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August 13, 2015 Volume 20, No. 16 Southwest Austin’s Community Newspaper Since 1995
AISD Board vacancy to be filled by appointment by Ann Fowler
AUSTIN - The Austin Independent School District (AISD) Board of Trustees voted Monday to fill a vacant position by appointment. The recent death of longtime AISD Board Trustee Robert Schneider leaves an open seat for District 7, representing 13 campuses in
Southwest Austin. With more than three years left of the four-year term, the AISD Board wrestled with the dilemma of how to fill the term at an August 10 meeting. The board lacks the authority to appoint someone to the full term, which ends November 2018. Travis County Clerk Dana De-
Beauvoir told the board the deadline for a November 2015 election was August 11, giving the board little time to decide. The board was told the estimated cost of an election in 2015 would be $123,427. A runoff, if required, would be an additional $236,614. If the board made a one-year
appointment, an election held in November 2016 would not cost AISD anything extra to add the District 7 trustee to the other four positions on the ballot. The board weighed the cost of a special election with the concern that Southwest Austin schools be adequately represented on the board.
Although told prior to the vote that the budget included $450,000 for elections, the board was split 4-4 on two votes, one to hold a special election, the other to make a temporary appointment. Board member Amber Elenz told the Gazette, “Since there was See AISD on back page
LifeAustin venue opens Gatlin Brothers are slated to play by Ann Fowler
Photos: Shannon Lafayette
The controversial LifeAustin Amphitheater opened on July 19th with The Katinas. The Gatlin Brothers are booked for August 28th.
OAK HILL - Pastor Randy Phillips realized a dream when the LifeAustin Amphitheater opened last month. The LifeAustin Church is located on 68 acres on Highway 71 across from the Travis County Precinct 3 offices, and includes a dog park, disc golf and walking trails available for use by local residents. Pastor Phillips said of the amphitheater, “We built this facility with the community in mind,” so it is ironic that local neighborhoods have fought against it. Midwood Parkway resident David VanDelinder feels the venue warrants an amplified sound permit, but Pastor John Capezzuti said, “Under the direction of the city we are able to operate under the rural residential code 9.2.5”—which restricts hours See LIFEAUSTIN on page 22
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Letters to the Editor
TxDOT tanked the We st Pa rk “ Tow n Center”
Dear Editor, The neighborhoods next to West Park PUD did not prevent the developer from building his proposed, enlarged plan for the site. TxDOT did. The fact of the matter is that at the time the developer wanted to build this “Town Center” plan, TxDOT would not allow the developer to put a PUD entrance or exit with a stop light on 290. TxDOT said there were too many lights in too short a distance along 290 in front of the
Civic Agenda
This space is reserved for information on civic happenings that occur in, or relate to the Southwest Austin area. To be included a meeting or event must relate to public policy. For other community events please see our community calendar on page 8. If you would like to be included, please e-mail editorial@oakhillgazette.com with the subject “Civic Agenda” and include details of your meeting or happening, along with any relevant agenda items. City of Austin Asks Residents How to Increase Recycling Through August 24 Austin Resource Recovery is asking residents to help them increase Austin’s recycling. Austinites can share their insights about recycling through an online survey, text messages and community meetings. A recent study found that 44 percent
proposed PUD. Consequently, there was no way to get all that traffic in and out effectively without a light. TxDOT and the city transportation staff would not agree to the new PUD plan until that problem was resolved. This one single issue was the biggest immovable object in the path of the “Town Center” PUD. Since then, the PUD owner reached an arrangement with TXDOT to put a light at Hudson Loop and route traffic through there, and building in West Park PUD has commenced. It is easy if not even delightful to cast someone else as the source of your problems or the reason you didn’t get something you wanted. Our neigh-
of things thrown in the trash could be recycled. This means that more recyclables go in the trash than the recycling cart. The City wants to learn from residents what is causing this problem and what might solve it. Residents can go to insights.austintexas.gov or text 512-580-7778 to share their thoughts and insights. Conversation Corps discussions to focus on workforce skills Monday, Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m. Patika - 2159 S. Lamar Blvd, 78704 Tuesday, Aug. 18, 6 p.m. Hampton Branch Library - 5125 Convict Hill Road, 78749 Saturday, Aug. 22. 1:30 p.m. South Austin Recreation Center, 1100 Cumberland Road, 78740 The next round of Conversation Corps discussions will seeking community input on what skills are needed within the local workforce
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bor, Rick Perkins, says that thanks to our two neighborhoods (Scenic Brook and Windmill Run), “we will suffer a Highway 290 filled with strip centers up and down the roadway, stores with little character.....” and so on including a degradation of the environment. I am surprised he left out a plague of skunks. Historically, the majority of my neighborhood, Scenic Brook, supported enhanced amenities a bigger West Park PUD would offer. However, when the developer realized he could not get traffic in and out of the “Town Center” on 290 because he could not get a light, he
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and what can schools, businesses and residents do to ensure those skills are attained. Business leaders and community members have expressed an interest in high school and post-secondary programs that will provide the skills needed to enhance the Austin workforce and economy. To meet that goal, Conversation Corps will ask: To be a productive
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Back to School news
College Students: Put required vaccination on to-do list As young adults make final preparations for college, the physicians of the Texas Medical Association (TMA) remind college-bound students to put an important and required vaccination on their to-do list. Texas law requires almost all new and transfer students to be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis at least 10 days before the semester begins or to show proof of having received the vaccination within the past five years. “College students are targeted for prevention of the devastating illness of meningococcal infection because they are among those most at risk,” said Donald K. Murphey, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin and a consultant to TMA’s Child and Adolescent Health Committee. Meningococcal disease affects people who live in close quarters like dormitories, such as college students and military recruits. Meningococcal disease is a potentially devastating bacterial infection that spreads through coughing and sneezing, sharing drinks or utensils, and kissing or other person-to-person contact. Preschool children also are at high risk, doctors note. “When this disease arises, it is often very severe,” said Dr. Murphey, “taking normal, healthy young adults and in a matter of hours putting them at risk of death.” After its initial flu-like symptoms, meningococcal disease kills about 10 percent of sufferers even if they have begun to receive treatment ― often within hours of the onset of symptoms. Dozens of patients contracted bacterial meningitis last year, with adolescents and young adults being most susceptible. Survivors can suffer severe, lifelong
complications. Dr. Murphey said those can include loss of limbs, deafness, strokes, and organ failure. The good news is that vaccination works to prevent meningococcal disease. Doctors believe that as many as four out of five of the adolescents and young adults who contract the infection could have avoided it, had they been vaccinated. The meningococcal vaccine protects against four of the five common strains of the disease. If a college student’s vaccinations are up to date, most likely the student had a meningococcal vaccination or booster, which is recommended for adolescents at age 11 and 12. Protection from the vaccine lasts for several years but typically not through the college years, so a second vaccination is needed at age 16 to boost immunity. Students should check with their doctor to see if they are up to date. Free and low-cost vaccinations may be available for
teens and young adults who don’t have health insurance. TMA has published a fact sheet about the importance of meningococcal vaccination, in English and Spanish. TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 48,000 physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 110 component county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans. TMA actively works to improve immunization rates in Texas through its Be Wise — ImmunizeSM program. Be Wise works with local communities to give free and lowcost shots to Texans, and educate people about the importance of vaccination. More than 280,000 shots have been given to Texas children, adolescents, and adults through the Be Wise program since 2004.
