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The The Island Moon FREE The Island Newspaper since 1996 The Island Newspaper since 1996 Island Area News ● Events ● Entertainment October 18, 2012 The Island where fun is like life insurance: the older you get, the more it costs. Next Publication Date: 10/25/2012 Year 15, Issue 445 Around The Island By Dale Rankin [email protected] This week an Australian Daredevil named Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon at 128,100 feet and fell for almost four minutes reaching a speed of Mach 1.24, or 833 mph, before landing in the New Mexico desert near (fittingly) Roswell. He said he didn’t feel anything when he broke the sound barrier and was most worried about going into a flat spin and the blood leaving the center of his body and blowing out through his eyes. That would certainly take most of the fun out of a freefall. Out in Elk Grove California a man trying to slaughter a pig accidentally shot his brother in the face during a family cookout; both brother and pig survived. Meanwhile up in our nation’s capitol plans are underway for a Million Muppet March on November 3. Just the thought of that is scary. Muppet anarchy Here on The Island our concerns have been of a more mundane nature. The only people jumping out of perfectly good airplanes are doing it at much lower altitudes at the Port A airport, no pigs or their owners have been wounded (that we’ve heard of), and by all accounts our Muppet population is not bent on anarchy. The Winter Texans have already begun to arrive. You can’t miss them coming in over the JFK in their RVs hauling a vehicle along behind and taking in the sights as they head down SPID and/or Highway 361 at a leisurely 40 miles per hour reveling in their good fortune and thinking of their friends shivering in the blue north. A good group of them turned out for the Belt Sander Races last Saturday at The Gaff, the eight-liner machines Around The Island are whirling like quarter-fed dervishes, and the half-life of a dollar beer has dropped to less than a half hour. La Posada additions You will notice a story on this page about a couple of additions to the La Posada Lighted Boat Parade events. The Padre Island Yacht Club last year added a kickoff party for the parade which was a big success and raised enough money to pay for the trophies for the parade winners and buy some additional toys for kids in the bargain. This year organizers are working to add a street parade to the event. Both promise to make a great event even better. Art Walk Speaking of Island events don’t forget the 3rd Annual Island Art Walk on Sunday, November 4 over at Billish Park. We have a lot of talented artists here on our Island and this is the time when they get to show off. For more information see the story in this issue. That’s all for now but we leave you with this thought; it now costs the U.S. Treasury Department two cents to make a penny. We’re not exactly sure what that means for the cost of tea in China but something about it just doesn’t seem right. Where does the other cent go? Maybe you can explain it if you see us Around The Island. Inside the Moon... Waves of Impact A2 Canal Crawl A7 Angler’s Alley A11 net in sight – they assumed I had caught it on the pole. I didn’t enlighten them, and this tall fish story was told about Corpus Christi for years. The sawfish, I regret to say, became food for the packs of coyotes that roamed the wild stretches of Big Shell. We seldom saw other human beings there, but coyotes growled close to our shack at night, and in the early mornings and evenings we saw them on the beach searching for fish which were the mainstay of their diet. I learned by experience just how clever and crafty they were. I have seen them fishing in the surf for mullet and catching them! Many times I saw these lean, hungry, animals A little Island History Island of Reprieve Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories taken verbatim from the memoirs of Islander Louis Rawalt who moved to The Island with his wife Viola in 1925 after being given only six months to live by doctors due to injuries from a mustard gas attack in World War I. In the last story he had already outlived the doctor’s estimate by over six months. He and his wife Viola originally built a cabin near what is now Packery Channel. By Louis Rawalt We moved our camp to the edge of Big Shell the next year, (1926) thirty-five miles down the beach. This time we had a shack to live in. A place loaned to us by Major Swan, one of the old timers on The Island. I bought a surf net and used a Model-A to replace the rust- eaten Model-T. We converted the Ford into a pickup. Viola helped me with the net until I found a fishing partner. One morning when we were hauling in the net, something kept leaping against it with the force of a huge shark or a porpoise. We couldn’t bring it in, so I staked one end of the net into the sand, and hooked onto the other end with the car. Slowly, I pulled in the net until the creature lay in the edge of the surf. Incredible! It was an eighteen-foot sawfish. When some fishermen came by later that day and found me beside the sawfish with a cane pole – no History Continued on A6 Travelling Moon A9 Water Continued on A14 Island Area News ● Events ● Entertainment Turtles Continued on A4 Training To Help Find Cold Stunned Green Sea Turtles By Donna J. Shaver, Ph.D. Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery National Park Service Padre Island National Seashore e-mail: [email protected] The weather is beautiful now and it still feels like summer. However, it is October and cold weather could begin in a few weeks. Many of us will welcome cooler temperatures, but if it gets too cold it could be very harmful to green sea turtles. Sea turtles are reptiles and cannot control their body temperature. Severe cold fronts affect the south Texas coast every few years. Bay and pass waters can cool quickly and green turtles living there can become “cold stunned”. During cold stunning, the turtles become immobilized and float to the surface. They can be blown ashore by the prevailing winds, and if they are not found and rescued, these gentle turtles can die due to predation or exposure to the elements. Our bays and passes are vast and green turtles are widely distributed there, so we need lots of help finding these turtles during a cold stunning event. Below, I will tell you how you can help with our efforts to find and rescue cold stunned turtles. The green turtle was once so abundant in Texas that a turtle fishing and processing industry existed here. The population plummeted during the late 1800s due to overharvest and severe freezes. The green turtle has been listed as a Threatened Species in Texas since the late-1970s. After years of conservation, the population has increased. South Texas waters provide important developmental habitat for juvenile green turtles, and their numbers are rising rapidly here. Since 2009, the most common sea turtle species found washed ashore on the Texas coast has been the green turtle. As during the 1800s, green turtles are still periodically impacted by “cold stunning”. Cold stunning is the most significant source of mortality in the population today, Cynthia Rubio with cold stunned green turtles rescued from the Laguna Madre during February 2011. Island Art Walk Set for November 4 The 3rd Annual Padre Island Art Walk is on for Sunday, November 4, from noon until 4 p.m at Billish Park. The event is free and is designed to improve all aspects of the local Art Community. Any Artist or Craftsmen who would like to participate at no charge please call JoAnn Smith for more information at 949-7114 or 815-7431. The Rotary Club of Padre Island is holding a Rubber Duck Race at the boat ramp starting at 2 p.m. Duck tickets – that’s right Duck Tickets – are available from any Rotary Club member. Coyote Alert! Tuesday evening about 8:30 10 Year-Old Fisher was walking her one eyed pug dog Bevo in Doudin Park when two coyotes started following her and BEVO. Not only were they not afraid of her they came toward her. She ran to her house on Carlos Fifth where her mother Heidi Wilson was in the garage. Heidi says that Fisher was hyperventilating and yelled COYOTES BEVO and Heidi pulled them both into garage and quickly pulled the door down. This isn’t the family’s first time to encounter coyotes near their home. Recently four neighborhood children kayaked across to the spoil island behind their house on Carlos Fifth to catch bait fish and were approached by what they said was a huge coyote that wasn’t scared of them. Heidi says there are many small animals from the neighborhood that have gone missing and now wants to know if she needs to walk her dog with a pistol. City Moving Forward on Second Waterline to The Island The Corpus Christi City Council next week is expected to approve $70,000 for a geotechnical study of a second waterline from Flour Bluff to The Island. Since development began on The Island the sole source of drinking water has been a 14-inch line which runs parallel to the JFK Causeway and also supplies the majority of water for the City of Port Aransas. City engineers are currently moving to begin work on a new 18-inche line that would run Work at Port Aransas Marine Science Center Drives Mariculture Around the Globe By Dale Rankin When you first look at the Fisheries and Mariculture Laboratory at the University of Texas Science Center in Port Aransas it looks pretty much like any other building on any campus in America. But when you enter one of the cluster of low slung structures that are squatted down right next to the ship channel near Charlie’s Pasture what you find is anything but routine. Back in the late 1970s a far-thinking scientist named Dr. Connie Arnold ask a simple what- if question that has spawned (pun intended) far-flung research that has spread around the world and placed the lab at the forefront of the mariculture industry. The question was; can Red Drum spawn in captivity? The answer was yes and the institution was born and now four decades later has branched out to include Flounder, Pompano and Ling (Cobia to some, Ling to the rest of us). The idea is brilliant in its simplicity. If you know the time of year the fish spawn and you simulate the light/dark and water conditions of that time of year the fish will spawn year round. Red Drum spawn in the autumn so give them 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness and keep the water temperature that of their native habitat they think its time to get busy. Tanks in the facility are full of adult fish and the eggs are harvested for study or to pass along to the state hatcheries which take cutting edge research from the work done here and use it to supply about 15% of the year-old fish that make up the general population of Red Drum along coastal waters. Three out of every four Red Drum bought at H.E.B. are the result of the center’s research which has found practical application in China as well as other places around the country and the world. The water for the dozens of tanks scattered throughout the buildings comes directly from Mariculture Continued on A5 The mother of all redfish- The reds are spawning now at the hatchery Cobia/ Ling in the tank at the hatchery The Flounder are kept in a shallow, rectangular breeding tank Street Parade and Kickoff Party Added to La Posada Events The Padre Island Yacht Club has announced the formation of the first ever street parade as part of the La Posada Lighted Boat Parade schedule. The street parade will be on Sunday, December 1 and everyone is eligible to take part. No time has been set. Then on Tuesday, December 4, the Yacht Club will sponsor a kickoff party for the Lighted Boat Parade at Scuttlebutte’s Restaurant starting at 3 p.m. with live music. For information on either event contact Vic at 214 668-6263. La Posada Continued on A7 Live Music A16

