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July 19, 2012

The Only Island in Texas with almost as many t-shirt shops as tennis courts Next Publication Date: 7/26/2012 Facebook: The Island Moon Year 15, Issue 432

Around The IslandBy Dale Rankin editor@islandmoon.com

The big news this week comes from Padre Island National Seashore where Lightning touched off a massive grass fire that ended up burning 12,900 acres. As of this writing firefighters are still putting out small burns around the park but the fire is now under control and out.

It all started Saturday morning as an employee at WorldWinds Windsurfing at Bird Island Basin watched as Lightning from a weather cell that blew through hit the ground and the fire was on. He continued watching as the same cell passed across the Laguna and Lightning struck again on the King Ranch but the rain the cell extinguished that fire before it spread. Not so with the lighting hit and fire on PINS.

Firefighters from PINS and from Nueces County raced to the smoke, which was visible in the daytime all over The Island, and fought the fire for the better part of three days. They eventually got the fire under control by starting a counter burn at Bird Island just south of WorldWinds and deprived the oncoming fire of fuel as the wind blew it north.

Don had to shut down WorldWinds for a time due to smoke but didn’t lose anything. All in all it could have been a lot worse. No one was hurt and given the conditions the firefighters had to work with and the remote location where it started, there were no roads, it’s amazing it was contained the way it was.

Lightning strikes

Lightning strikes have become quite a common occurrence of late on The Island and the bolts seem to take a shine to Island palm trees. One tree took a hit over by Snoopy’s Pier a few weeks back, and another on the Main Canal along Three Fathoms as well. A few months back a house on Primavera was hit by a strike that started a small fire on the roof and burned the electronics out of a boat that was plugged into a battery charger in the front yard. Even without a hurricane Mother Nature has a way of periodically reminding us who is in charge.

Housing boom

If there is a downturn in the home building market nationwide someone forgot to tell The Island. There are now more than fifty houses under construction on The Island with fifteen being permitted in a single day a few weeks back. You can’t swing a beach umbrella around here without hitting a new house going up. The sound of hammers and nail guns beat out a rhythm to the Island Lullaby.

Step out for diabetes

The local chapter of the American Diabetes Association has reserved one hundred seats for Islanders at the Hooks game on Wednesday, August 8. The Hooks will donate $5 from each of the tickets to the local chapter. The event is called Step Out for Diabetes and you can sign up at www.diabetes.org/stepoutcorpuschristi. Tickets are available at the POA office, Isle Mail & More, American Bank, and from John White at 549-6347.

Island Moon Market

The next Island Moon Market is set for Saturday, July 28, along the Michael J. Ellis Seawall. It runs from 8-5 and we’re working to find a produce vender to sell there.

Schlitterbahn update

We can’t put out an addition of the paper these days without addressing the progress of the Schlitterbahn Resort and Waterpark. There isn’t much new to report this week except that while it’s not official we hear that the financing on the park is essentially complete which means permitting and design are in high gear even as the Island holds its breath waiting for work to start. The projected opening date is still spring of 2013.

In the meantime say hello if you see us Around The Island.

Inside the Moon...

Live Music A11Happy 97th Birthday Margie! A2 Spirit of Summer A8

Police Continued on A5

Police Blotter

Burglars Target Island Vehicles

Pistol Packin’ Mama Sends Flour Bluff Robber

RunningThere has been an alarming increase in vehicle

burglaries so far this month (1 July to 13 July), on the Island. We have had 11 vehicle burglaries in this 2 week period. After looking at each incident, these burglaries probably could have been easily prevented. Most of these burglaries are occurring over night. Each have showed either no signs of a forced entry or were just left unlocked, and valuables left in plain sight. Here’s some examples of property taken; .38 pistol, radar detectors, GPS’s, auto stereo’s, surfboards, MP-3 players, Men’s wallets/Women’s purse’s, with cash, credit cards and ID’s. Our vehicles are not intended to be safety deposit boxes. Help prevent this type of crime.

Hide

• Hide your belongings. The old sayings “Out of sight, Out of Mind” and “Better Safe than Sorry” are still good advice. Leaving valuables in plain sight only tempts a would be thief. Don’t leave items, such as phones, CD’s, MP3 players, DVD’s, purses and other valuables, in your vehicle. If you must leave items in your vehicle, like when you’re traveling, make sure things are hidden out of sight. And, hide them before you get to your destination. After all, it doesn’t do much good to hide them, if the thief watches you while you hide your stuff.

Lock

• Lock your car. Leaving your doors and windows unlocked is just what a thief wants and makes it easy to steal your property or your car. Even if you are leaving your car, or your house, or your bike, or anything else for ‘just a minute…… lock it. A minute is all a thief needs to walk away with your stuff.

Take

• Take your keys with you so a potential thief won’t be tempted to take your car. And don’t be tempted to hide a spare in or around the car. Thieves know all the tricks and hiding places. Take the keys.........keep the car.

William Palumbo

CCPD

Utility Bill Scam…No Such Program

Grifters are phoning area residents informing them a federal assistance program will pay them up to $1,000 on their utility or credit card bills. The Better Business Bureau says the scammers have shown up at homes, contacted people by text message or on social media. The BBB reports the scammers use different techniques.

City Council Nearing Completion on Bond Package for

November Ballot$155 million total, $1.2 million for The Island

By Dale Rankin

The Corpus Christi Council is approaching final approval of a projected $155 million in bonds to be placed before voters on the November ballot which currently contains only $1.2 million for Island projects.

The focus of the bonds is on street improvements and the centerpiece is $55 million in street bonds which can be passed by voters without raising taxes due to the retiring of existing bonds. The council has yet to make a final decision on how to structure the ballot language for the bonds but must submit the final ballot by August 14.

Based on council discussion it appears there is a consensus to divide the bonds into at least two categories; those that can be passed without a tax increase and those that would require a tax increase. The first is the $55 million for streets. The remainder of the projects, each of which

Battle Continued on A13

The fire on PINS scorched 12,900 acres over the weekend. for more details see Around The Island on this page.

Fire at Padre Island National Seashore

By Dale Rankin

A hearing in the chambers of the Corpus Christi City Council was standing room only last Friday as Islanders and groups from all over the 14 counties which make up the Texas coast turned out to voice their displeasure with a move that could have seen their rates for windstorm insurance hiked by as much as 300%.

Officials from the Texas Department of Insurance were scheduled to hold a hearing on the proposed rates but the hearing turned into a rally when they cancelled it just three days before it was to happen. Instead the crowd heard impassioned pleas from several local mayors and State Representative Todd Hunter who scheduled the rally. The message; this is going to be a fight where the squeaky wheel gets the grease and the more we make our collective voice heard the better our chance of a fair policy.

At issue is the rate for windstorm insurance along the coast which has increased 5% in each of the past four years – the maximum currently allowed by state law – but which

could have jumped dramatically if not for opposition from citizens along the coast which

waylaid the changes with the goal of putting the issue before state legislators in January rather than have unelected regulators make the changes unilaterally. Currently property owners in the coastal counties are in a separate risk pool for

windstorm insurance; the only such regional grouping in the state. Other property insurance is based on statewide actuarial pools.

Hunter has now formed a task force – see the story on page A2 of this issue – to come up with a bill to put before the state legislature in January which could create a statewide pool designed after successful models in Florida and North Carolina where windstorm insurance rates are considerably lower than in Texas.

