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The voice of The Island since 1996 May 23, 2019 FREE Weekly Issue 788 The Island Moon Around The Island By Dale Rankin Inside the Moon www.islandmoon.com Texas Body Painting Fest A2 Beach to Bay A7 Isle of Dogs A4 27° 37' 0.5952'' N | 97° 13' 21.4068'' W A little local history “Anyone who raises a hand will die” Arrival of the sodbusters The Big News on our little sandbar this week is a report of an authentic Spanish silver coin found on the beach near Packery Channel which bore the stamp of a silver mine in Brazil where it was minted. It is rare indeed when we hear of finding Spanish treasure on local beaches but between the Spanish shipwrecks that left doubloons in the sand in the mid-sixteenth century and the pirate Jean Lafitte who left pirate treasure buried on our Island it does happen from time to time. Lafitte was known to use the tricky shallows through the Aransas Pass to shake pursuers and legend has it that he left treasure buried in these parts under a huge millstone on which is described “Dig Deeper” which has never been found. Some of the caches of Spanish silver and gold were said to have been left behind for various reasons and were later found buried in the sand near the mouth of the pass to Baffin Bay by a treasure hunter. While it is known that Lafitte buried and left some treasure hereabouts the exact location is the stuff of lore. Normally the “treasure hunters” we see wandering around the beach with metal detectors and headphones find the occasional Timex that keeps on ticking or enough change to get a frosty at Sonic but every now and then someone gets lucky. Hope springs eternal. Wear your clamdiggers… If you are going to the beach this Memorial Day Weekend wear your highwater pants because the tides are up. The local Weather Service office is predicting tides 2.5 feet above mean sea level and that is pretty mean all right if you are driving on area beaches. A drive down local beaches of late has been a tight squeeze as in many places there is scarcely enough room for beach parkers and two traffic lanes. A tide of 2.5 feet will put water to the dune line in most places, and this week pushed tides to the base of the Michael J. Ellis Seawall. Check the tide charts in this issue before you head out, or just take your boat out through the Packery and beach up because between the holiday crowds and the high tides it’s going to be crowded out there. The switch that kills People who live along the Main Canal can usually predict what kind of crowd the holiday weekend has brought to The Island by the music wafting up from passing boats. If it’s Texas Country then it’s fisherpersons and everything is going to be fine, if it’s the occasional jazz the wine bars will fill up, but if you awaken to shouts of “play some Skynyrd man!” then stay away from the beach until Monday afternoon. Head for the Ski Basin and hope that the Weekend Warriors have a kill switch on that boat so when they fly off it won’t crash into anything. It’s time to clean up the spare bedroom for weekend company arriving from OTB everybody, we’ll see you on the other side and remember what happens on The Island leaves on Monday. Say hello if you see us Around The Island. Editor’s note: This the latest in a series of stores based on the book Taming the Nueces Strip by George Durham who was part of a troop of Texas Rangers formed after bandits raided a story in downtown Corpus Christi in 1875. When we left the troop last week they had been called to Dewitt County to stop feud which had left several people dead. They took their prisoners to the county seat to stand trial for murder. The prisoners were taken to the second floor of the courthouse in the town of Clinton, then the DeWitt County seat, along with seventeen armed Rangers who were followed along the way by a group of citizens, also armed. Ranger Captain Leander McNelly stepped from the door in the back of the courtroom and stopped before the Judge’s bench. In his right hand was his service pistol with the hammer back. He waited until things quieted down then said, “This court is now Sea Level cont. on A4 Photo by Debbie Noble Live Music A18 Fishing A11 History cont. on A4 opening for regular business. Any man who lifts a hand to hamper its functions will die.” There wasn’t much room for misunderstanding there, especially coming from a man with McNelly’s reputation. He turned and looked around the courtroom making eye contact with anyone willing to look back. The Judge entered and took the bench. A lawyer for defendant Sitterlee stood up and the Judge read the charge. “Joe Sitterlee, you are charged by indictment with the murder of Doctor Philip Brazell, on or about September 19, 1876. What is your plea?” As Sitterlee’s lawyer said, “My client pleads not guilty your honor,” McNelly raised his cocked pistol above his head. Each of the Rangers followed suit. If anyone was looking for a gunfight with a troop of Rangers they had come to the right place. No one was. The Judge ordered Sitterlee held without bond and the courtroom erupted in shouts and curses aimed at the Judge – but no one lifted a pistol. In less than one hour all the suspects were back in Ranger custody held without bond. They were taken to Galveston in the charge of six Rangers. That effectively put an end to the Taylor- Sutton feud eight years after it started. The town was weary of the killing and glad the Rangers had been called in. The prisoners were held for about one month in Galveston then transferred to Austin and later taken to the jail known as the Bat Cave in San Antonio. Six years later an attorney in San Antonio got the charges against them thrown out because the Rangers, at the Judge’s order, had forced the Grand Jury into session. Music From the Moon Free Concert Thursday, May 23 Waves Resort The Music from the Moon Concert Series moves to the Waves Resort/ Schlitterbahn at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, with music from Ty Dietz and his band. The concert is free, is kid and dog friendly, and runs through 9 p.m. It is as a fundraiser for the Riley P. Dog Park. Where did All this Water Come From? Local Sea Level Rising Two Inches Per Year Water has been up to the base of the Michael J. Ellis Seawall this week. Beach managers at the city have plans to close about half of the beach along the seawall to traffic by mid-summer due to the shrinking beach. By Dale Rankin The most asked question on The Island lately is where did all this water come from and when is it going away? The answer is the rise of sea level, subsidence of the island itself, and by July, according to Dr. James C. Gibeaut, Director of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. Dr. Gibeaut says that sea level along Island beaches and in Island canals has risen almost eight inches since 1980 and now continues to rise at the rate of about two inches (five millimeters) per year, according to data recorded at Bob Hall Pier. “Part of the rise is due to rising sea levels due to the warming of the Island Chef World Finalist Chef Gail Huesmann, Executive Chef at the Black Marlin in Port Aransas and Padre Island resident (left) this week advanced to the final round of the World Food Championship in New Orleans and her team has a chance at a $100,000 prize. Gail was the Sous Chef on the team that competed against 495 other chefs at the 7th annual World Food Championship this past weekend in New Orleans. Other team members were Sous Chef Carrie Rickman and Chef Nick Rickman as pictured here. The team was named as one of three teams to compete in the final table which was also held last weekend on Saturday, May 19 but the results will not be announced until the airing of the CNBC one hour special on August 24. The winning team will take home the $100,000 prize. There will be an Island watch party on August 24th. We will keep you posted about the location and time. Islanders Rescue Five from Surf at Bob Hall Pier By Dale Rankin When Islanders Karen Wall and Barton Kenne went to Mikel Mays Bar & Grill on Bob Hall Pier Friday evening they expected to relax and enjoy an island sunset. But as they watched a group of five girls in their early teens playing in the water not far from the beach they realized something was wrong. “I told Barton I thought they were in trouble,” Wall said. “And then I saw one of the girls hanging onto a piling under the pier and another girls holding her up we started down there to help.” On the way down the pair encountered three youths who they brought to help and luckily one of them found a surfboard which had been discarded in a dumpster during remodeling at Mikel Mays and brought it along; it came in handy. When they arrived under the pier all four of the girls had been sucked under the pier by the strong undertow as they waded in knee deep water on the south side of the pier. Even in water that shallow it was enough for the strong currents pushed by high tides and high winds to sweep them under the pier and into a six-foot deep trough cut under the pier by strong outflow. The water that anywhere else on the beach would be only waist deep was over their heads. Barton, who is a sturdy six-one waded out to where the girls were clinging to the pilings. He could barely touch bottom as the current tried to sweep him off his feet. “One of the girls was hanging onto the pier and it was covered with barnacles,” Wall said. “And she was very scared, she was crying.” Barton managed to reach the stranded girls one at a time and hand them off to the helpers who used the surfboard to get them away from the pier one at a time. The rescued girls were visiting from out of town and were under the supervision of a teacher who had told them to stay close to shore. Three of the girls waded in while the teacher and another girl stayed on the beach. Two of the girls couldn’t swim and were not familiar with the wicked undertow along our beaches of late, especially strong on the south side of the pier structure, and were swept off their feet and under the pier. Once they reached the shallow water on the north side of the pier they could make their way to shore. At the end of the day five girls went home alive because two Islanders decided to go to Mikel Mays and were in the right place at the right time to help. Free the Owls! These Barred Owls were pushed from their Island nests by high winds several weeks ago when they were too young to fend for themselves. They were taken to the Texas Sealife Center while they matured and by the time you read this will be freed to return to their natural Island habitat

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FreeFree

The voice of The Island since 1996

May 23, 2019FREEWeekly

Issue 788 The

IslandMoon

Around The Island

By Dale Rankin

Inside the Moon

www.islandmoon.com

Texas Body Painting Fest A2 Beach to Bay A7Isle of Dogs A4

27° 37' 0.5952'' N | 97° 13' 21.4068'' W

A little local history

“Anyone who raises a hand will die”Arrival of the sodbusters

The Big News on our little sandbar this week is a report of an authentic Spanish silver coin found on the beach near Packery Channel which bore the stamp of a silver mine in Brazil where it was minted.

It is rare indeed when we hear of finding Spanish treasure on local beaches but between the Spanish shipwrecks that left doubloons in the sand in the mid-sixteenth century and the pirate Jean Lafitte who left pirate treasure buried on our Island it does happen from time to time.

Lafitte was known to use the tricky shallows through the Aransas Pass to shake pursuers and legend has it that he left treasure buried in these parts under a huge millstone on which is described “Dig Deeper” which has never been found. Some of the caches of Spanish silver and gold were said to have been left behind for various reasons and were later found buried in the sand near the mouth of the pass to Baffin Bay by a treasure hunter. While it is known that Lafitte buried and left some treasure hereabouts the exact location is the stuff of lore. Normally the “treasure hunters” we see wandering around the beach with metal detectors and headphones find the occasional Timex that keeps on ticking or enough change to get a frosty at Sonic but every now and then someone gets lucky. Hope springs eternal.

Wear your clamdiggers…

If you are going to the beach this Memorial Day Weekend wear your highwater pants because the tides are up. The local Weather Service office is predicting tides 2.5 feet above mean sea level and that is pretty mean all right if you are driving on area beaches. A drive down local beaches of late has been a tight squeeze as in many places there is scarcely enough room for beach parkers and two traffic lanes. A tide of 2.5 feet will put water to the dune line in most places, and this week pushed tides to the base of the Michael J. Ellis Seawall. Check the tide charts in this issue before you head out, or just take your boat out through the Packery and beach up because between the holiday crowds and the high tides it’s going to be crowded out there.

The switch that kills

People who live along the Main Canal can usually predict what kind of crowd the holiday weekend has brought to The Island by the music wafting up from passing boats. If it’s Texas Country then it’s fisherpersons and everything is going to be fine, if it’s the occasional jazz the wine bars will fill up, but if you awaken to shouts of “play some Skynyrd man!” then stay away from the beach until Monday afternoon. Head for the Ski Basin and hope that the Weekend Warriors have a kill switch on that boat so when they fly off it won’t crash into anything.

It’s time to clean up the spare bedroom for weekend company arriving from OTB everybody, we’ll see you on the other side and remember what happens on The Island leaves on Monday. Say hello if you see us Around The Island.

Editor’s note: This the latest in a series of stores based on the book Taming the Nueces Strip by George Durham who was part of a troop of Texas Rangers formed after bandits raided a story in downtown Corpus Christi in 1875. When we left the troop last week they had been called to Dewitt County to stop feud which had left several people dead. They took their prisoners to the county seat to stand trial for murder.

The prisoners were taken to the second floor of the courthouse in the town of Clinton, then the DeWitt County seat, along with seventeen armed Rangers who were followed along the way by a group of citizens, also armed. Ranger Captain Leander McNelly stepped from the door in the back of the courtroom and stopped before the Judge’s bench. In his right hand was his service pistol with the hammer back. He waited until things quieted down then said, “This court is now

Sea Level cont. on A4

Photo by Debbie Noble

Live Music A18Fishing A11

History cont. on A4

opening for regular business. Any man who lifts a hand to hamper its functions will die.”

There wasn’t much room for misunderstanding there, especially coming from a man with McNelly’s reputation. He turned and looked around the courtroom making eye contact with anyone willing to look back. The Judge entered and took the bench.

A lawyer for defendant Sitterlee stood up and the Judge read the charge. “Joe Sitterlee, you are charged by indictment with the murder of Doctor Philip Brazell, on or about September 19, 1876. What is your plea?”

As Sitterlee’s lawyer said, “My client pleads not guilty your honor,” McNelly raised his cocked pistol above his head. Each of the Rangers followed suit. If anyone was looking for a gunfight with a troop of Rangers

they had come to the right place. No one was. The Judge ordered Sitterlee held without bond and the courtroom erupted in shouts and curses aimed at the Judge – but no one lifted a pistol. In less than one hour all the suspects were back in Ranger custody held without bond. They were taken to Galveston in the charge of six Rangers. That effectively put an end to the Taylor-Sutton feud eight years after it started. The town was weary of the killing and glad the Rangers had been called in. The prisoners were held for about one month in Galveston then transferred to Austin and later taken to the jail known as the Bat Cave in San Antonio.

Six years later an attorney in San Antonio got the charges against them thrown out because the Rangers, at the Judge’s order, had forced the Grand Jury into session.

Music From the MoonFree Concert Thursday, May 23 Waves Resort

The Music from the Moon Concert Series moves to the Waves Resort/Schlitterbahn at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, with music from Ty Dietz and his band. The concert is free, is kid and dog friendly, and runs through 9 p.m. It is as a fundraiser for the Riley P. Dog Park.

Where did All this Water Come From?

Local Sea Level Rising Two Inches Per Year

Water has been up to the base of the Michael J. Ellis Seawall this week. Beach managers at the city have plans to close about half of the beach along the seawall to traffic by mid-summer due to the shrinking

beach.

By Dale Rankin

The most asked question on The Island lately is where did all this water come from and when is it going away? The answer is the rise of sea level, subsidence of the island itself, and by July, according to Dr. James C. Gibeaut, Director of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.

