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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Vol. 39 No. 45
© 2009 Port Aransas South Jetty - All Rights Reserved
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igsoi Fall for
■Sitlie ARK
Festival of fun
Since the Fall Back Festival
fell on Halloween, almost
everyone who attended came
in full holiday regalia. The
event is a benefit for the Port
Aransas Community Theater.
Page IB
So long, Chester
Chester, the most famous cat
in Port Aransas, and maybe
even Texas, has gone to kitty-
cat heaven.
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Index
Church___________________
Pastor’s pen.......................3B
Island Life________________
Columnists
• Tony Amos.......................8B
• For the birds...................7A
• Rachel Pearson..............8A
Island agenda....................2A
Law enforcement ..............2B
Youth___
Education notes.................4A
School menus.....................4A
Sports
Basketball..........................5 A
Cross-country...................5A
Opinion_______
Dave McNeely....................3A
Todd Hunter......................3A
Mary Henkel Judson...........3A
Outdoors
Fishing report....................4B
Tides & Weather.................4B
Classified_ ______
Classified ads.
6B-8B
Dinner; auction, music
and more to benefit
rehabilitation facility
The animals will thank you.
Enjoy a catered dinner, live music and
auctions, all while raising money at the
first Fall for the ARK.
The fundraiser for the Animal Reha-
bilitation Keep (ARK) is set for Saturday,
Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. at the Port Aransas Civic
Center, 710 W. Ave. A.
The public is invited to the event,
which will include dinner by La Playa, a
cash bar, live and Chinese auctions and
a presentation by Tony Amos, director
of the ARK.
Brian Winfrey will provide live
music.
Live auction items include a tour for
four of the Lydia Ann Lighthouse by Rick
Reichenbach, a guided beach tour with
Tony Amos, an aerial tour of Mustang
and Matagorda islands with a picnic
lunch and beachcombing on Matagorda
Peninsula for up to three, and a six-night,
seven-day stay at a three-bedroom home
in San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico,
donated by John and Deb Wilson.
Tickets may be purchased at Grati-
tude Gift Shoppe, 316 N. Station St. or
by calling Friends of the ARK at (361)
332-6361.
Individual tickets cost $25. Tables
of 10 seats each may be purchased as
follows:
•A Silver Sponsorship, $300, includes
a reserved table and program listing as
a sponsor.
• A Gold Sponsorship, $400, includes
a reserved table, program listing, public
recognition as a sponsor during the event,
and a listing in Tony Amos’ PowerPoint
presentation.
• A Platinum Sponsorship, $500,
includes a preferred-seating VIP table,
program listing, public recognition as a
See ‘FALL,’ Page 3A
Frightful faces
Staff photo by Dan Parker
Karen Collins, left, and Jeanice Martin wait with some of their jack-o-lantern friends for trick-or-treaters in the driveway of Martin’s Channel
Vista neighborhood horm brt Halloween night. For more Halloween photos, go to www.portasouthjetty.com and click on the blue button.
Affordable housing?
Code changes under study
by city may make it possible
By Dan Parker
dan @ portasouthjetty.com
Whether you’re a Port Aransas prop-
erty owner struggling to make ends meet,
or you’re a local renter trying to find a
new home with lower rent, city hall might
have some help for you coming soon.
The city council is expected to consider
making city code changes that would
allow for Accessory Dwelling Units,
also known as ADUs, or mother-in-law
cottages.
Currently, city codes allow more
than one home to be built and/or rented
only in lots zoned for multi-family use.
The proposed change would allow for a
smaller second home to occupy a single-
family lot.
The Port Aransas Planning and Zoning
Commission is scheduled to meet Nov.
30 and could approve the concept then,
said Dave Parsons, the city’s planning
and projects manager. If that happens,
the matter could go before the council
for possible approval Dec. 17.
The proposal would have to go through
three readings by council.
The commission and the council are
scheduled to hold a workshop to discuss
a variety of proposed city zoning and
subdivision rule changes at 5 p.m. today,
Thursday, Nov. 5, at city hall. ADUs
could be one of the subjects discussed at
the workshop.