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October 18, 2012The Island where fun is like life insurance: the older you get, the more it costs. Next Publication Date: 10/25/2012 Year 15, Issue 445

Around The IslandBy Dale Rankin [email protected] This week an Australian Daredevil named

Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon at 128,100 feet and fell for almost four minutes reaching a speed of Mach 1.24, or 833 mph, before landing in the New Mexico desert near (fittingly) Roswell. He said he didn’t feel anything when he broke the sound barrier and was most worried about going into a flat spin and the blood leaving the center of his body and blowing out through his eyes. That would certainly take most of the fun out of a freefall.

Out in Elk Grove California a man trying to slaughter a pig accidentally shot his brother in the face during a family cookout; both brother and pig survived. Meanwhile up in our nation’s capitol plans are underway for a Million Muppet March on November 3. Just the thought of that is scary.

Muppet anarchy

Here on The Island our concerns have been of a more mundane nature. The only people jumping out of perfectly good airplanes are doing it at much lower altitudes at the Port A airport, no pigs or their owners have been wounded (that we’ve heard of), and by all accounts our Muppet population is not bent on anarchy.

The Winter Texans have already begun to arrive. You can’t miss them coming in over the JFK in their RVs hauling a vehicle along behind and taking in the sights as they head down SPID and/or Highway 361 at a leisurely 40 miles per hour reveling in their good fortune and thinking of their friends shivering in the blue north.

A good group of them turned out for the Belt Sander Races last Saturday at The Gaff, the eight-liner machines Around The Island are whirling like quarter-fed dervishes, and the half-life of a dollar beer has dropped to less than a half hour.

La Posada additions

You will notice a story on this page about a couple of additions to the La Posada Lighted Boat Parade events. The Padre Island Yacht Club last year added a kickoff party for the parade which was a big success and raised enough money to pay for the trophies for the parade winners and buy some additional toys for kids in the bargain. This year organizers are working to add a street parade to the event.

Both promise to make a great event even better.

Art Walk

Speaking of Island events don’t forget the 3rd Annual Island Art Walk on Sunday, November 4 over at Billish Park. We have a lot of talented artists here on our Island and this is the time when they get to show off. For more information see the story in this issue.

That’s all for now but we leave you with this thought; it now costs the U.S. Treasury Department two cents to make a penny. We’re not exactly sure what that means for the cost of tea in China but something about it just doesn’t seem right. Where does the other cent go?

Maybe you can explain it if you see us Around The Island.

Inside the Moon...

Waves of Impact A2 Canal Crawl A7 Angler’s Alley A11

net in sight – they assumed I had caught it on the pole. I didn’t enlighten them, and this tall fish story was told about Corpus Christi for years. The sawfish, I regret to say, became food for the packs of coyotes that roamed the wild stretches of Big Shell.

We seldom saw other human beings there, but coyotes growled close to our shack at night, and in the early mornings and evenings we saw them on the beach searching for fish which were the mainstay of their diet. I learned by experience just how clever and crafty they were. I have seen them fishing in the surf for mullet and catching them! Many times I saw these lean, hungry, animals

A little Island History

Island of ReprieveEditor’s note: This is the third in a series

of stories taken verbatim from the memoirs of Islander Louis Rawalt who moved to The Island with his wife Viola in 1925 after being given only six months to live by doctors due to injuries from a mustard gas attack in World War I. In the last story he had already outlived the doctor’s estimate by over six months. He and his wife Viola originally built a cabin near what is now Packery Channel.

By Louis Rawalt

We moved our camp to the edge of Big Shell the next year, (1926) thirty-five miles down the beach. This time we had a shack to live in. A place loaned to us by Major Swan, one of the old timers on The Island. I bought a surf net and used a Model-A to replace the rust-eaten Model-T. We converted the Ford into a pickup. Viola helped me with the net until I found a fishing partner.

One morning when we were hauling in the net, something kept leaping against it with the force of a huge shark or a porpoise. We couldn’t bring it in, so I staked one end of the net into the sand, and hooked onto the other end with the car.

Slowly, I pulled in the net until the creature lay in the edge of the surf. Incredible! It was an eighteen-foot sawfish. When some fishermen came by later that day and found me beside the sawfish with a cane pole – no History Continued on A6

Travelling Moon A9

Water Continued on A14

Island Area News ● Events ● Entertainment

Turtles Continued on A4

Training To Help Find Cold Stunned Green Sea Turtles

By Donna J. Shaver, Ph.D. Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery National Park Service Padre Island National Seashore e-mail: [email protected]

The weather is beautiful now and it still feels like summer. However, it is October and cold weather could begin in a few weeks. Many of us will welcome cooler temperatures, but if it gets too cold it could be very harmful to green sea turtles. Sea turtles are reptiles and cannot control their body temperature. Severe cold fronts affect the south Texas coast every few years. Bay and pass waters can cool quickly and green turtles living there can become “cold stunned”. During cold stunning, the turtles become immobilized and float to the surface. They can be blown ashore by the prevailing winds, and if they are not found and rescued, these gentle turtles can die due to predation or exposure to the elements. Our bays and passes are vast and green turtles are widely distributed there, so we

need lots of help finding these turtles during a cold stunning event. Below, I will tell you how you can help with our efforts to find and rescue cold stunned turtles.

The green turtle was once so abundant in Texas that a turtle fishing and processing industry existed here. The population plummeted

during the late 1800s due to overharvest and severe freezes. The green turtle has been listed as a Threatened Species in Texas since the late-1970s. After years of conservation, the population has increased. South Texas waters provide important developmental habitat for juvenile green turtles, and their numbers are rising rapidly here. Since 2009, the most common sea turtle species found washed ashore on the Texas coast has been the green turtle.

