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The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 December 20, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Around Islander of the Week The Island The Busiest By Dale Rankin Man on the The yips and wales of Island coyotes under the waxing moon have been the Island soundtrack of our little sandbar this week especially on the south end and around the spoil islands. For reasons known only to them the canis latrans population has been restless and noisy on the clear and calm nights of late. The funny thing is that when you hear the coyotes howl you can never be sure if it’s one coyote or a whole pack of them. Their song just seems to blend. There have been two sightings of late of the mythical albino coyote who is said to live on a spoil island with a Our friend Gus in the busiest snaggle-tailed companion whose tail man on The Island this week was nipped to the point of barely as he plays Santa Clause with being there as he was culled from the late arriving packages. Gus pack and the two refugees formed has been delivering on The their own coyote pack on their little All Lit Up For Christmas Island for years but during the island sort of like Lord of the Flies… Each year, the Mazoch family boasts one of the most impressively decorated homes on the Island. Christmas rush he needs elves only coyotes. Coyotes held a special Photo by Debbie Noble so UPS ships in helpers. Gus place in the lore of the indigenous people of the American Southwest is a favorite of Island dogs and albino coyotes even more so. If because they know he keeps his anyone can produce a photo of the pockets full of dog treats. albino coyote we will gladly give Impact of Texas Legislative For sliding down Island you a free copy of the Island Moon. chimneys and keeping Island But whatever you do don’t shoot dogs happy Gus is our Islander the albino coyote or the ghost of old Session on the Coastal Bend of the Week! Isatai’I the Comanche medicine man is apt to come aconjuring up out of the skinny water and nobody needs that. We had a report of a coyote Representative Hunter sets priorities By the numbers snatching a dog in Port A this week By Dale Rankin Education reform – Reworking “We want to look at taxation and I’m while it was being walked by its The 86th Texas Legislature convenes the state’s education funding system all in,” Hunter said. “But you don’t humans. If you are out there walking 86th Texas in Austin next month and District 32 has been a constant theme in the get property tax relief without school the dog around dusk keep a sharp eye State Representative Todd Hunter this Texas Legislature for two decades reform.” out as there have been sightings all Legislature week announced the issue he intends as legislators try to strike a funding In the past two years state money over The Island this week. balance between more and less January 8, 2019 Tuesday, First to push for the Coastal Bend. for Texas schools has been slashed day of 86th Legislature When the air clears and the humidity affluent districts. At the center of The session, by law, will run 140 by $5.4 billion with the tax burden lets up like the last couple of nights the debate is the so-called Robin May 27, 2019 Monday, Last days, but as Hunter pointed out this for schools shifting from the state we can see all the way across the Hood funding plan, so named day of 86th Legislature (sine week, it is forbidden to take any votes to local districts who are using Laguna to the red lights lined up on because it requires districts with local property taxes to fill the gap. die) for the first sixty days. higher property values to subsidize top of the wind turbines that define In its preliminary budget request 140 Maximum number of the far shore all the way down along “So that last of the horse drawn districts with lower property values ahead of the upcoming session, the in an effort to equal out funding per calendar days for regular the King Ranch. Their arrival there a wagon trains can get to the state Texas Education Agency projected session. The Texas Legislature decade ago caused a kerfuffle that has capitol,” Hunter said. student numbers. Passed in 1993 as a drop in the state’s general revenue a result of an earlier lawsuit in San meets in regular session on the long since died away and now their Further it takes eighty days for for public education by more than second Tuesday in January of long line of red lights are part of the Antonio challenging the funding $3.5 billion over the next two years, the legislature to act on a particular system across the state, the Robin each odd-numbered year. scenery. When the winds let up early piece of legislation, that leaves in part because the revenue from this week the calm and cool nights Hood plan, if nothing else, has been a local property taxes is expected to 31 members of the Senate just 50 days to get things done. full-employment act for attorneys as remind us all why we live here on “It’s a crazy system,” Hunter said. skyrocket. Hunter said that Governor 150-members of the House of our little island. The flickering of the the lawsuits have been constant and Greg Abbott has put this issue high “And many of my fellow members currently there are lawsuits pending Representatives Christmas lights on the calm water don’t even know those are the rules.” on his list for the session. are the icing on the Island cake. from districts on both sides of the 83 Republicans in House So as Hunter rolls into his tenth two- divide. Tax Reform – Some version of tax New name for the CVB reform at the local level will likely 67 Democrats in House year term in January he has learned In a presentation this week outlining make it to a house floor vote in the 12 House seats switched from Paulette Kluge the CEO of the it is best to go in focused and with a his plans for the upcoming session coming session. Abbott has already Republican to Democrat in Corpus Christi Convention and short but set list of things he want to Hunter placed particular focus on the unveiled a plan to limit annual local November 2018 election Visitors Bureau announced at the get done. During a legislative preview plight of the Port Aransas Independent governments’ property tax revenue mostly in the Texas House in PIBA lunch on The Island last week of the coming session this week he School District which after Hurricane growth to 2.5 percent per year. the Dallas, Houston and Austin that the organization will now be re- said that due to the recent election Harvey found itself under the Robin To increase revenue beyond that, areas. named Visit Corpus Christi. It is a cycle the House is going through the Hood plan still having put pay out governments would need approval trend that many like organizations are first major changes in the body in ten $216.8 Billion Texas state about three-quarters of the property from two-thirds of voters. Currently following around the country. years as Democrats picked up twelve government will spend over the tax revenue it collected to other local governmental entities, from seats and Republicans now hold 83 districts, even as the value of property next two years. Typo of the Week seats to Democrats’ 67. cities, to counties, to school districts, in the city plummeted due to damage can raise property taxes up to eight $7,178 Amount spent for every With that in mind here is the list of to hurricane damage. Texas resident. Source: U.S. issues Hunter has in his sights. Priorities cont. on A4 Census Bureau $106.7 billion General Revenue A little Island history Spending $59.9 Billion Public Education A Flood of New Oyster Regulations $20.5 billion Higher Education State Representive Todd Hunter $62.4 billion Medicaid this week said that reviving the once $26.6 billion Transportation thriving oyster industry on the Texas Last week during the magic of the Gulf Coast is on his to-do list for the $5.2 billion Teacher Retirement editing process our front page photo upcoming legislative session. So System of Marines at La Posada Toys for Tots this week we take a look back at the $4 billion Behavioral Health somehow got reversed which put their oyster industry in the area over the $.0.8 billion border security ribbons and medals on the wrong side years. Source: Legislative Budget of their chests. The last thing we want Board to do is insult our Marine friends who Based on the shells found at some are out here helping us collect toys Karankawan campsites found $600 Legislators paid per month on The Island it is likely they for kids. So the photo you see here is $7200 Legislators paid per year the way things are supposed to look. discovered the joys of oyster eating Suffice to say it is a mistake we will before Europeans arrived. But that $190 per diem for legislators never make again (we hope) and we said it didn’t take long after Texas statehood for the oyster industry $33,800 total compensation for apologize for the mistake and hope to regular session do better. to develop. The Texas Almanac tells us that in 1880 the only oyster Around cont. on A4 $41,000 total pay for two-year shippers in the state were located in term Galveston Bay and they were small Th deadline for Display 8 years of service qualifies an operations. But the advent of the Advertising for our Oyster rings are an inovative way of combining shoreline legislator for pension starting San Antonio & Aransas Pass railway December 27th issue is preservation and oyster production. at age 60 December 21st at 5 p.m. into Corpus Christi and another at History cont. on A4 December 20, 2018 Island Moon A 2 Christmas: Island Style

