andy Purvis is a local author and radio get to it. What follows is a list compiled by Greg Cowboys’ right defensive end, George Andrie. personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. Grover Cleveland Alexander—who was born It was like running into Goliath. It was scary Pinto, sports writer, of who are the five greatest during the term of former President Grover com for all the latest info on his books or to Phillies' pitchers of all time. how tough this gentle giant was. On the scale listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books Cleveland—was more commonly referred of 1-10, he may have been an 11. 5. Charlie Ferguson to as Pete Alexander during his days with the are available online and can be found in the Philadelphia Phillies. During World War I, he Grand Rapids local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be A standout for the Philadelphia Quakers of was drafted into the United States Military and contacted at [email protected]. Also the late 1800s, Charlie Ferguson was a similar George Joseph Andrie was born on April 20, listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q deployed in Europe, where he was exposed to 1940, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended pitcher (and case, as far as this list is concerned) mustard gas and experienced shell shock and & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com to Charlie Buffinton*, with one difference— Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of a loss of hearing. That was in 1917—he would and graduated in 1958. His older brother Stan Ferguson did what Buffinton did, but did it pitch for 13 more seasons! the Houston Astros. better. Throwing a ton of innings was somewhat of a norm for the time period, but Ferguson had I'm sure you are a rubber arm. He logged 1,514 innings for the curious as to what Quakers over a span of four seasons, tossing baseball qualities "Old 165 complete games and winning 99 decisions. Pete" had, and they He posted an ERA+ of 121 and a WHIP of better be good ones, if 1.117. In spite of all that, he pitched just four he's going to top Steve seasons total in the Major League, winning at Carlton. For starters, he won at least 20 games Have You least 20 games in each of those years. Even more surprisingly, he lost 20 games or more Phillies’ Logo- nine times, including twice! Talk about a lack of run support! 1956-Present three seasons where he won at least 30 games. Met Don? 4. Jim Bunning He led the league in Not many men get the chance to play Major WHIP, five times, and in innings pitched seven, Come By and Say Hello! League Baseball, be elected into the National and that's just the tip of the statistical iceberg. Baseball Hall of Fame, and then be elected In eight seasons with the Phillies, Alexander Don Herrick into office as a United States Senator, but Jim won 190 games, tossing 219 complete games, Vice President Bunning did. Now retired, Bunning spent and logging 2,513.2 innings. He registered an the majority of his career with the Detroit incredible ERA (Earned run average)+ of 140 Tigers and in office, but it's his tenure with the and a tiny WHIP of just 1.075. As good as Philadelphia Phillies that lands him on this list. Calrton was—four Cy Young Awards good— Acquired from the Tigers in 1963, Bunning Alexander was even better. 14254 S Padre Island Dr • 361-949-9310 would spend two different stints with the Phillies for a total of six seasons. During that *Charlie Buffinton-Major League Baseball span of time he did so much more than toss a Player 1882 to 1892. fcbot.com perfect game—he cemented his legacy as one Dotson’s Other Note: Would it be a cop-out to of the game's all-time greats. He threw 1,520 say that the old baseball axiom that "pitching innings for the Phillies, helping him to 65 wins championships" is inconclusive? After complete games and 89 wins. He registered an all, teams with great pitching have won the ERA+ of 122 and a minuscule WHIP of 1.110. World Series and teams with great pitching His number 14 is retired by the Phillies, and have watched the postseason from home in along with Roy Halladay, is the only other man October. Regardless of that, the Phillies as an on this list to throw a perfect game in the history organization live by that phrase, and throughout of the Phillies' organization. their history have brought in great pitching, be it to anchor a rotation, or finish a game 3. Robin Roberts off. It should be noted that the only statistics It just isn't very often that a single player evaluated come from a pitcher's tenure with the will spend more than 10 years with a single Phillies. My own first choice is Robin Roberts organization, and it usually signifies a player in his prime. Question for my friend Dutch, who that changed the landscape of the franchise's is an Island resident…are you a Phillies fan? history. 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Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com A 13 Island Moon September 27, 2018 The Great Outdoors On the Rocks By Jay Gardner Backwater Adventures If the mosquitoes haven’t carried you off yet, consider By Joey Farah yourselves lucky. I’ve gotten Farah’s Fishing Adventures some really good workouts the past couple of weeks sprinting I can see it’s the Fall season in every sunrise in between the truck and the house. There is and sunset. Scanning the Facebook I see many NO hanging out outside; there are mosquitoes of us here on the Island posting pictures of the of all sizes and they are all angry. According same clouds and rays of morning sunlight. All the the interwebs, we are already at our yearly of us figuring out where we are in this world. average of 32 inches of precipitation per year, Somehow the golden reds and violets soothe and we have a few months to go. Besides a troubled thoughts, and keep us moving on when little shift in the wind tomorrow evening, the we are alone or overtaken. Get up a bit early and forecast looks like carbon copies of scattered take a walk along the water. We might be lucky rain, mid-80’s, and east/southeast winds for enough to find another soul searching. the foreseeable future. Hope you like what we have, because it’s going to be around for a bit. Not sure why I decided to bestow my Jr. Meteorologist on you loyal readers, maybe I’m getting tired of the rain? Augs with a fly rod snook. owns the Packery jetties, they are responsible both from a liability standpoint, as well as through their TxGLO lease of the property to maintain the markers. There are redundant reasons to get the lights on the end of the jetty sooner than later; I really don’t understand what the