Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 2011 Page: 1 of 18
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Clean sweep
Volunteers from across
Texas gathered in Port
Aransas to clean the beach
of trash Saturday.
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Port Aransas High School
Marlin cross country runner
Matt Fries leads the pack at
the PAHS cross country meet
on Saturday, Sept. 24. Fries
is the leading runner for his
team, and finished second in
the meet. The team is ranked
third in the state. The Marlins
and Lady Marlins will travel to
Round Rock Saturday, Oct. 1,
to compete in a meet at the site
of the state meet -- a meet for
which they plan to qualify. See
results and more photos inside
on Page 8A.
Staff photo by Marnie Pate
Cool catch
Temperatures are cooling
-- slightly -- but the fishing
is heating up.
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They’re here!
Migrating species
are making their way
through Port Aransas on
their way south for the
winter. Hooked on birding
columnist Lynn Steakley
writes about recent visitors
to the Leonabelle Turnbull
Birding Center.
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Grass fire
A grass fire on the southern
city limits of town Monday
burned an open area west
of State Hwy. 361.
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South Jetty file photo
Hot rod
Jim and Janie Magee of Port Aransas look over one of
the Mustangs that came to Port Aransas for last year’s
MustangFest. This year's event is scheduled for Friday and
Saturday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1.
Pomes coming to town
MustangFest to draw , planes, horses
By Susasn Armanovs
Staff writer
Don’t miss your opportuni-
ty to see the Mile of Mustangs
show this weekend.
The annual pilgrimage of
“Americas car” and the horses
after which they are named, as
well as a display of airplanes
will return to Port Aransas
tomorrow Friday, Sept. 30,
and remain through Sunday,
Oct. 2.
MustangFest 2011, cel-
ebrating “all things Mustang,”
is scheduled to arrive on Mus-
tang Island at 3:24 p.m. in
a caravan that will begin in
Mustang, Okla. The group will
convene at the headquarters
hotel, Plantation Suites. Spec-
tators are welcome to attend
the arrival spectacular.
The Mustang GTs, GTAs,
Cobras, Shelbys, Saleens,
Roush Mustangs, Boss 351s,
Mustang IIs, California Spe-
cials and exotic racing Mus-
tangs will be joined by some 20
yearling wild mustang horses,
to be put up for adoption on
Saturday. The adoption will be
conducted by the U.S. Depart-
ment of the Interior’s Bureau
of Land Management as part
of the Wild Free-Roaming
Horses and Burros Act, which
Congress passed 40 years ago
to protect and preserve wild
horses on America’s public
rangelands. The BLM periodi-
cally removes excess animals
from the range in order to
maintain healthy herds and
to protect other rangeland
resources. The adoption pro-
gram is essential for achieving
these important management
goals, according to a BLM
press release.
‘CARS,’ Page 6A
Work funded by 2008
bonds is wrapping up
Dan Parker
Reporter
Workers are in the midst
of the third and final phase
of street and drainage projects
financed by a $4.9 million
bond issue approved by Port
Aransas voters in 2008.
Phase Three improvements
are expected to last another
four or five months, accord-
ing to Deputy City Manager
Dave Parsons. Completion
of Phase Three will mark a
milestone in Port Aransas
street improvements over the
past several years.
In 2006, city staff surveyed
every street in town and put
together a list classifying the
roads according to their con-
ditions. Streets got a rating of
one if they were in top shape,
and then on down the scale
to a rating of five if they were
among the worst.
By the time all of the work
is done in 2008 bond projects,
repairs will be finished on
all except two of the several
dozen Port Aransas streets
given ratings of three, four
and five, Parsons said. Many
of the streets also were re-
paired with funds from a $2.7
million bond issue approved
by voters in 2006.
Work is
expected to last
another four or
five months.
Phase Three work began
with an overlay of Alister
Street from Avenue G to Cot-
ter Avenue last spring.
According to Parsons, oth-
er completed parts of Phase
Three include:
• Applying pavement to
a short section of Tarrant
Street that branches off Cot-
ter Avenue and parallels the
physical plant building at the
University of Texas Marine
Science Institute;
• Paving about 200 feet
of White Street, a dirt road,
west of its intersection with
Oleander Street;
• Milling and paving Sea
Oat Drive, a cul-de-sac;
• Rebuilding a portion of
Avenue D between Sixth and
Gulf streets, plus the addition
of underground drainage;
Parts of Phase Three cur-
rently underway include:
• Underground utility work
that must be done before pav-
ing at Pleasant Valley Road,
which is a dirt road;
• Drainage and street work
on Avenue C from Station to
11th streets.
Phase Three projects that
are still to come:
• Rebuilding Trout Street
and inserting underground
drainage where there was
none before. The newly re-
constituted Trout Street will
be made of concrete, which
is tougher than asphalt.
• Drainage work at Howard
‘08 BOND,’ Page 7 A
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Road work
Workers on Monday, Sept. 26, toil at a project that ultimately
will mean a rebuilt Avenue C from 11th Street to Station
Street and improve drainage in the area. The project is
part of the third and final phase of street and drainage work
financed by a $4.9 million bond issue approved by Port
Aransas voters in 2008. Phase Three is expected to wrap
up within the next several months.
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Loaded up
Staff photo by Dan Parker
The Michael W. Behrens, foreground, is loaded with vehicles and ready
to depart the Mustang Island ferry landings on Friday, Sept. 23.
Quirks are expected
with new ferryboats
Dan Parker
Reporter
The new ferries in Port Aransas are
quality vessels, despite the fact that the
multi-million-dollar boats have been
taken out of service due to various
problems since they started operat-
ing July 1, according to a ferry system
official.
“I love the new boats,” said Howard
Gillespie, ferry operations manager.
“I think they’re much easier to
handle,” Gillespie said. “The wind and
currents have less effect on them than
on the older boats. And they’re just
a joy to drive. They have their little
quirks, and we’re going to get all those
worked out.”
When ferries have been taken out of
service, Gillespie has sent out e-mails
explaining the situations to the South
Jetty, city hall, the Port Aransas Cham-
ber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau and
others around town.
According to Gillespie’s e-mails,
incidents have included:
• Gillespie reporting on July 14 that
both new ferries - the Charles W. Heald
and the Michael W. Behrens - were
being taken out of service for mainte-
nance and training on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays. (That’s not being done
‘PROBLEMS,’ Page 7 A
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Index
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Real Estate..............5B-8B
Sports
Cross country ...........8A
Youth
School menus.................9A
Education notes.............9A
Opinion
Dave McNeely................3A
Cal Thomas....................3A
Mary Henkel Judson.......3A
Letters ..........................3A
Columnists
Scott Burroughs..........2B
Tony Amos.....................8B
Lynn Steakley...............8B
Todd Hunter.................3B
Church
Church directory..........3B
Pastor’s Pen.................3B
Calendars
Island agenda................2A
Art Center....................3B
Outdoors
Fishing report...............4B
Tides ............................4B
Weather........................4B
Island Life
Law enforcement..........2B
Pet Paper Caper...........8A
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Judson, Mary Henkel. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 2011, newspaper, September 29, 2011; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505932/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.