Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1998 Page: 3 of 20
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Pori Aransas South Jim
Island Life
Thursday, November 19, 1998 PAGE 3A
Contribution pour in
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to Honduran relief effort
By Mary Judson
South Jetty editor
, Contributions of cash and volun-
. tver labor and services have poured
;•* in as a result of a Port Aransas
, .vMupic's effort to provide relief to
• residents of an island off the coast of
Honduras that was devastated by
Hurricane Mitch last month.
, -, . Richard Watson and Betsy Churgai
. of Port Aransas, who spent much of
ffie past 1 7 years on Roatan which
....suffered hurricane force winds for
- . t hree days and were deluged by up to
six feet of rain, organized the effort to
help their friends and former neigh-
biors.
, As of Tuesday, Nov. 1 7, morethan
v$l 1,000 in funds had been received,
i (),f that, $5,000 was used to purchase
• bulk food from an IGA warehouse
'. distribution center near Miami, Fla.
Arrangements were made through
Mike Hall, co-owner and general
manager of the Port Aransas Family
Center IGA. Originally, the distribu-
«* • tion center in Morgan City, La. was to
have been used, hut shipping difficul-
ties necessitated the move to Miami,
Churgai said.
Bulk food items purchased in-
cluded rice, beans, flour, sugar, masa
harina (for tortillas), cooking oil,
.<!-oatmeal, canned corn, tomato paste,
F spaghetti, dry milk and tuna.
Another $5,000 has been used to
' purchase hulk building material.
“We had enough funds to pur-
chase framing lumber, siding and
roofing (no floors) for eight one-
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rtxim cottages: four 10-foot by 10-
foot, and four 10-foot by 12-foot. The
Miami company from which the sup-
plies were purchased is considering
matching the relief effort’s contribu-
tions, perhaps by as much as 300
percent, Churgai said.
Five palettes of supplies left Tues-
day morning for a shrimp boat from
Port Isabel that had come up from
Honduras.
“We sent two palettes of hxxl, one
of medicine and two of large tarps to
be used as tents and temporary roof
covers,” Churgai said.
Sixteen to 20 palettes of supplies
are being readied for shipment later
this week to Miami.
All charges for shipping, handling
and delivery, two 18-wheel transport
trucks and the sea transport, have
been donated, Churgai said.
Donations are still being accepted
for later shipments, she added.
Clothing in good condition, such a
flip-flop sandals, babies’ and children’s
items, blue jeans and tee-shirts and
loose-fit cotton dresses are also being
solicited.
“There is a great need for diapers,
alcohol, bleach, antibiotics, antifun-
gals, insulin, bandages, anesthesia
items, material for setting bones and
making casts, as well as cholera, ma-
laria and dengue medicine, aspirin
and other analgesics,” Watson said.
Clothing may be dropped off at
Things Resort Wear, 119 W. Cotter;
at Aransas Bay Boats on Fulton Beach
Road in Fulton; and in CorpusChristi
at Midway Motors in care of Hector
Yzagurre, 1640 Rand Morgan.
Free warehouse space was donated
to this effort by the Port of Corpus
ChrUri
Checks may he made out to the
Richard L. Watson-Honduras Relief
Fund and sent to P.O. Box 1040,
Port Aransas, Tx 78 37 3. Checks may
also be deposited directly to account
number 5030203773 at any Pacific
Southwest Bank, or mailed to the
account number at Pacific Southwest
Bank, P.O. Box 9940, Corpus Christi,
TX 78769-9940.
Watson said most other relief ef-
forts have been directed at the Hon-
duran mainland, not the Bay Islands,
of which Roatan is the largest. Roatan,
according to Watson, is a mountain-
ous island about 30 miles long and
two to three miles wide — a little
bigger than Mustang Island. There,
several small and very poor low-lying
villages were nearly completely de-
stroyed, he said.
In addition to the devastation on
the mainland where most of the
country’s infrastructure of roads,
bridges and utilities has been de-
stroyed, the export crops of bananas
and coffee were demolished by the
hurricane, and flxxl crops such as
beans and corn are now non-existent.
“There is almost nothing to eat in
the entire country and no way to
distribute it. People are starving ev-
erywhere and without safe water or
medicine,” he said.
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Island Agenda
The Island Agenda ts available free of charge to non-profit organi-
zations of Port Aransas for announcements of their meetings and
special events. Call 749-5131 before 12 noon each Tuesday to be
included.
• Daily: free trolley service, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from Roberts
Point Park to the airport. Maps, schedules available at Tourist
Bureau.
19 Thursday
• Port Aransas City Council
meeting, 7 p.m., city hall. Public
welcome. See story for details.
'»Teen Recreation Center open 4-6
b.m. 749-4158.
• Alcoholics Anonymous open
discussions, 8 p.m., Trinity-by-the-
, Sea Episcopal Church, 403 Trojan.
• Adult tennis just for fun, 7:15a.m.,
all levels of players welcome. High
'school tennis courts on Station
■ Street.
• UTMSI movies 11 a.m., The
Intertidal Zone, 17 min.; 3 p.m., The
Flight of the Whooping Crane, 60
min. (Movies may be substituted or
canceled at short notice.)
• Rotary Club, 12 noon, Pelican's
Landing.
