Issue 820 the 27° 37' 0.5952'' N | 97° 13' 21.4068'' W Photo Bylaurie Lyng Island Free

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Year in Pictures A2 2019 Projects A4 Fishing A11 Collared Bollards A14 People of the Year A15 Issue 820 The 27° 37' 0.5952'' N | 97° 13' 21.4068'' W Photo byLaurie Lyng Island Free

The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 January 2, 2020 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE 2019 The Year That Was Around Islander of the Year 2019 Projects The Island Park Road 22 Water By Dale Rankin Ernie Buttler Exchange Bridge The Chinese calendar lists 2020 as the Year of the Metal Rat. That Gets Final Approval sounds bad but it comes on the heels By Dale Rankin of the Year of the Earth Pig and right After forty years of owning and before the Year of the Metal Ox. operating commercial fisherman The good news is that the Chinese turned restaurateur Ernie Buttler sold Horoscope lists 2020 as the year of Snoopy’s Pier in 2019. new opportunities for finding true love and earning more money. It does “I’ve been doing this since I was not specify if the two are related. twenty-six,” Ernie said, “It’s time to hand it off to somebody else.” In many ways 2019 will go down in Island history as the Year of the The change of hands ended the Pregnant Pause. A lot of things forty-year run which began when moved forward this year but much of Corliss and Ernie Buttler bought the the progress was in the background. place in 1979, opening its doors in For instance the Park Road 22 Water 1980. Ernie said the area under the Exchange Bridge is still not under John F. Kennedy Bridge was then The biggest step forward for any construction but some heavy lifting a shantytown and the building that Island project in 2019 was final on the project was done in 2019 eventually became Snoopy’s Pier had approval of funding for the long- toward making it happen such as full been a bait stand and fishing pier since awaited Park Road 22 Water funding and the underlying private/ opening in 1959. The pier closed in Exchange Bridge and approval of a public agreements that must be in 1972 and Westinghouse bought the Developer Agreement between the place before construction begins. building turning it into a clubhouse city, Padre Island Holdings, LLC, As 2019 winds down funding is in and sales office for prospective and Diamond Beach Holdings, place and the construction contract buyers of Island real estate. When owners of the 70 acres of land that is set to be awarded in January with Westinghouse sold its Island holdings abuts the bridge site on the west side construction to begin by the end of the building sat vacant until the “When we took it over there was an built the actual pier himself, and the of the roadway that paved the way 2020. Crews are scheduled to begin Buttlers bought it in 1979. old sign that was fifty-eight feet long building, and the parking lot, and the for construction to begin on the canal leading to the bridge on the west side. construction on the canal leading to it “We had to get help and clean out with letters eight-feet high that said marina, and Marker 37, and the street by the end of January 2020. the shacks down there,” Ernie said ‘Snoopy’s,’ and so we thought why leading to both. Approval of the funding and the this week. “The place was a knife and build a new sign when we already had For all that Ernie had done for our agreement lead to announcement Progress on the bridge has allowed one,” Ernie said. “We just added Pier for completion of platting in the gun club.” Island over the past forty years we by Axys officials that work is now later on.” scheduled to begin on the canal in land around Lake Padre which was Snoopy’s is Padre Island's most are happy to name him (and Corliss early 2020. approved in 2019. The project is now iconic and longest-running business. Over the years Ernie added much who is camera shy) our Islander of in the hands of the private developers more than “Pier” to the name. He also the Year for 2019. who have recently leased an office on Lake Padre Padre Island. After years of silence there is reason to be optimistic. Development Construction of much-needed Island Islander of the Year Runners Up retail space is already underway. Platting Approved Rental costs for retail have been Lori and Moshin Rasheed Dotson Lewis In late 2019 the Corpus Christi above two-dollars per square foot Planning Commission approved per month for years and new space at year’s end construction is Our own Dotson platting for $500 million in is needed. After several years of well underway. Lewis had a development around Lake Padre. stagnation work has begun on the The final hurdle at city hall was banner year Approval of development plans new retail center adjacent to the a reimbursement agreement during his ninety- for 86 acres of undeveloped land traffic light at SPID and Aquarius as with the city to repay their first trip around surrounding Lake Padre on the east crews are at work on the Starbucks company, Yasin Investment the sun. side of SPID clears the way for the which has been permitted there. LLC, $899,786 from a city Dotson writes building of a marina on the north Construction of new Island homes trust to for construction of a weekly for the end of the property, just north of the continues and the 2020 census 1595-foot 24-inch sewer line to Island Moon canal leading to the bridge, and an will give us firm numbers on the site just north of Seashore and hosts the Veterans Round Table apartment complex just south of the our population which will be up Middle Academy. on radio each Saturday and in 2019 bridge site. The platting does not considerably from the 9000 listed in include residential tracks along the Aside from the Balli Shopping was one of the honorees at the the 2010 count which at the time was After four years of work Islanders north side of Lake Padre near State Center the Rasheeds are also Ready or Not Foundation's annual about 4 percent of city’s total. Our Lori and Moshin Rasheed were able Highway 361. breathing life into the old Country Best Dressed Luncheon held in the total taxable value on The Island is to start work on an IGA grocery store Store building on SPID which has packed Ortiz Center. He received Design work on the project had been now around $2.5 billion which makes on Padre Island. been vacant for a decade and are in a golden tie, which we hope to see on hold pending approval of funding us about 10 percent of the total across The 18,000 square-foot store will the process of building a new retail him sporting at future Island events. for the Park Road 22 Water Exchange the city. be the centerpiece of Balli Shopping center. Dotson is also on the City of Corpus Bridge which was approved in Center which will include 35,000 Christi Park and Recreation Board December 2019. See the plan on A4. Crime stats square feet of retail space and a For all they have done for Padre and an Ex-Officio member of the We are working with the Island restaurant site along the SPID Island they are our runners up for Island Strategic Action Committee. Strategic Action Committee to get frontage. The center will include a Islanders of the Year 2019. Packery Repairs accurate crime statistics for Padre Hard Knocks Sports Bar & Grill and Island which when combined with Awaiting $15 the new population numbers will give us a crime-per-capita benchmark Million from FEMA to determine if a more robust police A little Island history Repairs to the Packery Channel presence is justified. An incomplete Jetties are still a work in progress two list put together by digging through years after damage from Hurricane our files for 2019 finds 127 Assaults, Snoopy’s From the Beginning Harvey. 11 Sexual Assaults, 28 Breaking and negative comments muted....and to Entering (which seems too low a By Tasha Buttler (Lyssy) the souls out there who gave heartfelt number), 78 various other Property This may never be read but if it words....we place our heads down on Crimes, 197 General Thefts, 64 is....take in this story. the final door closed and thank you in Thefts from vehicle (again too low our hearts. As I write this....tears are a number) 10 Thefts of vehicles, and I am the daughter of Ernie and falling....but this is a story you need 123 incidents listed as Other Theft. Corliss Buttler. My parents have to hear. We are working through the process had the opportunity to have of getting full numbers from CCPD. Snoopy’s Pier sell to a man who In the beginning will continue the restaurant the My parents were young and eager JFK Bridge area exact same way as it is now. I was selling hamburgers, snacks, and hesitant on reading the stories on Photo by Jacob Augs 2019 saw big changes in the area at fries off a pier attached to Snoopy’s the sell and the words people have the base of the JFK Bridge with the Pier that once was just a bar that said since the sell....but after years major expansion at Marker 37 and the people coming off the beach or out of staying off social media for the The Corpus Christi City Council sale of Snoopy’s Pier. A 2018 bond fishing all day would stop at and kick most part....I looked into what in 2019 requested a $15 million election has provided $1.5 million back. The owner was about to fold people have said and the reactions grant from the Federal Emergency to improve the area and that work up shop and asked if my mom and taken. Management Agency Public should be complete by the end of dad actually wanted to purchase his Ernie and Tasha Buttler (Lyssy) Assistance Program to repair damage 2020. The new owner of Marker 37, I am going to tell you an amazing place. It wasn’t much then....the only but when the project went out for bids story that maybe has the ones with original piece of what Snoopy’s was History cont. on A4 in 2019 it received no responses Around cont. on A4 January 2, 2020 Island Moon A 2 2019 the Year in Pictures

A big winner in the 2019 La Posada Lighted Boat Parade

Art Car in Port Aransas. Photo by Sally Marcos

Getting ready for the Paddle for Parkinsons.

Spring Break 2019

Sand Fest 2019 enjoyed good weather.

Surfing Santa.

The Moon Monkey wins his first belt sander Lizzy works the Doggie Door at The Angry Sand Fest 2019 from the air. Twist and Shout race at the Gaff. Marlin.

