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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 August 17, 2017 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around The A Look Back Island at Hurricane By Dale Rankin Hurricane Franklin decided to go Allen the Last ashore down way late last week but managed to push water a Big Storm to Hit couple of steps up the Michael J. Ellis Seawall. The storm didn’t even bother The Island to blow the palm trees flat on our little sandbar but by Sunday afternoon the Since 1851 Texas wind was blowing hard enough it could lift a beach tent tied to a MINI has been hit by 10 Cooper, well, at least according to one eyewitness who also reported major storms with that the wind blew so hard there were whitecaps in her swimming pool. 90 percent of those She had us going for little bit there but then, as storytellers often do, she coming between went too far and claimed that the ants were using toothpicks to surf. August 15 and Toothpicks are round, not even an ant can surf on a toothpick. September 15 August is National Golf Month and By Dale Rankin according to the press release that We are in the heart of Hurricane means you get three Mulligans per Season 2017 so it is a good time to round, so we got that going for us. take a look back at the last big storm Our friend Sharon took her little dog to hit the area; Hurricane Allen which Jack to a vet OTB last week and when Something is Attacking struck in August of 1980. she went to pick him up it turned out The eye of Hurricane Allen hit Port they had given him to another owner! Mansfield in the early morning of Seems like Jack would have said Dasmarinas Dogs August 10. The Island was in the something, or at least the Stoopid northeast quadrant of the storm, the Human what got the wrong pooch. By Dale Rankin size of the attacker at about 150 portion where the counterclockwise Jack is a good boy and maybe the pounds, much larger than even an In the long dry days of an Island winds and tidal surge are highest. The trade in was a PITA and the owner adult male coyote. They found the summer it is not unusual to hear storm put a 17-foot surge tide on The was going for an exchange. All the dog’s body the next morning on the reports of coyotes roaming our streets. Island and destroyed the seawall and more reason to go to Dr. Christi, her golf course. Other eyewitnesses have But it is unusual to have multiple also dumped almost 20 inches of rain. office knows which dog goes with reported seeing a large canine in the reports of coyote(s) attacking dogs in which human. Dasmarinas area during morning backyards, but that has been the case jogs. There have also been sightings Then there is this. We Moon in recent days as at least three dogs of wild hogs reported in that area in Monkeys hit the Angry Marlin for have been attacked and killed in the recent weeks, as well as in the area happy hour last week and somehow area around Dasmarinas backing up around Lake Padre. left Scoop Craft locked in the car. to the golf course. Those child safety seats are a booger Another eyewitness reports: “I can Two small dogs were attacked and and moved so fast. I stopped the car, folks. All came out unscathed but confirm the hybrid coyote or whatever killed inside a fenced yard and a rolled down the window and was with a good story to tell. Those signs super wolf this is, as we almost hit third, a 40-pound Cavalier King able to stare at the animal as it stared along the highway don’t warn you it with our car back in June. Night Charles Spaniel was being walked back at us from the brush/tall grass. about leaving a human locked in a car had just fallen, and this thing darted by its owner on a 75-pound test leash Biggest ears I have ever seen... huge but maybe they should. Or maybe a from a house on Dasmarinas, across tethered to a stake when an animal the coyote wolf. Just an FYI - this animal cocktail napkins, “Did You Leave a the street over to the golf course. My owner described as a “huge wolf like is definitely real.” Human Locked in Your Car?!!” sister in-law and myself thought it thing” snatched the dog, uprooting was a deer because it was so large ISAC in August the stake. The owner estimated the Coyotes cont. on A4 The monthly meeting of the Island Strategic Action Committee was last week and there was some good news Island ImprovementsWelcome for boaters. There is money to address the sandbar known as the last 600 Michael J. Ellis Seawall in 1980 feet of the Packery Channel, less than after Hurricane Allen four feet deep and causing boats to hit bottom. City staff reported that there Bob Hall Pier was nearly destroyed is $4 million available for the job and and the JFK Causeway itself was District Four City Councilman Greg inundated cutting The Island off from Smith has instructed the city staff to the mainland which eventually led to start the paperwork for dredging the the raising of the causeway. When a canal, hopefully by the end of 2017. six-foot concrete barrier placed in the The problem arose after sloppy centerline of the causeway to prevent Excavation work has begun to traffic accidents was overturned language in the last two dredging connect the new canals on the The sprinkler system designed to fight the flying sand around Lake projects in the Packery failed to Padre is in place and working. The water comes from small ponds by the incoming water the wave of west side of SPID to the existing energy it produced found its way specify exactly where in the channel which capture ground water. the 300,000 cubic yards of sand Island canal system. Hurricane cont. on A4 should come from. The contractors, absent specific instructions, simply A little Island history dredged from the beach line landward without touching the last 600 feet of the channel. The last dredging was done after Hurricane Ike deposited a The Civil War Comes to the Island large amount of sand in the channel in 2008 and the normal tidal flow was enough to remove it. Boaters Battle at the end of Whitecap this summer have been reporting By Greg Smith old Jack Sands of Indianola, two dangerously shallow water inside the sailors and to be augmented by seven In December of 1862 Corpus jetties near the mouth. men plus Captain Ireland of Hobby’s Christi had been cut off from Texas regiment. Captain Ireland was City staff told ISAC members that shipping by the Union blockade for a resourceful and fearless officer the permit to dredge the channel almost a year. The town’s business who had captured the reviled Yankee expired a year and a half ago without and commerce had ground to a halt commander Lt. Kitterege in Flour anyone noticing, but they believe a and the citizens were running out Bluff three months earlier. new one can be had in short order. The of all the basic necessities of living. challenge for 2017 is that the window The Federal ship Arthur guarded Today’s folks think of Corpus to dredge is between the end of turtle the pass at Port Aransas and the Christi Pass as the ditch that was cut nesting season, around October 1, and Union steam gunboats Sachem and back in 1933, a couple of miles north Spring Break in mid-March so if the Corypheus controlled the bays. The on the way to Port Aransas. In 1862 permit can’t be done in time for this Confederate commanders looking the Corpus Christi Pass’s mouth was October the sand can’t be removed for a way to bring in supplies and where Whitecap Boulevard ends at until October 2018 meaning another ship out cotton decided to investigate the beach, it then went through what summer of boat busting in Packery the possibility of using the unguarded is now lake Padre behind the seawall Channel. Or as one boater put it, Corpus Christi Pass to run the Union condo’s, going along where SH 361 look at it this way, a couple of trips blockade. currently is for a couple of miles and Officers of the 13th Maine Infantry regiment out the Packery will save you the cost then angled to Corpus Christi Bay. of a bottom job. Now friends, that's a The first thing was to chart the current part. The problem with the pass was pass emptied into Corpus Christi boating optimist. But the problem is depths of the pass. The plan was for The pass was about 1,000 feet wide it usually ran only four feet deep at Bay. on the ISAC radar and will get dealt the Confederate schooner Queen of and the depth of the channel ranged the bar in the Gulf and three feet deep the Bay manned by forty seven year from 10 to 15 feet deep for the most Around cont. on A4 seven miles up channel where the History cont. on A4 August 17, 2017 Island Moon A 2

Islander Neal Nelson Retiring at Edward Jones After more than two decades at Edward Jones Islander Neal Nelson (center right) is hanging up his ledgers and handing the reigns at the Island office over to Keith Clark (left). Jennifer Palmer will continue to work at the Island office. Congratulations Neal and we welcome Keith to The Island.

Lance Bradley owner of The Black Sheep and Barrel restaurants hosted the August Padre Island Business Association monthly mixer on Tuesday, August 15th. A huge crowd turned out for the delicious buffet and free beer and wine. Go check out their new Happy Hour Monday through Saturday from 5 to 7 for some awesome drink specials. August 2017 PIBA Mixer at the Black Sheep & Barrel Restaurants

The fisherpersons have been active in Packery Channel this week.

Sharkbait likes his with a high five.

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Pets allowed Private garden with ocean breezes! 14521 Cabana E #305 $174,300 Beautiful ßoorpan! August 17, 2017 Island Moon A 3 The PIPOA is engaged in a never-ending process of bulkhead repairs and canal dredging. Moon Monkeys Letters to the As to dredging, the PIPOA actually owns the Did Ya Mike Ellis, Founder land under the water and is currently working with the Corps of engineers to remove Hear? Editor approximately 22,000 cubic yards of silt in the By Mary Craft south canals. [email protected] Other current projects include the Primavera canal repairs (the contract has been approved) and the Billish Park project. While, it’s true these New Advertisers projects have had delays, there are many cooks LMC Estate Sale will be held for these stews. Not everybody loves the Billish Park plans, but that’s an issue with the Board at 14145 Whitecap 8/17 and and the City; not the PIPOA administration. 8/18 7:30 am – 3 pm. They Distribution The Board has retained consultants to do a are selling entire contents plus study and planning for potential hurricane Pete Alsop outdoor plants. damage. This is important because we need to Island Delivery establish a base line of asset values and assess LMC Estate Sale will be held Coldwell Banker POA Bylaws our potential exposures. Probably our largest Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the at 15210 Reales on Saturday, Advertising exposure is not damage to the bulkheads, but th essay on the POA bylaws in last week’s edition debris in the canals. August 19 7:30 am – 2 pm. Jan Park Rankin by Islander Karl Rubinstein All must go in one day. Classifieds Besides these large projects, each day So John Bell’s argument now is that the Board involves dozens of administrative tasks such Arlene Ritley had this “unspoken right” unless the Bylaws as dealing with the Compliance procedures Contractor bays for lease Production Manager said otherwise? How much clearer did the 1994 (yes, a future essay), providing resale with office and bathroom ap- Abigail Bair Bylaws have to be? And his story has changed information to title companies, responding to proximately 2,000 square feet Contributing Writers again. Gone is the sole responsibility claim requests for documents, processing checks, at Tradewinds Business Cen- Joey Farah and he has shifted to “but I told them to tell the posting accounts, making deposits, preparing members”. More BS, and the B stands for Bell. new owner welcome packages, notarizing ter 15715 SPID. Call Charlie Andy Purvis Also, if it is so critical to be clear to the documents, processing construction plans, and Mader at 947-3947. Mary Craft community, then why is this “unspoken right” dozens of other tasks necessary to keep the MayBeth Christiansen of the Board not given any mention in the many engines running. Jay Gardner HOA ByLaw examples that I have found. On There are 52 properties seriously in arrears on Business Briefs Todd Hunter the contrary, we seem to be the only HOA in the “dues,” requiring collection efforts. There are State that grants the Board complete control of homes badly in need of repair, but the PIPOA Dotson Lewis C’Est Bon Seafood Restau- our ByLaws with NO input required from the can’t clean them up on its own--the city must rant in the Bluff is now open Ronnie Narmour community. Links to these examples are found intervene and that takes time. at the end of this post. for lunch and dinner. A family Brent Rourk While residents don’t agree with all the from Louisiana is owners so Photographers And if you want an example of the Board compliance rules, we understand rules are you can expect some authentic Miles Merwin taking this “right” in action, please ask anyone needed to keep our community up to standards. who attended the Special Board Meeting held A Compliance Committee is studying the rules Cajun dishes. Debbie Noble on April 1 where the Board voted to change and hopefully will share good ideas. Mary Craft the ByLaws. I was there (unfortunately we HEB To Go Curbside Service I hope this summary provides insight to were not recording, but I do know of recording is coming to the Bluff Septem- Ronnie Narmour the work of the PIPOA, and underlines the in existence). The community was given 72 th Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) importance of the upcoming election. ber 4 . To use this service you hours notice, the written notice was unclear Riley P. Dog shop online, select your pick as to what the exact change was. Many, many up time and when you pull up Members spoke at the meeting against making Karl L. Rubinstein the change without ANY Member input. The curbside they will load your change occurred during and changed the rules car. They are currently con- midstream of the ongoing election. They were Golf Cart Rules