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May 23, 2013

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Around The Island

By Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com By Dale Rankin

It blew up the Laguna Madre murky and quiet; a little at a time announced only by the squawking of the gulls which fell on deaf Island ears – rolling in quiet and slow so that no one really noticed until it was upon us and too late; like a new State Law that no one wants to own rolling from up Austin way and leaving its stain on all it touches. But it wasn’t a state law; no friends it was the cursed Brown Tide. Out with the Blue Water and in with the Brown Water. In the last weeks the water in the Laguna and Oso Bay has turned the color of one of those fancy coffees - you know “café au lait half-caf-de-caf mocha mocha and put-it-in-a-green-cup” kind of coffee ordered by those trendy folks up Austin way. The fish noticed and their eating habits showed it. Thoroughly confused by having to hunt their dinner with blinders on they no longer paid attention to the phases of the moon or the time of day. Instead they lurch about like Texas Blind Salamanders living in dark Hill Country caves where the sun never shines. See Joey’s column in this issue for more details. There is great disagreement as to how/why this plague has been visited upon us. Trying to get a layman’s explanation of how brown/red tide works from biologist types is kind of like trying to get an explanation of the U.S. economy from a Ph. D. in economics; there are only two people in the country who understand it and they disagree. So when it comes to matters of Brown Tide we Moon Monkeys depend on those who use the resource and are out there keeping an eye on things everyday – the fisherpersons and guides and the consensus among them is that the problem became acute summer before last when the Corps of Engineers dredged around the Land Cut south of us and instead of pumping the spoils onto a spoil island like usual instead pumped it into the water in the Laguna near Baffin Bay. Until just a few weeks ago regular Northers brought the north wind that kept the brown water pushed south but as they slacked off the prevailing southeasterly wind has pushed the mocha mocha water up into our canals and bay. The good news is that the blue water continues to line our beaches and find its way into the passes in Port A and Packery with offshore swells running at five to six feet. The final day of the shrimp season is Thursday and in Port A the Polly Anna has been bringing in some of the most beautiful shrimp the locals have ever seen; ten count to the pound. We can only hope they are still there when the season kicks back in around mid-July.

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Time to Reason with Hurricane Season

Year 16, Issue 475

Swim for It!

By Dale Rankin The Hurricane Season kicks off in less than two weeks and the predictions for the season are in: 16 named tropical storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season which begins June 1 and ends November 30. Of these, three are predicted to make landfall in the United States. The predictions are for a 20% chance that one of the storms will make an impact on the Texas Coast. The Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University has been predicting hurricanes for thirty years and their findings, which take into account the predictions of several other similar organizations, form the basis for the season’s predictions. Their report, issued last week, says that warm water across the Atlantic and Caribbean, will likely result in an above-normal number of storms. The normal number of named tropical storms in a given year is 12, according to NOAA. According to the Colorado State findings not only will there be more storms this year than last year, but the storms will be stronger with several reaching category 2 or higher. However, this year’s season is expected to begin later than last year when two storms were named before June 1.

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Sunday was a good day to be this guy. On Sunday Tony Amos and volunteers at the ARK (Animal Rehabilitation Keep) in Port Aransas released six sea turtles (two Loggerheads and four Kemp’s Ridleys) and Mile Marker 35 on Mustang Island. All of these turtles had been in rehabilitation at the ARK and were ready to return to the wild. Thank you to everyone who attended the release and the volunteers who brought the turtles back to health! We thank you and turtles thank you.

Beach to Bay

The report states in part: “We anticipate that the 2013 Atlantic basin hurricane season will Hurricane continued on A8

City Manager Says Island Water Exchange Bridge Project is on Schedule Development at the Port will double the tax base By Dale Rankin The Park Road 22 (SPID) Water Exchange Bridge project is “on schedule and moving forward” in a time frame that will “coincide with the construction for Schlitterbahn” project, according to Corpus Christi City Manager Ron Olson. Olson spoke on Wednesday to the Padre Island Kiwanis Club, and said the city has committed $1.2 million to pay for the bridge’s design and planners are now awaiting a ruling from the state on whether an environmental impact study will be needed for the project. The bridge is part of a larger plan to develop the waterpark and a BeachWalk canal on the west side of SPID and a marina on the east, Bridge continued on A6

Dawn of the Age…of Wreckius… Smoke on the water…

Angels, Serpents and Frescoes

Twenty-two Steps to the Little Chapel on the Dunes

By Brent Rourk brentrourk@yahoo.com

If your eyes and throat have been scratchy lately blame the Mexicans…or at least their volcano Popocatépetl which has been spewing smoke and vapor for over a month. The volcano is located about 50 miles southeast of Mexico’s capital which is home to approximately 21 million people. Before that it was a giant fire in the Yucatan that was bringing smoke to our shores, now it’s a volcano. There seems to be a pattern here, lets’ hope it doesn’t escalate.

Fire in the sky…

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[This is part 3 of series of articles about The Little Chapel on the Dunes in Port Aransas, Texas. You can retrieve past copies of The Island Moon Newspaper on Facebook or by dropping by The Island Moon Newspaper office]

Frescoes in the Chapel Photo by Tamay Tipton

Hats off to Islander Jerry Watkins who has almost reached his goal of $15,000 in donations for the Island fireworks show on the 4th of July. A complete list of donors is in this issue and Jerry’s still a few thousand dollars short so anyone who has pledged to help, us included, needs to pony up this week.

While the planners fiddle Aquarius burns. It took the better part of twenty years to get the Aquarius Extension built. When the stretch of road which gets drivers from Commodores to Whitecap was finished late last year it was a cause for celebration but it came after a fight.

