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Vacation Bible School A2 Traveling Moon A9 Fishing A13 On the Rocks A13 4th of July on the Beach A14 Issue 743 The Island Free

The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 July 12, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Photo by Debbie Noble Around The Sailors take notice! Giant Spiders Island Youth Sailing World Invade the By Dale Rankin Beach! As we sit here in the Word Factory the roof is falling in, not figuratively, Championships Are in Town Run for your very literally. There are guys up top putting on a new roof and the plaster is piling lives! up on the carpet. We keep one eye on the computer screen and one on the two light fixtures that are in ongoing discussions with gravity about their immediate future. On the positive side, the red snapper season in federal waters runs another week, the water along our beaches has been beautiful, the tourist season is turning out to be one of the best in memory, Port Aransas’ comeback from Hurricane Harvey is ahead of schedule, Islander Brud Jones is in Thailand and as of this writing has not been trapped in a cave, and nobody has raised our taxes in over a week…so we got that going for us. The Island Blast Fourth of July show went off under beautiful conditions – The 4th of July crowd has gone home just ahead of the storm – and the folks but the bones of their village remain. over at the Padre Island Yacht Club The skeletons of almost fifty pop-up are already working hard to make canopies, looking like Giant Spiders this year’s La Posada Boat Parade the Practice began earlier this week for the Youth Sailing World Championships. Photo by Mary Craft. from Mars, were left behind when the best ever. All in all things are looking tourist diaspora headed OTB. This good on our little sandbar as we roll The eyes of the sailing world will to compete. The sailors are vying to time it came to North America was in photo was taken the morning after on through the summer. The humidity be on Corpus Christi when the 2018 get to the next level – their country’s 1984 in San Diego. the 4th. There were about 50 canopy is off the charts but we’re used to that. edition of the Youth Sailing World Olympic team. Last year’s race took Sailors compete in five categories of skeletons between Gulfstream and El We still can’t help but wonder; what Championships comes to town. place in Sanya, China. Corpus Christi boats: Constante. happens if it turns out it wasn’t the Opening ceremonies are Sunday, July won the rights to host the event by 29er Class – A two person high humidity after all – it was the heat all 15th and the week of racing begins on beating out two other cities. The What will the archeologists think performance sailing skiff designed by along… Monday, July 16th. event began in 1971 in Angelholm, when they dig those things up a Sweden where sixteen nations took Julian Bethwaite and first produced The event is billed as the Junior thousand years from now? part. The first time the event was held in 1998. Derived from the Olympic Speaking of weather… Olympics of Sailing and 396 sailors outside Europe was in 1976. The next We often hear various theories of from 66 countries will be in town Sailing cont. on A4 why storms approaching from the Gulf often veer off as they approached Cloud Takes the north end of Padre Island. Harvey Island Grocery Store Still Roaming the Isle made the turn north and over the Island Vote in years at least a dozen storms we have played chicken with have gone north Success is one permit away Special District at the last minute or disappeared. By Dale Rankin Nina Nixon-Mendez, Director of The issue is that the property is in a Even the recent rains that flooded Development Services for the City special flood hazard zone where, if a A little over a year ago Islanders 27 Election the upper Texas Coast turned as they of Corpus Christi said this week that project has significant fill to elevate Lori and Mohsin Rasheed bought A total of 18524 voter, out of approached landfall. the only thing still needed by the a structure, the owner’s engineer a franchise from the Independent 200707 registered voters (9.23%), Rasheed’s to obtain a site work permit must submit a “no rise” statement, A common theory for why this Grocers Alliance (IGA) and began in Nueces County cast ballots in the is the completion of a hydrological certifying that the project will not happens is an upwelling of cool the process of bringing a grocery 27th Congressional District Special study and a “no rise” statement from impact the 100-year base flood bottom water due to the shallowness store to Padre Island. Election won by Republican Michael of the water off our beaches. So we the developer’s engineer. Mendez said elevations to adjoining properties. Cloud with 19,856 votes (54.7%) The plan was to locate a 18,000 asked the experts at the local office of the developer’s engineer, Victor Hugo The study must demonstrate the followed by Democrat Eric Holguin square-foot grocery store and eight the National Weather Service. We got Garcia from Vanguard Engineering of cumulative effect of the project with 11,594 (32%). this response from John Metz who retail spaces in an 33,500 square- Weslaco, has submitted his study. development when combined with foot shopping center on land they existing and proposed development On Padre Island a total of 1119 out about such things. “The staff has provided comments on purchased on SPID just north of will not obstruct flood flows and of 7547 cast ballots with Republican the study to the engineer requesting “The cooler temperatures observed Seashore Middle School. The plan increase flooding on other property. Cloud beating second place finisher additional data to be included in the along the South Texas Coast are a also calls for 6000 square-feet of Or the owner may select other design Eric Holguin who had 142. Across study, Mendez said this week. “We result of persistent southerly winds restaurant space. They also bought options such as elevating on piers, Nueces County three Democrats have clarified with the engineer that causing an upwelling of cooler a twenty-foot wide easement on the pilings or columns, that have less totaled 9240 votes compared to 8906 we are not requesting a physical temperatures from below due to back of the property to allow for golf of an impact as opposed to fill. In Republican votes also split between survey of the adjoining properties to eckman transport principle. The carts and pedestrians to access the that case, the no rise statement is not three candidates. determine topographic data, since this image below makes it easier to store from the adjacent residents. required. type of information is available in the Cloud also won the Republican visualize. They also bought wetland property public domain (Google Earth, USGS, The Rasheeds have been married for Primary and will run against offsite to compensate for the land etc.). We have been in communication 39 years with three kids and during Holguin in the November General they would develop. with the engineer, and understand that that time have built, owned, and Election. Cloud will serve in the They are now within shouting he is addressing staff’s comments and operated restaurants and shopping position through January with the distance of making the project, will be providing us a revised report.” malls in Sacramento, where they winner of the November election including the grocery store, a reality Grocerycont. on A4 then taking office. The District 27 A little Island history

Strong north winds also causes upwelling and a cooling of our First Ridley Rendezvous Festival this Weekend shelf waters. Cooler sea surface temperatures tend to weaken an Celebrates 40 Years of Saving Turtles approaching tropical storm or By Dale Rankin The event will provide a rare hurricane but they don't steer them The first ever “Ridley Rendezvous” occasion for the community to away. Weather systems are moved will be held this Saturday, July 14 engage with park rangers and subject by the deep layer of wind in our at Padre Island National Seashore matter experts about Kemp’s ridley atmosphere. Surface wind direction to celebrates the 40th anniversary conservation from the United States and currents plays a big role in the of the successful collaboration and Mexico. The family friendly movement of water in our shallow of the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle event is free and will begin with a continental shelf.” Restoration & Enhancement ranger talk at 6:30 am followed by So now you know. Project. a turtle release. Other activities will feature presentations about sea turtles Parker Pool “I am thrilled to celebrate this for adults and kids, booths and tables anniversary with representatives operated by a variety of conservation The city and county have begun talks from the various agencies who have organizations, special Junior Ranger for the county to take over Parker Pool helped with these conservation Badges, a student art exhibit, sand in Flour Bluff. The city was looking efforts for decades,” said Dr. Donna sculptures, face painting, and to hand it off and Commissioner Shaver, Chief of the Division of appearances by Padre Island National Brent Chesney has taken it under Sea Turtle Science and Recovery. Seashore’s mascot, Seashore Sandy his wing. The County Commission “This progress could not have been the Sea Turtle. There will also be a approved the move Wednesday and made without all of these agencies dance-off by Seashore Sandy and we will keep you apprised. working together to help study, other local sea turtle mascots! protect, and restore the species.” Around cont. on A4 History cont. on A4 1947 Herrera footage of an arribada. July 12, 2018 Island Moon A 2 Fun at Island Presbyterian Vacation Bible School

This week sixty kids ages 4 through entering 5th grade attended Island Presbyterian's annual Vacation Bible School. Activities included Science, Arts & Crafts, Music & Dance and a puppet show courtesy of Rolling River Rampage.

Above photos courtesy of VBS Science teacher Bonnie Ciardelli

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Saturday, July 14 8 am – 1 pm. Pete Alsop That background check was performed and They are located at 6901 Holly relevant parties who attended the initial meeting Island Delivery between Airline and Rodd Field. (President, Vice-President, Executive Director, Coldwell Banker legal counsel) were provided the results Advertising approximately two weeks later. And, as stated Business Briefs Jan Park Rankin Clearing Up More in recent reports, the 2nd background check did The Nite at the Races sponsored contain information regarding unacceptable by Timon’s Ministries will Classifieds Accusations and past actions committed outside the state of Arlene Ritley Texas. Immediately, the staff worked over the be held on the second floor of Production Manager Misconceptions weekend to pull down all access the bookkeeper Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July had, passwords were changed on the accounting th Abigail Bair Marvin Jones’ article in the Moon on June 28, 19 . Doors open at 5 pm and races software, access to the building was secured, Contributing Writers 2018 and Dale Rankin’s interview with radio start at 6 pm. Tickets are $40 and and the CPA was notified. A representative of talk show host Mr. Jim Lago on July 2, 2018 $70/couple in advance and $50 at Joey Farah our CPA firm came in the following Monday have created quite the buzz around our little Andy Purvis to review the books once again for any the door. They can be purchased slice of paradise. Once again, rhetoric is being Mary Craft discrepancies, inappropriate actions, etc. She at Timon’s Ministries, their web spun to create drama and outrage. I would like Kelly Trevino did this with no findings and re-assured us that to clear up any misconceptions regarding the site or at Schlitterbahn. There are the bookkeeper did not have enough access to Jay Gardner history of the former POA bookkeeper. many great prizes to win. Todd Hunter even be able to divert any funds. Most of the facts regarding the past history of The Gaff Belt Sander Race will Dotson Lewis Another meeting was scheduled with the the Padre Isles Property Owner’s Association th relevant parties (President, Vice-President, be at 6 pm Saturday, July 14 . The Dr. Tom Dorrell (PIPOA) bookkeeper are, to my knowledge, Executive Director, legal counsel and the event is held every second and Ronnie Narmour accurate. However, as Paul Harvey used to say, bookeeper) to discuss the results of the findings Brent Rourk here is the rest of the story… fourth Saturday of the month. and to make sure there were no mistakes in Photographers At the end of January 2017, I was notified by the background check reports. However, the Diana Homes builder Diane Miles Merwin (Emeritus) a member of the PIPOA by phone that she had bookkeeper declined attendance and instead McGroarty was featured in a story Debbie Noble concerns regarding the bookkeeper who was notified our organization that she quit. in Texas Builder magazine with currently working for the PIPOA. She followed So, yes, it appears the bookkeeper had a headline “Conquers Coastline Jan Rankin this by private message again on February 4, criminal past. Unfortunately, we did not find Mary Craft 2017. A portion of her message follows and Construction.” The magazine can this out until members of the previous Board names have been redacted: be read online. Ronnie Narmour (as differentiated from the current 2018 PIPOA Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) “Both ‘the bookkeeper’ and the congregation board) diligently followed up on member’s The Sunset Sounds Concert will Riley P. Dog were told that she had been let go because the steadfast concerns. She had worked for several feature the Jesse Stratton Band at church could no longer afford to pay her. The Island residents and PIPOA members in their the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in real truth was that she was let go (basically businesses, and several of our residents had th fired) because she took control of the church gone so far as to provide recommendations for Port A on Friday, July 13 starting books and was unwilling to provide requested her employment with the PIPOA. at 7 pm. The band will be playing reports or allow anyone access to the books. at the Back Porch on Thursday, As a professional organization and employer, C____, the church secretary, would ask her th it is not within the PIPOA’s right to publicly July 12 . questions but she refused to provide answers. disclose why someone no longer works for After she left they found discrepancies, but Real Estate Broker Mary our organization. This could open us up to there was no money missing.” defamation lawsuits. While we did have Melick is having an open house As with any allegation, the PIPOA is tasked information from the background check, the fact built by Superior H&M Homes with performing an investigation into the that the bookkeeper left before we could discuss at 14709 Quarterdeck on Sunday, claims. ANY claims that I did nothing or took what was found means we never heard her side July 15th 2 – 4 pm. The home has Publisher no action are completely untrue. I immediately of things and fully understood the situation nor heigh end details and is selling for Dale Rankin followed up the next day with the executive did we confirm that the information all related About the Island Moon coordinator after the first phone call from the specifically to her or if she was a victim of $334,000. The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale concerned member, and at the next board identity theft. Sonny Salinas will be Rankin, Editor / Publisher. meeting in executive session, with the claim that Do I believe a person involved in or convicted performing at the Dragonfly Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes was made and asked the Executive Coordinator of financial crimes should be working in the delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 the following questions: outdoor patio on Saturday, July copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, area of finances? No, absolutely not. But, while th as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 14 7 – 10 pm, Fur babies are copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. • What are the book keeper’s duties the information uncovered was troubling, I also and what type of access