2010-03-11 / Island Agenda

Island Agenda

DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except 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.

SNOWY EGRET SNOWY EGRET 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 11

• 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 6A.)

• Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will hold its meeting at the home of Deno and Diana Fabrie.Call club president Lu Ann Ferguson, 749-5141, before 6 p.m. for directions.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

• Yoga on the Beach, under the purple flag at Horace Caldwell Pier, 9 a.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 13

• Girl Scout cookie sales, Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. or sold out.(See story Page 6A.)

• 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, roast pork loin with rosemary and sage, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans w/bacon and onion, waldorf salad, rolls and banana pudding . Country music at 6:30 p.m. by Willy Stafford.

MONDAY, MARCH 15

• Art Center for the Islands Youth Art Camp, March 15 - 19, grades three to five. (See story Page 3B.)

• 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 16

• Girl Scout cookie sales, The Islander, 602 S. Alister St., 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. or sold out. (See story Page 6A.)

• Port Aransas Women’s Dart League organizational meeting at the Gaff, 323 E. Beach St., 7 p.m. (See story Page 2B.)

• 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 17

• Girl Scouts cookie sales, Port A Outfitters, 126 W. Cotter St.,10 a.m. until 2 p.m. or until they are sold out. (See story Page 6A.)

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

• 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 15-19: Spring Break Art Center Youth Art Camp

March 19-20: Museum tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill

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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