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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 July 13, 2017 Weekly FREE Around The Work Island Deep Sea Rounds 'Em Up! By Dale Rankin We are almost exactly halfway Begins on through the one hundred day Island Tourist Season and so far so good. The traffic has been about what we Irrigation expect based on previous years, the roads are crowded on the weekends, System but as they say, you can’t build the church for Easter Sunday. All in all things are copacetic here on our little Around sandbar as we charge through the heart of the summer. Packery channel depth Lake Padre Crews are at work on an irrigation Those of you who are regular readers system at the property around Lake of these pages know that the water Padre from whence blowing sand has depth in Packery Channel has been been emanating during high winds. an ongoing topic of discussion. We want to give a big thank you to the members of the subcommittee of the Island Strategic Action Committee who have taken this project on and after years of inattention are pushing for a long- term maintenance plan to keep the channel dredged to a depth that it needs to be. On Tuesday the subcommittee members boarded No Deadlines, the boat owned by subcommittee member Jerry Watkins and toured the entire Packery Channel from the mouth at the Gulf to the Intracoastal noting the depth all along the way. What they found is what pretty much what Island boaters have been saying for years, with the exception of a twenty five foot deep hole just inside the The 82nd Deep Sea Round-up took place last weekend in Port A. The Bandit (pictured left) smoked the Packery Bridge the entire channel is competition in the Billfish Division. More photos by Jan Rankin on page 2. five to seven feet deep, except the last one hundred yards inside the mouth where is it four to five feet which is significantly less than the original design depth. When the channel was What are the Rules? dug it was dredged to fourteen feet and was to be maintained at ten feet. It Port Aransas Beach Amenities Fences Along is not close to that and in the past two months several boats have hit bottom near the mouth. The shallow depth at Draw Questions Whitecap the mouth also causes problems when Editor’s note: The beach chairs the overarching document for rules Editor’s Note: We had questions winds are high because it piles the and umbrellas on the beach at the on beach access and maintenance, this week from homeowners along water up at the shoal at the channel’s Cinnamon Shore development in however, the act can be altered by the south side of Whitecap regarding mouth making it difficult for small Port Aransas prompted several cities which file a Beach Management the policy of the Padre Isles Property boats to pass. inquiries this week. The question is Plan which both Port Aransas and the Owners Association concerning There have been two major dredging what are the rules regarding private, City of Corpus Christi have filed. Whitecap on through lots with their front facing adjacent streets and their projects since the original dredge, or semi-private use of the beaches We forwarded the question on back fences facing Whitecap. the latest being after Hurricane Ike in Port Aransas. Keep in mind that the rules in Port Aransas to the left sand in the channel in 2008. In the rules for Port Aransas beaches city’s Director and Planning and 2010 $177,000 from the Island Tax and those in the Corpus Christi City Development. Here is his response. Reinvestment Zone was spent to Limits are governed by different The city requires an eighteen inch By Rick Adams remove 214,000 cubic yards of sand beach management plans. The Texas silkscreen around construction sites which had accumulated, another Open Beach Act, passed in 1959, is Director Planning and Development and currently there are four on the dredge is scheduled for 2018. site at a cost of $60,000. The city Port Aransas EMC requirements are that the property Devil is in the details Let me see if I can address the issue owner prevent sand blowing off site in “Fresh” winds which are defined But the devil has been in the details and trust me, it’s a little complex. at between 19 and 24 miles per hour. of the contracts that have been used Let me start by explaining that all of However, the screens are generally in the past. The terms have been the private beachfront developments designed for projects on smaller presented to the ISAC by city staff South of access road 1A actually own A check there will find that some of acreage and demonstrably do not over the years and, as presented, to mean-high-tide (MHT). There are a the fences are ten feet from the road, work on that area when winds are they stipulated the amount of sand few exceptions such as Beachwalk I - at the border of the city easement, above that amount which has been to be removed, between 100,000 and II Mustang Royale I - II that deeded a and others are thirty feet back from often as the open area of Lake Padre, 300,000 cubic yards each time, and buffer of property between MHT and the road, and some have gates and upwind from the site means plenty of the time allowed for the job, from the back of the dunes to the City of some do not. This has meant that fetch and reach. mid-September after the sea turtle Port Aransas as it was undevelopable some homeowners there can’t get nesting season until Spring Break in and they didn’t want to pay property boats and other vehicles into their March. The problem has been that Cinn Shores cont. on A4 Fences cont. on A4 Sandy Work cont. on A4 the contracts did not stipulate where the actual dredging would be done in A little Island history the channel. The result has been that the sand that was removed was well inside the channel where a small, A Brief History of Island Water Passes and less expensive, dredge could be Editor’s Note: The following is a from the north to the south breakers. used and the sand was pumped over brief history of passes through Padre The new channel provided nine feet of the south jetty onto the beach where a and Mustang islands over the course clearance but the old channel shoaled significant portion of it quickly found of the last two centuries. We thank to four feet (U. S. Army Corps of its way back to the bottom or the Dr. Richard Watson for sending it Engineers, 1853). Between 1851 and channel. According to information our way. 1890,depths over the inlet-mouth presented by city staff leading up the bars varied from 7 to 10.5 feet (U. S. last two dredging contracts no dredge Aransas Pass Army Corps of Engineers,1890). work was done in the last 600 feet The Aransas Pass (at Port Aransas) Erosion of the north end of Mustang of the channel just inside the mouth. was extremely unstable during the Island and deposition on the south It is that plug of sand that the ISAC middle to late 1800's. Relocation of end of San Jose Island progressed at a subcommittee members found in the channel axis, changes in channel rate of 260 feet per year (U. S. Army their cruise this week. Boaters have depth of several feet, and shifting of Corps of Engineers, 1900). Because been saying all along that the mouth the inlet-mouth bars accompanied of the importance of Aransas Pass as was too shallow for safe passage. southerly migration of the inlet. a route for commercial vessels and The Conrad Blucher Institute has Frequent changes caused navigation because of the continuous changes been contracted since the opening of problems for trade vessels traveling in channel position and depth, the channel in 2005 to monitor the over the outer bars and through the numerous efforts were made by depth and report to the ISAC and/or inlet. Not only were the changes governmental and private interests the TRZ Board when dredging was frequent but they occurred rapidly as to stabilize the channel and maintain well. It was reported that during one navigable depths The first attempt at 1864 passes Around cont. on A4 week in 1853, the channel migrated History cont. on A4 July 13, 2017 Island Moon A 2 Record Breaking Numbers of Fish Caught at This Year's Deep Sea Round-up

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Abigail Bair along Park Road 22 because of the silty soils I hope someday we might catch up somewhere. Kinsel Decks can build you a Contributing Writers prevalent in the that area. Spec 5 (retired), P. Dean Srygley beautiful new deck and or dock. Joey Farah We used calcium chloride to control the Dear Sargeant Lewis, They also do piers, marinas, Andy Purvis problem. Calcium chloride is hydrophilic, and will literally attract moisture from humid boathouses and bulk heads. Mary Craft air of which we have plenty. This was a very In '67 and '68, I was assigned to the Leighton Need lights? They can install MayBeth Christiansen simple and effective method of economically Barracks gym and mostly worked in the supply LED dock lights, underwater Jay Gardner controlling the dust problem during construction room on the first floor. It was more than 50 fishing lights plus hydraulic Todd Hunter of this highway. years ago and you might not remember me in lifts and more. Contact them Dotson Lewis $62,000.00 in fines (If ever collected) would particular, so here are a few names to jog your have paid for a lot of calcium chloride. memory: Bill Poston, Paul Srygley, Bill Dulin, at 361-729-7661 or check out Ronnie Narmour Jim Baltzell, Rich Tucci, Jack Garbo, Ron their website at kinseldocks. Brent Rourk Maybe the developer ought to give this a try. Hartman, Sgt, Bullard, Rich Esparza, George com Photographers Sincerely, Dreschner (the frugal German accountant who used every square inch on a piece of paper) and Miles Merwin Harry Benoit, P.E. (Ret.) Patrick Kane is a professional Lt. Jackson (who we always called Lt. Fuzz, or painter with over thirty years’ Debbie Noble simply "Fuzz") Mary Craft experience. He specializes in Gopher Broke I have a confession to make. You might Ronnie Narmour remember when we started selling beer exterior painting and surface Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) during basketball tournaments, in the hope of restoration on Stucco, brick Riley P. Dog increasing attendance and keeping some of the and wood. He also does power guys on post who might otherwise get drunk in washing. You can contact him town and raise hell. The cases of Wurzburgr Hofbrau were kept in the room where the (very at 908-266-0029 comfortable) wrestling mats were stored, which made this a nice place to wind down on a Friday Business Briefs afternoon, particularly since Billy Poston had the key to the room. Bill Dulin always went with Dr. Tom Dorrell is continuing us, although being a preacher and a teetotaler he to see patients at The Medical never touched the beer. That doesn't mean he Center like he always has in was above expressing his opinion on the matter, and like it was yesterday I can still hear him the new addition while they say, "Y'all got them big smiles on you face, but are renovating the original Publisher I want to see what happens when Sgt. Lewis building. They will continue walks in the door." Fortunately you never did. Dale Rankin After moving into our house in January, gopher this until later in August with About the Island Moon education (ours and theirs) quickly became the I'm glad to have the chance to tell you how no change in our past business The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale order of the day. I have dogs, and dog proof much I enjoyed serving in your unit, and of the Rankin, Editor / Publisher. rodents in my yard. After a lot of much needed tremendous respect we all had for you. Now practice. They are hoping to Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes garden renovations, the dogs and rodents than I know a little more about life, I think this have the Emergency Room part delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 showed they their appreciation by spending all copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, was because you led by example, and treated finished and ready to open for as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 their time digging I have been using repellent everybody with respect yourself, from the copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. granules. Switching brands often just to keep lowliest Private to the highest ranking officer. business by the end of August. things interesting. After some gopher demo News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, Best wishes, and thanks. Once they open the Emergency payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. skill during an open house tour recently, I knew Room Dr. Dorrell will remain I could step up my game and bought some solar Vaughn LeClair The Island Moon Newspaper sonic plugs for the yard. It's the round green working as fulltime physician 14646 Compass, Suite 3 solar stake. Some of the sand hill was swept and owner. aside for a clearer view. Penny Saver Corpus Christi, TX 78418 Dale could you please publish the name and 12 gauge Tattoos & Teri Beck, North Padre Island address of the person or persons who throw Piercings has opened between 361-949-7700 trash in my yard every Wednesday ? It comes in a yellow wrapper and says "Penny Saver" it is Aunt Sissy’s Kitchen and [email protected] Not sure where I read it, but I heard coffee unwelcomed trash that I have to pick up weekly, Scuttlebutts. grounds were the ticket. Saved a bunch for a Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper I would love to return this trash to that person. week, used a long handled tea spoon and fed it Maybe there are a lot more people on the island Cancun Restaurant owner into their holes and it genuinely seemed to work. that would like to return their trash as well! has told the family that owns the "Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga." Maybe I'll just save up a few months worth and building that he will not fulfill Mark Wintrow, return them in bulk! the rest of his lease but will I have found ammonia to be very effective. I Frank Pirotina leave all contents. That leaves use a long funnel to make sure I get well below Cuttysark Where to Find The the grass, and tree roots so I don't damage them. the door open for a turnkey Island Moon Also, had great luck with the solar sonic inserts. restaurant to open. There are at Dave Osterman, least two parties I have heard that are looking into it. Trinity By the Sea Port Episcopal I keep getting asked about Aransas the grocery store but I have Sand Piper Condos North no answers. I tried calling and Sea Gull Condos Padre texting the developer but have Gulf Breeze RV All Stripes Stores not gotten a response. I can Pioneer RV only guess no grocery store Black Sheep/ La Palmilla Golf Barrel has committed but that is pure Club conjecture. CVS Stripes (1A) The Sunset Sounds Whataburger Kody’s Restaurant Free concert in Port A Doc’s Restaurant Amano featuring Aloha Dave and WB Liquor Snoopy’s Pier the Tourists is set for Friday, 361 Bar Isle Mail N More July 14, 7-9pm. Friday. Watch Moby Dicks Island Italian the sun set over the Corpus Brooklyn Pie Co. Christi Ship Channel as music Spanky’s Liquor fills the air at the Patsy Jones IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware Amphitheater in Roberts Point Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn Park. Bring a chair or blanket San Juan’s Mexican Texas Star (Shell) and any refreshments you want. 