structing the separate entryway asked to postpone the vote until Member input Editor’s note: We have had several questions for this service. The personal could be made or the election was completed. of late about what the rules are for golf carts shopper fee is $4.95 and is Our requests were met with deaf ears and they on Padre Island. Here is the city ordinance that voted the ByLaw change anyway. applies as of April 2017 available 7:30 am – 9 pm. This Board continues to show an ongoing unwillingness to involve the Member The Statesboro Review Band community in decisions that impact us. Maybe Sec. 53-109. - Operation of golf cart. will be at the Schlitterbahn Ve- Publisher we can’t stop them now, but we CAN stop them As authorized under V.T.C.A., Transportation randa patio on Saturday, Sep- Dale Rankin by voting in the next election. Stay aware and Code § 551.404(a), a person who holds a valid tember 2nd 8 – 11:30 pm. There About the Island Moon involved. Attend meetings, and if you cannot driver's license may operate a golf cart on a will be food and drink specials The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale attend in person watch the Live Stream or public highway with a posted speed limit of not Rankin, Editor / Publisher. after the fact recording made available on more than thirty-five (35) miles per hour if: and tickets are $10 with 10 @IslandIssues. I urge EVERYONE to pay % of the proceeds going to Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes (1) The person is employed by a political delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 attention next March and VOTE. copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, subdivision of the State of Texas, and is the Riley P. Dog Park Fund. as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 Here are 5 ByLaw examples. performing a duty for the political subdivision Tickets can be purchased at the copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. These two are from actual communities, one that requires the operation of a golf cart owned admissions gate or at www. News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, outside of and one near Houston. by the political subdivision; schlitterbahn.com/corpus- payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. http://www.capellapark.com/hoa-docs/258B... (2) The person is crossing a public highway at christi/events. For more info The Island Moon Newspaper a marked or designated crossing that connects call 589-4225. http://hydeparkunited.org/wp-content/upl... portions of the golf course separated by the 14646 Compass, Suite 3 One is a template on the City Of San Antonio public highway; The Beach Stone Rise Band Corpus Christi, TX 78418 website. (3) The person is employed by a restaurant, has disbanded after entertain- 361-949-7700 https://www.sanantonio.gov/portals/0/fil... hotel, or tourist related business, and is ing audiences with their rock transporting guests in a golf cart owned by the [email protected] And one is a template on the Desoto, Texas restaurant, hotel, or tourist related business, to reggae music in South Texas website. for six years. Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper and from the parking lots to the business; http://www.ci.desoto.tx.us/DocumentCente... (4) The person is employed by a restaurant, The Seashore Middle Acad- One is a template from a non-profit group that hotel, or tourist related business, and is provides guidance for Texas HOA’s. transporting supplies between two (2) facilities emy Community Health Fair under common ownership in a golf cart owned will be held Monday, August http://www.dallashomeownersleague.org/re... by the restaurant, hotel, or tourist related 21st 5 – 8 pm at the cafete- So, two of these are from actual HOA’s, two are business; ria. There will be free health Where to Find The templates from government entities and one is a (5) If the golf cart is operated on a highway screenings including free template from an organization that was formed within the city limits on Mustang Island east of school/athletic physicals. Island Moon to assist Texas HOA’s. Not one has any mention S.H. 361 and north of Packery Channel; of the Board amending the bylaws, all examples Blue Crab Coastal Interiors limit Bylaw amending solely to the members. (6) If the golf cart is operated on portions of Port Trinity By the Sea Mustang and Padre Island within the city limits & Gifts has a coupon for 25% Episcopal Kelly McFadden that are south of Packery Channel; or off one item in this issue. They Aransas Whitecap (7) If the golf cart is operated on a highway are open Tues – Saturday 10 Sand Piper Condos North within the city limits on North Beach east of am – 5 pm and are located at Sea Gull Condos Padre POA Continued U.S. 181 and north of the Harbor Bridge. 14814 Compass. Gulf Breeze RV Our next Board Election and Annual Meeting (Ord. No. 028318, § 1, 9-22-2009; Ord. No. All Stripes Stores is the second Saturday in March (closer than 028367, § 1, 10-20-2009; Ord. No. 028916, § A Moon classified ad starts at Pioneer RV Black Sheep/ you think) and we ought to contemplate how 1, 1-11-2011; Ord. No. 030608, § 1, 9-15-2015) $10 for 25 words and 20 cents La Palmilla Golf Barrel essential the PIPOA is to all of us. a word after that. Call 834- Club 1282 or email moonclassad@ CVS We had 4156 owners voting last election. The Stripes (1A) PIPOA is probably the largest such association twc.com. Classifieds are now Whataburger in Texas, and there are wheels within wheels we Is This Your Kitty? Kody’s Restaurant viewable on our website click never see, but which keep us going. Efficient Doc’s Restaurant on Classifieds button. Amano governance is essential because things don’t Would you like it to be? WB Liquor Snoopy’s Pier take care of themselves. Paddle for Parkinson’s 361 Bar Isle Mail N More For example, so far in 2017 the Architectural Canal Clean Up will be held Control Committee (“ACC”) has approved 217 th Island Italian Saturday, August 19 . Volun- Moby Dicks plans for various projects, including 68 for teers with water transportation Spanky’s Liquor Brooklyn Pie Co. entirely new homes and the remainder for fences, pools, decks, docks, and shade structures. Any should meet at the Cartagena IGA Grocery Store Ace Hardware alteration that affects the exterior of the home boat ramp at 9 am. Bags will Port A Glass Studio Holiday Inn (other than paint or roof repairs), including be provided. pools and other structures requires ACC review San Juan’s Mexican Texas Star (Shell) and permits, a time consuming process that Litter Critter will be on the Restaurant Jesse’s Liquor requires expertise and concentration. Island at the end of Whitecap Wash Board Also, the ACC, all volunteers, has developed near the water treatment plant Laundry Mat Scuttlebutt’s a program to hold builders more accountable th Restaurant Saturday, August 19 8 am – 3 Drop Anchor Bar & for their job sites, including a new mandate that pm. Grill Subway builders put up a $2000 deposit to cover cleanup costs if the builder leaves a mess. Port A Parks & Rec Island Tire The Island Farmer’s Market Many would like to have reasonable parking Public Library will be at Island Presbyterian Padre Pizzeria standards for RVs, etc. and hope the ACC will church on Thursday, August Chamber of And all Moon soon take up this issue. th Commerce/ Visitor’s This little guy has been hanging 17 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. retail advertisers While the PIPOA has a Board of Directors, its out underneath the Island Office at There will be live music, food Center day to day operations are carried out by MayBeth Woody’s Sports WB Liquor Christensen and a staff of three, plus an intern 14646 Compass street, right across trucks along with fresh pro- Center who has just completed his Masters in Public from Schlitterbahn. If you're duce and craft vendors. Administration, and a part time construction Back Porch Flour Bluff looking for this kitty (or looking compliance inspector. They use an outdated Shorty’s Place H.E.B. computer system, but have created a good and for A kitty), please email editor@ Fisherman’s Wharf Whataburger on informative website and a Facebook page. Both islandmoon.com or call 949-7700. Waldron of these provide a wealth of information for He's a very nice guy, but seems to Giggity’s those who take time to access them. Ethyl Everly be a little shy. He probably just Tarpon Inn Senior Center So far this year, the PIPOA has added $300,000 needs a new home. Send Letters and Photos Gratitude’s to our self-insurance fund, now approaching $8 to Fire Station million. 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Around cont. from A1 Hurricane cont. from A1 Coyotes cont. from A1 with ASAP. into the back of the canal system destroying Another eyewitness said: “I too saw this huge Fungus Among several hundred feet of bulkhead on Cruiser We sign off with a tip of the hat to lost Islander coyote some months back on Crossjack . By and the Gypsy Bridge and Cruiser Bridge over Patsy Jones who would have been 77 this week. itself coming home from work and it crossed Whitecap as the tidal flow rushed to find its way She wrote the quintessential Island song That’s right in front of my car.” Us? back to the Gulf of Mexico. It is worth noting My Island and her hat still adorns the Moon that even with the 17-foot tidal surge it was not Game Warden Saul Aguilar said when dry office. You are missed Patsy. Islander Researchers to rising water getting into homes that caused the weather hits the coyotes, and other wild Say hello if you see us Around The Island. damage on The Island, it was the water trapped animals, migrate toward the ponds on the golf Launch Fungus into Space course in search of water. History cont. from A1 behind The Island trying to escape that did The International Space Station (ISS) is damage on the west side of SPID. “There are a lot of solutions to a coyote a unique scientific platform that enables On December 5, 1862 the Confederates Allen is ranked all time as one of the most problem,” Aguilar said, “but there is also a lot of researchers from around the world to perform embarked on the Queen for two days of powerful storms ever to roam the Atlantic with red tape involved in implementing them inside experiments that could not be achieved on sounding. Riding a north wind they spent its winds crossing the Category Five threshold city limits.” Earth. The next ISS mission will include fungus a day and half measuring the depths of the collected and studied by Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese, a record three times during its lifetime. While Various types of traps can be used, he said, but seven mile-long pass. Even though they had Assistant Professor of Microbial Ecology at Allen was not a Category Five storm when it they can also catch dogs and other domestic completed their work on the 6th the north wind Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Reese, made landfall it still packed wind gusts of 129 animals. left them stuck in the pass, forcing the group to mph. But it was the 17 feet of water it pushed principal investigator, is working with Morgan stay another night. that did the most damage on The Island. Islander Shannon Bumstead had her two small Sobol, an Island University master’s student in dogs attacked and killed while they were in her marine biology, and Dr. Heath Mills, the CEO Battle Plan By the time Allen hit the coast its pressure had fenced yard in the middle of the day. of Space Technology and Advanced Research fallen to 909 mb, or 26.84 inches of Hg. By Unknown to the men in Gray the Union Systems (STaARS). the time it hit the coast Allen was a Category It may turn out to be nothing more than regular gunboat Sachem captured a rebel schooner Three Hurricane with maximum sustained Island coyotes, or it may turn out to be a single Their project, Intraterrestrial Fungus Grown loaded with salt. One of the schooners crew, winds falling to 115 mph, and its central large predator, but something is attacking in Space (iFunGIS), is one of more than 20 a unionist sympathizer told the bluecoats about pressure rising to 945 mb, or 27.91 inches. It Island dogs, especially around the open area science and research investigations that will the reb’s activities. Plans were quickly made to ended a long drought much like the one we are behind Dasmarinas. Pet owners, beware and be blast off into space on Monday, August 14, on capture the Queen and twenty sailors detailed experiencing now in Texas. prepared. the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon for the task. In command would be the battle capsule. The Dragon capsule is a free-flying tested twenty-seven year old Ensign Alfred Allen caused $42 million in damage in the If you see coyotes or have any kind of encounter with one, please post on our Facebook page commercial spacecraft designed to deliver both Reynolds from New York. A local civilian Coastal Bend and spawned a tornado in Austin cargo and people to orbiting destination. The Peter Baxter, a Scottish immigrant came along which caused $100 million in damage making it theislandmoonnewspaper so we can pass the information along to Texas Parks and Wildlife. launch is expected to take place at 11:31 a.m. to help guide the party through to the Island. the costliest -spawned tornado CDT, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in In those days if the Navy captured an enemy in recorded history. Repair of the Michael J. Florida. ship it was declared a prize and the capturing Ellis Seawall became a huge issue because crew all earned a portion of its value. The plan it is privately owned by the property owners “We are excited about this project and have was for the sailing bark Arthur to block the Gulf there. Who would pay the $3 million-plus cost been preparing for it for more than two years,” entrance of the pass. The Arthur with a hundred became an issue. It was finally done with one- Attention said Reese. “We hoped it would take off in sailors and mounting six cannon’s would make time-only money from the state, leaving open Boat Owners! April, but weather and equipment delays have quick work of the Queen if it tried to escape the question