2010-04-15 / 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.

EDDIE RAMIREZ ENJOYS A TREAT AT SANDFEST EDDIE RAMIREZ ENJOYS A TREAT AT SANDFEST 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 the 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 15

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

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

• Tour of the Little Chapel on the Hill, Port Aransas Museum, 10 a.m. (See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Little League bake sale fundraiser, Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 5 to 7 p.m. (See story Page 6B.)

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 17

• Project Graduation Country Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Roberts Point Park. (See story Page 1A.)

• Presbyt. Women’s Garage Sale, Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., 8 to 11 a.m. (See story this page.)

• Dunk Your Junk, 9 a.m. to noon, city transfer station on Ross Avenue, free. (See story this page.)

• Tour of the Little Chapel on the Hill, Port Aransas Museum, 10 a.m. (See story this page.)

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

SUNDAY, APRIL 18

• Final performance, Port Aransas Community Theatre performance of ‘Cheatin,’ at PACT, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 2:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, APRIL 19

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

TUESDAY, APRIL 20

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

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21

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

ON THE HORIZON

April 23: Guided Beach Walk

April 24: Adopt-a-Beach Clean-up

Art Center Fourth Saturday Sale

April 30: Relay For Life

April 30 - May 2: Geocaching Weekend

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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