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August 23, 2012

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The Island Where Buoys Come to Rest

Around The Island

By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com

We’re still playing chicken with what is now Tropical Cyclone Gordon and there are a couple of his buddies following on behind him stretched out across The Pond but if history is any indicator it won’t matter.

We have had two fronts make their way down from the North in recent weeks - we won’t call them cool fronts because it still isn’t really cool – but they have been strong enough to bring some drier air down with them. Historically our effective hurricane season ends when the first cool front arrives. The fronts ride on a specific group of conditions that you will have to consult a weather wonk for an explanation on but the layman’s rule of thumb is that the same conditions that bring the fronts south also serve to push hurricanes away from us.

Buoy oh buoy In each issue we run what we hope is a memorable photo in the upper right hand corner of the front page. Many years ago Moon Mike dubbed that God’s Corner and we usually feature a nature shot or a shot of people – something not made by Man. But this time the shot of the shook loose buoy seemed like worth making an exception for.

This baby washed in way down at the 45 Mile Marker on Padre Island National Seashore last weekend and at last report is still there.

Those who have seen it say it’s about eight feet tall and with the ballast in the bottom likely weights several hundred pounds. We’re not sure exactly who it belongs to but the initials of MSC could be a clue. We called a friend over at the Marine Science Center to see if they are missing anything but haven’t heard back.

There are various kinds of buoys stationed around the Gulf and many of them send out data that can be accessed on the NOAA website and are used frequently by surfers and offshore boaters. Many, like this one, flee their tethers and end up on shore. This one would make an attention getting sign for an Island business – and would be perfectly legal under the current Overlay Zone Sign Restrictions.

Next Publication Date: 8/30/2012

Most notably for Islanders is the addition of three last minute candidates for the District 4 Council seat. Until about 4 p.m. on the last day to enter the race Islander Colleen McIntyre was the only candidate. Then three additional candidates jumped in, they are: Jano Andrasik, owner of a precious metals company; Michael McCauley, an attorney, and Webster Pell, retired maintenance professional. The candidates drew for ballot position and McIntyre will be at the top of the ballot.

Just two weeks ago the median in the new stretch of Aquarius was a mess of weeds head high.

But my what a difference a fortnight can make. Crews from Gills Landscaping this week put the finishing touches on the new look.

Back to School…Yeah!

Several people also jumped into the Mayor’s race. In addition to the two previously announced candidates; current District 4 Council members Chris Adler, and At-Large Council member Nelda Martinez; Ray Madrigal a local photographer, and a fellow with the legally acquired name of Outlaw Josey Wales who is a professional wrestling manager who previously ran unsuccessfully for the mayor’s seat in Houston also threw their hats into the ring.

Now some readers may think that no one would ever vote for a guy named Outlaw Josey Wales, but keep in mind that this is a state where the longest serving Texas State Treasurer, from 1941 until he died in office in 1977, was named Jesse James.

And while there were no Outlaws or Jesse James’ in the race for the three At-Large council seats there were several last minute additions to the race. The field now consists of: Alicia G. Benavidez a retired state employee, John Garcia a hotel sales manager, incumbent David Loeb a commercial real estate landlord, Lillian Riojas a spokeswoman for a local refinery, incumbent Mark Scott a title company executive, and John Sendejar a retired city employee.

The kids at the Island’s Seashore Charter Schools are back in class as of this week. These kids at Seashore Middle School are in a brand new science laboratory built with money made from the Island Foundation’s annual Whoop-It-Up fundraiser. The Middle School has about 180 kids this session and there are about 400 kids in Seashore schools altogether.

The top three vote getters in the November balloting will enter public service and the city’s voter will return the rest to the private sector.

Don’t forget that the Island Foundation’s 18th Annual Fishing Tournament at the CCA/AEP Hatchery is this Saturday, August 25, from 7 to 11 a.m. It’s for kids of all ages from 3 on up to adult. For questions call Kimberly Grassedonio at 361/834-3005 or Maryann Carl at 361/949-1530.

Whitecap Cement Cracking

Moon Market The monthly Island Moon Market is this Saturday, August 25, down at the seawall. There will be vendors and food trailers from 8 until 5. We will be down there with Moon T-shirts and reusable shopping bags. We will be sharing a booth with Mona Singletary who is the force behind the Island Paddle for Parkinson’s which has become an Island tradition and a fun event which is coming up in early September.

A little Island history

In 1915 South Texas was on the Edge of a War Between U.S. and Mexico The law of Ley Fuga – shot while trying to escape

By Dale Rankin Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of stories about the Border War that raged in South Texas in the early part of the last century.

By autumn of 1915 The Border War was in full bloom. The Plan de San Diego that had been drawn up in the South Texas hamlet of San Diego had spawned full-blown combat as its adherents spread out across the South Texas’ Wild Horse Prairie in their attempts to bring about a revolution that would lead to, first the capture of Brownsville and Corpus Christi, then San Antonio and Austin, and finally lead to the return to Mexico the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and California. President Woodrow Wilson’s program of “watchful waiting” espoused by

Pancho Villa his Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan was thought by many to be seen as weakness south of the border which only emboldened the border raiders. Then in early September Wilson’s administration recognized the government of Venustiano Carranza which so angered his rival Pancho Villa that Villa took seventeen Americans off a train in Chihuahua and killed them.

Para Dios y tierra

Way to go Miya

Way to go Miya! Say hello if you see her Around The Island.

Aquarius Median Finished

The filing deadline for City Council races in the upcoming November election came and went with the addition of several last minute candidates.

Our Island needs as many Roarers as it can get.

Our Brazilian friend Miya Hegenwald took to the surf over the weekend to rescue a father and son who had been swept out in a rip current on SoPac just south of the jetty. Sunday around 5:00 p.m. Miya saw three kids and a man struggling to get back to shore and she grabbed her surf board and headed out to them. By the time she got there two of the kids had managed to get to the jetty but the father and one of the kids were starting to reach the panic mode. As they found out the hard way you can’t always depend on a lifeguard; this one was busy talking to a girl on the beach.

Year 15, Issue 437

By Dale Rankin

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Last Minute Stampede Swells Ranks of City Office Seekers

The Island United Political Action Committee, made up of all of the approximately 6300 registered voters on The Island was scheduled to hold a single caucus on September 19 to allow its members to select the candidates it will back in the races for Mayor, District 4, and At-Large.

However, a second date will likely have to be added to accommodate the increased number of candidates due to the last minute signups. We will have more details on those dates in the next

The Padre Island Lions Club is in the midst of a recruitment drive. Their flyer says they are looking for “people who like to roar” so if you are of the roaring kind give them a call over at 949-4979 or 549-4480 and join the pride. They have been in existence for 25 years and meet twice per month.

Crews continue to make their way west down Whitecap as they work to install a new sewer line between the pump station near the Cruiser bridge and Gypsy. The eastbound lane of Whitecap is down to a single lane and the crews remove and replace driveways at homes along that stretch of roadway. The crews say they should be done in about two weeks.

On the Texas border Mexican troops were dug in at the river crossings along the Rio Grande, with more than 400 Mexican troops on the south side of the border at Progresso alone and 5000 U.S. troops stationed in Kingsville. There was no longer any pretext or doubt about the fact that this was open warfare. This was not bandit raids or the roving bands of horse and cattle rustlers the border area was used to; this was a declared war aimed at territorial acquisition by the government of Venustiano Carranza who was trying to consolidate his hold on power during the Mexican Revolution. His chief rivals for power, including Pancho Villa, were concentrated along the U.S./Mexican border History continued on page A7

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First Friday at the Art Center

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August 23, 2012

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Carlton Mertens caught this stingray aboard the Island Queen.

It was one of the largest sting rays caught this year

Blake Taveapont The First Friday Reception at Port Aransas Art Center will be on September 7. The public is invited to the monthly event at the Art Center at 323 N. Alister in Port Aransas from 5:30 – 7.

