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Flaming Lips & Tongues on Fire
The 11th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Sunday at Waterloo Park
"...Contest & Festival Facts The Capital Area Food Bank and The Austin Chronicle invite you to join..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Food Feature

Charity Begins at Home
The gospel music and charitable concern of the Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers
"...by the U-Haul, Austin is consistent. The folks of Central Texas can't get enough music, and they love the..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Soda Jerks
The AISD Vending Machine Scandal and the World of Snacks and Sodas
"...arrangements for their individual campuses. AISD investigators, meanwhile, subpoenaed bank records and found possible evidence of vendors paying improper..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff
"...edifice is a longtime Llano landmark, having housed a bank, private residences and several B&Bs. The current proprietor is..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Bygone Buildings
Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.
"...Dickinson is a well-known historical figure in Texas (she'll be the only woman represented on the façade..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Food-o-File
Considering the date, it's likely all your Christmas shopping is already done, but Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood has some ideas for gifts that keep giving long after the wrapping paper has been thrown away.
"...our beloved Austin is so well-known. Merry Christmas! Sustainable Food Center (P.O. Box 3323, Austin, 78711; 385-0080): We introduced..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Not Clucking Around
East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.
"...There is no doubt that East Texas chicken magnate Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim is flying in style...."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Day Trips
The summer drought is making historical Indian sites throughout Texas more accesible to archaeologists ... and to looters.
"...Texas history is being stolen. Antiquities collectors who dig through..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Express Success
Sometimes a Round Rock Express game resembles a combination county fair and amusement park : with the baseball game as background more than a sporting event.
"...the season with the best win-loss record in the Texas League (43-27) and could become league champions in their..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts

Coach's Corner
Golf Wars: Coach barely survives a brutal midsummer struggle against Lions Muni Golf Course.
"...Lemons says he considers Lions the toughest muni in Central Texas. It's not a place to have a bad..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Color of Justice
A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.
"...undercover agent, Tom Coleman, an itinerant lawman from West Texas with no prior experience in undercover narcotics work. Coleman..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Day Trips
Lake Bastrop's North Shore Park gets a major facelift.
"...The gentle upward slope of the land from the bank toward the parking lot helps the trees catch the..."

July 21, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood remembers Robert Paprota, who owned Chez Nous before his untimely recent death and updates readers on changes in the local restaurant scene.
"...Paprota Educational Trust Fund, Bank of America, c/o Lisa Killough, PO Box 908, Suite..."

June 9, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Public Notice
This week's benefits and fundraisers are burning up, flying high, and a she thang.
"...or American Legion Post 317, Building Account c/o Eagle Bank, PO Box 345, Jarrell, TX 76537-0345. 512/746-5445 or 746-4530..."

May 19, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice
Public Notice celebrates mom, bikes, and going postal, among other things this week.
"...Take Mama for a relaxing stroll through Central Texas' blooming springtime at the Spring Garden Tour, Mother's..."

May 12, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Postmarks
The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.
"...MADD, Heart of Texas Chapter..."

May 5, 2000 Column

Carrying the Burden
During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.
"...Earlier that morning, a truck from the Capital Area Food Bank dropped off hundreds of pounds of donated, perishable..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Public Notice
Public Notice straps on the skates, picks some flowers for mom, and finds out if it is eligible to donate to the Mother's Milk Bank….
"...Take Mama for a relaxing stroll through Central Texas' blooming springtime at the Spring Garden Tour, Mother's..."

April 28, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...likes the skyline as it "sparkles in the hot Texas sun" (and smog ?), and admits "Austin as we..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Seeing the Light
Capital Metro unveils plans for light rail, a bus-rapid-transit system, and HOV lanes for Austin.
"...It's precisely because the federal bank window is closing that, after a decade and a..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites
Camp Food
"...eyes had counted only three stars in the entire central Pennsylvania sky, a canvas permanently peppered with light. Once..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

Public Notice
Happy Father's Day
"...Jun 24-27, the National Barrel Horse Association hosts its Texas Championships at the Travis County Expo Center, each day..."

June 25, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Postmarks
Press Bush on Wiccans
"...sparing Henry Lee Lucas, tried to flunk half of Texas' eighth-graders on a whim, devised a corporate welfare scam..."

June 18, 1999 Column

Public Notice
Revenge of the Nerds
"...to Eeyore's 36th Birthday Party, but bring bucks for food and treats, because the event is actually a Fundraiser..."

April 23, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice
Volunteer Some More
"...Capital Area Food Bank Distribution of needed food stuff for 18 CenTex..."

March 26, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking
"...times are tough, which is where nonprofits like the Central East Austin Community Organization (CEACO) rise to the occasion..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Rural Kraut
"...photograph by Gerald E. McLoud They rarely use turn..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Public Notice
"...Capital Area Food Bank Distribute needed food stuff to 18 CenTex counties...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice
Holiday Wish Lists, Part One
"...Microwave ovens VHS camcorder, VCR Blank VHS videotapes Canned food items Personal hygiene items: toothbrushes, razors, and laundry soap..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

Food-O-File
Bowled Over
"...slurpeddelicious soup, generating pots of money for theCapital Area Food Bank (8201 S. Congress, 282-2111). Congratulations to the organizers,..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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