Bring your valentine and share some serenity at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, Feb. 14. Nancy Myers will instruct the free class beginning at 8 a.m. next to Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

Looking for somewhere to take your Valentine? The JELM Center's Valentines Dance will be on Saturday, Feb. 14, in the Pollock Center. Tickets, $5 each, are on sale at the JELM Center, 113 S. Alister. More...

The couples line dancing class at the Joint Effort Leisures Ministry was well attended on Thursday, Feb. 5. More...

"The Bird Lady" has taken flight. Leonabelle Chaplin Turnbull, known in Port Aransas as "The Bird Lady," died Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, in Corpus Christi. She was 83. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. More...

Dine out and benefit the community tonight, Thursday, Feb. 12. The Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Women is having its annual barbecue dinner. Two seatings for dinner will be at Trinity-by-the-Sea parish hall, 733 Trojan Ave., at 5 and 6 p.m. More...

Max, a yellow labrador, grew weary after watching Dennis Griggs and Grady Jones work on some wiring on Jones's boat in the Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor. More...

Our work at the Animal Rehabilitation Keep has suddenly turned turtle. While we have continued to care for the 26 sea turtles that are staying the winter with us, only one live turtle had come in since December last year. More...

Have a cup of "joe" and meet with other Winter Texans from your state. A series of state coffees are being held at the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St. Those from Minnesota will meet today, Thursday, Feb. 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. More...

The First American Eagles Relay for Life team will hold a Lobster for Life fundraiser dinner on Sunday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Moby Dick's, 517 S. Alister St. More...

Archie and Rose Blackford arrived at the Port Aransas Civic Center about an hour before the cavernous building opened its doors Saturday, Feb. 7, to host the Ellis Memorial Library 22nd annual Book Sale. More...

Don and Norita Rippentrop of Albert Lea, Minn., and Port Aransas are joined by Jinx Wright of Port Aransas as they admire "Cupid's Cocktail," one of the pieces featured at the Art Center for the Islands during the February First Friday event on Fri More...

Keith Donley, city councilman in Place 1 for Port Aransas, has thrown his hat in the ring to stand for re-election in May. More...

The Port Aransas Community Theatre production "Death Trap" is being replaced with a British comedy, "Relatively Speaking." Due to the fact that the run of the play will coincide with Spring Break, when many Port Aransas residents are busy, a small More...

A few seats are still available for a trip trip on Monday, Feb. 16, to see Brooks and Dunn at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. The trip is sponsored by the JELM Center, 113 S. Alister St., from which the bus will depart at 8 a.m. More...

The Port Aransas Computer Center has a new schedule of classes. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the center, 430 N. Alister St. Classes are $10 each and enrollment is limited. More...

SATURDAY, FEB. 2 1:22 p.m. • Police took a report of a theft in the 1900 block of 11th Street. 8:09 p.m. • Three officers responded to the 800 block of Sandcastle Drive to investigate a disturbance report. More...

The Texas Laughing Gull Writing Contest has announced the judges for each of the writing categories. Dan Kelley will judge nonfiction, Sara Foley will judge fiction and Janine Van Patten, poetry. More...

Tickets to win a laptop computer and an iPod touch will be sold at the Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St., on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The computer and iPod will be given to the winners by the Port Aransas Computer Center. More...

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 6 a.m. • A deputy issued a citation on State Hwy. 361 for no insurance and expired registration. 9:50 a.m. • A deputy constable arrested a man for three outstanding warrants in the 1100 block of Whispering Sands. More...

Tickets are on sale now for the Port Aransas Garden Club spring style show. Fashions and accessories from seven Port Aransas shops will be featured. More...

The Texas Legislature is busy filling positions on various committees, and it is too early to file any bills such as enabling legislation to allow a drainage taxing district in Nueces County. State Rep. More...

The Island Trash red hatters will meet for breakfast and a pajama party at Moby Dick's, 517 S. Alister St., on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 9 a.m. Members are asked to wear nightcaps, pajamas, bedroom slippers and curlers and have a few laughs. More...

Learn all about couch-surf travel at the Brown Bag lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The presentation will begin at noon in the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St. Leighnae Fabian and John Owen will team up for the talk. More...

Several burglaries in the parking lot at the Dunes Condominiums prompted management to install security cameras, and then to install bigger, stronger lights to make the cameras work properly. More...

The Port Aransas Dart Association is starting a women-only dart league. Women interested in playing or having a team should meet at the Gaff, 323 Beach St., on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. for information. More...