There will be live music and refreshments along with displays from new artists John Olvey, Stanley Orchard, Blake Taveapont & Ed Boyd John Olvey combines saltwater, acrylic and John Olvey soul to create an artistic expression of the surf lifestyle, offering a secret glimpse into the challenging lifestyle surfers have chosen.

Stanley Orchard focuses his experience with acrylics, watercolors, charcoals and a variety of other mediums to depict everything that he loves about the environment, the culture and the lifestyle associated with South Texas.

Blake Taveapont said while working on a still life drawing he learned that paintings which “look flat” do not capture one’s attention. “If you see a bright picture, it comes off the canvass.

You have to make a painting have its own light.”

Ed Boyd’s works are generally inspired by his environment.

His latest medium and creations involve overlays of vinyl stickers which resemble an actual painting technique. He also carves area Palm Trees into Tikis.

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Jerry Watkins landed this nice bull dolphin recently.

(Its not really a dolphin)

August 23, 2012

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Stuff I Heard on the Island

By Maybeth Christensen It seems that the folks who complain the most about the POA ‘Not doing anything” are the ones we have been trying to get to do the right thing.

Canal water Just last week after I wrote a new homeowner a letter telling them why they should not be throwing fish carcasses into the canals, I was called a canal Nazi. Let me again explain that the POA is required to monitor our canals every week to test for oxygen levels as well as nitrates and nitrites. In order to have the canal system, we are required to file reports with TCEQ and the Corps of Engineers.

Water testing While I’m on the testing topic, because of the reports about the releases from our wastewater treatment plant, I asked Dr. Miget (a micro biologist) if he could test for the bacteria levels. He did and found some high levels at the discharge pipe, but as you go around the point, the levels drop back to being well below the acceptable range.

I would encourage residents to not swim in the area of the wastewater facility, i.e. between the treatment plant and the spoil island. In addition, I don’t think I would be fishing in that area.

by Dale Rankin golf carts are not allowed on Park Road 22.

They are only to be driven on streets where the speed limit does not exceed 35 miles per hour.

Obviously, that is not the case on Park Road 22!

Paddle for Parkinsons Paddle for Parkinsons is Saturday, September 1 at Billish Park. You can sign up for the relay the morning of the race, or go to their website – catchthecure.com.

Art Walk The Third Annual Art Walk is set for Sunday, November 4. The Rotary will be sponsoring a rubber duck race at the boat ramp across from the Park. Plan to attend a very fun day.

It was the summer of 1973 and I had my summer planned out. The Watergate hearings were in full throat and I was glued to the television. I had worked in two political campaigns in my lifetime; the first when I was a kid in Mississippi I slung door hangers for George Wallace and in 1968 I did the same for Richard Nixon. I was a kid okay?

Pusillanimous pussyfooters This was when I was a member of the silent majority and long before I became one of Spiro T. Agnew’s “pusillanimous pussyfooters”, “nattering nabobs of negativism” or hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history”.

People forget that the attendees at the Republican national convention in ‘68 wanted George Romney on the ticket, Mitt’s father, rather than Spiro T. but Nixon prevailed and got his Agnew. Spiro T was to suffer a knockout blow due to some nasty bribery business and Nixon wasn’t far behind. I was locked in to watch history happen on live television when my father dropped the bomb.

“I got you a job,” he said.

“A what?”

“A job, you know where you perform labor for money.”

I wasn’t liking the sound of this. But then I could use the money and I’m envisioning myself in a nice evening jacket parking cars at the Country Club, that wouldn’t be so bad.

Piles of debris waiting to be loaded into the Litter Critter

Dr. Miget tells me the most common ailment from this bacteria is earaches.

October 5 at Newport Dunes

Volunteer This week someone who had received a letter advising that their yard was out of City Code compliance, which means the weeds were over 12 inches high, came in to complain that the POA was not picking up some trash that was on a vacant lot near her. We do have VOLUNTEERS who go out on Litter Critter weekends to pick up some of these items. We can always use more help. So, instead of complaining, or thinking it is someone else’s job, how about spending a couple of hours cleaning up your neighborhood.

Litter Critter The Litter Critter will be in the POA parking lot starting at 9 AM this Saturday. Yes, it is the last weekend of the month. Time really goes fast. It seems like it was just last week when the Litter Critter was here. Bring your unwanted trash to the POA office to get rid of the stuff and make room for new stuff.

Baby drivers Another complaint this week was that children are driving golf carts. Golf carts are only to be operated by licensed drivers. If you see a young person driving one, call the police. Also,

Come Play With Us at 17th Annual Island Foundation Golf Tournament!

The 17th Annual Island Foundation Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, October 5 at the beautiful Newport Dunes with a tee time of 8:00am, lunch, and lots of prizes. Proceeds benefit the educational programs of Seashore Charter Schools.

This year’s event has sponsorship levels with benefits such as 4-8 golfers, display table, banner, and business logo on everything - all the way down to - putting a logo on a golf cart or tee box. Individual and team entries are welcome.

Please join us for a fun day on the golf course benefiting your Seashore Charter Schools. For sponsorship information or to register to play, please contact the Island Foundation office at 361-949-0076.

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“Working for Bill (not his real name). Bill was a wealthy friend of my father who farmed tens of thousands of acres around Taft, along with owning about half the town. Maybe I could park cars at the bank.

I showed up for work the first day and was promptly shown the business end of a John Deere 4020 tractor pulling a low slung brush cutter that cut four rows of decapitated Milo stalks on each pass. When it did it threw up a cloud of skin eating Milo dust that to this day brings goose bumps when I look over from the highway and see it. There were eight of us doing this glorious work and I was the only one who had permission to actually be in the United States. The rest were what we in those days called wetbacks. That term is not politically correct these days – more on that later.

One more language than you I went home the first day and when asked how my first day at work went I said, “I’m the only one who doesn’t speak English with an accent.

Everyone else is a wetback.”

“Well,” my father said. “Then that means they speak at least one more language than you do.”

That shut me up.

I started noticing that while I stopped and sat in the shade of my tractor to eat my lunch the wetbacks ate on the tractor, with it moving and cutting grain stalks while they did it. Not to be outdone I started doing the same. If you have never eaten a fried egg sandwich slathered in

“Where are the guys who were driving those tractors?” they asked.

“It’s shift change and the boss took them into town,” I lied. The agents knew as well as I did I was lying but what could they do? They left and my friends came up out of the field where they had been laying down with shouts of “Gracias gringo!” I understood why when I heard later that one field over an entire crew had been taken for export back to Mexico. My friends explained that meant at least a week of walking and dodging La Migra in order to get back to work.

My Anglo friends took to calling me wetback and I took it as a Red Badge of Courage. It didn’t take me long to figure out that all the derogatory stuff I had heard about workers from Mexico came from people who had never met one. These were the hardest working people I had ever seen.

“They’re just like me,” I told my father.

“Yea, there just like you except you drive fifteen miles from Portland to go to work and they walked six hundred miles though the desert to work.”

Sucking cotton

A few weeks later the cotton started coming in and I was moved to the gin where my first job was to man the sucker hose which was a pipe about thirty inches in diameter with handles on each side that you swung back and forth to suck up cotton into the gin. Early in the season the cotton is green and gives off steam when you disturb it. The steam made it a very hot and very physically demanding job. Pretty soon the ginner came out and yelled, “Who’s manning that sucker hose. We’re not getting any cotton.”

Without a word one of my Mexican friends jumped into the trailer and took over. He was at least twice my age but the cotton started flowing and he stayed up there the rest of the day stopping only long enough to drink water.

A little epistemology

Here’s a little bit of history about the term “wetback” that you may not know. Wetback is the Americanization of the original Spanish word “mojado.” The reason that the original word was in Spanish is because it originated with Spanish speakers who were the first settlers of Texas – after the Indians. They applied the term to Anglos who crossed/swam the Sabine River into Texas to settle or look for work without permission. Over the years as Texas changed hands and the U.S. border moved south to the Rio Grande the roles were reversed and the English version of the word was used to describe Mexican nationals who crossed into what used to be part of their county pretty much for the same reason as the original Anglo mojados did.