holdup is. Who is blocking the expenditure for replacing the lights? And don’t get me Over 80 and still fishing! Nice redfish started on the mobi-mats for ADA parking and from Baffin Bay on shrimp and popping the other Packery six-pack items. Rant over this corks. week, but I’ll be back next week. gentleman answered the door and conversed Some things that are actually moving is the totally naked! We would drive by on the birds. Migration has begun in earnest, and weekend and wave to all the large and wrinkly there are lots of hawks around (picture is a red nude bodies, back then my eyes were better Red shouldered hawk in my yard. shouldered hawk in my yard last week). Patrick but I still enjoyed the view. Funny how we was asking me about the humming birds, and somehow seem to forget some of the best things mentioned that while they had a few in the yard Ok, this is borderline silliness. When I was co- in life! Living out on the Island after a while over the summer, there was a rush and now it’s Big John came down with his wife to chairing the Watershore and Beach Committee you get used to the strange and abnormal, then slowed down a bit. I think the big push has yet check on the condo just ran into a few nice last year, we voted to replace the navigation just become yourself. This is the settling place to come through (see my first paragraph about trout! lights at the ends of the jetties (and a few other for anyone run out, fed up, burned up, sick, or the weather) We’re still waiting on our first cold markers). A previous bid of $65,000 had been just too damn crazy for life in their home town, punch of the season to move everything down. submitted by TCOON to maintain the markers, Big John and his wife had a few days on the they all flow south towards the ocean. and that was a year and a half ago. Then, the Yes, you should have your feeders up so that water together this week, and enjoyed talking Fishing has been big news lately with redfish formal TIRZ #2 Committee voted to appropriate they’re established and located by the local about memories from when they lived here back boiling around the jetties in Port A and Packery. the recommended $65,000 to get the work birds; they will clue in the migrants to where in the 90s. One of the funny stories was of a Live finger mullet and pin perch are the best done. That was back in February. And we’ve the buffet is. Right now there is plenty of water particular adventure company that advertised in bet. Live shrimp will get eaten up by perch in gone through the heart of the boating season, around though, so you don’t have to worry local papers such as the Island Moon. seconds. This is the time of year to grab a pole and nothing has been done. And then I read in about that very much. YOU-CAN-TAN WAS A NUDIST COLONY and walk the beach at first light with a silver the Moon last week that the City has instructed Speaking of moving, the mullet migration has ON A SPOIL ISLAND WHERE YOU COULD spoon. Odds are you will get dinner, if not you HDR in their contract to “….replace navigation hit astronomical proportions. Now is the time to GO “hang out” and make friends. John’s wife have sandy feet and a fresh start to your day. aids (lighting) at the end of the Packery jetties.” get out to the beach folks. The water is clearing went in to their office to try to sell them some God bless and go get wet! And this work is scheduled for January of 2020. up day by day, and the fishing is starting to go advertisement in the local yellow pages. The What? Two more years?! It should have been off. We made the beach this past Saturday, and completed three months ago. while the Zeps and Keith mostly caught gafftop, That is unacceptable. The money is in the we did see a few sharks and some large tarpon budget for the lights to be replaced. This is blowing out of the water around the 3rd bar. an allowable and allocable expense. A bid has There aren’t a bunch of people, driving is pretty been received from an authorized contractor. good, and the water feels excellent. The jetties This is simply a matter of purchasing and are doing pretty good too. Hope it holds up. getting it done, yet somehow this issue has been Drop me a line at [email protected] and postponed for another two years? As the City I’ll see you on the rocks. Game Warden Field Notes

The following items are compiled from recent possession of king mackerel in excess of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law daily limit, and while escorting them back to enforcement reports. the boat ramp, the wardens made contact with the other culprits. The suspects were brought We Charge a Rehoming Fee to the commercial boat storage, where wardens On July 22, Harris County game wardens found gained access to a unit that contained 30 king a posting on the “Offer Up” app advertising a mackerel stuffed into a freezer, in addition to “toy” alligator for sale with a winky face ;). The the 16 king mackerel the five fisherman had on seller was contacted by game wardens posing as board both vessels. After lengthy interviews, an out of town rancher wanting a gator for his several citations were written to the five private pond and asked if his ranch hand could individuals for exceeding their possession limit come pick it up. The wardens set a time and of king mackerel. The cases and civil restitution place to meet. The suspect was surprised to find are pending. out the rancher and ranch hand were wardens. Caught Red-Handed Charges were filed. Cameron County game wardens received a call Look Before You Leap from South Padre Police Department stating Tarrant County game wardens patrolling they had come across an ice chest full of red Big group trip this week out of Austin! Lots of big reds and trout! Lake Grapevine on July 21 noticed an unusual snapper during a traffic stop and believed the clustering of people close to the water’s edge occupants to be over their possession limit. below a 25 foot cliff. Seems a middle-aged Contact was made with the three individuals Fueling Survey Shows Recreational man had jumped from the cliff into what he and consent was given to inspect the fish. The thought was 10-12 feet of water that turned story given was inconsistent between the three Boaters’ Challenges with Ethanol Fuels out to only be 2 feet deep. The leap resulted individuals, who claimed they got the fish in a compound fracture of his lower leg. The from friends, but could not produce any proof. wardens contacted local EMS, enlisted the help Although they had been out on a fishing trip all No love for the corn-ethanol mandate: 83 of some of the bystanders to stabilize the leg, day with the unnamed