2011-10-20 / 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-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. Lap swim: Tuesday-Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., and Saturday- Sunday, 1-6 p.m. Call 749-2416 for more 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., 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. • VFW Meetings, 11 a.m., third Monday of month, VFW. • VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary, 11 a.m., second Tuesday of month, VFW. • Low impact aerobics, 8-9 a.m., Mon.-Wed.-Fri. JELM.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

• Port Aransas Style, Neighborhood Group of the American Sewing Guild, 10 a.m. Donna’s Sewing and Alterations. • Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Savage Sun,’ 50 min.*Subject to cancellation.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

• Presbyterian Women garage sale donation drop-off, 9 a.m.- noon. Pollock Center. (See story Page 3B.) • Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 9:30 a.m. Port Aransas Museum, call 749-3800 for reservations.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

• Presbyterian Women garage sale, 8-11 a.m. Pollock Center. (See story Page 3B.) • Dunk Your Junk, 9 a.m.-noon. City transfer station on Ross Avenue. (See story this page.) • VFW troops drive collection, 2-4 p.m. Family Center IGA. (See story Page 10A.)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

• VFW troops drive collection, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Family Center IGA. (See story Page 10A.) • PTO Fall Festival, 1-5:30 p.m. H.G. Olsen Elementary School. (See story Page 7A.) • Howl-O-Ween dog costume contest, 3-7 p.m. Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Roberts Point Park. (See story Page 11A.)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘If We Had No Moon,’ 50 min.*

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Next World: Future Life on Earth,’ 60 min.* • Keep Port Aransas Beautiful meeting, 6 p.m. Bill Ellis Memorial Library.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Dive to Shark Volcano,’ 50 min.*

*Movies are subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

Oct. 29 Fall Back Festival
Sand Pumpkin Patch

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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