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. • 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 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 or 749-5131. • 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.
• VFW Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Wed., 311 N. Alister St., $5 donation.
THIS WEEK
THURSDAY, JUNE 24 • ‘Greater Tuna’, 8:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.) • Parrot Heads monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m., the Gaff, 323 Beach St. • Birding 101 for Kids, 9 to 11 a.m., Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center, off Ross Ave. (See story Page 6A.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Next World: Future Cars,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
FRIDAY, JUNE 25 • Beach walk, 9 a.m., meet on the beach under the purple flag near Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.) • ‘Greater Tuna’, 8:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.)
SATURDAY, JUNE 26 • Basic Beaded Wire Crochet Necklace workshop, 1 to 5 p.m., Art Center for the Islands’, 323 N. Alister St., from 1 to p.m. (See story this page.) •‘Greater Tuna’, 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.)
SUNDAY, JUNE 27 • Sand Slam: G-rated poetry slam, p.m., Coffee Waves, 1007 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.)
MONDAY, JUNE 28 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, p.m., ‘Blue Planet: Coral Seas,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29 • Catamaran cruise, 9 a.m. to noon, Woody’s Sports Center, 136 W. Cotter Ave. (See story this page.) •Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Life of Birds: Signals and Songs,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 • VFW Dinner, 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. Cheeseburgers, franks, potato salad, beans and dessert will be served. A $5 donation is requested. • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Jungles,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
ON THE HORIZON July 1: • HELP Seminar
• Greater Tuna July 2 • Hope Devlin fishing tourney
• First Friday art reception
• Greater Tuna July 3 • Hope Devlin fishing tourney
• Greater Tuna












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