sources, they had taken and loaded the injured man onto their patrol no photos of the others onboard. A bag count percent would choose E0 if available vessel. The wardens then transported the man showed the group was 16 red snapper over their to a location where EMS could make a safe and daily bag limits, including two undersized fish. All three individuals received citations with A survey of recreational boaters’ experience at roadside gas stations, followed by speedy transfer. The wardens stayed with two with refueling their vessels this past summer juvenile boys who were with the injured man restitution. The fish were donated to the public. on-water fuel docks (50 percent) and shows little love for corn-ethanol fuel blends filling gas cans or portable gas tanks at until a parent could be located. Alcohol played Dumping the Dump Truck mandated by the federal government’s a factor in the incident. roadside gas stations (32 percent). Navarro County game wardens responded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). • Misfueling issues: BoatUS has Not Your Sign to a call of a possible vehicle submerged in The survey was completed by Boat Owners concerns over potential consumer a flooded gravel pit. First responders found On June 24, a Pecos County game warden Association of The United States (BoatUS), the misfueling as E15 (15 percent ethanol) evidence that a dump truck had gone over an was checking public access points to the Pecos national advocacy, services and safety group pump-labeling requirements are embankment and into an old flooded gravel River. The warden parked his patrol vehicle for recreational boaters, to gauge boaters’ use minimal with just a small orange pit, which was 35-40 feet deep. Wardens noted near a bridge crossing the river and walked of ethanol-free and ethanol-fuel blends during warning label on roadside gas station a small oil slick forming on the surface of the underneath it to check out the area. While under the peak 2018 boating season. The results pumps. About half (49 percent) of water, called for a dive team and launched their the bridge the warden heard the sound of metal identify potential misfueling issues and allow survey respondents reported being patrol boat. The Waxahachie Fire Department being cut with a power tool. As he made his way recreational boaters to be heard as RFS policy unaware that the use of E15 gasoline in Dive Team arrived on scene and located= the back up to the bridge the warden observed two is being debated on Capitol Hill. Only fuels marine engines was prohibited under missing dump truck. Divers entered the water men; one served as a lookout while the other containing up to 10-percent ethanol (E10) are federal law and will void the engine and found the dump truck resting upside down used a right angle grinder to try to cut down permitted for use in recreational boats, and warranty. More than 4 in 5 survey with the driver still in the cab. The driver did a road sign marking the Crockett County line. anything greater has been shown to damage respondents (84 percent) could not not survive. After being caught in the act, the subject doing marine engines and will void warranties. correctly identify the color of the small the cutting admitted he was trying to take the Ignorance Is Not an Acceptable Excuse The BoatUS Summer Fueling Survey identified misfueling warning label required on sign because “my last name is Crockett and I gas station dispenser pumps that sell thought it would be cool to have the sign.” The Game wardens patrolling Choke Canyon • The boaters’ fuel of choice: About half E15. Both may be indications that individual was charged with criminal mischief, Reservoir on Father’s Day weekend for water (49 percent) of respondents said they current pump labels are not effective a Class B misdemeanor, subsequently pled safety and fishing violations came across filled up their boats with E0 (ethanol- and misfueling could occur. guilty and received six months’ probation. information someone might be alligator hunting free) fuel this summer. However, if on the lake. The wardens went to the reported they had their choice of fuel, more • Ethanol-related repairs: About one in Holy King Mackerel location and found two men sleeping in their than four in five (83 percent) would three of those surveyed (36 percent) choose E0 (ethanol-free) fuel – if it was reported having been advised that On July 14, game wardens in Brazoria truck. Upon questioning, both men confessed available. Forty-one percent reported repairs to their boats’ engines and/or County investigating an Operation Game Thief to having set out eight baited lines to catch the availability of E0 has stayed about fuel systems were required as a result crimestoppers call about a violation of over the alligators. Both men stated they were not clear the same over the last three years. of ethanol fuel. daily bag/possession limit of king mackerel on the regulations and didn’t know they were However, by a margin of more than two made a shocking discovery. The tipster claimed doing anything wrong. Several other violations When it was passed in 2005, RFS assumed that to one (31 percent to 14 percent), some a group of five was stockpiling king mackerel were discovered during the investigation, America’s use of gasoline would continue to respondents said the availability of E0 in a boat storage facility in Freeport. Armed including undersized catfish and no fishing and grow. Since then, however, gasoline usage has was becoming more difficult to locate with description of the suspects’ vehicles and hunting licenses. All lines were picked up and not increased as forecast, which today forces over the last three years. boats, wardens began checking vessels near no alligators were caught. Several cases are more ethanol into each gallon of gas. To keep up the Freeport Jetties and came across a boat pending. • Boat refueling locations: The survey with the RFS mandate and avoid hitting a “blend that fit the description. The occupants were in reported that boaters refuel their boats wall” in which the volume of ethanol production at a combination of locations both off would exceed consumption and infrastructure and on the water. Fifty-three percent of constraints, in 2010 the EPA granted a waiver to Send letters and photos to [email protected] respondents said they refuel their boat allow E15 into the marketplace. September 27, 2018 A 14

