September 2015 - Parrotheads of Port Aransas

ISLAND POOP
September 2015
WingsPhlyingAlong
TheWingseventisfastapproaching.Anyonewhowantstovolunteerwillhave
toacceptthecommitteeweassignyouto.Thecommitteesaremostlyfulland
wearenowputtingpeoplewhereourneedsare.Mostofthejobsarenot
dif icultbutmustbedone.Oureventiscomingalongnicelybutnowwemust
startrollingandgetthingstocompletion.Startworkingonyourcostumetoo,
oratleastthinkingaboutit.YoucancontactmeorMaggieifyouwantto
volunteerorhavethedesiretohelpwithWings.Ifanyonewantstobea
sponsorletMaggieknow.Ihavebeenaskedwhatittakestobeonthetshirt
anditis$250.00orthatmuchingoodsorservices.
Thedeadlineisfastlyapproachingforthis.
Deno"moondog"Fabrie
CheckouttheAugustMoonFire!
PORT A PETE’S PHUNTASTIC PHEATURES
Lines n Lyrics
Can you name this Jimmy Buffet tune from one line or lyric in the song ?
Once a high ballin’ loner he thought he could own 'er
Bought her a fur and a big diamond ring.
Parrothead Phacts
Try to identify one of our phantastic phriends from this phun phact !
This ‘damn proud’ native Texan Veteran loves Viet Nam Era Rock and Roll
and was a Federal employee for over 40 years !
Answers on The Back Page
I HEARD IT ON THE COCONUT TELEGRAPH
Thanks to everyone who submitted Parrot Head names to me.
Many were very entertaining, some were good and
some were not so good. All Parrot Heads can select a parrot
head name for themselves and I encourage it. I labored
with this for a lot of reasons but I have selected the parrot head name",
Moondog". Thank you again to all who submitted a name or names. This has
been interesting and fun. Try it for yourself but if you start you have to
finish. So I will be known forever in the Parrot Head world as
Deno "Moondog" Fabrie
Was that a cool breeze I felt ? Could Fall be just around the corner ?
I need a License to Chill !
Check out the parrot head pirate personas in the pics this month.
Not much time left to get your pirate on ! Don’t forget your phlip phlops !
Last Day to register for Wings and Guarantee your T-Shirt
is Friday September 25. Don’t Delay Register Today !
DENO’SDIALOGUE
IhavehadseveralinquiriesonWingsrelatedtohotelsandeventactivities.Should
youreceiveacontactfromaParrotHeadorotherinterestedpersonhereissome
infoyoucanshare.Thebelowlistedhotelsareeventsponsors.
Whenyoucontactthemaskfora"parrothead"rate.
IslandHotel 2607Hwy361 Amelia’sLanding SandCastle SeaSideMotel
reservation#7498200 PetFriendly
104N.Alister 800SandCastleDrive
841SandCastleDrive
SharkReefResort ExecutiveKeys 7495572
7496201Ext500
7499835
314CuttOffRoad PetFriendly
7496993
800AccessRd1A 7496272
DunesCondos1000LantanaDr
7495155
Thisisalistofsponsorcondos.Wewillencourageourvisitorstouseour
sponsors.AsfarastheeventisconcerneditwillbeganonFridayand
theTENTATIVEscheduleisFridayevening530pmto730pmSunset,dolphinwatch
andpirateextravaganzacruise.YouneedtobeatWoody'sSportCenterforloading
about515pm.Itisnotnecessarytohavecheckedinwithreservationsatthistime.
Wewillhavealistofcruisers.Afterthecruiseyouneedtogotothepartylocation
atthebeach(locationtobedeterminedbutwewilltellyouhowtogettherewhen
youleavetheboat)wewillhaveapotatobakeatthebeachandlivemusicanda
bon ire.Ifyouarenotgoingontheboatcruisethepartyatthebeachwillstart
about630pm.Registrationwillbesomewherebuttheexactlocationhasnotbeen
determinedatthisdate.IfyouwanttocometoFridayeventonlythecostis$15.00
anddoesnotincludetheboatride.Theboatrideisanadditional15.00.