But we are happy to announce that the amount raised so far, if all the pledges come in, is enough to say that there will definitely be a fireworks show on The Island this summer.

Way to go Jerry…

The folks who lived on the old Aquarius feared high traffic counts and high speeds as a result. After a lawsuit and much discussion a decision was made that can best be described as If We Build It They Will Drive and then we’ll see how fast.

Until then, say hello if you see us Around The Island.

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The Little Chapel on the Dunes was initially painted white inside, and over the years that bright, white paint gradually yellowed; a result of natural fading and minimal maintenance. Vandalism had also left its sad mark on the walls. Further, layers of dust had hardened on the walls, making the walls dull and unattractive. The inside needed restoration after years of virtual neglect. Enter artist John Cobb who met up with Frank Carter in the 1970s. Cobb had an idea for the Chapel walls and he also had an art background that prepared him for such projects and commissions.

Cobb’s Background Initially, he studied art at the Texas School

The ceiling and back wall of Fine Arts from ages 7-12. His family then moved to the Coastal Bend. He studied with individual, accomplished artists for several years after the move, both in the Coastal Bend and in the Hill Country. He graduated from King High School and found a very inspiring teacher there Later Cobb went to attended both the University of Texas and the Rhode Island School of Design. At Rhode Island Cobb, “had a great winter season water color course with Dean Richardson. This set me on course to do large-scale watercolors.” He History continued on A11

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Unusual Boat Launch

If you passed by the Caravel Boat Ramp last Sunday morning you may have seen this unusual launch. This 33-foot catamaran with a 22-foot beam and was built by long-time Islander Bruce Wild and brought over the JFK Causeway on a truck with only a foot to spare on each side. It

It weighs 6000 pounds and has two double cabins, two small forward cabins, a galley and a head. It was towed to The Island by H & H towing.

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“The Caravel Boat Ramp is perfect for this sort of thing,” Wild said, who has lived on The Island for 24 years.

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Stuff I Heard on the Island by Dale Rankin Tax notices are out. Tax season is upon us. The question of the day is this: If the people we elected to office to not raise our taxes keep saying there are not raising our taxes then how come the tax check we write every year is bigger than the last? A very good question. Higher valuations yes, but that is not the whole reason; not even the biggest reason. I have found that very few office holders at the local level in Texas understand how the tax system actually works and that a lot of them who think they do don’t and end up spreading self-serving and very wrong information.

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It happened recently when a county official, who shall remain nameless for this column, got up and made the statement that the County Commission had not raised taxes in five years. He then made the statement that the county will reap about a $3 million windfall this year due to a 3% increase in the assessed value of property across Nueces County. One of those statements must by definition not be true. Here’s why.

Not that complicated The tax system gives any and all taxing entities – from school boards to cities and county governments – the right to raise the same amount of tax money they raised in the previous year from the property that existed in the previous year. If the cumulative value of county property went up in the last year then the county tax rate by law automatically ratchets downward to the level that will allow that taxing entity to raise the same amount of money it raised on that property in the previous year. So if the value of the property in Nueces County goes up by 3% this year over what it was appraised for last year, then the tax rate – the amount of tax levied on each $100 of property automatically goes down by the same 3%.

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There is a zero sum game with the county tax rate versus the value of all the property in the county; as one goes up the other, by state law, must go down. That’s the intent and the effect of the law. If the county raises more money this year than last on the same county property it is a tax increase no matter what else you call it.

Check the County budget So when I heard the statement that the county had not raised taxes in five years I looked at the county’s 2012-2013 budget. Here’s what it says: “This budget contains a tax increase as compared to the effective tax rate. Commissioners court (sic) adopted the same tax rate as the 2010/2011 tax rate of .355259 per $100 value. In comparison to the effective tax rate of .343101 however, the adopted tax rate is higher by 3.54%.”

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Sweep around the side step But rather than lower the tax rate by that 3.74% the Nueces County Commissioners kept the tax rate the same as in the previous year when the property they were taxing was worth $675 million less according to their own budget figures; they reaped a 3.54% tax increase because they failed to lower the tax rate to reflect the higher assessed collective property value. By definition that’s a tax increase because they collected 3.54% more money this year than last year. They got keep their cake and eat it too; they got a 3.54% increase in tax money from their citizens but get to still go around and say they didn’t raise taxes because to the property owner who looks at his tax statement and sees the same tax rate as the year before that makes sense. If the County Commissioners had not voted for a tax increase the effective tax rate would have been the downward adjusted rate of .343101 cents per $100 of property instead of the higher rate of .355259 which they approved. The fact that they kept the same tax rate as in the previous year means they raised your taxes. It’s a little dippsy doodle county officials across the state like to pull and ours apparently are no exception. To quote from the Governor in that Broadway play about that little Chicken Ranch up there in La Grange…

Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me now they don’tI’ve come and gone and, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step, cut a little swathe and lead the people on. So keep an eye on your County Commission around September 30 when by law they must set their tax rate. If the value of property in Nueces County goes up again this year by around 3-4% like it did last year, and as is anticipated this year – and the County Commissioners keep the same tax rate as this year – that’s a tax increase friends no matter what they say; and if they say it isn’t then you are listening to a prevaricator of the highest order – or lowest as the case may be. And as long as they keep their tax increases below 8% percent per year taxpayers can’t petition for a rollback – but they can rollback the jobs of the Nueces County Commissioners who voted to raise their taxes. So if they tell you they haven’t raised your taxes in five years just say…

Cut a little swathe and lead the people on…and by the way you should read your own budget…

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Here’s the deal; what he is talking about is the Tax Rate; it stayed the same as in the previous year. The county kept that same tax rate in 20122013 it had in the 2011-2012 budget year but according to the county’s own budget the value of appraised property countywide went up last year from a total net taxable value of $18.035 billion in 2011-2012 to $18.710 billion in 20122013 for a total gain in taxable value of $675 million – an increase of approximately 3.74%.