Padre Isles Property Owners Assoc. STATE POA News by Marvin Jones, President Full Transparency and Disclosure October is Breast Cancer Good News, Bad News Awareness Month Billish Park- Good News. The volleyball approximately eight years, the PIPOA has court has dried out. Please recall from last failed to maintain these markers and others By Todd Hunter, District 32 those with a genetic history of the disease, week’s column; I was trying to get a meeting in the channels. The Coast Guard further Each year, the month have a risk of breast cancer, women represent with our contractors regarding the park. stated that a certified letter was on its way to of October is recognized as Breast Cancer 99 percent of all breast cancer cases and have Good News, the meeting has taken place. In the POA from the Coast Guard. The letter Awareness Month. Spearheaded by the a significantly higher risk of breast cancer than attendance were Craig Thompson and Allen will state the Coast Guards determination of National Breast Cancer Foundation, this annual men. In addition, the American Cancer Society Beyer of Hanson, Dan Caballero from Fox, the matter and what action must be taken by initiative serves to raise awareness about breast states lifestyle also plays an important role in Jim Smock the New Executive Director, Brian the PIPOA. Finally, the Coast Guard stated if cancer and offer support to those impacted determining a person’s risk level. These factors Hausknecht, and myself. Hanson will add the PIPOA does not cooperate, then the Coast by the disease. The National Cancer Institute, can include weight, alcohol and tobacco use, more sand to the volleyball court thus elevating Guard will administratively discontinue all a division of the U.S. Department of Health physical activity level and diet. the level of the court so that the surrounding the markers in our channels. This means the and Human Services, reports that one in eight area next to the court will not drain into the PIPOA must submit a new application to the women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in During this year’s Breast Cancer court. In addition, holes will be punched in Coast Guard to remedy the problem. her lifetime. Breast cancer is also the second Awareness Month, I hope you will join me in supporting all those impacted by breast cancer. the fabric separating the volleyball sand from Ladies and Gentlemen, eight years is a leading cause of cancer death in women behind I also encourage you to take the time to learn the sub-sand. Hopefully, this will allow the long time not to comply with Coast Guard lung cancer. Given these statistics, I would like more about this disease. To learn more about water to drain more quickly. On Tuesday regulations. All parties associated with this to use this week’s column to share information this important awareness month, you can visit nights Board Meeting, Craig Thompson made matter must accept the fact that the Coast about breast cancer risks and warning signs as the National Breast Cancer Foundation website his report on the park and confirmed the Guard controls our channels and their laws well as the important role cancer screenings and here: http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org . measures to be taken for the volleyball court. and regulations must be obeyed, it is not early detection play in fighting the disease. More information about the National Cancer He further stated that he is hoping to have the optional nor is there any alternative. Your Breast cancer occurs when malignant cells Institute’s research can be found here: https:// sodding completed by October 10 weather PIPOA must follow the law. permitting. The children’s playground has grow in the tissue of the breast. These cells www.cancer.gov . Finally, for information been inspected. I have called the city and sent Audit- The CPA firm reported at Tuesday sometimes form into a tumor, which can be felt about the different symptoms and risk factors the Park’s Department two emails asking if night’s Board Meeting regarding their as a new lump or mass in the breast. While this for breast cancer, please review the American we can open the playground. I am waiting progress and their recommendations for new lump, along with other unusual changes, Cancer Society’s guide here: http://www. for their reply. procedures to be put in place to ensure correct may indicate the presence of cancerous cells, cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/ accounting standards. breast cancer does not always present physical breast-cancer-what-is-breast-cancer . Good News- the completion of the symptoms in the earliest stages of the disease. construction project is in sight. Politics- There are two Board seats coming According to the American Cancer Society, If you would like to review more about up for election in March. The seats are the legislature, please visit the Texas Legislature Channel Markers- On Tuesday, September however, cancer found at an early stage – when currently occupied by Brent Moore and online at www.capitol.state.tx.us/ . If you have 25, the PIPOA was notified via phone it is small and has not spread – is easier to Darrell Scanlan. Announcements will be questions regarding any of the information conference with the U.S.C.G. that they are treat. For this reason, screening exams, such as coming out about when to register if you want mentioned in this week’s article, please do not administratively discontinuing six missing mammograms, are key to finding cancers before to be a candidate and the election procedures. hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. markers in the PIPOA channels. The they start to cause symptoms, known as early As always, my offices are available at any time reason stated by the Coast Guard is that for As always, let me have your thoughts. You detection. can reach me at [email protected] to assist with questions, concerns or comments Breast cancer screenings are recommended (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office; for all women beginning after the age of 40. 