The word has taken on a pejorative connotation in these politically correct times and that’s probably for the better. Somewhere over the years it turned into a hate word that could cause a fight. But when I drive around The Island and I see guys baking in the sun They lived an itinerant life most of the working on rooftops – and I’m year and sent most of their money to their not saying any or all of them are without documents - doing families in Mexico. work that most of us would not do and certainly not for the pay those guys are getting, I can’t Miracle Whip that has been cooking in your lunchbox in the Texas sun for four hours while help but remember my friends out there in Taft you are barreling along at a blistering six miles sleeping in cotton trailers after working sixteen an hour amidst a cloud of grain dust my friends hour days. These were people who instead of I can only say – avoid it if you can. It is an sitting tight in Mexico and cursing their lot epicurean experience best left undone. My new walked and scratched their way across the high friends showed me that you could heat a can desert to what they hoped would be a better life of chili to the boiling point by leaving it on the north of the Rio Bravo. dashboard of your car parked in the sun.

Not illegal As we worked our sixteen hour days in the Aransas River bottom I came to know these men and found out some of their grandfathers had worked for Bill’s grandfather and they made an annual circuit that started in Minnesota harvesting beans and moved south to first the grain and then the cotton harvest in South Texas.

An itinerant life They lived an itinerant life most of the year and sent most of their money to their families in Mexico. Some traveled with their families and they got to live in houses provided by Bill, the rest slept on the ground or in their cars, or in the tractor barn. One slept in a tree because he was afraid of snakes. If you accidentally left a belonging behind they would walk across the grain field to give it back to you because they didn’t want you to lose it, less you think they stole it. The last thing they wanted was trouble with the police.

La Migra!

One day I noticed that all of their tractors were stopped in the field with the motors running but my friends were nowhere to be seen. I saw a green Dodge making its way across the field with Border Patrol on the side.

The term often applied to Mexican nationals who enter the country without permission is “illegal alien.” This is not a correct term. They are not illegal; they are not in violation of a law, they are in violation of a federal agency’s guideline. If they were illegal they would be taken to jail when caught rather than returned home.

The last two years are the first in a long time, maybe ever, when the number of Mexican nationals migrating from the U.S. to Mexico is greater than the number coming the other way.

The reason is pretty simple; our middle class is shrinking while Mexico’s is growing and for most of the workers a place in a middle class – any middle class – is what they seek.

Should they play by the rules when coming here? Sure. But keep in mind that the vast majority of them are simply doing what someone in each of our families did at one point or another and – documented or not – Texas would not be the place it is without their labor over the years.

If you want to call me a wetback or even a mojado I’ll take that as a compliment but I still don’t think I could keep up with those guys.

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The drum in packery

State Agencies Undergo Sunset Review Process – Texas Ethics Commission Over the past couple of months or so, I have been outlining Texas’ sunset review process.

The agencies I have covered so far include the Texas Board and Department of Criminal Justice, the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and many others. As a reminder, in order to identify and eliminate government waste, duplication and general inefficiencies in state agencies, the Texas Legislature established the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission in 1977. The sunset review process is designed to review each of these agencies every twelve years. This review is done by taking up a certain number of the state agencies each session when the Texas Legislature convenes.

In last week’s article we examined the Board of Pardons and Paroles which is tasked with determining which prisoners are eligible to be released on either parole or mandatory supervision, as well as determining the conditions the individuals will face while on either parole or mandatory supervision and if necessary their revocation and finally they can recommend the resolution of clemency matters to the Texas Governor. In this week’s article we are going to look at the Texas Ethics Commission.

The Texas Ethics Commission was created on November 5, 1991 after Texas Voters approved an amendment to the Texas Constitution.

Article III, 24a of the Texas Constitution created the Texas Ethics Commission. The constitutional responsibilities provided to the Texas Ethics Commission by the Texas Constitution are to provide recommendations for the salary of members of the Texas Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

Any increase of salary to the members of the Texas Legislature, Lieutenant Governor or the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is subject to voter approval in the following general election in which state and county officials are elected. Constitutionally the Texas Ethics Commission is also responsible for establishing the per diem amount for the members of the Texas Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor. All other powers and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission are

• Enforcement and administration of the laws pertaining to political contributions and expenditures, as well as political advertisements.

• Administration and enforcement of lobbyist registration, reports and activities.

The Texas Ethics Commission is composed of eight commissioners. The Texas Governor appoints four of the commissioners, two of the commissioners are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives appoints two of the commissioners. Members of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate who represent both political parties are able to make recommendations to the appropriate state official for appointment. Commissioners on the Texas Ethics Commission serve four-year terms.

If you are interested in learning more about the Texas Ethics Commission, you can go to their website at http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/ . On the Texas Ethics Commission’s website you can find information regarding candidates and officeholders, lobbyist and political committees along with numerous other bits of information.

Some of the other agencies we will review in the upcoming weeks include the State Pension Review Board, Texas Facilities Commission and a number of other agencies currently going through the sunset process.

If you would like to learn more on your own about the Sunset Advisory Commission or other agencies undergoing the sunset review process, you can go to www.sunset.state.tx.us .

If you have any questions regarding the Texas Ethics Commission or the sunset review process, please don’t hesitate to contact either my Capitol or District office. My offices are available at any time to assist with questions, concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603).

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City Board, Committee and Commission Vacancies The City Secretary’s Office is currently seeking biographical information forms for the following boards:

Upcoming Board Appointments: Animal Control Advisory Committee – One vacancy representing a member of a local animal welfare organization which operates an animal shelter.

Arts and Cultural Commission - Three vacancies representing the following categories: 1 - Economic Development/Tourism, 1 Marketing and 1 - Visual Arts.

Building Code Board of Appeals – Two vacancies representing 1 – General Contractor, and 1 – Member connected with the Building Industry.

Cable Communications Commission – Two vacancies. Must be a resident of the City, no person or employee with ownership interest in a cable communications franchise granted by the City; members encouraged to have access to local cable communications system programming.

City Council’s Youth Advisory Committee - Seven vacancies for High School Juniors representing the following: a Primary & Alternate from Solomon Coles High School, a Primary & Alternate from St. John Paul II High School, a Primary & Alternate from Miller High School, and one alternate from Tuloso-Midway High School.

Committee for Persons with Disabilities – Two vacancies, each to fill unexpired terms.

Committee composed of individuals with disabilities and representatives of agencies interested in the provision of services to persons with disabilities.

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established by the Texas Legislature.

A couple of the additional powers and duties provided to the Texas Ethics Commission by the Texas Legislature are:

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Many of you have noticed all the boats along the Packery Channel lately. There has been a large school of Black Drum holding tight in the channel. Some days it seems anyone with a shrimp can hook-up, at other times I hear stories of frustration as these “bulls of the bay” turn their noses up at anything you throw.