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this generous donation. To read more, follow Moon Monkeys this link to our website and a slideshow. Mike Ellis, Founder Letters to the One of the Art Center's strong suits is Did Ya providing top notch educational programming for adults and youth. If you visit our website, Hear? Editor see the calendar of upcoming workshops. We By Mary "Scoop" Craft look forward to welcoming the likes of Stephen Fisher, Judith DeShong Hall, Anna Lisa Leal, Lee Ricks, Kelly Schaub, Dee Teller and Michael Windberg for in-depth educational programs in the New Year. Business Briefs Thanks again to everyone for making 2018 one The Mexican pottery for sale of the best ever for the Port Aransas Art Center. weekends at Island Mail Plus Distribution Please accept my sincere wishes for a happy will be there for the last time this holiday and we look forward to seeing you in Pete Alsop 2019! Saturday 9 am – 5 pm. They are Island Delivery selling everything including truck Karen Winship Ridout Coldwell Banker and trailer. President, Board of Directors Advertising Thank You Island Italian now has happy Jan Park Rankin hour 3 – 6 pm with exclusive Classifieds As 2018 draws to a close, I would like to Thank God It's Padre thank each of our devoted volunteers, donors, Editor’s note: This letter was written to Jim appetizer for $5.99 that include Arlene Ritley members, partners, teachers, students, visitors Lago’s radio show after Islander Stevie was a cheese curds, chicken strips, Production Manager and art patrons. It has been a whirlwind of a guest on Monday. shrimp cocktail, cheese ravioli Abigail Bair year! The Port Aransas Art Center underwent Thank you for introducing us to Thank God It’s quite a few changes this year. We began and fried mushrooms. Draft beers Contributing Writers Padre Joey Farah establishing a professional development are $3 and house wine $4. The program, we launched a new website, instituted The song reflects our feelings exactly! We love Andy Purvis South Texas Grassroots Band will a new monthly e-newsletter, created new the story of just how Stevie Start came here and nd Mary Craft social media channels, and we welcomed new how the song was written. We love the song and be back Wednesday, January 2 7 Kelly Trevino program partners. Thanks to everyone for their are waiting patiently for someone to make and – 9:30 pm. Jay Gardner sell TGIP T-shirt’s. I want a dozen! support, and for our success this year! Scuttlebutt’s is having a New Todd Hunter The year came to a dramatic conclusion Thank you!!! Dotson Lewis Year’s Eve – Lighting of the with a new logo and "look." Created as an in- Linda Sharlow, Padre Islander Dr. Tom Dorrell kind donation to the Art Center as part of the Shark Party with live music, Ronnie Narmour Hurricane Harvey recovery effort, a Texas $1 jello shots, $2 Land Shark Brent Rourk A&M University Corpus Christi class from Mea Culpa longnecks, $3 select pints, $4 the Graphic Design + Visual Communications Photographers Lots of folks wrote in this week about the Titos, Deep Eddy, Texas whiskey program spearheaded the project, which began photo below (which was featured on our front Miles Merwin (Emeritus) on September 4. Final designs were unveiled page) being displayed in reverse. My fault. I and $5 French 75 and Bellini Debbie Noble during our November 28 Board meeting. We thought the guys looked better the other way. Tinis. Jan Rankin are so grateful to Texas A&M University for Admittedly, I was looking at the men, not the Seashore Early Childhood Mary Craft medals. I sincerely apologize to anyone I may of offended, and assure you it was a pure Academy and kinder through Ronnie Narmour oversight on my part. nd Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus) 2 grade at Seashore Learning Sincerly, Riley P. Dog Center should be in their new Your humblest of Graphic Designers buildings and classrooms by Abigail Bair January 7th. N-House Appliance Repair can take care of most major appliances. Mention their ad in the classifieds to get a discount. Call 960-0911. If your garbage collection is on Tuesdays it will be on the Publisher Saturday before the next two Dale Rankin Life About the Island Moon weeks. Collection will be on nd th The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Lessons December 22 and 29 . Rankin, Editor / Publisher. By Abigail Bair Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes The Stevie Start song “Thank delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, God it’s Padre” will be available as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 on CD by mid-January. You can copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. enjoy Stevie’s singing every News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office. Sunday Brunch at Doc’s Seafood Steaks 11 am – 2 pm. The Island Moon Newspaper 14646 Compass, Suite 3 I wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas and hope you Corpus Christi, TX 78418 get to spend it with your loved 361-949-7700 ones. I am fortunate to spend mine [email protected] with my grandbabies right here Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper on the Island and their Chicago grandparents will be down to enjoy them as well. 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But while these systems could be key to December PIBA Mixer curbing overharvesting in the future, the state currently has no funding to utilize the new tool. That’s right: Texas requires the boats to have VMS, but can’t afford the satellite technology needed to operate it. Instead, the state continues to rely on wardens to hand out citations, but there are only 12 patrolling the waters between Galveston and Chambers counties, and they can’t be everywhere at once. So the historic Texas oyster industry is struggling, and if the upcoming legislature takes up the challenge as Representative Hunters suggests they will have their work cut out for them. But they good news is that it is a problem that the Texas Legislature attacked and solved before the new weather patterns began dumping more rain on Texas’ oyster beds, so there is hope. Our friend and long-time Moon writer Andy Dale Rankin Purvis got some attention in the Big Daily this week. Andy is a busy guy and aside from writing for the Moon he has written eight sports related books in recent years. Andy once described Priorities cont. from A1 Mickey Mantle as “faster than electricity” and percent each year without being subject to Andy’s fingers have been moving about that fast a rollback election. Not surprisingly the over the keyboards for years. Keep an eye out proposed limits are getting pushback from for his next book release party. local governments including the Corpus Christi Sandwich dollar City Council. School districts could face a hard squeeze as cuts in state funding coupled with We were walking down Commerce Street in limits on local tax revenue increases could San Antonio Saturday when a fellow walked up combine to whipsaw them from both sides. to our friend Rob and said, “Will you give me a A proposal in the last session of the Texas dollar for a sandwich?” Legislature that would have limited tax hikes to I don’t know,” Rob said. “Let me see the four percent per year passed through the Senate sandwich.” As it turned out the fellow didn’t in Special Session but did not make it to a floor have a sandwich and he didn’t get Rob’s dollar. vote in the House. Have a Merry Christmas everybody it’s been Windstorm Insurance – A proposed ten a banner year in many ways here on our little percent hike in Windstorm rates after Hurricane sandbar and we have much to be grateful for. Harvey was passed by the Texas Windstorm It’s time to spend some time with the family as Insurance Association Board this year but died we roll on down toward the end of 2018. And at the governor’s desk. The upcoming session say hello if you see us Around The Island. looks to continue the ongoing battle between representatives from the panhandle and the History cont. from A1 fourteen Texas counties along the coast over Rockport. The 24the Texas Legislature began who should bear the lion’s share of the burden passing laws to protect natural reefs and help for funding the system. Two sessions ago the spread of private oyster beds. By 1895 when Hunter successfully lead the charge to reform the new laws were passed oyster production the system , including an overhaul of how board was 76,699 barrels to 123,709 barrels in 1902 members are selected, but the debate continues valued at $123,000. The Texas oyster industry and will likely become more heated in the wake was on its way. of Hurricane Harvey and flood events in the Houston area. In 1999, a high-water mark for the industry, fishermen harvested 6.13 million pounds of Hunter’s efforts in the upcoming session should oysters, not including shells, in Galveston Bay. be helped by the apparent election of new House But since Ike hit in 2008, the bay’s production Speaker Dennis Bonnen, a Republican from has never topped more than 3.5 million pounds Angleton whose district is within the Coastal in a year. In 2016 fishermen harvested just areas where hurricane and flooding damage was 709,408 pounds out of the bay. While overall the worst. Texas still had a strong harvest in 2016, Cruise ships – As he has done for the past two providing 3.1 million pounds of oysters to sessions Hunter this week emphasized that he McComb Wins enthusiasts, that’s a far cry from the 1990s and is still pushing to make Corpus Christi a cruise early aughts. ship port. He said the bottleneck currently is Mayor’s Race Flash forward to the present day where the completion of the new Harbor Bridge project, Gulf Coast region—composed of Texas, but he said that even as the construction on the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida— new bridge is underway he has been in contact Challenger Hall wins is the leader of America’s $217.2 million dollar with cruise ship operators to keep the process industry, producing 44 percent of all oysters moving. Island vote consumed in the country each year, with the Incumbent Mayor Joe McComb was re-elected “While we are waiting on the bridge we can in the Special Runoff Election this week by a bulk of that production coming from Texas bring focus from the industry,” he said. and Louisiana. The Texas oyster industry itself 3649 votes out of 18,255 cast in the only race has a $50 million impact on the state economy Hunter this week emphasized that aside on the Island ballot. annually. But wetter weather conditions along from the direct financial benefits the industry Islanders narrowly chose challenger Michael the Texas Coast in recent years has hit the would bring to the area it could also serve Hall who received the endorsement of the industry hard. to grow hospitality curriculums at Del Mar Island United Political Action Committee by a College and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. First, the Memorial Day Flood of 2015, Tax vote of 728 for Hall to 687 for McComb. A total Oyster industry – A revival of the once of 1415 Island ballots were cast. Day Flood of 2016 and late-May Floods of thriving oyster industry along the Texas Coast 2016 forming two consecutive years of historic through expanding sustainable oyster farming Besides the Mayor’s race four Single-Member flooding were major setbacks for public oyster could bring a multi-million dollar boost to District seats were up for grabs with Everett Roy reefs and the oyster fishery in Texas. In fact, in the Coastal economy Hunter said. He said a winning in District 1, Ben Molina winning re- June of 2016 Galveston County declared a state decline in the Texas shrimp industry in recent election in District 2, Roland Barrera winning of disaster for the oyster industry. And all that years has left a gap that could be filled by oyster the District 4 seat, and Gil Hernandez winning was all before Hurricane Harvey, the largest industry. In an aside Hunter stated a preference handily in District 5. flooding event in United States history which for Gulf shrimp, describing California shrimp Coldwell Banker and LifeFit Training District 4 councilman Greg Smith won re- dumped huge amounts of freshwater in the as “bubblegum.” Studio hosted December's PIBA mixer on Galveston Bay watershed. While short pulses election to his seat in the November General of freshwater can be beneficial to oyster reefs “I believe there is way to bring the oyster Tuesday. Photos by Debbie Noble Election. prolonged exposure to waters less that 5 parts industry back,” Hunter said. “We will work per thousand salinity will surely result in death. with Texas Parks and Wildlife to see what can From Galveston Bay to San Antonio bay and be done.” small systems in between the heavy rain fall Live music – For three decades the Texas Music Winter Beaches Ain't Half Bad! took its toll on the oyster industry. Office has worked to push expansion of the live Prior to Hurricane Harvey, the State of music industry in the state but the Coastal Bend Texas took action to offer public oyster reefs has largely been overlooked. Abbott appointed additional protections, some through legislation a new chief of the office in 2015 and Hunter and others through fisheries management action was successful in getting the local Texas Jazz by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Festival recognized as the state’s official event. Commission. Here is some of what they did. The push will be for the state to help grow the local industry. House Bill 51 (HB51) Human trafficking – Fighting human HB51 was passed during the 85th Legislative trafficking in the state has been a familiar Regular Session in 2017 and signed into law theme for Hunter in the past two sessions and by Governor Abbott. The original version of he emphasized this week that he will push for HB51 established a commercial oyster license stronger reforms in the coming session. buyback program, allowing willing commercial oystermen to sell their licenses back to the Suicide prevent – Hunters sponsored a round state of Texas, and required commercial oyster table discussion this week about ways to combat fishermen to have a vessel monitoring system the growing suicide rates across the state. He on their boats. It also took steps to increase the said particular emphasis needs to be paid to the minimum size of oysters harvested established mental health of kids during catastrophic events commercial oyster license buyback program. like hurricanes. “After Harvey we saw kids with symptoms of New TPWD Regulations Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” Hunter said. In that same year Commissioners for the Texas “This is an area that has largely been overlooked Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) made and needs attention.” broad sweeping changes to the management of the oyster fishery in a landmark decision with new regulations to offer needed protections for sensitive coastal areas and public oyster reefs. Send letters and photos to editor@ But with all the stresses on the oyster islandmoon.com population it’s not surprising that the quality of Facebook:The Island Moon the Texas oyster has waned while the price has doubled over the past 20 years. In 2000 dealers Newspaper paid an estimated $2.24 per pound for oyster meat at the dock. In 2016 they paid about $5.50, and as of December of last year, they were paying $6.20. Today prices are the highest the industry has seen since Texas Parks & Wildlife first started recording the annual rates back in 1972. Houston-area restaurants have increased prices accordingly: In 2004 longtime local food critic Robb Walsh wrote about enjoying Texas oysters at downtown restaurant Joyce’s for $6.95 a dozen. Today the same plate is $14.95. Today there are still 557 commercial oyster-boat licenses and 465 oyster-boat captain licenses in Texas, numbers that are still considered too high. Controversially, Texas has also introduced a new measure requiring boats to be outfitted with vessel monitoring systems (VMS), which Photos by Debbie Noble December 20, 2018 Island Moon A 5 Stuff I Heard on the Island Tides of the Week By Dale Rankin The holiday season set staffing at the jail some version of an uprising Tides for Bob Hall Pier December 20 - December 27 me to thinking about all or the ceremonial burning of toilet paper was on of the Christmases and the agenda. As the evening wore on there were Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon Thanksgivings I spent sitting in newsrooms usually a few families who celebrated Festivus /Low Time in Feet Sunset Visible over the years from Texas to Tulsa to Miami for the Rest of Us and the Airing of Grievances Th 20 Low 6:33 AM -0.4 7:15 AM Set 4:52 AM 88 listening to police radios and taking phone calls would escalate into Feats of Strength ending with a police call but for the most part the calls 20 High 3:19 PM 1.6 5:39 PM Rise 4:08 PM from lonely often desperate people. I always wanted New Year’s Eve off so I could travel and that came into the newsroom were of a sordid F 21 Low 7:10 AM -0.6 7:15 AM Set 5:56 AM 94 I liked the double-time-and-a-half holiday pay and lonely nature. For people holed up in their 21 High 4:10 PM 1.8 5:39 PM Rise 4:59 PM so I often took the holiday shifts. homes alone the newsroom was a static target; if they called someone would answer and they Sa 22 Low 7:53 AM -0.8 7:16 AM Set 7:01 AM 98 Thanksgiving would have a chance to unburden themselves 22 High 5:01 PM 1.8 5:40 PM Rise 5:56 PM Working Thanksgiving was no big deal concerning their lot in life. I always tried to be nice to them because I figured if I wasn’t their Su 23 Low 8:39 AM -0.9 7:16 AM Set 8:04 AM 99 because there was always someone feeding turkey dinners to the homeless or the poor folks next call was the Suicide Hotline and I didn’t 23 High 5:51 PM 1.9 5:40 PM Rise 6:59 PM and they would take pity on the poor pikers want that on my karma card. Besides, television M 24 Low 9:28 AM -0.9 7:17 AM Set 9:04 AM 98 working in newsrooms and deluge us with food. is a fickle business and next year it might be I must have eaten about a hundred Jimenez me on the other end of the line. About every 24 High 6:39 PM 1.8 5:41 PM Rise 8:05 PM turkey dinners over the years sitting in empty third call would be someone reporting that there Tu 25 Low 10:20 AM -0.8 7:17 AM Set 9:59 AM 94 San Antonio newsrooms with police radios was someone living in their attic and the police squawking in my ears. Things were usually wouldn’t do anything about it. 25 High 7:23 PM 1.7 5:41 PM Rise 9:12 PM pretty dull until about three o’clock in the “Have you ever seen them?” W 26 Low 11:15 AM -0.6 7:17 AM Set 10:47 AM 87 afternoon which was about the time somebody “No, they hide when I look up there.” 26 High 7:58 PM 1.5 5:42 PM Rise 10:17 PM at the Big Family Gathering decided it was time to air some family grievances and once enough “How do you know they are there?” Th 27 Low 12:13 PM -0.3 7:18 AM Set 11:31 AM 78 alcohol was poured into the mix the grievances “I can hear them breathing.” 27 High 8:24 PM 1.3 5:42 PM Rise 11:21 PM were often punctuated with gunfire. We once ran a story about a fratricide that started over how “Are you on any kind of psychotropic drugs?” someone carved a turkey and ended up with a “No only Thorazine” brother bringing a knife to a gunfight. I always kept an afternoon crew circling downtown “Did you take it today?” waiting for the calls to start coming in from “No, I felt good today…” the older neighborhoods bordering the city center where the trouble usually came from… “Well, you have to take it every day even when ”family disturbance at the Family Dollar! Shots you don’t need it okay?” fired!” I could never figure why Family Dollar Just having someone care enough to ask was stores were even open on Thanksgiving but for usually enough to get them through but a few some reason, even on holidays Family Dollar times I did call the PD and have them send a car stores seemed to attract domestic disputes. around just to make sure but once in Tulsa I got A Sociology major should do a study. As the an angry callback from a guy who accused me evening wore on and celebrants left family of siccing the cops on him and living in his attic. gatherings for watering holes to watch football He knew where the station was, right next to you wanted to keep a live truck in reserve for the the downtown bus station, and the station didn’t ten o’clock show because there was likely to be want to pay the security guard holiday overtime some fuzz and wuzz. so I was on my own. The same day I got a call Christmas from a frantic lady out in one of the burgs who had walked into a food pantry at her church and Christmases were different. On Christmas the surprised a fugitive murder suspect who had police radios stayed eerily quiet most years. My a small army of police officers searching for theory was that the giving of gifts served to glaze him for the last week. He had been hiding in a over most family grievances and the would-be haystack and got hungry and instead of calling combatants were preoccupied with trying to the police she called the television station. stuff batteries into things or read instructions Believe it or not that happens a lot. in Chinese on how to put a playhouse together. On Christmas Day you kept a close ear on the “Can you put him on the phone” I said, she was Remember when… fire department radio because at some point screaming so loud I couldn’t understand her. there was a good chance there was going to be “Put him on the phone???!!!,” she said and she a Christmas tree fire or a house fire that started hung up. I dispatched my crew to the pantry and when somebody was burning wrapping paper in gave them a fifteen minute head start before I White Christmas 2004 the barbeque pit. You might end up with a sound called the PD…hey, it’s a competitive business. bite with a guy standing in the middle of the They missed the suspect but got sound with street in tears explaining how everything was the lady who was still screaming. It was lousy going fine until Cousin Delbert started spraying police work but good television. WD-40 on the fire and the eve of the house caught. “I told him to stop but Delbert he don’t Given the deadlines I will probably spend listen…” some of my Christmas Day in the office this year but I doubt I will get too many interesting It was also a good idea to keep an ear tuned calls on The Island…now if we had a Family to the sheriff’s radio frequency because there Dollar store… was a good chance given the feckless nature of the residents combined with the slim holiday And so it goes.

