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

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Empty Oceans, Empty Nests,’ 60 min. *Subject to cancellation. • Parrot Heads of Port Aransas, 6:30 p.m. Beach Lodge. • ‘A Month of Sundays,’ 7:30 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

• Guided beach walk, 9 a.m. Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.) • ‘A Month of Sundays,’ 7:30 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

• Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup, 8:30 a.m. Register on the beach at Ave. G. (See story Page 1A.) • ‘A Month of Sundays,’ 7:30 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

• ‘A Month of Sundays,’ 2:30 p.m. Port Aransas Community Theatre. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

• UTMSI Visitor Center. movie – cancelled today.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

• UTMSI Visitor Center. movie – cancelled today.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

• UTMSI Visitor Center. movie – cancelled today.

ON HORIZON

Sept. 30- Oct. 1 • Mustang Fest
Oct. 7 Mardi Gras in October
Wings Over Port A: Pirate Island
Oct. 8 South Texas Music Fest and Chili Cookoff

*Movies are subject to cancellation without notice.

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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