2010-10-14 / 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.; Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; closed Sunday. Hours subject to volunteer availability. 430 N. Alister St. Free e-mail. 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.

SOUTH JETTY 1983 SOUTH JETTY 1983 WEEKLY • Free Wetland Education Center tours, UTMSI, 10 a.m. Tues. and Thurs. (Tours cancelled on Oct. 14, 19, 21 and 26.) • 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. • 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.

• Low Impact Aerobics, 8 a.m., Mon., Wed., Fri., JELM Center at Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister St.

• Meditation class, 6:30 p.m., alternating Thursdays at the small pavilion in Roberts Point Park.

• VFW Pool Tournament, 7 p.m., Wed., VFW, 311 N. Alister St.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Blue Planet: Frozen Seas,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Parrot Heads, 6:30 p.m. Thomas’ home. Call 749-5141 by 6 p.m. for directions.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 • Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 10 a.m. Port Aransas Museum, 408 Brundrett. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 • Port Aransas Centennial Celebration, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Venues around town. (See story 1A.) • PA Art About, 4 to 7 p.m. Venues around town. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 • Marlin Athletic Booster Club’s Fall Spirit Dinner, 6 p.m. Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion in Roberts Point Park.(See story Page 9A.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Blue Planet: Coral Seas,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Blue Planet: Coasts,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Blue Planet: The Deep,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
ON THE HORIZON
Oct. 21-23 • Harvest Moon Regatta
Oct. 23 • Dunk your Junk
Oct. 30 • Reunion of Locals from
the 1970s and 1980s
• Sand Pumpkin Patch

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