Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012 Page: 2 of 18
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2A Thursday, July 5, 2012
On the IslandT!
Port Aransas South Jetty
YUm f P°°l schedules
All ages are invited to enjoy
A Popsicle Night at the Port
Aransas Community Pool on
Saturday, July 7.
The event will be Saturday
evening from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Regular pool fees will apply.
This is one of many events
popsicle night
sponsored by the Port Aransas
Parks and Recreation De-
partment throughout the
summer.
For more information con-
tact the pool office at 749-2416
or the parks and recreation
department at 749-4158.
Island
Daily
• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark
Parkway: Open Tuesday-Sunday. Hours: Water exercise:
Tuesday-Friday 8:30 a.m. and noon. Open swim: Tuesday-
Sunday, 1-6 p.m. Lap swim (shared time): Tuesday-Friday,
noon-7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday noon-6 p.m. Swim team:
Tuesday-Friday, 8-9:30 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30-7
p.m. Youth lessons, Tuesday-Friday for 2 weeks each ses-
sion, 9:40-10:20 a.m. or 10:30-11:10 a.m. Sessions are June
12-22, July 3-13, July 24-Aug. 3. Private and semi-private
lessons also available. Call Harriet at the pool, 749-2416, for
more information.
• Computer Center, Monday - Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Satur-
day 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.
• Farley Boat Works, Ave. C near Cut-off Rd. 1 -5 p.m. Thurs-
day - Saturday. Boat work done Tues.-Fri., 6 p.m.-?
• 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. Non-
smoking.
Weekly
• Free Wetland Education Center tours, UTMSI, 10 a.m.
Tues., Thurs., Sat.
• 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 Elemen-
tary 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., 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.
Low impact aerobics, 8-9 a.m., Mon.-Wed.-Fri. JELM.
This Week
Thursday, July 5
Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Cuttlefish:
Kings of Camoflage,’ 56 min.*
Friday, July 6
• First Friday ad exhibit and reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Pod
Aransas Ad Center. (See story this page.)
• Registration for Hope Devlin Kids Tournament, 5-6 p.m.,
Robeds Point Park. (See story page 5B.)
Saturday, July 7
Hope Devlin Kids Tournament, dawn-12:30 p.m. Weigh-in
12:30 p.m., Robeds Point Park. (See story page 5B.)
Monday, July 9
Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Blue Planet:
Coral Seas,’ 45 min.*
Tuesday, July 10
Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Can the Gulf
Survive?,’ 50 min.*
Wednesday, July 11
• Free movie at UTMSI Visitor Center, 3 p.m., ‘Nature’s Most
Amazing Events: The Great Salmon Run,’ 50 min.*
On the horizon
July 12-15 Deep Sea Roundup
July 20-21 Outboard Fishing Tournament
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.
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EVERYONE WELCOME
Free transportation provided for seniors
Call 361-779-0072
Complimentary Champagne!
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Central Texas roundup
Staff photo by Murray Judson
This crowd of beachgoers from Round Rock, Austin and Salado gathered at the beach on
Sunday, July 1. They arrived Thursday, June 28, and will enjoy the sand, surf and sun through
Thursday, July 5. When they were spotted Sunday afternoon, they had headquartered the
group just south of Beach Access Road 1.
Book signing, more
at art center exhibit
Live music, wine, hors
d’oeuvres, a book signing and
photo exhibit will be part of
the First Friday exhibit at the
Port Aransas Art Center, 323
N. Alister, on Friday, July 6.
The reception will run from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Winning photos from the
Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo
Contest will be on display
through Sunday, July 29.
Mary Rose, director of the
art center, said, “This is always
an outstanding exhibit, please
plan to come enjoy it!”
In addition to the photo ex-
Pratt benefit
is Saturday
A benefit to help Lee Guerra
Pratt pay for medical expenses
is slated for Saturday, July
7, at the Flats Lounge, 801
Tarpon St.
Barbecue dinners with “all
the fixins” will be sold for $7
per plate, beginning at 4 p.m.
Guerra-Pratt suffered a
heart attack recently and needs
help to cover the resulting
medical expenses.
hibit, Devorah Fox will be at
the reception to sell and sign
copies of her newest novel,
“The Lost King.”
A National Novel Writing
Month 2010 winner, Fox has
written for television, radio,
magazines, newspapers and
Web sites. Publisher and edi-
tor of the BUMPERTOBUM-
PER® books for commercial
motor vehicle drivers, she is
also developer of the Easy
CDL apps for the iPhone. She
has written test preparation
guides for Barron’s Educa-
tional Series, Inc. and edited
books for Techni-Com, a
Canadian publisher, as well
as several novels.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she
has lived in Port Aransas since
2005. She is secretary of the
Rockport Writers Group.
“The Lost King,” a literary
fantasy, is Fox’s first published
work of fiction. “The Lost
King is a once-upon-a-time
story for grown-ups,” she
said. “A literary fantasy, it’s
a modern tale in medieval
clothing. When all you have
owned, everyone you have
loved, and everything you
have done are gone, who are
you?”
Sponsors for the July recep-
tion are Linda and Charlie
Zahn, the South Jetty News-
paper and Fox.
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Judson, Mary Henkel. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 2012, newspaper, July 5, 2012; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505988/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.