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Q. What can I do when my boss steals my credit for. In some cases, your manager Island snow 2004 ideas, presents them to management and takes may feel the idea will have a better chance the credit? of acceptance by higher management if they A. It’s a very difficult situation when your present it as their own. That could be true if boss claims all credit for your good work. you are a young inexperienced professional. Experts warn that if you complain, it’s not • Weigh the impact on your ability to reach going to work out in your favor 95 percent of your long-term career goals. If your long- the time. term goal requires a successful tour in your Experts suggest the following process: present job, you may need to tolerate the boss’s behavior until you have that resume • Avoid acting in anger. When you are item checked off. angry, you are out of control and at a big disadvantage. Carefully consider your options • If you raise the issue with your boss, do so and proceed carefully. in the context of a larger career discussion. Point out that for your career advancement, • Talk with trusted colleagues or mentors you need the experience and recognition of about what, if anything, you should do. presenting your ideas to higher management. • Consider conveying your ides by email with • Ask neutral, no confrontational questions copies to colleagues to create a paper trail and when discussing it with your boss. I am create transparency. Avoid presenting your amazed at how many business professionals ideas to your boss privately or presenting think they can confront their boss with push them in open meetings. Now days, 4 out of 5 back on any issue and get away with it. In my professional workers work on multiple teams experience, that never works. and many work for more than one boss. Ideas presented in meetings are usually discussed, • Model the behavior you’d like to see in tweaked, and refined to the point that original your boss by giving credit to others for their ownership becomes obscured. By writing an good ideas. Leaping Marlin in the Snow email summary of the meeting with copies to If none of the above options work, it may be all attendees, you can claim ownership of the time to start a job search. original idea. Bio: Ralph Coker volunteers with SCORE • Ask yourself whether your manager is which provides free mentoring for small giving you recognition in other ways that businesses and nonprofits compensate for your loss. Some managers feel your work is rightfully theirs to claim

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Christmas Eve 2004 has to go down as a magical event as a beautiful light snow began falling in the evening and remained on the ground for most of Christmas Day. Island kids of all ages made snowmen on the beach and we all ended up with a great story to tell about when we had a White Christmas on our Island. Everyone who was around will always remember when… Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper A6 Island Moon December 20, 2018 Senior Moments Anecdotingly PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) By Dotson Lewis A Puppy for Christmas Special to the Island Moon By Abigail Bair TROUBLE for this. But it was too late. I had Dotson’s note: I am concerned that some of you • Talk with your family about how you feel. already fallen in love with my new dog. Seven years ago, I wasn’t in a terrific place. Moon readers may not be aware of the cause Your family can help you. This does not I had bombed what was supposed to be my Her name was Stadler. and/or effects of PTSD. Veterans who have been mean you have to tell them everything, meteoric assent to something more glamorous in combat are not the only ones who suffer from but let them know you’re feeling stressed. We got into my car and drove off. She was still this killer affliction. Many civilians also suffer than Kansas farm life, and left Portland, OR for wrapped tightly around my arm with her head from this very serious mental disorder. There • Be honest about your stress level and home without either pot or pedestal. I had an hidden in my coat. “We’re in deep trouble,” I are some things that you may believe should let your friends and family know your idea that I wasn’t supposed to wind up living in warned her. “Mom’s probably going to throw not be discussed, but please read this, just in plans ahead of time, especially if you are a tiny Kansas town with my parents, but there us out and make us live in the camper. It’s cold case. Thanks to the U.S. Department of Veterans planning to take some time during the I was – flat broke, terminally depressed and in there. I hope you’re prepared for this.” Affairs and Bo Li, Ph.D. (CSHL), for many of season to relax and de-stress by spending creatively bankrupt. As Christmas loomed, I the facts contained in this report. The photos time away from home, work or people took a nose dive into despair so dramatically are courtesy of rarehistoricalphotos.com and that bring stress into your life. black that even Morrissey might have thought Luis H. Loza Gutierrez. • Set limits. Don’t join activities for longer me “overly dramatic.” than you can handle. You can choose Researchers Find Brain Circuit That To make things worse, one of our family’s dogs when you want to be a part of the group. (a diminutive Welsh Pembroke Corgi named Drives Anxiety • Take breaks. Go for walks, or set aside Quin), became ill with pneumonia and had to a place where you can be alone for a be rushed to the vet’s in the middle of the night. while. This can keep you from feeling This was a near mortal-blow for me, because overwhelmed. dog love was practically the only thing with any ability to make me feel better. I was terrified • Get plenty of rest. You may already have that Quin would die. difficulty sleeping, but do your best to maintain your usual bedtime or wake- Over the next few days, I visited her as often up. Naps should be taken sparingly, as as I was allowed to. She was a very sick little they may further disrupt your nighttime Corgi. Her tiny, labored breaths broke what was sleeping patterns. left of my heart. • Keep up with exercise routines. If you On the wall of the vet’s office, there was a normally do yoga, go jogging, or lift Xeroxed flier that read FREE BLACK LAB weights, try to keep up those healthy PUPPIES! Someone had gotten pretty serious with a Sharpie. I had noticed the posting on Korea routines. These activities are all healthy ways to relieve stress. several previous visits because the enormity of the lettering bespoke a kind of attractive Researchers have identified a neural circuit • Fake it ‘til you make it. Sometimes people desperation. I hadn’t pulled any of the in the amygdala, the brain’s seat of emotion who are feeling depressed find that if they convenient phone number tags, off, though. We processing, that gives rise to anxiety. Their go through the motions, they just might didn’t need another dog. findings recently published in the Journal of catch themselves having fun. While the pain from the past hasn’t gone away, this Now, I can’t account for what happened next. Two weeks later, I realized that she was Neuroscience, have revealed the critical role of I have sort-of vague, fuzzy/magical memories a molecule called dynorphin, which they believe is a chance to begin making new positive probably going to be the size of a dump memories one step at a time. of the entire process, but SOMEHOW I wound truck. Her nickname is Truckasaurus. could serve as a target for treatment of anxiety- up dialing that number-that-I-didn’t-have- related disorders including PTSD. Very intense but-somehow-memorized while parked in the fearful experiences, especially those that are Alco lot. Then I drove blindly to a dairy farm Stadler gave my hand a comforting lick and life threatening, are often “over-learned” and somewhere out in the country, and the next snuggled deeper into my lap for a nap. can lead to an unhealthy level of anxiety or to thing I knew, I was standing in a barn with an “You’re really not taking this seriously. I have anxiety disorders. In the U.S. each year, the elderly couple who looked just like a fat version no way to even feed us if Mom decides enough National Institute of Mental Health estimates of the people in American Gothic – pitchfork is enough. You’re too young to get a job!” that 18% of the adult population suffers from an included. anxiety disorder. The puppy began to snore. There were 13 little black fluff-balls toddling Helping Cope With Post Traumatic Stress around the floor, playing with arrant pieces I took her to the vet, got her the first round of shots and worming, checked on Quin, and Disorder During the Holidays of hay and generally getting happily filthy. I walked over and picked up a shy little girl. She then began the long trek home. I must admit, The winter holiday season is regarded by many wrapped both her tiny paws tightly around my I took the scenic route – there’s something as a wonderful time of the year. However, the WWII arm as I held her to my chest, hugging me tight. about imminent homelessness that warrants holidays can be a painful reminder of past “Can I have this one,” I asked, teary-eyed and procrastination. The roads were covered in times when life seemed better. Large groups of probably glowing in an embarrassing way. fresh snow, and for a short while a coyote loped family and friends are often part of the holiday One of the best tips to remember when coping in front of the car, refusing to cede the road. with holiday stress is not drinking too much “Hell, you can have ‘em all,” replied the old festivities, but this and other things may be I tromped through Mom’s backdoor, stomping stressful for someone with PTSD. alcohol. Many people have a few drinks, gentleman. thinking it will relax them, but instead, alcohol snow off on the Merry Christmas door mat. Groups may tire a person out or make him or causes many people to have less control over “Mom?” I yelled, thinking I’d better just get it her feel overwhelmed. People may feel pressure their emotions and behavior. As a result, over with. to join family activities when they’re not up for your symptoms may be worse or you may “In here,” the Rev called back. it, or believe they must act happy when they’re end up having problems with your family. For not. People with PTSD may already find it those who are in recovery from alcohol, the I found her sitting at her beading table, intent difficult to get enough sleep or to relax and these suggestion from family or friends to “have just on an intricate piece of work. “Um, Mom… added pressures can worsen those symptoms. one” can be a big challenge. Carrying a glass so….um… I have something…” I began. Someone with PTSD may be very sensitive to of ginger ale or cola with you can help sidestep The Rev glanced up, saw the tiny pup clutched losses around the holiday. Veterans and military those offers without you having to share your against my chest, and exclaimed, “AREN’T families, in particular, tend to remember at the personal matters with everyone. YOU THE PERFECTEST PERFECT” as she holidays those who did not make it home from As always, the Veterans Crisis Line will reached out for baby Stadler. war. They may not know how to celebrate the be available throughout the winter holiday “What’s her name,” Mom asked as she cuddled holidays knowing those fallen heroes are no season including Christmas and New Year’s. the puppy. longer present. There may also be recent losses: The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans “Stadler,” I replied. “You know like the other the death of a loved one, an emotional divorce, in crisis and their families and friends with mean old guy who sits in the balcony on the or separation from one’s children. All of these qualified, caring, Department of Veterans Muppet Show?” circumstances may cause someone to feel Affairs responders, through a confidential toll- melancholy about memories of holidays past. free hotline, online chat, or text. Veterans and “His name is Statler, with a T,” the Rev Family and friends might ask the Veteran their loved ones can call 1-800-273-8255 and corrected, “but Stadler will do just fine.” questions about his or her life or about PTSD. Press 1, chat online, or send a text message to The next morning (Christmas Day), I was in The person with PTSD may not feel comfortable 838255 to receive confidential support 24 hours the kitchen making coffee when I heard a great answering these questions, but it is important a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year. noise from Mom’s bedroom. “Abigail Jane that he or she keep in mind that their family may Support for deaf and hard of hearing individuals When she was a baby, she was smaller Bair – GET YOUR DOG!!!” feel some of the same pressures, and may only is available. than the size of a dinner plate. I raced to the scene, and there was tiny Stadler be asking because they have a genuine concern Dotson’s Other Note: The Veterans Crisis Line for their wellbeing. laboriously dragging Mom’s pants down the is available all year long even on Christmas. hall. The holiday gathering may also be one of the It is suggested that you insert the number into “I may not get away with this one,” I replied. few times family or friends are able to physically your phone contacts. Although you may not Stadler was definitely one of us. She always The implications of what I was doing began see the person with PTSD, and they may feel need to ever call them, you may find yourself in will be. to dawn on me. I was going to get into BIG it is more appropriate they ask such questions a situation where you’re calling to help someone in person rather than over the phone or online else. I hope that the foregoing was worth your because they may think that is too impersonal. time. Thank you for reading and commenting on Thoughts From Dr. Tom In either case, the person with PTSD has the Senior Moments. I can be reached at: dlewis1@ power and right to not answer any questions. stx.rr.com and/or Land Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell: 530-748-8475. Responding To Sensitive Questions Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table Customer Service A polite way of handling these types of Meeting will be Tuesday, January 8, 2019; 9-11 This week I thought I In medicine the next step is the nurse or situations is by taking a few slow, deep breaths AM, 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families would cover something medical assistant that brings a patient back. and calmly responding to someone, “I think it is and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, are that is lacking in many Usually nurses are friendlier and genuinely nice of you to show you care by asking, but I’d invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. industries around our area interested in the patient but that is not always rather not talk about that right now,” or “thanks Hope to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio and that is customer service. It seems that the the case. If they are having a bad day or being for your concern, but I’m not comfortable Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, worse you need it or the more valuable it is to unprofessional by talking loudly to other answering questions about that.” Then take the 8 – 10 AM, Saturdays. The next show will air us then the harder it is to get. Customer service coworkers about personal issues while the opportunity to redirect the conversation. Ask December 22, 2018. Please listen and call in. in many professions is hard to find. This is patient is waiting for them. They also need that family member about work, their children, The listener/text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s especially true in medicine. to show a interest in the patient and have or their favorite sports team, and steer the your two hours, let us hear from you. empathy for their situation. When they are It is something that should be second nature conversation to safer ground. rude the whole interaction goes down hill fast. Hang in there/Have fun! to us but it seems in our communication age Both people with and without PTSD can cope a text will suffice for personal interaction. On Lastly the interaction with the doctor is with holiday stress by following these tips: line communication is sometimes worse and the most lasting impression that a customer we have to be careful how an email is worded or patient takes home. It is very important as well, sometimes for lazy typists like me that that the doc is not rushed, he or she needs can be a problem. In medicine the problem to effectively listen to the patient. They usually starts with the front desk or intake need to take an interest, find out the patients person. Sometimes it is the look on your face expectations and try to meet them. Education or the mannerism and attitude that is perceived about the condition is much appreciated and by the customer. Many doctor offices and relieving the fears that brought them in to be the hospital ER are very busy and the front seen in the first place. Getting patients test office person is often times rude and instead results in a timely manner and explaining of trying to assist the customer that is trying them and helping to arrange after care with to give the facility business they just flat out specialists, imaging or primary care is a daily make it difficult. This is done with numerous goal. One of my colleagues that works here roadblocks, excuses and sometimes attitude. at TLC with me Dr Noe Soza believes that Mean while the doctors have no idea this takes you should treat each patient like they were place. This starts off a bad interaction or if family and I could not agree more. That is the the patient or customer gets irritated enough standard we try to meet here at TLC Complete there is no business as the patient leaves and Care ER Padre. then leaves bad reviews or bad word of mouth. Don’t forget Breakfast with Santa this The intake person accomplishes their self Saturday am 0930 am-1130 am at TLC Padre determined job of eliminating work for her bring the kids it’s free. Have great holiday and and the office and has no idea what damage it remember to treat your customers like family. does to the business or practice. Doc Tom

Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper December 20, 2018 Island Moon A 7 Gaff Ugly Sweater Party Island Moon on a Spoon Nutella Christmas Tree

By Chef Vita Jarrin each layer as you would a lasagna and have a Whether you are spending the holidays at dish that serves a crowd. For this recipe, you home with your family, entertaining, or visiting will need a baking sheet, and you will cut two others during this time of year… you may want Puff Pastry sheets into a Christmas Tree shape something fun and easy to bake. This recipe is and make one inch slits along both sides and sure to please kids and adults of all ages. I am cut the bottom into a tree trunk. Removing the certain that with all the cookies and cupcakes top layer and setting it off to the side, you will being served, this recipe will stand out and it drizzle slightly warmed Nutella on the bottom won’t take all day to make. layer, add on a top layer and twist the “branches. Nutella is a creamy, hazelnut chocolate spread Once brushed with egg wash and baked, you that is known by almost everyone these days. will end up with a beautiful, crispy, chocolaty It’s great as a spread in crepes, served with fresh Christmas Tree that festive and delicious! bread as a sandwich, drizzled over fruit, heck… Ingredients: I love licking it off a spoon! 1 Box Puff Pastry Since most of us allow for a little cheating around the holidays, and we’re all busy running very little flour to roll out dough around grabbing last minute gifts as well as 1 C Nutella visiting friends or entertaining, this easy recipe comes to mind, because it’s easy, a crowd 1 egg for egg wash pleaser and super delicious! Powdered sugar for garnish Any mistletoe or berries for garnishing the plate to make it festive Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Thaw dough on kitchen counter. Get your ingredients ready as well as a flour for rolling dough, rolling pin, spoon for Nutella, a knife to cut dough sheet into a tree, a cookie sheet, your egg wash and garnish for serving. Flour the counter top slightly and gently rollout two sheets of dough, individually. Keep all sides even, forming a rectangle. Place one on a cookie sheet, lined with parchment paper. With a knife, score the sheet into the shape of a Christmas Tree, including a trunk at the bottom. Open the Nutella and stir. If it’s fluid, you don’t need to warm for spreading. If it’s a bit too solid, spoon into a bowl and in the microwave, heat Nutella for about 20 seconds. This will allow for easy spreading. Spread to through the the pastry sheet and gently place the You’ve read me bragging about puff pastry second sheet over it. Gently grab the first tree dough before, because it’s kept sealed in the branch and twist upward and continue until the freezer and when you need to make a quick tree is done on both sides. Brush with egg wash appetizer or dessert, you pull out a pack and and bake. Remove from heat and let rest for a let it thaw for about 1 hour and in a few short few minutes. Place on a serving dish, sprinkle minutes you will have made a delicious savory with powder sugar, garnish platter with holiday or sweet treat. This is especially handy when berries and serve. It doesn’t have to be served you’re in a time crunch. It’s available in the warm, it just tastes better. freezer section at your local grocers where you would typically find desserts and frozen berries. Tip of the week: Once thawed, the dough can be cut into circles, If you want to get creative and use the same squares, or kept whole and layered. If cut into recipe but make a wreath, or use a cookie cutter circles and or squares, then placed in a cupcake to make individual ornaments, this dough is pan, you can push them down and form them versatile and very forgiving once thawed. into cups. Fill with a berry compote or savory The important thing is to Have Fun! Try New meats and cheese, pop them in a preheated Things! Happy Eats… Enjoy! oven and BAM!!! You have a yummy treat! Layered whole, in a casserole dish, you can fill Send Letters and Photos to The Gaff held their annual ugly Christmas sweater party last weekend. [email protected] Photos by Ronnie Narmour and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper

