Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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PORT ARANSAS
WITH JETTY
VOLUME 8 - No, 25- PRICE 20 CENTS
Council Changes Meeting Date
Effective this month, the city
council of Port Aransas will
change its regular schedule of
monthly meetings. The regular
meeting now will be held on the
third Tuesday of the month,
beginning at 7:00 p.m., and the
workshop meeting will be held the
same evening, an hour earlier, at
6:00 p.m.
The first of the meetings to be
held under the newly enacted
schedule will be on December 19
1978.
For a number of years, the
regular monthly meeting has been
held on the second Tuesday of the
month, with the workshop meet-
ing on the Thursday before the
regular meeting.
The reason for changing the
meeting day had largely to do
with the availability of monthly
financial information on which the
council needs to act. With the
later meeting date, all necessary
information from the previous
month is expected to be in hand
for the council members consider-
ation.
All city council meetings, by
law, are open to the public, with
the exception of those in which
employee qualifications, pending
litigation or real-estate negotia-
tions are discussed. The council
can take official actions only in
open meetings for which proper
notice has been posted.
The Port Aransas city council’s
regular meeting place is at City
Hall.
A DECEMBER MARLIN caught last SaturdJfy, the 2nd, fills out the
year for marlin catches off Port Aransas. This 66 pound white marlin,
caught by Steve Frishman, is the first December marlin catch we know of
for Port Aransas, and now, there have been marlin landed here during
every month of the year. The white was boated on Hank Snyder’s boat
COECO, with Capt. Bill Hart (r) and mate Rudy Luna (c). while fishing
in rough seas at the East Breaks. A blue marlin was broken off at the
boat the same morning after a 25 minute battle. Not a bad day’s fishing
for any time of the year - two marlin on the string in four hours of
fishing.
This white marlin catch brings the total for 1978 to 15 fish. And. 53
blue marlin were caught, along with 74 sailfish. Also, the newly popular
night fishing for broadbill swordfish netted the first ever at Port Aransas,
giving a year’s total of 7 0f these game fish. Overall, the billfish catch
for the year, especially in marlin, has been one of the better ones for
Port Aransas, and it’s not over yet. Wc suspect, with last week’s catch,
there just might be a little more marlin fishing offshore before the end of
the year.
The COECO now is credited, among other things, with the
November, December and January marlin catches for Port Aransas. All
are white marlin, but blues have been seen in these months as well. The
February marlin belongs (o the Nash’s boat KAYD1DDLE. from a few
years back.
Good advice is: wait for the right weather and get out there marlin
fishing. Last Saturday, the water temperature at the Breaks was right at
78 degrees, and that’s plenty warm.
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SNAPPER FISHING IS BEST IN THE WINTER
MONTHS and this catch on the Scat Cat went a long
way to prove it. What you see here is a small part of
a 1,700 pound catch one day last week. Small boats
have been out and two or three anglers have filled a
box wdth over 2000 pounds of sows in just a few
hours of fishing on the snapper banks. All it takes is
good weather, smooth seas, and some folks who
really go for snapper fishing.
Council Grants Long-Avoided Dupnik Appeal
Variance To Pemberton Heard Nov. 29
The city council in a special
called meeting last Friday. De-
cember 1st, granted a base
elevation variance to Wavne
Pemberton in a controversial case
that has been before the council a
number of times during the past
few months, with a denial on
record.
At the regular council meeting
in November, the subject was
tabled with city manager Dana
Bennett being instructed to seek
an opinion on the case from the
federal Flood Insurance Adminis-
tration. the operators of the
program that provides subsidized
flood insurance for the city’s
property owners. The concern was
that the city residents could be
disqualified from the insurance
program.
In the Friday meeting, the
instruction to Bennett was with-
drawn, and a variance granted, by
a four-to-one vote. Voting against
the two motions was mayor
pro-tern Chris Page, who had
asked that an opinion be sought
from the federal agency earlier.
Approving councilman Ed Tichy’s
motions to cancel the opinion
request and grant the variance
were mayor Dennis Dreyer, Ralph
Kccnc, Vera Fortson and Tichy.
Councilmen Al Mora and Foy
Stiewig were not present at the
meeting.
The case had to do with, first,
an addition that was attached to a
house Pemberton was remodeling
for sale, and then, the entire
house. The addition, according to
the orginial moving permit was to
be a detached storage shed. It
was then attached to the existing
house as a room, without a permit
for building or required elevation.
The entire structure, including the
addition was then remodeled,
again, without proper permits.
Throughout the process, the City
issued at least two stop-work
orders on the job. and at the time
the variance was granted last
week, a stop-work order was
supposedly in effect, though some
work was apparently still under
way.
At one point in the process, last
summer, Pemberton came to the
city council seeking a variance
from the required floor elevation
that would have met the federal
guidelines and the council, on the
city staff's recommendation, de-
nied the variance. Later, Pember-
ton returned to the council, with
his attorney. Max Luther, and
again sought a variance. The
council tabled the issue with
instructions for the city attorney
and Luther to work the matter
over with the city staff and bring
back a report. The staff’s recom-
mendation. following a discussion
with Luther, was that a fine
should be levied and no variance
granted. The council, then, in its
November meeting, agreed to
seek an opinion on the case from
FI A. since the city is subject to
being disqualified from the insur-
ance subsidy if excessive or
indefensible variances are granted
ov the council. Page’s point in
seeking an opinion was to get
some reading on how this
variance, if granted, would affect
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The 13th Court of Civil Appeals
last week heard arguments in the
case of whether Bennie Dupnik.
charged with capital murder in
the killing of Gladys “Shortv”
Fowler, last May 25th. in Port
Aransas, should stand trial as an
adult or juvenile.
Last June. District Court Judge
George Hamilton certified Dupnik.
age 16 at the time of the beating
death of Mrs. Fowler, to stand as
an adult. But the court-appointed
defense attorney. Frank Garza,
shortly after challenged the adult
certification, and argued that,
among other things. Dupnik’s
parents were not notified of the
certification. Rick Rogers. Assis-
tant County Attorney, argued that
the youth’s parents voluntary
appearance was indication that
they had waived the need for
formal summons. Other points of
contention involve statements said
by Garza to constitute hearsav.
the admission into evidence of
testimony from a juvenile counse-
lor from another county, and
Hamilton’s use of the words
’’findings" and "reasons" which
Garza claims were confusing in
his judgement. Rogers countered
that the statements were not
hearsay, the counselor’s state
ment was admissible and that the
two terms had been used correctly
by Judge Hamilton.
The three judge appeals panel
made up of Paul Nve. Gerald
Bissett and Horace Young, ac-
cording to Nye. is hopeful of
having a decision before the
January 28th trial date set for
Dupnik in the criminal procedure.
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Frishman, Steve. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1978, newspaper, December 7, 1978; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623397/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.