See ‘AFFORDABLE,’ Page 3A
Ceremony is V^dnesday
to honor those who "served
The annual Veterans’ Day program in Port Aransas
is patriotism at its best.
Veterans of various military branches and wars
will b6 honored on Wednesday, Nov. 11, beginning
at 10:30 a.m. in the Port Aransas High School gvm.
1 (XfSTStation St.
The public is encouraged to attend. The program is
expected to last until 11:20 a.m.
Veterans and other dignitaries will assemble in the
high school library at 9:45 a.m.
The PAHS band will play as the audience assembles,
then master of ceremonies Harry Shaw will open the
program.
High school student council member Kelsey Ortiz
will deliver the invocation.
Brundrett Middle School eighth grader Chase
Hagedom will lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
Jenna Ward, a ninth grader at PAHS, will sing the
Star Spangled Banner.
Superintendent Dr. Sharon Doughty and
Mayor Claude Brown will comment, and
Constable Bobby Sherwood will introduce
dignitaries, welcome the veterans and ac-
knowledge area veterans as well as those
who died in 2008-09.
H.G. Olsen Elementary School second
graders will sing “It’s a Grand 01’ Flag’’ and
“America,” accompanied by the high school
band. A speech by high school student council
president Abby Kenigsberg will follow.
Charles Zahn will introduce State Rep.
Todd Hunter, who will deliver a Veterans’ Day
message.
The PAHS band will conclude the program with
See ‘VETERANS’ DAY,’ Page 3A
Civic Center foyer make-over
designed to be prelude to city
First action
Staff photo by Stephanie Kenigsberg
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on Saturday, Oct. 31. See Page 5Afor more on the Lady Marlins.
By Dan Parker
dan @portasouthjetty.com
City officials are set to consider help-
ing fund a Civic Center foyer make-over
that could serve as a more attractive
and effective visual introduction to Port
Aransas for visitors.
The Port Aransas City Council is
scheduled to take up the matter when it
meets at 5 p.m. today, Thursday, Nov. 5,
at city hall.
Longtime Port Aransas resident Jo Leta
Gavit got the ball rolling on the proposed
project after becoming disenchanted with
the look of some of the foyer’s displays,
which have been up for decades.
Gavit has collected about $20,000
from various donors to finance the rede-
sign, but that won’t cover the total cost,
estimated at $35,000 to $40,000, accord-
ing to briefing documents provided by
city staff to council members in advance
of the meeting.
Parks and Recreation Board Chairman
Charlie Zahn has suggested that the city
use $5,000 from the fund that provides
money for the Port Aransas Nature
Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture, according
to the briefing. Councilman Rick Pratt
has requested $ 10,000 from hotel-motel
funds, the briefing said.
A budget amendment would be needed
The Lynn Gavit Marsh Bird Ex-
hibit will be included in the reno-
vated foyer of the Civic Center.
to provide the funds.
The council needs to make a decision
by today to be able to have the project
finished in time for the 14th annual
Whooping Crane Festival (also known as
the Celebration of Whooping Cranes and
Other Birds), scheduled for Feb. 25-28.
Roy Garrett has put together a pro-
posal for a new foyer design. Garrett
is employed as the lead preparator at
the Corpus Christi Museum of Science
and History. A preparator is a person
who prepares specimens or exhibits for
scientific study or public display, such
as at a museum. Garrett also works as a
freelance exhibit designer.
The council will consider whether to
hire Garrett.
Garrett said his design “will provide
some very attractive interpretive graphic-
panels to promote the many different
organizations, institutions and agencies
here in Port Aransas.”
The design also will include large
digital signs showing Port Aransas orga-
nizations’ Web sites and up-to-the-minute
updates on activities and events going
on around town. Represented organiza-
tions would range from the Port Aransas
Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau to
the University of Texas Marine Science
Institute and civic groups.
Lighting, Garrett said, “will be ten
times better” than it is now.
Garrett said he also expects to install
large photo murals and reconfigure a
game fish diorama.
“We’re going to try to make it attrac-
See ‘FOYER,’ Page 3A
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