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.
WILLET ON THE JETTY
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. • Port A Pens, 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 29 • ‘Year with Frog and Toad KIDS’, 7:30 p.m., Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.) • UTMSI Visitors Center movie cancelled due to custodial work.
FRIDAY, JULY 30 • Bay Bash Fishing Tournament, registration/check-in, 6-9 p.m., Back Porch Bar, 132 W. Cotter Ave. (See story Page 4B.) • ‘Year with Frog and Toad KIDS’, 7:30 p.m., community theatre. (See story this page.)
SATURDAY, JULY 31 • Bay Bash Fishing Tournament, 6:30 a.m., Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Roberts Point Park.(See story Page 4B.) • ‘Year with Frog and Toad KIDS’, 7:30 p.m., community theatre. (See story this page.)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 • Auditions for ‘YeeHaw’, 6-7 p.m., community theatre. (See story this page.)
MONDAY, AUGUST 2 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Life of Birds: Fishing for a Living’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘New World: Future Ships,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Animal Friends of Port Aransas,animal shelter t-shirt benefit sale, 3-7 pm, Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Ocean Deep,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • VFW Dinner, 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. Italian sausage lasagna, salad and dessert. A $5 donation is requested.
ON THE HORIZON Aug. 5 • First Friday art reception Aug. 23 • PAISD classes resume Aug. 27-29 • Texas Women Anglers












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