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Around cont. from A1 damage to the jetties but the damage was later Fences cont. from A1 repaired (U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, needed. Their findings, based until this year on 1962b). The channel was also re-dredged to 39 back yards. We forwarded the question to POA three annual surveys, generally, have limited feet (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1962c). Executive Coordinator Maybeth Christensen. the amount of dredging that has been done. Here is her response. Police Hurricane Beulah caused only minor damage Their request that the TRZ board earmark $4 but restoration of the channel to its project million to monitor the channel over the next depth required dredging of over 605,000 four years was denied early this year based on a cubic yards of sediment (U. S. Army Corps of Blotter recommendation from the ISAC subcommittee Engineers,1968b). Attention Island Residents: The bad who reasoned that it makes more sense to use guys are upping the Game A 1968 act provided for a deepening of the the $1 million per year to dredge rather than channel to 45 feet between the jetties and On 7-10-17 just after noon I returned home fund three studies. 47 feet over the outer bar. These depths were from a four day absence. I noted that the Under the original TRZ agreement property attained as reported in 1972 (U. S. Army Corps screen to a kitchen window by the front taxes on new development inside the TRZ zone, of Engineers, 1972a). door was off with bricks stacked under it. which includes most of the businesses on The (it’s a high window). There were articles Island, are used, among other things, to keep Fish Pass of clothing in two bags and a purse on the the channel at its designed depth. The TRZ rules Intermittent opening and closing of Packery ground by my front door. My deadbolt was require that $4 million be earmarked in the fund Channel, Newport Pass, and Corpus gave still locked as it can’t be unlocked from to fund dredging and the money is currently impetus to construction of a jettied channel inside or outside without a key. I entered available. across Mustang Island connecting Corpus my home and found a woman sleeping in my bed in an upstairs bedroom. I held her at The real question here is why the Christi Bay with the open Gulf. The Fish (or gunpoint until the police arrived. The reason recommendation has been not to dredge when Water Exchange) Pass was completed August she gave to the police for being in my home the channel for years has been less that its 1972. Detailed changes of shoreline position was that "she needed a place to sleep". She designed depth and when the money is available. and bathymetry in and around the pass during its stated that she had taken a bus here from San It is thanks to the ISAC subcommittee that the first year of operation were studied by Behrens Antonio and did not have a car however she issue is now being addressed and based on their and Watson (1974); analyses of tidal hydraulics had a key ring with multiple keys as well as work so far it looks like things are moving in and inlet stability in the first six months were car keys on it.(I personally do not believe the right direction. We will keep you updated as also conducted by Defehr and Sorensen (1973). this story). things move along. Maximum discharge recorded at the Fish Pass was about 4,000 cubic feet per second. When I get a copy of police report I will post In the meantime, if you are going out the Maximum tidal current velocities averaged to this site her name etc. She stated she was Packery watch out for the skinny water, and say about three feet per second; however, most 24 years old, appeared to be mixed Hispanic hello if you see us Around The Island. measured flow velocities were less than two feet origin with a healthy build, shoulder length History cont. from A1 per second (Behrens and Watson, 1974). dark hair. Corpus Christi Pass,Newport Pass, She had improvement was made in 1868 when a 600- Packery Channel removed two foot dike of brush- and stone-filled cribs was screens from constructed on the southern end of San Jose Three passes located within a four-mile my back Island to close a swash channel (U. S. Army segment of southern Mustang Island have patio area Corps of Engineers,1871). This dike was functioned intermittently as natural tidal inlets also but those destroyed by storms within 3 years. (fig. 6). Documentation through the literature windows of their migration and periods of closure is Survey in 1871 were locked. difficult because Corpus Christi Pass, identified The window on the U.S. Coast Survey topographic chart Recommendations following a survey of the They are guidelines which were adopted and she accessed (1881-1882), was later referred to as Packery pass in 1871 included construction of groins are on our website as Policy and Procedures had a broken Channel. The northernmost and middle passes and a revetment on the northern extremity of Standards under the building forms tab. The rule lock on it. are now Corpus Christi Pass and Newport Pass, Mustang Island and a jetty extending into the had always been fences that were on “through” (Yes I have respectively. Beginning in 1939, attempts were Gulf from the northeast side of the island (U.S. lots – i.e. those that had Whitecap on one side fixed that) made to reopen Corpus Christi Pass; however, Army Corps of Engineers, 1871). Between and another behind them, fences were to be There was the project was soon abandoned because of 1871 and 1879, the channel depth remained built no closer to Whitecap than 30 feet. nothing destroyed nor was anything missing about 7 feet, which prevented the entrance of rapid siltation and closure (Lockwood and and as far as I can tell she did not even deeper draft vessels; Carothers, 1967). The inability of these inlets Around 2005 or 2006, we started looking at it rummage through any drawers etc. When to maintain tidal exchange for extended periods and really wanted to do something to improve therefore, trade in the area was severely the police searched her and her possessions may be due to the deepening of Aransas Pass the appearance of Whitecap. The first attempt they found no drugs or illegal weapons. curtailed. A report based on an 1879 survey (U. (Collier andHedgpeth,1950; Price, 1952). was to require a stucco wall on all new houses, S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1879) reiterated The three passes are reopened periodically by but after seriously looking at the cost, the Board I did press charges and she was arrested the recommendations of 1871 and also hurricanes but close within a relatively short sent it back to the ACC and asked them to come however the charge is Criminal Trespass proposed construction of a jetty from San Jose period of time. up with another plan. of a habitation which is only a class A Island parallel to the proposed jetty on Mustang Misdemeanor. This is due to the fact that Island. The erection of a dam across Corpus Cinn. Shores cont. from A1 So, the plan that eventually passed was – if she did not destroy any property or steal Christi Pass had also been proposed since the you wanted to increase your backyard, you anything. pass had decreased in size during the previous taxes on it. Although they own the property to could by installing an approved vinyl fence 30 years (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1880). the water the developments are still subject to at the 10’ line, but you could not put a gate in Neighbors tell me that the items by the door In May 1880, the work was begun but in August the open beaches act (OBA) and must provide the fence off of Whitecap. The City will not were noticed about 8 a.m. the same morning a storm removed most of the improvement. for and not block public access. allow curb cuts on the South side of Whitecap but they assumed it was myself returning so no driveways are allowed, thus no gates. The from out of town so I believe she was in 1882 incentive for owners to do the vinyl fence in the home less than a day and possibly less than six hours. I live in a two story condo on By 1882, six groins extending from an 870-foot addition to gaining more back yard is that the Leeward that backs on to Lake Padre. breakwater along the channel face of Mustang PIPOA will reimburse the owner one half of the Island, a revetment along the same area, and a additional cost of the difference between a vinyl Y'all be watchful here in "The Hood" and wood fence. So, if the vinyl fence costs 450-foot groin from Harbor Island into Lydia Kelly Byrom Ann Channel had been built, and construction $3,000 and a wood would have cost $1,000, the was proceeding on the south (or Government) reimbursement is $1,000. Island Resident of 13 years jetty. When work was suspendedin1885,the There are homes built prior to 2000 or earlier Island Police Calls jetty was 5,500'feet long; 1,500 feet of this which front on Whitecap. As I understand it, was shore work. During June 1885, the depth the Post office requested that Homes front on 11800 block SPID Noon July 9 Criminal of the channel increased to 11 feet and the rate the other streets – Catamaran, Captain Kidd, mischief $750-$2500 of southward migration was reduced (U. S. and Blackbeard, so the City will not allow 13300 block SPID 11 a.m. July 8 Army Corps of Engineers,1886). However, the homes built now to front on Whitecap. Abandoned vehicle jetty was damaged by a hurricane in September 1885,and the channel shoaled. No one is “grandfathered” however, we have 14200 block Anegada 8 p.m. July 10 not demanded the folks who have kept the wood Criminal mischief 1888 fence with the gate change to the vinyl fence to eliminate the gate. 14000 block SPID 5 p.m. July 9 Improper A survey made in 1888 revealed that the jetty Photo/visual record to around/gratify had subsided an average of 6.2 feet in the 3 years following its construction; more than 14500 block Cabana East 9 p.m. July 6 1,750 feet of the total length was submerged. Sandy Work cont. from A1 Burglary of a habitation During the same time, the channel shoaled to Winds this week have been under 24 mph and 14400 block Compass 2 a.m. July 10 8.5 feet (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1888). the sand has not been moving. However, due to Assault The breakwater and sand fences on Mustang the ineffectiveness of the eighteen inch screens Island had been destroyed, and the groins had 14500 block Cabana East 7 p.m. July 7 the city has been levying fines of $1000 per day, settled 9 to 38 feet into the sand. The revetment Assault regardless of wind speed, and the total is now along the channel face had reduced erosion of 14500 block Cabana East 7 pm. July 7 over $61,000. Mustang Island to 70 feet per year even though That is where the challenge arises as we try and Burglary of a coin operated machine it had been undermined and isolated from the To elevate the problem crews began work this balance these owners’ rights along with public 15100 block Leeward Noon July 8 shoreline which had eroded 100 to 200 feet to week on a $100,000 irrigation system which access. The Cinnamon Shore beach chairs and Criminal trespass in habitation/Super Fund the south. will be fed by water from a ten-acre pond being umbrellas are set up in linear fashion on their site built on the site to capture ground water which During 1888 and 1889, the revetment was property; approximately 1200 linear feet. These seeps from below the surface. The system is 15100 block Leeward 11 p.m. July 8 Theft lengthened to 2,725 feet and strengthened are for the use of owners, guests and visitors. expected to be in place within the next few of vehicle parts by an 18-inch-thick wall of riprap from the There is no prohibition however, for any weeks and when finished will apply water to the bottom of the channel to the high-water line. beachgoer to set up in this area and I routinely 15200 block Windward 6 p.m. July 7 north end of the site along State Highway 361 to These additions succeeded in stabilizing the see this happen. I have personally set up in Assault this area on a crowded weekend. This same keep the sand from blowing. northern tip of Mustang Island (U.S. Army 15200 block Windward 6 p.m. July 7 Theft Corps of Engineers, 1900). On March 22, scenario is applicable to the other developments Dale Rankin 1890, the Aransas Pass Harbor Company was south of 1A that own to MHT (Palmilla Beach, 15100 block Leeward Noon July 7 incorporated as a result of the limited annual Sunflower Beach, Cinnamon Shore II, etc.). Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted Criminal Trespass/Habitation/Super Fund Our coastal management plan (currently in site appropriations. for new location on Packery Channel review and revision) does reference the open 1932 15000 block Windward 2 p.m. July 7 beach act and the prohibition against blocking Burglary of a motor vehicle By 1932, the channel between the jetties had off the beach. The setting up of the umbrellas been dredged to 30.7 feet (U.S. Army Corps of although aggravating to some, simply does not Packery Leeward and Augustine 9 a.m. July 5 Engineers, 1932). Both north and south jetties constitute a “blocking” of the beach. Flats Public intoxication were repaired in 1936 (U.S. Army Corps of The takeaway in my opinion… all of the TM Reales and Whitecap 9 p.m. July 11 Engineers, 1936) possibly as a result of the 1934 property to our South that was forever vacant Floating Cabin Repairs Assault hurricane. In 1937, the channel was deepened to has been purchased by developers that own all Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available good for either repairs or rebuilding 15700 block Gulf Beach 11 p.m. July 7 34.5 feet between the jetties and 35 feet over the way to the water. These owners are entitled Public intoxication the outer bar (U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel to the use of their property but must grant the Call for lease terms 1937). public access within the confines of the OBA. Packery Flats Marina 15800 block SPID 11 a.m. July 9 Boat fire/rescue In 1947, these areas were again deepened to Unfortunately, we are all painfully aware of 33 feet and 39 feet, respectively (U. S. Army the impact the “Severance” ruling had to that 361-774-8886 15800 block SPID 10 p.m. July 7 Public Corps of Engineers, 1947-1948), and in 1958, sacred statute and the precarious line we walk intoxication the channel was 38 feet deep between the jetties in interpreting these access issues. 