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.

MELISSA ESTRADA CHEERS ON THE MARLINS! 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: Tours are suspended for chapel refurbishing.) • 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, 7 p.m., alternating Thursdays, Girl Scout hut, 739 W. Ave. A

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

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18 • George Barnes Memorial Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St. (See story this page.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘How the Earth Was Made: Iceland,’ 47 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • City council meeting, 5 p.m. Civic Center, 700 W. Ave. A. (See agenda Page 6B.) • Meditation, 7 p.m. Girl Scout Hut, 739 W. Ave A. • ‘Opal’s Baby,’ 7:30 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19 • ‘Opal’s Baby,’ 7:30 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 • Project Graduation bake sale, 8 a.m. Family Center IGA. (See story Page 11A.) • Port Aransas Garden Club adopt-ahighway, 8 a.m. Meet at Civic Center. (See story Page 2B.) • Port Aransas Kiwanis Key Club car wash, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Center IGA. (See story Page 2B.) • Western movie marathon, 2 p.m. City Council Chambers, 710 W. Avenue A. (See story this page.) • Patriot PAWS service dog demonstration, 4 p.m. VFW Post 8967, 311 N. Alister St. (See story Page 2B.) • ‘Opal’s Baby,’ 7:30 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21 • VFW Post 8967 Support Our Troops Drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Family Center IGA. (See story this page.) • Community Thanksgiving Day meal, 6-8 p.m. Civic Center. (See story Page 4A.)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Blue Planet: Coasts,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Hooked on Hummingbirds,’ 53 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Community interdenominational Thanksgiving worship service, 6:30 p.m. First Baptist Church, 200 N. Station St. (See story Page 4A.)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 • Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Arctic Mission: Lords of the Arctic,’ 52 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON Nov. 25 • Trinity Day School

Thanksgiving Day lunch Nov. 27 • Fourth Saturday Art Sale 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.