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TV Listings Page 6A
Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Vol. 33 No. 3
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Brundrett Middle School eighth grade
Marlins captured the BMS tourney
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Fish Fry, Casino Night is
Saturday at Civic Center
Tickets are still
available for the
Fish Fry and Ca-
sino Night set for
Saturday.
The annual
event, sponsored
hy the Rotary
Club, will take
place at the Civic
Center.
The $15 tickets
cover the fish fry
and an evening of
gaming, according
to publicity chair-
man Barbara
Sheppard.
Tickets may he
purchased at the
Chamber of Com-
merce-Tourist Bu-
reau off ice, 421 W.
Cotter; Family
Center IGA, 418
S. Alister St.; Is-
land Cafe &
Smokehouse, 224
W. Cotter St.; Value-Bank Texas, 722 Tar-
pon St.; or Port Aransas Realty’s Island
Moorings office, 104 Mustang Blvd.
Doors to the fifth annual Fish Fry and
Casino Night open at 5:30 p.m., dinner will
be served at 6 p.m. and the casino opens at
7 p.m.
Each ticket comes with $500 worth of
betting chips.
Tables will include blackjack, craps, rou-
lette and wheel of fortune. Two round-trip
tickets on Southwest Airlines to any desti-
nation the airline services will he given away
during a silent auction. Bids will close at
8:30 p.m. during a 15-minute break in the
action, and the winner will be announced.
Grand prize of the Chinese auction will
he a doe hunt at Live Oak County Ranch
hosted hy Duncan and Georgia Neblett.
Another big prize in the Chinese auction
will he a “bring-your-own-picnic” tour of the
Lydia Ann Lighthouse. Among other prizes
will he merchandise, gift certificates, food
t rays and books.
“We’d like to thank all the businesses in
Port Aransas that so generously contribute
to all the fundraisers the Rotarians are re-
sponsible for,” Sheppard said.
Co-chairmen of the event are Randy Ricks
and Becky Corder. Proceeds go to the Ro-
tary Club’s scholarship program, which
awards scholarships to Port Aransas High
School seniors.
For additional questions regarding ticket
purchases, contact Sheppard at 361-749-
6343, or the chamber at 361-749-5919.
DOOR PRIZES
• “Jack the Ripper, Case
Closed"
• Shampoo, set front Hair
Port
• Horse back ride, Mustang
Riding Stables
• 8/9 hour fishing trip,
Fisherman’s Wharf
• 4 Breakfast (Sift Certifi-
cates, Island Cafe
• Towels, Destination
• Candy, Winton's Candy
• Two admissions to Texas
State Aquarium
Silent Auction
• Two tickets anywhere
Southwest Airlines flies
■ Flint Reed art
• Six tickets to Corpus
Christi Rayz’ next home game
Chinese Auction
• Electric Car Rental, EV
Planet
• Meals at local restaurants
• Pet vaccination
• Birding trips
• Merchandise from local
stores
- Bring your own picnic tour
of lighthouse
Port Aransas royalty
Staff photo bv Murray Judson
Candidates for the title of Port Aransas High School homecoming queen have been named The candidates and the
class they represent, from left, are Heather Grumbles, freshman; Jessica Caldwell, sophomore; Arny Ard''in, junior, and
Cheri Horner arid Kacie Bass, seniors. The queen will be announced dur-ng ,l e annual homecoming b sketbal! game
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Tour this home
This is just one of the unique houses to see on the 15th annual Port Aransas
Garden Club Home Tour Saturday. Two bus tours are scheduled as is a drive-
yourself tour from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. All persons interested in touring the homes
should be at the Community Center at least 15 minutes prior to departure.
Home Tour is a chance to
see inside of unique houses
By Beki Desopo
South Jetty reporter
Five homes are on the list for the 1 5lh
annual Port Aransas Garden Club Home
Tour set lor Saturday.
Tickets are still available and can be pur-
chased the morning of the tours at the
Community Cen-
See related
PHOTOS OF
TOUR INSIDE ON
Pace 7A.
ter.
Two morning
bus tours and a
drive yourself tour HOMES ON THE
are scheduled for
Jan. 18.
Four homes are ,
have been selected
for this year’s bus tours. A fifth house is
included on the drivc-yourself tour.