does she have to our do not believe that one deserves a lifetime of welcome and can enjoy doggy News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, financials? Answer: she is a bookkeeper and has persecution and bullying after they have paid treats. payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. no access to check writing, cash withdrawals, their dues to society. As Marvin Jones stated An Estate sale at 126 Rainbow The Island Moon Newspaper etc. She completes the reconciliations, and in his letter to the editor for the Island Moon other postings and prepares the YTD income on June 28, “In 2007, the records indicate the Lane near Ocean Drive will take 14646 Compass, Suite 3 statements and balance sheets, as well as payroll Bookkeeper subsequently, plea bargained place Friday, July13th 8 am – 3 th Corpus Christi, TX 78418 tax reports. CPA services are performed by and plead guilty to one count of theft and one pm and July 14 8 am – 2 pm. The Klostermann and Associates as a separate entity count of ID theft. The court ordered a one-year owner was a master woodworker 361-949-7700 and they reviewed all of the bookeeper’s work. jail term, fines, court costs, and restitution of and furniture maker. The huge [email protected] • Was a background check performed approximately $146,800.00.” The way I see it – she was punished for her crimes. Should she home has elegant furnishings with and what were the results? Answer: On rustic accents. To view photos Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper February 2, 2017, the executive coordinator spend the rest of her life unable to hold down a confirmed “we did a background search, and no job due to these past mistakes? visit corpusestatesales. matching records were found”. We later learned The financial audit currently starting (per the The Schlitterbahn Water that since the bookkeeper had been in the State June 2018 PIPOA board meeting) will hopefully Resort is fully functioning of Texas for 10 + years, a multi-state search had find any wrongdoing, if any exists. We should except for The Plunge boat ride. Where to Find The not been requested. On this same day a Better let that play out and not try to tip the scales to Business Bureau check was also performed and anyone’s advantage or disadvantage. It was seriously damaged by the the result was an A+ rating. Reference checks Island Moon To me, what is equally or possibly more hurricane and will not reopen. of other businesses in the area which she had worrisome than the person who was keeping Day passes are $41.99 and $29.99 worked were also performed. All turned out our books, is the amount of public shaming and for seniors and children. Trinity By the Sea positive with no issues. Port Episcopal targeting of businesses, individuals, etc. that has • What has her job performance been gone on in the last couple of years. Some seem Mark your calendars or better yet Aransas like over the years? Answer: the bookkeeper to take joy in these destructive actions. Many have Alexa remind you that the Sand Piper Condos North has regular attendance, does her job well and members and business owners have witnessed next Golf Cart Poker Run will be Sea Gull Condos satisfactorily these acts and are now scared to attend Thursday, July 26th. Padre meetings, speak out or unwilling to debate the Gulf Breeze RV I also requested that a board member (who All Stripes Stores has a financial background and serves as CFO small group of individuals who have seemingly Pioneer RV made these types of actions a full-time business. Black Sheep/ of an organization) perform random checks of the accounting and bookkeeping. Those spot I encourage all to stop this before it brings La Palmilla Golf Barrel additional harm to the Island and region. Club checks were performed March 2017 and nothing CVS was found out of the ordinary. Additionally, the In summary: Stripes (1A) CPA issued the annual audit report indicated the Did I know that the previous bookkeeper had Whataburger books were in good standing with no material Kody’s Restaurant a criminal record?: Not when she was hired concerns and no management letter was needed. Amano Doc’s Restaurant and not when I became President in 2016, but I A management letter is provided when the CPA was made aware in late 2017 and the POA took WB Liquor Snoopy’s Pier firm issues suggestions to the board for material action to remedy the situation. 361 Bar Isle Mail N More improvements needed. With this information, it was discussed during executive session with What information did the bookkeeper have Moby Dicks Island Italian the entire board in attendance and the issue was access to?: She posted journal entries and Spanky’s Liquor Brooklyn Pie Co. dropped. reconciled the accounts. She was able to see the members list, but only included members Fast forward approximately 6 months. The IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware and their addresses, which is also public PIPOA had elected a new board member in records that anyone can obtain from the public Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn March of 2017, been inundated with public records. The POA does not keep sensitive information requests to a state of disfunction, San Juan’s Mexican Texas Star (Shell) information such as Social Security numbers, experienced Hurricane Harvey and hired a new Restaurant credit card information, or phone numbers in Island babies like the Fourth. Jesse’s Liquor Executive Director in August 2017. Wash Board the accounting software. Some time around October 2017, the Laundry Mat Scuttlebutt’s Did I refuse to take action, as board president?: accusations were brought up again in a public Restaurant Absolutely not. I took immediate action – while Drop Anchor Bar & meeting. Tensions were high and, as President, still respecting people’s privacy. I was following And now, you know the rest of the story. Grill Subway I promised a follow-up meeting to be held the logic of “Innocent until proven guilty”. Let’s get to work finding a replacement Port A Parks & Rec Island Tire to address the accusations. Following that meeting, I asked our new Executive Director Did I feel it was necessary to share this for our vacant Executive Director position, Public Library Padre Pizzeria (Yes, the title changed when she was hired) individual’s dirty laundry with the rest of the finishing Billish Park, mowing lots, cleaning board?: No, I did not. Again, I was respecting canals, dredging our canals, maintaining the Chamber of And all Moon and the CPA to perform random checks of the accounting and bookkeeping. This was to the privacy of this individual. I involved those bulkheads and waterways. There is no shortage Commerce/ Visitor’s retail advertisers Center be done by reviewing financial entries and by that were necessary in the relevant discussions, of important work to be done for the PIPOA. unannounced visits to the office to review work and once the bookkeeper left, the issue was Woody’s Sports WB Liquor Brent Moore -- P.O.A. Board Member performed specifically by the bookkeeper. closed. Some may disagree with this course Center of action, but the Executive Director, legal In addition, I directed that a meeting be Back Porch Flour Bluff counsel and I made what we thought was the Music scheduled to discuss the allegations and to try best and most correct decision at the time. So I don't want to be a downer but during the Shorty’s Place H.E.B. and figure out why a few residents were pushing I respectfully disagree with the recent claim in annual fireworks show, can the crowd just these allegations so adamantly. Although I Fisherman’s Wharf Whataburger on the Island Moon that there was “Failed Board cool it with the blasting of the music! Not had been a board member since 2007, I had Waldron Action”. everyone appreciates the same selections and Giggity’s never previously met our bookkeeper. After a Ethyl Everly the competing styles make it just annoying. Tarpon Inn previous executive coordinator interviewed and I will close with a quote from THE most high Senior Center recommended her, she was hired in 2010 by (at and just individual who has walked this earth Donn Gaddis Gratitude’s Fire Station the time, our newly hired executive coordinator) and who I have committed my life, “He that The Gaff Maybeth Christensen, under a different PIPOA is without sin among you, let him cast the first Police Station President and her hours did not match up with stone at her.” The choice for me, and I believe Wild Horse the times that I spent in the POA office. the others who were in leadership at the time, Stripes on Flour was simple; check the accounts, keep the stones Treasure Island I called for a personal interview and Bluff & SPID in our pockets and allow the bookkeeper to exit information exchange to be attended by with what dignity she had left. July 12, 2018 Island Moon A 4 Around cont. from A1 Grocery cont. from A1 Sailing cont. from A1 owned 38 restaurants, and Houston where in the class 49er class. The discipline has similarities to Formula Marker 37 last fourteen years they have built 18 shopping Windsurfing - mainly in that the equipment 420 Class Dinghy - a double-handed (2 crew) We had a couple of inquires this week on the centers, three of which they still own. So far used was designed to allow windsurfing in monohull planing dinghy with centreboard, future of Marker 37. It is under new ownership they say they have spent about $100,000 on low and moderate wind conditions with good bermuda rig and center sheeting. The name and plans are well underway for its future. We various studies, plans, and permits required to performance. Equipment includes a board with describes the overall length of the boat in spoke to the new owner this week as he boarded begin construction and are committed to seeing a daggerboard, and a sail of a specified size. The centimeters (the boat is exactly 4.2 meters long). a plane for Alaska. He will be back in town in the project through. board measures 286 cm in length and 93 cm in The hull is fiberglass with internal buoyancy two weeks and we will get a full rundown on width. Unlike formula boards, it is quite heavy Mr. Rasheed said this week he doesn’t know tanks. The 420 is equipped with spinnaker and the project then. He does not think small; good - 15.5 kg, which is almost twice that of regular how long the additional permitting may take, optional trapeze, making teamwork necessary things are in the works over there. competition formula boards. but once it is complete he is ready to start work to sail it well. Stay cool everybody, and say hello if you see on the center and fulfill the dream of Islanders Nacra 15 – The official ISAF youth catamaran, Laser Class – a single-handed dinghy. As us Around The Island. since the first house was built; an Island grocery the 15- foot boat is a smaller replica of the store. of 2012, there are more than 200,000 boats Nacra 17 which is the Olympic-sized boat. worldwide. A commonly cited reason for its History cont. from A1 popularity is that it is robust and simple to rig It will take almost 500 local volunteers to and sail in addition to its durability; it's also very make the event come to life. The website of the The event is scheduled from 6:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Election cont. from A1 fast. The Laser also provides very competitive Corpus Christi Yacht Club has schedules and the Malaquite Visitor Center. No Park entrance seat was vacated after the resignation of Blake racing due to the very tight class association full information. This is a once in a lifetime fees will be charged. Farenthold’s resignation earlier this year. controls which eliminate differences in hull, opportunity for local sailing aficionados. You Began with a short piece of film The final vote totals in the election are as sails and equipment. can watch from along the Bayfront or by boat. follows: To find a good viewing spot from the water see It’s a good time to take a look back at a RS:X Class - a windsurfing class selected the map on the bottom of this page. program which was hatched much by accident Padre Island by the ISAF[1] to replace the Mistral One in the 1970s, but the quest for the elusive Design Class for the 2008 Summer Olympics. nesting ground of the turtles goes back to the Christopher Suprun (Ind) 1 1940s when no human had ever seen, or at Bech Bruun (R) 52 least recorded, a nesting Kemp’s ridley turtle. Eric Holguin (D) 292 In fact scientists were not even sure they were a separate and distinct turtle species until Raul (Roy) Barrera (D) 21 fishermen caught some Kemp’s ridley turtles Mike Westergren (DEM) 8 offshore and found eggs inside them. But where were the nesting grounds? Judith Cutright (IND) 13 Then in 1951 J.E. Werier published a record Michael Cloud (R) 723 of a ridley nesting on the beach in 1941 at what Daniel Tinus (Libertarian) 5 would two decades later become Padre Island National Seashore. But there were still a lot Marty Perez (R) 4 of unanswered questions until a break came Port Aransas Precinct 19 in the early 1960s when Flour Bluff resident Dr. Henry Hidebrand met a neighbor who had Christopher Suprun (Ind) 1 heard of a man who had film of nesting ridley Bech Bruun (R) 26 turtles in Mexico. Eric Holguin (D) 141 In the 1940s architect Andreas Herrera often flew the Mexican coast in his small airplane Raul (Roy) Barrera (D) 14 and had heard rumors of large numbers of Mike Westergren (DEM) 16 turtles nesting there. He began carrying a film Judith Cutright (IND) 4 camera just in case. Then on a sultry summer day in 1947 he looked down and saw what Michael Cloud (R) 143 would decades later become the genesis of Daniel Tinus (Libertarian) 2 the turtle program we have today. Herrera saw tThousands of Kemp’s ridley turtles in the first Marty Perez (R) 4 Arribada – Spanish for arrival – ever recorded Nueces County totals my man making their way across a sixteen-mile stretch of beach in Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Christopher Suprun (Ind) 29 Mexico. Bech Bruun (R) 748 Through the neighbor Hidebrand found the Eric Holguin (D) 7787 film in 1963 and it astounded the scientific world. An estimated 40,000 turtles swarming Raul (Roy) Barrera (D) 855 the beach. But to their horror the scientists also Mike Westergren (DEM) 598 saw a species being destroyed right before their Judith Cutright (IND) 102 eyes as people loaded turtle eggs by the millions into trucks, sometimes also taking the nesting Michael Cloud (R) 8004 females. The scientists estimated that 90 percent Daniel Tinus (Libertarian) 49 of the turtle nests were destroyed the same day they were laid. The species was in trouble. Marty Perez (R) 4 154 Road to restoration Districtwide Totals The scientists pressed the Mexican government Christopher Suprun (Ind) to take action and in 1966 guards were placed Bech Bruun (withdrew before the election) (R) on the Rancho Nuevo Beach to protect the eggs. 1570 But the damage had been done. The number of Eric Holguin (D) 11594 Kemp’s ridley turtles found each year continued Photo of Logan Conner, somewhere down the Padre island National Seashore (PINS) to drop and by 1985 only 702 nests were found. Raul (Roy) Barrera (D) 1747 where he reeled in this partial tarpon. The scientists began research which showed Mike Westergren (DEM) 856 that while the heart of the turtles’ nesting area was Nuevo Rancho there was plenty of Judith Cutright (IND) 172 evidence that historically the nesting zone had Michael Cloud (R) 19856 reached as far south as Veracruz and as far north as Mustang Island. The move to save the Daniel Tinus (Libertarian) species was on and in 1974 the National Park Service began the process of establishing a nesting colony of turtles in the park and in 1978 the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Restoration and Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted Enhancement Program (KRREP) was born. for new location on Packery Channel For the next ten years, 1978-1988, eggs from a portion of the Kemp's ridley nests laid each year at Rancho Nuevo were collected, Packery packed in sand brought from Padre Island, and transported to PINS. Overall, a total of 22,507 FlatsTM eggs were collected and relocated through this Floating Cabin Repairs project. Once the nests arrived at PINS, they Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available were incubated under controlled conditions good for either repairs or rebuilding and hatched. The newly hatched turtles were Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel Call for lease terms released on the beach at PINS, allowed to Packery Flats Marina crawl on the beach and into the surf, and then recaptured using aquarium dip nets after a brief 361-774-8886 swim in the Gulf of Mexico. This procedure Pirate on the Island! Photo by Mary Craft. was done in the hope that the hatchlings would imprint to the National Seashore and the females would return as adults to nest on Padre Island. Once the hatchlings were recaptured, they were transported to the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory in Galveston, where they were kept and reared for 9-11 months. The purpose of this process was to allow the turtles to grow large enough to avoid most predators and to be tagged for future recognition to help evaluate project success. Uncertain future But when the first of the hatchlings were released in 1978 scientists didn’t know how long it took for the Kemp’s ridley turtles to return to the beach to nest. In 1986 the first turtle patrols began scouring the beaches from St. Joseph Island to the Rio Grande from April to August looking for nesting turtles. “The first couple of years we didn’t have much luck,” Shaver said. They would find nests but until they actually saw one of the turtles with a tag nesting they couldn’t be sure their experiment was working. Then, finally, in 1996 they hit paydirt when a patroller found a nesting Kemp’s ridley with a tag nesting on Padre Island and the rest, as they say, is history. All of that effort brought us to where were are today, with a record number of nesting Kemp’s ridley turtles on our beaches. And it all started with a film by a guy flying a small airplane along the beach in Mexico. So head out to PINS on Saturday and celebrate 40 years of work and success, and a little piece of Island history. Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Map of Youth Sailing World Championships racing areas. For a color version, see www.islandmoon.com. July 12, 2018 Island Moon A 5 Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier July 12 - July 19 Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon In addition to the waterpark there are plans in /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible Land has been the topic of conversation hereabouts of late, mostly because the works for a marina and hotel on Lake Padre Th 12 High 5:25 AM 1.8 6:42 AM Rise 6:09 AM 2 a lot of it has changed hands recently. but those are still in the planning stages and 12 Low 9:03 PM -0.9 8:27 PM Set 8:14 PM have been that way for a long time; meanwhile As I have attended the bankruptcy hearings the land is vacant. What is becoming obvious, F 13 High 6:13 AM 1.8 6:42 AM Rise 7:15 AM 0 and foreclosure auctions and talked to the and which I’m told the new landowners believe, 13 Low 9:57 PM -0.9 8:27 PM Set 9:13 PM people in the development business over the is that the first thing that needs to happen is for years I have glommed together the kind of the SPID/Park Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge Sa 14 High 6:57 AM 1.7 6:43 AM Rise 8:22 AM 0 deductive education that we scribblers get on to get built. Our District 4 City Councilman 14 Low 10:51 PM -0.8 8:27 PM Set 10:06 PM these subjects; that is to say an inch deep and a Greg Smith has been very busy working behind mile wide. Having said that I do find that if you the scenes to make that happen and he seems Su 15 High 7:33 AM 1.6 6:43 AM Rise 9:30 AM 4 keep your ears open and your mouth shut (insert confident it will. That project has been hanging 15 Low 11:46 PM -0.5 8:26 PM Set 10:53 PM punch line here) around the people who know fire since the bond issue in 2004 but if there is M 16 High 8:01 AM 1.4 6:44 AM Rise 10:35 AM 10 what they are talking about certain themes will anyone who can push it across the finish line emerge over time. Greg is the person; let’s assume that happens by 16 Low 2:15 PM 1.0 8:26 PM Set 11:36 PM The one that has stuck with me that seems the end of 2018. 16 High 4:49 PM 1.1 to have the most relevance for our Islands – If the bridge is built that means the canals on Tu 17 Low 12:43 AM -0.2 6:44 AM Rise 11:38 AM 18 both Mustang and Padre – is that raw land is either side will have bulkheads – since that is not as valuable as the layman thinks it is, and a condition for building the bridge - and if the 17 High 8:22 AM 1.3 8:26 PM not nearly as valuable as the people who own canals have bulkheads that means new, prime, 17 Low 2:42 PM 0.8 it think it is. When a landowner looks at empty retail and residential space will come with it. If land he/she sees skyscrapers and houses, and 17 High 6:38 PM 1.0 we can get to that point it will be a real game marinas, and stores, and parks. When a land changer. Not only will it bring new attractions, W 18 Low 1:43 AM 0.1 6:45 AM Set 12:16 AM 28 developer looks at the same raw land he/she it will send the message to our feeder markets 18 High 8:36 AM 1.1 8:25 PM Rise 12:38 PM sees cost; infrastructure is not cheap. Last week that things are happening here. To be honest our 648 acres of land around the ski basin changed city has the reputation around the state as a city 18 Low 3:22 PM 0.5 hands and a previous evaluation placed the that can’t get out of its own way - the proverbial 18 High 8:35 PM 0.9 value above $35 million, it sold at auction for circular firing squad. Building the bridge and $5 million million to the only bidder. the canals would go a long way toward changing Th 19 Low 2:54 AM 0.5 6:45 AM Set 12:53 AM 39 I don’t think it is an overstatement to say that and more specifically would send a very 19 High 8:48 AM 1.0 8:25 PM Rise 1:36 PM what happens with that land will largely positive message to the rest of the state. Once 19 Low 4:07 PM 0.2 determine the future of Padre Island for the the money multiplier the canal development would bring kicks in, and with the attention it 19 High 10:57 PM 1.0 next generation. The areas of Padre Island that already have infrastructure are rapidly filling would bring, it could be the impetus for more up. The estimates I have heard are that the cost development around Lake Padre and for new of infrastructure on that land is about $22,000 residential development around the ski basin. per linear foot with the final total – not due all at Looking north once – of $55 million. That is a lot of sunk cost before the money flow comes back the other To see the future of our Island we just have way. The new owners have a big task ahead. to look north at our feeder markets in Texas. They are not only where our tourists come from A little history they are also where a large part of our home It is fair to say the modern era on Padre Island buyers come from and the two main feeder began in 1948 when the Jones family, who markets are booming. Austin has been one of owned most of North Padre Island, made a deal the fasting growing cities in the country for a to bring a causeway across the Laguna Madre. decade and as we speak the tallest residential Without that deal none of us would be living tower west of the Mississippi River at 685 feet here. Jump forward to the mid-1960s when is going up, the number of vehicles traveling development began in earnest; since that time daily along the I-35 corridor is up 13 percent in there have been three major landowners and two years, Comal County is the second fastest all have ended up in financial straits. The first growing county in the United States, and the fell apart before all the lots they planned could U.S. Census Bureau in May named San Antonio be developed – which is how the ski basin area as the fastest growing city numerically in the got fingertips and no infrastructure. The second United States with 65 new residents per day. group’s parent company went bust and sold to That is our future. the third group which lost the ski basin area to The building blocks are in place and the market foreclosure last week. That group owned about demand is pushing us forward whether we 1000 acres of land since 1993 and when it went like it or not. Our state is filling up, the Baby Ask Ralph on the auction block most of it was still vacant. Boomers are looking for retirement homes on It turns out that the layman’s notion that all The the water and we have the space, the pace of Island has to do is wait “for things to explode” homebuilding here has been in hyper-mode for Will Increasing Complexity is a fallacy. If we build it they will come, but if six years. What has been missing is the spark we don’t they will trickle in at best. that pushes us over the top and I can’t help but feel that spark may the Water Exchange Bridge Damage Productivity? What’s next? and adjacent development. To move things forward we need attractions, Ask me in a year. By Ralph Coker things for people to do in addition to going to the beach and those have been slow in coming. Q. Does increasing complexity of my company activity. The survey found managers business damage productivity, growth and took no responsibility for how complex profitability? they made work for their workers. I found A. A recent survey by the Boston Consulting that corporate staff specialists in particular, Group of 1,000 companies concluded created great work loads and complexity for company complexity does result in poorer my plant workers by their demands for reports productivity, growth and profitability. The and actions. survey defined complexity as increases I found the following strategies to work well in organizational structures, processes, in reducing complexity. procedures, decision rights, performance • Keep organizational structures as simple metrics, employee performance score cards and flat as possible for communications and and numbers of committees. quick decisions. For example, in my plant of The survey produced interesting results: 400 workers, there were only two supervisory • It’s not true that larger companies are levels between me as plant manager and the inherently more complex and smaller ones workers in operations and maintenance. For less complex. Instead, it depends on the professional employee departments, there was management style and strategy of each only one supervisory level between me and company. the professional worker. Don’t add separate departments except where the work requires • Less complex companies grow faster and specialist skills. are more profitable. • Keep processes and procedures as simple • Companies in highly regulated industries as possible by having one worker carry the Thoughts From Dr. Tom such as health care, are more complex. job from beginning to end without handoff to However, that also depends on management. another. For example, my industry, oil refining, was highly regulated in environmental and safety • Decision rights. Delegate decision Offshore on the Fly compliance. Some of my most productive authority to the lowest level worker who This year I have moved bonita with a few kingfish mixed in. Every work was in finding the simplest way possible has the knowledge, skills, experience and around my boating now and then something great will come out to comply without adding complexity. information necessary to make the decision. Require the least sign off decision approval interests to just a poling of it like the 25 lb dorado that my oldest landed • Managers of companies perceive their possible. Instead, issue information notices skiff and a pathfinder 2600 for light offshore a few years ago on the fly. We actually found companies as being less complex than the to those who need to know but not to approve. fly fishing. Things were flat last weekend and numerous schools of bonita and Spanish macs. workers who have to deal with the bureaucracy. the family visited my buddy Steve and his Both boys were able to catch bonita on the fly Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE which That means that if you want to simplify your family in POC along with my buddy Dave, with this method. I know most guys think of provides free mentoring to small businesses company, you have to start with management both my sons and number one’s girlfriend. We them as just billfish bait but they put up a great and nonprofits. and instill an attitude of simplicity in every took the Pathfinder I suspiciously named after fight on a 9 weight. My nephew Zane was able one of the bond girls, due to the upper helm. to get on the board with a snapper and lost a The upper helm is amazing for seeing fish. few more. Generally you need to see them to present a fly The wife even made it out with us. Normally correctly. I wanted to concentrate on Tarpon she does not leave the jetty but the bigger boat while we were there but only saw a couple and calm seas baited her into venturing out mostly due to the numerous storms we were with me. She did great till I tried to get her into dodging. the upper helm with me and then she handed Saturday morning we were totally drenched me her adult beverage and as she was coming trying to leave the jetty with storms pretty up the helm I dropped a perfectly placed 16 oz much every where. Especially to the South can that she handed me in the cup holder that which is naturally where I wanted to go. unknown to me had no bottom. So essentially After trying to find tarpon around the jetty, imagine dropping that on your wife’s head we decided to head off rather than down from about 3 feet for perfect bull’s eye. If the beach. The rigs in that area are usually you are married you pretty much know what pounded pretty hard by the weekend crowd. happened next…. Later when I found out we We visited several in the 10-15 mile range. were not going to get divorced after all, she They did not yield much. Finally I was able to had some nice shots with her fly rod and had chum up a 35 inch ling that Brook, my older a mahi follow the fly right to the boat from a son’s squeeze, was able to put a fly in front weed line but would not commit. of and the ling then cheerily ate and she trout The day turned out pretty nice and the seas struck him and it came out. Well this ended up were great after all the bad storms left the area. being a very happy ling and she laid it in front We came back and had nice fish fry thanks to of him the second time and then she stuck him my friends that stayed inshore. It was great right and did great job fighting him to hand. weekend. I am looking forward to more of the Being the unprepared Captain, I did not have a same this summer. If you are interested you net for undersized fish and managed to get him can get into this game with a decent 10 weight to come off just in time to miss his photo op and an intermediate line. Tying flies tends to with the pretty young lady. be the next step. You do not need a boat to The next effort was running and gunning fish the jetties or beachfront around here. We looking for fish and birds. This is my favorite are blessed with opportunity. Roy’s Bait and way to fish and pretty difficult to find them Tackle now has a great supply of fly fishing and put the fly into them before you put them tackle and several guys that are really in to the down. Usually these are spanish macs and sport. They will be glad to help you out. Tight Lines, Doc Tom A6 Island Moon July 12, 2018 Senior Moments Anecdotingly The Queen of Anatahan Island Christmas in July By Dotson Lewis By Abigail Bair filled with toys heading out to kids who might Special to the Island Moon Yesterday, I was once again otherwise have nothing for Christmas. *Some of the statements by Paul Schratz are mutual suspicion and confusion, the perspective next door at Edward Jones, but this time it It makes you feel like Santa Claus, and that not factual. I am sure he wrote what was related shifts in time and from character to character. wasn’t about the City’s water billing issues -- ain’t half bad. to The framing narrative is told from the point rest easy those of you who view more than 900 of view in 1991 of retired U.S. Navy Capt. Somebody better call Wille Dotson’s Note: I had forgotten all about this words strung together as a personal affront. James B. Johnson, who is reflecting on his role story until I was reading the excellent book Jan “Animal Magnet” Rankin is out recovering I racked my brain trying to think of any in securing the surrender of the holdouts 40 “Submarine Commander” by Paul R. Schratz. from surgery, and I was checking that Neighbor celebrities that might be interested in showing years earlier. Then we are seeing the action on On the cover “From World War II to Korea, Jenn had enough cat food to give