Dr. Gibeaut says that sea level along Island beaches and in Island canals has risen almost eight inches since 1980 and now continues to rise at the rate of about two inches (five millimeters) per year, according to data recorded at Bob Hall Pier.

“Part of the rise is due to rising sea levels due to the warming of the

Island Chef World Finalist

Chef Gail Huesmann, Executive Chef at the Black Marlin in Port Aransas and Padre Island resident (left) this week advanced to the

final round of the World Food Championship in New Orleans and her team has a chance at a $100,000 prize.

Gail was the Sous Chef on the team that competed against 495 other chefs at the 7th annual World Food Championship this past weekend

in New Orleans. Other team members were Sous Chef Carrie Rickman and Chef Nick Rickman as pictured here. The team was

named as one of three teams to compete in the final table which was also held last weekend on Saturday, May 19 but the results will not be announced until the airing of the CNBC one hour special on August 24. The winning team will take home the $100,000 prize. There will be an Island watch party on August 24th. We will keep you posted

about the location and time.

Islanders Rescue Five from Surf

at Bob Hall Pier

By Dale Rankin

When Islanders Karen Wall and Barton Kenne went to Mikel Mays Bar & Grill on Bob Hall Pier Friday evening they expected to relax and enjoy an island sunset. But as they watched a group of five girls in their early teens playing in the water not far from the beach they realized something was wrong.

“I told Barton I thought they were in trouble,” Wall said. “And then I saw one of the girls hanging onto a piling under the pier and another girls holding her up we started down there to help.”

On the way down the pair encountered three youths who they brought to help and luckily one of them found a surfboard which had been discarded in a dumpster during remodeling at Mikel Mays and brought it along; it came in handy. When they arrived under the pier all four of the girls had been sucked under the pier by the strong undertow as they waded in knee deep water on the south side of the pier. Even in water that shallow it was enough for the strong currents pushed by high tides and high winds to sweep them under the pier and into a six-foot deep trough cut under the pier by strong outflow. The water that anywhere else on the beach would be only waist deep was over their heads.

Barton, who is a sturdy six-one waded out to where the girls were clinging to the pilings. He could barely touch bottom as the current tried to sweep him off his feet.

“One of the girls was hanging onto the pier and it was covered with barnacles,” Wall said. “And she was very scared, she was crying.”

Barton managed to reach the stranded girls one at a time and hand them off to the helpers who used the surfboard to get them away from the pier one at a time. The rescued girls were visiting from out of town and were under the supervision of a teacher who had told them to stay close to shore. Three of the girls waded in while the teacher and another girl stayed on the beach. Two of the girls couldn’t swim and were not familiar with the wicked undertow along our beaches of late, especially strong on the south side of the pier structure, and were swept off their feet and under the pier. Once they reached the shallow water on the north side of the pier they could make their way to shore.

At the end of the day five girls went home alive because two Islanders decided to go to Mikel Mays and were in the right place at the right time to help.

Free the Owls!

These Barred Owls were pushed from their Island

nests by high winds several weeks ago when they

were too young to fend for themselves. They were taken to the Texas Sealife Center while they matured and by the time you read

this will be freed to return to their natural Island

habitat

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May 23, 2019 Island Moon A 2

Call 361-589-4220 or visit Waves Resort CC.com14353 COMMODORES DR. | NORTH PADRE ISLAND | CORPUS CHRISTI

Live Music This Thursday Night

with Ty Dietz

make waves with us!

~ and for even more fun ~Unlocking Atlantis

Family Fun Escape Room Opens This Weekend!

VR & GamingSpecial Offers in

Waves Gaming Lounge!

free splash friday!Free Waterpark Admission! Free Movie! Free Parking! Free Wi-Fi!

What’s ha�ening at

Marker 37

Email us; [email protected] | Facebook: Marker Marina

Cooking to the MusicYa’ll come out for

Chef Jeff’s Specials!

Live Music From the Moon on Our Sunset DeckFriday, May 24 – John Eric 6-9 pm

Saturday, May 25 –The Staples Street Band 6-9 pmSunday, May 26 - Jerry Ward 6-9 pm

Friday, June 14 – Something Silky 6-9 pm

Email us at Events@marker37-fi shtales.comFacebook: Marker Marina

NEW FUELING DOCK! NON ETHANOL -- REGULAR -- DIESEL

We are always working hard to serve you better!

Paige Porter - Event DirectorI would like to invite you out to visit our

wonderful facility and plan your next fi shing tournament or special event!

paige.porter@marker37-fi shtales.com

Sliders! Fajitas!

BBQ! Great Burgers!JAMBALAYA!

3rd Annual Texas Body Paint Festival Hosted at Waves Resort

Photos by Debbie Noble

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and follow us on Facebook: The Island Moon Newspaper

May 23, 2019 Island Moon A 3

Moon MonkeysMike Ellis, Founder

Distribution

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Island Delivery

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Advertising

Jan Park Rankin

Classifieds

Arlene Ritley

Production Manager Abigail Bair

Contributing Writers

Joey FarahAndy PurvisMary Craft

Kelly TrevinoJay GardnerTodd Hunter

Dotson LewisDr. Tom DorrellRonnie Narmour

Brent Rourk

Photographers

Miles Merwin (Emeritus)

Debbie Noble

Jan Rankin

Mary Craft

Ronnie Narmour

Office Security/Spillage Control (Emeritus)

Riley P. Dog

Publisher

Dale RankinAbout the Island Moon

The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Rankin, Editor / Publisher.

Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000

copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses.

News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads,

payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office.

The Island Moon Newspaper

14646 Compass, Suite 3

Corpus Christi, TX 78418

361-949-7700

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Port Aransas

Gulf Stream RV

Pioneer RV

Stripes on 1A

My Coastal Home

WB Liquor Store

Island Wine Room

Kody’s

Coffee Waves

Moby Dicks

IGA

Treasure Island

Ms. Woody’s Automotive

Port A Glass Studio

San Juan’s Restaurant

Wash Tub

Woody’s Sports Center

Back Porch Bar

Shorty’s Place

Fisherman’s Wharf

Giggity’s

Gratitude

The Gaff Trinity By the Sea

Episcopal

Where to Find The Island Moon

North Padre

All Stripes Stores

Black Sheep/Barrel

CVS

Whataburger

Doc’s Restaurant

Snoopy’s Pier

Isle Mail N More

Island Italian

Brooklyn Pie Co.

Ace Hardware

Holiday Inn

Texas Star (Shell)

Jesse’s Liquor

Scuttlebutt’s Restaurant

Subway

Island Tire

Padre Pizzeria

And all Moon retail advertisers

WB Liquor

Flour BluffH.E.B.

Whataburger on Waldron

Ethyl Everly Senior Center

Fire Station

Police Station

Stripes on Flour Bluff & SPID

Letters to the Editor

Did Ya Hear?

New AdvertisersRealtor Cheryl Ford with Coastline

Properties has a waterfront cutie with lots of amenities for $489,000. The 3 bedroom 2 bath home is located at 13829 Jolly Roger

Business BriefsThe Texas Mesquite BBQ

Restaurant should be in their new location on HWY 361 across from the American Bank in about a month. They will be giving a rustic look to both the interior and exterior. They will be adding an outdoor bar and covered stage where they will bring in Blues Bands from the Austin area. They will open a chicken wings restaurant in their present location with a wide variety of craft beers and will be adding more TVs,

Port A Beer Hut has opened next to the Island Car Wash on Hwy 361. It has several large Tiki bars one is Barefoot Beans Bar that serves coffee, another beer and wine bar with swings instead of bar stools and an oval bar with surrounding tables. They also have live music.

My Coastal Home is having a Memorial Weekend Sidewalk Sale Friday – Monday at all three locations. They have a coupon in this issue for 19% off one item.

The Back Porch in Port A will feature Max Stalling on Friday and Larry Joe Taylor on Saturday. Ray Wylie Hubbard will entertain some time this summer.

Ty Dietz will be playing on the second floor patio of the Waves Resort as part of the Moon Concert Series on Thursday, May 23 6 – 9 pm. Friday, May 24 is Free Splash Friday with free Waterpark admission and a free movie.

The Marker 37 live music this weekend will feature John Eric on Friday, The Staples Street Band on Saturday and Jerry Ward on Sunday 6 – 9 pm.

The Art Fest sponsored by the Port Aransas Art Center will be held at Jerry McDonald Field on Alister this weekend. Saturday hours are 10 am – 6 pm and Sunday 10 am – 5 pm. Admission is $5 and free to kids 12 and under. There will be live music, food, a Kids Creative Zone and works by more than 50 artists.

Dragonfly has $4 Lorelei pints and $1 tapas on Tuesdays during happy hour 4 – 7 pm. They are open for lunch Tuesday - Friday 11 am – 2 pm. You can now order ahead for pick up online.

The Waves Resort now has a Driving Range Happy Hour with a bucket of balls and 16 oz beer for $10.

Joey Farah gives a fishing report Saturday and Sunday mornings on “My Country 107.3” covering what techniques are working, regional fishing forecast and fishing news.

The Black Sheep Bistro will feature Carlos Almaraz on Friday 6 – 10 pm and Majors & Taylor on Saturday 6 – 10 pm. They have an expanded new menu.

The Angry Marlin music scene has Stevie Start on Thursday, San Juan Underground on Friday and The Jam Band on Sunday. They will have food specials all weekend.

Giggity’s Restaurant & Bar in Port A has live music every night and their kitchen is open until 1 am. They offer all you can eat flounder 11 am – 7 pm daily.

The Waves Resort donated $2600 to the Riley P. Dog Park from the 10% of the food and beverage sales during the Customer Appreciation weekend.

You can listen to Dale Rankin on Lago in the Morning 1360 AM every Monday 7 – 9 am. Many Island issues are discussed including what was in the last issue of the Moon.

By Mary "Scoop" Craft

Remembering My FatherFour months after burying

my retired U.S. Marine Corps drill sergeant of a father, I’ll head back to Houston to see the Astros play my Dad’s favorite baseball team while remembering him on my first Memorial Day without him.

I also plan to honor my departed 84-year-old father,

Benjamin -- a 24 year Padre Island resident and retired 29-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, who died in January after he suffered his second heart attack since 2011 this past summer – at Minute Maid Park

by wearing his military baseball cap and his civilian clothes while eating his favorite, a ballpark hot dog, in his memory.

My Dad -- who served a combined three Tours of Duty in Korea and Vietnam before retiring from the military in 1981 with the rank of Sergeant Major

We actually saw then designated hitter Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career home run for the Texas Rangers from the stands against Sosa’s former team the Chicago Cubs in June of 2007 at what’s now called Globe Life Park in Arlington. I plan to give one more Mile-High salute skyward to my father, the military warrior and my hero fittingly on Memorial Day, while saying a final goodbye to him in the last stadium I ever watched a pro baseball game with him in.

Stu Duncan

Kudos to ScoopMy thanks to Mary Craft for her weekly

updates on our Island happenings. Her column is the first thing I read every Thursday.

Rick Beekman

VetsDear fellow Texans,

As we enjoy the blessings of family and friends this Memorial Day, let us all take a moment to recollect the reason for this day. Today, we honor the men and women who sacrificed their lives, so that we may enjoy the freedoms we hold so dear.

I ask you to unite with family and friends in a national moment of remembrance at 3 p.m. to reflect on the sacrifices made in defense of our values and to remember our servicemembers lost in service to our nation.

For over 150 years, Memorial Day has been a national holiday honoring those who died in service to our nation. Let us remember our history and see our present, so that the thousands of Americans who have served and lost their lives to war, from days past to present, will not be forgotten.

On this day, we remember those who gallantly fought for each one of us. Their courage and sacrifice will always be remembered and honored across this great state, this great nation and most importantly, in our hearts.

Sincerely,

Eliseo “Al” Cantu, Jr.

CLUB NEWS The Island Moon provides this space for

Island organizations. If you are a member of a club and want to get the word out about your events and/or projects send them along and we will get them in.

Be sure to include a brief description of what your organization does and a contact person for those interested in joining.

Send the info to [email protected] and we will include it. Or call us at 949-7700.

Youth Development Foundation of Port Aransas.  YDF meets at noon each Thursday at Stingray’s, 401 Beach Ave., Port Aransas.  For more information please email [email protected].

Padre Island Ukulele Club – We meet every other Tuesday night! Call or text Danny Salazar at (316) 877--‐7071 for the next meeting date. Beginners Workshop: 6 to 7 PM and Open Jam: 7 to 8 PM. All Skills levels welcome. Location: Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery, 13919 SPID, right here on the island. A $3 per person donation covers the workshop, materials and the open jam. Loaner ukuleles available at no extra cost. RSVP online. [email protected]

KIWANIS Club of Padre Island. Kiwanis meets at Veranda Restaurantat Schlitterbahn at Noon on the first and third Wednesday of the month.

Island Strategic Action Committee. Is a 14-member committee which meets at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Comfort Suites on Windward. The committee’s purpose is to advise the Corpus Christi City Council on matters pertaining to The Island. All meetings are open to the public and the public is invited to address the committee during the public comment period.

Padre Island Business Association. The association is a not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to advertise and promote Padre/Mustang Islands, Flour Bluff and Corpus Christi while advancing the interests of the business community. It is managed by a 9-member board of directors. A membership luncheon is held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at The Veranda starting at noon. Mixers are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The association annually has two fundraising events – Taste of the Island in the fall and a Wine Tasting in the spring.

P.I.E. Padre Island Enrichment Club PIE, or Padre Island Enrichment Club is a Ladies' Social Club for all ladies living on Padre Island. Dues are $25.00 per year, and we have monthly luncheons on the second Friday of the month at 11:30 a.m. at the Port Royal Convention Center Restaurant. You can join many different Interest Groups, such as: Bunco, Bridge, Spades, Book Clubs, and Craft Club. For Membership information, please contact: Jo Ann Holden, at: 720-937-8711, or our Club President, Sandra Leber, at: 361-949-7145. We are welcoming new members!

