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Spring Break Expanded hours during Spring Break drew a crowd. New hours are posted in this week’s island agenda.

Editor’s note: South Jetty reporter Dan Parker rode with Port Aransas police and observed bookings at the police station for more than six hours on Friday, March

16, as Spring Break activity peaked. DAN PARKER REPORTER 5:53 p.m. A young man with chin

whiskers and a baseball cap pulled backwards waits in the foyer of the Port Aransas police station, waiting to make a report. “There was almost a gun-

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Leaving the crowds on the beach, these ‘Spring Breakers’ headed for the south jetty and hit paydirt. Page 4B

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A mass of Spring Breakers crowd the beach (top photo) near Access Road 1A on Wednesday, March 14. In the middle of it all, three police officers can be seen handcuffing a reveller between a constable’s car and a red Jeep. Port Aransas police officer Mike Hannon, above, chats with a group of Spring Breakers on the beach on the evening of Friday, March 16. See video from Spring Break at www.portasouthjetty.com.

Cops ‘choose battles’ in crowds of thousands

fight,” he says. The young man says he saw people in two cars arguing with each other while in a traffic jam on the beach near Beach Access Road 1. He says one of the arguers opened his car trunk and pulled out an assault rifle. No shots were fired, he says, but the threat of that seemed real enough. “It was crazy,” he says. Port Aransas police ended up arresting a 20-year-old man and booking him on a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, police said. (See related story on Page 2B.) 6:04 p.m. Coincidentally to the young man’s report, PAPD Officer Seth Rosebrook walks out of the police station, carrying a black Bush Master Carbon 15 9 mm rifle. Stowing it in his patrol truck, he says he bought the rifle not long ago to be ready in case of certain kinds of emergencies that could conceivably happen during a big holiday weekend or, really, any time. “This could be used for an active shooter on the beach – someone who is drunk, did drugs and just starts shoot-

ing,” Rosebrook says, adding that he purposely chose a rifle that’s not too powerful. “The bullet hits something, and it stops,” Rosebrook says. “That’s my concern. I don’t want bullets going on and hitting anything except what I aim at.” 6:09 p.m. Rosebrook pulls over a golf cart with three adults and two children on board on State Hwy. 361 near Kody’s Restaurant and Bar. It’s against a city ordinance to drive carts on the highway. The man driving the vehicle says he didn’t realize it was illegal, despite signs along the highway and the fact that he apparently signed a golf cart rental contract that mentioned the law. Rosebrook lets the group off with a warning and gives them an escort off the highway. 6:15 p.m. On the beach, a van goes past Rosebrook’s patrol truck, heading the opposite direction. A young man is hanging half his body out the van’s front passenger window. See ‘SPRING,’ Page 4A

Dirt bike trail hinges on funding A pair of nothern ﬂickers caught columnist Tony Amos’ eye as they perched on a palm tree. Amos continues his tales of his ‘aunties’ and uncles from his childhood in London. 5B

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DAN PARKER REPORTER Building a dirt bike trail is an idea that’s worth considering, but if it is to become a reality at all, it’s going to have to wait until after funding becomes available, Port Aransas city council members

indicated. No one knows when funding could open up, but the council’s ﬁrst budget workshops are expected in early June. The council addressed the dirt bike track concept during a meeting on Thursday,

March 15. The issue was put on the agenda at the request of Council Member Glenda Balentine, after Port Aransan Noyes Livingston suggested at the February council meeting that it should be considered. Livingston pointed out that many cyclists are frustrated

that they aren’t allowed to bike in the skate area at Port Aransas Community Park. It long has been against the rules to ride bikes in the skate area because city staﬀ wants to prevent collisions between riders and keep bikes from damaging the concrete.

On March 15, the council unanimously approved, on second reading, a measure that will make it not just against the rules, but a Class C misdemeanor, to ride a bike in the skate area. A third vote See ‘CITY,’ Page 3A

City looking for input on proposed dog park DAN PARKER REPORTER Sit up! Speak! It’s time to let your opinion be known on how a dog park might be built in Port Aransas. The city council voted in August last year to devote $22,000 toward construction of a dog park in town. Now Port Aransans are about to start talking in earnest about how to design, build and maintain such a facility. The site suggested for the park lies next to the city’s animal shelter. The idea of a dog park, supporters say, is to allow anyone to visit and let their dogs run free for a while within a fenced area. A city ordinance doesn’t allow people to let their dogs walk around, unleashed, in the city. That includes parks and the beach. As a result, Port Aransas dog owners who

don’t have large back yards might have a hard time ﬁnding places where their dogs can run and frolic.

(The city wants) to see support that would include volunteers who would help with maintenance of a park. About 15 members of the non-profit Animal Friends of Port Aransas organization attended a council meeting on March 15 to show their support for a dog park. Several

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audience members expressed support for such a facility. No decisions have been made about exactly how big a dog park might be or what features it could include. City staff is looking to members of the community such as the Animal Friends group for input on that. Dog parks can be as simple as fenced grassy areas with water where dogs can drink. They also could include shade structures, benches for humans and even small pools where pooches could take a dip. City officials have indicated that they’d like to see citizen input on how a park might be designed. They also want to see support that would include volunteers who would help with maintenance of a park. That could include keeping water troughs filled, mowing grass and disposing See ‘DOG PARK,’ Page 2A

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Animal Friends of Port Aransas President Connie Beane gets some face time with Duke, a Labrador retriever mix awaiting adoption at the Port Aransas Animal Shelter. Beane and Duke are standing on property where a dog park might be built. City ofﬁcials and Animal Friends members are making plans for the park now.

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Recyling to be topic at the KPAB meeting Recycling will be the topic of the March Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) meeting. The meeting will be at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister, St., on Tuesday, March 27, at 6 p.m. Michael Reeves of Republic Services, which is the parent company of Allied Waste, will speak on “Recycling in Port Aransas: Past, Present, and Future.” He will talk about what can and cannot be recycled, where recycling sites are lo-

cated, and the possibilities of single stream recycling in the future. Refreshments will be served. Julie Findley, secretary of the board for KPAB, says, “We would love to have people come check out how Keep Port Aransas Beautiful, winner of the Governor’s Achievement Award several times, helps keep our environment clean through beach clean ups and beautiﬁcation projects, as well as promoting recycling and litter prevention.”

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• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: Open Tuesday-Saturday. New hours: Water exercise: Tuesday-Friday 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon. Open swim: Tuesday-Thursday, 1-2 p.m.; Friday-Sunday 1-5 p.m. Lap swim: Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday lap swim only noon-1 p.m. and shared time 1-5 p.m. Call 749-2416 for more information. • Computer Center, Monday – Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; closed Sunday. Hours subject to volunteer availability. 430 N. Alister St. Free e-mail. 749-4011. • Art Center for the Islands: Classes, workshops. 749-7334. • The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) Visitors Center: Open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. • Port Aransas Museum, Alister at Brundrett Street. 1-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. • Trolley: 10 a.m.-5:55 p.m. Wave down anywhere along the route from Roberts Point Park to Beach Access Rd 1A and State Hwy. 361 South. Maps, schedules available at the Tourist Bureau. • Flexi-B bus service between Port Aransas and Corpus Christi by appointment. Call City Hall, 749-4111 to make reservations. Picks up passengers at 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Mon. – Fri. and at 10 a.m. Sat. Leaves Corpus Christi at 3:30 p.m. Mon. – Sat. $1.25 each way. Del Mar and TAMU-CC students ride free. • Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, 7 p.m. Monday through Sunday and noon Tuesday and Wednesday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449. • Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Monday through Friday. St. Joseph Catholic Church parish hall, 100 Station St. Nonsmoking. WEEKLY • Free Wetland Education Center tours, UTMSI, 10 a.m. Tues. and Thurs. • Port Aransas Running Club and Walkers, Too, 7 a.m., Tues., Wed., Thurs., community park swimming pool parking lot. Contact Steve Canion, 749-3388. • Rotary Club, noon Thurs., Pelican’s Landing Restaurant, 337 N. Alister St. • Adult water exercise classes, 60 minutes, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon, Tues.-Fri., community park swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway. • Adult tennis, 7:30 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., and 7 p.m. Mon. and Wed., PAISD courts on Station Street. Free, no partner needed. Call Murray 749-4861 or 749-5131. • Port Aransas Museum tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill, first and third Friday and Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Call or visit the museum for reservations, 749-3800. • Story Time, 10:30–11 a.m. Sat., Bill Ellis Memorial Library, 749-4116. • Port Aransas Volleyball Assoc. Mon., H.G. Olsen Elementary School gym, 100 Station St. • Birding on the Boardwalk, guided bird walk with Nan Dietert, 9 a.m., Wed. 749-4158. • Friends of the Library, alternating Wednesdays at the library, 710 W. Ave. A, 6 p.m. • Kiwanis Club, noon Wed., Seafood and Spaghetti Works, 710 State Hwy. 361. • Project FREE Free, anonymous and confidential testing for HIV, hepatitis-C, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, 10 a.m., first and third Tuesday of every month,JELM Center office,113 S. Alister St. Walk-ins O.K. • VFW 8-Ball Pool Tournament, 7 p.m., Wed., VFW, 311 N. Alister St. • Free hot lunches, 12:30 p.m., Sun., Grace Community Church, 1801 S. 11th St. • VFW meetings, 11 a.m., third Monday of month, VFW. • VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary, 11 a.m., second Tuesday of month, VFW. • VFW dinners, 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, VFW. $8 donation. • Low impact aerobics, 8-9 a.m., Mon.-Wed.-Fri. JELM.

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Friends of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep presented a check for $2,000 to Tony Amos for the ARK. Funds were raised during the Whooping Crane Festival. Avery Bennett took this picture of, from left to right, Donna Bennett, Xavier Harrison, Lee Harrison, Tony Amos,Theta Kenney, Sarah Fedak, and Tom Bennett. Conner Bennett is in front at left.

Dog park being eyed Continued from Page 1A of waste. Mayor Keith McMullin has said that the city doesn’t have employees available to maintain a dog park. Connie Beane, president of Animal Friends, said she feels certain that her organization will supply volunteer workers, but the group needs more help than it has right now. She said she’s urging folks to come forward and volunteer. If the park ends up looking like it’s going to cost more than the $22,000 that the city has budgeted, the city might look to private sources such as Animal Friends to make up the difference, according to City Manager Robert Bradshaw. Animal Friends might contribute money toward purchasing amenities for the park, but no specific amount of money has been decided, Beane said. McMullin said he would have the dog park matter put on the agenda for the council’s meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19. Beane said she hopes to meet with city staff to discuss plans for the dog park before the council meeting. Folks who want to get in-

volved can call city hall at (361) 749-4111 or Beane at her business at (361) 749-4494.

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Port Aransas Animal Control Officer Annette Schwenk holds Scout, a tri-colored mixed breed dog who is waiting to be adopted at the shelter. Scout and other shelter animals will get to use a dog park for exercise. Non-shelter animals also will get to use it. City ofﬁcials are talking about putting the fenced park next to the animal shelter.

Shirley Fischer will lead a guided beach walk tomorrow, Friday, March 23. She will teach walkers about all the different things that wash up on Mustang Island beaches. Participants should meet at 9 a.m. on the beach under the purple flag near Horace Caldwell Pier. Walkers need to wear sunscreen, appropriate shoes, hats and clothing and bring a container for any treasures found. The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department holds the walks on the fourth Friday of each month. For more information, contact community program coordinator Pam Greene at 749-4158 or pamg@cityofportaransas. org.

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• Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth Was Made: Loch Ness,’ 47 min.* • Public Lecture Series, 7 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium. (See story Page 3B.) • Beach walk, Horace Caldwell Pier, 9 a.m. (See story this page.)