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I remember him with his head back, knee- of a number of views regarding expanding to expand the playoff, anything other than doing to something. So close that it feels wonderful slapping with laughter. Until his bout with the College Football play-offs to eight teams. so would be a mistake. and hurts all at the same time. cancer, the only thing Jim had ever hurt was Thanks to Trevor Woods, Andrew Vailliencourt, his stomach from laughing. Jim always talked Mike Leach, Rob Mullens and Kirk Herbstreit Georgia coach Kirby Smart said that if his Oh, I tried and then all the memories rose up, about love. Love for the game, for his players, for many of the facts contained in this report. team wasn’t selected to the CFP it would be an my mind reeling, I would move on to something and his family. “Love means you can depend Also thanks to Brian Blancor for some of the injustice. Coach Kirby, we encourage you, Jim else, always intending to return. It’s been 33 on me,” said Valvano. He just might have been photos. Harbaugh, UCF (University of Central Florida) years. Now that another season of NCAA what basketball is all about. coach Josh Heupel, and every other FBS coach basketball has started, I will try again to express The College Football Playoff Is Great but to push hard and persistently to expand the my feelings. With a record of 25-10 and a coach who It Could Be Better playoff as quickly as possible. refused to give up, the Wolfpack prepared to I will never play against the 31-2, Houston Cougars. It was UCF has won 25 games in a row, expanding the forget the April 4, 1983, in “The Pit” at the University of playoff would shut them up, as they’d have their following article New Mexico. Valvano had threatened to hold shot as a top eight team to play Bama. “We want that was written in the ball, but instead went right at Houston. Bama!” they say. Expanding the playoff would the Albuquerque Valvano’s secret was to not let them dunk the give them Bama, and they’d shock the world or Journal on the ball, because that’s when they really got going. get beaten like a drum. Either way, it would be morning of April This strategy worked at first. At halftime, N. good television. 3, 1983. “Trees C. State was up 33-25 with 50 million viewers will tap dance, tuned in. The world of college basketball was elephants will upside down. Surely Houston would respond. drive at Indy and Derek Whittenburg, Sidney Lowe, Thurl Bailey, Before the days of the CFP (College Football Orson Welles will Ernie Myers, Terry Gannon, Cozell McQueen, Playoffs), computer metrics were relied on to skip lunch before and Lorenzo Charles had played most of the determine who the two best teams were. Those North Carolina minutes for Valvano during the season. It would days are now over with a committee deciding State finds a way be the same in the national championship game. who the top four teams are. Jim Valvano coaching. to beat Houston With the score 52-52 with 1:42 minutes left to in the NCAA play, Valvano called a timeout and instructed The current system is a step in the right College Championship Game, Monday night.” direction. The criteria used weighs strength of his team to foul freshman Alvin Franklin of the Sometimes we wish that time would stand still. Cougars. Who fouls in a tie game? Whittenburg schedule, head-to-head results against common Life unlike a snapshot is a gathering of fleeting opponents, conference championships, and committed the foul and Franklin went to the moments in time. That was such a happy line with a one-and-one opportunity and 44 crunch all sorts of analytics for the committee time for me, my brother Cliff, my family and to come up with their top four. seconds left in the game. Franklin missed and millions of N.C. State fans. N. C. State rebounded the basketball and called The thing is, when you limit a playoff to only I was born and raised in Raleigh, N.C. and my another timeout. Houston had played man to four teams, you’re bound to get the top four 2018 Semi-final Mother, Edith Purvis, worked at N.C. State in man the entire night but switched to zone and wrong sometimes. Sure, if they expand the the bookstore and athletic department for over started trapping the ball handler. The Wolfpack playoff to eight, the ninth team will be bent out There are tons of reasons to expand, and not 25 years. She knew Jim Valvano well and made was not prepared. With 4 seconds left and of shape, but there are many good reasons for many to warrant keeping the playoff threshold sure we did too. My first love was college Derek Whittenburg, wearing #25 and 30 feet the eight. at four. While the playoff won’t be expanding basketball not baseball, and my favorite athlete away from the basket, put up a desperation shot. Many say that if they had a vote, the top as early as 2019, it appears expansion will be was N.C. State point guard, Eddie Biedenbach. There’s an old saying in basketball, “A shot four would have looked the same as what the coming sooner rather than later. I saw Eddie years later at the 2011 Final Four is never too far away if it goes in.” Whether committee decided on, but they wouldn’t have tournament with my pal, Coach Ronnie Arrow. Whittenburg actually shot the ball or attempted The structure of the playoff right now sets up been sure if Oklahoma really was better than I shook his hand and told Eddie he was my a pass to Lorenzo Charles standing underneath the committee for failure. If Oklahoma gets Ohio State, Georgia, or even Michigan. favorite player growing up and he turned to the basket, it will be debated until the end of demolished by Alabama, everyone will be several others coaches and said, “See, I told you time. Everyone held their breath. The only Therein lies the problem, no matter how much saying how Georgia or Ohio State should have I could play.” He was also the first to give me guy who moved in the building was Lorenzo objectively the committee vote on a top four, an made the playoff instead. an autograph. Charles who grabbed the ball out of midair underlying amount of subjectivity will always and dunked it as time ran out. Madness, upset Something like this has already happened. I can’t count how many games my brother and be there. Don’t take our word for it, committee city, it’s a miracle, Cinderella was for real, In 2016, the committee selected Washington I attended at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum, chair Rob Mullens said there was division, deep team of destiny, it may never happen again, at No. 4, and Ohio State at No. 3, only to see the home court of the N.C. State Wolfpack. debate, and things even got contentious during every sports page and magazine in the nation Washington lose to Alabama 24-7, and OSU The ACC was a great basketball conference committee discussions. led with the impossible: N.C. State 54-Houston getting embarrassed by Clemson 31-0. That was and N.C. State had some history. In 1973, we 52. Remarkably, neither Lowe, Gannon, nor a year where it was easy to say (in retrospect) were privileged to see Norm Sloan and the Whittenburg turned the ball over the entire that No. 5 Penn State, No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Wolfpack beat Tom McMillian and John Lucas game. Oklahoma would have fared better than OSU of the Maryland Terrapins, in a nationally and Washington. Not that those teams were televised game on Super Bowl Sunday. The If you have not watched the ESPN 30-For- more deserving to be placed in the top four, Wolfpack became the first team in the ACC to 30 Special about this amazing run by Jim but after the fact it was clear one of the teams go undefeated in conference play, two years in a Valvano and his Wolfpack of N.C. State, please who were 5-7, might have played better against row. With great players like David Thompson, do. Valvano taught his kids to dream. He told Alabama or Clemson. Monte Towe, Tom Burleson, “Mo” Rivers, Phil them at the beginning of the season that they Some years the CFP matchups will be better Spence and Tim Stoddard, N.C. State won the were going to win the national championship than others and competitive games will ensue. 1974 NCAA National Championship. The and had them practice cutting down the nets But when the games aren’t competitive, the fans Wolfpack took down Bill Walton and the UCLA once a week during practice. Valvano’s March start pointing fingers at the committee claiming Bruins 80-77 in the semi-finals, and then ran by 4, 1993 ESPY speech, “Don’t Give Up. Don’t they should have put Team Y at No. 4 instead Marquette 76-64 for the championship. Ever Give Up,” will live forever. God truly gave him words that night to give to us. Since of Team Z. When N.C. State coach Jim Valvano was asked 1993, nearly 200 million dollars has been how he planned to slow down the Houston raised to help fight cancer through the Jimmy Cougars at the 1983 Final Four, he responded, 2018 Semi-final V. Foundation. “We’re going to start guarding them when they get off their bus.” Jim Valvano was a one-man It has been said that death may end a life, but it If the debate is that heated between committee parade. He was an over-doer, an overachiever does not end a relationship. How true! A lot of members, that’s a big issue, and the problem and an over-the-top kind of guy, but he was laughter left the game when Jim Valvano died. isn’t their fault, it’s the system’s fault. While at his best as a basketball coach. Whatever Cancer had been getting to the foul line on him the committee settled on a top four, we are he attempted, he was all in and in most cases for years trying to score. Cancer finally dunked sure they weren’t all happy with what the final successful. It’s hard to describe Jimmy V. He on Jimmy V. with no time remaining, on April, eight ultimately was. That’s a red flag, a flag the had that flash; that ability to light up a place. 28, 1993. It had been a little over ten years after screams “expand the playoff!” His hands were small; it was like shaking hands Jim had cut down the nets in Albuquerque, New with a nine-year old. Jim spoke fast like an AK- Mexico. I’m positive he died laughing or eating OSU (Ohio State University) and Oklahoma 47 and his voice sounded like a distant artillery or both. My dad, Gordon Purvis died of cancer both won conference championships, both barrage. When excited, he kept coming at you a little over one year after Valvano won it all, had Heisman finalist quarterbacks, both have like sheets of rain in a windstorm. He looked in July of 1984. My mother and brother have prolific offenses and weak defenses, both are 2018 championship trophy like a guy with a lance going after a machine- also left me behind. Valvano’s real message had 12-1. The Sooners loss was a little better than gun nest. Jim once said, “Sometimes the only always been the same as my parents, about love. Ohio State’s, being a 3-point home loss to Texas Expanding the playoff to eight wouldn’t be difference between being a college basketball Love each other. I miss them all, terribly. opposed to Purdue spanking OSU 49-20. some heavenly type infallible system, but the coach and General George Armstrong Custer Andy Purvis is a local author and radio The committee decided the loss to Purdue was types of debates we’ve been hearing would is that the coach has to watch the game film personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. enough to keep the Buckeyes out of the playoff, no longer exist. Only having four teams in a the next day.” Talking with Valvano gave you com for all the latest info on his books or to and put Oklahoma in it. But Ohio State also put playoff already feels outdated, and to that we ammunition to go out and do whatever you set listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books up a ton of points against Michigan, winning say get with the times, FBS. your mind on doing. Everybody who ever met are available online and can be found in the 62-39. The Wolverines had the Number 1 Jim had a story about him. This one is mine. 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After Georgia ISLAND Send letters and photos to [email protected] lost to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game 35-28, Herbstreit was adamant that the CHIROPRACTIC Bulldogs deserved to be the No. 4 team in the Daxton T. Krugman, D.C. CFP. 14602 Compass Street, Ste B. We are sorry Herbie, but that just isn’t logical. Georgia is 11-2, and they shouldn’t get rewarded (361) 949-2199 for playing Alabama close. Herbstreit says asks www.krugmanchiropractic.com Chris Fowler how he can watch Oklahoma’s defense and tell him they’re a top 4 team, to COMPLIMENTARY which Fowler countered how can Herbstreit CONSULTATIONS watch Oklahoma’s offense and tell him they aren’t a top 4 team. Fowler went on to say that the games played have to matter, and losses need to be punished, not rewarded. In reality, Georgia’s 11-2 season wasn’t all that different from Michigan’s 10-2. Arguments can be made for this team being better or comparable to another team in the top 8, but none of these arguments are concrete. The debates lead to confusion, and that’s okay, it’s okay to not be sure who the best 4 teams are. It’s only a problem that they don’t know because they are in charge of selecting the 4 best teams. It would be easier finding out who the best 4 teams are by making the playoff consist of 8 teams. Washington State coach Mike Leach $6.00 off any oil change! summarized why the CFP is flawed, citing how every other level of college football has a bigger playoff than what we see in the FBS. We believe Leach is correct. Give more teams a shot, just add four more. Think about if the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, changed their playoff to only feature four teams. Think about if the NCAA Basketball Tournament just made the tournament a Final A9 Island Moon December 20, 2018 The Traveling Moon Gets Around

The Island Moon travelled to Rhode Island and Massachusetts with the Lesinski Family. Pictured in front of Boston's Christmas tree near Quincy Market. Amanda is a licensed attorney with Lee & Lesinski and Erik is a local handy-man on the island. Elisabeth, Michael, and Emily all attend Seashore Charter School.

The Island Moon traveled with Brian McCabe and his son Xander to his graduation from the University of North Texas in Denton! Very very proud of this young man. A10 Island Moon December 20, 2018

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Teachers at SLC were treated to a Christmas luncheon and gift exchange hosted by the Seashore Parent Association. Staff enjoyed a delicious meal and participated in a gift exchange with many donations from appreciative parents. Teachers were so thankful to Students at SLC participated in many educational Christmas activities. 2nd graders enjoy a break and time with fellow employees during this busy time of year. had so much fun assembling gingerbread houses as they worked on how to writing. Pictured left: Mr. Mui, one of our SLC parents, gave 4th grade students a presentation on the topic of energy. The question and answer session gave students a better idea of how we acquire energy and the steps we use to make energy.

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4th grade students at Seashore Learning Center took a field trip on December 13 to the Harbor Playhouse to see a showing of A Christmas Carol.