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law, and even according to Nueces County’s own budget, the county raised taxes in fiscal year 2012-2013 by 3.54%. So why is a county official going around making the statement that the county has not raised taxes in five years?

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Today I paddled out into the line up at Packery Channel and for the first time I got some positive reward for the relentless winds that have been belting us from the Southeast. The waves were good and as I sat out at the tip of the jetty GREEN water was just past the breakers.

As the tide started to come in and the waves fired off the green water came into the line up. The waves just looked prettier and the cool currents filled my bags. I could see the brown rip coming out of the channel and pouring out into the Gulf. The last week has seen the worst BROWN TIDE outbreak in a few years invade the Upper Lagoon from the South. Through the spring months the North winds have pushed good water south keeping the stained water in the Baffin area. Now that most of the North winds have left for the summer we will have to wait and see if the incoming tides, or out going tides will empty and flush the brown tide out of the Laguna Madre.’

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Typically the winds lay down in late May and June and I hope this gives her a chance to clean herself out. Despite the stained water fishing has been great, especially for quality Trout on live bait. The average angler headed out for a few hours has been surprised to find absolute ZERO visibility. When game fish are faced with such conditions they can’t all run and move to clear water. They move to feed when it is the best times for them. Years of fishing under the moon at night for giant speckled trout has taught me that when mature game fish can’t see they will definitely feed and have the advantage over smaller fish with their greater sense of vibration, smell, and color. As anglers we need to take advantage of these three things to keep our lines tight and rods bent.

How to compensate

The first change you can make in your fishing is to make some noise, there are several ways to add some vibration and sound to your existing lure and live bait set-up’s. Texas Rattler’s Chatter Beads have been very important to us catching fish on live croaker. The fully enclosed rattle chamber acts like a swivel between your main line and the leader. They come in various colors that sometimes help but also bring strikes to the rattle, as you can see trout teeth marks all over them at times. Remember that in low visibility fish will move to strike the source of the sound and sometimes miss a bait that is hooked on a leader that is too long. Short leaders in dirty water will keep your bait close to the noise. They work well on both bottom rigs and under corks too. They can be found at Marker 37 and Roy’s Bait and Tackle.

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The use of beads has been tested to the limit in the last few years in our area. Some of the glass bead, brass washer, wire, weight combinations I see folks throwing are a bit much. Keep it light and simple. The more extra stuff you put on your line the less natural your bait is going to look and move. I put a green, glow red, pink, or yellow bead close to the hook. I often tie it into the hook knot. The beads will protect the knot at times and the wiggle of the tail of your bait will waive the bead around. For the dirtiest of stained water you can see Yellow and White reflect light out like a glow. Experiment and try different set Sally and Kris Groda with their pair of amazing ups and sometimes just plain luck gets trophy trout caught five minutes apart. They were you on something that works. The old statement that in clear water use bright using green beads to add some flash. and clear lures and in dark water use dark and during the outbreaks of Brown Tide they colors works well most of the time. Some have increased our success considerably. All colors that definitely go against that are my kinds of live bait and lures work well under FAVORITE BROWN TIDE LURE COLORS: the Mauler Corks as well as regular popping LIMECHUSE, GLOW/CHARTRUSE, AND corks. The Mauler style covers more water and PINK. These colors reflect a lot of light and get allows the angler to work the bait along pretty big trout and reds furious and mad and they hit quickly. A popping cork is a more stationary them hard. A light jig head will allow your bait presentation. Gold spoons under a Mauler Cork to move slowly and become an easier target to will fly a mile and use both sound and vibration pick up. along with a lot of flash to bring you into a fight Slow and steady with some of the big redfish that are out in the flats along the West side of the ICW. Roy’s has The darker water in the Lagoon and Baffin will all kinds of rattles, glass rattle chambers that frustrate many anglers in the next few weeks can be inserted into soft plastics and swim baits. but enjoy the best fishing destination in Texas, The Texas Rattler Chatter Weights are almost even with the stained water. Use some of these neutral buoyancy and can even be used by tying additions to your fishing to get those bites one your line on one end and fastening a split ring at a time. Our boxes have not been overflowing on the other then hooking right into your lure or with the onset of the stained water but if you hook, keeping the sound and flash against your take a look at our FACEBOOK page you can see bait. that quality is absolutely amazing. The biggest

Sally and Kris Groda with their pair of amazing trophy trout caught five minutes apart. They were using green beads to add some flash.

thing to remember is to slow everything down and let them use their scenes to find the lure and bait. They like it slow, work your plastics one inch at a time, then a few casts later create a lot of vibration and rip it through the same area quickly. With the live bait find small pockets of baitfish gathered.

The best action we have had is close to visible bait concentrations. Find the bait and the game fish will be sitting right there with them waiting on the best lunar fishing times to feed. The people I’ve met this year from the Island are amazing, many of you that have second homes or have just moved here in the last few years. Often I meet folks that have had boats for a long time and never really use them, fish from their docks and use the boat to just ride around. Don’t be afraid to break out and start your next step in enjoying your Island Destination. Open up your mind and smile on a fun trip out with me and jump start your summer fishing season by learning some tricks of the game and confidence in your ability to find and catch fish in your back yard. As always FOLLOW OUR HOOK-UP’S ON FACEBOOK@JOEYFARAH’S FISHING.