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This Old Spouse
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Andrew tackles yak parts—and a letter from Ralph the Dog
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by Roger White So I’m parked in the den the other day, sprawled on my comfy couch, watching my favorite TV show not shot in black and white or from the 1960s—that being “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern”—when I notice Ralph the dog strolling by with something in his mouth. I’m in a state of continual amazement, by the way, at the things this guy puts in his mouth—Andrew Zimmern, not Ralph the dog. Have you ever watched this show? Andrew’s job, apparently, is to travel the world, find every culture’s most unusual and/or disgusting food, and eat it. He’s ingested everything from pig brains, camel head, and cow rectum to just about any and all arachnids and nightcrawlers known to mankind. He’s also consumed the “man parts” of just about every earth creature on four legs. Yeah. Two of the most repulsive things I’ve ever seen Andrew scarf down, however, were something in the Philippines called balut—fertilized duck eggs, complete with halfformed baby duck tendons and feathers and appendages—and a fetid, rotten fish dish in Alaska called stink head. I think I could smell this stuff wafting up through the television. Stink head is exactly what it sounds like: fermented fish heads dug up after decaying in the ground for weeks and served on a platter with a side of botulism. To quote Mr. Z, “I’m never eating that again as long as I live. That’s really, really harsh. Ammonia, rotted flesh, spoiled onions. All these flavors come to mind.” But Andrew does get to tour the planet on the show’s dime. And who else can say that they’ve eaten the testicles of the native species of every continent on the globe? OK,
let’s leave that one alone for now. yours. Chew on that. Anyway, not the point. I’ve been • Why yell at me when I bark at told on more than one occasion the cable or peezza delivery guy? I that I tend to ramble in don’t know these guys. this forum. But come If you have somebody on, people, that’s my coming over, let me schtick! Just trying to know, will ya? keep the conversation • And listen, I have gas lively. just like you, so there’s no So I interrupt my call for scolding me when watching Andrew tackle it happens. Yours don’t fried yak penis in China smell like rozes, eether, to reach down and see ya know. And this whole what Ralph the dog blaming me when you dropped near the couch. know you did it routine? It looks like a note. Getting purty old. It is a note, scrawled I love you guys, serioshRoger White simply but legibly: ly, so pleez take this in the spirit intended. And “Deer Dad, pleez pass this note on to Mom. Luv, I luv you and Mom like you were Ralph the dog.” actual dogs, and you are extreemly good to me, but some issues I must Damn. I didn’t know Ralph could bring to lite. They are the following: write. His spelling could use some • I reelly hate it when you get work, however. impatient when you take me out to the yard to “do my bizness,” as Roger White is a freelance human you so quantely put it. Pooping on living in Austin, Texas, with his command is no picnic—and yelling lovely spousal human, two precocious at me when I go in the house becauz offspring humans, a very obese but you haven’t taken me out in six hours mannerful dachshund, and a cat doesn’t help any eether. with Epstein-Barr. For further ad• Wouldn’t you be fritened of a cat ventures, visit oldspouse.wordpress. that was bigger than you? Max is si-cotic, man (sp? I don’t have google). Pleez stop telling me to “man up,” whatever that means. • Pleez refrane from tugging on me to get me to stop smelling something when you take me on my walk. This is my time; this is me reading the sunday paper. Besides, did you no that we dogs possess up to 300 million old-factory recepters in our noses, compared to about six million in you humans? And the part of a dog’s brain that is devoted Andrew Zimmern in some exotto analizing smells is, praportionic place eating...something. ally speaking, 40 times greater than
The Word from Oak Hill
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Even my truck is broken down Mike Jasper
The word in Oak Hill is… broken. Everything is breaking down — my truck, my gutters, my AC. But mainly… my truck. I needed work on my Ford F-150, which is second only to mechanical bulls as the most-ridden vehicle in Texas. The truck was sputtering when it started and especially when it took off from a stop. Not being a mechanic, I didn’t know what I wanted done exactly, but I did know I wanted it fixed. So I took it in to Southwest Automotive because I read good things on the Internet (4.5 stars on Yelp) and Bob Walden moved to Bastrop, so what are you gonna do? I took it in on a Monday and they kept it until Friday… the next Friday
mind you, 11 days later. “First come, change. Now the estimate climbed first served,” they told me. Anyway, to $850. It was obvious that he there’s my first complaint: didn’t read the itemized 1) Kept my truck for 11 list of things I wanted done days. when I dropped the car The first phone call I off—which included an got from them was the oil change—even though Monday after the truck we discussed that verbally had been in the shop for a as well. week. Because we weren’t Which brings me to: 2) communicating well over Poor communication. the phone, I went into the Anyway, he told me the car Mike Jasper shop to get the estimate. would be ready by WednesThings that needed to be done in- day. Absolutely. But Wednesday cluded a series of tests, flushing the came and went, and I got a call on radiator (really?), flushing the fuel Friday. Time management ain’t their injectors, and replacing a bad water thing I guess. Or keeping their word. pipe. Total cost, $800. Which brings me to: 3) The truck “What about the oil change?” I runs just as badly as the day I asked, not hearing it in the estimate. brought it in. He said, sure, he could add an oil Continued on page 15
Drippin’ Lowdown
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Cool events in the Hill Country by Laurel Robertson Late August in Central Texas is not for sissies. In fact, it might be what separates the true Texan from the merely wanna-be. If you can rouse yourself to get out to a rodeo, participate in a county fair, or take part in a Texas historic celebration during the late August heat—you might be one of ‘em. This week’s column offers ways to do all those activities—up high in the Hill Country, where the air is lighter and the waters run clear. The Texas Senior Pro Rodeo, held at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park Event Center August 22-23, will school all us air-conditioned city dwellers on how it’s done—by folks who’ve made it through summers much worse than this. Senior Pro Rodeo is just what it says: folks over the age of 40 (including a few in their 90s!) riding horses, roping
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cattle, racing around barrels, and generally risking life and limb in the August air— though under the shade and protection of the huge DSRP Event Center roof. And though t he y’re not riding bulls or bu ck i ng broncs (they haven’t gotten Laurel Robertson to be this old without learning something), the skill level of these seasoned athletes is something to behold. It’s worth the short trip out to Dripping—and did I mention that it’s free? For more information, a schedule and directions, visit www.
drippingspringsranchpark.com and click on the “Events” tab. • • • The best of the best—in fact, “the oldest continuous county fair in Texas”—takes place just up the road in Fredericksburg August 20-23. Since 1881 (with the exception of a few years during World Wars I and II) the county fair has celebrated all that’s rural and agricultural in Gillespie and surrounding counties. This one’s got it all: livestock judging, produce competitions, canning and baking contests, arts and crafts exhibits, antique tractor shows, a carnival midway with your favorite fair food—even live pari-mutual horse racing! As night follows day, Friday and Saturday nights offer dancing under the stars to top dance bands Jake Hooker and Continued on p. 10
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Austin Animal Center dog wins Canine Restoration Challenge An Austin Animal Center dog named Ford won first prize in the first Canine Restoration Challenge, a competition that showed the trainability of shelter dogs. Ford, an 11-month-old black Labrador retriever mix, was one of a dozen dogs from area shelters chosen for the Challenge. Ford earned the prize after displaying skills at the Austin Pet Expo Aug. 1. Better yet, Ford was adopted that day. The goal of the Challenge was to prove that you can take untrained shelter dogs and train them, making them more appealing adoption candidates. The animals were matched with dog trainers who had 14 days to train them in a humane and compassionate manner. Trainers were selected through an application process and each trainer fostered the dogs until the Challenge. Ford’s trainer was Janice Patton
an Austin Certified Professional Dog Trainer and Dog Behavior Consultant. Patton is the founder of ARF (A Real Friend) Dog Training. She has been working with dogs for almost 20 years and is active in animal rescue and rehabilitation. “It was an exciting day for all the dogs and especially for Ford, one of our dogs who took home the top prize,” Chief Animal Services Officer Tawny Hammond said. “Not only did Ford win the challenge but he took home the ultimate prize -- a new forever home.” Nine Central Texas shelters supplied dogs. The animal shelters chose dogs that were 9 months or older and have been passed over for adoption because of physical characteristics, challenging behaviors and/or lack of previous training. The participating shelters included: Austin Animal Center Austin Humane Society Williamson County Regional An-
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Mondays Charles Thibodeaux and the Austin Cajun Aces - 6:30pm at Evangeline Cafe, 8106 Brodie 512.282-2586. Texas Songwriters Showcase 6:30pm Poodie’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 22308 Hwy. 71 W., Spicewood. No cover.
Wednesdays No Bad Days Open Mic - 7pm at Poodie’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 22308 Hwy. 71 W., Spicewood. 50+ Singles Dance- 7:30-9:45 Live Music. Senior Activity Center 29th & Lamar. 2874 Shoal Crest. fiftyplusdanceaustin.com Trivia Night - Wednesdays at Waterloo Ice House, Southpark Meadows, 9600 South I-35 Service Rd. SB, Suite D-100. 512-301-1007 waterlooicehouse.com. The Peacemakers - 10pm at Evangeline Cafe, 8106 Brodie 282-2586..
