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PAGE 4A Thursday, June 13, 2002
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An open house will be held Fri-
day, June 21, to celebrate the comple-
tion of “Home From the Heart for
Cherry Lee".
The event is being held to thank
those who participated in the con-
struction of the home, and for the
public to see the result of the com-
munity effort.
The open house will be from 4 to
7 p.m. at the home at 124 Ave. J.
Three friends of Cherry Lee Coo-
per, a hairdresser in Port Aransas,
The project to build the home for
Cherry Lee Cooper, a hairdresser
in Port Aransas, was initiated by
three friends. Cooper’s home had
fallen into a serious state of disre-
pair. It has now been demolished.
The fund drive to build the home
was sanctioned by the Bishop’s Com-
mittee of Trinity-by-the-Sea Episco-
pal Church, of which Cooper and
the fund drive committee are all
members. The Bishop’s Committee J
has overseen the fund to build thefj
house.
Members of the core committed
behind “Home from the Heart” ar
Suzanna Reeder, Christi Farley ar
Shelagh Edwards.
“Dianna Ross and the Supremt
said it best: ‘You can’t hurry lov
you just have to wait.’ Well, the wa
is over. Come see the house that lo>
built,” Cooper said.
Officially open
Staff photo av Murray Judson
The Adams Gallery, owned by Susan adams and Jesse Bishop, officially opened its doors at 141 W.
Roberts St. at a gala party Wednesday, June 5. Invitations asked guests to see attend for 'refreshments,
splendid company and the art of Susan Adams.1 The event as attended by friends, prospective customers
and representatives of the chamber of commerce. 'We were overjoyed at the response,' Adams said. w
Participating in the ribbon cutting were, from left, Jody Foshee, Marion Fersing, Adams, Bishop, chamber Ingram
manager Ann Vaughan, Susan McBeth Lawson and Minda Wilner. For additional information concerning
the gallery, call 749-7228.
Deaths and funerals
Never too gone for God
The amazing thing about God is
his desire to intimately know each
one of us and have His perfect will
in each of our lives. As 1 was
listening to someone speak the other
day, 1 was reminded of the fact that
God’s plans for us never change.
No matter what we do to forfeit
those plans, He does not. This
speaker began to talk of her life and
how the tragic events that had taken
place left her feeling devoured by
the enemy. Things had happened
that brought her to nothing and all
was lost.
After searching many years and
trying to pick up the pieces, God
spoke to her heart and told her she
was not forgotten. If she would just
give her life to Him and allow God
to pick up the shattered pieces of
her life, He
would use her
to fulfill the
Pastor’s Pen
Mike Brister
Pastor
Heartland
Christian
Fellowship
Church
very purpose
she was created
for. She did and
that decision
alone put her
life in the will
of God. Today
she is a mission-
ary to India
changing thou-
sands of lives
and fulfilling
the very pur-
pose for which
she was created.
Wow! How
wonderful, to
get a second
chance and to know that even
when we’ve thrown in the towel
God hasn’t. The Bible tells us that
the gifts and callings of God are
without repentance, that His plans
for us have not changed. How
many people miss out on their true
destiny because of the lack of un-
derstanding of what the Word of
God (Bible) says about them.
Surely if they really knew the ben-
efits of a life dedicated to God
then more people would give God
a chance.
Maybe you’re at a place in your
life right now where you would say,
there has to be more. Then know
this, YOU’RE NEVER TOO GONE
FOR GOD! Give him a chance,
and He will change you into the
person you were created to be.
Keep eyes peeled for ‘Karankawas’
Nobody knows quite how they got
here. A surfer who was out by
Horace Caldwell Pier that fateful
morning described long quiet shapes
gliding past him in the fog. Perhaps
they came in canoes, bearing their
bows and arrows on their backs.
The first person in town to talk
to one of the Karankawa was Vanna
Aun, of the Chamber of Commerce.
“A seven-foot tall tattooed man
showed up in our office. Of course,
I invited him in and gave him a Port
Aransas restaurant guide. Using
primitive hand signals, he asked me
for a map and some rabbit skins. I
gave him the map, and in return he
taught me how to coat myself in
mud to avoid mosquitoes.”
“These Karankawa are no
stranger than any of our other tour-
ists, and quite frankly I don't see
what all the fuss is about,” Aun
added.
Much of the fuss centers around
the Karankawa bathing practices,
which don’t seem to exist.
“You can’t go into the IGA with-
out running into 60 or 70 half-na-
ked warriors hanging around the
meat aisle, smelling of rotten fish,”
said Nancy Hygar, a local teacher.