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Send letters and photos to [email protected] Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper July 13, 2017 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin “My recliner doesn’t lean back far enough.” “Why are dunes so far from the beach?” all their lives to be able to move to and It all started with a “The crabs got my bait.” “Why are the dunes so close to the beach?” we got a beach that swimming pool accessory. “My bait got crabs.” “Why doesn’t Sea Pines have pine trees?” we can drive on “Something’s wrong “My mother-in-law came down and she “My solar panel faces the wrong way. The sun and our dogs can with my Polaris and it’s snores.” keeps moving!” run on. We have spraying water all over a great charter my plants.” “My mother in law came down.” “I got stuck in the line at the Skid-O-Can and school where missed the “Isn’t that good, it will water them?” “My putter is too short.” Island kids get a first part of the great education. “No, it has too much chlorine and it leaves “Why is the water so salty?” free fireworks All we have to do brown spots, even more than the tap water.” “Why doesn’t anybody have live shrimp show.” is flip a switch and Thelonius Monk For the un-pooled the Polaris is that thing that today!?” “I fell off my lower our boats into the canal behind our house and be fishing wanders around in your pool and eats stuff. It “My neighbor has a jet ski in his front yard wind board and has a tail, looks like a stingray, and acts for all got salt water in the flats in twenty minutes. We have a fishing and the POA won’t do anything, neither will the pier that we can use for a pittance. the world like a living thing. It’s kind of scary. city.” my eyes. Had One night after a backyard picking party that to jump in my It’s true we get overrun by visitors a few went late a friend jumped in and checked it for “I bought a raspa on the beach and I ordered pool.” weekends out of the year but we got the Ski cherry and I got strawberry. I know they look gills. “I had to wait Basin, and besides, they leave on Sunday and the same in the jug, but dang, you think the leave money behind. It’s true we don’t have “Inanimate sir!” came the report from the kid in the trailer would know the difference.” fifteen minutes shallow end. “Water driven with no reproductive to launch my a dog park, and we got sticker patches where (Raspa” comes from the Spanish phrase hielo our parks ought to be, and pocket gophers, organs visible.” raspado, meaning scraped ice and strawberry boat at the free Comminist.jpg ramp.” but we also don’t have air pollution, (bad) ain’t bad.). hippies, an Al-Queda or Hell’s Angels chapter “My dog still has fleas, and I think he has gas “Why isn’t (that we know of), crack houses (that we know too.” there a place of),chain stores, air raids, gunboats offshore, for me to land my airplane around here?” (confirmed) chupacabras, military coups (so “Why does Happy Hour have to end at seven? far), (confirmed) communists, nor ice storms; Sometimes I don’t get there until seven.” “My RV is too big for my yard.” we got a snow storm in 2004 and we still talk “I saw a coyote.” “My friends’ boats are all too big to get down about it and can’t wait for the next one. my measly canal.” “Some dude went down the canal behind my If a hurricane hits, we got gripes, but in the house and left a wake so big it splashed water “The sand is blowing in my eyes.” meantime let’s keep in mind that we live in a on my deck.” “I saw an old guy in a Speedo. Couldn’t find place that does not stink…except around the “I lost my sunglasses.” my Buck Knife to poke out my one good eye.” Stink Factory at Whitecap and Gypsy. Why just the other day I drove by there and it smelled so You get the message. Our problems are Island Snow on the Holiday Inn swimming pool “My cousins are coming down for five days bad…ah, well, never mind. and they all snore.” problems. Not that they aren’t problems, but let’s take a deep breath here folks, as And always remember, what happens on The I let go the obvious question of why he checked “I went to the beach and didn’t find a single problems go they don’t fall into the category of Island leaves on Sunday. it for reproductive organs but was glad to know sand dollar. Why aren’t there more shells?” catastrophic. We live in a place that people work the thing wouldn’t be multiplying or crawling “Why do I have to pay twelve dollars to go to up my leg in my sleep. But it started me thinking the beach, don’t we own it!?” that in the course of human events our problems here on our little sandbar are Island problems. “I can’t believe they charge $4.50 for a beer.” “I forgot my cell phone and by the time I went “This isn’t the way we did it in…California, back to get it I missed my mani-pedi! I couldn’t Florida, Dallas, Minneapolis, Lake Charles, reschedule for two days!” grade school, my dreams, Bermuda shorts.” “My dog has fleas” “I went on a cruise and they served green beans with everything.” “I went twenty six miles out in my boat and only caught two red snapper!” “I went on a cruise and the bed was too short.” “My yard guy didn’t show up and I had to pick “I went on a cruise and my wife ran off with up dog poo! I used my nine iron to chip it into the conga player. But she came back!” my neighbor’s yard. He lives in Chicago.” “I ran out of propane when my steaks were still rare!” “How are we supposed to build a decent fire in the fireplace with those little packages of logs at Stripes?” “Why can’t we buy non-ethanol gas on The Island? And why isn’t there a place to buy diesel for my boat?” “My house doesn’t have sidewalks!” Pool monster “It’s hot, why doesn’t the wind blow?” “Why is the wind blowing so hard!?” “The drain on my dishwasher backed up and I had to run it through two cycles!” “My neighbor listens to jazz music in the middle of the afternoon by the pool. My cell “I put shrimp tails down my disposal and it phone ringer is set to Thelonious Monk and I made my house smell like shrimp tails.” can’t tell it from his music. Last week I missed “I got a lobster tan.” a call from my stock broker, it could have been a sell order! I gave “I need a lobster tan.” him a Dizzy Gillespie “I painted my living room and now I don’t like cd but still he’s with the color.” the Thelonious Monk! “My ceiling fan makes a noise.” Doesn’t everybody like a horn better than “I blew out a flip flop and stepped on a pop top. a piano? There’s just Cut my heel had to take UBER back home.” no reaching some “I left my surfboard wax on the dashboard and people!” Tides of the Week it turned to mush.” “My pool guy got too “I got a ding on my surfboard when I dropped Tides for Bob Hall Pier July 13 - July 20 much chlorine in my it on the hood ornament on the Cadillac Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon pool and it burns my Escapade.” /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible eyes!” Th 13 High 7:49 AM 1.4 6:42 AM Set 10:42 AM 87 “I should have bought a green Corvette, the red “My pool needs more one attracts the wrong kind of woman.” 13 8:27 PM Rise 11:38 PM chlorine, I think the neighbors kid peed in “My BMW doesn’t have a Heads Up Display, F 14 Low 12:03 AM 0.0 6:43 AM Set 11:38 AM 80 it! If you don’t think what was I thinking?!” 14 High 8:09 AM 1.3 8:27 PM location matters just “I had a flat tire on my boat trailer.” 14 Low 3:34 PM 0.7 Chupacabra think of the difference between peeing while “I don’t have a boat trailer.” 14 High 6:31 PM 0.8 you’re in the pool and “We missed our connecting flight from Cancun Sa 15 Low 12:45 AM 0.2 6:43 AM Rise 12:16 AM 71 peeing in it while you’re standing on the side. and had to wait almost two hours in Houston.” See what I mean!” (I feel your pain on that one). 15 High 8:28 AM 1.2 8:26 PM Set 12:36 PM 15 Low 3:38 PM 0.5 “Why don’t we have caddies at the county “I drank too much El Guapo and my head club?” hurts.” 15 High 8:34 PM 0.8 “The pilot light on the gas oven on my patio “I ran out of El Guapo before I drank enough Su 16 Low 1:35 AM 0.5 6:44 AM Rise 12:54 AM 61 went out and I had to get down on my knees to for a hangover.” 16 High 8:45 AM 1.1 8:26 PM Set 1:35 PM light it!” “No one goes to the beach, it’s too crowded.” 16 Low 4:03 PM 0.3 Oh the humanity! “The ferry line is too long.” 16 High 10:40 PM 0.9 “I went to the beach and somebody stole one of my flip flops. Who steals one flip flop!? I paid “Why do tourists feed the seagulls? And why M 17 Low 2:48 AM 0.8 6:44 AM Rise 1:34 AM 50 do they like to dig a big hole on the beach and ten dollars for those things and now I got to hop 17 High 8:58 AM 1.1 8:26 PM Set 2:36 PM through Aquarius Park on one foot!” sit in it? What’s up with that?” 17 Low 4:42 PM 0.0 “I had to go OTB twice last week.” “Why do I have to drive all the way to Lubbock to get a Chilton? And why don’t they make Tu 18 High 12:48 AM 1.1 6:45 AM Rise 2:18 AM 38 “We have too many stop lights.” them with tequila?” 18 Low 6:03 AM 1.0 8:25 PM Set 3:39 PM “We don’t have enough stop lights.” “My boyfriend has feet like a runaway slave.” 18 High 9:01 AM 1.1 “Why is the speed limit so high?” “Why is the water so shallow next to the 18 Low 5:28 PM -0.3 “My housekeeper left a cigarette butte in the beach? It wasn’t that way when I lived in… ash tray on the patio.” Florida, California, Bora Bora…” W 19 High 2:26 AM 1.4 6:46 AM Rise 3:05 AM 27 19 Low 6:18 PM -0.5 8:25 PM Set 4:44 PM “When the power went out my Wi-Fi stopped “The tax value on my house is more than I can working, I thought they were separate.” sell it for.” Th 20 High 3:30 AM 1.6 6:46 AM Rise 3:57 AM 17 “My neighbor left his garbage can over my “The traffic was backed up on Saturday coming 20 Low 7:11 PM -0.7 8:24 PM Set 5:49 PM property line, and you can see them from the onto The Island.” street. Isn’t there a law.” “The traffic on Sunday was backed up leaving “I hit my tee shot into the rough and I think it The Island.” went into a gopher hole. I’m not taking a stroke “Why is it so far to Port Aransas? They should that’s a Natural Hazzard!” have made The Island shorter.” “I need a bottom job.” “The wind is blowing too hard to go sailing.” “I left the lid up on my Yeti and it filled up with “I can’t get my sailboat out of Packery Channel. rainwater, I pulled the plug and it was okay… I’m going to have to downsize.” but still.” “The wind isn’t blowing hard enough to go “It’s hot.” sailing and the motor makes too much noise.” “It’s humid.” “We don’t have a grocery store.” “It’s hot and humid.” “My keister hurts and I can’t find my car. “The ice melted in my ice chest while I was at Where’s the last place you saw it? Well, it was the beach and I still had two beers left and they right here on the end of my key. You know got Rodeo Cool! I had to walk down the beach you’re not wearing any pants? Oh man, I think all the way to Mikel Mays to get a cold one.” they got my girlfriend too!” “I got stuck on the beach and somebody had “Why isn’t there a bridge over Packery to pull me out. I missed the first two puzzles on Channel at the beach? I had to drive all the way Wheel of Fortune.” around.” A6 Island Moon July 13, 2017 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Amelia Earhart Captured Revenge of the Babysat and Killed? By Dotson Lewis By Abigail Bair say, Reykjavik, but in South Texas those people looked like method actors auditioning to be Abigails Note: This week has been a blur Special to the Island Moon the new Pillsbury Doughboy. There were also of jam packing every last bit of fun into my The War In The Pacific Didn’t Begin around 250 really ticked off cats. Dotson’s Note: Ever since 1937 I have been nephews' time with us, and trying to locate all fascinated by the story of Amelia Earhart’s With Pearl Harbor of their possessions in order to pack them. The We walked around a little bit with Avery failed around-the-world flight. When I started It began on July 7, 1937, five days after Earhart kids are on the plane and we still haven't found securely strapped into his stroller (the Sticky working on this report a couple of weeks ago, disappeared, when a minor clash between Avery's hoodie. It's possible that it leapt into Wheel 5000), and watched some of the cat I had no idea that The History Channel had Japanese and Chinese troops near Beijing another dimension to avoid being used as a dog judging. Evaluating show kitties basically scheduled its version of the Amelia Earhart suddenly turned into all-out war between the toy. This article is about when they boys were involves picking the cat up and stretching it disappearance. So notwithstanding, I decided two nations. The last thing the Japanese needed small. Avery was one and a half and Jovanni out until it resembles a tube with ears and feet, to give you Moon Monkeys the opinion with was to inflame American opinion by murdering was barely five. I wasn’t the “classiest” of care and then putting it down and then dangling a which I agree the most. Clive Irving, Fukiko the world’s most-famous woman. Although providers, but I also babysat for free. You get little sparkly pom pom thing in its face until the Aoki, Lieutenant Sachinao Kouzu, and my friend they had a formidable air force and navy the what you pay for. animal gets angry enough to try to hit it. Tommy Thompson contributed to this article. Japanese were distracted by Soviet Russia’s In the beginning… A New Photo Supposedly Shows The claims to Japanese islands and at that time they Aviatrix Was Taken Alive also feared American naval power in the Pacific. This story begins in a compact car filled with America, in turn, wanted no part of the war in cranky children. Naptime was fast approaching China. and it was paramount that the baby be kept awake during the ride. If Avery fell asleep in Just how anxious both the U.S. and Japan the car, even for a second, he wouldn’t nap – were to avoid conflict was revealed by an a total tragedy. I sang loud nonsense songs, incident in December 1937. An American desperate to keep the kids awake, but Avery was gunboat, the USS Panay, that was allowed nodding off. Finally, Jovanni popped up with to patrol the Yangtze River by international this gem, “Auntie, Avery farted and it’s stinky agreement, was called in to evacuate staff from back here!” the U.S. embassy in Nanking, as well as some international journalists as the Japanese carpet- “Come on J.” I volleyed, “You’re just blaming bombed the city. The Panay sailed upriver to it on Avery. The smeller’s the feller, you know!” what the captain thought would be a safe refuge “No way, I DIDN’T FART.” and anchored alongside other boats laden with Chinese refugees. “Okay, dude. But a swarm of Japanese bombers attacked “Sometimes my Daddy farts, though, Auntie.” all the boats, including the Panay. Two U.S. “Wow, J.” I replied, exploiting the opening. crewmen and an Italian journalist were killed. “Do you know that your grandpa is the grand The Japanese claimed that the attack was an champion farter of all time is?” accident. President Roosevelt was so anxious that the bombing should not lead to calls for “Really?!?” retaliation that he censored newsreel footage. “Yeah, J. and do you know how Grandma Cat show judging. I wouldn't lie to you. The Japanese, alarmed that they might have farts?” awakened a sleeping tiger, paid $2.2 million in “How, Auntie?” Everything was going swimmingly until Avery compensation. realized that there were cats everywhere and “She LIFTS HER RIGHT LEG and lets out that he was being negligent in his sworn duty to Then There Is How the Japanese Treated three or four little ones and then one that sounds Charles Lindbergh grab every single one of them. We turned him like a whistle.” loose. Two seconds later, he started sticking In August 1931, he flew from Alaska across his pudgy little baby fingers in every cat cage, A new theory about the fate of Amelia Earhart “You mean like THIS, Auntie,” J. started the Bering Sea to Japan in a seaplane with his cruising for a nasty bite or scratch. I told him, is seriously undermined by evidence that has making super loud fart sounds, but then wife Anne. Thick fog forced Lindbergh to make “No,” and he started screaming. The Rev moved been brought to light. The theory, which was (beneath his cacophony) I started hearing tiny, a blind landing using only his instruments. After swiftly. She grabbed a lollipop off of a nearby aired Sunday (July 9th) in the History Channel “Pbbbfffftsss.” touchdown, with the engine shut down, the table, unwrapped it, and shoved it straight into documentary, claims that Earhart and her airplane drifted dangerously close to rocks and “Now, you’re getting it Jojo! Is Avery making Avery’s mouth. He broke into a beaming smile. navigator, Fred Noonan, were rescued by the was rescued by a Japanese boat that towed them noises, too?” Once his salivary glands were activated the Japanese after crash landing in the Marshall to a safe harbor. When they reached Tokyo the “Yeah, he’s doing it! “ child became a geyser. Rivulets of drool ran Islands and then taken to a Japanese prison Japanese gave the Lindbergh’s a welcome that from his mouth, soaking the front of the brand where they died in captivity. The pivot of the one newspaper said was “one of the greatest A few miles later, after we’d all been joyously new shirt we’d just changed him into. I picked documentary’s case is a photograph, undated, demonstrations ever seen in the ancient capital.” sounding off for several minutes, Jojo said, of a wharf at Jaluit Island, one of the scores “Okay, Auntie, I don’t want to talk about farts him up and ran him out of the show before he of atolls that make up the Marshall Islands. As for Earhart, there was no military intelligence anymore.” got stuck to a fancy cat. Baby spit oozed down A forensic expert who specializes in facial value to the Japanese in getting their hands on my arms and dripped onto the floor in sticky, “PBBBBBBFFFFFFT,” Avery replied. The recognition appears in the program to support her Lockheed Electra. The Electra was widely pendulous, globs. We sat down in a very nice baby was a genius. the claim that Earhart and Noonan are among a used by airlines across the world and held no chair with a panoramic ocean view. Avery group of people on the wharf. technological secrets. By 1937 the Japanese Onward! kept drooling, having by now produced the were mass-producing a Mitsubishi bomber so approximate volume of the English Channel Just beyond the wharf, in the harbor, is a far superior to the similarly-sized Electra that The next morning I decided to revisit the topic. in spit. He smiled, his bottom lip laden with Japanese military vessel identified as the Koshu when it was converted to an airliner it flew a dribble, looking like a dam about to overflow. Maru. The documentary suggests that after this “Hey, J. remember how I told you that Grandpa record-breaking round-the-world flight. You could see the burgeoning viscosity. picture was taken Earhart and Noonan were is the world grand champion of farts?” arrested and taken aboard the Koshu Maru and The theory that Earthart crash landed in the “Yeah!” Then he stuck out his tongue, and went, that a barge alongside contained the remains of Marshall Islands is not supported by the basic “PBBBBBBFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTT!!!” rules of geography and navigation. It rests on “Do you know what Grandpa used to do to us their Lockheed Electra airplane. