Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1989 Page: 1 of 14
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Vol. 19 No. 41 50 cents
On Mustang Island, Texas
USPS 946-202_Thursday, October 12, 1989^
Clean up your act
October is cleanup month
A tradition that began in 1983 and
caught on like wildfire, sweeping Port
Aransas clean and filling its citizens
with civic pride,continues this month.
The annual OctoberClcanup Month
is in progress, Port Aransas Garden
Cl ub spokesman Vi vian Goddard said.
The first and subsequent cleanups
were concluded with a city-wide
cleanup day, however, such vast
improvements have been made that
the need for volunteers to clean public
areas has been eliminated, Goddard
said.
The Garden Club’s efforts to in-
crease public awareness about litter
and the advantages of a litter-free
community have spread from private
to public quarters.
In the years since that first cleanup,
three-time a week garbage collections
on the beach have become daily af-
fairs. Re-constructed streets with curbs
and sidewalks are routinely main-
tained by the city and private citizens.
A photometric index (photograph-
ically calculating the incidence of trash
in specific areas) by the Port Aransas
Clean Team (which evolved frorti the
Garden Club) shows less and less
litter.
The focus of the this year’s Cleanup
Month will be a poster contest in the
school. Students will make posters to
be judged October 16. After the judg-
ing the posters will be distributed to
various locations in town for public
display to continue to make the public
aware of the importance of a litter-
free community.
Residents are asked to take a look at
their residential and business prop-
erty and take advantage of curb pickup
of trash properly contained each trash
collection day. Any bulky articles that
cannot be handily contained may be
taken to the city’s solid waste dis-
posal site. Contact city hall at 749-
4111 for more information.
Residents are also reminded that
city ordinances restrict the height of
weeds along curbs, and that aban-
doned, non-opcrable vehicles with
expired inspection stickers are con-
sidered “junked” and should be re-
moved City ordinances also provide
fines for littering and for hauling loose
items in an uncovered vehicle.
Anyone with questions regarding
litter ordinances may call city hall for
information.
The Garden Club sponsors a sec-
ond cleanup month each April.
Atwill seeks return as
justice of the peace
Jim Atwill has announced that he meet the challenges of this elected
plans to seek the Democratic Party position. 1 want to be your judge again
nomination for re-election to the of- and I am asking for your help,
ficc he now holds, Justice of the Peace, Atwill was first elected in Dcccm-
Precinct 7, Port Aransas and Mustang ber 1980 to fill the unexpired term of
Island, Nueces County. the late Judge Thomas E. Fisher and
“I thank the fine people of Port was re-elcctcd in 1982 and 1986. The
Aransas and Mustang Island for your four year term being sought will begin
trust in my ability to serve as Justice of Jan. 1, 1991.
the Peace for these last nine years. My Charles J. Brown, fomier mayor of
years of service have provided me Port Aransas, will be Atwill’s cam-
with the much needed experience to paign treasurer.
Chamber of Commerce manager Lanelte Nolte, left,
and Port Aransas Garden Club president Wanda Barr
look over a catalogue of banners.
(Staff photo by Murray Judson)
Booster Banner project
launched by local club
Community pride and enthusiasm will wave a cheery Christmas greet-
ing followed by a summery welcome to travelers along Cotter and Alister
Streets courtesy of the Port Aransas Garden Club’s Booster Banner
project.
The Garden Club’s latest undertaking is to decorate utility poles with
“booster banners” 60 inches long by 24 or 36 inches and held in place by
brackets.
The first banners planned are cheery red Chrisunas wreaths on a holly
green background. When the holidays are past and the summer breezes
begin to blow, banners with a graphic of a sailboat on waves will greet
visitors to Port Aransas in bright red, white and blue.
Similar banners arc in place in Rockport along that city’s main down-
town street, Garden Club president Wanda Barr noted.
The project will be a joint effort between Cotter and Alister Street
merchants, the city and anyone wanting to donate.
Banners are $65 each, and for each banner purchased, the city has agreed
to purchase and install brackets at $75 each.
Central Power & Light Co. has agreed to let their utilities poles be used
for the project.
“We’d like each merchant to buy two and anyone else is welcome to
donate for one or more,” Barr said.
Orders should be placed by Nov. 17 so that the Christmas banners can
be received in time for the holidays.
Orders may be placed by calling Barr at 749-6222, Wanda Schmitt at
749-4408, or the Chamber of Commerce at 749-5919 (loll free in Texas 1-
800-242-3084, outside Texas 1 -800-221 -9198). Donations may be mailed
to “Booster Banners”, P.O. Box 637, Port Aransas, TX 78373.
“We’re really excited about the project,” Barr said, “and we think it will
be just as successful as the Plant-A-Palm Project” that was also a city-
community venture that resulted in Cotter and Alister streets being lined
with palm trees.
October beachfest
Sun-drenched, wave-washed beaches are the norm during
October in Port Aransas. This family enjoyed feeding the
gulls while Dad was fishing for redfish in the surf. Beach-
combing for shells and other sea treasures also improves at
the this time year. Joggers enjoy the solitude that school
brings to the beach. While students are in class, joggers have
the beach to themselves.
(Staff photo by Murray judson)
August city sales tax returns
up slightly for Port Aransas
Candidate
JUDGE JIM ATWILL
Sales lax rebates received this
month for taxes collected in August
are up by almost 11 percent statewide,
State comptroller Bob Bullock said.
