2011-06-16 / 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. • 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, JUNE 16

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Next World: Future Cars,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Animal Friends of Port Aransas t-shirt sale, 3-7 p.m. Family Center IGA.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17

• Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 9:30 a.m. Port Aransas Museum. • Texas Game Warden Association Fishing Tournament and Music Fest, 5 p.m. Soccer fields in Roberts Point Park. (See story Page 4B.) • Woody’s Sports Center’s Ladies Powder Puff Fishing Tournament, 5 p.m. Woody’s Sports Center. (See story Page 4B.)

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

• Texas Game Warden Association Fishing Tournament and Music Fest, 6 a.m. Soccer fields in Roberts Point Park. (See story Page 4B.) • Woody’s Sports Center’s Ladies Powder Puff Fishing Tournament, 6:30 a.m. Woody’s Sports Center. Weigh-in 1-3 p.m. Fred Rhodes Pavilion in Roberts Point Park. (See story Page 4B.) • Art Center for the Islands Third Saturday Sale, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the center. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

Father’s Day!

• Dads swim free, 1-6 p.m. Port Aransas Community Park Pool.

MONDAY, JUNE 20

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Blue Planet: Coral Seas,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Life of Birds: Signals and Songs,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22

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

ON THE HORIZON

June 24-25 Fishing Break Tournament
July 1-2 Hope Devlin Annual Fishing Tournament
July 7-19 Deep Sea Roundup

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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