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” I screamed, but the idea that, once Earhart realized she had every Christmas?” According to the documentary, it is likely too late. I was covered from the top of my head missed a scheduled rendezvous with a U.S. “No, Auntie? What did he DO?” I glanced in that the Koshu Maru then sailed for the island to my waist in baby spit. Coast Guard cutter on tiny Howland Island, the rearview mirror, both children were paying of Saipan where the two Americans were she reversed direction. The Marshall Islands perfect attention, eyes as wide as saucers I wiped us both off (unsuccessfully) with a imprisoned and then killed. The role of the are 800 miles northwest of Howland Island, diaper, and walked back into the cat show. We “Every year on Christmas day, your Grandpa Koshu Maru (maru means ship in Japanese) way beyond the range of the Electra as it was found the Rev examining a disdainful Siamese used to make us drive 5 HOURS to go to is therefore crucial to the theory that Earhart running low on gas at the end of a long leg from Grandma Jasmin’s house. It’s cold in Kansas in “What happened?!?” she exclaimed. and Noonan are, indeed, the people in the Papua, New Guinea, over the Pacific. photograph. the winter time, so we had to have the windows I looked like something out of the Black Dotson’s Other Note: It appears to me that the up in the car and the heater on. EVERY YEAR Eyewitness Testimony Says The Claim Is Lagoon. I could feel my escaped hair sticking evidence debunks the History Channel’s theory. your Grandpa would get a gigantic cup of to my cheeks, and my shirt was plastered wetly False There have always been various theories, so McDonald’s coffee, lock us all in the car, and to my chest. In 1982 a Japanese author and journalist, in 1947 shortly after I landed in Japan, I met FART the ENTIRE way to Goodland. Stinky, and questioned a number of former members horrible, nasty, oily farts! Your Daddy and “Avery mouth farted,” I said. “Thanks for Fukiko Aoki, published a book in Japanese, feeding him that lollipop” Looking for Amelia. She found a surviving of the Japanese Imperial Army who had been I would BEG to roll the window down, but crewmember of the Koshu Maru, a telegraphist in and around the Mili Atoll, the Jamuit Atoll Grandpa didn’t want to let any of the heat out of Mother started laughing, slowly at first, and named Lieutenant Sachinao Kouzu. He told and Saipan between 1936 and 1940, and none the car. We used to just open the window a tiny then with her hand over her mouth to mute her that, like other Japanese ships in the of them had even heard rumors that Amelia and crack and put our noses up to it for miles until the guffaws. Tears streamed down her face. western Pacific, they were told that Earhart Fred had been found alive. Some of those I he caught us and made us put it up. When we “It seemed like a good idea at the time,” she had disappeared while over the ocean and were talked to had participated in the futile search. got to Grandma Jasmin’s and finally opened the choked. alerted to look out for any sign of the airplane My good friend Tommy Thompson was my door, your Daddy and I would fall out of the car interpreter when I was talking to the Japanese. and flop around on the ground like dying fish. “Whatever,” I said, putting Avery back into his and, if they did, seek to rescue Earhart and stroller. Noonan. After a few days, said Kouzo, the alert Tommy was a POW in Japan from 1943 to 1945, Grandpa always said we were overdramatic, was dropped. At no time did anyone on Koshu so he was reasonably fluent in the language, He and maybe we were, but the stench of Grandpa “What a KEEE-UTE baby,” cooed a cat lady. Maru set eyes on the Americans, alive or dead. was an expert in giving and obeying commands farts could really get under your skin. If you in Japanese. He also told me that he knew the smelled your arm three hours later, the Grandpa Avery struggled against his bonds, sensing the Aoki wrote “Her interest in the Earhart story names and history of every American civilian stink would still be there. It was horrible!” possibility of further suckers. was sparked when she read a story about four who was and/or had been a prisoner of the “Really, Auntie? Grandpa REALLY did that?” “Dude, you can’t be free! Quit it!” Japanese meteorologists who were assigned to a Japanese between 1936 and 1945. Tommy “Yes, honey, you can’t be free -- just like all the weather station on Greenwich Island in the South maintained that the American POWs had the “Yep, Jojo, and if you don’t watch out, he’ll do kitties!” tittered the cat lady. Pacific. As soon as they arrived at the station world’s best communication system! I wonder it to you, too!” early in July 1937, they received a government what ever happened to Tommy. The last time I “I don’t want Grandpa to take me to swimming “Actually, he can’t be free because I’m pretty message to look out for the aviators and, if they heard of him was in Korea in January 1950, he lessons, Auntie. I’ll smell like FARTS the sure he’d stick to the rug and we’d have to use saw them, to organize a rescue operation. They had just received orders for a seven day R&R whole time!” adhesive remover and an industrial sized spatula saw nothing. The disappearance of Amelia to Tokyo. What did you think of the History to get him loose.” Earhart looks so different from the Japanese and Channel report? If you missed it, you can get a A grandfather’s revenge “He certainly is a wet one,” the cat lady replied. American sides. One of the weathermen, an old copy or view it online. guy called Yoneji Inoue, protested against the Jojo has always been something of a cat That was potentially the understatement of the theory that Amelia was captured and executed Your thoughts regarding this or any articles whisperer, so the next afternoon, the Rev and I decade. The kid was a drool tsunami, which is by the Japanese. I wanted to find out what really appearing in The Island Moon are greatly decided to take the children to a cat show at the probably why no one had taught him how to happened. I found and checked the log of the appreciated. Thank you for reading and Omni. We paid our entrance fees and walked make fart noises. Lesson learned. Koshu Maru, but of course I couldn’t find any commenting on Senior Moments. I can be into a room filled with the whitest people I have description of the capture of Amelia Earhart.” reached at: [email protected] and/or Land ever seen in my life. The cat show crowd might Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. have some competition on the paleness front in, Aoki later moved to New York where she became bureau chief for the Japanese edition of Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table Newsweek. She has written 12 books. Looking Meeting will be Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 9-11 for Amelia was republished as a paperback in AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families 1995 but only in Japanese. and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope One Bite and You’re Hooked! As Aoki’s research indicates, the assumption to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round that the Japanese military was under orders Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 9 to arrest and quietly kill Earhart and Noonan AM, Saturdays. The next will air July 15, 2017. them shows little understanding of what was Please listen and call in. The listener/text line happening in the Pacific at the time. is: 361-560-5397…It’s your show. Wednesdays Hang in there/Have fun! Prime Rib (with twice baked potato) Choose one of our 5 - Until They're Gone Signature Paninis and a Mini Golf medium Gelato... only Great Food $ 15 Seafood, Steaks, Salads, Burgers & Full Bar Wednesday & Thursday 12-8 Open 11am - 2am • Kitchen Closes at 1am Friday & Sunday 12-9 2034 State Hwy 361 Saturday 12-10 14254 SPID Sweet 101 361-589-4130 361-749-TACO (8226) July 13, 2017 Island Moon A 7 Island Moon on a Spoon Love Crepes But… Hang 20! By Chef Vita Jarrin Dogs Surf Port A. Crepe Recipe: We Americans love our breakfast 2 Large Eggs foods. We can’t ¾ C Milk get enough of eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and the list goes on. Many of us actually like ½ C Water breakfast foods for lunch and even dinner. So 1 C Flour much so, that our food culture has changed and figured out how to incorporate such foods as 3 Tbs. Melted Butter waffles, pancakes and crepes into savory day to Butter for coating the pan day meals. Directions for Plain Crepes: Add liquid to blender and then flour and pulse for 10 seconds. Place in refrigerator for 1 hour. This allows for bubbles to settle and the crepes will be less likely to break. This batter will keep for up to 48 hours. Heat a small non- stick pan and add butter to coat. Pour 1 oz For a while… all the rage has been chicken and of batter in the center of the pan and swirl waffles. Tune into cooking shows and you’ll see the pan and spread the batter evenly while donuts are popular choice for a bun with burger making circles with your wrist. fixings inside. This rage has been so popular that food trucks, carnivals, and restaurants have Cook for 30 seconds and flip. Cook for 10 now started successfully serving these dishes on more seconds and remove it by placing it on a daily basis. a cutting board. Lay them flat to cool and continue with the rest of the batter until done. So what about the Crepe? Where does the crepe fit into all of this? Crepes originated in For Savory Variations: Add ¼ tsp. salt, ¼ France and were often served in either a fancy C fresh chopped herbs, pinch of nutmeg & restaurant in a dish called Crepes Suzette, flambéed table side, or as a street food in a creperie stall. Unlike here in the United States, crepes in France can be served as a dessert or as a savory dish. I know most of us assume because it has such a fancy name and they are so delicate that they are cayenne and a savory filling of choice when difficult to make. Quite to the contrary, once done. you learn this easy crepe recipe I am going to share with you today, you can be sure to enjoy Sweeter Variation: Add 2 ½ Tbsp. Sugar, 1 it for breakfast with berries and cream, or for Tsp. Vanilla extract, and 2 Tbsp. and you can lunch with black forest ham and Swiss cheese. even add 2 Tbsp. of liqueur of choice. Crepes are also a great choice for dessert with Tip of the Week: a dollop of Nutella, strawberries and a heaping scoop of ice cream on top. Make this recipe and include your family… try both sweet and savory and allow them to choose You don’t need a fancy crepe maker for this the fillings and sit down together and enjoy all thin batter delicacy, all you need is a blender of your creations together!!! Most of all…. and a non-stick 8 inch skillet. Enjoy yourself, get creative, try new things and most of all have fun!!! Happy Eats! Photos by Bruce Bair

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Now the local guys, Burt Hooten and Bart Shirley’s being hot stove league will again in 2017). you know why so many stop by to see him. careers,” he said. time in the NFL and NBA, They come by, young and old, to say “hello,” This is not the case in the NFL, where (for There are several funny stories that his boys it is inevitable that the players’ salaries are a pay their respects, to place their hand on his the most part) the stars are paid like stars and have shared with me. “In 2010, on Mom and big chunk of the discussions. After reading the shoulder or shake his hand. Most of them the lower-tier players are paid like lower-tier Dad’s 70th wedding anniversary, they decided headline above and hearing many complaints want to take a picture with him. Because of players. to go to the Hooks game to celebrate,” laughed from “poor” NFL players, I thought it would his WWII military service, he has been written Marvin Jr. “We had so much fun. The ballpark be timely to figure out why, if true, there is a The NBA rookie scale is very small. about as much as any Corpus Christi resident. ushers got together and decorated Mary’s seat,” discrepancy in salaries. The following is what There are not many Pearl Harbor survivors left, The No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, Ben said Mr. Alexander. I discovered. Writers Adrian Wojnarowski and Simmons, will make $4.9 million in 2016-17, and his life story is indeed incredible. Tom Ziller contributed to this report. or 5 percent of the team salary cap. In 2017-18 “Dad loved playing baseball; he was pitching he'll make $5.1 million, or 4.7 percent of the on the day I was born,” exclaimed his younger son, Mike. “I was born at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi at the Navy hospital.” “Yeah, and I won that day,” laughed Marvin. “I think the score was 5-2.” Mike would grow up with his dad’s love for baseball. Mike pitched for Carroll High School before receiving a scholarship to pitch at Blinn College. After two years there, Mike transferred to Sam Houston State and continued his dream. Marvin and Mary Alexander married in 1940. A friend of mine, Marty Robinson, attends all the Sunday games with me. He once asked But this is a tribute to a baseball fan. I imagine Mr. Alexander, “How do you stay married for that Marvin Alexander’s life is divided by more than 70 years?” Marvin just smile and the four things he loves most: his God, his answered, “Two words --Yes Dear.” Alexander country, his family and baseball, and maybe not later said, “She never raised her voice at me.” necessarily in that order. After 94 years, I’m Oh, how I would love to see through those baby sure he has stood for the National Anthem more blues if for only a moment. The players he has times than there are stars in the sky. A Corpus seen, the stories he could tell. Hunter Pence with Christi Hooks’ season-ticket holder from the that funny swing and Ben Zobrist hitting line James Harden-NBA beginning (2005), he sits four seats away to my drives like he owned the place. Mr. Alexander right. It seems like he has always been there was one of the 9,022 fans who showed up to and, in fact, for me he pretty much has. Seat 8, projected $108 million team cap. And he's the watch Roger Clemens strike out 11 in just six Why Do NBA Players Make So Much Row 16, Section 117 should have a nameplate innings, on June 11, 2006. That same season, No. 1 pick! Lower first-round picks are capped with his name attached to it. For years his More Than NFL Stars? even tighter, all for the first four years of their he pulled for the team to win their first Texas beloved wife, Mary, joined him, until sadly she League Championship. Marvin liked watching NBA players get a bigger slice of league careers. As with maximums for superstars, this left us two years ago. Now his sons, Marvin Jr. J.D. Martinez roaming the Hooks’ outfield. He revenue than do NFL players. means more money for the NBA middle class. and Mike, bring their