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GOP running on Perry’s record

Even though Gov. Rick Perry isn’t on the ballot in DAVE 2012, he’s MCNEELY helped put a target on every Republican who is. And that’s quite a few folks. It’s the first election after the redistricting that follows the census every 10 years. So all 31 Texas Senate districts are up, because of changed lines, rather than the 15 or 16 on the ballot in most elections. When the Senate convenes next January, senators will draw to see which get two-year terms, and which get the full four, to return to staggered four-year terms until the next redistricting. Perry’s prime-time presidential pratfall raised his profile significantly more than it might otherwise have been. And just about every Republican is going to be running on Perry’s record -- whether they like it or not. That includes Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Even though his job as presiding officer of the Texas Senate isn’t up for election until 2014, when Perry’s is also up, Dewhurst in 2012 is seeking the U.S. Senate seat Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison is giving up. So since he’s headed the Senate for all but the first two years of Perry’s governorship, that’s the record he’ll have to defend. Perry’s pursuit of chopping the state’s budget for public schools, and loss of federal payments for women’s health care, can also be laid at Dewhurst’s feet. Dewhurst and many incumbent Republican legislators may be okay with the situation, if they share Perry’s no-new-taxes, cuts-only budget-balancing for the schools, and the effort to gut Planned Parenthood. But with contraception and women’s health getting lots of attention because of the Republican presidential primaries, Democrats have tagged Perry’s approach a “War on Women.” With hundreds of red-clad, sign-carrying women responding to Austin musician Marcia Ball’s “Seeing Red” call to join her to protest in front of the capitol, the governor essentially has teed up all the Republican candidates on issues like women’s health and school spending. Add the fight over the law Perry signed last year requiring a driver’s license or other photo ID to vote, and Republicans can be tagged as not just anti-kid and anti-woman, but anti-Hispanic: Trying to make it tougher for Hispanics at the polls. This comes as some Republicans warn that their party’s strength in states like Texas increasingly will depend upon how successful they are in attracting Hispanics – the growth industry in Texas politics. Perry apparently is feeling the heat from the “Seeing Red” ladies and men. At the second Tuesday of protests, on March 13, a Planned Parenthood bus, tagged the “Women’s Health Express,” was parked a few feet away – with the capitol as a backdrop for the cameras. A large red, white and blue banner down the side of the bus said: “Governor Perry, don’t take away women’s health care.” The next day, Perry’s office put out a press release, accompanied by letters dated March 13 from the House and Senate Republican Caucuses. A majority of the Republican legislators said they voted for the law Perry is following, and still endorse his actions. “The Obama Administration has announced it will cease funding Texas’ Women’s Health Program (WHP) because of the state law, which prohibits organizations like Planned Parenthood who provide abortions and affiliate with abortion providers from participating in the WHP,” Perry’s press statement said. “The law was initially passed in 2005, and reauthorized in 2011 by SB 7. Gov. Perry has announced the state will find funding to continue services to the more than 100,000 low-income Texas women served by WHP.” All 19 Republican state senators and 77 of the 102 Republican House members were listed as signing the letters. An incentive for signing is that many Republican legislators, if not most, think their biggest hurdle will be in the GOP primary, not the general election. They fear their opposition will come from the Tea Party right, not their left. However, with the primary election postponed from March 6 to May 29, and with some school board members and former superintendents running against incumbents, that could produce some heat from the other direction. That’s because school districts will be firming up their budgets for the 2012-13 school year before the primary, not afterward, as would have been the case had the earlier date been used. So in addition to the shouting about women’s health, voters may be out for blood after they see how the $5 billion tax cut affects their schools. Both Perry and Dewhurst seem to welcome the combat. But folks down the ballot – maybe even Dewhurst -- may come to wish Perry hadn’t widened the spotlight so much it includes them. Contact McNeely at davemcneely111@gmail.com or (512) 4582963.

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People responsible for litter

Plastic bags have been getting a bad rap for a while now, and I get that. The objections are that they aren’t biodegradable and account for a big chunk of litter that finds its way to roadsides, parking lots, recreational areas, etc. Those bags, however, aren’t the source of the problem. The problem, people, is people. As long as we have a culture that accepts litter, whether it’s plastic bags, foam cups, candy wrappers or any of a million other disposables, we’re going to have litter. There is one other factor in this litter dilemma, and that’s nature. Wind, to be specific. Businesses that provide ammunition for litter need to do a better job of controlling that which is deposited on their property, whether in trash cans or on their property. This week, across the street from a business that generates a large number of paper bags, wrappers, foam cups, etc., the ditch was filled with just that. Given our prevailing southeast wind, and because the business was on the south side of the street and the litter was directly across the street on the north side, my scientific deduction is that wind shared responsibility for the mess across the street. Well, whose fault it that? It’s not the fault of the bags, wrappers and cups. It’s the responsibility of the customers who did not control the litter and the business that did

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not provide adequate control of trash recepMARY or did HENKEL tacles not mainJUDSON tain their property adequately under the circumstances. I know, too, that it’s a never-ending battle for every business that sends customers out the door with disposable products. Kids need to teach their parents that littering is unlawful. Did I say kids? Yeah, I did. Messages of environmental responsibility are pounded into kids’ heads through school programs, Scouting, other youth and church groups. That way, the message should get to the parents. Sometimes, however, parents can be more hardheaded than a know-it-all teenager. So kids, start policing your parents and hold them responsible for littering. Don’t let them get away with it. Cut them no slack. Show no mercy. Don’t blame plastic bags for our litter problems. People produce and scatter litter, and they need to be held accountable for it. Mary Henkel Judson is editor and copublisher of the South Jetty. Contact her at southjetty@centurytel.net, (361) 749-5131 or P.O. Box 1117, Port Aransas, TX 78373.

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I used to live on Roberts Street many years ago. I am sad when I see the overﬂowing trash bins and tall, overgrown weeds on Oleander and Roberts streets. It is so totally unkempt and a hazard. What if children get into those nasty trash bins? Why hasn’t this situation been taken care of? Connie Slagh Port Aransas

Thanks for hospitality

We have been coming to Port Aransas for the last 12 years, and we think that we are overdue in expressing our thanks to this wonderful, small city that provides us so much. Obviously, we love the beach and the way

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it is maintained. And the folks do such a great job in keeping the ferries running so smoothly. And, special kudos to the wonderful staﬀ at the library for their service. We also appreciate the upgrades at Roberts Point Park. And, the city is to be commended in having the vision to make Charlie’s Pasture the wonderful place to visit that it has become, and let’s not forget the Winter Sounds program at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. The list could just go on and on, which is to your credit, Port Aransas. And of course, this is to our beneﬁt, and in large part, keeps us coming back winter after winter. Finally, it’s good to remember that there are plenty of places to stay, but there’s only one Port Aransas. Vince and Jackie Bonjorno Concord, N. H.

City weighs possibility of dirt bike trail Continued from Page 1A

in April likely will mean final passage of the proposed ordinance. City staff began investigating the possibility of building a bike track after the February council meeting. Deputy City Manager Dave Parsons said such a track could be built next to the skate area. It could be a loop with dirt hills, ramps and “table tops” that BMX-style bikers like, but it also could serve other kinds of cyclists, Parsons said. While city staff has researched the bike trail idea, staffers haven’t issued a recommendation on whether one should be built. At the March 15 meeting, six people in the council’s audience spoke in favor of building a track. Proponents said a track could bring tourism and that Port Aransas residents, in surveys conducted by the city, have consistently have ranked bike paths at the top of their desires for additional recreational opportunities. “It would be good for kids’ fitness too,” Greg Villasana said in remarks to the council. Villasana pointed out that some youngsters in town don’t care for team sports but love other kinds of activities, like surfing, skateboarding and cycling. Port Aransan Willey Daley said he supports the bike track idea and suggested that construction be funded with the half-cent sales tax that is levied in Port Aransas and spent on building up recreational opportuni-

ties to enhance tourism here. “Keep the kids off the street,” Daley said. “Give them something positive to do.” No one attending the meeting spoke against the idea of a bike track, but a letter opposing such a facility was included in the briefing materials supplied to the council by city staff. The letter, which had 24 signatures, contained only one sentence: “We vote NO for BMX bike park.” The letter was circulated by Tracy Waight of Port Aransas. In an interview, Waight said a bike track would serve only a small minority of folks in town. She argued that the city should spend money on things that would benefit more people. Speaking before the council, Livingston took issue with comments that a bike path would serve too few people. “I’m afraid that might be code for: ‘We don’t want these undesirables,’ ” Livingston said. The same kind of attitude has been displayed in the past with regard to surfers and skateboarders, he said. Port Aransas physician Des Kidd has said he supports the idea of building a track and wants to serve as a “driver” of the cause if it turns out there’s enough interest in town. He said he has spoken to a few dozen people who also support the concept. Questions? Comments? Contact Dan Parker at (361) 749-5131 or dan@portasouthjetty. com.

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Obamacare is threat to liberty Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear three days of oral arguments in CAL the healthcare THOMAS lawsuit challenging the (c) 2011 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare.” We now know the law was based on phony predictions about its cost. After promising the price would be under $940 billion over 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has issued a correction of its initial estimate, which appears to have been based on sleight of hand accounting tactics by congressional Democrats and the White House. CBO now projects the measure will cost taxpayers at least $1.76 trillion over a decade. Randy E. Barnett, the Carmack Waterhouse professor of legal theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, is troubled by the administration’s shifting rationale in its defense of the health care law: “First they told us this was an easy ‘Commerce Clause’ case. Then they (said) it was an exercise of the Tax Power. Now it is the Necessary and Proper Clause. If the mandate was so obviously constitutional, the government would not be shifting its position 10 days before oral argument.” Ilya Somin, an associate professor at George Mason University School of Law, adds, “Despite this seeming shift, the federal government’s brief almost completely fails to consider the question of whether the mandate is ‘proper,’ as well as ‘necessary.’ The Supreme Court has made clear that these are two separate requirements, both of which have to be met. And a law that can only be defended by a rationale that gives Congress a blank check to enact virtually any other mandate clearly is not ‘proper.’” Many wonder what will happen to needed reforms in health care should the individual mandate -- the heart of Obamacare -- be struck down. That question is answered in a timely new book published by the Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based public policy research organization, titled “The Great Experiment: The States, the Feds and Your Healthcare.” In a series of essays compiled by Joshua Archambault, director of Health Care Policy at the Pioneer Institute, and with a forward by Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D., the dean of Harvard Medical School, experts propose the states take the lead in reforming health care, as Massachusetts did, rather than dictate a one-size-fits-all system from dysfunctional Washington. The authors propose what they call “Competitive Federalism” that would allow for a federal partnership, but permit states to fashion their own approach to health care based on their individual circumstances. Refundable tax credits, high-risk pools and Medicaid reform are among the specific recommendations for maintaining the high quality of health care America now enjoys while providing coverage and reducing costs for people whose access to care is now limited and for those now paying the bills. Along with the bipartisan Medicare reform plan developed last year by Rep. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis), which was dismissed by supporters of the status quo who prefer the issue to a solution, these are serious and doable proposals that deserve congressional consideration. As Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim Stergios writes, “Despite years of effort and mountains of regulations, the federal government has proven incapable of screening for quality (health care), and acting on that information. It is time for states and the federal government to hit the reset button.” The Supreme Court might give them that opportunity. We should know by June how the likely slim majority will rule. Much of our future depends on the Court’s decision because it goes to the heart of what the government can be allowed to impose on a free people. If the high court doesn’t invalidate the individual mandate, there will be no stopping government from threatening our most valuable possession: liberty. Contact Cal Thomas at Tribune Media Services, 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, N.Y. 14207, or e-mail him at tmseditors@tribune.com.

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Spring Break stories run from silly to serious Continued from Page 1A

Rosebrook turns around and pulls the van over. He warns the driver, a Wimberly man in his 50s, that hanging out a window like that is against the law. “I had no idea, sir,” the teenager says. Rosebrook lets them go without giving them a ticket. “People come here for Spring Break to have fun,” the officer says. “You’ve got good people who make honest mistakes. Then there are bad people doing wrong.” Rosebrook says he’s not so likely to ticket people who make honest mistakes, especially when there are so many other incidents for him and other members of law enforcement to contend with on a holiday weekend like this, when tens of thousands of tourists are in town. But, if he catches the folks in that van misbehaving again today, “there will be a citation,” Rosebrook says. “I guarantee it.” 6:25 p.m. Rosebrook hears a radio call about a fight on the beach near Mile Marker 28, eight poles south. The officer accelerates, trying to get to the scene of the fight, but heavy, slow-moving traffic blocks his way, forcing him to slow his response to a crawl. The police truck also is hindered by crowds of revelers on foot, blocking the road. Rosebrook has his emergency lights flashing, but folks still are slow to move out of the way. They’re drinking, they’re involved in conversations, they’re busy ogling other partiers, and many don’t seem to even notice the advancing truck until its front grill is within six feet of them. “Move over!” Rosebrook yells out his window. “Don’t you s e e t he emergenc y lights?” He’s met by blank stares and shuffling feet. “Gonna be a long night,” the officer says. By the time he reaches the scene of the fight, the fighters have scattered, nowhere to be found. 7:19 p.m. Rosebrook is on foot on the beach when a red-haired young man runs up to the officer and yells something. “A guy’s having a seizure down the beach, that way!” the man says, pointing north. Rosebrook runs about 100

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Officer Mike Hannon of the Port Aransas Police D e p a r t m e n t h a n d c u ff s a Spring Breaker on the beach Friday night, March 16. After he spotted the man jumping onto the running board of a moving truck, Hannon ordered the man to get off. The man stepped off, then tried to walk away from Hannon as the officer attempted to talk to him. Hannon grabbed the man, handcuffed him and ran a computer check to see if he was wanted by the law. After finding no arrest warrants existed, the officer released the man on the beach to continue his revelry.

