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.
FUN IN THE SUN
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, AUGUST 5 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Shark Week: Future Shark,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 • Keep Port Aransas Beautiful afghan sale, 2-7 p.m., Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St. (See story this page.) • First Friday Reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St. (See story this page.)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 • Hope for Hope benefit dinner, 6 p.m., VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. (See story this page.)
MONDAY, AUGUST 9 • Representatives from WIC will be in town, 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.) • UTMSI Visitors Center movie cancelled due to custodial work.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 • Animal Friends of Port Aransas, monthly meeting, 5:30 p.m. Aransas Harbors Clubhouse, 230 S. Cutoff Rd. (See story Page .) • UTMSI Visitors Center movie cancelled due to custodial work.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Shark Week: American Shark,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • VFW Dinner, 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. Gumbo, bread and dessert. A $5 donation is requested.
ON THE HORIZON
Aug. 13 • First Friday Reception
Aug. 14 • Yoga on the Beach Aug. 23 • PAISD classes resume Aug. 27-29 • Texas Women Anglers
Tournament The Island agenda is free of charge to non-profit organizations of Port Aransas for announcements of meetings and special events. To list an event or meeting, call 749-5131 or e-mail southjetty@centurytel.net BEFORE NOON TUESDAY.












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