2011-05-12 / 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 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. Free hot lunches, 12:30 p.m., Sun., Grace Community Church, 1801 S. 11th St.

THIS WEEK THURSDAY, MAY 12

• Brundrett Middle School field day, 12:30-3 p.m. PAISD track. (See story Page XX.) • Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Science of the Deep: Aquarius-Living Beneath the Sea,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Animal Friends of Port Aransas t-shirt sale, 3-7 p.m. Family Center IGA. • Parrot Heads of Port Aransas, 6:30 p.m. Maynard residence, call 749-5141 for directions.

FRIDAY, MAY 13

• H.G. Olsen Elementary field day, 8:30-3 p.m. PAISD track. (See story Page 7A.) • Sunset Sounds, 7 p.m. Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, MAY 14

• Election Day for city positions, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Community Center. (See story Page 1A.) • Yoga on the Beach, 8 a.m. Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, MAY 15

• Bike rodeo, 2-3:30 p.m. Port Aransas High School. (See story this page.) • VFW Post 8967 troops collection drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Family Center IGA.

MONDAY, MAY 16

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Chasing Giants: On the Trail of the Giant Squid,’ 86 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Town hall hurricane meeting, 6 p.m. Community Center. (See story Page 1A.) • Marlins Booster Club annual Athletic Banquet, 7 p.m., Civic Center; tickets $10/plate. (See story Page 7A.)

TUESDAY, MAY 17

• UTMSI Visitor Center movie cancelled. • H.E.L.P. workshop, 7:30 p.m. Community Center. (See story this page.)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 • UTMSI Visitor Center movie cancelled.

ON THE HORIZON

May 19 Fiesta de Mayo
May 21-22 ArtFest
May 23 Songwriter’s Showcase
June 4 Take a Kid Fishing Tournament

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