2010-07-22 / 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. • 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 TAMU-CC 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., Bill Ellis Memorial Library, 710 W. Ave. A. • 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.

• VFW Pool Tournament, 7 p.m., Wed., 311 N. Alister St. • Movies Under the Stars, dusk, Wed., Jerry McDonald Field, next to the Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister St. Inclement weather location will be the Pollock Center, behind the church.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, JULY 22 • Coastal Bend Blood Center’s mobile unit blood drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St. (See story this page.) • Parrot Heads happy hour, 6:30 p.m,

Island Moorings restaurant and pool. • ‘Year with Frog and Toad KIDS’, 7:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story Page .) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Dive to Shark Volcano,’ 50 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, JULY 23 • Guided beach walk, 9 a.m., Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.) • Blue Wave Tournament, 4 p.m. registration, Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Roberts Point Park. • ‘Year with Frog and Toad KIDS’, 7:30 p.m., community theatre. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, JULY 24 • Blue Wave Fishing Tournament, fishing begins at 12 a.m., weigh-in is from 1-4 p.m., the pavilion at Roberts Point Park. • Popsicle night, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Community Park pool, located off Ross Ave. (See story this page.) • ‘Year with Frog and Toad KIDS’, 7:30 p.m., community theatre. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, JULY 25 • ‘Year with Frog and Toad KIDS’, matinee performance, 2:30 pm., community theatre. (See story this page.) • Auditions for ‘YeeHaw’, 6-7 p.m., community theatre. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, JULY 26 • UTMSI Visitors Center movie cancelled due to custodial work.

TUESDAY, JULY 27 • UTMSI Visitors Center movie cancelled due to custodial work.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 • VFW Dinner, 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. Enchiladas, beans, rice and dessert. A $5 donation is requested. • UTMSI Visitors Center movie cancelled due to custodial work.

ON THE HORIZON July 31 • Bay Bash Fishing

Tournament Aug. 1 • ‘YeeHaw’ auditions

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