There are waves of shrimp pushing out towards the Gulf right now along with a good amount of mud worms and small crabs holding in the channel. The shallow flats of Packery Hole are also one of the areas these Drum are frequenting. I have not been a part of the circus, we have Leo Clien with his daughter and the MONSTER RED been concentrating on Trout, Reds, she pulled out of Emmorts Hole this week. Small herds and Flounder, I think I got plenty are patrolling the grasslines out deep. of drum this spring. I’m not mad at them right now. Live shrimp is the years of boats running grid patterns and chasing best bait, but small crabs will work good when them in circles they have gotten smart. Several pin perch are tearing up your shrimp. Heavy times I’ve been up on schools of Redfish when leaders and weights is not what you need, use boats run bye at over a hundred yards only to a sliding barrel weight and swivel, as well as send the redfish in the run or dive down into a 18inch piece of 30lb leader. Most of the time the grassy bottom. After two years of drastic the boats are using trolling motors to sneak up drought the Crab Crop is very low. Local Crab on them and then casting baited hooks into the Fishermen have let their traps sit at the dock school. This school of fish has been there for because of the lack of a good mature crop. over a month so I don’t know how long they This is one of the magic pieces of the redfish will stay put, but if you try for them be patient. puzzle here in our area. Crabs, shrimp, and Remember that you are in the main channel, shellfish all depend on fresh water to reproduce don’t block traffic. and there wasn’t enough last year. Despite the lack of crabs there are plenty of small mullet Flounder and minnows to take care of them, and fatten As the Summer closes down the shifting tides them up before their spawn along the beaches will move flounder towards the upper Laguna next month. Try drifting flats of 2ft of water Madre and see them really school up along with smaller paddle tails and LOGIC TANDEM the passes and channels in the Boat Hole, the WEEDLESS RIGGS. When the southeast wind Intracoastal, and Packery Channel. This is one blows, floating grass will clean out and be species of fish that anglers can target exclusively. pushed over to the western shoreline, making Flounder are very picky predators, preferring it easier to work soft plastics though the flats. If small finger mullet, mud minnows, and tiny you are getting grassed up try the Tandem Rig perch. Look for corners that are experiencing with its weed less set up. Flutter and dance the good tidal movement and have clean good rig up close to the surface making some noise. water. Soft plastics work great as well and many I’ve been watching redfish rise up and chase of the best local flounder spots can be walked up them. Swing bye the ACE Hardware On the on by fishermen in cars. Follow the clean water Island to find your favorite color. We have been along the Packery Channel looking for sandy slamming some beautiful oversized redfish out shorelines and guts to really hunt then down. deep in Emmortt’s Hole. Any windy afternoon If you are specifically fishing for Flounder you anglers can anchor up along the deep grass lines will catch trout and reds by accident, DARN!! with live finger mullet and tie into some drag P.S. Many Flounder experts use small hooks singing action. If you want to learn how to hunt and really let the fish sit with the bait for over the reds now is the time, they will be the best ticket to fun out on the bay for the next three 20sec. Before they set the hook. months.

After this weekend things will definitely slow down with most of the summer vacationers going back to school. Take some time to get back in touch with our Island and get out and enjoy both the sunrise and sunset with a pole in your hand. Follow our catches on Facebook and give me a call for some FISHHUNTING!

Parking Advisory Committee - Eleven vacancies to represent the following: 1 nomination by District 2 Council Member, 2 nominations by Downtown Management District, 1 nomination by Corpus Christi Beach Task Force, 1 nomination by Uptown Neighborhood Initiative, 2 nominations by Building Owners and Management Assn., 1 nomination by CVB, 1 - Residential (reside where parking meters are collected), 1 Residential owner of property in City Center (Uptown/Downtown CC Beach area), 1 Community At Large.

Regional Health Awareness Board – One vacancy to represent the following category: Community Representative Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Advisory Committee – Three vacancies representing 1 – RSVP Volunteer Workstation rep. and 2 - At Large.

Sister City Committee – Ten vacancies representing Steering Committee members.

Five are eligible for reappointment, and five have resigned. Members are responsible for the overall administration of the City’s Sister City program.

This Red Rocket was caught along the Laguna Shores shoreline in some shallow sand pockets.

Red Rockets I’ve heard nothing but the crying of fishermen upset because they haven’t seen the big schools of reds that are usually roaming, the flats in late August and early Sept. Well, I’ve seen plenty of reds but they are definitely boat shy. After a few

Corpus Christi Community Improvement Corporation/Loan Review Committee - Eight vacancies representing the following categories: (Professional Services) Real Estate, Engineer, Financial Institution, Homebuilder, Legal and

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OPEN HOUSE: 5:30 P.M. WITH PRESENTATION AT 6 P.M. Would you like to see an alternate route to reduce or avoid congestion on South Padre Island Drive, I37, FM 624 and other major roadways? Do we need a new bridge crossing to North Padre Island? Is there a need for a new or enhanced bridge to connect western San Patricio and Nueces Counties? The Regional Parkway Feasibility Study has considered all of these questions, but we need your input. Planning is critical to developing an effective transportation system for the future. This study has evaluated the feasibility of a new roadway and is the first step in a multi-step process that could lead to the future development of a new roadway. Your input and comments are important to this study. The meeting format is organized to allow you to come by to learn about the project, and if you wish, stay for a presentation at 6 p.m.

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Community Youth Development (78415) Program Steering Committee - Seven vacancies representing the following categories: 2 78415 Resident, 1 – Youth, and 4 - At Large.

(At least one must reside in 78415 zip code) These vacancies are selected by the Principal or designee of each respective High School campus and ratified by the City Council.

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Island Moon

Letters to the Editor Delivery

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Dolphins

See Your Art on the Dingwall

Editor

I live in Palm Bay Village and make it a point to get your paper every week. As most readers I believe it is the best way to stay informed of happenings on the Island.

Hello. My name is Marisol Ramirez and I am the local contact for Save Japan Dolphins, a conservation project created by the Earth Island Institute.

To my surprise I found a paper by my front door Friday. Is this going to be a regular occurrence?

This is the first time in the year I have lived here that an Island Moon appeared at my door and I was just curious. Keep up the great paper !!!

I am reaching out to you today to request media coverage for an awareness rally that I have organized to highlight the plight of the dolphins which are slaughtered every September in Taiji, Japan. It will take place here in Corpus Christi at the end of the month. So far, I have garnered a lot of support for the cause, and I have attached a press release with all the details for your review.

Thank you for very informative newspaper.

Mark Wojnarowski Editor’s note: Our good friends over at Coldwell Banker Island Realty handle the delivery of our newspaper every other issue.

Thanks for reading!

Rigs Dale, Thanks for the article regarding oil/gas platform rig removal. You did not state in the article that our Rep. Farenthold was aware of this particular method of rig removal and the massive devastation to the gulf’s fish population. Did you forward Blake this picture?

If not it could be useful in his fighting arsenal and for public awareness.

And to think we’re killing our snappers and such as we “limit” daily catch and shorten seasons to preserve the red snapper population.

What’s wrong? Our inept government!!!

Ron “ Captain of the Pappy “ Editor’s note: We have not forwarded that photo to Rep. Farenthold but that’s a good idea and we will do it. Rep. Farenthold has backed a move to stop the removal of old rigs and instead use them to grow marine habitat.

Third Annual Ferry Art Contest

I understand that breaking news will always take precedence over any planned event, but I would like to strongly encourage a news crew to stop by if they’re able. This is a great way to tie an international environmental issue in at the local level. It is also remarkably relevant to those who live in a maritime environment such as the Coastal Bend.

If you are not able to make it out to the rally, but would still like to advance the story for a later segment, that can be arranged. I will be available for interviews and can provide you with knowledgeable, credible sources if you need any assistance with putting things together.

I look forward to hearing from you soon. Please contact me if you have any questions, I will be more than happy to make myself available to you.

For the Dolphins, Marisol Ramirez

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced the start of its third annual ferry art contest to select art work to be featured on the towers of three ferry boats in the Port Aransas ferry system.

The contest is open to anyone and includes two age categories – children (age 18 and under) and adult (older than age 18). The deadline for submitting art work for the contest is 5:00 p.m.

Central Time on October 31, 2012. Winners will be selected by the end of 2012.

Aaron Ames, spokesperson for the TxDOT Corpus Christi District which includes the Port Aransas ferry system, said winning entries will be reproduced on the towers of three ferry boats (the Burnett, the Goode, and the Dingwall).

“Many of the folks who ride the ferries enjoy the art work,” Ames said. “When we did a survey at Spring Break, the majority of the respondents felt the art work added to their ferry experience in a positive manner. It adds color to the vessels that would otherwise be plain white.”

After the first art contest took place in Fall 2010 and had 66 entries, last year’s contest also had over 60 art works. Three pieces of art from the adult category and three from the children’s category were selected to placed on three boats..

Artists wishing to enter the contest are encouraged to submit works that illustrate the people, places, plants, animals, environment, scenes, settings, events, or activities relevant to the Port Aransas ferry system and the community.

