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After Harvey A2 CAST 2017 A2 Charlie's New Cut A7 Fishing A11 Issue 702 The Island Free

The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 September 28, 2017 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Photo by Joe Calvey Around The Port Royal and Island Holiday Inn By Dale Rankin It’s been a week of reading the fine Take Hits from print in insurance policies, standing in line at the lumber yard, and going Harvey to Ace Hardware to find…well, it kind of looks like an upside down Generate $2 million water tower, only without the water, it’s about the size of a thinkamajig, in Hotel Occupancy and it goes right where the Zeus Wheel connects to the Conniption Tax each year Rod…you know… Two Island businesses that Coyotes continue to cause trouble collectively pay more than $2 million on our little sandbar as they vie with each year in Hotel/Motel Tax to the human Islanders for the top spot on City of Corpus Christi took hard hits the food chain, it’s a dog eat dog from Hurricane Harvey and are not deal and so far the cats are not doing sure when they will re-open. too well. City officials will be here on Wednesday, October 11 (see the article in this issue) to outline what can be done. In the meantime, keep a close eye on your pets. Station Street Pier in Port Aransas was destroyed during Hurricane Harvey. Photo by Miles Merwin Car thief(s) are working The Island this week as several vehicles were stolen. Lock ‘em up and take the keys Group Forms to Collect Funds for everybody. Port Aransas by Morning Rebuilding Port Aransas We had a DEFCON 6 News Port Royal Ocean Resort & Emergency late last week when word Conference Center, located about came down that a Major Celebrity was $10-$20 million in damage to city’s infrastructure halfway between Port Aransas and headed for Roberts Point Park in Port By Dale Rankin A group of about sixty people met at Wendy Moore who will head up the Padre Island but inside the Corpus Aransas to deliver supplies. We knew It will take between $10 and $20 Lisabella’s Bistro at Cinnamon Shore committee to disburse the money Christi City Limits, is one of the top that George Strait was scheduled to million to restore infrastructure which included Lamkin, Port Aransas to Port Aransas residents once the two HOT payers in the city at about make an appearance the next day in damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Chamber of Commerce President fundraising is further along. No time $1.2 million per year. The complex Rockport where at one time he had Jeff Hentz who will head the effort, had water damage to 100 percent of Harvey in Port Aransas and for the Group cont. on A4 a residence and had recently done a next several years eighty percent of and Port A. City Councilwoman the 210 condos and most will have concert to raise money for hurricane the city’s economy will be driven by to be gutted inside and rebuilt. No victims at the Majestic Theater in San construction and only twenty percent Island by the numbers timeline has been established for Antonio. We put two and two together by the tourist industry, according to when they may re-open to the public. and scrambled to get a photographer numbers present to a group of local Impact of Harvey on Port The same goes for the Holiday Inn on there. There is an old saw in the businesspeople headed by Cinnamon Padre Island where 85 percent of the journalism dodge that says assuming Shores owner Jeff Lamkin. rooms suffered falling water damage makes an a— out of you and me and Aransas So far the group has raised $750,000 due to a damaged roof, as well as the that was the case here for it was not Editor’s note: A meeting Saturday aimed at raising funds for rebuilding kitchen area, lobby, restaurant, and Mr. Strait who appeared but a fellow to begin the reconstruction of the city. the town of Port Aransas after Hurricane Harvey provided projections The goal of the group is to initially outdoor bar. No re-opening date has by the name of Sin City Sammy, a on the financial and personal impact of the storm based on the experience been set. Sammy Hagar impersonator from Las raise $7.5 million with the hope of the Galveston area after Hurricane Ike. Here are those numbers. Vegas who brought much appreciated that amount will be matched two- Royal cont. on A4 $1.3 billion drop in property value in Port Aransas from Harvey, $2.9 supplies but, alas, did not create the to-one by state and federal money, billion to $1.6 billion stir that the subsequent appearance of and further to tap into other funding Mr. Strait did. sources. $20 million in lost to the city from property taxes due to damage (over Island Coyotes time) get ISAC 25% reduction in city budget for 2018 due to lost revenue from property State of the and sales tax Attention 15% - 20% increase in tourism for 2017 season prior to Hurricane Harvey Rampaging Island coyotes will be P.O.A 25%-50% of local businesses won’t re-open center stage at the next meeting of the Editor’s note: After island Strategic Action Committee on eight years on the 20% of the Port Aransas economy will be from tourism in the next three Wednesday, October 11 at the Holiay job the Executive years Inn Express on Windward Blvd. The Coordinator of the 80% of the Port Aransas economy will be from the construction in the next meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. Padre Isles Property three years The meeting date was moved back Owners Association 50% of the property owners in the city had insurance from the usual first Tuesday of There is a fundraiser this Sunday at Maybeth Christensen is retiring. We each month so the officials from the Pelican for victims. There may or sent her a list of questions, here are 75% of the people with insurance will rebuild the city’ animal control office and may not be a Major Celebrity there. the questions and answers in their 25% of the people with insurance will leave the city Police Chief Mike Markle will be in entirety. attendance. Island residents have been Fire on Number 4! 10% of the people without insurance will stay and rebuild How has the POA changed during reporting frequent coyote sightings We had an Island Emergency this the eight years you have been there? 90% of people without insurance will leave the city and attacks in neighborhoods so ISAC Chairperson Libby Edwards 37.5% of homes that will be rebuilt will be complete in three months I think the biggest change is that reschedule the meeting to allow city more people feel they can come to 40% of homeowners with insurance will rebuild in nine months officials to attend and offer possible the office and be treated with respect solutions. . and responsiveness. 70% of the homes that will be rebuilt will be complete in fifteen months 75% of homes that will be rebuilt will be complete in 36 months POA cont. on A7 week when a fire broke out on the Number 4 Hole over at the golf A little Island history course. Several possible causes are under investigation. Could have been a Scorching Worm Burner hit by an Ranching The Island Island Duffer that found its way into the tall grass, or could have been Plenty of water and grass, no fences needed the sparking wit of the fellow who shanked his tee shot into the caddy When rancher Patrick Dunn built the gulf delivered a constant supply shack and yelled, “Fire!” Could his Padre Island structures to run of hard and softwood boards of have been the Golf Gods throwing cattle on Padre Island, he was unable all lengths and widths. Dragged to a lightning bolt at the fellow who to simply call up a lumber yard in one of the camps they became the hit three tee shots into the pond and Corpus and ask them to deliver so huts, kitchens, fences, and corrals. recorded a four on his scorecard. many board feet of lumber, so many Shingles were hand made from No Mulligans were injured and the kegs of nails, so many hinges, or so rough lumber. The sea also supplied investigation continues. much glass. There of course was no furniture. Barrels with the tops Rev your engines and get ready for a causeway, lumber was expensive, removed and filled with sand became Cannonball Run to the Catcher’s Mitt and transportation to the island was small stoves. Stools and chairs came down on PINS for the washing in of difficult, Like Padre Balli, John in and found their way to the camps. flotsam and jetsam from Hurricane Singer, and all those who had built Indeed it is said Dunn furnished his Harvey. Anything that washed off a structures on Padre before him, Pat headquarters home with furniture porch along the Brazos or Colorado Dunn turned to The Island itself for from the Nicaragua, an unlucky will end up down there pretty soon. his materials. Mexican ship that stranded on Padre in 1912 or 1913. Makes for some great beachcombing. Bounty from the Nicaragua Tar barrels floated in and were Say hello if you see us Around The He found them on the beach, where Island. History cont. on A4 Dunn ranch bunkhouse. September 28, 2017 Island Moon A 2 Harvey Aftermath CAST 2017

This year’s CAST (Catch A Special Thrill) event was held at Packery Channel on Saturday September 23, 2017. CAST is a National Foundation that promotes fishing for Special Needs Children of all ages. The Parks and Recreation Department, Gulf Beach Operations Division hosts this event annually. This year, as in previous years, the event was a sold out show with kids coming from Corpus Christi and many neighboring communities. The children and their families began arriving at 9:00am and started fishing right away. We experienced a torrential rain down-pour around 10:00, for about 15 minutes, but this didn’t stop our young fishing buddies. They were immediately back at it cheering and yelling each time they caught a fish. Lunch was provided by Whataburger and Chick-fil-A. Through the generous donations of our local sponsors and the City, we were able to provide a drawing where each child won a prize. The event concluded at 1:00pm with cheers and applause from our participants, their families and all of our volunteers. Martha Lawhon, Gulf Beach Operations, was instrumental in obtaining twenty three (23) local sponsors to help support this great cause. Because of her tireless efforts the children not only walked away with a great memory, they left with a t-shirt, hat, fishing pole, tackle box, bait bucket, a goodie bag and a plaque with their picture on it to remember their fishing experience. Sponsors also supplied a tent top, tables and chairs, banners, towels, restroom facilities and hand wash stations, water, lunch, bait and tackle, etc. CAST for Kids, A Poem We’re there before sunrise, We’ve committed our time, To get everything set. To make this day their treat. For a morning of fishing, But it comes back to us 10 fold, We hope the kids don’t forget. Our day’s now complete. We’ve labored to give them, Martha’s the one, A joy to remember. Who’s headed this effort. The attention is theirs, With many long hours, Photos by Miles Merwin And they are the center. And not much credit. They all get excited, “CAST for Kids”, As they make their first wish. We do once each year. To cast out their line, Twelve months of planning, And catch the first fish. And it ends with a tear. Joy and laughter, It won’t be long though, Can be heard from afar. Before we start it again. They’re so happy to be here, We love the hugs and the smiles, Each one is a star. This is part of the plan. Our sponsors are many, And the volunteers also. “Thank you kids, for making our day a great one.” We’re all here for the children, Russell Armstrong 9/23/2017 We know this is their show. Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper

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We should expect no less from A Town Hall Meeting to our PIPOA. introduce candidates for the I ask this item be added to the agenda of the POA Board will be held at the October Board meeting for discussion and second floor of Schlitterbahn on Distribution vote so that the Elections Committee can be Wednesday, October 4th at 6 pm. Pete Alsop immediately established for our upcoming Meet candidates Marta Sprout, Island Delivery election in March 2018. Nick Colosi and Vicki Marsden. Coldwell Banker POA Repeating Kelly McFadden Advertising And so I come to Essay 9. I’ve read that if you Wind & Wave Watersports is multiply any number by 9 and then keep adding having a SUP and kayak Demo Jan Park Rankin Port A. Poetry the resulting digits until you get to a single digit, Day on Saturday, October 7th 10 Classifieds that digit will always be 9. To Whom It May Concern ; am – 4 pm at the Packery Channel Arlene Ritley I’m going to take a break from writing these I Am A Photographer and Event Planner & bridge. They will demo more than Production Manager essays and I hope they’ve been useful. In Live in Port Aransas Texas. 20 fishing and recreational kayaks Abigail Bair addition to discussing the primary documents My Community (my friends and family and and SUPs. Contributing Writers and laws that affect our governance, I’ve I) were deeply effected by Hurricane Harvey, Joey Farah pointed out some important things that require people have been extremely helpful and kind Blades Plumbing provides our action and/or vigilance. when others not so much! People looked at us in Andy Purvis services for drain cleaning, tub a strange way during and after our evacuations. 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Though I lost most of my photography Business Briefs Brent Rourk 22.102 and its three choices, one of which equipment in the Hurricane; I did shoot a few photos of our community and was able to find Photographers would have matched the existing Bylaws and Irie’s Island Food in Port A has barred the Board from amending the Bylaws. some Beauty through the Devastation (eyes of reopened. You can again enjoy Miles Merwin They knew we owners would have picked that photographers are always looking ) and all that their tacos, burgers, poor boys, Jan Rankin choice. But, they robbed us of our choice and we as a community are going through -These Words Sang To My Heart!! kahuku, fried rice, spring rolls Mary Craft gave that power to themselves. Hence, “The Big Cheat.” pig sticks, beignets, treasure beef Ronnie Narmour Tears From Port A and soups. 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Though the statutes say a written The Palmilla Beach Resort is attorney’s opinion can be a defense, it seems Our Lives Are Scattered And Torn Apart, they had no written opinion from John Bell, Peices Of Life Ripped From Our Hearts ...... hosting a free concert with plenty although they claim a verbal one. Strangers Flocked With Goods and Cheer, of food and cash bar. Bring a They Came Here To Help Us And Brought blanket or chair to the resort on I’ve also explained the MMD and put all of st you on alert that it’s in the process of being Good Will... Sunday, October 1 noon – 10 Publisher amended. We need to become involved in Yet They worked Hard and Shared Our Tears, pm. There will be shuttles leaving Dale Rankin this process, guarding diligently against any Without Hesitation They Hand You A Water from American Bank on North About the Island Moon provision allowing the MMD Board all on its And Ask How You Feel...... 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Curacao Blues th st Trinity By the Sea Jones, this Board is out of control and needs to Coming will be open October 10 – 21 Port Episcopal be replaced. Otherwise; like the number 9, they with a new tapas and cocktail will repeat themselves over and over and over. Good Day, menu and the entire establishment Aransas I am Hirohito Yokoi from Japan,the current th Sand Piper Condos Karl L. Rubinstein will be open October 24 . North president to science/technology based enterprise Sea Gull Condos Padre We are currently recruiting companies/ The Blue Crab Boutique has Gulf Breeze RV POA Elections individuals on behalf of a company located in 50% off all shorts, tanks and select All Stripes Stores I formally ask the Padre Isles Property Owner Pioneer RV japan for a number of account receivable agents pillows. 