As during the 1800s, green turtles are still periodically impacted by “cold stunning”. Cold stunning is the most significant source of mortality in the population today,

Cynthia Rubio with cold stunned green turtles

rescued from the Laguna Madre during

February 2011.

Island Art Walk Set for November 4

The 3rd Annual Padre Island Art Walk is on for Sunday, November 4, from noon until 4 p.m at Billish Park. The event is free and is designed to improve all aspects of the local Art Community.

Any Artist or Craftsmen who would like to participate at no charge please call JoAnn Smith for more information at 949-7114 or 815-7431. The Rotary Club of Padre Island is holding a Rubber Duck Race at the boat ramp starting at 2 p.m. Duck tickets – that’s right Duck Tickets – are available from any Rotary Club member.

Island Art Walk Set for November 4

The 3rd Annual Padre Island Art Walk is on for Sunday, November 4, from noon until 4 p.m at Billish Park. The event is free and is designed to improve all aspects of the local Art Community.

Any Artist or Craftsmen who would like to participate at no charge please call JoAnn Smith for more information at 949-7114 or 815-7431. The Rotary Club of Padre Island is holding a Rubber Duck Race at the boat ramp starting at 2 p.m. Duck tickets – that’s right Duck Tickets – are available from any Rotary Club member.

Coyote Alert!Tuesday evening about

8:30 10 Year-Old Fisher was walking her one eyed pug dog Bevo in Doudin Park when two coyotes started following her and BEVO. Not only were they not afraid of her they came toward her.

She ran to her house on Carlos Fifth where her mother Heidi Wilson was in the garage. Heidi says

that Fisher was hyperventilating and yelled COYOTES BEVO and Heidi pulled them both into garage and quickly pulled the door down.

This isn’t the family’s first time to encounter coyotes near their home. Recently four neighborhood children kayaked across to the spoil island behind their house on Carlos Fifth to catch bait fish and were approached by what they said was a huge coyote that wasn’t scared of them. Heidi says there are many small animals from the neighborhood that have gone missing and now wants to know if she needs to walk her dog with a pistol.

City Moving Forward on Second

Waterline to The Island

The Corpus Christi City Council next week is expected to approve $70,000 for a geotechnical study of a second waterline from Flour Bluff to The Island.

Since development began on The Island the sole source of drinking water has been a 14-inch line which runs parallel to the JFK Causeway and also supplies the majority of water for the City of Port Aransas.

City engineers are currently moving to begin work on a new 18-inche line that would run

Work at Port Aransas Marine Science Center Drives Mariculture Around the Globe

By Dale Rankin

When you first look at the Fisheries and Mariculture Laboratory at the University of Texas Science Center in Port Aransas it looks pretty much like any other building on any campus in America. But when you enter one of the cluster of low slung structures that are squatted down right next to the ship channel near Charlie’s Pasture what you find is anything but routine.

Back in the late 1970s a far-thinking scientist named Dr. Connie Arnold ask a simple what-if question that has spawned (pun intended)

far-flung research that has spread around the world and placed the lab at the forefront of the mariculture industry. The question was; can Red Drum spawn in captivity? The answer was yes and the institution was born and now four decades later has branched out to include Flounder, Pompano and Ling (Cobia to some,

Ling to the rest of us).

The idea is brilliant in its simplicity. If you know the time of year the fish spawn and you simulate the light/dark and water conditions of that time of year the fish will spawn year round. Red Drum spawn in the autumn so give them 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness and

keep the water temperature that of their native habitat they think its time to get busy.

Tanks in the facility are full of adult fish and the eggs are harvested for study or to pass along to the state hatcheries which take cutting edge research from the work done here and use it to supply about 15% of the year-old fish that make up the general population of Red Drum along coastal waters. Three out of every four Red Drum bought at H.E.B. are the result of the center’s research which has found practical application in China as well as other places around the country and the world.

The water for the dozens of tanks scattered throughout the buildings comes directly from

Mariculture Continued on A5

The mother of all redfish- The reds are spawning now at the hatchery

Cobia/ Ling in the tank at the hatchery

The Flounder are kept in a shallow, rectangular breeding tank

Street Parade and Kickoff Party Added to La Posada EventsThe Padre Island Yacht Club has announced the

formation of the first ever street parade as part of the La Posada Lighted Boat Parade schedule. The street parade will be on Sunday, December 1 and everyone is eligible to take part. No time has been set.

Then on Tuesday, December 4, the Yacht Club will sponsor a kickoff party for the Lighted Boat Parade at Scuttlebutte’s Restaurant starting at 3 p.m. with live music.

For information on either event contact Vic at 214 668-6263.

La Posada Continued on A7

Live Music A16

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Dr. Kressler’s dog Robin shows of her new fancy hair coloring done by expert groomer Cassidy at the Animal

Hospital of Padre Island

Wounded Warriors Surf with Waves of Impact The Waves of Impact organization hosted a very

special event this past weekend on North Padre Island. Waves brought in a group of Wounded Warriors from different parts of the country and treated them to a very special weekend of surfing, eating and just having fun. Board Members Josh Harper, Keith Lovgren and Tom Swanecamp arranged two days of surf camp and a tour of Corpus Christi. Scuttlebutt’s Bar & Grill feed the entire bunch of them on Sunday after their surfing experience. Organizers say Waves of Impact has two primary goals: To show people the thrill of riding a wave and to integrate the beach going community with the groups that they serve. Waves of Impact would like to thank all of the volunteers that make these special camps available. Good job Waves!

Photos by Jeff Dolan and Jan Rankin

Babes on Board the Island Queen last week.

This little girl is a big fan of the live music at Scuttlebutts Bar & Grill

Wiley, the lizard-whisperer shows off his latest catch

This is Anna, she was let out when her home was broken into on Station and Beach Street.

Call Bernie’s Bar if you see her.

Sweet Swirl Frozen yogurt celebrated their Grand opening on Wednesday, October 17th.

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CoyotesDear Mr. Rankin,

We are first and second graders at Seashore Learning Center on The Island. We read about the coyote problem in your paper yesterday. It made us feel sad that some people want to have war with coyotes. We think that if you start killing coyotes, they’ll keep coming back and multiplying. We don’t want them to be killed because God created those creatures. They could become endangered or extinct. They aren’t out to hurt anyone; they’re only looking for food. It’s not fair, because the coyotes were here first. Think about how you would feel if you were a coyote. You would not want to be killed.

Drinking and DrivingMoon,

I would like to share an experience with you about drinking and driving. As you well know, some of us have been lucky not to have had brushes with the authorities on our way home from our various social sessions over the years. A couple of nights ago, I was out for a few drinks with some friends and had a few too many beers and then topped it off with a margarita. Not a good idea.

Knowing full well that I was slightly over the limit, I did something that I’ve never done before: I took a taxi home. Sure enough, I passed a police road block but because it was a taxi, they waved it past. I arrived home safely without incident, which was a real surprise. I have never driven a taxi before and am not sure where I got it.

H.C.

BridgeDear Island Moon:

I am writing to follow up on the prospect of constructing a bridge over the canal at Escarpment and Almeria Avenue. The purpose would be to allow water flow, resulting from the waterway connection and bridge that Schlitterbahn is constructing, to the rest of the canal systems north of Escarpment.

As we know, the canal system is stagnant, and I can’t imagine that the tremendous benefit to the ecosystem and homeowners would not dramatically outweigh the relatively low cost to construct such a bridge.

If this obvious benefit to the health of the ecosystem in the canals and the Laguna Madre is not under serious consideration, it is my hope that others who would realize the benefit would voice their support and promote this improvement in any way that they can.