“The ferry system is about more than just getting from one place to another. It is an important part of the visitor experience in Port Aransas,” said Gillespie. “It’s a short ride, but it captures so much about what is great about this coastal community.”

Save Japan Dolphins 361.688.2475 marisolsblog@yahoo.com http://savejapandolphins.org/

Contest guidelines can be found on the TxDOT website, on its Facebook page, and on the agency’s Twitter page.

Send your letters to the editor to editor@islandmoon.com

Schools Get Creative with New USDA Lunch Guidelines New school meal guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have prompted schools to hire chefs, enlist parents and communities for input, and recruit students to do food tastings, said a Baylor University dietitian and past chair of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics legislative and public policy committee.

“School meals get a lot of attention in August, and it’s a very good time to make sure food is nourishing and appealing for students,” said Suzy Weems, Ph.D., chair of the department of family and consumer sciences in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.

The new guidelines are the latest step in school lunch reform, which began when President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. “Food insecurity” — not knowing when the next meal will come — has been a disturbing issue among low-income families, and there has been an alarming increase of obesity in children and teens. Being overweight or obese can contribute to Diabetes 2, high cholesterol, a shorter life span and higher health-care costs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The school model — dubbed MyTray — will be based on MyPlate, guidelines recently approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. MyPlate toppled the “food pyramid” that for many years had been the symbol of a healthy diet.

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“MyTray examines, ‘How should my tray look?’” Weems said. “These are healthy meals, based on science and nutrition standards, with a goal of decreasing saturated fat and sodium and increasing fruits and vegetables, dairy, whole grains and protein — as well as providing guidelines for age-appropriate portions.

“There should be a choice of two – a vegetable and a fruit, or two vegetables — as well as a portion of protein (meat), whole grain and a beverage, with some dairy,” she said. “The Food and Drug Administration says school lunch participants are more likely to consume milk, vegetables and protein; and less likely to consume soft drinks and fruit drinks, which have fewer nutrients.”

how much vitamins and minerals you get for the calories. Calcium and Vitamin D are two of these that can be low in children’s diets. A lot of children don’t drink milk or have other foods that have calcium and Vitamin D.” School lunches are often healthier than homepacked ones, which all too often are “grab and go” containing such items as high-fat, high-salt chips, Weems said. “Look for these positive changes in schools,” she said. “Some kids aren’t going to like the way the food tastes. But sometimes, you have to give things a chance.

Encourage your children to be open to change.”

To view MyPlate guidelines, visit www.

ChooseMyPlate.gov

The guidelines can be quickly adjusted to accommodate people with special diet needs, Weems said. School meal programs vary, with some offering breakfasts are well as lunches.

Some are free to all, while some must be purchased at flat rates or on sliding scales.

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City Council cont. from A1 issue. This will be the third round of elections in which the Island PAC has endorsed candidates and in that time the PAC has endorsed a total of ten candidates, nine of which were elected.

This round of city elections will the historic in that it is the first time a city election will be held in conjunction with a Presidential race. Prior to this year the city elections have been stand-alone votes held in the spring, but that was changed by a citywide vote in 2010.

Traditionally about 24,000 voters cast ballots in the city’s spring votes, in the past two Presidential races just over 100,000 votes were cast. That means that the citywide races this time will likely be decided by approximately 75,000 voters who have not voted in city elections before. Traditionally voters in the two voting precincts on The Island have voted at about twice the rate of voters citywide. The two Island precincts usually have the highest rate of voter turnout in the county.

Anyone wishing to register may stop by The Moon office in September and fill out a voter registration card and we will file it for you.

If you don’t vote you forfeit your right to complain to the Moon Complaint Receiving Office about potholes, barking dogs, and things you see floating in your canal.

Vote early and vote often.

Texas Nature Challenge Regional Competitions in South Texas and Coastal Bend Kick Off August 25 With the dog days of summer waning and the mercury beginning its slow decent back down into the double digits, now is the perfect time to get your family outside and reconnected with nature.

Don’t let your kids park themselves on the sofa every weekend. Turn off the TV and power down the laptop. It’s time for Texas Nature Challenge 2012.

Like a family nature hike with a little healthy competition thrown in, Texas Nature Challenge encourages families to spend their time together outside, active and learning about their local nature spots – completing challenges along the way.

The Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Valley regional competitions kick off Aug. 25 and run through Nov. 10. Similar challenges in North and Central Texas and the Alamo and Bayou regions were held earlier this summer and already have concluded.

“With the emphasis today on keeping kids and families on the go and outside, what better way to spend time together is there than to visit our local nature areas and learn about our natural resources in Texas,” said Texas Forest Service Conservation Education Coordinator Leslie Kessner.

“With the wide array of partners in the Texas Nature Challenge program, families can find places and challenges that fit their interests.

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Regardless of whether school lunches are prepared by chefs, cooks or parents, Weems said, families should educate themselves about truths and incorrect stereotypes about food and focus on healthy eating patterns, including meal times.

“Flavored milk has gotten a bad reputation because it tastes sweeter, but there’s less sugar in flavored milk than in soft drinks and sports drinks,” she said. “Flavored and unflavored milks have more nutrients, so you consider

Coordinated by Texas Forest Service and Texas AgriLife Extension, the contest calls for families to visit designated nature sites across the region in which they live, completing challenges at each site. Participating families are eligible to win prizes.

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Island Moon

Senior Moments

By Dotson Lewis dlewis1@stx.rr.com

Dick Derr Dick story: “I was born 1943 in Collingswood, NJ which is a suburb of Philadelphia. Raised in South Jersey and graduated from Triton Regional High School, Runnemede NJ, in 1961. After graduating from high school I took a job with RCA and worked in Thule, Greenland on the Ballistic missile early warning system.

While working on the BMEWS project I started studying electronics.

In 1962 when I returned to the United States, I enlisted in the Coast Guard and attended boot camp in Cape May, NJ. After boot camp I was assigned to the Petty Officer Electronics

are not familiar with this diagnosis, ask Dick, he might just tell you.

If you see Dick around town, please thank him for all he does. You may even get an “Aw Shucks,” response.

Moment Notes The fall Del Mar College Senior Education Computer Classes will begin September 4, 2012. The schedule was shown in the August 2nd issue of The Padre Island Moon. Please call 361-698-1328 to register for a class or 361-6981329 for additional information. Call soon if you wish register for a class, seating is limited, and classes will fill-up fast.

Moments Tech Talk The Ethel Eyerly Computer interest Group Monday Meetings have resumed: The Ethel Eyerly Computer Interest Group has resumed the weekly meeting and will be meeting each Monday, 12:30-2 pm. The meetings are held at the Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Road in Flour Bluff. If you would like more information about this group, please call or Email Dotson. We hope to see you there; it is a fun and informative meeting.

If you have questions and/or comments regarding “Senior Moments” please contact Dotson at the Email address shown above, or Phone 361-949-7681; Cell 530-748-8475

Dick In Thule, Greenland (1961) Technician School in Groton, CT. My first duty assignment was at an electronics repair shop in Traverse City, MI. After one year there I was transferred to USCG Loran Station Tarumpitao Point, Palawan Island, Philippines. This was an isolated duty station, so I only had to serve there for one year.

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Tuesday Dick Derr, United States Coast Guard After returning to the states, I had choice of duty stations and was assigned to USCG Electronic repair shop, Gloucester, NJ. I was transferred to USCG Loran station, Estaca De Vares, Spain for a 30 day NATO exercise. Upon return I was discharged at Base Gloucester, NJ. I accepted a job as a service engineer with Honeywell Information Systems. I attended Honeywell School in Newton, MA. I was then assigned to Philadelphia, PA. where I worked as a district specialist for 10 years. I was then transferred to Houston, TX. I worked for five years in Houston, then took a job with a start up company, Tandem Computers who manufactured non-stop on line transaction processing machines. Their first customer was the New York Stock Exchange.

