Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1993 Page: 1 of 16
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Parts of Titanic found in Gulf
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place of the TUmic yesterday,
March 31), sparking speculation
> of one of Port Annas’premiere
News Briefs
Stolen truck found
Citixer of the Yeer for 1993, Mark
Creighton, was found asleep in his rod
track which, an investigation revealed,
was stolen from Sns|>-oo Tool*. “It was
a momentary lapse," Creighton said
when roused bom a deep sleep. He
explained that he found the track, ap-
parently abondoned,aadMIlcnew feat it
could be used far MmrtMug.”
The Titanic, a luxury class British passen-
ger ocean-liner was considered unsinkable,
but in 1912 on its maiden voyage from South
Hampton to New York, the ship struck an
iceberg off Newfoundland and sunk. About
l^of the 2^200passengers aboard drowned.
The tragedy has captivated millions, nd has
been the subject of several movies, articles and
novels.
University of Texas Marine Science Insti-
tute physical oceanographer Tony Amos, who
studies the tidal patterns of the Gulf, specu-
lated that "Gravitational forces of the moon
have affected tidal action, and it is my assump-
tion and hypothesis that Newton’s Law has
affected the undertidal current causing maxi-
mum proportional pull to and from the gulf
waters mmI the teas, therefore super-imposing
these forces upon the Earth’s subsurface ac-
tion promoting much understudied action and
thereby may be responsible for this vessel’s
refuse subsurfacing in the Lone Star artificial
reef fish habitat"
If s unusual, but "It happens," Amos said.
The artificial reefs, created by car bodies
and sunken barges, are hot spots for anglers
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immunity Center sold
■ The Community Center was acd-1
[dentally sold during the Rotary Club's
annual Rummage Sale Feb. 27. The
title lo the building was in a box of
I amnemot that were donated to the sale
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proved. Rummage Sale chairman
! Sharon Butler said she regrets any in-
convenience that the accident may have
Confer said "We really didn't mean
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Port Aransas High School aopho
rare Shade Vaughn, the Martin bo.
1 player who set records shooting
poimen for the Martin basketball
Lwcnt all the way to Regional,
is giving it all ap lo go with the proa.
Vnnghn will drip his junior and senior
ysanstPAHSloagnonwiththeSuper
Bowl Champions, the Dallas Cowboys.
m an extra point kicker. "Hehasall the
right Miff," said OowboysCbnch Jimm y
Johnson. *T like the idea of wearing
moulder pads," Va—hn said. Vaughns
pmts. artist Sieve and PA1SD guid-
ance counselor Nancy Vaughn, were
on a weekend parenting retreat and
coaid aot be reached for comment.
|Ferrles to shut down
City manager Tom Brooks an-
nounced that the ferry will close down
at the end of this month due to lack of
"We've been aotidnf a decline in
the—aiberof cmafeat have been ati-
lixtag the femes for aoaae months now,
and the fact of the matter is that the
Department ofTraasportauon can no
longer foot the biUfor unnecessary
ferry mrvice,” mid Brooks.
Council ammber lifts Cories mid,
"I knew it would come to this. I mean,
look at *a golf oonrae feme, no one
waatod to shuck ont money for that. Do
you *iak feey'ie going to pay for hole
ferry home i—yon have to wait for all
riwtkne? 1 aman, yon nan naly waicb
the dolphins play far ao long."
Mutalah— also bammaabig lame.
.“The ferry
[ way to Charlig'x
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World record trout
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by Murray Judaon) _
and sport divers. Now that the section of
Titanic has been found, these sites may be
over-run with scientists wid investigators, and
may be closed off to any further fishing or
diving.
The Port Aransas Boatmen’s Association,
led by Wyatt Hariris, is opposing closure of the
sites. He explained that fishing is fertourist
attraction in Port Aransas and “As long ns the
sport fishing is good, tourists will continue to
come here." He went on to say that the Titanic
is a substantial addition to the artificial reefs,
and removing it would destroy a vital link in
the ecosystem. “This piece of the Titanic is a
blessing in disguise for anglers, divers, and
fish of all kinds." said Harris.
Port Aransas Police Chief Don Perkins said
his department "Won't touch that one with a '
IQfentpnlr,, Wa’maotfB—mg (hatred tape."
With Perkfes steppfegr'OM of the picture.
Constable Bobby Sherwood, a certified diver,
will retrieve the section in the next few days,
before any further deterioration occurs.
UTMSI scientist Ken Dunton is the scuba
diver who discovered the section of the 71-
tanic. He was not available for comment be-
cause he is being held by Sherwood's deputies
until excavation is complete. He told his wife,
Susan Schonberg, upon surfacing," Holy To-
ledo! I just discovered the Titanic! This is
Detier inan winning tnc state soccer cnampioT!-
ship! ” Soon after reporting the find, he was
whisked away in an unmaiked Dodge Diplo-
mat. presumably for interrogation.