Construction is moving along at Seashore Learning Center, and teachers, students, and parents are all excited about the brand new facilities. Seashore Early Childhood Academy (SECA) and Kinder through 2nd grade at Seashore Learning Center (SLC) should be in their new buildings and classrooms by January 7, 2019. The move will be a community wide effort, as everyone comes together to help teachers move over their Christmas break. Please consider donating boxes to help with the move, or check in at the main office or on our SLC app or Facebook page on how you can help volunteer your time to make this a smooth and successful transition for our hardworking teachers and students. Free Daily Printable Crossword Puzzles http://www.onlinecrosswords.net/printable-daily-crosswords-1.php December 20, 2018 Island Moon A12

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Members of the PINs Bunko Gals met at Island Italian for dinner, a gift exchange and a game of Left Center Right on December 11th. Here’s a pic of some of the members in their Ugly Sweaters and Christmas attire. A 13 Island Moon December 20, 2018 The Great Outdoors On the Rocks Backwater Adventures By Jay Gardner

Here we are sliding into the to the beach, or out Commodores and up and By Joey Farah end of the year holidays, and I down PR 22. There are some folks that think Farah’s Fishing Adventures am way behind on many many that another location would be better suited, things. Christmas gifts may be and it may be. Someone may have to get We are moving towards the last days of this hook. The action a little slim this year, oops. Anyone have a box creative and come up with a piece of land that year, and with that comes reflection. Where brings fish to a of Popsicle sticks and a glue gun I can borrow? is owned by the City and above the floodplain. we have been, are, and where we are headed. reaction strike! Does anyone even remember doing that? The original Packery Channel lease calls for a In life, love, family, friends, business, and of Tandem swim Making Christmas tree ornaments? Maybe I’m harbormaster building and maintenance facility course FISHING! Aren’t they all tied together baits have been showing my age. adjacent to the current boat ramps, however that and bundled into the ropes of our lives? The equally effective last seems to clear the mind and soul, clearing as well. I like the As many of you have noticed, they have started area is below the floodplain. You loyal readers will remember that the floodplain issue is what the picture of the right path we must take. Each smaller PADDLE construction across the lagoon on Laguna week, I take a few min to sit down and tap out TAILS because Shores Road. They are currently boring a new got the bathrooms modified from the six-pack items. We don’t need a bathroom 18 feet in the the words I throw into the ISLAND MOON, they have less force main (sewer line) under SPID to the waste this is my reflection on all of those things in life. resistance and water treatment plant over off Jester Street. I air, mainly because the ADA ramps could be seen from space and more than quadrupled the It is a rare time that I’m looking into myself, fatigue on my am very aware of the project going on, and yet amidst kids, work and everything that goes with hands and arms I continue to forget that the road is closed over cost. Some good ideas and solutions would be welcome to this issue. it. I hope that some of these words get some of in a long day there and continually try to drive down that road the readers out and on the water, even if it’s just fishing. For for some reason. Oops. Hopefully the City will It’s that time of season and a handful of us went in imagination. Most probably my thoughts are shallow water a use the add-alternative and re-pave that section south to the ranch outside of Hebronville this read along the THINK TANK, secured in the larger rat tailed (segment 1) on their way out of that job. Time past weekend. While the weather was beautiful, privacy of bathrooms across our beloved Padre’ jerk bait will will tell. the birds did not cooperate and we spent a lot Island. MERRY CHRISTMAS!! dance back and of time sitting around in the field chasing Some of you loyal readers may know that Tandem rigging This big 29 inch redfish forth on this I was elected chair of the ISAC a week or so grasshoppers instead of shooting birds. Oh well, rig. A bigger can’t win them all. Hopefully we will make it lures and live bait is came from the edge of ago. The next meeting will be held I believe on no new technique, the ICW on A DOA 3 paddle tailed January 7th, which is a Monday at the normal out to Roadkill’s ranchita in the coming weeks bait will create and have some fun. I encourage y’all to get out but an old classic inch CAL SHAD, tandem place. Deidre Williams will be giving another that has slipped a lot more drag one of her talks on Packery Channel, which are and enjoy the weather this weekend, looks like hooked rig. but can be slow it’s going to be a nice one. Who knows, maybe away from anglers. always highly informative. Drop by and check The last few weeks rolled through it out if you’re interested. Please remember that there will be some boating involved (ahem! the water. Many, many times I feel the first fish You know who you are). as gamefish have members of the audience are not participatory, settled in deeper strike then play that fish loosely so that other and the committee or presenter cannot answer Well, the boys made it to Grand Cayman. holes with the colder gamefish trout and reds will attack the second your questions or engage anyone. Bizzy indicated that it was a pretty bumpy water temperatures, hook. Often anglers see second fish approach and believe they are trying to eat the first, most One thing that is gaining attention is the City ride going against the Loop Current. He says this presentation has of the time they are trying to steal the bait from planning on building a maintenance building they “enjoyed” 10-15 foot swells on their way hooked more fish their jaws. A second lure created some exciting next to the firehouse on Commodores for their slogging south. They had to duck into Isla Rigging tandem baits than any other. What hookups! If you are having trouble tying this rig heavy beach equipment. They are planning on Mujeres for more gas and supplies as they is a classic technique comes to mind first just purchase a cheap spec rig from anywhere parking their trash trucks and motor graders weren’t making time as expected. However, for many is the old that works, doubles that sells tackle and check it out then start there at the facility, and then driving them they are tucked back into the Grand Cayman standard SPEC RIG, are very common. experimenting on your own. I even have had across Commodores to the beaches north and Yacht Club marina where we left out of in April, two buck tailed jigs great success with larger hard baits, top waters, south of Packery. They will have to drive and I’m sure they are staying out of trouble. tied together with and suspending baits. Give it a try this winter their equipment either south on Aquarius to Drop me a line at [email protected] and leader line. With a 30” piece of 30lb clear leader you will have the odds in your favor, twice over! Whitecap, and then up Whitecap across PR 22 maybe I’ll see you next week On the Rocks. material I tie a 1/8-1/4 ounce jig head to one end. On the other I like a lighter 1/16th or even a January brings some of our best fishing of the weightless hook for my second soft plastic. The year, and a challenging weather pattern. Fish heavier jig should be on the bottom or longer will be at their coldest and their metabolisms end of the leader. Tie two over hand knots into can be slowed down to a crawl. They have been one creating a non slipping loop to attach your following lunar feeding times to the minute. main line. The short end should only be about Increase your chances and confidence by 4” long. This will cast well and bring that heavy watching those. Both the bait fishing and lure jig to the bottom, floating the second above. fishing is very good right now. If you have a In shallow water I often tie two very light or day off and it looks present, give me a call for a weightless baits and dance them along creating day of learning and catching on the water. 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Snapper Season We SMOKED limits of trout behind the big wind this week on soft plastics along the The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Below are five options for the 2019 red snapper KING RANCH SHORELINE. (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division is taking season in federal waters. State waters will public comments on the 2019 red snapper remain open year around and there will be no season online through the TPWD website changes to bag or size limits. Science and the Sea comment portal from Dec. 11, 2018 to Jan. 4, 2019. Summer Season options Christmas Tree Worms Stay Under an agreement between TPWD and the Option A: Summer season that would open National Marine Fisheries Service that was June 1, 2019 and close Sept. 6, 2019 for a 97- signed in April 2018, TPWD can establish the day season. Spirited All Year opening and closing of the red snapper fishery Option B: Summer season that would open Families that celebrate Christmas will likely These colorful spirals help the worm breathe in federal waters off the Texas coast for private July 1, 2019 and close Sept. 16, 2019 for a 77- have a colorful tree lighting up their living and catch food. The worms anchor themselves recreational anglers fishing from their own day season. room right now. But under the sea, millions of to coral and use the feather-like tentacles vessels in 2019. The federally permitted for- Christmas tree worms remain festive all year. protruding from their spirals to catch tiny prey hire sector, which allows recreational anglers Option C: Split season with spring and summer dates including March 9, 2019 to Christmas tree worms, whose scientific name from the surrounding water and move it to the to fish from charter boats or headboats, will is Spirobranchus giganteus, have two spiraled worm’s mouth. If the worm is startled, it retreats remain in its current management structure set March 25, 2019 and July 1, 2019 to Sept. 3, 2019 for a combined total 80-day season. crowns on their back that each resemble a tiny into burrows in the coral to hide from possible by the federal government under the agreement colorful Christmas tree. predators. for 2019. Option D: Split season with spring and summer dates including May 11, 2019 to May These “trees” can be a single solid color but Over time, these burrows in the coral can reach There will be multiple options presented are also often multi-toned, with a second color 10 inches in length, providing a roomy hiding for the 2019 federal red snapper season that 28, 2019 and July 1, 2019 to Sept. 2, 2019 for a combined total 80-day season. gracing the outer tips of their spirals like garland. place for a critter that lives up to 30 years. These combine fishing days in the spring and summer. And these worms don’t restrict themselves to worms also help coral recover more quickly Options include a traditional continuous Option E: Summer season that would open red and green. Some are a brilliant blue or from bleaching events and protect it from summer season, seasons with different summer May 24, 2019 and close August 27, 2019 for a bright yellow, while others might be white with predators. In fact, in perhaps a bit of an ironic start dates and seasons that split fishing days 95-day season. orange tips, ruby with white tips, gold with twist, scientists have seen Christmas tree worms between the spring and summer. maroon and white tips or any number of other literally push away the feet of predatory crown combinations. of thorns starfish.