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July 15 - August 23
Thursday, August 20
Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies - Welcome to Harlem’s famed Cotton Club in this stylish, brassy musical celebration of Duke Ellington’s greatest musical hits. Topfer Theater Zach Scott 202 South Lamar 512476-0541 zachtheater.com August 6 - August 16 Picnic - Thurs. - Sat. @ 7:30pm Sun. @ 2:30pm Agape Actors Co-Op will open our production of Picnic, William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama about young love, family, and the need to belong. Black Box Theatre at East View High School, located at 4490 E. University Ave in Georgetown 512-88-STAGE Friday, August 14
An Evening of Acoustic Guitar and Piano with Eric Johnson - 7pm Stateside at the Paramount 719 Congress Avenue 512.472.5470 austintheatre.org
Kansas - 8pm The Long Center 701 W. Riverside Drive (512) 457-5100 thelongcenter.org Sunday, August 23
Community Clubs & Events Ongoing Events Woodworkers Club of Austin 7pm on the 1st Tuesday of the month in the training room at Seaton Hosp SW, on FM 1826 We are a non profit org. and make toys etc for charity. Call Bill at 512-288-3252 Free Overeaters Anonymous - Fridays at 8pm open meeting. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Everyone welcome! Unity Church of Austin, 5501 W. US Hwy 290, Service Rd. Vicki (512) 925-7854 or Candy (432) 349-1512 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Meeting - Bannockburn Baptist Church room 103 Every Wednesday, 7pm - 8:30pm Anne Slater 512-215-9719 for more info Free Conversation Cafe - Drop in for open, public dialogue on a variety of topics. Every third Saturday from 10:30am-11:30am at the Hampton Branch of the Austin Public Library at Oak Hill, 5125 Convict Hill Rd.. Free and open to the public. 512-9749900 / cityofaustin.org/library. Classes and meditation - with Western Buddhist nun, Gen Kelsang Ingchug. Every Sunday at 9:30am at Chittamani Buddhist Center, 1918 Bissel Lane, 78745. Everyone welcome. Spiritual counselling by appointment. Call for free brochure. 916-4444. meditationinaustin.org. Sisters in Crime Heart of Texas Chapter - Meets monthly on the second Sunday of the month at 2pm at the Recycled Reads (part of the Austin Library system) 5335 Burnet Rd www.hotxsinc.org. VFW Post 4443 meeting - Meets on first Tues. of month from 7-8:30pm at 7614 Thomas Springs Road in Oak Hill. Members and potential members are encouraged to be there around 6pm to gather for dinner. There is no cost. The Oak Hill Rotary Club - Meeting the first two weeks each month for lunch on Thursday at Johnny Carinos on Brodie and then join us for social/networking events the other weeks as posted on our website. Circle C Area Democrats - 6:308:30pm at Santa Rita in the Escarpment Village. Meets on second Mondays of month. For information:circle careademocrats.org.
the Austin Arts Block Party - 1pm This free event is open to the public and offers some of the year’s very best and exclusive discount ticket opportunities! Come experience the best dance, music and theatre that Austin has to offer! Learn more about the organizations, sample upcoming productions, enjoy performances, check out the Kids’ Zone, and see behind-the-scenes tours. The Long Center 701 W. Riverside Drive (512) 457-5100 thelongcenter.org
Toastmasters Groups - Build leadership and communication skills in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Visitors welcome. Tejas Toastmasters: 288-7808/ tejastoastmasters. org. Meets every Mon. at 6 pm at IHOP, 1101 S. Mopac. South Austin Toastmasters: meets first and third Tuesday at noon at ACC South Austin Campus, 1820 W. Stassney Lane. Phone 443-7110 or 288-7808. Oak Hill Toastmasters: meet every Thurs-
day from 6:45-8pm at Western Hills Church of Christ, 6211 Parkwood Drive. Open to ages 18 & up. 956494-4809 / oakhill.freetoasthost.biz Alzheimer’s Caregiver SupporGroup - 2nd Wednesday of the month at noon at Arveda Alzheimer’s Family Care, 11013 Signal Hill Drive, 78737. Anyone caring for a loved-one with dementia and needing support is invited. RSVP to 512637-5400 and feel free to bring your own lunch. www.arvedacare.com. Senior Luncheon Program - Seniors (over 60) meet at 8656 Hwy. 71 W, Bldg A, next to JP bldg every Tues, Wed and Thurs from 10am2pm. Transportation available. Call 512-854-2138 for more info. Oak Hill Neighborhood Planning Contact Team - Meets fourth Wednesday of the month at the ACC Pinnacle Campus, 10th Floor Board Room. www.ohnpct.org. MOMS Club of Austin - Are you a stay at home mom looking for support, daytime activities and other moms like you? The MOMS® Club of SW Oaks/Oak Hill offers all that and more. You can find us on Meetup at www.meetup.com/MOMSClub-of-Austin-SW-Oaks/ Southwest Networking Group (SWING) - meets for breakfast at Waterloo Ice House, Slaughter Ln. & Escarpment Blvd., 9600 Escarpment Blvd.. 8-9:30am. Bring business cards. For more info call 4829026 or 921-4901. Thursdays. South Austin AARP Chapter 2426 - Tom Bauer will talk about leadership styles and best practices, 1pm - 4pm at South Austin Senior Activity Center, 3911 Manchaca Rd. Free. Meets on third Wednesday of the month. For more info call Mary at 280-8661. www.southaustinaarp.org. OHBPA Meeting - (Oak Hill Business Professionals Association). Meets every first Thursday of the month from 11:30am-1pm at Mandola’s Italian Market, 4301 W. Wm. Cannon $15. ohbpa.org. Creative Arts Society - Meets on first Wed. of month (except Jan.,July, Aug.) at ACC Pinnacle, 10th floor, faculty lounge. 6pm networking. 7pm program. All artists and art enthusiasts are welcome. creativeartssociety.org 288-0574. Senior Safari Adventures - Tues. Fri. 9:30am - 11am Austin Zoo 10808 Rawhide Trail Call 512-288-5031 or email audrey.austinzoo@yahoo. com. ALS Caregivers Support Group Group will meet from 12:15 to 2:15 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday afternoons of each month, at the Yarborough branch (2nd Tues) and the Twin Oaks branch (4th Tues) of the Austin Public Library. FREE Contact: Jinji Willingham (512) 350-8505
Retired Austin Travelers - a group for people who love to travel. Regular meetings are held at the Oak Hill Library 5124 Convict Hill Rd. More information & directions can be found at the web site, ratsonline.org.
New Events Saturday, August 15 South Austin Lions Club Bowling for Books Fundraiser - 1pm will help to purchase the book, Little Black: A Pony, for the first graders. Westgate Lanes, 2701 West William Cannon www.SouthAustinLions.org 3rd Annual Tour De Hives - The day’s festivities will kick off at 8am in Southwest Austin at the Bee Friendly Austin Apiary. Proceeds from the event registrations, raffle, and silent auction will benefit the Travis County Beekeepers Association. a BEE VERSION of the Funky Chicken Coop Tours) www.TourdeHives.org Fungi - What Are They and How Can We Get More of Them? - 9am The Natural Gardener 8648 Old Bee Caves Road 512-288-6113 www. naturalgardeneraustin.com Wednesday, August 19 Traveling with Diabetes Seminar - 5:30pm - 7pm Low cost wellness seminar being offered by Seton Diabetes Education Center 5555 North Lamar Suite D-125 www.seton.net/ diabetes 512/324-1891 $25 Annual Public Hearing of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission - 2pm public comments and suggestions from around the state to improve the agency’s ability to serve the citizens and its bountiful cultural and natural resources of Texas more effectively. TPWD Commission Hearing Room 4200 Smith School Road 512-389-4804 Thursday, August 20 Good Taste: Playing with Food 6:30pm - 8:30pm Inspired by Robert Therrien’s art, local chefs create bites that play with food’s scale and its link to childhood memories. The Contemporary Jones Center 700 Congress Ave. Hire-Live Career Fair - 9am 12:30pm Bring 10-15 Resumes , Dress Business Professional. This is a free event for job seekers. Embassy Suites-Downtown 300 South Congress Ave. www.HireLive.com FREE parking Saturday, August 22 The Monarch Butterfly: Pollinator Poster Child - 9am This class will be held indoors at the Parish Hall of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church at 8724 Travis Hills Dr. Please arrive early for best seating; space is limited.
