You’ve got gas? Your gas-powered lawn mower is stinking up the place, not to mention waking us up Sunday mornings with that infernal racket. The EPA says that a gas mower pollutes as much air in an hour as 40 late-model cars. May we recommend one of those push jobs? Or for you real mow-getters, take advantage of the City of Austin’s We Care About Your Air program, Sat, Apr 19 at 4411 Meinardus (at E. St. Elmo) & Sat, Apr 26 at 2515 Kramer, 7am-3pm where you can trade your gas hog and save up to $90 on the purchase of a clean, quiet, exhaust-free electric mower (plus, free Dillo Dirt). 322-6300 or http://www.electric.austin.tx.us
Intimate Violence
Since it opened in 1977, our Center for Battered Women has helped thousands of men, women, and children lost in the morass of domestic untranquility. Walk for Safe Families, Sun, Apr 13, at Wooldridge Park, is their annual celebration of Austin’s commitment to end family violence, tribute to the survivors, and memorial for those who have lost their lives. Free self-defense workshops for adults (noon) and kids (12:30pm) will be held before the 2.2-mile walk. 385-5181.
Citizen Can
This event inspires a whisper in our best rasp: Rosebud 1.5K Run! Rosebud! Rosebud! We’re locking up the snowglobes to tell you that Sat, Apr 12, 9am is the time for little ones to prove that even junior citizens can make a difference. The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association hosts the non-competitive fun-run for kids on the grounds of Austin State Hospital to correspond with the annual Walk of the Roses to benefit the ASH’s Volunteer Center. 419-2330.
Trawl for Tots
The annual Riverboat Cruise & Auction to benefit the Austin Children’s Museum leaves the dock Sat, Apr 19, 6pm at the LCRA park. The cruise takes fun raisers up the Colorado River to Greenshores, with a buffet dinner provided by Word of Mouth Catering. 472-2499.
Hair Apparent
One Vision you might be having for a new you is a new ‘do. Avant Salon celebrates Earth Day by offering to donate all proceeds from haircuts, salon services and profits from Aveda products to a slew of organizations: Save Americas Forests, Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Project Daymaker, OXFAM America, and the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse. 458-5231 or 50-AVANT or http://www.salon.com
Huckster Art
We don’t know a thing about the group that calls themselves Skam Productions except that they state a mission of providing young artists in East and South Austin with resources to nurture creative genius. They are having a Day of Art, Music, Fun & Food, Sat, Apr 12, 10am-7pm at El Mexicano Restaurant, 2004 S. First. 441-4189 or 495-9708.
Advocate
The statistics are staggering: Sexually and/or physically abused children represent 27% of all victims served by APD between 1989 and 1994. April is Child Abuse Awareness Month and is as good a time as any to become aware of our Child Advocacy Center, a safe, child-friendly facility which brings together many protective community services all under one roof. 441-4115 or 800/255-2574.
Email: pnotice@auschron.com Mail to: “Public Notice,” The Austin Chronicle, P0 Box 49066, Austin, TX 78765. Deadline: Wednesday, 6pm, eight days prior to publication. Phone calls have a .001% chance of being returned.
This article appears in April 11 • 1997 and April 11 • 1997 (Cover).