Island United Political Action Committee: Maximize representation of Corpus Christi residents on Padre and Mustang Islands in area government by promoting and supporting, by the endorsement process, proactive and

unified voting in non-partisan races and other issues and referendums put to public vote. Meetings are open to the public.

POA - Padre Isles Owners Association. The Association’s primary responsibility is to maintain the Common Areas, assess and collect the annual fees and provide information and assistance to property owners. .. Membership in PIPOA is automatic for anyone acquiring record legal title to any property within Padre Isles. Their office is located at 14015 Fortuna Bay Drive on The Island. (361) 949-7025, [email protected].

ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep. Located in Port Aransas the ARK is affiliate with the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Center. They handle the rehabilitation of most species of wildlife in the area with an emphasis on marine animals. If you find an animal in peril they can help. 750 Channel View Dr. Port Aransas. Contact Alicia Walker at 337-290-0251 or [email protected]

Island’s PIPPs Chapter of Corpus Christi Red Hat Society. In 2004 a group of Island ladies got together under a Palapa and founded the Padre Island Palapa Pals (PIPPs). Our only rule is that there are no rules! We are all about fun and friendship. We meet once a month for lunch and various fun outings from cupcake making to CPR.

Padre Island Book Wine & Spirits. This is the Island book club. We meet the first Wednesday of each month at The Barrel at 7:00 pm. Wonderful group of ladies that like to read, love socializing with the girls and drinking wine! Come out and join us we would love to have you! Contact Linda Walsh, [email protected] or 361-445-7999, or just show up!

Parrot Heads of Port Aransas  - is a local chapter of the Parrot Heads in Paradise Inc., a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is to assist in community and environmental concerns and provide a variety of social activities for people who are interested in the music of Jimmy Buffett and the tropical lifestyle he personifies. Founded in 2009, the club motto is “Partying with a Purpose’’. To join or ask questions go to portaransasparrotheads.com or  email or call   Deno “Moon Dog” Fabrie, President at 361 749 0256 or [email protected].

The New Neighbors League: New Neighbors League is a women’s social organization open to women of the coastal bend, promoting fun & friendship. New Neighbors League holds monthly coffees, luncheons, as well as monthly activities such as Ladies Night Out, Couples Dinners, Movies, Cards, and Golf to name a few. Visit our website at newneighbors.com or email us at [email protected]

Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H (FBPI4H) is a club for kids in 3rd grade-12th grade. We meet at 6:30 pm the first Monday of every month in the FB Intermediate cafeteria. 4H provides opportunities and experiences where young people learn by doing. Please visit us on Facebook at Flour Bluff Padre Island 4H or our website at FBPI4H.com.

Port Aransas Art Center 104 N. Alister 361-749-7334 Classes offered, call for details.

My Dad In His Prime

My Dad after the 2016 World Series

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History cont. from A1 Sea Level cont. from A1But after six years the wind had gone out of the feud and when the men were released they scattered to other places to live and peace reigned in Karnes and DeWitt counties ending the bloodiest feud in Texas history.

Sodbusters take over

In the meantime, John Wesley Hardin who was related to the Suttons and set the feud in full blaze by killing two Taylors along with two black reconstruction police who tried to arrest him, had bushwhacked his way to fame as a Texas gunfighter.

Gone were L.H. McNelly’s days as the premier Texas lawman. “If you ever get down around Burton come out to the farm and see us,” he told Durham. “I aim to try and get some cotton in. I’ve missed two years.” Durham never made the trip. It was the last time he saw his Captain. The famed Captain McNelly had become a sodbuster.

The Ranger outfit went to pieces against the wishes of Texas stockmen who gathered money for their pay. But the new Governor Richard Hubbard had campaigned on a promise to disband the Rangers. Some of the Rangers hired out in small bands but were not under orders. The days of wholesale Texas Justice were done. Law books had come West with the sodbusters and now disputes were solved with lawsuits rather than bullets. Men who wished to continue their old ways had to move West with the frontier or north to the Indian Territories. The Nueces Strip between the Nueces and Rio Grande was tamed as well as most of Texas; at the least the parts where crops could be grown or cattle raised. Rangers and their captains had to find new ways to make a living.

Next time: What do Rangers do when the shooting stops?

Dale Rankin

ocean which causes the water to expand, and part is due to melting ice particularly around Greenland,” Gibeaut said. “But almost half of the rise on Padre Island is due to subsidence of the Padre Island itself.”

Padre Island is only about 8000 years old, he said, and each year the beach naturally erodes even as the center of the island builds up. The island itself over time tends to migrate inland.

“The problem of course is that the island moves and development does not,” he said.

The months of April, May, and October often see high tides due to strong onshore winds like we have had the last few weeks, he said, and that pushed water onto the beach and into canals on top of the rising sea level. That process changes in July, January, and February which are the months with unusually low water levels. Historically it has taken about one foot of tide to push water to the base of the dunes along island beaches, but that number drops as sea level rises each year.

“We are going to see more high tides that reach the dunes,” Gibeaut said. “That’s kind of the new normal.”

So while water levels in the canal

are expected to drop as the summer wears on, the levels will remain above historic levels due to the continual rise of sea level. Island dockmakers report that the higher water levels are changing the way decks are designed as property owners build higher up on the bulkhead to keep docks from being submerged during high water. Island bulkheads, unlike beaches, don’t subside so the rising water levels in the canal system will be only about one inch per year.

Sewer lines going in…what about the streets?

Crews are working to install sewer lines in the right of way along a non-existent street that runs east of and parallel to SPID. The street is an unfinished extension of Sand

Dollar Avenue which is designed to run south from Verdemar to State Highway 361 near the Packery Channel Bridge but was never finished. The water line has been in place

along the right of way for decades and now will be joined by this sewer line along two tire paths through lose sand that serves as the roadway.

The non-streets in that area, behind the businesses on the east side of SPID, are referred to as Paper Streets because they exist only on paper and in the original design of Island

development were meant to provide an alternative route to State Highway 361 from points north and to be the heart of an eight- square block area that would be the retail and commercial heart of Padre Island. So while the retail area is still a (sewer) pipe

dream, toilets in the area will flush just fine.

PADRE ISLES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Island Presbyterian Church Sanctuary – 5:30 PM 14030 Fortuna Bay Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78418

NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA

Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to address the Board during Public

Comment. Please speak into the microphone located at the podium and state your name and address. Your presentation will be limited to three minutes. Please sign in prior to the meeting with your name, physical address, email address, and the subject to be addressed.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. RECEIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

3. PRESENTATIONS WITH POSSIBLE BOARD ACTIONS:

a.ISAC Rep. Report-Polly Balzer

4. MEMBERS’ COMMENTS (3 minutes per member)

5. PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS:

a.Recount

b.Litigation

c.Late Statements

d.Collection Policy

e. Other Matters

6. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT – The Board will receive a report of important topics since the previous meeting.

a. Next Regular Board Meeting: Tuesday, June 25, 2019

b. Billish Park

7. CONSENT AGENDA: (Routine items; acceptable without further discussion)

a. Secretary’s Report: February 26, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes

b. Secretary’s Report: April 27, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes

c. Secretary’s Report: May 13, 2019 Board Special Meeting Minutes

d. Board E-mail Votes

8. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

a. Architectural Control Committee

9. TREASURER’S REPORT – FINANCIAL REPORTS: (The Board will review, discuss, and then accept all financial reports, with possible Board action.)

a. Bank Accounts Update: Nick Colosi

10. OLD BUSINESS: (With possible Board action)

a. Billish Park Maintenance

b. Cobo de Bara Parking Lot

c. Canals Maintenance

11. NEW BUSINESS: (With possible Board action)

a. “German Bakery” Bulkhead

12. ADJOURN

2019 City Memorial Day Holiday ScheduleMost City of Corpus Christi offices including

City Hall, Public Libraries and Municipal Court will be closed Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2019.

Solid Waste Operations:

· Garbage and recycling WILL COLLECT on Memorial Day.

· Heavy Brush WILL NOT be collected on Memorial Day.

· The J.C. Elliott Citizens Collection Center WILL BE OPEN regular hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Memorial Day.

Animal Care Services:

· Open Saturday, May 25th for adoptions from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

· Closed Sunday, May 26th and Monday, May 27th

The following schedule will be observed at City Parks and Recreation Facilities:

Tennis Centers:

· HEB Tennis Center - Closed

· Al Kruse Tennis Center – Open regular hours 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Golf Courses:

· Lozano Golf Center - Open regular hours

· Oso Golf Course - Open regular hours

Public Pools:

Open for “Splash Memorial Weekend,” Saturday, May 25th thru Monday, May 27th to celebrate Memorial Day and kick-off summer!

Hours of operation vary by location:

· Collier Pool, 3801 Harris Drive, Open 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

· Greenwood Pool, 4305 Greenwood Drive, Open 1:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

· HEB Pool, 1520 Shely Street, Open 1:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

· Oso Pool, 1109 Bernice Drive, Open 1:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

· West Guth Pool, 9705 Up River Road, Open 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

· Corpus Christi Natatorium, 3202 Cabaniss Parkway, Open 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve & Learning Center:

Walking trails and playgrounds open daily, dawn to dusk.

Holiday and weekend schedule for Learning Center: Closed Memorial Day

Other Facilities:

Marina: Open

Senior Centers: Closed

Recreation Centers: Closed

Latchkey: Closed

Gymnasiums: Closed

Cathie, Butch, Bridgette and Gemma Wallace Beach Day! To be featured in this section, send your photos of your furry friends to [email protected]

Isle of Dogs

MSI marine biologist Tracy Weatherall documents a dead turtle find on San Jose

Island last Saturday.

Turtle Nesting CountKemp’s Ridley

So far this year, 86 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state):

1 Bolivar Peninsula

2 Galveston Island

0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside 

1 Surfside Beach

0 Quintana Beach 

0 Bryan Beach 

0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach 

0 Sargent Beach 

1 Matagorda Peninsula 

0 Matagorda Island

1 San Jose Island

4 Mustang Island

56 North Padre Island, including 54 at Padre Island National Seashore

19 South Padre Island

1 Boca Chica Beach 

Weathervane in Port Aransas by Denise Ebert.

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Stuff I Heard on the IslandBy Dale Rankin

Just a few short years ago City of Corpus Christi

elections were stand alone affairs held in the spring when they were the only thing on the ballot to fill two-year terms on the city council, then five years ago they were moved to November to coincide with elections for the Governor and President. By November 2020, and possibly even November 2019, they could change again by lengthening the terms for the eight city council members and mayor from two to four years.

The city council this week took the next step toward seating a nine-member Charter Review Committee, with each council member and the mayor each getting one appointee – that would decide whether to put a measure to lengthen the terms on a ballot, either in November 2019 or 2020. Along with the longer terms of office the committee will also look at pay hikes for council members and the mayor which under the current City Manager system can best be described as gas money for what is in reality a fulltime job. On Tuesday the council stopped short of appointing committee members but did widen the scope of what the committee would consider to the point it could address whether the city should continue with three At-Large seats on the council.

Where is all this headed and why?

How we got here

When the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed it had two primary effects on cities in Texas. One, it brought in the Weak Mayor/City Manager form of government, and two, in most cities it did away with the At-Large council seats that had been the norm since Reconstruction. The intent of the Voting Rights Act, and the lawsuits which followed, was to get councils to reflect the racial and socioeconomic makeup of the population. The At-Large seats meant that candidates had to run citywide and the cost of a citywide race was much greater than running in a designated geographic area in a Single-Member seat. The realpolitik of this was to concentrate power in the hands of the political donors who wrote checks big enough to pay for a citywide race and the Good Ole Boys ruled the day.

In South Texas the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and other such organizations were involved in the settlement of lawsuits across the state that led to the establishment of all Single-Member seats on most councils – but not in Corpus Christi where three of the eight council seats were left At-Large and with the vote of the Mayor – also elected At-Large- that meant five members of the nine-member council had to run citywide. They still needed the big donors who could contribute to enough seats to control the council.

The Voting Rights Acts in most cases also brought two-year council terms on the grounds that – like the Texas House and the U.S. House – these office holders needed to stay close to the voters by facing re-election every two years. George Washington told Thomas Jefferson that the framers of the Constitution had created the Senate (now with six-year terms) to “cool” House legislation just as a saucer was used to cool hot tea. But the framers also rested the power of the purse with the lower House and its two-year terms on the grounds that spending decisions should be held by the legislative body closest to the voters; the body with two-year terms. The same is true at the state level in Austin, the difference being four-year terms in the State Senate.

The underlying premise behind the push for four-year terms at the city is based on the notion that being a Corpus Christi City Council

Tides of the WeekTides for Bob Hall Pier May 23 - May 30

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30 High 11:58 AM 1.2

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member is a harder job for a newcomer to get their head around than a job in the Texas House and the U.S. House where two terms abide. If you don’t accept that premise then the idea of four-year terms at the city is dead on arrival. That’s a good place to start the discussion.

City versus County

The four County Commissions are each elected to four year terms in Single-Member districts and are paid a fulltime salary – a good one that allows people without independent means to run for the offices and devote full time if elected. The County Judge is the only member elected At-Large. They manage a General Fund of $113,684,399 and a total budget of $277,169,199

City Council members are essentially unpaid and manage a General Fund of $253,419,204 and a total budget of $929,084,949. That means that seats on the elective body managing a much larger budget are limited to those who can essentially afford to take two years off work to serve on the council. Increasing the pay would change that.

Four year terms

A quick look at the campaign financial reports from recent city and county elections tells us one thing; elections to four-year seats cost more than elections to two-year seats. Who knows why but the numbers don’t lie.

The last race for County Judge cost an average of $235,000 while the last two races for Mayor cost less than half that. Races for Single-Member County Commissioner seats run in the $150,000 range while races for At-Large seats on the city council last cycle ran from $80,000 to $60,000. Single-Member council seats can be done for under $60,000.

The numbers then indicated that moving to four-year city council terms is going to make running more expensive and while paying a full salary would open the seats to more candidates moving to four-year terms would mean they would have to go hat in hand to the big donors to get the money to run a winning campaign which would move things counter to the intent of the Voting Rights Act. See the dictionary under Oligarchy.

