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MONTROSE VOICE THE NEWSPAPER OF MONTROSE □ Community {JubliBhing (Company □ FRIDAY June 23, 1989 □ ISSUE 452 MONTROSE WEATHER Fair and warm through Monday with off and on thundershowers. Highs about 88. lows about 75. NAMES, Colt 45s dominate the Pride Awards Suspect sought in By SHERI COHEN DARBONNE The Montrose Voice Montrose murder NAMES Project—Houston and the Colt 45s were undisputably the walkaway winners at Satur day’s Pride Awards ceremony, sponsored by Metropolitan Com munity Church and Montrose Ac tivity Center. The NAMES Pro ject received awards in two of the six major categories, Most Out standing Event and Expanding Houston police are seeking help in identifying and locating a sus Pride and Understanding Be pect in the murder of a Montrose resident on Friday. June 16. The yond Our Community, at the ban suspect, who has used the first name Kenneth, is described as a 23- year-old white male, approximately 6 feet 1, and weighing about quet, held Saturday night, June 150 pounds, with blonde, curly hair and blue eyes. Police said he al 17 at the city Multi-Service center so has a pale complexion and an "anemic" look and may have a cut on West Gray. The Colts, who on his left arm. They believe his mother lives in the Humble area. staffed a cash bar during the The body of Eugene LaFoy, 48, was discovered about 3:00 p.m. at event, garnered two honorable his home in the 1300 block of Taft. The suspect is rumored to have mention plaques in addition to lived with LaFoy for several days prior to the stabbing death and winning the main award in the may also be a suspect in other Montrose area murders. AIDS Service category. Anyone with information about the identity or whereabouts of The award for Community the suspect is asked to phone HPD Homicide division at 247-5418. his lovei; Garrison Smith. lows: Outstanding Event, the Community Service Organiza Service Organization went to the tion, the Colt 45s; Business, MontroseClinic, while the clinic's The Outstanding Business 1988 Gay/Lesbian Pride Parade; LOBO; and Individual, Marion former executive directoi; the late award was presented to the Bra Expanding Pride and Under Coleman. Tom Audette, was honored as zos River Bottom. standing, the Colt 45s; AIDS Outstanding Individual. Honorable Mentions in each of Service Organization, the People The awards were designed to Audette’s award was accepted by the award categories were as fol With AIDS Coalition—Houston; honor individuals, organizations Asner Answer To and businesses in Houston for ex ceptional service, commitment and leadership in the Houston Democracy gay and lesbian community, ac Activist actor Ed Asner praised the Chinese cording to the event’s sponsors, who intend to make it an annual students in their struggle for freedom but said Gay and Lesbian Pride Week tra Americans may need a refresher course in de dition. The award recipients were mocracy. Asner was in Boston last Saturday to selected by means of a communi give the commencement address at North ty ballot. eastern University’s graduation services in Keynote speaker for the ceremo ny was the Rev. Troy Perry, found Boston, praising the "courage and sacrifice” er of the Metropolitan Communi of the Chinese demonstrators. But Asner criti ty Church, who spoke on the evo cized America’s sagging “moral lution of the gay rights movement infrastructure” and questioned why citizens of and gay pride over the past 20 the United States, with so much more experi A few picketers from two organ ence at democracy, seem to becoming “more izations, Houston Gay Atheists fractured and factious with each passing day.” and AIDS Coalition to Unleash Asner's daughter, Liza, was among the Power, demonstrated outside the 4,000-member graduating class at Northeast Multi-Service Center’s parking entrance during the ceremony. ern. He and actress Liv Ullmann were among The picketers protested the fact five honorary degree recipients. that some of the admission pro ceeds would go to a religious or ganization, MCCR. Stonewall memories generate musical extravaganza this Saturday Female winning the San Francisco Miss Politically Correct con impersonator test for two years. There is, however, the suspicion that helps sell asking a comedienne what po litically correct means is not Subarus necessarily a good idea. PORTLAND, Ore. (UPI)— Expected highlight of the Female impersonator evening will be the Lone Star "Daroelle," owner of one of Symphonic Band and Oak Portland's most popular Lawn Symphonic Band play night spots, is featured in a television commercial for ing in combined concert. This Northwest Subaru Inc., will be a rare opportunity to which was scheduled