of who will pay for repairs if/when pushed this back until now.” into the Gulf. it happens again. Do you own a boat with a cabin iFunGIS The Author drew fourteen feet of water though It has been 47 years since The Island took a and could not get any closer than a half a mile to direct hit by Hurricane Celia in 1970, doing and would you like to make some the pass without running the risk of grounding. much more damage than Allen. Since 1851 For the actual capture the Federals needed Texas has been hit by 10 major storms with money with it? We have slips and shallow draft boats to navigate the three-foot 90 percent of those coming between August depth at the Bay entrance. They decided to use 15 and September 15. It is also an alphabetical are looking for boats to use for two cutters, one made of iron and one of wood anomaly that the storms that have done the most for the job. One cutter would be manned by damage has been storms which begin with the charters. If you have a boat and ten men and the other cutter eleven men. The letters A,B, and C; storms early in the cycle of crews were armed with rifles, shotguns, pistols storms for that year, hence the low letters in are interested in an entrepreneurial and cutlasses. This would make quick work of the alphabet, but relatively late in the hurricane a three or four man crew of a schooner like the season. Across the Gulf region about 30 percent opportunity Queen of the Bay. With the stir of excitement of the storms hit between June 1 and August 23. of from the capture of the Reb’s Ship and the On the Texas Coast storms hit on average once call 361 332-9978. prospect of sharing in extra cash for its prize every three years. value the twenty sailors with little sleep and great anticipation boarded the Cutters at 6:00 a.m. on a cold December morning for the iFunGIS focuses on the genetic potential of twenty-eight mile trip through Corpus Christi a fungus related to Penicillium chrysogenum. Bayou and across the Bay to Corpus Christi iFunGIS cultures are a rare type of fungus in Pass. the microgravity environment of space to search The Battle at the end of Whtecap for new antibiotics. Penicillium chrysogenum differs from other fungi because it comes from deep in the Earth’s subsurface and shows potential as a source for new antibacterial compounds. The iFunGIS experiment will send frozen samples of fungal spores to the ISS, grow the fungus in different nutrient mixtures over different time intervals, refreeze the samples and then return them to Earth, where the Island University team will examine how they grew and what chemicals they may have produced. “This is a unique fungus because we isolated As the sun rose that morning at the pass the it from 73-million-year-old sediment that Confederates spotted the Arthur in the Gulf. was buried 124 meters below the seafloor,” Trapped by the contrary wind they anxiously said Reese. “This will be the first time an watched the Arthur. Much to their relief the intraterrestrial microorganism will be grown in Arthur left for Port Aransas without sending an space.” attacking party. By eleven o’clock an East wind Once the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the came up finally enabling the Queen to strike Dragon capsule reaches the ISS, the station home for Corpus. As the Queen was about half crew will unpack the spacecraft and begin way up the pass they spotted the sails of the working with other experiments aimed at Yankee cutters. Not knowing if the Sachem of improving life on Earth, including research on other Union vessels were close by they made Sammy has been holding down the fort at the Back Porch where it has been a very busy season. Parkinson’s disease, new approaches to treating the decision to turn around and run back to blood pressure, and pioneering new advances in Padre Island where they would be protected the use of stem cells for repairing damage from from the larger Union vessels by shallow waters disease, among many others. and could also escape on foot across the Laguna to Flour Bluff. About the same time the Queen “We are thrilled and honored to be a part was sighted by the crew of the two Union of the 20 research experiments going to the cutters about two miles distant. The Union ISS,” said Sobol. “I am looking forward to sailors seeing the chase was on grabbed their what this project tells us about life in extreme oars. With the cutters under both sail and oars environments.” they were closing the gap between them and the So far in 2017, the ISS National Lab has hosted Queen. As the Queen reached Padre the Cutters more than 100 separate experiments that have were less than a mile behind, the Confederates reached the station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 will beached the Queen and ran for cover in the return to Earth in mid-September. Sand Hills that were on the edge of the pass. Seeing the running Rebels and prize in sight the Union boys redoubled their efforts and were on top of the Queen in ten short minutes. 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Send letters and photos to editor@ islandmoon.com Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper August 17, 2017 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island By Dale Rankin Two decades ago in the a convention hotel, the council should state late 1990s there was a race unequivocally here at the start of the process up State Highway 361. that there will be no tax incentives or direct tax subsidies involved. He cited the recent sale of a The competitors lined convention hotel in downtown Phoenix which up on each end, one in Port Aransas and one cost taxpayers $100 million as a cautionary tale. at Packery Channel, raced their engines and The idea was to nip tax giveaways in the bud, charged headlong into each other. They met but his motion died for lack of a second and the at about the spot where Fire Station #16 now matter went back to city staff to push toward a stands, a monument to a glass half full or half Request for Proposals. The report, available for empty depending on your point of view. The viewing at the CVB, cites potential economic simplest explanation for the competition is as benefits around $445 million. old a civilization itself…money. But further discussion revealed that what The race was partially to annex the tax vacuum appeared to be a majority of the council is between the two ends of the Island road that had against tax incentives for a convention hotel, created a property tax base that could fatten the primarily because there are current discussions coffers at both ends, even the vacant lots up and to build a hotel on the opposite side of the down SH 361 generated property tax just by current Harbor Bridge, near Whataburger Field, existing. But that wasn’t what was fueling the if tax incentives are given to one then by nature race. The growth along the corridor, which was they will be given to the other, and further there not in the city limits of either city, had snuck seems to be an overall sense, judging by the up on both Port Aransas and Corpus Christi, discussion, that using public money to fund but Corpus Christi was looking for ways to pay new privately-owned hotels that would compete for cost overruns at the downtown Convention against existing hotels whose HOT money Center and recently completed American Bank would be part of the subsidies seems patently Center and the SH 361 corridor fit the bill. unfair. The condos and townhomes that had risen up Make no mistake this is political. Big money out of the sand on the sixteen miles in question and big players are involved, none of them from allowed for overnight stay, like hotels, which The Island. meant that they would pay the Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT). Vacuums that can produce potential $23 million in annual losses tax revenue don’t remain airless for very long in the political world and this one was no Smith, a dedicated budget reader, presented exception. The HOT funds could, by state law, numbers showing that the Convention Center, be used to fund the cost overruns downtown. American Bank Center, Selena Auditorium, and surrounding facilities cost taxpayers Free bite at the apple $23,701,000 per year. A total of $28,976,000 in Tides of the Week tax money is paid in, and a profit of $5,274,000 The Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) is tacked on, comes back. In 2011 when the HOT generated Tides for Bob Hall Pier: August 17 - August 27 currently at 9% in Corpus Christi, to the bills $10 million and $3 million was put into reserves from visitors who stay here, or anywhere in the Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon – the reserves that are now being eaten up by the /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible city. HOT revenues are a bit of an anomaly as spending deficit. Th 17 High 2:33 AM 1.7 7:01 AM Rise 2:43 AM 30 taxes go. They are not a tax on local residents, they are tax on people who visit the area and In fairness it should be noted that convention 17 Low 6:01 PM -0.3 8:05 PM Set 4:38 PM pay the 9% tax on top of their hotel bill for the centers are never profit centers in themselves, F 18 High 3:25 AM 1.8 7:01 AM Rise 3:42 AM 20 privilege of doing so. It’s the type of tax city the idea is they are a loss leader than spins councils love because the shoe doesn’t pinch the off revenue and ours is old. The argument for 18 Low 7:04 PM -0.4 8:04 PM Set 5:38 PM locals, and the people who pay it can’t vote in expansion is that the current facility is not Sa 19 High 4:08 AM 1.8 7:02 AM Rise 4:43 AM 11 these parts. So you get to charge a 9% premium operating at capacity because it is ill-configured 19 Low 8:03 PM -0.4 8:03 PM Set 6:33 PM for a Gulf view, which the visitors never really and not big enough. It is at the end of the day a differentiate from the hotel bill, and all a city question of Return on Investment. Su 20 High 4:44 AM 1.8 7:02 AM Rise 5:46 AM 5 has to do is provide city services. It’s a free bite Out of a total of $16 million generated this 20 Low 8:58 PM -0.3 8:02 PM Set 7:24 PM at the apple for local government but comes year in HOT funds, about $10 million goes with the caveat from the state that the money M 21 High 5:11 AM 1.7 7:03 AM Rise 6:50 AM 1 to subsidize loses there with the remainder can only be spent on things related to the tourist coming from other city revenue sources. About 21 Low 10:38 AM 1.3 8:01 PM Set 8:10 PM industry. $4 million of that $16 million comes from The 21 High 1:50 PM 1.4 The prize in this race was the then fairly new Island, primarily from the area where the race to annexation took place. Only about $1.2 million 21 Low 9:51 PM -0.1 but very impressive Port Royal Ocean Resort and Conference Center which each month is of the HOT revenue actually finds its way into Tu 22 High 5:32 AM 1.5 7:03 AM Rise 7:52 AM 0 now one of two top producers of HOT money in the advertising budget to directly promote the 22 Low 10:57 AM 1.2 8:00 PM Set 8:52 PM Corpus Christi at over $2 million annually. The area as a tourism destination – less than the resort at the time claimed the largest swimming City of Port Aransas with a fraction of the 22 High 3:06 PM 1.4 pool in the state and has since expanded it. It population. It is that direct promotion that is at 22 Low 10:42 PM 0.1 is a top of the line resort and became the apple the heart of the spirit of levying the HOT I the of the eye of the HOT collectors, especially in first place, but as is often the case, other entities W 23 High 5:46 AM 1.4 7:04 AM Rise 8:52 AM 1 Corpus Christi where then City Manager David creep onto the payroll over time. 23 Low 11:22 AM 1.0 7:59 PM Set 9:31 PM Garcia had come to town from San Antonio Because the HOT revenue is not paid by 23 High 4:18 PM 1.4 where the value of a HOT was well established. locals it has flown under the radar for decades Corpus Christi revved its tax engine and began 23 Low 11:30 PM 0.4 a wide variety of semi-tourist line items have running north up the 361 corridor annexing been glommed onto the list at the HOT payout Th 24 High 5:58 AM 1.3 7:04 AM Rise 9:50 AM 5 developments and raw land and was halfway window: the Art Museum of South Texas down the track before the City of Port Aransas 24 Low 11:54 AM 0.8 7:58 PM Set 10:09 PM $350,000, Whataburger Field $175,000; Art realized what was happening and saddled up grants and projects $300,000. The payout to 24 High 5:30 PM 1.4 and headed south but it was too late to claim The Island for its $4 million is $1.9 million the prize. While Port Royal promotes itself as to clean the beaches, statistically speaking the being in Port Aransas which has a strong brand major reason tourists visit the area. statewide, in reality it is in the Corpus Christi City Limits and its $2 million flows into the A full accounting Corpus Christi coffers each year. Councilman Rudy Garza said Tuesday that And then on Tuesday… he asked for a list of HOT funds and a total of other tax money flowing into the convention An item placed on the Tuesday agenda of the center and surrounding facilities “a couple of Corpus Christi City Council by our councilman years ago” and never got it. On Tuesday new At- Greg Smith led to some interesting revelations Large member Debbie Lindsey-Opel requested that shows little has changed since the 1990s. that city staff produce the numbers as part of Several weeks ago a study was presented to the their work on the proposed project, but here’s council at a workshop which pushed the idea betting that Smith’s self-generated number of of expansion around the downtown Convention $29 million in tax money flowing in annually Center at a total cost of about $75 million to is on the mark. be financed with Revenue Bonds that would The question here is a profound one for our lock up HOT funds for the next 30 years. The future and the future of the city and it is whether plan is in its infancy and what the final proposal now and in the future Island HOT payers are will look like is yet to be seen. But the building getting fair value for their $4 million, sure to blocks are in place and, according to what came increase with Island development, and if not out Tuesday, the mere discussion of possible is it time to begin the process of reversing the city tax incentives for a new hotel adjacent to results of The Race by finding a way to keep the the Convention Center found its way into trade Island HOT money on The Island to promote publications and several councilmembers, The Island before it is locked up for the next along with some city staff, said they have been thirty years to fund operational shortfalls at an The getting calls from interested hotel operators. expanded convention center. Smith made a motion to send the message that while the city will gladly entertain offers from It takes five votes on the council and it may be BACK PORCH any private investors interested in building an idea whose time has come. Austin Meade Aug 17 For a spreadsheet of total expenditures at Hamilton Loomis Aug 18 the Convention Center and surrounding Mario Flores Aug 19 facilities see our website The islandmoon.com. Capt. Legendary Aug 24 DarrylBACK Lee Rush PORCH Aug 25 Davin James Bar Aug 26