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2019 R January 2, 2020 Island Moon A 3 Moon Monkeys possible future issue that might arise. Letters to the To sum up: Rome is falling - please stop Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder presenting Marvin as the voice of us all. With his statements, do due diligence and fact check Hear? him. Interview the players on the other side. By Mary "Scoop" Craft Editor Listen to the rumblings in the letters section and the majority of the signatures. Also, to quote Ice Cube ‘check yourself before you wreck yourself”. Quoting Marvin as the be-all, end-all Business Briefs on the state of Padre island affairs in light of recent developments (Axys Capital, Sea Pines, The Packery Channel Pavilion Barataria Bay, Stilt Homes in Non-POA area, et near the boat ramps along Zahn al) is the equivalent of rearranging deck chairs Road is moving toward completion. on the Titanic. Distribution With respect and much love for Riley (who The ISAC meeting will be held Pete Alsop seems like the coolest pooch and the bestest at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, January Island Delivery boy!) 7th but the location has yet to Coldwell Banker Finn Dowling and Sean Gates be determined. The Holiday Inn Advertising Homeowners, Sea Pines Express raised their rate and the Jan Park Rankin City does not want to pay it so it Classifieds Sea Pines Axys may be moved to city property. To Whom It May Concern, Arlene Ritley Dale, One suggestion was the Janet Harte Production Manager “You have to tell both sides of the story. Library in the Bluff but we should And you have to fact check”. While studying Thank you for addressing my questions about Abigail Bair the Village Canal area. I was honored that you know for sure by Friday, January Contributing Writers journalism in college, these two things were pounded in our brains on a regular basis. While thought my musings were worthy of the front 3rd. We will post on our Facebook Joey Farah page. Wow that was cool. watching the coverage in this paper regarding page which you can access without Andy Purvis Sea Pines, two things stick out to me: Only As usual it turns out the answers to my Mary Craft one side is being told and the only person questions are just bigger questions with more being a member of Facebook. Emily Gaines telling that story is Marvin Jones. And no complicated answers. While I was thinking Everyone is welcome to attend. one appears to be fact checking him. His last Jay Gardner of what may happen down the road, the big The Port A Rockers will be Todd Hunter missive, regarding the meeting between Sea questions you brought up are more immediate Dotson Lewis Pines residents and Jim Smock, is a particularly and have thornier answers. The idea that the returning to Bernie’s to get the spurious example of that. Not only did he PIPOA can already own a canal before it is even Dr. Tom Dorrell Winter Texans on the dance floor on completely mischaracterize the tone and nature built is a mind bender that I’ll have to think Wednesdays starting January 8th. Ronnie Narmour of the meeting, he also wasn’t there. Why was about. A lot is riding on what Axys plans for the Brent Rourk one of the seven people who actually attended Village Canal area as well as the Cape Summer There are no live shrimp Photographers the meeting not called on to report it? Why was areas. On another islander Facebook page folks available this week because the Miles Merwin (Emeritus) Marvin given the voice to characterize it? have pointed out that Axys potentially has a huge number of votes from the 1900 lots in the Coast Guard shut down shrimping Debbie Noble As a Sea Pines resident and vocal proponent of secession, I feel the urgent need to question Cape Summer subdivisions to throw in to the due to oil dumping. For details Jan Rankin why Marvin, who represents a small number of PIPOA ring if they want to, or should I say, if check out Joey’s Fishing Report they don’t like the direction the PIPOA is going. Mary Craft Islanders, is given such a regular voice in this column. Ronnie Narmour publication. This is, after all, the Island Moon - Your point that they could just vote themselves Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) not the PIPOA Moon. out of the PIPOA if they wish is another The Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade outcome I hadn’t thought of. I suppose the Riley P. Dog In your response to the concerned question will be on Saturday, February 22nd regarding houses on stilts, the editor commented Axys folks will be asking themselves where this year. “....the board, under the leadership of President they will benefit most. Is there any upside for Marvin Jones, has taken on these issues in a Axys to being IN the PIPOA? I can’t think JB’s German Bakery has added a way no previous board has done and is working of any at the moment. I can think of a couple of ticks on the downside ledger. They saddle French toast stuffed with eggs, ham through the process. Their track record so far and cheese topped with syrup to indicates they will figure it out.”. themselves with another layer of bureaucracy that potentially hinders their development their breakfast menu. There is so much “Eeeeek!” in that statement plans. And they get to pay PIPOA fees. For that I don’t even know where to begin. First off, us little fish, PIPOA membership provides some Mikel May’s Beachside Bar it demonstrates a massive bias on the editor’s measure of protection (or at least the illusion of & Grill is open for brunch on part when it comes to Marvin’s leadership. protection) of our waterfront investment. For Saturdays and Sundays 10 am - 1 His tenure has been, at best, controversial and, Axys that calculus must be different, starting at worst, disastrous. At this juncture we have with the fact that they have the choice to be in pm. Their winter kitchen hours Publisher Sea Pines raising hell while being bullied into or out. It’s amazing how all this has circled are 11 am - 10 pm on weekdays, Dale Rankin trying to stay in a rapidly failing PIPOA, new back around to the Sea Pines issue and the more Saturdays 10 am - 10 pm and About the Island Moon housing developments (like the stilt homes) complex issues of what happens if a waterfront The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale that are actively marketing the fact that they subdivision were to want to leave the PIPOA. Sundays 10 am - 9 pm. They have Rankin, Editor / Publisher. aren’t in this organization as selling points, a There must be a bunch of lawyers out there winter drink specials all day every Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes ton of controversy regarding unpaid bills, Jim delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 with dollar signs in their eyes as they look at day. copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, Smock’s past employment which was linked this stuff. as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 to lawsuits and the ensuing exodus of other Corpest is Padre Island and Port copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. Thanks again, neighborhoods, like Barataria Bay, that cannot Aransas’ oldest Island based pest News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, wait to get out. I would say that the emperor has Russell Lipe payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. no clothes but, well, that story about no clothes control company having started here Editor’s note: We noted in a story a couple of and PIPOA leadership already ran on the front in 1994. They get rid of termites, issues back that according to what was stated in The Island Moon Newspaper of NY Times. No judgies - you do you. But it is the last PIPOA meeting Axys officials have said ants, rodents, roaches, spiders, fleas out there in the public. 14646 Compass, Suite 3 they do not wish to vote in the PIPOA election and other critters. Call 949-0208 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 In the interest of being expedient, I hope to of officers which is coming up in March. What push home a few facts, all of which can be they might do in the future is speculation at this Pipe Creations offers outdoor 361-949-7700 verified through phone calls, emails, or public point. furniture that will be the last you databases: [email protected] The bigger question though is ownership of the need to buy. This family-owned Sea Pines trying desperately to inflate their bulkheads. The Sea Pines exit does not directly Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper business started making custom life rafts off the sinking PIPOA vessel has address this point since the area that has quality PVC furniture in 1980. For absolutely nothing to do with one resident who petitioned to leave does not include bulkheads. was fined for their yard. It is the project of many more info call 939-9731 or visit people, myself included, who are not in any Errors their showroom at 3207 Rodd Field danger from the PIPOA, to govern their own Road. Where to Find The neighborhood without paying for other people’s I was looking at the December 24 edition of bulkhead maintenance, et al. For what it's worth, the Island Moon and I came across a couple of The Port Aransas Art Center Island Moon the city is currently shelling out millions to fix errors. First, in the story about the 2004 snow, will host Family Art Day with a Tie bulkheads that are under POA jurisdiction. So the second paragraph says now not snow. Dye Seashells theme on Saturday, that's a thing as well. The big error, however, was the story on the January 11th. Kids of all ages are Port North The Sea Pines movement has been enormously front page about Santa. Unless you're talking neighborhood oriented. While Dan Herrington, about the 1994 movie with Tim Allen (or it's invited to drop in 1 - 3 pm. Aransas Padre who has not been here yet a few months, has sequels), there is no E in Claus. Gulf Stream RV The Sonic app gets you happy All Stripes Stores been appointed to the board and leads with I hate to be so picky, I just wanted you to know. Pioneer RV accusing his new neighbors of “wanting to start hour half price drinks and slushes Black Sheep/ pig and chicken farms in our yards”, the drivers Thanks, Stripes on 1A if you order ahead. Also in the Barrel of this movement have been coordinating Larry Poindexter month of January you can get a free My Coastal Home CVS neighborhood watch meetings with the CCPD and hosting neighborhood block parties. medium tots with purchase on the WB Liquor Store Dollar General First Friday at Port It is not our responsibility, with over 50% of app. Island Wine Room Whataburger the neighborhood signing the two legally filed Aransas Art Center The Litter Critter will be at the Kody’s documents, to appease the PIPOA that we have Doc’s Restaurant The Port Aransas Art Center will celebrate the the right to leave. It is written in the covenants Briscoe Pavilion parking lot on Coffee Waves holiday season on First Friday, December 6, Snoopy’s Pier that we can do so. Saturday, January 18th 9 am - 1 pm. Moby Dicks 2019 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with food, fun, and Isle Mail N More Whatever responsibility the board feels towards live music! The Portside development will IGA a hypothetical future resident of Sea Pines as Island Italian Author and Illustrator, Glenn D. Vondra will be built by Monterrey, Mexico justification to keep us in is laughable. In the Treasure Island be joining us for a special book signing of his Brooklyn Pie Co. last board meeting the potential of someone businessman Juan Carlos Calvi new collection of nature inspired Tanka poems, Ms. Woody’s possibly moving into the neighborhood in the “Fins, Wings and Other Things”. The Student on land he owns along Leeward Automotive Ace Hardware future and questioning our secession came up. Art Exhibition also opens with amazing works Drives between Running Light That is ridiculous. When you have a majority Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn of art by area students in grades 6 through 12. of actual, present owners telling you they want and Granada Drive. It will have 11 See you there! San Juan’s Restaurant Texas Star (Shell) out, your responsibility is to them, not to some home sites and 10 boat slips. Wash Tub Jesse’s Liquor Woody’s Sports Scuttlebutt’s Center Restaurant Back Porch Bar Subway Shorty’s Place Island Tire Fisherman’s Wharf Padre Pizzeria Giggity’s And all Moon Gratitude retail advertisers The Gaff WB Liquor Trinity By the Sea Episcopal Flour Bluff H.E.B. Whataburger on Waldron Ethyl Everly Senior Center Fire Station Police Station Stripes on Flour Bluff & SPID

The Portside located along Leeward Drive will have 11 home sites and 10 boat slips.

Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper January 2, 2020 Island Moon A 4 History cont. from A1 ....that old steel iron fireplace up in the front 2019 Projects remains to this day. My parents thought it over and sold the home we lived in when I Townhome Lake Padre Project Changes at Waves was only two years old and my sister was only one year old at the time. It was a huge Development on Townhomes with marina Resort gamble. One that had some family and The former Schlitterbahn Waterpark got a new friends sending support while others sent and yacht club name in 2019 as it changed to Waves Resort, warning distress signals loud and clear to Granada hired a new management team, and saw $16 my parents. My parents shoved on. We had million in improvements. no home. We were broke. We were taken Work begun in 2019 on a sixty-one unit in by friends and family to stay at night to townhome project on Lake Padre located at the Benchmark Resorts & Hotels, a hospitality sleep and days were spent working in the corner of Leeward Drive and Aruba management company that manages resort restaurant. hotels, and conference centers, at more than fifty locations around the United States took My father lived actually in the restaurant over in 2019. for the first few years! Sleeping in the attic and working during the day. My sister and I would run around with no shoes and swimsuits on while my parents slaved in a kitchen. Little by little, we got drifters to come work for Snoopy's. All kinds of humans appearing and helping my family out with the business. My father realized after a year or so that Snoopy's might actually have a heartbeat and make it. So he made us a permanent home. He and some buddies built our houseboat little by little in what now is the Snoopy’s parking lot. We got that thing in the water and tied it to the dock....our home....a floating houseboat. Music from the Moon took the main stage for Years of work nine shows in 2019. Granada zoning map Time went on and the hundreds of people we met and worked with were so great....I In late 2019 the Corpus Christi City Council could go on for hours on the people who approved zoning for a planned waterfront we came across! All while my sister and I townhome development at 14836 Granada Drive fished off the piers, sat in the kitchens on on Lake Padre. The developer, SuperElite, LLC. busy nights and snatched hot fried okra is building short-term rentals inside a gated out of the fryer, watched and helped my community that will consist of twenty-seven dad shuck oysters in the fish house, and we attached single-family units or townhouses with played with all the employees that made one common area. us laugh all the time....it was a fun place to It is being is being done by developer Alex grow up. Snoopy’s continued to grow and Harris and Brite Star Construction and includes Dad added his favorite after dinner dessert Leeward Drive twenty-five boat slips and a private yacht next door....Scoopy’s. Marker 37 was his A Monterrey, Mexico businessman is working club located at the corner of Aruba Drive and Ribbon cutting on $16 million in playground. He grew up fishing and hell on plans for a development straddling the canal Leeward Drive. The townhomes will be two, improvements. ain’t that any fisherman’s dream? To have on Leeward Drive between Running Light and three, and four bedroom units. Construction your own bait stand! Granada Drive. on the single-family structure located at the site was begun in 2015 but never finished, that As a teen, I worked all three shops overtime. building will be used as a clubhouse. All of them were not easy. The work was hard, long hot summers, and people for miles piled in. What made Snoopy’s in the end....the employees. They all were 100% Lively Beach Due dedicated to working. My mom and dad were like everyone’s guardians. I always Open by Summer heard growing up how lucky I was to have them. Now today....I see why. 2020 My parents vowed to always keep Snoopy’s as a family place, not mainstream, and my Zahn Road development The final touches were put on the big stage at parents helped so many in the background Waves in 2019. and on the side. I think through all of this.... The Portside will be short-term, our customers saw it and kept on coming back....day after day....year after year. It was In 2019 Juan Carlos Calvi purchased the land overnight stay The International Bank of Commerce which along Leeward Drive that connects the lots on home cooking served with heart and the The Lively Beach project located behind the owns the park held a re-opening after $16 customers felt it. My parents took a huge either side of the canal which he has owned for million in improvements were made including several years. Calvi said he plans to develop dunes on Zahn Road is nearing completion as risk and made millions of people happy by 2019 ends. renovated bars and dining rooms, a revamped that risk. It’s sad to see us have to hand over the property and hopes to begin construction in driving range, a 4000 square foot Esports what was my childhood, my memories, 2020. Expected to be open by the summer season gaming center which is the first in Corpus and my home. Our handprints will still 2020 the development will have forty-six new Christi, new paint, a renovated restaurant, a be in the cement we laid in and around overnight stay rooms, according to the owners. large outdoor movie screen, and revamped Snoopy’s forever. My parents now deserve water features. to finally sit back and enjoy retirement.... even though anyone who knows Ernie.... sitting is something he simply doesn’t do. Packery Channel Please be kind to what this place was and is going forward. Pavilion Begins A picture felt I leave the story with a picture that could never be taken or painted ....only felt. On a busy summer night, I dangle my legs over the front of our houseboat. I turn to look at Snoopy's and there is a line wrapped out the door. Mom and dad are hard at work. I wonder why so many people always lined up to come to the little old restaurant. I then close my eyes and smell that salty air and the food frying....I turn my head and open my eyes to the most beautiful sunset that has no words to describe. I smile and know....this is home. The project began in 2009 by the Austin-based In late 2019 crews began work on an outdoor Farewell to you Snoppy’s and thank you Forestar Real Estate firm under the name of pavilion near the boat ramps along Zahn Road for what you have given to my parents, Tortuga Dunes. The infrastructure was put in on the north side of Packery Channel. The myself, and my sister. place along with a $2 million lift station paid $250,000 project was approved by the Island Send Letters and Photos to for with city funds that has so far not been Strategic Action Committee in 2018 and is one [email protected] used. It will mark the first new overnight stay of the original projects included in the original development built on Padre Island since 1983; plans when Packery Channel was approved Around cont. from A1 and follow us on the more recent waterfront developments have by voters in 2000. When complete it will be Facebook: The Island Moon been condominiums. The structures are all available to the public for gatherings and fishing Mitchel Kalogridis plans to build a boardwalk concrete poured on the site. tournaments. linking the businesses there together as well. Newspaper Again 2019 saw much preparation for progress in 2020. And by the end of 2020 Island dogs will be barking in the Riley P. Dog Park. Maybe 2020 will be the year of the Barking Dog rather than the Metal Rat on our little sandbar. Things are rolling our way everybody. Happy New Year and we’ll see you on the other side. Say hello if you see us Around The Island. Big Year at Marker 37

Marker 37 saw great changes in 2019.