I was the Branch Manager in Houston. Later I was offered the opportunity to start up a support center in Austin, TX. I went there and became a systems analyst at the support center. Tandem was bought out by Compaq and later Compaq was bought by Hewlett Packard. Hewlett Packard offered me an early retirement package and I took advantage of the package and never looked back.

My wife, Georgine and I moved to the Island in 2002. She works for a salt water disposal company in the accounting department. She and I are members of the USCG Auxiliary.

I volunteer at Bay Area and Dr. Regional hospitals. I also volunteer as a Floor Instructor in the Del Mar Senior Education Computer program.”

Dotson’s Note: Dick is the computer Guru for local seniors ages 1 to 100. He volunteers countless hours each week to assist all ages with their computer problems. Just like the “old time” family doctor, he cheerfully makes house calls and most of the time doesn’t reveal to his patients that the core of the problems is what is know as an “Eye Dee Ten Tee” problem. If you

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August 23, 2012

Police Blotter

The Carwashinator, Island Lecture Series, Watch Out for Flying Buckets My Bucket Has a Dent In It August 19 1:47 a.m. Assault~Family Violence 3400 Southland A 13-year-old teenager was placed in police custody and booked at the Nueces County Juvenile Center after she assaulted her mother.

The 39-year-old mother who was visibly upset told police her daughter became angered after she was disciplined for running away.

The mother took her daughter’s new pair of shoes away and she retaliated by throwing a bucket at her. The victim was struck in the elbow. The suspect fled outside and attempted to shatter the victim’s front windshield to her vehicle. Police found the mother and daughter outside still quarreling.

The juvenile was charged with Assault-Family Violence which is a Class “A” Misdemeanor punishable by a year in jail and fine up to $1,000.

Island Lecture Series An elderly man was recently stopped by the police around 2 a.m. on Whitecap and police asked him where he was going at that time of night.

The man replied, “I am on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late.”

The officer then asked, Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?”

The man replies, “That would be my wife.”

Readers can blame Dudley for that one.

Carwashinator still at large The man dubbed the Carwashinator for his destruction of the Island automatic carwash is still at large as of this writing. The man was driving a white Mercedes SUV and pulling a center-console boat when he tried unsuccessfully to drive through the car wash

a week ago Sunday. The boat was too tall and smashed into the car wash’ infrastructure six times doing more than $100,000 worth of damage before the driver deposited two beer cans in the trash and drove off.

He left behind a trail of clues which will almost certainly lead to him being found but so far that has not happened, in spite of the fact that there is a video of the entire attack which clearly shows his face. The case was featured this week on Crimestoppers and the video can be viewed in its entirety on the Moon Facebook page at theislandmoonnewspaper.

The Moon What In the World Were You Thinking Department hopes to interview this desperado once he is collared by the carwash police. Until then beware the Carwashinator for he lurks among us! Thank you to Moon reader Isabella Vann for coming up with the name “carwashinator.”

Police Calls Beach Access Road 3 & SH 361 12:54 a.m.

August 18 Interfere with public duties 6700 block Seacomber Dr. Midnight August 15 Burglary of vehicle 6300 block S.H. 361 10:47 August 20 Public intoxication Hwy 361 and Zahn Road 10:44 p.m. August 18 8:44 DUI 11400 block County Park Road (SPID) 1:12 .a.m. August 20 Curfew violation –minors 15000 block Aruba 9 p.m. August 16 Criminal mischief 15200 block Leeward 8:34 p.m. August 17 Assault with bodily injury 15000 block SPID 1 a.m. August 18 Assault with bodily injury 15300 block SPID 4:16 p.m. August 18 Gasoline theft 15400 block Escapade 11:24 p.m. August 18 Theft of vehicle parts 114100 block Bounty 1:33 p.m. August 16 Building Fire

August 23, 2012

History Continued from A1

and the more trouble he could stir up in that region the more his rivals would have to divide their attentions between him and their northern flank.

The Border War was being run by Mexican General Emiliano Nafarrate based in Matamoros who had begun to move the front line of the fight further north. Problems had spread as far north as Del Rio and in early September one Miguel Saiz was arrested in Cameron County on a charge of inciting a rebellion against the United States government as he spoke at a baile outside Brownsville urging his listeners to “rise up in arms and retake all the lands the Americans have taken from us.” In his luggage investigators found a red flag of rebellion, the Deguallo of no quarter.

Revolution spreads Then a few days later three Mexicans addressed a crowd in San Antonio estimated at 1000 inciting them to rise up in armed insurrection. They each received 200 days in the Bexar County jail for blocking traffic and were awaiting federal charges – martyrs in waiting.

Meanwhile the Carranza government continued to deny any involvement in the Plan de San Diego. His commander, the Constitutionalist commander General Nafarrate in Matamoros continued to direct the Border War and protested to U.S. General Frederick Funston, based in San Antonio and in charge of the Army’s South Texas region, about the cannons on the American side of the river which were dug in and pointed directly at his headquarters. The U.S. Vice-Consul in Mexico E.J. Puig reported that General Nafarrate “assured me that he had given strict orders to his men to retire some distance from the river front and was disposed to assist in every way possible to prevent further trouble.”

Funston sent a telegram to the War Department, “I shall no longer take responsibility for failure to provide sufficient troops to adequately protect the people in the disturbed district against a possible uprising among the Mexican population…

If I don’t have an adequate force ready for instant use, a single act of indiscretion by a subordinate commander on either side may start a conflagration that will extend along the entire border and result in an International crisis.”

“Owing to the great preponderance of the Mexican (Americans) over the American population all along the border, to the excitable character of the Mexicans and to the vengeful feeling that exists among Americans due to the recent outrages committed

by Mexican band of raiders well known to have been composed partly of Mexican soldiers the situation…is likely to give rise to such serious consequences that further delay is dangerous…I have heretofore been very conservative in regard to calling for more troops... because I wished to avoid unnecessary expense. The time for economy has passed, more troops should be supplied regardless of expense…”

It was a de facto declaration of war. Funston wanted two additional regiments – one cavalry, one infantry – and two infantry battalions to be rushed to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio then stationed in Harlingen.

The law of Ley Fuga In Matamoros Nafarrate complained to the Associated Press reporter there that he had no problem with the U.S. Army “but if the Rangers work on the river front…they will be causing trouble all the time. While the troops kept mainly to the river crossings and towns, the Rangers took to the brush where they fired at any Mexican soldier they got a clear shot at across the river. The troopers lived by international protocol; the Ranger lived by the Law of the Border – which is to say no law at all.

Meanwhile open combat continued. On September 13 twenty to thirty insurgents surrounded a ten-man outpost of the 12th Cavalry at Los Indios on the U.S. side about daybreak and in a thirty-minute exchange of gunfire wounded the sergeant in command and killed two troopers. Army reinforcements captured five men believed involved and turned them over to civil authorities. They were jailed in San Benito and three days later were put in automobiles for transport to Harlingen. Down the road the road the law of Ley Fuga was applied and their bodies were found along the roadside by U.S. troops.

Literally translated ley fuga meant “to take flight.” In border lingo it meant “shot while trying to escape” which was a long way of saying executed. The Law of Flight was nothing

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new between Mexicans and Anglos along the border. Everyone understood the rules.

It turned out one of the victims of Ley Fuga was a tenant at the ranch, an employee of the ranch where the raid had taken place, and the third a visitor to the ranch with really bad timing.

A question of sovereignty The Army prohibited the border crossing of livestock except at designated cross points and Rangers were told to stay back from the river unless in hot pursuit of raiders. This all sounded like a good idea to desk sitters in San Antonio and Washington but was like trying to hold back the tide with a broom along the enflamed border.

This was a fight that would be settled by arms.

border.

