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.

FIRE STATION EMBLEM • 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, Feb. meetings on 4, 18, 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, FEBRUARY 4

• UTMSI Public Lecture Series, UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium, end of Cotter St., near the beach, 7 p.m. (See story Page 12A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Shape of Life: Explosion of Life,’ 53 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

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

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

• Ellis Memorial Library annual Book Sale, Port Aransas Civic Center, 700 W. Ave. A, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (See story Page 1B.)

• Cupid’s Invitational Tennis Tournament, PAHS tennis courts, 100 S. Station St., play begins 9 a.m. (See story Page 11A.)

• Port Aransas Little League registration, Brundrett Middle School cafeteria, 9 to 11 a.m.(See story Page 4B.)

• VFW Post 8967 Ladies Auxiliary dinner and dance, at the post, 311 N. Allister St. Dinner at 5:30 p.m., King Ranch chicken,salad, rolls, and dessert. Music at 6:30 p.m., country western singer Willey Stafford.

• Port Aransas Museum Docents’ drawing of winning ticket for dinner for six, Port Aransas Museum, 408 Brundrett St., 1 p.m. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7

• Ellis Memorial Library annual Book Sale, Port Aransas Civic Center, 700 W. Ave. A, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (See story Page 1B.)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8

• 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 9A.)

• Winter Sounds concert, featuring Susan Gibson, Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7 p.m. (See story Page 9A.)

• Representatives from the WIC nutritional program will be in Port Aransas from 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 this page.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Life of Birds: Signals,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

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

• Ellis Memorial Library Book Club meeting in the library, 710 W. Ave. A., 6:30 p.m. (See story Page.12A.)

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

Wednesday, February 10

• Brown Bag lecture series, noon, Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St.. (See story Page 5B.)

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

ON THE HORIZON

Feb. 9: Library Book Club meeting

Feb. 13: VFW Smoked Pork Dinner

Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup

Beach yoga

Feb. 16: Mardi Gras Parade

Feb. 20: Rotary Shrimp Boil

Nature Preserve Cleanup

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.