Smelly jelly If you were locked inside a dark room and couldn’t see you would definitely know if someone slid a plate from the Buffet anywhere close to you. Smell is one of the best ways you can put a bit more odds in your favor. The scent additives we have to choose from today are unbelievable, GULP plastics, spray scents, goops and goo’s, Jellies, and sauces, I have tried many of them. There are some that work but are just too messy in my boat. I like SMELLY JELLY, and PRO CURE. Match the scent of additive to the target species you are after and the area and available bait in your fishing location. If you are in the Laguna Madre throwing croakers and cover the bait with shad scent then you will get the hardhead catfish schooling up all around you. Shrimp scent works very well in the Baffin Area and Land Cut, use the shad and baitfish stuff on your soft plastics in the Lagoon. The added scent of FISHBITES makes a difference on your hook when using both live shrimp and croaker. The bright green on baitfish and the white or orange for shrimp will bring extra bites but the pin

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Letters to Riley P. Dog By Riley P. Dog Boy that blackout we had on our island on Monday worked out pretty good for me. I got stuck inside a restaurant where all the food was because the door wouldn’t open. I don’t know who turned out the lights but thank you. I got me two pieces of bread and part of a jalapeno pepper before my humans caught me. Boy that pepper was hot. My humans were not very happy when they had to follow me around the yard with a pocket full of plastic bags. But then I got caught trash diving at my office so all in all my week was kind of a dog wash. Now I’ll answer some letters from my second and third graders.

it comes to hole digging. It seems like it’s okay to dig holes that aren’t very deep or that don’t go under fences. But sometimes when I dig a hole right in the middle of the yard I still get in trouble so I don’t get it. I dig holes to bury bones but I can’t remember where I put them so I never dig any up. Hole digging is confusing. I love Smoothie King! Can you send me one? Please put some ice in the envelope with it so it doesn’t melt. I like to eat the ice out of my humans’ ice chest but boy do they get mad when they come back and the only thing left in their ice chest is warm stuff. My human calls it Rodeo Cool and I try to make sure I’m under the car when he finds it. I don’t do tricks Thelma. My humans do tricks for me. Like pick up the droppings I leave behind and put them in plastic bags. I never do that for them. I’m not crazy no sir. When it comes to deciding between messing stuff up or running around the house I don’t have to chose because I can do both at the same time. And if I wag my tail I can knock everything right off the coffee table and if I move fast I can eat anything that was on there before my humans can get it. Do you have any treats Thelma? Can you send me some? Put “These are not treats for Riley P. Dog” on the envelope. I can’t eat them until I go see Dr. Christi for my weigh in this week. My humans think I’m losing weight but they don’t know how many French fries I scored from the tourists in Port Aransas last weekend. Boy are they going to be surprised.

Hey Billy, I’m a manly dog Billy and my favorite type of dog is a friendly dog – especially if it’s a friendly dog with treats to share. I’m three months on my diet now and that’s a long time to be on a diet – that’s more than a year in dog years.

I can’t play video games Thelma, I’m a dog. I don’t have any thumbs.

Did the weathermen get it right?

By Dale Rankin Last week we began taking a look at the weather predictions from the local news stations to see how they do with predicting weekend weather. We’ve heard that we were a little tough on the weather guys last week; we didn’t mean to be, we like our Bill weather guys and honestly, when Vessey it comes to taking pot shots they are low hanging fruit because of the inherent vicissitudes of their trade. So this week we’ll take a pot shot at their friends Television Engineers. The First Rule of Television, varnished for a family newspaper, is that “Engineers Job You Last.” You send a crew halfway across the state and when it comes time for a live shot nothing happens; zero, zilch. Nada. You call them on the phone. “What happened?! “The zero frequency modulator is stuck on six.” “What does that mean?” “It’s supposed to be at zero, it’s on six.” There is no point in continuing because more questions will elicit the same kind of answers. Which leads us to the Second Rule of Television. There is a rule of thumb that starts with the networks and percolates all the way down to the smallest markets that says Everyone Comes Back Alive. What that means is that the live shot crashed because the satellite truck driver fell asleep at the switch because he partied too late the night before and no one in the field is ever going to tell you that. Instead you get “the zero frequency modulator is stuck on six…” This is best explained by this joke: A television engineer joins the Army. He goes to the shooting range and empties his rifle at the target. The target monitor yells back, “no hits on the target sir.”

He yells back to the target monitor, “Everything is leaving fine on this end sir, trouble must be on your end.? Welcome to television.

the speed over a nautical mile – 25.6 mph.

Water temperature from 79.5 degrees to 81.7 degrees. Sunday High of 82 degrees (at midnight), low of 76 degrees with highest winds at 24 knots or 36.2 mph.

Water temperature from a low of 72 degrees to a high of 82 degrees. There was no sign of rain either day on The Island.

So who fared the best:

Dale Nelson – KRIS/KZTV. It never made it down to 72 degrees but 76 is close enough. It was humid “sticky” and there were some scattered clouds late in the day. It never got close to 90 as a high either day, but The Island is always a few degrees cooler then OTB. Not exactly on the money but close enough that anyone who planned their outdoor activity on the weekend by Nelson’s report would have been fine.

Bill Vessey – KIII. Again it never got to the high of 89 degrees but the low was only one degree off. It was indeed “humid, breezy and warm.”

Again, not right on the money with the high, but the forecast was fine for planning purposes. Neither Vessey or Nelson mentioned rain and there was none.