feet north through a loose crowd of revelers before getting to a tighter group of Spring Breakers who are standing and gawking at a slight young man who’s lying on his back. His eyes are closed, and he’s trembling violently. Rosebrook joins another oﬃcer who arrived ﬁrst. They kneel next to the man and don’t do much more than simply keep an eye on the man and make sure he doesn’t hurt himself – a commonly prescribed practice where seizures are concerned. A minute later, the seizure is over, the man wakes up and he groggily is led to a police car. An ambulance shows up. Rosebrook goes back on patrol. 7:27 p.m. Rosebrook is seated in his stationary patrol truck when

he notices PAPD officer Matt Campbell talking to a man in a crowd about 50 feet away. Campbell begins to reach for the man, but the man yanks away. Rosebrook jumps out of his truck, runs to Campbell, and both officers wrestle the man to the ground. Once the man is handcuffed, Rosebrook learns that Campbell had been talking to the man because the man had been making aggressive comments to people in passing vehicles. “We try to get those kinds of people off the beach early, before something really bad happens,” Rosebrook says. 7:47 p.m. Rosebrook pulls over the driver of a black Chevrolet Camaro for spinning his tires and fishtailing, forcing pedestrians to jump out of the way. The officer gives the man a ticket for willful and wanton disregard for public safety. 8:11 p.m. PAPD Chief Scott Burroughs and Lt. James Stokes are patrolling the beach and delivering supper to other officers on patrol. Burroughs hands Rosebrook a Styrofoam box with a cheeseburger and fries inside. Rosebrook continues patrolling for another 10 minutes or so, then pulls over and digs into his cheeseburger. Chewing slowly, he continues watching a crowd of Spring Breakers nearby. Most are just having a good time, drinking, talking and watching traffic go by. A few go a bit beyond that. A young man with a young woman perched on his shoulders twirls round and round, dancing to rap music. A man seated next to a campfire repeatedly squirts lighter fluid into the flames. 8:47 p.m. PAPD officers Mike Hannon and Matt Johnson spot a Toyota Scion cruising along the beach, a young man seated in the vehicle’s open trunk – not a safe place to be. They pull the Scion over. Four young men are inside. One is holding a type of cigar that marijuana smokers commonly alter to contain a mixture of tobacco and marijuana. The officers ask if they can search the car, and permission is granted. Hannon stands with the four young men while Johnson searches the vehicle. None of the men seems worried. Johnson pokes around with a flashlight for several minutes but finds nothing more than a roach – the tiny butt of a joint. None of the young men seems intoxicated, and they are sent on their way without citations. 9:36 p.m. Hannon pulls over a white Dodge Charger after seeing someone in the back seat toss a beer can out a window. Both officers get out and approach the car. Four young men are inside, and some of them have open alcohol containers – a misdemeanor. That, Hannon says, gives officers cause to search the vehicle. Again, Hannon has four young men stand aside while Johnson searches a car. The search turns up nothing. The driver appears to be sober. The four are released with no citations. 10:15 p.m. Hannon and Johnson are cruising slowly along the beach road when a young woman about 10 feet away flashes her breasts at a man in exchange for a bead necklace. It’s a transaction that has taken place probably hundreds of times on the beach during Spring Break. Standing in the road, another young woman turns toward the officers and yells, “That’s illegal!” “No, it’s not,” Johnson says. “And get out of the road.” 10:20 p.m. Several officers spot a young man holding up a young woman who appears to be so intoxicated that she can’t stand up on her own. The man tells the officers that he doesn’t know the woman. Officer Carlos del Moral picks up the woman, tosses her over one shoulder and carries her to his patrol truck about 50 yards away. He sets her down in the back seat but leaves the door open. Within a few minutes, the woman vomits, partly in the truck and partly on the sand. The officers speak with the woman’s sister, and they agree that, instead of arresting the

woman for public intoxication, they’ll drive her, accompanied by her sister, to their condominium on 11th Street. The woman’s sister promises they’ll stay in the rest of the night. The officers could have gone through the time-consuming process of transporting the woman to a city jail cell and getting her booked there, but this is a judgment call, and they decide the best move is to get back to the beach for crowd control as soon as possible. 10:58 p.m. Hannon and Johnson spot a car in a ditch in the 1800 block of South 11th Street. A shirtless young man wearing a pair of swim trunks stands next to the vehicle. The officers pull over, and the man says he was attempting to make a U-turn when the car dipped into the weed-filled ditch and got stuck. Johnson shines a small flashlight in the man’s eyes and asks him to follow the motion of one of his fingers with his eyes. It’s a field sobriety test, and the man passes.

Sobriety test

Carried away

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After ﬁnding her unable to stand up on her own, Port Aransas Police Officer Carlos del Moral carries an intoxicated woman down the beach to his patrol truck. Rather than arresting the woman for public intoxication, del Moral drove her to her 11th Street condomininum. The woman’s sister accompanied them.

STAFF PHOTO BY DAN PARKER

Port Aransas Police Ofﬁcer Matt Johnson administers a ﬁeld sobriety test to a man who accidentally drove his car into a ditch in the 1800 block of South 11th Street on the evening of Friday, March 16. The driver was determined to be sober and wasn’t arrested.

The man says he has a friend on his way to pull him out. The officers move on. 11:30 p.m. Two handcuffed women are led into the Port Aransas police station’s holding facility, where Officer Amy Garcia is working at the booking desk. Both prisoners still are dressed in beachwear and have sand on their feet. They tell Garcia that they were arrested on Nueces County warrants. “You two shouldn’t party together,” Garcia jokes. “You get in trouble.” B oth women nod and smile. An officer leads another handcuffed woman into the booking area. “He’s hurting my arm!” the woman yells. “Make him stop! Do you see my cheek?! It’s red! He hit the brakes and made me hit my face! I want to file a complaint!” A handcuffed young man wearing long, plaid shorts and a blue t-shirt is led in. “Weren’t you in here earlier this week?” Garcia says. “Yeah,” the man says. “I don’t pay my lawyer four grand a month for nothing.” Burroughs and Stokes lead a shirtless, overweight man into the booking area. The left side of the prisoner’s chest has a tattoo of a woman’s face on it. He is in for public intoxication, and he’s feeling jovial. As Stokes fills out a jail form and asks him about his health history, the man turns the situation into a short comedy act. “T.B.?” Stokes asks. “T.V.?” the man replies. “Sure, I’d like a T.V.” “No,” Stokes says, unable to stifle a laugh. “T.B. Tuberculosis. Have you had T.B.?” “No,” the man says, laughing. “Venereal disease?” Stokes asks. “Only on weekends,” the prisoner says. Several questions and jokes later, Stokes leads the man to a jail cell. “Hey man, could you get me a blanket?” the man says. “Yeah,” Stokes says. “We’ll get you one in a little bit.” Questions? Comments? Contact Dan Parker at (361) 7495131 or dan@portasouthjetty. com.

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PAHS drama students in competition today

The Port Aransas High School drama department is competing at a UIL zone competition today, Thursday, March 15, at 3:30 pm in the Calallen High School Auditorium. Admission is free and the public is invited to come enjoy an afternoon and evening of one act plays. In addition to Port Aransas, Yorktown, Agua Dulce and Charlotte also will be competing. Two schools advance

from each zone and will go on to district Saturday, March 24, at Refugio High School. Port Aransas’ one-act play is a fairy tale farce titled “Cinderella Waltz,” by Don Nigro. The play is a spoof of the traditional Cinderella story, complete with an oﬀ-the-wall dysfunctional family, magical fairy godmothers that pop out of a well, whimsical trolls, and a goofy but lovable prince. Aaron Kenigsberg will play the part of Zed, the vil-

lage idiot; Shelby Stephenson plays the Cinderella character, Rosey Snow; Michelle Arnold is the evil step-mother, Mother Snow; Jenna Ward will play Goneril, a step-sister; Hazel Morris will play the second step-sister, Regan; Emma Shannon plays the troll; Corban Marcantel is Prince Alf; Elliot Morris plays Father Snow and Mamta Patel will play the fairy Godmother, Mother Magee. The stage crew is Morgan Milligan as stage manager, Mary McCann controlling sound, Genevieve Powers handling the lights, and Emily Klein as stagehand. PAHS drama coach is Danny Reyes.

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Cast and crew

The Port Aransas High School UIL one-act play will advance to regional competition at Refugio High School on Saturday, March 24. Cast of the play, Cinderella Waltz, includes, front row, from left, Michelle Arnold, Emma Shannon, Shelby Stephenson, Mamta Patel and Mary McCann. Back row, from left: Genevieve Powers, Aaron Kenigsberg, Elliott Morris, Corban Marcantel, Hazel Morris and Morgan Milligan.

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Literacy program produces

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Nine-month old Marshall Vala loved the car that his parents made for him on the beach during Spring Break. He is the son of Lisa Sledge and John Vala of Ingleside and grandson of Melissa and Bruce Anderberg of Port Aransas.

STAAR testing slated Monday and Tuesday Port Aransas High School freshmen get a week to become used to school after Spring Break before facing STAAR tests on Monday, March 26, and Tuesday, March 27. High school principal Sharon McKinney said ninthgraders will take the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) end of course test in writing on March 26 at 8 a.m., and the end of course test in reading on March 27 at 8 a.m. “All other students in grades 10-12 will attend

classes according to their regular class schedules on both days,” McKinney said. While the tests are designed to count as part of the student’s graduating score, the Texas Education Agency has granted a waiver for ninth-graders taking the test this year. The tests will count toward graduating scores in succeeding years, however. The STAAR tests replace the TAKS tests, which were used until this year to measure student knowledge and skills.

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Port Aransas Relay For Life Walk Saturday, April 28 Roberts Point Park

Having taught first grade for five and a half years, I’ve had the privilege of watching many students blossom into successful young readers and writers. However, I have never seen them grow as much as I have in these past two years. I attribute that extra “blossoming” or growth to the balanced literacy program we began implementing here at H.G. Olsen Elementary School in the 2010–2011 school year. Last year, all kindergarten and first- and second-grade teachers began attending training sessions led by Danni Brown of Collette Consulting. During our training days, we learned more about research based “best practices” for teaching writing, phonics, reading comprehension and guided reading lessons. We are fortunate enough to have our reading consultant available for on-site visits at our school. When she comes, we have different lessons demonstrated or get feedback on the lessons we taught. I think I can speak for the K-2 team when I say that we are much better teachers as a result of the knowledge we’ve gained through this professional development. I believe we would all agree that we are seeing more from our students. Each day, all grade levels spend at least 45 minutes on a writer’s workshop. We have been working to focus students’ writing to one “small moment,” or mini topic, thus building a focused foundation for more challenging writing assignments to come later in

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their school careers. In addition to working to hone their craft of focused writing, we also are supporting their conventions of writing, teaching spacing, letter formation, punctuation and more. After striving to implement this very focused writing curriculum last year, then passing our students on to the next grade level, we saw huge results at the start of this school year. I was able to say to our kindergarten teachers, “I am so impressed!” Our students were more advanced at the beginning of the year than in previous years. This year, I have watched our students grow more due to their solid foundation. Another portion of our day is focused on phonics’ principles, which help to support our young readers. Through our balanced literacy training, we were introduced to Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell’s phonics lessons for each grade level. These lessons support our readers by helping them understand basic principles about words and word structures. Each grade level has speciﬁc lessons to support readers. Through these hands-on, often very tactile activities, students begin to grasp many important concepts about our hard-to-decipher English language. While using phonics lessons, which incorporates

For information about Relay For Life, events or fundraisers, call event chair Robyn McKinney at (361) 945-5907. All proceeds benefit Relay For Life. • Live Wires team is selling tickets for a drawing to win a two-night stay at Aransas Harbors Condos ($450 value); a Gift Certificate for $100 to Tarpon Inn; a Gift Certificate for $100 to Spin Drift Surfboards (to be applied toward a custom board); and a “French Kiss” Sport Kite donated by Fly It Port A Kite Shop ($100 value). Tickets are $1 and prizes will be awarded at the event. They also are selling Love From Home boxes: Send a box of goodies to your child/family member at college or elsewhere. Salty, sweet or healthy snacks will be boxed with a personal note and shipped. Large box is $25 and medium is $20. Boxes also may be picked up for $12/$10. Contact Suanne Pyle at (361) 563-6059 or Carrol Simanek at (361) 510-6820. • CCMS team is having a bake sale Saturday, March 24, at IGA Family Center, 8 a.m.-noon. Team CCMS also is selling raffle tickets for a king-size handmade quilt to be awarded at the event. Tickets are $5 each or six for $25. Contact any team member for tickets. The “potty patrol” will deliver a pink and purple “traveling potty” to locations around town. $10 allows you to have the potty placed in someone’s yard. $10 also will allow you to have that potty removed. For an additional $5, the resident may choose to have the potty placed in another yard. You may purchase “Potty Insurance” to prevent delivery to your yard. A limited policy runs $20 (Potty can’t be placed in your yard unless someone pays $100 or more). An unlimited policy runs $100 and completely prevents the potty from being placed in your yard. Call any CCMS team member, or Sue Williams at (361) 443-0171, to request a form for delivery or stop by Alister Square Inn, 122 S. Alister St. Upon delivery, the recipient will be asked to sign a form allowing the potty to be placed. The potty will not be left in any one location for more than 48 hours. • Cougers Against Cancer team is still taking guesses at the number of kernels in a jug for a chance to win a half-day sailing adventure aboard the Stray Cat. Guesses are $1 or 6 guesses for $5 and may be given at the Harbor Master’s office at Roberts Point Park. In addition they are selling tickets for a prize drawing to win a tune-up to your gas or electric golf cart courtesy of Golf Cart Medic. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. They also are selling “puppy paw”donation cards to be displayed at the Harbor Master’s office and at the Mustang Towers office, and tickets for a chance to win a one-week stay in a two bedroom/two bathroom condo on the 14th floor of Mustang Towers. Tickets are available at the Harbor Master’s Office or from any team member. They are $5 each or 5 for $20. Contact Jennifer Shafer at 749-5429 or (214) 288-2903. • Pink Ladies team is selling tickets for three prize drawings: A seven-gear, 26-inch pink ladies Schwin bicycle, complete with basket, bell and helmet, ($200 value); a Blue Ray, Kindle and Sony headphones and a Keurig coffee maker. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 and 8 for $10. They may be purchased from any Pink Lady or at Casa Bella Salon. The drawing will be at the event. • Young Guns team is selling Czech crystal bead bracelets at CenturyLink for $5 each. Stop by or call Robyn McKinney at (361) 945-5907.

