Isn't It FABulous?

Austin considers a $95 million incentives package for AMD

"...gallons collectively in a single day. "If the Highland Lakes are going to continue to be a recreational source,..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...Chamber of Commerce piece. We have all these beautiful lakes, and Austin's a beautiful city. What are you doing..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

North Texas' Lake Texoma is about more than just fishing for stripers.

"...only did the fish survive, but they thrived in lakes with just enough salinity and current to keep the..."

June 22, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...adds, "On Spy Kids we needed to use the lakes [around Austin] for the shoot. When we went to..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All Creatures Great and Small

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

"...of the Northeast as a conduit to the Great Lakes where it consumes native fish from the inside out...."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Food-o-File

Where to pick berries, events to attend, and people to congratulate in this week's Food-o-File.

"...Mom would prefer a soothing drive to the Highland Lakes, treat her to luncheon in the courtyard at Fall..."

May 11, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...are popular resting places for visitors to the Highland Lakes area...."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...Coleman restaurateur Noreta Fenton relocated to this thriving Highland Lakes community two years ago to create a new restaurant...."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Naked City

Sugar Land Congressman Tom DeLay takes on the Democrats' redistricting plan.

"...pointed out that in two places it's connected by lakes "where I represent the fish but not the people..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Disengage

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...early Nineties. Channeling the local angst of the Great Lakes area, the quartet's potent riff rave-up "Angel's Night" is..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Kickapoo ancestry myself. The Kickapoo migrated from the Great Lakes region and moved to Mexico at the request of..."

March 2, 2001 Column

Coach's Corner

The XFLdebut: It has to get better, doesn't it?.

"...5) Minnesota's a pleasant, summertime state; filled with nice lakes, golf courses, and trees. It also comes with a..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Gardens of Eden

Entertainment has always been a keystone of Austin's identity, Cuisines writer Rachel Feit observes. And among Austin's numerous diversions were German beer gardens.

"...Hyde Park, Monroe Shipe developed a pleasure garden, with lakes, a concert pavilion, and facilities for tennis and croquet...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Naked City

Thanks to soaring energy prices, wind energy is becoming cheaper than that fueled by natural gas and other fossil.fuels.

"...in addition to managing the gates of the Highland Lakes dams, is also a major electric wholesaler for Central..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Austin parks are getting a much-needed infusion of cash in the latest city budget.

"...dozen greenbelts, 40 miles of shoreline on three different lakes and 45 miles of hike-and-bike trails...."

Sept. 15, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

The TNRCC votes to delay working on ways to reduce Texas' contribution global warming, focusing instead on cleaning up pollution in the state's big cities first.

"...current drought threatens several west Texas power plants whose lakes are drying up. Without additional rain, the plants may..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Public Notice

Public Notice notes a few great ways to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday weekend by helping a good cause.

"...hope it helps. Then we remember that Austin has lakes, rivers, and creeks to quell our urge for ocean..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Natural State

San Antonio-based Presidian wants to enter into public private partnerships with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

"...suburb Pilot Point, TPWD teamed up with developer Larry Lakes to build a hotel. However, as TPWD communications specialist..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...populated tract of the U.S. that is sandwiched between Lakes Superior and Michigan. It isn't exactly a mystery why..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Day Trips

The defunct Comal Power Plant in New Braunfels finds new life as a hotel.

"...tournaments and demonstrations at several state parks and area lakes and rivers. No fishing license necessary. June 3. www.twpd.state.tx.us...."

June 2, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

High and Dry

LCRA Approves Controversial Pipeline to Dripping Springs

"...a "very nice subdivision" that needs to keep its lakes filled to make it attractive...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

The tragic shooting of Austin Parks Police officer William Jones highlights deficiencies in pay and staffing levels in the parks police department.

"...responsible for 40 miles of shoreline on three different lakes, and 45 miles of hike and bike trails...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...ages 8-15 will travel all around Central Texas visiting lakes, rivers, creeks, pools, heck, anywhere you can get wet..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Day Trips

Day trip in style with a Harley from Austin's EagleRider Motorcycle Rentals.

"...Whether they just want to tour the Highland Lakes and stop for a burger and coffee at the..."

April 28, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic weed, is starting to choke Lake Austin.

"...to this country in the late 1960s, taking over lakes and reservoirs across the country at an alarming rate..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Day Trips

Oak Thicket Park on Lake Fayette received a complete makeover when no one was looking.

"...are a fair compromise between a hotel and a lakeside lodge...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

All sixty-eight years and 170 members of the "the world's longest-running Western Swing band" are covered at the LIght Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame and Museum in Mesquite, Texas.

"...KidFilm Festival in Dallas at the Glen Lakes Theater presents the best in children's films, Jan. 22-23...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Feasts That Define the Millennium

Food, the Original Commodity

"...every imaginable type, fish brought in daily from nearby lakes, and copious game animals. When Marco Polo encountered Kublai..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Postscripts

The successes of two Texas authors from the Panhandle; upcoming events at the Harry Ransom Center at UT; and information on how to attend the Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival.

"...Poets and has most recently been awarded the Great Lakes New Writers Award. His poems have appeared in Poetry,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Day Trips

There is an immense, hairy creature lurking in the woods outside of the small Texas town of Hamilton, and no, it's not your brother-in-law.

"...have been in heavily wooded areas near rivers or lakes. Spotted in daylight and at night, the creatures seem..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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