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Harbor Oaks Newsletter

July 2020

Remember to check out the Harbor Oaks Rockport website! We are still looking for submissions for the monthly newsletter and the website! We'd love to see some great fishing pictures and we especially need recipe submissions!

www.harboroaksrockport.com

The June 2020 HOPOA Board Meeting Minutes are available on our website.

Click here to view the minutes

Roadrunner with a lizard in a resident's driveway

Little Bay Oyster Reefs as seen from above

AC Council on Aging increasing delivery routes due to COVID-19

COVID-19 has resulted in a surge of clients who need meals delivered to their homes. The Aransas County Council on Aging (ACCA) has reconfigured its delivery routes and increased the number of routes from three to four.

The Margaret Sue Rust Foundation awarded the ACCA a $25,000 grant to purchase an additional delivery van to accommodate the fourth route.

“Our staff has been diligent in their efforts to supply the needed services while keeping themselves and our clients happy and healthy. I am very proud of them,” said ACCA Executive Director Mary Ellen Nies.

The Senior Services Center continues to be closed to the public, with lunches being picked up in the parking lot at the rate of about 30 per day.

ACCA will be returning to 5 day per week meals unless the client is specifically assigned to a 7-day program. This will allow the ACCA to continue serving all of its clients with the current level of funding. They have set their client limit to 225. Those applying now will be put on a waiting list and be filled into spots vacated by other clients who leave the program.

For more information, call 729-5352.

Story Credit: The Rockport Pilot

Fishing Report From Captain Robert Hamilton with Aransas Bay Fishing Charters

Captain Robert Hamilton has been fishing Texas coastal waters for 40 years, and has been a Coast Guard licensed guide in Rockport, TX since 1987. He primarily fishes in the Rockport area in Aransas, Carlos, Redfish, Copano, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Mesquite, and San Antonio Bay’s. Guess what? He's also a long-time Harbor Oaks Resident! He will provide some fishing tips and reports for our monthly newsletter and blog!

Early in June Robert wrote a blog about Fishing with Shad!

Find out more about Capt. Robert Hamilton on his website: www.aransasbayfishing.com .

Click here to read Robert's latest Fishing Report>>>

New Rockport Cultural Arts District Flags

Colorful Rockport Cultural Arts District (RCAD) flags will be installed on each side of the 38 light poles on Austin Street Tuesday July 6th, 2020. The City will remove the American flags after the 4th holiday as usual and then replace them with RCAD flags starting at 8 am.

RCADs' Board Director Bonnie Carlisle championed this initiative, defining durable blue, green, pink, and yellow flags that display RCADs awesome Whooping Crane logo. RCAD's VP, Deb Strothman, will be taking pictures of an anticipated very colorful Austin Street for promotional purposes

RCAD is very grateful to The Margaret Sue Rust Foundation who provided funding for this initiative.

RCAD is also grateful to the City of Rockport for their support of this initiative by placing, removing, and storing the flags.

RCAD's Mission is to highlight Rockport's artistic legacy as a vibrant creative community, encourage new life and economic development, enhance our community's cohesiveness and sense of place, and foster local cultural development.

We need you!

The Harbor Oaks Community Newsletter is only as good as its contributions, if you'd like to contribute a recipe, a tip, or a photo of that huge redfish you caught send it to hopoa@harboroaksrockport.com.