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Outdoors & Fitness Ongoing Events Farmer’s Market at Sunset Valley - Locally grown fresh produce at Tony Burger Center, 3200 Jones Rd. Saturdays from 9am-1pm. www. sfcfarmersmarket.org. Docent Tours of AMOA - Each Sat. & Sun. 1pm Docent-led tours of the recently restored 1916 Driscoll Villa, the intimate art exhibition Laguna Gloria Grounded and the historic gardens overlooking Lake Austin. Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress 512-495-9224 www.amoa.org. Texas Outdoor Women’s Network - Open to women of all ages interested in outdoor activities. fishing, kayaking, camping, hiking and more! No experience required. Free monthly meetings on fourth Tuesday of each month at 6pm at the LCRA Red Bud Complex, 3601 Lake Austin Blvd. . www.townaustin.org. Hill Country Outdoors- “Austin’s Most Active Outdoor, Sport an Social Club” Specializing in adventure with outdoor events such as hiking, camping, biking, road trips and rafting. hillcountryoutdoors.com. Westcave Preserve public weekend tours- Sats. and Sundays,
Ongoing Events
10am., noon, 2pm & 4, $5 adult/$2 child/$15 family. One mile hike into the canyon & back. Kids welcome w/ adult. No pets. For more info call (830)825-3442 westcave.org . Guided Hikes - Second Sat. & second Sun. of each month at 9am at Bright Leaf Natural Area, 4400 Crestway Dr., Hikes are usually 4 miles long and last about 2 hours. Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water. brightleaf.org Senior Safari Adventure - Tues. Fri., 1pm - 2:30pm Calling all Seniors (60+)Put on your walking shoes and join us as we stroll around the Zoo to meet and learn about some of our animals. Please bring bottled water as we do not have drinkable water on grounds. $5 caregiver $13 Senior 10808 Rawhide Trail (512) 288-1490 Nature Hike at McKinney State Falls - Free interpretive hikes to discover the diverse range of flora and fauna that can be seen at McKinney Falls. Hikes are offered the 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month starting at 10am from the Smith Visitors Center. Wear comfortable shoes, a hat, and bring water. Hikes last approximately 1.5 hours. Info contact: jeanneffia@gmail.com Sunday, December 7
New Events
New Events
Saturdays, July 10 - August 15
Thursday, August 13
Hairspray Dance Party - every Saturday evening at 6:30 cast members show you how to do some of the super hip dance crazes of the 60’s! Bring the kids. Zilker Hillside Theater
Michele Solberg - 7pm Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Lane (512) 2822586 evangelinecafe.com
Tuesday August 18 & 25
Green Bird Fitness yoga class 6:30 pm. Join Lauren Whitehead in Dick Nichols Park 8011 Beckett Road 512-699-4011. greenbirdfitness.com FREE Tuesday, August 18 Better Lights for Starry Nights 2:30pm Learn how to save money and preserve our night skies. Bill Wren from the McDonald Observatorywill deliver a presentation on light pollution and the importance of the starry night sky to the Hill Country. Fun, Free, Open to the Public, Kids Welcome! Lakeshore Library 7346 Hwy. 261 Buchanan Dam 325.379.1174
Kids Calendar
Second Saturdays are for Families - $7 per family; $5 Member families. Noon-4pm at Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress Ave. Please RSVP to akichorowsky@amoa.org to give an idea of materials needed. 512-4959224 / www.amoa.org. At Austin Children’s Museum: Community Night - Come out and play EVERY Wednesday night at 5pm and enjoy exhibits, storytime and a variety of hands-on activities. Themed stories, songs,d activities. Tuesday - Saturday: 11am, 1pm & 3pm. Baby Bloomers- Every Mon.. For kids 3 & under & their caregivers. Storytimes 9:30 & 11am; Sing-a-long 10:30am at Austin Children’s Museum, 201 Colorado St.. 472-2499 / ausinkids.org.
August 15 - August 23
The Wizard of Dogz! Presented by Circus Chickendog - Puppets, Jugglers, Live Musicians, Six Rescued Circus Dogs,Giant Bubbles, Scarlet Macaw, Balancing Acts, Combine for a Circus Rendition of the Holiday Classic! At The Dougherty Theater, 1110 Barton Springs Rd. 512.771.8836 - info@chickendog.net
Storytime - Tuesdays & Wednesdays at the Hampton Library, 5125 Convict Hill Rd. Toddlers Fridays at 11am, . 892-6680. wiredforyouth.co
July 26 - August 15 Tortoise & Hare - 10am & 2pm Musical styles collide in this energetic new re-imagining of the ancient fable, Tortoise & Hare. Rollins Studio Theater Long Center 701 W. Riverside Drive (512) 457-5100 thelongcenter.org
Back to School Bash 2015 - 9am - noon Families can receive information about programs and services, free student immunizations from Seton, free backpacks, car seats, eyeglasses and school supplies on a first-come, first-served basis for AISD students. There will also be door prizes. An AISD student must be present to receive a backpack, and immunization records are required for vaccines. Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road August 19 - August 23
Junie B. Jones - Sat. & Sun. 2pm & 4pm shows Book and lyrics by Marcy Heisler Music by Zina Goldrich Adapted from the JUNIE B. JONES series of books by Barbara Park. Boyd Vance Theater 1165 Angelina St. 512) 221-4680 summermusical. com FREE Saturday, August 15
Stephen K. Morris - 6pm Johnson - 8:30pm Poodie’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 22308 Hwy. 71 W. 512-264-0318 poodies.net Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - 8:30pm Broken Spoke 3201 S. Lamar(512) 442-6189 brokenspokeaustintx.com Hot Club of Austin - 7:30pm Satellite Bistro & Bar 5900 Slaughter 512-288-9994 satellitebistroandbar. com
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Tuesday, August 18 Twilight Trio - 7pm Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Lane (512) 2822586 evangelinecafe.com Amanda - 6pm Broken Spoke 3201 S. Lamar (512) 442-6189 or brokenspokeaustintx.com
Dan Dyer - 10pm at Strange Brew 5326 Manchaca 512-828-7636 strangebrewloungeside.com Tony Harrison - 9:30pm Broken Spoke 3201 S. Lamar (512) 4426189 or brokenspokeaustintx.com Pardo n’ Reed - 7pm Hills Cafe 4700 South Congress 512-8519300 hillscafe.com
Saturday, August 15
Wednesday, August 19 Floyd Domino and Redd Volkaert - 7pm Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Lane (512) 282-2586 evangelinecafe.com No Bad Days - Open Mic Hosted byAndrea Marie - 8pm Poodie’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 22308 Hwy. 71 W. 512-264-0318 poodies.net KOKE FM Free Texas Music Series – Blue Water Highway Band with Brandon Steadman Band - 5pm Hills Cafe 4700 South Congress 512-851-9300 hillscafe.com Thursday, August 20 Danny Britt - 7pm Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Lane (512) 282-2586 evangelinecafe.com
the Swingsters - 7:30pm Satellite Bistro & Bar 5900 Slaughter 512288-9994 satellitebistroandbar.com
Saturday, August 22 APL’s Twin Oaks Branch Celebrates 5 Years with Bubbles and More - 11am - 2pm a puppet show from Eulenspeigel Puppet Theatre, bubble games, cake and a special talk entitled “Libraries: Humanity’s Greatest Achievement,” from Owen Egerton. S. Fifth Street 512-974-7379
Guitar Kings II - 8pm Trent Turner, Jon Dee Graham and Andy Macintyre Strange Brew 5326 Manchaca 512-828-7636 strangebrewloungeside.com The Derailers - 9:30pm Broken
Fog and Bone - 7pm Troubadours Fog & Bone provide a night of Bluegrass mayhem at The Nutty Brown Cafe 12225 Highway 290 West 512.301.4648 nuttybrown.com FREE
Alejandro Escovedo - 7:30pm Strange Brew 5326 Manchaca 512828-7636 strangebrewloungeside. com Waller Creek Vipers - 6pm Central Market Cafe Westgate 4477 S. Lamar Blvd 512-899-4300 Michael Ballew - 6pm Cornell Hurd - 9:30pm Broken Spoke 3201 S. Lamar (512) 442-6189 or brokenspokeaustintx.com Dan Adams Band - 7pm Hills Cafe 4700 South Congress 512-8519300 hillscafe.com Don Leady’s Rockin’ Revue 10pm Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Lane (512) 282-2586 evangelinecafe.com Saturday, August 22 Two Tons of Steel - 9:30pm Broken Spoke 3201 S. Lamar 512 4426189 or brokenspokeaustintx.com Rotel & The Hot Tomatoes - doors @ 6pm show @ 7pm The Nutty Brown Cafe 12225 Highway 290 West 512.301.4648 nuttybrown.com Tish Hinojosa - 6:30 Jackson Browne Tribute - 9pm at Strange Brew 5326 Manchaca 512-8287636 strangebrewloungeside.com Jeremy McBee - 7pm Satellite Bistro & Bar 5900 Slaughter 512288-9994 satellitebistroandbar.com
Dave Madden - 6pm Central Market Cafe Westgate 4477 S. Lamar Blvd 512-899-4300 Tessy Lou and the Shotgun Stars - 7pm The Rusty Mule 9201 Hwy 290 (512) 704-6416
Friday, August 21
Monday, August 17 Texas Songwriters Showcase: George Ensle Hosts Alex Harvey - 6:30pm Poodie’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 22308 Hwy. 71 W. 512-264-0318 poodies.net
Ru Coleman - 6pm Ruthie Foster - 10pm Poodies Hilltop Bar and Grill 22308 Hwy. 71 W. 512-264-0318 poodies.net
The Johnny Cash Show - 6pm The Derailers - 9:30pm Broken Spoke 3201 S. Lamar (512) 4426189 or brokenspokeaustintx.com
Purgatory Players - 11am - 1pm at Strange Brew 5326 Manchaca Rd 512-828-7636 strangebrewloungeside.com
Conjunto Los Pinkys - 6:30 Enjoy the Hatch Chili Roasting at Central Market Westgate 4477 S. Lamar 512-899-4300 centralmarket.com
