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pi Would you deep-fry a Snickers? That's just one of the items on the rapidly excluding menus of Austins Irish Ikits. Find out more Wednesday, In Life Food. 51 "Section Austin American-Statesman statesman.com Tuesday, March 13, 2001 i rs A drink with all-American' Borchardt By Chris Garcia American-Statesman Film Writer ark Borchardt, filmmaker and manic six-pack savant at the heart of the 1999 docu mentary "American Mov ie," was in Austin this week to appear on a panel and screen his short horror film "Coven" at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival. An award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, "American Movie" is an emphatic cult classic, and Borchardt and co-star Mike Schank, a heavy-metal guitarist who helped his pal make "Coven," have become minor celebrities on the festival circuit. Trina Crenwelge, 8 Doss Brangus bull calf Once upon a time, not so long ago, there lived a little princess near Fredericksburg.

The princess weighed B5 pounds precisely how much her 2-day-old calf weighed at the Star of Texas Fair Rodeo. The little girl liked to play in the dirt when she talked, drawing wonderful pictures on the ground, pictures of fantastic-places in a faraway land that the little girl might someday be able to explore with her wobbly calf, who is named either Smoky or Ghost Trina can't decide. That's one of her chores: walking the cows, which she likes, "especially the little calves," she explains. "One time we walked them al most to the creek." She draws in the dirt. "That's not very far." T.

Jones tor American Statesman "A -egg Borchardt has parlayed the exposure into frequent guest spots on "The Late Show With David Letterman" and roles in feature films. Borchardt and Schank still attend special screenings of "American Film reviewsE2 Today's film fest scheduleE2 V- SVi I iif 4 For the boys and girls showing their animals at the fair; the real reward is in the hard work, long days and kisses on the snout ID I Oil A II i Movie" with director Chris Smith and producer Sarah Price, whose documentary "Caesar's Park" premiered Sunday at SXSW. At a party for "Caesar's Park" on Sunday night at Club Deville, Schank performed songs by Black Sabbath and Metallica while Borchardt, accompanied by girlfriend Margie (they met at a "Coven" screening), was collared at every turn by effusive fans of "American Movie." Price and Smith laid low, watching Schank's one-man concert with visible pride. Borchardt 34, lanky and passionate is still fine-tuning the script for his dream project, the feature film "Northwestern." I spoke to him at Club Deville before his drink intake entered double digits. Is the "American Movie" whirlwind dying down at all? Not in the least.

It just increases. Now I'm starting to do movies, being an actor and (stuff) like that, which I don't do in normal life. You know the Jet Li dude, the Hong Kong guy? I'm in his new film. When Jet Li pops out of the body bag, me and this other dude are the ward technicians just (messing) around and Jet Li jumps out of the bag and escapes. I fall over and faint in the film.

It's called "The One," where Jet Li fights himself in a parallel universe. I've never acted before and they put in me the scene with Jet Li and I never acted in my life. Well, I did in "Coven." But I was drunk. Are you happy you surpassed your goal of 3,000 on sales of "Coven" videos? See Borchardt, E2 By Kevin Robbins Amertan-Statesman Staff ake believe you're little again. You're from a place where FFA and 4-H are talked about more than DVDs and Ml'li.

Your mornings begin while the moon's Wait. And hope. Hear your number, know it's time, face the judge, answer his questions, say yes sir, SAY-YKS-SIR. be polite, be gracious, be silent, be still, hope, hope for a ribbon but prepare for the possibility the probability that first place will go to someone else, maybe the youth right next to you. the one with the dim pies and the freckles and the creature that looks like it posed for some picture book they did at the animal science department at Texas You're right where you belong.

Right now, you might not even remember all those frosty mornings in the dark. But every morning from now on, you'll remember what it's like to be right here. You may contact Kevin Robbins at or 445-3994. and still in the sky and the frost is still in the fields. You trudge to the barn with a bucket of water and a bag of feed.

You're cold. You're tired. You accept that. You know why you're up at this hour. Finally, you get to the livestock show at the Star of Texas Fair Rodeo.

You're one of 2,462 youths with 4.502 animals from 22 counties in Texas. You're here to show. You bathe your animal. Dry your animal. Pray your animal is as good as the others or better.

oy (LP 1 ill -imi- i 4 i Jane 4- if is i Go ahead, eat British meat i I I 6 F'- v- T. Jones (or Amencan Statesman My husband is leaving for England shortly, and I'm in a mild panic about what he can eat especially in' light of the disease scares. The man is a carnivore in spite of my railings. I do not know what common foods contain beef byproducts. Can you help (or can I be sued by the Texas Beef Association for even asking)? Susan Hall Calm down.

No need for your carnivore to go hungry abroad. Beef or pork, if your husband can find any, will be very pricey in England, says U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman Jerry Redding, and is safe to eat. Animals infected with mad cow disease have been destroyed, so meat supplies are limited. Foot and mouth disease? It is not something humans contract.

In addition, notes Redding, boiling (say beef stock) destroys the foot and mouth virus. Should your husband ingest contaminated meat, the acids in his stomach will destroy this virus. Being a native Texan and always See Mower, E2 Sung PanVAmencan-Statesman Amber Macias, 14 Austin Lamb Amber chose her young lamb a year ago because he was bigger than the others. She chose his name for other important reasons. Every morning, Amber fed Edward at the farm near her school, Bowie High School.

She came back each afternoon. Sometimes she chased Edward around the pen, "like a big, overgrown dog." The exercise was good for both of them. If only her father, who died when Amber was 7, could see his daughter now. It's the first time she's shown Edward. It's an important show, one Amber won't forget.

"I'll remember Edward because he's named after my dad." Joseph Vrana, 15 Granger Chicken See that look? That's the look of a veteran. That's Joseph, holding a rooster, but what you don't see are the five goats and the pig and the pen full of chickens he has back home. He's been showing since the fifth grade. Now he's a sophomore. Before school, Joseph visits his animals with food and water.

After school, he's back, to exercise them. His days are long. But his commitment is deep. "You have to take care of them. They can't take care of themselves.

They depend on you." He's depending on fairs for scholarships to college. Joseph wants to be a game warden when he's older. Here's a young man who wants to watch over animals for the rest of his life. He's serious about that. More kids and animals on Back Page.