2019 was a big year for Marker 37 where new owner Mitchell Kalogridis made wholesale improvements to the facility. Kalogridis also bought Snoopy’s Pier and as 2019 wound down was making plans to add a five-story parking garage and a walkway to connect the three businesses along the Intracoastal Waterway. The City of Corpus Christi also has $1.5 million in bond money for improvements in the area near the base of the JFK Bridge with work to begin in 2020. Approved Lake Packery platting. January 2, 2020 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Tides of the Week The winding down of them until got them surreptitiously. There was a decade is a time for no bidding process for PIPOA contracts and Tides for Bob Hall Pier January 2 - January 9 reflection. there were constant complaints from Island Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon contractors who wanted to bid but weren’t /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible I took over the operation of the Island Moon in allowed to. We were told that if a hurricane 2007 but it wasn’t until 2009 that we purchased Th 2 Low 4:15 AM 0.5 7:20 AM Rise 12:20 PM 36 damaged our bulkheads then, well, we would it and in short order turned it from a fortnightly figure that out when the wind stopped blowing. 2 High 7:13 AM 0.6 5:46 PM to a weekly. By 2009 Padre Island had grown It was clear the organization was spinning off in 2 Low 12:46 PM 0.4 to the point that the pace of news moved faster a direction that had no long-term goals in mind than a two-week cycle and with the unedited and little in the way of tracking funds. 2 High 8:30 PM 1.0 landscape of the internet half of our news space F 3 Low 4:20 AM 0.4 7:20 AM Set 12:36 AM 46 every two weeks was taken up refuting bad Then in the middle of the decade an attempt to build a million-dollar-plus community 3 High 9:43 AM 0.7 5:47 PM Rise 12:51 PM information and rumors that had ruminated in chat rooms in the down week. It made sense, center paid for with membership dues created 3 Low 1:19 PM 0.6 and took much less space, to get information out a backlash that I referred to at the time as our 3 High 8:37 PM 1.0 in a timely way ahead of the curve rather play Stamp Act. The membership started paying Sa 4 Low 4:36 AM 0.1 7:20 AM Set 1:28 AM 55 catch up. attention and asking long-overdue questions. 4 High 1:50 PM 0.8 5:48 PM Rise 1:22 PM In January 2009 as I sat down to write a review Then change came of Island projects as they had evolved over the 4 Low 4:34 PM 0.7 In 2018 the board of directors could not file past year I pulled out the similar story from the tax returns for 2017 because the standards and 4 High 8:35 PM 0.9 end of 2008 and realized there was no need to practices that had been in place for years – a re-write; nothing had changed! This was the era Su 5 Low 4:59 AM -0.1 7:20 AM Set 2:21 AM 64 decade - were so disorganized – and I’m being when the common belief at city hall was “The 5 High 2:25 PM 1.1 5:48 PM Rise 1:56 PM kind – that a “clean” set of books was impossible Island will take care of itself.” This had been the to put together. A subsequent financial audit – M 6 Low 5:27 AM -0.3 7:20 AM Set 3:16 AM 73 mantra for as long as anyone could remember including a previous one for the Beautification 6 High 3:00 PM 1.3 5:49 PM Rise 2:33 PM and it might as well have been “ignoring The Trust which took a year to complete - turned up Island has no consequences.” The fact was Tu 7 Low 6:00 AM -0.5 7:20 AM Set 4:13 AM 82 a laundry list of problems that went back years. that Islanders split their votes in city elections There were seven separate checking accounts 7 High 3:36 PM 1.5 5:50 PM Rise 3:15 PM and as a result there was no consequence for with seven separate debit cards and seven W 8 Low 6:37 AM -0.7 7:21 AM Set 5:13 AM 89 ignoring us. What a difference a decade makes. separate checkbooks with expenditures for car We first formed the Island United Political 8 High 4:14 PM 1.6 5:50 PM Rise 4:03 PM washes, birthday presents, personal gasoline Action Committee to unite behind chosen city bills, cash transfers to off-site accounts, and Th 9 Low 7:17 AM -0.9 7:21 AM Set 6:14 AM 95 candidates which led to formation of the Island no complete central system for recordkeeping. 9 High 4:54 PM 1.7 5:51 PM Rise 4:58 PM Strategic Action Committee (in 2010) to make The audit took several pages just to list all us heard at city hall and now we have as much the problems and it was clear from reading it autonomy as any part of the city. That counts as that they had been going on for years. It was a a decade of progress by most any standard. hot mess that explained a lot and it raised the Property Owners Association Vietnam Era question “do we have to burn the village to save it?” The subsequent answer is But maybe the biggest change – upheaval that we don’t have a choice. It has to survive might be a better word – has to be at the Padre because we live in it and a complete overhaul Isles Property Owners Association. As I sit here from the ground up is the messy decade-long today my inbox is crowded with items about a process we find ourselves still in the midst of. controversy over how some legal bills were paid or not paid and that is but the latest in what is We’re not done by a longshot, but as of this a steady stream of Sturm and Drang that has writing we can now look at financials and see arisen in the last several years including the where the money goes, the process for bidding move by the Sea Pines subdivision to remove projects has been tightened up (actually created itself from the organization altogether; quite from the ground up), and the offsite accounts possibly a harbinger of things to come. To say have been eliminated. Again that’s progress by the least changes at the PIPOA are a work in most any definition. progress. But let’s go back a decade. What the future holds for the PIPOA over the By 2009 I had been attending PIPOA monthly next decade I can’t say. Some fundamental meetings for two years and I had still never questions that had gone unaddressed for more seen a reliable set of financial books for the than a decade are finally being asked and some organization. Once a month management would are still hanging fire; are we positive we know hand out a Balance Sheet with some numbers who actually owns Island bulkheads and how of dubious origin and once a year at the annual we will pay to fix them in case of catastrophic January 11 Marks the Last Seasonal Event meeting of members would hand out a set damage? Parts of the village are splitting off of financials with absolutely no explanation seeking their own way and others are likely Epiphany is the traditional close to the holiday season nor documentation of where they came from. to follow. Big chunks of now vacant Island Millions of dollars were flying around and no land will be developed in the coming decade, Christmas in the Coastal Bend community a wild and raging boar. The victorious student, one that I could find knew where they were all what does that mean for the organization going doesn’t end on December 25th. The holiday who happened to be reading the works of landing and sitting though month after month forward? season continues with one more celebration of Aristotle, reacted quickly, like most may have of meetings made it clear decisions were not As we enter the 20s in some ways we are back Epiphany, a Christian Festival in honor of the done, and threw the book into the throat of the being made there. The money went in and the to the beginning, asking ourselves fundamental coming of the three kings to the infant Jesus boar. The moral of the incident came to represent money went out but exactly where it went was questions such as what exactly do we want Christ. The 38th Annual Boar’s Head and Yule the triumph of reason over brute or good versus anybody’s guess. The annual required audits from a property owners’ association? How Log Festival will be presented on January 11th. evil. The present-day festival results from an were perfunctory and if anything served mostly do we define its role? What is the relationship Performances to be held at 3, 5, and 7 pm at First amalgamation of several antique celebrations to muddy the water. between the PIPOA and each of the individual Christian Church, 3401 Santa Fe St., 78411. turned into a procession of dances and music, Members were paying out $20,000 every year subdivisions that make it up, each with its own This festival has been a tradition for more than joining traditions of Old England with the into the Beautification Trust which went into set of by-laws? How does the whole fit together three decades, starting in 1982, taking two years Christian joy at the birth of Christ. Admission an offsite account with no books available to and can the center hold? of preparation. Over the past 38 years, there has is free. However, donations of non-perishable show how it – and several hundred thousand been 138 performances with over 56,000 seeing food items are accepted on behalf of the "Good Those are questions the 20s will answer one additional dollars over the years – was being way or another. the performances. Over two hundred sixty King Wenceslas" fund, which are donated to the spent. If financials existed no one would produce Cast, crew, and musicians participate, with 183 Food Bank of Corpus Christi. The Food Bank costumes, 140 props, and 15 musical pieces in of Corpus Christi has received 37,550 pounds the festival. An ancient tradition, first present of food from the 37 years that the festival has How Did You Get Here in 1340 in Oxford, recounts the tale of a young been presented. Oxford University student who was charged by Stories of how Islanders became Islanders Editor’s note: Last issue we asked people to worked around here. This island was our spot tell us how they arrived here on The Island. we just had to find a home. The agent showed Since very few people were born here everyone us a variety of homes, we picked one on day has an arrival story. We got this one from the two of the trip and made an offer and the rest Kennedys. Let us hear yours. is history! Good day, we are the Kennedys from Gig We have never looked back, we have the kids Harbor Washington, moved here to Whitecap fly down and visit. The Corpus airport is the Blvd., 15 June, 2017. easiest airport on earth. Having flown in or out of SeaTac Airport near Seattle is a traveler’s Our story is the cost of living and West Coast bad dream. The only item I can think of that thinking that brought us to your island. I was we didn't account for is our location within watching a weekly real estate HGTV program the state. It’s a long drive to anywhere, but one day that highlighted three homes on the being new Texan's we strap in and drive long canals. The end result is the clients buy one distances and enjoy the trip and scenery. home they have toured, the program is still on, mostly Caribbean homes these days. Our first year was Hurricane Harvey, snow and drought. Coming from the land of rain I was excited about the lower cost of we enjoyed the dry until Harvey. That was waterfront homes in the area, where we came an incredible storm, we had earthquakes and from waterfront is above our price range and years of rain and snow in the north which seemed out of reach until I viewed the TV failed in comparison to the hurricanes down program. My wife has a sister in Austin, we here. We were blessed not to receive much flew to visit her, I borrowed their car and damage. Our family volunteered to help trekked to Corpus Christi. All within a couple rebuild Port Aransas. of months of viewing the HGTV program. When we arrived on the island we fell in We love it here! 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A6 Island Moon January 2, 2020 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Women May Soon Have To Resolved By Abigail Bair Instead of resolving to say “save $10,000” when you only make $15,000/year how about Register For The Draft New Year’s is fast resolving to “find all the change in the couch By Dotson Lewis approaching – the final and put it in a jar which won’t be spent until Special to the Island Moon horrifying holiday of the 2021 even on chicken McNuggets.” You won’t seasonal onslaught. Every single year, I think save much, but you’ll have a both a jar full of Dotson’s Note: Well here we go again. I have civilian sector than in the military. It didn’t I’m going to wear a fluffy dress, go out, have pennies and a cleaner couch and maybe less of long believed that there should be an active hurt that the educated were also the most well- an amazing time, meet a handsome prince and a McNugget gut– real progress for some of us. universal conscription taking place in the connected in society. ride off into the sunset. Expectations often fail 2) NO ROMANCE RESOLUTIONS. The United States. To review what I am sure you have Opponents resurrected the social-laboratory to match the reality, which in my case, involves basic rule of thumb here is not to resolve things heard in the past, the following is a refresher for argument in the 1990s to oppose the open staying home with Stadler – an 80 pound you can’t control. If you want a relationship, those of you Moon Monkeys who are afflicted service of gay men and lesbians. They succeeded dog whose solution to fear of fireworks is to resolve to make yourself more available, but if with the “Senior Moments” syndrome. Thanks in forcing President Bill Clinton to renege on a physically lie across my body shivering until you decide that hell or high water you’re getting to Kara Dixon Vuic, D’Ann Campbell, Dwight campaign pledge and agree to the compromise the neighbors stop blowing things up. She gets some poor sucker to move in with you, the D. Eisenhower, and Joshua B. Lee, for many “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which stood super angry when I have to go to the bathroom, probability is that you’re just going to wind up of the facts contained in this report and to the until 2011. I can’t imagine her wrath were I to actually Army Museum for the photos. leave her at the babysitter’s to suffer through it. settling for someone who isn’t quite right. Face Gender has always been a factor in these The Rev and G.P. have very little sympathy for it, those are stinky socks that you don’t want to Who Serves Has Always Been a Question decisions about who serves and who doesn’t. wussiness. be picking up. Of Politics-Not Military Readiness Married men and fathers have at times received 3) Remember the problem of process. One exemptions, not because they did not make Even prior to adopting Stadler, I never quite of the most frustrating things for me in this good soldiers but because, in the words of Sen. got the holiday right – unless you consider life is that everything is such a stupid process. Joshua B. Lee (D-Okla.) in 1942, “the family making out in a temporary photo booth with You have to lay foundations before you can is the fundamental unit of organized society.” a somewhat reluctant Red Bull distributer the build houses, and the better the foundation, the Similarly, the Army engineered a nursing modern day handsome prince/sunset equivalent sturdier the house. When we think it would shortage crisis for itself in World War II in (Pro-tip: it’s not). I’m not great in crowds, and be cool to learn a new skill (cough *how to part because it refused to allow male nurses to lately when I consume any alcoholic beverage play banjo/use tape), we envision the result serve in the nurse corps. Not because they were exceeding half a glass of cabernet while not safe (annoying an entire bar by yodeling exclusively not good nurses, to be sure, but because Army in my own home, you can find me standing on Neutral Milk Hotel songs while accompanying commanders thought nursing to be inherently a bar stool yelling that I, “NEED AN ADULT.” oneself on a banjo/being able to successfully feminine work. I have somehow, in my decrepitude, become tape anything together without taping self to that girl. In fact, such assumptions about women’s innate thing), but we tend to forget about the hours Above, Rosemary Masters, a chief warrant natures outweighed the Army’s own evidence They say the road to Hell is paved with good and hours of practice that is required to become officer 4 in the Oklahoma Army National that women could effectively serve in combat intentions. If that’s the case, then my road is a even marginally banjo competent, and we also Guard, listens to a speaker during the 20th roles. According to historian D’Ann Campbell, 16 lane mega highway with a ton of confusing tend to forget our general lack of coordination anniversary of the Women in Military Service when Army experiments during World War II cloverleaves, several drawbridges, and oodles and tendencies toward both dyslexia and for America memorial celebration in October determined that mixed-sex anti-aircraft artillery of detours. distraction. It is possible for me to learn to play 2017 at Arlington National Cemetery in units performed better than all-male units, My heart is pure, but my attention span is banjo, in the same way that it is strictly possible Arlington, Va. Army staff suppressed the results because they limited. that a honey badger is right now hatching a did not believe the American public would complicated (but technically accurate) plan to The federal judge’s ruling in February, that accept women serving in those roles. It was not Each year when I snip my shadow free and launch himself into space and land on the moon. the exclusion of women from Selective Service military efficiency that excluded the women hold it up to see if it still fits, it always does. Possible and probable, however, are entirely registration is unconstitutional has returned an from combat; it was concerns about public Even though a year seems like such a long time different sets of odds. Also, (luckily for the age-old debate to the forefront: Does making opinion. to accomplish fairly major goals, truly altering local bar scene) I don’t even own a banjo. I do the military more inclusive threaten military oneself is pretty difficult – especially if you Although the military has filled the ranks own a guitar named Bertha Kit. I can’t play that preparedness? quit trying by January 13th. It may come as through a volunteer system since 1973, men have either. Moral: remember the work when you’re a surprise to you, but it’s next to impossible Critics have long alleged that integrating been required to register for with the Selective resolving to get to the result. to learn to play the banjo in 13 days. All I formerly excluded groups into the military Service since 1980. When President Jimmy managed was to drive the dog outside and 4) When in doubt: tacos. Seriously. It is advances social equality at the expense of Carter reinstated registration, he proposed that possibly anger the neighbors (although that always wise to build emergency tacos into the military efficiency. This basic claim has been women should register for noncombatant roles, could have been because of my house’s general original plan. That way, you get tacos. I really used repeatedly throughout U.S. history to but widespread fears about women being forced lack of curb appeal – another resolution that hope you understand…because tacos. oppose women, as well as African Americans to serve in combat defeated his proposal before failed the second a sticker bush stabbed me in 5) Keep it vague. Don’t assign numeric values and LGBTQ Americans, serving in the military, it even made it out of congressional committee. the face). This year, I’m giving up before I get to anything. “I want to lose some weight” or “I never mind compulsory service. started. However, if you have the desire to be will exercise more” is much easier to achieve But in each of these cases, the fundamental resolved, here are some good ways to still make than “I want to lose 20lbs,” or “I will exercise premise behind the charge has been 100 percent resolutions, but also insure you’ll be able to five days a week.” That way, when it’s the end false. Drafting women cannot turn the military skate by on a technicality at the end of 2020. of 2020, the super fancy scale you purchased into a social experiment, because the military in January will come in handy. It will be able has always been a social experiment. The Guidelines for Winning Resolutions to tell you all about that .001 of a pound you inseparable nature between national defense 1) Cheat. Populate your list with easy lost – which means, by the way, that YOU WIN and domestic social concerns ensures that who resolutions to offset the difficult ones. I like RESOLUTIONS. serves will always reflect social judgments and about a 75/25 ratio (with 75 being the easy Happy New Year one and all. I hope 2020 is a values that go far beyond military necessity. ones). Think about it – if one of your New kinder year than the tire fire that was 2019. Be Each time the military has used a conscripted Year’s resolutions is, “I will take a kamikaze safe. Find your happiness. force, it has engaged in social engineering. No shot” you can whip that one out at 12:01 a.m. And don’t call me if you need an adult. military draft has ever required universal service. New Year’s Day. One down. (literally). Want That is why it is called Selective Service; the things that will actually improve your life… I’m woefully underqualified. draft selects those who, by virtue of their sex, okay, fine….but make most of them easy. age, physical and mental abilities, educational background and work skills, will best meet the military’s needs. Those deemed more valuable to the home front have been granted exemptions and exclusions. In many cases, those exemptions and exclusions hampered military efficiency for the sake of social concerns. During the Civil War, both the Union and the Confederacy used conscription to preserve the social and racial order by allowing the wealthiest members of society to buy their way out of service. Wealthy men could pay a flat fee or offer a substitute in lieu of service. The Confederacy also exempted one white man on Again, it was politics, not military necessity that a plantation for every 20 slaves in an attempt shaped who might be part of the U.S. fighting to stave off potential slave revolts. These force. exemptions did little to bolster either side’s As the American public once again reconsiders military forces. Instead, they led poor men who should register with the Selective Service, to allege, not for the last time, that they were we should remember that we have debated this fighting a rich man’s war. issue before. Requiring women to register will not make the military a social laboratory any more than it has Island’s always been one. Who knows whether Selective Service will even continue? The congressionally Edge created National Commission on Military, National SALON and Public Service is midway through its study of whether Booth Rental Now Available the nation needs Selective Service ON THE ISLAND 361.244.5748 Call Roni or text for faster response at all. But whatever the eventual system, Conscription was a social laboratory again women must be included equally. We can’t during both world wars. 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Steven Travers, in his history of the Raiders, Female spectators were called crankess. more in touch and therefore more opinionated. It is also been sometimes known as the TV noted: “That Sunday evening at 7 p.m. the There is no lag time in real information. Most NFL Football game that was out ranked by the In a book written in 1903 entitled Humorous family classic Heidi was scheduled. This is the fans my age received our sports scores from the movie “Heidi.” Thanks to Wikipedia, The New Stories of the Baseball Field by Ted Sullivan, well-known story of a little Swiss girl who lives radio and the surrounding stories from the daily York Times, Bill Morgan, Weeb Ewbank,, John baseball owner Charles Comiskey claimed he with her grandfather in the [Alps], a staple of newspaper. Television was well into the late Madden, Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis, Steven once called an enthusiast, who broke into his wholesome entertainment. In the days before 1960’s before games were shown in real time, Travers, Dom Cosentino and Dick Cline for the clubhouse a “fanatic.” Sullivan clipped the cable, pay-per-view, VHS, DVD, TiVo, record, and even then we were rewarded with only one facts contained in this report and to Bill Morgan word fanatic to “fan” in his writings. rewind, and 700 channels – when the choices or two local games a week, depending on the (former SWC SID) for the photos. came down to what NBC, ABC, CBS, and William Henry Nugent wrote a column in sport. maybe a handful of local stations wanted to March of 1929 called The Sports Section for a Heidi-Gate Another change has been the appetite for show the public, TV viewers scheduled their newspaper entitled “The American Mercury” (more) sports have increased, especially among When the Jets went days around events like Heidi. It was on once and showed how many common sports terms the female population with the invention of to Oakland in 1968, a a year. If one missed it, they missed it until the used in North America are not Americanisms, Title IX. photo on the Raiders' next year.” but rather much older transplants from the wall symbolized British Isles. He claimed the word “fan” can be Even as the price of attending in person The nerve center for NBC was known as the rivalry as well traced from several sources. The word “fancy” continues to soar, they still come. But will they Broadcast Operations Control (BOC). Dick as Coach Weeb was long used as a class name in England and continue? Cable television, sports television Cline, the network BOC supervisor for sports Ewbank's distrust of America for followers of boxing, dog fighting packages, Twitter, NFL Red Zone, FaceBook, telecasts, prepared the series of network orders Al Davis*. Whenever and pigeon racing. One story is that baseball My Space, satellite radio, iPads, and smart which would result in the game running as a helicopter flew borrowed it and shortened it to fan. Hall-of- phones now allow fans to visually connect scheduled, followed by Heidi. Cline had no anywhere near a Fame Manager Connie Mack claimed the word instantly. A fan with tickets in Section D, reason to believe that the game would run over Jets practice the “fan” was first created to describe spectators Row 21, Seats 4 and 5, may now find a much three hours; no professional football game week before a game who fanned themselves to stay cool during the cheaper and more comfortable couch at the presented by NBC ever had. However, other against the Raiders, games. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word house. Another cloud of concern for the fan NBC executives stressed that Heidi must start Ewbank would look “fan” as an enthusiastic follower of the game, lies in the integrity of the games themselves. as scheduled. NBC president Julian Goodman up and shake his fist. He just knew Davis had a devotee. Many athletes continue to cheat by using somebody spying on the Jets. told his executives before the weekend that the well-sponsored, well-promoted film must The Raiders declined to allow New York start on time. NBC Sports executive producer reporters to watch practices, a courtesy Ewbank Don "Scotty" Connal took care to tell the game extended to Oakland pressmen. Raiders producer, Don Ellis that Heidi must start at 7:00 assistant coach (later head coach) John Madden in the East, over Ellis' objection that he had was responsible for the exchange of game films been trained never to leave a game in progress. with upcoming opponents; he sent the films to Connal told Ellis that NBC had sold the time, the Jets through Chicago so they would arrive and was obligated to switch to the film. a day or two late, reasoning that Davis, not he, would be blamed for the delay. Ewbank blamed NBC ran three BOCs, in Burbank, California, Davis for heavily watering the Coliseum field Chicago, and New York City, with the last the to slow the Jets' speedy receivers, a tactic the largest. Cline was stationed at the New York Oakland co-owner credited to Madden. BOC for the game. In the era before satellite transmission, programming was transmitted NBC's preparations for the November 17th by coaxial cable line, with the cooperation game at Oakland were routine. The game was to of the telephone company. For this game, the be televised to most of the country beginning at Burbank BOC was to receive the feed from 4 p.m. EST, with Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis Oakland, insert commercials and network announcing. NBC hoped that viewers who announcements, and send the modified feed tuned their television channel selectors to the game would not walk over to the television and change the channel or turn off the power switch, but would watch the evening's programming. They anticipated a good game, which would cause the audience to remain in their seats and watch the game in its entirety, "a perfect lead in performance-enhancing drugs. Most fans seem for the network's special presentation of Heidi, Throughout the years, despite all this evidence, either the word fancy or fanatic has been not to care until it is revealed that a cheater from the Johanna Spyri children's classic, which was another team affected the outcome of a game scheduled to air after the game at 7 p.m. (EST)". appropriately shortened to the word fan. It was easier to pronounce, easier to remember and which included that fan’s favorite team. didn’t sound quite as harsh. That seems to be For the most part, fans will continue to find the American Way. hope in their favorite athletes or teams. They It’s safe to say that the fans are the lifeblood of attach themselves to something they consider sports; always have been. Without fans, there greater than they are themselves. Most people are no paid athletes or sporting events. Fans believe we all need to feel a part of something from all walks of life have always footed the good every day. If their team wins they feel bill. From ticket prices, seat licenses, parking, excitement, and when they lose they feel stadium costs, ballpark food, and drinks, to betrayed. The emotions are real. Hats off to the fans and to the owners; we say, “Be careful what via telephone wire to a switching station west merchandise and memorabilia, fans have played you ask for.” We the fans are footing this bill. of Chicago near the Mississippi River. An their part in making sports franchises great and engineer was stationed there to activate the their owners rich beyond words. The team on Andy Purvis is a local author and radio Oakland feed into the entire network when the the field determines the score, but the number personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. game began, to cut it on instruction and then to of fans in the seats and their purchasing power com for all the latest info on his books or to return to his base. He had been told to expect at creates the value of the franchise itself. listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books The television film was preempting Walt 6:58:20 Eastern Time a network announcement Over the years, the fans’ knowledge and are available online and can be found in the Disney's Wonderful World of Color, the for Heidi, after which he was to cut the feed enthusiasm for their teams and their infatuation local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be program normally shown by NBC on Sunday at from Burbank, and the Heidi feed from New with greatness on the field of play has not contacted at [email protected]. Also that time. As the game started at 1 p.m. Pacific York would begin. This placed Burbank in changed as dramatically as the athletes listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Standard Time, the western half of the country effective control of whether the engineer would themselves. Fans still live and die with every Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc. would have to wait after the game for 7 p.m. cut the feed, since he would act upon hearing touchdown, four-foot putt, turnover, or home- com 1230 AM, 95.1 and 96.1 FM. The home of local time before seeing Heidi. Under television the announcement. the Houston Astros. rules at the time, the Jets–Raiders game was Connal, Cline's boss, was available in case of blacked out within 90 miles of Oakland even trouble, watching from his home in Connecticut. though it was a sellout, leaving KRON-TV His superior, NBC Sports vice president Chet (channel 4, the local NBC affiliate serving Simmons, who alternated weekends with Oakland at the time), and other NBC affiliates Connal as on-call in the event of difficulties, in nearby markets unable to show the game. was also watching from his Manhattan home. Heidi was heavily promoted by NBC in NBC president Goodman and NBC Sports television commercials and newspaper head Carl Lindemann also turned on the game, advertisements. The network hoped to gain which was expected to be exciting, in their New a large audience, especially among families, York area homes. The Buffalo Bills–San Diego whom the network anticipated would watch the Chargers game, shown as the first of a network entire two-hour film. Individual commercials for doubleheader, was running long in its 2½-hour the film could not be purchased by advertisers; time slot, and NBC unhesitatingly cut its ending instead, the entire two-hour block was sold to go to the Jets and Raiders. To be continued... by NBC to watch manufacturer Timex, which *Al Davis owner of the Oakland Raiders would air the film and have its own commercials run during the broadcast. The New York Times Dotson’s Other Note: Heidi-gate was touted Heidi as the best TV program of the headlined for a long time….it’s hard to day. Under the terms of the contract between believe that a game/movie could cause such a Timex and NBC, Heidi had to air promptly at hullabaloo. If you don’t recall this infamous 7 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Central), and could not game, you will have to wait until next week to be delayed or joined in progress for any reason. find out what happened! Thanks for reading The Dom Cosentino, in his 2014 article on the Heidi Island Moon. I can be reached at dlewis1@stx. Game, points out the irony that Timex, a watch rr.com and or text/call 530-748-8475 company, was the sponsor; the game would -30-Have fun and hang in there.

