The Moore-McDonald Veterans of Foreign Wars post 8967 will host its annual auction, smoked pork dinner and prize drawing on Saturday, Feb. 13. Volunteers will sell prize drawing tickets at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. More...

The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 8967 will host a dinner and dance this and every Saturday night at the post home, 311 N. Alister St. The dinner, for an $8 donation at the door, starts at 5 p.m. Dance music will follow at 6:30 p.m. More...

Free H1N1 (swine) flu shots will be available at the Port Aransas Community Center on Friday, Jan. 29. The clinic will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The vaccines will be available for children ages 4 and older and adults. More...

If anybody asked me, I’d tell them that the first year of medical school is not the time to get a dog. You don’t have time to train it. You can’t get home to walk it. More...

Hone your writing skills and get some publishing advice this weekend. The Laughing Gull Writers Workshop is scheduled for the day and evening of Saturday, Jan. 23, at Brundrett Middle School, at the corner of 10th Street and Ave. B. More...

Four swimmers on the Port Aransas Swim Team competed in the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Winter Games of Texas championship swim meet on Sunday, Jan. 17, in Frisco. More than 600 swimmers participated in the meet. More...

If you see Jim Brown walking down the street and his feet aren’t touching the ground, there’s a reason. More...

Residents and Winter Texans whose “poison” is ’50s and ’60s rock-n-roll are invited to rock out with the PA Rockers. More...

The annual Rotary Club Casino Night and Fish Fry on Saturday, Jan. 16, included black jack, craps, roulette and a big wheel. Above, Rotarian Chris Shanklin deals black jack. More...

Three Port Aransas High School graduates have been named to the fall 2009 dean’s list at Texas State University - San Marcos. Heather E. Grumbles, Dillon T. Jones and Joseph T. More...

Two morning bus tours, visiting five homes will depart the Port Aransas Community Center at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Afternoon self-guided tours, from 1 to 5 p.m., will visit all nine homes. More...

A new trolley vehicle unloads passengers at Pioneer RV Park on Monday, Jan. 18. In May last year, a red bustype trolley replaced two blue trolleys that had to be retired due to age. Both were 10 years old. More...

TUESDAY, JAN. 12 4:40 p.m. • A deputy found a driver involved in a hit and run and escorted him back to the scene of the accident. More...

Need some elbow room? Saturday, Jan. 23 is the deadline to donate to the Ellis Memorial Library Book Sale, set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6 and 7. More...

Monday 8 a.m. Aerobics Pollock Center 9 a.m. Bridge lessons JELM Crafts Room 9:15 a.m. Beginning Line Dance Pollock Center 10 a.m. Writer’s Workshop JELM Library 10:45 a.m. Line Dancing Practice session Pollock Center 12:30 p.m. More...

The weight loss support group at the Joint Effort Leisure Mininstry Center will host a series of free wellness lectures at its meetings on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. On Jan. More...

The sixth annual Port Aransas Kiwanis Club Beach Dash is set for Saturday, Feb. 27, at 8 a.m. If you would like a Beach Dash T-shirt in exchange for your registration, register sooner rather than later. More...

Bidding opens Friday, Jan. 30, in the annual Hearts for the Arts silent auction and exhibit at the Art Center for the Islands. It will be the theme of the First Friday reception on Feb. 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the art center, 323 N. More...

It’s time to check out the next selection for the Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group. The next meeting is on Tuesday, Feb. 9. The club, open to the public, meets monthly at 6:30 p.m. in the library, 710 W. Ave. A. More...

A silent auction and dinner plates to go are planned as a fundraiser to help defray medical costs incurred by Port Aransas resident Jean Dukes. More...

The Port Aransas Community Theatre presented the seventh annual Sandy Awards at on Sunday, Jan. 17. More...

Heavy equipment smooths out concrete base material as part of road work on Corpus Christi Channel in the Channel Vista neighborhood on Tuesday, Jan. 19. More...

First Friday Art Reception February 5 Workshops and classes: •Drop in and Draw with Pat Dittberner: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $13.50 members, $15 non-members. More...