ON THE WATERFRONT 132 W. Cotter St. The PortA BACK PORCH Bar A6 Island Moon August 17, 2017 Senior Moments Anecdotingly Loneliness Hunger By Dotson Lewis By Abigail Bair big-sister-of-the-year awards, and wound up Special to the Island Moon getting poor Schwanlea de-horned. Eventually, When I was 14 years old, I Dotson’s Note: Here's we moved away from the farm. Schwanlea a specific threat, but lonely individuals exhibit made the choice to become an all-too-common stayed behind. I got to see her on holidays, this over the course of a normal day. As you an ovo-lacto vegetarian. I would eat animal scenario: a senior in your life is becoming age, that translates into higher blood pressure. products (like eggs and milk) but not meat. It was and she always remembered me. Grandpa bred increasingly isolated, and you worry that he or Loneliness also increases base-line levels of not an easy transition. My grandfather raised her and built a good sized goat herd. I always she is lonely, but you're not sure what to do. It's cortisol, a powerful stress hormone. If one cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens – many missed her. I still do. not the easiest subject to bring up, especially increases cortisol in animals by exposing them of which wound up at the slaughterhouse. I still We moved to Montana first, and then to South when family members or loved ones are proud to chronic stressors they die earlier due to organ remember my first vegetarian Thanksgiving. Dakota. I recall one winter supper especially. and don't want to admit they're feeling alone. deficits. My regal Grandpa Harold was amused. He I was maybe six or seven years old at the time, But with one of out of eight Americans now over And then there’s sleep. A handful of studies didn’t think I’d last, and there was no way I and we were eating weird tasting spaghetti. 65 (more than 41 million people as of 2012), have shown that when you’re lonely, your brain was getting the satisfaction of him thinking loneliness and isolation are becoming hot- “What kind of meat is this,” the G.P. asked. remains alert for threats and you show more my decision was anything other than typical button issues for all of us. John Cacioppo & micro awakenings or sleep fragmentation. In a teenage rebellion. My Gram was positive that “Goat,” replied my Mother. Laura Entis contributed to this report. study of isolated rats, they exhibited less slow- I’d die within a week due to lack of protein -- It was one of Schwanlea’s kids. My Grandpa Chronic Loneliness Is a Modern-Day wave sleep. This has an adaptive purpose: If she tried to sneak meat into my food for the next had shipped us the meat. I threw up and cried Epidemic you’re isolated, you could be predated at any decade. Ron, our farm foreman, was outraged. myself to sleep for about two weeks after that. moment. It doesn’t matter whether you are He told me as I passed him the potatoes, that From then on, I was suspicious about meat. You Humans were not designed to be solitary sleeping next to someone—if you feel isolated, what I was doing was an insult to my family, to never know when you might be eating your best creatures. We evolved to survive in tribes; that causes the brain to remain on alert. our way of life, and directly to my Grandfather. friend. the need to interact is deeply ingrained in our Grandpa’s eyes twinkled. He always did like a We’ve found loneliness is associated with genetic code. So much so, says John Cacioppo, little sass. Grandpa always warned us not to name the that the absence of social connection triggers altered gene-expression, which makes you lambs. more susceptible to viruses, a correlation that I did last, though – as a strict ovo-lacto the same primal alarm bells as hunger, thirst and There are many other experiences that made physical pain. In short: in small doses, it can be a has been shown in humans and animals. vegetarian for 14 further years, until I moved to and had to fish for food. I got pretty meat distasteful to me, but fundamentally I valuable tool that enables us to read social cues. The Death Rate in The United States Has think that animals are sentient – that they have But long-term loneliness can be dangerous. skinny before I got good at it. I still don’t eat Risen For The First Time In A Decade red meat. feelings, that they know that they exist, that Cacioppo, the director of the University of they understand pain and feel joy. There is The odds ratio, a 26 percent increase in Chicago’s Center for Cognitive and Social Why would I become a vegetarian when bacon a bitter algebra at play here. How can I eat a premature death, is about the same effect size Neuroscience and author of Loneliness: Human tastes so good? Almost every meat eater in chicken and not eat a cow? It boils down to this: as obesity. While obesity isn’t a major cause of Nature and the Need for Social Connection (W. my life has asked me some derivation of that everyone has a level. If I can kill, slaughter, death—that would be cardiovascular disease W. Norton & Co., 2009), has been studying question, and I’ve thought about it for a long and prepare meat without overwhelming guilt and cancer—it contributes to shortened life- loneliness for more than 20 years. time. I originally stopped eating meat because or sorrow, then I can eat it. If I’m not morally spans in contemporary society. Loneliness has a my best friend in high school, Karen, quit and or emotionally strong enough to do it myself, What Is Loneliness? similar effect. People aren’t dying of loneliness. got really thin. I was vain and chunky – but then I shouldn’t eat it. Killing is a regrettable But they are dying of cardiovascular diseases, It’s perceived social isolation, or the that’s not why I kept going. business. It’s not one that we should hand off cancer, accidents, suicide and diabetes. Based discrepancy between what you want from your to other people lightly, at least I don’t feel that on your genetics and your environmental When I was little, we lived on our family farm. social relationships and your perception of I should. Meat doesn’t come only from the history, loneliness can make these conditions There weren’t a lot of other kids around, and my those relationships. supermarket. strike earlier than they otherwise would have. parents worked all the time. My brother wasn’t It has been learned from the studies over the born until I was 3, and I really wasn’t keen on Other people are different. The Rev for last couple of decades that loneliness puts your A Common Misconception about the whole idea of having a baby around anyway. example could bottle feed a baby calf while brain into self-preservation mode. From brain- Loneliness? At some point, against everyone’s wishes, my saying, “Oh baby calf, you’re so cute! I’ll eat imaging studies, it is also known the visual Grandfather gave me a young goat to keep your face.” And she means it. It would take cortex becomes more active while the area [in The idea that if you take people with poor me company. Her name was Schwanlea. I social skills and give them social training, about four hours of actual hunger before Mom the brain] responsible for empathy becomes spent every minute I could with that goat, started getting out the cookbooks looking for less active. That’s not unique to humans—this they’ll become less lonely. But most people have adequate social skills once they reach the best recipe for “Neighbor’s Cat.” Dad (who is also seen in fish, rodents, and non-human used to kill badgers with a hammer to protect the primates. adolescence and early adulthood. In population- based studies, we don’t see social skills making farm) seems to think that killing is a distasteful Why Does Loneliness Cause This any difference, and indeed in our adult samples but necessary part of being a man. I know how teaching social skills has a very modest effect. to fish and snap a chicken’s neck. We all have Reaction? levels. That we have a choice in what we eat is As social animals we survived because we Loneliness Isn’t Reserved For the an amazing luxury. form bonds, which provide mutual aid. Humans Socially Awkward People get angry with me because I don’t don’t do well if they’re alone. If they got In experiments, when loneliness is manipulated, eat enough meat, or because I eat too much. ostracized from the group, they were likely New vegetarians are often preachy. I’m I was to perish. At the same time, we’ve exploited everyone shows decreased social skills because they are less likely to take the perspective of insufferable at age 14. What you find out each other across human history. If a group though, is that no matter how vegan you happen excludes me [an evolutionary tool adapted to others. It’s a function of their perspective on to be, there’s someone out there who is more so. enforce social norms] and I try to break my the world. Social skills require that you think This is true of every single vegetarian … except way back in, the group may not try as subtle an of another person. If I’m a fish on the edge of one. That guy has the right to get holier-than- exclusionary behavior the next time. The easiest a school of fish and we’re preyed upon and I thou on everyone else, but I’ll bet he’s pretty way to exclude me is to kill me or to injure me. head to the middle, I’m exhibiting poor social tired from all the foraging. So the brain goes into self-preservation mode skills. If I’m in a group and I see someone to promote short-term survival. It’s better to not assaulted and I don’t think about them, instead I once knew a young Buddhist acolyte. He lived make a friend now and survive than it is to try I’m thinking about me, that’s poor social skill. in Canada, and every fall on a certain holy day, and make that friend if it turns out that friend’s It’s not a function of what’s in your head, but the monks would go to a local pet store and buy a foe and perish in the service of trying to form where your head's at. every goldfish. The slow, but joyous procession a connection. How Can People Break the Cycle Of would march down to the river bank, and set all the fish free at once. Then, having done their Loneliness is not designed to be chronic; Retreat And Isolation And Become good deed, they would turn and dance joyously instead, it’s very much like physical pain or Unlonely? back to the monastery, the acolytes bringing up hunger. It’s an aversive cue that alerts you to the rear. My friend said it took a minute, but pay attention. It can also lead to depression, and We must retrain how we think about other that all the goldfish died due to the shock from it is thought that adapted along the same lines— people. It’s understanding what loneliness the cold Canadian water. “Plop…plop…plop… depression reduces your desire to try to break is doing and try to correct for the behavior it A goat will stand on anything that is they all floated to the top.” He didn’t think the back into the group. Instead, it sends a passive encourages. Try to be more grateful, more raises the goat even slightly higher off of monks knew. signal to the group that anyone who cares about positive, more discerning. But loneliness the ground including; hills, dog houses, you should come to your aid and reconnect. is stubborn. Which is why researchers are cows, hippos, canteloupes, turtles, trucks, On the other hand, meat eaters are often just Depression can be adaptive in that sense. exploring temporary pharmacological solutions motorcycle sidecars, giraffes, stuffed as aggressive, and have been known to literally involving steroids to help people make these try to shove hamburgers into my mouth. They Experiments have been done where they have animals, fences, tractors, the outhouse, cognitive readjustments. Most people break out pretend it’s a joke. I don’t hang out with people manipulated whether participants feel lonely little kids, grain troughs, roofs, my Mom, of the loneliness cycle, but not everyone does— like that twice. or not. When people feel lonely they also get it’s those people we want to help. and (in one spectacular example of the sadder, but loneliness is feeling like you no greatness that is the goat) our housecat, The choices I make in this world – what I eat, longer have friends or aid at your disposal. Are There Any Benefits To Loneliness? Ginger. She was not amused. what I wear, who I love – are not necessarily an indictment of the way anyone else chooses Mutuality is important. It’s not just about There are a lot positives. You may ask, what’s to live their life. My choices are an expression receiving aid. We’ve evolved to want and seek the benefit of pain?...but you wouldn’t want to and continually freed her when the Rev tried of myself. You aren’t me. You don’t have to reciprocity. live without it. People who are born without the to pen her up. She got on top of the cars and understand. You don’t have to do it, too. Studies Suggest That the Percentage Of ability to feel pain are miserable, because they ate the garden. She ate everything. When my Americans Who Report Chronic Feelings don’t know when they’re harming themselves. little brother started to toddle, I taught her to We don’t all fit into the same sized pants. Why If I am ostracized by a group, or the last to be would anyone ever think we could all fit into the Of