Sincerely, Mitchell Davis Kalogridis

ObamaEditor,

I hope the Editor plans on giving equal space (1/2 page) to someone who knows President Obama never said “you didn’t build your ranch”. Don’t worry Texas will vote for your corporate guy no matter what, but I would sure like to see The Island Moon print something regarding Romney’s view on something that does effect us all, especially here, the environment.

Donna Swaim

Island United PAC: Let’s Gzt out the Vote

The Island had two very successful Endorsement nights. Our endorsed candidates are Chris Adler for Mayor, Colleen McIntyre for District 4, and David Loeb, Lillian Riojas and Mark Scott for At Large.

Being the first time we’re having our City Council elections in November, this is a very important time for the Island to show its unity and voting strength. Over the last two elections, the Island has voted at twice the rate of the rest of the City and we’ve been extremely successful at getting our candidates elected. The result of this success has been more attention for the Island for our beaches, our roads, our projects and our safety.

This election we need to continue to have a high voter turnout and we have to get our candidates elected. Between now and the election on November 6, the PAC will promote our candidates with articles in the Moon, flyers in the Moon, a mailer to every home on the Island, signs on Park Road 22, email blasts, Facebook posts and information on our website (www.islandunitedpac.com).

But we also need your help. Please help us spread the word. Encourage your neighbors to vote. Forward our emails to them. By getting our candidates elected, we can continue to receive attention from the City and focus them on our issues. If you have any questions, you can contact us at [email protected]

JJ Hart

President, Island United PAC

Dale Rankin Compared to Bill Bryson

Texas Reaches Record Number of

Registered Voters on Voter Registration

List for November 6 General Election

Voters Urged to Prepare Now for Early Voting

Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade today announced Texas reached a record number of registered voters on the Official List of Registered Voters. As of Monday, October 15, there are currently 13,594,264 voters on the list, the highest in state history. This number will likely increase once all the voter registration applications submitted by October 9, 2012 are processed. Tuesday, October 9 was the last day to register to vote in the November 6, 2012 General Election.

“I want to thank all Texans who registered to vote this year and all Texans who are already registered voters. The next step is getting to the polls during Early Voting or on Election Day,” said Secretary Andrade.

A final number for registered voters will not be available until all applications are processed. Due to the high volume of voter registration applications submitted prior to the registration deadline, many local county election officials are still processing applications.

The previous record number of registered voters was 13,575,062 set for the November 2008 General Election.

The final Official List of Registered Voters will be set prior to the start of Early Voting on October 22, 2012.

As a reminder, Early Voting begins Monday, October 22, 2012 and runs through November 2, 2012. Voters can find links to polling places and times at www.VoteTexas.gov. During Early Voting, voters may cast a ballot at any polling place in their county of residence.

Photo identification as required in Senate Bill 14 will not be required when voting in person during Early Voting or on Election Day. To cast a ballot during Early Voting or on Election Day, voters should present their voter registration card or in lieu of a voter registration card, at least one of the following:

•A driver’s license or personal identification card issued to you by the Texas Department of Public Safety or a similar document issued to you by an agency of another state, even if the license or card has expired;

•A form of identification that contains your photograph and establishes your identity;

•A birth certificate or other document confirming birth that is admissible in a court of law and establishes your identity;

•Your United States citizenship papers;

•Your United States passport;

•Official mail addressed to you by a governmental entity; or

•A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows your name and address.

For more information on the elections process in Texas, please visit www.VoteTexas.gov.

Texas General Land Office Cuts Funding

for Beach MaintenanceMaking good on

a promise to the City of Corpus Christi the Texas General Land Office has cut funding for beach maintenance for fiscal year 2013 by almost half.

The GLO in fiscal year 2011 paid the city $73,484.34 and in 2012 $67,737.35. For fiscal year 2013 the amount will be $45,000. The city pays that amount then is reimbursed by the GLO. Cities which qualify for eligibility under the Natural Resources Code, may receive up to, but no greater than two-thirds reimbursement for eligible expenses incurred in cleaning and maintaining the beaches; however, actual state appropriations have always limited this reimbursement to the range of 10 to 20 percent of actual local costs.

The approximately $3 million in annual beach cleanup costs is funded by the sale of beach parking permits and hotel/motel tax revenues. In the past year the city has doubled the size of the beach cleanup crew – from three employees to six – and also doubled the amount of equipment used for the job.

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In partnership with TAMU-CC, Seashore Middle Academy hosted a “Family Math Night” in the SMA gym TAMU-CC education students guided attendees in activities that incorporated families into learning math via nontraditional methods. Over 150 parents and children attended, participating in everything from Winter Wonderland Fractals and Gumdrop Polyhedra to Geometric Twister.

SMA continued its end-of-season volleyball tradition of having the 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams play faculty and parents.  The school fielded four teams this year, one at each grade level.  The highlight of the season for the 8th graders was their first place tournament victory at the Bishop Garriga Tournament, while the 7th grade team’s most memorable game was their victory at the Flour Bluff tournament last month.

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PIE Luncheon

On October 10th, P.I.E. (Padre Island Enrichment) members held their monthly luncheon meeting at the Island’s Holiday Inn Beach Hotel. The program consisted of their annual Silent & Live Auction fund raiser. PIE members and Island Businesses donated items for the auction. It was a financial success. Thanks to Dian Heidler & Angie Virts (co-chairs of PIE Ways & Means Committee), Island Businesses and PIE members for their contributions. Pictured: Dian Heidler with auction items.

On November 9th, PIE’s program will be a General Meeting for election of Board of Directors and social mingling games. Make your reservations by noon on November 7th to [email protected]

PIE is a social club open to ladies who live or own property on North Padre Island. We have many activities, functions and just plain fun. Contact Sheila @949-2072 for more information.

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but we can reduce the number of green turtles that are killed by searching for them during these cold weather events. The magnitude of the challenge can be daunting. Many turtles can be found over a period of days or weeks. About 1,600 stranded green turtles were found “cold stunned” during early-February 2011, in the largest cold stunning event recorded since the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network was established in 1980. The second largest event was during January 2010, when about 450 cold stunned turtles were found.

From 10:00 am to noon on Saturday November 3, we will hold a training session to inform people how to aid with locating green turtles if cold stunning occurs this winter. The training will be held at the Seashore Learning Center Gymnasium at 15801 South Padre Island Drive. The gym is the largest building in the complex of Seashore Learning Center buildings at the corner of SPID and Encantada, near the St. Andrew by the Sea Catholic Church. Last year, we held the cold stunning training at Briscoe King Pavilion and the red tide aerosol made everyone miserable. This location is further from the Gulf and should be much better if we have a bad bloom of red tide.

This training will be open to people who want to volunteer with the Padre Island National Seashore Sea Turtle Program, as well as to the general public. You do not need to sign up

in advance to attend. If you have questions about this training or our volunteer program, you can contact one of our staff members by calling 361-949-8173, ext. 266 or sending us an e-mail at [email protected]. We will announce this training date and post a reminder about it on our Facebook page titled Padre Island NS Division of Sea Turtle Science & Recovery. In March 2012, we will hold other training sessions to help prepare volunteers and the public to aid with our sea turtle nest detection and protection efforts, which begin in April 2012. After we complete the cold stunning training, we will provide the dates, times, and locations for the nesting training.

Cold stunned green turtles held for stabilization and care at a local Texas Parks and Wildlife Department facility during

February 2011.

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Island United PAC: Early Voting begins Monday, Oct 22nd

Early voting is almost upon us. You can see from the ads the Island United PAC has in this issue of the Moon that all early voting takes place at the Padre Isles Country Club.

It’s a long ballot, so be sure to make your way through the National, State and County candidates and cast a vote in the City election.

We have a sample ballot on our website at www.islandunitedpac.com, in addition to other

useful information for the election and for the Island.

