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After Harvey A2

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Port Royal and Holiday Inn Take Hits from Harvey

By Dale Rankin It’s been a week of reading the fine print in insurance policies, standing in line at the lumber yard, and going to Ace Hardware to find…well, it kind of looks like an upside down water tower, only without the water, it’s about the size of a thinkamajig, and it goes right where the Zeus Wheel connects to the Conniption Rod…you know… Coyotes continue to cause trouble on our little sandbar as they vie with human Islanders for the top spot on the food chain, it’s a dog eat dog deal and so far the cats are not doing too well. City officials will be here on Wednesday, October 11 (see the article in this issue) to outline what can be done. In the meantime, keep a close eye on your pets. Car thief(s) are working The Island this week as several vehicles were stolen. Lock ‘em up and take the keys everybody.

Port Aransas by Morning We had a DEFCON 6 News Emergency late last week when word came down that a Major Celebrity was headed for Roberts Point Park in Port Aransas to deliver supplies. We knew that George Strait was scheduled to make an appearance the next day in Rockport where at one time he had a residence and had recently done a concert to raise money for hurricane victims at the Majestic Theater in San Antonio. We put two and two together and scrambled to get a photographer there. There is an old saw in the journalism dodge that says assuming makes an a— out of you and me and that was the case here for it was not Mr. Strait who appeared but a fellow by the name of Sin City Sammy, a Sammy Hagar impersonator from Las Vegas who brought much appreciated supplies but, alas, did not create the stir that the subsequent appearance of Mr. Strait did.

Generate $2 million in Hotel Occupancy Tax each year Two Island businesses that collectively pay more than $2 million each year in Hotel/Motel Tax to the City of Corpus Christi took hard hits from Hurricane Harvey and are not sure when they will re-open.

Station Street Pier in Port Aransas was destroyed during Hurricane Harvey. Photo by Miles Merwin

Group Forms to Collect Funds for Rebuilding Port Aransas $10-$20 million in damage to city’s infrastructure

By Dale Rankin It will take between $10 and $20 million to restore infrastructure damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas and for the next several years eighty percent of the city’s economy will be driven by construction and only twenty percent by the tourist industry, according to numbers present to a group of local businesspeople headed by Cinnamon Shores owner Jeff Lamkin. So far the group has raised $750,000 to begin the reconstruction of the city. The goal of the group is to initially raise $7.5 million with the hope that amount will be matched twoto-one by state and federal money, and further to tap into other funding sources.

State of the P.O.A

There is a fundraiser this Sunday at the Pelican for victims. There may or may not be a Major Celebrity there.

Fire on Number 4! We had an Island Emergency this

Editor’s note: After eight years on the job the Executive Coordinator of the Padre Isles Property Owners Association Maybeth Christensen is retiring. We sent her a list of questions, here are the questions and answers in their entirety. How has the POA changed during the eight years you have been there? I think the biggest change is that more people feel they can come to the office and be treated with respect and responsiveness.

POA cont. on A7 week when a fire broke out on the Number 4 Hole over at the golf course. Several possible causes are under investigation. Could have been a Scorching Worm Burner hit by an Island Duffer that found its way into the tall grass, or could have been the sparking wit of the fellow who shanked his tee shot into the caddy shack and yelled, “Fire!” Could have been the Golf Gods throwing a lightning bolt at the fellow who hit three tee shots into the pond and recorded a four on his scorecard. No Mulligans were injured and the investigation continues. Rev your engines and get ready for a Cannonball Run to the Catcher’s Mitt down on PINS for the washing in of flotsam and jetsam from Hurricane Harvey. Anything that washed off a porch along the Brazos or Colorado will end up down there pretty soon. Makes for some great beachcombing. Say hello if you see us Around The Island.

A little Island history

A group of about sixty people met at Lisabella’s Bistro at Cinnamon Shore which included Lamkin, Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Hentz who will head the effort, and Port A. City Councilwoman

Wendy Moore who will head up the committee to disburse the money to Port Aransas residents once the fundraising is further along. No time

Group cont. on A4

Island by the numbers

Impact of Harvey on Port Aransas

Editor’s note: A meeting Saturday aimed at raising funds for rebuilding the town of Port Aransas after Hurricane Harvey provided projections on the financial and personal impact of the storm based on the experience of the Galveston area after Hurricane Ike. Here are those numbers. $1.3 billion drop in property value in Port Aransas from Harvey, $2.9 billion to $1.6 billion $20 million in lost to the city from property taxes due to damage (over time) 25% reduction in city budget for 2018 due to lost revenue from property and sales tax 15% - 20% increase in tourism for 2017 season prior to Hurricane Harvey 25%-50% of local businesses won’t re-open 20% of the Port Aransas economy will be from tourism in the next three years 80% of the Port Aransas economy will be from the construction in the next three years 50% of the property owners in the city had insurance 75% of the people with insurance will rebuild 25% of the people with insurance will leave the city 10% of the people without insurance will stay and rebuild 90% of people without insurance will leave the city 37.5% of homes that will be rebuilt will be complete in three months 40% of homeowners with insurance will rebuild in nine months 70% of the homes that will be rebuilt will be complete in fifteen months

Port Royal Ocean Resort & Conference Center, located about halfway between Port Aransas and Padre Island but inside the Corpus Christi City Limits, is one of the top two HOT payers in the city at about $1.2 million per year. The complex had water damage to 100 percent of the 210 condos and most will have to be gutted inside and rebuilt. No timeline has been established for when they may re-open to the public. The same goes for the Holiday Inn on Padre Island where 85 percent of the rooms suffered falling water damage due to a damaged roof, as well as the kitchen area, lobby, restaurant, and outdoor bar. No re-opening date has been set.

Royal cont. on A4

Island Coyotes get ISAC Attention Rampaging Island coyotes will be center stage at the next meeting of the island Strategic Action Committee on Wednesday, October 11 at the Holiay Inn Express on Windward Blvd. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. The meeting date was moved back from the usual first Tuesday of each month so the officials from the city’ animal control office and Police Chief Mike Markle will be in attendance. Island residents have been reporting frequent coyote sightings and attacks in neighborhoods so ISAC Chairperson Libby Edwards reschedule the meeting to allow city officials to attend and offer possible solutions. .

75% of homes that will be rebuilt will be complete in 36 months

Ranching The Island

Plenty of water and grass, no fences needed When rancher Patrick Dunn built his Padre Island structures to run cattle on Padre Island, he was unable to simply call up a lumber yard in Corpus and ask them to deliver so many board feet of lumber, so many kegs of nails, so many hinges, or so much glass. There of course was no causeway, lumber was expensive, and transportation to the island was difficult, Like Padre Balli, John Singer, and all those who had built structures on Padre before him, Pat Dunn turned to The Island itself for his materials.

Bounty from the Nicaragua He found them on the beach, where

the gulf delivered a constant supply of hard and softwood boards of all lengths and widths. Dragged to one of the camps they became the huts, kitchens, fences, and corrals. Shingles were hand made from rough lumber. The sea also supplied furniture. Barrels with the tops removed and filled with sand became small stoves. Stools and chairs came in and found their way to the camps. Indeed it is said Dunn furnished his headquarters home with furniture from the Nicaragua, an unlucky Mexican ship that stranded on Padre in 1912 or 1913. Tar barrels floated in and were

History cont. on A4

Dunn ranch bunkhouse.