Loneliness Has Risen Over The Past run at full speed across the yard and knock him chosen for a team, and it doesn’t affect me, diapers over tea kettle. This did not win me any same lives? Relax. I’m not going to eat you. Few Decades. that’s psychopathic behavior. There are a lot of The percentage of Americans who responded benefits to feeling lonely just like there are a lot that they regularly or frequently felt lonely was of benefits to physical pain, but if one can avoid between 11% and 20% in the 1970s and 1980s chronic pain you want to do that. [the percentage varied depending on the study]. Dotson’s Other Note: About half way through In 2010, AARP did a nationally representative the research for this report, I realized that study and found it was closer to 40% to 45%. most likely, I had bitten off more than I could And a recent study done on older adults out of chew…but what the heck, the technology article University of California, San Francisco put it at last week and my promise for “an epidemic of 43%. loneliness article in the future,” which is now, was to encourage some of you Moon Monkeys to take classes being offered in the Del Mar Why Are Loneliness Levels On The Rise? College Senior Education Program. My promise to you is that if you get involved in the program, We aren’t as closely bound. We no longer you will be a lot less lonely, and also, you may live in the same village for generations, which even quit feeling sorry for yourself. Call 361- means we don’t have the same generational 698-1328 for information, and/or to register for connections. That releases social constraints— a class. The class schedule can also be found on relationships are formed and replaced more The Island Moon Facebook. easily today. We have Tinder, Match, eHarmony and all these kinds of places you can dial up and Your thoughts regarding this or any articles find friendships, connections and opportunities appearing in The Island Moon are greatly that previously didn’t exist. In the last 15 years appreciated. Thank you for reading and or so, many of those face-to-face connections commenting on Senior Moments. I can be have been replaced with social networking. reached at: [email protected] and/or Land We’ve found that if you use social networking Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. as a way to promote face-to-face conversation, Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table it lowers loneliness. But if you use a destination, Meeting will be Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 9-11 as a replacement for the face-to-face, it increases AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families loneliness. and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are What impact does this have on the invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope The Gaff dart team won the sportsmanship award this year with Heidi Hagan, Kip Shannon, Kat Steven and Melissa Harper general population? to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 9 AM, We know loneliness makes you feel terrible. Saturdays. The next will air August 19, 2017. It’s bad for your mental health: well-being Please listen and call in. The listener/text line Choose one of our goes down, depressive symptoms go up, your is: 361-560-5397…It’s your show. likelihood of developing mental and affective Signature Paninis and a disorders increases. It’s also bad for your Hang in there/Have fun! physical health. 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There is a lot of against. great smile and eyes that sparkled, he put you College. For extra cash, he would spend his talk in Corpus Christi about the possibility of at ease quickly. This guy loved baseball. His time umpiring Little League and high school the Astros finally playing in the World Series. Their Timing on the Mound Has Been first words may have been Teddy Ballgame baseball games. It was during one of these I thought that you Moon Monkeys who are Too Good to Continue or “Yaz”.” In a crowd, he appeared more Little League All-Star games that Barney Deary, Astros fans and hoping for the best might enjoy comfortable than an old baseball cap. He had the fellow in charge of ’s In light of their lineup’s talent, it’s not so the following bits of information. Jake Kaplan, always been fearless and a bit cocky, with lots Umpire Development Program, saw him work. surprising that the Astros have scored the the Astros beat writer, and Ben Lindbergh of confidence. He kind of reminded me of what In 1971, Deary convinced Palermo to drop out majors’ most runs, but it is unexpected that contributed to this article. “Wild Bill” Hickok would have been like to of college and enroll in an umpiring school in they’ve allowed the second fewest. Although know. He was also intelligent, gave credit to Florida. Five years later, Palermo took his place the Astros have missed the most bats in the A Little Baseball History everyone but himself, and was a fine speaker. on the field as a professional umpire. He made big leagues, led by their slider-reliant bullpen, Some said he could draw a crowd at the North his Major League debut on October 2, 1976. their shift-heavy defense doesn’t rate highly, Pole. He was 27 years old. In 1977, Steve became a and their pitchers haven’t been elite at limiting fulltime American League professional umpire. walks or homers. They have, however, looked In 1980, the umpires started wearing numbers like a different staff with men on and runners in on their uniform. Steve wore #14. He was scoring position than they have with the bases considered one of the best in the business by empty. his fellow umpires, Major League players and With the bases empty, Astros pitchers have managers. allowed a roughly league-average OPS. With Palermo had his share of excitement. On men on and runners in scoring position, they’ve October 2, 1978, Steve was umpiring third base been the stingiest team in baseball. That divide when the Yankees’ hit a go ahead probably won’t persist: In time, the “runners in three-run over the Green Monster, in scoring position” performance will come closer the 7th inning, to determine the Eastern Division to the Astros’ stats in the larger, “bases empty” Marwin Gonzalez Champs. Palermo’s dad was a Red Sox fan and sample. Call it luck, clutchness, or both, but the questioned why Steve had called the shot a Astros’ fortuitous timing has given them 3–5 “fair ball.” Palermo later said, “It was fair by wins that they wouldn’t have earned otherwise. Prior to the Astros, 33 teams since about 20 feet.” On July 4, 1983, Palermo was Both Base Runs and Third-Order Record, 1900 — including last year’s Cubs — had won behind home plate when of the two methods of estimating a team’s win-loss at least 70% of their first 58 games. Only two threw a no-hitter at Yankee record from its underlying stats, peg the Astros of those teams, the 1927 Yankees and 1954 Studium. Along the way, Steve also worked the as MLB’s biggest over performers (while Indians, matched that early . I personally saw him work also anointing them as the second-strongest over the rest of the season. Collectively, those 33 the 1986 All-Star Game in Houston, Texas. performers so far). teams posted a .739 winning percentage in their Steve also worked four different American first 58 games, and a .625 winning percentage League Championship Series (1980, ’82, ’84 thereafter. That’s still excellent. Just a little less and 1989). so, which is worth keeping in mind as the buzz builds about the Astros being a legendary team. Steve Palermo On Saturday July 7, 1991, Palermo and his fellow umpires went out to eat after the ballgame. Last year’s Cubs’ winning percentage fell from Steve had worked third base that night, as the No doubt being an umpire is an unusual .707 through their first 58 games to .602 from California Angels were in town to play the Texas profession, but for those who enjoy being yelled 59 on, and that team was projected to be the best Rangers. They had eaten before at Campisi’s and cursed at and occasionally threatened, team in baseball before the season started. The Egyptian restaurant on Mockingbird Lane. It while living out of a suitcase for seven months Astros received only the sixth-best projection was late when the manager of the restaurant a year, this is the perfect job. You’ve got to this spring. As much as it might seem as if these shouted out that two of his waitresses who had love baseball to be an umpire. I imagine Major past months of play should take precedence just finished their shift, were being attacked in League Baseball Umpires always feel out of over what we thought before Opening Day, the parking lot. Palermo and two other men, Nori Aoki place, kind of like the third guy on a double preseason projections that incorporate years of one being former SMU football player, Terrence date. First, no one comes to a baseball game to performance are far better predictors of a team’s Mann, ran out to stop the robbery. They caught To keep preventing runs at this pace, the watch the umpires and being labeled as invisible rest-of-season performance than its early- one of the robbers. Two others jumped in a Astros would also have to have health on their may be the best you can say about them. They season record or early-season run differential. car with a driver and the three fled away, but side. Although the preseason fear that Houston argue for a living and no one roots for the returned shortly thereafter and fired several The Offense Isn’t “This” Good (as of wouldn’t have an ace has turned out to be umpire. Umpires have no home park; they play shots at the rescuers. Mann was hit twice, once June 16th) baseless — McCullers and Dallas Keuchel rank all their games away. They are paid well and in the arm and once in the neck. A fourth shot sixth and seventh, respectively, among qualified only have one job, to get every call right. Point- The only observation that’s almost as obvious struck Palermo in the back. He just dropped to starters in park-adjusted FIP — the team’s lineup four seconds is the time a hitter has to hit a 95 as “the Astros offense has been historically the ground immediately, like when the lights go and bullpen depth doesn’t extend to the rotation. mph fastball after it has been released by the great” is the observation that it might be a out. The bullet wound severed his spinal cord pitcher. It’s also the time an umpire has to call little less great going forward, but hey, here As of mid June, Keuchel and McCullers and left him paralyzed from the waist down. that pitch a ball or a strike. Steve Palermo was we are.* The Astros have averaged more are coming off injury-shortened years, and The doctor told Steve and his wife, he may a Hall-of-Fame person and a darn good umpire. than nine runs over their past eight games, so McCullers has never reached 160 innings in a never walk again. But the doctor didn’t know He always respected the game, regardless of we could be catching them at a high point. single season. Behind them, the uncertainties Steve Palermo. As an umpire, Palermo was not who the players were. According to Baseball Prospectus’s measure of add up: Presumptive third starter Collin used to losing arguments and set out to regain opponent quality, Houston has faced the fifth- McHugh has been sidelined with elbow issues Warren Buffett once said, “The world is a his ability to walk. Just three months after the weakest opposing pitchers so far, although that all year, oft-injured spin-rate standout Charlie great movie to watch, but you don’t want to shooting, with rehabilitation and determination, could continue; BP also assesses the Astros’ Morton has been disabled by back problems, sleep walk though it. Look for a job you would Steve Palermo had recovered well enough to remaining schedule as one of the weakest. and Mike Fiers has allowed 18 homers in 11 take if you didn’t need a job and your life will throw out the before As potent as the Astros offense was projected to starts. The Astros have other options — Joe be wonderful.” Umpire Steve Palermo fit this Game One of the , played at be, their hitters have still collectively managed Musgrove was about to be back from his description perfectly, until one hot July summer the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. With the to beat their projections by more than all but a own injury absence, and the low-profile Brad night in Dallas. help of a cane and a small leg brace, Palermo Peacock, of all pitchers, has racked up strikeouts few other teams’. Most of the Astros’ regular Stephen Michael Palermo was born on October returned to the field and the game he loved, but so far — but losing either of their top two starters hitters have been better than the projections 9, 1949, in Worcester, Massachusetts. His father, he would never umpire a baseball game again. would be a big blow. Fortunately for Houston, foresaw, and none more than Marwin González, Vincent, was an elementary school principal Next Week: Trouble ahead 28, and Jake Marisnick, 26, who entered the its bullpen runs several effective arms deep, and season as career below-average hitters and have its prospect-rich system has plenty of prospects posted the largest and 17th-largest offensive to spare. Saturday, August 26 over performances so far, respectively. Of the *As of June 16th. 41 hitters with at least 12 home runs, González Island Moon Columnist Holds Book Signing Dotson’s Other Note: If, after reading this, (.314/.409/.636) has the lowest average homer you’re thinking that none of these nitpicks sound distance by a full 15 feet, which suggests that Collection of photos from 35 years in the trenches so bad, you’re right! Most of the above stats he’ll have a hard time hanging with that group. were compiled as of June 16th, but the Astros blessed I have been to meet and visit with so Marisnick (.250/.337/.513, in 86 PA) seems remain really good. If you’re a loyal fan who many of my childhood sports heroes. As to have adopted a high-strikeout, air-oriented is following them closely, you will recognize fans we get so few opportunities to meet or approach, which makes his power appear more how much has changed from Opening Day until see someone up close and in person, who is real, but he’s fooled us with small-sample June 16th and until now. Right now, they’re considered to be a great athlete. To get a chance starts in the past. In 2015, he hit .342/.386/.566 riding high, so their stats seem otherworldly. to interview them is a whole new ballgame and through his first 84 plate appearances and At the time of writing this article, they had a a privilege,” Purvis said. slumped to .205/.251/.331 the rest of the way. 72-45 record, a .615 winning percentage. 