All in all we’ve got to give both credit, they got close enough for planning purposes and that’s how most of us want weather reports so that’s all we can ask. Passing marks for both.

Forecast for this weekend (based on 10 p.m. Tuesday forecast)

Bill Vessey KIII TV– Saturday sunny to partly cloudy. High of 91 degrees, low of 75 degrees. No rain

Sunday – High of 92 degrees, low of 73. Partly cloudy. No mention of rain either day.

Dale Nelson KRIS TV – Saturday. High of 91, low of 73 Partly cloudy. Humid and Hot. Sunday – Breezy. High of 92, low of 71. No mention of rain.

Now the Great Island Moon Weather-caster Predict-Off has the first week’s result: Tuesday Night Predictions from last week: Dale Nelson – KRIS/KZTV. It could rain Friday. “There will be a lot of water in the air” as a last cool front makes it way through the Coastal Bend.

What kind of dog am I? I’m not a Beagle or a German Shepard or a Belgian Malinois or a Border Collie. I’ve never been to Germany or Belgium I have been to the border once but my humans wouldn’t let me cross because they said I couldn’t speak the language – but they don’t either and they crossed so I don’t know about them. My humans say I’m an Australian Blue Heeler but I’ve never been to Australia either. I met an Australian dog once and I told him “for a guy from Australia you speak English very well,” and he bit me on the foot. Most of my kind of dogs run around behind cows to make them go where the humans want them to. I don’t have any cows of my own but I like to look at them when we drive by. They smell so good. I’ve never had any cow food but I hear it’s good.

Forecast for Fri-Sat-Sun…72 degrees for the low, “Sticky with scattered clouds.” Sat/Sun windy with 90 as a high. Bill Vessey – KIII. Saturday will be “warm and breezy” for the Beach to Bay Run in the morning with a low of 73. Saturday/Sunday a high of 89 degrees “humid, breezy and warm.” No mention of rain.

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My favorite sport is hole digging. I find it challenging and relaxing at the same time. Once I dug a hole so deep that my humans had to throw two ropes around me to get me out. I am confused about the rules when

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My favorite type of cat and dog food is whatever kind I can get. My humans make me eat diet dogfood and it’s okay but I like catfood better. It tastes so good. They put all the good stuff in the catfood and then put all the leftover stuff in the dogfood. I don’t know why. I think the owner of the food factory is a cat. Stoopid cats.

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Letters to the Editor Pets Create Quality of Life We Live For My grandmother recently made the transition from living alone to a nursing home. She will be 93 years old this month. My family credits her toy poodle, Mittzy, with helping her remain in her home as long as she did. After my grandpa died, Mittzy became my grandma’s single responsibility, and more importantly her purpose. They went on walks, no meals were ever skipped--as evident by her slight obesity--and even when company was at the house to help feed or let Mittzy out, they weren’t allowed.

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My grandma suffers from macular degeneration, a medical condition that results in a loss of central vision due to retinal damage, so it became difficult for her to do everyday things such as use the oven. My parents, aunts and uncles remain in my hometown, so she always had a lot of company; but no one had the time to commit to the day to day chores.

Lisa Towns

So my family hired a caretaker.

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Her name is Donna, and she came by a few times a day to tidy up, help grandma to bed or just sit and play cards. She became more of a friend and part of the family than a hired caretaker.

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When it was time to make the decision to move into the nursing home, one of the hardest things for my grandma was the thought of separating from Mittzy and Donna.

Joey Farah Devorah Fox Mary Craft

My parents knew that her quality of life would drop should she lose the two of them the same time she was leaving a home she’d lived in for more than 60 years. So as they work to manage grandma’s dwindling life savings, they have found a way to keep Donna in the budget. Not as a caretaker for my grandma anymore, but for Mittzy.

Maybeth Christiansen Jay Gardner Todd Hunter Danniece Bobeché Ronnie Narmour Brent Rourk Dr. Donna Shaver

Donna lives a few miles outside of town and keeps Mittzy overnight. She has a job at a gas station in town, so when she goes into work she drops Mittzy off at my grandma’s house for the day. When she gets off work, she picks her up

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and the two head over to the nursing home to visit grandma. The decision to continue to pay Donna might not make sense to everyone. But for my family, keeping my grandma connected with the things that bring her the most joy is worth it. Not every senior with a pet has the luxury of a Donna or the means to support their pet. Unfortunately, the decision where to allocate already limited resources is one that older pet owners have to face. Luckily there are organizations such as Animeals, a service of Interfaith Ministries Meals on Wheels, that help alleviate those tough decisions by providing donated dog food to seniors who have trouble providing it on their own. According to the Houston Chronicle, Animeals delivers up 80,000 pounds a year to about 450 senior pet owners in the Houston area. For years, studies have shown the health benefits of owning a pet: lower blood pressure, better mental health, more active lifestyle. With roughly 74 percent of Texans placing extreme importance on remaining in their homes as long as possible, small things such as the ability to own a pet play a big role. The other thing that plays a role in allowing that to happen is the availability of quality caregivers such as Donna. Right now, nearly 13,000 Texas nursing home residents have low care needs, meaning community-based long-term care might be the better option. Nursing home screening systems as well as wages for quality community-based caregivers create a barrier to seniors’ ability to remain in their homes while receiving care. Better community based long-term care and the help of organizations such as Animeals can not only help seniors stay in their homes longer, but reinstate that sense of purpose we all live for. Katie Dudley

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The Island Moon is published every Thursday, Dale Rankin, Editor / Publisher. Total circulation is 10,000 copies. Distribution includes delivery to 4,000 Island homes, free distribution of 3,000 copies in over 50 Padre Island businesses and condos, as well as 600 copies distributed in Flour Bluff, 1,400 copies on Mustang Island and Port Aransas businesses. News articles, photos, display ads, classified ads, payments, etc. may be left at the Moon Office.