September 28, 2017

Harvey Aftermath

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CAST 2017

This year’s CAST (Catch A Special Thrill) event was held at Packery Channel on Saturday September 23, 2017. CAST is a National Foundation that promotes fishing for Special Needs Children of all ages. The Parks and Recreation Department, Gulf Beach Operations Division hosts this event annually. This year, as in previous years, the event was a sold out show with kids coming from Corpus Christi and many neighboring communities. The children and their families began arriving at 9:00am and started fishing right away. We experienced a torrential rain down-pour around 10:00, for about 15 minutes, but this didn’t stop our young fishing buddies. They were immediately back at it cheering and yelling each time they caught a fish. Lunch was provided by Whataburger and Chick-fil-A. Through the generous donations of our local sponsors and the City, we were able to provide a drawing where each child won a prize. The event concluded at 1:00pm with cheers and applause from our participants, their families and all of our volunteers. Martha Lawhon, Gulf Beach Operations, was instrumental in obtaining twenty three (23) local sponsors to help support this great cause. Because of her tireless efforts the children not only walked away with a great memory, they left with a t-shirt, hat, fishing pole, tackle box, bait bucket, a goodie bag and a plaque with their picture on it to remember their fishing experience. Sponsors also supplied a tent top, tables and chairs, banners, towels, restroom facilities and hand wash stations, water, lunch, bait and tackle, etc.

CAST for Kids, A Poem

Photos by Miles Merwin

We’re there before sunrise, To get everything set. For a morning of fishing, We hope the kids don’t forget. We’ve labored to give them, A joy to remember. The attention is theirs, And they are the center. They all get excited, As they make their first wish. To cast out their line, And catch the first fish. Joy and laughter, Can be heard from afar. They’re so happy to be here, Each one is a star. Our sponsors are many, And the volunteers also.

We’re all here for the children, We know this is their show.

We’ve committed our time, To make this day their treat. But it comes back to us 10 fold, Our day’s now complete. Martha’s the one, Who’s headed this effort. With many long hours, And not much credit. “CAST for Kids”, We do once each year. Twelve months of planning, And it ends with a tear. It won’t be long though, Before we start it again. We love the hugs and the smiles, This is part of the plan. “Thank you kids, for making our day a great one.” Russell Armstrong 9/23/2017

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I’m going to take a break from writing these essays and I hope they’ve been useful. In addition to discussing the primary documents and laws that affect our governance, I’ve pointed out some important things that require our action and/or vigilance. Chief among these is what I call “The Big Cheat,” meaning that when in 2013 the Board improperly amended our Bylaws, they knew amendments had to be done at members meetings, not Board meetings. And also knew the Board did not have amendment power. Worse, according to John Bell they knew about Business Organization Code (BOC) Section 22.102 and its three choices, one of which would have matched the existing Bylaws and barred the Board from amending the Bylaws. They knew we owners would have picked that choice. But, they robbed us of our choice and gave that power to themselves. Hence, “The Big Cheat.” I’ve also explained that under BOC 22.228, a director must exercise ordinary care in good faith. Further, because they are trustees of our Maintenance funds, they owe much more stringent fiduciary duties. It’s impossible, in my opinion, to find the Board acted in good faith or met the fiduciary standards when they usurped our right to determine the texts of any amendments. Though the statutes say a written attorney’s opinion can be a defense, it seems they had no written opinion from John Bell, although they claim a verbal one. I’ve also explained the MMD and put all of you on alert that it’s in the process of being amended. We need to become involved in this process, guarding diligently against any provision allowing the MMD Board all on its own to assess property owners. Assessments could be huge; millions upon millions. In the face of John Bell’s strained interpretation of our statutes, I cited Texas law requiring statutes be construed according to their plain and common meaning unless that leads to an absurd result. City of Rockwall V. Hughes 246 SW 3rd 621 (Tex. Supreme Court, 2008) and courts must avoid unreasonable, inequitable, or oppressive interpretation of statutes. Frost National Bank. V. L &F Distributors, 165 SW 3rd 310 (Texas Supreme Court, 2005). I’ve outline some of the many duties and activities of the PIPOA to demonstrate there’s a lot going on and we need to exercise our votes intelligently and elect dedicated, trustworthy Board members who actually pay attention to business. The Board asserts more and more control over the property rights of at least 4,156 property owners. Do we allow 4 people (majority of 7) to write any rule they want and fine us and put a lien on our homes if we don’t obey? I haven’t done these essays out of meanness and a desire to pick on the Board. I feel forced to do them because I can understand the law and see what’s going on. Other than Marvin Jones, this Board is out of control and needs to be replaced. Otherwise; like the number 9, they will repeat themselves over and over and over. Karl L. Rubinstein

POA Elections I formally ask the Padre Isles Property Owner Association 2017 Board of Directors to reinstate the Elections Committee as a standing committee. Prior to 2013, our ByLaws required the formation of an Elections Committee. Over the last few years, there has been an increasing and welcome involvement by our community in the process of our annual election. Members of the Board are directly impacted by the results so it is inappropriate for the Board, any person who directly reports to the Board or any entity which has an ongoing business relationship with the PIPOA to be directly involved with our election process. Having the Board manage and oversee our election is analogous to having the White House manage and oversee the presidential election. The conflicts are immediately apparent. An election process must avoid any perception of influence or favoritism. An autonomous Elections Committee is needed. There were no specifics in the pre-2013 ByLaws as to the organization of this committee. And, as stated above, it would also be inappropriate for the Board to solely determine the committee organization, so as a Member, this is what I would recommend.

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1) All meetings are open. The committee determines its own schedule and rules of governance, but must abide by all current Texas laws as well as our ByLaws.

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2) Committee Members must be Members of the PIPOA and not existing Board Members.

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3) The Committee will have full control of design, implementation, execution and certification of the election process.

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4) Committee Members are as follows: a. One Member plus one per announced Candidate, these Members chosen randomly from a pool of Members who volunteer to serve. b. One Member per announced candidate, that

I ask this item be added to the agenda of the October Board meeting for discussion and vote so that the Elections Committee can be immediately established for our upcoming election in March 2018. Kelly McFadden

Port A. Poetry To Whom It May Concern ; I Am A Photographer and Event Planner & Live in Port Aransas Texas. My Community (my friends and family and I) were deeply effected by Hurricane Harvey, people have been extremely helpful and kind when others not so much! People looked at us in a strange way during and after our evacuations. That we had a look in our eyes; well that look is pain, hurt, loss , confusion and overwhelming Fear and Survival! As a youngster I use to sit and write things from my heart then my passion for photography took over, left me rarely taking time to listen to the words in my heart. Though I lost most of my photography equipment in the Hurricane; I did shoot a few photos of our community and was able to find some Beauty through the Devastation (eyes of photographers are always looking ) and all that we as a community are going through -These Words Sang To My Heart!!

Tears From Port A We Look Around At What We Once Knew, We Reach For A Hand And Console A Heart ....... A Simple Glance Of Our Eyes, Know Our Pain Is Real......

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A Hand To A Friend Or Someone You Knew, An Encouraging Word To Help Get One Through....... Our Lives Are Scattered And Torn Apart, Peices Of Life Ripped From Our Hearts ...... Strangers Flocked With Goods and Cheer, They Came Here To Help Us And Brought Good Will... Yet They worked Hard and Shared Our Tears, Without Hesitation They Hand You A Water And Ask How You Feel....... I'm Sorry To Say Our Pain Is Real, Yes Far Away Friends It Will Take Us Years To Rebuild........ As Some Say Goodbye To Friends We Knew, The Beaches We Love And The Things That We'd Do ....... As We Watch Our Friends Leave With A Heavy Heart, We Know Them As Our Rare Bits Of Art ...... As We Pick Up The Pieces Of Things We Once Knew, A Hand From A Friend Lets Us Know We'll Get Through....... But The Look In Our Eyes Will Always Show, The Triumph That Happened And The Stories We Hold ...... Through The Tears And Prayers We Shall Heal......... But Never Forget .............!!!!!!!!!!