Emilie Clepper- 6:30 Central Market Westgate 4477 S. Lamar 512899-4300 centralmarket.com
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents LEGENDS - Frank Erwin Center 1701 Red River 512-4717744 uterwincenter.com
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Sunday, August 23 Paul Klemperer & Manteca Beat - 7pm Satellite Bistro & Bar 5900 Slaughter 512-288-9994 satellitebistroandbar.com
Sunday Gospel Brunch with the Purgatory Players - 11am - 1pm at Strange Brew 5326 Manchaca Rd 512-828-7636 strangebrewloungeside.com
Wink Keziah - 6pm Johnson 8:30pm Poodie’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 22308 Hwy. 71 W. 512-264-0318 poodies.net
Gospel brunch featuring live jazz by Java Jazz - 10am - 2pm Nutty Brown Cafe 12225 Highway 290 West 512.301.4648 nuttybrown.com
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August 13- August 26, 2015
Drippin’ Lowdown Continued from p. 5 the Outsiders (Friday) and Johnny Rodriguez followed by Wade Bowen (Saturday night). Although many of the fair competitions are limited to Gillespie County residents, several of the livestock competitions are open to any Texas resident. Got a good-looking chicken or rabbit? How about a handsome duck, goose, sheep or angora goat? Even a pig? For a very small entrance fee, you might win a (very small) cash prize, along with the inestimable honor of a ribbon at the Gillespie County Fair. For more information, including events, schedule and horse racing info, visit www.gillespiefair.net. • • • Nothing says “real Texan” like
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celebrating LBJ’s birthday out at the Ranch. This August 27 marks his 107th and the public is invited to participate in commemorating it. Each year on the anniversary of the President’s birth, a wreath-laying ceremony takes place at the Johnson family cemetery on the LBJ Ranch. The public is invited to attend the program which will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m. Tours of the Texas White House will commence following the ceremony. There will be a showing of a film about the President and the Texas Hill Country, and several exhibits. Nearby is the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm, where visitors can participate in old-time family games and see how President Johnson grew up in the Texas Hill
Country. With its smokehouse, Victorian-style home, garden and log house, the Sauer-Beckmann Farm is a living recreation of a 19th century German farm. Throughout the year, interpreters wearing period clothing, will be doing the farm and household chores as they were done at the time. The LBJ National Historic Park is owned by the National Park Service and is divided into two parts: The LBJ Ranch is between Johnson City and Stonewall and is home to the Texas White House, a one-room schoolhouse where LBJ started school, his reconstructed birthplace and the nearby Johnson family cemetery where the former President is buried. Nearby in Johnson City is the Johnson Settlement and Boyhood
Home, where the President’s grandparents first settled in the 1860s and he spent his childhood. Directly across the Pedernales River from the LBJ National Historic Park is the LBJ State Park, home to the Texas State Longhorn Herd and wildlife enclosures stocked with bison, white-tailed deer, wild turkey and other native wildlife. There’s also an olympic-sized swimming pool open to the public, handy for
cooling down after a day in the Texas summer. On September 12, the LBJ Ranch wraps up its outdoor summer movie series with a showing of The Sound of Music, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its release. The film starts at dusk and will be shown on a large outdoor screen. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and refreshments. The program is free of charge.
The LBJ National Historic Park is home to the Texas White House.
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BACK TO SCHOOL 2•0•1•5
Young actors love kidsActing Be a star this Fall with kidsActing in one of their full-scale productions or awesome after school classes! With 12 locations thoughout the greater-Austin area including 2 in South Austin, there’s surely a class to suit any young thespian looking to learn valuable performing skills and have a ton of fun! kidsActing’s full-scale productions provide students with the experience of starring in a professionally-produced show, from auditions all the way to the final bows on their main stage at Center Stage Texas. Every student will learn lines and blocking, in addition to singing and dancing, stage combat or classic acting styles. Fall productions for all skill levels are the beloved musical Peter Pan and Clue. Advanced productions, open by audition to students with experience, include the musicals Chicago and Mary Poppins and a
play adaption of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). kidsActing is also offering a slew of great Fall after school classes to keep your actors in the limelight. ‘Triple Threat’ classes are perfect for budding musical performers. For actors looking to hone there acting skill the Comedy & Improv class is the perfect fit! Students will study improvisational comedy while creating exciting stories, fascinating characters, and presenting them in the most awe-inspiring way. Fall classes include Star Wars Trilogy; Imagination Friends, a class for pre-k and kindergarten students; Voice Intensive; Club Glee: Show Choir, where students will work with a professional vocal coach and choreographer; Zombies and Flash Mob! For a full list of classes and locations check out kidsactingstudio.com.
“Opera Lady”opens Oak Hill studio League City’s loss is sure to be Oak Hill’s gain. When popular piano and voice teacher Mariam McFall relocated with her husband to Austin from the Houston area, she left behind 70 disappointed private students. In a testament to how highly valued McFall is, several of those students are still continuing lessons via Skype. Because of the move, McFall has room for new voice and piano students at her home studio in Oak Hill, but parents might want to move quickly for optimum lesson times before the word-ofmouth spreads. “My husband and my students’ parents say I have a gift with kids,” says McFall, “I talk to them on their level and it makes it easier to learn— I get fun with the kids.” McFall got her nickname “Opera Lady” when she was a substitute music teacher at an elementary
school. A voice major in college, she learned that she could control the behavior of the students by promising to sing a line of opera at the end of class. While taking a classical approach to piano and voice, McFall sees it as laying the foundation to letting the music take the student in any direction they choose. She has students who play rock, new age, contemporary and many other styles. McFall’s studio is equipped with a grand piano and a digital piano. McFall advises waiting until children are at least 6 and can sit and focus for 30 minutes before starting piano lessons. For voice lessons, she teaches age 11 to adult. “My goal is to encourage my students to become the best musician the can be,” says McFall. More information can be found on her website, opera lady.com.
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Piano Lessons ages 6 to adult Voice Lessons ages 12 to adult
Member of: Austin District Music Teachers Association • Bay Area Music Teachers Association Gulf Coast Music Association - President 2011 to Present National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
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August 13- August 26, 2015
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Tucci’s makes the best subs in town! Make your life a little easier and call ahead to Tucci’s Southside Subs to pick up dinner on your way home from a crazy day of backto-school shopping. Tucci’s subs are made with quality Boar’s Head brand deli meats and The New World Bakery bread. The menu features everything from kid’s sandwiches and half-portion options to the mother-of-all subs, their special Southside Gourmet Italian with prosciutto, capicollo, black pepper ham, genoa salami, provolone, veggies and oil, oregano and vinegar. Hot subs like Meatball or Philly Cheesesteak and hot or cold vegetarian options are also on the menu. Tucci’s is owned by Pennsylvania native and proud Italian-American David Tucci who has been making East Coast Italian style subs in
Austin since graduating from UT Austin in 1987. Going independent in 2009, he opened two locations – at the ‘Y’ in Oak Hill near Planet Fitness and on William Cannon at I-35. On any given day you might find him behind the counter at either store helping his friendly staff get the lunch crowd fed. Both Tucci’s locations top Yelp’s list of highestrated Austin sub shops (number one and number three) with solid four-and-a-half star ratings. If you have not yet tried them, now might be a good time to see why others say “it is absolutely, by far, the BEST sandwich I have ever tasted.” *(from an actual Yelp review). You can call the Oak Hill location at 512288-7414 so your order can be waiting for you when you arrive.