Send Letters and Photos to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper Christmas tree worms come in a wide variety of colors. Credit: Nick Hobgood, GNU Free December 20, 2018 Island Moon A 14 Full Transparency and Disclosure STATE POA News by Marvin Jones, President Toys for Tots and other Holiday Drives News You Can Use By Todd Hunter, District 32 The HEB Feast of Sharing is another holiday As always, let me have a big Thank you to Kelly McFadden’s Island With December in full event taking place this season, which allows the your thoughts. You can Squad for picking up piles of debris from swing, it’s the perfect time for community to participate in a spirit of holiday reach me at mjones. around the island. I spent two hours last the residents of the Coastal sharing. HEB hosts the holiday feast annually [email protected] Sunday driving around the Island and checking Bend join together to assist those less fortunate. across the state. The Coastal Bend hosts a the new building sites, unmowed lots, etc. Holidays- The PIPOA wishes everyone a In the spirit of the holidays, I wanted to take this dinner in Corpus Christi at the American Bank The Island is looking much better. Yes, there Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. The opportunity to bring attention to certain efforts Center on December 22 from 11 AM to 3 PM. is work to be done, but improvement can be Office will be closed on December 24 and in our area that will benefit many families this According to the organization’s website, just seen. Thank you one and all. December 25 for Christmas. The office will holiday season. one Feast of Sharing event equals: 3,000 pounds also be closed on December 31 and January Rumor Control- There is a rumor going Toys for Tots is a nationwide campaign, and of sliced turkey, 2,500 pounds of cornbread 1st for the New Year. around that the PIPOA will raise CAM fees has very strong roots and participation in Corpus dressing, 750 pumpkin pies, and 140 gallons for 2019. This rumor is absolutely FALSE. of turkey gravy. For additional details, you can Channel Markers- Mother Nature has Christi, Port Aransas and the Coastal Bend area. There will be no increase in CAM fees for visit their website at: https://www.heb.com/ temporarily stopped the marker installation. The initiative began in 1947, when Marine Major 2019. The only way CAM fees can be raised static-page/article-template/Feast-of-Sharing High wind, rain, and low tide have prohibited Bill Hendricks collected and donated 5,000 toys is by a vote of the entire membership. The marker installation. Mother Nature Rules! to children in their city. The campaign was so In addition to these two great organizations, PIPOA Board has no authority to raise CAM successful that Marine Reserve Units around there are many other charitable events in the Litter Critter- The Litter Critter visit on fees on its own. It continually amazes me the country began collecting and donating toys, area occurring this holiday season. As we Saturday, December 15, 2018, was another about the number of completely false social under the shared objective to “bring the joy of prepare for a new year, let’s join together in success. Five full dumpsters were hauled media postings that create rumors. Christmas to America’s needy children.” Since helping the community and bettering the lives away by the City. The Litter Critter program Billish Park- It is wonderful to see families its inception in 1947, the U.S. Marine Corps of those around us. has been a huge benefit to the Island. Again, Reserve Toys for Tots Program has distributed using the park! If you have questions regarding any of the over 490 million toys to more than 230 million information mentioned in this week’s article, needy children across the country. With a great please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or military base, strong charity presence and District Office. Please always feel free to generous-minded people and industry, District contact my office if you have any questions Candidates for Christmas at Island 32 is a great place for Toys for Tots to contribute or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if to the children of our area. If you would like you would like to contact my office regarding to learn more or get additional info, please Padre Isles Property Presbyterian Church constituent services. As always, my offices are visit their website at: https://corpus-christi-tx. Island Presbyterian Church invites all our available at any time to assist with questions, toysfortots.org/local-coordinator-sites/lco-sites/ neighbors and friends to join us on our Christmas concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512- Owners Association default.aspx journey and the celebration of the birth of Christ 463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603). at 14030 Fortuna Bay Dr, Corpus Christi, TX Events are held around the area to promote - State Representative Todd Hunter, District Board of Directors 78418 (www.islandpresby.com). On Sunday, the Toys for Tots holiday drive effort from the December 23, in addition to our regular service 32 The following are the candidates for seats on public, along with Marines from the local Naval at 10:00 AM, a “Blue Christmas” service will be the Padre Isles Board of Directors in the annual Air Station who collect donations. The Catholic Rep. Hunter represents Nueces (Part) County. held at 4:00 PM. This service is for everyone, election to be held at the March meeting. Ballots Charities of Corpus Christi is participating He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house. but it is especially focused on helping those have not yet been sent to voting members. in the Toys for Tots program as well as a texas.gov or at 512-463-0672. who are struggling with the holidays “Blues”. Christmas Food Baskets program, during which Running in the March election, in ballot Pastor Anne Kowalczyk will provide words of the organization distributed food baskets earlier appearance order: inspiration to help you get through these rough this month. 1. Kelly McFadden and rocky times. 2. Judith Cutright On Christmas Eve we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ starting at 6:00 PM. A traditional Third ‘Heart Your Park’ Day of Service at 3. Robert Algeo Lessons and Carols service with Communion 4. Daniel R. Brown III will be held; we will hear the scriptures Suter Wildlife Refuge to Clear prophesying the coming of the Messiah and 5. George R. Potter the birth story, sing your favorite Christmas 6. Brian T. McCabe Carols, and as we prepare to go home to our own Invasive Trees celebrations, we will light our own individual One seat is vacant due to a resignation and, as Christmas candle, turn down the house lights, Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation joins NRPA required in the bylaws, will be filled by a vote and close with the singing of “Silent Night”. of the current board members. The members and staff of Island Presbyterian to promote the value of volunteering at Seeking appointment to the vacant seat, in no church invite all of you to join them on their particular order are: journey to Bethlehem and wish you a very local parks 1. Sandy Graves Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are looking for a few awesome residents and lunch for their time. The volunteer work 2. Chul Kim McGuire age 13 and up to volunteer on February 9 at the day will last from 9 a.m. until noon. 3. Daniel R. Brown III Hans & Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge to participate in the Texas Adopt-A-Beach program. “Corpus Christi Parks and Recreation is excited 4. George R. Potter Volunteers will clear out invasive trees, pick up about the opportunity being provided by the NRPA and CITGO to engage our community 5. Alan Guggenheim trash, repaint picnic tables and plant new native species. in conservation. Through our efforts at the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve and other nature sites, The Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation we hope to teach our residents how to best live Send letters and photos to editor@ Department is proud to partner with the National alongside nature and wildlife,” said Sara Jose, islandmoon.com Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) to preserve manager. “These projects will allow provide volunteer opportunities at public park local volunteers to have ownership, familiarity lands across Corpus Christi. This is the third and buy-in for the plants in our community planned ‘Heart Your Park’ Day of Service event green spaces.” with the department. NRPA Director of Conservation Lori Robertson Interested volunteers should register at http:// said her organization is proud to serve as the Laguna Shores register.ccparkandrec.com before January 25. national leader for the “Heart Your Park” Day Road Closure All volunteers will get a t-shirt, water bottle, of Service. Beginning Monday, December 17, Give the Gift of Play this Holiday Season contractors will close Laguna Shores Road, from SPID to Graham Road. The duration of this closure is two weeks, weather 2019 Beach Parking Permit Is Only $12! permitting. Knickerbocker Street will remain open for local thru traffic. Motorists Residents and visitors can enjoy our Gulf • CC Cycle Plaza (Island and SPID) are asked to follow the detour signs around Coast beaches all year around because of the • Circle K (Padre Island location only) the work area. many months of warm and sunny weather. Our beach parking permits make wonderful holiday • Murphy Oil USA (Alice, Aransas stocking stuffers for your friends, family and Pass, Corpus Christi, Portland & co-workers. Rockport) The 2019 Beach Parking Permits will be The permit must be permanently affixed to available for purchase starting Tuesday, the vehicle’s windshield. 100% of the funds December 18, 2018. They are valid from the from the permit sales are reinvested so that a day of purchase until December 31, 2019. clean and safe environment is provided for the Beachgoers can purchase their permit at a enjoyment of all beach visitors. participating vendor before heading to the For more information, please call the Corpus beach. Christi Parks & Recreation Department’s Beach The permits are sold year-round at the Office at (361) 826-3423 or (361) 826-8542, or following locations: visit www.ccparkandrec.com (BEACH • Stripes • H-E-B (Aransas Pass, Corpus Christi, Portland & Rockport) • Walmart (Flour Bluff & Aransas Pass) • Academy Sports (Corpus Christi & Portland) • Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi/ ITT Department • Corpus Christi Convention & Visitors Bureau • Nueces County Padre Balli Park Headquarters Office • Dick’s Sporting Goods • CVS Pharmacy (Padre Island location only) Fully Guided • All Tackle Provided • TAMUCC (University Services) • Central Cashiering at Corpus Christi (361)442-8145 City Hall (First floor) December 20, 2018 Island Moon A 15 Beware of Free Trial Offers December PIBA Luncheon this Holiday Season By Kelly Trevino Regional Director, Corpus Christi and Victoria Better Business Bureau

As you start wrapping up your last-minute ads did include fine print, even though it’s size gift selections this week, many of us may still and location was often misleading. And while be looking online for some quick-ship items. victims were often able to stop future charges, But, be careful with some of the ads you see they often reported difficulty in getting ahold of popping up. A new study by Better Business the company altogether. Bureau (BBB) sheds light on some of those So, what should you do if you spot one of these tricky free trial offers you may be faced with on ads? social media, in search engines or even through email that trap you using deceptive tactics. • Research: Make sure to check the business out first at bbb.org. Read Many of these items tout miracle diet pills, complaints and customer reviews from the latest anti-wrinkle skin cream or the most previous customers and see if there are advanced teeth whitening products, all you need any advertising concerns noted by BBB. to pay is a small shipping charge of around $1.95. If you don’t like the product, you can • Read the fine print: In many of these return it for free. However, many times that’s cases, consumers did not see or have the not the case, and the consumer ends up getting chance to read the fine print associated charged for the product even if they try to return with the ads. Read any details associated the item, while also getting lumped into a with the ads. recurring monthly charge. And what if you feel like you’ve become a The ad lures you in typically by appearing as victim of a free trial offer? a flashy news article or even using big celebrity • Contact the company: Try to get in touch names like Oprah Winfrey or Ellen DeGeneres. with the company to stop any recurring According to the report, those celebrity charges, and get a refund if you think it’s endorsements may be fake, and even identified necessary as fictional in the fine print at the bottom of the website. However, that language is often • Contact your credit card company: difficult to find on the website. Call the customer service number on the back of your credit card to complain to the BBB received around 37,000 complaints and bank to stop any future charges and see if scam tracker reports about free trials over the there is an option to receive a chargeback. past three years. Average losses to individuals of these complaints is around $186. This is also • Complain: File a complaint with BBB a growing issue. Federal Trade Commission at bbb.org or report the fraud at bbb.org/ (FTC) complaints mentioning ‘free trial’ scamtracker, and submit the ad through doubled between 2015 and 2017, with losses in BBB’s AdTruth website for us to review. cases over the last ten years totaling around $1.3 Report it also to the FTC and the FBI’s billion. Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Many victims reporting these cases were For more information on this study, please visit female (72%), with the highest reports coming us.bbb.org/freetrial from the 30 to 39 age range. Around 30% of the Kelly Trevino is the regional director for ads were reported to come from social media, the Corpus Christi/Victoria area of Better while others were found through email and Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas. sponsored content. Payment is often requested Kelly is available for media interviews and by credit card, and while credit cards do offer speaking engagements. You can reach her by added protection, some victims found it difficult phone: (361) 945-7352 or email: ktrevino@ to get their money back because many of these corpuschristi.bbb.org January, 4th First Friday at Port A. Art Center

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When choosing what plants to Due to its size, it can looking very appealing grow in our yards, many of us may find ourselves either as a stand-alone specimen or as a screen. aimlessly walking the aisles of a nursery or big Cutting Big Muhly isn’t necessary to keep it box store picking plants to buy solely based on looking its best, but it does do well with a quick their color, size or required growing conditions. comb thru with a rake. This action will serve to So it’s not surprising that when all is said and remove old leaves. Another step you can take to done, most of us feel like our yards are missing keep up this particular grass is to break off old that extra something, and many times that extra blooms when they dry out. something is texture. Dwarf Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis A beautifully designed garden space will ‘Adagio) utilize a variety of textures through a mixture Growing 2-3 feet in height, this drought- of both broad-leafed and linear-leafed plants, tolerant grass has slender silvery-grey leaves and it’s often times the latter that is overlooked. that arch beautifully throughout the year. They An easy way to add fine-linear lines to a garden bloom from late summer through the fall and space though is through the use of ornamental their fuzzy blooms transition from a attractive grasses. Not only do they provide a variation in pink to white with age. texture, but they can also add appealing color, shape and movement to a landscape that can last This grass can handle our Texas sun, and throughout most of the year. it doesn’t mind our sandy soil and windy conditions either. Consider planting it in a group Ornamental Grass Options or mixed into a border with some broad-leafed A variety of ornamental grasses are available perennials for a eye-catching visual effect. Also, for our area, and here are a few examples of Dwarf Maiden Grass is another grass that does some popular options that can help to add well when cut back in the late winter. The same interest to your yard. method used for cutting back purple fountain grass works well for this ornamental too. Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’) Mexican Feather Grass (Nassella tenuissima) a.k.a. Mexican Wiregrass, Finestem This particular heat-resistant ornamental grows Needlegrass, Ponytail Grass, Texas Tussock striking purple to burgundy leaves and plumes. It grows anywhere from 3-4 feet tall, even in This native grass is the shortest statured grass poor soil, and it prefers full sun to light shade. listed here, reaching around 1.5 feet tall. Its When it comes to planting, it can be used gorgeous silvery-green thread-like leaves handsomely as background planting, hedge or and wispy white blooms create an enchanting stand-alone specimen. display, and it looks particularly nice when planted in a group. To keep your fountain grasses foliage looking Ronnie Narmour caught these photos of Port A. Christmas art. its best each year, it’s a good idea to cut it back It will tolerate full sun to partial shade and in late winter before the new growth begins to grows best in well-draining soil. While it will show. Doing so can be easily done by tying the go dormant in winter and periods of drought, Downtown Pup Crawl dead foliage up and cutting it back to 4-6 inches it should not be over-watered. Watering once above the ground. The new foliage will then a week is typically adequate during drought have room to emerge and show-off its stunning conditions. Also, unlike other grasses, Mexican color. Feather Grass should not be cut back after winter. Big Muhly (Muhlenbergia lindheimeri) a.k.a Lindheimer’s Muhly, Lindheimer Muhly, Blue Plant Now Muhly This time of year is a great time to take your Big Muhly is a Texas native that grows to a landscape to the next level by adding some stature of 3-5 feet tall. It offers a lovely grey- texture to it with one of these or another variety green to blue-green foliage that blooms out of ornamental grass. So be sure to visit a local slender seed stalks in the late summer to early nursery and discover all the beautiful options fall. It’s also drought-tolerant grass and will do that are available to enhance your yard. its best in your yard when planted in full sun. IRS reminder: Deadline Dec. 31 for Most Retirees Who Must Make Required Retirement Plan Distributions

