Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 2007 Page: 4 of 24
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4A Thursday, September 27, 2007
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NATURE PRESERVE
67 ACRE BOUNDARY
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Book it!
Secret Life of Bees' is October selection
Citizen input called key to development of 67 acres
Run to the library and pick up a
copy of "The Secret Life of Bees" to
participate in a discussion with other
book lovers.
The Ellis Memorial Library book
club discussion will be held Tuesday,
Oct. 9, at 6 p.m., in the library meeting
room, 710 W. Ave. A.
The public is invited to join the
discussion that will be led by Joyce
Williams. A copy of the book may
be reserved at the circulation desk of
the library.
Library Director Kathy Caldwell
said the book by Sue Monk' Kidd
involves the life of a woman on a
peach farm in South Carolina. With
her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Ow-
ens has shaped her entire life around
one devastating, blurred memory,
the afternoon her mother was killed,
when she was four. Since then, her
only real companion has been the
fierce-hearted, and sometimes just
fierce, black woman Rosaleen, who
acts as her "stand-in mother."
When Rosaleen insults three of the
deepest racists in town, Lily knows it
is time to spring them both free. They
take off in the only direction Lily can
think of, toward a town called Tibu-
ron, South Carolina, a name she found
on the back of a picture amid the few
possessions left by her mother.
In Tiburon, an eccentric trio of
black beekeeping sisters named
May, June and August takes them in.
Lily thinks of them as the calendar
sisters and enters their mesmerizing
secret world of bees and honey, and
of the Black Madonna who presides
over this household of strong, wise
women. Maternal loss and betrayal,
guilt and forgiveness entwine in a
story that leads Lily to the single thing
her heart longs for most.
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Visitors' Guide
DEADLINE
Oct. 25, 2007
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the marina project."
"When talking about a city project,
I'd see one similar to the one we have
- a public marina with slips that can
be rented by people who live here and
visitors," said Jim Urban.
Urban, who usually speaks to the
council as the city engineer, said he
was appearing not as a city employee
but as a private citizen.
"The one thing we don't have, but
we can accomplish because of private
ownership on one side, is facilities
for bait and places for people to go,"
Urban said. "The city marina is being
closed in because of the economic
benefit of building high rise residenc-
es. I'd hope the city would have the
foresight to set aside land where bait
houses and places can be built so it
looks like a marina and has the facili-
ties a marina needs. It's an expensive
prospect but we're a prosperous city
and I think we can do it."
Brown asked for a show of hands in
the audience of people who favored a
marina; virtually every hand went up.
Stluka said with more workshops,
he would expect the council to have
a proposal ready in about six months.
No date was set Thursday for a future
workshop.
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Trash service changes under review
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governmental. We've also been look-
ing at trash collection for a couple
years - which things we can do
ourselves and which things should
be contracted."
Kovacs said with the system of 95-
gallon containers, "We get rid of the
helter-skelter trash cans and get more
defined trash cans as well as getting
billing organized. A cheaper solution
that would keep the rate a bit lower is
collecting Once a week. That's an ex-
periment and we're playing a hunch,
but 95 gallons is a lot of trash."
Bob Bradley, district manager for
Allied Waste Services, pointed out
that since 1991, the limit on trash
containers is supposed to have been
35 gallons.
"A lot of people are moving (far-
ther south) on the island and saying,
'We need these (larger) cans because
we have trash scattered all up and
down the road and birds and coyotes.'
So they went and bought heavy-duty
65-gallon trash cans," Bradley said.
"But we're doing pick-up, and we
can't lift them, so we're in a Catch-
22. That's one of the benefits of this
- our guys don't have to lift them."
Assistant City Manager Judy Lyle
also noted that the city limits custom-
ers to three 35-gallon trash cans.
"If they have more, they pay a
higher rate," Lyle said.
Bradley said trash collection rates
are going up in any case because
Corpus Christi, where the trash is
dumped, has opened a new landfill
that's 45 minutes farther away from
Port Aransas.
"We're a service company, and
we'll do whatever the city wants,"
Bradley said. "But we're looking at
what we're doing now, going beyond
the contract (in picking up larger
cans) - but if we leave things the
way they are, we're going to have to
add a truck and a driver. Things are
going up just by virtue of (a greater
distance) to the landfill."
