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You are cordially invited tothe ••• This Sunday, March 20 to officially welcome SPRINGTO AUSTIN • Season Opening of our Patio • Daddy Wayne's Cookout Dinners • Live Band, "Gypsy Flash" • Guest Deejay • Free Beer • Free Well Drinks, 4·6 PM Thereafter, Only $1 SPRING BREAK 1988 SUNDAY March 20 3-6 p.m, Mad Hatter Ball • Dee Jays JD Arnold and Jon Mott • Videos, Music and Dancing • Free Draft & Happy Hour Prices • Benefiting the Gay & Lesbian Switchboard ~ONTENTS ••••••••••••••• • Free Well Drinks 7-9 pm Volume 14, Number 1 March 18- 24 1988 • $125 CORONA 15 NEWS AIDS/Syphilis Seminar in Dallas 27 COMMENT Letters to the Editor • Free Draft All Night Long 30 SPECIAL REPORT District Conventions March 19, 1988 by Billie Carr. edited by PhyfllsFrye • VJ Scooter Bearden 35 HEALTH Q&A on Health Matters 39 MOVIES School Daze Reviewed by 0, Flores Alvarez 40 BACKSTAGE As Is,Plays by Women, Deaf Theatre ,..Reviewed by Don Maines 43 CLASSIC 7 Years Ago This Week in Texas by Don Maines 47 HOT TEA Springtime Means Partytime Across Texas 57 SPORTS Montrose Softball League Challenge by Bobby Miller 61 STARSCOPE Spring Begins Sunday, March 20, 1980 by Milton von Stem 64 PHOTO ESSAY J.D, Norton 69 CLASSIFIED Want Ads and Notices 81 CALENDAR Special One-Time Only & Non-Profit Community Events 83 THE GUIDE Texas Business/Club Directory HOUSTON TWT (This Week In Texas) is published by Texas Weekly Publishing Co .. at 2205 Montrose, Houston, Texas TlOO6, phone: (713) 527-9111.Opinions expressed by columnists are not necessarily those ofTWT or of Its staff. 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' . ...................................................................................................... , ' , ,......................................................... '.., . THE ~Q,~ 651 CLUB THIS WEEK IN TEXAS FT. WORTH Weekly Circulation: 20,000 HOUSTON OFFICE (713) 527-9111 Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m .• Weekdays 2205 Montrose Houston. Texas 77006 DALLAS OFFICE (214) 521-0622 Hours: Fri.-Tues. 11a.m.-5 p.m. 3900 Lemmon Ave .• Suite 220 Dallas, Texas 75219 PUBLISHER Chuck Patrick ART EDITOR/DIRECTOR Mitch Bartlow ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR James Verdon ASSISTANT TO ART DIRECTOR Richard Bang BACKSTAGE EDITOR Donalevan Maines NEWS EDITOR Chuck Patrick SPORTS EDITOR Babby Miller CONTRIBUTING WRITERS O. Flores Alvarez. David Fields,Weldon Grahame. Brian Keever. Donalevan Maines, David Meunier. Milton von Stern GRAPHIC ARTISTS James Verdon. Kent Edson Smith, Richard Bang. James Lewis TYPOGRAPHERS Richard Hebert, Bobby Miller STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Doran Robertson, Loren Laureano. GW. King. Chris Zimmerman, Oscar Mendiola. Carl Davis, Richard Franks RECEPTIONISTS Dallas-Steve Miles Houston-Dan Wlbel SALES EXECUTIVE SALES MANAGER Jim Veteto Advertising rates are available on request by tele- phoning the salesperson In your nearest city. DEADLINE FOR ALL ADS: Friday. one week prior to publication. AUSTIN Bobby Campion and Chris Zimmerman . (512) 441-6126 DALLAS Alan Gellman. (214) 521-0622 FORT WORTH Steve Miles. (214) 521-0622 HOUSTON Jim Veteto. (713) 527-9111 SAN ANTONIO/CORPUS CHRISTI Tim Ramm. (512) 822-9213 GALVESTON Scot Roberts. (409)762-1077 CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Dallas Bureau-Steve Miles Houston Bureau-Arby Burnett TWT MAGAZINE Texas Weekly Publishing Co. PAGE 10 TWT MARCH 18- MARCH 24 1988 THURSDAY NIGHT NEWS MARCH 24 voice disapproval was Montrose City Councilman Vince Ryan. The