2011-03-17 / 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, 1-6 p.m. Lap swim: noon-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 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 Trinity-by-the-Sea
Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Monday through Friday.
St. Joseph Catholic Church parish hall, 100 Station St. Nonsmoking.


























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, MARCH 17

St. Patrick’s Day

• Port Aransas Garden Club workday, 10 a.m. Meet at
Bundy’s.
• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Next World: Future
Ships,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
• Public lecture, 7 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium. (See
story Page 1B.)
• ‘Kitchen Witches,’ 7:30 p.m. Community Theatre (See story
this page.)
• Spring ‘Give Us A’ Break, dusk. Jerry McDonald Ball Field.
(See story this page.)








FRIDAY, MARCH 18

• Spring ‘Give Us A’ Break, dusk. Jerry McDonald Ball Field.
(See story this page.)
• ‘Kitchen Witches,’ 7:30 p.m. Community Theatre (See story
this page.)


SATURDAY, MARCH 19

First day of spring

• Eighth-grade chicken dinner fundraiser, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Parking
lot of Islander Souvenirs. (See story Page 7A.)
• Spring ‘Give Us A’ Break, dusk. Jerry McDonald Ball Field.
(See story this page.)
• ‘Kitchen Witches,’ 7:30 p.m. Community Theatre (See story
this page.)




SUNDAY, MARCH 20

• ‘Kitchen Witches,’ 2:30 p.m. Community Theatre (See story
this page.)

MONDAY, MARCH 21

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘How the Earth
Was Made: Tsunami,’ 47 min. Subject to cancellation without
notice.

TUESDAY, MARCH 22

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘The Life of Birds:
The Limits of Endurance,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation
without notice.
• Public lecture, 7 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium. (See
story Page 1B.)



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘LIFE: Hunters and
Hunted,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

April 2 PACT 80s Prom
April 15-17 • Texas SandFest

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 MONDAY.

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