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All ages are welcome at Oak Hill United Methodist Church Now that summer is coming to an end, you and your family are looking for the next adventure. Look no further than Oak Hill United Methodist Church, where the school season is about to be in full swing! It doesn’t matter what age your children are, OHUMC invites you to join them for another great year of teaching our kids about God’s love and presence in their lives. If your students are in middle or high school, our youth program begins their year at 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 23rd. It will be an evening of games, food, music and a throwback to the 90s era, so charge up the batteries to your walkman and come dressed in style! If you need more information regarding this event or just have general questions about the youth program, please feel free to contact our youth minister Katie Coleman at youth@oakhillumc.org or check out our website oakhillyouth.com. For the children in fifth grade or younger, we have many wonderful children’s ministry programs available. Every Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. the children are welcome to learn more about the ministries of worship, missions and outreach, and fellowship and play. On August 23rd the children will
officially begin the new year of Sunday School classes in their new grade levels. If you have any questions regarding the children’s program, please contact Rev. Suzanne Steves at educationdir@ oakhillumc.org. On that same Sunday, students of all ages are invited to bring their backpacks to morning worship at 8:45 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to participate in the Blessing of the Backpacks as a way to help prepare our spirits for the upcoming school year. If you can’t make it to worship on Sunday morning or if you can and want to continue the festivities, please join us on Wednesday, August, 26th for the official church wide Fall Kick-Off featuring a “Night of the Stars” from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. All ages are welcome to eat dinner, spend time in worship and visit the Austin Traveling Planetarium. We hope to see you and your family at these events!
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When life gets hectic order pizza! Pizza is one of those go-to meals when life gets crazy, like it always does when school is about to start up. Why not avoid the chains and order up some great pizza created fresh in Oak Hill? Austin Pizza Garden has been serving up some of the most inventive pizza around for the last two decades. Austin Pizza Garden is a family run operation located in Oak Hill’s most historic building, known in an earlier time as the “Old Rock Store”. This building housed many different businesses in the past and dances used to be held in the upstairs room that is used nowdays for private parties. The ambience makes it worth eating in, but if you can’t, take out is available any time and Austin Pizza Garden will deliver on Saturdays and Sundays.
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The “Signature Pizzas” include some Tex- Mex inspired options like “Texas Fajita” and “Seven Layer Tomatillo” plus Italian favorites like the classic Margherita. The “Basilica” is a vegetarian pizza that has walnut pesto sauce as a base instead of tomato sauce. The menu also includes stromboli, lasagna, sandwiches and salads. If you are eating in and need help unwinding, Austin Pizza Garden’s $3 premium draft beers include Buckethead IPA which is brewed just up the road at Thirsty Planet Brewing Company. Austin Pizza Garden is located at 6266 Highway 290 West. You can download their menu at www.austin-pizza-garden.com and they are also on Facebook.
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The Word from Oak Hill Continued from p. 5 Also, I never got anything in writing about the $140 of tests. Aaron, the guy in charge that day, just told me “everything looks okay.” You can draw your own conclusions. Look. I took the F-150 in because I read good things on the Internet from long-time customers. I’m sure they treat those customers just fine. But now they have more work than they can clearly handle, and new customers are likely to be the ones who suffer. I’m sure they were great ten years ago, but they’re imploding from their own success and unless you’ve been going to them for a long time, I’d suggest you try somewhere else. I think this happens with a lot of these small shops. As soon as they get a good rep, they start to go downhill. Man, I sure do miss Bob Walden. Can’t nobody fix a 1991 Ford F-150 around here? • • • Big wingding for Kairos Academy: This Aug. 28, Friday night at 6 p.m., the board members and many of the founding members of the Kairos Academy will be gathering at the Moontower Saloon, 10212 Manchaca Rd. to talk to people about the charter school planned for Southwest Austin. If you have any interest at all, I suggest you go check it out. The
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Moontower is a very cool hangout for any reason—they’ve got a bar as well as food trailers under spreading oak trees in a very chill environment, and OMG I just used chill and cool in the same sentence. Twice. Oh my god, I just used OMG. Twice. What’s next? Exclamation points? Naw, I used 100 times my allotment in the last column. Anyway… The event is an opportunity for the general public to come out and learn more about the proposed Southwest charter for Kairos Academy of Austin. You can get to know the founders and ask any questions you may have. I’ve got a few questions. Isn’t Kairos the Egyptian word for elitist? Do kids have to be gifted to go to school there? Do they also have to be able to move objects with nothing more than the sheer force of their will? Do they have to have blond hair and blue eyes? And wasn’t there a documentary made about Kairos Academy called “Village of the Damned”? I’ve really got to start writing this column sober. Just kidding. According to the press release I received in the Gmail, “The event is kid-free because Moontower is an adult only establishment, so anyone who wants to come can use it as an opportunity to have a date night.” Wow, I’ve got even more questions. Do I have to bring a date or can I
just come stag and pick up someone there? How many single women do you think will be attending? I’m sorry, that last question was very presumptuous. How many available women do you think will be attending? Also, what are you wearing? (Pause.) If you too would like to promote your next event, please send an email to: themikejasper@gmail.com. You’re welcome. ••• Art installation in Quarry Park: Artist Olivia Moore was chosen among many artsy aspirants to present her work in the Quarry Park on Convict Hill Rd. Called “Memorial,” the skeletal structure resembles a small jail cell mounted onto a medium sized limestone rock. The concept is an architectural folly of a typical jail cell noting the eight convicts who died while quarrying the site to supply limestone rock for the State Capitol building. According to a press release I got over the digital transom, “Artist Olivia Moore was inspired by the history of Convict Hill Quarry Park and is creating an architectural folly of a jail cell mounted to a medium sized limestone rock as a nod to the convicts who were killed during the quarrying of the area.” Moore’s art will be installed Aug. 17 and stay in the Convict Hill Quarry Park until Jan. 18.
••• Hops & Grain 1400 Mile Bike Affair: A team from Hops & Grain Brewery will ride their bikes from Austin to Denver to raise money and awareness for prostate health, the second leading cause of cancer death among American men. (Third leading cause of death among American men: talking about prostates.) The Bike Affair is a four-part series held at Hops & Grain where half the proceeds from tickets sales benefit 1400 Miles, a non-profit that uses two tools important to Hops & Grain—bikes and beer—to spark the conversation about a very serious topic, prostate cancer. Makes sense. Cycling and beer drinking are always at their best when combined. (Yet another cause of death among American men,
albeit not polling very well.) Hops & Grain’s goal is to raise $20,000 for 1400 Miles between June 20 and October 10. The next event is Saturday, August 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Hops & Grain Brewery, 507 Calles Street. Cost is $15, and gets you a souvenir glass and four beer tickets. Okay, that sounds like a pretty good deal to me, benefit or no. Besides, if I’m reading this right, several people will ride their bikes from Austin to Denver—and I’m for anything that gets people the hell out of town. Cheers. • • • Want your neighborhood association highlighted? Have a story you need to tell? Would you like to rat out a neighbor? If so, be sure to email me at mail@mikejasper.com and get the word out.