The Internal Revenue Service this week An IRA owner must calculate the RMD reminded retirees born before July 1, 1948, that separately for each IRA they own, but can they usually must take distributions from their withdraw the total amount from one or more individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) and of the IRAs. However, RMDs required from workplace retirement plans by Dec. 31. workplace retirement plans (like 401(k), 403(b), and 457(b) plans) have to be taken separately The payments, called required minimum from each of those plan accounts. distributions (RMDs), are normally made by the end of the year. Those who reached age 70½ IRS online forms and publications can help during 2018 are covered by a special rule that The RMD for 2018 is based on the taxpayer’s allows them to wait until April 1, 2019, to take life expectancy on Dec. 31, 2018, and their their first RMDs. account balance on Dec. 31, 2017. The trustee This means that those born after June 30, 1947, reports the year-end account value to the IRA and before July 1, 1948, are eligible for this owner on Form 5498 in Box 5. Use the online special rule for 2018. If they wait until early worksheets on IRS.gov or find worksheets and 2019 to take that first RMD (up until April life expectancy tables to make this computation 1, 2019), it can be counted toward their 2018 in the Appendices to Publication 590-B, RMD, but is still taxable in 2019. Distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs). The special April 1 deadline only applies to the RMD for the first year. For all subsequent years, For most taxpayers, the RMD is based on Table the RMD must be made by Dec. 31. So, for III (Uniform Lifetime Table) in IRS Publication example, a taxpayer who turned 70½ in 2017 590-B. So, for a taxpayer who turned 72 in (born after June 30, 1946, and before July 1, 2018, the required distribution would be based 1947) and received the first RMD (for 2017) on on a life expectancy of 25.6 years. A separate April 1, 2018, must still receive a second RMD table, Table II, applies to a taxpayer whose (for 2018) by Dec. 31, 2018. spouse is more than 10 years younger and is the taxpayer’s only beneficiary. Types of retirement plans requiring RMDs Though the RMD rules are mandatory for all Photos by Debbie Noble The required distribution rules apply to owners owners of traditional, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs of traditional, Simplified Employee Pension and participants in workplace retirement plans, (SEP) and Savings Incentive Match Plans for some people in workplace plans can wait longer Employees (SIMPLE) IRAs. Roth IRAs don’t to receive their RMDs. Usually, employees require distributions while the original owner who are still working can, if their plan allows, is alive. RMDs also apply to participants in wait until April 1 of the year after they retire various workplace retirement plans, including to start receiving these distributions. See Tax 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b) plans. on Excess Accumulations in Publication 575. An IRA trustee must either report the amount Employees of public schools and certain tax- of the RMD to the IRA owner or offer to exempt organizations with 403(b) plan accruals calculate it for the owner. Often, the trustee before 1987 should check with their employer, shows the RMD amount on Form 5498 in Box plan administrator or provider to see how to 12b. For a 2018 RMD, this amount is on the treat these accruals. 2017 Form 5498 normally issued to the owner Find more information on RMDs, including during January 2018. answers to frequently asked questions, on IRS. gov.

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Snoopy’s (361) 949-8815 13313 S. Padre Island Drive Scoopy’s (361) 949-7810 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 December 20, 2018 Island Moon A 18 Antonio, Three Chords and the Truth TX) played on Sunday. By Ronnie Narmour Those are the best kind. Winter Texans It was me and my adopted [email protected] are beginning daughter Cheyenne, Janet to make their RIP Crawford Brown… Planet, Catfish and Sean presence Hunter. That’s a hand We lost another known. It won’t to deal to. On Saturday great man this week. be long until the I made it to the Gaff’s Say goodbye to Sam PA Rockers annual Ugly Christmas Crawford Brown will take their Sweater Party with Mike who lost his battle residency at Williams performing. with cancer. He will Bernies and And on Sunday it was be missed. I got An impromptu the out of the company party for really used to seeing jam at Red’s state plates are Giggity’s, Shorty’s and Crawford every week with Sean looming large Kody’s and we ran all over playing with the Free The Gaff’s Ugly Sweater in the IGA town on Edwin’s dime. I Hunter, Catfish Beer Band for the Party was last Saturday. parking lot. I had my three wheeler and and Janet last seven years going love this time JJ rode with me standing Planet. back to the Tarpon of year. So far up in the basket in the back Ice House days its been a cold We lost a dear friend and parade waving down and then Giggity’s. rainy season this week. RIP Sam main street as we went Crawford played but I’ll take Crawford Brown. from bar to bar. We went the big dog bass and that over lava from Kody’s to the 361 could rip out a Bill like heat any then Red’s then to Treasure Monroe or Louvin Brothers song like nobody day. Giggity’s Island where Linda Saad else. He was also the front man for my little has some made us a flaming Bananas gospel band, The Sandy Bottom Boys and has good shows Foster. We polished off played in many roots and bluegrass bands in the coming up. the night in the flats at area for many years. Crawford leaves a big hole This weekend Joe King Carrasco will play Giggity’s on Bernies and finally singing is all our hearts. There will be a celebration of Linda Saad they have a New Year’s Eve. Crawford’s life on Thursday, December 27, at Christmas songs at JP’s serves up a fave of the on Friday and good reggae with the Chanklas 2 PM at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Island Karaoke show at Mike Williams played the Winter Texans, on Saturday. And they have a big New Years 622 Airline Road. I’ve asked his best friend and Shorty’s. All I remember yummy flaming Gaff on Saturday. the Bad Buoys Eve show with the King of TexMex, Joe King fellow band mate Steve Goldstein to write us a is, we sounded pretty Bananas Foster Carrasco. Giggity’s will have NO COVER tribute here. It seems only appropriate: horrible. I can’t make this cocktail at stuff up. I not sure there’s Treasure Island. and dinner specials and a champagne toast I’m just as devastated as everyone by the more fun to be had. I am at midnight. And I saw that Keith Sykes sudden passing of my dear friend and band loving this holiday season and the love in this (Memphis, TN) will be playing January 26. mate, Crawford Brown. We first crossed paths community. So far, post girlfriend life is good. That’s a show NOT TO MISS. I’ll be talking on August 29th, 2010 at a Sunday afternoon about him a bunch when that show rolls around. bluegrass jam at Heritage Park in Corpus Scattered shots… This weekend. That’s about all the shows I see Christi. There were a lot of pickers there and we Also last weekend the great Toman Brothers to pimp right now. Yall be safe out there and didn’t formally meet that day, but I remember (San Antonio, TX) played Giggity’s on Friday slow it down. There seems to be a cop on every him and he remembered me. After a couple and Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters (San corner. more jams, I was invited to join Crawford’s ♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫ bluegrass band, GET OFF THE LAWN, to play mandolin along with Crawford’s brother Robert Brown, Ron Brister and John Worthy. Then, this past Sunday morning December 16th, Crawford suddenly left us. In the eight- plus years in between, Crawford and I became Keith Sykes will play Third Coast on the two constants in the ever evolving cast of January 26th. characters in THE FREE BEER BAND on Thursday evenings, first at the Tarpon Ice House, and now with Arnold Govella and Rusty Hicks at Giggity’s. We also played several two-piece gigs as MOONSHINE MARTINI and sang the glorious, traditional Live Music bluegrass gospel every Easter morning with THE SANDY BOTTOM BOYS. Crawford and The Toman Brothers played Giggity’s on Sunday, December 30 I bonded musically and became great friends in Friday. Antone & the All Stars @ the process. My wife Andrea and I were invited Tonight Giggity’s into Crawford’s home many times for Christmas Eve celebrations, dinners, jam sessions, and New Years Eve, December backyard movie nights where I finally got to see 31 “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” for the first Joe King Carrasco @ Giggity’s time. We’ve always been treated as family. I’ve El Dusty;’s Tropicoso @ been playing music since 1962 and have played House of Rock almost 700 gigs with Crawford standing next Timeline @ Brewster Street to me, more than with anyone else since. Now Cruise Control @ Rockit’s and probably for the rest of my life, there will always be a void left in his absence. Thoughts Tuesday, January 1 and prayers for Crawford’s wife Jody, son Paul & Victoria @ Travis, mother Huie, brothers Robert and Jack, MERRY Giggity’s and the rest of Sam Crawford Brown’s family. Thursday, December 20 Todd Dorn with Rusty Hicks and Woodie Free Beer Band @ CHRISTMAS Wednesday, January 2 It’s with a very heavy heart that I bid you a fond Magnus @ Giggity’s farewell, my Brother. I’ll miss your wisdom Lawson played Giggity’s on Saturday Giggity’s night. Kyle Park @ Brewster and sense of humor. I’ll miss playing “Friend Street Thursday, January 3 of the Devil” and “Wicked Games” with you. Falco & the Wolf @ Free Beer Band @ I’ll miss you standing next to me with that big Rockit’s Giggity’s doghouse bass and your expressive, angelic 132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront Sam Riggs, Natalie Rose @ voice. Peace. Steve Goldstein 2018 Friday, December 21 Brewster Street Bad Buoys @ Giggity’s Falco & the Wolf @ On the local front… Splendiferous @ Brewster Rockit’s Just to state the obvious, it’s Christmas time Street Flatbroke @ Rockit’s Friday, January 4 everybody. I’ve been running around the Retrovibe @ Giggity’s island in my super cool Texas Red golf cart Saturday, December 22 Spazmatics @ Brewster with garland and ornaments flying around Chanklas @ Giggity’s Street everywhere. The other day I hooked up with Cruise Control @ Rockit’s Clarissa Serna @ Rockit’s some locals and all the guitars we could find and Hip Hop Hooray @ strummed our way around town until we busted Brewster Street Saturday, January 5 in at Red’s Riviera with an impromptu jam. Amy Myers and Antone Perez singing Cruise Control @ Rockit’s Ulrich Ellison & Tribe @ Christmas songs at Shorty’s. Giggity’s Sunday, December 23 Seattle Rising @ Brewster Antone & the All Stars @ Street Giggity’s Another Level @ Rockit’s

GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BAR Monday, December 24 Sunday, January 6 Open Jam w/ Ray Summy Antone & the All Stars @ LIVE MUSIC LIVE MUSIC @ Giggity’s Giggity’s Free Beer Band Every Thurs (7-10) EVERY Christmas Day, Dec 25 Monday, January 7 Bad Buoys Friday (9-1) Paul & Victoria @ Open Jam w/ Ray Summy NIGHT Giggity’s @ Giggity’s Chanklas Saturday (9-1) Port A’s Oldest Antone & All Stars Every Sunday (8-12) Wednesday, December 26 Tuesday, January 8 Joe King Jimmy Willden @ and Paul & Victoria @ Open Jam Every Monday (8-12) Giggity’s Giggity’s Carasco NYE Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10) NO COVER! Thursday, December 27 Friendliest Wednesday, January 9 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX Free Beer Band @ Billy Snipes @ Giggity’s Giggity’s OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas PA Rockers @ Bernie’s Randy Rogers @ Brewster Street Thursday, January 10 Falco & the Wolf @ Free Beer Band @ Rockit’s Giggity’s Flatbroke @ Rockit’s Friday, December 28 Ty Dietz @ Giggity’s Friday, January 11 Kevin Fowler @ Brewster Selfie @ Shorty’s Street Chanklas @ Giggity’s Alley Catz @ Rockit’s Oddfellas @ Rockit’s

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