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Was Santa Claus people coming back off a long break and getting Farah’s Fishing Adventures good to you? He was good to things back up and running. It was all too easy me, as the weather was perfect, to forget about the projects that were completely A new decade is before us and a well-placed and a handful of us bombed down the beach into on fire the days before the Christmas week. cast is the right way to start off your step into another set of beautiful beach conditions. There The phone calls, emails, and texts regarding 2020. I was trying to ponder what these last ten was more pompano, and it couldn’t have been a these projects tapered off quick over the break, years will be called. I grew up in the 70s, 80s, better Christmas gift. The weather was pushing but here on Monday I’m having a Jerry Lewis 90s and even the 2000s but what do you do with the mid-70’s and the wind was less than 10 mph type telethon. But at least I’m the only one here the teenage years? They have been much like a all day; I really love South Texas. at the office and I have some mariachi music teenager in many ways. At least now we have cranked to 11. Ha! a solid name for the decade ahead. Let’s set a Next week rhythm and pace for this new decade and get out should be and enjoy the outdoors and fishing more in the interesting, as 2020s!! That has a good ring to it! we have ISAC There are many Islanders that have just moved scheduled for here and either have never fished or have only Tuesday. While done so in freshwater. Now, surrounded by the date and water and seated in the fishing community time should be our new Islanders are poised and ready to the same, the learn about fishing here in the coastal bend. location is likely Starting off is hard, go to a friendly source for going to change. information: YOUTUBE! Jennifer and I are scrambling I don’t watch it unless I’m trying to work on My dad came down late last week to do some to find another my truck, but you can ask it anything concerning hunting and fishing, but he neglected to check venue On the coastal saltwater fishing. Each video will teach I picked up Phil and Sarita from the house the weather before he showed up. He drove Island, but it may you a little bit of information to file away. Local to put together this nice limit of trout and through rain to get here, and it didn’t stop for 36 be too short of a time frame. I’m not sure why piers are a good place to meet other fishermen some black drum on soft plastics. Winter and see what and how they are using to catch hours. I think Topdog in the Bluff got something the decision came from the City to discontinue fishing is great. like 5 inches over that period. Dad decided that at the Holiday Inn Express, but we have to fish. My favorite store is Roy’s Bait and Tackle. we needed to make the most of our time and move forward. Due to the magic of deadlines, This family-owned place is a fisherman’s he needed to go out and figure out the winter complete the renovations on my downstairs we won’t be able to get that information to dream! Every person that works there is nice fishing thing. My response was to tie on a bathroom while it rained. We figured we could you in the Moon before the agenda is set later and full of knowledge, go in and ask them 1/4ounce jig head and soft plastic lure and drift give it a new paintjob, water closet, and the floors in the week. As of this writing, we may be anything. I see many fishermen get to a point 3-5 ft of water. in about 8 hours if we were efficient. Well, after having the meeting at the Janet Harte Library that they put their nose in the air, and think they need to clam up on sharing information. These That is about all you need to do right now the first hour I was still looking for a paint roller in Flour Bluff because it is a City facility and is to start catching fish. Today we have that I “swear was in this one box in the barn” available. Sorry for the hiccups and we’ll get it conditioned ourselves to rely on live and a roll of 2” masking tape. Collecting all the all straightened out for the February meeting. bait from the marinas to go fishing. It material and supplies took almost as much time The agenda actually has some things that may is easier to just cast and reel, letting the as doing the work. The room looks great now, interest you, and please send me your last- mind wander and concentrate on how but good grief I need to organize. minute ideas for potential Bond 2020 projects. your lure is dancing along with each We had a TIRZ #2 Subcommittee meeting stroke of the rod and crank of the reel. a couple weeks ago, and came up with a few Walking up to boat ramps, bridges, and projects, including (in no specific order); some jetties can be just as easy and productive additional improvements around and under right now. Just go to the store and grab the JFK bridge, the parking lot by Snoopy’s, some weighted jig heads and soft plastic shoreline stabilization on the north side of the baits. Natural colors, bright colors, and Causeway, Encantada re-alignment, Sea Pines darks. Right now, fish are concentrated striping, pedestrian improvements between on and near the bottom. The 1/4 ounce Commodores and Jackfish, golf cart and UTV jig head will help you feel the bait and access improvements, a police substation, and a keep it in the right place. few other projects. No live shrimp this week! A not so The City suggests that the project list is funny story behind the lack of live currently being winnowed down, so make sure These girls put a smack down on the trout this week shrimp this week is that the Coast and drop me a line at [email protected] close to the JFK Bridge on soft plastics. Purple/ Guard shut down all bay shrimping if you have any ideas, and hopefully we can get chartreuse was the color! due to the dumping of oil in the bay them on the list for consideration. There’s a lot by one of the suspected shrimp boats going on on the Island, and we want to make FISH SNOBS are actually building a wall on downtown. They have seen large amounts of oil sure that we’re thinking ahead and keep the their own progression in learning and becoming pumped into the bay a few times and finally shut future in mind with the changes that are about to a better angler. I learn new things about fishing down everyone until they checked every boat or occur. We’ll see you next week On the Rocks. all the time and most of the time it is from someone spoke up and told on whoever did it! someone that has been fishing elsewhere or is Good job if you ask me! new to the sport and just experimenting. I’ll try anything! As I look ahead to the next decade, I say thank you to my Island and Coastal Bend community. Send letters and photos to [email protected] When I take folks out on the boat it is always a I have spent my life here along the beaches and learning experience, I believe that the thirst for bays. 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As always, my offices are wastewater. Winter Quarter Averaging (WQA) available at any time to assist with questions, is a method of calculating wastewater charges Total Gallons: 12,000 / 3 = time. The AG’s office has also developed and 4,000 gal produced a powerful training video — designed concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- based on the average amount of water used at 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). your residence during three consecutive billing Your total use will be divided in three, in this to mobilize all Texans to “Be the One” in the cycles over the winter months. Wastewater case, the average is 4,000 gallons. fight against human trafficking. You can watch - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 charges on your bill will be the same each it here: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/ Using this example, the minimum charge for Rep. 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White-nose syndrome, or WNS for short, affects bats as Since there are no bats that migrate from survey in 2017 of 400 people in the U.S. and the good idea. First and foremost, you should Europe or Asia to North America, it is believed U.K. found exercising more and eating healthier always be careful when taking products they hibernate. The condition is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which that the fungus was brought over by humans. It were the most common New Year’s resolutions, for your health and should consult with is likely that cavers visited a cave in Europe, got respectively. Of the survey participants, 45% your doctor first. Second, products using grows in cool, damp, dark places and eats away at the bats’ skin. The fungus appears as white some fungal spores on their gear or clothing, set their resolutions with the hope of improving big claims and celebrity endorsements then accidentally brought those spores to cave their quality of life, and 23% wanted to lose may be attempting to lure you into a free fuzz on the muzzles of the bats, giving the disease its name. in North America. The fungus then spread as weight. trial scam. This is when a company claims North American bats visited different caves and it’ll send you a sample of its product for Becoming healthier is often one of the most interacted with one another. free, you just need to give your credit card popular resolutions each year, and there information to pay shipping and handling. Usually, the disease kills about 70-90 percent are many ways of accomplishing this. The Later, you find a charge for the full cost of bats in an infected hibernaculum (where bats American Psychological Association (APA) of the product. If this is the direction you hibernate), but it has also been known to kill says unaccomplished resolutions can quickly decide to go when working on your New 100 percent, eradicating colonies of hundreds bring anxiety and suggests starting small and Year’s resolutions, always read the terms of thousands of bats. In 2012, a study revealed asking for support. and conditions carefully before placing that an estimated 6.7 million bats had died Your Better Business Bureau is here with these your order and use your credit card for from the disease in the six short years since it’s tips to support you on your journey to a happy, extra protections. discovery. Even more have died since then. healthy 2020: • Care for your mental health, too. The disease is known to affect several bat • Get fit with the right gym. New gym Caring for your health extends beyond species, especially the northern long-eared bat, memberships increase at the beginning of your physical health. Helpguide.org little brown bat, and tricolored bat. Bats are January, when consumers decide to invest emphasizes the importance of social important parts of the ecosystem. They control in a gym and their health. There can be connection when caring for your mental Photo bye Marvin Moriarty pest species, including mosquitos, and some many benefits to working out at a public health. In fact, a report released by Better even pollinate plants and spread seeds. The loss gym: classes, equipment, accountability Business Bureau at the end of September of so many of these key species is devastating to and more. However, you want to be sure showed social isolation to be a factor in WNS can kill bats in a number of ways. the system as a whole. you’re at the place that’s right for you. increasing scam risk. Those with fewer The fungus can invade the wings, leaving the bat unable to fly and hunt. It can also cause So how can we do our part to help bats and Knowing your fitness goals and setting people in their lives to discuss potential stop the spread of WNS? For one thing, stay out priorities can help you determine where scam offers with were more likely to behavioral changes in bats, making them wake up and become active, flying around outside of caves and other areas where bats hibernate to start looking. Always take a tour of become victims of fraud and lose money. during the winter. If you do go in an area that facilities and read the contract closely to Take time this year to connect with old during times when they ought to be hibernating. This can cause the bat to burn up the fat and might contain bats, decontaminate your gear determine how much a membership costs friends and meet new ones too. with Clorox and Lysol. If you come across a each month. You can also check the gym’s nutrients that it had stored for winter or even Have a happy and healthy New Year, from bat, keep your distance and try not to disturb it. business profile on bbb.org. freeze to death. everyone here at BBB serving the Heart of White-nose syndrome was entirely unknown As of May 2019, WNS was found in 21 • Watch for free trial scams. Some health Texas! counties in Texas and it’s spreading fast. So if and fitness goals, like quitting smoking to science until 2007, when researchers near Albany, New York noticed that bats with white you observe any unusual bat behavior, such as powder on their noses were getting sick and bats flying during the day, struggling to get off dying. Since then, scientists have been studying the ground, or dying, report it to your local Fish Bollard Beautification the disease, but there is still no known cure. and Wildlife agency. WNS is spreading rapidly, so it is important to remain vigilant even in After the disease was first found in the U.S., areas that are so far unaffected. Let’s do our researchers also found it in bats in Europe and best to protect our flying friends! Island Moon on a Spoon New Year, New You