"If you only pick my garbage up
once a week, I'd be hotter than a fire-
cracker," commented Mayor Claude
Brown. - "That won't work."
"I think the mechanized system is
the way to go," Councilman Keith
Donley agreed, "but from public
comments and my personal experi-
ence I agree with the mayor and
think it has to be twice a week. So if
we used the 95-gallon container it'd
cost us another $5 a month? That's a
no-brainer."
"We'll also have to go from two
to three pickup zones," Kovacs said.
"We propose that heavy tourist areas
be picked up first thing after the
weekends."
"I need to go back and figure out
schedules, how we're going to do
twice weekly pickups," Bradley told
the council. "It's going to mean Sat-
urday pickups. I'd really like you to
table this until next month and let me
figure that out."
They did - as well as the following
item that for .the increase m
sanitation pickup fees. The council
expects to take the matter up again
at its October meeting, scheduled for
Thursday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m.
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Remember me on sunny days
In the fun that summer brings
Remember me in the fall
As you walk through the leaves of gold
And in the wintertime-remember me
In the stories that are told
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City vehicle policy revised
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the Vehicle would affect Ortiz's du-
ties.
Back in open session, Councilman
Bubba Jensen moved that all city ve-
hicles be kept within city limits so they
can properly respond to emergency
situations, and added that the city
should compensate the gas supervi-
sor by allotting a $400 per month car
allowance.
Then, Jensen said he miscalculated,
and amended the motion to read that
compensation shall be as decided by
the city manager.
"For the record, that's $425 per
month," noted Morris.
"And for a limit of six months,"
Jensen added.
"Would you consider $725?" Coun-
cilman Charles Bujan asked.
"No," Jensen said. "I've made a mo-
tion in line with the recommendation
of the city manager, which was $425 a
month, and I'd like to continue for six
months to give that person a chance to
get on his feet."
Councilman Keith Donley seconded
the motion, but before taking a vote,
the council went back behind closed
doors for more discussion. When it
returned, Jensen amended his motion
to make the compensation last a year
instead of six months.
Jensen, Donley and Mayor Claude
Brown voted in favor; councilmen
Rick Pratt, Mike Hall, Keith McMul-
lin and Bujan voted no, causing the
motion to fail.
Donley then moved to raise the
compensation to $550 per month for
a year. He, Bujan, Brown and Jensen
voted yes, overriding the "no" votes
of McMullin, Hall and Pratt.
The council did not discuss compen-
sation for Johnson or Moreno. Ortiz
was pinpointed for discussion because
he was hired with the understanding he
would have the use of a city vehicle.
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James Bruster, Minister
Sunday Bible Class 9 a.m.
Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Class 7 p.m.
205 Brundrett
749-5498....361-563-8232
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
Paul Campbell, President
Sacrament Meeting: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Primary: 10:45 a.m.
Priesthood and Relief Society:
11:30 a.m.
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Rockport
(361) 790-5699
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN
Richard Safford, Pastor
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Church School 9:30 a.m. Sun.
Bible Study 4:00 p.m. Wed.
113 S. Alister 749-5319
11TH STREET CHRISTIAN
John Pritchett, Minister
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m.
11th & Nelson Ave.
Aransas Pass....758-5818
FAITH LUTHERAN
James Sturgis, Pastor
938 W. Lott Ave., Aransas Pass
361-758-3145
Bible Study: 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.
FIRST BAPTIST
William Campbell, Pastor
Sunday School/Bible
Study - all ages 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Anchor Groups: T.B.A.
Wed.: Tidal Wave Kids
200 N. Station 749-6479
FIRST CHRISTIAN
(Disciples of Christ)
Rev. David Dear, Pastor
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m.
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1801 S. 11th 749-5772
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Father John Xaviour
Rosary 7:45 & Mass 8 a.m. daily
Sunday Mass: 9 & 11 a.m.
Saturday Mass: 5 p.m.
Holy Days 8 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Confession: 4 p.m.
100 N. Station 749-5825
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Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Eucharist: 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Adult and Youth Christian
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Ladies Bible Study: Monday 7 p.m.
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Judson, Mary Henkel. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 2007, newspaper, September 27, 2007; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth409956/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.