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Candidates Announce ANNOUNCEMENT: The first volunteers to step up and run as candidates for Island's next election for seats on the POA board are: Nick Colosi, Marta Sprout, and Vicki Marsden. In March the property owners of Padre Island will be electing those they want to fill the three seats that will be open on the board. DR. NICK COLOSI is a retired ophthalmologist who is well known on the island as one of our community leaders and as the ever-gracious President of Corpus Christi LIVE! He brings experience he gained serving on the board of for a federally recognized National Historic Neighborhood

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New Advertisers A Town Hall Meeting to introduce candidates for the POA Board will be held at the second floor of Schlitterbahn on Wednesday, October 4th at 6 pm. Meet candidates Marta Sprout, Nick Colosi and Vicki Marsden. Wind & Wave Watersports is having a SUP and kayak Demo Day on Saturday, October 7th 10 am – 4 pm at the Packery Channel bridge. They will demo more than 20 fishing and recreational kayaks and SUPs. Blades Plumbing provides services for drain cleaning, tub & faucet repairs, water heaters, reroutes, gas lines and more. Licensed master plumber Scott Blades can be reached at 2716487 for a free estimate.

Business Briefs Irie’s Island Food in Port A has reopened. You can again enjoy their tacos, burgers, poor boys, kahuku, fried rice, spring rolls pig sticks, beignets, treasure beef and soups. They are located at 503 N. Alister. The other restaurants that have reopened are Giggity’s, Virginia’s on the Bay, Stingray’s, Shells Pasta & Seafood, The Beach Lodge, Lisabellas Bistro, San Juan Restaurant and Fins. The Palmilla Beach Resort is hosting a free concert with plenty of food and cash bar. Bring a blanket or chair to the resort on Sunday, October 1st noon – 10 pm. There will be shuttles leaving from American Bank on North Padre continuously from 11:30 am until 10:30 pm. Island Joes Coffee and Gallery is having their groundbreaking ceremony for their new location at 14829 SPID on Saturday, October 7th 11:15 am – 12:15 pm. Drinks and snacks will be served and entertainment will be provided by a local musician. A Port Aransas Hurricane Harvey Relief Benefit Will be held at The Pelican Lounge on Sunday, October 1st noon until 2 am. Melissa Brooke and Bri Bagwell will be the headliners with other Texas artists playing throughout the day. There will be a silent auction, raffle tickets and vendors selling food. Dragonfly Restaurant will be closed October 1st – 9th for their annual fall break. Curacao Blues will be open October 10th – 21st with a new tapas and cocktail menu and the entire establishment will be open October 24th. The Blue Crab Boutique has 50% off all shorts, tanks and select pillows. They have a 25% sale on all fall and Christmas items and 20% off cover ups. They are located at 14814 Compass next to the animal hospital. Whitecap Liquor has a donation box for the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) in Port A. that encompassed Registered Landmarks that required adherence to historic federal, state, and local codes. As Vice-Chairman of Soulard Mardi Gras, and its $3,000,000 budget, he coordinated with home owners, businesses, news media, and emergency services to made this second largest Mardi Gras a huge success. Dr. Nick's career included serving as a Navy Captain, Chief of Surgery for a 400-bed hospital and for a 1,000bed Marine Corps Combat Hospital. He was also the Regimental Surgeon who coordinated medical care for 5,000 Marines. MARTA SPROUT has long been an advocate for others as a first responder in Ski Patrol and has won the President's Award for the significant number of volunteer hours she contributed to making our community stronger. Her business knowledge comes from years of managing large medical practices. In her role as the president of the Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association, Chief Markle has called her "a dedicated community leader" who "in a matter of months, has motivated and revitalized our alumni program." With regards to security issues, Marta has particular knowledge that comes from her role as an instructor for the Police Academy and her participation in training scenarios for our police department's training events. Marta also is a professional

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History cont. from A1 melted to close holes. Other barrels collected rainwater. Ropes of all sizes were used for a variety of purposes. The sea and island were generous and Dunn took ad-vantage of it. In an architectural sense he in fact adapted his

Island Moon was a dangerous vaquero sport. It consisted of reaching down from the horse, grabbing the tail of an angry cow, and wrapping the tail around the horn and hump. If the vaquero was successful, and he usually was, the outlaw was violently thrown to the ground. Upon release the dazed animal docilely joined the string. If the vaquero missed, the cowboy could be dragged from his horse or the horse badly gored.

include any members from the Texas coastal area. That money includes $36 million from the Dell Foundation to fund housing, help the

Royal cont. from A1

Working the herd Slowly moving north the men on the wings continued to throw the cattle to the center of the "V". The herd gradually grew in size. When

The City of Corpus Christi each year collects about $16 million in HOT across the city with $4 million of that amount coming from The Island, and half of that $4 million from Port Royal and Holiday Inn. Any shortfall in HOT revenue next year would have to be deducted from the budget which supports the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the downtown Convention Center. Dale Rankin

Letters to Ed. cont. from A3

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1951 Pat Dunn Ranch HQ by McGregor. structures to the environment and used available materials in their construction. In relation to form the structures were not elegant. They were simple, plain, and rough like the men who lived in them and the island upon which they stood.

Sweet water easy to get Throughout the island Dunn constructed the wells which were the most unusual feature of the Pa-dre Island cattle operation. Again using lumber from the beach Dunn first built a rectangular frame about eight feet by two feet. A hole was then dug in the sand, usually near a sand dune, and the frame inserted in the hole. Water, which did not run off but which was rather trapped in the sand, slowly seeped into the tanks. According to Dunn, at one time or another there were as many as 75 of these tanks spread out on the island. Keeping them clean was a constant task, but it was easily accomplished by bailing them out and then cleaning the sides and bottoms. Unlike the water supply on the mainland, sweet water was never a problem on Padre. During the 1940s Burton Dunn, Pat's son who had taken over manage-ment of the ranch after his father's death in 1938, decided to modernize the place by constructing windmills. The windmills functioned properly, but they marked no improvement over the time-tested tanks. Old timers silently shook their heads and wondered why anybody would want to spend money building expensive windmills when the tanks had always supplied more than enough good water.

Round ‘em up move ‘em out For ten months out of the year the cattle on Padre peacefully grazed. Dunn and his men moved up and down the island checking on the new calves, taking care of distressed animals, and cleaning the water tanks. Twice a year, usually in May and October or November, it came time to round up the herd and cut out coasters for market. Dunn adapted the cattle drive or roundup to the island's con-ditions. With a foreman, about twelve vaqueros, a cook, and the necessary baggage and camp gear, Dunn first proceeded down the island to Green Hill, the southernmost camp. (This camp is today called the Dunn Ranch.) After making any necessary repairs to the traps and corrals, the men were ready to begin the drive. Proceeding another thirty miles down the island to a fence Dunn had constructed in the area of the present-day Port Mansfield Channel, they slept on the beach. Getting up at 4:00 in the morning they ate breakfast and then spread out across the island in the form of a "V". When the men were in place the drive got underway.