What remains to be seen is whether moving to four-year terms without addressing the three At-Large seats would pass legal muster with the organizations such as MALDEF which would likely have to sign off on the change – we will explore that in future issues.

The next thing to watch is whether the council fills the Charter Review Committee with people they know are in favor of four-year terms going in. If they do then this isn’t a fact finding committee at all, it is a committee to provide political cover for them to do what they have already made up their minds to do.

On top of this the Texas Legislature looks to be ready to pass out a bill that will cut the allowable annual property tax increase at the city from 8 percent to 3.5 percent without a popular vote. Four-year council terms would provide the opportunity for the council to put tax hikes on the ballot three of every four years, skipping the year before the next city election in the hopes that voters would forget about the previous three years.

Tinkering with the City Charter is a Pandora’s Box that certainly will lead to questions about why we have three At-Large council seats and the Law of Unintended Consequences is like a runaway Grand Jury, once it shows up you just don’t know where it is going to land.

This is just getting started.

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Q. On job interviews I get questions about my critical thinking ability.

How should I respond?

A. Critical thinking is the current business buzz word in the hiring process. Problem is that businesses haven't come up with a definition of what it means and how to measure it. The employers complain that vocational schools and colleges are not producing graduates who know how to solve problems and figure out complex business issues. Job ads mention critical thinking twice as often as 5 years ago. Each employer seems to have its own definition and that creates confusion for job applicants.

There's a wide difference of opinion between employers and recent graduates about whether graduates are well prepared for employment. One survey of 2,000 graduates and 1,000 employers indicated that 69 percent of graduates felt well qualified but less than half of the employers agreed.

Try to figure out during the early stages of interview what the employer means and is looking for. In many cases they are really looking for problem solving skills. If that's the case, talk about how you handled difficult assignments in the past. If you've had to work with a difficult co-worker, boss, or customer, talk about how you handled that and what the outcome was.

If you are a new college graduate with limited experience, talk about things like how you, as the president of a campus club, were able to improve meeting attendance or to get members to do club tasks. If you have many years of experience in your field, you

may be asked how you would increase sales, improve customer service, reduce expenses or improve operations.

Don't overstate your expertise. If the question is in your field of expertise and you know something about the employer's business, respond with your best ideas. However, if the employer persists by asking for free expert consulting advice, that's a negative indication you may be wasting your time.

The employer may be looking for work accuracy. Accuracy is very important in rigorous professions like accounting, medical professions, science and engineering. For those professions there's a disconnect between college grading expectations and professional job expectations.

In college 90 percent performance will get you an A but in those professions 90 percent will get you fired. They demand 100 percent performance all the time and that's a difficult transition for some graduates.

More likely employers are looking for the ability to collect the pertinent information, organize it, analyze it and identify the true business meaning. Based on the analysis the best decision or course of action should be evident.

Critical thinkers form their own opinion from their information analysis and may challenge the status quo. That's probably not what employers are looking for from a new hire.

Bio: Ralph Coker volunteers with Score which provides free mentoring to small businesses and nonprofits

Critical Thinking in BusinessBy Ralph Coker

Ask Ralph

This flying Bag Bird found a home in an Island median.

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According to legend, Logan chose May 30th, because it was a rare day that didn’t fall on the anniversary of a Civil War battle, though some historians believe the date was selected to ensure that flowers across the country would be in full bloom.

After the war Logan, who had served as a U.S. Congressman before resigning to rejoin the army, returned to his political career, eventually serving in both the House and Senate and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for vice president in 1884. When he died two years later, Logan’s body laid in state in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, making him one of just 33 people to have received the honor. Today, Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle and several townships across the country are named in honor of this champion of veterans and those killed in battle.

Logan Probably Adapted the Idea from Earlier Events in the South

Even before the war ended, women’s groups across much of the South were gathering informally to decorate the graves of Confederate dead. In April 1886, the Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus, Georgia resolved to commemorate the fallen once a year. According to John Logan’s wife, this appears to have influenced him to follow suit. However, southern commemorations were rarely held on one standard day, with observations differing by state and spread out across much of the spring and early summer. It’s a tradition that continues to this day. According to Wikipedia, nine states officially recognize some type of Confederate Memorial Day, with events held on Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ birthday, the day on which General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was killed, or to commemorate other symbolic events.

The Day Became a Federal Holiday In 1971

American’s embraced the notion of “Decoration Day” immediately. That first year, more than 27 states held some sort of ceremony, with more than 5,000 people in attendance at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. By 1890, every former state of the Union had adopted it as an official holiday. But for more than 50 years, the holiday was used to commemorate those killed just in the Civil War, not in any other American conflict. It wasn’t until America’s entry into World War I that the tradition was expanded to include those killed in all wars, and Memorial Day was not officially recognized nationwide until the 1970s, with America deeply embroiled in the Vietnam War.

From Memorial Day to Decoration Day to Memorial Day

The name “Memorial Day” was used beginning in the 1880, but the holiday was officially known as “Decoration Day” for more than a century, when it was changed by federal law. Four years later, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 finally went into effect, moving Memorial Day from its traditional observance on May 30 (regardless of the day of the week), to the set day, which is now the last Monday in May.

The move has not been without controversy. Many Veterans groups, who believe that more Americans associate the holiday with first long weekend of the summer and not its intended purpose to honor the nation’s war dead, continue to lobby for a return to the May 30th observances. For more than 20 years, their cause was championed by Hawaiian Senator, the decorated World War II veteran Daniel Inouye. Senator Inouye, until his death in 2012, reintroduced legislation in support of the change at the start of every Congressional term.

Dotson’s other note: Memorial Day traditions have evolved over the years. Despite the increasing celebration of the holiday as a summer rite of passage, there are some formal rituals still on the books. The American flag should be hung at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day, then raised to the top of the staff. And since 2000, when the U.S. Congress passed legislation, all Americans are encouraged to pause for a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. local time. The federal government has also used the holiday to honor non-veterans, and the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day in 1922. Thanks for reading, I can be reached at: [email protected] and/or Land Line: 361-949-7681 or Cell: 530-748-8475.

Please note: The next Veterans Round Table Meeting will be Tuesday, May 28, 2019; 9-11 a.m., 3209 S. Staples. All veterans, their families and anyone interested in veterans’ affairs, are invited. Coffee & donuts are provided. Hope to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 10 a.m., Saturdays. The next show will air May 25, 2019. Please listen and call in. The listener/text line is: 361-882-5397…It’s your two hours, let us hear from you.

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Some Things You May Not Know About Memorial Day

By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon

Senior Moments

Dotson’s note: Before you read this report, you may wish to go to http://www.islandmoon.com/archives.html and check the Senior Moments report “Decoration Day (Memorial Day) in The Island Moon, Issue 684, May 25, 2017. This will give you (if you are not already qualified) the prerequisites required for perusing this report. From its Civil War origins to its modern-day traditions, here, hopefully you will learn more about America’s most solemn holiday. Thanks to Barbara Maranzani for many of the facts contained in this report. Also thanks to the Army Museum for the photos.

Memorial Day and Its Traditions Has Ancient Roots

While the first commemorative Memorial Day events weren’t held in the United States until the late 19th century, the practice of honoring those who have fallen in battle goes back thousands of years. The ancient Greeks and Romans held annual days of remembrance for loved ones each year, decorating their graves with flowers and holding public festivals and feasts in their honor. In Athens, public funerals for fallen soldiers were held after each battle, with the remains of the dead on display for public mourning before a funeral procession took them to their internment in the Kerameikos, one of the city’s most prestigious cemeteries. One of the first known public tributes to war dead was in 431 B.C., when the Athenian general and statesman Pericles delivered a funeral oration praising the sacrifice and valor of those killed in the Peloponnesian War, a speech that some have compared in tone to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

One of the Earliest Memorials Was Organized By Recently Freed Slaves

As the Civil War neared its end, thousands of Union soldiers, held as prisoners of war, were herded into a series of hastily assembled camps in Charleston, South Carolina. Conditions at one camp, a former racetrack near the city’s Citadel, were so bad that more than 250 prisoners died from disease or exposure, and were buried in a mass grave behind the track’s grandstand.

Three weeks after the Confederate surrender, an unusual procession entered the former camp: On May 1, 1865, more than 1,000 recently freed slaves, accompanied by regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops (including the Massachusetts 54th Infantry) and a handful of white Charlestonians, gathered in the camp to consecrate a new, proper burial site for the Union dead. The group sang hymns, gave readings and distributed flowers around the cemetery, which they dedicated to the “Martyrs of the Race Course.”

The Holiday’s “Founder” Had a Long and Distinguished Career

In May 1868, General John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Union veterans’ group known as the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a decree that May 30 should become a nationwide day of commemoration for the more than 620,000 soldiers killed in the recently ended Civil War. On Decoration Day, as Logan dubbed it, Americans should lay flowers and decorate the graves of the war dead “whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land.”

Anecdotingly

By Abigail Bair

CATastrophesLet me preface this column

with a warning: lots of you are going to get a bee in your bonnet about this one. So, if you don’t want to get mad at me, maybe stop reading right here and right now. I wouldn’t want a repeat of the “Great Facebook Possum Shaming of 2018.”

If you read last week’s article by my colleague, Jay Gardner (and probably even if you didn’t) you’re aware that we have a fairly serious feral cat problem around these parts. Jay’s concern was primarily that the cats reduce the nesting territory of various birds who migrate here to raise their young. Jay broke it down like this, “you have to ask yourself, do you want birds or cats?”

Then all Hell broke loose on our Facebook page. If there’s one thing the internet is good for, it’s cat advocacy.

Now, I’m not claiming to be the most educated person in the whole world in terms of the Trap/Neuter/Release (or Relocate depending on who you ask), but I’m pretty sure that just fixing felines isn’t going to change the fact that the cats are killing the birds and the nestlings and eating the eggs. Even if you feed the cats, scientists estimate that at least 1/3 of the creatures kill for fun or sport rather than from hunger. Well-fed housecats, they estimated, kill about 2 billion other creatures per year. I’d hazard a guess that feral cats who are used to killing animals for food aren’t going to stop just because someone puts out a few pounds of Friskies.

What I really got hot about, though, was the fact that many people think the key to proper disposal of unwanted kitties is to “take them to a farm somewhere.”

“Cats,” people seem to think “have great lives on farms and are a necessary part of the eco-system. My little Kitty Prissy Pants will thrive after I dump her in this dairy barn adjacent ditch.”

I hate to disabuse you of the above rainbow-coated notion, but the shelf-life of unwanted cats on farms is generally much shorter than it is had the animal been taken to the shelter to begin with. Most farmers don’t’ want your spare cats, which is why animal abandoners don’t bother asking.

My grandfather used to have to shoot a stray cat every couple of weeks. We had barn cats of our own, and we didn’t need the cat fights, parasites and diseases unknown animals brought with them. A farm isn’t a place where infinite cats

can survive – it’s not like we were buying cat food. Even cats we liked often got killed doing stupid things like crawling up into threshers or bailers. They also got run over a lot by heavy equipment or trampled by larger animals. A cat born in our barn had a much greater chance of survival than a poor, dropped off house cat – especially if my Grandpa had anything to say about it. In fact, what he said most often was, “That poor bastard wasn’t worth a bullet.”

You don’t want to know how he neutered the males.

My friend Kelly (who currently lives in the country in Southern Mississippi) recently told me a story about her across-the-highway neighbor lady who had a few cats tossed onto her property. They were feral, so she couldn’t catch them to fix them, but she’s a nice person so she started feeding the strays. After about three years, there were 50-75 cats on her property, and you’d better believe they were destructive. I don’t want to tell you the full story of the end of the cat problem, but the word “massacre” was used pretty liberally.

And that’s the real problem: cats are exponential breeders who get tons of help from concerned humans – and down here, cold doesn’t really weed them out like it does up North. The theory was advanced that possums, coyotes, and racoons are also bird predators. This is true, but these species also produce fewer young, and get little survival help from people. For some reason, it’s okay to shoot a racoon, but shoot a feral cat and you’re a pariah.

I think the total jerks are the people who absolutely refuse to spay and neuter their pets. I think the asses are the people who abandon Fluffy if they move or she gets too old. I think the real creepers are the ones who irresponsibly treat animals as though they are as interchangeable as Legos, and then refuse to even responsibly take their unwanted pet to a shelter. The reason we have to choose between cats and birds at all is because these people made stupid, selfish, asinine choices.

I know if we could yell at those folks, we all would.

I don’t think there’s a way to solve this problem without euthanizing animals, but I think we’re all prepared to hear some creative solutions. All I want you to know is that dumping your cat on a random “farm” isn’t the rosy, humane solution people seem to think it is.

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Water Injuries and Infection

This week I will cover common injuries and

possible complications of those injuries. In particular we have to watch for infection here on the coast. Our warm moist environment here is a perfect Petri dish for bacterial in infection to grow. That along with a couple of bad actors can get you in to trouble if you ignore injuries that may break the skin.

What are some of the more common injuries we see here around the Coastal Bend related to our marine environment. Injuries that occur around the jetty rocks are very common and also very ugly in nature. The jetty rocks due to their abrasive nature and numerous barnacles tend to act like a cheese grater on our soft tissue and skin. This leaves us with serious abrasions and lacerations that are often difficult to treat. Typically you will need emergency care for all but the mildest forms of injury. Wound debridement surgically along with repair of lacerations proper wound cleansing with an antiseptic like Hibiclens is a good place to start. You will need sterile dressings usually with wound care for at least 10-14 days. Coverage for bad bacteria like the flesh eating vibrio species and also often coverage for methicillin resistant staph aureus (mrsa) is needed.

Punctures from stingrays are pretty common up and down the surf. Sliding your feet is the old saying but I am not aware of anyone that has studied the effectiveness of this local custom. Anyhow if you do get hit it usually feels like a pinch and then depending on the amount of venom in the wound from the barb varying degrees of pain quickly follow. It can be pretty impressive if you get big

dose. This also typically needs to be seen in the ER. Treatment is rapid immersion in hot antiseptic which helps fairly quickly. This is continued for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour followed by X-ray to rule out retained barb that occasionally occurs. If you miss a retained barb the infection rate is 100%. The organisms to worry about are the same as above. Catfish spines are also very common and the treatment is identical to stingrays.

