Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1999 Page: 1 of 20
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Thursday, November 11,1999
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Veterans’ due homage today
Are we having fun yet?
Staff photo by Murray Judson
The Island Construction crew made sure everyone had fun at the EMS Chili and Barbecue Cook-off Saturday, Nov. 6.
Sponsored by the Port Aransas Emergency Medical Service Auxiliary to benefit the EMS, teams came from across
Texas to compete for cooking and showmanship honors. The Island Construction crew entertained the crowd throughout
the day with their version of ‘YMCA’. See story for more on the event.
All veterans and members of the commu-
nity are invited to a Veterans’ Day program
today, Thursday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at the
Port Aransas High School gym.
Carolyn Richards, widow of Navy veteran
Jay Richards who served on submarines in
the Pacific in World War II, will share her
feelings about the United States and grati-
tude to the veterans.
The program will recognize all Port
Aransas veterans who have died since last
Veterans’ Day. Call master of ceremonies
Chuck Borders at 749-6113, extension 25,
to give him the names of veterans who
should be included in this portion of the
program.
Borders is, an Air Force veteran with more
than 150 missions over North Vietnam.
Veteran Frances Stokes will introduce
PAHS student council president Collie
Farley who will provide insights on what
Veterans’ Day means to students today.
Veterans, including Canadian and Win-
ter Texan veterans, are invited to gather at
the high school library at 10:45 a.m. to join
community leaders in the opening ceremony.
Constable Bobby Sherwood and PAHS
cheerleaders will lead this group to the gym,
and the color guard will be provided by
Coast Guard Station Port Aransas. Kinder-
garten students of Kim Haese and Carly
Roach will lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Rev. William Calhoun, interim vicar at
Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church and a
navy carrier pilot with three tours in Viet-
nam, will deliver the invocation.
Port Aransas High School band students
of director Jim Cole will play an original
called American Celebration.
State Rep. Gene Seaman has provided a
state flag that flew over the state capitol.
Port Aransas Girl Scout Troop 828, escorted
by two Boy Scout Troop 29, will present
the flag to Ann Vaughan, executive direc-
tor of the Port Aransas Chamber of Com-
merce-Tourist Bureau. The flag will be flown
over the chamber office on Cotter Street.
The program will conclude with the play-
ing of Taps, and the singing of the National
Anthem.
Port Aransas Veterans’ Day committee
members are Mike Hall, Bill Lehmann,
Sherwood, Stokes, Borders and Richards.
VFW Post 8967
sets flag raising
at noon today
Port Aransas VFW Post 8967 will cel-
ebrate Veterans’ Day with the raising of the
new post flag today.
The ceremony will be at 12 noon and the
community is invited.
The post is located on Alister at Beach
Street.
Chili, BBQ heads flock to park to benefit EMS
By Carolyn Richards
South Jetty reporter
Several thousand people helped Emer-
gency Medical Services Auxiliary raise
nearly $5,000 last Saturday, Nov. 6, at the
annual chili and barbecue cook-off.
The day long event was held in Roberts
Post office to put
mail in office only
Subscribers to the South Jetty will re-
ceive their papers late this week.
The Port Aransas Post Office notified
the newspaper Monday, Nov. 8, that only
post office box holders will receive mail
today, Thursday, Nov. 11, because of Vet-
erans’ Day. Home/office delivery rounds
will not be made. Notification was too
late to make arrangements to go to press
early.
Subscribers who normally receive their
newspaper at the at their home or office
may stop by the South Jetty office today
and pick up a newspaper. Newspapers will
still be mailed, but won’t be delivered to
routes or out of town until tomorrow,
Friday, Nov. 12.
Point Park where aromas of cooking chili
and barbecue wafted throughout the air,
along with sounds of lively music.
A feeling of festivity prevailed among the
friendly competitors. There were 19 chili
chefs and 11 barbecue cooks.
Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy go-
ing from booth to booth as they sampled
the wares.
The top three chili cooking teams were
A-Bar-J of Boerne, first; Campfire, second;
and Fred Franklin’s Island Pepper Shack,
third.
