Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 2011 Page: 1 of 20
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Five-year-old Ella Currie, left, of Port Aransas, and Allison Coast Guard vessel, Santa was one of the attractions at the St. Nick after boats decorated for the holiday season, above
Long, 7, of Corpus Christi, above left, confer with Santa Claus Carolers Afloat and Lighted Boat Parade at Dennis Dreyer right, paraded around the harbor competing for cash prizes
about the upcoming Christmas holiday. Arriving via U.S. Municipal Harbor Dec. 3. Dozens of children got visits with See results and more photos on’ Page 1B.
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Big fish on!
Daniel Johnson of Port
Aransas holds a 28”, 8.5-
pound monster flounder
-- the biggest he’s ever
caught. Suffice to say, the
fish are biting.
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Gift of giving
South Jett
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
©2011
Vol. 42 No. 49
Wanted^orever home for two
Canine couple
seeks family to
take them both
Dan Parker
Reporter
They’re a bonded couple,
now in their golden years.
They probably were hoping to
live out the rest of their lives
together in the RV that they
shared.
But that happily-ever-after
scenario is in peril.
They are Red, a hard-of-
hearing 13-year-old Husky
mix with a scar on his nose,
and his mate, Blondie, a rotund
eight-year-old yellow Labrador
retriever mix. For a time, both
dogs lived with their owners in
Bonded STAFF photo by Dan Parker
Blondie, left, and Red lost their home when their owner was
arrested Nov. 2 in Port Aransas and jailed. Now the bonded
pooches are living together at the Port Aransas Animal
Shelter. Officials with the shelter are hoping to see the pair
adopted out together.
a motorhome.
But all that changed when
one of the owners, Anthony
Stalcup, 55, of Kentucky, was
arrested in Port Aransas Nov.
2 on suspicion of being a felon
in possession of a firearm,
according to Det. Mike Han-
non of the Port Aransas Police
Department. Police made the
arrest after getting a report
that someone was walking
around with a gun at On the
Beach RV, on Beach Access
Road 1A.
Stalcup and his wife had
been visiting Port Aransas
for about three weeks at the
time of his arrest. He still was
being held Friday, Dec. 2, at
Nueces County Jail in lieu of
$ 15,000 bond. He doesn’t have
much money, so it’s not likely
he’ll make the bond, Hannon
said.
Stalcup’s wife has said she
can’t care for the dogs, Han-
non said. She has left the state
in the motorhome, he said.
With no one to care for the
pooches, police were forced
to turn them over to the city
animal shelter. The dogs re-
main caged there, but Animal
Control Officer Jim Williams
said he’s hoping that someone
will come forward and adopt
them, give them new lives.
It would be best if the dogs
are adopted together, said
Cherie Hoffman, a shelter
volunteer who has walked
the dogs three times a week
since they first landed in the
‘CANINE,’ Page 12A
Kendall Owens is collecting
toys for underprivileged
kids hospitalized in Golfito,
Costa Rica.
Owl-eye
Families need to register for food, toys
Families wishing to receive
toys from the Emergency Ser-
vices Toy Round Up had better
make their way to the EMS
office or the police department
to register.
Deadline to register your
family is tomorrow, Friday,
Dec. 9.
Application forms may be
submitted, along with a utility
or rent bill with your name and
Erne
Services
Round Up
Port Aransas zip code as proof
of residency in Port Aransas.
Also required will be a form
of identification.
Port Aransas police, fire and
medical services are collecting
for their 14th annual drive.
Contributions will be distrib-
uted to Port Aransas families
who may not otherwise have
presents to place under their
trees.
‘TOYS,’ Page 12A
Port
Aransas
families
wishing
to re-
ceive the
mak-
ings
for a
_____Christ-
mas dinner from the Care
and Share Food Drive should
VFW
Care & Share
sign up soon. The deadline to
put your name on the list is
Monday, Dec. 19.
Eligible families may stop
by the VFW Post 8967, 311
N. Alister St., any day of the
week between 2 and 10 p.m.
to add their names to the
list. Organizers warn that
everyone wishing to receive a
‘DEC. 19,’ Page 8A
An owl is among unique
sightings discussed by bird
columnist Lynn Steakley.
Link
WWW.PORTASOUTHJETTY.COM
Ferry Wait Times
View the Ferry Line
Coyote calls drop
Police don't know if it's due
to trapping efforts, drought
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Dan Parker
Reporter
Coyote complaints to police
have been way down over the
past several months, according
to Port Aransas Police Chief
Scott Burroughs.
But it’s hard to say whether
the drop is a result of the city’s
continued trapping program
or other factors, or perhaps
some combination, Burroughs
said.
“We know that reported
sightings are down, and there
have not been any bites re-
ported this year,” Burroughs
said in a recent interview.
Maybe it is a result of our
efforts, maybe it has to do with
the drought conditions, maybe
people are used to seeing them.
I can’t say for sure if there is a
correlation between our efforts
and the reduction in reported
encounters.”
The police department’s
animal control division started
trapping coyotes in late 2009
after getting reports of re-
peated encounters in town
between coyotes and people.
Burroughs said the coyotes
Outdoors
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Tides & Weather........4B
Island Life
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Pet Paper Caper......5B
u
We know that
reported sight-
ings are down,
and there have
not been any
bites reported
this year.
Scott Burroughs
PAPD Chief of Police
are “humanely removed” from
populated areas of Port Aran-
sas, but he wouldn’t say what
has been done with the wild
canines after that.
At least five people reported
being bitten by coyotes in
separate incidents in 2009.
All of the victims were sleep-
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Opinion
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Cal Thomas...............3A
Mary Henkel Judson.. 3A
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ing outdoors at night, some of
them camping.
Injuries were minor, in-
flicted by quick nips from the
coyotes. But at least some of
the victims got rabies shots as
precautions.
Animal control officers have
used cage-style traps to catch
coyotes. Burroughs has de-
clined to reveal the locations
where the trapping has taken
place.
Some 36 coyotes have been
caught since the trapping
started in late 2009, Burroughs
said. That includes about 12
this past spring.
Trapping efforts continue
today, but none has been cap-
tured since early spring this
year, the chief said.
In addition to initiating
the trapping program, police
went on a public education
campaign designed to prevent
human-coyote encounters that
could end up badly.
Police have advised folks
not to sleep in open areas,
staying in tents when camping.
‘CALLS,’ 8A
Youth
School menus............6A
Education notes........6A
Church
Pastor’s Pen.............3B
Basketball
BMS Marlins............9A
Face-off Staff photo by Dan Parker
A coyote stares at a South Jetty photographer in a field near
the intersection of 11th Street and Beach Access Road 1A
on Nov. 18. After a short face-off, the coyote trotted away,
into a nearby thicket. Port Aransas animal control officers
have trapped about three dozen coyotes over the past two
years in response to a rash of human-coyote encounters
that included bites to several folks.
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Judson, Mary Henkel. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 2011, newspaper, December 8, 2011; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505794/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.