Fish hooks were covered in the last article and the infection rate is not quite as high as those above but generally access to the same antibiotics would be good idea. Proper wound care also is important. Keeping Hibiclens at the house or on the boat is great idea. Burns also are seen frequently. Usually from a beach campfire that gets covered with sand then someone steps on the coals barefoot or the occasional motorcycle tail pipe on a bare leg. Pain control and burn cream to prevent infection is needed and requires a visit to your doctor sooner rather than later.

Treatment of our local infections require a doctor knowledgeable in the organisms that frequent our environment as well as the antibiotics that will kill them. Doxycycline is a good first choice for most marine environments. It kills vibrio which is important and also has activity against mrsa in most instances. Resistant forms of mrsa do exist that can require intravenous vancomycin or an expensive oral drug called Zyvox. Most of the time doxy, bactrim, or clindamycin will do the trick with mrsa. Let your doc decide what is best for your situation and act quickly to prevent complications from infection. Have fun out there! Doc Tom

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Eddie Rickenbacker- Race Car Driver

By Dotson Lewis

By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon

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Dotson’s note: I started this report to relate to you Moon Monkeys some good stuff about the Indianapolis 500 Car Race. But I got sidetracked by this American fighter pilot who had 26 kills, raced the Indy 500 four times, survived two plane crashes, and lived 24 days stranded at sea. I remember being on pins and needles during the time when he was missing in action*. Thanks to William DeLong for many of the facts in this report. Thanks to my friend Bill Morgan, former SWC SID, for the photos.

Success as a Pilot Was Just One of His Many Skills and Incredible Feats

Eddie dropped out of school in seventh grade to become the breadwinner of the family. There, young Eddie became fascinated with a relatively new technology. He worked for an auto mechanic in Columbus, which grew into a love of auto racing. Before World War I, Rickenbacker was one of America’s most well-known car racers. After surviving a few accidents, Rickenbacker drove in the 1911 Indianapolis 500.

In 1914 in Daytona, Florida, young Eddie entered a race and set a then-world record of an impressive 134 miles per hour. He loved speed, which translated well into his next profession.

In 1916, Rickenbacker was on a racing tour when he had a chance meeting with aviation pioneer Glenn Martin. Martin flew Rickenbacker in an airplane, and he was hooked.

Eddie Rickenbacker Joins the Army

A year later, Eddie Rickenbacker joined the U.S. Army after America officially entered World War I. The Army used Rickenbacker as a mechanic and automobile driver on Gen. John J. Pershing’s staff, but he quickly lent his talents to the fledgling U.S. Army Air Service.

After just 5 1/2 hours of flying with an instructor, he flew solo. Despite his lack of a college degree, Rickenbacker finished his flight training in just 17 days. He earned a commission as a lieutenant and joined the 94th Aero Squadron in France.

“I learned pretty fast. Long practice in driving a racing car at 100 miles per hour gives first-class training in control and in judging distances at high speed, and helps tremendously in getting motor sense, which is rather the feel than the sound of it,” he said. “This is a part of the physical equipment of handling an airplane, and it makes a lot of difference.”

During training, Eddie Rickenbacker perfected maneuvers and flying techniques that allowed him to get as close to the enemy as possible before firing at them. Over time, he earned the respect of his peers not only because of his own abilities but because he earned more and more victories in the air.

Success in World War I

Above, U.S. Air Force formal portrait of Rickenbacker wearing his Congressional Medal of Honor, awarded to him in 1930.

On April 29, 1918, the World War I flying ace shot down his first enemy aircraft. By the end of May, a month later, he scored five individual victories to earn him the nickname “ace,” as well as the French Croix de Guerre. After his sixth score on May 30, an ear infection grounded the pilot until July 31.

The last half of September 1918 was Eddie Rickenbacker’s busiest time in the air. On September 14 and 15, he shot down two of Germany’s newest airplanes, a pair of imposing Fokker D.VII’s, on his own.

By the end of September, he earned a promotion to captain and was made the commanding officer of the squadron. To celebrate, Rickenbacker then did something the very next day that earned him the Medal of Honor. Capt. Rickenbacker took to the skies near Billy, France, on voluntary patrol. He came across a German squadron of seven planes, including five of the new Fokkers, and engaged them. He dived on them, shooting down one Fokker and then one of the escorting Halberstadt fighters. For the gallantry of overcoming 7-to-1 odds, Rickenbacker became a legend.

Eddie Rickenbacker’s secret was simple: “The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risk. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not get shot down.”

Rickenbacker learned that the best way to take down enemy planes was to sneak up on them.

Once he determined their position, he came down from above with the sun behind him. Enemy planes didn’t see his fighter until it was too late. By the time other enemy fighters could react, the dive-bombing pilot was out of sight and ready for another attack run.

His skills were not without risks. He returned from one mission with a fuselage filled with bullet holes and half of a propeller. On another mission, a bullet grazed his helmet.

All of that didn’t matter. Eddie just wanted to be up in the air.

Rickenbacker truly loved flying. He noted that other fighter pilots grew tired of flying and left the service. Rickenbacker had no such qualms:

“The sky means something to me it never meant before. When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how it would feel to be up somewhere above it, winging swiftly through the clear air, watching the earth below and the men on it no bigger than ants.”

In all, Eddie Rickenbacker flew 134 combat missions. He shot down 22 planes and four balloons for a total of 26 kills.

World War II

In 1942, Eddie Rickenbacker was on the way to New Guinea in World War II to bolster morale for the troops. His B-17 plane went down in the ocean. All eight men survived the initial crash, and they deployed rubber rafts before the plane sunk.

Survival after the crash was far from certain. Even though he was a civilian, Rickenbacker took charge of the men. He divided catches of fish among the eight of them. Supposedly, when a seagull landed on his head, Eddie Rickenbacker killed it with his bare hands and used the carcass as meat. It rained for eight straight days, during which Eddie Rickenbacker made sure the men stayed hydrated. The ace and the B-17 crew spent 24 days adrift before being rescued. One man died, but Rickenbacker, the oldest of the men on the plane, survived.

*As I recall, our radio gave us daily reports of the search for Eddie Rickenbacker and his crew.

Dotson’s other note: He went on to found and chair Eastern Air Lines, America’s first profitable airline service that didn’t rely on government subsidies for assistance. After a long, adventurous, and exciting 82 years of life, Eddie Rickenbacker died in 1973 in Switzerland, his ancestral homeland. I wish I still had a copy of the Life Magazine article of Rickenbacker’s story of his time on the life raft on the South Pacific.

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On a good day, he could get four brand new tires and a tank full of gas in less than 14 seconds. He would make his living going around in circles and getting in and out of car windows. All that was needed was about 3,500 pounds of equipment, four tires, an occasional quick fist, and nerves of steel. Add cat-like reflexes, 360-degree vision, and a bucket of chips on your shoulders and you have a professional race car driver. One mistake could cost you the race, your life, or both. This fellow spent a lot of time pushing down and turning left on race tracks all across the country. Why, because he was a professional race car driver, and a darn good one.

Terrance Lee “Terry” Labonte was built on November 16, 1956, in Corpus Christi, Texas. All that it required was a bit of racing fuel for blood, some sheet metal for hide, a little oil pressure for a pulse and a heart the size of an 8-cylinder motor. This guy loved the sport and talked about automobile racing like your grandmother talks about recipes. Growing up, his weekends were spent on paved and unpaved tracks all over South Texas, especially around San Antonio and Corpus Christi. In 1978, Terry eventually found his way to Darlington, South Carolina, where he finished fourth in the longest race he had run up to that point. He finished seventh at Richmond, Virginia, the following week and was on his way to a fine career, where he competed in 890 races spread out over 36 years. Terry Labonte would take the checkered flag 22 times and was crowned a two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion in 1984 and 1996. Terry and his younger brother, Bobby, learned about cars while watching their father work on and build cars as a hobby, for their friends. Terry is also the father of former Nationwide Series driver, Justin Labonte.

“Texas Terry’s” most favorite moment occurred on March 28, 1999, at the Texas Motor Speedway, near Fort Worth, Texas. I was there! Labonte had a great car that day (Kellogg’s #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo) and displayed 500 miles of great courage. Terry had run upfront most of the race, but after a poor pit stop, Terry found himself running second behind Dale Jarrett. Labonte proceeded to run Jarrett down and caught and passed him with less

than ten laps to go, for the win. An estimated 200,000 fans, including myself and friends, began to get up out of our seats. “It was then I noticed the crowd,” said Terry Labonte. “Everybody was standing up. I knew I couldn’t let them down.” I had been a guest of Miller Brewing Company and remembered that there were so many people we had to park several miles from the track to catch a bus into the facility. I had never been to any sporting event attended by this many people, including Super Bowl XXVII, played in 1993, at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, California. We had seats in a suite, but I wanted to go down next to the track to experience the race from trackside. I stood right at the fence for a few laps. For those of you who have never been to a NASCAR event, the roar of the engines was unbelievable, but it was not the kind of noise that hurts your ears. I had a soft drink in my hand and noticed that when the cars roared down the straightaway in front of me that the displacement of the air created a vacuum that sucked the beverage up and out above my cup and then the liquid fell back into the cup as they passed. After the race, I also noticed what felt like saran wrap on my bare arms. Sure enough, it was a light coat of high-octane racing fuel that permeated the air. It was interesting that at trackside, you can only see the cars as they make their way to your right around the first turn and then you can follow them down the back stretch into the next turn. Then all you can see is a blended glimpse of colors from the cars as they pass by at 200 plus mph. It gave me goose bumps, and you can’t fake goose bumps. It was powerful and the kind of rush you would feel if several F-4 Fighter Jets were to fly overhead.

Terry Labonte drove ten seasons for Billy Hagan, three years for Junior Johnson, and eleven years for the Rick Hendricks teams. Labonte also spent some time with Richard Petty, the Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman team, along with the Joe Gibbs team and Michael Waltrip team. On October 17, 2014, at the age of 57, Terry Labonte announced his retirement. He will be missed.

Terry Labonte also won the 1989 IROC Championship and holds the all-time record for longest drought between Sprint Cup Championships (12). His brother Bobby was the 2000 Winston Cup Champion. He was elected one of NASCAR’s 50 greatest drivers in 1998 and has been inducted into the National Quarter Midget Hall of Fame. Terry sat on the pole for 27 of his races and also finished in the Top Ten, 361 times. The Labonte brothers have a park named after them in their home town of Corpus Christi, Texas, and were both chosen for entry into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, in 2002. They continue to support the Ronald

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On the Rocks Backwater AdventuresBy Joey FarahFarah’s Fishing AdventuresWow! Lots of great feedback

and discussion last week from Candace, Garrett, Alex M., Mickey, Keith, Tommie S., Raymond, Dorella, Irene, Michelle, Ruben, and a few others that shall remain nameless to protect their identity. Ha! Just kidding. Feral cats are an issue that needs tackling, and I suppose that would fall to the City Animal Control. I’m not sure they have the funding, staff, or even the will to tackle the problem. The area under the causeway is also Texas Department of Transportation (TxDoT) land, with some Texas General Land Office (GLO) property as well. Someone would have to get them involved and I’m not sure anyone pulls enough water to get their attention at that level. So the problem will just continue unabated I suppose. I know The Cattery has mobile units, maybe they are interested in taking their show on the road?

I especially like some email comments we received from William H. He suggested building large scale artificial reefs between Packery and 20 miles south that are easily accessible by kayak or small boat, and build them about an acre in size every mile. It would be imperative to give the numbers to the shrimpers so that they could be avoided, although the shrimpers shouldn’t be that close to the shore anyway. You loyal readers know that artificial reefing is near and dear to my heart.

Previous artificial reefing programs by individuals or groups included one proposal that was called the “Texas Great Barrier Reef”, which is pretty much just like it sounds. These plans included a continuous reef (except for in shipping lanes) of material from the Sabine to the Rio Grande placed 7 miles offshore. While it sounds like a great idea, the amount of material it would take to make it feasible would be like building the Great Wall of China. The cost would be in the billions. While I’m all for it, we also need water and streets and things like that here on land first. While I do like dreaming big, we have to be practical every once in a while.

But, Williams’ ideas of clusters of artificial reefs is something a few of us have been thinking about for a while. Patch reefs that have small interstitial spaces for little fish and creatures to hide in, plus are high enough profile (say 5 feet tall in 25 feet of water) would attract a few larger fish. The overall strength of this type of system would be the connection between the adjacent patch reefs up and down, all along the coast.

This would bring in an interesting suite of fish, from belted sand bass, to red snapper, and then pelagics like kingfish, ling, and tarpon. These fish migrate along the coast (and offshore as well) within that range of depth. You loyal readers know that fish like habitat. This type of reef structure would also be a boon for the recreational fishing industry, as it would be accessible by kayaks and smaller craft.

Building the reefs could even be used as mitigation for impacts to other aquatic resources for entities like the Port of CC, Nueces County, the City of CC or private developers as a result of the permitting process. This would be considered out-of-kind enhancement, but even at a 2:1 ratio, would serve as dual purpose. Not only could it fulfill the requirement for mitigation, but would also serve as an investment in the local economy due to the people it would draw. There have been economic studies that show the building of fishing reefs pay for themselves in a few years through revenues and taxes. How about a bunch of reefs off Mustang Island? The condos out there would become even more popular and solidly booked, which increases Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue. Win-win-win? Something to seriously consider.

Well folks I’m out of here. I’m off on a secret mission soon, and maybe I will share details with y’all next week, but only if I manage to bring my computer. I might not have enough room, or more of, the desire to take it with me. Ha! Drop me a line at [email protected] and I’ll y’all next week On the Rocks! Maybe!

