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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 October 11, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Island by the Around numbers… The Island By Dale Rankin First Release What a week it has been Around of Federal The Island. Our beaches have been flooded with high tides and waves from Hurricane Michael. The beach Grants for at North Packery has been a wading pool all week and water has been up Harvey Relief to the seawall on several occasions. The Texas General Land Office On Wednesday waves from Hurricane this week released the first Michael showed up on our shores and tranche of funding from Federal set the surfing community abuzz but Community Development Grants the waves early in the day turned out to be distributed around the to be too mushy to surf on the Padre Coastal Bend for recovery from end and it was the big surf event that Hurricane Harvey. Governor Greg didn’t happen. But it was a different Abbott and the Rebuild Texas story in Port Aransas as you can see Commission have requested at from the pictures in this issue, where The waves from Hurricane Michael had surfers flocking to Horace Caldwell Pier Wednesday morning. total of $15.33 billion in CDBG the surfers were out in force. Photo by Ronnie Narmour funds, but to date the GLO estimates that will leave more Word comes from the fisherpersons than $105 billion in unmet needs that there are big shrimp running the in Texas as a direct result of Packery Channel, but be reminded What’s Wrong with the City’s Hurricane Harvey. $5 billion of that catching them at night is illegal the CDBG money was allocated and the Game Wardens know they this week, here are the amounts are there. Anglers also report that the for the Coastal Bend. deep holes up and down the beach are Water Billing System? holding big reds and that when the $7,761,506 Port Aransas reds are not along the beach they are It turns out there is someone who knows $2,831,316 of that is for in the channel. The flounder are on damaged private property the move as well. All in all it’s a good time to be a fisherperson here on our His name is Mr. Collins $4,930,190 is for infrastructure little sandbar. By Dale Rankin this with the antenna on the top, but days each month to physically go to $8,554,314 for Corpus Christi Sometimes the cavalry rides in over water towers being round, we have homes all over the city to read the IUPAC receivers on only one side and the thousands of unreported meters and $1,319,559 of that is for the hills and saves the village, other damaged private property The last of the candidate nights for times the cavalry comes in the form data transmitted by the meters from generate bills for the next billing the Island United Political Action a guy named Peter Collins who walks the other three sides never makes it to cycle, a function for which there $7,234,755 of that is for Committee was last week with into city hall wearing a silver suit and the antennae.” was not nearly enough staff. As a infrastructure result, in many cases usage had to candidates from the Del Mar College matching silver tie. As a result the receivers last month $5,951,698 Nueces County be estimated which lead to many District and Flour Bluff ISD races alone failed to report usage from That was the case Tuesday at the customers receiving bills well above $1,307,268 of that is for private coming to The Island. The consensus 14,000 customers, 12,000 the month meeting of the Corpus Christi City their usual monthly charges, and in loss among the FBISD candidates was before, and Collins estimates that as Council when the unassuming Mr. many cases bills being sent to vacant that two issues are at the top of the many as 100,000 meters were not $4,644,430 of that is for Collins, hired only last week to sort homes. To make matters worse when list for attention, student safety and read in recent months. infrastructure the future of the College Preparatory out the Gordian Knot of problems customers called in to report that their program. Three of the At-Large seats with the city’s water billing system, “But that is an estimate,” Collins meter was not reporting properly $62,767,864 Unmet need in on the seven-member board are open rose and in plain talk in less than a said, “because after that the data falls they were told by city staff they had Nueces County with two of the races contested. We quarter of an hour put to end months off.” to pay a $60 inspection fee to have of confusion by explaining to the $15,907,320 Rockport will have more on the race as the Further of the 82 receivers around a city worker come to their house to election gets closer. council exactly how a perfect storm check the meter. In other cases, the $13,492,221 Aransas Pass of miscommunication, mechanical the city 8 were completely dead and have not worked for an undetermined work overload at the city resulted in $3,627,355 San Patricio County Alice native wins Nobel Prize failure, lack of maintenance, and many customers not receiving bills changes in billing methods for amount of time. One was hit by $1,384,055 Kleberg County Alice native Dr. James P. Allison won for months. wastewater discombobulated the lighting but no one knows when. the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology $2,540,072 Portland system so badly that it resulted in “Staff has had no relief from or Medicine. Allison is chairman of And further, the two computer more than 22,000 complaints from reading the bills to reach an average immunology at the University of software systems purchased by the customers and dropped the city’s usage charge from one month to Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center city at a cost of more than $1.2 million utility bond rating from “stable” to the next,” Collins said. “This is in Houston where he pioneered an in 2014 can’t talk to each other. La Posada “negative.” crisis management every day. I’m entire new field of cancer treatment Usage data is generated by a system called Infor which operates the meter impressed the staff has been able to known as immunotherapy, which In a nutshell his message was, the keep the ship afloat.” Foundation enables the body’s own immune transmitters on the self-reporting system and feeds information into a system use T cells to kill malignant water meters on houses across the system called STAR. The problem, “Mathematically you can’t’ work Events for 2018 tumors. Allison visited the Vatican city work fine but the receivers they according to Collins, is when a meter the numbers on the bills backwards,” couple of years ago where he met talk to don’t. is reported as unread one system Collins said. “They just don’t add up. Next event is the Pope, not long before that he looks back six days for a reading The system hasn’t been maintained “The meters transmit on UHF while the other only looks back four over the years and we relied on the had played harmonica on stage with (Ultra High Frequency) which loves motorcycle rally, Willie Nelson. “Someone asked me days resulting in confusion in the data Wi-Fi system that doesn’t function height,” Collins said. “On the install available to the billing department properly. We have the software where which was more exciting, playing of the system there was a map Saturday, Nov.10 with Willie or meeting the pope,” which underlies the current problems. we can judge the system right down showing where the DCU (receiving to the water meter. The problem is it Saturday November 10 - Indian Allison said. “That’s not a very good units) should be placed, they needed That systemic failure snowballed Thunder Motorcycle Ride/Pelican question.” and rolled downhill until it buried the isn’t working because the data isn’t to be high enough to avoid tampering, making it to the receivers.” Lounge Band Party for the benefit then a wire is run to an antennae overworked staff at the City Water of the La Posada Foundation which Big weekend at Billish Park Department who then had about six higher up. Water towers are great for Water cont. on A4 supports the Marine Corps Reserve Islanders will have a chance to enjoy Toys for Tots program. Cycles will the new and improved Billish Park A little Island history leave the Corpus Christi Cycle this weekend. Plaza (2937 S.P.I.D.) at 12:30 and On Saturday six years of work comes travel to Padre Island, going to the to fruition as the new playground is turn around on Park Road 22 by dedicated in a ceremony at 11 a.m. What is the Island TRZ, Why is it the entrance to Bob Hall Pier. They There is still come final construction will go back on Park Road 22 to the work going on but the park will Important, and What Does it Do? Pelican Lounge (14330 S.P.I.D.) and should arrive there around be open to the public with the new By Dale Rankin Channel. But due to the nature of the The estimated cost of the Packery 1:00 to 1:30. There will be a live playground, new turf, and most of funding source, an earmark sponsored Channel project was approximately With funding for two critical band and food trucks at the Pelican all no stickers! It’s been a long time in Washington by then-Senator Kay $30 million. The so-called Six Pack Island projects coming from Tax Lounge. No advance registration coming but it is now ready. A big Bailey Hutchison, the project was projects, amenities on both sides of Increment Reinvestment Zone #2 is required for this event but the thank you to all of the people who formally known as the North Padre the channel including parking and (TRZ) on Padre Island, the Park donation of a new, unopened toy is helped make it happen. Island Storm Damage Reduction and restrooms, were added later by the Road 22 Water Exchange Bridge requested for admission. Environmental Restoration Project city council and were not part of the Then on Sunday from noon until and repairs to Packery Channel, because for bureaucratic purposes original TRZ projects. Saturday November 24 - Golf 5 p.m. the Annual Padre Island Art we have had many recent questions the Packery project was not funded Cart/Jeep Poker Run for the benefit Walk will be held at Billish Park. It from readers asking what the TRZ Formed in 2000 is a chance for Island artists to show as a channel project at all, but rather of the La Posada Foundation which is, how it functions, and where the On June 27, 2000, the City their work and a fun day to meet new to restore eroded beach in front of supports the Marine Corps Reserve money in it comes from. The Corpus Council approved the preliminary people. This will be the first year that the Michael J. Ellis Seawall. For Toys for Tots program. The event Christi City Council this week took Project and Financing Plans for attendees will be able to walk off the our purposes we will call it the will start at 6 PM at the Joyride the first step in extending the life of the TRZ and notified other taxing sidewalks! In years past people who Packery Channel project. The sand Rentals and will end at the Angry the TRZ beyond the current 2022 jurisdictions of its intention to brought their dogs spent most of their was to be taken from the dredging Marlin. No advance registration expiration date. create a tax increment reinvestment time picking stickers out of the dog’s and channelization of a reopened is required for this event but the zone and on November 14, 2000 the feet until the dogs learned to stay on Here is a background on the TRZ Packery Channel. The Packery donation of a new, unopened toy is TRZ was formally approved. Tax the sidewalk. Sometimes it’s tough with backup information explaining Channel project also consisted of requested for participation. where it came from and why it is so increment financing would be used being an Island dog. Maybe someday long jetties, walkways, mitigation, Tuesday December 4 - La Posada vitally important to our Island. primarily to fund the local share of we will get an Island dog park… public facilities, and reserve for long- Foundation Kick Off Party with term maintenance including dredging the Packery Channel project. In the meantime say hello if you see The TRZ was established to first Live and Silent Auctions at dig, and then maintain Packery and repairs to the jetties as needed. History cont. on A4 us Around The Island. La Posada cont. on A4 October 11, 2018 Island Moon A 2 Caught on Camera: Babes on Baffin Last Saturday, over 300 lady anglers competed in the 14th annual Babes on Baffin fishing tournament. Here are the results: Guided Division: Heaviest Trout 1st place (tie) -- Poppin Corks and The Real Housewives of Baffin 2nd Place -- No Bananas 3rd Place -- Team BC Girls 4th Place -- Nauti Tails Guided Division: Heaviest Redfish 1st Place -- Bite Me 2nd Place -- Poppin' Corks 3rd Place -- AF Anglers 4th Place -- Reel Pescadoras Guided Division -- Heaviest Drum 1st Place -- Poppin' Corks 2nd place -- Team BC Girls 3rd Place -- Hook Spit 4th Place -- Bitches on the Bay Photos courtesy of CCA Texas Babes on Baffin