The homes selected this year include the
historical house of Duncan and Georgia
Neblett at 31 5 Oleander; Helene Mora’s
wonderful views and fantastic decor at 645
S. Ave. B; the new views from Menard and
Trish Doswell’s island-style home at 80 5
Seabreeze Lane; the eclectic style of Paul and
Bette Austin’s house at 544 Marina Drive
and a walk on the beach at the Beachwalk
home of Numsen and Fran Hail at 4820
Sanihel.
All tours begin at the Community
Center located at 418 N. Alister St. Bro-
chures will he available at the Comfnu-
nity Center as will a stamp for access to
the homes.
The bus tours, at 9 and 11 a.m., will con-
sist of a visit to four local homes.
The latest is the drive-yourself tour. It
will commence at 1 p.m. and extend
through 4 p.m. and will include one more
house.
Those wishing to view the fifth house,
hut use the bus tours may do so during the
drive-yourself time, as long as their hands
are still stamped.
Tickets for the bus tours are $15 per
person. The drive-yourself tour tickets sell
for $10.
For more information, contact Wanda
Barr at (561) 749-6222, ext. 174 or Jill Reed
at (361) 749-2100.
The tour is an annual fundraiser for the
club.
The Garden Club’s objective is to beau-
tify and clean up Port Aransas.
New postmaster is extremely
happy; said he is here to stay
By Carolyn Richards
South Jetty reporter
Doug Flanagan counted stamps, cash and
keys on hand on Jan. 8 to officially become
the postmaster in Port Aransas.
He was completing a journey that started
in Jamestown, N.Y., several years ago.
That’s where Flanagan was born and
raised. He left Jamestown for duty in the
U.S. Air Force, which transferred him to
Austin.
He separated from the Air Force in Aus-
tin and went to work for the post office. (It
seemed to he a natural job as his father was
a mail carrier in New York. The senior
Flanagan retired in 1973.)
He worked in the Austin post office from
1981 until 1999, when he was transferred
to Portland.
Last year he was sent he was sent for
30 to 60 days as the officer in charge in
charge at Port Isabel and South Padre Is-
land. His stay there turned out to he 10
months. When the new postmaster ar-
rived there, Flanagan stayed another week
to help him.
After a brief vacation over Christmas,
he started here on Jan. 6 and two days
later he officially became Port Aransas’
postmaster.
Flanagan said he’s not using his time here
as a stepping stone to bigger and better po-
sitions. “I’m here to stay,” he said.
He should he eligible for retirement in
about eight years, but that’s a long time away.
Now, he said, he just wants to be the best
postmaster he can.
He said he and his wife, Mary, and
their three children, daughters ages 17
and 19 and a son 1 5, spent a lot of vaca-
tions on South Padre Island for many
years. At times, the Flanagans would
come to Port Aransas when they had a
few days off.
He said when he was offered the oppor-
tunity to transfer here; he jumped at the
chance.
They originally came to the Coastal 13end
when they decided to flee Austin because
of its growth.
The Flanagans plan to keep living in
Portland in their house on the water’s
New postmaster
Doug Flanagan said that he is here to stay. He is shown in the back room of
the post office, which he said, allows plenty of room for growth. Flanagan
officially became the Port Aransas postmaster on Jan. 8.
edge.
Mary Flanagan is plant manager in the
Corpus Christi post office.
Even though she is also a postal employee,
Mary and Doug didn’t meet in the post of-
fice. She originally came from Scotland and
they were married while he was still in the
Air Force.
Though at one time, they spent most of
their spare time driving the kids around,
the Flanagan kids now drive themselves, so
the parents have more time to spend to-
gether.
Doug also enjoys golfing and both Doug
and Mary like to fish.
But a lot of his free time is spent work
ing on their home. He said he bought an
old house and there’s “always something
to fix.”
He said his favorite lunch hour here w ill
be spent on the south jetty with a fishing
pole, a sandwich and a soda. He’s really
looking forward to that.
Flanagan says he enjoys the daily ferry
ride across the ship channel. He especially
likes to watch the dolphins.
To sum it up, Flanagan says, “I am ex-
trcmelv hannv to he here.”
Inside
This Edition
Basketball......................8-9A
Church listing......................4A
Classified ads..................5-8B
Deaths & Funerals..............4A
Editorial..............................2 A
Education Notes..................7A
Fishing report....................11A
Island agenda.......................3A
Island observer...................4B
Law enforcement.................2B
On the town.........................3B
Outdoors......................10-11A
Tides..................................11A
TV Listings..........................6A
Weather.............................11A
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Judson, Mary. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 03, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 2003, newspaper, January 16, 2003; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662846/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.