Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1980 Page: 1 of 8
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PORT ARANSAS
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VOLUME 9 - NO. 45 - PRICE 25 CENTS ON MUSTANG ISLAND, TEXAS
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THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1980
Primaries Held
This Saturday
Both the Democratic and Re-
publican Party Primaries will be
held this Saturday, May 3rd, and
there will be precinct voting here
in Port Aransas for both primary
elections.
The Democratic Party voting
will be held at the Port Aransas
Community Building on Saturday
between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The
Republican Primary voting will
take place at the H.G. Olsen
School Cafeteria on Saturday with
voting hours between 7 a.m. and
7 p.m.
For additional information about
the Republican primary, and a
precinct meeting, Republican pre-
cinct chairman Margaret Hutchi-
son has asked that she be
contacted at 749-6051. The Demo-
cratic precinct meeting will be
held at the Community Building,
Saturday evening following the
close of the polls at 7 p.m.
Delegates to the county conven-
tions will be selected at the
precinct meetings.
The local contested race that is
drawing interest is the constable
office for the precinct that covers
Port Aransas, all of Mustang
Island that is in Nueces County.
Incumbent Constable Ben Cash,
seeking election to a third term is
being challenged on the Demo-
cratic ticket by former Port
Aransas police chief Dee Wayne
Mathews, who lost to Cash in a
similar bid four years ago. There
are no Republican candidates for
the office. Both men are cam-
paigning on the strength of their
law enforcement experience, but,
this year, the contest has none of
the earmarks of the loud battle
before the last e! ction. Cam-
paigning has largely been on an
individual contact approach, and it
appears that most voters who are
interested have already decided
their preference, since both candi-
dates are well known in Port
Aransas.
Through last week’s accounting,
both candidates had spent less
than $1,000 on their campaigns,
and expenses far outran contribu-
tions for both. The successful
candidate will win a job that pays
$23,000, including a vehicle allow-
ance.
Aside from the differences
expressed by the two men
through the years, they were
instrumental in a joint effort a
few years ago that formed the
Port Aransas Law Enforcement
Center, a cooperative agreement
between the City and County for
sharing of facilities and services
by the two law enforcement
agencies.
DOE Withdraws Proposal
To Ban Weekend Boating
The U.S. Department of Energy
has formally withdrawn its propo-
sal to ban weekend powerboating,
Gene Campbell, public informa-
tion officer for Region 6 of the
DOE, said last Friday.
Don Dacus, president of the
Boating Trades Association of
Texas, said it is apparent that
DOE finally got the message.
“Boaters have won a great
victory,’’ he said. “This proposal
was a gross violation of their
rights, particularly when all other
aspects of recreation were un-
School Bands
Trade Visits
Across Border
Sixty band students from the
suburbs of Monterrey, Mexico,
visited Port Aransas last weekend
and performed a joint concert with
the local school band on Saturday
night. And this weekend, a forty
member contingent of the Port
Aransas school band will recipro-
cate with a visit to Monterrey,
featuring a three concert tour.
The Monterrey band, with
members ranging from age 7
through 18, arrived here Saturday
and rehearsed with the Port
Aransas band before the evening
concert. On Sunday, the group
attended church, was treated to
Sunday dinner at the White
Marlin, then joined in a beach
party and cookout with the
members of the Port Aransas
band. An ice cream social at the
Presbyterian Church rounded out
the weekend trip, with the band
returning to Mexico on Monday.
The band members were housed
with local families over the
weekend, getting a real taste of
life in a small coastal city.
After traveling by chartered bus
from Monterrey to the border, the
band members were picked up in
McAllen by a Port Aransas school
bus for the final leg of the trip.
On Monday, the Port Aransas bus
returned them to their chartered
bus at the border.
The close connection with the
Monterrey band is a result of local
band leader Jim Cole having
worked in Monterrey during the
summer of 1978, with the result of
his exchange work being the
establishment of this band.
Port Aransas band members are
looking forward to their Monter-
rey trip, which is a repeat for
many of the members, who have
been on concert tour there in
previous years. According to Cole,
there is growing interest in
making this exchange of bands an
annual event.
touched.”
Dacus said he credits the
victory to the thousands of boaters
who wrote letters of protest to the
DOE and Congress. Reports from
Washington indicate the DOE
received more than 30,000 letters
from across the country in
opposition to its contemplated
restriction on powerboating.
In Port Aransas, local interests,
including the Boatman’s Associa-
tion and Chamber of Commerce,
joined in the letter and telegram
campaign to remove the boating
ban proposal from the DOE’s
proposed emergency standby
rules. In addition, local officials
attended a March hearing in
which Texans registered their
objections to the plan.
Late May DOE officials propose
to have a final draft of the
standby fuel plan ready for
enactment, but they continue to
stress that such a plan would only
become effective if the president
finds that there is a fuel
emergency at hand, and if he
finds that the individual states’
programs are not meeting targets
he sets for reduction of fuel
consumption.
SUMMER FISHING IS NEAR AND A SURE SIGN IS WHEN THE BULL
SHARKS BEGIN TO APPEAR. This 411 pounder was landed last week
on Bill Easum's Island Delights after a two hour battle. The 8 and 1/2
foot shark ranks with the big bulls seen landed here during the past few
years. Along with Easum (r) was Phil Kindla, serving as crew on the
boat. Party boats as well as the smaller charter and private boats are
now turning in reports of catches of kingfish and ling from their trips.
The nice weather and fast-warming water are also resulting in catches of
Spanish mackerel and some jackflsh. It looks like the summer fishing
season is on at Port Aransas.
PORT ARANSAS POLICE CHIEF ROY MADDOX
PRESENTS CERTIFICATES to 13 reserve police
officers who have completed the required 86 hours of
training that allows them to serve with the police and
constable departments. The training, sponsored by
Del Mar College took place here, and was attended
by Port Aransas and Aransas Pass residents. The
reserves volunteer their time in training and service,
and will work with officers at least 16 hours per
month to keep their reserve status, iwom in as law
enforcement reserve officers at a ceremony last
Saturday evening were: Roy Faires, Charles
Hammerick, Mark Holmes, William Kercher III,
Floyd McClannahan. Bruce Mergele, Mike Ortega,
Norma Perkins, Ronald Rivers, Don Tumham, Kathy
Weems, Floyd Wiley, and Ruth Wall who had earned
her certification earlier. Mergele held the top position
in the course scoring, with a 96 exam average. The
reserves will assist local law enforcement officers,
with the aim of having at least one working during
every shift on a dally basis.
For information and brochure, wme:
PORT ARANSAS BOATMAN, INC.
P O. Boa >01
Port Aranjaj, Ttxai 78373
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