2009-12-03 / Island Agenda

Island Agenda

DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Sundays and Mondays for open swim, 1- 2 p.m., Saturdays 1 to 5 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.

GREBES GREBES 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. December class on the 17th, 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.

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 thirdTuesday of every month,JELM Center office,113 S. Alister St. Walk-ins O.K.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, Dec. 3.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

• Houston Express Children’s Theatre musical ‘Rudolph,’ at Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361., 7 p.m. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5

• Presbyterian Women’s Christmas Shoppe, Pollock Center, 129 S.Alister St., 8 a.m. to noon. (See story this page.)

• Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Women’s Christmas Bazaar, parrish hall, 433 Trojan Ave., 8 a.m. yo 1 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Carolers Afloat boat lighting parade and contest, Fred Rhodes Pavilion and City Marina, 6 p.m.(See story Page 1A.)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6

• Art Center for the Islands’ High School and Middle SchoolStudent Art Show Awards Reception, art center, 323 N. Alister St., 2 to 4 p.m. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

• Pearl Harbor Day program, Port Aransas Museum and Community Center, at Alister and Brundrett Streets, 7 p.m.(See story Page 1A.)

• ‘Rudolph’ at Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘Blue Planet: Coasts,’ 45 min.Subject to cancellation without notice.

Tuesday, December 8

• Ellis memorial Library Book Club meeting, at the library, 710 W. Ave. A, 6:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• VFW Ladies Auxiliary meeting, VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St., noon. (See story this page.)

• Community Presbyterian Church Women’s Christmas Service, 113 S. Alister, 7 p.m. (See story Page 4A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Hooked on Hummingbirds,’ 53 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

Wednesday, December 9

• Deadline to enter the Port Aransas Garden Club annual Christmas Lights contest, ‘Christmas in PA-radise.’ (See story Page 4A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘The Arctic Mission: Lords of the Arctic,’ 52 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

Dec. 11-13: PACT Christmas Review
Dec. 12: Yoga on the Beach
Dec. 15: Children’s Christmas Party
Dec. 18: Toy Round-up ends
Dec. 18, 19: Port Aransas Museum tours of 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 749-5131 OR E-MAIL SOUTHJETTY@CENTURYTEL.NET BEFORE NOON TUESDAY TO LIST AN EVENT OR MEETING.

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