Public Notice
By Kate X Messer, Fri., May 28, 1999
Fresh!
Check out the produce at Sustainable Food Center Farmers Markets. Give it a pinch and a nuzzle. It's so fresh, you'll probably have to slap it! The center employs at-risk youth to run the markets -- obviously valuable business (and life) experience. Five markets will be operating on different days through the summer: Montopolis Rec Center, 1200 Montopolis, Wednesdays, 8am-noon; Dove Springs WIC Clinic, 5405 Pleasant Valley, Thursdays, 3-7pm; Rosewood- Zaragosa Neighborhood Center, 2302 Webberville, Thursdays, 3-7pm; E. Seventh & Robert Martinez, Saturdays, 9am-1pm; and at El Jardin Alegre, E. Second between Chicon & Chalmers, Tuesdays, 2-6pm. 385-0080.
Life Works When You Let It
Lifeworks, as we've reported previously, is a merger of a slew of kewl community caretakers, namely Child & Family Service, Pathways Counseling, Youth Options, and Teenage Parent Council. The plan seems to be ... er, working. The agency has centralized the operations of this variety of community service organizations. Currently, they need Volunteer Mentors for teen parents and at-risk youth. The next training session begins Tue, Jun 1. Keep your eyes peeled here for upcoming info on other ways to help or utilize Lifeworks' work throughout this summer. 327-8018 x15.
't's in Our Blood
If George Lucas were really cool, he'd see the connection that his two Star Wars trilogies could have with the fight against leukemia. It could be revealed, for example, that the proper spelling of the name "Luke" in Luke Skywalker is actually "Leuk," and that The Force and its attendant Dark Side are metaphors for the human circulation system and what happens when things get terribly out of balance. And what about those "mitochlorians," the symbiotic microscopic race that dwell within the Jed ... oh, geez, you haven't seen Phantom Menace yet? Sorry! Did we just blow it with a major spoiler? Well, heck. Who needs Lucas anyhow? Some Jedi Knights of the Austin music scene: Tish Hinojosa, Lesli Wood, Nancy Scott, and Christy Claxton will be making those connections -- human connections -- playing for a Benefit Concert & Silent Auction for the Leukemia Society, this Fri, May 28, 7pm at Scholz Bier Garten. Leukemia is still the number-one killer of kids and takes 10 times as many adult lives. 239-1301.
Swing Out Sister
Wow. Six months has just zoooooooooomed by. Know how we know? Because every six months, Project Transitions has a major event. At year's end, there's Holiday Swing, the annual winter black-tie fundraiser for the local AIDS support organization. Then every summer, the Transistors pull on the cowboy boots, sawdust the floor, and line up to line dance at the annual Texas Swing. This year's swing is Fri, Jun 4, 8pm, at Saengerrunde Hall, 1607 San Jacinto, featuring the swingin' tunes of Alvin Crow. Tickets are $20 in advance at Top Drawer Thrift Store, Horsefeathers Hair Salon, and the PT admin office, 7101 Woodrow. The price goes up to $25 at the door. 454-8646.
Blitz for Humanity
It's already underway, this Spring Blitz Build '99, thrown by Austin Habitat for Humanity. It started last Sat, May 22, and lasts until this Sat, May 29. The Hab-dads are in the final stretch of their Here Comes the Neighborhood project on lots 16, 17, and 26 in the Mary Vice Estates Subdivision in Montopolis. They intend to finish it all this Saturday. Ideally, they need volunteers to preregister, but if this weekend is out of range, ask 'em about upcoming projects. 472-8788x106.
Shoot! No Free Shots!
If your little baby Tots need little baby Shots in time to qualify for AISD immunization requirements, don't wait until fall. Don't take for granted those Free Shot Clinics, because there will be no special mass clinics prior to school openings, in August. So if your li'l nipper needs a hit, make an appointment with your doc, or call one of the many area clinics for more info on times and dates of immunization clinics throughout the rest of the summer. People's Community Clinic, Seton, Shots for Tots at the Northcross Mall, Northeast and Far South Health Centers, Thurmond Heights Wellness Center will be operating. 469-2188.
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