Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 2012 Page: 1 of 18
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700 WEST AVENUE A
PORT A KANSAS, TX 78373
Ready, set, go!
Brundrett Middle School
students (at far right)
compete with students from
other schools’ cross country
teams as a race begins on
the beach in Port Aransas
Saturday, Sept. 22. Port
Aransas High School hosted
the meet that involved both
middle school and high
school students. (See story
and photos, page 9A.)
Staff photo by Dan Parker
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 ©2012
Vol. 41 No. 39
A LOT OF POT
A package of marijuana
found on the beach was
turned over to police.
Drop a line
Redfish are running.
4B
Money makers
Port Aransas kids
are excited about
PTO fundraiser.
KOI
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Ferry Wait Times
View the Ferry Line
Staring
contest
City eyes coyotes;
coyotes watch us
Dan Parker • Have city staff look into
Reporter how garbage cans might be
The Port Aransas City better secured on the beach in
Council took a walk on the order to prevent garbage from
wild side. being food for coyotes;
Meeting on Thursday, Sept. • Conduct a study on the
20, the council decided to take Port Aransas environment,
several new actions geared coyote-wise, and determine
toward better controlling the other possible solutions to
coyote population in town. coyote problems. At the re-
The council voted 7-0 to quest of Councilman Charles
have city staff: Bujan, one option to be ad-
• Continue with increased dressed in the study will be the
coyote trapping efforts; possibility of hiring a profes-
• Work, possibly with the sional hunter to shoot coyotes
Port Aransas Chamber of dead, according to City Man-
Commerce-Tourist Bureau, ager Robert Bradshaw.
to conduct public education Most council members Wild thillg
efforts on how to prevent seemedA coyote peers out from between the bars of a cage-style trap that caught him Sunday,
coyotes from being a pro em Jni/nn A.. Sept. 16, near the Port Aransas High School track. City animal control officers have been
(such as by not leaving out The council too up e trappjng COy0tes in town for past few years. Some of the captured coyotes are relocated
garbage or pet food that could coyote matter at the request |S|anci 0r the area known as Charlie’s Pasture, but most have been euthanized
be eaten by coyotes); ‘COUNCIL,’ Page 6A because they’ve been found to be unhealthy, police said.
Staff photo by Dan Parker
Concrete
example
Dream house built
to handle big storms
Dan Parker
Reporter
Chad and Kimber Gorczy-
ca are building their dream
house, an unusual structure
that they’ve designed both
for luxury and the strength
to stand up to big hurricanes.
Few, if any, Port Aransas
houses have been built like
this one. The main distin-
guishing feature: Its core is
solid concrete.
“Homes are so exposed to
the environment here,” Chad
said. “We wanted a house that
will last.”
Friends have taken notice.
“Everyone says that when
a storm is coming, they’re
coming to our place,” Kimber
said, laughing.
Construction on the
sprawling, three-story struc-
ture on Ocean View Drive
Proud owners STAFF PH0T0 BY DAN Parker
Chad and Kimber Gorczyca stand in front of the house they’re solid concrete at its core, the house is expected to stand up
building on Ocean View Drive on Wednesday, Sept. 19. With to powerful hurricanes, the couple said.
began May 21. The Gorczycas
are hoping to wrap it up in
July or August next year.
Manco Structures of
San Marcos trucked in 300
pre-fabricated concrete pan-
els, some up to nine by 20 feet
in size, for the construction.
The concrete was put in place
by two cranes, one about 100
feet high, and the other in the
140-foot range.
The walls are made from
six-inch-thick panels of con-
crete. The floors are hol-
low-core concrete.
The three-story house is
anchored by 40 two-by-two-
foot concrete piers that plunge
30 feet into the ground.
Large steel beams, one
of them 35 feet long, give
additional strength to the
structure.
Chad said he expects the
structure to stand up well to
the everyday harshness of the
Port Aransas climate, with its
intense sun and prevailing
southeasterly breezes, laden
with salt air.
And the couple expects
the home to resist powerful
hurricanes, even some of the
‘HOUSE,’ Page 5A
View Beach and
Surf Conditions
Guided Beach Walk
ity manager wish list
Index
Island Life
Police blotter.................2B
Constable’s beat.............2B
Classifieds
Real Estate..............6B-8B
Dan Parker
Reporter
When leaders begin their
next search for a new Port
Aransas city manager, they’re
going to be looking for some-
one with a wide variety of
talents, city council members
said.
In varying combinations,
council members said they’re
hoping to find someone who
not only does a good job of
running city hall but also net-
works well with other govern-
ment agencies, gets out and
mixes with fellow Port Aran-
Opinion
Dave McNeely................3A
Cal Thomas....................3A
Mary Henkel Judson.......3A
Outdoors
Fishing report................4B
Tides & Weather.............4B
sans and
works to
promote
a strong
a tourism
trade here
in town.
The
council
members
made the
remarks
in sep-
arate interviews with the
South Jetty.
This town is believed to
likely find itself without a city
McMullin
manager
soon be-
cause Fort
Pierce,
Fla., city
c 0 m -
mission-
ers have
named
Port
Aran-
sas City
Manager
Robert Bradshaw their top
choice to fill their empty city
manager’s post. Bradshaw is
in the process of finalizing
Price
an em-
ployment
agree-
ment
with Fort
Pierce.
Fort
Pierce
city com-
mission-
ers voted
5-0 on
Monday,
Sept. 24, to approve the terms
of a contract with Bradshaw,
said Anne Satterlee, a spokes-
man for Fort Pierce city gov-
Myers
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Calendars
Art Center.....................7A
Island agenda.................2A
Church
Directory.......................3B
Sports
Cross country schedule.9A
Youth Willis Webb
School menus.................8A
Education notes..............8A
Columnists
Scott Burroughs...........2B
Tony Amos......................5B
Dining Out......................3B
ernment.
The Port
Aransas
City Coun-
cil is plan-
ning to hold
a special
meeting
Oct. 4 to
talk about
plans for
how to
-handle the
period that
Port Aransas will be between
‘COUNCIL,’ Page 5A
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Judson, Mary Henkel. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 2012, newspaper, September 27, 2012; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505935/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.