dad to see the Hooks play. also enjoyed watching Jason Castro shut down The NFL recently got its own rookie contracts It seems he’s always had a baseball heart. Under the current labor deal, NBA players under control. No. 1 pick Jared Goff will make the running game, while cheering for a George get roughly half of all league revenue before only marginally more than Simmons over the As I got to know Mr. Alexander more and Springer “dinger.” He admired the quickness of expenses. Given an estimated $6 billion in next four years. In addition, because of the more, I wondered where his love for the game Jose Altuve’s bat and the long, accurate arm of qualifying NBA league revenue, players are league's age minimums, NFL draft picks are in of baseball came from. Turns out he was a Carlos Correa. He smiled at a Dallas Keuchel’s allotted roughly $3 billion in total. There are theory better prepared (physically, if nothing pretty darn good pitcher, while in the Navy. slider and raved about Alex Bregman’s glove mechanisms in place to ensure that players else) to produce early in their career as opposed After the war, Mr. Alexander was stationed at play at third base. get their share of basketball-related income to the NBA's 19-year-olds. the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. During Andy Rooney once said, “The best classroom guaranteed to them under the collective the late 1940’s, a baseball team was organized. in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.” bargaining agreement. Why is this an issue? Say 35 total NBA draft This semi-pro league was made up of several picks (from both rounds in the current year So, if you find yourself at Whataburger The NFL revenue split is more complex, with auxiliary air stations. “We played all summer plus stashed players from previous years) Field and you want to meet an extraordinary varying splits based on income source and some long against teams located at Cabaniss Field, gentleman, stop by and say hello to a former other carve-outs for franchisees (like stadium Rodd Field, Cuddihy Field, Chase field, pitcher, Marvin Alexander. Here’s wishing my credits). But the upshot is that NFL players are Waldron Field, and in Kingsville and Laredo,” friend fair winds and following seas. collectively guaranteed just under half of league said Marvin. revenues. That comes out to about $6 billion I asked him about his best pitch. He described Andy Purvis is a local author and radio or so, given projections that NFL revenue will it as an “In” pitch. Now remember, baseball personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. surpass $13 billion next season. terms were different in the 1940’s. What he was com for all the latest info on his books or to listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books So in total, thanks to labor deals reached describing was a fastball inside on the right- are available online and can be found in the between the leagues and unions, NBA players hand hitters. He also owned a fine curveball. local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be collectively earn about $3 billion per year and “In 1947, you pitched all nine innings in those contacted at [email protected]. Also NFL players collectively earn about $6 billion days” said Marvin. “There was no such thing as listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q per year. relief pitchers. If you couldn’t go nine innings you didn’t pitch.” & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com Derek Carr-NFL 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of When I asked him who his favorite baseball the Houston Astros. There are almost four times as many NFL players were, he surprised me. “I followed roster spots as NBA roster spots. make opening night rosters. That's almost 8 percent of the entire league on small, fixed-rate contracts. Some of these players might not be 6th Annual productive, but teams will keep them on their rosters with hopes of developing their potential. Salty Aggies Fishing Tournament That limitation on the available roster spots The Nueces County A&M Club’s 6th Annual Seafood and Steaks from 9-2 p.m. You must for veteran players inflates the dollar value for Salty Aggies Fishing Tournament will be held be pre-registered. For more information and that middle class. This will likely change in the on Saturday, August 5th. 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NFL players get twice as The NBA's salary cap structure diminishes is $100 per unguided Adult Angler, $150 per This year’s tournament will consist of separate much total money as NBA players, but that the role of non-guaranteed contracts. guided Adult Angler. money is spread over almost four times as many Unguided and Guided fishing divisions, FREE A huge difference in NFL and NBA player activities for all ages, and fishing for children The Lil’ Anglers Tournament is Saturday, athletes. There are 32 NFL teams with 53 roster salaries is that only a fraction of the typical NFL spots each, making for 1,696 NFL players at 5-12 in our Lil’ Angler’s Program. August 5th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. with free contract is guaranteed. Most NBA contracts are activities for all ages and fishing for children any given moment. There are 30 NBA teams The Salty Aggie Fishing Tournament & Kidfish fully guaranteed, or include a player option. 5-12. Sponsorships are still available. with 15 roster spots each, making for 450 NBA There are plenty of team options or non- is held to raise scholarship funds for local kids players. (Many NBA teams carry just 13 or 14 guaranteed contracts out there. But because of attending Texas A&M in College Station. For more information please visit http:// players, as well. NFL teams do not typically go saltyaggies.com/events/fishing-tournament Or the issues described above -- there's so much Entry includes t-shirt, Friday Night appetizers, under 53.) call 361 673 6830. money to go around, and you can't pay the door prizes and Saturday Lunch. Cash prizes Basic math bears out how important this basic superstars more if you wanted to -- players and awarded for heaviest Redfish and Trout and fact is to the issue at hand. With $6 billion their agents have power and can wave away additional side pots are available. There will Send letters and photos to spread over 1,696 players, the average annual non-guarantees. That power doesn't exist for be a FREE kids tent and Kidfish at Doc’s NFL salary would be about $3.5 million. the NFL middle class. Only the biggest stars [email protected] With $3 billion shared among 450 players, the get huge signing bonuses (which equate to average annual NBA salary is roughly $6.7 guarantees, effectively). million. So just because of roster sizes, the There are also some factors beyond the basic average NBA salary is roughly double that of math that lead to larger NBA contracts than the average NFL salary. NFL contracts. These likely have a much The NBA's player maximums inflate the smaller impact than the above factors. salaries of the middle class. 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And I suppose in retrospect, I Me, Randy, and Mark with a triple header. wasn’t really “bored” so to speak, it might have Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 been for 10 minutes in between doing things I includes several sections that may provide long- wanted to do, and I just lacked the motivation to term relief for us millions of private recreational get up and do it. But enough about the good old anglers, including Allocation, Management, days; things are moving pretty fast around here. Catch Limits, and a few other sundries. The That sinking feeling most interesting thing is the Recreational Data Collection section. Basically, it talks about “transitioning existing federal funds toward REDFISH SEASON IS HERE! Photos by Joey Farah state programs to improve fisheries harvest data.” I’ve always contended that we need to start with better data, and I’m really surprised that Legislators are actually considering moving funding from the Feds to the States. It’s slightly unheard of these days, moving towards State control. I guess there was enough outcry to get someone at the very top to listen. I’m not necessarily saying it’s a good or bad idea, it’s just, well, interesting. Hand Grenade Redfish – Ka-boom! Speaking of fishing, it really has been a banner year. I take it as a sign of good management decisions from our TPW Department. Limits of fish are being taken all over the place. I have even been able to scratch out a few fish most times the skiff ventures out into the Backyard myself. We mainly are chasing redfish on the flats because I absolutely love seeing that top water getting blown up. Due to the amount of Larry Jones with a decent trout photo by floating grass, I am rigging my toppies with only Brud. a single, off-set circle hook in the back. While it lessens the hook up rate, it allows you to work it through all the grass without getting fouled These two trout killers caught over 60 I don’t want to start with gloom and doom, but too much. I took Jay E. and his crew, Randy trout in just a few hours bringing in their I celebrated 21yrs of fishing with Mr there have been more than a few instances of Bennie Cope and his daughters this week and Mark from LA out last Friday, and we got limit using piggy perch along the King boats sinking along the Texas coast recently. into a school of about 50 redfish. It went from Ranch Shoreline. with lots of memories and a box of trout. I’m not sure what the cause of all the problems a relatively quiet drift to complete mayhem in have been, but I’m thinking that many cases are 2.2 seconds as my topwater looked like hand due to failure of thru-hull fittings and inadequate grenades were being thrown at it by competing plumbing below the deck. Folks need to pay redfish, and as I hooked up, the others threw more attention to those details, and also I out and got into the same school. We had a think boat outfitters also need to bear some of triple hook-up of bruiser redfish, and actually the responsibility. I have seen many thru-hull managed to land all three despite the odds. I fittings for live wells and wash down pumps love that kind of action, and as time goes on, the that do not have a cut-off valve immediately reds will school up more and more. This fall after the fitting. If something goes wrong with is going to be off the chain. Larry Jones also a pump or a line, you can’t shut off the torrent got into the action the other day, landing a solid of water coming in, and it comes in FAST. I trout in the Backyard. highly recommend that if you have these types of fittings, that you add a PVC cut-off ball valve Well folks, that’s a wrap for this week. There in the line. is plenty to do out there, and if your kids come to you and tell you that they’re bored, tell them Seeing less Red to enjoy every precious second of boredom it I know you loyal readers are tired of me while it lasts. Then tell them to go clean their droning on about the red snapper regulations, room: I’m sure it’s a mess. Drop me a line at but there’s been another interesting twist that’s [email protected] and I’ll see you On the come down from Capitol Hill. The Modernizing Rocks. A 12 Island Moon July 13, 2017 Moon Crossword

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Send Letters to the editor to [email protected] July 13, 2017 Island Moon A 13 Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for STATE April 2017 Production for April 2017 as reported to the 990 million barrels of crude oil and 7.9 trillion Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is cubic feet of total gas. Crude oil production 2017 Hurricane Season: 78,389,597 barrels of crude oil and 605,379,703 reported by the Commission is limited to oil mcf (thousand cubic feet) of total gas from produced from oil leases and does not include oil and gas wells. These preliminary figures condensate, which is reported separately by the Tropical Update are based on production volumes reported Commission. By Todd Hunter, District 32 by operators and will be updated as late and Texas preliminary April 2017 crude oil estimated tropical cyclones this season. These corrected production reports are received. The 2017 Atlantic production averaged 2,612,987 barrels daily, hurricane season began on June 1st and will names include: Don, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Production reported to the Commission for compared to the 2,486,599 barrels daily average Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia, Lee, Maria, Nate, April 2016, was: 74,597,958 barrels of crude conclude on November 30th. Within the first of April 2016. two months, the United States (US) has already Ophelia, Philippe, Rina, Sean, Tammy, Vince, oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure and Whitney. of 83,154,778 barrels; and 616,993,278 mcf Texas preliminary April 2017 total gas experienced “named” tropical storms and of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current production averaged 20,179,323 mcf a day, hurricane activity (i.e. Tropical Storm Arlene, To keep up with potential storms throughout figure of 682,927,748 mcf. compared to the 20,566,443 mcf daily average Tropical Storm Bret, and Tropical Storm Cindy). hurricane season, visit http://www.nhc.noaa. of April 2016. Meteorologists from the National Oceanic and gov/. The National Hurricane Center provides The Commission reports that from May 2016 to Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are several resources to keep you up-to-date. April 2017, total Texas reported production was Texas production in April 2017 came from estimating an increase in the tropical cyclone For tips on how to stay prepared during this 179,422 oil wells and 92,879 gas wells. activity during this year’s hurricane season. hurricane season, please visit: http://www. The warmth of the water in the Atlantic is redcross.org/get-help/prepare-for-emergencies/ what has raised the concerns of NOAA and types-of-emergencies/hurricane; http://www. other meteorologists since these conditions texasprepares.org/; https://www.ready.gov/ have, historically, led to an increase in tropical hurricanes; and https://www.dps.texas.gov/ cyclones. Tropical cyclones are a rotating dem/ThreatAwareness/helpfulWebLinks.htm. organized system of clouds and thunderstorms The upcoming Special Session will give the that originate over tropical or subtropical waters, Texas Legislature the ability and time to address have a closed low-level circulation and rotate the twenty distinctive issues the Governor has counterclockwise. Not all tropical cyclones identified. Within those thirty days, we will produce hurricanes. NOAA defines a tropical work diligently to ensure the State is taken cyclone with maximum sustained winds of care of and protected. If you would like to stay 38mph or less as tropical depressions. A tropical informed on what occurs during the Special storm is a tropical cyclone with maximum Session beginning July 18th, please visit: sustained winds of 39-73mph. Hurricanes are capitol.state.tx.us. tropical cyclones with wind speeds of 74mph or higher and a major hurricane has a maximum If you have questions regarding any of the sustained wind speed of 111mph or more. information mentioned in this week’s article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or NOAA believes there is a 45% chance of an District Office. Please always feel free to above-normal rate of hurricane activity and contact my office if you have any questions only a 20% chance of a below-normal season. or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if An average hurricane season produces 12 you would like to contact my office regarding named storms. Typically, 6 of these develop constituent services. As always, my offices are in hurricanes with winds exceeding 74mph or available at any time to assist with questions, higher and three develop into major hurricanes concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- (Category 3, 4, or 5) with winds exceeding 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). 111mph. NOAA estimates a total of 11 to 17 named storms in the 2017 Atlantic hurricane - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 season. Of these, they predict 5 to 9 of these Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). storms could become hurricanes and 2 to 4 He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. could become major hurricanes. NOAA has texas.gov or at 512-463-0672 published a list of potential names for the

