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That little Leprechaun is back. Ingleside on the Bay has scheduled its annual St. Paddy’s Day Fun Run & Walk for Saturday, March 16th, from 2:30-4:30 p.m., starting at City Park across from City Hall at 475 Starlight Dr. The entry fee for the one and three-mile events is $15 without a t-shirt, and $20 with a t-shirt. Each participant must sign a release waiver. Pick up shirts at 2:30 p.m., fun walk/run starts at 3:00 p.m. and ends at Bahía Marina/Sunset Hideaway on Bayshore Dr. Ingleside’s Round Up Days Returns in March It may seem a long way off, but...
Veteran Peace Officer Announces City Council Run in Aransas Pass
, , , , Working some of the meanest streets of New Mexico and Texas, Jerry Randal Haskins, 68, known to most as ‘Randy’, was a peace officer more than 30 years, much of his career spent in narcotics and gang squads, faced with the difficult job of infiltrating drug cartels and their vicious and heavily armed league of criminals who would just assume dismember you than submit to arrest. Through it all he survived, never fearing having to look over his shoulder to see if retribution was far behind. Since then, Haskins has enjoyed retirement in Aransas Pass, a...
Auto Mechanic and Mr. Fix-It Spurs Growing Success at Aransas Pass RV Shop
, , , , , , , , , SMALL BUSINESS CORNER: FREEDOM RV SERVICE, ARANSAS PASS A mechanical aptitude has served Wes Denney well. A former service technician for Dodge dealers, he’s learned how to do apply his talent and skills on recreational vehicles – RVs – some that cost as much as a brand-new house, or more. The 44-year-old and his wife, Holly, 36, opened Freedom RV Service in Aransas Pass in 2017, now in its current location at 603 Banty Ln. since last November. The 5,000 square foot facility is split evenly in half, one side featuring a...
‘End of Legacy’: Popular Dance School Closing Hits Community Hard
Many childhood dreams have been fulfilled in a nondescript building on Main St. (FM 1069) in Ingleside that, over many years, attracted youth from Aransas Pass, Ingleside, and Ingleside on the Bay. Some who enrolled in the Cinderella Gymnastics Cheerleading & Dance School may have even been part of teams that won national awards. All of that will be just memories, now, after the owner retired in January and closed the school for good. Dubbed an ‘End of a Legacy!’ on the company’s Facebook page (https:// www.facebook.com/cinderelladancegymcheeringle-side), the owner detailed the school’s storied past and offered a fond farewell to those...
Downtown Aransas Pass Fogged In
From cold, to warm, temperatures at least one day last week made driving through downtown Aransas Pass dangerous first thing in the morning, this view showing dense fog on S. Commercial St. just after turning from W. Wilson Ave. Visibility was limited, for sure, but by midday it had improved immensely.
Ingleside Homemaker Turns Kitchen Skills Into Income Generator
, , , , It all started about five years ago when Yeraldy Zuniga, now 28, waitressed at the Portland Denny’s. She started to see a frequent customer stop in just about every other morning for the restaurant’s hearty sampler breakfast dish he’d wash down not with hot coffee, but a creamy chocolate milkshake. One thing led to another and her future husband, Zachary, a Kokomo, IN native now 30, asked her out on dates. The McAllen native was being wooed and the couple wed, now living in Ingleside raising two children – a son, age four, and a daughter,...
Aransas Pass Council Meeting Descends Into Chaos, Again
, A citizen comment section is built into the agenda for Aransas Pass City Council meetings, anyone wishing to speak, and on any topic, normally allotted at least three minutes, uninterrupted, assuming they don’t get out of hand. Some who’ve addressed the council in the past have quickly lost that privilege, making inflammatory accusations, shouting, even using expletive curses directed at elected officials. In each case, the speaker is usually ejected, asked to leave, and escorted outside by armed police. Mayor Ram Gomez, currently the subject of a recall petition along with Mayor Pro Tempore and Councilman, Place 1, Carrie Scruggs,...