If you have any questions or issues you’d like addressed, you can reach us at [email protected]

Thank you

JJ Hart

President, Island United PAC

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A Fine life

Back to My Houseby Daphne Fine

This summer, our family went on the longest vacation we’ve ever taken. We visited the grandparents and cousins in Fort Worth for a while, and then spent a week in Branson, Missouri. It was fabulous!

But about halfway through our time in Branson, my six-year-old son had seen enough of the Ozarks. After gorging on roller coasters, go-carts, swimming pools and funnel cakes, he said, “Mom, I want to go back to my house.” (Cue mama emotional swell.)

That sweet boy wanted to leave kid-paradise and return to the land of early bedtimes, taking out the trash and casseroles at the kitchen table. I savored the moment.

It was so good to hear him say in little-boy language, “There’s no place like home.”

Home…few words are crammed with so much meaning, a sense of belonging at the top of the list.

I am so thankful for the home I belonged to as a child. It was not a perfect place, but instead a peaceful place. I don’t mean peaceful – like quiet and conflict-free. (I am the oldest of five children for crying out loud.) I mean peaceful – like settled, secure, bedrock under my feet.

My home was definitely a place I felt safe and loved, free to be my unique self – never forced to perform for praise. Whether I was “in” or “out” at school or anywhere else, I was always loved dearly at home. Whether I succeeded or failed, I was approved of at home. My parents expressed the same love whether cheering me on or correcting me.

Home! What an amazing, fertile environment for a child (and a mama). And then home invades a house, and even brick and mortar, windows and doors take on a welcoming quality, saying:

Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest; Homekeeping hearts are happiest. -Longfellow

Like any normal parent, I want my kids to feel acceptance and encouragement in other places

too. My hot red minivan carts them to church, school, T-ball, tumbling and piano lessons.

But I struggle, as most of my mama-friends do, with balancing minivan time and home time. I often wonder if our culture, so obsessed with offering multiple opportunities for our children to grow and develop, has denied them the most important opportunity, being nurtured at home.

Home is certainly more than an address. What I instill in my children at home goes with them every place, but still, can I successfully plant

within them a sense of peace and belonging if we’re always on the go?

Please don’t misunderstand. I don’t want to lock my children up in a fortress, keeping the big mean world out. Instead, I labor to make my home a safe harbor from which they are launched out into the world, secure in their identity.

Growing up, whenever I left

home to spend the night at a friend’s house or to go on a school trip, my mom always said, “I love you. Remember who you are and whose you are.” Her words, chock-full with years of nurturing, sent me out with courage and conviction.

Home, then, is both a staying-in place and a sending-out place. So for now, especially while my children are young, I want to make the most of the staying-in time.

This year we tried something new. Instead of filling every night with a different activity (We only let each child pick one besides church), I actually scheduled all the extra-curricular stuff on one night. Crazy, right? Crazy like a fox, I think. Now, we have only one busy night and get to spend most of the rest at home together. This was my experiment, and it won’t necessarily work for anyone else. But it is my small rebellion against the status quo.

And judging from the results so far, being a rebel family is working out just “Fine.”

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the adjacent ship channel and is funneled through a sand filter then into the tanks which segregate by species and age. It takes millions of the tiny eggs to keep the Red Drum population in coastal waters steady.

“When you go fishing and you catch a Red Drum that fish has beaten odds like the lottery,” says Research Scientist Jeff Kaiser. “For a Red Drum to get to that size the odds are in the millions.”

When you take a tour of the facility, and they are available, the thing that jumps out at you is that the scientists who get to work here hit the lottery in their own way. This is the kind of work that marine scientists dream of doing and the enthusiasm is obvious. The half dozen scientists and other staff who work here are supported from a variety of funding sources including the U.T. system, various grants, an endowment from the Perry Bass Foundation, and the C.C.A. and SEA organizations.

The work now is to help expand the local flounder population and to drive research on the spawning of Ling in captivity for commercial use. Redfish grow at a rate of about 2.5 pounds every twenty months, Ling grow at a rate of about 9 pounds in twelve months. The institute was the first to get Ling to spawn naturally in captivity, making their production cost effective for commercial use.

Next on the list for research is Piggy Perch; not for the table but for bait. An extension of the idea that the science done here can produce practical applications that turn into commercial operations elsewhere.

“Everything you see around you here came from answering a simple question,” says Dr. Lee Fuiman who holds the Perry Bass Chair in Fisheries and Mariculture at the center. “We do research that drives the mariculture industry all

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over the globe.”

And it all starts in some low slung structures that are squatted down right next to the ship channel near Charlie’s Pasture in Port Aransas.

Research Scientist Jeff Kaiser demonstrates the minnow tanks

Did Ya Hear?By Mary Craft Send your business news to: [email protected]

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hurricane damage. Off season rolling shutters pricing starts at $399. Call 852-8555 for free estimate or visit gulfcoasthurricanshutters.net.

Island Presbyterian Church Fall Festival will be held Sunday, October 28th at 4 pm. There will be carnival games, moon walk, “amateur” chili cook-off, kids games, Guatamalan crafts and more. Live music will be provided by N.A.U. (Not About Us). Call 949-8770 for more info or visit islandpresby.com.

Meet & Greet William “Bill” Prather candidate for the Flour Bluff school board candidate will be hosted by Howie and Nancy Ludlow. Bill is a veteran, teacher and parent who would be an asset to the board. The Ludlow home is at 14182 Palo Seco and the event will be held there Wednesday, October 24th 5:30 – 7:30 pm. For more information or to make a donation call Signa 774-0424.

Judge Stith Count Court 3 is endorsed by Corpus Christi Police Officers Association, Doctors of Corpus Christi PAC and the Caller Times. He reminds us to “Stick with Stith.”

Affordable Boat Detailing will shine up your boat for $10-$14/foot. Wash, acid wash, wax, minor oxidation removal, rust stain removal, polish trim and interior detail. Call Ross at 817-991-5953.

Business BriefsJohnny D’s Restaurant is having a shrimp

boil at the outdoor patio with Ruben Limas performing Thursday, October 18th 6 – 9 pm. There will be dollar beers and $1.50 Jack Daniels.

Beach Club Condominium is currently available for rent for $800/month plus deposit. It is a one bedroom unfurnished condo with a one year lease. No pets and references are required. Call 830-626-9797. (This is a corrected brief from last issue)

Neptune’s in Port A has the best backyard fun. Enjoy open acoustic jams every Sunday afternoon. It is located next to Marcel’s Restaurant on Highway 361.

Red Dot Pier on the Humble Channel is having a redfish tournament for a $1 entry fee from now until October 31st. The longest red wins a custom rod with 70-00 ambassador reel.

Scoopy’s Veranda next to Snoopy’s features Corliss Buttler’s soup and sandwich recipes. Her shrimp salad is known by locals to be the best in town. They also serve homemade desserts and ice cream by the scoop.

Texas Jazz Festival is this weekend at the historical Heritage Park area. The festivities start at 5 pm Friday with 54 bands on three stages. This free event ends Sunday at 10 pm. There will be plenty of food and crafts vendors.

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Stuff I Heard on the Islandby Dale Rankin

We’ve had several questions come into the Word Factory of late so here goes.

Golf carts

We’ve had several questions about the difference between golf carts, which are legal on Island streets with a speed limit of 35 mph or less, and Mules, which are not legal under state law. The confusion comes in two forms; first, what is the difference; second, what do the police consider to be the difference?

Mules are the larger vehicles that often have a miniature pickup bed on the back. The main difference is that they go quite a bit faster than golf carts which have a maximum speed of 19 mph. One Island couple driving their Mule got a ticket and went to municipal court and got the ticket dismissed on the grounds that the Mules are legal under state law. That’s where things get complicated.