Saturdaytherewillbeaturtlereleaseabout10amandthelocationhasnotbeen
determined.Theseareturtlesthathavebeenrescuedandarereadyforrelease.Itis
arewardingeventifyouhavenotbeentoone.
TherestofthemorningisforyoutovisitourIsland"closetoTexas".About1pm
fromtheCivicCenterwewillhaveapubcrawl.Thisisabucketlistitemifyouhave
neverbeenonone.WetakeeveryoneonapirateshiptovarioushousesofGrog
aroundtheIsland.Itisafuneventandenjoyedbyall.Wereturneveryonetothe
CivicCentersokeepinmindaboutgettingbacktotheplaceyoustay.About6pmwe
areopeningtheCivicCenterforoureventWingsOverPortAPiratesinPhlip
Phlops.Wearehavingadresslikeapiratecostumecontestwithprizes.Wehopeto
haveaphotographerforafeeandraf lesandliveactionstodiefor.Wewillalso
havesomeliveauctions.OurmealconsistsofappetizersofAmberackCrostinisand
boiledshrimpandadinnerofsouthernfried lounder,shrimp,hushpuppiesanda
vegetable.Shortlyafterdinnerwillbeagrandperformanceby
"TheBadMonkeys".Agreattimewillbehadbyall.Ourapplicationforthiseventis
onourwebsite.Thecostforthisweekendisonly$60.00.
IfyoucanonlyattendonedaytheSaturdaypriceis$30.00.
Youcannotpurchaseonedayeventticketsforbothdays.
Iamprovidingthisinfotoallofourmemberssoyoucanbeinformedofmostofthe
basicinfoonourevent.Ifyouhaveanyquestionspleasecontactanyoneonthe
boardoraCommitteechairpersonoftheareayouareinterestedin.Ifyougeta
contactfromParrotHeadsfromotherclubsyoumaysharethisorreferthemtome
oranyoneelseonourboard.Pleasetrytokeepagoodpositiveattitudetowardour
event.Wehavemadeagreatefforttokeepyouallinformedofthingsandweareall
tryingtomakeitagoodfundraiser.Uninformednegativecommentsdonothelp
especiallytootherclubparrotheads.
Weareinneedofsmallitems(sortofparrotheadornauticalrelated)neworin
gentlyusedconditiontocompletesomebaskets.Wealsoareinneedoflargeor
mediumbasketsifyouhaveanyyoudonotneed.Wealsohaveaneedofsome
volunteerstosolicititemsfromlocalbusinesses.Wehavealistofprior
contributorsforyoutochoosefrom.Itwillmakeyoueligibleforthevolunteer
admissiontowings.Wearetryingtolightentheloadtomembers
whichcanbeeasierforallifweallaretrue
parrotheads.Finsup!
“Moondog”
Inspired by Naked Came the Sharks by Jed Donellie and Devorah Fox
A WHALE OF A TAIL
© Copyright 2015 by Orville Ballard and Devorah Fox
In previous episodes, Cheri Bradshaw, a student at the Intracoastal Marine Institute in Turtle Point,
has been helping with a team excavating the skeleton of a whale buried in the dunes and has
uncovered a human skull. Cheri, fellow student Corny, freelance journalist Tool, local law
enforcement, and the director of the IMI all want to know to whom did the
skull belong and how did it end up buried on the beach.
While Game Warden Cindy and the injured Windy are working on a plan to convince the bad guys
that they were successful in eliminating Windy we now check in with Henry and Helen whose kayak
Cindy had borrowed to rescue the injured Windy from the water.
“Henry, all I’m finding are tiny broken shells.” Helen straightened and held open the
plastic Walmart sack she had scavenged from the beach. “Look, hardly anything. I
can’t go home from a beach vacation without shells.
No one will ever believe we were here.”
“The tractors have ruined the beach in front of the condo we rented in town. That
doesn’t even look like a beach … more like the Bonneville Salt Flats, which, by the
way I think the drivers of the golf carts think it is.” Helen pouted.
“You promised me that if I came all the way down here with you that
I could find shells and sea beans while you fished.”
