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 9:30 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, APRIL 28
• Movie cancelled at UTMSI Visitor Center. • Candidate’s Night, 6 p.m. Port Aransas Civic Center. (See story Page 1A.) • Parrot Heads of Port Aransas, 6:30 p.m. The Back Porch.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29
• Relay For Life, 7 p.m. Roberts Point Park. (See story Page 1A.)
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
• Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup, 8:30 a.m. Register on the beach at Avenue G. (See story Page 1A.) • Swim Team registration, 10 a.m.-noon. Port Aransas Community Pool. (See story Page 9A.) • UTMSI’s Green Team silent auction, 3-5 p.m. The Gaff. (See story this page.)
MONDAY, MAY 2
• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Shark Week: Future Shark,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • PACT auditions, 6:30 p.m. PACT. (See story this page.)
TUESDAY, MAY 3
• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Savage Sun,’ 50 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Texas AgriLife Research Mariculture Laboratory tour, 1:50 p.m. Meet in parking lot of the Civic Center to carpool. (See story this page.) • PACT auditions, 6:30 p.m. PACT. (See story this page.)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
• Island Shred Day, 10 a.m.-noon. Port Aransas Civic Center. (See story this page.) • Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Planet Earth: Ice Worlds,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
ON THE HORIZON
| May | 19 | • | Fiesta de | Mayo | |
| May | 21- | 22 • | ArtFest | ||
| May | 23 | • | Songwriter’s | Showcase |
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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