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. • Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinityby the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449.

ALL DRESSED UP TO WATCH THE LIGHTED BOAT PARADE • Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Monday through Friday. St. Joseph Catholic Church parish hall, 100 Station St. Non-smoking.

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. • 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, DECEMBER 9 • H.E.L.P. Tour, 1:50 p.m. Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A. (See story this page.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Life of Birds: The Insatiable Appetite,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Parrot Heads, 6:30 p.m. The Sand Bar at Mariner Inn and Suites, 2607 State Hwy. 361. • Disney’s ‘Aladdin, Jr.,’ 7 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361. (See story this page.)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 • Disney’s ‘Aladdin, Jr.,’ 7 p.m. PACT. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 • Yoga on the Beach, 8 a.m. Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. (See story this page.) • ‘Porch Party’ with City Councilman Steve Lanoux, 10 a..m. Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. E-mail comments and input to stevenpacc@centurytel.net. • Care and Share,12-6 p.m. Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St. (See story Page 1A.) • Disney’s ‘Aladdin, Jr.,’ 7 p.m. PACT. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 • Care and Share,12 to 6 p.m. Family Center IGA, 416 S. Alister St. (See story Page 1A.) • Enchanted Holiday Forest tree setup, 1 to 4 p.m. Civic Center. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13 • Enchanted Holiday Forest, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Civic Center. (See story this page.) • WIC representatives in town, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Family Center IGA parking lot. (See story this page.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Life of Birds: Finding Partners,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Children’s Christmas Party, 5 to 7 p.m. Civic Center. (See story this page.)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 • Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m. Movie cancelled today. • Animal Friends of Port Aransas, 5:30 p.m. Aransas Harbors clubhouse, 230 S. Cut-off Rd. (See story Page .) • Ellis Memorial Library Book Club, 6:30 p.m. Library, 710 W. Ave. A. (See story Page 3B.)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 • Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m. Movie cancelled today. • School board meeting, 6:30 p.m. PAISD Administration Building, 200 S. Station St.

ON THE HORIZON Jan. 15 • Rotary Club Fish Fry Jan. 20 • Kiwanis Club Potato Bake Jan 22 • Garden Club Tour of Homes