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Aug. 11, 2000 Column
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Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in
response to last week's cover story.
"...very generous in its treatment and compassion to the disabled by providing curb cuts and access to all of..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Column
Naked City
Throughout the five-week trial of the Branch Davidians'
case against the federal government inWaco, the
ghosts of 84 people killed at Mount Carmel haunted
the courtroom.
"...Daniel, Kimberley, and Jamie, a blind child who was disabled by meningitis when he was four months old. Her..."
July 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
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Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.
"...long distances without cars. Trains allow children, elderly people, disabled people, and people who dislike driving to move around..."
July 7, 2000 Column
Public Notice
Public Notice says, "Keep cool this summer and volunteer for a local public service organization.
"...Hands On Housing Providing free home repair for elderly, disabled, and low-income homeowners. 2026 Guadalupe, #226, 78705. 472-7627...."
June 2, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
Public Notice
Public Notice says, "Keep cool this summer and volunteer for a local public service organization."
"...Assistive listening devices in theatres and opportunities for the disabled to perform onstage. [email protected] or 3710 Cedar #7, 78705...."
May 26, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
Oh Susanna!
Drinks at Donn's Depot with Austin country music diva Susanna Van Tassel.
"...a kid, me and my sister, who was mentally disabled, would go to therapy, and I'd wait in the..."
May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
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.
"...clothing, shelter) for families of the working poor, the disabled, and the low-income elderly are at an all-time high..."
April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Public Notice
"Public Notice" is the sassy yet totally sincere public service column of the Austin Chronicle. This week is Part One of a list of community groups that need YOU!
"...listening devices in theatres and provide opportunities for the disabled to perform onstage. [email protected] or 3710 Cedar #7, 78705...."
March 24, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
SXSW Music Festival
Picks & Sleepers
"...NOOK, neighbors T-Roc and Ballistix, Houston's Ukalipthis (featuring DJ Disabled), and P.E.A.C.E., jumping the fence from L.A.'s Freestyle Fellowship..."
March 17, 2000 Music Feature
Reflections
SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference
"...film reaches the interview with the monstrous patriarch -- disabled by a stroke and confined to a wheelchair, his..."
March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Steve Davis
chokecherry: A Thousand Miles Within a Heart
The FronteraFest 2000 Long Fringe round-up continues with Robert Faires' review of the Bottom's Dream production of chokecherry, by Erik Ehn.
"...she wants to touch the shunt affixed to the disabled girl, and in her eyes we can see that..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Tinkle Tinkle Little Dog
"...which provides assistance dogs to hearing impaired and physically disabled folks throughout Tejas. Team (one dog, one human chum,..."
Feb. 4, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer
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Our readers talk back.
"...sidewalk, about 1é4 mile south of Anderson Lane. Many disabled people ride Austin's buses. If they want to see..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Column
The Edge of Marriage: Stories
"...of betrayal and broken dreams after she brings her disabled husband home from the hospital. "From Where We've Fallen"..."
Nov. 19, 1999 Books Review by Annine Miscoe
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Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within
"...sidewalk, about 1é4 mile south of Anderson Lane. Many disabled people ride Austin's buses. If they want to see..."
Nov. 12, 1999 Column
Naked City
Carving the Constitution
"...constitutional provisions -- including one that promises aid to disabled Confederate soldiers and another that gives the governor authority..."
Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Public Notice
Volunteer opportunites part two: from the Green Corn Project to the YWCA.
"...Hands On Housing Providing free home repair for elderly, disabled, and low-income homeowners. 2026 Guadalupe, #226, 78705. 472-7627...."
Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer
Council Watch
East Austin residents have a say in neighborhood planning; local advocates ask for more money in city budget to fund their special interest; Bill Spelman issues some strong words against the Statesman's criticism of council on the LCRA water deal.
"...Jennifer McPhale led a group of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) members, who have been..."
Sept. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
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Solid Gold 40 is shocked and dismayed; non-fans of Carole Keeton Rylander add their two cents; a tear for Tony's Vineyard; and more letters to the editor.
"...I, a white disabled Scottish American found myself in need of financial assistance..."
Sept. 10, 1999 Column
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Benefits of Frankenfoods
"...has acted to enforce equal protection guarantees for the disabled as they have been defined by the Supreme Court...."
Aug. 20, 1999 Column
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Press Bush on Wiccans
"...devastating to the young, the old, the poor, the disabled, and those who simply don't wish to drive by..."
June 18, 1999 Column
A World of Their Own
Growing Population
"...not been totally inaccurate; often children with autism are multi-disabled -- also having, say, mental retardation. Now that experts..."
June 4, 1999 News Feature by Spike Gillespie
Day Trips
"...a nationally recognized program that offers rehabilitative programs to disabled and injured clients. The program has expanded from using..."
May 28, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Trekkies
"...service each “outpost” (or regional fan club) performs with disabled kids and the elderly or the charitable donations made..."
May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
On The Lege
Bushwacked
"...It took the brutal murder of a disabled black man in Jasper to convince House members to..."
May 21, 1999 News Column
The 'conditional' Lineup
"...Group home, class II [halfway houses, homes for emotionally disabled, etc.] Guidance services [drug treatment, shelters, drop-in centers, etc.]..."
May 14, 1999 News Feature
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Economic Cleansing
"...rail. Ask Austin's poor, working poor, students, retired or disabled or homeless. Walking and bike riding are primary forms..."
April 16, 1999 Column
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...while it undergoes retrofitting to improve accessibility for the disabled and to ensure the safety of the endangered Barton..."
April 16, 1999 News Feature
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CSC: It's a Good Thing
"...income residents like the old gray-haired retired, and the disabled...."
April 2, 1999 Column
Dougherty Arts Center