Ingleside Rejects Permit for Ammonia Plant, Enbridge Considers Next Steps
, It’s an issue that could impact the health and wellbeing of anyone in Aransas Pass, promises millions of dollars in new property tax revenue for Ingleside, and would sit right next door to Ingleside on the Bay property owners. Weigh the good against the bad and the outcome seems the same. Most who call this part of south Texas home want nothing to do with a proposed blue ammonia plant. A handful of people braved frigid temperatures Tuesday afternoon, January 16th rallying with placards on N. Main St. (FM 1069) near W. Main St., site of the Humble Community Center...
What to Do After the Big Freeze
The freeze we had last week was a regular bonechiller and plant killer! Fortunately, it was nowhere near as bad as Winter Storm Uri but it was still cold enough, long enough to do some damage. Cold temperatures can damage the entire plant, or parts such as leaves, buds, flowers, trunks, stems, or roots. Some plants were not affected by the extremely cold temperatures we had last week, others died back to the ground, but their roots will survive, and they will regrow in the spring (these plants are “root hardy”), and others were lost to the hard freeze. After a freeze...
Cold Snap Brings Out Best in Aransas Pass
, , , , , , , All south Texas braced against the frigid temperatures early last week, weather so cold it was dangerous to be outdoors for long without protection, like warm clothing. Aransas Pass businessman Hector Rios and the Third Coast Small Business Alliance that created and distributed gift bags to local area senior citizens at Christmas last year had leftover supplies, several pairs of gloves, offered free while they lasted to anyone who needed some warmth during the cold snap, available at the Country Store at the corner of Deberry and S. Commercial. “They are not the warmest,...
SMALL BUSINESS CORNER: WINGS N WICHES, INGLESIDE
, , , , , By Mark Silberstein Raised on a Pennsylvania dairy farm, Beau Durnell was used to rising early, long before school, helping his grandfather feed and milk the cows. After classes he did the same, seven days a week without fail. That was life until his late teens when after the cows were sold and he switched to crop farming it was time to move on from the town of Fombell, about 45 minutes north of Pittsburgh, traveling the U.S. and even parts of Canada to work in the specialized field of industrial demolition where he could earn...
Girl Scout Cookies Welcome Shoppers at Aransas Pass Lowes
, Members of Girl Scouts Troop 9849, representing youth from Ingleside and Aransas Pass huddled inside the foyer of Lowes, 150 FM 1069 Saturday, January 20th, hoping shoppers who braved the feel-like temperature of 27 degrees outside would come inside and buy boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. Several Girl Scout troops fanned out in the area last weekend for ‘Cookie-Palooza’, with an ambitious goal of selling 4,200 boxes of cookies in a single day. Troop members included (left to right) Ellie Shipp, age 6, Abigail Sasin, 5, Penelope Garza, 7, Rosalie Shipp, 4, and Annaliese Freeze, 7. Peanut Butter Patties and Thin Mints, the girl’s parents said, were among the biggest sellers.
New Business Picks Heart of Downtown Aransas Pass as ‘Great Location’
, , , , , , , , , , , , , SMALL BUSINESS CORNER: 361 CABINETS & MORE, ARANSAS PASS By late February, 361 Cabinets & More expects to open its doors – officially – for the first time in downtown Aransas Pass, located at 316 S. Commercial St., occupying the main floor of what in 1940 was the Naylor Building, featuring appliances, furniture, and hardware. To those familiar with the core of the city’s old mercantile district, it will always be known as the Naylor Bldg., right on the corner with W. Wilson Ave., bits of history added...
Aransas Pass Veteran Comes Home After Hurricane to Stay
, , , , , , , , , , It was just another August day when U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Shevon Baldi showed up for work, stationed in New Orleans at Integrated Support Command. Then her superiors received notice to evacuate, moving inland at least three hours to Alexandria, Louisiana to be out of harm’s way. When she returned, everything she owned had been destroyed like much in the Big Easy in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the same year her first tour of duty ended, having enlisted in 2001. Baldi wanted to be closer to family...
