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.

TANKER IN THE SHIP CHANNEL • 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 TAMUCC 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 21

• Kiwanis Club Potato Bake, Sand Castle Condominiums Conference Center, 800 Sandcastle Dr., 5 to 7 p.m. (See story this page.)

• UTMSI Public Lecture Series, UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium, end of Cotter St., near the beach, 7 p.m. (See story Page 10A.)

• ‘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., ‘The Life of Birds: Fishing for a Living,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22

• Sand Slam poetry competition, Tarpon Ice House, 321 N. Alister St., 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.)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23

• Port Aransas Garden Club Tour of Homes. Buses depart Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Afternoon selfguided tours from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (See story Page 1B.)

• Laughing Gull Writers’ Workshop, Brundrett Middle School, 10th St and Ave. B, 9:30 a.m. (See story Page 9A.)

• Free, guided beach walk. Meet at 9 a.m. under the purple flag at Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story Page 9A.)

• VFW volunteers will sell prize drawing tickets at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (See story this page.)

• VFW Post 8967 Ladies Auxiliary dinner and dance, at the post, 311 N. Allister St. Dinner at 5 p.m., music at 6:30 p.m. This weeks’ music is Tequila Sunrise. (See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Museum docents will sell prize drawing tickets, Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (See story this page.)

• ‘Greater Tuna’ performanced at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24

• ‘Greater Tuna’ final performance, matinee at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 2:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, JANUARY 25

• Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce - Tourist Bureau’s annual Dine Around, 5 to 8 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Museum Lecture Series, wine and cheese mixer at 7 p.m. at the museum, 408 Brundrett Ave., lecture at 8 p.m. in the Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister. (See story Page 3B.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Shark Week: American Shark,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Volcanoes of the Deep Sea,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27

• Brown Bag lecture series, noon, Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St.. (See story Page 3B.)

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

ON THE HORIZON

Jan. 30: City-wide Garage Sale
Feb. 5: First Friday Art Reception
Feb. 6-7: Library Book Sale

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.