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ISLAND AGENDA DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: Open Tuesday-Saturday. Hours: Water exercise: Tuesday-Friday 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon. Open swim: Tuesday-Thursday, 1-2 p.m.; Friday-Sunday 1-6 p.m. Lap swim: Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday-Sunday lap swim only noon-1 p.m. and shared time 1-6 p.m. Adult and child swim lessons available. Call Harriet at the pool, 749-2416, for more information. • Computer Center, Monday – Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; closed Sunday. Hours subject to volunteer availability. 430 N. Alister St. Free e-mail. 749-4011. • Art Center for the Islands: Classes, workshops. 749-7334. • The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) Visitors Center: Open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. • Port Aransas Museum, Alister at Brundrett Street. 1-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. • Trolley: 10 a.m.-5:55 p.m. Wave down anywhere along the route from Roberts Point Park to Beach Access Rd 1A and State Hwy. 361 South. Maps, schedules available at the Tourist Bureau. • Flexi-B bus service between Port Aransas and Corpus Christi by appointment. Call City Hall, 749-4111 to make reservations. Picks up passengers at 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Mon. – Fri. and at 10 a.m. Sat. Leaves Corpus Christi at 3:30 p.m. Mon. – Sat. $1.25 each way. Del Mar and TAMU-CC students ride free. • Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, 7 p.m. Monday through Sunday and noon Tuesday and Wednesday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449. • Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Monday through Friday. St. Joseph Catholic Church parish hall, 100 Station St. Nonsmoking. WEEKLY • Free Wetland Education Center tours, UTMSI, 10 a.m. Tues., Thurs., Sat. • Port Aransas Running Club and Walkers, Too, 7 a.m., Tues., Wed., Thurs., community park swimming pool parking lot. Contact Steve Canion, 749-3388. • Rotary Club, noon Thurs., Pelican’s Landing Restaurant, 337 N. Alister St. • Adult water exercise classes, 60 minutes, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon, Tues.-Fri., community park swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway. • Adult tennis, 7:30 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., and 7 p.m. Mon. and Wed., PAISD courts on Station Street. Free, no partner needed. Call Murray 749-4861 or 749-5131. • Port Aransas Museum tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill, first and third Friday and Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Call or visit the museum for reservations, 749-3800. • Story Time, 10:30–11 a.m. Sat., Bill Ellis Memorial Library, 749-4116. • Port Aransas Volleyball Assoc. Mon., H.G. Olsen Elementary School gym, 100 Station St. • Birding on the Boardwalk, guided bird walk with Nan Dietert, 9 a.m., Wed. 749-4158. • Friends of the Library, alternating Wednesdays at the library, 710 W. Ave. A, 6 p.m. • Kiwanis Club, noon Wed., Seafood and Spaghetti Works, 710 State Hwy. 361. • Project FREE Free, anonymous and confidential testing for HIV, hepatitis-C, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, 10 a.m., first and third Tuesday of every month,JELM Center office,113 S. Alister St. Walk-ins O.K. • VFW 8-Ball Pool Tournament, 7 p.m., Wed., VFW, 311 N. Alister St. • Free hot lunches, 12:30 p.m., Sun., Grace Community Church, 1801 S. 11th St. • VFW meetings, 11 a.m., third Monday of month, VFW. • VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary, 11 a.m., second Tuesday of month, VFW. • Low impact aerobics, 8-9 a.m., Mon.-Wed.-Fri. JELM. THIS WEEK THURSDAY, MAY 17 • Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Science of the Deep: The Hostile Deep,’ 45 min.* FRIDAY, MAY 18 • Little Chapel on the Hill tour, Port Aransas Museum, 8:50 a.m. (See story Page 6A.) • Lifeguard class, Port Aransas Community Pool, 6 p.m. (See story Page 4B.) SATURDAY, MAY 19 • Lifeguard class, Port Aransas Community Pool, 8 a.m. (See story Page 4B.) • Little Chapel on the Hill tour, Port Aransas Museum, 8:50 a.m. (See story Page 6A.) • ArtFest, Roberts Point Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (See story this page.) • Anglers on Wheels Fishing Tournament, 1 p.m. (See story Page 4B.) • Redneck Prom, Port Aransas Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.) SUNDAY, MAY 20 • Lifeguard class, Port Aransas Community Pool, 8 a.m. (See story Page 4B.) • Anglers on Wheels Fishing Tournament, 8 a.m. (See story Page 4B.) • ArtFest, Roberts Point Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (See story this page.) MONDAY, MAY 21 • Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Life of Birds: Finding Partners,’ 55 min.* • Songwriters Showcase, Robert Points Park, 7 p.m. (See story this page.) TUESDAY, MAY 22 • Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Next World: Extreme Tomorrow,’ 60 min.* • KPAB meeting, Ellis Memorial Library, 6 p.m. (See story Page 6A.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 • Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Shallow Seas,’ 60 min.* *Movies are subject to cancellation without notice. ON THE HORIZON May 26 Free youth surf lesson May 29 Golf Ball Drop |
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