2009-12-24 / 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.

JOY MORROW’S CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT JOY MORROW’S CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT 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, beginnign Jan. 7, at 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 24

• Community Presbyterian Church Christmas Eve candlelight service,113 S. Alister St., 6 p.m.

• Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Christmas Eve service, 433 Trojan Ave., 8 p.m.

• Saint Joseph Catholic Church Christmas Eve mass, 100 N. Station St., 5 and 7 p.m.

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center. Movies will resume on Monday, Jan. 4.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25

Merry Christmas

• Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Christmas service, 433 Trojan Ave., 10 a.m.

• Saint Joseph Catholic Church Christmas mass, 100 N. Station St., 1o a.m.

• Free, guided beach walk, meet next to Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach St., 9 a.m. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 28

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center. Movies will resume on Monday, Jan. 4.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center.

Movies will resume on Monday, Jan. 4.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center. Movies will resume on Monday, Jan. 4.

ON THE HORIZON

Happy New Year

Dec. 31: Noon Year’s Eve Party

New Year’s Eve communion service, Community Presbyterian Church

Jan. 1: New Year Meander Walk/Run

Jan 2: “Greater Tuna” opens at PACT

Jan. 8: First Friday art reception

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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