One section of the state law does allow Mules under certain conditions. However, a city ordinance can override that provision and according to the Island POA it does. Without getting to technical, the city ordinance passed last year which made golf carts legal only refers to the specific portion of the state law which only allows golf carts – not Mules. Why a judge would dismiss a ticket based on a non-applicable portion of the broader state law I can’t say.

What I do know is that Island PD officers say their definition of a golf cart versus a Mule is that if it has a bench seat it’s a golf cart, if it has bucket seats it’s a Mule. So there you go.

Up Port A way where they have almost as many golf carts on the street as cars during the tourist season, they require a city-issued license plate on golf carts to make it clear what is legal and what is not. The plate costs a mere $12 per year if memory serves and if you have one you’re legal and if you don’t have one you’re not.

It sounds to me like a good fundraiser for an Island non-profit – maybe the Golf Cart Club – and might be a good way to separate the saints from the sinners.

Duck hunting

As the duck season approaches we are getting a lot of questions about whether there are any changes since last season on where it is legal to shoot ducks. We reported a couple of issues back that the Island Strategic Action Committee has asked the city, and the city staff has agreed, to enforce a standing city ordinance which prohibits firing a gun within 1000 feet of a residence. The ISAC is currently helping the city design signs that will be posted along portions of the Laguna, that way if you are on one side of the signs you are legal but on the other side you are not.

No trespassing signs are also to be posted on the private property that runs along the south side of the Laguna and on streets leading to the property from the land side. So the short answer is that there are no new laws regarding hunting but the laws already on the books will be enforced; at least that’s what our city staff is saying. We’ll see what happens.

Schlitterbahn

What’s new with Schlitterbahn? Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear this one as The Island holds its breath waiting for work to begin at the site. In this case no news is good news. Plans are moving forward and the design work continues. We haven’t seen any new drawings for a long time and will pass them along when we do. It is a complex and very large project and planning just takes time.

Permitting continues on the water exchange bridge to connect Lake Padre with the Island canal system. The process has been complicated by the realization that the existing watergate that connects Lake Padre to Packery Channel must be widened. Its current width of about 35 feet is barely wide enough for two good sized boats to pass - the ideal width is probably around 60-

70 feet. However, when you open the watergate that wide and also open a forty-foot wide pass under SPID that is 15 feet deep, the hydraulics get more complex. But it is a permitting issue and will be worked out along with everything else.

The Schlitterbahn project is moving forward. It just takes time.

Hispanic food

Okay, so only one person has asked me this one but I have to admit it sent me OTB to the HEB store to see for myself and there it was; a sign on an aisle that says Hispanic Food. The question is, “What exactly is Hispanic Food?” Wow. We’re in treacherous water here.

The first question is what exactly is Hispanic? The best definition I can find is that anyone whose ancestors came from a county once conquered by Spain is by definition Hispanic. That means that Argentineans are Hispanic but Brazilians from right next door are not since the Portuguese got there first. So if you go down the Hispanic Food aisle you won’t see any Brazilian food.

And what about people from Barbados? The Spanish got to the Island first but all they did was collect slaves and keep going, then the Portuguese showed up but all they did was leave some hogs behind, then along came the English who claimed it as a colony. So are Barbadians Hispanic? Or Anglo-Americans? And who decides these things anyway?

I know a lot of people from Mexico who live in the U.S. who take great exception at being called Hispanic. They prefer Mexican-American which is in keeping with the old journalism adage; why be general when you can be specific? Should each South American country be its own Hyphenated-American since each South American country, including Mexico, has its own distinct mix of Spanish and Native American blood because each country had its own distinct tribes. It seems odd to place them all under one definition.

In the debate last night Mitt Romney said his father was born in Mexico; does that make him a Mexican-American? Or an Hispanic? I’m thinking not but how many generations does it take before one stops being a Hyphenated-American and just become a Regular-Old American? And if only one generation in a family was born there are they American-Mexican or Mexican-American? Dang! And we won’t even get into Current-President-American. Double Dang!

You see what happens when we start in with the labels that separate us? My family is from Oklahoma but I live in Texas. Does that make me an Oklahoman-American or a Texan-American? Why can’t we all just be Regular-Old-Americans? And when did we stop being Regular-Old Americans and become Hyphenated-Americans? Was there a vote on this that I missed?

When I fill out a census form – which isn’t very often because I try to stay off as many lists as I can, especially government ones because at heart I’m really a Suspicious-American – there isn’t a box for Regular-Old-American so I always check Other. I don’t know why but I do; maybe just to mess with The-Man-American and let him know I’m still here and I’ve got my eye on him. I couldn’t help but notice that it is Other not Other-American. See how labels work?

When I was trying to get into graduate school I searched unsuccessfully for any ethic angle in my family that would help me slide by with my Academically-Marginal-American undergraduate grade point average. The best I could come up with was Arkansian-American but they didn’t have a box for that so I had to go with Other – which come to think of it may have been why they let me in, they’re probably required to have at least one Other in each class and I was the only Other that checked the box. Score one for the Plebian-Americans - no box for that either. A similar case from U.T. Austin is before the U.S. Supreme Court right now from an Admittance-Denied American.

Maybe we should have a box for Island-American and OTB-American, if we’re going to keep labeling each other anyway at least there’s a basis for that one. But when I walked down the Hispanic Food aisle all I saw was Mexican Food so now if you need a label for me just go with Confused-American. Put a box for that on your census card and I bet a lot of people will check that one.

Dang.

watching me from over the rim of the dunes. Once I left the beach, they would sneak down and pick up my discards. Sitting on the porch that I had added to our shack one early morning after I had set out my trotlines, I saw two big coyotes sling down to the water’s edge and begin dragging one of the lines in to shore. I was too amazed and curious to move. They pulled the line all the way in; then bit the fish off the hooks, and trotted with them back to their habitat in the dunes. Many persons doubted the truth of this, but I saw the same thing happen time and again.

One night Viola nudged me awake. “There’s something in the kitchen,” she whispered.

Listening, I heard the faint rattle of the tin plates we had left on the table. I got up and edged toward the kitchen. The moonlight streamed through the open door, and outlined the gaunt, gray form of a coyote. He was on the table licking up the remains of our supper. He sensed my presence and leaped for the door, but slipped on a greasy plate and somersaulted into the center of the room. I gave a swift kick to the astonished animal and sent it rolling down the back steps. Tail down, it trotted up a nearby dune and sat on a nearby dune and sat on its haunches barking with venom. As I looked closer, I saw the forms of four of five puppies joining in the harsh chorus. They continued to bark until I got my shotgun; then they vanished into the night.

During a big run of redfish one night, I caught ninety, averaging in weight from five to fifteen pounds. I kept them on stringers alive in the surf until I was too tired to fish any more; then nearing midnight, I started to ice them down in the pickup. There was no ice. I hastily loaded the fish and hauled them back of the dunes where I put them in a pond. We could net them the next morning easily, and hurry them into the market. This catch would bring seventy-five or eighty dollars which we needed for supplies.

Satisfied with the night’s work, I tumbled into bed and slept until dawn. With the first light of morning, I hurried to the pond. I stared in amazement at what I saw: Scattered around the bank of the pond were the headless carcasses of the ninety redfish. The coyotes had outwitted me. Their tracks formed a networked around the pond and trailed into the sand hills in every direction. They ate a hearty supper; but what were we going to eat?

I drove into town that day for a new supply of ice which was all I could buy. The next night the redfish were still running – so we got our groceries and gasoline after all.

Coyotes weren’t the only problem we had to cope with on the beach. In any season, but especially during the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the Gulf might change from peach to violence. We lived in the Devil’s Elbow, the bend of the long arm of padre. It was strewn with the accumulated wreckages of the years, from shrimp boats and freighters to Spanish galleons dating back to the time of Cortez. Salvage from these boats helped to improve our

daily living conditions, and some old coins and jewelry I found at the site of one of the wrecks made interesting additions to our treasure trove of beachcombings.