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Happy New Year to all!! Hope everyone has caught whenever shopping for fish and seafood. had a blessed holiday and a great start to their And you can use this same great ingredient that New Year! I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer adds a punch of flavor with little effort. Have and start off the new year with diet talk or how you heard of Grill Mates? Most of us use it to start the year off by removing all the foods on steaks and burgers… Well I love it on fish. you love. By purging your fridge and pantry The pepper, salt and garlic granules are larger Bollard artists of all the leftover cookies and chocolates you and bolder in flavor. I place it on the flesh side, received or made. after brushing fish with a little olive oil and sprinkle a light to medium coating and bake. Actually, I’d like to just say… what ever Once cooked, I add a fresh lemon and parsley balance you find in your daily food intake vinaigrette and it tastes fresh, light yet bold that makes you happy and keeps you healthy, and full of flavor. Flavor is important when embrace it. Don’t start something that will switching up ingredients in order to incorporate make you cranky or will set you up to fail healthier options. As well as is adding fresh and then, inadvertently binge out of spite or herbs and citrus. Serve with a side of veggies disappointment. We’ve all been there at some and a baked sweet potato and you have yourself level. Life is all about balance and if you’re going to change something, do it slowly and a healthy meal, yet feels filling and indulgent. make it a lifestyle change, not an abrupt, over Feel free to add healthy fats, such as butter or the top change that you can’t stick with. I’ve smashing a yummy avocado in place of that definitely learned this over the years. potato… Healthy fats are very healthy as well yummy and good for you! So if you’re wondering how to do that, let me start by saying it’s good to have a plan. First Ingredients: … get excited! Clean out fridge and cupboards 2 to 4 8…ounce portions of salmon or fish to make room for fresh options. Although of choice it sounds contradictory to how I started this article, most of us love doing a little clean up at 2 – 3 shakes on each piece of Grill Mates the beginning of the new year. Buy some new Steak Seasoning storage containers and have fruits and snacks 2-3 Fresh lemons squeezed ready to eat. This helps when you’re in the mood for a snack. It’s easier to grab a handful Fresh parsley and or cilantro minced of cleaned vegetables and fruits when they are 3 Tablespoons of olive oil *extra for there, waiting for you. brushing fish Baking sheet lined with parchment or foil Cooking spray Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Place fish skin side down and brush flesh side with olive oil. Shake grill mates on each fish. Bake for 10-20 minutes depending on thickness. If using a thermometer cook to Some of us enjoy cooking for a few hours and 145 degrees by temping the thickest part of prepping meals for work or just to have them fish. While baking, get your vinaigrette ready ready so you don’t have to cook everyday. by squeezing lemons, adding oil and mincing Maybe get a piece of paper and make two herbs. When fish is ready, remove from oven to three columns, and write down what you and pour spoonful’s of lemon mixture over fish. currently eat, what you’d like to incorporate You can do this on your plate as well. into your diet and maybe that third column Tip of the week: should be left for a list of foods that are a bit more indulgent, but you can twist them up and You can use this technique with various types make them more lifestyle friendly. These days, of fish, meats etc. Switch up the herbs, Switch social media is a fabulous source to search the up the Grill Mate’s seasoning. Maybe find a do’s and don’ts! However, you choose to make seasoning that has more spice, or other ethnic meals and snacks fun and incorporating some spices. Oregano, curry, garam masala, or make a healthier options, remember to not deprive paste by blending Asian influenced ingredients yourself. It sets you up for failure. Trim back, and brush them over your fish and seafood. and find a balance. The important thing is to Have Fun! Try New For today’s recipe I want to give you a yummy Things! Happy Eats… Enjoy! and easy salmon dish to prepare. Purchase wild FREE YOGA EVERY FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH IDEAL FOR BEGINNERS

