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Representatives from the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutritional program will be in Port Aransas on Monday, Aug. 10. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. Alister St. For questions or an appointment, call (361) 767-7777. More ... Among the works featured in the Merit Show at the Art Center for the Islands’ First Friday Reception are these, clockwise from upper left, by John Olvey, Barbara Robinson, Darlene Rengler and Donna Garven. More ... The Art Center for the Islands will hold its First Friday reception tomorrow, Aug. 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. Alister St. The August exhibit is a Merit Show and will feature the works of four winners of the March all-member show: Donna Garven, Barbara Robinson, John Olvey and Darlene Rengler. More ... The popular Port Aransas Rotary Club Champagne Cruise and Mini- Taste of Port Aransas is set for Friday, Sept. 11, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., aboard the Wharf Cat out of Fisherman’s Wharf. More ... The Texas Historical Commission, in conjunction with the Port Aransas Museum, will conduct a free oral history training workshop at the museum on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The workshop is one of a series taking place across the state, highlighting stories of Texans’ involvement in the war effort during World War II. More ... A free Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes class will be offered on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Port Aransas Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the class ends at 5 p.m. More ... Start off your day relaxed and limber at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, Aug. 8. Nancy Myers will instruct the free class beginning at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. The public is invited to attend the class held the second Saturday of the month. More ... Today, Thursday, Aug. 6, is yearbook picture day for all new members of the Port Aransas Garden Club, or any member who has not yet had a picture taken. Photos will be taken from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Port Aransas Business Center, 600 S. Cut-off Rd. Anyone who would like to join the garden club is welcome to come by, sign up, pay dues and have a picture taken. More ... Keep the summer fun going at Water Wackiness on Saturday, Aug. 8. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. the Community Park pool, 700 Ross Ave., will be open for an evening of family fun and games. Regular pool admission will be charged: $2 for adults, $1 for 12 and under, $1 for seniors. The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor the event. More ... with school supplies The Island Worship Center is offering some assistance to families in need of school supplies. Backpacks, filled with school supplies, will be given away to the first 20 families to claim them. More ... August 7: First Friday Art Reception Workshops and classes: •Drop in and Draw: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $13.50 members, $15 non-members. •Soft Pastels or Oil Painting: Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to noon, $13.50 members, $15 nonmembers. More ... Cody Underwood, left, and Elbert Gillespie stand on scaffolding while doing steeple reconstruction work at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, Aug, 4. More ... Timothy 1:15- 17: “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.” More ... Sara and I biked along the East Coast of Tasmania for a solid week and a half. There were green hills along the coast that gave into long yellow fields. Our shadows churned and stretched beside us, long and lean when the Australian sun hovered near the horizon. More ... Relax in the park and enjoy some good old-fashioned folk music at the Sunset Sounds concert on Friday, Aug. 14. The fifth Sunset Sounds concert of the season will be on Friday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park. More ... Rebecca Haworth will teach the ancient technique of meditation to help relax both mind and body on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Roberts Point Park small pavilion. This fun, easy approach to relaxation is appropriate for all ages and all walks of life, according to Haworth. Haworth, from Rockport, has been a meditation and yoga instructor for more than 12 years. More ... A tanker glides through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel past Port Aransas as the sun sets on another summer day. More ... The South Jetty online poll asking readers if they think Mayor Claude Brown is a good mayor was taken down today, Monday, Aug. 3, after two individuals compromised its validity. Brown alerted the South Jetty to the possibility that the poll had been tampered with on Monday morning, Aug. 3. More ... Workers have made extensive progress in the construction of trails, boardwalks and other features at the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture, and a grand opening is expected to take place within five months. But it hasn’t been easy. More ... Ground was broken Saturday, Aug. 1, for the headquarters building for the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) on the campus of The University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas. More ... MONDAY, JULY 27 8:39 a.m. • Police received a report that burglars stole telephone cable from a business in the 200 block of East Avenue C. 9:57 a.m. • A bicycle was reported stolen in the 5600 block of Gulf Waters. More ... SUNDAY, JULY 26 1:40 p.m. • A deputy responding to a report of a disturbance at I.B. Magee Beach Park arrested a person for an alleged assault. FRIDAY, JULY 31 4 a.m. • A window was found broken at Brundrett Middle School. More ... Meeting on Friday, July 31, Nueces County employees and construction officials shake hands after concluding a final inspection of the recently rebuilt parking lot at Horace Caldwell Pier. More ... State and federal authorities still are investigating to determine the origin of an oil spill that recently sent tar balls drifting onto dozens of miles of Texas beaches, including the Port Aransas shore. More ... The Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center has had good birds all summer, but I had special expectations for last week’s Wednesday Birding on the Boardwalk, and what we experienced that morning was more than anyone could have hoped for. More ... It was 11 o’clock Wednesday night, July 29, and I had just gone to sleep knowing that the next day was a San Jose survey day and I must get up early. Just how early I was about to find out. In a dream, I heard my cell phone vibrating on the bedside table. I groggily looked at the alarm clock. “One-thirty! who could be calling me at this hour?” More ... |
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