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., 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, NOVEMBER 10

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘How the Earth Was Made: Iceland,’ 47 min.*Subject to cancellation.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11

• Veterans Day celebration, 9 a.m. Port Aransas High School. (See story Page 1A.)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12

• Yoga on the beach, 8 a.m. Horarce Caldwell Pier. (See story this page.) • Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School garage sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. (See story Page 12A.) • Animal Friends of Port Aransas t-shirt sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Family Center IGA. (See story this page.) • Adorable and Adoptable Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Animal shelter. (See story this page.) • Movie night, 6:55 p.m. City Council chamber. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Planet Earth: Pole to Pole,’ 60 min.*

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

• We’re Having Fun workshop, 2 p.m. Girl Scout Hut. (See story Page 10A.) • Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Hooked on Hummingbirds,’ 53 min.*

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘The Arctic Mission: Lords of the Arctic,’ 52 min.*

*Movies are subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

Nov. 19 Plant Swap and Recycle Day
VFW Bean and Chili Cookoff
Santa Paws
Nov. 20 Community Thanksgiving meal
Nov. 22 Community Thanksgiving service
Nov. 24 Thanksgiving

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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