Some of the castoffs of the waves were unusual and astonishing. One afternoon Viola and I stopped to examine a five-gallon can that had washed up on the beach. I pried the lid off with my fishing knife. The can was filled with clean, white lard. We put it into the pickup, and before the day was over, we had salvaged more than a hundred cans. There was a lot more damaged cans that we left lying on the

beach. The Coast Guard told us later that a Mexican freighter had been torn to pieces by a sudden tumult in the Gulf. She was carrying a cargo of lard; it made a profitable load of salvage for us and a grease bath for the beach. For a long time after that the sand was saturated with lard. The island coyotes grew fat from feasting on it. Even the sand crabs acquired a new look of sleekness.

It was about the same time when the British smuggler, “I’m Alone,” was shelled and sunk by a Coast Guard cutter in Sigsbee’s Deep near the southern tip of Padre. The ship was spotted off New Orleans where she expected

to land her contraband cargo of whiskey. The cutter chased her along the coast, finally closing on her. The captain refused to surrender. He jettisoned the cargo before the Coast Guard cutter blasted the ship full of holes.

I received word by the island grapevine to be on the lookout for the liquor, so I started down the beach in the pickup, searching the incoming waves and the tide line for bottles of the amber elixir. I didn’t see anything that looked like whiskey, but noticed a full gunnysack embedded in the sand. I could check on it later, so I moved on, but when I saw several more similar sacks, I stopped to investigate. The sack I opened contained a dozen sealed tin cans. I pried the lid from one of the cans. Inside, was a bottle of “Old Hospitality” Bourbon whiskey. During the day, I salvaged one hundred and ten sacks. I stashed this horde behind the dunes, filled a duffle bag with seventy-two bottles and headed for Port Isabel.

The ferry boat took me across the channel. The captain’s suspicions were aroused by the weight of the duffle bag. I had to explain what I had found and make a gift of a few bottles. It is enough to say that I disposed of the remainder in Port Isabel.

When I returned to the island, a comforting feeling of cash in my pockets and the prospect of more, I met the captain of the ferry boat and one of his crew. They were driving a pickup with the bed loaded with the bulging gunnysacks. I followed their tracks, as they had, from all appearances, followed mine, to my cache in the dunes. Of all my loot there wasn’t even a bottle left!

For weeks the beach was combed by thirsty men all the way from Port Isabel to Port Aransas. At Port Aransas, one boatman got more of the “drink” than he counted on. He spotted a sack and headed his craft toward it. As he reached over the side for the bobbing, burlap bag, he tumbled into the water. He was five miles from shore, and his boat was circling away. He kept afloat by using the liquor as a life-buoy. The boat swung in a circle, finally coming back to him. He grasped the side and struggled aboard. Evidently, the thoughts that raced through his brain as he floundered in the water, with drowning almost a certainty, sobered him greatly; for when he got back to town, he sold his boat and other possessions and move inland.

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Then on Friday, December 7 the first night of the La Posada Lighted Boat Parade winds its way through the south canals and the next night, Saturday, December 8 will be the big night as the parade makes its way through the main canal.

The Friday event will start at 7 p.m. while the Saturday event will kick off at 6 p.m. The U.S. Marines will collect for Toys for Tots on both

La Posada continued from A1nights. The loading of the toys will begin at 9 a.m., Sunday, December 9 at the Yacht Club with brunch to follow.

Jim Witherill who has been the Parade Marshal for the past ten years is hanging up his radio after this year and Islander Brent Rourk is taking over the duties as part of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

The 9th sorta annual Canal Crawl Circumnavigation through the canals of Padre Isles was held on October 6, 2012. Costumes with Columbus Day and Halloween themes were part of the fun as eight windsurfers and four stand up paddlers (SUP) explored and searched for the infamous travelling trophy. This year the event was organized by Kevin Robbins, last year’s winner and the photographs were taken by Pam Robbins.

Circumnavigation… then and now

When island resident Roy Tansil originally started this series in 2000, there were just three windsurfers in each of the first three events. The original course started and finished at the boat ramp on Encantada. This required sailing under the Gypsy street bridge before entering the main canal to the Laguna Madre. Next it was through three more narrow canals back to the finish across the street from the boat ramp. A fundamental goal of the Canal Crawl was to have a continuous circumnavigation through the canals without any back tracking.

The original course was changed in 2007 with the start and finish at the boat ramp at Whitecap and Caravel. This four plus mile course maintained the circumnavigation tradition, added a leg along the Intracoastal Waterway and a shallow water leg across the flats between the Intracoastal and Point Tesoro main canal. Most of the canals along this route are fairly wide giving windsurfers a little more opportunity to navigate but the shallow flats usually prove to be difficult.

Growing… more first-timers

The Canal Crawl once made the pages of Windsurfing Magazine where it was dubbed Windsurfing’s Weirdest Race. This year’s milestones include five first time explorers, four out-of-state participants and the first ever three-time winner. Kevin Robbins was once again flawless, leading the fleet through the entire route on the way to his third consecutive victory. Classes were created for any category with three or more participants, these included in order of finish, the following:

Overall

Kevin Robbins, Ernesto Monroy, Alissa Inman Medina, Don Gentry (SUP), Mark Salih, Mike Murphy, Richard Mueller (SUP), David Sislo, Kevin Berry, Dave/Elieen(SUP), Kevin Behr

Large Sail

Kevin Robbins, Ernesto Monroy, Mark Salih

Small Sail- Alissa Inman Medina, Mike Murphy, David Sislo, Kevin Berry, Kevin Behr

Kevins’- Kevin Robbins, Kevin Berry, Kevin Behr

SUP

Don Gentry, Richard Mueller, Dave Obzansky & Eileen Johnston

First Timers

Mark Salih, David Sislo, Richard Mueller, Dave Obzansky & Eileen Johnston

Out of State

David Sislo (Kansas), Richard Mueller (Arizona), Dave Obzansky & Eileen Johnston (Utah)

Challenging… newbies or vets

Part of the tradition and much of the challenge of the Canal Crawl is making it through the completely inconsistent and shifty wind throughout the course. This year the winds were very light and the water level was low, making for another challenging race.

From the start, big sails ruled as Kevin Robbins led the armada throughout with veteran Ernesto Monroy and first timer Mark Salih following closely. Among the small sail group, Mike lead the way until the Intracoastal leg where Alissa gained and maintained the lead. In the final leg, Alissa overtook Mark to finish in third place overall. Veteran Don Gentry chose a SUP over sailboard this year and paddled to a first place finish among SUPs and fourth place overall.

Fun… gettin’ more better

Thanks to Robert McGonigle for being the official starter and keeping up with the class finishes again this year. Robert also recruited and loaned Mark a board to help the field prevent Kevin’s third win. Gary Speck monitored the fleet’s progress from shore to help with any equipment or other problems and provided shrimp and sausage for the weary fleet arriving at the finish A lot of credit is due to all the first timers for helping keep the Canal Crawl growing.

Everyone seemed to have a good time, successfully completing the course in conditions that proved to be difficult. The Canal Crawl is intended to be fun and give windsurfing more local exposure; the traveling trophy will be collecting dust until the winner Kevin Robbins organizes the next event.

GulfBreeze9th Canal Crawl Circumnavigation Challenge

By Mike Murphy

Champ Kevin Robbins (center) and the Canal Crawler’s

Eileen and Dave from Utah created a tandem SUP

Start of the 9th Canal Crawl led by Kevin, Ernesto and Mike

Anniversary party at La Barataria Restaurant in Port Aransas.