“Consumers have more money to
spend and they’re doing just that,”
Bullock said.
Yeai-lo-dale payments to cities me
up by an average of 9.5 percent, Bul-
lock reported.
August sales in Port Aransas were
up by 3.35 percent, bringing the year
to date total to 2.63 percent over last
year.
The city coffers are richer by
$16,590.87 this year compared to a
boost of $16,052.54 in 1988.
Corpus Christi’ s August return was
up 12.99 percent over 1988 and the
change in the year to date is 5.89
percent.
Aransas Pass moved ahead of
August 1988 sales by 7.55 percent,
bringing its year to date improvement
to 12.59 percent.
Inglesidc, where the Homeport at
Naval Station lngleside is starting to
take shape, saw August sales boom by
47.69 percent, leaving the year to date
increase at 30.30 percent.
Rockport reported healthy August
traffic with an increase of 16.87 per-
cent, bringing ihe year to date in-
crease to 9.23 percent.
On the southern tip of the Texas
coast, Port Isabel recorded a 37.62
percent increase in sales tax returns,
putting the ycar-to date increase at
12.57 percent. South Padre Island
gained 1.63 percent on August 1988
sales, and 13.74 percent for the year.
The northern Texas coastal city of
Galveston, which began collecting a
county sales tax last January, was up
57.45 percent for August and 9.51
percent for the year.
San Antonio, which funnels many
visitors and part time residents to Port
Aransas, saw retail sales go up 8.94
percent in August, giving the year to
date total an increase of 9.91 percent.
The Corpus Christi Regional Tran-
sit Authority will begin filing a quar-
terly return, so figures arc not avail-
able for comparison for August 1988
and 1989. However, the RTA is up for
the year by 4.41 percent.
Teacher aide, vehicle on agenda
Port Aransas school trustees will
consider various requests, from an
instructional aide in first grade to
authorization to advertise for and
accept bids for a school vehicle when
they convene tonight (Thursday, Oct.
12) at 6:30.
The meeting will be in the high
school library on die first floor of the
building and the public is invited.
H.G. Olsen Elementary Principal
Skipper Lister is asking for board
approval to hire an instructional aide
to help first grade teachers with read-
ing skills. Lister says increased cn-
Tollmen* created larger classes thiir
anticipated, putting a burden on the
teachers and posing a potential hard-
ship on students. Lister proposes the
aide also assist with first and second
grade physical education classes.
Superintendent Dr. Dale Pitts will
follow up on his proposal that the
Open house set
at PAISD Oct. 26
The Port Aransas school district will
be on display at an open house set for
Thursday, Oct. 26.
Superintendent Dr. Dale Pitts said
“We...want to give everyone an op-
portunity to meet all our good people
here at school.”
Parents will have an opportunity to
visit their children’s classrooms and
meet their teachers, then gather for a
general “get acquainted” session at
the high school. The open house is not,
however, the time for parents to have
individual parent-teacher conferences.
Any parent wishing to discuss his or
her child’s progress at school with a
teacher is asked to schedule such a
meeting with the teacher.
H.G. Olsen Elementary School will
kick off the open house at 6:30 p.m.
followed by the middle school at 7
p.m. The high school open house will
follow at 7:30p.m. Parents should feel
free to slay as long as necessary at each
campus.
After the high school open house
everyone is invited to gather at the
high school cafeteria for coffee and
getting acquainted with members of
the administrative staff.
school buy an extended van or Subur-
ban for school use. He will ask trus-
tees to give him the go ahead to adver-
tise for and accept bids on a vehicle.
The vehicle would be used to trans-
port small numbers of students to
school events and for teachers attend-
ing conferences or seminars.
Among other items on tonight’s
agenda arc:
* a report on the Supreme Court
ruling (Edgcwood versus Kirby) call-
ing the financing system for Texas
education unconstitutional.
* consideration of changing
achievement tests from C l BS to Man-
ford Series.
* appointment of a building and
grounds committee to study needs
being created by increased enrollment, program for “at-risk” students.
* consideration of district-wide * report on advising parents of
insurance coverage for students. uncertified teachers (those teaching
* consideration of a public rela- subjects outside of the field for which
lions brochure for the school district, they arc certified).
* consideration of changes in the
Discipline Management Plan. * discuss use of school buses by
* request for an early morning non-school organizations.
PAHS cafeteria open for lunch
The Port Aransas High School cafe- dents,” Gallcmore said, adding that
tcria has been re-opened. Principal students may now get a nutritious
Jim Edmonson said. meal without leaving the campus and
Lunches arc being served to high “still have free time to study and
school students, faculty and staff and socialize with friends.”
the reception by students has been Lunch cards good for one week arc
great!” maintenance director Larry on sale tor $5.75
Gallcmore said. The cafeteria re-opened Wednes-
“This is a great benefit for our stu- day, Oct. 4.
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Place your bets!
Dealer Wayland Simmons, in fringed hal, calls for bets during the Port Aransas Lioness C lub's
third annual Casino Night Saturday, Oct. 7. Billed as a "cruise" aboard the USS Good Time,
the event drew a slightly smaller crowd than last year — "but they spent more," Capt. Pat
Nichols of the Lioness Club said. Proceeds benefit, among other things, children's charities.
(Staff photo by Murray Judson)
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Judson, Mary Henkel. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1989, newspaper, October 12, 1989; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662979/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.