State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $2.4 Texas Drilling Permits and Completions Billion in June Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said today that state budget, accounting for 56 percent of all Statistics for June 2017 state sales tax revenue totaled $2.4 billion in tax collections. Motor vehicle sales and rental The Railroad Commission of Texas completions compared to 700 oil, 165 gas, 31 June, 10.3 percent more than in June 2016. taxes, motor fuel taxes and oil and natural gas (Commission) issued a total of 1,305 original injection and four other completions in June production taxes also are large revenue sources 2016. Total well completions processed for “Growth in sales tax revenue was due to drilling permits in June 2017 compared to increased collections from most sectors of for the state. 656 in June 2016. The June total included 2017 year to date are 3,872; down from 6,429 the economy — though the gains still did not In June 2017, Texas collected the following 1,131 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, recorded during the same period in 2016. offset May’s weaker-than-expected franchise revenue from those taxes: 11 to re-enter plugged well bores and 163 for According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig tax collections,” Hegar said. “Receipts from re-completions of existing well bores. The count as of July 7 was 463, representing about the wholesale trade, information and oil- and motor vehicle sales and rental taxes — breakdown of well types for those permits 49 percent of all active rigs in the United States. gas-related sectors in particular saw significant $414.5 million, down 1.7 percent from June issued June 2017 included 330 oil, 70 gas, 817 2016; For additional drilling permit and completion gains.” oil or gas, 70 injection, two service and 16 other statistics, visit the Commission’s website at motor fuel taxes — $312.4 million, up 5.9 permits. Total sales tax revenue for the three months http://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-gas/research-and- ending in June 2017 is up 5.5 percent compared percent from June 2016; and oil and natural In June 2017, Commission staff processed statistics/well-information/monthly-drilling- to the same period a year ago. Sales tax revenue gas production taxes — $269.9 million, up 510 oil, 96 gas, 43 injection and zero other completion-and-plugging-summaries/. is the largest source of state funding for the 31.5 percent from June 2016. Don’t Let a Rental Scam Ruin Your Summer Vacation By Kelly Trevino Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau

Whether you’re booking a last-minute vacation The landlord is located elsewhere and this summer or planning a short weekend prefers to communicate via email. getaway, Better Business Bureau serving the Scammers get you this way because often Heart of Texas advises people to make sure the you won’t live within a distance to visit rental is the real deal. the property and check it out. If they avoid talking on the phone or sound like they live Known as “bait-and-switch,” the scammer in another country, that’s a red flag. advertises appealing photos of a home or condo (some real, some fake) that isn’t available You’re asked to wire transfer money or and at the last-minute changes the location to to pay in cash. Scammers will usually ask a less appealing rental. The phony landlord for payment in the form of cash, gift cards then collects an upfront deposit, leaving the or via wire transfer. Never pay with cash; vacationer to find out they’ve been scammed instead, use a credit card as most will allow when they show up to the address. you to recover money you lose to fraud. In 2016, BBB received nearly 1,200 complaints Steps you can take to avoid this scam: against vacation rentals nationwide. According to data reported to BBB Scam Tracker, Texans Search online for the owner and reported losing $28,800 last year to rental, listing with words like review, scam or travel and vacation-related scams. Scammers complaint. Type in the given address of contacted victims by phone or through online the property to confirm its legitimate and classifieds, and most victims used a wire transfer matches the photos you’ve viewed. service or credit card to make a payment. Read the reviews and ratings from others. Legitimate websites exist to protect renters To avoid falling victim to this scam, BBB by providing secure payment solutions, advises you to watch out for the following visitor comment sections and rating systems. red flags: Find out how comparable listings are The photography shows a perfect home. priced. Don’t be fooled by photography. Scammers Remember, be cautious when looking at will post beautiful photos of homes and classified ads online. condos, some real and some fake. It may be a good idea to ask for additional photos—an Kelly Trevino is the regional director for honest landlord will always have them. the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas. The deal sounds too good to be true. Kelly is available for media interviews and Scammers will often list a rental for a very speaking engagements. You can reach her by low price to lure in victims, so if rental phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ comes in suspiciously low, consider walking corpuschristi.bbb.org away. If you find the same ad listed under a different name or with different contact information, it may be a scam. Send letters and photos to [email protected] July 13, 2017 Island Moon A 14 Drawn Hunts from State Now Available Texas Parks and Wildlife this week announced Expanded E-Postcard Hunts that applications for drawn hunts have now CLUB NEWS Youth Only (age 8-16) hunt categories have opened, no application or permit fees The Island Moon provides this space for where the guys join in. We enjoy raising Start making plans for the upcoming hunting Island organizations. If you are a member of a money for scholarships for local graduating seasons now by applying for Drawn Hunts! How It Works club and want to get the word out about your seniors as well as other worthy causes in our There are a wide variety of high quality, Browse hunts by category or location. events and/or projects send them along and we community. We would love for you to join supervised hunts across the state, including will get them in. us and see how PIE can be part of your life. Use your Customer ID as your identifier. special drawings for both adults and youth For more info please contact Rebecca Robbins Be sure to include a brief description of what hunters. The online system is now accepting Apply online up to 11:59 p.m. Central Time 303-434-0947. your organization does and a contact person applications and the first hunt category deadline on the deadline date. for those interested in joining. Island United Political Action Committee: is less than a month away. Apply multiple times in the same category. Maximize representation of Corpus Christi Send the info to [email protected] and Application deadlines are the 1st and 15th residents on Padre and Mustang Islands in area The application fee is $0, $3 or $10, we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700. of each month. Drawings are usually held the depending on the hunt. government by promoting and supporting, by following business day. The first application Padre Island Antique Classic Car the endorsement process, proactive and unified deadlines are August 1. After you apply, you can check your Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles voting in non-partisan races and other issues drawing status at any time. 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, and referendums put to public vote. Meetings Highlights If you are drawn for a hunt, an $80 or $130 Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting Premium Private Lands Dove Hunts – permit fee is required for most hunts. Some to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - limited-access quality hunts with a reputable hunts have no permit fees. tours, car shows on and around the Island. 7:00 PM at the Island Time Sushit Bar, contact: dove hunting expert on private land Please contact [email protected] for Nick Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. Questions? Contact us at [email protected]. information on the upcoming meeting. Please com. National Wildlife Refuge Hunts gov. include your contact information and the type of car owned. POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. The Association’s primary responsibility is to Commercial Gulf Shrimp Season Opens maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect Upcoming Activities: the annual fees and provide information and Youth Development Foundation of assistance to property owners. .. Membership Saturday, July 15 Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring record legal title to any property within Padre The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season The Gulf season was closed to protect brown Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Port Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna for both state and federal waters will reopen shrimp until they can reach larger, more Aransas. For more information please email Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, 30 minutes after sunset on Saturday, July 15. valuable sizes during their major period of [email protected]. [email protected]. The opening date is based on an evaluation of emigration from the bays to the Gulf of Mexico. Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet the biological, social and economic impact to The closure also helped to prevent the waste every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. maximize the benefits to the industry and the caused by the discarding of smaller individual Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate public. The commercial gulf shrimp season has shrimp. meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM with the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation been closed since May 15. Federal waters (from 9 to 200 nautical miles and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels of most species of wildlife in the area with an In making its determination, the Texas Parks offshore) will open at the same time that state welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and emphasis on marine animals. If you find an and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Coastal waters will open. The National Marine Fisheries Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. animal in peril they can help Tony Amos is the Fisheries Division used the best available data Service chose to adopt rules compatible with A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, Director. 750 Channel View Dr. Port Aransas. from samples collected during routine trawls those adopted by Texas. materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles 361 749-6793, 361 442-7638. afamos@mail. and bag seines in June. available at no extra cost. RSVP online. [email protected] utexas.edu. Texas Expanding White-winged Dove Area Padre Island Yacht Club (PIYC) – is Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi welcoming new members. We have boat slips Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island available now for members. Contact Ignacio ladies got together under a Palapa and founded TPWD Adopts 2017-18 Game Bird Seasons De Lenda at [email protected] for slip rental the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only information. Padre Island Yacht Club members rule is that there are no rules! We are all about South Texas dove hunters will see increased enjoy small and large boat Cruises, small fun and friendship. We meet once a month for opportunity this year thanks to a season boat Poker Runs, Cruises to area restaurants, lunch and various fun outings from cupcake framework adjustment expanding the early Progressive Dinners, 4th of July Fireworks making to CPR. September 4-day Special White-winged Dove up close, extended boat cruises to Palacios, ISLAND ROVERS: Walks every Saturday Area hunting season to the entire South Zone TX, South Padre Island, Ingleside, Rockport, boundary. The change is part of the 2017-18 3 miles or less along the beach, depending on Fulton, and other areas. Please come, join us! peoples fitness and desires. When: Saturday, migratory game bird seasons adopted by the Contact James Thompson, Rear Commodore Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. at 9am at the Padre Balli Park Office South in charge of Memberships at, jmtislandtime@ of Encantada, in the parking lot between “For the second straight year, Texas will be gmail.com to attend. the office and the RV park. No competition, taking advantage of a 90-day dove season KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis just conversation and healthy fitness. For and the expansion of early white-winged meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at information see the Facebook group “Island dove hunting during the first two weekends in Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the Rovers” September, in effect, create early September month. hunting opportunities statewide for the first Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This time ever,” said Dave Morrison, TPWD Wildlife one, a shift in season opening date for sandhill Padre Island Rotary Club. Padre Island Rotary is the Island book club. We meet the first Division deputy director. cranes in Zone B, and a modification increasing Club. Of the things we think, say, or do…..Is it Wednesday of each month at Island Time Sushi the youth age restriction for waterfowl hunting the TRUTH?....Is It FAIR to all concerned?... Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of Other notable changes for the 2017-18 to 16 years of age. Federal duck stamp Will it Build GOODWILL and better ladies that like to read, love socializing with migratory bird hunting seasons include a requirements are unchanged. FRIENDSHIPS?....Will it be BENEFICIAL the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join reduction to the daily bag limit on pintail to just to all Concerned? If you can meet this 4-way us we would love to have you! Contact Linda test the Padre Island Rotary is looking for you! Walsh, [email protected] or 361-445- Hunting Season Dates for 2017-2018 We meet the second and fourth 7999, or just show up! Hunting season dates for 2017-2018 are now Thursday of each month at the Veranda Island Emmaus reunion is open to anyone To easily access season dates and regulations, Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. set, including these opening dates: locate public hunting lands and more, get the that has been on a Chryslis or Emmaus walk. Contact is Linda Walsh, Secretary, lawalshva@ Please join us on the 4th Tuesday of the month Dove 9/1 free Outdoor Annual app. The app automatically yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. updates regulations for the new season in mid- at 6pm at Island in the Son united Methodist Archery 9/30 August each year (requires internet access). Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a church located on hwy 361. For more Quail 10/28 Then you can refer to it in the field, even 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 information call Eileen Moeller @ 830-708- without internet access. Download the Outdoor p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the 8367 or [email protected] White-tailed deer 11/4 Annual app today and be prepared for another Veranda at Schlitterbahn. The committee’s Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is a local New this season, South Texas dove hunters will good season of hunting. purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City chapter of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc., have Special White-winged Dove Days on Sept. Council on matters pertaining to The Island. a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose 2-3 and 9-10. All meetings are open to the public and the is to assist in community and environmental public is invited to address the committee concerns and provide a variety of social during the public comment period. activities for people who are interested in Padre Island Business Association. The the music of Jimmy Buffett and the tropical association is a not-for-profit organization lifestyle he personifies. Founded in 2009, the whose primary purpose is to advertise and club motto is “Partying with a Purpose’’. To join promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff or ask questions go to portaransasparrotheads. and Corpus Christi while advancing the com or email or call Deno “Moon Dog” Jesse Stratton July 13 interests of the business community. It is Fabrie, President at 361 749 0256 or dfabrie@ managed by a 9-member board of directors. yahoo.com. A membership luncheon is held on the 2nd The Schliterbahn Women’s Golf Parker McCollum July 14 Thursday of each month at The Veranda starting association meets every Saturday at 9 AM at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of for a friendly round of golf. All skill levels are Dirty River Boys July 15 the month. The association annually has two welcome. Call Fran more information: 361- fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the 877-2551 fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring. Shane Smith/Casey Shaw July 21 The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club is League is a women’s social organization open Bart Crow/Casey Daniels July 22 a ladies only social club open to all owners/ to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun residents of North Padre. We hope to enrich & friendship. New Neighbors League holds our members through social activities and monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly Uncle Lucius July 28 community involvement. We have monthly activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples luncheons (2nd Friday) along with groups of Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a ON THE WATERFRONT bunco, bridge, spades, craft club and book few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or clubs. We also have social events throughout email us at [email protected] the year including a monthly “Happy Hour” 132 W. Cotter St. PortA

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949-0794 www.theislandsedgehairsalon.com July 13, 2017 Island Moon A 15 The Lion King Jr. Returns to Port Aransas Community Theatre Port A. Happenings Yoga on the Beach: Commune with nature Snack & Play Monday, July 17, families at a free yoga session with Nancy Myers. and kids are invited to meet 11:30am- Smash Hit Entertaining, Musical, and Colorful Bring a mat or towel suitable for use on 12:30pm at the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in beach. This event is held the second Saturday Roberts Point Park for a free snack, play, and By Brent Rourk a perilous and exciting journey for Simba, of each month courtesy of Port Aransas Parks socializing. All ages welcome. and along the way the young lion encounters After packed performances of The Lion King and Recreation. a colorful cast of characters, including spunky Jr. last year at the Port Aransas Community lioness Nala, charismatic meerkat Timon, and Break Out!: Register now for the upcoming Theatre (PACT), students from Port Aransas Guided Beach Walk Free to everyone at loveable warthog Pumbaa. To claim his rightful escape room adventure set for Tuesday & Independent School District will present 9am on Friday, July 28. Meet Lisa Ansley Wednesday, July 18 & 19. Kids room (under under the green flag near Horace Caldwell Disney’s musical beginning July 20th at PACT. 12) 5:15-5:45pm. Adult Room: 6:30-7:30 A musical for all ages, this popular icon of Pier at the end of Beach Street on the beach. and 8-9pm. Suspense, intrigue! Can you Walk between the pier and jetties and see youth performances will please audiences with solve the puzzles & find clues to break out its music, costumes, story, flow, and incredible what you can find. Bring a bucket or bag to of this escape room? Contact Pam at pamg@ hold treasures you may find. acting by local, skilled actors. cityofportaransas.org to schedule your adventure. Port A RPG Game Night Chill out Take a break from the beach and A safe game time is offered weekly on “Chill Out” at this weekly Port A Parks and Friday and Saturday for kids 16 and older. Recreation activity. Different activities each Keep them occupied as they use their brains week for families and kids held inside the to figure scenarios. High school and college Parks and Recreation building in the Girl gamers may play Pathfinder, Star Wars RPG Scout hut, 739 W. Ave. A. Come play, kids and Mutants and Masterminds in a controlled under 5 must have an adult attend. $2. environment at no charge. Starts at 4:30pm, in the Girl Scout hut inside Parks and Recreation building, 739 W. Ave. A, courtesy of Port Sunset Sounds Free concert featuring Aloha Aransas Parks and Recreation. Dave and the Tourists is set for Friday, July 14, 7-9pm. Friday, Free concert featuring Jesse Stratton playing Texas Country, Americana, Disc Golf Got discs? Come enjoy the and Classic Rock.. Watch the sun set over the nine-hole Disc Golf Course in Port Aransas Corpus Christi Ship Channel as music fills the Community Park. It stretches around park’s air at the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts edge, from the skate area to locations just Point Park. Bring a chair or blanket and any beyond the outfields of the baseball fields and refreshments you want. Golf carts may drive over near the swimming pool. It is played like up for the movie. The Hot Dog Lady will sell golf, but with players throwing Frisbee-like place on the throne at the park for those not bringing food to eat. discs, aiming at metal baskets on poles. No and save his beloved Remaining 2017 Sunset Sounds Concerts: appointment needed. Folks can show up with Pridelands, Simba July 14: Jesse Stratton, Aug. 11: Cody Wayne their discs throughout the daylight hours and must find his inner Band, Sept 8: James Little, Oct 13: Raeanne play for free. The short but strength and confront & the Ride. Birding on the Boardwalk Local birding action packed his wicked Uncle guide Nan Dietert holds this walk in Port 60-minute Scar. Costumes are Aransas every Wednesday at 9am. All musical, incredibly colorful Interval Training Classes continue with year long the weekly walks are held at the designed and bound to catch two levels of Intensity Interval Training every Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center at end of for middle- the eye as they did last week courtesy of Port Aransas Parks and Ross Avenue. Anyone, novice to expert may school aged year. Recreation. Certified instructor Karen Decker enjoy the free informative talks courtesy of performers, The Lion King leads exercise classes held at Port Aransas Port Aransas Parks and Recreation. is based on JR. features classic songs from the 1994 film High School, 100 S. Station St, upstairs in the Broadway Spring Forest Qigong Unclog blockages including the popular “Hakuna Matata” and second floor foyer. These classes allow for production with this moving meditation class - 6pm on the Academy Award®-winning “Can You Feel those who want more as well as those needing directed by Wednesdays. It is held in the outdoor pavilion the Love Tonight,” as well as additional songs not as strenuous, all with good results. High Julie Taymor at the Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture penned specifically for the famous Broadway Intensity Interval Training is offered at and the 1994 at the end of Port Street in Port Aransas. production. 6:30am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Disney film. Beginner Moderate Level HIT class meets This freeing meditation is led by Suzanne The twenty plus General admission tickets for Disney’s The at 5:15pm on Monday and Wednesday. Both McCann, courtesy of Port Aransas Parks students in the cast and crew have studied under Lion King JR. are available for the following consist of Intensity Training in short spurts, and Recreation. Cost is $3/person paid to the the direction of Ken Yarbrough, Choreographer performances: July 20-22, 27-29 and Aug 3-5 at for all ages and levels of fitness. Work at your City of Port Aransas (COPA). Feel the peace Angie Torres and Music Director Morgan 7:30 pm and July 23, 30 and Aug 6th at 2:30pm. own pace. Cost is $3 a class or $30 for 15 as you open up your mind and body in this Milligan. Coldwell Banker Island, Realtors is Admission is $10 online and all seats are classes. Cash or check may be paid to COPA. natural setting. generously sponsoring the musical this year. reserved. Tickets are on sale now and available Open to men and women. Bring mat and at www.brownpapertickets.com, by calling The Lion King JR. tells the story of the epic water. the theater box office at 361-749-6036 and Pickleball This paddle sport that combines adventures of a curious cub named Simba as by visiting the South Jetty Newspaper Office elements of badminton, tennis and table he struggles to accept the responsibilities of located at 141 West Kotter in Port Aransas. tennis may be played at the Community Park adulthood and his destiny as king. It becomes Tone and Shape with Weights Use weights to get and stay in shape through Port A Parks Inline Skate Rink at 700 Clark Pkwy, off and Recreation. Certified trainer Karen Ross Avenue. The rink is marked off for the Decker (361-800-1759) leads the exercise correct size, allowing three teams to play at Padre Island Real Estate Ticker tailored to your needs. Meet at the Port a time. If you have equipment and know how Aransas High School weight room, 100 S. to play, the rink may be used any time it is June 16 - June 30 Station St. Cost is $3 per person. not in use at no charge. Know how to play but without equipment, check out equipment By Cindy Molnar Summer Camps A few spaces remain for at Community Pool (when open) by showing Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Summer Townhomes/Duplexes Listed From a Driver’s License. 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Sun, Jul 02, 2017 the other evening I got a your reputation, because your character is what friendly food claims are not certified by federal Author Take Care of Texas Food Labels Being bit nostalgic staring at the giant moon and its you really are, while your reputation is merely government agencies. an environmentally conscious grocery shopper reflection on the water. All I could think about what others think you are”. I assure you, this can be a daunting task. There are hundreds was how this Island is such a beautiful place, Island is overflowing with people of remarkable Organic of different labels and no clear information and we are so fortunate to be able to call it character. The term organic on what the terms actually mean. It is also home. Having been a military family for so The ‘Wizard’, who is more famously known not only refers to the difficult to know which claims are legitimate many years, we lived in several different places as John Wooden also famed the quote “The true food itself, but also and which are just marketing terms with no across the country. Each place we lived had test of a man’s character is what he does when to how the food was regulations. In fact, many eco-friendly food something different to offer, but nothing like no one is watching”. This amazing display of produced. According claims are not certified by federal government what we have found and fell in love with here character has been going on behind the scenes to the United States agencies. Organic The term organic not only on this beautiful Island. We have always had a here on our Island by a group of people who Department of refers to the food itself, but also to how the love for the beach and the water, and living the are dubbed ‘The Island Squad’. These people Agriculture, organic food was produced. According to the United salt life just can’t get much better than it is here. have hearts that are as big as our great state food is produced States Department of Agriculture, organic food It only took us about a month to realize just of Texas. This group was formed by Jim and by farmers who is produced by farmers who emphasize the use how perfect our decision was to make this our Kelly McFadden to give to neighbors in need of emphasize the use of renewable resources of renewable resources and the conservation forever home, and with each year that passes a helping hand, whose circumstances have left and the conservation of soil and water to of soil and water to enhance environmental we are never surprised when we find something them unable to do things themselves. They have enhance environmental quality. Organic meat, quality. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy new to love about it here. gathered volunteers using their own resources poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from products come from animals that are given no There are so many things that add to the and tools, working hard in the summer heat animals that are given no antibiotics or growth antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food beauty of our Island. We have some of the most cleaning up yards and homes, hauling off debris, hormones. Organic food is produced without is produced without using most conventional majestic sunsets and stunningly colorful painted and giving to others selflessly. This kindness using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic skies. Our beaches offer tranquility and there and generosity was not asked for, it was given made with synthetic ingredients or sewage ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; is an abundance of wildlife to enjoy throughout without a thought. So far, with the help of sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. or ionizing radiation. USDA organic.png our inter-coastal waterways. While these things 28 volunteers they have been able to help a The USDA oversees organic certification. The USDA oversees organic certification. certainly set this Island apart from other places disabled veteran, an elderly couple, and another Before any product can be labeled “organic,” a Before any product can be labeled “organic,” a we have lived, there is one thing that stands out elderly woman who is in the process of making government-approved certifier inspects the farm government-approved certifier inspects the farm more than any physical beauty of this paradise a big life transition. When the volunteers where the food is grown to ensure that all USDA where the food is grown to ensure that all USDA we call home, and that is the people that live completed the work that needed to be done on organic standards are met. Any companies that organic standards are met. Any companies that here. There is that old saying that everything the veteran’s home, he said to them, “I have a handle or process organic food before it arrives handle or process organic food before it arrives is bigger in Texas, and that is unquestionably new yard! I don’t recognize it anymore!” Some at the grocery store or restaurant must also be at the grocery store or restaurant must also be true of the residents here on our Island. In all of the volunteers were also able to help guide certified. certified. There are multiple labeling categories the places that I have lived, I have never met him towards getting some much needed medical for organic products: 100 Percent Organic: All There are multiple labeling