2010-02-11 / 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.

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.

A WINTER WALK ON THE BEACH A WINTER WALK ON THE BEACH 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 Trinityby 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.

• Port Aransas Museum tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill, third Friday and Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. Call or visit the museum for reservations, 749-3800.

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 11

• Port Aransas Little League registration, Brundrett Middle School cafeteria, at the corner of Avenue B and 10th Street, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.(See story Page 6B.)

• UTMSI Public Lecture Series, UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium, end of Cotter St., near the beach, 7 p.m. (See story Page 9A.)

• Port Aransas Parrot Heads meeting, at the home of Bill and Sharon Thomas, 6:30 p.m.

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

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

• Early registration deadline for the Whooping Crane Festival. (See story Page 3B.)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13

• Project Graduation Bake Sale, Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. or sold out (See story Page 8A.)

• Free Yoga on the Beach, Next to Horace Caldwell Pier, 8 a.m.(See story this page.)

• Adopt-A-Beach Winter Cleanup, registration on the beach at Ave. G, 8:30 a.m. (See story this page.)

• VFW Post 8967 annual auction, smoked pork dinner and prize drawing at the post, 311 N. Alister St., auction at noon, dinner at 4 p.m.(See story this page.)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, Auditorium closed Feb. 15-19 for maintenance.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

• Port Aransas Leisure Society Mardi Gras Parade, begins at corner of Beach and Station Streets, 5 p.m. (See story this page.)

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, Auditorium closed Feb. 15-19 for maintenance.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

• Brown Bag lecture series, noon, Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St.. (See story Page 4B.)

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, Auditorium closed Feb. 15-19 for maintenance.

ON THE HORIZON

Feb. 20: Rotary Shrimp Boil

Nature Preserve Cleanup

Feb. 22: Port Aransas Museum lecture

Feb. 25 - 28: Whooping Crane Festival

Feb. 27: Beach Dash

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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