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.

SAILING INTO THE NEW YEAR • 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, beginning Jan. 21, 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, JANUARY 7

• ‘Greater Tuna’ performance at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Ocean Deep’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8

• First Friday Art Reception, Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St., 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• ‘Greater Tuna’ performance at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• P.A. Movie Time, free showing of “Rainbow Valley,” Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., movie starts at 6:55 p.m. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9

• ‘Greater Tuna’ performance at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Free Yoga on the Beach, Horace Caldwell Pier, 9 a.m. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10

• Free Christian concert and evening of worship, First Baptist Church, 200 N. Station St., 6 p.m. (See story Page 4A.)

MONDAY, JANUARY 11

• Representatives from the WIC nutritional program will be in Port Aransasfrom 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. (See story Page 12A.)

• Port Aransas Museum Lecture Series, Mary Jo O’Rear on “The Major Port,” 6 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Fresh Water,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12

• Ellis Memorial Library Book Club meeting, in the library, 710 W. Ave. A, 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 4A.)

• Relay For Life meetings at the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry Center, 113 S. Alister St. Committees will meet at 6 p.m., followed by the captains’ meeting at 7 p.m.(See story Page 1B.)

• Port Aransas Garden Club meeting, Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., 10 a.m. (See story Page 4A.)

• The VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 8967 meeting, at the post, 311 N. Alister St. 11 a.m. (See story Page 10A.)

• Keep Port Aransas Beautiful meeting, Port Aransas Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A., 7 p.m. Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Ice Worlds,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13

• Brown Bag lecture series, noon, Pollock Center. (See story Page 9A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Jungles,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

Jan. 14: UTMSI public lecture series

Jan. 16: Rotary Club Casino Night

Jan. 18: Winter Sounds concert

Jan. 19: Relay For Life Kick-off

Jan. 20: UTMSI volunteer training

Jan. 21: Kiwanis Potato Bake

Jan. 23: Garden Club Tour of Homes

Laughing Gull Writers’ Workshop

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.