Winning honors in the barbecue cook-
off were Crappy Cookers of Georgetown,
first; Harbor Cats, second; and Franklin’s
Pepper Shack, third.
Always colorfully presented by often wild
attired folks, the showmanship first place
went to Island Construction. Second spot
went to Ballyhoo Piano Bar, which also won
the originality award.
Kurt Requarth received a friendship
award from the auxiliary.
Annexation talks go behind closed doors
Index
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Churches..................... 3B
Classified ads.....................5-8B
Editorial........................... 2A
Fishing report....................... 11A
Island Agenda ......................... 3A
Island observer____............______8B
On the Town ...........................4B
Outdoors..............................11A
Pastor's pen ..........................3B
Public safety reports.............2B
School menus..........................8A
Sports................. 10A
Youth ............. 8A-9A
TV listings ..............................4B
Weather-Tides......................11A
By Mary Judson
South Jetty editor
Port Aransas city officials went into closed
session last night, Wednesday, Nov. 10, to
discuss real estate and contemplated litiga-
tion with regard to land either owned by
the City of Corpus Christi or land that is in
its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).
• Port Aransas and Corpus Christi city staff
have been meeting to determine if it is pos-
sible to negotiate an agreement that would
allow Port Aransas to annex four miles of
land along SH 361 that are between the two
cities’ city limits, but in Corpus Christi’s
ETJ.
(The council met last night instead of the
third Thursday of the month because of con-
flicts with the Texas Municipal League meet-
ing and the Port Aransas school board.)
Corpus Christi owns some of the land in
the area. It was purchased to be used as an
access route to the beach. If the area is an-
nexed by Port Aransas, the city would need
to purchase the land from Corpus Christi
so that it could be used as beach access. Dis-
cussion of details of such a real estate trans-
action may be discussed behind closed doors.
Any action that may be taken must be
handled in open session.
Port Aransas City Manager Tom Brooks
said the other reason to go behind closed
doors is contemplated litigation.
“Whether the city ‘anticipates litigation’
is strong, but the option is there," Brooks
said.
Corpus Christi Mayor Loyd Neal has said
that he is “not willing to give up that land.”
However, after Port Aransas Mayor Glenn
Martin addressed the Corpus Christi city
council last month, negotiations were
opened between the two city staffs.
Port Aransas’ position is that the area is
in the Port Aransas school district, is served
by Port Aransas utilities, law enforcement,
emergency medical service, fire department,
postal servire_ telephone service and rahle
television service.
Property owners in the area would pay a
property tax of about 62* if annexed by
Corpus Christi compared to 47<t if annexed
by Port Aransas.
As folks traveled around the park, they
made donations for chili and barbecue
samples. Island Construction received the
most in donations and Tortuga’s came in
second.
“We made nearly $1,500 from the contri-
bution jars,” said Lucy Jones, perennial chair-
man.
Three Port Aransas residents won the
raffle prizes. Ed Zieglar Jr. took first place
and Earnic Holbrook, second. Third place
in the raffle went to Mary McElhatten.
Donating trophies for the chili and bar
bccuc Cooks Wcfc Family Ccniei IGA,
Malibu Motel, Jay’s Seafood and Spaghetti
Works, the South Jetty, Driftwood Motel,
Valuebank Texas, Woody’s Sports Center
American Bank, City of Port Aransas and
the Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau
Seaside scenery
Staff photo by Murray Judsc
The Diana Project, a deep draft caisson vessel (DEDCV) -- an offshore drilling and production floating platform that will
support exploration and/or drilling decks in 4,900 feet of water, is pulled by 11 tugs toward its destination 150 miles east
of Corpus Christi in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, Nov. 4. It sets a new world record for offshore drilling and production
floating platforms, according to Vic Rosen, project manager at Aker Gulf Marine in Ingleside where the hull was built. It
is 705 feet long, 122 feet in diameter and weighs about 30,000 tons. The mooring system is a network of pilings on the
ocean floor connected to chains and cable that are attached to the bottom of the hull. Exxon USA is the owner-operator
of the DEDCV. Called The Diana Project.
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