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Moon Monkeys She was not a legally elected (or appointed) Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the Board Member. JR Miller was appointed and should have remained. Any Board action taken Hear? by Leslie Hess may be subject to legal challenge By Mary "Scoop" Craft Editor and possible recall. It is very disappointing that former Board President Brent Moore and Board Attorney John Bell did not seem to understand our Bylaws, Texas Code 209 and how these New Advertisers dedicatory instruments are critical to the governance of our PIPOA. Port Royal Sunday Brunch is Where does this leave us? back and can be enjoyed 9 am – 2 pm. Bring in their ad in this Once Vicki resigns, it falls to the Board to elect her replacement. If the Board cannot reach a week’s issue for 10 % off thru Distribution November 30th. For reservations Pete Alsop consensus then the seat will remain open until a future Board can agree on a replacement. call 749-3720. Island Delivery No “partial term election” is authorized under Coldwell Banker either our Bylaws or Texas law. The Law Handgun Classes for women Advertising shows us that there will be only 2 open seats for only will be held in Aransas Pass the upcoming March election and both of those on October 13th nd 14th. Contact Jan Park Rankin Follow the Law seats will be for 3-year terms. Marcy Bliss at 432-438-1090 for Classifieds There has been quite a bit of discussion about the possibility (now likelihood) of PIPOA Board It is important to Follow the Law. more info Arlene Ritley Member Vicki Marsden resigning her seat. Due Kelly McFadden Production Manager to personal circumstances, Vicki is selling her Business Briefs Abigail Bair home and, once sold, is no longer eligible as a Contributing Writers Board Member. Vicki, we are sorry, and you A Response to Alan Long time CVS Head Joey Farah will be missed. Rickersten Pharmacist Patty, who was Andy Purvis But, what does this mean to our Board and our instrumental in getting CVS to The circular reasoning put forward by Alan Mary Craft Community? come to the Island, has retired. Rickersten is plain wrong. He states that he Kelly Trevino Situations like this are to be expected in any was going to sue the POA which would result She will be sorely missed by the Jay Gardner organization. Board Members resign for a in bankruptcy. Marvin has thus saved the POA many patrons she helped over the Todd Hunter variety of reasons. So, processes are defined because Alan is no longer suing. Alan is happy years. in an organization’s Bylaws to fill any vacant Dotson Lewis he has been appointed to head the compliance The Padre Island Art Walk will Dr. Tom Dorrell seats. committee by his buddy Marvin and has dropped Ronnie Narmour What do our Bylaw’s say about this situation? all his threats of lawsuits. If “this group” had not be held at Billish Park on Sunday, been threatening lawsuits, bullying, spreading October 14th 12 – 5 pm. Brent Rourk Paragraph 2.03 says: malicious lies and other abhorrent behavior Photographers “Upon the death, removal, resignation, or we would not have ever been on the brink of The Flour Bluff High School Miles Merwin (Emeritus) incapacity of any member of the Board, a bankruptcy. As usual, Alan Rickersten has put Homecoming Parade will begin majority of the then remaining directors shall th Debbie Noble forth half-truths, innuendos, and circular logic at 6 pm on Monday, October 15 . elect his/her successor.” stated as facts. We have heard from “this group” Jan Rankin And, just in case our Bylaws did not cover this about indictments, FBI investigations, arrests Shorty’s in Port A is having their Mary Craft issue, Texas State Code 209 says: soon to be made…all put out as facts to ruin annual Pig Party this weekend people’s reputations but not based in reality. Ronnie Narmour Sec. 209.00593. ELECTION OF BOARD with The Shayna Sands Band We would buy Marvin Jones a drink. A shot of Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) MEMBERS. (a) Notwithstanding any provision playing Friday night. On Saturday reality and a shot of anti-group think. Riley P. Dog in a dedicatory instrument, any board member Eric Magnusson performs at 1 whose term has expired must be elected by Respectfully, Scott & Joanne Cunningham pm, Matt Hole & the Hot Rod owners who are members of the property Fortuna Bay Dr. Gang at 4 pm and Selfie at 9 pm. owners' association. A board member may There will lots of BB on hand. be appointed by the board to fill a vacancy on Traffic light the board. A board member appointed to fill a The 13th Annual Dog-Gone Fest vacant position shall serve for the remainder of I am wondering why all of the cost and effort that went into the new traffic light at Aquarius will be held on Thursday, October the unexpired term of the position. th St only to be negated by a blinking yellow Left 25 5 – 8 pm at the Animal So, our Bylaws say that the Board elects the Turn Arrow? I have lived in the neighborhood Hospital of Padre Island. There replacement Member. But since our Bylaws are with the light for 25 years now and the MAJOR silent on the length of the appointment, we must will be a dog-owner costume cause of accidents at the intersection was contest, street tacos, margaritas go to Texas 209 for clarification. And 209 says U-Turns in front of 60 mph traffic in front of that the appointment is valid for the rest of the and wine tasting. Publisher the Shell Gas Station. A traffic light was not unexpired term. needed, but only a sign that said “DO NOT th Dale Rankin The 30 Annual Taste of the In layman’s term, the Board elects Vicki’s EVEN THINK OF MAKING A U-TURN About the Island Moon Island will be held at Schlitterbahn replacement and that person serves out the rest HERE!” That is it!. I understand the desire The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale on Wednesday, October 17th 6:30 Rankin, Editor / Publisher. of the term which expires in 2021. for the Blinking Arrow as whatever sensors or algorithms they are using to direct that light are – 9:30 pm. Tickets purchased Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes Now, right now, many of you are thinking extremely poor and have sat there on a red with delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 “Waaaait a minute. The last time this happened, in advance are $35 and can be copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, no cross traffic. For many years there has been bought at the resort, Frost Bank, as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 wasn’t there an election for a partial term?” the interest of development of the property on copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. st Yes, that is true. In the summer of 2015, the North side of the light and in the past and American Bank or 1 Community News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Board Member Jeff Carlson resigned only a had always been contingent on the developers Bank. More than 25 restaurants payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. few months into his 3-year term. The Board installing the traffic device. Was installation from the Island, Port A and Flour elected JR Miller to replace him. Then, at the The Island Moon Newspaper of this Light by Corpus Christi & TexDot Bluff will be participating. next Annual Member Meeting, an election was orchestrated by property owners as to pass that 14646 Compass, Suite 3 held to fill the remaining 2 years of the term. cost on for later gain? Regardless, thanks for the Billish Park Playground JR Miller and Leslie Hess ran for that seat, in Corpus Christi, TX 78418 new traffic light, blinking arrow and the now will have their Grand Opening which Leslie Hess garnered the most votes. lack traffic control. I have never heard so many celebration Saturday October 361-949-7700 However, nothing in our Bylaws or Texas 209 screeching tires and crunching metal as I have 13th 11am – 1 pm. There will be say anything about this “partial term election” in the last 2 years. [email protected] live music by Stevie Start, face process. It was invalid. And I will go so far to Drew Stevens Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper say that Leslie Hess was sitting in JR Miller’s painting, food and much more. Board seat the entire time she sat on the Board. Island The Veranda Restaurant has Football Game Day specials with Corpus Christi Celebrates Surftoberfest drink specials, appetizer specials and personal one topping pizza for Where to Find The $7. They expect to have their NFL Island Moon ticket by the end of the month. Port A Art-About sponsored by the Art Center will be held on Port North Saturday, October 13th 1 – 6 pm Aransas Padre and there will be 17 locations to Gulf Stream RV All Stripes Stores visit. Pioneer RV th Black Sheep/ The 34 Annual Songwriters Stripes on 1A Barrel Showcase will be at the Tarpon My Coastal Home Inn in Port A on Monday, October CVS 15th 6 – 10 pm. WB Liquor Store Whataburger Island Wine Room Rockport Seafair Fest starts on Doc’s Restaurant Thursday October 11-14, 2018 Kody’s Snoopy’s Pier over 4-days. The family-oriented Coffee Waves Isle Mail N More event has become Moby Dicks a favorite for all of South Texas. Island Italian IGA New this year will be a Tejano Treasure Island Brooklyn Pie Co. night featuring Elida Reyna Y Avante. On Friday, you’ll love an Ms. Woody’s Ace Hardware Automotive amazing laid back Country Music Holiday Inn appearance with Ray Benson Port A Glass Studio Texas Star (Shell) and Asleep at the Wheel! The San Juan’s Restaurant Jesse’s Liquor ever-popular Spazmatics take Wash Tub Scuttlebutt’s audiences back to the 80’s on Woody’s Sports Restaurant Saturday night. All throughout Center the weekend, audiences can enjoy Subway Back Porch Bar local bands showcasing their Island Tire Shorty’s Place talents. Padre Pizzeria Fisherman’s Wharf The Slip Bar is now offering football food catered by The Giggity’s And all Moon retail advertisers Angry Marlin Coolwater Bar & Gratitude WB Liquor Grill. Items like wings and all The Gaff your fan favorites are available Trinity By the Sea Flour Bluff from Noon until 5. Watch all the Episcopal games on the NFL ticket with H.E.B. happy hour from Noon until 7 too. Whataburger on Waldron The Island Moon can be read at islandmoon.com. You can go to Ethyl Everly the archive to read past issues. Senior Center Fire Station Police Station Stripes on Flour Send letters and photos to editor@ Bluff & SPID Islanders turned out for a coastal spin on the classic German Octoberfest celebration at islandmoon.com Surftoberfest. The one day street festival in the heart of downtown featured a Homebrew Facebook: Competition, a Beer Stein Holding Contest, German fare, live music and more! Photos by Debbie Noble The Island Moon Newspaper October 11, 2018 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 Water cont. from A1 In October 2002, the City Council established of tax increment financing is that without But the perfect storm of problems didn’t end terminations. That motion died for lack of a the North Padre Island Development the improvements funded by the TRZ the there. The problem with the city’s water billing second after City Attorney Miles Risley warned Corporation ("NPIDC") to “aid, assist, and act improvements would not happen and money to system has been years in the making but landed the council that making it city policy could on behalf of the City and TIRZ #2 in performing fund the TRZ comes from the taxable value of squarely in the lap of the current city council result in the drop of the “stable” bond rating governmental functions to promote the common new construction inside the zone above normal when in 2017 they moved away from billing for because it would encourage water users to stop good and general welfare of the City, including anticipated growth. wastewater, which is on the same bill as water, paying their bills without fear of cutoff. Instead the area within the TIRZ #2 zone.” The NPIDC The preliminary financing plan that was under what is referred to as Winter Quarter the council voted to instruct Risley to contact board consists of the current members of the adopted by the City Council and called for Averaging. Under the old system wastewater the bond attorneys on the city’s water bonds Corpus Christi City Council and all funding funding $10.5 million as the City's share of bills were based on the amount of water used to clarify their position before taking further from the TRZ must be approved by the NPIDC the Packery Channel project, plus $750,000 by a customer during the winter months on the action. Later Tuesday Risley told the council he before any funds can be spent. for construction of the parking lot on the Padre theory that during that time of year very little had received a response from the bond attorneys In February 2003 an agreement for Island Island concrete seawall – finished in 2006. lawn watering was being done, therefore the who said if a moratorium on cutoffs was written development was approved between the city, the In 2003 it was estimated that $12,000,000 in water being used by the customer was going into policy over the long term the only way to TRZ and the North Padre Island Development debt would be needed to complete the initial down the drain into the wastewater treatment avoid a rating decrease is to raise rates. system and was billed as wastewater. Any water Corporation. This agreement commonly project costs and plans identified $3,000,000 in In summation Collins told the council Tuesday usage above that winter amount in other months referred to as the "Tri-Party Agreement" spells surplus tax increments or bonds for secondary that the city’s system for billing is sound, the was assumed to be used for irrigation and not out the responsibilities of each of the parties in development improvements, which included problem started with the installation of the going into the treatment system so it was not the administration and financing of TRZ #2 and the construction of the seawall parking lot receivers made worse by lack of maintenance billed as wastewater. is the groundwork not only for the maintenance and $2,000,000 for a "parks & recreation and operation. of Packery Channel but for any development center." The project for the Park Road 22 Water But under that system, according to city staff “We need to stabilize the system, then maybe inside the TRZ. It remains in effect today. Exchange Bridge was added to the TRZ funding on Tuesday, there were 24,000 disconnects in come back to the council next week. The system in February 2017 along with a project consisting the city in June 2017 versus 4500 in June of we have is a tier one system, let’s make it work. Packery Channel of the traffic improvements on Windward Drive 2016 which shook Wall Street’s confidence in From now on we don’t allow the vendor to at Saint Augustine Drive which was added in the city’s ability to repay bonded indebtedness manage us. That’s one of the reasons we are Padre Island Tax Increment Finance District August 2018, and a market and feasibility study and as a result the city’s rating for water bonds here.”