A hearing is set in Galveston on August 15 in which a committee will discuss whether to allow for varying windstorm rates within county boundaries which could also cause a rise in rates on The Island.

Kemp’s Ridley Turtle Count for 2012 Season

So far this year, 208 Kemp’s ridley nests have been confirmed on the Texas

coast including (north to south in state):

1 Bolivar Peninsula

7 Galveston Island

0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside

5 Surfside Beach

0 Quintana Beach

0 Bryan Beach

1 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach

0 Sargent Beach

0 Matagorda Peninsula

0 Matagorda Island

2 San Jose Island

8 Mustang Island

116 North Padre Island, including 106 at Padre Island National Seashore

59 South Padre Island

9 Boca Chica Beach

The 2012 nest total sets a new record for the number of Kemp’s ridley nests documented in Texas in a year. The previous record of 199 nests was set during 2011. Record keeping for nest tallies in Texas began in the early 1980s.

Islanders Fill the Hall for Hearing on Windstorm Rates

Photo by Miles Merwin

The Lost King A5 77th Annual Deep-Sea Roundup A10

A 2 Island Moon July 19, 2012

Getting Ready For A Hurricane, And Stopping Burglaries Just Got A Lot Easier.

Rep. Hunter Announces Organization of Coastal Windstorm Task Force

Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi) today announced the creation of the Coastal Windstorm Task Force (CWTF). The CWTF’s purpose will be to develop proposals for windstorm insurance and programs for the coastal areas of Texas. Charles W. Zahn, a local attorney in Port Aransas, Nueces County, and a Port of Corpus Christi commissioner, will chair the task force.

“This task force is an important next move in creating solutions to the windstorm issues that affect the Texas coast,” Rep. Hunter said. “I am pleased to announce its creation and look forward to quickly getting to work to develop information, concepts and strategies for the state on coastal community advantages, coastal community needs and coastal community awareness.”

The proposals developed as a result of the task force will be reviewed for the next legislative session and will aide in the development of windstorm insurance programs for the coastal region. “Ensuring the economic health and safety of our coastal communities is a priority,” said Zahn.

Members of the Coastal Windstorm Task Force will be from the 14 counties that border the

coast. To-date, the following individuals have agreed to serve as members: Judge Burt Mills (Aransas County), Richard Bianchi (Aransas County), Charles Smith (Aransas County), CJ Wax (Aransas County), Russell Cain (Calhoun County), Bob Pinkerton (Cameron County), Joe Vega (Cameron County), Vic Pierson (Galveston County), John Trice (Nueces County), John White (Nueces County), May Nardone (Nueces County), Stan Hulse (Nueces County), Keith McMullin (Nueces County), Greg Smith (Nueces County), Ann Vaughn (Nueces County), Foster Edwards (Nueces County), John Michael (Nueces County), Joe Guzman (Nueces County), Marybeth Christiansen (Nueces County), Chuck Weil (Nueces County), Judge Terry Simpson (San Patricio County), Wes Hoskins (San Patricio County), David Krebs (San Patricio County), Fred Nardini (San Patricio County), Pete Perkins (San Patricio County), Mark Roach (San Patricio County) and Cathy Skurow (San Patricio County). Other task force members will be added in the coming months.

For more information, please contact Angie Flores at 361-695-2048 or angieflores@stx.rr.com.

There is a new company in town Armor Glass, and they make getting ready for a Hurricane, and protecting your home or business from smash and grab burglaries a lot easier. And their Security Films can reduce solar heat up to 79% and cut 99% of harmful UV rays that fade your furnishings and cause skin cancer. In fact with the energy savings it can even pay for itself over time. With their Security Films installed, your glass is ready 24/7 for almost anything. Think of it as “invisible burglar bars” or “invisible shutters” cutting your energy costs and keeping your family cooler and safer.

Armor Glass may be new to Corpus Christi, but they have been keeping homes and businesses in Texas safer for years. Their main office is in Houston, and is accredited with the BBB. The same film they install was installed in Washington DC federal buildings after 9/11, including the Pentagon. They just installed Armor Glass in Rice University Dorms to protect the students and save energy. Armor Glass makes glass shatter and impact resistant

at a fraction of the cost of impact window glass.

Michael Fjetland, President of Armor Glass International, Inc. says, “the Security Film is installed on the inside of glass windows and doors. It comes in clear, medium and dark tint depending on the customer preference. Our product knowledge and installation capabilities, allow us to provide you with the proper product to solve your Heat, Hurricane and Burglary problems with your windows and glass doors.” Michael said the installation of the product is very important, and has a professional installation team that always put customers first. He has a local sales manager, Curt Broomfield in Corpus Christi that can give quotes on your business, or home. Curt is a local, and a retired U.S. Marine He is a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and past President of Rotary who takes an active interest in his community. To contact Curt to find out more about what Armor Glass can do for you, give him a call or check out their web site www.armorglass.com. Curt Broomfield 361- GET-SAFE (438-7233).

Happy 97th Birthday Margie!

Two generations of the Webb family, Joe and Joe Jr. man the bar at the Coast Club 4th of July weekend.

The massive fire at PINS made for a beautiful sunset on the Island. Photo by Miles Merwin

Stuff I Heard on the Islandby Dale Rankin

We’ll deal with some frequently asked questions this time.

Are there any rules to prevent people from putting up obnoxious lights along canals? Some of the lights that are put up aren’t visible from the house where they are located but ruin the view for

other people along the canal.

People who live on the canals around The Island frequently ask whether there is any sort of rule in place to prevent homeowners on the canals from putting up obnoxious and offensive lights. The short answer is no, at least not that I’m aware of. And if there is a such a rule enforcement is lax.

All it takes is one person on a canal to put up a light that shines straight out over the water to muck up the view for everyone else.

On an Island where 2000 homes are owned by absentee owners it seems like a good idea to put up lights to scare away would-be burglars who might approach by water during their absence. That’s understandable, but that doesn’t mean they have to put up lights that burn holes in the eyeballs of their neighbors who are fortunate enough to live here year round. If the idea is to light the water around your dock to ward off intruders the bright light pointing straight out over the water doesn’t work nearly as well as one pointed downward since it usually leaves a dark spot right up against the dock.

Good examples of how lights can provide security and still be aesthetically pleasing abound all over The Island. Colored lights or lights placed along the edge of the dock which are hooded to prevent the light from radiating upward work fine and can actually add to the ambiance.

It’s amazing the difference in the view of the night sky once you head south down the ICW and get away from the light pollution that is inherent in any populated area. As the artificial light fades the beauty of the night sky jumps right at you. We are never going to reach that point along our canals but that doesn’t mean we can’t try to put up lighting that compliments the landscape rather than sticking a luminous finger it its eye.

Believe me when I say that on several occasions I have come this close to breaking out my paint gun and engaging in some guerrilla tactics. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that but it seems to me that the current method of relying on the taste and conscience of individuals is demonstrably not working.

Why has the water in the canals been unusually brackish lately?

I have questioned several longtime Islanders on this point lately and there doesn’t seem to be a consensus. I’ve heard there has been some dredging down the ICW but that was months ago and the brown water continues.

According to Deidre Williams who monitors the Packery Channel water movement for the city, the Packery doesn’t move a lot of water southward from the Packery toward the canal system. We can see some tidal fluctuations along the main canal so there is some movement of the water but it hasn’t made any difference in the water quality.