“Well,” Henry replied, “when that girl game warden appropriated my kayak to rescue
that young man she had to dump my rods and reels in order to make room for the
body. She claims that the state will reimburse me if I submit a requisition but that
doesn’t help me today.” Henry scrutinized the sand. “Weird.
Those little broken shells are why they call this area of the beach Little Shell.
These abnormally high tides we have been having
push everything up to the dunes including the sargassum so I thought that there’d be shells in the
wrack line at the base of the dunes.”
Helen threw up her hands in exasperation. “A beach with no shells. Who ever heard of
a beach with no shells?” She wadded up the plastic bag and stuffed it into a bucket in
the Jeep for trash. “Should’a bought some at a souvenir shop in town. Back home no
one would know that the shells in the souvenir shop all come from the South Pacific.”
“Beats me. But hey, Helen, come look at this.” Harry pointed to two lines in the sand.
Helen peered at them. “Looks like someone dragged two pieces of driftwood side by
side from the water to the dunes. Why would anyone do that?”
An area of soft disturbed sand marked the end of the trail.
“To me it looks like someone dug a hole and then filled it back up, tamped it down,
and then brushed something back and forth over the sand to try and hide that.
What do you think they buried?”
Two parallel marks headed back to the water radiated from the
disturbed area of sand.
“Oh my gosh,” exclaimed Harry. “I think I know what’s hidden, and who hid it. This
looks exactly like the scene we saw in the video playing at the visitors’ center where
we stopped as we came into the park this morning. You know, the film about
the sea turtles nesting here.”
“I don’t think I saw that,” replied Helen.
“No, you probably missed it because you were too anxious to visit the gift shop.”
Henry scowled.
“Who cares about a turtle? I needed to get t-shirts for the grandkids and a book about
seashells and other things we might find along the shoreline.”
“Well, I found the film to be very interesting. Did you know
that there are at least four species of sea turtles that lay
their eggs on the beaches here?”
“And one of the species is very rare. Whenever a nest is found, park personnel remove
the eggs to protect them from predators. Humans were once the greatest threat because
the eggs were said to be very tasty and more importantly easy pickings because the
mama turtles didn’t hang around to guard the nest. Nowadays, humans aren’t that
interested in the eggs but that’s not the case with coyotes and raccoons. They will tear
into a nest and by the time they and the birds are through …no more eggs.”
“Well, I got each of the grandkids a t-shirt with a turtle printed on it and I got Baby
Logan a stuffed turtle.” She held up the toy. “Isn’t this cute? And all the profit from
those items goes to support turtle rescues, so there, I do know about the turtles,”
Helen smirked.
“When a nest is discovered, rangers and volunteers take the
eggs to an incubation facility near the park headquarters
where they’re protected until they hatch. The rangers take the
baby turtles back to the beach and release them, protecting
them from gulls and other predators until they can reach the
water. It’s a pretty big deal around here. Even attracts tourists
who want to see the babies as they are released.”
“I can imagine. All babies are so cute, even baby turtles.”
“We need to call the Visitors’ Center and report that we’ve found a nest.” Henry said as
he reached for his phone. “No signal … maybe when we get closer to town.
“Development up the island has pretty much destroyed all the nesting sites for the turtles.
If a female turtle tries to come ashore there it runs into crowd of tourists and traffic. Might
even get run over by one of those infernal golf carts we saw zooming up and down the
beach. That’s also why the speed limit on the beach is slower here than in town.
Be real easy to run over a turtle if you’re driving thirty.”
“In town you may be the one to get run over if you are driving that slow,” said Helen.
“I don’t know what we should do now. We’re at least thirty minutes, maybe even an hour,
from any area with cell service and no telling when a ranger or anyone will come by on
patrol. I hate to go off and leave the nest untended. There’s probably a coyote watching
At the mention of a coyote Helen shuddered. “Didn’t we hear stories in town about
coyotes attacking pets and even stalking people on the beach?”
“Yes,” Henry answered, “but that’s in the developed areas where there is no longer
any native food for them. And since people leave pet food out on decks and porches
for their pets, the coyotes have learned to associate people with food.”