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11305 TIF02 Projects Infrastructure $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 650,000 12960 Packery Patrol Operations 32,781 - - - - 55000 Principal retired 990,000 1,070,000 1,070,000 1,070,000 1,240,000 55010 Interest 353,700 309,150 309,150 309,150 261,000 55040 Paying agent fees 5,694 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 60010 Transfer to General Fund 11,649 12,846 12,846 12,846 13,929 Expenditure Total $ 1,393,824 $ 1,397,996 $ 1,397,996 $ 1,397,996 $ 2,170,929

Reserved for Encumbrances $ 990,000 $ - $ - Reserved for Commitments 8,260,716 11,957,165 14,067,224 Unreserved - - - Closing Balance $ 9,250,716 $ 11,957,165 $ 14,067,224 183 Years Ago Texans said Come and Take It This week marks the 183rd anniversary of the trucks - transverse sections Battle of Gonzales and the start of the Texas of trees with holes in the Revolution which spawned the Come and Take centers, into which were It cry that is so much a part of Texas history. inserted wooden axles - What would it have been like to be there? To and christened it "the flying know the all the eyewitness details. artillery," making merry over We can thank Providence that Noah Smithwick, Noah it as if it were some holiday blacksmith, Indian trader, Texas Ranger, who Smithwick - sport we were planning for. was actually on the scene and has left us a Age 91 We had no ammunition for report. our "artillery," so we cut Here are his words: slugs of bar iron and hammered them into balls; ugly looking missiles they were I assure you, "...we laid off our packs and hurried on to but destined to "innocuous desuetude," as I shall Gonzales, the initial point of attack, to help relate in due course. We were going to do things repel the Mexicans, whose only ostensible in style, so we formed a company of lancers and purpose proved to be the recovery of an old converted all the old files about the place into cannon which the citizens had borrowed from lances, which we mounted on poles cut in the the garrison at San Antonio some time before to river bottom. defend the place against Indians, and which was While some were busy with the arms and Hurricane Michael pushed water up to the bottom of the Michael J. Ellis Seawall on practically useless, having been spiked and the Wednesday and inundated the beach north of Packery Channel. spike driven out, leaving a touch-hole the size of ammunition, others were devising a flag. I a man's thumb. Its principal merit as a weapon cannot say who designed it nor who executed of defense, therefore, lay in its presence and the design, as that was not in my department, the noise it could make, the Indians being very and history is silent on the subject. much afraid of cannon. But it was the match Hubert Bancroft devotes some space to the that fired the mine, already primed and loaded. origin of the Lone Star flag. Had he consulted Before we reached Gonzales the Mexican me, I could have given him a pointer, for to my soldiers arrived on the opposite side of the river, certain knowledge the first Lone Star flag used which they did not attempt to cross, and made a in the revolution was gotten up at Gonzales formal demand for the cannon. for Austin's army and consisted of a breadth Useless as it was, the Texans not only refused of white cotton cloth about six feet long, in to surrender it, but crossed over and put the the center of which was painted in black a Mexicans to flight. It was our Lexington, picture of the old cannon, above it a lone star though a bloodless one, save that a member of and beneath it the words, "Come and take it," the "awkward squad" took a header from his a challenge which was lost on the Mexicans. It horse, thereby bringing his nasal appendage was not called the Lone Star, however, but the into such intimate association with Mother Old Cannon flag." Earth as to draw forth a copious stream of the Who was Noah Smithwick? sanguinary fluid. He marched from Gonzales with the first Texas I cannot remember that there was any distinct army. He also held Jim Bowie's original knife in understanding as to the position we were his hand...and made him a new one. He was a to assume toward Mexico. Some were for blacksmith, Texas Ranger, and even negotiated independence; some for the constitution of a treaty for the Comanches. He knew Bowie... 1824; and some for anything, just so it was a and Austin...and Houston. Travis...Burnet...and row. But we were all ready to fight. Our plan Borden. He even met Davy Crockett when he was to rush on to San Antonio, capture the passed through Bastrop, headed for the Alamo. garrison before it could get reinforcements, and then - on to Mexico and dictate terms of peace Smithwick doesn't just tell you about the big in the capital of the Montezumas. events. He also records how people talked, what they ate, wore and how they had fun. The Sowells had a blacksmith shop at Gonzales, and, being a gunsmith, I set to work to help put "When young folks danced those days, the arms in order. There was no coal, so some they danced; they didn't glide around; they of the boys were set to burning charcoal. We "shuffled" and "double shuffled", "wired" and brushed the old cannon (an iron six-pounder), "cut the pigeon's wing," making the splinters scoured it out, and mounted it on old wooden fly. October 11, 2018 Island Moon A 5 Tides of the Week Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides for Bob Hall Pier October 11 - October 18 There is a lot going on The Pilot Potty Program has had its problems. around our state this week, When the city moved the toilet to a downtown Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible here is some of it. location in January the homeless population swarmed and the thing was moved after only Th 11 Low 12:27 AM 1.5 7:27 AM Rise 9:51 AM 3 Last week I wrote about debt owned by our city to its employee pension fund and this one day when complaints rolled in from local 11 High 3:31 AM 1.6 7:04 PM Set 9:13 PM week the Chicago-based Truth in Accounting businesses. Then it was moved next to a local landmark on Cesar Chavez Street where it lasted 11 Low 10:44 AM 0.5 organization in its ninth annual Financial State of the States report rated Texas as number 32 a few weeks before supporters of the deceased 11 High 6:46 PM 2.2 among U.S. states for managing debt giving it labor leader complained it was disrespectful. So F 12 Low 11:22 AM 0.4 7:27 AM Rise 10:49 AM 8 a “D.” The report found that Texas taxpayers where’s a $775,000 toilet supposed to go…not in my backyard. 12 High 7:58 PM 2.2 7:03 PM Set 9:56 PM would shoulder a debt burden of $10,100 each if the state paid off all of its liabilities today You can’t make this stuff up Sa 13 Low 12:02 PM 0.4 7:28 AM Rise 11:45 AM 14 and like the City of Corpus Christi the analysis From the Moon’s Department of Things 13 High 9:14 PM 2.2 7:02 PM Set 10:41 PM found that most of Texas’ debt burden of $82.2 billion comes from unfunded obligations That Make You Go Ewww comes word that Su 14 Low 12:47 PM 0.5 7:29 AM Rise 12:39 PM 22 promised to its public-sector retirees. In fact, the a company is opening a robot sex brothel in 14 High 10:31 PM 2.2 7:01 PM Set 11:28 PM numbers would look pretty good without those Houston. The people who make the robots claim that they’re so convincing, people are M 15 Low 1:38 PM 0.5 7:29 AM Rise 1:30 PM 31 – of $238 billion in retirement benefits the state has promised, it hasn’t funded $45 billion in capable of falling in love with them. They have 15 High 11:38 PM 2.1 7:00 PM pension and $65.5 billion in retiree health care some degree of AI, using the same basic voice recognition technology that’s in your phone or Tu 16 Low 2:39 PM 0.6 7:30 AM Set 12:17 AM 41 benefits. The bottom line, Truth in Accounting says, is that Texas has $76.1 billion in assets an Alexa device, and the advanced models can 16 6:59 PM Rise 2:17 PM available to pay $158.3 billion worth of bills. make facial expressions to react to the things a W 17 High 12:27 AM 2.1 7:30 AM Set 1:08 AM 50 The report notes that since Texas has a balanced person says to them. Now what you would say budget requirement, the taxpayer debt burden I can’t even imagine. The devices are covered 17 Low 3:50 PM 0.7 6:58 PM Rise 3:01 PM should be zero. in silicone and are built with heaters that can Th 18 High 1:00 AM 2.1 7:31 AM Set 1:59 AM 59 simulate body warmth, and newer models can Austin outhouse be “seduced.” Ewww… 18 Low 5:02 PM 0.8 6:57 PM Rise 3:41 PM In an only-in-Austin story this week the Austin The idea has city lawyers looking for a way to City Council unanimously approved a $775,000 shut the place down before it opens with Mayor contract for a company to clean the city’s only Sylvester Turner, not surprisingly, telling the portable municipal toilet. The council first Houston Chronicle, “This is not the kind of spent $272,000 on a pilot program to study “the business I would like to see in Houston, and viability of municipal toilets” and is expected certainly this is not the kind of business the to consider a two-year contract for cleaning city is seeking to attract.” The business model services at $13,750 a month. Austin police apparently is more widespread in Europe, with arrested a 32-year-old man for having tried four locations in cities as far-flung as Barcelona and times to set fire to the portable toilet, he didn’t Moscow. say if his beef was with that particular facility I’m thinking Austin and Houston should get or portable toilets in general. Maybe we should together and put the robots next to the portable check his whereabouts during the two occasions toilet. At least that way we would all know what in which our toilet at Billish Park has burned part of town to stay away from. down in the recent past. And so it goes…

Ask Ralph Promotion Without A Pay Raise? By Ralph Coker • Consider the history of others who Q. Should I accept a have held the position. Has turnover promotion to a higher been high because of termination and title with more authority resignations? That would indicate the and responsibility without a pay raise? position is a high-risk position for some A. A recent survey of 300 companies reason. Try to determine those reasons. indicated 39 percent offered promotions Try to insure you are not being promoted without a pay raise. By comparison, 22 to take the blame for another’s failure. Austin's $775,000 public toilet. percent offered promotions without pay • If possible, research what others in the raises in 2011. Human Resource consultants same or comparable positions are paid. suggest the following process to evaluate the offer. • Get advice from trusted colleagues and Islander of the Week mentors • Ask open neutral questions to determine your boss’s and upper management • Consider the long-term gains in thinking. The company may have HR skills and experience. If the new pay policies that prevent a raise. For position carries greater authority and example, if your salary is already at the responsibility, that could make it top of the range for your present title, sufficiently beneficial to your career to that may put you too high in the salary make it worthwhile even without a pay range you are being promoted to. raise. • Ask about other benefits the promotion • Consider the likely impact on your will bring such as, larger bonuses or value in the job market. stock options. Even if you accept the promotion without • Research the company’s policies and a pay raise, after you have proven yourself practices on giving raises. Those may with good successes in the position, reopen prevent giving you an immediate raise. the issue and ask for a raise then. • Request time to consider the offer if you Bio: Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE need to research and evaluate whether which provides free mentoring for small it’s a good move for you. businesses and nonprofits

Our Islander of the Week this time is from the four-legged side of our readership. We can’t confirm whether this is Boots or Stinky, the two alligators who have called the Nature Preserve in Port Aransas home for years. Every once in a while one of the gators like to go a-wandering through the streets of Port A and that was the case this time. The wandering created quite a stir but things are back to normal now, and Boots or Stinky, whoever you are, congratulations, you are our Islander of the Week! Photo by Larry Beard

