Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 2011 Page: 2 of 22
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2 A Thursday, April 21, 2011
fin this IsIflulThis Wfiftk
Beach walk set Friday
It’s not just sargassum weed
that washes ashore on area
beaches, but an assortment of
seashells, too.
To find out more, head to the
beach for a free guided beach
walk on Friday, April 22.
Guide Shirley Fischer will
be on hand at 9 a.m. under
the purple flag next to Horace
Caldwell Pier to help beach-
combers identify shells and
other items that wash ashore.
Sponsored by the City of
Port Aransas Parks and Rec-
reation Department, the walk
gives visitors and residents the
opportunity to learn about
the “treasures” found along
Mustang Island beaches. The
walks are held on the fourth
Friday of each month.
Beach walkers should wear
sunscreen, appropriate shoes,
hats and clothing and bring
a container for any treasures
found.
For more information, call
Pam Greene at parks and rec-
reation, 749-4158.
AgInda
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, 1-6 p.m. Lap swim: noon-1 p.m.
Call 749-2416 for more lap swim hours and 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. Non-
smoking.
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 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.
Port Aransas Volleyball Assoc. Mon., H.G. Olsen Elementary
School gym, 100 Station St.
Birding on the Boardwalk, guided bird walk with Nan Dieted,
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.
Low Impact Aerobics, 8 a.m., Mon., Wed., Fri., JELM Center
at Community Presbyterian Church, 113 S. Alister St.
VFW Pool Tournament, 7 p.m., Wed., VFW, 311 N. Alister
This Week
Thursday, April 21
• Pod Aransas Style Neighborhood Group of the Corpus Christi
Chapter of the American Sewing Guild, 10 a.m. Donna’s
Alterations.
• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Next World: Future
Life on Eadh,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.
Friday, April 22
• Beach walk, 9 a.m. Horace Caldwell Pier. (See story this
page.)
Saturday, April 23
• Eighth-grade bake sale, 1-4 p.m. Family Center IGA.
M Sunday, April 24
• Community-wide interdenominational sunrise service, 7 a.m.
Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Robeds Point Park.(See
story Page.)
• Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt, 2 p.m. Pod Aransas Community
Park. (See story this Page 1 A.)
Monday, April 25
• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. ‘Shark Week:
Prehistoric Sharks,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without
notice.
Tuesday, April 26
• Free movie, 3 p.m. UTMSI Visitor Center. 'Hooked on
Hummingbirds,’ 53 min. Subject to cancellation without
notice.
Wednesday, April 27
• Movie cancelled at UTMSI Visitor Center.
On the Horizon
April 29 • Relay For Life
April 30 • Beach Clean Up
May 19 • Fiesta de Mayo
May 21-22 • ArtFest
May 23 • Songwriter’s Showcase
The Island agenda is free of charge to non-profit organizations
of Pod 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.
Staff photo by Dan Parker
SandFest fun
A group of San Antonio area women party at SandFest on Saturday, April 16. SandFest was
held on the beach between Sandcastle Drive and Access Road 1 A.
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Volunteers for summer needed
Looking for something
fun and rewarding to do this
summer?
The University of Texas
Marine Science Institute has
several volunteer opportuni-
ties available that just may
be that “something” you have
been looking for.
Volunteers are needed to
help with visiting school
groups on the R/V Katy. The
boat goes out for two and
four-hour trips daily. Now
is the busiest time of the
year and trips will continue
through the summer.
The Animal Rehabilitation
Keep is looking for volunteers
to help feed and clean up after
its sea turtle, tortoise and bird
residents for at least one four-
hour shift a week.
Also needed are volunteers
to give tours of the Wetlands
Education Center, explaining
the importance of estuaries.
Tours are held every Tuesday
and Thursday from 10 to 11
a.m.
Volunteers will be trained
on an as needed basis and will
be required to complete an ap-
plication packet and pass a
background check. A time
commitment of at least four
hours a week for a few months
is preferred.
Those interested should
contact Colleen McCue at
colleen. mccue @ mail. utexas.
edu or 749-6833.
Art Center for the Islands
Fiesta de Mayo tickets available
Tickets for Fiesta de Mayo
are on sale now.
An evening of “food, fun
and fandango” is scheduled for
Thursday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m.
at the Community Center, 408
N. Alister St.
Fiesta de Mayo is a major
annual fundraising event for
the Art Center of the Islands
and features a Mexican din-
ner and art auction with live
entertainment.
Tickets are $30 apiece or
$50 per couple. Tables for eight
also may be reserved for either
$300, to include a listing in the
event program, two bottles of
wine and fiesta table decora-
tions, or $500, to include a
business banner, two large-size
bottles of wine, eight tickets
to Songwriter’s Showcase
and fiesta table decorations.
PACT play
is cancelled
Due to unforeseen technical
difficulties, the Port Aran-
sas Community Theatre’s
production of “Move Over,
Mrs. Markham” has been
cancelled.
Scheduled to run April 21
through May 1, all perfor-
mances have had to be called
off.
The next production to be
performed at PACT will be a
double feature by the theatre
arts students at Seashore Mid-
dle Academy. “The Bathroon
Door” and “Whose Movie is
it Anyway?” are set to run
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
May 6,7 and 8.
Reservations may be made by
downloading an RSVP card
from the Art Center’s Web site,
www.portaransasartcenter.org,
or by stopping by the center at
323 N. Alister St.
j- Also set for May is ArtFest
on Saturday and Sunday, May
21 and 22, and Songwriter’s
Showcase on Monday, May
23.
In keeping with tradition,
ArtFest will be held in the
courtyard of the Tarpon Inn,
200 E. Cotter St., from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Songwriter’s Showcase will
be held in a new venue this
year, the Fred Rhodes Memo-
rial Pavilion at Roberts Point
Park, beginning at 7 p.m.
All three art events are
sponsored by the Art Center,
the Port Aransas Chamber of
Commerce-Tourist Bureau and
the Tarpon Inn.
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