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N ➤ 100 ft Besides Yarborough, some of the maps I came were burned down by the Rangers.). The HQ across showed a few things that I was unsure is no longer in Flour Bluff (used to be on SPID about, such as the location of the old fording where a nursery stands at 10025 SPID). And location that was used to drive cattle across currently, there is no concessionaire at the Park the laguna; it was basically around the end of offering boat rentals, food, camping equipment, Whitecap, going in a southwesterly direction in or fishing gear (although I saw an advertisement a fairly straight line to pretty much Pita Island. for an ice vender in the Moon a while back.) The maps also showed the precise location of Anyway, reading the old books and plans puts the Navy bombing ranges, and if you know you in direct contact with history. Of course, what you’re looking for, you can see evidence there is a lot about the history of the Seashore of them even today on GoogleEarth. One of the on their website at www.nps.gov/pais/index. Steve Reupke, Tricia Majek, Julie Reupke, and Max at the Majek owners fishing maps showed that the north bombing range was htm If you know of any other great resources tournament winners circle at Roberts Point Pavilion last weekend. actually where Padre Isles is today! for the Seashore’s history, shoot me an email The next range south was called the “Caffey” at [email protected] and I’ll get back to range, north of where the park is today, the you. Thanks again Ranger Buzz, and I’ll see Send letters and photos to [email protected] “Duck” bombing range south of today’s you On the Rocks! Facebook:The Island Moon Newspaper

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Dog days of summer are nicer on the Island. Photo by Miles Merwin August 17, 2017 Island Moon A 13 Senate Sends Two Bills to Governor Two of Governor Greg Abbott’s priority issues property where the original tree was cut down, STATE will soon await his signature after the Senate or another location agreed to by the city and the voted Thursday to concur with House changes owner or developer “The goal of HB 7 is to to bills strengthening penalties for mail-in reduce fees while encouraging land owners to Protect Your Skin – August is voter fraud and require reporting of abortion plant more trees,” said Kolkhorst. complications. Developers and owners of commercial These two bills with be the third and fourth properties or mutli-family residential properties Psoriasis Awareness Month measures to completely clear the Legislature for could be reimbursed for up to half of a tree By Todd Hunter, District 32 the special session, joining two Sunset measures mitigation fee if they plant a replacement August is Psoriasis how the lesions affect the individual’s quality approved by the House on Thursday. SB 5, by tree. A provision setting a cap of $400 on tree Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to of life. If the individual has less than 3% of North Richland Hills Senator Kelly Hancock, mitigation fees was removed by amendment, spreading information on the causes, types, their body affected, they are considered to have would enhance punishments for people who and it will be up to cities to decide what type and and treatments for this skin disease that a mild case of psoriasis. Moderate psoriasis intentionally obtain or cast a mail-in ballot. HB how large a tree qualifying for reimbursement affects thousands of Americans. Psoriasis is an covers between 3-10% of the body. More 13, sponsored by Senator Donna Campbell, must be. The bill will now head to the House immune-mediated disease that causes raised, than 10% skin affected by psoriasis abrasions would require that doctors and providers report for consideration of Senate amendments. red, scaly patches on the skin. These skin is severe. For quality of life, the individual is all complications resulting from abortion highly encouraged to learn to reduce stress and Finally Friday, the Senate Education lesions are a result of abnormally quick skin procedures to state health authorities. This manage their want to itch. People with psoriasis Committee approved a bill that will serve as cell growth causing a build-up of skin. Psoriasis measure only differs from the Senate version of are more likely to become depressed, as well. the Senate’s counter to the House education typically develops on the hands, feet, knees, the bill in that it changes the reporting deadline Which can cause burdens on relationships and finance reform plan as the Legislature enters the scalp, face, and lower back. Dermatologists for doctors from 72 hours to three business the individual’s work life (i.e. missing work final few days of the special session. Senator perform a skin examination to determine the days, and would permit electronic reporting. because of doctor appointments). Larry Taylor of Friendswood, who chairs the diagnosis of psoriasis. This skin condition is Also Thursday, the Senate considered a bill committee, substituted Senate language into not contagious. Several treatments have been developed since that seeks to protect private property rights HB 21 that would spend far less than the $1.8 The exact causes of psoriasis are still unknown. the late 1970s. The method of treatment is often of individuals when it comes to cutting down billion in the bill as it came out of the House. Doctors have recently identified about 25 determined by the type of psoriasis and where trees on their own land. HB 7, sponsored The bill would allocate about $310 million to genetic variants that have been linked to the the affected skin is located. There is not a one- by Brenham Senator Lois Kolkhorst, would continue a hold-harmless provision for school development of psoriasis, though. About 1/3 fits-all treatment for psoriasis. There are several prohibit cities from enacting ordinances that districts following the property tax compression of people with psoriasis have a family member topical creams, injections/shots, prescription prevent people who live in one- or two-family of 2006, and would allocate $60 million each who also suffers from this skin condition. If one drugs/oral medications, and light/phototherapy homes from cutting down small trees, less than to private and traditional charter schools for parent has psoriasis, the child has a 10% chance options. Many people who suffer from psoriasis 10 inches, on their property. It would require facilities funding. The Senate plan would of developing it. If both parents have psoriasis, are prescribed a combination of the treatment cities to implement tree credit programs, where pay for that by transferring unencumbered the child has a 50% chance of developing methods to greatly reduce or eliminate the these property owners can be exempted from funds from the Health and Human Services psoriasis. Other factors that contribute to lesions. the cost of a tree mitigation fee if they plant Commission to the Texas Education Agency. development of this skin disease include a Psoriasis is a common skin disease that is another tree to replace the one that was cut Taylor told members he hopes to bring up and weakened/damaged immune system or injuries, noncontagious and treatable. Continuously down. The tree could either be planted on the finally pass the bill when the Senate meets in known as triggers. In children, psoriasis has been spreading the facts and making your peers session on Saturday. linked with health problems like strep throat aware of this disease can help people recognize and injuries to the skin. Psoriasis can also be the signs of breakouts (on themselves) and Texas Dove Hunting Season Outlook triggered by diabetes, heart disease, depression, potentially help those who suffer from this stress, and certain medications. Some breakouts disease have a better quality of life. To learn Promising have been attributed to allergies, diet/food, and more about psoriasis, please visit http://www. weather, as well. psoriasis.org. There are 5 forms of psoriasis. The most If you have questions regarding any of the Southeast Texas Included in Early Special common form is plaque psoriasis. These skin information mentioned in this week’s article, lesions are often itchy and painful. Another please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or Whitewing Days form that usually appears in childhood, District Office. Please always feel free to For the first time since dove conservation During the early two weekends for the Special especially after the child has had strep throat, contact my office if you have any questions measures were established in Texas nearly a White-winged Dove Days (in the South Zone), is Guttate. This type of psoriasis is the second or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if century ago, hunters statewide will have an hunting is allowed only from noon to sunset and most common. Types 3 and 4 include Inverse you would like to contact my office regarding opportunity to pursue the popular game birds the daily bag limit is 15 birds, to include not psoriasis and Pustular psoriasis. The most constituent services. As always, my offices are during the first weekend of September. more than two mourning doves and two white- severe form of psoriasis is Erythrodermic available at any time to assist with questions, tipped doves. During the general season in the While the traditional September 1 opener will psoriasis. This form spreads quickly and is concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- South Zone, the aggregate bag limit is 15 with still be limited to Texas’ North and Central very painful. If untreated, it can even be life 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). no more than two white-tipped doves. threatening. Thankfully only a small percentage Dove Zones, hunters in the southern region of - State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32 the state will be able to join in the action the Hunters are reminded that licenses went on of the population suffer from this form. following afternoon thanks to an expansion of sale Aug. 15 for the 2017-18 hunting seasons The severity of psoriatic outbreaks is Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). the Special White-winged Dove Area across and can be purchased through the agency’s 28 determined by the amount of skin affected and He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. the entire South Dove Zone. Previously, these field offices, at more than 50 state parks and texas.gov or at 512-463-0672 early 4 days of dove hunting were restricted to over 1,700 retailers across the state. Licenses an area roughly west and south of San Antonio may also be purchased online through the and Corpus Christi. TPWD website or by phone at (800) 895- Former Mayor Dan (Mr. 37) McQueen 4248. Call center hours are Monday through “The expansion of early white-winged dove Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is a required hunting during the first two weekends in Announces Senate Bid $5 administrative fee for each phone or online September, in effect, create early September After an unparalleled 37-day run as mayor of NEWS - America’s Future (Volume 1)” on transaction. The online transaction system is hunting opportunities statewide for the first the eighth largest city in Texas former Corpus Amazon. available 24/7. Christi Mayor Dan McQueen announced last time ever,” said Dave Morrison, Texas Parks Perhaps volume two will chronicle his time in week he is running for the United States Senate and Wildlife Department Wildlife Division Hunting and fishing regulations for the new the U.S. Senate deputy director. season can be found in the 2017-2018 Outdoor against incumbent Republican Senator Ted Annual, available in print form at license Cruz in next year’s election. The regular season opening day in the South retailers, online and in the free Outdoor Annual Dove Zone will be Sept. 22, the earliest date “So having continued to serve and sacrifice mobile app available for Apple and Android possible this year under federal guidelines. for the success of America and Texas for all my devices. life, I am propelled to continue into the fight for Roughly 15 percent of the nation’s 300 million In addition to a hunting license, anyone born the citizens,” McQueen said in a July 15 speech mourning dove reside in Texas, along with after Sept. 1, 1971, must successfully complete in Austin, according to a news release. about 15 million white-winged doves at the a hunter education training course. Those under beginning of September. Each fall, over 300,000 According to McQueen’s website he lists his 17 and those 17 and older who purchase a one- Texas dove hunters take to the field in pursuit priorities as jobs, health care, security, term time deferral license may hunt legally in Texas of these acrobatic, fast-flying game birds. limits and a 20 percent reduction in the size of if accompanied by a licensed hunter 17 years or Based on field observations by TPWD wildlife Congress. On his Facebook page McQueen, older who has passed hunter education or who biologists, prospects for the 2017-18 hunting who ran for mayor based on his background is otherwise exempt. Accompanied means being season are fair to excellent across the state as as an engineer, said the 20% cut would get to within normal voice control. The TPWD Hunter habitat conditions vary depending on scattered his goal of “about one rep per million” citizens. Education certification is valid for life and is precipitation and timing of plants seeding out. However, that math works in the wrong direction honored in all other states and provinces. More since, currently, each House of Representatives “Texas had above average mourning dove information on hunter education certification is district covers about 711,000 citizens, according production early in the spring with continued available online. to the federal Census Bureau. good production where precipitation occurred A Migratory Game Bird endorsement through the spring and summer,” said “Insanity is electing the same sponsored and Harvest Information Program (HIP) Shaun Oldenburger, TPWD Dove Program candidates based on money & media,” one part certification are also required to hunt dove. HIP Leader. “Good croton, sunflower, ragweed, of the website reads. “Do you think they work certification involves a brief survey of previous and other highly-selected dove foods were for the people?” year’s migratory bird hunting success and is found statewide this year. Where good water conducted at the time licenses are purchased. McQueen defeated incumbent mayor Nelda conditions and timing of seeding in these plants Martinez by about 8000 votes last November, coincide, hunters should find good hunting in but resigned in January after just 37 days on September for mourning doves.” the job then released a 164-page book online Dan McQueen’s book is available on White-winged doves were observed flocking live Music, BBQ, about his tenure, “37 Day Mayor: Truth - FAKE Amazon.com in late July in urban areas across the state & Party with good numbers starting to move to more rural areas in early August, according to Oldenburger. Mourning dove populations are concentrated around water and food resources in August during the traditional hottest part of 2017 the year. See the Youtube link at https://youtu. be/hB9WcubkAcg for more dove hunting season details. 2017-18 Dove Season Calendar North Zone: Sept. 1 – Nov. 12 and Dec. 15- 31. Central Zone: Sept. 1 – Nov. 5 and Dec. 15 – Jan. 7, 2018. Special White-winged Dove Days (entire South Zone): Sept. 2-3, 9-10. South Zone: Sept. 22 – Nov. 8 and Dec. 15 – Jan. 21, 2018. The daily bag limit for doves statewide is 15 and the possession limit 45. Coastal Bend Troop Support