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Boats out of Deep Sea Headquarters in Port Aransas are hauling in the fish. islandmoon.com A6 Island Moon October 11, 2018 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Who Were the Best Generals in World War II?– Part VII By Dotson Lewis I Fought the Lawn Special to the Island Moon Wehrmacht's last great offensive. Under his By Abigail Bair Dotson’s Note: Thanks to direction, Gen. George S. Patton Jr. was ordered makes sense to anyone but you.” We finally all of you Moon Monkeys The old saying, “the grass was as high as an north to bite into the hinge of the German attack found the box (which was identical to about 30 for nominations and comments regarding World elephant’s eye” really depends on the elephant. and, with the help of the Allied air forces, the other boxes roaming around the shop) on the War II’s best general. I did literally hours of For perfect accuracy, last Monday the elephant drive was held. third shelf down in a dark corner next to a bunch research and talked to many history buffs and in my backyard would have been staring of snorkeling equipment. many of my friends who are military veterans General Bradley was known as 'the G.I.'s squarely at my nostrils, which is possibly the and study history. It was a tough decision, and general.' This was true only to a certain extent. only thing that would have made the situation I mounted the now repaired mower to get home I believe the following report validates the The distance between the man in the foxhole worse than it actually was. Spoiler alert: there and back to the job. You have to go a little faster decision. Thanks to Drew Middleton and The and an Army group commander is astronomical. is no elephant wrangling in this story. Don’t get on the city streets than you do in your yard, so New Times for many of the facts contained in Few soldiers in the tens of thousands under his too excited. I thought I’d start in a higher gear than normal this report and the War Museum for the photos. command ever saw General Bradley. What was which caused to lawn mower to buck like a The grass in my backyard had grown to about more important was that they knew he did not bronco. Who Was the Best United States World waste lives, that any operation would include five feet tall -- so thick that you couldn’t walk War II General? the lavish use of bombers, field guns and tanks through it without a machete. To get anywhere, I did a completely unwitnessed (but totally to save the lives of the infantry. you had to flop on the stuff and steamroll awesome) lawn mower wheelie, nearly flipping yourself a trail. I absolutely had to get it taken the whole rig over on myself. However, as an infantryman himself he had care of. Rain was expected again on Tuesday. great faith in that particular branch of the As I drove home, I fantasized about becoming military. In the winter of 1943-1944, the British Now many of you lawn manicurists may hiss at the Evel Kneivel of lawn mower stunts, booking had developed what were called ''the funny me under your breath, wondering how it could shows in Sears parking lots nationwide. That tanks.'' These were armed and equipped to possibly have gotten so out of hand. My yard dream, however, didn’t even get me to the stop plough up minefields, to take out strong points flooded during the recent torrential downpours, sign at the end of Dad’s block. So I started with flame throwers and to crash through the and it took this long to drain. It drove me flat singing (really loudly because I wanted to hear defenses erected on the beaches. nuts, too. I was risk electrocution and attack myself over the lawnmower) the mess with my electric weed whacker Rolling down the street smoking' Indo General Bradley turned down a British offer to wearing hip waders and rubber dish gloves. The lend the Americans some of the ''funnies'' for his predatory yard sharks circled, snuck up to the Sippin’ on gin and juice landing forces. On D-Day, American progress house and left business cards jammed in my Laid back through the defenses and off the beaches was door. “The yard shark,” noted famed naturalist markedly slower than that of the British forces Marlin Perkins, “is an opportunistic feeder, With my mind on my money which had the assistance of the ''funnies.'' circling large areas of territory in rattling 1987 And my money on my mind Years later, one of his staff officers explained: Toyota pickups, searching for raggedy lawn- I sang this over and over because it's technically ''The general didn't like 'the funnies.' He saw owners to harass.” the only part of the song I know. it as an infantryman's battle. Besides the tanks And then we had ANOTHER mosquito hatch. were British. He thought we should do it on our This time they’re even bigger. They look Also, was alternately pretending that the lawn own.'' like pterodactyls, and thumb their mosquito mower was a low rider and that I was Lawn Mower Evel Kneival. Then, out of nowhere, General Bradley's legacy to the Army he loved proboscises at standard deterrents. I happened cute neighborhood rides-a-bicycle-everywhere General Omar N. Bradley was his conviction that sufficient bombing and upon a mosquito orgy right on the top of my guy passes me on my left... artillery plus tanks could break the Germans or bottle of OFF a couple of weeks ago. So, I Omar N. Bradley was a peculiarly American any enemy. This doctrine is under attack today ordered a bottle of super-industrial-strength- Laughing so hard his whole ten speed shook military hero. History is certain to count General by civilian experts and their allies in the Army military-grade-death-to-mosquitoes lotion from and he nearly fell off Bradley as America's most successful field who believe that in present conditions American Amazon. It was late, so I waited a couple of into a swampy and commander in World War II. The reputations of forces must be more agile with more emphasis extra days for it to arrive, only to find out on probably snake filled other generals, American, British and Russian, on maneuver and less on attrition. Saturday that it had been mistakenly shipped to drainage ditch. I turned have been tarnished by the thousands of histories, Port Aransas, and so evidently had to be sent about fifty shades of Was Bradley biographies and memoirs that have poured from back to Mars (via San Antonio) before it could crimson, but kept on wrong? Not in the the presses since 1945. The release of most of get to my house. It arrived Tuesday. Monday, I going because why not circumstances. the long-secret Ultra material, through which fought bare skinned. at that point. Allied commanders were informed of German He often said that intentions and dispositions, has cast new light the American war Or at least I tried. I made it home and got on some feats of generalship once acclaimed. machine could I drove the riding mower over an ancient cable the lawn mowed without turn out thousands further disaster (unless General Bradley's stature has not diminished. line, causing the blade to lock and the mower to of tanks, bombers die. I had finished exactly two feet of my half- you count getting stuck A rereading of his campaign from Normandy's and field guns and and having to tug the beaches to Germany's Elbe River enforces acre yard. I called the G.P. for advice. The insect repellent that this materiel lotion that was monster out of swamp the contemporary view that it was a military superiority would “So, what do I do Dad,” I asked. “Just jack ‘er mud twice). masterpiece. up and unwind the cable?” shipped to me from win the war. My yard does not look In a war that had its share of synthetic heroes, Mars. The name Yet, on occasion, he could act with great dash. “NO! You’ll drop it on yourself and die. I reminded me of nice. There are great on both sides, General Bradley was genuine. Yet don’t feel like dealing with that. Just drive it He risked a great deal when the American forces Ultron, who I think hilly hummocks of cut the mild, friendly exterior concealed a character over here.” grass everywhere. I crossed the Rhine at Remagen after discovering could handle a few that combined some oddly discordant elements. an undefended bridge there. That night he got am covered in skeeter The mower ran fine as long as you didn’t try skeeters. He was a folksy person, plain as an old shoe, his the elements of four divisions moving across to cut any grass, so I agreed and started on the bites and have scratched aides said; “A man who liked to recall anecdotes the river. three block journey to Dad’s. myself to the point that parts of me resemble fresh hamburger. about his baseball days at West Point and who With General Eisenhower, the general's could chuckle over half-forgotten pranks played Dad had the floor jack ready. We lifted the relations were friendly, but never especially mower and I crawled under to get a gander at However battered, I am triumphant. I fought on young officers joining their first commands.” warm. There were indications at times that the lawn, and I won. But there was a great mental toughness. Once the problem. I had gotten about five feet of he did not share the general adulation of the cable (which was just plastic-sheathed copper committed to a plan of operations, he would Supreme Commander. They were great men let nothing prevent or delay its execution. He wire) tangled around the drive shaft of the blade in their time, and they were not jealous of the – and let me tell you, it was stuck on there good. could be coldly furious with the inefficient, but other. his criticisms were made in private. Only years In our family, we have coined a verb for later would he disclose how he had felt about Dotson’s Other Note: Shortly before President when Dad has to do manly, mighty tasks. The erring commanders. Truman relieved General MacArthur of his infinitive is “to Mighty Thor.” In this situation, command in the Far East, many of us who were it took the G.P. over an hour to Mighty Thor the engaged in the Korean conflict, had heard from wire into submission (and the trash can). He very reliable sources, that General Bradley later noted that he had never seen wire more didn’t admire General Douglas MacArthur, tightly wound around a drive shaft than in my and that he was playing a major role in getting case, including the times he’d had to chisel Truman to dismiss MacArthur. Well, what do barbed wire off farm equipment. you think of my seven choices? Thank you for reading and commenting on Senior Moments. We got it done, though, despite several intense I can be reached at: [email protected] and/ fights about where the damned plier box was. or Land Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell: 530-748- I finally got so frustrated with the G.P. for 8475. yelling at me to find the Lost Plier Treasure of the Garage (which was supposedly in a totally Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table obvious location) that I hollared, “Don’t you Meeting will be Tuesday, October 16, 9-11 AM, even pretend like this place is organized or 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, are General Bradley & General “Lightening invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope Send letters and photos to [email protected] Joe” Collins to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 Trust His mathematician's mind could hold at once AM, Saturdays. The next show will air October all the variables of a battle; the strength of his 13, 2018. Please listen and call in. The listener/ Padre Island and Port Aransas’ Oldest Island Based Pest Control Company. artillery, the type of air support he could expect, text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s your two hours, the fighting quality of each of his divisions let us hear from you. and the strengths and weaknesses of their Hang in there/Have fun! commanders. At the same time, he visualized the disposition and the condition of the German troops opposite. He preferred to let subordinates do the talking. 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When Termite * Ants * Rodent * Critter * Roaches * Spiders * Fleas the first attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead in France failed, he went over the operation step by step, made the changes he considered necessary and returned to the attack. On the morning of the final assault on the St. Lo position, he said with his customary calm, ''We'll make it this time.'' He took great risks, not gladly but because risks are part of war. He knew early in December 1944 that the front between First Army headquarters at Spa in east Belgium and Creating Dreams his headquarters in Luxembourg was thinly held by untried divisions. for Island Homeowners ''It's a risk, a calculated risk,'' he told a since 1987 correspondent who had driven through the area • New Homes “I understand the Island’s from Spa. ''But, it's worth it if General Hodges • Remodels can maintain the pressure up north. You can't • Additions opportunities and challenges. I will be strong everywhere.'' 