Against all Odds

The flags popped like bull whips over the dock at the marina as we pushed off the dock. The orange and red sky was a sailors warning as I looked over my shoulder just before I took off against the wind. High tides and strong winds have made catching or even going fishing tough. It’s easy to pass up opportunities in the outdoors when there are challenging conditions. I’ll pick a day when Mother Nature is ALIVE, over a day when she is sleeping and all is quiet and pretty.  Tides and wind move bait and game fish and can group them together when things are all moving. Those calm and clear conditions are usually the hardest fishing and least productive. Our spring high tides are at their peak, and our southeast winds are howling as they push tides into the bays even harder. This is absolutely normal! Every year we get these spring conditions and need them to flush life into all reaches of our Back Bays. Tiny baitfish and sea life are flushed in, nutrient rich waters flood the external shallows and start the growth of grasses. Learn to ride the winds and tides of late spring to great fishing!  Drift fishing is the best way to cover a lot of water and find fish. Drift your boat while casting down wind, one must match the speed of the boat as you retrieve the line. Using lures and

shrimp under a popping cork is very productive, and a Texas pastime. The visual aspect of cork fishing fascinates anglers, the sight of a diving corks erupts excitement to whatever pulls it down! Make drifts in high winds and tides over and around areas that are usually too shallow. Game fish will push bait sources up against structures like rocks, sand bars, and shorelines. I have been catching fish against the vegetation along the bank! Matching the depth of leader under the cork to the depth is important. Most of the time I keep the bait about six inches from the bottom. In muddy or rough conditions many fish will come up close to the sound of the cork, that’s when a short leader may bring more strikes. The popping and clicking of the corks sounds like fish attacking bait and attracts them to the commotion. Yawning a drift anchor will slow down your drifts and keep you in the productive areas for a few more casts. Lures that have been working best are larger paddle tailed baits that make a lot of vibration. Don’t put off your adventures to a day with clear skies and calm waters, you will find the fish lazy and fat from their heavy weather feeding that you missed out on! Get out and get wet!!

TUNE IN SATURDY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS TO “MY COUNTRY 107.3 “ for my weekend fishing reports four times a morning!! We will be covering what hot techniques are working now, regional fishing forecast and reports, and coastal bend fishing news! This is a great 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s country music we all love! Talk to you on Saturday and always follow our hookups on Facebook at Joey Farah’s Backwater Adventures. 

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Islander Student Receives City Commendation for Heroic Actions

During Spring Break Accident

a member of the 2018 Islander soccer team, was one of three college students who were recognized for their heroic actions by Corpus Christi Fire Department Chief Robert Rocha at an awards ceremony on Friday, May 17, at CCFD Headquarters.

Paveglio, along with friends Jake Simms, a student at St. Mary’s University, and Zach Cuellar, a student at Texas A&M University, received the Citizens Commendation of Merit for their actions following a rollover accident on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway near Red Dot Pier on March 10 during Spring Break.

A freshman at the time of the incident, Paveglio was returning to campus following a day at the beach with six of her friends, including roommate and fellow 2018 soccer team player Carson Nesloney. The students were in a car behind a refurbished 1926 Ford vehicle when the driver of the Ford lost control. The vehicle flipped over three times, ejecting the male driver before the car ended up on its side on top of him. Paveglio said the students stopped to help, and with the help of other bystanders, were able to flip the vehicle over onto its wheels in an effort to free the driver. The students then remained on scene to offer their support to the female passenger even after emergency response crews had arrived.

“The three students – Jacqueline, Jake, and Zach – stuck around and stayed with the woman,” said Jim DeVisser, CCFD Battalion Chief/AERO Team Coordinator. “I started to work with the driver because he was the most severely injured of the two but the students stayed and started talking to the wife and answered her questions the best that they could. They provided moral support and comfort.”

Dr. Kelly M. Quintanilla, President and CEO of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, said Paveglio’s good deed brought comfort to the accident victim and made a terrible situation a little brighter.

“We are extremely grateful to the Corpus Christi Fire Department for recognizing Jacqueline and her friends for their heroic actions, initiative, and leadership at the scene of the accident. Jacqueline demonstrates what it means to make an Islander Impact. We’re proud to call Jacqueline a part of our Islander family and we commend her for answering the call to be a Good Samaritan,” Quintanilla said.

Paveglio said the incident prompted the student group to assess the gravity of the situation during an otherwise festive time of the year.

“It was really eye-opening to realize that life is so short, and anything can happen to us. The couple never thought that could happen to them while they were driving to their destination,” Paveglio said. “I know the experience opened Carson’s eyes to the more of the spiritual view, too, as she prayed over the woman who was injured in the accident. God put us in that place at that time, so we would learn something deeper about life and to help these people; it was all part of our plan to be there.”

DeVisser, who submitted the commendation request for the three students, praised the trio and their friends for providing aid.

“These students made a conscious effort to stop and help this couple,” he said. “I would like to think that these students represent college students as a whole and this bodes well for us in the future.”

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Seashore HappeningsSouth Texas Ranch receives Texas’ Highest Conservation AwardThe Killam Duval

County Ranch, located near Freer this week received the 2019 Texas Leopold Conservation Award which recognizes e x t r a o r d i n a r y a c h i e v e m e n t in voluntary conservation and management of

natural resources by American ranchers, farmers and foresters in 13 states.

The ward is given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, recognizes extraordinary achievement in voluntary conservation and management of natural resources by American ranchers, farmers and foresters in 13 states. In Texas, the award is presented by Sand County Foundation in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, as part of the Lone Star Land Steward Awards program, which is supported by the nonprofit Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Texas sponsors of the Leopold award include Lee & Ramona Bass, Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation, Dixon Water Foundation, and McDonald’s.

Killam Duval County Ranch is owned by David Killam and managed by David Kitner. On May 16 in Austin, Killam accepted the crystal award depicting Aldo Leopold, the state’s highest honor for private land conservation, plus $10,000, at the 24th Lone Star Steward Awards dinner.

Vision and hard work have transformed a once-abused rangeland into a profitable cattle ranch with a healthy ecosystem and flourishing wildlife populations.

“In order for the business model to be successful, you have to improve the land, that’s what sustains the business—they work together,” Killam said. “Our highest priority is to manage the land and the habitat, and we want to see that continually improving. We’ll manage all the cattle numbers and the wildlife to make sure we continue to improve the land itself.”

The Killam family purchased the ranch in December 1992. They implemented wildlife management strategies across its 125,000 acres straddling Duval and Webb counties. It’s an area with less-productive soil, sensitive to drought and overgrazing. To recover from decades of heavy, continuous cattle grazing, the land was given a rest. As cattle returned to the ranch and business resumed, the health of the land continued to improve. The herd

promoted healthy wildlife habitats and better range conditions by stimulating the ground as they grazed.

“You have to have both cattle and wildlife,” Kittner said. “If you don’t graze this country, it just becomes a spot looking to have a wildfire run through it. The grazing enhances any areas of bare dirt. The hoof action of the cattle will break that cap up, let moisture penetrate and put organic matter back into the soil as natural fertilizer. The cattle benefit the land, which in turn benefits the wildlife.”

A rotational grazing system (with long periods of rest for the pastures) coupled with prescribed burns, mechanical treatments, and targeted chemical applications have turned once-bare, non-productive soils into thriving, diverse native plant communities.

Deer hunting offers another source of ranch revenue. Harvest guidelines emphasize the taking of mature bucks and proper herd management based on Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recommendations. Detailed harvest data is collected and analyzed, with results presented to hunters at an annual wildlife seminar. Home to many unique habitats, the Bordas Escarpment transects the ranch. Hundreds of miles south of their normal distribution, five-minute grass, yellow stonecrop, evergreen sumac, and redberry juniper have been found there.

Native grasses were successfully planted near the pipelines and oilfields that dot the ranch.

The ranch has turned a profit for 18 years, with revenues derived from wildlife and cattle interests. All improvements to habitat and infrastructure were funded from wildlife and cattle income. All management decisions at Duval County Ranch are made with economics in mind, but the health and quality of the range take precedent over short-term economic gains.

About the award

“Leopold Conservation Award recipients are at the forefront of a movement by America’s farmers and ranchers to simultaneously achieve economic and environmental success,” said Kevin McAleese, Sand County Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer. Sand County Foundation, the nation’s leading voice for conservation on private land, created the Leopold Conservation Award to inspire American landowners by recognizing exceptional ranchers, farmers and foresters.

In his influential 1949 book, A Sand County Almanac; Aldo Leopold called for an ethical relationship between people and the land they own and manage. He wrote it was “an evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity.”

David Kitner. forman at Duval County

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Wildlife feeder on Duval County Ranch.

Students at SLC who had perfect attendance all school year got rewarded with a fun trip to Peter Piper Pizza.

Students at Seashore Middle Academy hosted a fun Math Day for Seashore Learning Center students. Students from SLC travelled to the middle school where students had

prepared fun activities and games based on the elementary math objectives.

USA Today Names Rockport #2Rockport rated #2 “Best Coastal

small town in the U.S.!”Rockport is one of the winners of the Best

Coastal Small Town category in 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest, sponsored by USA TODAY. Rockport came in at the # 2 spot in the nation. Each nominee had a population of fewer than 25,000 people. The winners offer uncrowded and affordable attractions and accommodations. Nominees for all categories are chosen by a panel of relevant experts which include a combination of editors from USA TODAY; editors from 10Best.com; and relevant expert contributors. All voting is digital and the 10Best Readers’ Choice Award contest is accessible on the 10Best.com website.

The 10Best Readers’ Choice Award contest launches one new category each Monday at noon, revealing its 20 nominees. After 4 weeks of voting, the contest closes on the 28th day at

noon. On Day 30, winners are revealed. Rules allow the public the right to vote online for one nominee per category, per day.

Other accolades received from USA Today’s 10Best in the Rockport-Fulton area include: Rockport Beach receiving #1 Beach in Texas in 2018 and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge receiving awards for Best Birding site and Best National Wildlife Refuge in recent years.

Rockport was the only Texas town in the competition for this USA Today 10Best category. Winners who rounded out the Top Ten were: Sandusky, OH., Rockport, TX., Chincoteague, Va., Georgetown, SC., Bay St. Louis, MS., Gulf Shores AL., Southport, NC., St. Simmons Island, GA., Saugatuck MI., and Bayfield WI. Information is available on the 10Best website.

If You Can Build a Big Blue Crab Call These Folks…

Keep Aransas County Beautiful, Inc. is looking for someone to build a giant blue crab.They are pulling together a database of fiberglass and steel sculptors, large scale brand

manufacturers and even parade float companies in which to send out Requests for Proposals to start the process and identify our monetary goal.

If you know of someone who might be interested in taking on a formal commission to build their crab, please email, the Chairperson of the Big Blue Crab committee Amanda

Wilson at [email protected]. Their plan is to sell personalized donor bricks to flank the Big Blue Crab with a Harvey

Monument and install landscape lighting, etc. Currently they have $32,470.31 in the Blue Crab Savings Account but are not sure exactly how much a Big Blue Crab costs;

which is why they need an RFP. To make a tax-deductible donation via check or PayPal: https://www.kacbtx.org/blue-crab-donation.html

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POA News by Marvin Jones, PresidentAs always, let me have

your thoughts. You can reach me at [email protected]

Sea Pines- The Sea Pines subdivision

remains part of the PIPOA. The organizers of the petition drive did accumulate enough signatures to move on to the next step. The next step is creating and filing a legal document that amends the Sea Pines subdivision covenants. The organizers have not created or filed the required legal amendments to the Sea Pines covenants. Therefore, Sea Pines remains in the PIPOA. Members of the Sea Pines subdivision are required to pay their annual CAM fee dues. The PIPOA will be sending a letter to all Sea Pines subdivision members explaining the above and offering alternatives to leaving the PIPOA.

Recount- The recount process is controlled and governed by the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act. More specifically, Section 209.0057 Recount of Votes. This Act provides very specific procedures that must be followed. In particular, a member that wishes a recount must provide the PIPOA with payment for an invoice from the PIPOA stating the estimated cost of the recount. To date, one member has provided this payment. According to the law, the PIPOA may choose a person to do the recount that is listed in the law as presumed

qualified. In the event that someone from this list is not available, then the PIPOA and the party requesting the recount must agree on someone to do the recount. The PIPOA has proposed the retired District Court Clerk from San Antonio to do the recount. However, the Clerk was rejected by the member that has paid the invoice amount. The PIPOA is currently seeking someone from the list stated in the Law. A recount is guaranteed by the above-described statute. The PIPOA hopes to get this recount underway as soon as possible. Members can be confident that the PIPOA will follow the Law.

Architectural Control Committee (ACC)- This committee currently has two vacant seats. If you are interested in being a member of this committee, please contact the PIPOA office at 361-949-7025 or email Executive Director, Jim Smock at [email protected] and request an application form. The committee reviews and approves construction projects within the PIPOA.

Board Meeting- The next PIPOA Board meeting will be on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at 5:30 PM at the Island Presbyterian Church.

Litter Critter- Litter Critter was a huge success. A new record for trash removal was achieved. Thank you to Joe Hall and the folks that volunteered their time to unload the vehicles carrying trash. The next Litter Critter is scheduled for Saturday, July 20, 2019. Same time, same place.

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Notes From NuecesBy Brent Chesney Nueces County Commissioner Precint 4

The month of May is nationally recognized

as Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Awareness month. Throughout the month, the American Academy of Dermatology and several organizations, like the American Cancer Society and Skin Cancer Foundation, work diligently to educate the nation on the risks, the warning signs, and how to reduce your risk of contracting skin cancer.

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States (US). Skin cancer is the unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells that cause uncontrolled abnormal growth of the cells. The main cause of skin cancer is exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or sunlamps. There are three main forms of skin cancer. Basal and Squamous cell skin cancers are the most common forms. Melanoma is the least common, of the three, but most deadly form. Other forms of skin cancer include Merkel cell, Kaposi Sarcoma, and lymphoma of the skin.

Protecting yourself from UV rays daily can highly reduce your risk of developing skin cancer. UV rays reach the ground daily. Limit or avoid direct exposure to the UV rays; especially when they are the strongest. You can determine the strength of the UV rays through the shadow test: if your shadow is shorter than you are, the sun’s rays are the strongest. One way to accomplish this is to seek shade, inside a building or under a tree. If you will be in sun, wear protective clothing. The most protective clothing options are darker long-sleeved shirts, pants, long skirts, etc. Where your skin is exposed, apply sunscreen. When choosing sunscreen, be sure to read the labels for type of protection and how to properly apply the product. Factors to look for in protective sunscreens include: broad spectrum protection, sun protection factor (SPF) values of 30 or higher, and water/sweat resistant.