Some youngsters fear for their
spots on the basketball team. “These
Karankawa dudes are almost 7-feet
tall,” said
Thaddeus Mer-
lin, a Marlin
point guard.
“Of course
they’re gonna
try out next fall.
And if they
don’t get to
start, they’ll
probably eat our
coach.”
Fear of canni-
balism is wide-.
My View
Rachel Pearson
spread among Port Aransas resi-
dents. “The Karankawa aren’t ex-
actly cannibals,” said Humphrey
Morton, local historian. “They only
feast on the bodies of their defeated
enemies, in order to absorb the pow-
ers of the enemy warriors.”
“Of course,” he added, “if I was
on the City Council, I’d keep my eyes
peeled.”
The Port Aransas building com-
missioner, John Dopey, supports
Karankawa housing
“These guys can build their
wickiups wherever the heck they
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want to,” said Dopey. “I mean,
shoot, I don’t want to get toma-
hawked. This is off the record,
right?”
Although no one has been “toma-
hawked,” Karankawa have attacked
some residents. Arrows rained
down upon a local charter boat af-
ter its captain, Salty Bob, ran over a
canoeing Karankawa family. Tour-
ists and residents alike have been
caught and bludgeoned after litter-
ing or trying to bulldoze the beach.
The house of one restaurant
owner was bushwhacked by
Karankawa after he refused to serve
crabcakes with a side of raw tuna.
“Those crabcakes come with rice,”
said the restaurant owner, who
wishes to remain anonymous. “Not
a baked potato, and certainly not
raw tuna. That’s disgusting."
Tristan Rockard, a local surfer, ap-
preciates the Karankawa presence.
“Dude, Karankawa parties rock,”
said Rockard. “We roll in the mud,
dance around a big bonfire, and flirt
with all these brown-eyed chicks. It’s
like high school, but a lot more so-
phisticated.”
The Karankawa are here to stay.
Many residents have adopted
Karankawa practices, such as facial
tattoos. One Port Aransas baseball
player described mud baths as “a bet-
ter mosquito repellant than Off.”
Cannibalistic feasts have rid the Port
Aransas political scene of belliger-
ent nincompoops, and an offensively
large new souvenir shop called
“Wickiup Journey” will soon be built
directly in front of my house.
“Coexistence is the way to go,” said
resident Jim Hankel. “The
Karankawa are part of our island
again, so if you don’t love it, leave it.”
Rachel Pearson, graduate of Port
Aransas High School, took a year
off as an exchange student in Spain
and has completed her first year at
the University of Texas at Austin.
Reach her via e-mail at
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Funeral services for James Hill
Ingram, 81, will be held today
(Thursday, June 13, 2002) at 10 a.m.
at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home,
Rockport.
Ingram, a long time member of
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
in Port Aransas, was a Rockport
resident. He died June 8, 2002.
A native of Corpus Christi where
he was born Jan. 8,1921, to Hill and
Gertrude Ingram, he served in the
U.S. Army Air Corps during World
War II. Before his retirement, he was
employed by Rockwell International.
He is survived by his wife, Lyle
Mae Ingram of Rockport; two daugh-
ters, Barbara (Steven) Boyd of Jus-
tin, and Linda (Donald) Unruh of
Bixby, OK; a sister, Audrey (Ovid)
Eckroate of Anchor Point, AK; two
nieces, Kathy (Vincent) Fernandez
of Anchorage, AK, and Jill Latham
of Mesa, AZ; and two grandchildren,
Jennifer Unruh of Plano and Kim-
berly Unruh of Bixby.
The Rev. A1 Leveridge, vicar of
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church,
Aransas, will be officiant at the ser-
vices. Burial will be in Rockport
Cemetery.
The family requests memorial con-
tributions be made in Ingram’s
memory to Trinity-by-the-Sea Epis-
copal Church, P.O. Box 346, Port
Aransas, TX 78373.
He was a partner in the San An-
tonio law firm of Dibrell, Dotson,
Dibrell and Dibrell until his retire-
ment.
Dibrell was a member of the Sons
of the Republic of Texas.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
T. Kellis Dibrell of Seguin; two broth-
ers, Samuel Dotson (Joan) Dibrell
and Cooper (Loretta) Dibrell, all of
San Antonio; and numerous aunts,
uncles, nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held Thurs-
day, June 6, at Porter Loring Funeral
Chapel in San Antonio. Burial was
in Sunset Memorial Gardens, San
Antonio.