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Well if you love getting creative in the kitchen with lower priced produce, you’ll want to take advantage of this one. I picked up pints of pearl shaped cherry tomatoes the other day to make a feel good soup for a friend under the weather. Well upon making this soup, I knew these tomatoes did the trick and she soon would feel better. I just had to share how yummy the soup turned out and how fairly easy it is to make. This soup is so good; you can eat it hot pepper if needed. Once both tomato products or cold. ;) have cooled enough to blend, add them both to a blender and blend. Add soup back to a sauce pot Ingredients: . However, use a large sieve to strain soup. This 4 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil removes the tomato skin and pieces of garlic and onion etc. Once you place strained sauce in pot, 3 pints’ ripe cherry tomatoes (any shape) place on low heat, add the parmesan cheese, stir 1 bunch fresh basil (reserve small leaves for until melted, and add the heavy cream. Now garnish) you are ready to serve. Place ladles of soup in a bowl, add additional parmesan cheese, a drizzle 3 cloves garlic cut in half or grated of olive oil and garnish with basil. 2 large roasted whole peppers (store bought works) Tip of the week: 1 Tbsp. Kosher salt If you wish to make this a meal, feel free to make a grilled cheese or grilled piece of 1 Tsp. black pepper chicken or fish to serve along side. This soup Roast in 425 preheated oven Set aside can be eaten the following day and it actually tastes better the day after due to the ingredients 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil marrying together. You can use various types ! large onion peeled sliced of cheese other than parmesan as well. The important thing is to Have Fun! Try New 2 cloves garlic grated or halved Things! Happy Eats… Enjoy! 1 glass bottle Racconto Passata tomato sauce (sauce isle) 1 C chicken or veg stock 1 C fresh grated parmesan cheese 1 C heavy cream 2 Tbsp. raw or pure cane sugar Chili flakes (optional) Adjust soup with salt pepper before serving Garnish with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, a sprig of basil, and or fresh grated parmesan Island Chef’s square off in the inaugural DIRECTIONS: Texas Chef Throwdown series held in Port Aransas last week. Thirty three chefs Preheat oven to 425 degrees and prepare a from around the state competed over baking sheet with foil. Add tomatoes, roasted three nights at nine different Port Aransas red pepper, oil, garlic, fresh basil, salt, pepper restaurants. The Island Moon’s food and cook for about 60 minutes until cherry tomatoes burst. Let cool. In a sauce pan, heat columnist Vita Jarrin and Gail Huesmann oil and add onion & garlic. Sauté until onion both competed in the event with Gail is soft and translucent. Add Racconto passata gaining a golden ticket and advancing to sauce. Bring to a simmer and add salt, pepper, the next round. Congratulations to both pepper flakes and sugar. Stir consistently for Gail and Vita for helping put Port Aransas about 10 min. Cover and let simmer on medium Chef Vita in the forefront of the national food scene. heat for about 30 min. Set aside. Adjust salt and A8 Island Moon October 11, 2018 SPORTS Sports Talk Special to The Island Moon First Trial in NCAA Basketball How to Bite Through a Helmet By Andy Purvis He got his nickname for his Corruption Scandal Special to the Island Moon curly hair as a baby. Fuzzy By Dotson Lewis Both Texas and Creighton released statements The sight of this man breaking the huddle would graduated from Altoona Friday that said internal reviews showed no High School and received a scholarship to play Dotson’s Note: Since last February (2018), the quicken your heartbeat. With their adrenaline evidence to support what Bowen said in court. basketball at Valparaiso University in Indiana. NCAA Basketball scandal has been brewing. flowing, opposing linemen called him “Sir.” Remarkably, Altoona High School did not have There have been many arrests and indictments "Our compliance office conducted a review and They asked about his family, his dog, and how a football program. Fuzzy was such a fine in this mess. As the result, the first trial has did not find any information that substantiates things were going at home. Most of these giants athlete that he was finally persuaded by the finally started. Brian Bowen Sr. was called the recent testimony at the U.S. District Court stood several stories higher than the rest of us, football coach to try out for the football team, to the witness stand on October 5th. He was in the Southern District of New York,'' Texas and they hated the sound of a whistle. Whistles before his junior year of college. In 1954, about 10 minutes into his testimony when he AD Chris Del Conte said in a statement that meant you had most-likely been caught doing Fuzzy led the Crusaders of Valparaiso to the broke down in tears over son Brian “Tugs” did mention any names. "We will monitor the something illegal, and the play was being called Indiana Collegiate Conference title and was Bowen’s failed NCAA career. Brian Bowen II information from the court proceedings and back. Wasted effort ticked these guys off. selected All-American twice. Fuzzy was also is currently playing professionally in Australia. continue to cooperate fully should there be any named All-Conference for the 1954 and 1955 Kajia Whitehouse, Keith J. Kelly, Mark requests from the NCAA." seasons, while being named the Conference’s Schlabach, Jeff Borzello, Paula Lavigne and Creighton said it took the allegations very Top Lineman, in 1955. ESPN contributed to this report. seriously but is "confident that Coach Greg Dad Who Accepted $100K for Son’s McDermott and members of his staff uphold To the pros the highest standards of integrity in recruiting." NCAA Deal Bawls in Court Thurston was drafted in 1956 by the UCSB athletics spokesman Bill Mahoney said Philadelphia Eagles, but he did not make the school officials "were not aware" of statements team. He then joined the Army for a couple of made in court regarding Pasternack prior to years and later tried out and made the Baltimore Thursday, October 4th and that they have not Colts’ team as a backup, in 1958. He would been contacted by federal investigators involved wear #64 for the Colts. That was the year that in the trial. Baltimore beat the New York Giants in sudden death overtime, in what many referred to as Arizona officials have yet to respond to the greatest game ever played. The offensive messages left by ESPN. Oklahoma State said coordinator for the Giants was none other than it would not comment until the inquiry is Vince Lombardi, who liked what he saw in complete. the film of Thurston’s play. In 1959, before Regarding Oregon, which defense attorneys the season began, Lombardi became the head said in opening statements had offered an coach of the Packers and worked a trade with "astronomical amount of money" for Bowen II, the Colts for Thurston. Fuzzy wore #63 for Bowen Sr. said, "I don't recall that." the rest of his career and played for Lombardi Bowen Sr. said he talked to a couple of the Fuzzy Thurston for nine seasons in Green Bay. He was the coaches during his son's recruitment, but not bedrock of the 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966 and 1967 championship teams, which included the about the financial offers, which are a violation They owned faces that looked like they had first two Super Bowls. Bowen Sr. of NCAA rules. blocked a punt, and no one could out-cuss Bowen Sr., a former Saginaw police officer, them. Even Keith Jackson called them “The The NFL locker room before game time is Brian Bowen Sr., who is accused of agreeing Big Uglies.” To be a good offensive lineman, quieter than a Church on Monday morning. to a pay-for-play scheme to receive $100,000 you have to have been born with a football Guys are sitting in front of their lockers looking from Adidas to send his son to the University name. Names like “Chuck” Bednarik, Mike like they have lost their mothers. The defensive of Louisville, broke down during his testimony Munchak, Jim Otto and Art Shell come to mind. guys try to read or remember what they had on October 5, 2018 in a federal criminal trial If Munchak had been named Robby Phillips, he watched on film all week. Offensive linemen involving bribes and other corruption in college would have run track or played in the band. As apply Vaseline on their jerseys; clear for white basketball. an offensive lineman, you learned to live with a jerseys and dark for the colored jerseys. Yes, high jersey number and the screaming sounds it’s illegal but done anyway. The intensity fills Within the first 10 minutes of Bowen's of pain and horror in a pile of human flesh. the room. testimony, assistant U.S. attorney Edward You can’t imagine what grown men will do to Diskant asked him about his son, Brian Bowen each other in the “pit.” It’s not uncommon to Take the game to the enemy II, who is also known affectionately as "Tugs." see linemen come stumbling out of a game like Offensive linemen would rather run block "Is Tugs presently in college?" Diskant asked. drunks being thrown out of a bar. than pass block. They are aggressive by "Uh, no, he's not," Bowen Sr. answered. "Why nature. “Take the game to the enemy” was their isn't he in college?" Diskant asked. He’s holding me! mindset. Paul Hornung once wrote in his book, At that point, Bowen Sr. was overcome with These guys loved nothing more than getting Golden Boy, that Fuzzy, an otherwise excellent emotion and started crying while sitting on Bowen II the back of a defensive lineman’s jersey dirty. pass blocker, had a tough time pass-blocking the witness stand. He cried for a few minutes They understood the power of intimidation. He the behemoth defensive tackle, Roger Brown, and breathed heavily into the microphone who appeared in court after the government led the offensive linemen down the field like of the Detroit Lions. “So Fuzzy invented the until Diskant asked U.S. District Court Judge offered him a non-prosecutorial agreement Sherman marching through Georgia. They Lookout Block,” said Hornung. “In one game, Lewis A. Kaplan for a break. As jurors left the in exchange for his testimony, also detailed wanted to hit you and the words “trap play” and Bart Starr had been sacked about six times. courtroom, Bowen Sr. turned from them and various payments made to him dating to his “sweep” made them smile. The key to being a It got to be a joke,” said Hornung. “So when wiped his face with a tissue. son's high school career. good offensive lineman is that you have to make the next pass play was called, just as Starr was your guy look at you, fight with you and focus getting ready to take the snap from center Jim The government alleges defendants defrauded Bowen Sr. told the jury that he received $2,000 on you and not the ball carrier or quarterback. Ringo, Fuzzy yelled out, ‘Look Out, Bart.’ That certain NCAA Division I schools by causing per month from Shane Heirman for Bowen II to “Their eyes can tell you when a stunt is on. I cracked everybody up,” said Hornung. them to issue financial aid to players who were attend La Lumiere School in LaPorte, Indiana. focus on their jersey number, never their head ineligible because their families had received Heirman was the head coach of La Lumiere or hips. Those areas can be used to fake you Next week: The heart and soul of the illicit payments to sign with Adidas-sponsored at the time, and is now an assistant coach at out. When I make them look at me, eye to eye, Packery teams. DePaul. I’ve got a chance,” said Fuzzy. “That’s when Andy Purvis is a local author and radio As a basketball corruption trial entered its Bowen II began his high school career playing they usually start yelling, ‘He’s holding me.’” personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. second day of testimony, a former financial for Dawkins' Dorian's Pride AAU program, If Fuzzy Thurston could have learned how to com for all the latest info on his books or to adviser told a jury he had worked to provide but moved to the Michigan Mustangs on the bite through a helmet he would have. listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books money to people associated with NBA players Adidas circuit after Adidas program director Frederick Charles “Fuzzy” Thurston was born are available online and can be found in the Kyle Kuzma and Markelle Fultz while they T.J. Gassnola offered Bowen Sr. $25,000 for his in Altoona, Wisconsin, on December 29, 1933. local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be were still in college. son to play for the Mustangs. His father, Charles, was a common laborer who contacted at [email protected]. Also Shortly after Bowen Sr. returned to the stand Gassnola, a youth basketball director from passed away when Fuzzy was two years old. listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q about 20 minutes later, it wasn't long before Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in May to one His mom, Marie, found it tough to raise a family & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com he'd accused a handful of colleges, including felony count of wire fraud conspiracy and of eight by her self so Fuzzy spent some time 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of Arizona, Creighton, Oklahoma State and Texas, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the