Early detection of skin cancer increases the likelihood of success of treatments to remove the cancer. Knowing the different signs and symptoms of skin cancer will aid in quick detection. Basal Cell Carcinomas (BCC) and Squamous Cell Carcinomas (SCC) are cancerous cells that usually develop on the areas regularly exposed to UV rays. Some of the warning signs and symptoms of these skin cancers include: flat, firm, pale or yellow areas that look like a scar; raised, itchy, reddish patches on the skin; small, pink/red, translucent, shiny, pearly bumps that may have bruising around it; pink growths with raised edges and a lower area in their center; wart-like growths; and open sores that do not heal or are reoccurring. Melanoma skin cancer usually appear as new spot (i.e. mole, blemish, sore, or marking) on the skin or a spot that changes in size, color, or shape. Other warning signs of Melanoma include: a sore that does not heal; spread of pigment from the border of a spot; redness or swelling beyond the border of a spot; change in sensation, such as itchiness, tenderness, or pain; change in the surface of a spot like scaliness, bleeding, or appearance.

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Examining your skin at least once a month can help with early detection. This can be accomplished at home or by a doctor. You can find helpful tips on how to self-examine your skin at https://www.cancer.org/cancer/skin-cancer/prevention-and-early-detection/skin-exams.html.

Educating ourselves and our communities can help reduce the rate of skin cancer cases. To learn more about skin cancer overall, please visit the following websites: https://www.aad.org/public/spot-skin-cancer/learn-about-skin-cancer/types-of-skin-cancer, https://www.cancer.org/cancer/skin-cancer.html, and http://www.skincancer.org/.

We are in the final month of the 86th Legislative Session. Sine Die, the final day, of this Session is May 27th. Until then, the Legislature will decide matters in the House and Senate Chambers. To look up and/or track legislation that interests you, please visit http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Home.aspx. You are able to look up legislation by word, phrase, or bill number in the top-middle section of this page. The left of the page has several links that will connect you to the Texas House of Representatives homepage (http://www.house.state.tx.us/) and to the Texas Senate homepage (http://www.senate.texas.gov/).

To receive alerts of bills that interest you, please visit http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/MyTLO/Login/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMyTLO%2fAlerts%2fBills.aspx. You can create a free account by clicking on “New User” underneath the password box. Once you’ve created your login, you will see a line full of empty boxes. Under “bill”, you type in the bill number and leave the next box as “any category”. This will send you alerts each time the bill moves through the legislative process. You can also add notes. Finally, select “Add Bill”.

If you have questions regarding any of the information mentioned in this week’s article, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. Please always feel free to contact my office if you have any questions or issues regarding a Texas state agency, or if you would like to contact my office regarding constituent services. As always, my offices are available at any time to assist with questions, concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603).

- State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32

Rep. Hunter represents Nueces County (Part). He can be contacted at [email protected] or at 512-463-0672

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We are making progress here. As I have mentioned we have given up on FEMA even though much of the delay on this project is due to Hurricane Harvey damage. We are re-engineering the project to fit our budget and continue to move forward. The lift station is about done on the design side and should start late summer. The rest of the project continues to move forward and I am hopeful this will start soon also.

Mikel Mays update

Thank you to County Judge Barbara Canales for her efforts on this so far. She is thinking outside the box and even included this issue on her recent trip to Washington DC. Judge Canales firmly understands the importance of Mikel Mays and the continued growth on North Padre Island and Port Aransas. I will keep you posted.

New Superintendent named at Flour Bluff a familiar face

Flour Bluff ISD made a great choice in their selection of Dr. David Freeman to be their next school superintendent. Dr. Freeman is currently the superintendent of the outstanding London ISD. I have worked closely with Dr. Freeman for years and he will be a great addition to the outstanding Flour Bluff school district. Certainly his loss will be felt at London but our community is fortunate that Dr. Freeman is staying right here in the Coastal Bend. Congratulations to the Flour Bluff school board on a great choice.

Why the Sandcastle Run is important to you no matter where you live in Nueces

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I am very proud to be associated with the Sandcastle Run and Walk. The community has stepped up and once again we will sell out all sponsorships. That is pretty amazing. In talking with the sponsors I have found that they care less about the attention they get for the business and more about the cause associated with it. That is a true testament to our wonderful sponsors. Many of you have read about the

attention our area has gotten for not being one of the healthiest areas around. While I am not sure how valid those “studies” are they are still concerning to me. When I took on the task of creating this run I felt there was a real need to fill. Now most of you may know that the Sandcastle Run has become a premier “event” on the running circuit and a signature event on North Padre Island. Hopefully you also know that the Sandcastle Run supports children with Diabetes from the Coastal Bend allowing them to go to summer camp.

But why is this run and walk important to you? Simply put we all have a responsibility to help create a healthier community. This run walk does that. Not only does it encourage exercise but every single dollar raised by sponsors and runners goes directly to the American Diabetes Association to help offset expenses for children with Diabetes to go to summer camp. Imagine if your child or someone you knew was not able to attend summer camp like most kids can. That is not something I want to ever see happen. So no matter where you live in Nueces County this race is for your children and children you may know. Please sign up to run or make a donation to the American Diabetes Association.

Parker Pool opening set for Friday May 24 at 10 a.m.

Please join me and other community leaders and Flour Bluff citizens as we cut the ribbon on the re-opening and renovation of the new and improved Parker Pool in Flour Bluff. I continue to be proud of this joint project with Nueces County, the City of Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend Friends of the Aquatics. This is truly public service at its finest.

Health Fairs a big success

I am so pleased to report the recent FREE community health fairs that I sponsor were a great success. The turnout at Veterans Memorial High School and in Port Aransas were outstanding. As long as people have a need I will continue to help sponsor these important events.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve. I appreciate it. Please contact me anytime at 361-888-0268 or at [email protected]

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governor’s desk for final approval

The Texas Senate put the final nail in the coffin of red light cameras across the state this seek with passage of House Bill 1631 which prohibits cities across the state from approving or continuing to use red light cameras.

The bill passed the Senate by a 23-8 vote. HB 1631 prohibits the use of Photographic Traffic Signal Enforcement Systems, effectively banning red-light cameras and needed Senate approval to go to the governor’s desk for implementation.

Senator Bob Hall (R – Edgewood). HB 1631 who sponsored the bill in the Senate pointed out that, “Red-light cameras violate the right to due process guaranteed under Article 1 of the Texas Constitution by creating a presumption that the registered owner of the car committed a violation when in fact that may not have been the case.” This Bill makes sure that a local authority may not implement or operate a photographic traffic signal enforcement system with respect to a highway or street under the jurisdiction of the authority.”

The Bill also includes a provision to allow local governments to continue operating cameras until they finish out any contracts in effect as of May 7th of this year.

The City of Corpus Christi banned red light cameras and removed them from eight locations around the city in 2016.

Six Gas Stations Agree to Refund Customers for

Hurricane Harvey Price Gouging$9.99 per gallon

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced this week that his Consumer Protection Division settled lawsuits against two Texas gas stations accused of price gouging during the declared disaster for Hurricane Harvey. The attorney general’s office also secured Assurances of Voluntary Compliance with four Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex gas stations.

Under separate agreements, Encinal Fuel LLC in Encinal and Lafayette C-Store in Laredo will each pay $17,500 in civil restitution to refund Texans who were charged up to $9.99 a gallon for gas from August 31-September 3, 2017. Gas stations also signed agreements promising to reimburse consumers who were charged $3.99 or more per gallon of gas during Harvey: Rush 24/7, 2410 S.Hampton Road, Dallas; Hans Texaco, 12920 Preston Road, Dallas; Hans Chevron, 2590 E. Arkansas Lane, Arlington; and B Z Star, Inc., 3020 Big Town Blvd., Mesquite.

Texas consumers who believe they were victims of price gouging should submit a claim form with Attorney General Paxton’s Consumer Protection Division. Claim forms will be accepted for Encinal Fuel, Tejano Mart, Hans Chevron, Hans Texaco and B Z Star through June 30, 2019, while the deadline for Rush 24/7 claim forms is July 31, 2019.

To date, the Consumer Protection Division has finalized 61 Hurricane Harvey-related price gouging settlements totaling $307,801 with gasoline stations across Texas.

As Hurricane Harvey was approaching the Texas coast in 2017, Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster activating a provision of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act that makes price gouging on necessities – such as drinking water, food and gasoline – illegal. In the wake of the hurricane, the attorney general’s office received numerous complaints about inflated prices at gasoline pumps. Many Texans emailed photos and receipts as evidence. Investigations are ongoing.

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dollars to the Riley P Dog Park being built on Padre Island. The money was raised during their customer appreciation weekend at the resort when ten percent of all of their food and beverage sales were donated to the park. Portions of the resort are dog friendly and Waves resort continues to give back to the community that they are committed to being a valuable part of. Construction on the Riley P dog park which will be located at the end of Whitecap Boulevard near the Water Treatment plant may begin as early as June when the city’s requirements for construction have been met. A big Thank You to Waves for their generous donation.

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Flood Damage? Better Business Bureau Is Here To Help

By Kelly Trevino

Regional Director, Corpus Christi and Victoria Better Business Bureau

Severe thunderstorms have passed through multiple parts of Texas this past week, and more could be on the way this month. With the amount of rainfall already saturating the ground, some creeks and rivers in Texas are already past flood stage, causing some homes and businesses to be affected by water damage.

Flooding can cause all kinds of damage, particularly mold, which can be a serious health risk. It is important that mold can hide in places you don’t see, such as under carpet and flooring, as well as behind wallpaper and drywall. Mold can also form inside walls around pipes, and in roofing materials, so you may need a professional to tell you if you have mold.

Better Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas has the following tips for those cleaning up or preparing for flood damage:

• Research with BBB. Before working with a water damage restoration company or mold remediation business, check their reviews and complaint history on bbb.org. You can also prepare now by searching mold remediation and water restoration businesses that are accredited with BBB at bbb.org. BBB Accredited Businesses must abide by BBB’s 8 Standards for Trust, which including tell the truth, advertise honestly and honor promises.

• Work with your insurance company. If your home, business or vehicle was damaged by flooding, contact your insurance company and ask about policy coverage and how to initiate the claim process. Document the damage by taking as many photographs as possible. Your insurance company can also recommend reliable water damage restoration businesses.

• Try to prevent further damage. Dry out and disinfect impacted areas to help prevent mold and run fans and dehumidifiers. Consult an expert to see if rugs and carpets can be salvaged.

• Be wary of door-to-door solicitors. Obtain a contract that specifies the work to be done, the price breakdown for labor and materials and an agreed upon timeline. Never feel pressured into signing on the spot. Avoid paying with cash for the entire job up front.

• Get at least three bids. Get at least three estimates for the services you need from different companies so you can compare prices and get the best deal.

• Ask for references. Make sure the business has extensive experience by asking for a list of references. It’s also a good idea to ask friends and family if they have recommendations.

• Verify licenses. Confirm that the company you hire is licensed for the type of work they’ll be doing in your home. For example, if they’ll be doing contractor work like tearing out cabinets or mold assessment and remediation, you can go to tdlr.texas.gov to verify their license.

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Take a Closer Look at Myths Surrounding 529 Plans

If you want to help pay for your children’s college educations, you might want to consider contributing to a 529 plan. With this plan, your earnings grow federally tax-free, as long as the withdrawals are used for qualified higher education expenses such as tuition and room and board. Yet, you may have heard some things about 529 plans that are keeping you from investing in one. However, these concerns may be more myth than reality – so let’s take a look at a few of them.

“I need a lot of money to contribute to the plan.” This myth has essentially no truth to it. Typically, only a modest amount is required to open your 529 plan, and you can generally transfer small sums to it from your checking or savings account.

“If my child doesn’t go to college, I lose out on the money I’ve put in.” This myth runs counter to one of the 529 plan’s greatest benefits: flexibility. If you’ve named one child (or grandchild) as a beneficiary of a 529 plan, and that child or grandchild decides against pursuing higher education, you can simply change the beneficiary to another eligible family member. Furthermore, if none of your intended beneficiaries will need the 529 plan, you can name yourself the beneficiary and use the money to take classes or receive some other type of qualified education opportunity. In a worst-case scenario, in which the money is never used for education, you will be taxed on the earnings portion of the withdrawals – but had you never contributed to a 529 plan, the funds would have been taxed, anyway. (However, you might be subject to a 10% penalty tax, in addition to regular income taxes, again on the earnings portion of the withdrawals.)

“I have to invest in my own state’s plan.” Not true. You’re free to invest in the 529 plan of any state, no matter where you live. But it could be advantageous for you to invest in your own state’s plan, as you might receive some tax breaks for state residents. (The tax issues for 529 plans can be complex, so you’ll want to consult with your tax advisor about your situation.) Investing in your own state’s plan also might provide access to financial aid and scholarship funds, along with possible protection from creditors.

“A 529 plan will destroy my child’s chances for financial aid.” While a 529 plan could affect your child’s financial aid prospects, it might not doom them. And the benefits of building significant assets in a 529 plan could outweigh the potential loss of some needs-based financial aid.

Before investing in a 529 plan, you’ll want to explore it thoroughly, as you would any investment. You can find details about a 529 plan’s investment options, share classes, fees, expenses, risks and other information in the plan’s program description or offering statement, which you should read carefully before making any purchasing decisions.

But, in any case, don’t let “myths” scare you off from what could be one of your best college-savings vehicles.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Edward Jones, its financial advisors and employees cannot provide tax or legal advice.

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Parker Pool Re-opens in Flour Bluff

Renovations to Parker Pool in Flour Bluff are complete and the pool will re-open on Friday, May 24.

Nueces County acquired the property from the City of Corpus Christi in December 2018. Using funds made available by Commissioner Brent Chesney, the Nueces County Inland Parks Department and the Coastal Bend Friends of Aquatics made extensive renovations and enhancements to the pool.