categories for more genuinely kind-hearted people as I have care. ingredients must be certified organic and any organic products: here. The residents really do love living here, These volunteers have been working tirelessly, processing aids must also be organic. Organic: and it is unmistakable and infectious. This is and it is a great reminder of what a strong 100 Percent Organic: All ingredients must Products in this category must contain at least 95 ultimately what the deciding factor was for us community is made of. I have the pleasure of be certified organic and any processing aids percent certified organic ingredients. Up to five when we unconsciously rid ourselves of our being friends with a lot of these volunteers, and must also be organic. percent of the content, excluding salt and water, watches, learned how to be on Island time, and they are some truly humble people. You won’t Organic: Products in this category must may be non- took the silent vow to only go OTB when it is hear them talk about these acts of kindness, they contain at least 95 percent certified organic organic. Made absolutely necessary. just do it, and expect nothing in return. Since ingredients. Up to five percent of the with Organic: At One thing I have learned in the few years living here, I have seen many of these people content, excluding salt and water, may be least 70 percent of living here is that there is a general reach out to others on several occasions making non-organic. of the product misconception of the kind of people we an impact by sometimes just offering friendship must consist of Made with Organic: At least 70 percent of Islanders are. This became very obvious when and a shoulder to lean on in difficult times. certified organic the product must consist of certified organic the news story of our ongoing ‘sandstorm’ hit ingredients. It is said that beauty is in the eye of the ingredients. While the remaining agricultural the internet beast and the comments were a While the beholder, and that true beauty is on the inside. products are not required to be organically very messy display of mudslinging directed remaining Being here on this Island we are surrounded by produced, they must be produced without right at us from every direction. It seems we agricultural beauty in all of the things that we see. Living excluded methods, like genetic engineering. have somehow gotten the reputation that we products are here on this Island we are surrounded by the Items in this category may state “made with are spoiled and selfish. I would like to take a not required beauty that IS here, and it is because the people organic (insert up to three ingredients),” but moment to set the record straight on that matter, to be organically produced, they must be who live here make will not include the USDA organic seal. produced without excluded methods, like it that much more Specific Organic Ingredients: Multi- genetic engineering. Items in this category may beautiful. I will ingredient products containing less than 70 state “made with organic (insert up to three close this story percent certified organic content will not ingredients),” but will not include the USDA with one last quote include the USDA organic seal or the word organic seal. Specific Organic Ingredients: from John Wooden. “organic” on the principal display panel. Multi-ingredient products containing less than “You can’t live a Specific organic items will be listed on the 70 percent certified organic content will not perfect day until ingredient panel. include the USDA organic seal or the word you do something “organic” on the principal display panel. for someone who Natural or All Natural Specific organic items will be listed on the will never be able to ingredient panel. Natural or All Natural The term repay you” The term “natural” applies broadly to food products that are minimally processed and free “natural” applies broadly to food products that If you would like to of synthetic preservatives; artificial sweeteners, are minimally processed and free of synthetic get involved and be colors, flavors and other artificial additives; preservatives; artificial sweeteners, colors, a part of the Island growth hormones; antibiotics; hydrogenated flavors and other artificial additives; growth Squad, you can send oils; stabilizers; and emulsifiers. hormones; antibiotics; hydrogenated oils; an email to issues@ stabilizers; and emulsifiers. natural label. The islandissues. The USDA also oversees any meat, poultry, USDA also oversees any meat, poultry, and egg The Island Squad net, and you will and egg products that are labeled as “natural.” products that are labeled as “natural.” In order receive an email In order to use this label, products must be to use this label, products must be minimally minimally processed and contain no artificial and state that simply just isn’t true. While notification when a yard clean up is happening. processed and contain no artificial ingredients. ingredients. In contrast to organic standards, it is quite offensive to find that this is what A special thank you to the Island Squad and In contrast to organic standards, the natural the natural label only refers to the processing some might think of us, I would like to offer those who have volunteered; Jim, Kelly, Kandi, label only refers to the processing and does and does not include any regulations regarding a quote by a very wise man once known as the Stacy, Sheila, Heather, Marvin, Dennis, Danny, not include any regulations regarding farming farming practices. ‘Wizard of Westwood’ to help quiet the beast Sandy, Ron, Michelle, and Kaiann. practices. Currently, there are no standards and soften the blow of those misconceptions. Currently, there are no standards or regulations or regulations for the labeling of natural food for the labeling of natural food products if they products if they do not contain meat or eggs. do not contain meat or eggs. The United States The United States Food & Drug Administration Food & Drug Administration has not developed has not developed a definition for use of the a definition for use of the term natural or its term natural or its derivatives. However, the derivatives. However, the FDA has not objected FDA has not objected to the use of the term if to the use of the term if the food does not contain the food does not contain added color, artificial added color, artificial flavors, or synthetic flavors, or synthetic substances. The food label substances. The food label should explain the should explain the use of the term “natural.” use of the term “natural.” For example, it should For example, it should indicate that the product indicate that the product contains no artificial contains no artificial ingredients. Grass Fed ingredients. and Pasture Raised As of January 2016, the USDA withdrew the grass fed marketing claim Grass Fed and Pasture Raised standard. 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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 July 13, 2017 Island Moon A 18 Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour County. The band was really excellent with great [email protected] four part harmonies. They played the old timey way with few electronics and one vocal mic Sorry Charlie… shared in the middle; a nice selection of original OK, where are we? Memorial gospel and bluegrass numbers with classic Day… check. Fourth of July… instrumentation: acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, check. Get the hell out of upright bass, and mando. I gotta say, these guys town… check. I know I was put the Sandy Bottom Boys to shame. But I missing some good shows on the island last never did quite figure out the setup for this weekend, but it had to happen. I really didn’t festival. There were no signs, no promo on the want to miss the Charlie Robison show at the interweb, and no advertising I could find. It was Back Porch. I’ve only seen him a few times, most odd. The entrance to the festival was a disguised notably at the San Antonio Sunken Gardens as an office with a closed sign on it. The stage when Charlie first came on the scene and was looked like it was decorated from a 4th of July hotter than Georgia asphalt. I understand from show of some sort--very patriotic, covered in Lee Harper, boss man at the Porch, the show stars and stripes. But there were lots of people The Toman Brothers will play Giggity’s on was beyond sold out. So be it. It was my alma Lazy Lester with Johnny Moeller and once we got inside the big hall. I guess those Saturday, but not with Gary Stewart, Dean Old Settlers have a good underground network. mater’s birthday. Yep. My beloved Antone’s Grady Pinkerton at Antone’s last Friday. Dillon and Ray Wilburn. and put together sidemen for their band, using Cleaves (Austin, TX) will play Third Coast. the best players Austin had to offer. That way DO NOT MISS LIST Slaid is great. His songs are great. He almost hit there were lots of names on the marquee, Coming this weekend… it big with “Down at the Horseshoe Lounge.” such as Buddy Guy, Jimmy Rogers, James I wish he had. On Saturday the big show will Cotton, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, be at Treasure Island with Micky and the Eddie Taylor, etc., and he’d have local cats Motorcars. At one point, these guys were like Denny Freeman, Derek O’Brien, Johnny a very hot ticket on the New Country Music & Jay Moeller, Mike & Cory Keller, Grady Pinkerton, Sarah Brown, Tyrone Vaughan, It was Louisiana Night at Antone’s last etc., back them up. That’s the way you do it Friday. and Clifford Antone knew it. The line-up this week for “Louisiana Night” featured Lazy was turning 42 and Lazy Lester was going to Lester, Classy Ballou and T.K. Hulin on be there. Sorry Charlie. Austin won this time. Friday, followed by a week of alumni such as I grabbed up my brother-in-law, Jim, when I Marcia Ball, Lavelle White, Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, Jimmy Vaughan, Omar got to Bastrop Micky and the Motorcars will play and made it and the Howlers, W.C. Clark, The Tailgators, Bob Schneider and, as always, a tribute to the Treasure Island on Friday. into downtown The Dirty River Boys will play the Back Austin with late Doug Sahm featuring all my Westside rockstar Horns compadres from S.A., Sauce Gonzales, Porch on Saturday. scene. They are part of the Oklahoma red dirt parking, in Al Gomez, Louis Bustos, Jack Barber, Spot gang with Cody Canada. AND, AND, AND… less than 30 Barnett and Urban Urbano. I remember Parker McCollum is playing the Back the Dirty River Boys (El Paso, TX) are back minutes. When Clifford coming up to me in the Guadalupe Porch on Friday. I don’t know him but “Lone in town and that’s where I’ll be. They hang I left Port A, Club years ago (when these same guys, except Star Music” says, “Parker is in his early 20s, the moon. So do the Toman Brothers (San the ferry line the late Rocky Morales on tenor sax, Randy but he’s already earning comparisons to artists Antonio, TX) who’ll play Giggity’s. Man, you was two hours Garibay on guitar and soulful vocals, and like Ryan Bingham and John Mayer.” Also got a lot of choices. Go to them all. That’s what Old friend Lazy Lester Doug Sahm) and telling me, “Ronnie, it just on Friday, Treasure Island will have Steven I do. to get on the headlined Antone’s 42nd island and the don’t get no better than this.” (He adored Doug James and the Jaded, and at Giggity’s, Beau whole place Anniversary week. Sahm). And that’s coming from the man who Walker (Robstown, TX) will play some great was already had literally seen it all. I worked for Clifford Southern Rock. Plus singer-songwriter Slaid ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♪♫♪ seething with tourists. I made the right call. for many years, in his original club on 6th in the There will be other times to see Charlie mid 70’s, and the one on 29th and Guadalupe Robison, but Lazy Lester is 84. in the early 80’s. I also ran his booking agency for Antone’s Records in the 90’s. So going to Blues time in River City… Austin for an Antone’s Anniversary Celebration Live Music It was the “Austin Home of the Blues” is like old home week for me. It was great Antone’s 42nd anniversary. Clifford Antone seeing Lester. I have many stories. We traveled opened the original club on 6th and Brazos in quite a bit together doing shows in Europe and Brazil. Lazy Lester is one of the founders of Free Beer Band @ 1975 with “The King of Zydeco,” Clifton Tonight Giggity’s “Louisiana Swamp Pop” along with Jimmy Chenier. Historically, the annual anniversary Thursday, July 13 Cody Bryan @ Back Porch celebrations at Antone’s were a week long Reed, Lightin’ Slim and Slim Harpo. Lester Jessie Stratton @ Back Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s event. Clifford would fly in blues greats from recorded for Excello Records and wrote all Porch Chris Saenz Chicago, Louisiana, Memphis… wherever, those songs The Fabulous Thunderbirds got Free Beer Band @ Shattered Son @ Brewster famous covering, like: Sugar Coated Love, Giggity’s Street I’m Lover Not a Fighter, I Hear You Knockin’, Selfie @ Shorty’s Turnpike Troubadours @ etc. His songs have also been recorded by Chris Saenz @ Scuttlebutt’s Concrete Street The Kinks, The Flamin’ Groovies, Freddy Hope & Hostility @ House JESSE STRATTON BAND JULY 13 Smash Decadence + 5 Fender, Dave Edmunds and Dwight Yoakum. of Rock bands @ House of Rock Jason Boland, Dalton PARKER MCCOLLUM JULY 14 He’s the real deal and still performing. Open Mic w/ Denny Domino @ Brewster Street DIRTY RIVER BOYS JULY 15 Larkins @ Behringer’s CODY BRYAN JULY 20 Scattered shots… Open Mic w/ Denny Landing Larkins @ Behringer’s SCARECROW PEOPLE JULY 21 The Groove @ Rockit’s On Saturday, I ran up to Round Rock with my Landing BART CROW/CASEY DANIELS JULY 22 sister and Jim. You remember Jim from Friday Oddfellas @ Rockit’s UNCLE LUCIUS JULY 28 Friday, July 21 night? He’s a music lover too. A friend of Flatbroke @ Giggity’s theirs, Jeff Robertson, who is also a luthier, Friday, July 14 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Scarecrow People @ was playing with his gospel bluegrass band, Jesse Stratton @ Sunset Treasure Island T. K. Hulin from Southern Louisiana Sounds Robertson County Line, at a festival for the Eric Magnusson @ Shorty’s played Antone’s on Friday. Parker McCollum @ Back Tori McClure, John Eric @ “Old Settler’s Association “ in Williamson Porch Scuttlebutt’s Steven James & the Jaded Shane Smith & the All @ Treasure Island Stars, Casey Shaw @ Back Beau Walker @ Giggity’s Porch Tori McClure, Michael Carol Elliott @ Tarpon Inn Burtios @ Scuttlebutt’s Selfie July 13 In This Moment @ Rich Lockhart @ Tarpon Concrete Street Inn Red Giant July 14 Vallejo, Jelly Ellington @ Red Giant @ Shorty’s Ruben Limas July 15 House of Rock Reverend’s Daughter @ Clarissa Serna @ Brewster Brewster Street Ty Dietz July 20 Street Slaid Cleaves @ Third Cruise Control @ Rockit’s Coast Eric Magnusson July 21 Shots Dupre @ House of Saturday, July 22 Classy Ballou played Antone’s 42nd Rock OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Brooke Graham @ The Robertson County Line played the Old APEX @ Rockit’s Gaff Anniversary on Friday. That’s Grady Statesboro Revue @ Pinkerton on guitar and Mike Keller on Settler’s Bluegrass Fest in Round Rock Saturday, July 15 Treasure Island bass. last Saturday. Micky & the Motorcars @ Bart Crow, Casey Daniels Treasure Island @ Back Porch Dirty River Boys @ Back Full Bar & Grill Mike Luna, John Eric @ Porch Scuttlebutt’s GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Kelley Mickwee @ Tarpon NOW OPEN MONDAYS Michael Milligan & Inn Texiana Bluez @ Giggity’s LIVE MUSIC LIVE MUSIC Toman Brothers @ AT 4 P.M. WITH ALL Ty Dietz @ Shorty’s EVERY NIGHT Free Beer Band July 13 Giggity’s Flatbroke @ House of Rock Melissa Brooke, John Eric YOU CAN EAT BOILED Hip Hop Hooray @ Karaoke In Tiki Beau Walker July 14 @ Scuttlebutt’s SHRIMP! Brewster Street Room Toman Brothers July 15 Ruben & the Rolling J’s @ Cruise Control @ Rockit’s Open Thursday - Monday! 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