Will the proposed water exchange bridge on SPID make a difference in the water

in the canal?

According to the hydrologist who attended the public hearing for the bridge some months back it will help but will not be a panacea. It will

allow for some tidal driven water to get into the canals but most of the water exchange will still be wind driven.

In talking to people who have been diving in our canals for ten to fifteen years the variety of fish in the canals has increased dramatically since the Packery opened and certainly we have seen more dolphin in the canals than there were prior to the channel’s opening.

But according to them the biggest change has come from the addition of more docks in the canals over the years. They say the docks have brought barnacles and the barnacles have brought the fish that feed on them, primarily sheepshead.

The highest concentration and the largest of these live in the canal next to Padre Island Yacht Club but there are also some large ones, almost three feet, that I know of living near our docks on the main canal. Even for experienced divers the first encounter with the menacing mug of a curious sheepshead can be a startling experience. Sheepshead are curious by nature and when they see a diver they want to check him out. But the striking thing are the way the teeth look strikingly that those of a human. You know like that guy you sat next to on the tubes in London that looks like somebody just took his teeth and threw them into his mouth helter skelter. Imagine that fellow swimming up next to you while you’re doing a bottom job on your boat.

The other species that the divers say abound in the canal system are piggy perch. These little guys can be a real menace. Diver Dave said that when he cleans the bottoms of the boats at the yacht club and chips the barnacles loose and they fall that the bottom comes alive in a vortex of piggy perch in a feeding frenzy. Dave wears a head covering even in the summer, not for temperature control, but to keep the piggy perch from attacking his hair. It kind of reminds me of this Sex Pistols concert I went to once at Randy’s Rodeo in San Antonio.

Another diver said that he got into the water in a wet suit with a tear just above his knee and the next thing he knew the piggy perch were tearing at the hole to the point he had to get out.

The fisherpersons also say the piggy perch are taking over the section of the Laguna located just to the south of the JFK Causeway at the point where it leaves the Flour Bluff shore. When the causeway was rebuilt the first 1300 feet were raised to allow for water passage but in some sort of bureaucratic oversight the old roadbed was not removed and serves as an impervious barrier that traps the dead and floating non-native grass introduced into the Laguna some years ago as part of a remediation. The dead grass floats and ends up forming a large mat that cuts off sunlight and runs off many of the native species but forms a fertile ground for piggy perch and they have taken over.

One positive is that the piggy perch make great live bait if you are going fishing offshore. They are very active in the water and attract the attention of larger fish. They are said to be easy to catch with nothing but a very tiny bare hook baited with some balled up bread.

While it is counter-intuitive I’m told one of the unintended consequences of building the water exchange bridge will in fact be more barnacles in our canals. Barnacles don’t like stagnant or standing water. They feed on microbes that are carried in moving water, which is why the barnacles and the sheepshead are most prevalent in the water near the yacht club, it’s where the water moves the most in the canal system. So as more water comes in more food for the barnacles will swell their numbers.

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The US Sailing’s Chubb Junior Championship for the Bemis Trophy the double- handed National C h a m p i o n s h i p will feature Corpus Christi Yacht Club Junior Sailor Brendon Bottom as crew. His partner Hamrick Morgan is from Rush Creek Yacht Club in Heath, Texas near Dallas. The Bemis finals will take place August 6 – 10 at the San Francisco Yacht Club in Belvedere, California.

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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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Mothers Of Inventionby Devorah Fox

What do you do when you can’t find the very thing you

want? If you’re Tracy Davis you invent it.

A dietician, Tracy worked in executive health care for 15 years. She began to tire of the traveling and got herself assigned the Coastal Bend as her territory. She moved to Port Aransas and bought a house here. She was delighted with the move because as an athlete and outdoorswoman she was able to enjoy hunting and shore fishing.

But the perfect picture was missing something. Tracy couldn’t find exactly what she wanted in the way of sportswear for her fishing activities. She wanted something like men’s board shorts: a quick-drying garment that was not only suitable to wear while fishing, but also comfortable enough to spend the day in and attractive enough to wear into a Port A restaurant or club without having to go home to change.

Tracy had always had a creative streak, remodeling homes and furniture. So in 2011, she took some men’s cargo shorts and tailored them to fit. They kind of got the job done but weren’t quite what she had in mind. She wanted a garment that truly fit and flattered the female figure. She created a couple of patterns, then worked to make prototypes with a Los Angeles seamstress who specialized in ladies’ competitive sports gear. Tracy’s inspiration was the high-quality yoga wear produced by lululemon.com. Tracy picked out all the trim and designed a logo for her Sirena Water Wear. The fishtail “S” and Sirena name both call the mermaid to mind. When Tracy received the finished prototypes she was delighted. They were exactly what she wanted. She showed off the shorts at Beachya Kart Rentals and everyone

thought that they were awesome. Tracy landed an investor for Sirena Water Wear that very day.

About the same time, Tracy wound up in the hospital with appendicitis. While she was laid up recovering, she decided to leave her corporate job and commit to Sirena Water Wear full time with her partner Kim Rucker, an “adventurer extraordinaire” who loves to kiteboard. Kim had helped to launch several dialysis companies, has an MBA and is a financial expert. They landed several accounts, placing Sirena Water Wear in high end fishing shops like Seaworthy Marine in Rockport and Pink Marlin in Port Aransas as well as Ski North. A store in Pittsburgh where Tracy hails from, Ski North carries hiking gear in the summer. Tracy and Kim have 25 accounts with commitments along the Gulf Coast, six purchase orders and are now looking for additional investors and sales reps who will place the line in other shops.

The shorts feature a “boyfriend” fit which offers a little room at the hip and thigh. They come in nine sizes and two leg lengths, the short Barracuda and the longer Bermuda, and three colors. Zipped security and reinforced cargo pockets will not only accommodate pliers without tearing, the will also hold a cell phone, keys and other items so the wearer doesn’t have to carry a purse. The stain release and quick dry fabric make for wear-all-day functionality. The shorts are antimicrobial with anti-corrosion hardware. With triple stitching and quality construction the shorts will bear up through a lot of use, ocean and pool water, and machine washing. Tracy happened to be wearing a pair when she dashed off to coach a youth swim team. She forgot to grab a towel but it didn’t matter. “The shorts were dry by the time I got home,” she says. “So if you’re working and you get called out for a surf break during lunch, you can just go right back to work in the same shorts.”

The shorts are so successful that ironically, Tracy is being asked to create styles for men, bringing the saga of the Sirena Water Wear shorts full circle. To that end, she’s incorporated

a marlin pattern in the Sirena logo.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.sirenawaterwear.com, send an email to tracy@sirenawaterwear.com or call 361-749-AQUA (2782). Or, just come by the Tower Center, 1726 Highway 361 where you can also see her bamboo shirts. Available in several styles and colors, the tops are long-wearing, offer a natural sun protection factor, can be dressed up or down and even worn as PJs. Unlike rayon which is made from rainforest trees, bamboo is a sustainable resource. Look for Sirena Water Wear in Suite G. I’ll see you there.

Corpus Christi Yacht Club Juniors Sailing in National Events

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Letters to the EditorDog Poop

Editor,

It may seem like a strange subject but we have noticed that after we take our dog out to do his business he scratches the ground like he is trying to cover up his leavings. Do you have any idea why he does this?