Patrick F. Dunn it approached Green Hill, three men were stationed on each side of the trap. Their job was to make sure no cattle got past the trap into the next section of the island. After the herd had been placed in the trap, the task of working the animals got underway. Calves were separated out into one of the working pens, where they were branded, castrated, and, in later years, vaccinated. Other cows were run through dipping vats or, again in later years, sprayed. The major concern, however, was to separate out the yearlings and other stock which would be taken to market. Once the work was complete and the prime beeves selected, the rest of the herd was turned out. They slowly drifted back down the island and resumed grazing. The technique of the "V" type drive between the two bodies of water on each side of the island was repeated between Green Hill and Black Hill. Again the vaqueros spread out across Padre with the wings throwing the cattle to the center, where they joined the animals from Green Hill. Reaching Black Hill, the cattle collected between Green and Black Hills were branded and vaccinated. When the cattle ready for market had been added to those from Green Hill, the herd resumed the slow drive up the island. The same roundup technique was employed between Black Hill and Novillo and Novillo and headquarters at the top of the island. It usually took about three weeks to a month to work the entire island and collect a herd at the north end. The work, however, was not yet over. Dunn and his foreman still faced the problem of getting the cattle off Padre to the mainland. From the headquarters pens, Dunn and his men drove the herd to the Laguna Madre where they forded that salty body of water to the Peta Island holding pens on Flour Bluff. Cattle in general are good swimmers, but those from Padre Island were so good they became known as sea lions. At the Peta Island pens, the herd was sold on the spot or arrangements were made to drive it to another mainland ranch. In later years Dunn acquired still another place on Flour Bluff about two miles from the Peta Island pens. Here he kept his equipment and horses.

workforce, and provide child care. He said Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush also has $50 billion in money from the federal Housing and Urban Development Department which will be distributed to cities through block grants, and Texas A&M University President John Sharp has been appointed by Abbot to head a $50 billion fund for street and roadways. Another $36 million has been raised by Houston Texans football player J.J. Watt. It is not clear how the money raised by Watt will be distributed but most is expected to be allocated in the Houston area. “The squeaky wheel is going to get the grease when it comes to recovery money,” Lamkin said. “We need to organize to get in line to get some of this money. This city has taken a huge hit from Harvey and we are going to need financial help, that is our focus here.” Organizers on Saturday said a primary focus of the fundraising is to address the need for affordable housing, which has risen from a problem to a crisis due to the storm. Port Aransas Mayor Charles Bujon said 85 percent of the residences in the city are damaged or destroyed. A group of local businessmen calling themselves Homes for Displaced Marlins have established a program aimed at bringing residents back to the city. They are offering twenty free trailers to those who have been forced to relocate and a reduced monthly rate of $400 for sites. A town hall meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 3 to discuss the issue. The group is establishing a website called New Day in Port A to handle questions and applications for funds from local residents.

VICKI MARSDEN is known to many of us for her ability to bring people together. While Vicki is warm and welcoming, she also brings a great deal of skill gained from her position as Director of Quality Assurance, Lead Auditor, and Project Manager for NCI information Systems and Karta Technologies. Today she is an independent consultant and a Process Improvement Specialist. Her sixteen years of successfully implementing the quality management and business systems primarily for IT and software companies under contract to the DoD would be a huge asset to our organization. Her clients include the City of Corpus Christi's Engineering Services Department where her work encompasses documenting sound policies, processes, and business plans that live up to the best business practices and efficiencies. She created a tailored internal audit program to check compliance against documented procedures to identify and implement meaningful measures to drive improvement throughout the organization. None of these candidates own businesses or stand to gain from a position on the board other than to give islanders a voice and to bring solid business practices and policies that are fair, reasonable, and respectful. "Solid business practices begin with saying what you mean and doing what you say. Be transparent and followup and do what you said you would do." ... Vicki Marsden. "Islanders have a right to have their voices heard, their money protected, their rights respected, and their safety made a priority. It's time for fair and reasonable policies and honest business practices." ... Marta Sprout "I have a lot of questions about how our organization is run. Together I'm certain that we can find those answers." ... Dr. Nick Colosi. Fred Edler

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timetable was announced for disbursement of the money raised, but Moore said it will be distributed according to the following formula: 20 percent to the workforce, 20 percent to business owners, 20 percent to the Port Aransas Independent School District, 20 percent to homeowners, and 20 percent through local churches. The money raised will be kept in a special 501 3c account and managed and distributed by a nine-member committee which is yet to be appointed. Lamkin said currently $100 million in federal assistance is available through the Lone Star Foundation, a fifteen-member board appointed by Governor Greg Abbot which does not

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Stuff I Heard on the Island

By Dale Rankin My first job out of college was chasing police calls in San Antonio. From 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. I drove a San Antonio News car all over the city from crime scene to crime scene for two years. It was a great job.

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There were three daily newspapers in the city at that time but the San Antonio Light and Express were both morning papers so their reporters went home at midnight; after midnight it was just me and a television guy named Henry who unbelievably is still at it, and Dangerous Dan from WOAI radio who didn’t show up until around 3 a.m. More often than not in the busy and often violent hours between midnight, when revelers had time to get tanked up and wanted to fight, and when the bars closed at 2 a.m. it was usually just me and the cops at crime scenes that often took us into the most violent parts of the city from the barrios on the Westside, to all night party houses on the Eastside, to the downtown enclaves where the homeless and disposed hunkered down, to housing projects all over town where police officers would only enter in force. I only got attacked twice, once when I was questioning a guy who had just been arrested for murder and his brother grabbed me from behind (I stomped his foot and broke his toe) another when I got trapped in a mob of people surrounding a standoff between a gunman named Julian Gold and Bexar County Deputies. (“Why Did You Do It Julian?” the headline read). It was a violent time in that city’s history and it was also a time when, due to the constant ebb and flow of the justice system the only justice ever likely to be dispensed in many cases was street justice administered right at the scene of the crime. I will say that street justice was dispensed without regard to race or social standing, it was meted out evenly and in all but one case to people who richly deserved it. It was a different time.

They’re lighting you up Fortunately for me, a 22 year-old rookie, my City Editor was a retired police officer who could steer me away from trouble and run interference with the PD when necessary. I soon learned that sometimes when I rolled up on a crime scene, the only reporter to show up, it was best that I took a scenic tour around the neighborhood before stopping. After a few weeks on the job I moved into a permanent residence near downtown where one evening, as I left for work I noticed an officer sitting in his marked patrol car in front of my house; no big deal, probably a coincidence. But then a couple of days later there was another, and then another. If they were sitting on a house near me, surveillance, they were doing a poor job since a marked unit was exactly inconspicuous. I let it pass. Then in my second month on the job a police Sergeant was shot four times by a refugee from the Mariel boat lift out of Cuba during a burglary on the Westside. The suspect was shot thirteen times and killed and I had been the only reporter on the scene. The question of course, with one man shot four times and the other thirteen was, who shot first? The next day there was the patrol car again and this time, even the rookie I was, I realized something was up and told my City Editor. “They’re lighting you up,” he said. “The best thing to do is keep your mouth shut.” Which I did.

Which leads to the rest of the story… By 1985 that Sergeant was head of the San Antonio police union and arguably the most powerful man in the city. His power was such that when he would enter the council chamber during a meeting everything would stop and he would stride to the podium to state his business. When not inside the council chamber itself he would hold court in a room behind the chambers where council members would leave the meeting to consult. The union became the largest contributor in council races and opposing it was political suicide in a town where there were no term limits and a council seat was a legacy. So in 1988 when it came time to negotiate a new police contract the Sergeant was in a position to drive a hard bargain and that’s what he did. He got a legal insurance plan which provided police and firefighters with such services as divorces, wills and deed examinations. The policies were available on the market for less than $15 a month per individual, but the Sergeant asked for $30, figuring the city would negotiate the fee down. It didn’t. The result was that the contract was soon awash in cash and the Sergeant demanded a “recruiting fee” of $25,000 and when the city’s share jumped to $32 a month per officer the Sergeant upped his fee as well and soon was making $72,000 per year and collected more than $500,000 before the deal was exposed and he went to federal prison for four and a half years. The city had signed the contract without costing out its elements and it included a retirement health plan designed to be prepaid so officers paid nothing after they retired. The contract provided that officers paid $50 a month toward funding the plan and the city paid $67 per uniformed employee. As a city hall reporter I sat outside the meeting room where the contract was negotiated and was told the contract would cost the city about $42 million over its ten-year lifespan, but when the bean counters finished their work the total was more than $10 million per year! But the most lasting legacy of that contract was that the system for investigating incidents between officers and arrestees changed in a fundamental way. Traditionally across the county when a suspect was injured in police custody the PD did the investigating and turned the evidence over to the District Attorney who was duty bound to take it to a Grand Jury where he/she could recommend a true bill of indictment or a no bill. But the District Attorney was an elected official who had to directly face voters, and even in what was then a oneparty town cases involving allegations against officers could quickly become political fodder. As a result, in sensitive cases the DA would often send in his own investigators much to the displeasure of the PD and its union. The result was that over time the de facto investigating arm of police involved cases moved from the DA office – a county position – into the city structure where the union held sway. I can’t say this dynamic has any direct connection to the current debate in this country that we are all too familiar with. What I can say is that in that place and time it greatly reduced the number of indictments against police officers and for a time amped up the administration of street justice. And so it goes.

