Island Agenda
• 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 8-Ball 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 15
• Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Pale Male,’ 60 min.*
• Port Aransas City Council meeting, 5 p.m., council chambers, 710 W. Ave. A. (See agenda Page 6A.)
• Public Lecture Series, 7 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center auditorium. (See story Page 3B.)
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
• Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 9:30 a.m., Port Aransas Museum. (See story Page 1B.)
• Habitat Hunt, 10 a.m.-noon, Wetlands Education Center, University of Texas Marine Science Institute. (See story this page.)
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
• Little Chapel on the Hill tour, 9:30 a.m., Port Aransas Museum. (See story Page 1B.)
• ‘Spotlight on Port A,’ Port Aransas Community Theatre, 7 p.m. (See story this page.)
MONDAY, MARCH 19
• Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Planet Earth: Ocean Deep,’ 60 min.*
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
• 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 21
• Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Power Surge,’ 60 min.* *Movies are subject to cancellation without notice.
ON THE HORIZON
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