361-949-4603). However, individuals with a higher risk of the disease may need to be screened earlier and - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for more often. There are several key factors that Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). are used in determining a person’s risk level of He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. July 2018 developing breast cancer, such as age, ethnicity state.tx.us or at 512-463-0672. and family history. While some men, especially Production for July 2018 as reported to the production was 1.164 billion barrels of crude Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is oil and 8.1 trillion cubic feet of total gas. Crude 90,026,566 barrels of crude oil and 612,512,811 oil production reported by the Commission The Marlin Statue Had a Copper Plaque… mcf (thousand cubic feet) of total gas from is limited to oil produced from oil leases and oil and gas wells. These preliminary figures does not include condensate, which is reported are based on production volumes reported separately by the Commission. by operators and will be updated as late and Texas preliminary July 2018 crude oil corrected production reports are received. production averaged 2,904,083 barrels daily, Production reported to the Commission for compared to the 2,429,435 barrels daily average July 2017, was: 75,312,470 barrels of crude of July 2017. oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 93,229,013 barrels; and 534,777,620 mcf Texas preliminary July 2018 total gas of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current production averaged 19,758,478 mcf a day, figure of 692,430,204 mcf. compared to the 17,250,891 mcf daily average of July 2017. The Commission reports that from August 2017 to July 2018, total Texas reported Texas production in July 2018 came from 180,434 oil wells and 91,025 gas wells. Moonlight in the Gardens International Center, 402 Harbor Drive. Wall-to-wall-to- water activities at the 12th annual casual fundraiser includes complimentary Stellar Spirits, plus cash mixed Ivan the Iguana will be drinks bar; attending Astronomical Appetizers, two silent auctions with on-line bidding, Aphrodite’s Patio Party with “The Deadbeats”, Pictures with Parrots, Wine Pull, and “Ivan” the adorable, Nueces County Judge Lloyd Neal and his lovable Iguana. Guests enter the Main Hall for wife, Thetis Neal will celebrate a life of seated dinner with Best Steak on the Planet and public service on Oct. 12 Saturn’s Sweets, touches of Aggie maroon for the honorees, and pop and rock dance favorite A full moon, and full realm of entertainment “Flashback” on stage. State Representative align as South Texas Botanical Gardens & Todd Hunter emcees; Wes Hoskins runs the Nature Center and CITGO Corpus Christi short live auction. Refinery present Sponsorships are available from $1500 to Moonlight in the Gardens, celebrating a life $10,000. Individual seats are $125 members, of public service to city, county, state and $150 others. All reservations required by Country by Nueces County Judge Loyd Neal October 8, 361-852-2100, or www.stxbot.org. and wife Thetis Neal, beginning at 5:30 pm, Friday, October 12, at the Solomon P. Ortiz

When the Marlin statue at the entrance to Padre Island was built in 1989 it had copper plaques commemorating the people who made it happen, and an explanation of how the project came to be. But six years ago when the price of copper rose thieves helped themselves to the plaques to be sold for the price of the copper. So now a group of Islander wants to turn back the Island calendar by replacing the plaques with the names of the original backers of the project. Each of the participants in the project was given a three by five inch commemorative plaque with their names and image of the statue mounted on a marble block to remind them of the success of the project and to say thanks. The problem is that the original names on the statue have been lost to history. So, if anyone has a commemorative plaque, seen in this photo, call Nick Colosi at 618 889 9160 or e-mail [email protected] and let him know. The plan is to gather all the names then replace the plaques on the statue with something other than copper. If anyone has a photograph of the original plaque before it was stolen, please let us know. The list of names currently is: Kent Ulberg Joe and Ann Maria Horvat John and Mary Spolans Richard Pittman R O Wickham If we are leaving anyone out please let Nick know.

Send letters and photos to [email protected] Facebook:The Island Moon Newspaper September 27, 2018 Island Moon A 15 Hurricane Harvey Guitar CLUB NEWS The Island Moon provides this space for of Corpus Christi residents on Padre Island organizations. If you are a member and Mustang Islands in area government of a club and want to get the word out by promoting and supporting, by the about your events and/or projects send endorsement process, proactive and them along and we will get them in. unified voting in non-partisan races and other issues and referendums put to public Be sure to include a brief description of vote. Meetings are open to the public. what your organization does and a contact IUPAC meets meeting the 2nd Thursday person for those interested in joining. of the month from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Send the info to [email protected] the Island Time Sushi Bar, contact: Nick and we will include it. Or call us at 949- Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. 7700. com. Padre Island Antique Classic Car POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles The Association’s primary responsibility 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, is to maintain the Common Areas, assess Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like and collect the annual fees and provide to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, information and assistance to property tours, car shows on and around the Island. owners. .. Membership in PIPOA is Please contact [email protected] for automatic for anyone acquiring record information on the upcoming meeting. legal title to any property within Padre Please include your contact information Isles. Their office is located at 14015 and the type of car owned. Fortuna Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, [email protected]. Youth Development Foundation of Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Located in Port Aransas the ARK is Port Aransas. For more information please affiliate with the University of Texas at email [email protected]. Austin Marine Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation of most species Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet of wildlife in the area with an emphasis every other Tuesday night! Call or text on marine animals. If you find an animal Danny Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 in peril they can help. 750 Channel View for the next meeting date. Beginners Dr. Port Aransas. Contact Alicia Walker at Workshop: 6 to 7 PM and Open Jam: 337-290-0251 or alicia.walker@utexas. 