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 to 6 p.m. Lap swim: noon to 1 p.m. Call 749-2416 for more lap swim hours and information. • Computer Center,
Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Closed Saturday and Sunday. Hours subject to volunteer availability. 430 N. Alister St. Free email. 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 10:00 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.

PELICAN TAKING FLIGHT

PELICAN TAKING FLIGHT


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. • Alcoholics Anonymous
open meeting, 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinityby the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449. • 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 10 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. • Summer Reading Club,
11 – noon, Wed.,at the library, ages four to nine. • Port A Pens,
10-noon Mon., Bill Ellis Memorial Library, 710 W. Ave. A. • 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 Dinner,
6:30 p.m., Wed., 311 N. Alister St., $5 donation.

• VFW Pool Tournament,
7 p.m., Wed., 311 N. Alister St.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Living Sea: Shipwrecks,’ 30 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Parrot Heads monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m. Ferguson-Johns home, 612 Lantana Dr.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
• IFA Redfish Tour registration, 5 to 7 p.m. Dennis Dryer Municipal Harbor. (See story Page 4B.) • Sunset Sounds, 7 p.m. Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park.(See story this page.) • Champagn Cruise and Mini-Taste of Port Aransas, 7:30 p.m. Fisherman’s Wharf. Sold Out. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
• Yoga on the Beach, 8 a.m. Horace Caldwell Pier (See story this page.) • IFA Redfish Tour, dawn. Municipal harbor. (See story Page 4B.) • IFA Kayak Fishing Tour registration, 6 p.m. Municipal harbor. (See story Page 4B.) • City Councilman Steve Lanoux’s ‘Porch Party,’ 10 a.m. Community Center. E-mail comments and input to stevenpacc@centurytel.net.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
• IFA Kayak Fishing Tour, dawn. Municipal harbor. (See story Page 4B.)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
• WIC representatives in town, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Family Center IGA (See story this page.) • Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Science of the Deep: Aquarius- Living Beneath the Sea,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Port Aransas Garden Club’s ‘ Ropesville Rodeo – A Centennial Celebration of Port Aransas,’ 6 p.m. Community Center. (See story this page.) • Marlin Athletic Booster Club, 6 p.m. Port Aransas High School. (See story Page 5A.)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘The Life of Birds: The Mastery of Flight,’ 55 min. Subject to cancellation without notice. • Keep Port Aransas Beautiful’s ‘It’s Our World for 100 Years Centennial Celebration,’ 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Community Center (See story this page.) • Animal Friends of Port Aransas’ , 5:30

p.m. Aransas Harbors club house, 230

S. Cut-off Road. (See story Page 1B.)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Science of the Deep: The Hostile Deep,’ 56 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON
Sept. 17 • Heron “hatching” Sept. 18 • YeeHaw performance Sept. 25 • Beach clean-up

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