Rick

Island

We could ask why you thought of us when the subject is dog droppings Rick, but we’ll leave that for another day. We have noticed that Riley P. Dog often does this and in a sandy area when facing downwind can leave him with a back covered in sand but it does make the job of picking up after him a bit easier because everything is encased in a coat of sand. It somehow seems less undignified for the humankind to be picking up after a quadruped when the leavings are covered in sand; not sure why.

Here’s what we know: Our dogs, while members of our family, are at heart still, well…dogs. In the wild all canines, including wolves, foxes, and dingoes like Riley P. Dog have glands in their feet that secrete pheromones and scratching backwards releases those pheromones and is a way for them to mark their turf. Some people will tell you they are doing it for sanitary reasons but that hardly seems likely for animals who drink out of the toilet, so we’re going with the pheromone theory.

Hope that helps Rick.

MermaidsMoon,

This note of thoughts while gardening is a defense of the mermaid in response to the article published (in the Moon) several weeks ago, “NOAA REPORT; MERMAIDS NOT REAL.”

I’ve met the mermaid on numerous occasions in dreams. The popular notion of a woman with the lower body of a fish diminishes her luminous stature and numinous nature. She appears as a Queen of the Sea, Lady of the Lake, Spirit of Rivers, and Blue Mistress of Springs and Pools. She presides over all waters, the creatures in them and the forces acting in and upon them. She is companion and guide of the participant in the hero myth during his spiritual transformation into a merman or ichthys (Does this ring a church bell?).

She guarantees a whale of a time to any aspiring Jonah. As an archetypical figure of the psyche with the power to shape lives, she remains, most often unconscious, but not unreal.

Regardless of first-hand experience, I’m a layman who refers the interested reader to an expert on the psychological significance of mythical creatures, C.G. Jung in the books Aion: Researches Into the Phenomenology of the Self, Mysteruim Communications (Mystical Union), and Psychology and Alchemy. He writes about the mermaid. She is properly understood and appreciated in the light and from the perspective of the words of a noted mythologist Joseph Campbell. He says “Myth is a metaphor whose function is to make the transcendent transparent.” The late singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen remarks that if this Sister of Mercy (the mermaid) should drop by to sweeten your night, don’t turn on the light, you can read her address by the moon. Besides, if we Islanders believe in Moon Monkeys, then what’s all the problem with the mermaid?

David

Island

Shopping BagsMaui Wowie -

Reusable shopping bags are a great idea. On my last trip to Hawaii, one store had a reusable bag that folded up, snapped closed and took up very little space on the floor of my car or kicked under the seat. I carry several of them in my car for routine shopping OTB.

Nearly every retail outlet has their own bags with their own logo. I hate to pay for someone else’s advertising, but I hate plastic bags even more. What about designing our own Padre Island bag and advertising ourselves? I have no connection with the manufacturing or distribution business, I am not in it to make a buck. I just thought this would be a good way for us to Ban the Plastic Bag and get a bit of advertising for our own Slice of Heaven. Tourists may even buy them for souvenirs. Perhaps we could get a design contest started for various artwork, schools, local artists, etc…

There may be hidden costs in manufacturing, printing, distributing, etc that I am unaware of. Retail chains may be sinking advertising capital into these bags to be able to sell them to their customers for a measly buck. The Moon has recently produced its own T Shirt, so there may be some expertise available at your office. What do you think? Would it be worth asking the Moon readers for their collective opinion?

Dave Vann

Islander

We think that’s a great idea Dave. We are on it. We will find out what it takes to get it done. We can put on the Moon logo. We would also like to include a design from a local artist. If anyone has some original art they think will work send it along.

We’re not sure how we will distribute them yet, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. Thanks for the suggestion Dave…we’re on it.

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In one, they give the victims a phony bank account and routing numbers to pay bills online, but only after “registering” their Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information. Because the online payment can take 1 or 2 days for companies to process, the victim is led to believe their bills have been paid, but the payment will soon be denied and leaves them open to possible fees.

Reports of this scam have been reported in Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Utah, California, and the New England states. So if someone calls with a plan that sounds too good to be true it’s because it is.

Pistol Packing Mama Sends Would-Be Robber

Running For His Life7/16/12 7:56 am Aggravated Robbery

3029 Laguna Shores Road

A Blackhawk Bar employee told Officers she opened up the bar and was inside the bar cleaning when she heard the door open. A masked man armed with a handgun entered the store. The 34-year-old victim, who was on the phone, began yelling out the suspect’s description as she ran to the office. The victim was able to retrieve her gun.

The bar employee exited the office armed with her handgun and both pointed their weapons at one another. The suspect cursed at the victim and ran out of the bar. The victim chased after the suspect firing one shot as he ran northbound through the parking lot.

The suspect is male, 6’1” feet tall and weighing 190 lbs. and was last seen wearing Khaki pants, (possibly with a new stain in the seat) a camouflage jacket, and a mask.

Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or login online at www.888TIPS . You can also call using your iPhone or Android apps. Callers will receive a cash reward if the suspect is arrested.

Two Women Fight Off Purse Snatcher

Occurred on 7/14/12, 9:35 pm Robbery 5425 S. Padre Island Drive

Police were called to Target at Moore Plaza for a robbery call in which the victims were returning to their cars when a male grabbed one of the women’s purse. The victim refused to let go of her purse and a struggle ensued. The victim’s friend was trying to help when she was knocked to the ground where she struck her head. She sustained a bruise and a minor laceration to her elbow. She was treated by CCFD Emergency Personnel, but refused to be taken to the hospital.

The suspect then fled westbound on Williams Drive in a silver or gray passenger car. He is described as a Hispanic male, 5’10” to 6 feet tall and weighing 130 to 140 lbs. He was last seen wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt with light-colored blue jeans and a white cap.

Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit online at www.888-TIPS.com . You can also submit a tip via your iPhone or Android app. Callers can receive a cash reward up to $1,000 if the suspect is arrested.

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Occurred on 7/16/12, 1:119 am Burglary of a Building 2515 Leopard Street

A burglary was foiled at a local catering business when the suspect’s gluteus maximus proved too large for any of the holes in the roof and prevented his slipping in.

Police were called by an anonymous caller who reported noises coming from Salinas Catering and when officers arrived they find Johnny Molina on the roof of the business. He was very cooperative with Police and quickly descended from the rooftop. Molina was detained and placed in police custody.

CCFD provided Officers with a ladder which allowed them access to the roof. Officers found several damaged roof vents which Molina had broken in an attempt to enter the building. Further investigation revealed the suspect was able to dangle his feet and legs inside the building through an exhaust fan, but unable to make it inside the business.

Molina was arrested and charged with Burglary of a Building and an outstanding Municipal Court warrant for Failure to Appear in the amount of $306

Who’s the Brains of This Outfit?

Occurred Monday, July 16, 2012, 1:35am, 4500 McGregor Dr. Theft, curfew violations

Two were arrested Monday morning after they ran with stolen property past a police officer at 1:35 in the morning near the Wal-Mart on Staples.

Corpus Christi Police Officer Paul Janko patrolled the 4500 block of McGregor and saw a man and a juvenile boy run past his marked patrol car at 1:35am. Officer Janko stopped the two and discovered 20-year-old Juan Sanchez and a 16-year-old boy had $78 worth of merchandise from the Wal-Mart and no receipt.