Eight of the total of ten reconnaissance aircraft owned by the U.S. Army were patrolling the skies along the border ready to report trouble or direct artillery fire. In these days before the U.S. entry into World War I the Texas/ Mexico border was the main focus of the U.S. military. Given the fluid political situation in Mexico as the interests there tried to decide who was indeed the sovereign power, and the resulting perfidy of the various factions there was no one for the U.S. to negotiate with. The only solution was to pour troops into the South Texas buffer zone and await events south of the

Orders came from Washington to San Antonio and the border was sealed to “all male persons capable of bearing arms who cannot satisfy the officer in charge” that they had a legitimate reason to cross.

Word went out from Texas Governor Pa Ferguson to capture the leaders of the Plan de San Diego Luis de la Rosa and Aniceto Pizana.

Ferguson put up a $1000 reward but in his naiveté told an underling to “make a demand upon General Nafarrate. I am sure he could capture and deliver them to us.”

Funston cited the “role of cattle smuggling which has been going on for years along the border has led to the organization of powerful bands of smugglers along the river…” This should all sound familiar to anyone who lives along The Border today.

Fighting in Brownsville On September 17 fighting reached the outskirts of Brownsville. Carranza soldiers opened fire

on American troops from across the river and the soldiers returned fire. There was now open combat between U.S. and Mexican troops with fire crossing the international border. American troops reported that four Cameron County deputies and a Brownsville policeman started the firefight by firing across the river at nothing in particular.

The Rangers and local civil authorities alike viewed the current Border War much the same as the one six decades before; to them having U.S. troops along the border meant a chance to incite a general conflagration in which they would be backed by the full force of the U.S. Army. If firing a few shots across the river was enough to start a declared war then it was ammunition well spent. If the Rangers could use the U.S. Army to strike a blow that would leave them in a better situation vis-à-vis the Mexicans after the Army went home, then it would serve their interests in a border fight that had been going on with the Mexicans since before Texas was a state.

Natural state of equilibrium Tension along The Border was then, as it is now, a natural state of equilibrium. The presence of the U.S. Army just gave the Texans more resources in the fight.

by Devorah Fox What do a canvas boat cushion and an elegant carved wood wine rack have in common? The answer: Renee and Craig Kuhn, who work ply their combined talents at Marine Canvas and Upholstery/CLK Gallery, both located at 100 Cut-Off Road.

A seamstress from childhood, Renee sewed for herself and her family. As an adult, she made canvas furnishings for the boat on which she lived. For many years, sewing was more or less just a hobby. She worked as a certified public accountant. Over time, though, she grew tired of always being indoors and decided to make a career change. She took her hobby and turned it into a business. She went to work for “a boat guy” to learn the specifics of making marine furnishings and accessories.

After a brief apprenticeship, she struck out on her own, crafting all things canvas for marine and outdoor applications: cushions, sunshades, patio furniture and covers, etc.

Meanwhile, as a youngster in Homosassa, Florida, Craig became interested in woodworking. His mother wanted a dolphin carving. Craig got the necessary tools and created a sculpture that pleased his mom. That led to other dolphin and fish sculptures. Craig’s father, a retired insurance salesman, “had nothing else to do,” according to Craig, and spent his time selling his son’s work. He was very successful, selling over 500 pieces,” Craig said. “Oh, they were just little pieces,” not very expensive. Nevertheless, the early commercial success was encouraging. Craig started taking his art to craft fairs and gift shops.

His parents had owned some property in Port Aransas. About the time that they sold it, they became interested in lliving on the Gulf of Mexico. They looked all over for “the cheapest Gulf housing” that wasn’t a shack and ended up in Rockport. Meanwhile Craig’s work had gone beyond dolphins and fish and gotten more abstract. Latitudes and the Estelle Stair Gallery, both of Rockport, carried his work which has ended up in the hands of buyers as distant as Tahiti and South Africa.

Susan Castor included his work in the décor of a house that was part of the Parade of Homes.

Craig took his art to the local art center and festivals including the Port Aransas Art Center and SandFest and was included in the 2011 episode of the Public Broadcasting Series Travelscope that was shot in Port Aransas.

Craig and Renee met at a Port Aransas Songwriters Showcase.

Renee’s canvas business was growing and she needed help. Craig was looking for part-time work that he could do while he pursued his art. They found that they made a good team.

They find that the dynamic tension between the creative and the technical produces great results.

In response to a customer’s need for canvas for a boat, “we’ll go out and look at the boat, and Craig will be looking at the job with an artist’s

The year 2011 was a big one for them: they got married in August and in December, set up shop at the current location. In terms of hiring staff to help with the canvas business, they were determined to have a supportive environment where people enjoy working. “It’s a happy place. Our people love making things,” Renee says.

Their five staff members aren’t the only happy ones. So are the customers. Renee much prefers the people she deals with now. “We have happy customers versus, well, tax clients.” Renee and Craig like and appreciate their customers. “Our customers lead us,” Renee says. “They have great ideas.” Port Aransas is the perfect place to work, too. They have commercial and private boat owners as customers, as well as restaurant,

pool, RV and even airplane owners. The work is all nearly all custom and they’ve had some interesting projects, including a cover for 36foot boat, and a hot pink cover for a hot pink custom-built Farley boat. They’ve created signal flags for the USS Lexington, covers for airplanes and cushions for golf carts. It’s even a great place for Craig’s woodworking.

He gets tree branches and roots contributed by local residents to use as stock in his projects.

Canvas work isn’t without challenges.

Canvas is a heavy and stiff fabric to work with that demands large industrial sewing machines, big tables and some physical strength to handle. Renee and Craig find themselves installing their creations in good and bad weather. A single job can require many back-and-forth trips to take measurements, create patterns, test for fit and make adjustments.

As they look toward the future, they see themselves doing custom fishing lure bags and boat accessories, creating high-end furnishings from custom-cut foam and working with ultrasuede to make cushions for bigger yachts.

They would also like to do more patio furniture which gives them the opportunity to work with brighter-colored fabrics.

eye. He’ll say, ‘we could do this and we could do that and it would look wonderful,” Renee says. “But then my technical side will kick in and I’ll say, ‘it would look great, but making that would be really difficult;” Between the two of them they will work out an attractive design that doesn’t create huge construction problems.

For more information about custom canvas creations, call 361-230-4564. Call 361-2301399 for information about the CLK Gallery, call 361-230-1399. Or just visit the shop at 100 Cut-Off Road. I’ll see you there.

The canvas work makes Craig appreciate his woodworking even more. “You don’t have to be as precise,” he says. Renee agrees. “I love it when he’s working with wood. It’s like watching him dancing.”

As General Funston wrote to his superiors in Washington, “Such conduct could easily involve us in a long and blood war…”

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Funston wrote the Governor Ferguson, “The interests of Texas and the whole nation are involved and I consider the situation so fraught with danger that unless these incidents can be at once stopped I shall feel compelled to recommend that the President of the United States place the Counties on the lower river under martial law in the severest form.”

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By Jay Gardener

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New Advertisers Sirena Water Wear in Port Aransas is unveiling a new line of clothing. It’s called Sirena Water Wear Sealegs Shorts. They also carry an extensive line of bamboo shirts that dry super fast. Drop by and check out their cool new line at 721 State Highway 361, next to Whataburger or call them at 361-749-AQUA The Island Fitness Gym will be opening Monday, August 27th in the Pelican Lounge strip mall. It is in the former V-Fit Center location and is a totally new gym under completely new management. They have added a separate cardio room and have purchased more equipment. The zumba, pilates, yoga and spinning classes are included in the monthly fee. The P.I. Executive Fitness next to Surfside Sandwich Shoppe will close its doors Friday, August 24th. Call 9493298 or visit islandfitnesscc.com for more info.

Kiwanis Bingo at the Beach will be held Thursday, August 23rd at the Seashore Learning Center Gym 7 pm – 10 pm. Admission is $5 and refreshments and childcare will be provided.

Call Gladys 816-1243 or John 779-0477 for more info.

Business Briefs My Coastal Home Furniture Store will be opening in the street side unit at the Pelican Lounge strip mall. They presently have locations at the Tower Center in Port A and on Hwy 35S in Rockport. More details in next issue.