growing up with an aunt who lived in Florida. the Houston Astros. of offering him tens of thousands of dollars in federal government's investigation. He is cash and other improper benefits for his son to expected to testify at the trial next week. play basketball at those schools. Diskant displayed transaction records showing Send letters and photos to editor@ "Schools would give me money for a top two separate payments totaling $4,000 from player, like my son, to go to school," Bowen Sr. Dawkins to Bowen Sr., as well as a check from islandmoon.com said. Adidas executive Chris Rivers to Bowen Sr. He said Christian Dawkins, one of the three for $2,000. Rivers noted on the check that the defendants in the criminal trial for felony payment was for consulting fees, but Bowen Sr. wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire testified he'd never done consulting work for the fraud, relayed the alleged offers from assistant sneaker company. coaches to him. Dawkins and Bowen grew up Bowen Sr. also testified he received payments together in Saginaw, Michigan, and they've had from Dawkins and Rivers in cash. a long friendship. Bowen II left the Mustangs for the Nike circuit, Adidas executive James Gatto and former choosing to play for the Mean Streets program Adidas consultant Merl Code are also out of Chicago. Mean Streets offered Bowen defendants in the case and, along with Dawkins, Sr. between $5,000 and $8,000 for Bowen II to are accused of conspiring to influence players play for them, Bowen Sr. told the jury, and he to sign with Adidas-sponsored schools Kansas, rejected an $18,000 offer from Spiece, another Louisville, Miami and NC State. Each of the Nike-sponsored AAU program out of Indiana. three men has pleaded not guilty. In the spring of 2017, Louisville was not According to Bowen Sr., Dawkins told him that involved in Bowen II's recruitment and he had Arizona assistant coach Joe Pasternack offered never been to campus. His son favored Arizona, $50,000; Oklahoma State assistant coach Bowen Sr. said, but they were worried about Lamont Evans offered $150,000 cash, $8,000 more experienced players being ahead of him. for a car and additional money to buy a house; Texas assistant coach Mike Morrell offered to "Louisville offered him a scholarship as a "help me with housing"; and Creighton assistant freshman, but they'd been off the radar," Bowen coach Preston Murphy offered $100,000 and a Sr. said. "We hadn't really talked to them." "good job, a lucrative job." Dotson’s Other Note: In last week’s issue of Pasternack is now the head coach at UC Santa The Island Moon I said that I would continue Barbara; Evans is one of three former assistant with my report of the Texas High School coaches who are charged in a separate federal Football Playoffs. But I decided that due to the case and is accused of accepting bribes from fact that many of you Moon Monkeys are college Dawkins and others to influence players to basketball fanatics, I should update you on the sign with certain agents and financial advisers; NCAA Basketball scandal…which many are Morrell is now the head coach at UNC- concerned might affect “March Madness.” In Asheville; Murphy, a Saginaw native, is still next week’s issue of The Moon, I plan to finish employed at Creighton. Texas High School Football Playoff report. -30-Hang In There-Have Fun

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Gill Net north of the Rio Grande. Photo by Capt. Sosa

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Removing gill net. Photo by Capt. Sosa Illegal gill net set. Photo by Capt. Sosa

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Padre Isles Property Owners Assoc. STATE POA News by Marvin Jones, President Full Transparency and Disclosure Home Fire Prevention and Safety Tips By Todd Hunter, District 32 The second component of this two-part plan is Getting the Job Done for Members Every year, house fires claim to check fire alarms every month to make certain Billish Park- Great News! The Playground 209.00593 says, the Board may appoint the lives of over 2,500 people they are working properly in the event of a fire is open, and Jen Seymour has a grand opening a member to fill the empty seat. The and cause around $7 billion and the batteries do not need to be replaced. this Saturday, October 13 from 11:00 AM to appointed member shall serve the remainder in damage. While house fire deaths are dropping When smoke alarms fail to operate correctly, 1:00 PM. Come out to the park and enjoy the of the unexpired term. That means Vicki’s (largely due to fire safety awareness), it’s still it is generally due to missing, disconnected or fun. replacement will serve until her term expires. a number that is far too high for something depleted batteries. It is important to note smoke Approximately two years and five months. so often preventable. Given these startling Billish Park- More Great News!! The alarms should be replaced every 10 years from statistics, I’d like to provide some simple steps Billish Park Art Walk is this Sunday, October Weeds- It is every Property Owner’s the manufacturer’s date listed on the back of the aimed at reducing deaths and injuries resulting 14. Come out and support our local artists contractual obligation to abide by the PIPOA alarm. According to the National Fire Protection from home fires. and enjoy the park. covenants. There is a provision in the Association, three out of five home fire deaths covenants that require owners to mow empty First I’d like to outline a simple Two-Step occur in homes where there is no smoke alarm It is wonderful that all can enjoy our lots. plan to help families escape a home fire in less or no working smoke alarm, which is why this revitalized park!! Please come and see for than two minutes. The first step of the plan is second step is so important. yourself. We had two significant rain events this to develop and practice a Home Fire Escape summer/fall that has caused weeds to In addition to following this two-step plan Newsletter- The latest edition of your Plan with your family. The following steps grow like crazy. Nonetheless, owners are for fire safety, I would encourage you to take PIPOA News Letter is at the printer. It should are recommended in creating your Home Fire contractually obligated to mow empty lots. the time to read more information about the be on its way to you, next week. Escape Plan: Owners, mow your lots!! different ways you can protect your home from Elections- Do you want to be a PIPOA Board • Develop two different exit strategies for a fire. This includes keeping flammable objects Executive Director, Jim Smock and I, are Member? There are two Board seats up for each room of the home. a safe distance from items that get hot, such organizing a call the lot owner night in an election. To be a candidate, you must be a as heaters and stoves, never leaving a candle attempt to get the hardcore, no mow, lot • Identify a designated meeting spot for property owner in the PIPOA. The deadline unattended, and learning about safe cooking owners to mow their property. once you get outside. to register is November 15, 2018. You must methods. To read more about the different ways submit a written notice to the PIPOA and Executive Director- Jim Smock has settled • Ensure children know what a fire alarm you can protect your home and family from provide a short bio or resume to the PIPOA into the position. He has completed just sounds like and what actions should be fires, please visit The National Fire Protection office. You can email it to [email protected] or over one month on the job. He will be at the taken in the event an alarm goes off. Association’s website here: http://www.nfpa. org . drop it off at the PIPOA office. playground opening, and the Art Walk this • Establish a family emergency weekend. Come by and say Hello! Vicki Marsden, Board Member- Vicki has communications plan and ensure that all If you would like to review more about the announced that she will be selling her property Board Meeting- The next PIPOA Board household members know who to contact legislature, please visit the Texas Legislature in the PIPOA. Thus, about October 31, 2018, Meeting will be October 23, 2018, at 5:30 PM if they cannot find one another. online at www.capitol.texas.gov. If you have questions regarding any of the information she will be resigning from the Board. We will in the Island Presbyterian Church. • Practice escaping from your home at least all miss her Aussie sense of humor. mentioned in this week’s article, please do not As always, let me have your thoughts. You twice a year. Press the smoke alarm test hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. State Law is clear on the method to fill her can reach me at [email protected] button or yell “Fire“ to alert everyone that As always, my offices are available at any time empty seat. Texas Property Code section they must get out. to assist with questions, concerns or comments • Make sure everyone knows how to dial (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office; 9-1-1 for emergency help. 361-949-4603). A Reminder from City Building • Teach household members how to ‘Stop, - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 Drop, and Roll’ in the event their clothes Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). the POA Compliance Permits catch on fire. He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. • Because smoke rises, remind household texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. members to stay low when escaping a Committee Week of smoke-filled room. 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Texas’ governing body for real estate agents long wait times and unresponsiveness dated to Moving to Texas has focused more on saving money for a 2009, when over 50 percent of those queried Alan Rickertsen, Chairperson new building than on serving consumers and complained of long wait times. licensees, according to a performance audit by Net Domestic The agency’s executive director, Douglas the state’s Sunset Commission. The Real Estate Oldmixon, said the real estate commission IRS Issues Guidance Commission and Appraiser Board licenses real Migration 2010-2016 would likely agree with some of the findings estate agents, continuing education providers Where are Americans moving to and where are of the Sunset Commission and disagree with and home inspectors. It is also supposed to be on Tax Cuts and they leaving. Here are the numbers from 2010- others. For example, Oldmixon denied that the a place for consumers to get answers on real 2016. agency socked away funds for a new building at estate issues. Jobs Act Changes on the expense of customer services. Top Five States for in Migration “Average call wait times exceeded 18 minutes, “We have increased funds for people and and at one point, 68 percent of callers were State Net Domestic Migration Gain technology,” he said. “No one was ever shorted Business Expense giving up and abandoning their calls,” the newly for a building. That money was excess funds.” Texas 866,933 released report on the Sunset Commission’s Deductions Florida 866,484 probe says. Hold times ranged from 45 minutes The Sunset report will be discussed by real to an hour and email queries went unanswered. estate agency commissioners at an Oct. 12 Colorado 243,671 meeting. A written response to the Sunset The Sunset Commission, an advisory body that The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance North Carolina 242,283 findings is scheduled to be completed by Oct.16. this week on the business expense deduction for assesses state agencies’ performance, suggests meals and entertainment following law changes Arizona 223,380 in a recent report that the state’s Real Estate The Texas Association of Realtors declined to in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Commission and Appraiser Board be continued comment. The agency has also been hit with States where they are leaving for six years rather than the standard 12 so that technology problems that took down its license The 2017 TCJA eliminated the deduction for State Net Domestic Migration Loss state lawmakers can take a closer look at its search portal in April, May, July and August. any expenses related to activities generally operations. The agency promoted a Facebook Live event considered entertainment, amusement or Michigan -215,872 in July to answer questions from the public In addition to stockpiling money that might be recreation. Taxpayers may continue to deduct New Jersey -336,359 about unanswered emails and long hold time. better spent on improving overall operations, 50 percent of the cost of business meals if The event was cancelled, and the promise of a California -383,344 the Sunset Commission’s auditors found, the taxpayer (or an employee of the taxpayer) reschedule is thus far unfulfilled. is present and the food or beverages are not Illinois -540,166 the real estate board had allowed customer considered lavish or extravagant. The meals service problems to reach “crisis proportions” Texas has led the country in real estate starts may be provided to a current or potential New York -846,669 by the start of 2018 as the state’s real estate both residential and commercial for the past business customer, client, consultant or similar Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “Cumulative sector boomed. The report also found that the decade, as the state’s population continued to business contact. Estimates of the Components of Resident Real Estate Commission has failed to protect swell. The number of real estate licenses in Texas consumers by not prioritizing complaints based jumped 25 percent between 2013 and 2017, to Food and beverages that are provided during Population Change for the United States, on risk, and lacks a methodical process to 183,000. The new report, while recommending entertainment events will not be considered Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016” handle complaints. that the agency be allowed to continue self- entertainment if purchased separately from the governance for six years with extra metrics to That finding is similar to the last Sunset report event. make performance review easier, also re-opens on the board in 2006, which also noted the Prior to 2018, a business could deduct up to the question of whether the real estate board and agency’s lack of focus on consumer complaints. 