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Keep (ARK) in Port A. Members of the Board are directly impacted 361 Bar Isle Mail N More I understand this is not your area of expertise, by the results so it is inappropriate for the because we have reviewed your profile and Moby Dicks Island Italian Board, any person who directly reports to the knowing your eligibility to help our company Spanky’s Liquor Brooklyn Pie Co. Board or any entity which has an ongoing fulfil one of its major goal, that is the main that encompassed Registered Landmarks that business relationship with the PIPOA to be reason I have to reach out to you. required adherence to historic federal, state, and IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware directly involved with our election process. local codes. As Vice-Chairman of Soulard Mardi Reply to ([email protected]) for more Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn Having the Board manage and oversee our Gras, and its $3,000,000 budget, he coordinated details, we look forward to working with you. with home owners, businesses, news media, and San Juan’s Mexican election is analogous to having the White House Texas Star (Shell) manage and oversee the presidential election. Yours Sincerely emergency services to made this second largest Restaurant Mardi Gras a huge success. Dr. Nick's career Jesse’s Liquor The conflicts are immediately apparent. An Hirohito Yokoi Wash Board election process must avoid any perception of included serving as a Navy Captain, Chief of Laundry Mat Scuttlebutt’s influence or favoritism. President Surgery for a 400-bed hospital and for a 1,000- bed Marine Corps Combat Hospital. He was Drop Anchor Bar & Restaurant Enquiry An autonomous Elections Committee is also the Regimental Surgeon who coordinated Grill Subway needed. Editor’s note: Thank you Hirohito, the offers medical care for 5,000 Marines. Port A Parks & Rec just keep on rolling in. Island Tire There were no specifics in the pre-2013 ByLaws MARTA SPROUT has Public Library Padre Pizzeria as to the organization of this committee. And, long been an advocate for as stated above, it would also be inappropriate Candidates Announce others as a first responder Chamber of And all Moon for the Board to solely determine the committee Commerce/ Visitor’s ANNOUNCEMENT: The first volunteers to in Ski Patrol and has won retail advertisers organization, so as a Member, this is what I step up and run as candidates for Island's next the President's Award for Center would recommend. WB Liquor election for seats on the POA board are: Nick the significant number Woody’s Sports 1) All meetings are open. The committee Colosi, Marta Sprout, and Vicki Marsden. In of volunteer hours she Center determines its own schedule and rules of March the property owners of Padre Island will contributed to making Back Porch Flour Bluff governance, but must abide by all current Texas be electing those they want to fill the three seats our community stronger. H.E.B. laws as well as our ByLaws. that will be open on the board. Her business knowledge comes from years of Shorty’s Place managing large medical practices. In her role 2) Committee Members must be Members of DR. NICK COLOSI is Fisherman’s Wharf Whataburger on as the president of the Citizen Police Academy Waldron the PIPOA and not existing Board Members. a retired ophthalmologist Alumni Association, Chief Markle has called Giggity’s who is well known on 3) The Committee will have full control her "a dedicated community leader" who "in a Ethyl Everly the island as one of our Tarpon Inn of design, implementation, execution and matter of months, has motivated and revitalized community leaders and Senior Center certification of the election process. our alumni program." With regards to security Gratitude’s as the ever-gracious Fire Station issues, Marta has particular knowledge that The Gaff 4) Committee Members are as follows: President of Corpus comes from her role as an instructor for the Police Station a. One Member plus one per announced Christi LIVE! He Police Academy and her participation in Wild Horse brings experience he Stripes on Flour Candidate, these Members chosen randomly training scenarios for our police department's Treasure Island from a pool of Members who volunteer to serve. gained serving on the training events. Marta also is a professional Bluff & SPID board of for a federally b. One Member per announced candidate, that recognized National Historic Neighborhood Letters to Ed . cont on A4 September 28, 2017 Island Moon A 4

History cont. from A1 was a dangerous vaquero sport. It consisted include any members from the Texas coastal of reaching down from the horse, grabbing area. That money includes $36 million from Royal cont. from A1 melted to close holes. Other barrels collected the tail of an angry cow, and wrapping the tail the Dell Foundation to fund housing, help the rainwater. Ropes of all sizes were used for a around the horn and hump. If the vaquero was variety of purposes. The sea and island were successful, and he usually was, the outlaw was generous and Dunn took ad-vantage of it. In violently thrown to the ground. Upon release the an architectural sense he in fact adapted his dazed animal docilely joined the string. If the vaquero missed, the cowboy could be dragged from his horse or the horse badly gored. Working the herd Slowly moving north the men on the wings continued to throw the cattle to the center of The City of Corpus Christi each year collects the "V". The herd gradually grew in size. When about $16 million in HOT across the city with $4 million of that amount coming from The Island, and half of that $4 million from Port Royal and Holiday Inn. Any shortfall in HOT revenue next year would have to be deducted from the budget which supports the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the downtown Convention Center. Dale Rankin Wagon on the Dunn ranch. Letters to Ed. cont. from A3 thriller writer who decompresses by scuba diving, big mountain skiing, kiteboarding, and enjoying our beautiful island with her family and friends. VICKI MARSDEN is known to many of us for her ability to bring people together. While Vicki is warm and welcoming, she also 1951 Pat Dunn Ranch HQ by McGregor. brings a great deal of skill gained from her position as Director of Quality structures to the environment and used available workforce, and provide child care. He said Assurance, Lead Auditor, materials in their construction. In relation to Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and Project Manager for NCI information form the structures were not elegant. They were also has $50 billion in money from the federal Patrick F. Dunn Systems and Karta Technologies. Today she simple, plain, and rough like the men who lived Housing and Urban Development Department is an independent consultant and a Process in them and the island upon which they stood. which will be distributed to cities through block Improvement Specialist. Her sixteen years Sweet water easy to get it approached Green Hill, three men were grants, and Texas A&M University President of successfully implementing the quality stationed on each side of the trap. Their job was John Sharp has been appointed by Abbot to management and business systems primarily for Throughout the island Dunn constructed the to make sure no cattle got past the trap into the head a $50 billion fund for street and roadways. IT and software companies under contract to the wells which were the most unusual feature next section of the island. After the herd had Another $36 million has been raised by DoD would be a huge asset to our organization. of the Pa-dre Island cattle operation. Again been placed in the trap, the task of working the Her clients include the City of Corpus Christi's using lumber from the beach Dunn first built a Houston Texans football player J.J. Watt. It is animals got underway. not clear how the money raised by Watt will be Engineering Services Department where her rectangular frame about eight feet by two feet. work encompasses documenting sound policies, A hole was then dug in the sand, usually near a Calves were separated out into one of the distributed but most is expected to be allocated working pens, where they were branded, in the Houston area. processes, and business plans that live up to the sand dune, and the frame inserted in the hole. best business practices and efficiencies. She Water, which did not run off but which was castrated, and, in later years, vaccinated. Other “The squeaky wheel is going to get the grease cows were run through dipping vats or, again created a tailored internal audit program to check rather trapped in the sand, slowly seeped into when it comes to recovery money,” Lamkin compliance against documented procedures to the tanks. According to Dunn, at one time or in later years, sprayed. The major concern, said. “We need to organize to get in line to however, was to separate out the yearlings and identify and implement meaningful measures to another there were as many as 75 of these tanks get some of this money. This city has taken a drive improvement throughout the organization. spread out on the island. other stock which would be taken to market. huge hit from Harvey and we are going to need Once the work was complete and the prime financial help, that is our focus here.” None of these candidates own businesses or Keeping them clean was a constant task, but beeves selected, the rest of the herd was turned stand to gain from a position on the board other it was easily accomplished by bailing them out. They slowly drifted back down the island Organizers on Saturday said a primary focus than to give islanders a voice and to bring solid out and then cleaning the sides and bottoms. and resumed grazing. of the fundraising is to address the need for business practices and policies that are fair, Unlike the water supply on the mainland, sweet affordable housing, which has risen from reasonable, and respectful. water was never a problem on Padre. During The technique of the "V" type drive between a problem to a crisis due to the storm. Port the 1940s Burton Dunn, Pat's son who had the two bodies of water on each side of the Aransas Mayor Charles Bujon said 85 percent "Solid business practices begin with saying taken over manage-ment of the ranch after his island was repeated between Green Hill and of the residences in the city are damaged or what you mean and doing what you say. Be father's death in 1938, decided to modernize Black Hill. Again the vaqueros spread out destroyed. A group of local businessmen transparent and followup and do what you said the place by constructing windmills. The across Padre with the wings throwing the cattle calling themselves Homes for Displaced you would do." ... Vicki Marsden. to the center, where they joined the animals windmills functioned properly, but they marked Marlins have established a program aimed at "Islanders have a right to have their voices from Green Hill. Reaching Black Hill, the no improvement over the time-tested tanks. Old bringing residents back to the city. They are heard, their money protected, their rights cattle collected between Green and Black Hills timers silently shook their heads and wondered offering twenty free trailers to those who have respected, and their safety made a priority. It's were branded and vaccinated. When the cattle why anybody would want to spend money been forced to relocate and a reduced monthly time for fair and reasonable policies and honest ready for market had been added to those from building expensive windmills when the tanks rate of $400 for sites. A town hall meeting is business practices." ... Marta Sprout had always supplied more than enough good Green Hill, the herd resumed the slow drive scheduled for Tuesday, October 3 to discuss the water. up the island. The same roundup technique issue. "I have a lot of questions about how our was employed between Black Hill and Novillo organization is run. Together I'm certain that we Round ‘em up move ‘em out and Novillo and headquarters at the top of the The group is establishing a website called can find those answers." ... Dr. Nick Colosi. island. New Day in Port A to handle questions and For ten months out of the year the cattle on applications for funds from local residents. Fred Edler Padre peacefully grazed. Dunn and his men It usually took about three weeks to a month to moved up and down the island checking on the work the entire island and collect a herd at the new calves, taking care of distressed animals, north end. The work, however, was not yet over. and cleaning the water tanks. Twice a year, Dunn and his foreman still faced the problem usually in May and October or November, of getting the cattle off Padre to the mainland. it came time to round up the herd and cut out From the headquarters pens, Dunn and his men coasters for market. Dunn adapted the cattle drove the herd to the Laguna Madre where they drive or roundup to the island's con-ditions. forded that salty body of water to the Peta Island With a foreman, about twelve vaqueros, a cook, holding pens on Flour Bluff. Cattle in general and the necessary baggage and camp gear, are good swimmers, but those from Padre Island Dunn first proceeded down the island to Green were so good they became known as sea lions. Hill, the southernmost camp. (This camp is At the Peta Island pens, the herd was sold on today called the Dunn Ranch.) the spot or arrangements were made to drive it After making any necessary repairs to the traps to another mainland ranch. In later years Dunn and corrals, the men were ready to begin the acquired still another place on Flour Bluff about drive. Proceeding another thirty miles down the two miles from the Peta Island pens. Here he island to a fence Dunn had constructed in the kept his equipment and horses. area of the present-day Port Mansfield Channel, they slept on the beach. Getting up at 4:00 in the Group cont. from A1 morning they ate breakfast and then spread out across the island in the form of a "V". When the men were in place the drive got underway. 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SYNTHETIC VINYL SHEET PILING the men on the wings was to throw the cattle to the center of the "V" where they strung out and IS A COST-EFFECTIVE, MODERN CHOICE FOR BUILDING SEAWALLS AND BULKHEADS. moved north. The foreman pushed the whole timetable was announced for disbursement operation. He was always a man who, as J. Frank of the money raised, but Moore said it will be Cost-Effective Dobie de-scribed him, "savvied the cow—cow distributed according to the following formula: Sustainable psychology, cow anatomy, cow dietetics—cow 20 percent to the workforce, 20 percent to nature in gen-eral and cow nature in particular. business owners, 20 percent to the Port Aransas Longer Service Life He must know how to water a herd, graze it, Independent School District, 20 percent to Zero Toxic Coatings or Preservatives homeowners, and 20 percent through local drive it, hold it up, string it out, manage it at will Corrosion-Resistant and yet leave it free to thrive and be contented." churches. The money raised will be kept in On Padre the foreman's main job was to move a special 501 3c account and managed and UV-Resistant back and forth across the island making sure distributed by a nine-member committee which Impervious to Marine Worm Damage is yet to be appointed. that one of the wings did not get ahead of the Aesthetic Appeal other and that the herd was properly strung out. Lamkin said currently $100 million in federal Flat Panel & Corrugated Cripples and outlaws, who could upset the assistance is available through the Lone Star herd, were either left behind to be picked Foundation, a fifteen-member board appointed Custom Design Options up later or tailed to quiet them down. Tailing by Governor Greg Abbot which does not Installation Solutions Available Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.islandmoon.com September 28, 2017 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin

My first job out of college Which leads to the rest of the story… was chasing police calls By 1985 that Sergeant was head of the San in San Antonio. From 10 Antonio police union and arguably the most p.m. to 7 a.m. I drove a powerful man in the city. His power was San Antonio News car all such that when he would enter the council over the city from crime scene to crime scene chamber during a meeting everything would for two years. It was a great job. stop and he would stride to the podium to There were three daily newspapers in the city state his business. When not inside the council at that time but the San Antonio Light and chamber itself he would hold court in a room Express were both morning papers so their behind the chambers where council members reporters went home at midnight; after midnight would leave the meeting to consult. The union it was just me and a television guy named Henry became the largest contributor in council races who unbelievably is still at it, and Dangerous and opposing it was political suicide in a town Dan from WOAI radio who didn’t show up until where there were no term limits and a council around 3 a.m. More often than not in the busy seat was a legacy. So in 1988 when it came time and often violent hours between midnight, when to negotiate a new police contract the Sergeant revelers had time to get tanked up and wanted to was in a position to drive a hard bargain and fight, and when the bars closed at 2 a.m. it was that’s what he did. He got a legal insurance usually just me and the cops at crime scenes plan which provided police and firefighters that often took us into the most violent parts with such services as divorces, wills and deed of the city from the barrios on the Westside, to examinations. The policies were available all night party houses on the Eastside, to the on the market for less than $15 a month per downtown enclaves where the homeless and individual, but the Sergeant asked for $30, disposed hunkered down, to housing projects figuring the city would negotiate the fee down. all over town where police officers would only It didn’t. The result was that the contract was enter in force. I only got attacked twice, once soon awash in cash and the Sergeant demanded when I was questioning a guy who had just been a “recruiting fee” of $25,000 and when the arrested for murder and his brother grabbed city’s share jumped to $32 a month per officer me from behind (I stomped his foot and broke the Sergeant upped his fee as well and soon was his toe) another when I got trapped in a mob making $72,000 per year and collected more of people surrounding a standoff between a than $500,000 before the deal was exposed and gunman named Julian Gold and Bexar County he went to federal prison for four and a half Deputies. (“Why Did You Do It Julian?” the years. headline read). The city had signed the contract without It was a violent time in that city’s history and costing out its elements and it included a it was also a time when, due to the constant ebb retirement health plan designed to be prepaid Tides of the Week and flow of the justice system the only justice so officers paid nothing after they retired. ever likely to be dispensed in many cases was The contract provided that officers paid $50 Tides for Bob Hall Pier: September 28 - October 5 street justice administered right at the scene a month toward funding the plan and the city Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon of the crime. I will say that street justice was paid $67 per uniformed employee. As a city hall /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible dispensed without regard to race or social reporter I sat outside the meeting room where Th 28 