Winning at loss

STAFF PHOTO BY DAN PARKER

Port Aransas Independent School District Nurse Melissa Ramsden recently organized a 10-week weight loss contest for adults who wanted to drop a few pounds, and Dave Moats came in ﬁrst place. Moats, at right, started at 325 pounds and lost 64 pounds, ending up at 261 pounds when the contest period ended on Tuesday, March 20. That means he lost 19.57 percent of his total weight. (The contest was based on who could lose the greatest percentage of their starting weight, not total pounds.) Next to Moats is his wife, Cindy Moats, who came in second, losing 14.44 percent, and Marilee Henson, who lost 12.8 percent. Twenty people took part in the contest.

poetry and songs, we have seen our students’ understanding of word concepts grow exponentially. Not a day goes by in my classroom when a student isn’t pointing out some aspect of a word that we have learned about. It’s amazing how well these lessons translate into understanding and recognition. Then, of course, there is the all-important reading and comprehension instruction. Our daily read aloud (a time where we dig deeper into books) and work station/guided reading time is just about everyone’s favorite. Through our balanced literacy instruction over the last year and a half, each kindergarten through second-grade teacher has learned how to take students’ comprehension deeper and teach reading through the most effective research based strategies. We have been using trade books and guided reading sets, both ﬁction and nonﬁction, to help students increase synthesis. This year, through purposeful instruction, my students are writing more about reading (eagerly wanting to get their thoughts down), talking fervently about books

and making connections that I hadn’t made myself! Never underestimate the power of young students to comprehend text in ways that will amaze you. I haven’t even mentioned the amazing progress that they have made in actual reading ability. I am astounded at how students are growing through very direct instruction and observation regarding their reading skills. Our balanced literacy training sessions have allowed me and the other teachers to look at reading instruction through so many different lenses, such as ﬂuency and meaning making, that we are better able to instruct our young readers. I am so impressed with the abilities and growth of my students after implementing the balanced literacy program. It is now being expanded through sixth grade, and I believe, whole-heartedly, will continue to challenge both teachers and students in the years to come. So, hooray for balanced literacy and all that it has helped our students to accomplish. Meghan Smith is a firstgrade teacher at H.G. Olsen Elementary School.

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Lady Marlins blank La Villa; defense now clamping down

PHIL REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER Behind the no-hit pitching of Savannah Ortiz and some

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late-inning bats, the Lady “Defensively, we played Marlins handed the visiting much better (than earlier La Villa Lady Cardinals a 6-0 in the season),” coach Steve defeat on Tuesday, March 13. Reaves added. “We did commit three errors, but they were on hard-hit balls.” Ortiz struck out eight batters and walked four on her way to the victory, adding another game to her “win” column. Oﬀensively, Kellie Owens drove in a run with a double in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth. Ortiz also had an RBI double in the ﬁfth frame and Maddison Ray contributed another RBI in the sixth. Ortiz wound up with three hits in her four trips to the plate, including her two douSTAFF PHOTO BY KAREN COLLINS bles; Brenna Martin was also three for four with a double and two stolen bases. Pinch running, Port Aransas High School Marlins player Christian Johnson slides, safe, into Owens ended up going one third base during a game against Fayetteville. The game was part of a tournament held in for two, and Maddison Ray Fayetteville March 15-17. and Bakar Sackschewsky each had one hit in three trips to the plate. Altogether, the ladies picked STAFF PHOTO BY CHRISTIE ORTIZ up 10 hits in the game.

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Devan Murray of the Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins hustles across ﬁrst base during a home game against La Villa LV on Tuesday, March 13.

Ladies beat Ben Bolt in district road trip

PHIL REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER The Lady Marlins picked up an 8-1 win over Ben Bolt on the road on Thursday, March

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District @Ben Bolt 13/14 Area @Kenedy 27&28 Regional @SA Judson

May

11 & 12 State @Austin

Head Coach: Stephanie Cowen Asst. Coaches: Ginger Jones Javier Mendoza

Lady Marlin Softball

Times are PM *District game Home games in bold type

February 23-25 Woodsboro Tourney 28 Woodsboro (DH) 4&6 March 1-3 St. Joe Tourney (Victoria) 6 Aransas Pass (DH) 5&7 9 Benavides (DH) 4:30 & 6:30 13 La Villa 1 16 *Ben Bolt 11 AM 20 Bye 23 Open 27 *Bruni 6 30 *Benavides (DH) 4:30/6:30 April 3 *La Villa 6 10 *Ben Bolt 6 14 Bye 17 *Bruni 4:30

Head Coach: Steve Reaves Asst Coach: Christine Kreutziger

STAFF PHOTO BY CHRISTIE ORTIZ

Wind-up

Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins pitcher Savannah Ortiz winds up during a district game against Ben Bolt Thursday, March 15 as inﬁelder Brenna Martin stands ready in the background.

15, with the girls playing solid defense and finding six runs in the fourth and fifth innings. The win brings their district record to 3-0. Savannah Ortiz again pitched for the Lady Marlins, allowing six hits while striking out 11 and walking two. She picks up the win for the Port Aransas girls. In the field, the ladies made only two errors and allowed only one unearned run. “We did make quite a few good plays in the field,” coach Steve Reaves added. He cited Kellie Owens’ throw catching a Ben Bolt runner at third base, stopping a Badger rally. Offensively, Ortiz took the lead, going two for two, including a three-run home run in the fifth inning. Aside from using her bat, she also capped the Port Aransas scoring by stealing home in the seventh frame. Jordan Morris was two for five, Owens collected one run in three trips to the plate and Brenna Martin got a hit in

Marlins win 3 of 4 in Fayetteville tourney

PHIL REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER The Marlins took second place in a baseball tourney held Thursday, March 15-Saturday, March 17, in Fayetteville, taking their first three games but getting squeezed out, 1-2, by four at-bats; she drove in two the host Fayetteville Lions in runs on a double in the fourth the championship game. Alex Groseclose, Jake Robinning. “It was a very solid game for erts and Tyler Pate were named to the All-Tournament team. us,” Reaves said. Port Aransas scampered to a By innings 10-0 win over Louise under the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H UIL’s 10-run rule on Thursday PA 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 8 6 behind Roberts on the mound. BB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 He fanned six batters in five innings, allowing one hit and Port Aransas Marlins walking one. Varsity Roberts also kicked in to the offense, going two for three and Baseball Times are P.M. scoring three runs and batting *District Games in two. Home games in Bold type Pate also was two for three, March as were Nick Maxham and 1-3 Third Coast Tourney Connor Collins. Pate batted in @ Port Aransas one run while Maxham scored (Woodsboro, San twice and batted in four and Antonio Cornerstone, Collins knocked two runs in. Ben Bolt, Benavides, Kingsville Academy, Andrew Groseclose was two for Victoria Faith Academy, four with one RBI, Alex GroseCharlotte, Aransas Pass) close was one for two with a 9-10 Bishop Tourney base on balls and two runs. (Port Aransas, Bishop, Blue Shodrock was two for San Diego, Kingsville two with two doubles and two Academy, Mathis, Aransas Pass) RBIs and Andrew Follett was 12 Sabinal TBA one for three with an RBI. 12 Charlotte @Sabinal The Marlins went error-free TBA in the win. 15-17 Fayetteville Tournament

TBA

(Shiner, Port Aransas, Louise, Milano, Fayetteville, Ben Bolt)

20 Kenedy* 23 Woodsboro* 27 Pettus* 30 Falls City* April 3 Runge 10 Kenedy* 13 Woodsboro* 14 Taft 17 Pettus* 20 Falls City 21 @Flour Bluff 27 San Antonio Cornerstone 28 San Antonio Cornerstone 30 Runge* Coach Brian Flack

SCHOOL

7 7 7 7

4:30 7 4:30 12 7 7 12 7 5 7

MENUS

PORT ARANSAS ISD MARCH 26 - MARCH 30 Breakfast

(Includes juice & milk)

MONDAY Assorted cereal, graham crackers TUESDAY Pancake, sausage link WEDNESDAY Cinnamon biscuit THURSDAY Breakfast bagel FRIDAY Assorted cereal, graham crackers Lunch (Includes fruit & milk)

MONDAY Crispy tacos, lettuce, tomato and cheese, Mexican rice TUESDAY Salisbury steak, rice and gravy, vegetables, bread WEDNESDAY Crispy chicken salad, crackers THURSDAY Hot dogs, with or without chili, baked beans, vegetables FRIDAY Fish sandwich, tater tots, salad cup PAHS SECOND CHOICE Mon. - Manager’s choice Tues. - Chicken Wed. - Tuna salad Thu. - Burrito Fri. - Hamburger

By innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 FHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

Port Aransas went up against a familiar rival, Ben Bolt, in the semi-final game on Saturday, prevailing 6-3 over the Badgers. Blue Shodrock started and picked up the win for the Marlins, allowing two runs and seven hits with ﬁve strikeouts and two walks. He hit one batter with a pitch. John Amundsen collected the save in the final two innings, allowing no runs with one hit. Amundsen struck out two and walked one. Pate knocked in one run among his two hits in three trips to the plate; Roberts brought in two RBIs with one hit in three at-bats. Alex and Andrew Groseclose each got one hit in three trips, with Alex Groseclose being hit by a pitch. Shodrock also was one for three at the plate.

By innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E PA 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 6 3 BB 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 3

In the championship round, facing Fayetteville for the second time in the tournament, the Marlins took an early lead but couldn’t maintain it as the Lions collected two runs in the fifth inning. By innings “We played really good de1 2 3 4 5 R H E fense, and our pitching was LHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 excellent,” coach Brian Flack PA 3 0 5 2 x 10 13 0 The Marlins played their summed up the tournament. second game on Friday, facing Fayetteville for the first time and beating the hosts 1-0. Pate led off on the mound for Port Aransas, going five innings and allowing no runs and one hit. He struck out seven and walked two. Caleb Rogers took over in the sixth and picked up the win, allowing one run with two hits and no walks and striking out two. Pate was two for three; Alex Groseclose was one for three, but his one hit was the gamewinning home run in the sixth inning.