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels welcome. edu Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus A $3 per person donation covers the Christi Red Hat Society. In 2004 a workshop, materials and the open jam. group of Island ladies got together under Loaner ukuleles available at no extra cost. a Palapa and founded the Padre Island RSVP online. PadreIslandUkeClub@ Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only rule is that gmail.com there are no rules! We are all about fun and friendship. We meet once a month KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. for lunch and various fun outings from Kiwanis meets at Veranda Restaurantat cupcake making to CPR. Schlitterbahn at Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the month. Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This is the Island book club. We meet Island Strategic Action Committee. the first Wednesday of each month at The Is a 14-member committee which meets Barrel at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each ladies that like to read, love socializing month at the Comfort Suites on Windward. with the girls and drinking wine! Come The committee’s purpose is to advise the out and join us we would love to have Corpus Christi City Council on matters you! Contact Linda Walsh, lawalshva@ pertaining to The Island. All meetings are yahoo.com or 361-445-7999, or just show open to the public and the public is invited up! to address the committee during the public comment period. Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is a local chapter of the Parrot Heads in Padre Island Business Association. The Paradise Inc., a not-for-profit corporation association is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to assist in community whose primary purpose is to advertise and and environmental concerns and provide a promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour variety of social activities for people who Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing are interested in the music of Jimmy Buffett the interests of the business community. and the tropical lifestyle he personifies. It is managed by a 9-member board of Founded in 2009, the club motto is “Partying directors. A membership luncheon is held with a Purpose’’. To join or ask questions go on the 2nd Thursday of each month at The to portaransasparrotheads.com or email or Veranda starting at noon. Mixers are held call Deno “Moon Dog” Fabrie, President at on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The 361 749 0256 or [email protected]. association annually has two fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the fall and The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors a Wine Tasting in the spring. League is a women’s social organization open to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club & friendship. New Neighbors League holds An auction is going on for this one of a kind P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club, Inc. monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly guitar fashioned from dock wood, found in is a not-for-profit women’s social club. activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples a debris pile by the side of road in the Port We have luncheons with programs each Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a Aransas area, following Hurricane Harvey. month (2nd Friday) doors open 11:30 am few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or A West Texas luthier, John McDonald, made at Schlitterbahn. Please join us as a visitor email us at [email protected] this one of a kind guitar out of dock wood or member to enjoy our free raffle and Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H Flour Bluff found in Port Aransas after Hurricane Harvey. program. Please come to PIE and learn all Padre Island 4H (FBPI4H) is a club for kids McDonald, along with architect friend, Steve about our fund raising (PIE Sale, Silent in 3rd grade-12th grade. We meet at 6:30 Filippe, agreed to make this piece of art and Auction, Holiday Home Tour, etc.) and pm the first Monday of every month in the healing, free of charge, including the custom our many groups (Bunco, Bridge, Hearts, FB Intermediate cafeteria. 4H provides case with the boat cleat, which was on the wood Spades, Craft, Book Clubs, Mahjong, etc.) opportunities and experiences where young when it was found, as the handle. Proceeds of Padre Island Enrichment club is excited people learn by doing. Please visit us on the online auction, which runs through Oct. to have Joe Gazin join us for our October Facebook at Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H or 24th, will benefit long term recovery efforts 12th luncheon at Schlitterbahn to discuss our website at FBPI4H.com. here in the Coastal Bend. his broadcasting career Port Aransas Art Center 104 N. A;lister For more information, please contact ICA Island United Political Action 361-749-7334 Classes offered, call for details. Radio GM, Kent Cooper kent@icabroadcasting. Committee: Maximize representation com or (361) 814-3800.

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The males play their part too While consumers may write fewer checks in will be on the hook for the funds. and so are the mosquitos. though by swarming together in large cloud-like this era of digital wallets and debit cards, fake Cashier’s checks and postal money orders Their numbers and sheer congregations to attract females. check scams are on the rise. That’s according can be forged. A cashier’s check is a relentlessness leave most to a new, in-depth study by Better Business check guaranteed by a bank, drawn on the island residents with two Take Action Bureau. bank’s own funds and signed by a cashier. options: stay indoors or live in a smothering Knowing that water is vital to 3 of the 4 Fake checks are used in a variety of frauds, from If a person deposits a cashier’s check, the cloud of Deet-laden repellent. So what we do to stages of a mosquito’s life makes the common employment scams to prize and sweepstakes person’s bank must credit the account by reclaim our yards from these swarming pests? recommendation of dumping, draining, or fraud. In all cases, victims deposit the check and the next day. The same holds true for postal treating water around your property critical. For send money back to scammers. money orders. Scammers use cashier’s Know your enemy water that cannot be expelled, Extension Agent checks and postal money orders because According to the report, “Don’t Cash That The key to defeating any opponent is Ott, endorses treating them with a larvacide, many people don’t realize they can be Check: Better Business Bureau Study Shows understanding it better, and one of the first such as Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis (Bti), forged. How Fake Check Scams Bait Consumers,” this things to learn about mosquitos, is that not all which is found in products like Mosquito Bits type of fraud is a huge