High 12:20 AM 2.0 7:20 AM Set 12:46 AM 47 standing, it was meted out evenly and in all but the contract was negotiated and was told the one case to people who richly deserved it. It was 28 Low 3:24 PM 0.6 7:18 PM Rise 2:38 PM contract would cost the city about $42 million a different time. over its ten-year lifespan, but when the bean F 29 High 1:09 AM 2.0 7:21 AM Set 1:34 AM 56 counters finished their work the total was more They’re lighting you up 29 Low 4:34 PM 0.6 7:17 PM Rise 3:25 PM than $10 million per year! Fortunately for me, a 22 year-old rookie, my Sa 30 High 1:42 AM 2.0 7:21 AM Set 2:26 AM 65 But the most lasting legacy of that contract City Editor was a retired police officer who was that the system for investigating incidents 30 Low 5:40 PM 0.6 7:16 PM Rise 4:09 PM could steer me away from trouble and run between officers and arrestees changed in a interference with the PD when necessary. I Su 1 High 2:05 AM 2.0 7:22 AM Set 3:19 AM 74 fundamental way. Traditionally across the soon learned that sometimes when I rolled up county when a suspect was injured in police 1 Low 6:39 PM 0.7 7:15 PM Rise 4:51 PM on a crime scene, the only reporter to show custody the PD did the investigating and turned M 2 High 2:24 AM 1.9 7:22 AM Set 4:15 AM 82 up, it was best that I took a scenic tour around the evidence over to the District Attorney who the neighborhood before stopping. After a few 2 Low 8:56 AM 1.5 7:14 PM Rise 5:32 PM was duty bound to take it to a Grand Jury weeks on the job I moved into a permanent where he/she could recommend a true bill of 2 High 12:16 PM 1.6 residence near downtown where one evening, indictment or a no bill. But the District Attorney as I left for work I noticed an officer sitting in 2 Low 7:33 PM 0.7 was an elected official who had to directly his marked patrol car in front of my house; no face voters, and even in what was then a one- Tu 3 High 2:42 AM 1.9 7:23 AM Set 5:12 AM 89 big deal, probably a coincidence. But then a party town cases involving allegations against 3 Low 8:57 AM 1.4 7:13 PM Rise 6:12 PM couple of days later there was another, and then officers could quickly become political fodder. another. If they were sitting on a house near me, 3 High 1:30 PM 1.7 As a result, in sensitive cases the DA would surveillance, they were doing a poor job since often send in his own investigators much to the 3 Low 8:24 PM 0.8 a marked unit was exactly inconspicuous. I let displeasure of the PD and its union. The result it pass. W 4 High 2:58 AM 1.8 7:23 AM Set 6:10 AM 95 was that over time the de facto investigating Then in my second month on the job a police arm of police involved cases moved from the 4 Low 9:04 AM 1.2 7:11 PM Rise 6:51 PM Sergeant was shot four times by a refugee DA office – a county position – into the city 4 High 2:37 PM 1.8 from the Mariel boat lift out of Cuba during a structure where the union held sway. burglary on the Westside. The suspect was shot 4 Low 9:16 PM 1.0 I can’t say this dynamic has any direct thirteen times and killed and I had been the only connection to the current debate in this country Th 5 High 3:13 AM 1.7 7:24 AM Set 7:10 AM 98 reporter on the scene. The question of course, that we are all too familiar with. What I can 5 Low 9:19 AM 1.0 7:10 PM Rise 7:31 PM with one man shot four times and the other say is that in that place and time it greatly thirteen was, who shot first? The next day there 5 High 3:41 PM 1.9 reduced the number of indictments against was the patrol car again and this time, even the police officers and for a time amped up the 5 Low 10:11 PM 1.1 rookie I was, I realized something was up and administration of street justice. told my City Editor. And so it goes. “They’re lighting you up,” he said. “The best thing to do is keep your mouth shut.” Which I did.

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The rain hit my little matchbox green tiles. I just say “thanks,” and pretend I was reported that an average of 22 Veterans and understand what Veterans and their house in great crashing sheets, punctuated by don’t know what’s coming next. per day were committing suicide. At the time families and friends have been through and the mutinous crashes of faraway thunder. I was of this writing, it is reported that an average challenges Veterans of all ages and service eras As soon as her name is called, Stadler’s sham snug as a bug, tucked beneath my quilt and is over. She sits on the ground, plants her front of 20 Veterans a day are committing suicide. face. resting upon not one but two feather beds I believe that an average of one is one too feet, and refuses to move. I then have to drag, Since its launch in 2007, the Veterans Crisis and a foot of memory foam – I have a very many. Please join us in doing your best to push, or (in really bad situations) carry a huge, Line has answered nearly 2.8 million calls and ‘Princess and the Pea’ viewpoint regarding the prevent veterans (and all others) from killing incredibly stubborn canine back into the exam initiated the dispatch of emergency services appropriate amount of squishiness required for themselves. Hopefully the following report will room. It then takes two nurses to get her on the to callers in crisis nearly 74,000 times. The bedding. Stadler, my intellectually challenged assist you in doing your part in stopping this scale. I think Stadler weighs around 80 pounds, Veterans Crisis Line anonymous online chat black Labrador, was right there with me – in the human slaughter. September 2017 is Suicide but (if I’m being honest) we probably haven’t service, added in 2009, has engaged in more than same bed, but in a vastly different boat. Prevention Month. Please spread the word to been able to get a truly accurate measurement 332,000 chats. In November 2011, the Veterans your followers on social media and help us I hate to admit this, as it makes me seem like since she was about 12 weeks old. Then, when Crisis Line introduced a text-messaging service engage our community with the interactive a terrible dog parent, but Stadler is terrified our very kind veterinarian comes into the room, to provide another way for Veterans to connect tools. Also please remember that this should be of thunderstorms. In fact, she’s absolutely she tries to hide underneath my legs and cowers, with confidential, round-the-clock support, and a year-round project. Ashlee Marinez and the petrified by any kind of loud sky boom – as tail tucked, through the entire exam, refusing since then has responded to more than 67,000 Associated Press contributed to this report. though the sky Gods were hungry for Labrador. even to take a treat. At our yearly visit back in texts. She shakes, pants, drools, rolls her eyes, and July, the vet suggested in his soft, gentle voice The Hara-kiri * Continues In 2011, the National Veterans Suicide occasionally goes stark raving mad and runs that we drop in “a couple of times a week so that she gets used to the office.” I didn’t try to tell On average, 20 veterans a day committed Prevention Hotline was renamed the Veterans around the house like a maniac, knocking over him that she’s fine with “the office” and that it’s suicide in 2016, a slight decrease from the Crisis Line to encourage Veterans and their furniture and running into walls. Her favorite the exam she hates. previous government estimate, but federal families and friends to make the call. People position in times of crisis, is to lie prone across health officials are cautious about concluding who know a Veteran best may be the first to my body while shivering and sliming me with When I called, asking for doggie anti-anxiety the suicide problem is getting better. recognize emotional distress and reach out for dog spit. Evidently, squash Ab is the canine meds before Harvey, the vet popped on the support when issues reach a crisis point — and safety equivalent of a basement during a phone and said, “For Stadler? Absolutely. Rather, they say the Department of Veterans well before a Veteran is at risk of suicide. tornado. She’s just a nervous Nellie, isn’t she?!” and Affairs is relying on a more comprehensive gave her a prescription for acepromazine. As it database than ever before, making comparisons To make sure all Veterans and their loved ones turned out, we evacuated. The dog didn’t need to prior studies difficult and possibly offering are aware of the Veterans Crisis Line, VA is any medication at all. Last night, however, I a truer snapshot than what was captured in the coordinating with communities and partners decided that I wanted to sleep without a giant, past. nationwide to let Veterans and their loved ones know that support is shivering, fuzzball acting as a blanket, so I gave available whenever, if her a pill. Then the storm stopped. I drugged ever, they need it. the dog for nothing. You Served Your This morning, I dreamt that I was on a spaceship trying to shut off an old fashioned alarm clock – Country. Now Let you know the kind with the bells on top. It was VA Serve You. Moon Doggie, Lizzy, had to take 'fraidy blue and very, very loud. I couldn’t get the thing pills last night, too. This morning's puppy If you’re a Veteran in to shut up, even after I took out the batteries. No crisis or know a Veteran love fest is indicative of a pretty major one on the ship would give me a hammer, and I who is, confidential residual high. was about to smash the thing with a boot from support is only a phone a spacesuit, when I woke up enough to realize You may think that this condition isn’t my that the alarm on my phone was going off. I call, click, or text away fault. “Lots of dogs,” you might be saying to — 24 hours a day, 7 grabbed it and hit snooze, still disoriented from yourself, “are afraid of storms.” This is true, but the collision of dream and reality. Normally, if days a week, 365 days since Stadler has been with me since she was a year. I don’t shut off the blaring, Stadler will bounce 8 weeks old, I can’t help but think I must have on my face until I do. Instead, she lay sleeping The Veterans Crisis had something to do with this. I’m directly at the end of my bed, occasionally letting out a Line, online chat, and responsible for her hydrophobia. I shouldn’t gentile snore and kicking one back leg. I gave Above Iraq war veteran couple Colleen Ryan and Jeff Hensley text-messaging service have thrown her in the lake that one time. In her a prod with my foot, “Hey, Druggy! Do your my defense, she looked like she really wanted of the U.S. Navy comfort each other as they help set up 1,892 are free to all Veterans, job!” She grunted, and rolled onto her back. I even if you are not to go swimming. However, I haven’t ever (that American flags to mark veteran suicides on the National Mall in registered with the U.S. I can recall) engaged in any kind of “crashing Washington, DC. Department of Veterans death from above games” even though I realize Affairs (VA) or enrolled that sounds pretty much exactly like something The number (22) became a fixture in media in VA health care. Hundreds of Veterans call I’d do. stories and in comments from politicians and every day, and start to get back on track. advocacy groups highlighting the prevalence The fact of the matter is that the dog seems of the problem. But the number was also based Crisis feels different for everybody and can arise legitimately terrified of storms – most of the on data submitted from fewer than half of the from a wide range of situations before, during, time. No matter how shake-y, pant-y, and states. Some states with many veterans were or after military service. Some Veterans are drool-y she is, the “horror-stricken” canine not part of that study, including California and coping with aging, stress, or similar challenges will run directly into the maw of the storm if Texas. Veterans groups urged the department to faced during civilian life while others may she thinks we’re getting in the car. If say “Hey, expand its database and incorporate Department Dorkface! Let’s go for a ride!” she’ll leap off Stadler's response to threats of of Defense records to identify veterans who had of my lap/chest/head/whatever area of my body unemployment is, I think, "take this job not enrolled in the VA's numerous programs. she’s crushing into a neutron star at the time, and and shove it." And that's what it has done. run to the door, often looking back at me with a “Hurry up!” expression. Also, since I usually Dr. David Shulkin, undersecretary for health wind up giving her some Benadryl wrapped in got up and stomped to the kitchen for coffee, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, told some kind of delicious wad of human food to which I made (with much banging) and dumped The Associated Press that the data used for the calm her down, she’s taken to trying to herd me in a cup. As I opened the fridge for some milk, latest suicide projections came from every state to the refrigerator. Stadler-I’m-Too-Sleepy-To-Do-Anything-Bair and U.S. territory and was the largest analysis careened around the corner and jammed her of veteran records ever undertaken by the I felt that Harvey would require some “heavier” nose through the crack in the door, as if to say department. He said the data gives the VA more medication than our standby pink pills, so before “I NEED TO SEE WHAT’S IN THE MAGIC information about where to direct resources and we evacuated I called Stadler’s vet. He is well BOX TODAY!” which veterans are most at-risk of suicide, but aware of my dog’s “anxiety” issues because of I guess some dog duties are more important he's hesitant to make any firm determinations her bad behavior in the exam room. Stadler than others. about the overall trend and whether it's getting comports herself perfectly in the waiting room, better. "Twenty a day is not that different from sitting like a lady and not even trying to stick 22," Shulkin said. "It is far too high." The attention on veteran suicide comes at a time when the VA has reported a huge upswing in veterans seeking medical care as they have returned from conflicts in the Middle East. Yet, the VA data continues to show that older veterans make up most suicides. About two- experience difficulties in their relationships or thirds of all veterans who died by suicide were transitioning back to employment or education. age 50 and over. PREVENTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND The rate of suicides for non-veterans has also SUICIDE been increasing in recent years, but the rate has GET HELP NOW, CALL OUR LIFELINE: increased at a greater pace for veterans. That's 800-273-8255 OR TEXT '273TALK' TO particularly the case for female veterans. The 839863 risk for suicide is 2.4 times higher for female veterans than it is for female civilians. Whatever’s got you down — chronic pain, anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, anger, or In 2014, the rate of suicide among veteran even homelessness — a Veterans Crisis Line females was 18.9 per 100,000. The rate of responder will provide support, day or night. suicide for females in the civilian population was 7.2 per 100,000, the VA said. *Hara-kiri- If you don’t know what this word means, Google it. Dotson’s Other Note: I believe that everyone can help prevent suicides. I have an unlimited Harvey took out over 100 boats in a storage barn. supply of the Crisis Cards. Also I have a couple of articles that should be of assistance to you: “Veterans Suicide” & “This Is How To Respond To A Veteran Contemplating Suicide”. Please call/text/Email or tell me when you see me, and I will send/hand you copies of the articles, and as many crisis cards that you Shulkin called preventing suicide the VA's would like to have. Your thoughts regarding this top priority. He said the department added or any articles appearing in The Island Moon 446 new psychologists last year and 80 new are greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading psychiatrists. It's also adding 60 employees to and commenting on Senior Moments. I can be the Veterans Crisis Line and making it easier for reached at: [email protected] and/or Land veterans calling their local VA medical facilities Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. to connect directly to the suicide hotline. Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table He said the VA data also shows that those Meeting will be Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 9-11 who receive mental health care from the VA AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families are less likely to commit suicide than those and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are who don't get care. He said it's critical to invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope destigmatize getting counseling so that people to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round feel comfortable reaching out. He said the VA is Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 9 intent on partnering with advocacy groups and AM, Saturdays. The next will air September 30, U.S. companies to ensure veterans get help. 2017. Please listen and call in. The listener/ Rep. Jeff Miller, Republican chairman of the text line is: 361-560-5397…It’s your show. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, said the Hang in there/Have fun! VA's numbers were heartbreaking proof that the nation has a long way to go to end what he called an epidemic. "We as a nation must do more to encourage veterans in need to seek Send Letters and Photos to treatment and ask for help," Miller said. [email protected] Veterans Crisis Line-Spread the Word and follow us on Facebook: The caring responders at the Veterans Crisis The Island Moon Line are specially trained and experienced in helping Veterans of all ages and circumstances. Newspaper September 28, 2017 Island Moon A 7 Island Moon on a Spoon P.O.A. Cont. from A1 The PIPOA previously was not a customer to work out on the FEMA front, but the low service operation. That was my background and interest loan is a possibility. But, at the time we Fall Apple Fritter one of the reasons I wanted the job – I felt this were working on this, everyone was concerned office needed to answer resident questions and about the bulkheads. It was only during this last Cake try to solve problems. Can we solve all issues – year as we did more research and discussion By Chef Vita Jarrin no, but at least we can try. We also made major did the concern about the debris in the canals improvements in maintaining the medians and became the bigger issue. There is a contract Whether in the Midwest cul de sacs as they are all now contracted for with a person who is working his way thru a or on the Coastal Bend, regular maintenance. Lot mowing was an issue. hurricane preparedness plan which will be very fall is one of my favorite When I started, we had lots that had sunflowers helpful in the future. Harvey certainly gave us a times of the year. Growing on them over six feet tall. The Board approved good look at what might happen rather than just up and living in Illinois a plan whereby those owners who do not have seeing the “models,” we actually can see what my entire life, fall was mowing contracts because they are absentee happened in Port Aransas. owners who think lots only need to be mowed a time when soups and Are contracts and subcontracts for POA three times a year, now we contracts to have baking fall treats became projects currently open to bidders? acceptable again with the them mowed and it costs that owner more than cooler weather. Although if they would just get their own contract. Fewer The new Executive Director will be putting I now live in Texas and the owners are opting to pay the higher rate which together new Request for Proposals for various weather won’t cool off for is a good thing. projects which are open to any company who can do the work. a while, I can’t help the What is the biggest change? urge to start baking and Is the bidding process working? cooking fall inspired treats. With the change in fees, the PIPOA now is able to have bulkhead repairs done year round. With some of the negative comments that have This time of year we are Before the increase, bulkhead work was only been made regarding some companies who bombarded with pumpkin able to be done about 3 months each year – that have done business with the PIPOA in the past, recipes on Pinterest, left many residents very upset that we weren’t they have told us they are no longer interested in cooking magazines and getting their caps repaired. It still can take doing business with us. We also had companies various other forms who told me they do not do any homeowner/ wanted) some time, but it is being done all year long. of social media. The We also instituted a better dredging plan and property owner association work because of feedback isn’t always welcoming because not 3-5 drops of lemon juice accountability and standards for the dredging. the questions residents ask the workers which many like pumpkin or think the end of summer takes the workers away from the tasks they are What advice have you given to your successor? is way too soon to incorporate something most Directions: supposed to be working on. cook and bake with in October, November and The Island really is a terrific place to live and Preheat oven to 350. Spray loaf pan, set There has been much friction between the December more so for the holidays. work and we have hundreds of residents who aside. board and members of late, why do you think appreciate what we do every day, but we do One thing I also enjoyed was going to apple For Apple Mixture: In a bowl add cold water that is, and what can be done to smooth things have some folks who want or expect more from orchards and buying a bushel or a bag of mixed and lemon juice. Peel and dice apples and out? the Association than what is possible. Educate apples and baking with them. Pies, tarts, donuts, place in bowl for about 5 minutes and drain. yourself on the various sub-divisions since there I think most of the friction is due to not cakes etc. This keeps apples from turning brown. In a are differences in the covenants. understanding how the PIPOA functions. This week I tried a recipe that is a spinoff of bowl, add brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and Board meetings are just that, they are Board What is the biggest challenge facing the POA one of my favorite donuts, the Apple Fritter. I cayenne. In a sauté pan, melt butter and then meetings and participation by members of the over the next five years...decade? love the fried crunchy edges and the surprise add apples with the brown sugar mixture. Association is limited to the member comment apple pieces in every bite. Couple that with Sauté for about 5 minutes until the apples are Maintenance of the bulkheads. With the aging, section. Board meetings are not meant to be cinnamon, brown sugar and a warm sugary softened. Let cool completely. there will be more screen failures which mean a question and answer session with Board glaze over the top and you have magic in your For batter: Soften butter and place in a washouts and possible deterioration of the members. Board members are elected to carry mouth. I love how quick and easy this recipe kitchen aid or use hand mixer. Blend butter tiebacks which are a costly fix. out the business of the association by setting the is. If you take a few minutes to prepare and and sugar until creamed. Add eggs, sour What do you consider your biggest success budget, policy and procedures for the staff to measure your ingredients, the mixing and cream and mix an additional 2 minutes on carryout. If a resident has a problem, the first baking becomes fast and easy. and disappointments during you tenure at medium speed and add milk and vanilla POA? contact should be to the office. If the office is Cake Ingredients: extract and blend on low speed for 2 more non-responsive or the issue was not resolved, minutes. Biggest disappointment is the inability to get then you take it to the Board. We have almost Cooking spray for bread loaf pan owners to take care of their property and the City made our Board members too accessible since In a separate bowl add dry ingredients to do the necessary upkeep on homes that are in they are volunteers – they receive no pay – and 1/3 C light brown sugar and mix around with a spoon or whisk to foreclosure, owners are in prison, owners died several of them actually do have day jobs. 1 tsp. ground cinnamon incorporate ingredients well. On low speed, in the house and it is now vacant or abandoned, add the flour mixture a bit at a time until Is there a message you would like to send to Wet Ingredients homes that are in probate, or owners who have you have added all of it. Blend for a couple just walked away with no forwarding address! POA members as you leave the job? 1 stick butter softened of minutes. Scrape bowl with spatula to Some builders are also a problem as to keeping Instead of believing the worst of your incorporate everything properly. Pour batter 2/3 C granulated sugar their job sites clean. While I realize building Association, go to the source – the office – to in the loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes can be messy, many of those sites do not have find out the real answer. We are happy to provide 2 eggs or until a tooth pick or wooden skewer, is to be that messy. We have a fine system for accurate information and attempt to resolve inserted and comes out clean. 1/3 C sour cream builders, also. I think that although it has not whatever issue you are having, but understand For Glaze: been without push back on the part of some that some problems are actually City of Corpus 1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract owners, having defined maintenance standards Christi issues, the PIPOA is not a mediator of ½ C milk In a bowl add the sugar, mix in juice and then or basically, what is expected of a property problems between 2 neighbors, and there are milk. The lemon juice add shine and a nice owner and the fines to go with it after years of some things way beyond our control! Social Dry Ingredients touch of lemon flavor. Check the thickness not being able to take this kind of action has media has been a blessing and a curse. 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■ Voice Your Concerns and Ideas ■ Get Involved ■ Ask Questions ■ Get Real Answers It's Time for LEADERSHIP that LISTENS to YOU! A8 Island Moon September 28, 2017 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon There’s No Plate High School Football Like Home By Andy Purvis on to the Eastern League By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon in 1971. Ken once split Special to the Island Moon Nobody comes to a baseball game to watch the his pants during a Minor League game and umpired the rest of the Dotson’s Note: Do you umpires. There’s an old saying that goes like this: Every umpire starts in the Minor Leagues game with his underwear showing. You could remember when a Corpus find Ken behind the plate in the International Christi high school first played in a Texas State and most of them finish there. He had a voice that sounded like he was from outer space, and League, from 1972 until 1976. “I thought High School Championship Football Game? about quitting 50,000 times,” said Ken. “I was Sure you do, it was in 1934*. We all know that you might think you have seen him before on a police sketch at the Post Office. The man making $650 a month in the Minors, not for a Texas high school football is the gold standard week. That was for five months a year.” for not only high school football, but ALL became a household name, but just in his own sports. There is no other sport in any other state household. It has been said that his parents While in the Minor Leagues, Kaiser took that can compare to the history, the rabid fan called him “Zero” because they believed he on many jobs to supplement his income. He base and unbridled action that is Texas High would never amount to anything. This fellow worked as a bank teller and a bar bouncer. From School Football. Following are some thoughts was a big boy. He strutted more than he walked 1973 through 1974, Ken “The Hatchet” Kaiser and information that may be of interest to and ate dinner like a 600-pound tiger. He fit the also moonlighted as a professional wrestler to those of you who have an interest in the sport. mold of a 1970’s umpire; built like a football make ends meet, while umpiring in the Minor Jade Rich, USA Today & Bob Shieffer, CBS player, he was loud, tough and arrogant, and he Leagues. owned a short temper. He tried to control the journalist, contributed to this article. For $25 a match, Ken wore an all-black outfit game with force and knowledge of the rule book. and black hood to conceal his identity, and he Football Study Former umpire, Ron Luciano, described him carried a hatchet into the ring with him. He like this. “His body looked more like a barrel on Dotson’s High School Football Helmet once wrestled William “Haystack” Calhoun, which two arms had been stuck on backward.” who weighed over 500 pounds, and also the sport that demands discipline, confidence, He didn’t walk as much as he waddled. If you took on Andre’ the Giant. During a match in communication, and the character of each and watched him walk long enough, you could get Philadelphia, Ken’s hood was ripped off his every team member. Although everyone is out seasick. there for a different reason, their reasons bleed head by his opponent, exposing his true identity. together to become so similar. Some men play Sometimes throwing out the right guy at the Interestingly, another umpire named Eric Gregg to win, some play to satisfy the lust, some play right time for the right reason is not as easy was in the audience. “When I saw it was Kaiser, for scholarships and opportunities, others play I dropped my popcorn,” said Gregg. Kaiser for the feeling, not the feeling of a team but the never won a match. brotherhood and the feeling of belonging. Ken could be funny. “Classy dressing rooms Amarillo vs Corpus State High School When going to college, besides our dogs, in the Minor Leagues had hooks to hang your clothes instead of rusty nails driven into the Championship Game Ticket Friday night lights is the one thing that every college student can attest to feeling lost without. wall,” said Kaiser. “Most umpires’ dressing Players, cheerleaders, loyal student section rooms in the Minor Leagues were so small if you ate before the game and gained weight, you A new study that examined men who were alumni – all can confess that they miss it. They couldn’t get out. These rooms were also filled high school football players in Wisconsin in the miss being a part of the unity. The emotional late 1950s has determined that “cognitive and highs and lowest of the lows. They miss familiar with insects and the shower head was smaller depression outcomes later in life were found to faces (it is kind of cool when everyone knows than a garden hose nozzle.” One of my favorite be similar for high school football players and your name), concession stand food, and oddly quotations from Ken went like this: “One of their nonplaying counterparts.” they even miss spending Friday nights with the greatest things that ever happened in the their parents and teachers. In the middle of the long history of umpiring was the invention of Playing football was not a “major risk factor” madness it is all so innocent, because through the plastic bottle.” for cognitive impairment or depression at ages 65, the study concluded. In 1977, after 13 seasons, Ken Kaiser became a Major League umpire in the American League. The study published in the His first game behind the plate was in April, Journal of American Medical as it looks. As umpires get more confident in between the California Angels and the Seattle Association Neurology this throwing managers and players out of a game, Mariners, at the Kingdome in Seattle. His first summer examined nearly they begin to formulate their own personal style. ejection was Texas Ranger, Ken Henderson, in 4,000 men who graduated They will draw a line in their mind. It may be September of that same year. Ken’s last ejection from high schools in a certain curse word, a motion, or an offensive occurred in July of 1998, when he thumbed out Wisconsin in 1957 and tested name called. The important thing is to establish Anaheim Angels’ Manager, Terry Collins. their verbal skills, memory that line and to let the managers and players and cognition. Like most umpires, Ken Kaiser hated Baltimore know what that line is, and then be consistent. Manager, Earl Weaver, and the Orioles’ Hall-of- The research showed no For Ken, there was no plate like home. Fame first baseman, Eddie Murray. They both statistically significant One afternoon in Class-A ball, umpire Ken became one of the 75 players and managers difference among the football Kaiser ejected everyone in the press box. At the that Kaiser tossed out of a game. Once after players from non-players in dismay of the hometown team, he had called an ejection for arguing balls and strikes, Murray cognition score or outcomes a player out at home plate. At the end of the challenged Kaiser to a fight. Standing 6 feet such as heavy alcohol inning, the hometown team’s announcer said, 3 inches tall and weighing over 300 pounds, use. The football players Tomato Bowl Stadium-Jacksonville, Texas** “Lynchburg 1, Salem 1, and Kaiser 1.” So Ken Kaiser accepted and gave Murray some advice. were shown to have fewer got upset and threw out the an-nouncer, the “Eddie, you can even bring your bat with you, symptoms of depression. all of the different reasons the players play, public address guy, all the sportswriters and the because the way you’re swinging this year, you Of note, football today and football in the there are just as many reasons as to why the maintenance man. couldn’t hit me with it, anyway.” The fight never occurred. 1950s are not the same from the playing rules to community shows up decked out in colorful Kenneth John Kaiser, Jr., was born on July 26, the equipment to speed of the game. The study’s attire in any kind of weather. 