Brundrett Middle School

Track

March 1 Woodsboro 9 Kenedy 23 Yorktown 29 Kenedy* *District Coach Javier Mendoza

“Our timing at the plate is struggling at times, but that will ﬁx itself. It’s better to be struggling at the plate now than later.” Amundsen took the first four innings on the mound for the Marlins, allowing three hits and no runs and walking one. Andrew Groseclose took over in the sixth and picked up the loss, walking two and striking out four but allowing two runs. Alex Groseclose batted in the lone Port Aransas run in the ﬁrst inning, going two for four trips to the plate. Andrew Groseclose and Pate were both one for three, Roberts was one for two and Rogers got one hit in four trips. The tournament brings the Marlins’ overall record to 102. By innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 FHS 0 0 0 0 2 0 x 2 4 2

IslandSports

8A Thursday, March 22, 2012

JV netters rate trophies; rain hinders varsity play A Spring Break tennis tournament hosted by the Marlin tennis team for varsity and junior varsity went well on Thursday, March 8, when the JV played. Friday, March 9, however, was a diﬀerent story as the varsity players took to the court. “We fought the drizzle and mist all day long Friday. We were out squeegying for about three hours throughout the day,” said coach Dante Cage. “All of the teams were very patient with the weather,” he said. The varsity goes to Goliad on Friday, March 23, and returns on March 30 for a trimatch, which will be the last tournament before district on April 2-3 in Port Aransas. Following are varsity and junior varsity results. Varsity Girls Singles Jessica Borden beat Sara Whitley (George West), 6-3, 6-4. Marian Smith lost to Cori Moore (Beeville), 6-2, 6-3. Boys Singles Mario Rodriguez (George West) beat Aaron Kengisberg, 4-6, 7-5, 7-0. Boys Doubles Paul Voyles/Ty Morris beat Bartlett/Gonzalez (George West, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Jack Goodgion/Chris Eggleston lost to Traylor/Stewart (Beeville), 6-2. 3-6, 6-3. Girls Doubles Hannah Ferguson Johns/ Mercedes Guillot lost to Battice/Hastings (Ben Bolt), 6-2, 6-2. Mixed Doubles Fallon Zollars/Christopher Wright beat Losoyo/Longoria (Ben-Bolt), 6-3, 6-3. Junior Varsity Boys Singles Port Aransas Marlin

Tennis

February 7

Beeville JV Tournament 10-11 Beeville Varsity Tournament 17 PA Varsity Winter Tournament 18 Marlin Tennis Fundraiser 23 Goliad JV Invitational 24 Goliad V Invitational

Round Robin Randy Borden won first and Collin Barr was second. Barr beat John Picasso (George West,) 7-5, 6-2. Barr beat Colton Guerrero (George West), 6-2, 6-1. Barr beat John Driskill (George West), 6-4, 6-4. Borden beat Colton Guerrero (George West), 6-2, 6-2. Borden beat John Driskill (George West), 6-0, 6-0. Borden beat John Picasso (George West), 6-0, 6-1. Champinship match Borden beat Barr, 8-3. Mixed Doubles Round Robin Hunter Roos/Cathryn Yarbrough won ﬁrst place. Roos/ Yarbrough beat Moore/Booth (George West), 6-0, 6-1. R o os / Yar brou g h b e at Brown/Gonzalez (George West), 6-4, 6-2. Roos/Yarbrough beat Pawlik/Ruiz (Ben-Bolt), 6-4, 6-3. Girls Doubles Samantha McEnnerny/ Cambr y Thompson won ﬁrst. They played two other practice matches against a boys’ doubles team, Brown/ Gonzales (George West) and lost 6-4, 6-1, and played a mixed doubles team of Moore/Booth (George West) and lost, 6-1, 6-3. McEnnerny/ Thompson beat Dolan/Booth (George West), 6-1, 6-1. Girls Singles Round Robin Varsha Patel lost to Caroline Daniels (Ben-Bolt), 6-4, 6-3. Patel beat Kayla Vela (BenBolt), 6-2, 7-5. Patel lost to Lindsey Cantu (Ben-Bolt), 6-2, 6-1. Jenna Socha lost to Lindsey Cantu (Ben-Bolt), 6-3, 6-2. S o cha b e at Merce des Alonzo (George West), 6-0, 6-0. Socha beat Kayla Vela (Ben-Bolt), 7-6, 6-2. Second-third place match Socha beat Caroline Daniels (Ben-Bolt), 8-5, to receive second place.

Port Aransas South Jetty

Port Aransas Marlins Golf

March 5

Mathis @ Alice GC 8:30AM 19 Padre Isles 9 AM (Tri Meet - Mathis, Sinton, Port Aransas) 28 West Oso 8:30AM @Gabe Lozano

April 2

Bragging ’bout the blue

COURTESY PHOTO BY KRIS JONES

Lady Marlin golfers beat teams from George West, Aransas Pass, Three Rivers and Beeville to bring the ﬁrst-place trophy home following a tournament in Beeville on Monday, March 19. From left are Megan Forrest, Jocelyn Flood, Maddison Shannon, Rachel Davis and Anna Roberson.

Kenedy @ Alice GC 9 District @ Alice GC 16/17 Regional @ Brenham

May 2/3

9 AM 9 AM TBA

State TBA Austin @ Morris Williams

Head Coach: Kris Jones

Third-place winners

COURTESY PHOTO BY KRIS JONES

The Port Aransas Marlins boys’ golf team shows off its third-place trophy from a tournament in Beeville on Monday, March 19. The Marlins beat teams from Aransas Pass, George West, Three Rivers and Sinton in windy, rainy conditions. From left are Dakota Cowen, Hudson Ross, Andrew Follett, Hudson Marraro and Tyler Burns.

PAHS golfers bring home two trophies

Marlin golfers went to Beeville for a tournament on Monday, March 19, with the girls coming home with a ﬁrst-place trophy and the boys bringing back a third-place trophy. Megan Forrest and Maddison Shannon led the girls’ team with scores of 109; Anna Roberson scored 115, Rachel Davis scored 117 and Jocelyn Flood scored 119. They posted a team score of 450. The ladies defeated teams from George West, Aransas Pass, Three Rivers and Beeville to bring the trophy back to

strong winds and light rain the island. Andrew Follett led the boys during the tournament. with a score of 90, with Tyler Burns (92) and Hudson Ross (93) close behind. Dakota Cowen hit 96 and Hudson Marraro carded 113 to round out the boys’ scoring, with a team total of 371. The boys finished behind the Sinton white team and the Beeville golfers, but defeated teams from Aransas Pass, George West, Three Rivers and the Sinton maroon team. Coach Kris Jones said everyone played hard despite

March 8 9 23 30

April

PAHS Spring Break JV Tourney PAHS Spring Break V Tourney Goliad Varsity Spring Invitational Varsity Tri-Match w/Goliad & Shiner @Goliad

2-3

District @Port Aransas 9-13 Regional Qualiﬁer Tournament @ Port Aransas 16-19 Region 4 @College Station 30 State @Austin

May 1

State

Coach: Dante Cage

@Austin

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Spring Break 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Thousands descend on Port Aransas Mostly sunny skies had droves of folks ﬂocking to Port Aransas for the Spring Break holiday March 1216. Clockwise from upper

right: Michael Stehle of Orange Grove strums his guitar with friends on the beach; from left, Lexy Dunman, 16, of Portland, David Vergason, 18, of Taft, and Megan Burdock, 16, of Portland, walk the beach together; shoppers walk on Alister Street near Avenue G; a crowd gathers on the beach near Access Road 1A; Brandon de la Torre, 7, of San Antonio, emerges from a slide at the Port Aransas Community Park pool; and a Spring Breaker serves during a volleyball game on the beach.

STAFF PHOTOS BY

DAN PARKER

Council addresses airport, finances, election DAN PARKER REPORTER Port Aransas City Council members heard details of a city financial report, cancelled certain election plans and held a final vote on residency requirements for members of the city’s Airport Advisory Board. The council dealt with the matters at its meeting on Thursday, March 15. • The council voted 5-0 to cancel plans for a May 12 city election to decide city council membership because no one running for election has an opponent. Council members Glenda Balentine and Steve Lanoux were absent. Only the incumbents whose terms are expiring filed for re-election. They are Place 2 Councilman John Price, Place 4 council member Balentine, Place 6 Councilman Lanoux and Mayor Keith McMullin. The filing period to run for council ended March 5. Early voting is April 30 to May 8. City voters do have matters other than council membership upon which to cast ballots: A school board race, five proposed city charter amendments and a referendum on rescinding the city council’s vote to change

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2B Thursday, March 22, 2012

Port Aransas South Jetty

Road rage? Man waves assault riﬂe in traﬃc jam

POLICE BLOTTER FROM PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS

Note: During Spring Break week, 11 minor (non-injury) accidents were reported in Port Aransas and 13 people were arrested on various types of outstanding warrants. Officers charged 19 people with public intoxication. Four golf carts were taken without permission (and later recovered). Two minors were charged with consuming alcohol. Two children were separated from their parents on the beach and were re-united by officers. MONDAY, MARCH 12 8:23 A.M. • A business owner told officers someone had rented a golf cart and abandoned it, damaged, on the beach. He said repairs would cost $345. 3:10 P.M. • A homeowner in the 3500 block of Island Mooring Parkway said he awoke to find the white plastic gate in front of his home gone. He valued it at $200. 3:13 P.M. • Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers took a sick person from the 400 block of West Cotter Avenue to an area hospital. 4:53 P.M. • An officer cited some people near Pole 23 on the beach for blocking the roadway by playing sports in it. TUESDAY, MARCH 13 1:46 A.M. • At Pole 10 on the beach, an officer charged a man who had slashed a vehicle tire with reckless damage. 12:33 P.M. • EMS crews took a sick person from the 400 block of North Station Street to a Corpus Christi hospital. 3:29 P.M. • A sick person was taken to a Corpus Christi hospital from the 2000 block of South 11th Street by EMS crews. 4:58 P.M. • EMS workers took a sick person to a Corpus Christi hospital from the 400 block of Bralley Street. 9:39 P.M. • During a traffic stop near Pole 31 on the beach, a man was charged with possession of a controlled substance. 11:18 P.M. • A woman was charged with assault after a fight with another woman in the 800 block of Tarpon Street. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 1:51 A.M. • An officer charged a man at Pole 9 on the beach with possession of a controlled substance, and a woman was arrested on outstanding municipal court warrants. 5:28 A.M. • A woman told police a prowler was in her house in the 600 block of North Palomino. Police caught him; the man began fighting and was Tasered. The officer found he had thrown some money on the ground during the chase; the couple in the house said they were missing cash. The suspect, a juvenile from Port Lavaca, was charged with burglary of a habitation and taken to the Nueces County Juvenile Justice Center in Corpus Christi. 8:12 P.M. • EMS workers took an injured person from the 1100 block of Whispering Sands to an Aransas Pass hospital. 8:50 P.M. • An injured person was taken by EMS crews from the 100 block of West Brundrett Avenue to an Aransas Pass hospital. 10:33 P.M. • A woman staying at a hotel in the 300 block of West Avenue G told police someone had taken a wallet, clothing and other items from her room. 11:05 P.M. • A man was charged in the 300 block of Cut-off Road with furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15 2:11 A.M. • Officers charged a man in the 3500 block of State Hwy. 361 with theft; business workers said he tried to take two 12-packs and an 18-pack of beer with a total value of $44.97. 3:36 P.M. • A resident in the 1500 block of South Station Street told officers someone had taken a metal statue of a pelican from in front of his house. 4:14 P.M. • After someone left his cell phone and wallet unattended on the beach near Pole 9, he returned to find them missing, he told police. 7:35 P.M. • An officer charged two people with theft after they tried to take less than $50 worth of merchandise from a store in the 400 block of South Alister Street. 7:51 P.M. • A woman and man were charged with theft after workers said they took items from a store in the 500 block of West Cotter Avenue. 10:51 P.M. • A woman told officers someone broke a window in her hotel room in the 600 block of East Avenue G and took $45 in cash. FRIDAY, MARCH 16 9:49 A.M. • A boat owner told police someone had broken into his boat in the 300 block of J.C. Barr Boulevard overnight; the report does not indicate what’s missing. 2:06 P.M. • In the 500 block of Sea Oats, a woman said someone took a fanny pack and other items from an unlocked vehicle. 3:13 P.M. • An officer charged a man with theft in the 400 block of South Alister Street after he tried to take three steaks, some tortillas and some suntan lotion. 4:59 P.M. • Police charged a man with disorderly conduct after he reportedly displayed an assault rifle during a traffic jam on the beach near Pole 26 (see related story). 9:46 P.M. • EMS workers took an injured person from the 2000 block of South On the Beach to a Corpus Christi hospital. SATURDAY, MARCH 17 5:13 A.M. • A renter said another guest broke a window in her hotel room as he was leaving; police charged the man with reckless damage. 9:52 P.M. • An officer charged a man with disorderly conduct after he was fighting near Pole 25 on the beach. SUNDAY, MARCH 18 1:21 A.M. • A San Antonio man is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after beachgoers said he fired several shots near Pole 28 on the beach (see related story). 1:59 A.M. • In the 2600 block of State Hwy. 361, a woman told police someone took her purse from a vehicle overnight. 8:54 A.M. • EMS workers took a sick person from the 200 block of Cut-off Road to an Aransas Pass hospital. 10:47 A.M. • A bicycle was taken as it was parked outside a residence in the 300 block of East Cotter Avenue. 11:17 A.M. • Hotel workers in the 100 block of South Alister Street said renters left a hole in the wall of a room and soda sprayed across one wall. 12:49 P.M. • A woman said someone took a wallet and some credit cards from her vehicle parked on the beach. She didn’t remember whether the vehicle was locked. 3:30 P.M. • An unattended bicycle was reported stolen from a residence on Sand Castle Drive.