50 percent of entertainment expenses directly its funding should be subjected to closer state The Sunset report noted that complaints of related to the active conduct of a trade or oversight. business or, if incurred immediately before or after a bona fide business discussion, associated Why Purchase From Gary Lunt, Inc.? t 13 years of proven quality and service Texas Drilling Permits and Completions with the active conduct of a trade or business. t Over 4,000 lights sold and working toDay The Department of the Treasury and the t The only know system on the Gulf Cost which has actually passed the Statistics for September 2018 IRS expect to publish proposed regulations Building Inspector’s test using the two other completions compared to 318 oil, 101 clarifying when business meal expenses are national electric code requirements The Railroad Commission of Texas gas, 40 injection and four other completions deductible and what constitutes entertainment. u.s. 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Enjoy the scenic island’s oldest and friendliest bar. Free food route through one of America’s top-rated (while it lasts), beverages and live music. beach towns. Wear your favorite Halloween Oct. 15 – 34th Annual Songwriters’ costume—medals will be awarded for Showcase Hear local and statewide musical overall winners and best costumes. The fun talent at the historic Tarpon Inn. https:// continues into the afternoon and evening portaransasartcenter.org/songwriters- with the Port A Brew ‘N Que. showcase/ Oct. 27 – The Port A Brew N’ Que Oct. 20 – Old Town Fest Celebrate Port Port A’s first annual BBQ competition and The Skip the Plastic project of the of the Surfrider Foundation - Texas Coastal Bend Aransas’ rich history, heritage and culture. beer festival. Sample great local Texas beers Tour the 8 Wonders of Port Aransas, while enjoying mouth-watering barbeque. Chapter recognizes community members and businesses that set a positive example by enjoy live music, food and beverages, Fun for all ages and appetites. making the shift to reusable shopping bags or other alternatives to single-use plastic and a parade through Old Town. https:// bags. Our October Bag Hero is Adriana Leiva, Natural Resources Specialist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, beach lover and tireless volunteer for the Surfrider How Should You Respond to Record- Foundation. For Adriana, the desire to live, work and play in a clean and vibrant community exists on both the professional and personal levels. Breaking Bull Market? She has seen the impacts that single-use plastic bags can have on natural resources The investment world recently observed a results to those of a single market index, you and understands that if everyone takes individual actions to lessen their footprint, the milestone: the longest bull market in history. should measure your progress by your own outcome is multiplied to make a positive impact. But what does this mean to you, as an individual “yardstick,” based on a variety of factors, “Bringing your own bag is one of the easiest ways to transition into a more investor? including your portfolio’s performance but also sustainable lifestyle. It’s a habit that can be tough to remember at first, but taking into account your age, retirement goals, by being persistent, people can collectively make big changes. I enjoy For one thing, it suggests that patience and risk tolerance and family situation. A financial perserverence can pay off. From October 2007 being a part of the solution!” professional can help you create a personalized to March 2009 – just 17 months – the S&P 500 For more information visit http://skiptheplastic.surfrider.org or call 361-765-4445. measurement tool. stock market index fell more than 56 percent. That’s a big drop, of course, but what if you Do I need to rebalance? Over time, your had told yourself that “enough is enough” and investment portfolio can become over- PAPHA Annual Membership Meeting you decided to sell ? Consider this: The S&P concentrated in some areas. For example, you The Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Board Members up for renewal 500 has now risen about 320 percent since its might have wanted a certain percentage of your Association (PAPHA) will hold a brief Annual • Bill Behrens low point on March 9, 2009. So, if you had portfolio to be held in stocks, but during a long Membership Meeting on Saturday evening, stayed invested during these last 9-1/2 years, bull market, the value of U.S. stocks may have October 20 2018, during the Barn Dance at • Scott Cross your portfolio might have achieved impressive risen so much that they now take up more space Farley Boat Works (716 W Ave C in Port • David Gillette results. than you had intended, possibly subjecting you Aransas). to a higher level of risk. Consequently, you may • Mark Grosse How long will this bull market last? No one The Barn Dance begins at 6:30 p.m. In between need to “rebalance” your portfolio by adjusting can say for sure, and it’s usually something music sets PAPHA members will be asked to • Greg Smith your investment mix. we don’t anticipate that ends a bull market. approve new and renewing Board Members Officers up for reappointment (In fact, there’s no one agreed-upon definition Am I maintaining a long-term perspective? as well as reappointment of Officers. Board of a “bull market,” although many financial The 9 -1/2 years (and counting) run of the Members serve 3-year terms. • President – Greg Smith experts define it as a period of rising stock bull market should remind you that successful Newly nominated Board Members • Vice President – Mark Grosse prices without a drop of at least 20 percent.) investing is not a “get-rich-quick” endeavor, but Right now, the investment environment still rather a gradual process requiring you to focus • Kelly Blanchette • Secretary – Bill Behrens looks pretty good: U.S. economic growth is on the long term. Even during this lengthy • Shannon Solimine • Treasurer – David Gillette strong, corporate earnings are healthy and run-up, we’ve seen “corrections”– short-term consumers are spending. As always, though, declines of 10 percent or more. But if you can • Marsha Starkey potential concerns lurk, including the effects of stick with your long-term investment strategies, a looming trade war with China. you will be less tempted to over-react to the inevitable bumps along the road. Regardless of the prospects for this bull market, here are some questions to ask yourself: The record bull market makes for some interesting headlines for a few days – but in the Am I still on track toward meeting my goals? long run, it’s what you do, year in and year out, Your investments’ performance may not match that will help you write your own story. that of the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average – and that’s not a problem. 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For many people, when they suggests planting trees, shrubs, perennials and hear the word “pollinators,” annuals that will bloom at various times of the the first thing that usually year to provide pollinators year-round feeding comes to mind are bees. opportunities. They also support choosing plants Bees, however, are only one that are considered native to your growing area. of the many insects that make up this category, Here is a small sample of some of the flowering which also happens to include animals. plants that grow well in a typical N. Padre Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds and bats, and Island landscape: even beetles, wasps and flies make up Texas’ list of pollinator species. No matter their name Trees: or classification though, all are considered to Citrus (Citrus spp.): lots of varieties to choose be important for a number of reasons, and a from, require full sun to part-shade, need variety of them can be found right outside your protection from wind and salt-exposure doorstep. Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa): native, Recognizing the significance of pollinators drought-tolerant once established, prefer full in our state, the Texas Parks and Wildlife sun (thornless non-native variety, known as Department (TPWD) has designed an event Chilean Mesquite, is available) known as the Texas Pollinator BioBlitz. This year’s event, which runs from Oct. 5 – Shrubs: Oct. 21, is like others in the past, in that it is designed to highlight Texas’ pollinators by encouraging people to get outside and observe them. Everyday Texans of all ages share their photos and videos of pollinators via Instagram, Facebook, or iNaturalist, while hopefully Christine Welker competed in the Stein holding contest at Executive Surf Club during learning to appreciate them more in the process. Surftoberfest. Photo by Debbie Noble You may be wondering though, why all the fuss? What’s All the Buzz About? 2018 Seafair Cooking up 225 If you’re a fan of a morning cup of joe or if fruits, vegetables or nuts, are a part of your diet, you should be a big fan of these small creatures. Texas sage Gallons of Gumbo According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), pollinators are responsible Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens): native 44th Annual Rockport-Fulton Seafair for ensuring that nearly three-quarters of the woody species, drought-tolerant, plant in full world’s food crops are successful, all by merely sun, needs well-drained soil visiting one flower after another. October 11 - 14 Esperanza (Tecoma stans): native heat-loving Hence, the alarm that’s been sounded across plant, plant in full sun, likes well-drained soil The 44th Annual Rockport-Fulton Seafair be ready in Gumbo Alley. That is the largest the land in recent years, as scientists have been happens October 11-14, 2018 over 4-days, the portion ever made for this festival! There is also noticing a sharp decline in the populations of Perennials / Annuals: (some of these plants are family-oriented event has become a favorite for a Gumbo Competition on Saturday. Feel free to many species. For instance, consider native bees considered annuals in northern climates) all of South Texas. taste the competition gumbo as well. in the United States. The Center for Biological Lantana (Lantana spp.): lots of varieties (some New this year will be a Tejano night featuring The Car Show and Boat Show goes on all Diversity published a study in 2017 entitled, native), heat and drought tolerant, plant in full- Elida Reyna Y Avante. On Friday, it will be weekend, and the Seafair Train trails around the “Pollinators in Peril,” which focused on them. sun Country Music with Ray Benson and Asleep festival grounds on Saturday near the Children’s Their study found that over 700 species of at the Wheel! The Spazmatics take audiences Tent area. native bees in North America are in decline, which could impact the over “$3 billion dollars back to the 80’s on Saturday night. Local bands Bring your favorite dessert or salsa for a quick will be showcased all weekend. in fruit-pollination services” that they provide contest at the Big Tent stage around 1 p.m. our country each year. It’s a banner year for the Arts and Crafts and on Sunday. Contestants will need to arrive by Seafair Market Vendors as the Committee 12:30 p.m. The big acts for live entertainment Although on a smaller scale, pollinators’ added an additional tent which sold out a couple are after 8:30 p.m. each evening. influence extends to your backyard, as well. These visitors can keep your plants blooming of weeks ago. Seafair will be showcasing more All new this year is Sunday as the official than 120 vendors! beautifully and can help in the production of “Aransas County Appreciation Day” when fruit and seeds. They can also be a lot of fun New this year is a Kayak Race Competition adults get in for only $5 and Aransas County to watch and can add to the enjoyment of your in Little Bay right after the parade through students get in free. The live music will be island landscape. Something else to keep in downtown Rockport. Just stop by the water regional bands. mind is that since many pollinators are also activities area, complete an application and hop The 44th annual event is commemorated by migratory, how we handle them on the island in your kayak or a kayak provided for you. Race T-Shirts creatively designed by Sue Bonnar for can have an impact in areas that are sometimes away to the finish line and stand by for the prize the adults and Kelsey Nguyen for the youth. thousands of miles away. Lantana announcements that afternoon. While you wait, Both have symbolism in the design as we watch the crazy cardboard boat races and the continue to heal after Hurricane Harvey. hilarious Crab Races on a wooden race track! Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii): a pollinator For a full schedule of events and more visit favorite, comes in a variety of colors, drought- Gumbo is also on the schedule as 225 gallons rockportseafair.com. of it which serves 7,200 cups of gumbo will tolerant, plant in full sun, prefers well-drained soil Other recommendations from the USFWS for keeping your pollinators happy include using compost instead of commercial fertilizers and reducing the use of pesticides. Following one or more of these suggestions will make sure that pollinators will continue to frequent your island yard and keep it looking beautiful season after Honey mesquite tree season. To Learn More Attracting Pollinators If you’re interested in learning more about If you’re looking to entice pollinators to your Texas pollinators or TPWD’s BioBlitz, please island landscape, there are some easy steps that visit https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/bioblitz. you can take. 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 October 11, 2018 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour y los Familia is at Brewster Street and [email protected] the Parrot Heads have Austin Music Icon French Smith dead a big two day party at 71 planned. On the 13th Shorty’s will host their October 16, 1947 – September 24, 2018 34th Pig Party with Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang, Selfie, Carol Elliott will and Magnus. The perform at the 34th popular yearly ART Annual Songwriters ABOUT will also be going on Saturday from Showcase this 1 pm – 6 pm. Pick up Monday at the the list of participants Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang will Larry Joe Taylor and Joe Forlini played historic Tarpon Inn. for the self guided tour play Shorty’s Pig Party on Saturday. the Back Porch on Saturday. at the Port Aransas Art Center. Also on the 13th, Treasure Island the courtyard of the newly renovated Tarpon is having a “Night on the Town” with an adult Inn. The showcase is a fundraiser for the Port Prom Dinner at Castaways. Monday, the 15th, Aransas Art Center. Twelve local songwriters is the 34th annual Songwriters Showcase in will perform, including: Bill Averbach (6:00- 6:15); Elvin “Preecher” Williams & Ray Austin music icon, French Smith Summy (6:20- 6:35); James Derkits (6:40- dead at 71. 6:55); Carol Elliott (7:00- 7:15); Hamp Brockman & Janet Drew (7:20- 7:35); Guy Le Roux (7:40- 7:55); Ty Dietz (8:00- 8:15); French Nestor Smith III was born in Austin, Garrett Wieland & David King (8:20- 8:35); Texas, October 16, 1947, to French Nestor Jered Clark (8:40- 8:55); Woodie Lawson Smith Jr. and Katherine Prude Smith. He was Scarecrow People played the Back Porch (9:00- 9:15); Billy Snipes (9:20- 9:35) and a graduate of Corpus Christi Ray High School on Friday. Mike Williams (9:40- 9:55) No outside food and The University of Texas at Austin. At UT, or drinks will be allowed inside, but they’ll he served as Social Chair of Sigma Phi Epsilon have food and beverages for sale. On the 20th fraternity where he began his long relationship we hit the ground running… there’s the Old with music and events. By the end of his career, Town Festival and Parade, Shorty’s Art Fair, French had established himself as one of Dog Surfing Contest, Texas Jazz Festival and on Austin’s premier concert & festival promoters. the 20th Todd Dorn and Houston Marchman Some of his career accomplishments include will be in town . Later in the month keep an eye opening Renaissance, a restaurant and live peeled the Bad Buoys, The Harvest Moon music venue, and The Sandwich Shop on Regatta, Jerry Diaz and Hanna’s Reef, 6th Street. He also owned several Discovery Rand Rogers, Turnpike Troubadour and The Records stores in San Marcos and Austin. Myndfields Chili Horns. That ought to keep Over the course of his career spanning the 70s you busy for a while. Be safe out there. Red Giant played Shorty’s on Friday. through the early 2000s, French brought an ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ enormous amount of world class acts to various sure fire recipe for Torch singer Mike WIlliams plays clubs on 6th Street, the old Austin Coliseum, skeeters which are in Giggity’s every Sunday for brunch 11-3 Palmer Auditorium, Southpark Meadows, the billions around and will play the Songwriter Showcase on Auditorium Shores, and Zilker Park. Among here lately. I’m ready Monday. the most notable artists French brought to for Winter. It’s my Austin were U-2, The Police, The Pretenders, favorite time on the The B-52’s, Patti Smith, Stevie Ray Vaughan, island…. Well, that Joe Walsh, Fleetwood Mac, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the 15 minutes of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Stone Spring we get. I caught Temple Pilots, The Black Crowes, Huey Samantha Aikins so many good shows Lewis and the News, Don McLean and Willie played Treasure Live Music this weekend. I really Nelson. Island on Saturday. enjoyed Samantha Port A Surf Classic w/ Festivals are as much a part of Austin’s Aikin over at Treasure Dog Surfing Contest @ identity as live music and that is partially thanks Island. I had seen her in Corpus once and at Beachtoberfest Tonight 58th Texas Jazz Fest @ to French. He produced the Last Chance Arts SandFest one year. Also Larry Joe Taylor Heritage Park played the Back Porch as well as Scarecrow Thursday, October 11 & Crafts Festival and The Old Pecan Street Old Town Fest @ Port People. One artist I’d like to mention, Mike Free Beer Band (7-10) @ Festival for 29 years. He was the man behind Aransas Williams, plays the brunch show (11-3) every Giggity’s some of Austin’s biggest events such as the Todd Dorn and the Sea Billy Snipes @ Treasure Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Riverfest, X-Games, Sunday at Giggity’s, accompanying himself on Drifters @ Giggity’s Island July 4th Freedom Fest, Rites of Spring, KLBJ guitar AND he plays a pretty mean Trombone Houston Marchman @ Falco & the Wolfe @ too. He’s the master of 30’s, 40’s and 50’s Back Porch Shore Thang, Louisiana Swamp Romp, Texas Rockit’s torch songs but he also has written some great RICH LOCKHART OCT. 12 Bad Buoys @ Shorty’s Music and Heritage Festival and The Victorian Resinated @ House of th Metal Shop @ Brewster Christmas on 6 Street. originals like “I Used To Live On Lovers Lane Rock CRUISE CONTROL OCT. 13 But Now I’m On Cut Off Road.” He’ll be the BACK PORCH PICKERS OCT. 19 Street French served as Chairman of the Austin Music Splendiferous @ Rockit’s final performer at the Songwriters Showcase Friday, October 12 HOUSTON MARCHMAN OCT. 20 Commission for many years during which time this coming Monday night (more on showcase Cody Joe Hodges @ JERRY DIAZ & HANNA’S REEF OCT. 26 Sunday, October 21 he was responsible for the installation of the later), so be sure to stick around for that. Sunset Sounds 58th Texas Jazz Fest @ Stevie Ray Vaughan statue that still stands Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s MYNDFIELDS OCT. 27 Heritage Park on the banks of Lady Bird Lake today. French DO NOT MISS LIST Shayna Sands @ Shorty’s Mike Williams (brunch), was also instrumental in the formal naming Richard Lockhart @ Back 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Antone & the All Stars @ Rockport Fulton Seafair… Porch of Austin as “The Live Music Capital of the Giggity’s Little Joe y los Familia @ World.” The 44th Annual Rockport-Fulton Seafair Beartooth @ Brewster Brewster Street happens October 11-14, 2018 over 4-days. This Street French was a true entrepreneur, a risk taker Cuberalls @ Rockit’s and a dreamer. He loved his family, the beach, family-oriented event has become a favorite for Parrot Heads Wings Over Monday, October 22 all of South Texas. New this year will be a Tejano Port A @ Beachtoberfest music and was an avid fisherman who loved Open Jam w/ Ray Summy night featuring Elida Reyna Y Avante. On stalking redfish in the shallow waters of the @ Giggity’s Texas coast. He would take the time to teach Friday there will be an extra special appearance Saturday, October 13 of the amazing Ray Benson and Asleep at the Port A Art Walk @ Shayna Sands Oct. 12 anyone who was willing to learn to fish and Tuesday, October 23 Beachtoberfest he enjoyed collecting antique lures. He spent Wheel. The ever-popular Spazmatics will take 35TH ANNUAL Paul Taylor and Victoria Lyrical Bynge @ Giggity’s entire summers fishing with his son, “Quad,” audiences back to the 80’s on Saturday night. PIG PARTY! Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Throughout the weekend, local bands will also Adult Prom Party + Red in his favorite place—Port Aransas. His events Tide @ Treasure Island O C T. 1 3 be showcasing their talents. Wednesday, October 24 and concerts brought joy and lasting memories Cruise Control @ Back Matt Hole & Hot Rod Gang, Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s to millions. He will be missed. Around the island… Porch Selfie w/JW George, Magnus 35th Pig Party w/ Matt ALL DAY ALL NIGHT! Thursday, October 25 Scattered shots… There is much to look forward to on our little Hole, Selfie, Magnus @ OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Harvest Moon Regatta @ sand bar. There’s another Sunset Sounds on the Shorty’s I don’t think October got the memo that it’s Beachtoberfest th th Sing Along Piano Bar @ now Fall and we want cooler weather, and 12 with Joe Hodges. Also on the 12 Shayna Free Beer Band (7-10) @ Brewster Street Sands plays Shorty’s, Tejano great Little Joe Giggity’s maybe a little less rain would be nice. It’s a After Dark Revue @ Flatbroke @ Rockit’s House of Rock The Toasters @ House of Parrot Heads Wings Over Rock GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Port A @ Beachtoberfest Friday, October 26 Sunday, October 14 Harvest Moon Regatta @ Mike Williams (brunch), LIVE MUSIC Beachtoberfest LIVE MUSIC Antone & the All Stars @ Free Beer Band Oct. 11 The Groove @ Giggity’s Giggity’s EVERY Mike O’Neill Oct. 12 Jerry Diaz & Hanna’s Reef @ Back Porch NIGHT Lyrical Bynge Oct. 13 Monday, October 15 34th Songwriter Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s Antone & All Stars Oct. 14 Showcase @ Jonathan Davis @ Brewster All You Can Eat Open Jam Oct. 15 Street Tarpon Inn Open Jam w/ Ray Summy FRIED Paul & Victoria Oct. 16 Saturday, October 27 @ Giggity’s Expert Computer Repairs FLOUNDER Magnus Oct. 17 Harvest Moon Regatta @ Beachtoberfest Everyday 11-7 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Tuesday, October 16 Beach Pumpkin Hustle 5K Paul Taylor and Victoria @ Beachtoberfest Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Port A Brew n Que Harvest Moon Regatta @ Wednesday, October 17 Treasure Island Beachtoberfest Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s Myndfields @ Back Porch Michael Milligan and Thursday, October 18 BILLY SNIPES ON THURS Texiana Bluez @ Giggity’s Free Beer Band (7-10) @ RED TIDE ON SAT Chanklas @ Shorty’s Giggity’s Randy Rogers, Turnpike Falco & the Wolf @ ADULT PROM THIS SAT WITH Troubadours @ Concrete Rockit’s Street Authority Zero @ House DINNER AT CASTAWAYS Cruise Control @ Rockit’s of Rock 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 treasureislandporta Sunday, October 28 Friday, October 19 Harvest Moon Regatta @ 58th Texas Jazz Fest @ Beachtoberfest Heritage Park Mike Williams (brunch), Chanklas @ Giggity’s Antone & the All Stars @ Billy Snipes Band @ Giggity’s Shorty’s Back Porch Pickers @ Monday, October 29 Back Porch Open Jam w/ Ray Summy The Toadies @ Brewster @ Giggity’s Street Another Level @ Rockit’s Tuesday, October 30

Paul Taylor and Victoria Saturday, October 20 Majors (7-10) @ Giggity’s Old Town Fest @ Beachtoberfest Shorty’s Art Fair @ Shorty’s The Gaff Pizza Beer Darts Belt sander Races