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Religious Services ANGLICAN
St. Philip’s Anglican Church 1408 W. 9th St, Austin. 78703 Fr. Gary Francis, Vicar Holy Communion 1928 Book of Common Prayer Sunday 11:00 am gkfrancis@suddenlink.net Traditional Anglican Worship
BAPTIST
Bee Cave Baptist Church 13222 Hwy. 71W (at Hwy. 620) (512) 263-5058 Pastor: Rev. Jim Roquemore Services: Sun. 10:45am & 6:30pm, Sunday School 9:30am Children’s church available Sun. am Wed. Prayer & Bible Study 7 pm First Baptist Church of Oak Hill 6907 Convict Hill Rd 78749 512) 288-7570 Pastor: Rob Satterfield Services: Sun. 10:50am & 6:00pm Bible Study Sun. 9:30am Thursday Abide student ministry 6:30pm www.fbcoakhill.org Oak Hill Primitive Baptist Church 11408 Camp Ben McCulloch Rd. Pastors: Richard Halbgewachs and mark Huffman Services: Sunday Prayer 9:00 am, Coffee Fellowship 9:30 am, Worship 10:30 am, Wednesday 7:00 pm www.oakhillpbc.org Scenic Hills Baptist Church 8305 Mowinkle Dr. (off Circle Dr.) (512)288-0244 Pastor Matthew Cox Adult and children’s Sunday school classes- 10am Sunday worship service- 11am Sunday evening service- 6pm Wednesday prayer and preaching service- 7pm More info and activities found atscenichillsbc.com
BAUTISTA
Iglesia Bautista Oak Hill 6907 Convict Hill Rd., 78749 Cell(512)828-9545/Home(512)719-4366 Pastor Leonel Flores Sr. Servicios Bilingües- Domingo:9:45 am- Escuela Dominical, 11 amAdoración & Mensaje; Miércoles:7:00 pm, Estudio Bíblico & Oración Música Tradicional y Contemporánea ¡Visitarnos!
CATHOLIC
St. Catherine of Siena 4800 Convict Hill Rd. 78749 892-2420 Pastor Rev. Patrick Coakley Weekend Masses: Sat. 9am, 5pm vigil; Sun 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am, 1:15pm, 5pm Weekday Masses: Mon-Fri. 12noon, Sat. 9am, Tues & 1st Fri 7pm
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Western Hills Church of Christ 6211 Parkwood Drive 892-3532 www.whfamily.org westernhillsoffice@gmail.com Sunday Services:9am Bible Classes (all ages),10am Worship (with Children’s Church) Evening - groups & worship alternating weeks Wednesday: 7pm Worship, classes for all ages, 6pm Meal together We have an inspiring and Biblically rich worship service, a very active Youth Ministry and a growing Children’s Ministry! “We are... a place to believe, a place to belong, a place to call home”
COWBOY CHURCH
Cowboy Church of the Hill Country 120 Frog Pond Lane(4 miles west of Nutty Brown Road on Hwy 290) (512) 587-2242 Pastor: Jerry Kelley pastor@cowboychurchhc.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m. www.cowboychurchhc.org facebook.com/Cowboy ChurchHC info@cowboychurchhc.org We do things the Cowboy way!
EPISCOPALIAN
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 11819 So. IH-35 (exit #223, FM 1327; take north access road 1.1 mile) 282-5631 www.stalbansaustin.org Seeking the transformation of lives through sharing God’s love and grace Rector: The Rev. Erin Hensley Worship Services: 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II, Coffee Hour 11:45 a.m. , Christian Formation for All Ages 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Children’s Chapel at 10:30 a.m. and professional nursery from 9:15 a.m.12:15 p.m. St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church 8724 Travis Hills Dr. 78735 (between SW Parkway & Old Bee Caves) (512) 288-0128 www.stchristopher.net Rector: The Rev. Bo Townsend Services: Holy Communion at 10am Sundays; Children’s Chapel at 10 am Christian Ed. 9am (Sept. 10-May 20) Seeking God’s Truth, Sharing God’s Love
HINDU TEMPLE
Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple 400 Barsana Road, Austin, TX 78737 512-288-7180 Visiting Hours: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm www.radhamadhavdham.org
ISLAM
Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center Religious Services/Youth & Children Activities 1701 W Ben White Blvd. Bldg. #3
512-693-2924 Friday Sermon @ 1:00 PM Mosque open 7 days for 5 daily prayers Check Mosque website for prayer timings and weekend programs www.masjidibrahim.org Email: admin@masjidibrahim.org
LUTHERAN
Abiding Love Lutheran Church “Sharing God’s Love” 7210 Brush Country, 78749 (512)892-4040 Sr. Pastor:Lynnae Sorensen Assoc. Pastor: Brad Highum Sunday Services: 8:30am and 11am Education Hour: 9:45 am (for all ages) Children’s Center 892-2777 Director: Debbie Tonne Full & PT programs M-F, 7am-6pm Food Pantry- Mondays 1:30-3:30pm info@abidinglove.org www.abidinglove.org Bethany Lutheran Church “Where Jesus Meets His Friends” 3701 W. Slaughter (next to Bowie) 292-8778 email: info@blcms.org Pastor: Rev. William B. Knippa Assoc. Pastor: Rev. Martin Danner Sun. Worship Services: 8am (Trad.) 9:30 & 11:00 am (Blended Traditional & Contemporary Music) 6:00 p.m. (Contemporary Praise) Sunday School & Bible Study: 9:30am Nursery During Services Bethany Preschool, Mon-Thurs. www.blcms.org Holy Cross Lutheran Church 4622 S. Lamar 892-0516 Rev. Magdalene Holm-Roesler, Pastor Services: 10:00 am Sunday Study Hour: 9:00 am Sunday Fellowship & Coffee after services Adult and Children’s Sun. School www.hclcaustin.org You’re always welcome here. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church 10408 Hwy 290 West (4 miles from the “Y” in Oak Hill) 512-288-2370 info@ConnectwithJesus.org www.Mt.OliveAustin.org Pastors: Paul Meyer and Ben Braun Services: 8 am traditional and 10:30 am contemporary. Education Hour: 9:15-10:15 am Preschool: 18 months to Pre-K, Preschool Phone: 512-288-2330 Full and part-time hours. Risen Savior Lutheran Church-WELS 2811 Aftonshire Way 78748 512-280-8282 Rev. Bilas Glaeske, interim pastor Services: Sunday Worship— 9:30am Sunday School/Bible Classes for all ages, Sunday— 11:00am¡ www.risensavioraustin.net
METHODIST
Oak Hill United Methodist Church 7815 Hwy. 290 W. 78736 288-3836 Rev. Jim Roberts, Rev. Pam Sheffield, and Rev. Katy Fitzhugh Services: Sunday 8:45, 10 & 11:15am (Interpreted for the deaf at the 10 and 11:15am services) Wednesday ReCharge service 6:15pm Sunday School: 10 & 11:15am Children’s Sunday School: 8:45, 10 & 11:15am, Youth group: 5pm www.oakhillumc.org open hearts, open minds, open doors! Manchaca United Methodist Church Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors! 1011 FM 1626 (SE corner of FM 1626 & Manchaca Rd) www.ManchacaUMC.org; office@ ManchacaUMC.org; 512.282.7274 Pastors: Rev. Laura Adam, Rev. Tracey Beadle Sunday Schedule: 8:30 am – Traditional Worship with Communion in the Sanctuary. 9:45 am - Sunday School; adult, youth and children. 11:00 am - Traditional Worship and Hymns in the Sanctuary. 11 am - Life on the Road - Casual Praise Service in the Family Life Center 5 pm - High School & Middle School youth programs Wednesday Worship: 6:00 am Individual Prayer and Meditation with Communion
NON - DENOMINATIONAL
Austin Ridge Southwest 7416 Hwy 71 W, 78735 512-288-8000 Worship services: 9:15 and 11:00 Children’s Ministry: 9:15 and 11:00 Middle/High School 6 pm www.austinridge.org Hope in the City 4407 Monterey Oaks Blvd, 78749 Phone; 512-892-4673 Senior Pastor: Britt Tucker Sun. Service 10:15 am www.hopeinthecity.org We value loving God, loving one another and loving Austin and the Nations. LifeAustin 8901 W Hwy 71 78735 Phone: 512-220-6383 Lead Pastor: Randy Phillips Sun. Services: 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 am Wed Services: 7 pm Life University, 7 pm Student Life LifeAustin is a Bible Church - a cosmopolitan community of healing and hope. We are all about connecting people to Christ and to each other. Unity Church of Austin 5501Hwy 290 West, 78735 (512) 892-3000 unity@unitychurchaustin.org
Minister: Rev. Anna Shouse Service 11:00 pm “Our God is love,our race is human and our religion is oneness.” www.unitychurchaustin.org
ORTHODOX
St. Sophia Orthodox Church 225 Rose Dr. in Dripping Springs Fr. Peter Smith, Pastor 512) 638-0721 / pcmsmith@hotmail. com (Fr. Peter’s email) www.stsophiachurch.us Services: Sundays- 8:45 a.m. Orthros (Matins) & 10 a.m. Divine LiturgyWeds- 7p.m. Daily Vespers or other special services according to the season Saturdays- 5:45 pm. Ninth Hour & 6:00 pm Great Vespers and Confession Special feast day services as announced All services are in English and visitors are always welcome. The Orthodox Church is the original, historic, pre-denominational Church of the New Testament. Please join us for worship soon!