to air hear their biggest big band Thursday in 10 states. sounds. The commercial is a spoof The well known Montrose of the saying that “the opera Singers will also join in the ain't over until the fat lady fun, according to co-spokes- sings? said a spokesman for men Beau Cain and Jeff Osborn & Associates, which Cothran. This group frequent hired Tyee Pioductions to ly joins the Lone Star Band for make the commercial. joint concerts. Darcelle, whose real name is Walter Cole, dons a Wag Several skits will be present Comedienne Sandy Van will MC Saturday's event nerian helmet for the part. ed by the outrageously funny The commercial ends as By DAN PUGH tenor sax for the Band. musical team of Romanovsky Darcelle begins to sing. The Montrose Voice The concert will be held at and Phillips. They have be "We've always does things Saturday night was never any the new Metropolitan Multi come popular playing in many a little differently;' said Bob more flamboyant or boister Service Center, 1475 West Houston area clubs in recent Osborn, head of the adver ous than it will be this week Gray, at 8:00 p.m. June 24. years. tising agency. end as comedians and musi Seating will be cabaret style A pounding performance al Cole is owner of the cians from Houston and Dal with party decorations of bal so will be given by the Darcelle XV nightclub, a las team up to create “Stone loons and streamers. Soft Montrose Cloggers, providing showcase for female imper sonators. wall Memories: An Evening of drinks, beer, wine and cham dancing in the Appalachian Pride.” pagne will be served through folk style. Their characteristic The Lone Star Symphonic out the evening. clogging sound is catching on We’re working to Band and the Houston Pride San Francisco comedienne across the country. bring you a real Week Committee are co-spon- Sandy Van will serve as mis Tickets are available for $10 soring the event to provide tress of ceremonies, present at Say Cheese, Inklings, newspaper. everyone an evening to sit two dynamite segments and Printex Plus or House of Cole back, relax and enjoy an out provide occasional punctua man. They are also available The Montrose pouring of fun and sense of ac tion throughout the evening. at the door for $12. Call 523- complishment, according to She is becoming popular in 2575 for additional informa- The team of Romanovsky and Phillips will entertain at "Stonewall Voice. Connie Moore, secretary and Houston and is best known for Memories: An Evening of Pride" Klansman to Gays under Glasnost: Still a long ways to go speak at Aryan 8 By BILLSTRUBBE more afraid of us.” convention 2 The Montrose Voice The advancement of COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho ^-As twilight dims to human rights for gays >/jdarkness and the tour- (UPI)—The white suprema 1 (teP is unlikely to receive cist Aryan Nations Church g Ists and families return support from within the 5 home, the park in front said June 16 its annual “Aryan Soviet dissident com National Congress" will be jof the Boleshoi Theater munity. An American uLfills with lone and nerv- held July 14-16 and will in lesbian spoke two years clude speeches by Ku Klux ^qus men loitering near ago at a meeting of >.the fountain, sitting on Klan leaders. dissidents and suggest The Aryan Nations drew w the benches—all of ed that freedom to O them smoking ciga- rr wide criticism from Northwest choose one's sexuality £ rettes. Young men in de- government and civil rights be included in the agen leaders for hosting a conven Z signer jeans, business da as a basic human 2 men, several officers in right. May of the tion for young violehce-prone : full military uniform dissidents expressed skinheads in April, and pro r are out on the prowl. outrage at her asser testers far outnumbered the The men appear pru tion. "It was the most neo-Nazis. ML But Aryan leader Richard dently cautious as they controversial topic of begin another evening • ■ - the whole meeting. Butler vowed to keep holding । of cruising in the heart Some of the dissidents such gatherings and disputes ! of Moscow. hold strong religious be suggestions his group is un Michael works in the lief and objected to ho wanted in the area and should theater, Alexander as a mosexual rights on clothes designer. Both MB moral grounds saying Klan leaders Louis Beam of are in their mid-thirties — things like 'How can Texas, Stanley McCullom of and Alexander is di gays be okay if they Alabama, Thom Robb of Ar vorced. Together the don’t procreate?’ A sci kansas and John Ross Taylor two friends painted a entist got up and talked of Canada will speak at the Ju grim picture of gay life about how gays and les ly convention, the church in in the nation's capitol.