problem, with complaints The entire study can be found at BBB.org. It mosquitos are the same. In the U.S., there are and Mosquito Dunks. Both of which do not to regulatory agencies and consumer watchdog includes details on which agencies to contact if approximately 170 different species of them, harm pets, birds, or fish. with about 85 of those living in various parts groups doubling over the last three years. you come across this scam and red flags to look Confronting the adults requires a different of Texas. Current BBB Scam Tracker trends in Texas out for. approach. Lots of homeowners utilize yard indicate fake check fraud-related complaints If you’ve been the victim of any type of scam, According to Nueces County AgriLife treatments such a foggers. However, according will be more than double the amount reported help others avoid falling victim by reporting Extension Agent, Jason Ott, we are facing two to a 2016 AgriLife Extension article entitled, in 2017. what happened on bbb.org/scamtracker. basic types here: “floodwater” varieties, which “Do-It-Yourself Backyard Mosquito Control,” The study also found the fraud affects victims you find breeding in wide-open wetland areas the benefits of foggers are very short-lived, and Kelly Trevino is the regional director for and pastures, and “container” species that they “may harm beneficial insects, such as bees, of all ages and income levels, but consumers the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better between 20-29 reported being victimized by prefer your everyday backyard breeding sites. butterflies, and predator insects.” Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas. Regardless of what category they fall into, they the scam more than consumers of any other age The residual sprays, which are also on the Kelly is available for media interviews and all take part in a lifecycle that can last anywhere range market, come with the same warnings for non- speaking engagements. You can reach her by from four days to a few years, depending on the targeted insects, but their positive effects last Scammers often succeed because consumers phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ species and environmental conditions. don’t realize: corpuschristi.bbb.org. much longer than foggers. Ott, recommends Every mosquito’s life begins the same way focusing these treatments near your doorways Crediting a bank account does not mean the though, as a simple unassuming egg. Depending and patios where their impact to beneficial cashed check is valid. Follow us on Facebook: on the species, female mosquitos may choose to insects will be limited. 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 September 27, 2018 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour [email protected] Have you ever had body lice? Here’s the deal. I’m 65 now and finally have healthcare insurance through Medicare. It’s not free but I started paying my quarterly fees in January and hadn’t used it yet. So I decided to give it a spin around the block and see what happens. I didn’t have a regular doctor but Kevin Russell aka Shinyribs with Alice found one, recommended by a friend, actually Spencer and Kelly Mickwee at the House someone I’ve know socially for a couple of of Rock on Sunday. years. I don’t like going to the doctor. I guess no one does. And I wasn’t sick or hurting Tracy for the show on Sunday with Shinyribs anywhere. So for the first time in my life, I did and Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines. something approaching proactive and decided Lighthouse Rick is buddies with one of the doo to get a physical when nothing was wrong. I wop singers with Shinyribs, Kelley Mickwee, Thomas Michael Riley will play the Back wasn’t coughing, limping or dealing with any who used to sing with the Trishas. She is Porch on Friday. disgusting bodily fluids. No temperature, no nothing short of brilliant. Her fellow doo wop, swelling, no bumps or lumps, no medical issues Alice Spencer, has got star quality. They are the I knew of. I wasn’t reassured by my friend’s perfect team in every way. I swear they should be completing each other’s sentences. I couldn’t Hayes Carll will play the Third Coast backward logic to go to the doctor in the first Theater this Saturday. Photo by Miles place, “Maybe you’ll get lucky and they’ll find take my eyes off them. And their harmonies something.” I can see the doctor now, “I’ve got were like those of sisters. The show Shinyribs Merwin great news Mr. Narmour. You have leprosy put on was puro entertainment. It was song MREZ is at Treasure and we can cure it.” Going to a new doctor is a and dance at its finest, verging on vaudeville Island, Ty Dietz is at very, how should I put it, exposing experience, at times. It was Shorty’s and the big especially when it was time to check my a musical and Ziegenback Festival prostate. Like I said, I’ve known this doctor visual experience is at Concrete socially for a few years, so when she told me with tightly Street and features to, “Drop you pants to the floor and put your choreographed Gary Allan, Ray elbows on the table,” I honestly thought about steps and Wiley Hubbard, bolting out the door but somehow shrieked harmonies. Those Kevin Fowler and out a, ”Aren’t you going to take me bowling girls should get Josh Abbott. On first?”… she wasn’t amused. But it was quick equal billing. Saturday watch for and painless and totally professional and now Kevin Russell Thomas Michael aka Shinyribs is Jonmikael MREZ will I feel like I could tell her anything. It’s a great playTreasure Island Riley at the Back way to cut through that awkward “getting to a phenomenon in Porch, the Chanklas know you” stage and go straight to “Have you himself. He first on Friday. at Giggity’s, Hyde ever had body lice? It’s a whole different level of made his mark After Nine at trust. Right now, without lab reports or invasive with the Gourd’s Treasure Island, Hayes Carll at Third Coast, camera optics, all I can tell you is that I don’t hit, Gin and Juice. Rich Lockhart at Bron’s and Selfie at Shorty’s. have wax buildup in my ears and I have a dandy Kelly told us they That ought to keep you busy for a while. Be safe prostate. She gave me a prescription for some recently toured the Ray Wylie Hubbard will play the out there. pills for something I’m sure I need and one east coast for three Ziegenbock Fest at Concrete Street on weeks and played ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ for all my shots and vaccinations that needed Michael Milligan Friday. to be updated. I can’t believe at 65, I still need every day with NO time off. They are played Giggity’s on vaccinations. If