councilman told the protesters that he had asked that the grant be withdrawn and that an alternate site be selected. "I've been working with HUD the past two JAY'S FAMOUS months to help find other locations," he stated. He said he has found two alternate sites. "Neither are in my district," he said. "We need to find another location because FAJITAS of the high crime in the Montrose area." Also appearing at the protest was com- munity leader Jim Evans. He said the open- Jim Evans (I) and Montrose Councilman Vince Ryan con- ing of the center was set for sometime this tlnue their protest of this summer's opening of a drop-ln center for the mentally 11/at 1200 California. summer. BUFFET,8PM When asked by TWT NEWS if the summer TWTNEWSphoto by Chuck Patrick. target date was realistic, Ryan responded, "Candidly, the longer it takes, the better MONDAY NIGHT MONTROSE STILL it is for us. Time is on our side!" OPPOSES MENTAL GTE HELPS MALE RETARD CENTER AIDS HOTLINE STRIP Neighborhood Groups Plan General Telephone Donates Lawsuit Against Proposal. Additional Phones Lines to CONTEST AIDS Resource Center. "Time Is On Our Side, " Says Councilman Ryan. DALLAS - After-hours answering for 10PM the AIDS Resource Center's hotline, (214) HOUSTON - Neighborhood residents 559-AIDS, will be handled by General of Montrose and all the area's civic groups Telephone Company, with the donation of continue to vigorously oppose the pro- four lines dedicated to the center's use. "The onlY posed mental retardation center which the The general public may call (214) state wants to locate at 1200 California. 559-AIDS any time, with volunteers staff- Residents claim that the proposed drop- ing the lines during most daylight hours. crowd II in center for the homeless mentally ill When a volunteer is tied up on another call would not only be bad for the Montrose or no volunteer is available, callers will in Town community but it would also be bad for the hear a recording about AIDS, with instruc- center's residents, putting patients out on tions to call other numbers available the street in a high-crime area where they through GTE's AIDS TeleForum. HAPPY HOUR would be easy victims for assault. Marc Chandler, AIDS educator for the A parade of residents have appeared AIDS Resource Center, praised GTE for its EXTENDED before city council, contacted the mayor contribution, as it will permit expanded and have threatened a lawsuit against the after-hours use of the hotlines. 2303 Richmond facility. The protest fever continues to gain The most critical time is during late eve- ALL NIGHT momentum and noise. ning hours when public service messages Taking their protest one step further, forthe AIDS Resource Center are run and MONDAY 522-7616 civic groups held a public meeting on the during hours when volunteers are fre- steps of the center last week. On hand to quently unavailable, said Chandler. PAGE 14 TWT MAACH 18 - MARCH 24 1988 TWT MARCH 18 - MARCH 24 1988 PAGE 15 HOUSTON BARS CASH FLOW ELECT OFFICERS CRUNCH AT HOUSTON Jay Allen, Ed Moniger, AIDS FOUNDATION Charles Armstrong & Ted AFH May Be Forced to Lenze Head Bar Group. Shut Down if $40,000 Isn't Bars Plan Two Fund- Raised by End of March. Raisers to Save Both HOUSTON - There was some shock- Montrose Police Station & ing news from the AIDS Foundation AIDS Foundation Houston. Houston last weekend when it was learned that it would be forced to shut down and HOUSTON - The Houston Organiza- close its doors if $40,000 wasn't raised by tion of Bar Owners met last week to final- the end of March. ize their formal filing as a nonprofit group_