2012-03-08 / Island Agenda

Island Agenda

DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: Open Tuesday-Saturday. New hours: 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-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday lap swim only noon-1 p.m. and shared time 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, 7 p.m. Monday through Sunday and noon Tuesday and Wednesday, 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.

VFW dinners, 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, VFW. $8 donation.

• Low impact aerobics, 8-9 a.m., Mon.-Wed.-Fri. JELM.

THIS WEEK THURSDAY, MARCH 8

• Port Aransas Garden Club style show, 1 p..m., Civic Center. (See story this page.) • Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘‘Pale Male,’ 60 min.* • Port Aransas ISD Board of Trustees Meeting, 6 p.m., administration building. (See story Page 8A.) • Public Lecture Series, 7 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium. (See story Page 7A.)

SATURDAY, MARCH 10

• Yoga on the beach, 8 a.m., Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story Page 4B.) • ‘Spotlight on Port A,’ Port Aransas Community Theatre, 7 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 12

• Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Ocean Deep,’ 60 min.*

TUESDAY, MARCH 13

• VFW Ladies auxiliary meeting, 11 a.m., VFW.. • Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m. ‘Can the Gulf Survive?’ 50 min.* • We’re Having Fun workshop, stained glass mobiles, 2 p.m., Girl Scout hut.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14

• Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Power Surge,’ 60 min.* •JELM Boot Scoot dance, Pollock Center, 6-9 p.m. (See story Page 5B.) *Movies are subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

March 16 Habitat Hunt: Wetlands Edu. Center
March 16-17 Little Chapel on the Hill tours

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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