Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1995 Page: 1 of 17
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Four Port Aransas voices are part of the Corpus
A manatee
seen from
Corpus Christi
to Rockport
visited Port
Aransas on
Sunday.
The Port Aransas Lions
Club kicked off its annual
Care and Share Christmas
Drive this week.
Christi Chorale
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City council to appoint board for
sales tax development corporation
The first steps to establish a non-profit de- the city council or city staff, and three must not hearings for projects requiring significant ex-
vetopment corporation to oversee expenditure be elected officials or city employees. Mem- penditures.
of the just-approved half-a-cent sales tax in- bers, who are appointed for two year terms. In an election Tuesday, Nov. 7, nearly a 2 to
crease will be taken by the Port Aransas city may be removed by the council without cause, 1 majority of voters casting ballots approved
council tonight (Thursday, Nov. 16). and are not entitled to salaries, but can be increasing the sales tax by one-half of one
The regular city council meeting, which is reimbursed for expenses. percent for the purpose of raising money to
open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. at city hall. The corporation will be subject to compli build, maintain and operate recreational facili
The council will appoint seven members to ance with the Open Meetings and Open Records ties including, but not limited to, a swimming
the board. Four members must be members of Acts, and will be required to conduct public pool and ball fields.
Elephants, giraffes, lions and more arriving via ferry
Circus coming Friday
The circus is coming to town tomorrow For those who aren’t early risers, two per- fashioned three-ring circus under the big lop at
(Friday, Nov. 17). formances under the big top are scheduled for Roberts Point Park.
5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $4 for children under 12
Early birds can get an unusual sneak pre- Elephants, wild cats, giraffes, aerial and and senior citizens 65 and over, and $6 for
view when the animals arrive by ferry early acrobatic performers, clowns, and an exotic adults.
tomorrow morning. Estimates are that the el- petting zoo will entertain kids of all ages. The circus is being brought to town by the
ephants, tigers, giraffe and other circus ani- The Texas-based King Royal Bros. Circus Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce where
mals wiO be coming across at about 7 a.m. will present the two performances of an old advance tickets may be purchased.
Parks director arrives full of ideas
Elizabeth Villines hit the grounds running to build a recreational complex,
when she arrived about two weeks ago. Villines was to report
The new Port Aransas Parks and Recreation her findings from the --
Dept director wears one hat, but, in Port Austin meetings to the
at a swimming pool, nature programs and p0rt Aransas High School's cheerleaders are ready to lead the crowds to raise
programs designed to improve self esteem, spirits for Lady Marlin and Marlin basketball. The 1995-96 season opened this
especially for children. week as the Lady Marlins posted a victory over Sinton Tuesday, Nov. 14, and the
Villines comes to Port Aransas via Tuleta Marlins take on Flour Bluff tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 17). See pages 8 and 9 for
and Waco. She was a ranger in the Waco parks more on all the basketball teams. Cheerleaders are, from top to bottom and left
department where she was responsible for to right, Emily Osborne, head cheerleader Jamie Henderson, Kim Phillips,
grant writing, historic and nature interprcta Stephanie Dunn and Vanessa Waters. (Photo by Marjel Ford)
tion program development and implements T-»—, T . . , , . . , • • rpi j
^ y* van.and raMng «”??.•shc JELM holiday dinner is ihursday
created and delivered youth nature and history J J
activities and promoted Adopt-A-Park for ^ traditional Thanksgiving dinner will be and a beverage. Diners should bring a side dish
which she developed and produced marketing held by the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry and their own table service. Cost is $2 and
materials. (JELM) Center on Thursday, Nov. 23, at the advance reservations are requested no later
She and her husband, Britt, and almost 16- h.G. Olsen Elementary School cafeteria. than Tuesday, Nov. 21. Reservations may be
year-old daughter Elissa (a plank owner on the The Thanksgiving Day feast will include made at the JELM Center next to Community
See 'VILLINES,' Page 7 turkey and dressing, bread, cranberry sauce Presbyterian Church on Alister at Avenue A.
Villines
The big ship that greeted arrivals in Port and send the processed product through an
Aransas as they approached the Harbor Island other pipeline to a production field in Angola,
ferry landing is gone. The 687-foot ship docked at the McDermott
Tht Jamestown left Friday, Nov. 10. bound yard last spring where it was converted to a
for Angola after an eight month renovation at ’’self-propelled floating production, storage
the McDermott yard. and off-loading vessel 185,000barrel capacity
Tuesday morning, Nov. 14, the Jamestown (FPSO)", in lay terms, a floating refinery. It
was between the Yucatan and Cuba moving has housing for a crew of 40.
forward under its own power at about 14 knots. The Jamestowin was the first major project
according to Dave Sweatman, facilities man at the McDermott yard since the June 1994
ager at the Harbor Island McDermott yard, departure of Pompano, the world s second
Aboard the Jamestown is a crew of Chevron largest fixed offshore drilling platform,
and McDermott employees who will take the Though there's little to see for "McDermott
ship to its destination, set it up and operate it. watchers", Sweatman says workers are busy
McDermott is part owner of the ship, S weatman cleaning up and securing the yard in case
said, and Chevron will lease it to operate it as another project isn't found soon. He and other
an offshore refinery. McDermott employees are working on bring-
Once installed about 40 miles offshore of ing in another shuttle-to-FPSO conversion,
Angloa, the Jamestown will be connected to a larger than the Jamestown, which they hope to
pipeline, process the crude pumped aboard have lined up before the end of the year.
Children's Choir to perform for
community Thanksgiving service
The Community Children’s Choir will like sounds. “Putting them together sounds
present special music at the community like mgel music," Fucik said.
like angel music,’* Fucik said.
Thanksgiving service Tuesday, Nov. 21, at
Z'i AkSi
live aboard as the crude is refined, then piped to a
production yard in Angola As the Jamestown left Harbor
island, a ship was coming in to the Pori of Corpus Christi
and the island Queen, a Port Aransas charier fishing boat,
was cruising with a boat load of anglers.
(Staff photo by Murray Judson)
The Jamestown, right, a shuttle tanker-tumed-floating refinery
Is shown leaving Port Aransas Friday, Nov. 10, under Its own
power. The transformation took place over about an eight
month period atMoOerroott s Harbor Island yard across the
Corpus Christi Ship Channel from Port Aransas. The ship is
headed for the coast of Angola where a 40-person crew will
Thursday, November 16,1995
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Judson, Mary. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1995, newspaper, November 16, 1995; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623546/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.