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BBB offers tips for finding an apartment and how to avoid getting scammed CLUB NEWS By Kelly Trevino The Island Moon provides this space for where the guys join in. We enjoy raising Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau Island organizations. If you are a member of a money for scholarships for local graduating club and want to get the word out about your seniors as well as other worthy causes in our Whether you’re a college student looking for Profile includes a company’s BBB rating, events and/or projects send them along and we community. We would love for you to join a place to live after the summer break, or a how they handle complaints, as well as will get them in. us and see how PIE can be part of your life. recent graduate all packed up and moving to a complaint details and contact information. For more info please contact Rebecca Robbins Be sure to include a brief description of what new city, finding an apartment can sometimes 303-434-0947. Check out the apartment unit and your organization does and a contact person be difficult in today’s rental market. Add that complex. Tour the facility and the specific to the stress of moving your belongings in the for those interested in joining. Island United Political Action Committee: unit you’re going to rent. Check out the Maximize representation of Corpus Christi Texas August heat. Send the info to [email protected] and facilities, such as the laundry room, pool and residents on Padre and Mustang Islands in area we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700. Better Business Bureau serving Heart of gym. Remember, websites often use pictures government by promoting and supporting, by Texas receives thousands of complaints against taken only from the best locations on the Padre Island Antique Classic Car the endorsement process, proactive and unified apartment complexes every year, consistently property, or of model units. Club (PIACCC) is open to all vehicles voting in non-partisan races and other issues placing the apartment industry on BBB’s top Document the condition of your 25 years and older: Antique, Classic, and referendums put to public vote. Meetings 10 list of most complained about industries. In apartment. Upon move-in, make sure Roadsters, Hot Rods, etc; who would like are open to the public. IUPAC meets meeting 2016, apartments came in the #6 spot. to note each and every flaw or defect in to meet to plan meetings, socials, rallies, the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6:00 PM - Last year, BBB received over 6,500 complaints your apartment so that you are not held tours, car shows on and around the Island. 7:00 PM at the Island Time Sushit Bar, contact: against apartments nationwide. Your BBB responsible for damages later. It’s advisable Please contact [email protected] for Nick Colosi 618-889-9160 ncolosi@yahoo. received 661 complaints. to also take photos of your unit prior to information on the upcoming meeting. Please com. move-in so that you have documentation include your contact information and the type When browsing for an apartment in classifieds, POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. available in case a dispute arises upon move- of car owned. it’s important to be aware that some ads may The Association’s primary responsibility is to out. not be legitimate. Scammers regularly advertise maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect rentals in print and online that don’t exist or Consider renters insurance. Many Upcoming Activities: the annual fees and provide information and aren’t available. According to the Federal apartment communities require tenants have Youth Development Foundation of assistance to property owners. .. Membership Trade Commission (FTC), they clone actual a minimum amount of renters insurance Port Aransas. YDF meets at noon each in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring rental listings and then change the contact before move-in. If it’s not required, it’s still Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Port record legal title to any property within Padre and email information, placing the altered ads an option tenants should consider. Renters Aransas. For more information please email Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna in numerous newspapers or websites to trick insurance would cover your losses in the [email protected]. Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, as many people as they can out of money or event of fire, burglary or other damage. Pay [email protected]. Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet personal information. attention to deductibles and coverage limits ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. when choosing a policy. every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny If a potential landlord asks for a wire transfer Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate or large lump sum before viewing the property, Keep a signed copy of your lease and meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM with the University of Texas at Austin Marine that’s a red flag. Also, beware of rental listings read it thoroughly. Before signing any and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation that are advertised far below market value—this lease, make sure you read the terms and welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and of most species of wildlife in the area with an could be a sign of a fake listing. Remember, if it conditions. Also, be sure to keep a copy and Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. emphasis on marine animals. If you find an sounds too good to be true it probably is. store it in a safe place in case you need to A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, animal in peril they can help Tony Amos is the refer back to it. Director. 750 Channel View Dr. Port Aransas. Before you sign an apartment lease, BBB materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles 361 749-6793, 361 442-7638. afamos@mail. recommends renters: Kelly Trevino is the regional director for the available at no extra cost. RSVP online. utexas.edu. Corpus Christi office of Better Business Bureau [email protected] Do your research. When searching online serving the Heart of Texas. Kelly is available for Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi for apartment listings, there are several Padre Island Yacht Club (PIYC) – is media interviews and speaking engagements. Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island legitimate websites that show listings welcoming new members. We have boat slips You can reach her by phone: (361) 945-7352 or ladies got together under a Palapa and founded throughout the area you’re searching. If available now for members. Contact Ignacio email: [email protected]. the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only you find a complex you like, check out the De Lenda at [email protected] for slip rental rule is that there are no rules! We are all about company on bbb.org. The BBB Business information. Padre Island Yacht Club members enjoy small and large boat Cruises, small fun and friendship. We meet once a month for boat Poker Runs, Cruises to area restaurants, lunch and various fun outings from cupcake Copano Bay Fishing Pier Bites the Dust Progressive Dinners, 4th of July Fireworks making to CPR. up close, extended boat cruises to Palacios, After consulting Aransas County officials and two spans that have collapsed are evidence that ISLAND ROVERS: Walks every Saturday TX, South Padre Island, Ingleside, Rockport, the Aransas County Navigation District, the the structure can collapse with little notice. It 3 miles or less along the beach, depending on Fulton, and other areas. Please come, join us! Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is recommended that the remaining portions peoples fitness and desires. When: Saturday, Contact James Thompson, Rear Commodore today permanently closed both sides of the remain closed to the pedestrian and vehicular at 9am at the Padre Balli Park Office South in charge of Memberships at, jmtislandtime@ Copano Bay Fishing Pier to the public due to traffic.’’ of Encantada, in the parking lot between gmail.com to attend. the office and the RV park. No competition, the deteriorated condition of the 86-year-old The navigation district, which operates and KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis just conversation and healthy fitness. For wooden structure. maintains the facility, said the boat ramp on the meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at information see the Facebook group “Island TxDOT’s Bridge Division performed a south side will remain open to the public. Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the Rovers” structural survey of the pier earlier this month The future of the pier will be determined month. Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This after a short section of the pier’s south side following an environmental study and Padre Island Rotary Club. Padre Island Rotary is the Island book club. We meet the first collapsed in June. No one was injured in the coordination with state and federal agencies. incident. Club. Of the things we think, say, or do…..Is it Wednesday of each month at Island Time Sushi Aransas County officials and the navigation the TRUTH?....Is It FAIR to all concerned?... Bar and Grill at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of The structural survey found: “Overall, the district plan to work together to explore options Will it Build GOODWILL and better ladies that like to read, love socializing with remaining standing portions of the fishing pier for a replacement pier. FRIENDSHIPS?....Will it be BENEFICIAL the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join are in significantly distressed condition. The 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- We meet the second and fourth 7999, or just show up! Thursday of each month at the Veranda Island Emmaus reunion is open to anyone Restaurant Schlitterbahn at 5:30 pm. 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 yahoo.com or 361-445-7999. at 6pm at Island in the Son united Methodist Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a church located on hwy 361. For more 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 information call Eileen Moeller @ 830-708- p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the 8367 or [email protected] Veranda at Schlitterbahn. The committee’s Parrot Heads of Port Aransas - is a local purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City chapter of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc., Council on matters pertaining to The Island. a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose 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” 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 Thursday of each month at The Veranda starting association meets every Saturday at 9 AM Creating Dreams Charter Boat Owners and Operators Wanted at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of for a friendly round of golf. All skill levels are for new location on Packery Channel the month. The association annually has two welcome. Call Fran more information: 361- for Island Homeowners fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the 877-2551 fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring. since 1987 The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors • New Homes P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club is League is a women’s social organization open • Remodels Packery a ladies only social club open to all owners/ to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun • Additions residents of North Padre. We hope to enrich & friendship. New Neighbors League holds FlatsTM our members through social activities and • Repairs monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly Floating Cabin Repairs community involvement. We have monthly • No job too big activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples Large Boat Slip (22’ x 40’) available luncheons (2nd Friday) along with groups of Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a or too small good for either repairs or rebuilding bunco, bridge, spades, craft club and book few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or Located under the JFK bridge on Packery Channel clubs. We also have social events throughout email us at [email protected] Call 774-7043 for estimate Call for lease terms the year including a monthly “Happy Hour” Packery Flats Marina www.billgoinhomes.com 361-774-8886 Follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Send photos and letters to: [email protected]

