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 AT A BIRDING CENTER 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.
• Story Time, 10:30 – 11 a.m. Sat., Bill
Ellis Memorial Library, 749-4116.
• 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, FEBRUARY 24

• Whooping Crane Festival, 1:30 p.m.,
Port Aransas Civic Center, 710 W. Ave
A. (See story Page 1A.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center,
3 p.m., ‘How the Earth was Made: Loch
Ness,’ 50 min. Subject to cancellation
without notice.
• H.E.L.P. tour, 2:50 p.m. Meet in Civic
Center parking lot, 700 W. Ave. A. (See
story Page 3B.)
• Parrot Heads, 6:30 p.m. Bernie’s
Beach House, 730 Trout St.
• University of Texas Marine Science
Institute special panel discussion, 7
p.m. Visitor Center auditorium. (See
story Page 10A.)
• Eighth-grade fundraising silent auction
and poker tournament, 7 p.m. Bernie’s
Beach House. (See story Page 8A.)
• ‘A Tuna Christmas,’ 7:30 p.m. Port
Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 St.
Highway 361. (See story this page.)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25

• Whooping Crane Festival, Port
Aransas Civic Center. ( See story
Page 1A.)
• Beach walk, 9 a.m. Horace Caldwell
Pier. (See story Page 12A.)
• Beach Dash packet pick-up, 4-8 p.m.
Park Road Storage, 2035 State Hwy.
361. (See story this page.)
• Project Graduation spaghetti dinner,
5- 8 p. m. H. G. Olsen Elementary
School, 100 S. Station St. (See story
this page.)
• ‘A Tuna Christmas,’ 7:30 p.m. Port

Aransas Community Theatre. (See
story this page.)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26
• Whooping Crane Festival, Port
Aransas Civic Center. (See story Page
1A.)
• Beach Dash, registration 6:45-7:45
a.m., race starts at 8 a.m. Horace
Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.)
• ‘A Tuna Christmas,’ 7:30 p.m. Port
Aransas Community Theatre. (See
story this page.)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27
• Whooping Crane Festival, Port
Aransas Civic Center. (See story Page
1A.)
• Eighth-grade spaghetti dinner, noon.
Pollock Center, in the Community
Presbyterian Church complex. (See
story Page 8A.)
• ‘A Tuna Christmas,’ 2:30 p.m. Port
Aransas Community Theatre. (See
story this page.)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28

• H.E.L.P. tour, 1:50 p.m. meet in Civic
Center parking lot. (See story Page
3B.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center,
3 p.m., ‘Savage Sun,’ 60 min. Subject
to cancellation without notice.
• Audition for Port Aransas Community
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.at the theatre. (See
story Page 10A.)

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

• We’re Having Fun workshop: Floppy
discs jewelry and magnets , 2 p.m. Girl
Scout Hut, 739 W. Ave. A. (See story
Page 9A.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center,
3 p.m., ‘Pale Male the Red Tailed
Hawk,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation
without notice.
• Audition for Port Aransas Community
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.at the theatre. (See
story Page 10A.)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

• Brown Bag lecture, noon. Community
Center. (See story Page 9A.)
• Origami workshop, 3 p.m. Girl Scout
Hut. (See story Page 10A.)
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitor Center,
3 p.m., ‘If We Had No Moon,’ 60 min.
Subject to cancellation without notice.
• JELM Spring Dance, 6 p.m. Pollock
Center. (See story Page 4B.)

ON THE HORIZON

March 5 • Dress For A Cure
• Museum dinner/auction
March 8 • Mardi Gras parade
March 10 • Style Show