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Islander Kathy King closed down Whitecap Wine & Ale in December after thirteen Islander Harvie Chisholm turned 104 in 2019 and celebrated the big day with years. She and her dog Butter are now happily retired. chocolate, sombreros, and her son Steve (left) Harvie attributes her longevity to her love of bananas, peanut butter, and chocolate kisses. Harvie had older brothers and sisters but she was the youngest and her father, Harvey, decided he wanted a Junior so Harvey was changed to Harvie. She has lived on The Island for eleven years after moving here Ray Sumney Got a Star from North Carolina. Marlin Sculptor Kent Ulberg

Our own Ray Summey (right), the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, got his star on the Walk of Fame in 2019. Islanders We Lost We lost several Islanders this year including Janice Minter, Joyce Tagliaferro, Diana McEwen Gaugler, Jack Lavers, Chet Orzechowski, Rick Reichenbach, and Teressa Brightwell.

Longtime Islander and world renowned sculptor Kent Ulberg (center) was honored with an exhibit of his work at the Art Museum of South Texas in 2019. Kent and his wife Verlee came to Padre Island to visit in 1978 and bought a house and never left. Kent created the Marlin statue at the entrance to Padre Island which, thanks to the work of Islander Richard Pittman (left) is now once again lighted after years of darkness due to theft of the lights. City Councilman Greg Smith (right) helped find private donations to fund the project. Chet Orzechowski Diana McEwen City Manager, Pete Zanoni

Janice Minter Theresa Brightwell.

Rick Reichenbach and a songwriter’s group including Kelley Mickwee, Larry Joe The City of Corpus Christi got a new City Manager in 2019 as Peter Zanoni was hired Taylor, Jimmy Daddy Davis and Michael Hearne picking on the porch from the City of San Antonio. at the Light House. January 2, 2020 Island Moon A 16 (More) 2019 the Year in Pictures Beach Rigs A couple of our favorite Beach Rigs of 2019.

A trucker with an Airstream trailer now has a motor home. Photo by Ronnie Narmour. The former location of Barataria in Port Aransas, next door to the Tarpon Inn, caught fire in 2019 and the building has now been demolished. The Big Dredge

Photo by Wayne Lake The hopper dredge Terrapin Island has been active in the ship channel at the Port Aransas Jetties most of 2019 dredging the canal to a depth of 54 feet.

