2011-01-20 / 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.
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, 8 p. m. Monday through Sunday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinityby the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449.
• Alcoholics Anonymous,
noon, Monday through Friday. St. Joseph Catholic Church parish hall, 100 Station St. Non-smoking.


A ROSEATE SPOONBILL WADE FISHING A ROSEATE SPOONBILL WADE FISHING 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.
• VFW Pool Tournament, 7 p.m., Wed., VFW, 311 N. Alister St.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘If We Had No Moon,’ 50 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • H.E.L.P. tour, 2 p.m. Meet 10 minutes before tour at the Civic Center, 700 W. Ave. A. (See story Page 7A.)

• Kiwanis Club Potato Bake, 5 to 7 p.m., Sandcastle Conference Center, 800 Sandcastle Drive. (See story this page.)
• UTMSI public lecture, 7 p.m. Visitor Center auditorium, located on Cotter Ave., one block short of the beach. (See story Page 8A.) • ‘Opal’s Baby’, 7:30 p.m. Community Theatre, 2327 St. Hwy. 361. (See story this page.)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21

• Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 10 a.m. Port Aransas Museum, 408 Brundrett. (See story Page 7A.)
• ‘Opal’s Baby’, 7:30 p.m. Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 22

• 23rd annual Tour of Homes on Mustang Island, 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St. (See story this page.)
• Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 10 a.m. Port Aransas Museum. (See story Page 7A.)
• Grumbles benefit, noon. Civic Center. (See story this page.)
• VFW Post 8967 dinner, 6 p.m. At the post, 311 N. Alister St. (See story Page 8A.)
• ‘Opal’s Baby’, 7:30 p.m. Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 23

• Miller benefit, noon till close. Tarpon Ice House, 321 N. Alister St. (See story Page 1B.)
• ‘Opal’s Baby’, 2:30 p.m. Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, JANUARY 24

• H.E.L.P. tour, 2 p.m. Meet 10 minutes before tour at Civic Center. (See story Page 7A.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Shark Week: American Shark,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
• 2011 Winter Lecture Series, 7 p.m. Port Aransas Museum and Community Center, 408 Brundrett Ave. (See story Page 7A.)

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25

• We’re Having Fun workshop: Herb mix and pomander balls, 2 p.m. Girl Scout Hut, 739 W. Ave. A. (See story this Page 8A.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Volcanoes of the Deep Sea,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26

• Brown Bag lecture, noon. Community Center. (See story Page 8A.)
• UTMSI movie cancelled today.

ON THE HORIZON Jan. 31

• Dine Around Feb 5-6
• Book Sale Feb. 10
• Kiwanis Wine Tasting Feb. 12
• Beach Cleanup

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