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.

• 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, April meetings on 1st, 15th and 29th, at 6:30 p.m., Roberts Point Park small pavilion. 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, APRIL 8

SANDFEST PREPARATIONS• The Parrot Heads of Port Aransas monthly meeting at the home of Debbie and Roy Owen, 6:30 p.m. Call 749- 5141 by 6 p.m. for the address.

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

FRIDAY, APRIL 9

• SandFest opens on the beach (See story Page 1A.) • Sunset Sounds free concert in the park, Patsy Jones Amphitheater, Roberts Point Park, 7 p.m. (See story this page.)

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 10

• SandFest, on the beach. (See story Page 1A.)

• Free Wildflower Walk at Wetlands Education Center, behind theUniversity of Texas Marine Institute Visitors’ Center, Cotter St. at the beach, 10 a.m. (See story this page.)

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

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

• Port Aransas Community Theatre youth auditions for summer production, ‘A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS,’ at theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 9 a.m. to noon. (See story Page 7A.)

SUNDAY, APRIL 11

• SandFest, on the beach. (See story Page 1A.)

MONDAY, APRIL 12

• Port Aransas Community Theatre youth auditions for summer production, ‘A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS,’ at theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 6 to 8 p.m. (See story Page 7A.)

• The Port Aransas High School UIL one-act play team performance of ‘Love is a Hot Fudge Sunday,’ PAHS cafetorium, 100 S. Station St., 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 7A.)

• Port Aransas Garden Club meeting a nd hidden garden tour. Meet at Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. Alister St., 6 p.m. (See story this page.)

• 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., a tthe Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. Alister St. (See story Page 6A.)

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center.

TUESDAY, APRIL 13

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

• Animal Friends of Port Aransas monthly meeting, Aransas Harbors Clubhouse, 230 S.Cutoff Road, 5:30 p.m.(See story this page.)

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14

• Registration deadline, Trinity-by-the- Sea Episcopal Church Day School annual benefit golf tournament, scheduled for Friday, April 30. (See story Page 9A.)

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center

ON THE HORIZON

April 16,17: Tours of Little Chapel on the Hill, Port Aransas Museum

April 17: Presbyt. Womens’ Garage Sale

Dunk Your Junk

Project Graduation Country Fair

April 23: Guided Beach Walk

April 24: Adopt-a-Beach Clean-up

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.