CONSTABLE’S BEAT FROM NUECES COUNTY CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 4, RECORDS MONDAY, MARCH 12 11 A.M. • A deputy took a report of the burglary of a habitation in the 300 block of Dolphin Circle. Burglars got in through an apparently unlocked door and took two flat screen TV sets and a DVD player. 11:17 P.M. • A deputy quieted a disturbance in the 600 block of Channel View Drive. TUESDAY, MARCH 13 12:33 A.M. • A motorist on the beach was cited for speeding. 2:06 A.M. • A deputy responded to a fight on the beach and helped separate the parties. 7:24 P.M. • After a deputy stopped a driver on the beach, a DPS trooper charged him with driving while intoxicated. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 6:30 P.M. • A woman was charged in the 6000 block of State Hwy. 361 with public intoxication (PI). THURSDAY, MARCH 15 12:06 A.M. • A deputy stopped two vehicles at the ferry landing after reports of shots fired, but found no firearms. 6:26 P.M. • A man was charged on the

beach with possession of drug paraphernalia. FRIDAY, MARCH 16 10:44 P.M. • An attempted burglary was reported in the 400 block of Beach Street but the suspect fled before the deputy arrived. 11:40 P.M. • At a disturbance on the beach, a woman was charged with PI. SATURDAY, MARCH 17 1:10 A.M. • A motorist was cited on the beach for speeding. 5 P. M . • A worker at a bar in the 100 block of West Cotter Avenue reported someone had stolen some chairs. 10:05 P.M. • A deputy charged a man on the beach with PI. 11:52 P.M. • A DPS trooper took custody of a man a deputy charged on the beach with driving while intoxicated. SUNDAY, MARCH 18 2:50 A.M. • A deputy quieted a disturbance at Avenue G and Alister Street. 2 P. M . • A person was cited on the beach for having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle.

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Port Aransas Police Ofﬁcer Seth Rosebrook talks with a family after pulling them over for riding a golf cart on State Hwy. 361. The driver said he didn’t know about the Port Aransas city ordinance that makes it a violation to drive carts on the highway south of Avenue G. Rosebrook didn’t ticket the driver, but escorted him and the family to the closest road branching off the highway.

Man charged with firing gun on beach An Aransas Pass man was in the Nueces County Jail on Monday, March 19, in lieu of $25,000 bail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after beachgoers complained he had been firing a gun on the beach. Patrol officer Scott Grumbles said a man told him at a convenience store early Sunday, March 18, that somebody had been shooting on the beach, but police had as

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yet heard no reports from vacationers. Minutes later, at 1:21 a.m., police dispatchers sent oﬃcers to the area of Pole 28, where shots had been reported. Grumbles said when he arrived, he saw two men sitting on the sand, and as he approached them, one of them got up and ran away. Grumbles gave chase on foot, and after about 50 yards, he reported, bystanders stopped

the man, giving Grumbles a chance to catch up. The man is identified as Anthony Torres, 17; police reports don’t say how he was identified as the suspect. Torres was taken to the county jail later on Sunday. Texas law classes assault with a deadly weapon as a first-degree felony, punishable on conviction by between five and 99 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

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Agony of de feet (and back)

My schedule is such that I don’t go on patrol as much as I would like, but I make it a point to get out when I can. I always work side by side with my officers during major events, including Spring Break. On a personal level, patrol allows me to go back to my roots and do what I love most about law enforcement. From a professional standpoint, it helps me keep things in perspective. I have to deal with the same issues and work in the same environment as my officers. It serves as a reminder that the view from the top is often much different than it is from the street, and what works in theory is not always realistic in practice. As an old-school street cop, it sometimes takes every ounce of patience I have to show the restraint I expect of my officers when dealing with a bunch of unruly drunks. Working the streets also serves as a reminder that patrol is a young man’s sport, particularly during Spring Break. As a 50-something-year-old, my eyes are not as sharp as they once were and my reactions are a bit slower. I have to put on my bifocals to write a ticket, and after dark I prefer to be the cover officer instead of the primary.

SCOTT BURROUGHS

Coming oﬀ a 100-plus-hour workweek, my body aches in places that I did not even know existed. I woke up the other morning with a charlie horse in my thigh. I am sure it is from climbing in and out of those dad gum patrol trucks so many times. My lower back is having spasms from all the hours wearing a duty belt and all the miles of driving the rough beach. My feet are sore from standing and my elbow hurts from directing traﬃc. As I sat down to write this week’s column, I could hardly move. My arms and legs feel like they are filled with lead from the fatigue. The adrenaline has worn off, and I am completely drained. I am functioning on the overdose of caffeine and nicotine that remains in my blood stream from the past week. I felt a little better after talking to some of my younger

oﬃcers. Every one of them is dragging after this past week too; of course, most of them worked a lot harder than I did. One oﬃcer stopped to visit as I was writing. As he plopped down in the chair he told me that when he got home this morning, he was so tired that he was only able to take off one boot as he lay down on his bed. A couple of hours later he woke up with a sore back from sleeping on his duty belt. But at the end of the day it is well worth it. Working in Port Aransas during Spring Break is a law enforcement experience unlike any other. Scott Burroughs is the chief of the Port Aransas Police Department. Contact him at sburroug hs@cityofportaransas.org or at 749-6241.

A 20-year-old man is out of jail on $500 bond this week after being charged with waving an assault rifle at people during a Spring Break traffic jam. Witnesses told officers that the man apparently became frustrated when traffic was stalled on Friday, March 16, about 4:45 p.m., on the beach near Beach Access Road 1. He got the rifle out of his car and threatened people with it, they said. No shots were actually fired, police reports show. Officers charged the man, Enrique Adan Trevino, with disorderly conduct – displaying a firearm, a Class B misdemeanor under Texas law. Conviction can result to up to 180 days in jail or a fine of up to $2,000, or both. Police records don’t show where Trevino lives.

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Kacie Bass, Donovan Kypke wed

Kacie Leigh Bass and Donovan Springfield Kypke exchanged wedding vows in an outdoor ceremony at the Red Corral Ranch in Wimberley at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2012. The bride and groom are both former residents of Port Aransas who now reside in Carrizo Springs. The bride is the daughter of Carolyn and Kelly E. Bass of Goliad, formerly of Port Aransas. She is the granddaughter of Billie Pat and Bob Bass of San Antonio and Lorine B. Skaer of Loveland, Colo. The groom’s parents are Donna and Thaxton Springfield Kypke of Port Aransas. His grandparents are Betty and Jay Mengle of Corpus Christi and the late Joe Hybner, and the late Rev. Rodman Kypke and the late Ann Kypke. The Rev. John Turnage of First Baptist Church of Loveland, Colo., performed the double-ring ceremony in the garden before Celebration Hall. The bride wore a strapless ivory gown of re-embroidered lace with a silk taffeta draped midriff and silk taffeta rolled flowers at the hem and back. She wore a fingertip veil of ivory taffeta edged in satin. Her wedding emsemble was completed with a single-strand pearl necklace, pearl earrings and a multi-strand pearl bracelet. The bride’s wildflower-look bouquet was made of orange and fuchsia ranunculas, purple anemonies, purple stock, or-

Mr. and Mrs. Donovan S. Kypke She is the former Kacie Leigh Bass.

ange calendula, fuschia carnations with purple and white veronica. Her father, who with her mother gave her in marriage, escorted the bride to the altar. Matron of honor was Molly Adcock of Shawnee, Okla., a childhood friend of the bride. Maid of honor was Cherilyn Horner of Austin, friend of the bride and a former Port Aransas resident. Bridesmaids were Brittany Fiedler of Edinburg, formerly of Port Aransas; Marie Bean of Canadian, Cassidy Allen of Corpus Christi, Megan Nitcholas and Jordan Gardner, both of Cedar Park. Flower girls were Nicole Adcock of Shawnee, Okla.,

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daughter of Molly and JonMark Adcock; and Maci Morgan of Katy, second cousin of the groom and the daughter of Cari and Blake Morgan. Ringer bearer was Gunnar Bass of McAllen, nephew of the bride and the son of Melissa and Coby Bass. The bride’s attendants wore bright purple dupioni silk kneelength dresses of varying styles and carried rounded nosegays of orange, fuchsia, purple and yellow ranunculas with fuchsia carnations and deep purple hydrangeas. Garrett Kypke of Port Aransas served as his brother’s best man. Groomsmen were Wes Malek of New Braunfels, Matthew Richter of Galveston, Joseph Webb of San Antonio, Blake Bartlett of Austin, Corbin Bass, brother of the bride, of Port Aransas, and Sawyer Wright of Junction. Usher was Troy French of New Braunfels. The groom and groomsmen wore chocolate brown tuxedos with champagne vests. The groom wore a champagne paisley tie and the groomsmen’s

ties were purple. The groomsmen wore boutonnieres of fuchsia carnations and seeded eucalyptus while the groom wore a calendula and purple waxflower boutonniere. Soloist/guitarist was Ian Henkel of Austin, formerly of Port Aransas. A reception followed the ceremony on the grounds at the Big Red Barn. The dinner was catered by The Salt Lick Bar-B-Que, a favorite of the couple’s during their college years at Texas State University in San Marcos. The barbecue sauce was made by the bride and her mother from a recipe developed over many years by the bride’s maternal grandmother. The bride’s three-tier cake was iced in ivory and accented with a cascade of confection flowers in red and purple. The groom’s cake was a chocolate cake in the shape of Texas that featured his favorite interests: fishing, quail hunting and wildlife management. Guests made s’mores around a fire pit near the barn, a nod to the bride’s favorite camping and fireside pastime. Music was by Clint Taft and the Buckwild Band of San Antonio. The bride graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Texas State University. She earned a Masters degree in elementary education at TSU in 2009. She is a teacher. The groom earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from TSU in 2007, and an Associate of Applied Science degree in wildlife management at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde. He is a ranch and wildlife manager for the South Spur Ranch near Carrizo Springs. After a wedding trip to Ambergris Caye, Belize, the couple will be at home in Carrizo Springs.

Marine microbes are focus of lecture Dr. David Kirchman will present “Journey into an Unseen World: Why Marine Microbes Matter” at the ﬁnal talk of the 2012 University of Texas Marine Science Institute’s public lecture series today, Thursday, March 22. The series is free and open to the public. Doors open at the UTMSI Visitor’s Center auditorium on Cotter Ave. near the beach, at 6:30 p.m. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. Kirchman is a professor at the School of Marine Science and Policy at the Univer-

sity of Delaware. His research interests include microbial ecology and bacteria in estuaries and oceans and the role of microbes in the carbon cycle. To learn more about his work go to http://www. ceoe.udel.edu/people/proﬁle. aspx?kirchman.

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Mission helps others WILLIAM CAMPBELL You may have noticed announcements in the South Jetty and in other places about fundraisers that First Baptist Church has been having for our summer mission trip to Guatemala. I, myself, and First Baptist Church feel so passionate about our mission projects in Guatemala that I would like to share with you a little more of what we are doing, and even ask that you consider giving to a project in which your gift will have an immediate eﬀect on people’s lives. This summer (June 25July 2) we will be visiting an orphanage in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. “Fundación Salvación” is a Christian charitable organization. The foundation was established on the Oct., 1997, with 18 teenagers who had problems with drugs. It was a center for rehabilitation. In 1998, the foundation received the territory in which it currently resides by the authorities of Huehuetenango under the condition to accept orphans. Therefore, with much love and God’s hand, the foundation was changed to an orphanage. Currently it houses between 100 and 110 people. When the children arrive at the foundation most of them are dirty, have lice, problems with skin and teeth. They receive a bed, clean clothes, shoes and articles of personal hygiene. All of them receive spiritual, psychological, medical, and legal aid. Some of the reasons why children end up at the or-

phanage are negligence on behalf of the parents due to drug or alcohol addictions; emigration to the United States without the possibility to take the children with them; extreme poverty; abuse by parents or other people, which is the majority of the children; children that are sent to the street to work by parents; sexual abuse by parents or other people; unmarried mothers who do not find work that permits them to stay with their children, and children whose parents cannot pay for their education. This specific orphanage is a non-governmental orphanage - meaning, it does not receive governmental funds. This means that they have more freedom to teach without governmental restrictions. A couple of items that we want to provide for them are an industrial washing machine and industrial refrigerator (with so many people, these are absolute needs). We can purchase them once we land in Guatemala City. If you would like to help financially in the purchase of these items and others, please contact the office of First Baptist Church at 749-6479. I say all of this, not to beg for money, but to let you know that there are people in our community that are practicing the words of Jesus to “go into all the world and preach the good news”... Mark 16:15. Even more than your finances, we would like for you to pray for us and the orphanage. We believe that God hears our prayers and can do amazing things without us, but even more when believers allow Him to use them. William Campbell is pastor at First Baptist Church of Port Aransas.

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Holy mackerel!

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Spring Breakers caught a limit of king mackerel on this 9-hour trip Friday, March 16. They were ﬁshing with Capt. Ty Sackschewsky aboard the Scat Cat out of Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Spring Break fun in Mexico

Port Aransas residents Sawyer and Jillian Ulch visited Puerto Escondido, Mexico, with their mother, Lynn Ulch. Above, Sawyer Ulch caught his ﬁrst sailﬁsh aboard the Marissa with Capt. Levy. Below, Jillian Ulch helps release 350 green turtles at Playa Barranco Honda.They were visiting grandparents Sharon Butler and Ron Ridgeway during Spring Break.