Aransas Pass, she is survived by sons
Dr. Charles Gray of Kerrville, Michae
(Elizabeth) Gray of The Woodland
and Preston (Linda) Gray of
Georgetown; a sister, Edith Pressly of
Odessa, and grandchildren, Cristin
Gray, Angela Gray, Travis Gray,
Brooks, Bierwirth, Carly Ellis, Lyndsy
Bierwirth and Jerrid Ward.
Funeral services were held Tues-
day, June 11, in Aransas Pass and
burial was in Prairie View Cemetery.
Scalan
Brown
Howard Raymond Brown, 88, a
resident of Port Aransas for 40 years,
died June 6, 2002.
A native of Nakin, OH, he was
born April 1, 1914. He loved fish-
ing on the Gulf Coast.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, Clarence E. and Effie
Brown, two sisters and a brother.
He is survived by a brother, Carl
E. Brown of Alliance, OH.
Services will be private.
Gray
Dibrell
Walter Dibrell, 58, died June 1,
2002, at his Port Aransas home.
He was a 1961 graduate of Texas
Military Institute in San Antonio,
attended Emory and Henty College
in Virginia, received his bachelor’s
degree from Trinity University and
his law degree from St. Mary’s School
of Law, both in San Antonio.
Violet Yvonne Gray, 72, former
owner and manager of the Double
Barr Cottages in Port Aransas, died
June 8, 2002.
She was born on Sept. 24, 1929,
in Wetsel County, WV, and moved
to Texas after she married Roy Gray,
her husband of 54 years. She lived
in the Fort Worth, Lake Arlington
area where she raised a family of
three boys before moving to Aransas
Pass in 1985, when she took over
ownership of the cottages.
She was a member of Faith Bap-
tist Church in Aransas Pass.
In addition to her husband of
Dorothy Anne (Scott) Scalan, 96,
died Sunday, June 9, 2002.
She was a 12-year resident of Port
Aransas.
Born in the post-Victorian era in
Highland Falls, NY, she grew up with
her eight brothers and sisters just
outside the gates of The U.S. Mili-
tary Academy at West Point.
Two siblings survive her, Shirley
Nielsen, of Wiesbaden, Germany,
and Richard Scott of rural Virginia.
She was a “flapper" of the Roar-
ing 20s, a pre-war military bride liv-
ing in various parts of the world in
the 30s, a wartime wife of the 40s
waiting for her husband to come
home from overseas, and a world-
wide traveler from the 50es through
the 80s.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Lt. Col. Enoch Joseph
;Skal” Scalan.
She is survived by her children,
Nina (Joe) Snyder of Carson City,
NV; Jean (Tom) Siddle of Jackson-
ville, OR and Richard (Della) Scalan
of Port Aransas; seven grandchil-
dren, Natalie, Genevieve, Margaret,
Elizabeth, Gretchen, Anne, Nick; and
five great-grandchildren, William, Sa-
rah, Dillon, Jordan and Peter.
Interment will be alongside her
husband in Albuquerque, NM at a
later time.
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John Pritchett, Minister
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m.
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Aransas Pass..758-5818
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
William K. Schuster, Pastor
938 W. Lott Ave., Aransas Pass
361-758-3145
Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.
Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
ISLAND IN THE SON
UNITED METHODIST
Steve Clinton, Pastor
Saturday Service: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday Service: 8:15 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Sunday School at 10 a.m.
16 miles so. of Port Aransas on
Hwy 361.........949-8699
CHURCH OF CHRIST
James Bruster, Minister
Sunday Bible Class 9 a.m.
Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Class 7 p.m.
205 Brundrett
749-5498....749-4942
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Phil Green, Pastor
Sunday School/Bible Study - all ages
9:45 a.m.
Worship: 10:50 a.m.
Evening Worship: T.B.A.
Wed. Prayer Service: 7 p.m.
200 N. Station...,.........749-6479
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
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Al Speight, President
Sacrament Meeting: 10 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
Sunday School: 11:20 a.m.- 12:10 p.m.
Auxiliary Meeting: 12:20 a.m.-1 p.m.
600 Marriot Dr......Portland 643-5717
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH
Msgr. Rory Deane, Pastor
Mass Weekdays: 8 a.m.
Sunday Mass: 9 & 11 a.m.
Saturday Mass: 5 p.m.
Holy Days 8 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Confession: 4 p.m.
100 N. Station.............749-5825
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Jim Tingle, Pastor
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m.
337 W. Nelson & Rife 758-3530
Aransas Pass
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN
Richard Safford, Pastor
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Church School 9:30 a.m. Sun.
Bible Study 5:00 p.m Mon.
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