2010-05-06 / 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.; Closed Saturday and Sunday. Hours subject to volunteer availability. 430 N. Alister St. Free email. 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.

GULL FOLLOWING PELICAN GULL FOLLOWING PELICAN 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. (Tour cancelled May 6.)

• 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, MAY 6

• Low-cost pet vaccinations, Island Animal Clinic, 319 Beach St., 1:30 to 5 p.m.(See story this page.)

• No movie, UTMSI Visitors Center

FRIDAY, MAY 7

• H.G. Olsen Elementary School Field Day, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (See story Page 7A.)

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

• Seashore Middle Academy’s “My Fair Surfer,” at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story Page 7A.)

. SATURDAY, MAY 8

• Yoga on the Beach ,free class 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. (See story Page 2B.)

• Low-cost pet vaccinations, Island Animal Clinic, 319 Beach St., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Seashore Middle Academy’s “My Fair Surfer,” at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 7:30 p.m. (See story Page 7A.)

• Deadline (extended) to buy Fiesta de Mayo tickets. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, MAY 9

• Matinee, Seashore Middle Academy’s “My Fair Surfer,” at Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361, 2:30 p.m. (See story Page 7A.)

MONDAY, MAY 10

• 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., at the Family Center IGA parking lot, 416 S. Alister St. (See story Page 4A.)

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

TUESDAY, MAY 11

• PAISD volunteer and mentors’ appreciation tea, H.G. Olsen Elementary School Library, 100 S. Station St., 2 p.m. (See story Page 6A.)

• The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club monthly discussion, in the library, 710 W. Ave. A, 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 2B.)

• Port Aransas Garden Club meeting, Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister, at 10 a.m. (See story Page 12A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Shark Week: Future Shark,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

Wednesday, May 12

• H.G. Olsen Elementary fifth grade luncheon, Fins restaurant, 420 W. Cotter Ave., 11:30 a.m. (See story Page 6A.)

• Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8967 dinner, at the post, 311 N. Alister St., 6:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

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

ON THE HORIZON May 13: Fiesta de Mayo

Swim Team Registration

May 14: Sunset Sounds

May 15-16: ArtFest

May 17: Songwriters’ Showcase

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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