Inside the Moon Craft Fair A3 Majesty Outdoors A4 Remember When A5 Poker Run A7 Residents Support Food Bank A15 Issue 755 The Island Free The voiceMoon of The Island since 1996 October 4, 2018 Weekly www.islandmoon.com FREE Photo by Ronnie Narmour Around Saturday, Oct 6th Adopt-A-Beach The Island Island Kids Get a The annual autumn Adopt-A-Beach By Dale Rankin cleanup set for Saturday, September It’s been a deceptively busy week 15 has been rescheduled for Saturday here on our little sandbar. October 6th.Volunteers can sign up online at www.TexasAdoptABeach. The tourists and the mosquitos Playground org have not been as ubiquitous as in days of yore but two items not seen The Texas Adopt-A-Beach program since the days of the unicorn made began in the fall of 1986, when 2,800 long-awaited appearances; the Litter volunteers picked up 124 tons of Critter and…wait for it…a new trash. Since then, more than 523,000 playground! volunteers have removed nearly 10,000 tons of trash from Texas That’s right everybody, the new beaches. playground at Billish Park opened on Tuesday and it didn’t take long The locations in the Coastal Bend for the word to spread as a throng of are: happy Island kids swung, slid, and climbed all over the new playground North Padre Island/Padre Balli equipment that a group of Island Park volunteers worked three years to Check-in: Padre Balli Park Office, make happen. It was a great day on 15820 Park Road 22 Contact: our island. John Vaughn 361-779-0477 john. On Saturday the elusive Litter [email protected] Jim Critter, long ago written off as likely Needham—Surfrider Foundation to exist as the mythical unicorn, james.needham@texasadoptabeach. made its appearance at Briscoe King org Pavilion with great success. Four Adopt cont. on A4 dumpsters of Island flotsam and jetsam were loaded out. The city provided ample crews which were $1.3 Billion supplemented by Island volunteers, including our city councilman, and Expansion at legend has it that once The Critter finds a place he likes he will return The new playground at Billish Park opened to rave reviews from Island kids on Tuesday. Crews are still Cinnamon Shore on the third Saturday of each month working to install new turf on about half the park and are expected to be finished by mid-October when much like the elusive lemming which a grand opening for the entire park is scheduled. More photos by Lisa Lyng on page 2. Announced according to geographer Zeigler of Strasbourg fell out of the sky during First phase 150- stormy weather and died suddenly when the grass grew in the spring. Islanders of acre development We got the stormy weather part, we’ll see if The Critter is still here by next The Week to include retail, summer. residential, Good visibility Diver Dave reports that visibility in restaurants our canals has been better than ever By Dale Rankin after the rain in recent weeks. It seems the rainwater caused an upwelling that resulted in two strata of canal water as the cooler rainwater sunk to the bottom and provided visibility of about fifteen feet. We don’t want to think about what is swimming in our canals that has fifteen feet but that’s Our Islanders of the week this a story for another day. If it also had time are Jennifer Seymore six teeth it could be the front row at a Willie Nelson concert. (left) and Madelyn Garner who spearheaded the four- Island Strategic Action year effort to raise $78,000 Committee for the new playground The October meeting of the equipment at Billish Park. Island Strategic Action Committee It was a long and often scheduled for Tuesday, October 2, frustrating road but the was cancelled due to a scheduling ladies didn’t give up and conflict with the city staff. The their reward came this week meeting has been rescheduled for when the kids got to use the Wednesday, September 17, 4:30- playground for the first time. Port Aransas based Sea Oats 6:30 p.m., at Holiday Inn Express on Island kids say thank you to Group this week announced the Windward. Repair of the hurricane Jennifer and Madelyn and you groundbreaking on Cinnamon Shore damage to the Packery Channel South, the first portion of a $1.3 Jetties and updates on the Park Road are the Moon Islanders of the Week. billion, approximately 300-acre 22 Water Exchange Bridge are on the expansion of the Cinnamon Shore agenda. development on Mustang Island. Water Exchange Bridge The first stage of the beachfront, The city’s side of the deal to move 150-acre phase II expansion will forward on the Park Road 22 Water A little Island history encompass Cinnamon Shore South, Exchange Bridge is ready to go to a $200 million investment, and bids. The holdup is with the two owners of the 80 acres on the west So Near But So Far Away… Cinnamon cont. on A4 side of the bridge site who must By Dale Rankin pledge funds, estimated at $5 million, Islanders Make to finish the canal and the bulkheads. We go OTB for a little Island Word is that the two parties, Axys history this time, well not really, it’s Their Choice in Capital and IBC bank, which each actually UTB – Under The Bridge. own 40 acres, are discussing whether Back in the mid-1950s Graham’s At-Large City the entire 80 acres will be developed Bait Shop opened on the far side by one or both of the entities. Once of the Intracoastal Waterway, right Council Races that is settled and a Memorandum across from Doc’s Seafood & of Understanding guaranteeing the Steaks, serving seafood and steaks. Final candidate canal and bulkheads is submitted to After years of operation it was torn the city the project will go back out down and rebuilt under the name of forum set for to bids. There has been some cost Charlie’s Shrimp Bucket. It was a engineering on the embankments tricky place to set up shop because Thursday, October 4 leading to the bridge that could there were no city services. It was Islanders gathered at Seashore reduce the first bid price of $11.5 also only assessable by going over Learning Center gym on Encantada million. the bridge and turning back around Thursday night and voted to back Keep the faith everybody, this is and was not visible to drivers on the three candidates for At-Large seats going to happen. The money is there road overhead. While it was not far on the Corpus Christi City Council in and it makes too much sense for the from the shore on the island side, it the November election. Around cont. on A4 History cont. on A4 IUPAC cont. on A4 October 4, 2018 Island Moon A 2 At Last...A Playground! Photographer Lisa Lyng captured these shots of Island children enjoying the new Billish Park Playground. Billish Park will celebrate its grand opening October 13th. A proud North Padre Island CAUSEWAY resident and proven leader who believes education is for CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE everyone! STARTING AT $39.00 NO LONG LEASE AGREEMENT! Pol. ad paid for by the Sandra Messbarger Campaign CLIMATE CONTROL ON SITE MANAGER OPEN 7 DAYS Waldron Road ELECTRONIC GATE ACCESS HEB VIDEO SURVEILLANCE Flour Bluff Dr. HOUSEHOLD & COMMERCIAL Flour Bluff MOVING SUPPLIES AVAILABLE Laguna Shores STORAGE IS OUR BUSINESS! OFFICE HOURS: M-F 8:30-6:00 SAT 8:30-5:30 (361) 937-8673 10514 S.P.I.D. 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