“This has been a great partnership between government and the private sector to preserve an important community asset,” Commissioner Chesney said. “I would like to thank the Nueces County Commissioners Court and the City Council of Corpus Christi, especially Councilman Greg Smith, for allowing this to happen. I am especially grateful to the county Inland Parks and the Coastal Bend Friends of Aquatics for all of their hard work getting the pool ready to open for the summer season.”

The public is invited to attend the grand re-opening ceremony at Parker Pool on Friday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m.

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The Island Outdoors

By Stacey Kempf

Although often referred to as a banana tree, bananas are not actually trees at all but herbaceous plants that are readily found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Our mild winters and warm summers though allow them to grow quite successfully in our coastal community.

Going Bananas

Consisting of a corm (an underground stem that stores starches) and a pseudostem (a stalk made up of tightly wound leaf sheaths), banana plants come in numerous varieties. Regardless of the type though, all of them produce fruit by sending forth a true stem up through the pseudostem’s center. This true stem eventually grows a large bud at its tip, called a terminal inflorescence, and it is that inflorescence that will produce numerous flowers and eventually the coveted banana fruit.

After bearing its fruit, however, the pseudostem dies and can be cut back. That’s not the end of the banana plant’s story though because waiting at the base of the old pseudostem is the next generation of banana plants, known as pups or suckers. Produced by the corm, these young banana plants come up during the growing season at the same time the main pseudostem is getting ready to produce fruit. That being said, most horticulturalists recommend you limit the number of pups to 2-3 to ensure that the young plants do not inhibit the main pseudostem’s fruit production.

The Warmer the Better

With it being a tropical plant, all those glorious banana leaves and fruit can be affected by cold weather. For example, for some varieties, it only takes a frost to kill the leaves, and a hard freeze can often kill the plant down to the ground. Cold temperatures can also impact whether the plant will produce fruit the following growing season or not. So growers should not be alarmed if their banana plant doesn’t produce fruit after an especially frigid Coastal Bend winter.

If concerned about cold temperatures though, there are steps you can take to protect the plant.

When faced with a freezing event, merely wrapping the pseudostem with frost cloth can help prevent the top from dying. If that’s not possible, protecting the area around the base is an excellent

course of action as it can ensure that the underground shoots are safeguarded and can regenerate once winter is over. One of the best ways to protect against the cold, however, is to choose a plant that can handle the lower temps better than its counterparts; examples include the following varieties: ‘Orinoco’, ‘Ice Cream’ & ‘Raja Puri.’

Keeping Them Happy

In addition to warm temperatures, this tropical plant loves lots of sun and lots of water. In fact, providing it 1 to 2 inches of water per week will benefit it greatly, especially during the summer months. It’s also a fan of well-draining soils, which makes them ideal for planting on our sandbar. If you really want to give your plants a boost though, providing them with a little fertilizer, like Grow More’s Fruit Fuel Fertizlier, once a month during the growing season will help them tremendously. As always, be sure to closely follow the instructions on the label.

Finally, if you want to keep your banana plants looking their best, keeping them out of the wind is very important. This is because their beautiful leaves are easily ripped and can become rather unsightly when exposed to high winds. Also, if conditions line up just right (e.g., saturated soil, strong winds, and a plant weighed down by fruit), the plants can blow down. Of course, keeping things protected from our sometimes blustery winds can be challenging, but everything from a fence, house, or even other plants can serve as a barrier to its shearing effects.

To Learn More

These tropical plants are a great addition to anyone’s landscape, and if interested in growing your own, it’s always a good idea to visit a local nursery or speak with a friendly neighbor who has experience with them. There are also helpful online sites, such as the AgriLife Extension’s website or www.bananas.org, which is a forum that is chalked full of information about these wonderful plants.

*All photos courtesy of island residents, Joey & Mechelle Stelly

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If you have ever wondered what 10,000 copies of the Island Moon looks like when it comes off the press this is

it…1600 pounds of newsprint headed for The Island.

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Scattered shots…

What a fun weekend it was. Between the Back Porch, Treasure Island, The Port A Beer Hut, Shorty’s and Giggity’s me and my mermaid gal stayed on the run. Oh and we worked in a five mile walk down San Jose Island looking for nesting turtles, too. Mario Flores (San Antonio, TX) ended up playing two nights at the Back Porch this

weekend. His band, the Soda Creek Gang played on Friday, and he opened for John Bauman on Saturday. I had never seen Bauman perform and was quite impressed. I hope to see more of that man. He’s good. It’s the “new” fresh faced Texas Country sound that’s all the rave. At Gigg’s it was blues on Friday with Mike O’Neill and smooth country on Saturday with Todd Dorn. I’d take a bullet for either one of those guys. That is solid stuff right there. Mike O’Neill has one smoking band with Charlie Rouzer on Hammond B-3, Antone Perez on drums and Art Galvan on bass. You can’t go wrong there. And it was nice to see our resident bass player, Woodie Ray Lawson playing with Todd Dorn on Saturday. Woodie and his wife Susan have moved to the Dallas area and we’ll only be seeing him around for occasional shows. He’s been a staple on the Port A music scene for 30 years and retired from UTMSI last year. You might remember him as the bassist with Triggerfish I’m gonna miss seeing him around all the time. Woodie is one of the nicest guys I’ve ever known. Good luck to you and Susan in Dallas, pal. We heard some live music coming from the new Port A Beer Hut last weekend and stopped in to see who it was. Justin Estes and Niki Gil (of Chanklas fame) were playing on Friday and Jerry Ward on Saturday. This place is really catching on and the locals refer to it as the “swinging chair bar”. It’s really a comfortable place. And two of my

and the big ten piece party band, Cruise Control on Sunday. No introduction needed here. Treasure Island has the Rasta Cowboy, Billy Snipes on Thursday, Brandon Michael on Friday, the great funk of Jonmikael MREZ on Saturday and the Passing Strangers (San Antonio, TX) on Sunday.. Giggity’s has the rocking RetroVibe on Friday and the jumping blues of Mike Milligan and Texiana Bluez on Saturday. They’ll be hopping. Shorty’s has the Mike O’Neill Blues Band on Friday and the great reggae band, the Chanklas on Saturday. On Sunday Shorty’s will have Ruben Limas. Did I mention that the Back Porch has Ray Wylie Hubbard AND Shinyribs coming this summer? I know, I’m a tease. That ought to keep you busy for a while. Stay safe out there. Get ready for craziness.

♫♪♫ And, that’s the truth ♫♪♫

absolute FAVORITE bands played Shorty’s last weekend. Starlite and the Moonbeams played Friday and the Independent Thieves were there on Saturday. Starlite is the father/son combo of Rudolf Llanes’ Jr and Sr. I sat down and really listened to them for a couple of hours and gotta say, these cats are really talented. It’s difficult to classify but I’d call it somewhere between R&B and Americana. It’s really a delightfully unique sound. And the Thieves do the best job of folk rock around these parts. I really appreciate them playing Galway Girl for me every time I show up. They know I’m a sucker for a Steve Earle song. I also made it by Treasure Island for some of the Scarecrow People show. They are an institution.

DO NOT MISS LIST

Memorial Day weekend…

The Back Porch has is going on this weekend with a couple of red hot Americana shows. The great Max Stalling (Dallas, TX) takes it on Friday, Mr. Island Time himself, Larry Joe Taylor (Stephenville, TX) has it on Saturday

Just to state the obvious…

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY everybody! My father was a proud combat veteran in WWII and was very active in the American Legion when I was growing up in Lubbock. He would always give a patriotic speech on Memorial Day and my little sister and I would sell paper poppies for the veterans in downtown Lubbock. It’s a day to show respect to our military and especially to the brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. These days Memorial Day means the floodgates are officially open and we will soon witness a sea of tourists for the next three months. Ready or not islanders, it’s summer and time to rock and roll. Get your game face on. You may notice the names of the bands on the chalk boards around town to be more recognizable. You can thank the tourist dollars for that. It’s that time of year that we all bank on. So grab it while you can and tuck it away for the winter… you know the drill. And be nice to the tourists. We need them.

Dicky Neely send off…

Friends and family of Dicky Neely met on the beach last Sunday to give him a surfer’s send off. It was a touching memorial to a man who was endeared by many. Dicky was a local blues musician and also a cartoonist for the Island Moon for many years. He was very close to our founder, the late Mike Ellis. About 50 people were on hand for the ceremony where they made a circle in the surf and spread his ashes on his surfboard and committed him to the sea. Later, everyone met a Giggity’s and played music. It was a very fitting send off for a man we will dearly miss. Rest in peace sir. You made a difference.

The Moon & Schlitterbahn…

Schlitterbahn will begin a series of Thursday concerts sponsored by the Island Moon through November. The first show will feature local singer songwriter Ty Dietz this Thursday from 6-9. This is a free show and will be on the deck outside of the Veranda Restaurant. Other shows in the series will feature such artists as Matt Hole and the Hot Rod

Gang (6/20), Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters (7/18), Aloha Dave and the Tourists (8/15), Mike O’Neill Blues Band (8/29) and more. These are family friendly events.

By Ronnie Narmour

[email protected]

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GIGGITY’S RESTAURANT & BARLIVE MUSIC

EVERY NIGHT

Kitchen Open Until 1 a.m.!

The GaffPizza Beer Darts Belt sander Races

LIVE MUSICFree Beer Band Every Thurs (7-10)

Independent Thieves on Friday (9-1) Retro Vibe on Saturday (9-1)

Antone & All Stars Every Sunday (9-1) Open Jam Every Monday (8:30-12:30) Paul & Victoria Every Tuesday (7-10)

Stevie Start on Wednesday (8-12) 722 Tarpon, Port Aransas, TX

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Live MusicMemorial Day, May 27

Open Jam w/ Ray Summy @ Giggity’s

Billy Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s

Tuesday, May 28Paul & Victoria @

Giggity’sAaron Jacob @

Scuttlebutt’s

Wednesday, May 29 Magnus @ Giggity’s

Michael Burtts @ Scuttlebutt’s

Thursday, May 30 Free Beer Band @

Giggity’s Robin Blue @ Scuttlebutt’s

Back Porch Pickers @ Back Porch

Flatbroke @ Rockit’sJade Marie Patek @

Brewster Street

Friday, May 31 Independent Thieves @

Giggity’sRed Giant @ Shorty’s

Diamond’s Edge @ Treasure Island

Orlando Herrera @ Scuttlebutt’s

Oddfellas @ Rockit’sCody Bryan @ Back Porch

Damn Torpedoes, Even It Up @ Brewster Street

Hold On Hollywood @ House of Rock

Anjelah Johnson @ American Bank Center

Saturday, June 1 Ruben V @ Back PorchRetroVibe @ Giggity’s

John Admundsen @ Shorty’s

Mike Guerra @ Scuttlebutt’s

Metalachi @ Brewter StreetAnother Level @ Rockit’s

Sunday, June 2 Antone & the All Stars @

Giggity’sJohn Eric @ Scuttlebutt’s

Monday, June 3 Open Jam w/ Ray Summy

@ Giggity’sBilly Snipes @ Scuttlebutt’s

Tuesday, June 4 Paul & Victoria @

Giggity’sAaron Jacob @

Scuttlebutt’s

Wednesday, June 5 Stevie Start @ Giggity’s

Michael Burtts @ Scuttlebutt’s

Thursday, June 6Free Beer Band @

Giggity’sKevin Deal @ Back Porch

TonightThursday, May 23 Ty Dietz 6-9 @ SchlitterbahnFree Beer Band @ Giggity’sBilly Snipes @ Treasure IslandRich Lockhart @ Back PorchMathew Rodriquez @ Scuttlebutt’sStevie Start @ Angry MarlinReturn 2 Sender @ Rockit’sLos Kung Fu Monkeys @ House of RockSeattle Rising @ Brewster StreetFriday, May 24 BELTSANDER RACES @ The GaffBrandon Michael @ Treasure IslandMax Stalling @ Back Porch RetroVibe @ Giggity’sSan Juan Underground @ Angry MarlinSaul Padron @ Scuttlebutt’sCarlos Almaraz @ Black Sheep BistroAudiobox @ Rockit’sMike O’Neill @ Shorty’sFamous Last Words, Dayshell @ House of RockCasey Donahew, Chris Colston @ Brewster Street

Saturday, May 25 Port Aransas Artfest 2019 @ Roberts Point ParkJonmikael MREZ @ Treasure IslandMarco Ramirez @ Scuttlebutt’sMike Milligan @ Giggity’sLarry Joe Taylor @ Back PorchChanklas @ Shorty’sJam Band @ Angry MarlinMajors & Taylor @ Black Sheep BistroTimeline @ Brewster StreetPassing Strangers @ Rockit’sFlatbroke, Crucial Riddim @ House of Rock

Sunday, May 26 Antone & the All Stars @ Giggity’sPassing Strangers @ Treasure IslandJohn Eric @ Scuttlebutt’sFlashpoint @ Rockit’sCruise Control @ Back Porch

OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas

Mike O’Neil May 24 Chanklas May 25 Ruben Limas May 26Red Giant May 31 John Admunsen June 01Yosh & Yimmy June 07

315 N. Alister (361) 416-1020

Treasure IslandBILLY SNIPES MAY 23

BRANDON MICHAEL MAY 24 JONMIKEL MREZ MAY 25 PASSING STRANGERS MAY 26 DIAMONDS EDGE MAY 31

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132 W. Cotter St. Port A On the Waterfront

RICH LOCKHART MAY 23 MAX STALLING MAY 24 LARRY JOE TAYLOR MAY 25 CRUISE CONTROL MAY 26BACK PORCH PICKERS MAY 30 CODY BRYAN MAY 31 RUBEN V JUNE 1

A surfer’s send off for Dicky Neely

John Bauman played the Back Porch on

Saturday.

Justin Estes and Niki GIl played the Beer Hut last weekend.

Larry Joe Taylor and Max Stalling will perform at the Back Porch this weekend.

Starlite and the Moonbeams played Shorty’s last Friday.

That’s Todd Dorn under that hat, with Woodie Lawson on bass and Oscar Rios

on drums.

The Independent Thieves played Shorty’s on Saturday.

Ty Dietz will play at the second floor bar at

Waves Resort.


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