Officer Janko took the two back to Wal-Mart and investigated the possible theft. Wal-Mart employees verified that Sanchez and the juvenile had taken the merchandise without paying and then ran from the store until they ran past Officer Janko.

Police Calls6300 block SH 361 8:30 p.m. July 14

Burglary of vehicle

6200 block SH 361 9 p.m. July 6 Theft under $500

9300 block SH 361 1:32 a.m. July 7 Interfere with public duties

14000 block SPID 5:58 p.m. June 8 Theft shoplifting

13900 block Cabana North 8 p.m. July 13 Criminal mischief

14100 block Cabana North 2 p.m. July 4 Criminal Mischief

14400 block Cabana North 3 p.m. July 9 Criminal mischief

14500 block SPID 11:13 p.m. July 6 Interfere with public duties

15100 block SPID midnight July 11 Harassment

13900 block Seafarer 10:45 a.m. July 4 Disorderly conduct

Cumana Dr. & Three Fathoms 9:25 p.m. July 4 Criminal mischief

15200 block Isla Pinta 4:30 p.m. July 8 Burglary of vehicle parts

15300 block Isabella Ct. 6:36 a.m. July 10 Theft from vehicle

13800 block Doubloon 2:55 a.m. July 4 Burglary of habitation

13900 block Man O War 10:30 p.m. July 8 Theft

Beach Marker 222 12:50 p.m. July 4 Public intoxication

15100 block Leeward 12:44 a.m. July 15 Public intoxication

15800 block SPID 9:20 a.m. July 7 Public intoxication

14000 block Coquina Bay 5:22 a.m. July 11 Theft of vehicle parts

14800 block Windward 1:12 a.m. July 9 Criminal trespass

13800 block Lafitte 6:25 p.m. July 6 Unlawful restraint

Police Continued from A1

Response from Seashore Middle Academy

We don’t want to get mulch because it will be very difficult to get people to donate mulch that matches, so we need money, and not a whole bunch...the donations can be made directly to the school, Claudia Detore is on charge and I just need to get an address where people can send the checks or a phone number so they can contact the school. We need maybe some $400 for the mulch.... that’s more than plenty.

We don’t want to touch that money. We will just deliver and install the mulch at no charge.

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We volunteered to get 50 plants set at Seashore Middle Academy and we will take care of the maintenance of them as well.

We have no mulch for them and I was wondering if you guys would print them and let people know that we do the work as community service and that we need mulch to finish the job.

We don’t want to get mulch because it will be very difficult to get people to donate mulch that matches, so we need money, and not a whole bunch...the donations can be made directly to the school, Claudia Detore is in charge so just send it to seashore to her attention. We need maybe some $400 for the mulch.... that’s more than plenty.

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The Lost KingA novel about a king finding

himself

We Moon Monkeys have been working on a novel for almost a year – it takes forever to read one of those things.

But one Moon Monkey has outdone us all; Moon columnist Devorah Fox has written an award winning

novel called The Lost King which makes for delightful summer reading. It’s set in the Middle Ages and it has a King, a damsel in distress, a fire breathing dragon - actually a wyvern - a swordfight, and a cat named Meeyoo.

The story is a based around a king who has wandered away from his kingdom and can’t remember where he left it. His search to find it is the McGuffin (look it up) that drives the plot.

Along the way he finds Meeyoo, a donkey named Duncan and a fiery steed named Charger. He ends up billeting with an enchanting princess, meeting a sorcerer, working in a metal forge making swords, inventing a bread saw, eyeglasses, and finding work as a harmonica player in a barbershop where the barber practices medicine on the side.

Devorah lives in Port Aransas and has written for many publications over the years. The book is available through the Moon, the Art Center for the Islands in Port Aransas, or by e-mailing her at devorahfox@aol.com.

If you are heading out for a day at the beach and looking for a whimsical tale of a king in search of his identity we can highly recommend The Lost King and congratulate Dee on a job well done.

Dale Rankinv

Devorah Fox, with Carolyn of Island Woman at her book Signing at the Art

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Editor’s note: Dotson is in Asia this week conducting seminars for referees of American Football (not soccer, and yes, they have leagues over there). Over the years Dotson has trained many current NFL and college refs as well as professional umpires. One of these days we’re going to get Dotson to write something about himself. In the meantime, we wish him a safe return.

Senior of the Moment

Eddie Savoy

Eddie Savoy was born in Flour Bluff, June 18, 1933. He graduated from Flour Bluff High School in 1949. His father was a commercial fisherman. Eddie didn’t much care for fishing so he started Tug Boating.

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He has run (in his Tug Boat) the waters from Brownsville, to New York, all of the Caribbean, 2 trips across the Atlantic Ocean and one trip through the Panama Canal.

Savoy was one of the ten Flour Bluffs residents that organized the Flour Bluff Volunteer Fire Department.

Eddie also has been a developer and builder in Flour Bluff. In 1969 he developed the first

Mobile Home sub-division in Corpus Christi. In 1972 he built the Padre Palms RV Park.

In 1983 after missing a trip to Egypt because his wife Leona wouldn’t let him be away for their first Grandbaby’s, 1st birthday, Eddie started building elevated homes and also started building on “dry” lots on Padre Island.

Elevated Home in Flour Bluff Built by Eddie Savoy

Eddie was one of ten volunteers who founded the Flour Bluff Volunteer Fire Department. He also helped found the American Kickball Hall of Fame, which will have its second induction ceremony, on Saturday October 6, 2012 at the Cornerstone Church. Mr. Savoy is currently a member of the Flour Bluff Business Association and serves on the City of Corpus Christi’s Leadership Committee for Senior Services.

THANKS EDDIE!

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Senior MomentsMoments Sports Talk

After this, no more basketball talk until October.

The following was written by my friend Jim Tunney:

LeBron!

After further review... he earned it! He deserved it! There is no one better in the basketball world today than LeBron James, aka “King James.” In the 2012 NBA postseason LeBron averaged 30.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game; in the NBA finals, 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.4 assists. He was the MVP for both the regular season and the NBA finals. He summed up this career season with: “A dream come true” and “It was harder than I imagined.”

Many, including this observer, were disappointed in the way LeBron chose to announce his free agency opportunity in 2010 by, in his words, “taking my talents to South Beach.” He abandoned the Cleveland Cavaliers to team up with D-Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. After the Heat’s championship run, LeBron can enjoy wearing his ring as well as enjoy his sons LeBron Jr., age 7, and Bryce Maximus, age 5, during the off-season.

LeBron, age 27, has finally escaped the persistent questions “Can you win the big one?”And “Can you lead a T*E*A*M? His teammate, forward Shane Battier, speaking on behalf of himself, forward Mike Millen, and guard Mario Chalmers says, “We call ourselves ‘the other guys’.” Credit must be given to LeBron for pulling the Heat together as a T*E*A*M. Can he now be rated with some of the best, e.g., Russell, West, Kareem, Bird, Magic, and Kobe?

A similar question was asked of me the other evening as I was wrapping up a class at a football meeting. In the context of football, the question was, “Who was the best athlete you were on the field with in your years as a football official?” It is difficult to rank running backs Brown, Taylor Sanders, and Smith or quarterbacks Starr, Unitas, Staubach, Montana, Elway, Young, and Marino, knowing I must leave out so many others. Styles of play, supporting teammates, and rules of the game are variables that make comparisons difficult. The running game of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s gave way to the passing game of the following decades, and the game continues to evolve.