1945, in Rochester, New York. He grew up on In 1999, Ken along with some 50 other umpires, author’s note: “The risks of playing football No matter who you are or where you come the corner of Arnett Boulevard and Genesee handed in their resignations as part of a failed today might be different than in the 1950s, from, the game still remains the same. Just Street, in a section in Rochester known as the ploy by union leader, Ritchie Phillips. Phillips but for current athletes, this study provides like a turkey at Thanksgiving, a touchdown is 19th Ward. Ken’s father had served as a military was trying to get Major League Baseball to information on the risk of playing sports today a touchdown, the band is the half-time show, policeman in North Africa, during World War negotiate a better labor agreement for umpires. that have a similar risk of head trauma as high and a victory is like coming home from war. II. When he returned to the States, he became a All but 22 of these umpires were eventually school football played in the 1950s.” Nobody is there for the money, or the fame, security guard for Eastman Kodak. His mother, hired back, but Ken Kaiser was not included. The authors write that further research is or the recognition. At the end of the night, win Annette, ran a TV repair shop. As a kid, Ken Kaiser was broken-hearted. The love of his life, needed on the subject, especially related to or lose, it was about the unity. The feeling that was a huge baseball fan. After graduating from baseball, had been taken away from him. potential differences based on position. They was not only invested in by the team but, by Gates Chili High School in 1964, Ken joined David Fisher helped Kaiser write his 2003 also suggest additional studies on additional extension, the community. Ed O’Hara, a friend and ex-boxer, who was autobiography entitled, Planet of the Umps: heading to umpire school in Florida. Ed and former players as they reach 65: “Repeating our *1934 1A - Amarillo 48, Corpus Christi 0 A Baseball Life From Behind the Plate. As analysis with a younger cohort as they reach 65 Ken attended the Al Somers Umpiring School evidence of his stern conviction, Ken wrote, years of age may improve our understanding of **Built in the 1930’s by the WPA in Daytona, Florida. While there, he learned “Whatever call you make is the only right call. how the risks of playing football have evolved a little bit about the game and that baseball Never explain, never apologize. An umpire will Dotson’s Other Note: I was the referee at players and managers were “the enemy.” Life over time.” a high school play-off game here (in the only take criticism from another umpire.” And umpiring in the Minor Leagues was trying. we wonder why most people don’t like umpires. Not Just A Game Tomato Bowl Stadium) in 1978. What a great Salaries were small, the travel was unending, old field. The game was one of many that I and the long season took these guys away from The colorful Ken Kaiser was finally called out For most people in America, football is not just remember “working” in my 70 years of being for the last time on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. a game, it may not be as big and glorified as their families and kids. Umpires grew to trust a football on-the-field official. Your comments, only each other. His umpiring career began in He was 72. it is in Texas, but it certainly isn't underrated suggestions, questions and concerns regarding anywhere here in the United States. For most 1965, in the Florida Rookie League. Ken was Andy Purvis is a local author and radio Sports Talk articles are greatly appreciated, promoted to the Western Carolina League in athletes, football is often how people lay out please call the Benchwarmers at 361-560-5397 personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. a path for their lives, filled with emotional 1966 and also spent some time in the New York- com for all the latest info on his books or to weekdays, Mondays thru Fridays, 5-7 PM, or Penn League in 1967. highs and the lowest of lows. For some, it is contact me. Phone: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530- listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books a temporary escape from the real world. For 748-8475 Email: [email protected] During his second year, Ken and his partner are available online and can be found in the others, football is their whole world. We have blew a call in a Minor League game which local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be all heard it before: football is much more than Have fun -30- resulted in an argument and fisticuffs. After contacted at [email protected]. Also any other sport, and more than a game. 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Local volunteers, many who have helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, had enough energy to also volunteer to clean Coastal Bend beaches last Saturday during the Adopt-A-Beach clean-up. Individuals, couples, families, and a variety of groups and organizations flocked to various registration points to donate a few hours of sweat labor in the face of the hot morning sun. After cleaning several miles of local beaches, volunteers returned to Bali Park to enjoy lunch provided by the Padre Island Kiwanis Club. Hundreds of bags of trash were collected from the beaches and dunes, including the normal plastics, bottles, wood, cans, styrofoam, and more. Huge thanks to those who continue to volunteer in the Coastal Bend. -- Brent Rourk A10 Island Moon September 28, 2017

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Those MONSTER BULL REDS ARE ON effects will be felt long after the cleaning and THE MOVE! This massive redfish was I’m sure you’ve all heard stories about the neighbor’s cat Fluffy either disappearing rebuilding is well under way. She actually hooked on the north shoreline of Baffin on or being found mutilated, or just not even requested compassion, patience, and brotherly live shrimp under a popping cork. They being found. It’s probably not the pit bull love, which I recommend taking to heart folks. are rambling schools and it’s hard to Sidney Austin with a HAPPY 13th down the street, but the coyotes wandering New Normal anticipate when they will pop up and peel BIRTHDAY REDFISH! Sid caught this the neighborhoods, and I’m sure you’ve all off your drag! nice red along with some good keeper seen them. The coyotes were here first, and Which brings me to something I wrote about trout along the King Ranch on live piggy we moved into their territory, so don’t hold it last week, and I’m going to get a little stronger with my recommendations this week: some Drift fishing is probably the best choice right against them. As Capt. Billy Sandifer says, perch with her dad and guide. folks are “still going” from the hurricane. now if you are not one of the few that managed “That’s just who they are, and that’s just what While a majority of folks around on this end to find the few croakers and piggy perch around. soft plastics under corks. Always give the bait they do.” Coyotes are smart animals, they’re in have gotten back to some sense of normalcy, Live shrimp, GULP, and plastics under popping time to settle, gamefish will need a few seconds it to win it, and will use all resources available folks that have been impacted the hardest are corks are a good way to relax and have some to attack between the pops. for their survival. Coyotes really have nothing still in “survival mode.” It is an extremely fun catching fish. With the high tides and newly The best areas I’ve been catching fish after the to fear from Islanders, and everything to gain. An abundance of dog and cat food and water stressful state to be in, and it’s hard to recognize storm have been changes in bottom depth and in yourself and snap out of. When you see these structure. The side of the ICW has been very left outside on a daily basis becomes a buffet. And like squirrels and a bird feeder, coyotes people (and I know a handful personally), you consistent as well as the large rocks in Baffin. have to MAKE them STOP and sit down for a Look close to the spoil islands south of Bird have absolutely nowhere else to be and nothing better to do than try and grab an easy meal and minute and re-evaluate. MAKE them get out of Island as well. Schools of gamefish will herd town and take a break for a few days. It’s not bait against shallow areas to trap them. survive. Examine your property. Do you have an adequate fence around your yard? Any holes going to be “fixed” tomorrow or even the next Topwater fishing has been out of sight! The or access points? And I mean small holes; they day; this isn’t a sprint. They are in dire need of a scattered pods of fish suit the drift fishing from will squeeze through nothing to get in. As far as mental break and PERSPECTIVE. We have to a boat with plugs. We have found a few fish here Fluffy getting out, fences don’t mean much to a help each other out, and this is really important and there building up a good box. Reds have cat, they will climb them no problem. However, to keep an eye on each other as time goes on been in 2ft of water or less and over muddy once they stray out of the yard (and they do! for welfare and morale. Ronnie Narmour, I rocks and grass. The best trout have been in Promise!) they then insert themselves into the KNOW you see people like this every day that 2-3ft of water over scattered grass and sand. food chain. Unless your dog or cat can take on a I’m talking about. Time for an intervention for Some good fishing areas for top waters have pack of coyotes, I suggest you leave them safely some of our brothers and sisters. been Rocky Slough, the Land Cut, the South inside. Dove season Shoreline, and the King Ranch Shoreline. The biggest obstacle has been keeping away from Socially concious Dove season opened with a bang this past the tiny bits of floating grass. Right now it The only thing that has changed since I wrote weekend, and the weather is stuck on this same seems that where there is grass there are fish! that eight years ago is that social media has setting. The Babes on Baffin ladies fishing This can be frustrating but remember that the ballooned and now more people are aware of tournament, Sharkathon, the CCA Poco Rojo first few feet is the most effective part of your the coyotes running around. They’re obviously Kidsfish event, and then the DocktoberFest and cast when using topwaters. The sound of the still finding buffets being left out by residents, birthday shindig (ahem! Dave Elliott) will eat up plug hitting the surface draws every eye of all and it’s a matter of time before someone with October at a high rate of speed. This Saturday is predatory gamefish in that direction. Sometimes a missing fence picket and a doggy door finds of course Tony Amos’s memorial at Access 1 at smaller bait will catch less grass. Always throw 6:45pm. Jace at the ARK tells me that donations Viet Mike and I caught this pile of trout one lounging in the A/C in their living room. bait that has a brightly colored back so that However, maybe I have a novel idea after all have been coming in from you loyal readers, and reds along the south shoreline of you can see the bait at your farthest cast. There these years; how about we do a study on the which has enabled them to move very quickly Baffin all on top waters. Don’t hesitate to is nothing in the world like watching a fish coyotes? I know a few researchers that back in with emergency repairs to be able to continue to leave without bait and just go fishing! hammer a topwater bait. The next few months school that did work with tracking movements receive birds and turtles that need rehabilitation I have a few days open each week. Anyone that of, and estimating populations of these types from the storm, and he thanks everyone! The changed bottom structure fish are scattered and wants to learn more about using artificial lures of mammals. They likely would have some hummingbirds are around in massive numbers, in pockets. Drift fishing is a great way to cover give me a ring. ALL ARTIFICIAL TRIPS ARE recommendations for us all too. Something to get those feeders up, the City Beach Ops did the ground and keep the action going. Down south NOW $200 OFF! Let’s go have some fun and think about, as neither Vector Control nor the CAST tournament last weekend, lets get those in Baffin there is less grass and less pin perch to share some knowledge. GET WET!! TPWD Game Wardens have been able to do Packery Channel six-pack items done, drop me steal your shrimp. Baffin Bay will give up some anything in the past. a line at [email protected] and I’ll see great catches of redfish drum and trout right you On the Rocks! now. 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Meetings • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax relief your organization does and a contact person are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting The residents of the Coastal Bend are working program- irs.gov/newsroom/tax-relief- for those interested in joining. the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - diligently to restore homes, businesses, etc. for-victims-of-hurricane-harvey-in-texas Several programs have been initiated and/or Send the info to [email protected] and 7:00 PM at the Island Time Sushit Bar, contact: or call 866-562-5227 continued to assist Hurricane Harvey survivors we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700. Nick Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. • The declaration of a major disaster in com. with relief and recovery efforts. You can find up- Padre Island Antique Classic Car to-date information at the following websites: Texas permits the IRS to postpose certain Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. deadlines for taxpayers who reside and/ • Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, The Association’s primary responsibility is to or have business in the disaster areas; Assistance Program (D-SNAP)- www. Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect allowing additional time to file taxes. For hhs.texas.gov/d-snap to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, the annual fees and provide information and more information, please visit the website tours, car shows on and around the Island. assistance to property owners. .. Membership • The Texas Department of Health and or call their hotline provided above. Please contact [email protected] for in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring Human Services offers this short-term • American Red Cross (ARC) Hurricane information on the upcoming meeting. Please record legal title to any property within Padre food assistance program to families Harvey Assistance program- redcross. include your contact information and the type Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna recovering from a disaster. You can org/HHIA Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, of car owned. find the eligibility requirements and [email protected]. application on the website above. • Qualified candidates can receive financial Youth Development Foundation of assistance from the ARC. You can find ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each • Disaster unemployment assistance- www. more information and the application on Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Port twc.state.tx.us the website above. with the University of Texas at Austin Marine Aransas. For more information please email Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation • The Texas Workforce Commission • Harvey “Rumor Control”- www.fema. [email protected]. of most species of wildlife in the area with an is offering several programs for gov/disaster/4332/updates/rumor-control Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet emphasis on marine animals. If you find an Texas residents affect by Hurricane or call 855-336-2003 every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny animal in peril they can help Tony Amos is the Harvey. These include disaster-related unemployment benefits, unemployment • The Federal Emergency Management Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next Director. 750 Channel View Dr. Port Aransas. Agency (FEMA) created a list of meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM 361 749-6793, 361 442-7638. afamos@mail. tax services, job searches, career information, etc. Links to all these misleading information/rumors and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels utexas.edu. circulating around the internet. You can welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and resources can be found on the website Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi find the truths about varying topics (I.E. Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. above. Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island Rumor: Danger of Plague; Rumor: Fuel A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, ladies got together under a Palapa and founded • Commission to Rebuild Texas (CRT)- Shortages; Rumor: Flood Insurance materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only www.rebuildtexas.today Deadline; etc.). There are a few scams available at no extra cost. 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When: Saturday, recovery efforts across the state, as well. or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if enjoy small and large boat Cruises, small at 9am at the Padre Balli Park Office South you would like to contact my office regarding boat Poker Runs, Cruises to area restaurants, • Texas Health and Human Services of Encantada, in the parking lot between constituent services. As always, my offices are Progressive Dinners, 4th of July Fireworks Commission (HHSC) Emergency the office and the RV park. No competition, available at any time to assist with questions, up close, extended boat cruises to Palacios, Services Program (ESP)- www.dps.texas. just conversation and healthy fitness. For concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- TX, South Padre Island, Ingleside, Rockport, gov/dem/temo/articles/article4.htm information see the Facebook group “Island 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). Fulton, and other areas. Please come, join us! • The HHSC ESP provides financial help Rovers” Contact James Thompson, Rear Commodore and cases management to help Texans - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 in charge of Memberships at, jmtislandtime@ Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This recover from disaster. Those who qualify Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). gmail.com to attend. is the Island book club. We meet the first can receive help in creating a disaster He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. Wednesday of each month at Island Time Sushi KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis recovery plan, rebuilding their home, and texas.gov or at 512-463-0672 Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at replacing personal property. ladies that like to read, love socializing with Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join month. us we would love to have you! 