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May 23, 2013

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which means emergency vehicles must use it. City traffic engineers advise against stop signs as causing more harm that good. So the road was built and the traffic flow monitored.

The POA is going to place a speed monitor sign there to show people how much they are over the speed limit.

Fast forward to late Monday afternoon when the power along SPID and Whitecap flickered and died, came back on and went off again about an hour later. A driver was making speed in the southbound lane of the Aquarius Extension and when he got to the curve as he headed toward the old Aquarius stretch he couldn’t make the turn. He locked ‘em up, left some rubber on the road and smashed into the utility pole.

When the new Aquarius was built the medians were put in as “traffic calming” devices to keep speeds down as drivers headed southbound – by themselves they are demonstratively not enough. City engineers told the Island Strategic Action Committee earlier this month that a “table” (raised portion of roadway) will be installed at the three-way intersection of the old/new Aquarius and Dasmarinas within the next two months. Had that “table” been there on Monday it wouldn’t have made any difference as the driver was headed south and would not have reached it before he took out the pole.

The new Aquarius section has very nice walking and bike trails, but when runners get to old Aquarius it’s runner beware as any drivers going the speed limit are likely to be passed by like a $6 corset at a $1 rummage sale. Clearly something needs to be done. Dale Rankin

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I was just driving to the CVS for a box of beer and saw a yellow large dog running loose. I then saw a couple walking as the dog ran back to them. I rolled down my window and informed them that the dog needs to be on a leash. The female(not lady), promptly told me to (*&(*&()&()&*!!!.

Lets see, your breaking the law, you’re not cleaning up after your dog, you are putting your dog and others in danger. If you are so lazy and not caring about your animals life,or anybody else you dog endangers by running in front of a car and causing a wreck, possibly hurting the dog or some kid, you do not need to have one.

A few weeks ago, my girlfriend went out the front door of our house and two large dogs, one of them yellow, possibly yours, came running to my front door and caused her dog to jump and pull trying to defend her, strained her back badly trying to control it. If that was your dog that was your fault. Also you people that take your dogs to the South Packery Jetty and let them run loose pooping everywhere and not even trying to clean up after them, you’re an ) (&*()(. Some little kid gets to play in that. If you don’t wish to be a responsible pet owner, get rid of your pet. Paul Slobojan

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Angler’s Alley Sometimes you just never know

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How a leaky line saved the day

By James Thompson I had been looking forward for some time that my old friend was going to come down the coast and we could go fish. The day started off kind of shaky. There had been some time pass since Paul and I had been fishing together so it took a while to get all of our stuff together. After a few false starts and a trip for gas and bait we were finally on our way. I grew up fishing around Aransas Pass, so I’m trying to learn new water but with my best friend along the prospects look bright. We found a promising spot and cast our baits hoping for the best. We caught up on past news and family stories. We hardly noticed that the clouds where getting darker and rain was getting pretty close so we headed back to Padre to wait out the passing showers. Now my boat will normally run pretty shallow and has always been a dependable vessel so when we had a bit of a problem getting out of the flats I just marked it up to new water and headed in. That was the beginning of what was going to be an interesting day.

But that’s not the story Paul and I made the best of the weather and caught a few fish. We decided to take it to the house. A slow cruise through the canals looking at the beautiful homes, I was able to show him how lucky I am to call North Padre home.

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When we went to load the boat that’s when things got complicated. Paul noticed that the boat seemed kind of heavy but the big Dodge did its job and we were out of the water. When I got out of the boat I noticed that I had water pouring out the drain holes that normally don’t drain water. When I pulled the main plug I found out why I had some trouble getting out of the flats. If not for the floatation we would have sunk. But that’s not the whole story.

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What’s that smell? After draining water all the way back to the house and for some time after we determined that the drain line from the front live well was pouring water in the boat and a repair was going to be needed. We plugged the drain line and were able to fish Saturday so all and all not too bad; until Monday when I pulled the gas tank to get to a deck cover to repair the live well drain things got interesting. When I got the tank out enough to see the deck plate I saw a pitted fuel tank on the back side where it would have never been noticed until I fear the worst could have happened. The thought of a console full of gas fumes waiting to explode made me pretty glad that my boat tried to sink. Maybe she was just trying to tell me something. Guess sometimes you never know. Anybody know a good place to buy a new fuel tank?

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have enhanced activity compared with the 1981-2010 climatology. The tropical Atlantic has anomalously warmed over the past several months, and it appears that the chances of an El Niño event this summer and fall are unlikely. We anticipate an above-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the United States coastline and in the Caribbean.” In layman’s terms that means be ready for an active season. Based on the Colorado State report the

Nueces County Hurricanes Likelihood of Hurricane Impact in 2013 Season for Nueces County The first number is the prediction based on long-term statistical data. The number in parentheses is the prediction based on current/recent climatological data compared to data from the same time of year in previous years.

State Name Texas

Probability of Hurricane Impact in Nueces County 50.2% (32.9%)

Probability of 1 or Region More Named Storms Number Making Landfall in the Region 1 62.9% (43.3%)

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1) Entire U.S. coastline - 72% (average for last century is 52%)

3) Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 47% (average for last century is 30%)

Probability of Major Hurricane Impact 19.5% (11.7%)

Probability of 1 or Probability of 1 or More Hurricanes More Intense Making Landfall in Hurricanes Making the Region Landfall in the Region 44.7% (28.7%) 20.9% (12.5%)

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May 23, 2013

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probabilities for at least one major (Category 3-4-5) hurricane landfall on each of the following Coastal Areas are.