Henry continued to puzzle about what they should do about protecting the nest. “We
can just stay here until someone comes by that will carry word to the rangers or one of
us can stay here while the other takes the Jeep and drives far enough up the beach to
get a cell signal.”
“Well, you know I don’t like driving the Jeep in this loose sand and I am darn sure not
going to stay here by myself if there are coyotes looking for a meal. Can’t we just both
leave … maybe put up a scarecrow to keep the coyotes away? Make it look like a
giant roadrunner,” Helen continued. “You get it? Like those cartoon characters. Wile E.
Coyote and the Road Runner. The coyote will see the Road Runner and be afraid that
it is a trap of some sort. I can find enough stuff in all
the trash on the beach and I can—“
“Helen, stop being silly, I think the sun has gotten to
you. You haven’t been drinking enough water.”
“No, I’m okay. I just don’t want to be left here all
alone and I don’t want to drive that Jeep of yours.
You know I don’t know how to operate all those
gears and stuff if I start bogging down in the loose
sand,” she pleaded.
“Oh all right, Helen. We’ll just both wait here for awhile. We still have several hours
before dark. We have plenty of water and food. Maybe someone will come by. If worse
comes to worse we could even spend the night on the beach, build a fire and watch
for kangaroo rats and ghost crabs. Be just like we did all those years ago when we
were newlyweds. Heck, we might even go skinny dipping in the surf,” he said
Will help arrive in time so that Henry and Helen
don’t have to spend the night on the beach?
Will Cindy be able to make contact with her friend
the taxidermist?
Or maybe we’ll find out what Cherie saw when she
was skydiving over the beach?
Tune in again in October for the
answer to these and other
exciting mysteries as the
story continues.
Head Phlocker — Deno Fabrie
Veepoda Phlock — Randy Hansen
Chief Squawker — Sharon Stricker
Keeper o’da Phunds — Maggie Evans
Da Sarge — Bill Thomas
Public Squawker—Diana Fabrie
Keeper o’da Scrapbook — Brenda Porter
Phounder o’da Phlock—Lu Ann Ferguson
Pirate’s Ball Parrot Heads
Thanks phor the pics Diana Fabrie
Pirate’sBall2014!
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oty the Para to de! 3rd Annual Pirate Parade Na onal Talk Like a Pirate Day is Saturday, September 19th, 2015 The Gaff will be Headquarters to stow your Booty for the 3rd annual Talk like a Pirate Parade. The entry fee for Golf Carts or other Vehicles is $5. All entry fees will be collected Saturday Sept 19th star ng @ 4 pm at The Gaff. You will receive a number for your cart. Parade begins at 5:30pm. We will return to The Gaff, For music, drink and announce The winners. Dress like a Pirate, Talk like a Pirate and Decorate your Cart Support our local kids! (No foot traffic please) Golf Cart’s, Vehicles and or Floats All Proceeds go to the Port Aransas EMS Toy Round Up! Contact Kevin 817‐578‐7513 [email protected] Perfect Your Pirate Persona
Why just look like a pirate when you can Talk Like A Pirate too !
The Basics
Pirate lingo is rich and complicated, sort of like a good stew. If you just want
a quick fix, a surface gloss, a "pirate patina," if you will, here are the five
basic words that you cannot live without.
Master them, and you can face Talk Like a Pirate Day with a smile on your
face and a parrot on your shoulder, if that's your thing.
Ahoy! - "Hello!"
Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, "Whoa!
Get a load of that!" which today makes it more of a "Check it out" or
"No way!" or "Get off!"
Aye! - "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."
Aye aye! - "I'll get right on that sir, as soon as my break is over."
Arrr! - This one is often confused with arrrgh, which is of course the sound
you make when you sit on a belaying pin. "Arrr!" can mean, variously, "yes," "I
agree," "I'm happy," "I'm enjoying this beer," "My team is going to win it all," "I
saw that television show, it sucked!" and "That was a
clever remark you or I just made." And those are just a
few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!
Thanks to talklikeapirate.com
Click the map to visit the site !
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