21 Saturday
24 Tuesday
• Round robin adult tennis
tournament, 7:45 a.m., PAHS tennis
courts. See story for details.
• Bingo by Ladies Fire Auxiliary, 7
p.m., Community Center.
• Storytime for children ages 2-and-
a-ha!f to 5, Bill Ellis Memorial
Library, 10:30 a.m.
• Bingo games by Ladies Fire
Auxiliary, 7 p.m., Community
Center.
•Alcoholics Anonymous candlelight
meeting, 10:30 p.m., Trinity-by-the-
Sea Episcopal Church, Trojan at
Ave. E. 749-4797. Meetings are
smoke-free.
22 Sunday
• Computer Club, 6:30 p.m., PAHS
library.
• Lunch bunch, Pollock Center, 12
noon. Age 55 and over. See story
for details.
• Adulttennis for fun, 7:15 a.m., high
school tennis courts.
• UTMSI movies 11 a.m., What We
Learn About Earth From Space, 25
min.; 3 p.m., Incredible Suckers, 60
min. (Movies may be substituted or
canceled at short notice.)
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 noon,
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal
Church, 403 Trojan. 749-4797.
Meetings are smoke-free.
25 Wednesday
20 Friday
• Drop Everything And Read
(DEAR) time, 10 a.m. See story for
details.
• Deadline at 12 noon for
Thanksgiving edition of the South
Jetty. See story on Page 1A for
details.
• Teen Recreation Center open 4-6
, p.m. 749-4158.
t Adult tennis for fun, 7:15 a.m., all
levels of players welcome. High
school tennis courts.
• Low impact aerobics, 8 a.m.,
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal
Church, 749-6697.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,
;Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal
Church 4nn Trnian 749-4797.
• Chili lunch to benefit Project
Graduation, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., H.G.
Olsen Elementary School cafeteria.
See story for details.
23 Monday
• UTMSI movies: 11 a.m., The
Sharks, 60 min.; 3 p.m., Let's
Explore a Seashore, 16 min.
(Movies may be substituted or
canceled at short notice.)
• Low impact aerobics, 8 a.m.,
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal
Church, 749-6697.
•Adult tennis for fun, 7:15a.m., high
school tennis courts.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,
Trinitv-by-thfi-Spp Episcopal
Church, 403 Trojan at Ave. E.
Meetings are smoke-free. 749-
4797.
•Teen Recreation Center Awesome
Art program, 4 - 8 p.m. 749-4158.
• Birding on the Boardwalk guided
birding tour. Port Aransas Birding
Center, 9 a.m. Free. Call 749-4158
for details.
• Adult tennis for fun, 7:15 a.m. for*
all levels, high school courts.
• Low impact aerobics, 8 a.m.,
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal
Church, 749-6697.
• Kiwanis Club, 12 noon, Trout
Street Bar and Grill.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 noon,
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal
Church, 403 Trojan at Ave. E. 749-
4797. Meetings are smoke-free.
• UTMS! movies: 11 a.m., Life in the
Sea: Survival!, 18 min.; 3 p.m.,
Secrets of the Salt Marsh ?D min
(Movies may be substituted or
canceled at short notice.)
Thanks
The Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce staff
and Board of Directors would like to extend their
warmest thanks to the many people who helped
to make the 1998 Awards Banquet great success:
Sharon Butler, Debby Nichols,
Georgia Neblett, Peg Schmitt,
Wanda Barr, Anntetta Adams,
Barbara Smith, John Corder,
Jim Sherrill, Thaxton Kypke,
Mike Hall, Linda Masterpole,
Mary Judson. Sandi McNorton,
Jack Nichols. Bob Conwell.
•Kay Wolf, Todd Hunter,
Don Clarke, Fay Haggerty,
Theresa Ousley, Susan Lagedrost,
Tom Brooks, Bobby Sherwood,
Jeanie Ivy, Dottie, Sylvia and the
staff of Pelican's Landing Restaurant.
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Honduras help
Even strangers showed up and helped prepare and load the shipping containers with items desperately
needed in Honduras. They said they didn't even want a Coke for their help. See story for details.
Watercolor
workshop
set at center
I)uh (William) Aubertin will con-
duct a watercolor workshop Friday,
Nov. 27, at Art Center for the Is-
lands.
Workshop hours are from 10 a.m.
until 3 p.m.
Aubertin, well known for his wa-
tercoiors ol the Cnilf Coast and the
Hill Country, has a “hold realistic
approach that creates a fresh look
at the natural beauty around 11s,” one
of the organizers said.
A graduate of the University of
Houston with a bachelor of science
in art, he now resides in the Hous-
ton area. He has won numerous
wards and his paintings hand in
“prestigious” galleries and private
collections throughout the United
States, the spokesman said.
Weekly classes held at the art cen-
ter are watercolor with Diana Rickey
on Tuesdays and oil painting with
Gertie Faye Johnson on Wednesdays.
Shirley Harrison teaches a drawing
class on Thursdays and a hand-built
pottery class is forming.
To sign up lor any of the classes
or workshops, stop by the Art Cen-
ter at 309 N. Alister St., or call 749-
7334.
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Judson, Mary. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1998, newspaper, November 19, 1998; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth663098/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.