2010-01-28 / 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.

DINING AROUND DINING AROUND 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 third Tuesday of every month,JELM Center office,113 S. Alister St. Walk-ins O.K.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28

• UTMSI Public Lecture Series, UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium, end of Cotter St., near the beach, 7 p.m. (See story Page 11A.)

• Parrot Heads of Port Aransas to meet at Benie’s Beach House, 730 Trout St., 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 12A.)

• 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 29

• Free H1N1 flu vaccinations, Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School Winter Carnival, parish hall, 433 Trojan Ave., 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. (See story Page 8A.)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30

• City-Wide Garage Sale (See story Page 4A.)

• Port Aransas Community Theater auditions, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 1 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., bbq chicken, mashed potatoes, veggies and dessert. Music at 6:30 p.m., country western singer Willy Stafford.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31

• Port Aransas Community Theater auditions, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 1 p.m. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1

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

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

• City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Ground Hog Day Stroll, Fred Rhodes Pavilion in Roberts Point Park, 10 a.m. (See story Page 12A.)

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

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

• Deadline to register for Cupid’s Tennis Tournament. (See story Page 5B.)

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

• Red Hat Island Trash auction of Red Hat memorabilia, 2 p.m., to benefit the ARK, LaMirage Condominiums rec room, 5973 State Hwy. 361, open to the public. (See story Page 4A.)

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

ON THE HORIZON

Feb. 5: First Friday Art Reception

Feb. 6 - 7: Library Book Sale

Feb. 9: Library Book Club meeting

Feb. 13: VFW Smoked Pork Dinner
Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup

Feb. 20: Rotary Shrimp Boil

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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