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 19

• Coastal Bend Blood Center’s mobile unit, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Family Center IGA parking lot. (See story this page.) • PTO volunteer/mentor tea, 2 p.m. Brundrett Middle School library. (See story Page 7A.) • UTMSI Visitor Center movie cancelled. • City Council, 5 p.m. Council chambers. (See agenda, Page 6A.) • School board, 6 p.m. PAISD administration building. (See agenda, Page 7A.) • Fiesta de Mayo, 6:30 p.m. Community Center - sold out. (See story this page.)

FRIDAY, MAY 20

• Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 9:30 a.m. Port Aransas Museum. Call or visit the museum for reservations, 749-3800.

SATURDAY, MAY 21

• Port Aransas Garden Club Adopt-A-Highway clean up, 8 a.m. Meet in the parking lot of the Civic Center. (See story Page 10A.) • Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 9:30 a.m. Port Aransas Museum. Call or visit the museum for reservations, 749-3800. • ArtFest, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tarpon Inn. (See story this page.) • Tax appraisal town hall meeting, 1 p.m. Council chambers. (See story Page 1A.) • VFW Post 8967 troops collection drive, 1-3 p.m. Family Center IGA. (See story Page 5A.)

SUNDAY, MAY 22

• VFW Post 8967 troops collection drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Family Center IGA. (See story Page 5A.) • ArtFest, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tarpon Inn. (See story this page.) • Relay For Life wrap up party, 4-6 p.m. Alister Square Inn. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, MAY 23

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Chasing Giants: On the Trail of the Giant Squid,’ 86 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Songwriter’s Showcase, 7 p.m. Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Roberts Point Park. (See story this page.)

TUESDAY, MAY 24

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Next World: Future Ships,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Planet Earth: Ice Worlds,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

May 27 • PAHS Scholarship Awards Ceremony May 30 • Memorial Day June 4 • Take a Kid Fishing Tournament

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.