2010-03-04 / Island Agenda

Island Agenda

DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Monday. Open swim: Tuesday through Thursday,1- 2 p.m., Friday through Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. Lap swim: noon to 1 p.m. Call 749-2416 for more 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.

WILLET WADING WILLET WADING 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.

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, March meetings on 4th only, at 6:30 p.m.,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.

• 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, MARCH 4

• Port Aransas Garden Club Spring Style Show, Port Aransas Civic Center, 1 p.m. (See story this page.)

• ‘Friends for A Cure’ Relay For Life team Bake Sale, Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

• Port Aransas Community Theatre performance of ‘Blithe Spirit,’ at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• University of Texas Marine Science Institute Public Lecture Series, at UTMSI Visitors’ Center Auditorium, at the end of Cotter Ave., near the beach, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 4B.)

• No movie today, UTMSI Visitors Center. Schedule will resume Monday. March 8.

FRIDAY, MARCH 5

• Presbyterian Youth Group performance of interactive musical dinner theater, “Uncle Phil’s Diner,” Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Art Center for the Islands’ First Friday art reception, all member art show, at the art center, 323 N. Alister St., 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Community Theatre performance of ‘Blithe Spirit,’ at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, MARCH 6

• Port Aransas Museum benefit dinner and auction, Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., 7 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Community Theatre performance of ‘Blithe Spirit,’ at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• VFW Post 8967 Ladies Auxiliary dinner and dance, at the post, 311 N. Allister St. Dinner at 5:30 p.m., $8 donation requested, Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, cole slaw and dessert. Country music at 6:30 p.m. by Tequila Sunrise

SUNDAY, MARCH 7

• Port Aransas Community Theatre matinee performance of ‘Blithe Spirit,’ at the theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 2:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, MARCH 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 1B.)

• 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.,Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. Alister St. (See story Page 9A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: The Deepest Place on Earth,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, MARCH 9

• Ellis Memorial Library Book Club meeting, at library, 6 p.m. (See story Page 9A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: Driest Place on Earth,’ 47 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10

• Brown Bag lecture series, noon, Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St.. (See story Page 9A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: Tsunami,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

On the Horizon

March 8 - 11: H.G. Olsen Elementary School Book Fair

March 12: Yoga on the Beach

March 15-19: Spring Break

Spring Break Art Camp

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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