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VA Puts Latest Estimate of Veteran Suicides at 20 per Day By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: From 2002 through 2015, it Some of the responders are Veterans themselves was reported that an average of 22 Veterans and understand what Veterans and their per day were committing suicide. At the time families and friends have been through and the of this writing, it is reported that an average challenges Veterans of all ages and service eras of 20 Veterans a day are committing suicide. face. I believe that an average of one is one too Since its launch in 2007, the Veterans Crisis many. Please join us in doing your best to Line has answered nearly 2.8 million calls and prevent veterans (and all others) from killing initiated the dispatch of emergency services themselves. Hopefully the following report will to callers in crisis nearly 74,000 times. The assist you in doing your part in stopping this Veterans Crisis Line anonymous online chat human slaughter. September 2017 is Suicide service, added in 2009, has engaged in more than Prevention Month. Please spread the word to 332,000 chats. In November 2011, the Veterans your followers on social media and help us Crisis Line introduced a text-messaging service engage our community with the interactive to provide another way for Veterans to connect tools. Also please remember that this should be with confidential, round-the-clock support, and a year-round project. Ashlee Marinez and the since then has responded to more than 67,000 Associated Press contributed to this report. texts.

The Hara-kiri * Continues On average, 20 veterans a day committed suicide in 2016, a slight decrease from the previous government estimate, but federal health officials are cautious about concluding the suicide problem is getting better. Rather, they say the Department of Veterans Affairs is relying on a more comprehensive database than ever before, making comparisons to prior studies difficult and possibly offering a truer snapshot than what was captured in the past.

In 2011, the National Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline was renamed the Veterans Crisis Line to encourage Veterans and their families and friends to make the call. People who know a Veteran best may be the first to recognize emotional distress and reach out for support when issues reach a crisis point — and well before a Veteran is at risk of suicide.

If you’re a Veteran in crisis or know a Veteran who is, confidential support is only a phone call, click, or text away — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Veterans Crisis Line, online chat, and Above Iraq war veteran couple Colleen Ryan and Jeff Hensley text-messaging service are free to all Veterans, of the U.S. Navy comfort each other as they help set up 1,892 even if you are not American flags to mark veteran suicides on the National Mall in registered with the U.S. Washington, DC. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or enrolled The number (22) became a fixture in media in VA health care. Hundreds of Veterans call stories and in comments from politicians and every day, and start to get back on track. advocacy groups highlighting the prevalence Crisis feels different for everybody and can arise of the problem. But the number was also based on data submitted from fewer than half of the from a wide range of situations before, during, states. Some states with many veterans were or after military service. Some Veterans are not part of that study, including California and coping with aging, stress, or similar challenges Texas. Veterans groups urged the department to faced during civilian life while others may expand its database and incorporate Department of Defense records to identify veterans who had not enrolled in the VA's numerous programs. And that's what it has done. Dr. David Shulkin, undersecretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, told The Associated Press that the data used for the latest suicide projections came from every state and U.S. territory and was the largest analysis of veteran records ever undertaken by the department. He said the data gives the VA more information about where to direct resources and which veterans are most at-risk of suicide, but he's hesitant to make any firm determinations about the overall trend and whether it's getting better. "Twenty a day is not that different from 22," Shulkin said. "It is far too high."

The rate of suicides for non-veterans has also been increasing in recent years, but the rate has increased at a greater pace for veterans. That's particularly the case for female veterans. The risk for suicide is 2.4 times higher for female veterans than it is for female civilians. In 2014, the rate of suicide among veteran females was 18.9 per 100,000. The rate of suicide for females in the civilian population was 7.2 per 100,000, the VA said.

He said the VA data also shows that those who receive mental health care from the VA are less likely to commit suicide than those who don't get care. He said it's critical to destigmatize getting counseling so that people feel comfortable reaching out. He said the VA is intent on partnering with advocacy groups and U.S. companies to ensure veterans get help. Rep. Jeff Miller, Republican chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, said the VA's numbers were heartbreaking proof that the nation has a long way to go to end what he called an epidemic. "We as a nation must do more to encourage veterans in need to seek treatment and ask for help," Miller said.

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By Abigail Bair “It was a dark and stormy night” is a terrible way to start a story. That, however, is what last night was. The rain hit my little matchbox house in great crashing sheets, punctuated by mutinous crashes of faraway thunder. I was snug as a bug, tucked beneath my quilt and resting upon not one but two feather beds and a foot of memory foam – I have a very ‘Princess and the Pea’ viewpoint regarding the appropriate amount of squishiness required for bedding. Stadler, my intellectually challenged black Labrador, was right there with me – in the same bed, but in a vastly different boat. I hate to admit this, as it makes me seem like a terrible dog parent, but Stadler is terrified of thunderstorms. In fact, she’s absolutely petrified by any kind of loud sky boom – as though the sky Gods were hungry for Labrador. She shakes, pants, drools, rolls her eyes, and occasionally goes stark raving mad and runs around the house like a maniac, knocking over furniture and running into walls. Her favorite position in times of crisis, is to lie prone across my body while shivering and sliming me with dog spit. Evidently, squash Ab is the canine safety equivalent of a basement during a tornado.

Moon Doggie, Lizzy, had to take 'fraidy pills last night, too. This morning's puppy love fest is indicative of a pretty major residual high. You may think that this condition isn’t my fault. “Lots of dogs,” you might be saying to yourself, “are afraid of storms.” This is true, but since Stadler has been with me since she was 8 weeks old, I can’t help but think I must have had something to do with this. I’m directly responsible for her hydrophobia. I shouldn’t have thrown her in the lake that one time. In my defense, she looked like she really wanted to go swimming. However, I haven’t ever (that I can recall) engaged in any kind of “crashing death from above games” even though I realize that sounds pretty much exactly like something I’d do. The fact of the matter is that the dog seems legitimately terrified of storms – most of the time. No matter how shake-y, pant-y, and drool-y she is, the “horror-stricken” canine will run directly into the maw of the storm if she thinks we’re getting in the car. If say “Hey, Dorkface! Let’s go for a ride!” she’ll leap off of my lap/chest/head/whatever area of my body she’s crushing into a neutron star at the time, and run to the door, often looking back at me with a “Hurry up!” expression. Also, since I usually wind up giving her some Benadryl wrapped in some kind of delicious wad of human food to calm her down, she’s taken to trying to herd me to the refrigerator. I felt that Harvey would require some “heavier” medication than our standby pink pills, so before we evacuated I called Stadler’s vet. He is well aware of my dog’s “anxiety” issues because of her bad behavior in the exam room. Stadler comports herself perfectly in the waiting room, sitting like a lady and not even trying to stick