2) U.S. East Coast Including the Florida Peninsula - 48% (average for last century is 31%)

Thursday, May 23. Green lights. The Moon in ambitious Scorpio makes just one exact hit on Thursday and it’s a kiss—a good one. Scorpio is co–ruled by Mars and Pluto, so it’s a double shot of good energy when the Moon in this fixed water sign sextiles/harmonizes with the ruler Pluto. And that’s what happens this morning in the Skywatch at 10:25 AM. This is good energy for surgery and appointments with doctors and professional folks. Clear skies dominate the Skywatch for the rest of the day and night. Of course, with the Moon in Scorpio, Lola will be in the bar tonight. And whatever Lola wants…

and meetings. The Moon trines eager Mars at 1:40 PM; try to get the important stuff done by then as Luna turns Void of Course a minute later until she enters Aquarius at 4:48 PM. Be cautious about spending a lot of money in the V/C hours. This is also when people can turn into lazybones and ignore the problems in front of them. The good vibes in this pair will linger into the evening hours. Bottom line: this is a very good day to be active and to get in touch with the people who can help you. (Lots of salesmen will use this day to go play golf, when this is the best day to be making sales calls.) As times change.

Friday, May 24. Slow down. The Moon opposes impatient Mars at 8:55 AM and then turns Void of Course until she enters jolly Sagittarius at 4:49 PM. Hold off on purchases and decisions while the Moon is V/C. The day is not a loss as Mercury and Venus meet in the heavens at 6:54 PM. Good news is in the air with this pair. Plus, a Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse in Sag will be bright and exact in the heavens tonight at 11:25 PM. Luna will travel on and square dreamy Neptune at 1:19 AM early Saturday morning. Stick to the facts tonight—good decisions made now will bring benefits in about six months. That’s the lore of eclipses.

Wednesday, May 29. Green lights. The Moon in Aquarius squares grumpy Saturn in Scorpio at 2:47 AM but then moves into a trine with the Sun at 6:27 AM Wednesday morning and the day is off to a good start. Aquarius is the sign that rules your friends, humanitarian groups and your unique, original thinking and work. This is a good day to show people what you can do as the Moon forms a harmonious sextile to Uranus, the ruler of Aquarius, at high noon. Again, this makes the morning hours excellent for important appointments and calls. Clear skies follow for the rest of the day and night.

THE WEEKEND: Saturday’s Skywatch is upbeat and excellent for getting the holiday weekend off to a good start. The Moon in easy going Sagittarius trines friendly Uranus at 11 AM and then sails out into calm seas for the rest of the day and night. A bit of danger lurks early Sunday morning as the Moon opposes Jupiter at 5:22 AM and then turns Void of Course until she enters Capricorn at 4:28 PM Sunday afternoon. The problem is the Sun squaring dreamy Neptune at 5:27 AM. Strange dreams and sleep, accidents around water or from alcohol and drugs are very likely Sunday morning, and especially if the party never ended Saturday night. So you could be a bit spacey Sunday morning from this Neptune marker, but there’s nothing else in the Skywatch to slow you down on Sunday. Evening hours are blessed with Mercury and Jupiter meeting in the heavens—speak up. As times change. Today you can walk around if you know they are coming. The Moon in authoritative Capricorn meets intense Pluto in the heavens at 10:12 AM and then squares/challenges rebel Uranus at 10:49 AM. Wait five more minutes and the boat motor will start, everyone will be on the same page and you are bound to enjoy the rest of Memorial Day as the Skywatch clears completely and remains quiet for the rest of the day and night. Tuesday, May 28. Sweetness. A once a year treat is in the Skywatch on Tuesday. Yes, yes, yes. Today, at 2:29 PM, sweet Venus will meet lucky Jupiter in the heavens. Green lights are up at dawn as this pleasant pairing encourages agreement, harmony and enjoying the finer things in life on Tuesday. Morning hours are especially good for important calls, travel

If your birthday is this week (May 26–June 1), this will be a year like no other before it, Gemini. A powerful group of planets join your Sun in your new Solar Return as Venus, Jupiter and Mercury are all conjunct in Gemini boosting your status and charisma in work and play—the more you circulate and pick up new ideas and opportunities, the more these planets can work for you. Positive financial situations are also implied. Apply for loans, grants, scholarships and opportunities that lead you to your bliss. The challenge this year is Neptune sitting in square to your Sun. This once-in-alifetime aspect brings a strange, foggy time when some folks will deceive themselves with dreams of glory and lose it all; drugs and alcohol will enslave others. It’s all up to you, Gemini. Get involved in positive events with positive people and you’ll enjoy the Neptune connection. Spend some time in nature and reviewing your choices and goals this year, Gemini. It’s time to get clear on what you want. As times change. Thursday, May 30. A day of Grace. This is a stellar day for priority calls, business and adventure. The Moon in friendly Aquarius trines lucky Jupiter at 10 AM which is bound to put most folks in a good mood. Another kiss follows as Luna trines sweet Venus at 12:21 PM. Yes, this is another good morning for sales calls, beauty treatments, buying art, electronics, cars and for getting in touch with the people who can help you. A third trine appears at 6:37 PM when the Moon trines clever Mercury. Caution lights come on at this moment as the Moon quickly makes a square to impatient Mars at 6:57 PM and then turns Void of Course until she enters dreamy Pisces at 7:30 PM. This is no big deal. Just hold off on making purchases and decisions while the Moon is V/C. Clear skies return after the Moon changes signs.