our under- up, but (as mentioned) I’m really the last person Anatahan firsthand through the eyes of reservist he led his men through the war beneath the the-office cat Tuxie his daily ration of delicious to ask. I started throwing out a few Hail Marys Sugataro Nakai, a onetime balladeer who is sea.” Near the end of the book Paul wrote “We wet glop. If you’re worried about the poor cat, just to avoid looking like a total idiot. Saying, tormented by memories of his wife’s affair didn’t know it, but about two dozen Japanese don’t. Not only is he apparently coyote-proof, “Hey, what about the Spurs guys?” in total with his master in the traditional theater. To survivors of the war were living on Anathan, he’s also smart enough to really milk the intense panic probably didn’t help. top it off, there are about 30 men on the island, under the rule of one Keiko Kusakabe*, an “who’s supposed to feed the cat” confusion. most of whom are swarming around Kazuko. “We’re already trying,” replied Keith, politely. Okinwaian-Japanese queen bee of Amazonic Jenn said she was pretty sure he ate at least three Keeping track of their names, backgrounds and proportions” This jogged my memory…I had times on Monday, and that he certainly didn’t “Oh,” I stammered (I had thought that was a motivations can be challenging for the reader. heard something of this story before. To me it mind at all. pretty novel idea), “…um…well, what about is well worth the read, and after all, it is WWII Ohno, who toured the island for research, While I was there, Keith Clark popped his head Willie?” I was, of course, referring to ultra- history. Thanks to Kaoru Ohno, Giles Murray, brings the castaways’ everyday lives into sharp out of his office and asked me if I knew anybody famous Texan and my personal hero, Willie Capt. James B. Johnson-USN and Sugataro focus, detailing their methods of brewing famous. Keith is one of the guys in charge of Nelson. Nakai for many of the facts contained in this moonshine, hunting bats and, amid their La Posada this year, and they’re looking for “Do you know how to get ahold of him?” asked report. descent into lawlessness, the memorial services celebrities to be honorary parade captains who Keith, cutting right to the crux of the issue. they still hold for the dead. The psychology of will ride on the bows of the highly decorated *Paul thought Kazuko Higa’s name was Keiko I looked at Keith like he’d just sprouted holdouts is laid bare: When the men find early boats. I’m pretty sure Keith’s asking me if I Kusakabe tentacles, but seriously considered saying; 1950s Japanese magazines left on the beach knew anyone was evidence of desperation at “Yeah, let’s phone ol’ Nellie – that’s what us by Americans trying to convince them the war its finest, since the only celebrities/people I close, personal friends of his call him – right is over, the loudest among them proclaim that know are my parents -- although I’m sure the now” just to see what would happen. the now-famous photo of Emperor Hirohito G.P. could be enticed to show up given perfect standing with Gen. Douglas MacArthur must weather, toting his guitar and strumming his hit I resisted the temptation to be a smartass be fake. song “Sock of Ages,” no doubt. (barely), and admitted that I had no earthly idea how to make contact. Honestly, considering the Anyone like Itami who thought Japan actually No one wanted me to ask the G.P., though. I way I live, I’m much more likely to successfully had lost the war was cowed. “The ignorant guess Dad isn’t enough of a draw. mass of people are always under the sway of communicate with interstellar space travelers anonymous ‘someones’ with their ability to “Eva Longoria turned me down,” Keith than with Willie Nelson – and even then the color the general mood, thought Itami,” Ohno reported, somewhat dejectedly. entire conversation would consist of me yelling writes. “The ‘someones’ can’t make official “How many guys can say that, though?” at the visitors to “Get the hell off of my lawn!” decisions but the average person’s happy to quipped Jenn in response. The conversation got me thinking, though. believe their will is the will of all.” Willie is such a good guy, and he In November 1952, 1,000 Japanese thronged Ohno is most sympathetic with his portrayal does so many events for charity the pier at Yokohama to greet the arrival of the of Kazuko. Despite the unexplained deaths, (not just in Texas, but across the liner Chitose Maru. When nation) that maybe we should one alighting passenger make him a kind of Bat Signal. gazed down at them from Some people would probably the gangway, the crowd be offended by a ginormous broke into a cheer. There was pot leaf lighting up a darkened, something about the kimono- cloudy sky, though. If you’re clad woman from Okinawa one of them, bask content in the that mesmerized people. knowledge that you’re the reason Especially the five men we can’t have nice things like on the dock who had gone Willie Nelson and (probably) through five years of hell bonus Snoop Doggs. with her on a desert island. Who do YOU know? It was certainly not her Since I’m useless in the capacity looks. Kazuko Higa was a of celebrity procurer, I thought I diminutive, lantern-jawed would ask you gentle readers to woman who could have been help with La Posada -- a truly charitably called handsome. worthy cause. If you know how And yet here, the headlines Kazuko Higa-1944 to get ahold of anybody famous screamed, was the celebrated that might like to lend their “Queen” of Anatahan, a Pacific island where she emerges as a much abused but triumphant support to the event, Keith says she’d ruled over 31 men that were World War survivor instead of a Machiavellian queen. please call him directly at (813) II holdouts. Higa, the papers speculated, was Escaping the island first, she returned to Japan 900-0662. He seems like he’s a involved in the deaths of a number of them. and found fame as a kind of tropical temptress, little tired of getting shot down. “On the islet, sparsely studded with coconut telling her story to newspapers and theater- Even if you don’t’ party with and banana trees, Mrs. Higa became the queen goers, before falling into prostitution and abject the rock stars, there are lots bee — and alleged source of passion, love, poverty — a personal history that Johnson, the of ways you can assist, from retired captain, is driven to unearth. While volunteering to donating goods working as a garbage collector, Kazuko for the live and silent auctions. In the past, La Higa died at age 51, one of millions whose I helpfully started listing all the famous people Posada has been able to auction off items like lives were wrenched beyond repair by war. I could think of who had been around these scooters, boats, hunting and fishing trips, tackle, “Cage on the Sea” is a gripping, vivid parts in the past few years – none of whom I karate lessons, sports tickets and vacation and poignant account of the riddle of knew personally, nor had any idea how to packages, but they accept anything – even your Anatahan — how one woman survived the contact. If Keith follows my advice, the best delicious homemade jam could help. It’s easy clawing lust of dozens of men in desperate he’s going to get is an autographed picture of to get started. Just call Fred Edler at (713) 412- circumstances. Kazuko is a tragic figure, George Straight that looks like it was ordered 6402, and he’ll tell you everything you need to and yet somehow transcends her lot one from Teen Beat Magazine. My hope is that old know – including how to register your boat (all night when she sings an Okinawan folk George’s face is surrounded by a heart, and that sizes welcome – sailboats, too). song among their drunken revels: “If I am the autograph reads “To Keith, Love George.” A girl can dream. You can show your support this month by not alone looking at the moon then why attending La Posada’s first event on July 27th these tears as I look at its shine?” I really did want to help, though, and you at the Angry Marlin. The cover charge will be Dotson’s Other Note: Peggy & I were should, too. It may seem like a small, local either five dollars or a toy, all of which supports living in Tokyo, Japan in November 1952. event, but our little Island boat parade (and all the event. the events that surround it) routinely collects Two of the Japanese men who worked for Even sharing this column on social media will me in the 8044th Army Unit, were at the the most donations (cash and toys) in the Coastal Bend region for the Marines Toys for help get the word out! Let’s pull together and dock when the Chitose Maru docked in make 2018 the best year ever for La Posada! Yokohama. Later they related to us their Tots Organization. In 2017 alone they raised version of the story. Before that, they had $20,000 in cash donations and 4400 toys and In the meantime, I’ll be at home, trying to told me that they were not in the military, bikes for needy families. The group responsible cobble together a Willie Signal out of a Maglite but were conscripted civilians who had for the bacchanalia is the Padre Island Yacht and painstakingly cut duct tape. It will almost worked for the Imperial Army on different Club, and they tend to be pretty low-key about certainly only attract mosquitoes (and maybe Pacific Islands from 1942 to 1945. Did how much good they do year after year -- but extraterrestrials and Snoop Dogg), but it’s the any of you Moon Monkeys ever hear of the numbers are always there. I’ve helped with best shot I’ve got. the event in the past and I have to say it’s pretty the Queen Bee of Anatahan Island? How Like I said, a girl can dream. Kazuko Higa-1941 about the movie and/or the book? Thank gratifying to see the end result – huge trailers you for reading and commenting on Senior intrigue, hatred and murder,” The Associated Moments. I can be reached at: dlewis1@stx. Press gasped. rr.com and/or Land Line: 361-949-7681 or Send Letters and Photos to Cell: 530-748-8475. Indeed, Higa’s tale inspired a sexed-up 1953 [email protected] film by Joseph von Sternberg that depicted the Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Japanese conscripts and sailors succumbing to Meeting will be Tuesday, July 17th, 9-11 AM, savagery as they vie for her. In a lurid Italian 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families promo poster, Higa is the master manipulator, and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, are casually watching two men at each other’s invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope throats in their lust for her. to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 If Kaoru Ohno’s “Cage on the Sea” is anything AM, Saturdays. The next show will air July 14, to judge by, however, the reality was far more 2018. Please listen and call in. The listener/ nuanced. Originally written in 1998, this text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s your two hours, dramatization of the events on the island has let’s hear from you. been translated into English for the first time. The author of many books on Japan’s war years, Hang in there/Have fun! Ohno offers a meticulously researched guess at what really happened on the island between 1944 and 1951, when the last of the holdouts surrendered to U.S. forces. The main part of the tale begins with the sinking of three Japanese supply ships under enemy fire Attention off Anatahan, a tiny volcanic isle located some 120 km north of Saipan. The survivors are taken Boat Owners! in by the head of a coconut plantation there, Kikuichiro Higa, and Kazuko, his live-in wife. Do you own a boat with a cabin The Japanese endure savage U.S. air raids, dwindling food supplies and a breakdown in and would you like to make some discipline until a “Lord of the Flies” dynamic sets in. The martinet Sgt. Junzo Itami, the money with it? We have slips and senior officer on Anatahan, sees his authority evaporate as the group splinters into factions are looking for boats to use for to eke out a living. But wherever they are on the 9-km island, either ransacking a crashed charters. If you have a boat and B-29 for precious materials, fleeing from the occasional U.S. landing party or assuring are interested in an entrepreneurial themselves that Japan could never be defeated, Kazuko is a continual obsession. Soon, men are opportunity dying in mysterious circumstances. The book’s narrative itself is anything but call 361 332-9978. straightforward. As if to heighten the mood of This water spout was photographed from Park Road 22 by Tasha Schaded this week. July 12, 2018 Island Moon A 7 Island Moon on a Spoon Berry Late Than Never

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Ramona Shelburne, Michael engaging, colorful and very, very funny. He contusion" on the Feb. 6, 2017, injury report, baseball. He joined the Dodgers in 1912 and in C. Wright, Miesha Slayton & ESPN contributed called rookies “sugarplums.” He would use when he was a late scratch before a game. But his first game; he went 4-for-4 and stole three to this report. his left hand to scratch his right ear. He was it wasn't until the end of last also a heavy drinker, looked much older than bases. Later, he was traded to Pittsburgh and season when the severity of the his years, and could wiggle his ears. He had played in the outfield. In one game against his injury became apparent. hundreds of facial expressions, a great wink, and old team, the Dodgers, Stengel tried to make a shoestring catch and missed the ball. It rolled According to multiple sources, the writers loved him. “Why would you want to all the way to the wall and the crowd booed him Leonard's camp has come to talk to a player when you could talk to Casey unmercifully. It turns out that a bird had run believe the issue has more Stengel?” asked Joe Garagiola. He did not into the outfield wall and Casey picked the bird to do with an ossification, or care about his players’ feelings, only winning. up and placed it on his head underneath his cap. hardening, in the area where Some of his players, like “Moose” Skowron, When he came to bat the next inning, the crowd the muscle has been repeatedly Gene Woodling and Hank Bauer, disliked him. gave it to him again. With that, Casey stepped bruised, and then an atrophy, “Mantle and Ford were the only ones who never back saluted the crowd by bending over and which in turn affected the said anything bad about Casey, but the rest of us taking off his cap. With this the sparrow flew tendons connecting the muscle hated him,” said Clete Boyer. Casey’s response away. It was pure Stengel. In the 1923 World to the knee. was clever. “One-third of the guys will hate you, one-third of them will like you, and one- Series, Casey hit an inside-the-park home run to The Spurs have always called the third of them don’t care,” said Casey. “The key help the New York Giants win Game One. He injury quadriceps tendinopathy, is to not let the one-third who doesn’t care get played for five teams for 14 years and retired which is a disease of the tendon too close to the one-third who hates me.” He with a .284 batting average. that has a degenerative effect Tony Parker-Departing just had a knack for teaching baseball. “He Curt Gowdy tells about having a drink with on the muscle by keeping it in a would talk baseball all night,” said Yogi Berra. Casey in a bar in Cleveland after a game. constant state of exhaustion. “But if the conversation turned to business, it “When the bartender serves Casey his bottled Attention was the last thing Kawhi Leonard "Kawhi is the same person. The only thing was over.” He was solid gold. How can you say beer, Casey grabs it up and gulps it down right wanted on this day, or really any day. But the that has changed about him is the people Casey “Stengel” and not smile? away,” says Gowdy. “The bartender tells Casey, San Antonio Spurs were taking their team speaking for him now" said a league source ‘You shouldn’t drink your beer that fast.’ Casey picture and everyone in the organization needed with knowledge of the situation. The treatment responds, ‘I’ve always done that since my to be there, in uniform and smiling, if only to course for each diagnosis (a muscle issue vs. a accident.’ The bartender says, ‘What accident?’ prove they were indeed part of the team this tendon issue) is different, which has become Casey responds, ‘Someone once knocked a year. another source of tension in the relationship. bottle of beer over on me.’” Initially the Spurs' doctors were calling the Leonard had been back in San Antonio for a Yankee pitcher Jim Coates tells about the time shots, with Leonard following their protocols few weeks by the morning of March 21. Several he and several other players came in late after for most of last summer in his workouts in San of his Spurs teammates had seen him working curfew. When they get on the elevator the out in the team's facility. But picture day was operator hands them a ball for their autograph. the first time many had seen him in uniform The next day, Casey singles them out for since January 13th, the last of the nine games he missing curfew. They denied being late until played in this season. "It was very brief," Spurs Casey shows them the ball he had given the veteran guard Manu Ginobili said afterward. elevator operator. "But good to see him around." I will leave you with one last story. One time, If Kawhi Leaves the Spurs there could pitcher Roger Craig was preparing to pitch Be Shift of NBA’s Balance Of Power against the San Francisco Giants. Casey said, The mystery surrounding Leonard and the “Now about Mays: Do not worry about him, right quadriceps injury that essentially cost him Roger, no one has figured out how to get Mays Kawhi Leonard's 2017-18 Season Was out, yet. But, this McCovey kid, where do you the entire season has fascinated and frustrated Ruined by a Quadriceps Injury. the entire league. Leonard has spoken publicly want your right fielder to play, the upper deck, only a few times this season, and his statements or lower deck?” Antonio with team staffers and San Diego with did little to answer any of the larger questions Casey Stengel He is most widely known for two things, his protracted absence raised. his longtime personal trainer. But things began winning and “Stengelese.” Stengel managed to change in August as Leonard continued to The 1950’s New York Yankees were like the the Yankees for 12 years winning 10 American On March 7th, he said the injury and his experience discomfort, according to sources. Roman Legion, powerful, unyielding and hated current pain level were "hard to explain" but League pennants and 7 World Series titles. His agent, Mitch Frankel, and uncle, Dennis by most everyone else except New Yorkers. In Stengelese was his way of giving you an that "obviously I'm a competitor and if I could Robertson, began pressing the Spurs to consult 1948, George Weiss was the General Manager play, I would play." He didn't volunteer any interview without giving away any information. outside opinions. Last fall, Dr. Keith Pyne, the of the Yankees, and he had just fired “Bucky” It was double-talk and drove writers’ nuts. of his feelings about the Spurs, or how they'd managing partner of SportsLab NYC, which is Harris and hired Casey Stengel. Casey was 58 managed the situation. But when asked directly affiliated with the Washington Nationals and years old and “washed up.” He had managed Charles Dillon Stengel was born on July 30, if he could see himself finishing his career with New York Islanders, began consulting on the the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers with 1890, in Kansas City, Missouri. He died on the Spurs, Leonard said, "Yeah, for sure." case. little success. “He was considered a clown by September 29, 1975, of cancer. It has been said that during his remaining days in the hospital Kawhi Leonard describes his plan to return Leonard briefly returned to the Spurs for most,” said Hall-of-Fame second-baseman to the court this season while reiterating that Bobby Doerr. There are lots of great stories before his death, he watched baseball on nine games from mid-December through mid- television. The day before he died, he got out he would like to finish his career as a Spur. January. The Spurs were conservative in their involving Casey. One story about Casey has Of course, Leonard has never said much, in him wanting the umpires to suspend a game of bed and stood at attention for the National approach. He'd play one game, then sit out the Anthem. On his headstone, these words are general. If anything, his reticence became part next game regardless of how many days later because of rain, but the umpires would not of his brand and appeal. His game spoke for agree. Casey called timeout and approached chiseled. “There comes a time in every man’s it was scheduled. After scoring 19 points in life and I’ve had plenty of them.” He was 85. him. But without the ability to play much this 28 minutes in a win over Denver on Jan. 13, home plate with an open umbrella to help state season, the voices surrounding him became far he complained of soreness in the area once his cause. “It’s raining too hard to continue to Sportswriter Jim Murray wrote on the day after louder. again. He traveled with the team to Atlanta -- play,” said Casey. The umpires finally agreed. Stengel died, “Well, God is getting an earful Another story finds Casey arguing with the Spurs coach Gregg Popovich consistently a game he was scheduled to sit out anyway -- today. I hope he understands the infield-fly rule, umpires because of darkness. These were the showed his personal affection for Leonard and Brooklyn, but instead of playing against the the hit and run, how to pitch to Hornsby with days of no stadium lights. When the umpires but repeatedly expressed frustration about a Nets, Popovich announced at shoot-around that men on, when to platoon, and when it would failed to call the game early, Casey would get a rehabilitation process from an injury they never Leonard was being shut down indefinitely. "He be good for you to bunt. They finally slipped flashlight and start using it to signal his pitchers expected would take this long to heal. "You'll didn't reinjure it or anything, but he was having a called third strike past Casey Stengel. The in the bullpen. The Yankees once played in have to ask his group," Popovich consistently pain, but not right after games, but maybe the game is over.” Mexico during Spring Training, and Casey was said when asked for updates, before reminding next day at noon or that kind of thing and so Andy Purvis is a local author and radio asked if his team might be affected by playing everyone that Spurs doctors had cleared him to the pain wasn't dissipating," Popovich said at personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. in a higher altitude. “No,” said Casey. “We can play back in December. the time. "It wasn't going in the right direction." com for all the latest info on his books or to lose in any altitude.” Popovich presented San Antonio as a Dotson’s Other Note: Over the past several listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books Stengel was looked down upon and resented powerless, frustrated organization waiting for months, ESPN has spoken to dozens of league are available online and can be found in the by Joe DiMaggio and other Yankees, because its franchise player and his camp to tell them sources, people close to Leonard and Spurs local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be he didn’t place them on their usual pedestals. what comes next. Leonard's group offered little staffers. They describe a confounding situation, contacted at [email protected]. Also He had inherited some of Joe McCarthy’s explanation publicly or privately. And so it was with mistakes made on both sides, and a listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q players. They couldn’t figure out if Casey was left to Leonard to either rectify the situation or looming showdown between one of the NBA's & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com the dumbest guy or the smartest guy. “I was let it fester. most prestigious franchises and one of the best 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of players in the league who has never really flexed hired to win and I expect to win,” said Stengel. the Houston Astros. On the night of March 21st, Leonard walked his muscles in this way, but just might have the In 1949, the Red Sox had the better team and through the corridors of the AT&T Center; power to alter the NBA landscape. were expected to win the pennant. Stengel’s ESPN asked him if the simplest explanation to Yankees caught the Red Sox and beat them this situation -- that he was hurt and genuinely -30- on the last day of the season. 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It was Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available Stengel’s way of telling Joe it was time to go. good for either repairs or rebuilding Leonard, who subsequently declined an DiMaggio retired at the end of the 1951 season. Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel interview request submitted through his agent Call for lease terms and did not respond to a personal email, would He loved Billy Martin, treated him like a son Packery Flats Marina not make another public appearance at a Spurs he never had. He stayed on Mickey Mantle to game after that night. be better and spoke highly of Whitey Ford and 361-774-8886 Yogi Berra. To understand how the Spurs and Leonard got to this uncomfortable place, you must first understand the quadriceps injury that kept him out all season. And if you can do that, well, you might be way ahead of the specialists Flour Bluff Grad to Play at Rice who have treated Leonard throughout this process. 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It was a historic somehow going to be closed: here in Texas, you moment for me to witness, as that section of our parents knowing where we were. There are not allowed to put fences across water. The would be no way we could have gotten away land has only been in a few people’s hands since water falls under the jurisdiction of the USACE, Padre Island was settled. with that stuff now with cell phones, face time, and belongs to the citizens of the U.S. So they and GPS trackers. The 14ft Jon boat was filled This giant forty-nine and a half inch can’t keep boats out, just with gas tanks, food, and sodas, way too many redfish was caught along the edge of the like any other portion of the fishing poles, cast nets, sail lines, and three Land Cut. Padre Isles canals. As far 15 year-old boys in surf trunks. The little boat as developing the ski canals, cruised well with the 8hp, till sunset when we that is a large uphill battle. Bulk-heading may require a permit amendment, and there are seagrasses that have naturalized in the water along the edges. That’s not even talking about the amount of money it will take, which will be exorbitant. Also, many of the fingers are less than 150 feet wide, so the typical finger-tip lot configuration won’t work. They will have Scott, Grandy, Paz, and family on the Balance. to get very creative with the layouts. We all know the history of Padre Island being The ski canals were crammed to the gills for owned by four nations over time. The first was the past week and a half with lots of people Spain until the Mexican Revolution, and then enjoying the weather. I was talking with Brud, Lots of flat days recently! Snapper season Mexico until the Republic of Texas claimed it in and we figured that eventually the ski canals is open! This heavy SNAP was over a the 1830’s, and then the United States when they will be developed with bulkheads. Where will secret gas well in federal waters. took Texas in the 1840’s. Patrick Dunn wound people go? I imagine that folks will line the up with the island in the late 1800’s, but then edge of the ICWW, which will be a hazardous sold upper portions to various Corpus Christi situation (not like it’s not already hazardous in pulled up to paradise cove under the big white residents, including John McCampbell and the ski canals!). In any event, I think there’s sand dune south of Bird Island. Camp fire, Stanley Welch. He sold some upper portions to probably time. Nothing’s happened for the last beans and fresh redfish on the half shell caught The cutest young ladies always out-fish Col. Sam Robertson, who had built the original 35 years anyway. on the sail line that evening. Nick would always the boys!! Don Patricio Causeway in 1929 (which was slip the can of beans into the glowing coals, Speaking of the ski canals, Bizzy got the S/V walked and the girls fished. There was no way consequently wiped out by the un-named storm eventually exploding hot beans and ambers Balance out and about with having a bunch he was going to let them leave his sight. The of 1933). Then the Jones family, from Kansas over our sunburn bodies. The next morning of family down. He even got Grandy out for next day we dragged up and walked over the City MS, bought the majority of the Island we let out south and eventually ended up in a ride around the canals for a bit to enjoy the dunes into NINE MILE HOLE. Hundreds of interests from Col. Sam Robertson. The Jones the Land Cut about noon. Back then shrimping fireworks. I can’t believe that Brian, Scott, and redfish littered the shallows and our stingers family entered into an agreement in 1949 with was booming down there! Folks dragged small I were on the Balance at the same time and we dragged ruts in the mud as we walked back to Nueces County to provide 840 acres of land for sportsman nets behind their fishing boats and didn’t snap a picture. Next time. Thanks for the boat. The sunburns, salty skin, no TV., radio, county parks at three locations specified by the caught pounds of shrimp. Fishing was great letting us stop by and crash the fun Bizzy. telephone, hot as hell aluminum boat, bug bites, County, to also provide right-of-way for main at night at the many cabins along the Land cut feet, and all of that had us turning towards highways and roadways as needed, and agreed We’re hoping to get out and do some fishing Cut Channel. As we scanned our newest and flour bluff. As we passed the Old ROLOFF camp with the county’s proposal for development of this weekend for Roadkill Willie’s birthday. farthest adventure park, there up ahead we saw we waved goodbye to the old man, he actually the Island as a recreation center. This time last year we went down the beach and something we just couldn’t believe. Along the waved back, smiling and probably wishing he We all know about Padre Balli and Packery had some pretty good fishing, although this year bank two young girls scantily dressed worked was us. I still get all shook up telling that story Channel Parks. The third park, however, wasn’t the upwelling has some dirty water along the a push net. We pulled right up as they quickly about those girls. I never saw a woman’s hairy mentioned much, but is on the early maps beach. Maybe we’ll get lucky. Drop me a line scooped up the shrimp and shook out the grass armpits so damn sexy again. where the ski canals are now. Evidently Nueces at [email protected] and maybe I’ll see from the net. We offered them a cold BIG RED, County sold the park land at some point in time you On the Rocks this weekend. they jumped in our boat! Their white WIFE Today we went looking for a quick adventure, to the Padre Island Investment Corp, who then BEATERS, were worn thin and were wet. No so we went to the Land Cut. We had great action undergarments were present and the tiny track on trout flounder and giant redfish. As the shorts were no match for our young eyes and hottest of months is here, fish move to cooler imaginations. They were there at THE ROLOFF waters. Many fish in the Lagoon and Baffin will Game Warden Field Notes HOUSE FOR TROUBLED TEENS. This was move out towards the gulf passes. The summer Life Jacket Buys Time for Rescue no apparent reason dropped to the ground. The where you were sent if you were a bit too wild migration of fish from Baffin south into the deer was still alive and would not get up. The for society back then, slaving away catching Land Cut towards port Mansfield brings these On June 9 while on patrol, Cameron County man later claimed he was shooting at the ground shrimp and fish in the hot summer sun. They distant waters to be some of the most remote, game wardens responded to a distress call in the to scare the deer off. The man stated he usually pleaded with us to sneak them out that night, but excellent fishing destinations. Drive in the bay near South Padre Island. The victim was uses firecrackers to scare deer away from his of course we were! They looked nervously back dark and tickle top waters along the edge at first found shortly after arriving to his last known plants, but didn’t have any firecrackers so he down the bank and eventually got back out after light, live bait for trout and reds, or dive into the location and was brought aboard the game