So, back to LeBron. How would he fare playing by the rules that governed Russell, West, et.al? No dunking, no travelling, no palming the ball, none of the charging/blocking physicality so common today. LeBron’s legacy is a work in progress.

Will you log in on the invalidity of comparing athletes over time?

Moments Tech Talk

Disable the Windows Startup Sound: If you don’t want Windows to play the Startup sound every time you power on (boot) your PC, click the Start button and then click Control Panel. Click Hardware and Sound and then click Change System Sounds in the Sound area. Uncheck (de-select) the Play Windows Startup Sound box and then click the OK button.

Moments in Passing

Five Things You Probably Didn’t

Know About Ernest Borgnine

Legacy

We knew him as the sadistic noncom who beat Frank Sinatra to death in

From Here to Eternity; as the shy, lonely butcher who finds love in Marty; as the nautical version of Sgt. Bilko in the TV sitcom McHale’s Navy; as the police detective trapped on an upturned ocean liner in The Poseidon Adventure; and as the deranged cabbie who dodges bullets as he plies the streets of a dystopian city-turned-prison in Escape from New York.

Ernest Borgnine

Indeed, Ernest Borgnine, the Academy Award-winning actor who passed away today at age 95 in Los Angeles, was one of the most familiar faces ever to grace both the big and the small screen. The Internet Movie Database lists Borgnine as playing astonishing 203 roles in a career that began in 1951 with the low-budget B movie China Corsair, in which the second-generation Italian-American was improbably cast as a Chinese gambling club owner, and ended with the 2012 indie film The Man Who Shook The Hand of Vincente Fernandez, in which he portrayed an elderly nursing home resident who heroically leads Latino workers in a revolt against the institution’s cruel owner. In addition to acting in such classic films as Bad Day at Black Rock, The Dirty Dozen and The

Wild Bunch, he appeared in scores of TV shows, from Wagon Train to ER. No part was too small or too undignified; he even did a turn as the voice of Mermaid Man, the geriatric superhero with diminished powers, in the animated children’s series SpongeBob SquarePants.

But as ubiquitous as Ernie Borgnine was, his entertaining 2010 memoir reveals plenty that we never knew about him.

1. The star of McHale’s Navy actually served from 1935 to 1945 in the U.S. Navy, including a stint as First Class Gunner’s Mate on the Sylph, a converted civilian yacht donated to the military by the inventor of the Murphy bed.

2. Borgnine went into acting at the suggestion of his mother, who advised him: “You always like to make a fool of yourself, making people laugh. Why don’t you give it a try?” His first big break as an actor came when he replaced Jesse White (more famous as the original Maytag repairman in TV commercials) as Wilson the hospital attendant in the play Harvey on Broadway.

3. When he showed up at Columbia to read for the role of Fatso Judson in From Here to Eternity, director Fred Zinnemann told him to get a haircut first. Borgnine obliged, but to Zinnemann, it wasn’t short enough. He sent Borgnine back to the barber eight more times. Borgnine, at that point still a struggling young actor, had to pay for the haircuts himself.

4. When Borgnine was filming Marty, he decided to get a better feel for his character by walking around the Bronx neighborhood where the movie was being made. He was promptly confronted by a group of Italian-American locals, who recognized him as the guy who killed their idol Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity. But they warmed up to Borgnine when he explained to them that he was friends with Sinatra and that he was also Italian-American, and after that they brought him wine and homemade pizza to the set every day.

5. While Borgnine was most acclaimed for his performance in Marty, his own personal favorite among his movies was The Poseidon Adventure, in part because he admired director Irwin Allen’s cleverness in making a spectacular action thriller on the $5 million budget that the studio grudgingly gave him. The film ultimately grossed more than $200 million worldwide.

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The Texas Board of Professional Engineers is a nine member board that is appointed by the Governor of Texas. Six members of the nine member board must be an engineer and three must be public representatives. Each of the members serves a staggered six-year term with one-third of the board expiring in each odd number year. Day to day operations are overseen by the

Executive Director and staff.

If you are interested in learning more about the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, you can go to their website at http://engineers.texas.gov/ . Some of the other agencies we will review in the upcoming weeks include the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas Ethics Commission, Texas Facilities Commission and a number of other agencies currently going through the sunset process.

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

If you have any questions regarding the Texas Board of Professional Engineers or the sunset review process, please don’t hesitate to contact either my Capitol or District office. My offices are available at any time to assist with questions, concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603).

Legislative UpdateTodd Hunter, District 32

Sunset Review Process Texas Board of Professional Engineers

Over the past month or so, I have been outlining Texas’ sunset review process. The agencies I have covered so far include the Texas Education Agency, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and several others. As a reminder, in order to identify and eliminate government waste, duplication and general inefficiencies in state agencies, the Texas Legislature established the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission in 1977. The sunset review process is designed to review each of these agencies every twelve years. This review is done by taking up a certain number of the

state agencies each session when the Texas Legislature convenes.

In last week’s article we examined the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board which is responsible with providing the Texas higher education system with leadership and coordination. In this week’s article we are going to look at the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. Like the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers was formed in 1937 after a natural gas explosion in the New London school in East Texas killed approximately 300 students and teachers. The 45th Texas Legislature noted that it was important to regulate engineering because of the “the vital impact ... the practice of engineering is having upon the lives, property, economy, and security of our people.”

In order for the Texas Board of Professional Engineers to regulate engineering in the State of Texas, individuals wishing to engage in the profession of engineering for the public are required to be licensed. The licensing of engineers helps to ensure that only qualified individuals are practicing. In addition, they also register engineering firms and enforce the Engineering Practice Act. Today, in Texas there are more than 49,000 licensed engineers who provide engineering services on 27 engineering disciplines. Each year the Texas Board of Professional Engineers handles over

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Yes, lately there has been an abundance of it. Rhetoric is swirling from food vendor controversies to the windstorm whirlwind; don’t even get me started on politics. It’s all enough to produce annoying indigestion and some serious gas. Talk about gut reactions!

Trust your gut, the mind-body connection

In a recent professional journal, I was shocked to learn about the link between our gut health with depression and anxiety. Apparently scientists found less stress, anxiety and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in subjects who were supplemented with Probiotics. According to the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a healthy “gut” produces 95% of the body’s serotonin, our natural equivalent to Prozac. So if our gut is not healthy………

Enter Probiotics

Probiotics are friendly bacteria that our digestive and immune systems need to function properly. They are a necessary component in enzyme and hormone utilization. Medications (especially antibiotics), unhealthy eating habits, diseases, lack of sleep, environmental factors, and assorted psychological stressors can deplete this good bacteria in the ecosystem of our body. Increased incidence of (bad) bacterial infections from MRSA, H. Pylori and C. Difficle bacterias, which can cause ulcers, cancer and even death, have become rampant and some evidence is pointing to the lack of good bacteria to keep them at bay.

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Many products on our store shelves include Probiotics such as baby formula, even dog food. Cultured and fermented foods naturally have active cultures of bacteria in them including yogurt, buttermilk, cottage cheese, and sauerkraut. Probiotic infused liquids include wine and micro brewed beer (great excuse to visit the Port A distillery). Fermented Asian foods including miso, pickled daikon radish and Kim-chi, just to name a few, have beneficial

bacterial components. Just how are you to pick your bacteria of choice if not in food? Due to the increasing popularity and promotion, there are many commercial Probiotics available over the counter. I suggest you choose a brand that you trust which includes both the Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria species on the label. Experts recommend a minimum of one billion mixed organisms are necessary for the beneficial probiotic effect.

