Island Agenda

DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Monday. Open swim: Tuesday through Thursday,1- 2 p.m., Friday through Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. Lap swim: noon to 1 p.m. Call 749-2416 for more lap swim hours and information.

• Computer Center, Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; closed Sunday. 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.

SNOWY EGRET • 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 10:00 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 TAMUCC students ride free.

WEEKLY

• Free Wetland Education Center tours, UTMSI, 10 a.m. Tues. and Thurs.

• 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 (heated) swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway.

• Low-Impact Aerobics, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 to 9 a.m., at the JELM Center, 113 S. Alister. Class is free, but $1 donation to the center is appreciated.

• Meditation and relaxation class, alternating Thursdays, March meetings on 4th only, at 6:30 p.m.,Girl Scout Hut, 739 W. Ave. A.For more information, call Pam Greene at 749-4158.

• Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449.

• 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, third Friday and Saturday of each month at 10 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.

• Creative writing group, 10-noon Mon., JELM library, 113 S. Alister St.

• 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, meets on alternating Wednesdays at the Ellis Memorial Public Library, 710 W. Ave. A, 6 p.m.

• Kiwanis Club, noon Wed., Jay’s 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. on the first and third Tuesday of every month,JELM Center office,113 S. Alister St. Walk-ins O.K.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, MARCH 11

• Port Aransas Community Theatre performance of ‘Blithe Spirit,’ at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• University of Texas Marine Science Institute Public Lecture Series, at UTMSI Visitors’ Center Auditorium, at the end of Cotter Ave., near the beach, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 6A.)

• Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will hold its meeting at the home of Deno and Diana Fabrie.Call club president Lu Ann Ferguson, 749-5141, before 6 p.m. for directions.

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: ‘Asteroids,’ 47 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

• Yoga on the Beach, under the purple flag at Horace Caldwell Pier, 9 a.m. (See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Community Theatre performance of ‘Blithe Spirit,’ at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, MARCH 13

• Girl Scout cookie sales, Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. or sold out.(See story Page 6A.)

• Port Aransas Community Theatre performance of ‘Blithe Spirit,’ at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• VFW Post 8967 Ladies Auxiliary dinner and dance, at the post, 311 N. Allister St. Dinner at 5:30 p.m., $8 donation requested, roast pork loin with rosemary and sage, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans w/bacon and onion, waldorf salad, rolls and banana pudding . Country music at 6:30 p.m. by Willy Stafford.

MONDAY, MARCH 15

• Art Center for the Islands Youth Art Camp, March 15 - 19, grades three to five. (See story Page 3B.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: The Deepest Place on Earth,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, MARCH 16

• Girl Scout cookie sales, The Islander, 602 S. Alister St., 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. or sold out. (See story Page 6A.)

• Port Aransas Women’s Dart League organizational meeting at the Gaff, 323 E. Beach St., 7 p.m. (See story Page 2B.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: Driest Place on Earth,’ 47 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17

• Girl Scouts cookie sales, Port A Outfitters, 126 W. Cotter St.,10 a.m. until 2 p.m. or until they are sold out. (See story Page 6A.)

• Brown Bag lecture series, noon, Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St.. (See story Page 3B.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: Tsunami,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

March 15-19: Spring Break Art Center Youth Art Camp

March 19-20: Museum tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill

THE ISLAND AGENDA IS FREE OF CHARGE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OF PORT ARANSAS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. CALL 749-5131OR E-MAIL SOUTHJETTY@CENTURYTEL.NET BEFORE NOON TUESDAY TO LIST AN EVENT OR MEETING.

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