To streamline the holiday haze we invite any service organizations selling
holiday gift items, notions, tchotchkes, what have you… to submit for the
“Public Notice” section Blue Lights Anonymous which will run throughout the
holiday season. We will also run our Wish List in our Holiday Gift Guide issue,
December 13. Send us a list of 10 items your public service organization needs
on official stationery or via e-mail. Provide a contact name and phone number,
and address and phone number you wish to have printed in the listing. See
end of column for additional assistance. Get Ready TA (Rock &) RAL There’s a decidedly pop culture/music bent to the Texas Abortion &
Reproductive Rights & Action League (TARAL) fundraiser, Celebration of
Choice Fri, Oct 18, 7pm-midnight at the Southpark Omni, I-35 & Ben White.
Auction items include a jacket autographed by B.B. King, posters and pics
autographed by Don Henley, Lyle Lovett, Robert Cray, Robert Palmer, Peter, Paul
& Mary, Kerrville memorabilia, autographed items from comic legends Ben
Sargent and Gary Trudeau, and comic-of-the-other- variety Whoopi Goldberg,
breakfast with Sarah Weddington, condo stays, services by Starving Artists
Cleaning Co., and then some. Victor Morales and Lloyd Doggett will speak. $35
per person (or grab a sweetie and go two-fer fer $50) for beer, wine, and
munchies. 462-1661 or 415-4332. Prime Pricks Even the needle-nauseous know that the best way to cure the flu is to avoid it
all together. Flu Fight ’96 is a citywide flu shot fest Wed, Oct 23 — Sat, Oct
26. Take advantage of these free flu shoo-ers (please call for specific
addresses): Austin Diagnostic Clinic; Barton Creek Square Mall; Lakeline
Mall; Northcross Mall; St. David’s; and Seton. The times available are Wed-Thu,
Oct 23-24, 9am-1pm & 4-7pm and Fri-Sat, Oct 25-26, 9am-1pm. 323-1000,
ext. 5940. Wrestle the Earth From Fools Earth First! (EF!) (and god, do we love that “!”) and the University of Texas
Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) would love to see multinational
corporations stripped of the inordinate control they wield over unincorporated
human beings. This week, the organizations are together sponsoring a series of
events to teach about the history of corporate dominance and the amount of
control at stake to be regained. Over 100 Teach-Ins are taking place in the
U.S., Canada, India, England, and South Africa; these local events are
scheduled to coincide: Mon, Oct 14, 8pm — Video Night, UT Graduate School of
Business, rm. 2.124; Tue, Oct 15, 7pm — Intro to Corporate Dominance, mini
teach-in with speakers, literature, and music at the Victory Grill, 1104 E.
11th; Fri, Oct 18, noon Rally on UT’s West Mall, with speakers, theatre, music,
and mayhem; and later that evening 3-6pm Teach-In on Corporations, Education,
and Democracy, interactive teach-in with featured speakers Susana Almanza of
P.O.D.E.R., Tom “Smitty” Smith of Public Citizen, former Austin city
councilmember Brigid Shea, and Cedar Stevens of Earth First! entropy@eden.com
or 320-0413. Fore! Women All you wedge warriors get out there and swing that thing for the gals!
University YWCA knows how beneficial your bogeys and birdies can be, especially
at their Annual Golf Classic, Sun, Oct 13, at Lions Municipal Golf Course, 2901
Enfield. Entry is $42 per player or $150 per tee-m and that includes greens
fees, beverages, lunch, and prizes. Tee time is 11am. 326-1222. Home Improvement Help out your brother-man and sister-woman at the Handy Wheels Work Day, Sat,
Oct 12, 9am-1pm. Anyone 18 years or older with a valid Texas Driver’s License
may participate in this Meals on Wheels & More program in “Minor Safety
Repairs for the Homebound Elderly & Disabled.” Meet at the Meals on Wheels
& More office, 2222 Rosewood. 476-6325, ext. 289. Edelweiss!! Edelweiss!! What’s wacky John at the Clean & Lean up to? The local favorite
laundro-gym is the site (4225 Guadalupe) for the curiously named Soktoberfest,
Sat, Oct 19, 11am-9pm. Perhaps ol’ Mr. Clean’s been watching a few too many
Sound of Music reruns, because he guarantees this event will “knock your
lederhosen off!” Any event that lures with lederhosen is okay by us, so we say
Odd concept be damned! Go anyway! The fest benefits the fine folks at
Big Brother-Big Sisters of Austin and will feature bands, silent auction, beer
and food (which we’re sure John will encourage you to work off afterwards!).
458-LEAN. Almost Blue …is not blue enough for the folks behind the Blue Skies Initiative, a
fundraiser and gathering to promote the fresh concept of clean air in Texas,
Fri, Oct 11 at the Legendary Stubb’s BBQ. And what a fresh concept that is,
considering Texas’ declining air quality. Ozone Action Days are becoming as
much a part of Austin’s on-going summer realities as a day dodging algae at
Barton Springs. The public initiative, sponsored by the Sierra Club, hopes to
raise $10,000 to work to reduce smog and educate the public about clear air
possibilities. Here’s a hint: Don’t drive alone to the fundraiser — carpool or
take the bus… For $10, enjoy cocktails and silent auction, 6:30-7:30pm, which
precede the cool musical line-up, 8pm: Guy Forsyth, W.C. Clark Blues Revue, the
Gospel Stars, and Jake Andrews. 469-SHOW. Creature Feature Oh, girl! It’s Halloween and you haven’t a thing to wear! Scary-y!! If you are
one of those drama queens who gets worked into a lather at the prospect of
dressing yourself for even the most benign social function, then hustle your
bustle (don’t crease your ass-piece!) on down to the Costume Creation Carnival,
at Top Drawer Thrift Store, 4902 Burnet. Costume consultant extraordinaires:
Santiago Aldako, Jody Browder, Gregory Golston, Charlotte Hale, Greg Harman,
Brian Marrow, Susan Wigington (how can you miss??), Erin Curtis, and Julie Ware
will be on hand to beautify, uglify, and horrify you, as well as ply you with
champagne and humor you with a show by the Babtist Women. Oh, and we almost
forgot the most important part: to raise $$ for Project Transitions!
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This article appears in October 11 • 1996 and October 11 • 1996 (Cover).