2010-06-10 / Island Agenda

Island Agenda

 

• Port Aransas Museum tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill, first and 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. • Summer Reading Club, 11 - noon, Wed.,at the library, ages four to nine. • Creative writing group, 10-noon Mon., Coffee Waves, 1007 State Hwy. 361. • 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, alternating Wednesdays at the 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., first and third Tuesday of every month,JELM Center office,113 S. Alister St. Walk-ins O.K.

SNOWY EGRET SNOWY EGRET • VFW Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Wed., 311 N. Alister St., $5 donation.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 • ‘Greater Tuna’, 8:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.) • Coastal Bend Blood Center’s mobile unit blood drive, 2 to 5 p.m., Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St. (See story this page.) • Parrot Heads monthly business meeting, 6:30 p.m., 1824 Palisades Dr. • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m. Movie cancelled.

FRIDAY, JUNE 11 • ‘Greater Tuna’, 8:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.) • Sunset Sounds, 7 to 9 p.m., Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, JUNE 12 • Yoga on the Beach, 8 a.m., next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. (See story this page.)

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. • 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. (Tours cancelled June 10, 15, 17 and 22.) • 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 swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway. • Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinityby 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 • Porch Party with City Councilman Steve Lanoux, 10 a.m., Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. E-mail comments to stevenpacc@centurytel. net. (See story Page 2B.) •‘Greater Tuna’, 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, JUNE 14 • Representatives from the WIC nutritional program will be in Port Aransas, 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 this page.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Life of Birds: Finding Partners,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice

TUESDAY, JUNE 15 • Catamaran cruise, 9 a.m. to noon., Woody’s Sports Center, 136 W. Cotter Ave. (See story Page 8A.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, p.m., ‘Next World: Extreme Tomorrow,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 • VFW Dinner, 6-6:30 p.m., VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. Old-fashioned goulash, salad, rolls and dessert will be served. A $5 donation is requested. • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Shallow Seas,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON June 17: • Greater Tuna June 18 • Chapel tour

• Powderpuff tournament

• Greater Tuna June 19 • Powderpuff tournament

• Chapel tour

• Third Saturday art sale

• Greater Tuna June 20 • Father’s Day: Dad’s swim free June 23 • VFW dinner

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