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For more the expense of higher education. required enrollment fees, books and other We meet the second and fourth information call Eileen Moeller @ 830-708- course materials, but taxable if used for room, Thursday of each month at the Veranda Two college tax credits apply to students 8367 or [email protected] board, research, travel or other expenses; Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. enrolled in an eligible college, university or Contact is Linda Walsh, Secretary, lawalshva@ Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is a local vocational school. Eligible students include the • Savings bonds used to pay for college. yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. chapter of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc., taxpayer, their spouse and dependents. Though income limits apply, interest is usually a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose tax-free if bonds were purchased after 1989 Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a American Opportunity Tax Credit is to assist in community and environmental by a taxpayer who, at time of 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 concerns and provide a variety of social purchase, was at least 24 years p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the activities for people who are interested in of age; and Veranda at Schlitterbahn. The committee’s the music of Jimmy Buffett and the tropical purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City • Qualified tuition programs, lifestyle he personifies. Founded in 2009, the Council on matters pertaining to The Island. also called 529 plans, are used by club motto is “Partying with a Purpose’’. To join All meetings are open to the public and the many families to prepay or save or ask questions go to portaransasparrotheads. public is invited to address the committee for a child’s college education. com or email or call Deno “Moon Dog” during the public comment period. Contributions to a 529 plan are Fabrie, President at 361 749 0256 or dfabrie@ not deductible, but earnings are Padre Island Business Association. The yahoo.com. not subject to federal tax when association is a not-for-profit organization The Schliterbahn Women’s Golf used for the qualified education whose primary purpose is to advertise and association meets every Saturday at 9 AM expenses. promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff for a friendly round of golf. All skill levels are and Corpus Christi while advancing the To help determine eligibility for welcome. Call Fran more information: 361- interests of the business community. 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The credit is only fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly available for the first four years at an eligible Taxpayers should keep a copy of their tax return fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring. activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples college or vocational school for students for at least three years. Copies of tax returns Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a pursuing a degree or another recognized may be needed for many reasons. If applying P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club is few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or education credential. Taxpayers can claim the for college financial aid, a tax transcript may be a ladies only social club open to all owners/ email us at [email protected] AOTC for a student enrolled in the first three all that is needed. A tax transcript summarizes residents of North Padre. We hope to enrich months of 2018 as long as they paid qualified return information and includes adjusted gross our members through social activities and Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H (FBPI4H): is a expenses in 2017. income. Get one from the IRS for free. community involvement. We have monthly club for kids in 3rd grade-12th grade. We meet luncheons (2nd Friday) along with groups at 6:30 pm the first Monday of every month Lifetime Learning Credit The quickest way to get a copy of a tax of bunco, bridge, spades, craft club and in the FB Intermediate cafeteria. Our first transcript is to use the Get Transcript The Lifetime Learning Credit, (LLC) can book clubs. We enjoy raising money for general meeting is 9/11/17 at 6:30 p.m. with application. After verifying identity, taxpayers have a maximum benefit of up to $2,000 per scholarships for local graduating seniors as new member information following general can view and print their transcript immediately tax return for both graduate and undergraduate well as other worthy causes in our community. meeting. Please visit us on Facebook at Flour online. The online application includes a robust students. Unlike the AOTC, the limit on the For more info please contact Rebecca Robbins Bluff Padre Island 4H. identity verification process. Those who can’t LLC applies to each tax return rather than to 303-434-0947. pass the verification must request the transcript each student. The course of study must be either be mailed. This takes five to 10 days, so plan part of a post-secondary degree program or ahead and request the transcript early. taken by the student to maintain or improve job skills. The credit is available for an unlimited number of tax years. To claim the AOTC or LLC, use Form 8863, Education Credits (American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Credits). Additionally, if claiming the AOTC, the law requires taxpayers to include the school’s Employer Identification Number on this form. Form 1098-T, Tuition Statement, is required to be eligible for an education benefit. Students receive this form from the school they attended. There are exceptions for some students. Other education benefits Other education-related tax benefits that may help parents and students are: • Student loan interest deduction of up to

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I write to explore deeper meaning in everyday to the anger, frustration, and suffering, to release experiences of my priesthood, art, music, that in a healthy way, and to turn toward the Frostbite Falls adventures, and relationships. healing power of showing compassion towards This photo is of my home in Port Aransas not others. We will all need help in lots of ways, Frostbite Betty it.” Must be right, because the music goes on. and we can become stronger for surviving this on site in Port long after Hurricane Harvey. It’s not my house, It’ll be better when there are kids around, storm. Port Aransas, our home, can be a more A, to Bert up north, on September 22, almost a as in, I don’t own it. It’s the rectory of Trinity by I haven’t really seen any yet. And Winter beautiful community if we support each other month into it now ... the Sea Episcopal Church, Port Aransas, Texas, Texans. But then, it’s not winter yet. So let’s where I have found my home in rectory, at a compassionately, and take responsibility for our own recovery as much as we can, ask for the Dear Bert, get back here. There’s lots to do. I’ve liked church, on an island, in an amazing community, all my scrubbing and sorting this week. It’s that just got devastated by Hurricane Harvey. type of help we need, and receive the support our Well golly, here’s what’s up. It’s a wreck. The governmental and ecclesiastical wear and tear of the uncertainty is getting to straightforward and purposeful. institutions can offer. people. “When do I find a place to live? When But then, on an errand to fetch some mundane The church is here to support will I get some help? When will they get the item, it hit me. I went from upbeat to crumpled in the ways it, we, can. The piles cleared out? Will Winter Texans come in a blink. Dammit. I don’t want Port A to be Episcopal Church will be here back?” this way. I don’t want it to be this hard for my long term, to see our recovery Well, I did show up this week, and here’s the people. I don’t want their lives to be messed through as far is it can, and to sweet spot: we all need each other. So OK, I with by the treacherous stupid weather. Arrrrgh. support us to think creatively to kind of knew that but oh boy can I feel it. Even It’s a roller coaster, Bert. I love Port A. I didn’t rebuild our community. Here’s people I don’t really know want to hang out. Just really mean to when I first came years ago. It’s Trinity by the Sea’s focus: 1. the details of the day mean something. What got to me. Building our School, 2. Helping got cleaned up. What got discovered that didn’t I’ll see ya soon. PAISD Families Come Home, get totally wrecked. And oh how important the 3. Supporting Mental/Spiritual music is. I heard an old blues man say, “Ain’t Xo Health, 4. Supporting our nuthin’ so bad you can’t sing the blues about Community Life. The Diocese Betty if supporting us in so many ways with volunteers, funding, Turtle Count supplies, and spiritual support. They are also asking what we This year, 353 Kemp’s ridley nests were I have a couple of friends who came to the Police need before they barge in and inform us how confirmed on the Texas coast. This far surpasses island the day after, and I’ve talked to other God told them to help out. (As I wrote a friend, the previous record of 209 Kemp’s ridley nests locals who rode out the storm; they saw the “I’m grateful for our Episcopal piety and found in Texas during one year. The nests island in even worse shape than I ever saw it. I Blotter polity.”) recorded in Texas during 2017 include (north to remember, like a dream, during the storm being south in state): in College Station and so desperately wanting This I know: Each time I meet with someone in Monday, September 25, 7:28 p.m. 3700 to see pictures, and to know how bad it was, Port Aransas, I am home. It will be awhile until I 3 Bolivar Peninsula Thornberry Ct. and what was left to come home to. It was bad. 5 Galveston Island Offense: Assault causing Bodily I heard from the Mayor and City Manager in Injury those first days that every building in Port 0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside Corpus Christi Police Officers were Aransas incurred some degree of damage, 3 Surfside Beach whether 20 percent or 100 percent. In the month dispatched to the area of 3700 Thornberry that has passed, people have learned more and 1 Quintana Beach Ct. in reference to a disturbance. Officers more about exactly how the disaster damaged 0 Bryan Beach arrived and contacted the 31 year old their property, and we are beginning to get an female victim. She stated that her fiancé idea of what it will take to rebuild our home. 0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach became upset after she tried unplugging 0 Sargent Beach the TV in the living room while he was One of the first things I did, was set up an watching the football game. The victim appointment with my therapist, James Hollis, 7 Matagorda Peninsula (area record) stated that the suspect bear hugged her, because I knew, as a priest in this community, 0 Matagorda Island then grabbed her by the wrists and forearms I would need some spiritual/psychological and dragged her outside locking the door. support. I call him once a week, and I think it 3 San Jose Island Officers observed slight bruising to her helps me be fully present to others, though, I 11 Mustang Island (area record) forearms and wrists as well as dirt on her still get angry at people from time to time. I got legs from being dragged. Officers learned 8 North Padre Island north of Padre Island pissed off at the guy who called me late one that the couple had been arguing prior to National Seashore night and told me he had driven into town to the assault. Officers arrested Robert Ruth rebuild my house because God told him to. I 219 Padre Island National Seashore (area (03-11-1989) and transported him to the didn’t know this guy, and I am already feeling record) City Detention Center. vulnerable. We already have a contractor who is working on rebuilding the church’s rectory. 70 South Padre Island (area record) Island Police Calls I called the police, and they helped him find a 23 Boca Chica Beach (area record) 14200 block SPID 5 p.m. September 20 way to help in our community...I hope. LOGGERHEAD TURTLE Theft of vehicle I’m angry that this all happened, and the 14300 block Caribe St. Noon September (playful) language I’ve been using to talk about So far this year, 9 nests have been confirmed 25 Theft over $2500 that feeling of anger is that I want to punch on the Texas coast including (north to south in Harvey, but since I can’t punch Harvey, I might state): 14440 Compass 10 p.m. September 24 punch whomever comes along. 1 Surfside Beach Burglary of a vehicle “Nature was doing it’s naturing.” That’s the 1 San Jose Island 14600 block SPID Noon September 22 way James Hollis put it to me, referring to the Assault reality of this hurricane which we personified 1 North Padre Island, north of Padre Island National Seashore 14700 block Dasmarinas 10 a.m. by naming it Harvey is just a storm that September 25 Fire encountered the place where I happen to 5 Padre Island National Seashore live; the place I consider my home. Nature’s 14200 block SPID 5 p.m. September 20 1 South Padre Island storm left me feeling angry about the trauma I Theft of vehicle experienced through the destruction. I can’t lash GREEN SEA TURTLE 13800 block Doubloon 9 p.m. September out at a bundle of energy that has dissipated (all So far this year, 28 nests have been confirmed 23 Burglary of a habitation over Houston) and so, I carry that frustration on the Texas coast. This surpasses the previous and anger within me, and I might just pin it on 15100 block Dasmarinas 10 p.m. 6 record of 15 green turtle nests found during one September 20 Theft from vehicle you over the littlest thing. year. The nests recorded in Texas during 2017 People do this in a variety of ways by saying include (north to south in state): 15100 block Dasmarinas 6 p.m. September 20 Burglary of a vehicle (screaming, all over Facebook or to whomever 22 Padre Island National Seashore (area record) will listen) “Where is [State or Federal Agency] 14100 block Atascadera Noon September when we need them?” I interpret the frustration 6 South Padre Island (area record) 26 Theft of vehicle as wanting to pin the feeling of violation on 15700 block Dyna 8 a.m. September 25 some external authority. Someone needs to be move back into Trinity by the Sea’s Rectory, but Harassment to blamed. Could it be FEMA, Red Cross, The my home is safe and sound. My church family City, The Church, Sinners, That guy who drove gathers for worship, my friends check in on one to volunteer in a way that isn’t helpful? another, my neighbors are helping each other We feel attacked, and our instinct is to fight build. People are fishing and surfing whenever Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted back, and the storm that we called “Harvey” they can, and restaurants are opening. We’ve for new location on Packery Channel is a gentle breeze, and water in a bayou (and come a long way, and we are moving into the mold in our walls) now. One way I sought to more sustainable pace of the long term recovery to sacramentalize this experience was to buy a efforts of the next few years. It will take a lot of punching bag. I’ve hit it a number of times, and grace, being aware of how we can tend to our Packery the release of energy feels good. On one side of own emotional state, and lots of cooperation to the punching bag, I wrote “Harvey” cause that’s rebuild. We’ve already begun. As we approach FlatsTM what we call it. Harvey hit, and we can hit it one month out from Harvey (Come celebrate Floating Cabin Repairs back, symbolically, and playfully. On the other Sunday, Aug 24, 12:30 at Robert’s Point Park Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available side I wrote, “Don’t take out your aggression Pavilion) we can remember that we’ve come a good for either repairs or rebuilding on others, but do become aware of your own long way since that storm rolled through, that Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel suffering, and heal yourself through showing no one caused it, and we are trying our best Call for lease terms compassion!” envision and re-create our home here in Port Packery Flats Marina Aransas. I hope, beginning with myself, that the 361-774-8886 punching bag will be a reminder to pay attention Dr. Donna Shaver & colleagues Follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Send photos and letters to: [email protected]

