2010-08-19 / 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.

BOOGIE BOARDING AT THE BEACH BOOGIE BOARDING AT THE BEACH 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. (Note: only one tour offered in August, on Aug. 20.) • 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.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Saving Species,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 • Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 10 a.m., Port Aransas Museum, 408 Brundrett (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 • Art Center the Islands’ Third Saturday Sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the center, 323 N. Alister St. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 • Girl Scout new leader meeting, 2 p.m. at the Girl Scout Hut, 739 W. Avenue A. (See story Page 6A.)

MONDAY, AUGUST 23 • PAISD classes resume. • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth Was Made: Hawaii,’ 47 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘If We Had No Moon,’ 50 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Dart meeting, 7 p.m., at the Gaff, 323 Beach St. (See story this page.)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Kingdom of the Seahore,’ 56 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • VFW Dinner, 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. Meatloaf, cole slaw, mashed potatoes, bread and pie. A $5 donation is requested.

ON THE HORIZON 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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