used the pellet gun. Upon examination of the a few sodas, chips and sweaty kisses. That night miles of shallow flats in Nine Mike Hole. warden’s vessel. He stated he had been paddling wounded animal, the warden observed a small our camp laid out with fishing poles, sleeping We had a California surf trip planned but into a strong wind. His kayak became swamped entrance wound near the deer’s spine. Further bags, and one giant fire. We posted down the and, before he realized what was happening, it postponed it, SO I HAVE THE FIRST WEEK evidence showed the deer was shot with a pellet beach about 100 yards from their lighted pier. OF AUGUST OPEN TO TAKE YOU ON ONE capsized. The kayaker also mentioned had he gun, which severed the spinal cord, paralyzing Each time they would walk out on the pier we not been wearing his life jacket he would not OF THESE TRIPS TO THE LAND CUT! We the rear legs of the deer and causing it to drop. would throw something new on the fire blazing should bring a few BIG RED SODAS just in have been able to tread water for the 15-20 Charges were filed and the case is pending. our cry for them to come escape with us. The minutes it took for his friends to realize he was case we see some girls pushing up shrimp. old man would walk the dock with his hands Capt Joey Farah 361-442-8145. in trouble and for help to arrive. No Fishing License, Big Problem on his waist and stare down at us. All night he Road-Killed, not Road Kill In early June, a Harris County game warden was patrolling for saltwater fishing violations by A Travis County man was arrested recently land when he observed a man fishing off a ferry Applications Now Accepted for TPWD on a warrant charging him with hunting from launch with clearly posted signs of no fishing. a vehicle for an incident back in January in Upon asking for his fishing license, the subject Blanco County. A Blanco County warden had Drawn Hunt Permits handed over his wife’s license and admitted he Hunters can start making plans for the “The second big change is limiting the number received a call regarding a shot fired from a didn’t have one. Upon running an ID check, the roadway and with assistance from local law upcoming seasons now by applying for the of youth applications per hunt category to warden learned that the unlicensed angler had Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Drawn three,” said Kelly Edmiston, TPWD public enforcement caught up to the suspect. The a felony warrant out of Brazoria County. The warden discovered a dead white-tailed deer in Hunts. The online system is currently accepting hunts coordinator. “When the new online subject was transported to Brazoria County and applications and the first hunt category deadline drawn system launched, you could apply to as a trash bag in the bed of the subject’s truck, charges are pending for fishing under another and observed a small bullet wound to the deer’s is less than a month away. many different areas as you wanted within a person’s license. hunt category. Because of this, we have been head. The subject stated he had picked up the This year about 9,500 permits in 49 hunt experiencing a number of ‘no shows’ in cases deer from the roadway after it was hit by a car. Working on Their Night Moves categories are up for grabs for drawn hunts on The warden saw no evidence that the animal where youth hunters were selected for multiple Game wardens received information about two public and private lands. Among the offerings had been struck by a vehicle. The driver of hunts within a youth hunt category. To ensure subjects that had allegedly killed several deer at available through the online system are hunts the vehicle was cited for possession of white- more youth have an opportunity to participate night near Grapeland, in Houston County. After for white-tailed and mule deer, pronghorn, tailed deer in closed season and released. The and increase attendance, this year applicants obtaining IDs through TPWD’s databases, the turkey, alligator, exotic gemsbok, and scimitar- warden then spent the next three hours on foot will only be allowed to select up to three hunt wardens were able to locate the residence of one horned oryx. searching the area where he believed the deer areas in the same youth hunt category.” of the subjects, and were fortunate enough to New for this season, hunters will have an was shot, and found a single shot .22 rifle laying Drawn hunt opportunities can be viewed catch both subjects there. The subjects initially opportunity to draw special permit hunts for in the ditch. An arrest warrant was issued for online by category or by area via an interactive denied killing any deer other than what was exotic Sambar deer, as well as for white- a Travis County resident for hunting from a map and all applications, fee payments and logged on their hunting licenses, but once tailed deer, on the new Powderhorn Wildlife vehicle. The charges are pending. permit issuance is handled electronically. To the questioning revealed inaccuracies in their Management Area. Youth deer hunt permits on participate, applicants will need internet access, accounts, they admitted to poaching several this unique coastal area will also be available. Scare Tactic Turns Fatal an email address and a credit or debit card. additional deer. Wardens discovered several Also new this year, Palmetto State Park will be A Bell County man’s efforts to keep deer from The Customer ID number from the applicant’s deer heads in various locations on the property, offering a youth archery deer hunt through an eating his backyard greenery led to criminal hunting or fishing license is one of the easy and two more deer heads at another residence. e-Postcard drawing. charges being filed against him for causing Through their investigation, the wardens learned ways to access the system. In addition to drawn hunts managed by serious injury to a whitetail with a shot from one of the illegal deer was shot by a third Last year, the department received 155,000 TPWD, the system includes applications for a pellet gun. The shot severed the deer’s spinal subject, who admitted to the crime the following applications for drawn hunts. cord and a warden had to put the animal down. day. So far, 21 citations and warnings have been hunts administered by other entities, including The first application deadlines are in August. On May 23, a game warden was alerted by one issued for various violations involving the five almost 2,200 deer and exotic hunt positions on Aug. 1 is the deadline for the alligator hunt of his neighbors of a deer in distress. The man bucks and two does seized. The investigation is four U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National categories, pronghorn, youth deer, and the new claimed he was in his backyard target shooting ongoing. Wildlife Refuges in Texas and 2,500 antlerless with a pellet gun when a deer walked by, and for deer permits for U.S. Forest Service properties private lands dove hunts, and Aug. 15 is the in East Texas. deadline for archery deer, exotic, and javelina. Application deadlines are on the 1st and 15th of The program’s highly-popular private lands each month. A full list of category deadlines can Trust dove hunt permit category will feature almost be found online. Hunters can apply up to 11:59 150 hunt slots at seven prime locations around p.m. Central Time on the application deadline, Padre Island and Port Aransas’ Oldest Island Based Pest Control Company. the state, including dove rich Uvalde, south of and after the application is submitted, they can San Antonio near Pleasanton, north of Dallas/ check their drawing status online at any time. Ft. Worth in Young County, and newly acquired opportunities in Bell and Ellis counties. These The Drawn Hunts program offers affordable permits are for dedicated hunt positions with hunting experiences throughout the state, quality dove hunting outfitters. Application fee including several Youth-Only hunt categories. On Padre Island Since 1994. is $10 with no additional hunt permit fees for Application fees are $3 or $10 depending on the The Pest Control Professionals this category. hunt category. Adult hunters that are selected may also need to pay a Special Permit fee of Among the program changes this year, all Locally Owned by Island Resident OVER 30 YEAR EXPERIENCE $80 for regular hunts and $130 for extended drawn hunts associated with the $48 Annual Bill Schroeder hunts. Some categories, such as the Youth-Only Public Hunting (APH) Permit will not be hunts, require no application fees or permit fees. available for application until Aug. 15, when Permits are open to resident and non-resident 15481 SPID Just past APH Permits go on sale. Applicants for hunters alike. Last year, about 4 percent of e-Postcard hunts and USFS Antlerless Deer Whitecap on Right applicants were non-resident. Permits must have a current APH to apply. This 949-0208 change is intended bring the postcard hunts For more information or to get started in the back to the way they functioned before the draw application process visit the TPWD drawn hunts Residential and Commercial Services system went on-line. webpage. For questions, contact hunt@tpwd. Termite * Ants * Rodent * Critter * Roaches * Spiders * Fleas texas.gov or call 512-389-4505 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. A 14 Padre Isles Property Owners Assoc. POA News by Marvin Jones, President STATE Full Transparency and Disclosure The Month of July is Parks & Peeling the POA Onion POA Side Business: Lot Mowing letters a day to lot owners advising them to mow Recreation Month their lots or be fined. The POA is reporting each Please recall the Board Meeting at which By Todd Hunter, District 32 un-mowed lot to the City Code Enforcement. I former Executive Director, Becky Perrin am told that about eight lots located on Cruiser This year, the month of July has been designated beaches and natural habitat. For almost its announced that the POA would no longer mow were mowed on Tuesday. as National Parks & Recreation Month. It is entire existence, Padre Island has remained 22 lots for homeowners. These owners were important to recognize the importance of parks undeveloped wilderness. Because the National sent a list of mowing companies to hire. Billish Park and recreation in establishing and maintaining Seashore endeavors to preserve Padre Island After digging into the matter, I have learned Billish Park- Good News! AEP, the power quality of life and in contributing to the in its natural state, visiting the island is very the following: Your POA had a side business of company, finally installed the electric meter physical, economic, and environmental well- much like stepping back into the past. With mowing approximately 100 lots for members. Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Contractor started being of communities. In the United States, the few exceptions, visitors can now see Padre Ladies and gentlemen this was a business the the pump to begin the irrigation process and month of July has been recognized as National Island as it has existed throughout most of its POA should not have been in. Just ask the IRS eventually finish the project. Can you say, Parks & Recreation Month since 1985. During history and how it is described in the few extant about our non-profit status. Apparently, Ms. Happy Dance! this month, individuals and organizations work descriptions by the early explorers. Christiansen (former Executive Coordinator) together to promote the benefits of local parks Audit Padre Island National Seashore has a wide arranged for nearly 100 lots to be mowed, and recreation centers to communities and variety of activities for everyone to enjoy its the owners billed by the POA, the mowing The Audit- The audit will start the 3rd week of encourage people to get outside, explore local natural beauty and wonder. The most popular company(s) paid by the POA, and the POA kept July. Our CPA firm has requested a variety of parks, and enjoy outdoor activities. activities include: camping, kayaking, fishing, the profits. The POA paid out approximately documents (bank statements, etc.) in preparation The state of Texas has 14 officially designated birding and watching the release of sea turtle $25,000 to one mowing company in 2017. The for the audit. National Parks. In 2017, our national parks hatchlings. To plan your visit, learn about POA made a profit on each mow. The POA contributed over $305 million to our state volunteering or discover more information has an income account called lot mowing. Accounts Receivable economy and provided over 4,000 jobs. Parks about the Padre Island National Seashore, you According to our Bookkeeper, in 2017 the Bad News- At my direction, Vicki Marsden, also play an important role in environmental can visit the National Parks Service website lot mowing income account shows $60,000. Board Secretary, and temporary staff have health by cleaning water, preserving wildlife, here: https://www.nps.gov/pais/index.htm However, this account has multiple adjustments been working to authenticate a reliable and offering a refuge to humans and animals If you have questions regarding any and other odd entries that may reduce the accounts receivable number. Please recall, throughout the seasons. Research suggests of the information mentioned in this week’s income down to approximately $13,000. The our Bookkeeper stated our accounts receivable that exposure to nature improves creativity and article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol Bookkeeper says the record keeping was so records were “horrific”. Our accounts receivable reduces stress hormones in the brain. From Big or District Office. Please always feel free to bad that she could not tell the exact amount in (money due to the POA) is approximately Bend all the way down the Rio Grande River, contact my office if you have any questions the account attributable to mowing. I do not $500,000.00. THIS IS A TRAVESTY. How our state is home to some truly beautiful parks. or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if fault the mowing company as the company is did it get this large?? In addition, it was To see the full list of National Parks in Texas, you would like to contact my office regarding in business to do business. Many lot owners determined that every lot in the POA receives visit the following link: https://www.nps.gov/ constituent services. As always, my offices are never paid the POA for their mowing. I AM a billing statement. In many cases, one state/tx/index.htm available at any time to assist with questions, NOT SAYING ANYONE DID ANYTHING statement covers several lots. For example, a concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463- ILLEGAL, but the only word I can use to condominium complex may include 25 lots, but Our area is home to one of the most visited 0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). describe this practice is bizarre! Please see only one statement is sent to the condominium national parks in the state-- the Padre Island - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 my article in the Moon from July 5. I explain management. National Seashore. Padre Island National in length the mowing issue. Please report un- Seashore is a national park located just mowed lots to the City Code Enforcement 361- More onion peeling to follow!! outside of Corpus Christi and Port Aransas 826-3046. They will need a specific location. As always, I want to hear from you. You can that includes about 70 miles of undeveloped Please call the POA office at 361-949-7025 to reach me at [email protected]. Attention report un-mowed lots. Your POA is sending 20 Port Aransas Bag Boat Owners! 4th of July at the Beach Ban Goes to Trash Do you own a boat with a cabin and would you like to make some Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week issued letters to eleven Texas cities, including Port Aransas, that the Texas Supreme Court has money with it? We have slips and ruled that banning plastics bags is in violation of state law. These letters inform the cities of are looking for boats to use for the recent Texas Supreme Court ruling that declared Laredo’s bag ban illegal. charters. If you have a boat and Paxton issued letters to the cities of Austin, are interested in an entrepreneurial Sunset Valley, Port Aransas, Laguna Vista, Fort Stockton, Eagle Pass, Corpus Christi, opportunity Brownsville, Kermit, Freer and South Padre Island to ensure awareness of the recent ruling. call 361 332-9978.