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There The American Red Cross is delivering financial support includes sheltering, cleaning What you need to know: is no inspection fee. Generally, the assistance to victims of Hurricane Harvey supplies, food, health and mental health inspection lasts about 30 minutes or support, and spiritual care. • If your original registration included less. The Red Cross will provide $400 to qualified that your home was inaccessible, visit Texas households that were severely impacted • The Red Cross has a zero-tolerance policy DisasterAssistance.gov to update its • If you are a homeowner, the inspector by Harvey and need help taking care of when it comes to fraud and aggressively status. will verify identification, proof of emergency needs right now. pursues fraudulent activities. If you are ownership and occupancy. If you aware of fraud, please contact your local • It may take up to 21 days for a FEMA- • Severely impacted households that are a renter, the inspector will verify law enforcement or the Red Cross at contracted inspector to contact an need immediate assistance can apply at identification and occupancy via a [email protected] or through applicant to schedule an inspection. rental agreement, recent utility bill, etc. redcross.org/HHIA. You can apply on your cell phone, computer or tablet with the organization’s toll-free Concern • If you are unable to meet the inspector, • Be aware of scams. Disasters often a valid email address. Registration will Connection Line at 1-888-309-9679. you can request an “authorized agent” – bring out criminals who prey on remain open through October 10. • The Red Cross is prepared to provide such as a trusted neighbor or relative – the needs of survivors. Call law financial assistance to hundreds of be at the inspection. If you do not have • We expect the website to have sufficient enforcement immediately if someone thousands of households. someone who can serve as your agent, claiming to be an inspector does not capacity to handle all registrations; and the home can be accessed for show you a badge with a photo or applications will not be accepted through • The Red Cross has already approved $45 inspection, the inspector can arrange asks for money. Guard your personal any other website or phone number. million in financial assistance to more for a FEMA employee to act as your information. • Red Cross financial assistance is available than 100,000 qualified households who agent and represent your interests. for qualified households severely needed immediate help. • When the inspector arrives, ask for impacted with a pre-disaster address • This assistance will allow people to make official ID. A FEMA shirt or jacket is across the following 39 Texas counties: their own decisions about meeting their not proof. Aransas, Kleberg, Lavaca, Nueces, San immediate needs, and is in addition to Patricio. other Red Cross emergency relief. Tax Relief Provisions Available Following • If qualified, applicants will be eligible • Spending these funds locally will also for $400 per household to support support Texas communities as they begin Harvey emergency needs. This assistance will be recovering from the enormous economic Individuals and businesses will have until Jan. for federal payroll and excise tax deposits made available using several methods, losses inflicted by Harvey. including Zelle (electronic funds trans- 31, 2018 to file any returns and pay any taxes normally due during the first 15 days of All Red Cross services, including financial fer to participating banks), MoneyGram, due. Those eligible for the extra time include: the disaster period. Check out the disaster assistance, are available to whoever needs Walmart or PayPal. Individual filers whose tax-filing extension relief page for the time periods that apply it, regardless of nationality, race, sexual runs out on Oct. 16, 2017. Because tax payments to each jurisdiction; • Regardless of whether a household orientation, religious beliefs, class or political related to these 2016 returns were originally • Individuals and businesses who suffered qualifies for financial assistance, other opinions. The Red Cross is a charity, not a due on April 18, 2017, those payments are not uninsured or unreimbursed disaster- forms of Red Cross support will still be government agency, and people do not need to eligible for this relief; related losses can choose to claim them available for everyone affected. This be American citizens to receive our assistance. Business filers, such as calendar-year on either the return for the year the loss partnerships, whose extensions ran out on Sept. occurred (in this instance, the 2017 return 15, 2017; normally filed next year), or the return for the prior year (2016). See Publication 547 Helpful Hurricane Contact Numbers • Quarterly estimated tax payments due on for details; Sept. 15, 2017 and Jan. 16, 2018; • The IRS is waiving the usual fees • Quarterly payroll and excise tax returns and expediting requests for copies of due on Oct. 31, 2017; and previously filed tax returns for disaster • Calendar-year tax-exempt organizations area taxpayers. This relief can be whose 2016 extensions run out on Nov. especially helpful to anyone whose copies 15, 2017. of these documents were lost or destroyed by the hurricane. A variety of other returns, payments and tax- related actions also qualify for additional • If disaster-area taxpayers are contacted time. See the disaster relief page on IRS. by the IRS on a collection or examination gov for details on these and offer relief the matter, they should be sure to explain how IRS has offered since these hurricanes began the disaster impacts them so that the IRS hitting in August. The IRS also continues to can provide appropriate consideration to closely monitor the aftermath of these storms, their case. and additional updates for taxpayers and tax Further details on these and other relief professionals will be posted to IRS.gov. provisions can be found on the agency’s Besides extra time to file and pay, the IRS disaster relief page, as well as on the special offers other special assistance to disaster-area pages for Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma taxpayers. This includes the following: . For information on disaster recovery, visit disasterassistance.gov. • Special relief helps employer-sponsored leave-based donation programs aid hurricane victims. Under these programs, Tips for Spotting a employees may forgo their vacation, sick or personal leave in exchange for cash Flood Damaged payments the employer makes, before Jan. 1, 2019, to charities providing relief. Vehicle Donated leave is not included in the employee’s income, and employers may Look for signs of water damage deduct these cash payments to charity as a Stains, mildew, rust, and discoloration are signs business expense; of water damage. Look for dirt or debris under • 401(k)s and similar employer-sponsored the floor mats, carpet, or where the spare tire is retirement plans can make loans and located. Mold or mildew will give off a musty hardship distributions to hurricane victims odor; if you notice a strong smell of cleaner or and members of their families. Under disinfectant, it could be an attempt to cover up this broad-based relief, a retirement plan those odors. can allow a hurricane victim to take a Check the title hardship distribution or borrow up to the specified statutory limits from the When a vehicle is declared a total loss, the title victim’s retirement plan. It also means must be changed to a salvage or non-repairable that a person who lives outside the disaster title. You can ask to see the title, and a vehicle area can take out a retirement plan loan or history report will list the status of the title. hardship distribution and use it to assist a son, daughter, parent, grandparent or Check the VIN dependent who lived or worked in the The National Insurance Crime Bureau offers FEMA Hiring Texas Residents for disaster area. Hardship withdrawals must a free service on its website called VINCheck. be made by Jan. 31, 2018; Enter the vehicle identification number, and Hurricane Harvey Recovery Jobs • The IRS is waiving late-deposit penalties NICB’s database will show if that vehicle has been stolen or listed as a total loss. In partnership with the State of Texas, our capability to prepare for, protect against, FEMA is hiring workers across the state for respond to, recover from and mitigate all Have a mechanic look it over administrative, logistical and technical jobs hazards. State Crews Removing related to hurricane recovery. Flood damage isn’t always obvious. Try to Disaster recovery assistance is available without Debris Along State have a trusted mechanic inspect the vehicle and Those hired will join the recovery team – local, regard to race, color, religion, nationality, sex, buy from a reputable dealer. state and federal workers, voluntary agencies age, disability, English proficiency or economic and community organizations – already in Highway 361 Check used boats and RVs status. If you or someone you know has been place. Through temporary local employees, discriminated against, call FEMA toll-free at Be aware that boats, RVs, and campers FEMA gains valuable community insights, 800-621-3362 (voice, 711/VRS - Video Relay damaged by floodwaters also may appear on the provides jobs and puts Texans to work helping Service) (TTY: 800-462-7585). Multilingual resell mar-ket. It’s a good idea to follow these Texans. operators are available (press 2 for Spanish). same tips when buying any used vehicle or boat. Jobs posted recently pay between $14 and The SBA is the federal government’s primary The Texas Department of Insurance helps $34 per hour. Some of the jobs include: source of money for the long-term rebuilding protect consumers from insurance fraud. If administrative support assistant, civil engineer, of disaster-damaged private property. SBA you suspect fraud, report it by calling the TDI communications specialist, construction cost helps businesses of all sizes, private non- Consumer Help Line at 1-800-252-3439. estimator, courier, crisis counselor, customer profit organizations, homeowners, and renters service specialist, environmental specialist, fund repairs or rebuilding efforts and cover floodplain management specialist, graphics the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged specialist, hazard mitigation outreach specialist, personal property. These disaster loans cover Attention historic preservation specialist, registered nurse losses not fully compensated by insurance Boat Owners! and voluntary agency liaison, among others. or other recoveries and do not duplicate Texas Department of Transportation The first step is to register at WorkinTexas. benefits of other agencies or organizations. contractors have begun removing debris from Do you own a boat with a cabin com, the Texas Workforce Commission’s For more information, applicants may contact the side of state roadways in the Coastal Bend, website, where application instructions are SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service including State Highway 361 between North and would you like to make some posted. FEMA will announce more jobs soon. Center by calling (800) 659-2955, emailing Padre Island and Port Aransas. [email protected], or visiting FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/disaster. Deaf Following Harvey’s direct hit on the Coastal and first responders to ensure that as a nation money with it? We have slips and and hard-of-hearing individuals may call (800) Bend, TxDOT’s immediate response was to we work together to build, sustain and improve 877-8339. ensure roads and bridges were safe for travel. are looking for boats to use for This included damage assessments, removing debris and reopening roads for first responders, emergency crews and the public, replacing and charters. If you have a boat and reactivating traffic signals, reinstalling stop, yield and one-way signs and resuming ferry are interested in an entrepreneurial service in Port Aransas. opportunity While sign and signal work is continuing, TxDOT can now move to the debris removal call 361 332-9978. phase of its ongoing recovery efforts. The initial focus is Aransas, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio counties, some of the hardest hit areas. Only debris in the state right of way will be Follow us on Facebook: eligible for collection. Please be aware that The Island Moon Newspaper debris removal involves slow-moving heavy equipment and motorists and pedestrians need to give crews plenty of room to work. Send photos and letters to: [email protected] September 28, 2017 Island Moon A 16 A Right Hand Turn and Mountains Free toy and book to children impacted of Debris directly by Hurricane Hurricane Harvey Leaves Destruction … and Hope Harvey By Brent Rourk The Island Foundation is collecting new toys From the countryside of Colombia, I tried to and books to distribute to children from Port track it daily. Harvey had become a hurricane Aransas, Rockport, Fulton, Aransas Pass, Heading to Bogota, Colombia at the end and it appeared to heading directly towards Ingleside, Ingleside on the Bay, and Bayside. of August on a late night United Flight the Corpus Christi, but unlike a few other storms Donations can be dropped off at 5813-C in pilot interrupted or woke weary travelers to and hurricanes that at one point pointed Weber Square 9:00am -5:00pm October 1-6. announce that there was a little turbulence as towards Corpus Christi and swerved or veered On October 7, while supplies last, children they approached the Yucatan Peninsula. Many elsewhere, Harvey seemed to be different. It will receive a free book and toy. Doors will ignored the request while others fastened was. Before I could mobilize and get back to open at 9:00am. Parents will need to bring the or tightened their seat belts. It was a little Bogota, evacuation notices in the Coastal Bend child(ren) and a photo ID showing that they storm, a spot of turbulence, and a bump in the were announced and ultimately airports were reside in the affected area. flightpath. During the previous week I watched closed. I was stuck in Colombia and Harvey Debris a block long • Donations must be NEW. Cash donations the tropical storm methodically move westward was headed to destroy part of the Coastal Bend. house on North Padre Island was safe (It would until it swathed Cancun and a large portion of will be used to purchase new toys and/or I watched from afar as Harvey strengthened only need a new roof and sustain a little internal books the Yucatan. Like most, I hoped it would die damage. there, progress slowed and diluted by land. A and residents fled, and then it struck on August 26th, not with the annoyance of a tropical • One toy and one book per child while few hours later I was in my condo in Bogota, no Efforts were under way to begin to assess supply lasts worse for the wear, anticipating eight days with storm or a tropical wave, but rather with the damage, to protect what was left, and to begin a my girlfriend, with the storm a distant memory. unrestrained fury of an immensely powerful building process, one that might take years. For • Children – birth to 17 years old and slow moving category 4 hurricane. In two some the landscape has changed forever. Some For more information, contact Colleen A day later I noticed that the tropical storm days it had done its damage in the Coastal Bend will rebuild and some might not. Some might McIntyre, survived the landfall, made a right hand turn and and continued towards the Houston area where move. Others might not reopen their business, seemed to be heading north through the warm it created record flooding and destruction. A and that is ok. Residents will need to make the [email protected]; 361-654-1134 waters of the Gulf of Mexico. No, it couldn’t hurricane had indeed smashed the Coastal best decisions for themselves, regardless of be. Corpus Christi? The Coastal Bend? While Bend. what they decide. enjoying Bogota and traveling in Colombia, I Island Joes Coffee kept an eye on the progress of the storm. There Not ‘If’ but ‘When’ - Now Friends in Port A are tirelessly trying to was a problem. Harvey was regenerating into They were correct – it was not a matter of regroup and rebuild. Meanwhile, they find and Gallery begins full fledge tropical storm with the possibility of ‘if’ one would strike again, but ‘when’. The themselves in varying states of grief. They have becoming a hurricane. time had come. Friends and Facebook kept me lost much, to a degree that makes me feel guilty apprised of the unparalleled destruction. My that I have not sustained the damage that they construction on new Hurricane Harvey on the Loose have. What a difference twenty miles makes. A Mountain Range of Debris innovative coffee In fact, while driving through Port Aransas what is consistent is the ever present mountain shop of past life. Wood, twisted metal, furniture, Island Joes Coffee and Gallery announces clothing, sheetrock, shingles, carpet, and other their Groundbreaking Ceremony for their new things that created a once vibrant and popular Padre Island location on Saturday, October 7, Coastal Bend town now pile into peaks, reeking 2017 at 14829 South Padre Island Drive from of destruction. An infrequent but noticeable 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. Refreshing drinks and odoriferous stench dances with the winds and snacks will be served with entertainment by a breezes. local musician. Popular and recognizable landmarks struggle Bryan and Brenda Tumlinson, owners of Island to stand proudly as they once did, some crippled Joes Coffee and Gallery say, “We are always or partially torn. Damage is ever present but looking to improve ways to serve our customers. not necessarily consistent. Some homes and We’re excited to get this project started!” businesses sustained much more damage than The construction of the new Island Joes consists others, but what is common is that all suffered of 10 shipping containers. These repurposed some damage. containers make this an environmentally Hope friendly project. The two-story building will include rental office spaces and conference Hope – then there is hope. Not to trivialize, rooms and the outdoor patio will make it a dog minimize, or give lip service to the magnitude friendly establishment. Every spot is a place to pile debris. of the impact of Hurricane Harvey; impacts that are hard to imagine, let alone survive. For To learn more about Island Joes Coffee and some residents hope is more readily achievable, Gallery, visit their shop on Padre Island or visible, and viable. For others hope is perhaps check out their Facebook page, Instagram, or yet to come or slow to light their path. their website at islandjoescc.com. That is part of the pain and the sadness of disasters, because we all need to have hope, Christmas Tree every day, every month, every year – hope that our lives and the lives of those we love will find happiness, success, joy, and purpose. We Auction and Gala must be aware that grief is not the same for all Timon’s Ministries is cancelling the Christmas people, but different in timing, scope, intensity, Tree Auction and Gala slated for Nov. 30. and stage. Hope sometimes gets lost. We continue to help those hurt by Harvey, both locally and those from neighboring Rebuilding and Volunteers communities that took the brunt of the storm. We know the businesses and individuals that If there is anything positive from this disaster, support Timon’s are also supporting the relief it is that many still see hope and as well the efforts. Our neighbors need their homes and businesses restored.

