Island Agenda
• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Mondays for open swim, 1- 6 p.m., and more. Call 749-2416 for 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.
• 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.
COLTON HUCKABAY AT PUMPKIN PATCH
• 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 TAMU-CC 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. Oct. classes on the 15th and 29th, 6:30 p.m.Roberts Point Park small pavilion. In bad weather, at the 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.
• 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.
• Golden Agers Lunch Bunch - full-time residents age 60 and over, Roberts Point Park. Meet at 11:30 a.m. Tues. Bring a sack lunch. Lunch at noon. Call 749-5319 for more information.
• 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.
• 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, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Friday of each month,First Baptist Church, 200 N. Station St.Walk-ins O.K.
THIS WEEK
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
• Parrot Heads meeting, Moby Dick’s, 517 S. Alister St., 6:30 p.m. (See story this page.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Antarctica,’ 38 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
• Museum tour of the Little Chapel on the Hill, 10 a.m. Reservations required. (See story this page.)
• Free, guided beach walk, 9 a.m. at Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.)
• ‘Alice in Wonderland’ musical adaptation at Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)
• Sand Slam poetry competition, 8 p.m. at Tarpon Ice House, 321 N. Alister. (See story this page.)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
• Museum tour of the Little Chapel on the Hill, 10 a.m. Reservations required. (See story this page.)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘The Living Sea,’ 34 min.Subject to cancellation without notice.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
• H.G. Olsen Elementary School PTO Ice Cream Social, Elementary School cafeteria, 100 S. Station St., 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 7A.) Port Aransas Garden Club landscape work day. Meet at the Donut Palace, 210 S. Alister, at 8 a.m. ( See story this page.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Survival Island,’ 40 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘Galapagos,’ 39 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
• Parents’ group, H.G. Elementary School, 100 S. Station St., 8:15 a.m. (See story Page 7A.)
ON THE HORIZON
Oct. 30: History’s Mysteries Tour
PTO Halloween Carnival
Oct. 31: Fall Back Festival
Sand Pumpkin Carving
Nov. 5: First Friday art reception
Nov. 7: Fall for the ARK
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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