State of the County Address Touches on Topics Impacting Local Concerns
, , , Heads bowed, the room silent, guests who came to hear the 2023 State of the County address at the Aransas Pass Civic Center Wednesday, January 10th, paused for an invocation led by Pastor Donald Volz, spiritual leader of Crossroads Church in the city. “Amen’ reverberated throughout the massive hall as visitors prepared for a luncheon catered by The Butter Churn Restaurant on the Hwy. 35 Bypass, and to hear from three keynote speakers including Sinton- based Commissioners Court Judge David Krebs, San Patricio County Sheriff Oscar Rivera, and Howard Gillespie, Commissioner, Precinct 4, his constituents stretching from...
Aransas Pass Shelter for Homeless Faces Deadline to Close
, , , Time is running out for The Remnant House of Worship at 157 S. Commercial St., a faith-based organization that ministers to the downtrodden, many who are homeless, founded by Tracie Barnes Frazier, 59, who for a brief period in her life lived out of a car. A devout follower of Jesus Christ, she opened the outside grounds of the converted tavern to those who had no where else to go, without a permanent roof over their heads. It ignited a furor among some in the community who found the growing encampment unsightly, labeling it an eyesore. A...
Kit Gutherz: A Downtown Aransas Pass Character
, Traffic passes by the sound of engines, cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes making it difficult to hear almost anything else. Birds in trees chirping. The solace of peace and quiet. But nothing has deterred Kit Gutherz from sitting outside in front of his S. Commercial St. residence, located immediately across from the historic Rialto Theatre on the other side. A sign on a window behind him in black, bold letters reads, “Free Advice”. And he gives it, even when not asked, sometimes launching an expletive-filled dialogue against those he considers miscreants – homeless, for the most...
TCEQ Hearing on Enbridge Permit Renewal Bid Left Citizens Skeptical
If permits are granted and the Canadian firm Enbridge Energy, with a U.S. headquarters in Houston, could soon break ground on a multi-billion-dollar investment and build a blue ammonia plant in Ingleside, partnering with a Norwegian firm. Ever since project details were first announced it’s sparked outrage from many homeowners fearing the worst – a potential ammonia discharge prevailing winds might carry throughout portions of the south Texas coast, from Ingleside on the Bay, into Ingleside, and as far as Aransas Pass that could sicken or possibly kill any who it encountered, considered a highly dangerous and hazardous chemical, especially...
How Does Your (Vegetable) Garden Grow?
Do you want a vegetable garden but are not sure what to do? Let me tell you about a raised garden that will surprise you with many enjoyable spring and fall plantings with minimum effort and great results! It is called “Square Foot Garden!” Square foot because you plant each vegetable (flowers too) as required per square foot. Some require one plant per square foot, others 4, 9, or 16 plants per square foot. If the plant is large like bush tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, and melons, it would require space of one plant per 4 square feet. If you are just starting...
Aransas Pass Fireworks Sales End Year With a ‘Boom’
, , Melissa and Robert Cunningham are all smiles Saturday, December 30th, celebrating a banner season at the American Fireworks stand they operate for the company owner in Bastrop, TX. Located at 4701 FM 1069 across from Walmart, they’re closed now, reopening June 24th through July 4th. Customers drove up to purchase all sizes and types of fireworks to have a blast New Years, products ranging in price from as little as .20 cents to as much as $310. The Cunninghams have been here for the past four years, describing interest varies from what younger children desire to more elaborate displays adults seek, the couple spending 19-hour days leading up to this last holiday, expecting a final rush of sales. Each local community has its rules and regulations regarding fireworks, customers are reminded of safety rules they should follow to prevent accidents and injuries.
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