her nose in any cat carriers. People complement me on how well-mannered she is, saying things like, “I wish my dog would act that nice” while dragging their straining terriers across the sage green tiles. I just say “thanks,” and pretend I don’t know what’s coming next. As soon as her name is called, Stadler’s sham is over. She sits on the ground, plants her front feet, and refuses to move. I then have to drag, push, or (in really bad situations) carry a huge, incredibly stubborn canine back into the exam room. It then takes two nurses to get her on the scale. I think Stadler weighs around 80 pounds, but (if I’m being honest) we probably haven’t been able to get a truly accurate measurement since she was about 12 weeks old. Then, when our very kind veterinarian comes into the room, she tries to hide underneath my legs and cowers, tail tucked, through the entire exam, refusing even to take a treat. At our yearly visit back in July, the vet suggested in his soft, gentle voice that we drop in “a couple of times a week so that she gets used to the office.” I didn’t try to tell him that she’s fine with “the office” and that it’s the exam she hates. When I called, asking for doggie anti-anxiety meds before Harvey, the vet popped on the phone and said, “For Stadler? Absolutely. She’s just a nervous Nellie, isn’t she?!” and gave her a prescription for acepromazine. As it turned out, we evacuated. The dog didn’t need any medication at all. Last night, however, I decided that I wanted to sleep without a giant, shivering, fuzzball acting as a blanket, so I gave her a pill. Then the storm stopped. I drugged the dog for nothing. This morning, I dreamt that I was on a spaceship trying to shut off an old fashioned alarm clock – you know the kind with the bells on top. It was blue and very, very loud. I couldn’t get the thing to shut up, even after I took out the batteries. No one on the ship would give me a hammer, and I was about to smash the thing with a boot from a spacesuit, when I woke up enough to realize that the alarm on my phone was going off. I grabbed it and hit snooze, still disoriented from the collision of dream and reality. Normally, if I don’t shut off the blaring, Stadler will bounce on my face until I do. Instead, she lay sleeping at the end of my bed, occasionally letting out a gentile snore and kicking one back leg. I gave her a prod with my foot, “Hey, Druggy! Do your job!” She grunted, and rolled onto her back. I

Stadler's response to threats of unemployment is, I think, "take this job and shove it." got up and stomped to the kitchen for coffee, which I made (with much banging) and dumped in a cup. As I opened the fridge for some milk, Stadler-I’m-Too-Sleepy-To-Do-Anything-Bair careened around the corner and jammed her nose through the crack in the door, as if to say “I NEED TO SEE WHAT’S IN THE MAGIC BOX TODAY!” I guess some dog duties are more important than others.

experience difficulties in their relationships or transitioning back to employment or education. PREVENTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND SUICIDE GET HELP NOW, CALL OUR LIFELINE: 800-273-8255 OR TEXT '273TALK' TO 839863 Whatever’s got you down — chronic pain, anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, anger, or even homelessness — a Veterans Crisis Line responder will provide support, day or night. *Hara-kiri- If you don’t know what this word means, Google it. Dotson’s Other Note: I believe that everyone can help prevent suicides. I have an unlimited supply of the Crisis Cards. Also I have a couple of articles that should be of assistance to you: “Veterans Suicide” & “This Is How To Respond To A Veteran Contemplating Suicide”.

Shulkin called preventing suicide the VA's top priority. He said the department added 446 new psychologists last year and 80 new psychiatrists. It's also adding 60 employees to the Veterans Crisis Line and making it easier for veterans calling their local VA medical facilities to connect directly to the suicide hotline.

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To make sure all Veterans and their loved ones are aware of the Veterans Crisis Line, VA is coordinating with communities and partners nationwide to let Veterans and their loved ones know that support is available whenever, if ever, they need it.

You Served Your Country. Now Let VA Serve You.

The attention on veteran suicide comes at a time when the VA has reported a huge upswing in veterans seeking medical care as they have returned from conflicts in the Middle East. Yet, the VA data continues to show that older veterans make up most suicides. About twothirds of all veterans who died by suicide were age 50 and over.

Anecdotingly

Please call/text/Email or tell me when you see me, and I will send/hand you copies of the articles, and as many crisis cards that you would like to have. Your thoughts regarding this or any articles appearing in The Island Moon are greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading and commenting on Senior Moments. I can be reached at: dlewis1@stx.rr.com and/or Land Line: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530-748-8475. Please Note: The next Veterans Round Table Meeting will be Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 9-11 AM, 3209 S. Staples. All Veterans, their families and anyone interested in Veterans affairs, are invited. Coffee & doughnuts are provided. Hope to see you there. Also our Veterans Radio Round Table is on the air on KEYS AM 1440, 8 – 9 AM, Saturdays. The next will air September 30, 2017. Please listen and call in. The listener/ text line is: 361-560-5397…It’s your show. Hang in there/Have fun!

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September 28, 2017

Island Moon on a Spoon

Fall Apple Fritter Cake

By Chef Vita Jarrin Whether in the Midwest or on the Coastal Bend, fall is one of my favorite times of the year. Growing up and living in Illinois my entire life, fall was a time when soups and baking fall treats became acceptable again with the cooler weather. Although I now live in Texas and the weather won’t cool off for a while, I can’t help the urge to start baking and cooking fall inspired treats.

P.O.A. Cont. from A1 The PIPOA previously was not a customer service operation. That was my background and one of the reasons I wanted the job – I felt this office needed to answer resident questions and try to solve problems. Can we solve all issues – no, but at least we can try. We also made major improvements in maintaining the medians and cul de sacs as they are all now contracted for regular maintenance. Lot mowing was an issue. When I started, we had lots that had sunflowers on them over six feet tall. The Board approved a plan whereby those owners who do not have mowing contracts because they are absentee owners who think lots only need to be mowed three times a year, now we contracts to have them mowed and it costs that owner more than if they would just get their own contract. Fewer owners are opting to pay the higher rate which is a good thing. What is the biggest change?

This time of year we are bombarded with pumpkin recipes on Pinterest, cooking magazines and various other forms of social media. The feedback isn’t always welcoming because not many like pumpkin or think the end of summer is way too soon to incorporate something most cook and bake with in October, November and December more so for the holidays. One thing I also enjoyed was going to apple orchards and buying a bushel or a bag of mixed apples and baking with them. Pies, tarts, donuts, cakes etc. This week I tried a recipe that is a spinoff of one of my favorite donuts, the Apple Fritter. I love the fried crunchy edges and the surprise apple pieces in every bite. Couple that with cinnamon, brown sugar and a warm sugary glaze over the top and you have magic in your mouth. I love how quick and easy this recipe is. If you take a few minutes to prepare and measure your ingredients, the mixing and baking becomes fast and easy.

Cake Ingredients: Cooking spray for bread loaf pan 1/3 C light brown sugar 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Wet Ingredients 1 stick butter softened 2/3 C granulated sugar 2 eggs 1/3 C sour cream

wanted) 3-5 drops of lemon juice

Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Spray loaf pan, set aside. For Apple Mixture: In a bowl add cold water and lemon juice. Peel and dice apples and place in bowl for about 5 minutes and drain. This keeps apples from turning brown. In a bowl, add brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and cayenne. In a sauté pan, melt butter and then add apples with the brown sugar mixture. Sauté for about 5 minutes until the apples are softened. Let cool completely. For batter: Soften butter and place in a kitchen aid or use hand mixer. Blend butter and sugar until creamed. Add eggs, sour cream and mix an additional 2 minutes on medium speed and add milk and vanilla extract and blend on low speed for 2 more minutes. In a separate bowl add dry ingredients and mix around with a spoon or whisk to incorporate ingredients well. On low speed, add the flour mixture a bit at a time until you have added all of it. Blend for a couple of minutes. Scrape bowl with spatula to incorporate everything properly. Pour batter in the loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a tooth pick or wooden skewer, is inserted and comes out clean.

For Glaze:

1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract

In a bowl add the sugar, mix in juice and then milk. The lemon juice add shine and a nice touch of lemon flavor. Check the thickness and consistency you want, if it’s too runny, add more sugar and if too thick add milk, but very little because a little goes a long way with powder sugar.