it hadn’t got me by now, I’m Friday.. probably immune. Turns out I needed shots for one of the hottest shingles, tetanus, pneumonia and the flu and my local pharmacist could give them all to me. But the doctor told me, “I wouldn’t get all those in one day.” So I stopped at the CVS on the way Live Music home and got my pal, Pharmacy Bob to hook me up with some shots. I know Pharmacy Bob TBA @ Back Porch from hanging out at Shorty’s and think he’s a Spazmatics @ Brewster Street stand up guy, until he stabbed me in the arm Tonight Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s with a shingle shot that has rendered my right Any Colour You Like @ Thursday, September 27 arm useless. So the moral to this story is, I went House of Rock Free Beer Band (7-10) @ to the doctor when nothing hurt and now I can’t Texas Super Chef Giggity’s Throwdown Series @ lift my arm, but I am shingle free. Did I get that Billy Snipes @ Treasure Beachtoberfest right? Island The Full Monty @ PACT Lloyd Maines and Terri Hendrix at Saturday, October 6 Scattered shots… Tribal Seeds @ House of CHRIS SAUCEDO SEPT. 28 James Little @ Giggity’s OtraFest in Corpus on Sunday. Rock Dude. I can’t tell you Larry Joe Taylor @ Back Ty Dietz @ Bron’s THOMAS MICHAEL RILEY SEPT. 29 how stoked I am. I Porch shows on the circuit right now. And for good Falco & the Wolf @ LARRY JOE TAYLOR OCT. 06 went to an Otrafest Starlite @ the Moonbeams reason. This is the tightest band I’ve seen. Their Rockit’s show at the House RICH LOCKHART OCT. 12 @ Shorty’s energy is crazy and Russell is not only a top rate CRUISE CONTROL OCT. 13 Another Level @ Rockit’s of Rock last Sunday, Friday, September 28 musician and great singer, he’s animated and HOUSTON MARCHMAN Testify @ House of Rock at proprietor Casey Port A Music Fest @ OCT. 20 his theatrical moves make watching this band a Texas Super Chef Lane’s invitation. Beachtoberfest multi layered experience. I am a fan for life. We Throwdown Series @ Casey runs a class Michael Milligan & 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Beachtoberfest act over there in also caught all of the Terri Hendrix set with Texiana Bluez @ Giggity’s Lloyd Maines. Terri is an old friend. I have the Chris Saucedo @ Back downtown Corpus. Sunday, October 7 distinction of hiring Terri for her first paying Porch He’s been on Starr Mike Williams (brunch), gig back in 1992 for a whopping $50 to open Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Street for over 13 Antone & the All Stars @ for Marcia Ball at Billy Blues in San Antonio. I Jonmikael MREZ @ years, in a building Giggity’s Treasure Island appreciated her shout outs. I could easily spend Steve Martin & Martin which was the first Hayes Carll @ Third Coast a thousand words on Terri and Lloyd alone. Short @ American Bank Casey Lane at the city morgue in Theater Center House of Rock in Corpus. Back then DO NOT MISS LIST Ron Baker @ Island Wine Ty Dietz Sept. 28 it was called the Ziegenbock Music Fest @ Corpus Christi. Selfie Sept. 29 Monday, October 8 “Undertaker.” The Coming this weekend… Concrete Street Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Audiobox @ Rockit’s Red Giant Oct. 5 spirits are a plenty in The Chamber is calling this weekend the “Port @ Giggity’s there. I always get orbs in my pics at the House Splendiferous @ Brewster Starlite & Moonbeams Oct. 6 A Music Fest”. They’ve got a shuttle going Street of Rock. Always. Casey had a three day festival Shayna Sands Oct. 12 Tuesday, October 9 between venues. I’m guessing that makes it a Justin Estes & Niki @ going on with a GREAT GREAT GREAT Paul Taylor and Victoria festival. Otherwise, it’s business as usual. To Bron’s PIG PARTY! Oct. 13 Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s lineup of talent such as Fastball, Emily Wolfe see all the Beachtoberfest events, go to www. The Full Monty @ PACT Superfonicos, A Simple Jester, Apache OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas portaransas.org. On Friday, Mike Milligan & Wednesday, October 10 Pistol, Bright Light Social Hour, Vallejo and Saturday, September 29 Texiana Bluez (Austin, TX) will play Giggity’s, Magnus @ Giggity’s Finding September, etc. I jumped in with my Chris Saucedo is at the Back Porch, Jonmikael Port A Music Fest @ pals Lighthouse Rick and his mermaid sweetie Beachtoberfest Thursday, October 11 Thomas Michael Riley @ Free Beer Band (7-10) @ Back Porch Giggity’s Chanklas @ Giggity’s Falco & the Wolfe @ GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Hyde After Nine @ Rockit’s Treasure Island Resinated @ House of LIVE MUSIC Selfie @ Shorty’s Rock LIVE MUSIC Free Beer Band Sept.27 Hayes Carll @ Third Coast Theater EVERY Friday, October 12 Mike Milligan Sept. 28 Billy Snipes @ Island Cody Joe Hodges @ Sunset NIGHT Chanklas Sept. 29 Wine Sounds Rich Lockhart @ Bron’s Antone & All Stars Sept. 30 Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s Seattle Rising @ Brewster Shayna Sands @ Shorty’s All You Can Eat Open Jam Oct. 1 Street Richard Lockhart @ Back Paul & Victoria Oct. 2 Another Level @ Rockit’s FRIED Porch Third Eye @ House of Expert Computer Repairs FLOUNDER Jimmy Wilden Oct. 3 Little Joe y los Familia @ Rock 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Brewster Street Everyday 11-7 The Full Monty @ PACT Cuberalls @ Rockit’s Parrot Heads Wings Over Sunday, September 30 Port A @ Beachtoberfest Mike Williams (brunch),

Antone & the All Stars @ Treasure Island Saturday, October 13 Giggity’s Port A Art Walk @ Fundaze @ House of Rock Beachtoberfest Rich Lockhart @ Bron’s BILLY SNIPES ON THURS Matt Hole & the Hot Rod The Full Monty @ PACT JONMIKAEL MREZ ON FRI. Gang @ Giggity’s Cruise Control @ Back Monday, October 1 Porch Open Jam w/ Ray Summy HYDE AFTER NINE ON SAT. 35th Pig Party @ Shorty’s @ Giggity’s Sing Along Piano Bar @ 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Brewster Street Tuesday, October 2 treasureislandporta After Dark Revue @ House Paul Taylor and Victoria of Rock Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Parrot Heads Wings Over Port A @ Beachtoberfest Wednesday, October 3 Jimmy Willden @ Sunday, October 14 Giggity’s Mike Williams (brunch), Antone & the All Stars @ Thursday, October 4 Giggity’s Texas Super Chef Throwdown Series @ Monday, October 15 Beachtoberfest 34th Songwriter Showcase Free Beer Band (7-10) @ @ Tarpon Inn Giggity’s. Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Flatbroke @ Rockit’s @ Giggity’s Friday, October 5 Tuesday, October 16 Ty Dietz @ Giggity’s Paul Taylor and Victoria Red Giant @ Shorty’s Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s The Gaff Pizza Beer Darts Belt sander Races