Salty Dog Re-Opens Our favorite beach setup of 2019. Stilt Houses

The Salty Dog Saloon in Port Aransas re-opened in 2019 after damage from Hurricane Harvey.

A rare group of stilt townhomes began construction in the 15000 block of Palmira in 2019. They are outside the PIPOA boundaries.

We redefined breezy in 2019 The Moon went to Elvis’ house.

He’s really a good dog

The portable outhouse in Billish Park went up in flames in 2019.

Islander Joe Escobal continues the Tuesday night shuffleboard game that has been going on for almost twenty years. January 2, 2020 Island Moon A 17 Moon Classifieds #820

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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 January 2, 2020 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour [email protected] Happy New Years everybody!!! Since we won’t come out until after New Year’s Day, I decided to repurpose a piece I wrote for the Moonat the start of the decade when I lived on the beach and wrote the column, View From a Van. This is about a my life in Austin when RN & Lester Lester. the music scene was just finding its legs. Enjoy! up at Donna’s Club at sunrise playing pool for money and using an onion for an 8 ball. View from a Van… Paul Ray and the Cobras at Cat Man’s James Cotton and RN. Pay attention boy… Shine Parlor on 6th St next door to with Albert King. Townes taught me to play I’ll never forget the night at Antone’s when I Antone’s in the 70’s. street craps at his apartment in Clarksville while was setting up the bar for a big show, I think Gordo’s Billiards Joe Ely was crashing on my floor in South it was Jimmy Reed. The other two bartenders, and the Old Pecan Austin, trying to get a gig and get discovered. Eric and Jack, and I were horsing around as we Street Cafe. And I was raised in Lubbock and have known the prepped when Clifford Antone came up to us. that was about it. whole Flatlander regime since dirt. I had the He had a serious tone about him, “You boys Ester’s Follies was only running car, “The Slugmobile”, in the need to pay attention. You think these shows on the horizon. The Austin household and would have to drop Joey happen everywhere all the time? Some day there band Storm played off on the Drag to play for tips some days. We won’t be anymore Muddy Waters or Elmore the One Knight all called him Earl in those days. That friendship James’ shows. I just hope one of you is paying Living on the beach in Port A, 2009. Johnny Clyde the time...Jimmy ended me up in some wild situations throughout attention.” Something right then moved me and Copeland and RN. Vaughan on guitar, the years like the night he got home from changed me forever. So I did...pay attention. Something drives me to write about a place and Denny Freeman touring Europe with the Clash and we ended ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth time, another lifetime ago, when I was growing on keys, Paul Ray up in the bars of Austin and being privy to a on vocals, Doyle music explosion. When I was a college student Bramhall on at U.T. in the early 70’s I was thrown to the drums and Kieth wolves one Saturday night at the steak joint I Furgeson on bass. was waiting tables at, and became a bartender Not a bad band. Live Music right then and there. That was the year 1975 Junior Medlow and Every one of those when “liquor by the drink” became legal in RN. guys spawned into Texas. The steak joint was called Montana other noteworthy Mining Company and the weekend music bands such as the Tonight provided was no less that Steven Fromholtz Fabulous T Birds and The Cobras, both of and Alan Damron. which became the house bands at the new New Years Eve 2019 Tuesday, January 14 Antone’s. Clifford would do blues legends on Austin in the 70’s… Joe King Carrasco @ Paul & Victoria @ the weekends...Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Giggity’s Giggity’s Jimmy Rogers, Junior Wells, Bobby Bland, Timeline @ Brewster Open Mic @ House of Clifton Chenier, B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Street Rock Lazy Lester, etc... and play the T-Birds or Diamond’s Edge @ Cobras the rest of the time. The Cobras had a Rockits Wednesday, January 15 new guitarist, Jimmy’s little brother Stevie Ray, Black Magic Flower Damon Scott @ House of Power @ House of Rock Rock playing with them. Stevie was the pain-in-the- Scarecrow People @ WELCOME Magnus @ Giggity’s rear new kid that lived around the corner and Executive Surf Club always needed a ride to the gig, that night. He Timeline @ Brewster Thursday, January 16 did pretty well for himself. Street WINTER Free Beer Band @ Splendiferous @ Waves Giggity’s Armadillo World Headquarters… Resort Matt Gilmour Band @ TEXANS House of Rock 132 W. Cotter St. Port A New Years Day 2020 On the Waterfront Damon Scott @ House Friday, January 17 Clifford Antone with Pinetop Perkins. of Rock Dreaming in Color @ Jim Dugan @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Deftonesd @ Brewster Having earned the title as a real bartender, the Thursday, January 2 Street next job I got was at the Texas Chili Parlor. Free Beer Band @ Kalacas, Chench + 3 bands This was in the heyday of the cosmic cowboy Giggity’s @ House of Rock invasion of Austin. Candy Kicker, the KOKE Flatabroke @ Brewster RetroVIbe @ Executive FM disc-jockey was a good friend of mine as Street Treasure Island Surf Club was her husband the renowned outlaw journalist, Open Mic @ House of Nelson Allen. I did some serious growing up at Rock Ronnie’s Birthday, Jan. 18 the Chili Parlor making mad dog margaritas for Friday, January 3 FULL BAR Toman Brothers @ likes of Guy Clark and Hunter Thompson. RN with Jimmy Rogers Mike O’Neill @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Gary “Jap” Cartwright, the Texas Monthly Randall King, Triston Keith Sykes @ Third writer, got married one night back in the kitchen Marez @ Brewster Street 14 TAPS Coast Theater where we cooked the chili. It wasn’t uncommon All of this is at a time when the Armadillo World Wings Over Society @ Adrenaline @ Rockit’s to have a full bar of musicians, writers, artists Headquarters was peaking and doing shows House of Rock DANCE CLUB Iann Dior, Landon Cuibe, and actors all either gathering material or like Ray Charles, Commander Cody, New 315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020 POORSTACY @ Brewster polishing up their acts. One of the bartenders I Riders of the Purple Sage, Maria Muldair, Saturday, January 4 treasureislandporta Street worked with, Eric Anderson, told me about a Chanklas @ Giggity’s IDONTKNOWJEFFERY The Pointer Sisters, or Jerry Jeff Walker, Another Level @ Rockit’s @ The Exchange new blues bar that was about to open downtown etc. Greezy Wheels became their house band. Diamond’s Edge @ Cruise Control @ Pelican and they were looking for bartenders. That’s Elsewhere, Soap Creek Saloon was doing stuff Brewster Street Lounge when I went to work for Clifford Antone. like The Meters, Delbert McClinton or Frieda and the Firedogs and Castle Creek Saloon Sunday, January 5 Sunday, January 19 Antone’s home of the blues… would have the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Mike Williams Birthday Fundaze @ House of Rock Antone’s in 1975 was one of only a dozen Lightning Hopkins, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Brunch @ Giggity’s Antone & All Stars @ or less bars on Sixth Street back then. I ended Leon Redbone or Mance Lipscomb. I’d be Fundaze @ House of Giggity’s up spending a decade on that street, before it failing my duties here if I didn’t mention The Rock Diamond’s Edge @ Pelican Ray Ray’s B-Day w/ Selfie Lounge became another French Quarter. But back then, Split Rail and many a night listening to Alvin Monday, January 6 Antone’s was among the few breaking ground Crow or Kenneth Threadgill. (If these names Open Jam @ Giggity’s Jan. 11 MLK Day, January 20 on an area considered to be the bad part of town. mean nothing to you, then might as well stop Open Jam @ Giggity’s We were on 6th and Brazos, directly across from reading now.) Tuesday, January 7 Pirates and Poets the Driscoll Hotel. On our short block between Paul & Victoria @ w/ Ty Dietz & The Tuesday, January 21 Brazos and Congress Avenue was OK Records The Slugmobile… Giggity’s Detentions Feb 21-22 Paul & Victoria @ on one side and Joey’s Tavern on the other. On Music was abound and I was right in the Open Mic @ House of Giggity’s the corner by the alley was the Cat Man Gettin’ middle of it. I took for granted that I was within Rock OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port A. Down Shine Parlor. The only other places I Wednesday, January 22 an entire population of artists. I guess I figured Wednesday, January 8 Damon Scott @ House of remember on the street was The Lamplight, The that everyone could play ping pong backstage at Jered Clark @ Giggity’s Rock Green Spot, The Ritz Theater, The One Knight, the ‘Dillo with Boz Scaggs or poker until dawn Hank Reeves @ Giggity’s Thursday, January 9 Free Beer Band @ Thursday, January 23 GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Giggity’s Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s LIVE MUSIC Friday, January 10 LIVE MUSIC Mike O’Neil on Friday (9-1) RetroVibe @ Giggity’s Friday, January 24 Chanklas on Sat. (9-1) Diamond’s Edge @ Radney Foster @ Third EVERY Rockit’s Coast Theater Jarrod Birmingham @ Groove @ Giggity’s NIGHT Brewster Street Rockport Gospel Music Saturday, January 25 Mike Williams Jazz Band Festival @ 1st Baptist Back Pew Revival @ Church Giggity’s Kitchen Open 82nd B-Day Brunch Seattle Rising @ Brewster Until 1 a.m.! Sunday 12-3 Saturday, January 11 Street Todd Dorn @ Giggity’s Expert Computer Repairs Passing Strangers @ Selfie: Ray’s Bday @ Rockit’s Shorty’s 40oz to Freedom @ House Lil’ Boosie @ Concrete of Rock Street Morgan Heritage @ Sunday, January 26 House of Rock Fundaze @ House of Rock Antone & All Stars @ Sunday, January 12 Giggity’s Fundaze @ House of Rock Monday, January 27 Antone & All Stars @ Open Jam @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Tuesday, January 28 Monday, January 13 Open Jam @ Giggity’s Open Jam @ Giggity’s Wednesday, January 29 Damon Scott @ House of

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