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By Cindy Molnar Coldwell Banker Island Realtors Waterfront Homes Sold Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From 13837 Mizzen Street $70,000.00-$1,250,000.00 15313 Cartagena Court Interior Lot Homes/Condominiums 15365 Yardarm Court and Duplexes 13933 Dasmarinas Drive 14801 Compass Street #11 13949 Dasmarinas Drive 15010 Leeward Drive #9230 15205 Isabella Court 15005 Windward Drive #116 96 Waterfront Homes Listed From 14721 Whitecap Blvd. #136 $287,900.00-$2,300,000 14802 Whitecap Blvd. #2-107 Interior Lot Homes Sold 14802 Whitecap Blvd. #3-208 13934 Jacktar Street 13978 Fortuna Bay Drive Unit A 14846 Quarterdeck Drive 15102 Leeward Drive #602 14114 La Blanquilla Drive 85 Interior Lot Condominiums/ Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From 13933 Flintlock Drive $88,000.00-$489,900.00 13946 Jacktar Street Waterfront Lots 15417 Escapade Street 15205 Isabella Court 15841 Grenadine Drive 34 Waterfront Lots Listed From 15501 Dyna Street $135,000.00-$2,000,000.00 13705 Suntan Avenue Interior Lots Sold 13909 Forestay Street 16102 Seagrape Street 86 Interior Lot Homes Listed From 15266 Capstan Street $159,900.00-$650,000.00 15238 Caravel Drive Waterfront Condomiums/Townhomes 13729 Hawksnets Bay Drive Sold 13725 Hawksnest Bay Drive 14428 Compass Street #111 13721 Hawksnest Bay Drive 14802 Windward Drive #128 13542 Catamaran Drive 15417 Gun Cay Unit C 49 Interior Lots Listed From 15669 Cruiser $45,000.00-$160,000.00 87 Waterfront Condominiums/ Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From Commercial Lots $70,000.00-$1,250,000.00 5 Commercial Lots Listed From $45,000.00-$682,000.00

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Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper July 12, 2018 Island Moon A 15 Help Protect Vulnerable Family Members from Scam Artists If you have older family members whose www.donotcall.gov, you may be able to reduce cognitive functions or decision-making abilities their exposure to unwanted calls. have declined, or who are lonely or recently Obtain power of attorney. By creating a power widowed, you might need to help protect them of attorney, your loved ones can designate against financial scams. What steps should you you or another trusted relative or friend to take? assist with their finances now – for day-to-day First of all, try to gain a good sense of assistance and protection from scammers – and their overall financial activity. Look for red later, should they become incapacitated. Again, flags, such as a reluctance to discuss money you will need to employ some sensitivity when matters, consistently unpaid bills, unexplained discussing this issue. withdrawals, mysterious wire transfers or a Check references of caretakers. As mentioned sudden need to purchase large quantities of gift above, some caretakers are, unfortunately, cards. And watch out for new “best friends” or dishonest. Before you hire one, check out this caretakers who show an unusual interest in your person’s references. And even when you do, be loved one’s finances. careful – scam artists have been known to use Whether or not you’ve observed any of these accomplices as references, so you will need to activities, you can help your elderly family be thorough in your research and questions. members by making these moves: Get to know your family members’ financial Have checks (such as Social Security advisors. If possible, become acquainted payments) directly deposited. You can help your with your older family members’ financial family members avoid a lot of potential trouble advisors. Any reputable advisor will welcome a by having their checks deposited directly into connection with their clients’ loved ones. And if The Island Gardeners Club Yard of Month – July 2018 their bank accounts. you are involved in any estate plans, this multi- Our Island Gardeners Club has another beautiful yard for July to share with you. It generational relationship will prove beneficial Seek permission to become a joint account is the yard of Tony and Mary Whitley, 15262 Main Royal. They are pictured here for everyone. owner. By becoming a joint account owner on with their gift and certificate of appreciation. The Whitley yard is an example of your elderly family members’ checking and Ask to meet any new “friends” they have met landscaping with different colors of rock for a base. They have an assortment of savings accounts, you can review statements for online. When someone is lonely, they become evergreen and tropical sun loving plants. We were so surprised to see one plumeria suspicious activity. Of course, your loved ones vulnerable to online friendships. Sometimes, with both pink and yellow blossoms in one cluster. The garden club members were lucky may be initially reluctant to add your name, but these new friends make promises of meeting, enough to be shown the back yard – beautiful lush green grass and many more tropical if you have a good relationship with them, you but never show – and then they suddenly need should be able to explain the benefits. money for one reason or another. plants. Drive by and you will see why this Committee chose the Whitley’s yard and why we are so excited about acknowledging residents who help make our Island Paradise Shred bank statements, credit card offers and It can be challenging to guard against all beautiful. We are finding that more and more homes are being landscaped and notices of lottery or sweepstakes winnings. One threats posed by the scammers of the world. nurtured. We thank all of you for your interest and effort and we want to acknowledge of the most useful gifts you can give to your But by staying alert and taking the appropriate you. If you want us to check out your yard, nominate a neighbor or donate a “thank elderly family members may be a shredder. preventive actions, you may be able to help Encourage them to use it to shred old bank safeguard your loved ones’ financial security. you” gift to our winners please call Mary Ann McShane 361-215-8629. Thank you, Tony and Mary, for your hospitality and for helping to make our Island the beautiful statements, credit card offers and other financial This article was written by Edward Jones documents. tropical paradise it is. for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Thanks. Any questions call Mary Ann McShane 361-215-8629 Get on a “do not call” list. Telephone scammers Advisor. Your Island Edward Jones Financial are persistent and devious. By registering your Advisor is Keith Clark. Keith can be reached at family members’ house and cell phones at 361-949-9500 Texas Drilling Permits and Completions Statistics for June 2018 The Railroad Commission of Texas In June 2018, Commission staff processed (Commission) issued a total of 1,230 original 914 oil, 158 gas, 48 injection and four other drilling permits in June 2018 compared to completions compared to 510 oil, 96 gas, 43 1,305 in June 2017. The June total included injection and zero other completions in June 1,062 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 2017. Total well completions processed for 13 to re-enter plugged well bores and 155 for 2018 year to date are 5,574; up from 3,872 re-completions of existing well bores. The recorded in 2017. breakdown of well types for those permits According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig issued June 2018 included 342 oil, 67 gas, 742 count as of July 6 was 526, representing about oil or gas, 55 injection, five service and 19 other 50 percent of all active rigs in the United States. permits.

TABLE 1 – JUNE 2018 TEXAS OIL AND GAS DRILLING PERMITS AND COMPLETIONS BY RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS DISTRICT*

PERMITS TO DRILL OIL GAS DISTRICT OIL/GAS HOLES COMPLETIONS COMPLETIONS (1) SAN ANTONIO www.edwardjones.com 147 163 55  Member SIPC AREA   (2) REFUGIO AREA 104 96 22  (3) SOUTHEAST 68 24 6  TEXAS  (4) DEEP SOUTH

MKT-8275B-A-AD 13 3 8 TEXAS (5) EAST CENTRAL 8 4 0 TX (6) EAST TEXAS 35 5 15 (7B) WEST 31 36 1 CENTRAL TX (7C) SAN ANGELO 119 78 0 AREA (8) MIDLAND 561 425 31 (8A) LUBBOCK 67 18 0 AREA (9) NORTH TEXAS 33 40 8 (10) PANHANDLE 44 22 12 TOTAL 1,230 914 158

*A district map is available on the Railroad Commission of Texas website at http://www.rrc.texas.gov/media/21430/districts_color_8x11.pdf.

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He was informed company’s credentials through the Better the funds would remain in an escrow account Business Bureau or the FMCSA’s Safety and until the vehicle was delivered. He never heard Fitness Electronic Records website. back from the seller and lost $11,600 in the process. For more tips on avoiding scams visit bbb. Andrea Libbey and Grandmother Gloria org/scamtips. To report a scam, visit bbb.org/ As a consumer, it is important to know how to scamtracker. choose a reputable and reliable auto transport company. Doing so will help you to avoid Kelly Trevino is the regional director for the scams that prey on those shipping their vehicles Coastal Bend area of Better Business Bureau long distances. serving the Heart of Texas. Kelly is available for media interviews and speaking engagements. You can reach her by phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: [email protected]. CLUB NEWS The Island Moon provides this space for endorsement process, proactive and Island organizations. If you are a member unified voting in non-partisan races and of a club and want to get the word out other issues and referendums put to public about your events and/or projects send vote. Meetings are open to the public. them along and we will get them in. IUPAC meets meeting the 2nd Thursday Blaine Young/Mother Misty Svoboda Avery Bertagna/Andrea Bertagna of the month from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Be sure to include a brief description of the Island Time Sushi Bar, contact: Nick what your organization does and a contact Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. person for those interested in joining. com. Send the info to [email protected] POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. and we will include it. Or call us at 949- The Association’s primary responsibility 7700. is to maintain the Common Areas, assess Padre Island Antique Classic Car and collect the annual fees and provide Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles information and assistance to property 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, owners. .. Membership in PIPOA is Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like automatic for anyone acquiring record to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, legal title to any property within Padre tours, car shows on and around the Island. Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Please contact [email protected] for Fortuna Bay Drive on The Island. (361) information on the upcoming meeting. 949-7025, [email protected]. Please include your contact information ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. and the type of car owned. Located in Port Aransas the ARK is Youth Development Foundation of affiliate with the University of Texas at Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each Austin Marine Science Center. They Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., handle the rehabilitation of most species Port Aransas. For more information please of wildlife in the area with an emphasis email [email protected]. on marine animals. If you find an animal in peril they can help. 750 Channel View Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet Dr. Port Aransas. Contact Alicia Walker at every other Tuesday night! Call or text 337-290-0251 or alicia.walker@utexas. Danny Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 edu for the next meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM and Open Jam: Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels welcome. Christi Red Hat Society. In 2004 a Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery, group of Island ladies got together under 13919 SPID, right here on the island. a Palapa and founded the Padre Island A $3 per person donation covers the Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only rule is that Meredith Marcum/Joe and Karen Marcum workshop, materials and the open jam. there are no rules! We are all about fun Christmas came early for 7 deserving Senior High School students this year. At the Loaner ukuleles available at no extra cost. and friendship. We meet once a month for lunch and various fun outings from recent Padre Island Enrichment Club luncheon, the 2018 scholarship winners were RSVP online. PadreIslandUkeClub@ introduced. There were twenty applicants and these seven students rose to the top in gmail.com cupcake making to CPR. academic and personal achievement! The winners were: Avery Bertagna (University KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. of Texas/Biochemistry); Andrea Libby (Texas A & M University CC/Liberal Arts Kiwanis meets at Veranda Restaurantat This is the Island book club. We meet Education; Alisa Lopez (Texas A & M University San Antonio/Kinesiology-Pre Physical the first Wednesday of each month at Schlitterbahn at Noon on the first and Therapy); Meredith Marcum (St. Mary’s University/Pre Med/Biology; Christopher Petty third Wednesday of the month. Island Time Sushi Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of ladies that like (Texas A & M University College Station/Electrical Engineering; Rachel Wood (Texas A Island Strategic Action Committee. to read, love socializing with the girls and & M University CC/Fine Arts; Blaine Young (University of Texas/Journalism). Is a 14-member committee which meets drinking wine! Come out and join us we Each year Padre Island Enrichment Club strives to raise money for at least two at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each would love to have you! Contact Linda scholarships to be given out each year. 2017 became a banner year for PIE with month at the Comfort Suites on Windward. Walsh, [email protected] or 361- fund raising. The Holiday Home Tour raised over $6,000.00, one scholarship The committee’s purpose is to advise the 445-7999, or just show up! Corpus Christi City Council on matters was donated anonymously, the Thanksgiving PIE sale, silent auction and all other pertaining to The Island. All meetings are Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is fundraising allowed them to give out a much needed seven scholarships. If you would open to the public and the public is invited a local chapter of the Parrot Heads in like to become a part of this great way to give back to our community, please contact to address the committee during the public Paradise Inc., a not-for-profit corporation Katherine Pierce @ 361-960-0327 for information on how you can help the upcoming comment period. whose purpose is to assist in community 2018 Holiday Home Tour. We need cash donations, homes for the tour and new items and environmental concerns and provide a for our silent auction. If you or your business would like to donate to the scholarship Padre Island Business Association. The variety of social activities for people who association is a not-for-profit organization fund, please make your check out to PIE or Padre Island Enrichment Club and call are interested in the music of Jimmy Buffett Katherine to pick up the check. whose primary purpose is to advertise and and the tropical lifestyle he personifies. promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Founded in 2009, the club motto is “Partying Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing with a Purpose’’. To join or ask questions go the interests of the business community. to portaransasparrotheads.com or email or Send Letters and Photos to It is managed by a 9-member board of call Deno “Moon Dog” Fabrie, President at [email protected] directors. A membership luncheon is held 361 749 0256 or [email protected]. on the 2nd Thursday of each month at The and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Veranda starting at noon. Mixers are held Padre Island Women’s Golf Association. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The All skill levels are welcome. Call Fran more association annually has two fundraising information: 361-877-2551 The events – Taste of the Island in the fall and The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors a Wine Tasting in the spring. League is a women’s social organization open P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun BACK PORCH is a ladies only social club open to all & friendship. New Neighbors League holds owners/residents of North Padre. We hope monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly to enrich our members through social activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples activities and community involvement. Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a JESSIE STRATTON JULY 12 We have monthly luncheons (2nd Friday) few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or along with groups of bunco, bridge, email us at [email protected] JOHN DAVID KENT JULY 13 spades, craft club and book clubs. We Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H Flour Bluff enjoy raising money for scholarships Padre Island 4H (FBPI4H) is a club for kids for local graduating seniors as well as in 3rd grade-12th grade. We meet at 6:30 JESSE DAYTON The JULY 14 other worthy causes in our community. pm the first Monday of every month in the For more info please contact Rebecca FB Intermediate cafeteria. 4H provides CODY BRYAN JULY 19 Robbins 303-434-0947. opportunities and experiences where young BACK PORCH Island United Political Action people learn by doing. Please visit us on PROPHETS & OUTLAWS JULY 20 Committee: Maximize representation Facebook at Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H or of Corpus Christi residents on Padre our website at FBPI4H.com. 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 July 12, 2018 Island Moon A 20 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour on Saturday Bart Crow played. I knew he was Jennings, Ray Price, a big name on the circuit and had many fans, Glen Campbell [email protected] but honestly, I couldn’t tell you what he looked and on and on. He Mosquitoes as big as your like or what his hit songs were. In fact, I got to frequently tours with head… the Porch earlier that afternoon while they were John Doe and X. He made horror movies th doing their sound check, and didn’t realize they We made it through the 4 with flying colors. had Bart’s road manager checking his mic and with Rob Zombie! There was a threat of rain for our big fireworks guitar. Apparently Mr. Crow doesn’t do his own He’s a long board guy show but the weather held and the show was sound checks and stays in the bus until it’s time from Beaumont just spectacular. Thank you Charles Butt for to perform. I thought the road manager was Bart like Floyd Moore… generously financing this event for another Crow and was totally confused as to who the enough said. Doug year. During the fireworks show, I pedaled guy on stage with the man bun was. But he is Sahm loved him. I around the neighborhood for a while on my very good. His sound is warm and clean and his love him. DO NOT three-wheeler long enough to snap a selfie but songs have some clever hooks. I can see why MISS THIS SHOW made it home before the grand finale. It was he’s so popular. I even saw our police Chief on Saturday night. I especially…well… grand this year and seemed Scott Buroughs enjoying the show. I want guarantee he’s gonna Jesse Dayton is a to go on for quite a long while, but that might to also mention a young musician I saw last play some George long board guy. have been because of the three terrorized dogs week on the Fourth of July at Giggity’s, John Jones. buried in my lap in fear. I live near the park and Amundsen. John is a local fellow who went to Chris Jordan’s 50th… those big rockets were going off right over my Port A High School and whose parents, Chris house. It was like the sky was on fire, blistering and Lisa, own and operate a lovely restaurant, And on Sunday with explosions. It was loud and bold and Lisabellas, in Cinnamon Shore. Chris always it’s our very rowdy as hell. And beautiful. And it was such a told me his son was musically talented and I’m own resident treat to all except for my poor mutts who were glad I got a chance to finally hear him. John bass player and nervous wrecks by the time it was over. As the appears to have embraced blues and electric construction John Amundsen played Giggity’s on the blues at that. He also throws in a healthy dose boss, Chris th Fourth of July of classic rock. He was mainly playing old Jordan’s 50 Chicago guitar masters like Magic Sam and birthday and Guitar Slim. And he had a surprising read on we’re throwing his vocal deliveries that gave him depth beyond down at Shorty’s his young years. He more than held his own with his band with fast and clean guitar licks. John has some Selfie and many wood shedding to do but he’ll be OK. He’s on friends I’m sure. the right track. I hope he doesn’t get a man bun. Chris is a true island darling DO NOT MISS LIST and this proves Who dresses this guy. He’s a going Jesse… to be another epic Chris Jordan turns 50 party on the porch Jesse Dayton (Austin, TX) is on fire. He never at Shorty’s. This and is throwing down at stops and everything he touches is creative porch at Shorty’s Shorty’s on Sunday. and either you’re entertained or you’ve learn is somewhere that Fire in the sky something. Jesse is a very smart guy. I’ve Chris Jordan has been making music on for watched Jesse for many years. I used to bounce many decades. Anybody remember High in the weekend developed, the rains did finally come Read Southall played the BackPorch on his son on my knee and now he’s grown. Mr. Saddle? Come out and tell him you’re glad he’s and the beaches were a sloppy mess. And the Friday. Dayton has developed into a world class artists still sucking air. mosquitoes are as big as my head right now and in every sense of the word. His credentials are there are so many, they darken the sky. I got a impressive. He has shared stages, recorded with ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ lesson in water tables from Edwin the other day or played guitar with legends: Willie Nelson, when I was whining about all the puddles that Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon won’t seem to dry up. You can’t make it outside without serious mosquito repellent right now. And I’ve nearly gone through all the “Port A Perfume” that I squirreled away when the post- Harvey supply depot was cranking. I think the word here is “seething”. This island is seething Live Music right now. It’s hot and wet and seething with critters. And the vegetation has gone crazy. If you can’t grow a plant on this island right now, Friday, July 20 I’d hang up my gardener’s hat. To say conditions Tonight Prophets & Outlaws, Chris are fertile is putting it lightly. And, the last thing That’s Back Porch manager Lee Harper Saucedo @ Back Porch I heard the weatherman say tonight was “there’s in back of that long line to get in. He’s the Thursday, July 12 Chanklas @ Giggity’s more heat on the way and a new hurricane in the Free Beer Band (7-10) @ Red Giant @ Treasure one with a big smile Island Atlantic.” Never a dull moment… Giggity’s smiles these days and for good reason as long Chris Hays @ Treasure Billy Snipes @ Shorty’s Scattered shots… as his booker, Becky Hyden, keeps putting out Island Michael Burtts @ Scuttlebutt’s calendars like this. This weekend they have a Jesse Stratton @ Back JESSIE STRATTON JULY 12 Porch JOHN DAVID KENT JULY 13 guy that Becky was really excited about and who Antone & the All Stars @ Saturday, July 21 she had been trying to book for a long time and Shorty’s JESSE DAYTON JULY 14 BELT SANDER RACES finally did, John David Kent and the Marfa Olivia Whitehurst @ CODY BRYAN JULY 19 @ Gaff Lights on Friday and on Saturday the never Scuttlebutt’s PHOPHETS & OUTLAWS JULY 20 Micky & the Motorcars, slowing down, world tripping, mult-tasking, Cody Bryan @ Back Porch mega talented artist/musician/songwriter/ Friday, July 13 MICKEY & THE MOTORCARS JULY 21 True Country @ Treasure Island playwrite/actor/director/producer/guitarist/ Jesse Stratton @ Sunset 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront performer/recording artist and long board surfer Sounds Todd Dorn @ Giggity’s Red Giant @ Shorty’s known as Jesse Dayton (Austin, TX). Throw Jonmikael Mertz @ Treasure Island Hip Hop Hooray @ political activist in there, too. More on Jesse in John David Kent & the Brewster Street a minute, I want to talk about the two artists I Marfa Lights @ Back Tori McClure, Chris Saenz saw at the Porch this weekend, neither of which Porch @ Scuttlebutt’s I had ever seen, Read Southall and Bart Crow. Toman Brothers @ I only knew that Southall was a hot rising star Giggity’s Sunday, July 22 Bart Crow played the Back Porch on on the Americana/Country circuit. He played Starlite & the Moonbeams Antone & All Stars July 12 Mike Williams (brunch), Saturday Larry Joe’s recent festival in Stephenville and @ Shorty’s Starlite & the Moonbeams July 13 Antone & the All Stars @ there’s a buzz about him. Read has a dry stage Five Card Draw @ Giggity’s The Back Porch wins the prize. They are Michael Martin July 14 Brian Hough, John Eric @ presence and hardly spoke between songs, only Brewster Street consistently putting out the strongest calendars Chris Saenz @ Scuttlebutt’s occasionally introducing the next song or telling Chris Jordan and drawing the biggest crowds on the island, so Scuttlebutt’s 50th Birthday Bash far this summer. Last weekend they hit a couple us he was from Oklahoma. His music wasn’t Monday, July 23 country. It was rock… and pretty hard rock Saturday, July 14 W/Selfie Open Jam w/ Ray Summy of homeruns with The Dirty River Boys and This Sunday Night Larry Joe Taylor and knocked it out of the at that. It was a pretty cold stage. He sounded BELT SANDER RACES @ Giggity’s Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s park again this weekend with Read Southall like Steve Earle during the heroin induced @ Gaff OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas years when it was all bluesy and slurry with Splendiferous @ Treasure and Bart Crow. The lines were out the door for Island Tuesday July 24 all of these shows. Manager Lee Harper is all big dynamic rock chords and hard luck stories. There was a lot of attitude on that stage. And Jesse Dayton @ Back Open Mic w/ Rev Matt @ Porch House of Rock Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s Paul Taylor and Victoria Michael Martin @ Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Shorty’s Aaron Jacobs @ GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Sing Along Piano Bar @ Scuttlebutt’s LIVE MUSIC Brewster Street LIVE MUSIC Slaid Cleaves @ Third Wednesday, July 25 Free Beer Band Wed. (7-10) Coast Music Open Mic @ Executive EVERY Toman Bros Fri. (9-1) Tori McClure, Michael Surf Club Burtts @ Scuttlebutt’s Jimmy Willden @ Giggity’s NIGHT Mike O’Neil Sat. (9-1) Michael Burtts @ Sunday, July 15 Scuttlebutt’s Antone & All Stars Mon. (9-1) th All You Can Eat Chris Jordan’s 50 B-Day Open Jam Mon. (9-1) Jam w/ Selfie @ Shorty Thursday, July 26 FRIED Paul Taylor & Victoria Majors Tues. (7-10) Mike Williams (brunch), Expert Computer Repairs Laid Back Texas @ Back FLOUNDER Antone & the All Stars @ Porch Everyday 11-7 Stevie Start Wed. (8-12) Giggity’s Free Beer Band (7-10) @ 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Brian Hough, John Eric @ Giggity’s Scuttlebutt’s Selfie @ Shorty’s Olivia Whitehurst @ Monday, July 16 Scuttlebutt’s Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Treasure Island @ Giggity’s. Friday, July 27 Billy Snipes @ CHRIS HAYS JULY 12 Ty Dietz @ Giggity’s Scuttlebutt’s JONMIKAEL MERTZ JULY 13 Finding Friday @ Back SPLENDIFEROUS JULY 14 Porch Tuesday July 17 RED GIANT JULY 20 Shayna Sands @ Shorty’s Open Mic w/ Rev Matt @ Seattle Rising @ Brewster House of Rock TRUE COUNTRY JULY 21 Street Paul Taylor & Victoria Chris Saenz @ Majors @ Giggity’s 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 Scuttlebutt’s Aaron Jacobs @ treasureislandporta Scuttlebutt’s Saturday, July 28 Brooke Graham’s Beach Wednesday, July 18 Party @ Gaff Open Mic @ Executive Finding Friday @ Back Surf Club Porch Stevie Start @ Giggity’s Matt Hole @ Giggity’s Michael Burtts @ Independent Thieves @ Scuttlebutt’s Shorty’s Timeline @ Brewster Street Thursday, July 19 Bob Livingston @ Third Free Beer Band (7-10) @ Coast Music Giggity’s Michael Perez, Michael Cody Bryan @ Back Burtts @ Scuttlebutt’s Porch Selfie @ Shorty’s Sunday, July 29 Kyle Park, Mason Lively Mike Williams (brunch), @ Brewster Street Antone & the All Stars @ Marco Ramirez @ Giggity’s Scuttlebutt’s The Gaff Now Open! Pizza Beer Darts Belt sander Races