½ C milk Dry Ingredients 1 ½ C Flour 1 ¾ tsp. baking powder Apple Mixture 1 lemon juiced in bowl with 3 C cold water

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2 Apples Medium in size (granny smith) or choice

I opted to double the recipe and bake it in a spring form pan. The type you would use for cheesecakes. I made sure to bake it with a sheet pan covered in aluminum foil, in case there was any leakage. By doubling the recipe, it allowed me to bake extra for sharing. If you too would like to try this, just make sure you don’t forget to double every ingredient, including cinnamon or vanilla or baking powder. One missed measurement will throw off the whole recipe. Additionally if you would like to add chocolate or walnuts, feel free. The ideas are endless! The important thing is to Have Fun! Try New Things! Happy Eats… Enjoy!

¼ C brown sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon Pinch salt Pinch cayenne (optional) 1 Tbs. butter

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With the change in fees, the PIPOA now is able to have bulkhead repairs done year round. Before the increase, bulkhead work was only able to be done about 3 months each year – that left many residents very upset that we weren’t getting their caps repaired. It still can take some time, but it is being done all year long. We also instituted a better dredging plan and accountability and standards for the dredging. What advice have you given to your successor? The Island really is a terrific place to live and work and we have hundreds of residents who appreciate what we do every day, but we do have some folks who want or expect more from the Association than what is possible. Educate yourself on the various sub-divisions since there are differences in the covenants. What is the biggest challenge facing the POA over the next five years...decade? Maintenance of the bulkheads. With the aging, there will be more screen failures which mean washouts and possible deterioration of the tiebacks which are a costly fix. What do you consider your biggest success and disappointments during you tenure at POA? Biggest disappointment is the inability to get owners to take care of their property and the City to do the necessary upkeep on homes that are in foreclosure, owners are in prison, owners died in the house and it is now vacant or abandoned, homes that are in probate, or owners who have just walked away with no forwarding address! Some builders are also a problem as to keeping their job sites clean. While I realize building can be messy, many of those sites do not have to be that messy. We have a fine system for builders, also. I think that although it has not been without push back on the part of some owners, having defined maintenance standards or basically, what is expected of a property owner and the fines to go with it after years of not being able to take this kind of action has been helpful. What do you think is the best way to guarantee the repair of the canal system if it is hit by a storm? This was a topic at this month’s Board meeting and one which the Board will continue to work on. The MMD was set up to be a tool to be able to qualify for possible FEMA money and/ or low interest SBA loans. There is a problem

to work out on the FEMA front, but the low interest loan is a possibility. But, at the time we were working on this, everyone was concerned about the bulkheads. It was only during this last year as we did more research and discussion did the concern about the debris in the canals became the bigger issue. There is a contract with a person who is working his way thru a hurricane preparedness plan which will be very helpful in the future. Harvey certainly gave us a good look at what might happen rather than just seeing the “models,” we actually can see what happened in Port Aransas. Are contracts and subcontracts for POA projects currently open to bidders? The new Executive Director will be putting together new Request for Proposals for various projects which are open to any company who can do the work. Is the bidding process working? With some of the negative comments that have been made regarding some companies who have done business with the PIPOA in the past, they have told us they are no longer interested in doing business with us. We also had companies who told me they do not do any homeowner/ property owner association work because of the questions residents ask the workers which takes the workers away from the tasks they are supposed to be working on. There has been much friction between the board and members of late, why do you think that is, and what can be done to smooth things out? I think most of the friction is due to not understanding how the PIPOA functions. Board meetings are just that, they are Board meetings and participation by members of the Association is limited to the member comment section. Board meetings are not meant to be a question and answer session with Board members. Board members are elected to carry out the business of the association by setting the budget, policy and procedures for the staff to carryout. If a resident has a problem, the first contact should be to the office. If the office is non-responsive or the issue was not resolved, then you take it to the Board. We have almost made our Board members too accessible since they are volunteers – they receive no pay – and several of them actually do have day jobs. Is there a message you would like to send to POA members as you leave the job? Instead of believing the worst of your Association, go to the source – the office – to find out the real answer. We are happy to provide accurate information and attempt to resolve whatever issue you are having, but understand that some problems are actually City of Corpus Christi issues, the PIPOA is not a mediator of problems between 2 neighbors, and there are some things way beyond our control! Social media has been a blessing and a curse. It is a fantastic way to communicate quickly to a large group of people, but unfortunately, sometimes people post false or misleading information and the people reading it tend to believe what they read.

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High School Football By Dotson Lewis Special to the Island Moon Dotson’s Note: Do you remember when a Corpus Christi high school first played in a Texas State High School Championship Football Game? Sure you do, it was in 1934*. We all know that Texas high school football is the gold standard for not only high school football, but ALL sports. There is no other sport in any other state that can compare to the history, the rabid fan base and unbridled action that is Texas High School Football. Following are some thoughts and information that may be of interest to those of you who have an interest in the sport. Jade Rich, USA Today & Bob Shieffer, CBS journalist, contributed to this article.

Football Study Dotson’s High School Football Helmet the sport that demands discipline, confidence, communication, and the character of each and every team member. Although everyone is out there for a different reason, their reasons bleed together to become so similar. Some men play to win, some play to satisfy the lust, some play for scholarships and opportunities, others play for the feeling, not the feeling of a team but the brotherhood and the feeling of belonging.

Amarillo vs Corpus State High School Championship Game Ticket A new study that examined men who were high school football players in Wisconsin in the late 1950s has determined that “cognitive and depression outcomes later in life were found to be similar for high school football players and their nonplaying counterparts.” Playing football was not a “major risk factor” for cognitive impairment or depression at ages 65, the study concluded.

By Andy Purvis Special to the Island Moon Nobody comes to a baseball game to watch the umpires. There’s an old saying that goes like this: Every umpire starts in the Minor Leagues and most of them finish there. He had a voice that sounded like he was from outer space, and you might think you have seen him before on a police sketch at the Post Office. The man became a household name, but just in his own household. It has been said that his parents called him “Zero” because they believed he would never amount to anything. This fellow was a big boy. He strutted more than he walked and ate dinner like a 600-pound tiger. He fit the mold of a 1970’s umpire; built like a football player, he was loud, tough and arrogant, and he owned a short temper. He tried to control the game with force and knowledge of the rule book. Former umpire, Ron Luciano, described him like this. “His body looked more like a barrel on which two arms had been stuck on backward.” He didn’t walk as much as he waddled. If you watched him walk long enough, you could get seasick. Sometimes throwing out the right guy at the right time for the right reason is not as easy

as it looks. As umpires get more confident in throwing managers and players out of a game, they begin to formulate their own personal style. They will draw a line in their mind. It may be a certain curse word, a motion, or an offensive name called. The important thing is to establish that line and to let the managers and players know what that line is, and then be consistent. For Ken, there was no plate like home.

Tomato Bowl Stadium-Jacksonville, Texas**

Of note, football today and football in the 1950s are not the same from the playing rules to the equipment to speed of the game. The study’s author’s note: “The risks of playing football today might be different than in the 1950s, but for current athletes, this study provides information on the risk of playing sports today that have a similar risk of head trauma as high school football played in the 1950s.” The authors write that further research is needed on the subject, especially related to potential differences based on position. They also suggest additional studies on additional former players as they reach 65: “Repeating our analysis with a younger cohort as they reach 65 years of age may improve our understanding of how the risks of playing football have evolved over time.”