Fee-free entrance Mt. Trashmore now has aerial supervision. Photo by Brent Rourk to Padre Island National Seashore To celebrate National Public Lands Day entry into Padre Island National Seashore (and all Federal Public Lands) will be free on Saturday September 30, 2017. For more information on National Public Lands day check out the following link: https://www.neefusa.org/public-lands-day The fee waiver includes entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation Out of state Kiwanis volunteers cook for entrance fees. Other fees such as reservation, locals. camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included unless stated kindness and love of so many individuals, otherwise. groups, companies, and organizations that Fee-free days make parks accessible to more have been and continue to offer their time, people. However, national parks are always energy, love, resources, and expertise to help economical, with entrance fees that range from Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, Rockport, and $3 to $30. Here is a list of some of our passes: other towns in the Coastal Bend rise from the debris of Harvey. That includes people who • Any fourth grade student can get a free live in the impacted areas and people from pass through the Every Kid in a Park outside. Harvey also helped give birth to many program. community leaders who have stepped up to help • Active duty military and their dependents in many ways. qualify for a free park pass A familiar landmark will re-emerge. But it is not perfect, and many residents still • Any U.S. citizen with a permanent need help and will need help for the foreseeable disability can get a free pass future. • U.S. citizens that are 62 and over can get The Coastal Bend Will Re-emerge a lifetime pass for $80.00 I see an unbending determination to rebuild. I For more information about the variety of sense an indefatigable and undefeatable power discounted passes available, please visit the that will help the Coastal Bend emerge stronger following America the Beautiful webpage: and better. I see families working daily to rise http://www.nps.gov/findapark/passes.htm from the rubble and the mountain ranges of debris. It is that very hope and strength that I wish for all residents in the Coastal Bend. A few restaurants are open, businesses are starting to open their doors, rebuilding is happening, and hopes of a healthy and happy future are finding Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted a safe harbor. We will rebuild. for new location on Packery Channel I hope that we continue to respond to Coastal Bend individuals, families, and businesses. I hope that we continue to offer what we can Packery to our Coastal Bend residents. Much more is needed today, tomorrow, and for some time. FlatsTM But with determination, hope, and help, these Floating Cabin Repairs towns will rebuild and re-emerge as homes, Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available familiar landmarks, and favored destinations good for either repairs or rebuilding for thousands. Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel Call for lease terms Keep these towns in your thoughts and prayers Packery Flats Marina and if you have a little time, give them a hand. Collecting and getting rid of treasure turned to trash. Thanks to all. 361-774-8886 September 28, 2017 Island Moon A 17 Moon Classifieds Here’s how to place a Services Power Washing Home Additions Plumbing Service Classified Ad BBQ Grill Cleaning ISLANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE New Construction BLADES PLUMBING We power wash Residential – Commercial To place an ad you can call me at Houses, Driveways, Fences, Decks & 361-834-1382 or DIANA HOMES, INC. New Construction – Remodels Sidewalks Additions – New Construction Email your ads to: Call us now to schedule an estimate Remodeling – Construction Consulting Drain Cleaning – Tub & Faucet Repairs

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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 September 28, 2017 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour Showcase has again been electricity and with only flashlights to light Saturday. They had all the girls wiggling. Jim postponed. It was scheduled [email protected] them up. What troopers! Ray Summy and his Dugan played his fun sing along set there on for last May when Port A band Selfie were in rare form at Shorty’s on Friday. Aloha Dave and Ruben Limas & the The long haul… flooded and the Tarpon Inn Rolling J’s played Giggity’s last weekend. It flooded and we moved it It’s officially been one month was a little on the slow side. I think the cops to October and Hurricane since Harvey first hit town have everyone scared off. Giggity’s appears to Harvey screwed that up. and proceeded to spit all over be firing on all cylinders again having live music The word from Tarpon our collective necks. He’s the seven nights a week. On Sunday, at the request of Inn proprietor, Lee Roy gift that just keeps on giving. Father James, my little hillbilly gospel band, the Hoskins, is the inn suffered Though Port A has done a remarkable job of Sandy Bottom Boys, played a gratitude party damages and he has no idea digging out from under the first few layers, to celebrate surviving one month after Harvey. Chief Scott when things will be up and we are now facing the grim reality of finding Things really are getting back to normal. Burroughs will running again. Being that out what “long host a National it’s a historical site they DO NOT MISS LIST term recovery” Night Out on have to jump through even means in first Coming this weekend… Oct. 3 at Robt’s more (many more) hoops person. Our Coach Jim Dugan is always a good time and it may be months and There were a couple sprint has Point Park. out on the porch at Shorty’s. months. I think the plan is of big benefits in turned into a to get the Showcase back in sync with the Art Austin and San marathon, or a Center’s annual ArtFest in May (like it always Antonio last week “pilgrimage” as is) and just remember this as the year it wasn’t with George Strait Father James meant to be. The good news is, Old Town Fest and Willie Nelson. Derkits put it Father James Derkits will persevere on October 21-22. Cameron I hope the money at the gratitude of Trinity By the Sea Pratt, of the Port A Preservation and Historical makes it to the right party. I’d Episcopal Church in Port Association, informs me that the event will places. On Sunday venture to say indeed happen with a parade, the wooden boat Melissa Brooke has Aransas has played a there isn’t one show, the chapel tour, the 8 Wonders of Port A organized a benefit major role in providing single structure and hopefully some other stuff. Joan Garland on Padre Island at desaster relief to or person in Mike Milligan will at the Port A Chamber of Commerce tells me the Pelican. Also Hurricane Harvey victims. Port A that play Giggity’s on their BeachtoberFest promotion planned in on Sunday, the La wasn’t affected Saturday. October will not happen and I’m pretty sure the Palmilla Golf Resort by this storm. Harvey left his giant footprint on Harvest Moon Regatta has also been sidelined. will host a show the whole enchilada. But slowly, we are coming So be happy that we still have Old Town Fest to with Passing Strangers, Love & Chaos, Bri back, cleaning up and rebuilding. The spirit of Aloha Dave and the Tourists played look forward too. It’s a big part of Port A. And Bagwell, The Juantanamos, Mothership and our community remains in tact. The biggest Giggity’s on Friday night. finally, PAPD Chief Scott Burroughs tells me, Mark McKinney. I’m not sure if that one is damper on this process is the frustratingly slow there will be a National Night Out this Tuesday, a benefit. The Groove will play Giggity’s on October 3rd at Roberts Point Park. It’s a great Friday and blues monsters Michael Milligan way to meet your neighbors and our local police and Texiana Bluez (Austin, TX) will play on staff in a relaxed, friendly environment. Saturday. The Chanklas will bring some reggae to Shorty’s on Friday and the Bad Buoys will Scattered shots… play some classic rock there on Saturday. The Back Porch also got their doors open and will resume their live music schedule this Saturday with Ruben Limas. Welcome home Port A. ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ The Sandy Bottom Gospel Band played a gratitude celebration at Roberts Point on Sunday. You can’t escape the debris piles on every street in Port A. removal of Harvey’s bi-products… the piles of debris (aka: our lives) on virtually every street Live Music in town. It seems to be taking forever to get Free Beer Band don’t need no stinkin’ picked up and taken away. I see the giant trash electricity. mountains on 361 growing and growing, and I do see the crews out there working their rears Looking back Tonight off every day, but Lord, there’s just SO much of Saturday, October 7 over the weekend, TBA @ Back Porch it. City leaders have urged us to be patient. It’s Thursday, September 28 Ultich Ellison @ Giggity’s I was able to catch Free Beer Band @ going to happen but not today. I spoke to a guy Selfie @ Shorty’s several shows Giggity’s who was working on the “claw” crew and asked Another Level @ Rockit’s him when he thought they may get back around at Shorty’s and Michael Brutts@ Giggity’s. The Harrison’s Landing Melissa Brooke @ to my street. He said, “I really can’t say but I RUBEN LIMAS SEPT. 30 Scuttlebutt’s lights went out The Well, Switchblade know we’re going to be here for three or four Jeasus + 2 Bands @ JERRY DIAZ OCT. 6 briefly at Giggity’s Sunday, October 8 months.” Uggg. Our businesses are gradually House of Rock TBA OCT. 7 on Thursday with Antone & the All Stars @ coming back around. The Hurricane Relief Aaron Einhouse @ LANDON BULLARD OCT. 13 the Free Beer Giggity’s Supply Depot at Roberts Point has officially Brewster Street TBA OCT. 14 Band on stage. shut down and moved to a smaller location at Oddfellas @ Rockit’s CAPT. LEGENDARY OCT. 20 Apparently a Monday, October 9 the Laughing Horse Cottages on Ave G. Much CODY BRYAN OCT. 21 Open Jam w/ Ray Summy debris pile caught Friday, September 29 of the supplies have been moved to Padre Island & Friends @ Giggity’s fire in front of Fins The Groove @ Giggity’s for further distribution to other disaster areas. There was a fire in front 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Melissa Grothe @ and subsequently Chanklas @ Shorty’s The flow of volunteer help coming to Port A of Fins on Thursday. Scuttlebutt’s caught a utility Arcade Hustlers @ Vin Mio has slowed and I’m not seeing the army of cops Social Club pole on fire and Tuesday, October 10 that were swarming all over us the first weeks APEX @ Pelican Lounge out went the lights on half the town. The mostly Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s following Harvey. We still have a curfew but ORPHANZ @ It’ll Do acoustic band kept the ball rolling without Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s it will be lifted by Mayor Charles Bujan at 7 Saloon AM on Friday. I know there have been more John Eric@ Harrison’s Wednesday, October 11 Landing Tavern than a few residents that aren’t happy about not Stevie Start @ Giggity’s Bad Chords, Preston being allowed back into their homes in Port A Tori McClure @ Hodge, Kwamevi @ House because they didn’t make it to the checkpoint Scuttlebutt’s of Rock on 361 in time and were forced to either turn Five Card Draw @ Thursday, October12 around or sleep in their cars. It seems obvious Brewster Street Chanklas Sept 29 Free Beer Band @ that it’s time for it to be lifted. Good call Mayor. Another Level @ Rockit’s And everyone is wondering if we’re going to Bad Buoys Sept 30 & Oct 6 Giggity’s Selfie Oct. 7 Oddfellas @ Rockit’s see our Winter Texan friends that we so depend Saturday, September 30 Magnus @ Scuttlebutt’s on every winter (or any tourists for that matter). Michael Milligan @ 34TH ANNUAL PIG PARTY Texiana Bluez @ Giggity’s TRIGGERFISH | TODD DORN One thing’s for sure… they won’t come if there Friday, October 13 Bad Buoys @ Shorty’s are mountains of trash everywhere. INDEPENDENT THIEVES Raeanne & the Ride @ Ruben Limas @ Back OCT. 14th Sunset Sounds Porch It’s the good news ... Landon Bullard @ Back Selfie got the girls wiggling at Shorty’s on The Daze @ Pelican OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Porch You want the good news or the bad news? First Saturday night. Lounge th Mike Stinson @ Giggity’s the bad news… the 34 Annual Songwriters EDISON @ It’ll Do Saloon Jim Dugan @ Shorty’s Christian Colbert@ Chris Saenz @ Scuttlebutt’s Harrison’s Landing Wings Over Society @ Saturday, October 14 House of Rock GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR TBA @ Back Porch Mynefield @ Rockit’s PIG PARTY @ Shorty’s Jon Wolfe, Cameran Nelson LIVE MUSIC Ruben & the Rolling J’s @ LIVE MUSIC @ Brewster Street Free Beer Band Sept 28 Giggity’s Sing Along Piano Bar @ EVERY The Groove Sept 29 Sunday, October 1 Brewster Street Antone & All Stars @ Full Bar & Grill NIGHT Mike Milligan Sept. 30 Stone Sour @ Concrete Giggity’s Street Antone & the All Stars Oct. 1 BENEFIT Port A Strong! Myndfield @ Rockit’s All You Can Eat Open Jam Oct. 2 w/ Melissa Brooke & Michael Burtts @ Friends @ Pelican Lounge FRIED Paul Taylor Oct. 3 WE LOVE Scuttlebutt’s FLOUNDER Magnus Oct. 4 John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s Sunday, October 15 Everyday 11-7 Monday, October 2 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Antone & the All Stars @ Open Jam w/ Ray Summy YOU PORT A Giggity’s & Friends @ Giggity’s Ziegenbock Fest @ Melissa Brothe @ 361-945-9595, 118 Cut Off Rd., Port Aransas Concrete Street Scuttlebutt’s www.dropanchorportaransas.com John Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s Tuesday, October 3 Monday, October 16 National Night Out (5-8) @ Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Roberts Point Park & Friends @ Giggity’s Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Tori McClure @ Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s Scuttlebutt’s Wednesday, October 4 Tuesday, October 17 Magnus @ Giggity’s Paul Taylor @ Giggity’s Michael Burtts @ Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s Port A. Proud Scuttlebutt’s Thursday, October 5 Treasure Island Wednesday, October 18 Free Beer Band @ Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Melissa Grothe @ Michael Burtts @ Scuttlebutt’s NOW OPEN! Port Aransas Scuttlebutt’s

Friday, October 6 Construction LIVE MUSIC Thursday, October 19 Jerry Diaz & Hanna’s Reef Free Beer Band @ Est. 1999 @ Back Porch Giggity’s Ty Dietz @ Giggity’s EVERY WEEKEND Bad Buoys @ Shorty’s 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Residential/Commercial Friday, October 20 Spazmatics @ Brewster treasureislandporta Captain Legendary @ Street Back Porch (361) 453-0147 Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s Now OPEN! Ready to help! Chris Saenz @ Scuttlebutt’s The Gaff Nice Try, Harvey Re-opening mid-October