PRESBYTERIAN
Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church 5226 W William Cannon 78749 Pastor James Capps Assoc. Pastors Michael Killeen, Britta Dukes Worship Schedule: 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. Shepherd of the Hills Brodie Campus at the corner of Brodie Ln. & Hewitt Ln. 12420 Hewitt Lane 78748 Ted Thulin, Campus Pastor Worship and Sunday School: 11a.m. Web site: www.shpc.org
UNITY
UNITY of Lake Travis is here! The new congregation, led by Rev. John Connor & Rev. Bonnie Connor, meets on Sundays at 10:30AM at the Old Bee Cave Schoolhouse, 13333 Texas Hwy 71, Bee Cave TX. (Located behind Shops at the Galleria, next to the Bee Cave fire station.) Visit facebook.com/unitylaketravis for more information, or email John@ ReverendConnor.com. UNITY is a positive, accepting path for spiritual living, based in the teachings and
example of Jesus.
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Letters to the Editor continued from p. 2 got the idea of bringing it through our neighborhoods. We did not want the lion’s share of the traffic from the PUD coming through our neighborhoods. And who would want that? When Arbor Trails was developed, the neighborhoods around it lobbied to keep traffic off the neighborhood streets and on the main roadways. No one wants tens of thousands of car trips a day through their residential neighborhood. The two neighborhoods, Windmill Run and Scenic Brook, achieved a binding petition by getting enough signatures of adjacent homeowners so that a supermajority of the City Council was required to pass the PUD. This means that if the PUD had merit it could pass City Council; it just needed five council votes out seven instead of four to pass. The neighborhoods’ representatives met with the developer’s representative. Scenic Brook had 3 requests: 1) No ingress and egress to the PUD directly from our neighborhood 2) No lighted ball fields right behind our homes 3) If an
outdoor amphitheater is built, face it so it does not blast the music into our neighborhood. Windmill Run shared our concerns and added that 4) Fewer variances to the city zoning and environmental codes be requested than the PUD was requesting and 5) the condos directly abutting their neighborhood be fewer than four stories tall. I do not believe these few legitimate concerns were the doomsday end of the so-called Town Center. On a different note, I would say that if members of OHAN originally approached the owner of the property, Rudy Belton, and asked him to build a Town Center at the PUD, they likely would have done better to have approached our two neighborhoods about it too. Instead, we were left to negotiate with the developer after the fact and on our own. OHAN is an association of neighborhoods and both Scenic Brook and Windmill Run were and are members. If we had been given the opportunity to state at the beginning of the process our concerns
perhaps the new PUD plan could have been better conceived to take them into account. I think OHAN may be embracing a philosophy of more robust consideration for neighborhoods directly affected by development. For the sake of all of us who make Oak Hill our home, I hope this is so. — Beki Halpin
Neighborhoods OK with original PUD plan
Dear Editor, While we are always glad to see Gazette coverage of issues that matter to our neighborhood, I am afraid that the lead article in the July 30 issue “Phase One building begins at West Park PUD” distorts the position of our neighborhood as one of those most impacted by the PUD. As president of South Windmill Run Neighborhood Association and a 21 year resident, I can confidently state that the neighborhood fully understands that the site plan for the PUD was approved fifteen years
ago. We accept the owner’s right to build to that site plan and only ask that construction follow the established rules. West Park PUD development became a hot issue in 2009 because a new plan was proposed that included a hotel and movie theater with nearly one million square feet of commercial, as well as reduction of green space. Householders with property adjoining the PUD were alarmed that buildings might back up almost to their lot line and rise high enough to block the splendid views of the city, but this does not mean that our opposition to expansion of the PUD was simply a result of NIMBY-ism, as implied in your article. We were concerned with noise and light pollution and also about inadequate provision for traffic that would be generated by a development equivalent to the Bee Caves Galleria. There was also the loss of open space – a resource rapidly disappearing in West Oak Hill. For all of the lip service given to preserving Oak Hill’s natural
beauty and rustic character, there has been no action toward purchase or dedication of parkland since the 1985 Oak Hill Area Study by the City of Austin that recommended acquisition of 140 more acres of parkland to serve an Oak Hill population of only 28,000. This was not simply a conflict between those who looked forward to amenities provided by new urban development and a few selfish homeowners who opposed a mall in their backyards. These concerns are shared by the wider West Oak Hill community. The majority of OHAN members did not support the PUD development as implied in your article, although there were very likely one or two who did approach Rudy Belton about making his property the possible future site of a “town center.” Indeed, as a long-time neighborhood association board member and observer of OHAN, I can say that we all wish for more restaurants, shopping outlets, meeting places, and other amenities,
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but we do not want to sacrifice our last best chance for parks, trails, and enjoyment of nature. Happily, the present PUD plans appear to make ample provision for open space – not parkland, just the breathing space our neighborhoods need. We are pleased to see they have returned to the 2000 site plan that was prepared within the SOS ordinance limits on impervious cover and are taking serious measures to reduce drainage and storm water problems. We ask that they also address the role this acreage played in the 2011 wildfire that destroyed 11 homes in our neighborhood, clear out dry underbrush and the stands of skeleton trees, and take steps to prevent such an event from occurring in the future. We look forward to building our relationship with the developers as neighbors as we work together on issues that
concern us both. — Carol Céspedes, President, South Windmill Run Neighborhood Association
70 years ago: A memory of the end of the “war to end all wars”
Dear Editor, The summer of 1945 was as near to heaven as a ten year old boy could possibly get in Lubbock, Texas. Days were hot and dry and nights with star filled skies were pure perfection. I had a summertime job as a sacker and carryout boy at a Furr Food Supermarket. On August 14, 1945 I finally took my lunch break and rode my bicycle down Avenue H to Broadway. My Mom owned a walk up hotel, the Star Hotel, situated directly above the Star Picture Show. Mom had a suite of rooms that looked out
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over Broadway, a mid town park and the courthouse, the center of town. It was around 3:00pm when I arrived at the hotel. All of a sudden sirens started wailing, car horns blasting, church bells started pealing. Almost immediately, the whole area was filled with a most joyous crowd celebrating the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. Soon, the local paper, the Lubbock Avalanche Journal started distributing free copies with headlines of this historic event. A moment in time that I shall always remember. We are creating enemies faster than we can kill them. This was the war to end all wars with 55 million killed. Seems as if we accomplished little and learned absolutely nothing for bombs and bullets still rein down death and destruction around our planet Earth. — Sherrill Hipp
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no majority, then no action can be taken. No action translates into not joining the 2015 ballot since we were not on it already.” Elenz voted in favor of a special election “so that District 7 voters would know that their representative actually represents them and is accountable to them.” Board member Kendall Pace also voted for the special election. She said, “Considering the diversity of District 7, the close elections of the past, I am sure whomever the Board chooses to represent District 7 will invite dissent, and some will argue inevitably that the appointed person ‘doesn’t reflect the wants and needs of District 7’.” The board members discussed two possible appointment processes. The first was to ask interested District 7 residents to complete an application. Qualifications are listed here: http:// www.austinisd.org/board/election. The other consideration is to appoint, Yasmin Wagner, who received
the second highest number of votes in the 2014 District 7 election, assuming she is interested and still qualifies. Not only is Wagner still interested, she was one of more than a dozen Southwest Austinites who attended the meeting. She told the Gazette, “I continue to be committed to the future of AISD and am ready to serve the district in whatever capacity I can be most effective. I look forward to the process the trustees will create to make sure District 7 has the opportunity to discuss and share in shaping the appointment.” Board member Ann Teich, chair of the Community Engagement Committee, said the appointment process would be discussed at an August 13 meeting. She said, “We will develop recommendations for both ways of appointing a replacement. Those recommendations will go to the Board, and we will vote as soon as possible on the process. The Calendar Committee, headed by Trustee Mathias, will schedule a
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