The good news with a word of caution

Response to treatment has been positive especially in patients with chronic diarrhea, bloating and flatulence. In addition to promoting healthy digestion and immunity, Probiotics also improve bad breath, allergies, eczema, psoriasis, skin infections, and inflammation. Anxiety, depression, muscle pain and fatigue improve in many cases with Probiotic supplementation. Studies have shown improvement in acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis when Probiotics are on board. Probiotics may also assist in management of lactose intolerance, slow metabolism, constipation, kidney stones, recurrent urinary tract and vaginal infections as well. Sounding like the perfect panacea?

People with existing suppressed immune systems, children, elderly and pregnant women should discuss this or any other supplement with your doctor before taking. Persistent gastrointestinal symptoms may indicate a serious condition and should be evaluated by your healthcare provider. In addition to the World Health Organization – www.who.int and American Gastroenterological Association – www.gastro.org, more information about the safety and ongoing investigations of Probiotics can be accessed from www.internationalprobiotics.org, www.usprobiotics.org and www.isapp.net.

For now, I highly recommend we control our hot air with any reasonable and available means. Red wine, anyone?

Danniece Bobeché, MSN Women’s Healthcare Nurse Practitioner www.danniece.com

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Time is ticking. The hand of the clock is rolling over and falling down on the last few weeks of Summer Vacation. For those of us who live on the Island, we sometimes become reclusive and hide like hermits when the masses of Summer sun junkies invade the beaches. The kids will go back to school soon and the weekday crowds will disappear. Parents might be looking forward to school starting, but don’t forget our past. I used to count the days before school started and try to squeeze as much fun and adventure as I could out of each day. In the last few weeks I’ve been touched by a few summer stories and families that pushed me to get you out and take your kids on an adventure. I’m going to share a few easy tips to get out and make their summer days fun.

Snorkle The Jetties

You definitely don’t need to be a professional or even have a lot of expensive gear to dip into the undersea world and spark fireworks in the minds and hearts of our kids. You can rent snorkeling equipment from local dive shops. Snorkels, masks, and fins are sold at Academy and Wal-Mart. On the clear days when the surf is flat, start off at Packery Channel or the Jetties in Port A. Walk the rocks first and find a sandy

shallow spot up the channel for easy access in and out of the water. Make a float plan according to the current. Wear gloves and water shoes for everyone so you can grab rocks and enter and exit the water easily. Be careful of out going currents. Safety is your top priority. Explain everything and start off slow. For kids that are a little uneasy, let them wear a life jacket. Just a quick peak into the rocks and crevices at the jetties will reveal schools of fish. Sea turtles, crabs, tropical fish hiding in the small openings in the rocks, sea cucumbers, reds, sheep head, snook, tarpon, grouper, snapper, and countless other sea creatures. Make a list of everything you see and let the kids look them up in a book, maybe draw and paint pictures of the day. If the current is too strong or the water is murky, move to the backside of the Island along the trails between North Padre’ and Port Aransas. The Fish Pass trails are good access to clean water as well as Bird Island Basin in the National Seashore. It doesn’t have to be deep. In the bay, take some cat food and spread it out to bring in schools of perch and mullet. In the bay we use Hawaiian Slings to spear flounder from the sand pockets. Shooting a sheep head or Mangrove Snapper and cooking it for dinner is one of our favorite Summer Fun Adventures.

Suck A Shrimp

There is a small shrimp that lives in the sand along the water’s edge at the beach. The Ghost shrimp buries in the sand, but can be sucked out of its small hole with a PVC shrimp sucker. These are sold at tackle shops, HEB, and Wal-Mart. Look for the small round holes as the waves wash out and suck the sand out and while looking through the muck. Ghost shrimp are very soft and make a great bait for everything in the surf. Right now fishing in the surf is awesome. For skilled anglers the allure of catching trout, reds, sharks, tarpon, and more

are at its peak. To burn a summer fun day go out and try to catch a shark or as many whiting as you can. Every kid on my boat asks if they can catch a shark, it’s the most mystical fish in the sea. Use your light tackle with heavy leader and fresh cut bait or live mullet. Cast out past chest deep water then walk back to the beach. Small spider weights will hold your bait in the sand better in rougher seas. When you catch one, swim him up on the sand and let him calm down before you try to unhook him. Whiting are thick and plentiful as well as easy to catch one after another. There is no size limit and you can keep as many as you want to eat. Line up the kids at the beach in waist deep water and let them rip! Use small hooks and light weights. There is a man-made bait called Fish Bites that works great for Whiting as well as peeled shrimp and squid. The smaller the piece the better, about the size of a dime is best. Walk out to a sand bar and cast back into the gut so you can keep your line tight with the waves. With super small hooks they will get the hook as soon as they suck in the bait. Fire up the Colman Stove on the beach and fry them up as soon as you catch them! When your grease is already hot it takes 4 minutes and 47 seconds to get them from the water to the mouth, we have timed it.

Explore an Island

When I have kids on my boat, we break up the day by exploring islands. Pull up to the islands with big salt cedars and let them out. BB guns are great because there are lots of cans and old trash to be shot. The cabins are private but the islands belong to the state. Some Islands are off limits, leased by Birding Groups, they are Sanctuaries. Yellow signs will indicate those. Pick an Island with cabins on them for safety and easy access. Have respect for the cabin owners and enjoy the Island. As a boy, me, my friends and brother camped on every Island in the Laguna Madre’. We ran sail lines and trot lines out, made campfires, shot guns, fished, snorkeled, flounder gigged, and fell asleep under the Milky Way. We tried as hard as we could to keep that first day of school away. In reality I believe we were fighting off the tick tock of time, bring forth girls, jobs, kids, and more lay ahead . So let your kids live large.

Get A Seigne Net

Cast nets are fun and popular and it can be as much fun as fishing, but you usually only catch larger baitfish. A seeing net is a smaller mesh net about 20ft long that attaches to two poles. At least two people work together and walk through the shallows. You will catch everything in the bay. As you circle the net up to the beach, mullet will splash and jump, shrimp will pop, crabs will flutter and when you pull the net ashore it’s a free-for-all to grab it all and put it in a bucket. Sea horses, chubs, killi fish, crabs, baby trout; the list of what you will find is endless. Its a lot more than just catching bait, it’s a lesson in the abundance of life we have here in our bay.

A Big Treat

On many of my trips recently, parents have treated their kids to a guided fishing trip on my boat. For the younger kids it is a great way to develop the love of fishing which will last a lifetime. Often they have fished before but being in a boat with a stranger on open water is exciting. For the older kids it’s a chance to learn proper techniques and improve skills tenfold. For parents it’s a chance to pass down family traditions and get teenagers together with family. For everyone, it’s a Heck Of A Good Time. I’m lucky enough to have a large boat and can accommodate up to six people when they have kids. Things get hectic when fish are biting every cast and lines are braiding knots out in the wind, but it sure makes for an exciting trip. Bring the kids lots of drinks and snacks, hats and sunglasses. To really kick start a kids fishing career, bring him or her out on a guided fishing trip and take lots of great pictures.

Make a day your kids will remember forever: their imaginations paint a picture far grander than we see things. Remember that the adventure is the whole day. Show them the sunrise and the sunset and you will make this summer a bit longer for them. I have all the toys, call me if you need an adventure.