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Safe Driving For Older Drivers

By Dotson Lewis dlewis1@stx.rr.com Continued from last week’s Moon: When faced with a discussion about driving abilities, with whom do older adults prefer to talk? We discussed spouses and doctors, here are others that you may wish to consider. Adult Children--Adult children seem to have more influence with parents over 70 than with younger parents in their 50s and 60s. These differences often correlate to health changes and shifts in parent-child relationships later in life. Older drivers also tend to be more open to adult children who live nearby. Women are generally more receptive than men to the prospect of hearing from their adult children. Men are slightly more inclined to choose sons over daughters, while women are more likely to choose daughters. Among individuals living alone, almost one third said they would prefer to hear about unsafe driving from their adult children, while nearly 15 percent of men and women living alone ranked their children as

the last one from who they want to hear about driving. Other Supportive Helpers--Persons other than spouses and adult children may influence driving decisions. Some older adults would be open to hearing from a close friend, a sibling, or an adult child’s spouse. Approximately 10 percent of older drivers living alone said they would choose a close friend to initiate the driving conversation. These preferences most likely reflect the quality of their relationships. Police Officers--More than anyone else, older adults strongly prefer not to hear about driving concerns from police officers. While some older adults may not welcome families talking about their driving, they still find it preferable than hearing from police. However, police intervention may be necessary in situations where an older driver is unsafe and unwilling to curtail driving. In our area, our law enforcement officers are actively involved in educating

and assisting with elder drivers’ concerns. Sheriff Jim Kaeling is one of our driver safety instructors and Corpus Christi Police Chief Floyd Simpson has expressed a willingness to assist in our Driving Safely Program for Seniors.

How is your reaction time? To be continued… next week we will discuss how older drivers may react to questions about his or her driving and when it is a good time to begin talking to seniors about their driving. Please contact Dotson (Email: dlewis1@stx. rr.com Phone 361-949-7681) if we can be of help in determining if a person is a safe driver.

SAFE DRIVERS’ CLASSES Take a 4 hour class Driver Safety class and qualify for an Automobile Insurance discount which is good for three years. These classes are taught by highly qualified volunteer instructors and are open to all licensed drivers.

The cost of the class is $12 for AARP members and $14 for those who are not AARP members. All licensed drivers are eligible to attend. For information on local classes please call 1-888-227-7669 or Email Dotson: dlewis1@ stx.rr.com

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Fire in the Sky on the Fourth of July Funding for 4th of July Fireworks Enters Home Stretch The first ever Fourth of July fireworks show on Padre Island is only nine weeks away and about $4,000 is still needed to make it happen.

Crews from Corpus Christi station involved in two cases U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) search of drugs that are in transit towards Office of Air and Marine (OAM) P-3 aircraft, U.S. shores. The P-3s’ distinctive detection operating out of National Air Security capabilities allow highly-trained crews to Operations Center in Corpus Christi and identify emerging threats well beyond the land Jacksonville, Florida detected four speedboats borders of the U.S. By providing surveillance carrying more than 10,000 pounds of cocaine of known air, land, and maritime smuggling worth more than $841 million inthe third routes in an area that is twice the size of the weekend in May. CBP P-3 crews operating continental U.S.; the P-3s detect, monitor and in the Eastern Pacific and Western Caribbean disrupt smuggling activities before they reach spotted these smuggling attempts on three shore. separate occasions. FBI Releases 2012 Preliminary Statistics A CBP P-3 aircraft from Corpus Christi was on patrol in the Eastern Pacific May 15 when the crew detected a speedboat moving quickly through the open waters near the Galapagos

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According to preliminary statistics released today by the FBI, 47 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2012. The total number of officers killed is 25 fewer than the 72 officers who died in 2011. By region, 22 officers were killed as a result of criminal acts that occurred in the South, eight officers in the West, six officers in the Northeast, five officers died due to incidents in the Midwest, and six officers were killed in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Now that’s an oil change… The Corpus Christi Police Auto Theft Task Force Detectives would like help from the public to identify and locate a man who stole a vehicle from an auto shop on May 18, 2013.

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A 66-year-old man took his green 1998 Dodge Caravan to have the oil changed at 4109 South Staples. The 66-yearold man left the keys in the ignition while in the service line for an oil change. An unknown man got into the unoccupied van and drove away and was last seen east on Staples Street. Detectives have obtained photographs of the suspect in this case. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man about 5 foot 10 inches tall, about 220 pounds, had short black hair and wore glasses, a blue t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts, and white shoes. Anyone with any additional information about this crime or can identify this person should call the Corpus Christi Police Auto Theft Task Force at 886-2874. Information may be provided to detectives anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Padre Island Police Calls 14300 block Goldfish 9 a.m. May 17 Theft under $500 14500 block SPID 12:44 a.m. May 20 Gasoline theft Canadian Mist and Highland Mist noon May 16 Burglary from vehicle 13800 block Doubloon 7:21 p.m. May 20 Warrant/Hinder apprehension 15200 block SPID 5 p.m. May 16 Burglary from vehicle 15300 block SPID 7:01 p.m. May 16 Gasoline theft 15500 block Finistere 2:17 p.m. May 16 Credit car abuse 15500 block Gypsy 6:05 p.m. May 19 Aggravated Assault with deadly wapon 13800 block Hawksnest Bay 2:20 p.m. May 16 Alarms with no valid permit JFK Causeway 8:52 p.m. May 15 Warrant

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