Not Just A Game For most people in America, football is not just a game, it may not be as big and glorified as it is in Texas, but it certainly isn't underrated anywhere here in the United States. For most athletes, football is often how people lay out a path for their lives, filled with emotional highs and the lowest of lows. For some, it is a temporary escape from the real world. For others, football is their whole world. We have all heard it before: football is much more than any other sport, and more than a game. High school football has been a tradition in the United States since the late 19th century. It has formed into an essential aspect of the American

all of the different reasons the players play, there are just as many reasons as to why the community shows up decked out in colorful attire in any kind of weather. No matter who you are or where you come from, the game still remains the same. Just like a turkey at Thanksgiving, a touchdown is a touchdown, the band is the half-time show, and a victory is like coming home from war. Nobody is there for the money, or the fame, or the recognition. At the end of the night, win or lose, it was about the unity. The feeling that was not only invested in by the team but, by extension, the community. *1934 1A - Amarillo 48, Corpus Christi 0 **Built in the 1930’s by the WPA Dotson’s Other Note: I was the referee at a high school play-off game here (in the Tomato Bowl Stadium) in 1978. What a great old field. The game was one of many that I remember “working” in my 70 years of being a football on-the-field official. Your comments, suggestions, questions and concerns regarding Sports Talk articles are greatly appreciated, please call the Benchwarmers at 361-560-5397 weekdays, Mondays thru Fridays, 5-7 PM, or contact me. Phone: 361-949-7681 Cell: 530748-8475 Email: dlewis1@stx.rr.com Have fun -30-

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on to the Eastern League in 1971. Ken once split his pants during a Minor League game and umpired the rest of the game with his underwear showing. You could find Ken behind the plate in the International League, from 1972 until 1976. “I thought about quitting 50,000 times,” said Ken. “I was making $650 a month in the Minors, not for a week. That was for five months a year.” While in the Minor Leagues, Kaiser took on many jobs to supplement his income. He worked as a bank teller and a bar bouncer. From 1973 through 1974, Ken “The Hatchet” Kaiser also moonlighted as a professional wrestler to make ends meet, while umpiring in the Minor Leagues. For $25 a match, Ken wore an all-black outfit and black hood to conceal his identity, and he carried a hatchet into the ring with him. He once wrestled William “Haystack” Calhoun, who weighed over 500 pounds, and also took on Andre’ the Giant. During a match in Philadelphia, Ken’s hood was ripped off his head by his opponent, exposing his true identity. Interestingly, another umpire named Eric Gregg was in the audience. “When I saw it was Kaiser, I dropped my popcorn,” said Gregg. Kaiser never won a match. Ken could be funny. “Classy dressing rooms in the Minor Leagues had hooks to hang your clothes instead of rusty nails driven into the wall,” said Kaiser. “Most umpires’ dressing rooms in the Minor Leagues were so small if you ate before the game and gained weight, you couldn’t get out. These rooms were also filled with insects and the shower head was smaller than a garden hose nozzle.” One of my favorite quotations from Ken went like this: “One of the greatest things that ever happened in the long history of umpiring was the invention of the plastic bottle.”

When going to college, besides our dogs, Friday night lights is the one thing that every college student can attest to feeling lost without. Players, cheerleaders, loyal student section alumni – all can confess that they miss it. They miss being a part of the unity. The emotional highs and lowest of the lows. They miss familiar faces (it is kind of cool when everyone knows your name), concession stand food, and oddly they even miss spending Friday nights with their parents and teachers. In the middle of the madness it is all so innocent, because through

The study published in the Journal of American Medical Association Neurology this summer examined nearly 4,000 men who graduated from high schools in Wisconsin in 1957 and tested their verbal skills, memory and cognition. The research showed no statistically significant difference among the football players from non-players in cognition score or outcomes such as heavy alcohol use. The football players were shown to have fewer symptoms of depression.

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One afternoon in Class-A ball, umpire Ken Kaiser ejected everyone in the press box. At the dismay of the hometown team, he had called a player out at home plate. At the end of the inning, the hometown team’s announcer said, “Lynchburg 1, Salem 1, and Kaiser 1.” So Ken got upset and threw out the an-nouncer, the public address guy, all the sportswriters and the maintenance man. Kenneth John Kaiser, Jr., was born on July 26, 1945, in Rochester, New York. He grew up on the corner of Arnett Boulevard and Genesee Street, in a section in Rochester known as the 19th Ward. Ken’s father had served as a military policeman in North Africa, during World War II. When he returned to the States, he became a security guard for Eastman Kodak. His mother, Annette, ran a TV repair shop. As a kid, Ken was a huge baseball fan. After graduating from Gates Chili High School in 1964, Ken joined Ed O’Hara, a friend and ex-boxer, who was heading to umpire school in Florida. Ed and Ken attended the Al Somers Umpiring School in Daytona, Florida. While there, he learned a little bit about the game and that baseball players and managers were “the enemy.” Life umpiring in the Minor Leagues was trying. Salaries were small, the travel was unending, and the long season took these guys away from their families and kids. Umpires grew to trust only each other. His umpiring career began in 1965, in the Florida Rookie League. Ken was promoted to the Western Carolina League in 1966 and also spent some time in the New YorkPenn League in 1967. During his second year, Ken and his partner blew a call in a Minor League game which resulted in an argument and fisticuffs. After Ken and his partner punched out the hometown team’s third baseman and manager, they were chased by the fans across the South Carolina State line. Ken umpired in the Northern League and Carolina League until 1970 and then moved

In 1977, after 13 seasons, Ken Kaiser became a Major League umpire in the American League. His first game behind the plate was in April, between the California Angels and the Seattle Mariners, at the Kingdome in Seattle. His first ejection was Texas Ranger, Ken Henderson, in September of that same year. Ken’s last ejection occurred in July of 1998, when he thumbed out Anaheim Angels’ Manager, Terry Collins. Like most umpires, Ken Kaiser hated Baltimore Manager, Earl Weaver, and the Orioles’ Hall-ofFame first baseman, Eddie Murray. They both became one of the 75 players and managers that Kaiser tossed out of a game. Once after an ejection for arguing balls and strikes, Murray challenged Kaiser to a fight. Standing 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing over 300 pounds, Kaiser accepted and gave Murray some advice. “Eddie, you can even bring your bat with you, because the way you’re swinging this year, you couldn’t hit me with it, anyway.” The fight never occurred. In 1999, Ken along with some 50 other umpires, handed in their resignations as part of a failed ploy by union leader, Ritchie Phillips. Phillips was trying to get Major League Baseball to negotiate a better labor agreement for umpires. All but 22 of these umpires were eventually hired back, but Ken Kaiser was not included. Kaiser was broken-hearted. The love of his life, baseball, had been taken away from him. David Fisher helped Kaiser write his 2003 autobiography entitled, Planet of the Umps: A Baseball Life From Behind the Plate. As evidence of his stern conviction, Ken wrote, “Whatever call you make is the only right call. Never explain, never apologize. An umpire will only take criticism from another umpire.” And we wonder why most people don’t like umpires. The colorful Ken Kaiser was finally called out for the last time on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. He was 72. Andy Purvis is a local author and radio personality. Please visit www.purvisbooks. com for all the latest info on his books or to listen to the new radio podcast. Andy’s books are available online and can be found in the local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Andy can be contacted at purvis.andy@mygrande.net. Also listen to sports talk radio on Dennis & Andy’s Q & A Session from 6-8 PM on Sportsradiocc.com 1230 AM, 96.1 FM and 103.3 FM. The home of the Houston Astros.

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Local volunteers, many who have helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, had enough energy to also volunteer to clean Coastal Bend beaches last Saturday during the Adopt-A-Beach clean-up. Individuals, couples, families, and a variety of groups and organizations flocked to various registration points to donate a few hours of sweat labor in the face of the hot morning sun. After cleaning several miles of local beaches, volunteers returned to Bali Park to enjoy lunch provided by the Padre Island Kiwanis Club. Hundreds of bags of trash were collected from the beaches and dunes, including the normal plastics, bottles, wood, cans, styrofoam, and more. Huge thanks to those who continue to volunteer in the Coastal Bend. -- Brent Rourk

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