Some summer pictures say more than a thousand words.

Larger than life is achilds memory.

Island Local Don Parker took his son and grandkids on a great Baffin Trout Hunt.

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Real Estate RoundupBy Mary Lou White

New homes on the Island are proliferating at a rapid pace. To me, that translates into progress and possibly an end to the economic doldrums we have experienced since

2008. The sale of lots to builders has been brisk and the activity in new home sales has been encouraging. When a Buyer purchases a new home, they can expect to move into a clean and up to date home, with low maintenance costs for the next decade. However, they will not be eligible for the same home warranty protection plans that are sold to Buyers of pre-existing, re-sale homes. They will be covered by the Builder of their home. To understand the warranty process for this article, I turned to a member of the Builders Association of Corpus Christi. Leslie Schey represents 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty. Leslie joined 2-10HBW in February 2006, after being a developer, a mortgage loan officer and a “forclosure manager” for First City Bank. Her area covers most of South Texas, but her “home base” is Corpus Christi. 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty began in 1980 and is based in Denver, Colorado. 2-10 HBW stepped into the breach to supply the need for “Builder Warranties” when the “Home Owners Warranty” program sponsored by the National Homebuilders Association was forced to leave the marketplace. 2-10 HBW has $250,000,000 in reserves to meet the constant need for claims adjustment. In addition, their policies are “re-insured”. That means, if 2-10 cannot meet their obligations, the “back-up” insurance company will take over and address all claims.

High Risk Stakes

Consider these facts, for a moment. For most people, their home is the most expensive asset, on their personal Balance Sheet. They want the “ peace of mind” that comes from knowing it is protected from financial harm or loss. 25% of all U.S. homes will experience some structural distress during their effective lifespan. 5% will have major structural difficulties. 80% of structural claims arise from movement of the foundation. 20% are caused by framing-related difficulties. The primary culprit is movement of the soil that supports the foundation. Two types of soil cause soil movement: Active

Soil and Fill Material. Active soils contain clay that swells when it is wet and shrinks when it is dry. This type of soil covers 50% of the United States and causes more property damage than all floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes combined. Houses bend and tilt causing distortion and damage to any rigid building materials. (wood, sheetrock, tile, stucco , brick, piping and ducts) “High Risk” states are: Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama and Mississippi. Basically, Mother Nature can destroy anything Man can create. What are we mere mortals supposed to do? One word: Mitigate.

The Steps To Take

When it comes to “New Home Warranties”, the Builder does it all. First of all, they should strive to build a quality home that will perform well for the long term. That starts with knowing what type of soil exists on the property they have chosen. Soil tests performed on the

“lot” will go a long way in determining what type of foundation to use. Engineered foundation design and inspections will lessen the problems in the future. Skilled framing designs and construction techniques combined with

inspections will be the next step toward a long life, with minimal problems, for the home. Following Building Code requirements during construction and providing a final grade of the lot, that allows for proper drainage away from the foundation are all steps taken by prudent builders. Most states have either implied or statutory warranty requirements that define the Builder’s liability. Generally, that is 10 years to comply with federal housing standards. Historical data shows that 30% of claims are received within the first four years and 70% of claims occur after year 4, with the peak coming between year four and seven. Many builders choose to purchase an “Express Warranty” that is backed by insurance to provide liability protection that reduces their risk and protects their reputation. To do that, the Builder must apply for Membership and meet strict underwriting guidelines. Their credit is reviewed along with their years of experience. The original membership fee is followed by an annual renewal fee and for each home that is covered a fee is charged at closing, paid by the Builder and based on the Sales Price of the home.

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2 Multi Family Units For Sale From $385,000 to $2,500,000

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51 Parcels on a canal or water From $99,000 to $1,850,250

70 Parcels not on water From $26,900 to $1,529,000

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62 Detached Homes on the water From $249,900 to $2,200,000

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At closing, the Builder and the Buyers sign the Warranty Policy documents. The Buyers will receive a

“Warranty Booklet” and a “Certificate”, in the mail, on their new home. During the first year of occupancy, any “workmanship” items are dealt with by the original Builder. During the second year, the Builder is still responsible for the “systems” in the home, such as supply piping, waste piping, ductwork, and electrical wiring. 2-10HBW covers the structural portion of the home for 10 full years starting from the day of closing. (note: not all warranty companies start their structural coverage at closing). Items included in the structural coverage are: roof framing, load bearing walls, beams, columns, foundations and floor framing. According to Leslie Schey, 2-10 HBW will not only pay to repair your home’s structural issues, but they will pay to put your interior back to original condition. The average claim is $42,000. In 2011, 2-10HBW, handled 50,000 calls and 10,000 inquiries by mail/fax/email. 96% of those inquiries were resolved by their administration, which consists of almost 300 employees. The remaining 4% involved arbitration between the Builder and the Homeowner or led to claim adjustments. 2-10 HBW will pay claims, even if the Builder defaults, on his portion of the warranty, because they are a surety behind the builder. The 10 year Warranty continues on the home and transfers through change in ownership. In fact, if the Warranty Booklet and Certificate are lost, they can be replaced. If you think your home is covered by 2-10HBW, but you are not sure, call 800-488-8844 and submit your address, to receive a definitive answer. If you are building or thinking of building and want more information about 2-10HBW, to provide to your builder, you can contact Leslie Schey at 361-739-7739. Being informed is a good thing.

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On Friday July 13th, the Padre Island Enrichment ( P.I.E.) members held their monthly luncheon at the Island’s Holiday Inn Beach Hotel. The luncheon program was guest speaker Jim Moloney, co-author of the books “1919 The Storm” & “Corpus Christi A History” & publisher of the book “A Soldier’s Life”. Jim presented a slide show & narrative on the 1919 storm in Corpus Christi. Many members purchased his books with personal inscriptions.A very informative program. Pictured is Jim Moloney.

On August 10th, the P.I.E. program will be a favorite- BINGO. Make your reservations by noon on Wednesday, August 8th to PIELuncheon @aol.com.

P.I.E. 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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Sharon Watkins, Bout Time, Padre Island, TX (our end of the sand bar) 100 pound Black Tip Shark:   Won 2nd place in Offshore Division Shark in the Deep Sea Roundup in Port Aransas last weekend.

“I was fishing for a Big Ole Red Snapper on lighter tackle than I would have been using if I were trying to catch a shark, when I hooked up with this guy.  In 225’ of water, it took me around 35 minutes to land him.  We caught Wahoo, Dolphin and Red Snapper, but this Black Tip was the only fish I boated that we thought may have a chance at a prize.  1st Place Black Tip weighed in at 140 lbs.  Kinda glad I didn’t hook him!

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Islanders Joe Keener and Gilbert Alvarado were competitors in the Annual 77th Deep Sea Round-Up. Keener’s yacht “The Debra Jane” won the Shark Division this past weekend. This is the third year in a row that Gilbert Alvarado and Joe Keener’s team have ended up on the leader board.  The team won the 2010 Shark Division & 2011Second Place in the Kingfish Division. Gilbert Alvarado is pictured 2nd from left and Joe Keener is pictured next to Alvarado at third from left.

77th Annual Deep Sea Roundup

The 77th annual Deep Sea Roundup was a success in mostly calm seas, but the Let It Ride did catch fire and was destroyed