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Austin American-Statesman du lieu suivant : Austin, Texas • 10

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BS Saturday, October 21, 1995 Cmr State Austin American-Statesman Capitol project'tops restorations in Austin tor David Stark moved the house from the Blackshear neighborhood and placed it in Hyde Park, where it now is a City of Austin Historic Landmark. William Pillow House, 1407 W. Ninth St One of several Victorian villas found near the Colorado River west of Austin, the house was built in 1877. Owners Judy and Norman Brown restored the building, including its gallery. Stuart House, 1208 Inks Ave.

This limestone cottage was built in 1872 in East Austin. Its owners, Greg Shattuck and Mary Kleypas, replaced decaying materials, built a porch and added a rear wing to the house. Three buildings also were named by the society as examples of superior maintenance. They are the Bonn House, 1301 W. 29th built in 1938; the Goddard House, 1108 W.

Ninth St, built in 1897; and the Waterloo Compound, 600 E. Third reportedly built shortly after the Civil War. who restored the property by stripping paint, refurbishing windows and replacing the ceiling. Morse House, 3126 Duval St. The house, owned by the Autreys, was built in 1926 and underwent significant renovation including new electrical and plumbing systems.

Pearce-Anderson House, 809 E. 46th St. Built in 1910 for University of Texas anthropologist James Edwin Pearce and his bride, Belinda, the house was slated for demolition in 1992. Contrac (V "'r he best of Italy NOW IN TEXAS. Karen WarrenAA-S Austin Community College's Betty Richardson, recognized for volunteer work promoting good relations between the United States and Mexico.

Betty Richardson wins award for helping hand Continued from Bl rials and work." Buildings and structures honored by the Heritage Society include: Texas State Capitol. The restoration and extension of the 1888 Capitol, completed in April, is one of the most important projects of its sort in the Southwest, Mackie said. The project included restoration of the interior and exterior of the building. Interested citizens across the state also returned original furniture and fittings, and missing furnishings were reconstructed. Moonlight Towers.

Seventeen of the city's original 31 tower lighting systems, built by the Electric Utility Department in 1895, are scattered across Austin. The tower restorations cost $2.1 million, Mackie said. Lundbeij Bakery, 1006 Congress Ave. The bakery, constructed in 1876, was built for Swedish immigrant Charles Lundberg and his wife, Annie. Demolition threatened in 1969, so the City of Austin bought it.

Since 1976, it has housed the Old Bakery and Emporium. Renovations include restoring the exterior paint colors and rebuilding a second-floor porch along Congress Avenue. Hyde Park Market Place, 4101 Guadalupe St Built in 1927 as a grocery and variety store, the building fell into disrepair. It was purchased by architects and neighborhood activists Karen McGraw and Alan Marburger, 9: 9070 ResMrch Blvd. (183 Burnet) Next to Chili's Austin Leather crafted in Texas all hardwood incomparably Visit Austin's the latest Italian Texas! Austin Furniture has the latest in Italian Styles, hand from only the finest top-grain leathers and frames.

Each piece is factory warranted and designed to keep its beauty for a lifetime! finest all-leather showroom where you'll find styling at the most competitive prices in Sofas horn a comfortable $999. Leather FURNITURE iff; Today, in addition to volunteering for MEDICO, Richardson serves on the boards of several community service organizations, including CEDEN Family Resource Center, the Regional Network for Children, and the Austin University Area Rotary Club. As a member of the Rotary Club, Richardson helped to raise money for the construction of a medical clinic in Nuevo Laredo, in northern Mexico. Richardson, 57, moved to Austin in 1980 to pursue her doctorate in nursing, which she earned from the University of Texas. She has been a member of the ACC faculty since 1989.

What became a lifelong commitment to volunteer work began when Richardson taught a Sunday school class while in high school in Jacksonville, 111. Richardson says she doesn't remember a time when she wasn't volunteering. "When my children were small, I didn't work. I ended up volunteering 40 hours a week, in the PTA, coaching soccer and teaching handicapped children how to swim." Richardson, who has two adult children, said she always tries to find fun in volunteering, no matter how dire the circumstances. After the hurricane, Richardson said, things were pretty grim in the Honduran village near San Pedro Sula.

Still, she and her colleagues sent several people home smiling. "One woman came in with no shoes or socks," Richardson recalled. "So we fixed her up with a pair of Playboy bunny socks and red tennis shoes. It's all we had." dies, 3 injured near Stonewall The two passengers in the Chevrolet were taken to University Hospital in San Antonio, Mark Prak, 40, address unknownpwas in serious condition, and David nett, 47, of Connecticut, was in ble condition on Friday. The driver of the pickup, Charles Brent 37, of San Marcos, was in good condition at Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg.

No one was wearing a seat belt, Rubio said. Costumes Ts Masks Open Make-Up By A. Phillips Brooks American-Statesman Capitol Staff Austin Community College nursing professor Betty Richardson has been honored by two service organizations for 40 years of helping people, including efforts to promote good relations between Texas and Mexico. "She has been selfless in rendering medical care to children," said Oswaldo V. Ramirez, a member of the Austin University Area Rotary Club.

"Dr. Richardson has been involved here in Austin and across the border helping children and families." The Austin chapter of the International Good Neighbor Council and the Austin Area University Rotary Club recognized Richardson on Friday night at their annual banquet at the Westwood Country Club in Austin. Richardson says some of her most memorable volunteer work has come during trips to Honduras as part of the Medical Eye and Dental International Care Organization known as MEDICO. The nonprofit group, based in Georgetown, provides medical care to the poor in remote areas of Central America. Since 1991, she has made eight trips to villages in the mountains of northern Honduras.

On one MEDICO trip in 1993, Richardson and her colleagues arrived just after a hurricane that had damaged several villages in the mountains. "They lost everything in the hurricane, including their shoes," Richardson said. "They came with dirty, injured feet so we set up buckets and scrubbed feet." San Antonio man in 2-car collision American-Statesman Staff A San Antonio man died and three other men were injured ink two-vehicle collision Friday afternoon about five miles southQf Stonewall, authorities said. j-n- Bob Alexander Roth, 73, died after the 1992 Chevrolet Suburban he was driving collided with a 1986 Ford pickup at FM 1623 and Schumann Road at 2:45 p.m., said Jesse Rubio, a spokesman for the Department of PubliQ Safety. BRUMAL PURCHASE OF FOR EVERV l-(Q I I PAVf I Ljffl 4 7 451-4321 10-7 Sun 12-6 INSTANT BONUS DOLLARS On Any Purchase Of $1300 to $1699 INSTANT BONUS DOLLARS On Any Purchase Of $1700 to $2099 INSTANT BONUS DOLLARS On Any Purchase Of $2100 to $2499 INSTANT BONUS DOLLARS 17 hmumZ3 10 jr iUSTAUT OOnUS DOLLARS On Any" Purchase Of $200 to $399 msmn DOLLARS- 1 On Any Purchase Of $400 to $599 IIJCTAMT DntHIC DOLLARS mmwM mmmmmm I til on all your Halloween Supplies Decorations Accessories Wigs 1 rany ouppues W67GX162.

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