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Scott Garison of Fisherman’s Wharf says offshore fishing has been great, with catches of vermilion and lane snapper, amberjack, African pompano, triggerfish, grouper, Atlantic sharpnose shark, king mackerel and mako shark. Bay guides have been catching a great deal of redfish, as well as bringing in sheepshead, a few speckled trout and black drum . North jetty anglers have been catching sheepshead, redfish and Spanish Mackerel. Eric Peschke at Dolphin Dock said offshore trips brought back yellowfin and blackfin tuna, wahoo, vermilion snapper, large sharks, kingfish, and African pompano. In the bays, anglers caught sheepshead, speckled trout and redfish. MaryAnn Heimann at Offshore Adventures said in the bay anglers caught some flounder, black drum, limits of redfish and a number of nice trout. Some people

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Auntie Dorrie’s fascinating house TONY AMOS

Please read these out loud or pronounce them silently in your head: “Derwent One Five Two O, East Horsely Two One Seven Eight, Gypsy Hill Double Two Double Seven, Popes Grove Seven Eight Eight Nine, Fairlands Seven O Five Seven.” Had you said those words into the mouthpiece of an English telephone in the 1940s or ‘50s, you would have been calling my Aunt Dorrie and Uncle Bill, Uncle Reg and Auntie Nina, My Dad’s place of work, Uncle Eddie and Auntie Gladys and my cousins, Uncle Jack and Auntie Connie, i.e., my mum and dad. For some reason, I’ve remembered those numbers for all my remembering life. It’s the rhythm of saying the words, I think. Given all that, let’s go back to the aunts and uncles. One hundred and thirty two Brockenhurst Avenue, Worcester Park, Surrey: That’s where my Auntie Dorrie, Uncle Bill Bolding and Cousin Clare lived. Derwent One Five Two O was their telephone number, and I can still hear in my mind Auntie Dorrie saying that in her clear, reﬁned voice with the “o” pronounced “Oh.” Going to Dorrie’s as a child was always a pleasurable experience. From North Cheam, we would board the one two seven bus – a peculiarity in London buses, being a special short double-decker to get under the railway bridge in Worcester Park. Getting oﬀ at the Plough, we’d cross the road, turn left (always taking

a look at the green-weeded duck pond), cross over to walk down that odd pavement with trees and bushes growing in the middle, turn right, then left on Brockenhurst, where nearly at the end on the left-hand side was number 132. On ringing the doorbell, we’d be warmly greeted by Auntie Dorrie and enter that fascinating house. The kitchen was small and smelled of things to come for tea. In the living room there was the pile of Picture Post magazines, with their intriguing pictures of wars and peoples’ tragedies and triumphs. Two tall exotic China dragon vases flanked the fireplace. A huge, empty-yetsealed bottle of Dom Perignon, perhaps a Jeroboam, was supposed to be the home of an imp, said A. Dorrie. Upstairs in the bathroom hung a cartoon done by my dad when he was a young man. An urban child was smelling a flower in a pot. “Ain’t Nature Wonderful?” the caption said. There was the back garden with its flowers and grass where we would play after getting bored with the Picture Posts. When time for tea came, the table would be set with a variety of savories and cakes and biscuits. It always seemed a little more posh than the scramble of bread and butter and jam we had at fourteen Walton Avenue, North Cheam, Surrey. I left England at age 17 and only saw Auntie Dorrie on my occasional visits to the Old Country. We kept in touch, however, by correspondence. I would send her letters recounting my adventures as an oceanographer around the world, and she would write about the family and England and the state of things. She kept my letters and post cards, and a few of years ago sent them all

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Counterpoint

Northern ﬂickers perch on opposite sides of a palm tree.

to me, for which I am grateful. As an adult, I considered calling her Aunt or Dorothy, but couldn’t do it. She will always be Auntie Dorrie to me. She was devastated when Uncle Bill died after 50-something years of marriage and talked about him whenever we met. Auntie Dorrie was surprisingly down to earth and frank about the state of life, I learned in my adult conversations with her, but remained old-worldly in that she did not embrace the computer age and decried the loss of civility in the modern world. She wrote her letters in a steady hand until our correspondence ceased when age compelled her to withdraw. She’s gone now, but her memory lives on in her grandchildren and the great-grandkids. In my memory, I hear

her answering the telephone as clear as a bell – “Derwent One Five Two Oh! * What to give you as a photo this week? I think Auntie Dorrie would have liked the symmetry of the picture that I call “Counterpoint.” (Northern ﬂickers pose on a palm tree.) * A great sea turtle rescue story is coming next week, and the ugly head of blow-gun darting of birds has reared again. Stay Tuned. * Parts of the Auntie Dorrie Story were published in the South Jetty in December 2004. Tony Amos is a research fellow at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas and director of the ARK – Animal Rehabilitation Keep.

KPAB oﬀers afghans Blue and cream afghans depicting Port Aransas attractions are for sale by Keep Port Aransas Beautiful members. The afghans are 100 percent woven cotton and measure 48 inches by 68 inches, and they are machine washable. Prices for the afghans are $50 if delivered in town, or $60 if they need to be shipped. They may be purchased online at www.kpab.org. Call Darlene or Mike Secich

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mation mentioned in this article, please do not hesitate to call my capitol or district office. STATE REP. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, is the District 32 TODD State Representative. Contact HUNTER him at E2-808, P.O. Box bating human trafficking due 2910, Austin TX 78768; (512) to the state’s large geographi- 463-0672, the district office cal size and busy ports. at (361) 949-4603 or todd. The U.S. Bureau of Justice hunter@house.state.tx.us. defines human trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for one of three purposes: Labor or services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purposes of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. A commercial sex act through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Any commercial sex act, if the person is under 18 years of age, regardless of whether any form of coercion is involved. Between 2008 and 2010, data was collected through the Human Trafficking Reporting System. Federally funded task forces opened more than 2,500 cases of suspected human trafficking, approximately 82 percent of which were classified as sex trafficking. About 1,000 of those incidents involved allegations of prostitution or sexual exploitation of a child. The rest were connected to trafficking for labor purposes and other unknown reasons. It is important to know that human trafficking is not exclusive to one segment of society. Human trafficking involves victims of all races and age groups, both males and females, and United States citizens as well as noncitizens. Individuals seeking to force people in to human trafficking do not discriminate amongst their victims and often prey upon those who are most vulnerable. At the end of March, I am proud to host the Human Trafficking Summit in connection with Del Mar and Victoria colleges. The summit will be held Thursday, March 29, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Center for Economic Development on the Del Mar College east campus in Corpus Christi. Keynote speakers will include Sheriff T. Michael O’Connor of Victoria County and State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston. If you would like to attend, please feel free to contact my office for additional information or go to my Web site. The summit is free. If you have questions regarding any of the infor-

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FANTASTIC OCEAN VIEWS: #111 Sandcastle, upgraded efficiency, second floor pool view, reduced $139,900, #202 Gulf Shores, 2/2, fresh paint and nice updates. $240,000, #109 2/2, new paint on ceilings, new A/C, $216,000, #6206 Port Royal, 2/2, wood look ﬂooring, nice upgrades, $225,000, Barbar Thrasher, Coldwell Banker Island, REALTORS, 817-2716880 HomesPortAransas.com

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DRASTIC REDUCTION IN Holiday Beach lots starting at $3,000 per lot. Contact owner’s email michelepatterson@me. com. FSBO CUSTOM TOWNHOME 3BR/2.5BA with bunkroom/ofﬁce. Upgraded fixtures, appliances, granite countertops, and high-end window coverings. Short walk to beach. Heated pool. Low HOA. $269,500, Seller highly motivated. 361-4388326.

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NICE 3/2/1 HOUSE in Channel Vista neighborhood on a corner. Near park. Bed, bath, living area and covered porch down, with kitchen, living area, 2 bedrooms. Jack and Jill bath and balcony up. Easy care siding. 502 Corpus Christi Channel. $259,000. Extra lot next door, $64,999. Barbara Thrasher, Coldwell Banker Island, REALTORS. 817-271-6880. HomesPortAransas.com

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THE PREMIER CONDO at Sea Sands, Unit 204 - Was purchased directly from the developer in 1980 and has the ultimate view of the swimming pool. 3BR/2.5BA, 1365 sf. Upgraded with custom tile throughout the living area floors, kitchen countertops and back-splash. $185,000 (furnished) Contact: Clay Vilt at 713840-7570. cvilt@sbcglobal.net BEACHFRONT, UPGRADED 2/2 Mayan Princess condos, side entrance with extra patio, very nice upgrades, upscale furniture, tile throughout, #201 total remodel, has separate tiled shower in master, great ocean view, granite counters throughout, travertine tile $275,000. #101 has handicap ramp, nice furnishings, $179,500. Barbara Thrasher, Coldwell Banker Island REALTORS. 817-271-6880. HomesPortAransas.com DUPLEX LOT IN old town (512)426-1438, Zoned R-2 for a duplex or two homes. Less than two football fields from Port Aransas Harbor. $99,500. Waterfront view if developed correctly.. ISLAND MOORINGS. FANTASTIC and like new 5BR/5.5BA 4000sf +/- w/pool, office, evening shade, great fishing. Priced To Sell. Schulgen Real Estate. 830377-5830. GREAT BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD Lot #233 Beachwalk Lane, 85x85 lot, 5 back from beach, gated neighborhood with beach walkover and pool, $79,750. Barbara Thrasher, Coldwell Banker Island, REALTORS, 817-271-6880 HomesPortAransas.com LARGE COASTAL CHARMER in Old Town on Lantana - short walk to beach and fishing pier. Tiled 4 bedrooms, 3 baths with separate 2-car garage. Wonderful! By owner $249,000. Will broker coop. 512-217-8830. ISLAND MOORINGS LOT for sale by owner in gated La Joya Subdivision. Backs up to Mustang Blvd. Nice deep lot with water views/golf course views. Pool and cabana steps away. Two boat slips with remote lifts, all weather decking, doc box and private fence surround. Use your own builder! Hate to sell it. $175,000. 210-771-5490. PREMIER, LUXURY 6BR/6.5BA canal home in Mustang Beach Under contract. Granite counters in huge kitchen. High celings in living room. Extra wide 9 ft. lot with 3 boat lifts. Heated swimming pool. Beautiful water views. Barbara Thrasher, Coldwell Banker Island, REALTORS, 817-271-6880. HomesPortAransas.com 1324 WHISPERING SANDS. $146,000. 3BR/2BA up. 2BR/1BA down. Use as one house or rent downstairs. Wonderful view from upstairs. Two streets from beach. Many unique extras. Great neighborhood. Needs siding. Call 361-563-9640.

Announcements ALL WINTER TEXANS are invited to attend ﬁshing schools, presented by Mike O’Dell, ﬁshing guide. 7 p.m. Jan. 24, Feb. 7, March 13 & March 27. The Dunes Conference Room, 1000 Lantana Drive. NEW WINE APPRECIATION & Education Group being formed in Port Aransas. If interested, contact Yogi Barrett at 410-9719804 or email to yogiwine@msn.com First event, Wine 101, coming soon. Yogi

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2008 19’ KENNER BOAT, Mercury 115 HP motor, EZ loader trailer, excellent condition, hardly used, 55 total hours. Always kept in enclosed Port Aransas boat barn. $17,000. Call Clyde at 361-442-7750 for inspection and test run. Elderly owner retiring from boating.

HONDA ATV, 2007 model TRX500FA, runs great! Includes 2-gun rack on front, 2 Kolpin gun boots with custom mounts, brush guards on rear fenders, camo cargo bag, camo seat and 50# feeder with quick mounts on rear rack. Ready to hunt for $4500. 361-749-4461 or 361510-5519.

SECOND TIME AROUND Shop Open Saturday 9 - noon. Sunday 11:30 - 1 p.m. Come see our great stuff! Located at Trojan and Avenue E next door to Trinity By The Sea Episcopal Church. 7495392.Winter clothes 1/2 price!

GARDEN TILLER HONDA powered 4-cycle, used once, with/accessories. Snapper 28” riding mower - 11.5 HP IC engine. Brand new, never used. Troy Bilt powerwasher 2600 PSI, in the box, never used. . Also have top-of-the-line exercise equipment. Call for details 361-749-0917.

Garage Sales

332 6TH ST. - Saturday, March 24, 7:30 - noon. Storage unit sale - women’s clothing, furniture, hunting decoys and much more!

Lost & Found FOUND: MAN’S WATCH in Island Moorings yard. 361-7494461.

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Miscellaneous 4 PEOPLE 4 HOURS bay ﬁshing trip, Port Aransas. Coupons good til 4/3/12. $70 OBO. Call 830-778-9517. CAN YOU INSTALL my water well pump and service the well? Please call Beegee 361-3328212.

DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY. Condo suites with full kitchens, private balcony, pool, hot tub, Vacation Rentals free cable and internet. Walk to the beach and pier. Sea Breeze COZY 2BR/2BA COTTAGE in Suites, 407 Beach Avenue 361- the heart of Old Town. Close to 749-1500. everything. Fully furnished with BEAUTIFUL 2BR/2BA DUPLEX all the amenities. A perfect spot In family community close to city for your vacation. Daily, weekly, park. Tile/carpet, appliances monthly. Winter Texans welincluding washer/dryer and stor- come. Call 361-749-7743. age room. Water/trash paid. BEST CONDO ON the beach. $1150/mo. (just reduced) plus Grand Caribbean. Daily-weeklydepost. Pets okay w/deposit. monthly rentals. You deserve 510-299-0625. the best. Call for fall/winter resRESERVATION SERVICE, ervations. 361-749-1974. www. 265 properties in the Texas Hill dunecrest.com Country. Daily, weekly, monthly rentals. First Class Bed and CLINE’S LANDING SPEBreakfast Reservation Service. CIAL. Luxury condo, 1-888-991-6749, ask for Bea2BR/2BA, great view, all trice. www.fredericksburg-lodgthe amenities. Available ing.com January 1. Call 210-4922583 or 210-663-6062. 2 RV SPACES available. Year round. Quiet park. Call 7497854 or cell 361-416-0103. CLINE’S LANDING 2BR condo VERY PRIVATE CORNER RV overlooking channel and marina space for rent. Best spot in park. for rent. Available Dec. - March, Private and landscaped. Avail- $2500/mo. No pets, non-smoking unit, not good situation for able March 15, $350/mo. On-site laundry, centrally lo- children. Beautiful! Pictures cated, well-maintained park! available. 210-771-9085. Call 749-5691. Additional lots WINTER TEXANS - BOOK now available. for 2012-2013 fall/winter/spring. FOR LEASE LONG term - One and two bedroom units $2800/mo., 3BR/2BA/2-car for Oct. Nov., Dec., Jan., Feb. garage, furnished house on and March. Best places in Port canal in Island Moorings. Elec- A! Easy beach access. Call tric paid up to $100, all other BeeGee www.relaxport.com utilities paid, yard maintenance 361-332-8212. included. Please call Debby Kalke 361-319-2925 to make appointment.

Cards of Thanks

I’D LIKE TO thank Mike Hall and the staff at IGA for their support of the Helping Hands Food Pantry. Mike held the “Would you like to add a dollar to your total to beneﬁt the food pantry?” campaign last year and raised around $6000 for the food pantry, and this year he’s set an even higher goal, and extended the time period in order to meet that goal. I volunteer at the food pantry, and I see the needs of people in Port Aransas. I also see the many ways residents of our community pull together to meet those needs. I am impressed that every time I’ve checked out at IGA, the cashier has asked me if I’d like to donate. (I’ve always said “of course!”). The cashiers are friendly and not at all pushy in their requests, and it’s made a difference. That’s what life is about, after all. Making a difference in someone’s life. Thanks to Mike and the staff for helping our food pantry make a difference in the lives of our clients. Sincerely, Lisa Cravens

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2013 WINTER TEXAN RATES 4BR, ocean view, 983 Banyan Beach, $2200; 3BR condo, pets ok unit 123 at Blue Heron $1600; 4BR townhome unit 8 at Twin Palms $1800; 3BR home, ocean views, $1800 Lost Colony; New 3BR home, pets ok, 419 Spencer’s Landing $1800. For more info call 800-656-5692 or to see inside properties stop by 107 Cut-off Road by the ferry. RENT TRAILER SLAB, Private location, water and sewer hookups included. Garbage pickup included. You pay electric. $300/mo. 708-267-3333. Available April 1. 818 9th St., behind Whataburger. 1BR PARK MODEL, furnished non-smoking unit, no pets, $750/ mo., $400 deposit, all bills paid. Call Tropic Island Resort 361749-6128.

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8B Thursday, March 22, 2012 Employment

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WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION Co. Inc., is a vertically integrated, highly skilled, and motivated highway construction company dedicated to excellence in every aspect of business. (Equal Employment Opportunity employer) Now hiring in Rockport, TX. Pile driver, crane operators, barge hands, laboreres and welders and service truck driver with CDL Hazmat. Apply in person M-F 8 a.m. 5 p.m., 5701 FM 1781 Rockport, TX 78382 (361790-8721.

GROWING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT company seeking conscientious housekeepers for spring/summer. $20 per hour equivalent, 600 Cut-off Rd #5, 361-288-2296.

1990 COACHMAN travel trailer, furnished. 361-749-6063.

SEEKING PART-TIME SECURITY Guard to work on an hourly basis as needed - nights, holidays. Responsibilities include enforcing rules and regulations of the University pertaining to access and parking of vehicles on campus and to provide internal security for University buildings, equipment and property. Performs related duties as required. Reports all emergencies or irregularities. $11.01/hr. To apply, pick up application packet at the Administration Ofﬁce, 750 Channel View drive, Port Aransas, Texas. Security sensitive, extensive background check done on applicant selected for hire. The University of Texas is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. PORT ROYAL OCEAN Resort is accepting applications at our resort property for drivers, chef, cooks, servers, dishwashers, bartenders and houskeepers. Must be able to work weekends. Ask about our $200 sign-on bonus! Please apply online at www.port-royal.com or apply at 6317 SH 361, Port Aransas, TX, 78373. Pre-employment drug screen required. EOE THE DUNES IS currently accepting applications for part-time, summer help for front desk. Must be able to work holidays, weekends and have own transportation. Front desk and computer experience preferred. Apply in person at 1000 Lantana Dr., Port Aransas. MUSTANG TOWERS CONDOMINIUM has full time housekeeping supervisor position available. Medical and dental insurance provided. Apply in person. 6109 SH 361 Port Aransas.

PORT ARANSAS HOLIDAY Inn Express is looking for housekeepers, front desk and breakfast staff. Please apply within. No phone calls. 727 S. 11th St. PORT A PIZZERIA has begun training for the season. Openings now for dining room and kitchen help, top pay for all positions, dependable and reliable applicants may apply in person at 407 E. Avenue G before 5 p.m. daily. THE DUNES CONDOS is now accepting applications for full time maintenance person. Apply in person. 1000 Lantana Drive. MAINTENANCE HELPER LAWN care, janitorial work, painting and minor maintenance projects. Apply in person. Executive Keys Condominiums. FRONT OFFICE CLERK for weekends. Apply in person. Executive Keys Condominiums. 361-749-6272. DRIVERS: LOCAL DEDICATED crude oil & LPG openings! Great pay, bonuses & 100% paid health insurance. CDL-A, 1 yr TT Exp. TWIC card, Tank-Haz End. Req. Martin Transport 1-866-8230294 MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT WANTED - Looking for someone with maintenance experience who is ready to join our team. We offer beneﬁts, bonuses and a great working environment. Apply in person at Cline’s Landing, 1000 N. Station St. $5000 SIGN-ON bonus! Tons of runs! Frac Sand Hauling. Owner operators need tractor, pneumatic trailer, blower. 800-491-9029. PART-TIME TELLER, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Monday - Friday and 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Excellent pay and work environment. Previous cash handling experience preferred. Qualiﬁed applicants please apply online at americanbank.com Equal Opportunity Employer

DEEP SPLASH BEACHWEAR stores now hiring full time and part time sales people. Call 361877-1115.

FARMERS INSURANCE NOW hiring a full time staff person for managment, sales and customer service. Applications are available at 1305 SH 361.

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Employment SEA ISLE VILLAGE is now hiring for housekeeping. Experience preferred but not required. Must be able to work days, weekends and holidays. This is a full time position and will extend past the holiday season. 90-day probation period with raise after 90 days based on work performance. Paid weekly. Reliable transportation is also required. Please apply in person at 1129 S. 11th St. in Port Aransas. Interviews will be held immediately. HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED FULL time houskeeper needed to work year-round. Two bonuses a year and employer paid health & life insurance. Great work environment. Please apply in person at Cline’s Landing, 1000 N. Station St. PORT A PIZZERIA is now accepting applications for delivery drivers. All applicants must have a driver’s license, car and insurance. Top pay plus tips. Must be reliable and ﬂexible. Apply in person at 407 E. Avenue G daily before 5 p.m. HOUSEKEEPERS & HOUSEKEEPING Supervisor, full and part time. Call or apply in person. Executive Keys Condominiums. 361-749-6272.

Legal Notices PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 59 of Texas Property code, Michieís Self-Storage, located at 723 West Avenue A, Port Aransas, TX will hold a public auction of property being disposed of to satisfy a landlordís lien. Sale will be held at 723 West Avenue A, Port Aransas, Texas on Saturday, March 24, 2012, promptly at 9:00am. Property will be sold to highest bidder for CASH ONLY. A refundable deposit of $40.00 will be required to participate in the auction. Seller reserves the right to not accept any bid or withdraw property from sale. Property being sold includes contents in units of the following names: Donald Buckley, Christopher Mayﬁeld, Joanne Petty and Debbie Jecker. PORT ARANSAS ISD is seeking competitive sealed proposals for a Comprehensive Wireless Network. To be included in the proposal, 2 year warranty (parts and labor included). Proposal packages are available on the PAISD website at www.paisd. net. A pre-proposal conference will be held on March 27, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the Port Aransas Administration Building, 100 S. Station Street, Port Aransas, Texas 78373. Sealed proposals will be received by Port Aransas ISD on or before 9:00 a.m. April 24, 2012. The PAISD trustees reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. NOTICE - Pursuant to Texas Revised Civil Statutes, Article 6252-13cl, the Port Aransas Police Department is required to publish the following information about an adult, convicted of sexual offense against a child, who has relocated to our city. Name: Dyce, Shannon Keith Age & Gender: 41 YOA Male Street Address 2025 S. Eleventh # 8 Port Aransas, Texas Zip: 78373 Offense : Indecency with a Child by Contact Victim age/ sex: 12 YOA Female This is the only information we are allowed by law to publish. Information about this offender has been sent to the Superintendent of P.A.I.S.D. Photograph is accessible http:// records.txdps.state.tx.us NOTICIA - De conforidad con la ley estatal Tex. Rev. Civ. Art. 6252-13cl, el Departmento de Policia de la Cuidad de Port Aransas es requirido a publicar la siguiente informacion perteneciente a un adulto a quien es cupable de una ofensa sexual contra un menor de edad se a sido probabe y esta persona se traslado a nuestra cuidad. Nombre: Dyce, Shannon Keith Edad y Sexo: 41 YOA Masculina Direcion: 2025 S. eleventh #8 Cuidad: Port Aransas, TX Codigo Postal: 78373 Ofense: Indecencia con un niÒo por contacto Victims anos de edad: 12 anos de edad mujeres Esta es la uncia informacion que se es permitida por ley, publicar, infomacion de esta ofensor se ha dirigido al Superintendente Escolsr del Distritio Escolar Independients de Port Aransas. Foto es obtenible: http://records. txdps.state.tx.us

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A great blue heron ﬂies over Mustang Beach Airport as a plane taxis along, preparing for take-off.

Cards of Thanks

THE PORT ARANSAS POLICE Department wants to extend an extra Special THANK YOU to those who made monetary, food and drink donations for our annual Spring Break Season. Pepsi Cola, Chamber of Commerce, Debra Williams, Ann Vaughan, Castaway’s Mobile Kitchen, Jay Jones and Staff, Julie and Don Gall, Warden Chuck Ford, Port A Pizzeria, Yancy and Lynn Gillespie, Beaches Restaurant and Bakery, Bob and June Pettit, Kiwanis, Rotary Club, Port A Fire Auxiliary, Mitzi Foley, Ken and Chelle Yarbrough, Larry and Peggy Sullivan, Seafood and Spaghetti Works, Stripes, Kim Garlington, IGA Family Center, Lisa and Jim Cravens, Coca Cola, Wes Newman, Debbie Wallace, Mustang Ice, Coastal Bend Ice, Charlie and Linda Zahn, Shirlene Burroughs, Laura Billups, Jim Williams and Island Boutique, Carolyn Andrews. We would also like to THANK the other Law Enforcement Agencies that assisted us during this time. Texas Parks and Wild Life, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Pct 4 Constable Office, Nueces County Sheriff’s Department, Corpus Christi Police Department and Aransas Pass Police Department as well as the contract ofﬁcers. If you made a donation and you are not listed the THANK YOU remains the same as you were not purposely omitted. Port Aransas Police Department Port Aransas Emergency Medical Services Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department

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SHAPES FOR WOMEN - You’ve heard of it, you’ve seen the results. The 30-minute circuit training for total ﬁtness using the most advanced hydraulic exercise equipment in a non-judgmental and relaxed atmosphere. No Contract. Call Sandra for an appointment 749-BFIT (2348).

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PET CARE/HOUSE sitting - will care for and provide companionship for your pets, water plants, pick up newspapers, etc. Local references. Call Jeanne at 512-638-6807. MOVING - LOAD/UNLOAD, haul, tile, ﬂooring, patio work, junk removal, garage clean up, liquidation of items, painting, mowing, weed eating, tree trimming. Anything! Just Call! That’s all! Call 361-7174282.

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