DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: Open Tuesday-Saturday. Water exercise: Tuesday- Friday 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon. Open swim: Tuesday- Friday, 1-2 p.m. and Saturday 1-5 p.m. Lap swim: Tuesday- Friday, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturday 1-5 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, DECEMBER 22

• Enchanted Holiday Forest, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Civic Center. (See story this page.)

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘The Life of Birds: To Fly or Not to Fly,’ 55 min.*Subject to cancellation.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

• Beach Walk, 9 a.m. Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24

Christmas Eve

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25

Merry Christmas

MONDAY, DECEMBER 26

UTMSI Visitor Center closed till Jan. 3 - movies cancelled.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27

Enchanted Holiday Forest take down. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Civic Center. (See story this page.) UTMSI Visitor Center closed till Jan. 3 - movies cancelled.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28

UTMSI Visitor Center closed till Jan. 3 - movies cancelled.

*Movies are subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

Dec. 31

• Noon Year’s toast

Jan. 1

• 2012 Meander

Jan 28

• Parade of Homes on Mustang Island

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.