Lezlie Kebler hosted her third anniversary party at her restaurant located in Island Moorings Marina in Port Aransas recently. There was a great turn out for the poolside event that featured some of the finest food in Port Aransas along with live music. Happy Anniversary to Lezlie and her top notch staff for a great event. Photos by Ronnie Narmour.

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How Hard Can It Be?by Devorah Fox

In the 1960’s Richard Mueller was a “pizza guy,” indeed, one of the “rising stars of the pizza industry.” Having learned to make pizza in the Air Force from a Brooklynite named Dino, Richard along with his brother and brother-in-law started Paul Revere’s Pizza in Iowa, boasting “revolutionary home delivery.” (Get it?) They soon had stores in Iowa City, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Ames and more. While the business thrived, with stores in Wisconsin and San Antonio, Texas, as well as Iowa, Richard’s partnership with his relatives did not. Eventually they all tired of family feuding and the brothers bought him out.

Richard left Iowa but not the pizza business. With his wife, Margaret, he moved to Atlanta, there to work with another pizzeria chain, Mellow Mushroom. That worked out fine although the couple did wish that they could be closer to and enjoy seeing more of their nieces.

Some years hence, a niece’s wedding drew everyone to Florida. Brotherly love was rekindled, Richard was invited to “come back and join the family” and that brought the Muellers to San Antonio. The pizza business wasn’t the same, though. By now the economy was weak. The brothers hesitated to open the new stores that they had planned. Everyone had to work especially hard. Rich put in nights at the pizzeria and days at a burger-and-barbeque restaurant in Hondo.

Then in 2009, he saw the ad for Pelican Pete’s So-Cone stand in Port Aransas which was for sale by the then-current owner. Richard had never heard of Port Aransas. When he learned that you could get there by ferry he pictured an island that was completely separate from the mainland and accessible only by ferry. He was relieved to discover Highway 361.

In addition, sno cones weren’t pizza, but Richard figured how hard can selling sno cones be? It turns out that the only hard part is NOT selling sno cones, which was the challenge in the off season. To keep customers coming to the stand he decided to add sandwiches. First came gyros. Most pizzerias also offer gyros so that wasn’t too much of a stretch. Since they already had the pita breads for the gyros, Richard and Margaret looked at other culinary creations that could be made with that ingredient. They added

more sandwiches: steak-and-cheese, Italian roast beef and grilled chicken, for example.

Hot dogs are a popular sandwich and Pelican Pete’s offers those, not only plain but in chili and corn variations, as well as bratwurst.

Since they also had the vegetables needed for gyros they added salads: Greek, chef and chicken.

There’s a country fair vibe to Pelican Pete’s other menu items: nachos, funnel cakes and soft pretzels. For those with a sweet tooth, in addition to the sno cones there’s ice cream served in cones, shakes and malts.

Even with the extensive menu, Richard does find himself with a little time on his hands. He spends it writing. A lifetime in the pizza business has left him with lots of stories to tell. Some are published. Some he shares with the Port A Pens, the Port Aransas writing group. Others he posts online. Some are going into an anthology he’s helping to compile. Texas Island Style will include poems, short stories and artwork from local artists as well as tropical

country songs from Texan Gary Moeller. Richard says the book will be out in time for Holiday 2012 gift giving.

For more information about Pelican Pete’s or the upcoming anthology, contact Richard Mueller. Call 361-232-4405 or just stop by 314 Cut Off Road next to San Juan’s Taqueria. Pelican Pete’s is open from 11 .am. to 9 p.m. during the season, shorter hours during the rest of the year. I’ll see you there. —http://devorahfox.com

Peewee’s Animal Shelter is located at 1307 Saratoga and has been in operations since May, 1997. Peewee’s presently houses over 300 animals, including dogs, puppies, cats, kittens as well as, pigs, goats, rabbits and other barn animals. Peewee’s relies on donations only for its operation.

Shelter operations are accomplished strictly by donations. Peewee’s does not get any government, city or federal funding. Peewee’s helps those animals no one else will - the sick and the stray. The volunteers at Peewee’s work tirelessly to rehabilitate poor orphaned pets in the hopes that they will find new, loving homes. The dogs and cats are spayed/neutered, given regular heartworm preventative, and are on flea & tick prevention and medications as needed. Peewee’s does not discriminate due to age or health conditions of the pet. Please visit Peewee’s Pet Adoption World & Sanctuary at 1307 Saratoga Road. You can call them at 361-888-4141 but they do not have staff to answer phones so please leave a message.

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Mikey is a purebred Pekingese, male, 11 pounds between 1-2 yrs old. Mikey was born with only one eye with vision. Then on Feb 13th, 2012 his good eye was knocked out of the socket. His owner took him to the kill shelter in SA TX and asked to have him euthanized.

Well we could not see him put to sleep for just being blind so we rescued him. We helped him through the adjustment period of being 100% blind. Then he got very very sick after his hernia repair and neuter surgeries so we nursed him through this hard period as well.

Now Mikey is ready to find his loving forever home with someone who knows Pekes! If this is you please contact Terrilyn Cesta with [email protected] or call 210 886 8367. Thank you for choosing to adopt rather than shop!

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The ongoing statewide drought has left Texas rivers with barely enough water to finish their journey to the Gulf of Mexico, as you can see from these photos taken by Dr.

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2012 Corpus Christi Paddle Prix & RallyTwenty mile long kayak race

The 2012 Corpus Christi Paddle Prix & Rally event is designed to encourage everyone to stay fit while enjoying the vast natural resources the Coastal Bend has to offer residents and visitors. It serves as one of the Mayor’s Fitness Council’s signature events. It will be held on Saturday, October 27.

This year, the event will feature a 20-Mile Race for the serious and experience paddlers starting at Labonte Park, winding down the Nueces River to the mouth of the Nueces Bay, then doubling back to the finish line at Labonte Park. As usual, the Rally will begin at the Port of Corpus Christi Boat Launch and wind up the river to Labonte Park. Paddlers may use a wide range of vessels including kayaks, stand up paddle boards and canoes.

This is the third year that we host this event with the purpose of inviting more people in

“Corpus Christi to the sport as a way to enjoy our natural resources, and live healthy and active lives,” said Stacie Talbert, Assistant Director of the Parks & Recreation Department.

This event has been made possible through partnerships with the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department, Port of Corpus Christi, and the Corpus Christi Convention & Visitors Bureau.

FEES: Rally Fee is $15.00 per paddler. Race Fee is $25.00 per paddler. $5 discount for all American Canoe Association members (must list ACA membership # on form).

REGISTRATION: Registration Packages will be available online at www.ccpaddleprix.com or at the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department For more information about the event, call 361-826-3460 or visit www.ccpaddleprix.com

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You may have noticed some guys in a white Jeep and trailer

and a front end loader driving around on vacant lots. They were picking up the cement which had been dumped on those lots over the years. Cirilio and Robert Gonzalez, Dave Vann, and Ron Christensen were the workers.

That cement has ruined many mower blades over the years.

Cement dumpers

If you see any cement truck dumping on a vacant lot, we want to hear from you. The cement companies and the pumper company have been advised that this is no longer permissible. The contractors have been advised that if the cement is dumped, they will lose a portion of their clean-up deposit.

Neighborhood gathering

About 200 neighbors who live on Cuttysark, Cutlass and Isla Colon gathered Sunday afternoon October 14 for a street “get to know your neighbor” party. There were games for kids and adults and folks brought a covered dish, so there was plenty of food and fun for everyone. Chief Simpson, the Island fire fighters and the EMT folks stopped by to the delight of all who attended. Butch and JoAnn Smith are the main organizers and a number of neighbors pitch in to make this a wonderful way to get to know each other. This was the 8th annual event and the neighbors look forward to next year and the 9th annual.

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