Sherwood said, Top scientists will be used
to ensure that when the piece is raised it will
not be harmed by oxidation from the above-
surface air.”
Harris said, “Boatmen have wondered if
they (the constables) know what they’re do-
ing."
“Trust us” said Sherwood.
"Oh yeah, right!," said Harris.
Trustees clash over football vs. basketball
throated trustees with ISS (in-school suspen-
sion) for three dayvtrustoes began shouting
and shaking their fists at Lane. Sensing that the
situation was getting out of hand, elementary
principal Jane Thompson suggested a “time
out".
By Mary Judaon
South Jetty editor
A proposal to drop the basketball program
and implement food—1 has put members of
the Port Aransas Independent School district
board of trustees in a gridlock.
Board president Rick Hmtin brought up the
idea at a special meeting last week, saying that
gaae receipts from football games would ex-
ceed thoee brought in by basketball.
“It’s the National Sport of Texas." Tinnin
said, adding that football also offers career
pamibilJlies for local athletes, whereas profes-
sional basketball is a dead-end street for any-
one under 6’5" tail.
Tim—envisioned drawing qwe—ors from
communities such as Bayside and Papalote to
watch football games since “They don't even
have a traffic light to watch change from green
to amber to red for Friday night entertain-
ment." Tinnin said he knows of the need for
Mday night entertainment in small towns
he grew up in Range which has two
Tri—ee Mark Qrome said he was all for the
idea ao matter what the cost
Tve been driving to Mason every Friday
j— to watch football, —d the oort of fra.
mo—rooms and food hearing me alive. I can
rave sure money to—end on taxes here if I’m
aot driving to Mason every Friday in Septem-
ber, October and November," Geoem said.
“I don’t know Ubooty'alLbm mygraadkids
Jfeti bafeaiitl." —d n—in Pah) IHntmrtnrf
"Weneedafooibai trass to get fee kids off the
—rat One of feem's going to frt ran over
playing football on Alister Street,” he added.
Trustee Glenn Martin also favored the idea,
particularly since so many of the students have
been slopping echoed just to go fishing.
“I’m telling you, if we don't get these kids
off the waterfront we’re going to have some
Mg problems,"Martin said. He expressed con-
cern over students spending a week’s allow-
ance in one day on such things as bait, tackle
and charter fishing trips.
“If we’re not careful, we're going to have a
school full of nothing but anglers, and there’s
no future in that," Martin said.
“No way.Joae," said mtsioe Mark Creighton.
Creighton objected to a football team for
fear of the increase in promotional tee-shirts
and souvenirs fee sport migbt generate.
“Tee-shirts are what’s wrong wife this coun-
try. They’ve done more to contribute to the
moral decline in America than any other single
thing,and it'safi because some bleat wants to
get rich off the idea."
Alao objecting to the proposal were trustees
Ben BrondreuandDr. Paul Montagna.
“Football it aconsptracyl It’saconspiracy!
It’s a cover-up for underworld drug traffick-
ers," Brundrett said, red-faced and
agitated.
Brundrett aid drag traffickers move into an
area via football teams by providing low-coat
sttrtotl treatment to the players
“It’S n co-piracy, I tell yon!" Bnmdrett
Mom—— said Ms to football is
*Tvudooe research on this.«dit’saproven
fact feat basketball players have higher IQs
than football players. It has to do with brain
tissue. Basketball increasesactivity of fee gray
matter at a rate exactly 27.6 times the square
root of the activity rale of fee football player’s
gray matter,” Montagna said.
“Ifwercpiacebaskrtball wife football, we’ll
have a bunch of big-bodied students with
disproportionately small heads. That won’t
look good; and if they don't look good, we
won’t look good,” Montagna said.
“Hey, we’re talking money here, not brains,”
Tinnin said.
At feat, Bnmdrett, Creighton and Mont-
stood up and threw their name plates at Tinnin.
Tinnin dodged to avoid fee ceramic pieces,
which instead hit administrative secretary
Fenny McFadden between the eyes.
Recovering from the Wow, McFadden mid
“I’m outta here!” and left
When Superintendent Dr. Lawrence Lane
Afterafive-aaira—cooling off period, Tinnin
said that if trustees didn’t go along wife his
idea, he had another one, but that since discus-
sion of turning fee gym into a casino wasn’t on
the agenda, it could not be (harassed at that
meeting.
“You bet it can’t,” said Bnmdrett.
“I'll make sure we have a full house when
we discuss that one," said Creighton.
Looking flushed, Montagna said “I fold."
“HU m again." Bieiendorf said, and Martin
and Grosse agreed.
Trustees agreed to work out a deal at another
meeting next week.
Coast Guard busts women
for lack of flotation devices
I for violation
New South Jetty office
I wear a per- Tba South Jetty hmmovad into—*
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Judson, Mary. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1993, newspaper, April 1, 1993; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth587280/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.