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Will Immigration Make or Break Cornyn?
The GOP base wants a crackdown, but a leading Hispanic Republican defects.
"...our country today” head-on at Tuesday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Austin. “I have never seen an issue..."

Aug. 22, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Brothers and Keepers
"...expect, anyway? The installation ceremony for my East Austin Rotary Club had brought me to the Conley-Guerrero Senior Center..."

July 19, 1996 Books Feature

Brothers and Keepers
"...expect, anyway? The installation ceremony for my East Austin Rotary Club had brought me to the Conley-Guerrero Senior Center..."

July 19, 1996 Books Feature

Public Notice
Caution: Arrows Soaring
"...up from bathroom wall, AFAWC) sent in by the Rotary Club of Austin. They are declaring (yeah, screw the..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Ted Versus Technology
Cruz visits Capital Factory and plays prop comic
"...Ted Cruz dumps a rotary phone on the lectern and grins. He thinks he's..."

Nov. 19, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Immigration Reform: Cornyn's Current Take
Texas' junior U.S. senator wasn't shying away from the issue at last Tuesday's Rotary Club of Austin meeting
"...country today" head-on at last Tuesday's meeting of the Rotary Club of Austin...."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Proudly "successful" businessman Brad Meltzer aims to cut to the chase in the mayor's race.
"...Friends in the restaurant business are not doing well, Rotary friends of mine are looking for second jobs, apartments..."

April 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Flight of the Night Bird
Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.
"...how he'd left the college productions of UT's Curtain Club to follow a traveling theatrical tent show across the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking
"...community service organizations." CEACO has asked the East Austin Rotary Club, of which Eways is a member, to take..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Duran Poster Signings
"...Recreation Center for your very own. The East Austin Rotary Club has taken some of the artwork that muralist..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Recipe: The Night Hawk / Frisco’s Smothered Pork Chops
One of Harry Akin's signature dishes gets resurrected
"...in Austin. In 1963, he spoke to the Austin Rotary Club and urged them to "develop a conscience over..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Joel Fried

SXSW Film Review: Join or Die
Can Rotary Clubs and bowling save America?
"...associations" is a broad umbrella, comprising groups like the Rotary Club, Kiwanis, PTA groups, book clubs, trade unions, religious..."

March 20, 2023 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

The Renewed Relays
East Side Fair attempts to right the wrongs of last year's Texas Relays debacle
"...option. The group comprises folks from the East Austin Rotary Club, Central East Austin Weed & Seed, and Keep..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Bolton Gets a Challenger
Ex-RECA board member Paul Workman running in HD-47 as Republican
"...a Rotarian since 1976 servings as President of the Rotary Club of Austin in 1998. Paul also served on..."

Nov. 2, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bitch Is in the Eye of the Beholder
"...bet that bit about pit bulls kills at the Rotary Club. Knowing the risk of having a child in..."

Oct. 2, 2008 Postmarks

Nix to Negativity
Overheard at the broadcasters schmoozefest: Crisis? What crisis? Have some candy.
"...Part pep rally, part Rotary Club cheese-and-cracker mixer, the convention often veered toward the..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Green Events, Nov. 15-21
"...Universalist Church, 4700 Grover, 452-6168. $18 ($15, in advance). www.texas.sierraclub.org/austin/jmuir.html. PERMACULTURE: AWARENESS IN THE ENVIRONMENT Fridays, 9:15-10:15am. Ruta Maya,..."

Nov. 14, 2007 Columns Post

Reefer Madness
War on Prohibition is the new War on Drugs
"...country, talking to community groups (he's big on the Rotary club circuit), academics, and public officials, and has consistently..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

'Norwegian Black Metal – Photographs'
This week offers a rare chance to objectify pure evil here in Austin as Peter Beste's photographic portraits of Norwegian Black Metal satanists go on display
"...much like a "take a liking to a Viking" Rotary club but more like a very marginalized group of..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

And They're Off!
Money flows into Texas House horse races
"...Rose said this week before heading out to a Rotary Club meeting. "And we're going to continue to hustle."..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City
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Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Austin Stories
"...by Tuesday for a lunchtime visit with the Austin Rotary Club, introduced by former Austin Mayor Ron Mullen, who..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wanted Man
State Rep. Patrick Rose walks a fine line in a swing district
"...reviewed the latest revisions with members of the Lockhart Rotary Club. This time, the map splits the county between..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City
Bush and NARAL, GetHeard.org voters Web site, Kay Bailey Hutchison on abortion, Carole Keeton Rylander speaks to Austin Rotary and attacks AISD, Mike Levy for Mayor, Austin Police endorse Ronnie Earle
"...Rylander made her standard anti-government pitch to the Austin Rotary Club Tuesday, attacking "big government, environmental extremism," and the..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

A Saintly Anchor
South Austin Landmark
"...was the first St. Ed's leader to join the Rotary Club and take a visible role in Austin civic..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ride to Live
Local biker clubs share the secrets of the open road
"...American Sign Language and like to ride motorcycles. The club, currently counting 30 members, has been around Central Texas..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home
What we’re spending our time with
"...everything on an old CB radio microphone and old rotary telephone, then took the two of 'em and taped..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips
The Hangar Hotel engulfs you in a world far away from the ordinary
"...as the black-and-white tile in the bathroom and the rotary telephone on the nightstand, that add to the fun..."

March 11, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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