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Those 200 victims translated into several hundred thousand The W-2 scam – called a business email employees whose sensitive data was stolen. In compromise or BEC – is one of the most some cases, the criminals requested both the dangerous phishing email schemes trending W-2 information and a wire transfer. nationwide from a tax administration perspective. The IRS saw a sharp increase in The Form W-2 contains the employee’s name, the number of incidents and victims during the address, Social Security number, income and 2017 filing season. withholdings. That information was used to file fraudulent tax returns, and it can be posted for A business email compromise occurs when a sale on the Dark Net, where criminals also seek cybercriminal is able to “spoof” or impersonate to profit from these thefts. a company or organization executive’s email address and target a payroll, financial or If the business or organization victimized by human resources employee with a request. these attacks notifies the IRS, the IRS can take For example, fraudsters will try to trick an steps to help prevent employees from being employee to transfer funds into a specified victims of tax-related identity theft. However, account or request a list of all employees and because of the nature of these scams, many their Forms W-2. businesses and organizations did not realize for days, weeks or months that they had been The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported scammed. earlier this year that there has been a 1,300 percent increase in identified losses – with more The IRS established a special email notification than $3 billion in wire transfers – since January address specifically for businesses and 2015. The FBI found that the culprits behind organizations to report W-2 thefts: dataloss@ these scams are national and international irs.gov. Be sure to include “W-2 scam” in the organized crime groups who have targeted subject line and information about a point of businesses and organizations in all 50 states and contact in the body of the email. Businesses and 100 countries worldwide. organizations that receive a suspect email but do not fall victim to the scam can forward it to During the 2016 filing season, the IRS first the BEC to [email protected], again with “W-2 warned businesses that the scam had migrated scam” in the subject line. to tax administration and scammers were using business email compromise tactics to obtain employees’ Forms W-2. The criminals were If a BEC incident occurs, notify the IRS. File immediately filing fraudulent tax returns that a complaint with the FBI at the Internet Crime could mirror the actual income received by Complaint Center (IC3.) employees – making the fraud more difficult to detect. Bluff Bay Marina hosted Hobie Kayak demonstrations last weekend. Photos by Bruce Bair. New Port Aransas Art Center is Port of Corpus Texas Drilling Up and Running Christi is Top Permits and By Joan Garland the Coastal Bend.” The Port Aransas Art Center unveiled their new The center was built with help from a substantial Exporter of U.S. Completions facility in Port Aransas during the First Friday grant from the Ed Rachal Foundation. The event this month. Port Aransas Art Center, formed in 1996, now Crude Statistics for July The art center’s opening is the culmination features the work of over 225 community artists of a 21-year project to transform the visitor and offers rotating monthly gallery spaces, The Port of Corpus Christi is now the #1 resources and art education programs. exporter of U.S. produced crude oil in the 2017 experience through dramatically enhanced exhibition and public spaces. The 4,000 square The public is invited to the center’s grand nation due to it proximity to both the Eagle Ford The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total Shale, which extends deep into Mexico, and the foot facility is the pinnacle of Port Aransas’ opening on Saturday, September 30, from 5:00- of 1,011 original drilling permits in July 2017 thriving arts scene. 10:30 p.m. The grand opening celebration Permian Basin; the nation’s largest crude oil compared to 631 in July 2016. The July total producing region. “After 21 years, 4 months and 4 days, the art and fundraiser will feature a street dance included 893 permits to drill new oil or gas with live music, barbeque, drinks, and a live Currently around 2.3 million barrels per day wells, 10 to re-enter plugged well bores and center re-opened August 4th in its new location, and it is fabulous!” said Mary Rose, Executive auction. Tickets are $50 per person and must flows from the Permian Basin where output 108 for re-completions of existing well bores. be purchased in advance. For tickets and is expected to increase to 3.6 million barrels The breakdown of well types for those permits Director of the Port Aransas Art Center. “We can now expand what has always been a unique information, please call the art center at 361- per day by 2022. The majority of proposed issued July 2017 included 273 oil, 77 gas, 601 749-7334. pipelines from the Permian Basin will flow oil or gas, 53 injection, zero service and seven and special art experience for Port Aransas and straight to the Port of Corpus Christi’s docks. other permits. The port creates more than 76 ,000 jobs in the In July 2017, Commission staff processed Coastal Bend. 437 oil, 50 gas, 27 injection and two other completions compared to 568 oil, 243 gas, 44 injection and one other completions in July 2016. Total well completions processed for 2017 year to date are 4,388; down from 7,285 recorded during the same period in 2016. According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig count as of August 4 was 466, representing about 49 percent of all active rigs in the United States. Police Blotter Island Police Calls Editor’s note: Car burglars are active on The Island and there have been steady reports in the police blotter for several weeks now. It appears to be more than just the usual summer thieving traffic. There seems to be some method to their crimes as they occur often occur in a small area in a short period of time. Lock your car and don’t leave garage doors up. We are working on more on this story for the next issue. 10900 block State Highway 361 10 a.m. August 14 Burglary of a motor vehicle New Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Sale 13700 block Tajamar 5 p.m. August 8 Burglary of a motor vehicle New 2017-2018 hunting and fishing licenses online at www.tpwd.texas.gov/buy. All revenue are now on sale! All current year Texas hunting generated from hunting and fishing license fees 13700 block Tajamar 2 a.m. August 8 and fishing licenses (except year-to-date fishing pays for conservation efforts and recreational Burglary of a vehicle licenses) expire Aug. 31. opportunities that help make Texas one of the 14200 block SPID 11 p.m. August 12 Every year, more than 2.4 million hunting best places in the country to hunt and fish. 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Bring a chair or blanket and any refreshments you want. Golf carts may drive Birding on the Boardwalk Local birding up for the movie. The Hot Dog Lady will sell guide Nan Dietert holds this walk in Port at the park for those not bringing food to eat. Aransas every Wednesday at 9am. All Remaining 2017 Sunset Sounds Concerts: year long the weekly walks are held at the Sept 8: James Little, Oct 13: Raeanne & the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center at end Ride. of Ross Avenue. Anyone, novice to expert may enjoy the free informative talks courtesy Interval Training Classes continue with of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation. two levels of Intensity Interval Training every week courtesy of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation. Certified instructor Karen Decker Spring Forest Qigong Unclog blockages leads exercise classes held at Port Aransas with this moving meditation class - 6pm on High School, 100 S. Station St, upstairs in Wednesdays. It is held in the outdoor pavilion at the Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture Lynn and Tony Amos. Photos by Carol Elliot second floor foyer. These classes allow for those who want more as well as those needing at the end of Port Street in Port Aransas. not as strenuous, all with good results. High This freeing meditation is led by Suzanne Intensity Interval Training is offered at McCann, courtesy of Port Aransas Parks 6:30am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. and Recreation. Cost is $3/person paid to the Beginner Moderate Level HIT class meets City of Port Aransas (COPA). Feel the peace at 5:15pm on Monday and Wednesday. Both as you open up your mind and body in this consist of Intensity Training in short spurts, natural setting. for all ages and levels of fitness. Work at your Pickleball This paddle sport that combines own pace. Cost is $3 a class or $30 for 15 elements of badminton, tennis and table classes. Cash or check may be paid to COPA. tennis may be played at the Community Park Open to men and women. Bring mat and Inline Skate Rink at 700 Clark Pkwy, off water. Ross Avenue. The rink is marked off for the Tone and Shape with Weights Use weights correct size, allowing three teams to play at to get and stay in shape through Port A Parks a time. If you have equipment and know how and Recreation. Certified trainer Karen to play, the rink may be used any time it is Decker (361-800-1759) leads the exercise not in use at no charge. Know how to play Beverly Bolner and Edith McAllister at Taddy McAllister enjoying the Jim Cullen but without equipment, check out equipment Tony Amos’ 80th B-Day celebration. Jazz Band tailored to your needs. Meet at the Port Aransas High School weight room, 100 S. at Community Pool (when open) by showing Station St. Cost is $3 per person. a Driver’s License. For information, contact Pam at 361-749-4158 or pamg@ Community Pool Longer hours means more cityofportaransas.org. FREE! time to play and get fit at the Port Aransas Community Pool. Located at 700 Clark Pkwy, Survival Swimming A unique one-on-one Open Swim: Tuesday through Thursday and program for children 6 months - 6 years of age on Sunday 1-6pm, Friday & Saturday 1-8pm. is being held at the Port Aransas Community Lap Swim & Exercise: Tuesday through Pool, 700 Clark Parkway in Port Aransas. Thursday 7am-6pm, Friday 7am-8pm & Survival Swim Foundation program is on Saturday noon-8pm, Sunday noon-6pm. Total average 6-7 weeks, 4 days a week, 15 minute Body Aquacize: Tuesday-Friday at 7:30am & lessons each day. Swim 2 Survive Aquatics Saturday noon with AAAI Water Aerobics Academy is partnering with the City of Port instructor Sally Jo Bartlett. Water Aerobics: Aransas Parks and Recreation Department Tuesday-Friday at noon and Deep Water to bring this life saving program to Port Aerobics: Tuesday-Friday 11am. Parks and Aransas and its surrounding communities. Rec taking applications for qualified beach Lessons will be offered Tuesday-Friday, lifeguards cashiers and slide attendants. Two 9am - 1pm, summer 2017. Accidents happen new slides are open. and drowning is preventable. Swim Float Survive lessons are the best way to teach a Port A RPG Game Night baby, toddler, and or a young child to rescue A safe game time is offered weekly on himself/herself in an aquatic emergency. Friday and Saturday for kids 16 and older. For information, pricing, and availability Keep them occupied as they use their brains contact Michele Seymour, Swim 2 Survive to figure scenarios. High school and college Aquatics Academy, LLC at 571-228-4552 gamers may play Pathfinder, Star Wars RPG or [email protected]. 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His version as Ruben V (San Antonio, TX) on Thursday will play Treasure Island, Eric Magnussen will night, and pound of “I’m a Yellow School Bus” is riveting. So, play Shorty’s, and Rich Lockhart will play for pound, you since his name was already being used, Guy The weather is still hotter than blazes with the courtyard at the Tarpon Inn. On Saturday, have the best line- decided to throw his middle name, Marcel, no change in sight. The coyotes are thick as Mario Flores will play the Back Porch, Billy up of live music into the mix to give it resounding distinction. thieves right now and as brazen as ever. And we Snipes is at the Gaff, the smooth country of ANYWHERE. Not exactly your standard Texas three names are two weeks out from Labor Day. To sum it Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters (San Antonio, Kudos to you, (Larry Joe, Billy Bob, Robert Earl, Ronnie up, it’s the dog days. My advice is to hydrate. TX) will play Giggity’s, Jason Southern is at my beloved Back th Dean…you get the picture), but then Guy (our Tonight, Thursday the 17 , Austin Meade will Treasure Island and the reggae of the Chanklas Porch. But, the BP Guy) is originally from Connecticut. Well, I play the Back Porch, the Free Beer Band will is at Shorty’s. And for all you hard rockers, wasn’t the only thought it was amusing. And actually, the two The phenomenon known play Giggity’s and the always wacky Selfie will Seether will play Concrete Street on Monday. game in town last Guy’s have become Facebook friends and are as Ruben V played get their Dunebilly groove on at Shorty’s. Also That ought to keep you busy for a while. Stay weekend by any talking about writing a song together… small the Back Porch last tonight, there’s a big show in town at Brewster cool out there. means. Local fave world, huh? Call it, “A Tale of Two Guys.” Thursday. 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