The Island Moon Market on the seawall is back again this Saturday, August 25th 8 am 5 pm with even more vendors. Check out the

On the Rocks

unique items and delicious treats and eats. The bright yellow reusable Island Moon shopping bags will be available for $5. There will also be Island Moon t-shirts in different styles and colors.

The Island Edge hair salon now has Stella and Dot jewelry that you can order and have shipped directly to your home. The salon caters to both men and women. Come meet owner Rony and stylists Denise and Amy. The salon is located on the Island between the lights. Call 949-0794.

Scuttlebutt’s Bar & Grill will be serving lunch Wednesday through Sunday starting August 29th and will feature an express menu.

You can also order your meal online and have it waiting for you. They have also purchased the NFL Package so you can watch your favorite team on one of the many big screens. Are you ready for some football!

A 500 Foot Lot on the Seawall has recently had a group of surveyors marking the perimeter.

Not sure if this means it has a new buyer with prospects of development. It is located midway between the Holiday Inn and the Island House.

Port Aransas Museum is having a Wine & Cheese Reception on Saturday, August 25th 5 pm - 7 pm. The theme for this event is Port Aransas History through Postcards.

The Island Moon Newspaper Facebook Page has news updates between issues. The weekly Moon is posted every Thursday in its entirety. We have 892 friends from 16 countries including Sri Lanka, India, Zambia and China.

“Like” us and help us reach the 1,000 mark.

It has been a pretty wild ride around the Island lately. Seems everyone was trying to get in one last vacation before school started, and the beaches and roads were packed this last weekend. Hopefully things slow down a little as we slide into fall, but we’re not done with summer yet; there are still lots of adventures and heat down the road.

Adult beverages and fishing… it’s like peas and carrots So for Kips’ birthday this past weekend, he decided that he wanted to get the gang together and head south of Bob Hall for some trout action on Sunday evening. He had a few cold adult beverages left over from the lovely dinner he and Maria hosted Friday night, and wanted to take the kiddo to the beach. Naturally, the promise of adult beverages and fishing was all the excuse many of us needed to join them down the beach. Kip even sweetened the pot with a promise of a “major prize” for the largest trout caught and released. I was tired of doing laundry and staring at the back 40 needing mowing, so I headed out in plenty of time for the witching hour.

Kickin’ the drum The surf was a little bigger than I liked, but I tied on a topwater and headed out into the breakers. I almost immediately kicked a black drum. That was weird; he was just cruising along slowly. As the evening wore on, I saw a bunch of black drum cruising the wade gut (first gut off the beach). I tried some fishbites, but to no avail. The whiting wouldn’t leave it alone long enough to get a slow-cruising drum a chance to find it. But the rumors are true, and if you know what you’re doing or get lucky, there’s a bunch of black drum south of Bob Hall, go get them.

Anyhoo, I threw my toppie until my wrist got sore to no avail; it wasn’t in the cards for me today. Dwade had the hot hand though; he got into the skipjack pretty thick, and then pulled up a Spanish mackerel. Then he got a trout, then another mackerel. Mackerel have come back into the spotlight with me over the past several years.

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If you haven’t caught one, be very careful if you do; mackerel have razor sharp teeth and like to thrash about uncontrollably when on the beach or rocks. Back in the day, you could catch a lot of them during the right times of the year; however their numbers have dropped off to the point where they now have size and bag limits (14” minimum, max of 15 per angler per day).

If we kept any, we would fry them up the same day we caught them, and usually not many.

They don’t freeze well, and there are better fish out there to chase. That’s what many of us

Dwade Smack thought, until recently.

We were having a sushi fest over at Nate and Sarah’s old place on the island a couple years back and Ozzie brought some over. Several of us wrinkled our noses, but gave it shot anyway.

Spanish is delicious as sashimi! A very pleasant surprise indeed, and a discovery that Spanish mackerel aren’t just sharkbait anymore.

So Dwade caught this fine specimen, and Ozzie quickly gutted the fish and packed it on ice. If you’re going to eat your catch as sushi/sashimi, you need to take excellent care of it. Bleed the fish, quickly gut and get them on ice. Make sure that your cleaning table is very clean, and try not to touch the fish too much with anything else but the knife. Wash your hands!

So they have sticky rice and nori (that flat seaweed used in rolling sushi) at HEB. You can add in ribbons of cream cheese, green onions (as Ozzie did later that evening), ginger, or just about anything your taste buds require in your sushi. Rolling your own sushi is fun, but can be time consuming until you get proficient at it.

Or you could just pop over to Scuttlebutt’s and have them prepare you some, the lazy way, like I typically do.

Feed the birds Migration is just around the corner, and some birds are already staging and putting on weight for the long flight. I know it’s hot out there and you’d rather sit inside in the A/C, but make sure to keep those feeders going.

Congrats to Jason Ozolinse on the recent purchase of a boat; here’s to many great times on the water! You loyal readers can email me at jaygardner@scientist.com and fire away with the questions, and until then, I will see you all On the Rocks this evening!

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The Mystery Person of the Week last time was none other than Islander and Moon Monkey Miles Mervin. Miles takes photos for the Moon and that picture was taken on a New Jersey beach back in 1977 by a ten year old kid who happened to be passing by.

Miles started coming to The Island in 1993 to visit his parents and became a permanent resident in 2006. The recent photo is of Miles at the Back Porch a few weeks ago; last week Jan was in the shot with Mystery Person Hutch and this week she’s with Miles. There seems to be a pattern here.

Anyway, say hello if you see him Around The Island.

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Traveling Moon Deploys to Africa

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Mary Lou White from Coldwell Banker delivers the Island Moon to Ashley Yates home on The Island and after Ashley reads it she send it in a care package to Forrest.

SSG Forrest O’Shay who is currently deployed at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa. He’s part of the 702nd Military Police Company attached to the 3-124th Calvary squadron with Task Force Raptor under the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTFHOA). This is his 4th tour over seas with the others being to Bosnia and Afghanistan.

“The only thing he has requested from me on this deployment are these newspapers,’ Ashley says, “He loves getting them!”

Forrest’s company is located in Lufkin but because he is Texas Army National Guard he can live on The Island. Mary Lou sold them their first house right before Forrest deployed in January.

Their unit is running military to military, training locals how to be a better organized military to include Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Tanzania and others. They are improving host nation relations and helping train with allied militaries.

So we thank Forrest for his service and from everybody on The Island we say hello in Africa.

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Home Video Studio in Port Aransas Nominated for Five International Awards

The Home Video Studio in Port Aransas was recently nominated for five Hanley Awards at the 12th annual Home Video Studio (HVS) Getaway in Las Vegas, NV. The Hanley Awards, HVS’ version of the Oscars, recognize achievement in the video industry. Home Video Studio is the world’s largest international video production services franchise with studios located in the United States, Canada and Sweden.

Studio owners Alan and Kim Fon submitted their video work in several of the thirty-three Hanley award categories. Studio owners from across the world entered to win Best Video Production, Best Documentary, and

Best of Show to name a few types of honors.

The Hanley’s, named after Robert Hanley, the founder and president of Home Video Studio, are in recognition of a studio owner’s work during the past year.

Home Video Studio – Port Aransas was nominated for its work in Dr. Strangelove, Best Event Video, Best Studio Promotion Video, Best Press Release, and Best Open House Video categories. All of these were produced and edited at the Home Video Studio location in Port Aransas. Along with the five nominations, Kim and Alan Fon were Hanley Award winners for Best Studio Promotion Video and Best Press Release.

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President Kennedy signs the Act to Provide for the Establishment of the Padre Island National Seashore on September 28, 1962. Photo Courtesy of Billie Johnson

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New Shipment of gorgeous textiles from Chiapas and Oaxaca. Talavera Dishes from Delores Hidalgo

These texas whistling tree ducks were caught out in the Boat hole in summer weekend traffic. They are not the only locals that are ready for the end of summer crowds.

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