Reserves could be down to $10 million by fall, and services may be cut.
By Ben Wear
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Capital Metro's shrinking savings could be down to $10 million by the end of September, agency officials said Monday, bringing the transit agency's operating reserves to no more than a few days' cushion.
It's a predicament that had Capital Metro's chief talking Monday about what amounts to overdraft protection and board members saying service cuts might be necessary.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
USA holidays: Saddle up and go steer crazy in tremendous Texas
Austin, Texas. A city of water - after all, the mighty Colorado river flows through town. A city of bats - by day millions of them roost under the modern Congress Avenue Bridge before emerging at dusk to go hunting. And a city of green spaces - the largest being Zilker Park, where they hold the annual South by Southwest music and film festival, and where the Rolling Stones once played.
I went to Zilker Park with veteran piano player Pinetop Perkins, who is 94 and witnessed the boogie boom of the Thirties. Astonishingly, Pinetop still plays gigs. I told my brother that he has some way to go to keep up with Pinetop's schedule as he played twice in two days while I was there.
De Niro Collection opens in Austin
April 27, 2009 THR.com
The Robert De Niro Collection of film-related materials has opened to researchers and the public at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at the University of Texas at Austin.
Donated by De Niro in 2006, the collection, including more than 1,300 boxes of papers, film, movie props and costumes, documents his professional career from the 1960s through 2005.
Filling more than 300 archival boxes, the paper portion of the collection includes De Niro's heavily annotated scripts and correspondence, makeup and wardrobe photographs, wardrobe continuity books, costume designs and posters and extensive production, publicity and research material.
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The Robert De Niro Collection of film-related materials has opened to researchers and the public at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at the University of Texas at Austin.
Donated by De Niro in 2006, the collection, including more than 1,300 boxes of papers, film, movie props and costumes, documents his professional career from the 1960s through 2005.
Filling more than 300 archival boxes, the paper portion of the collection includes De Niro's heavily annotated scripts and correspondence, makeup and wardrobe photographs, wardrobe continuity books, costume designs and posters and extensive production, publicity and research material.
Full Story
Texas APME recognizes excellence in journalism
The Associated Press
April 26, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas — The Dallas Morning News was named the Newspaper of The Year and the Austin American-Statesman was named the best online newspaper among the state's largest metropolitan dailies at the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors' annual meeting over the weekend.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times won Newspaper of The Year and the Wichita Falls Times-Record News won best online paper among newspapers with circulations of 30,000 to 124,999. The San Angelo Standard-Times won both top honors among newspapers of 10,000 to 29,999 in circulation. In the small newspaper division, the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel was named Newspaper of The Year and the Plainview Daily Herald was cited as the best online paper.
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April 26, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas — The Dallas Morning News was named the Newspaper of The Year and the Austin American-Statesman was named the best online newspaper among the state's largest metropolitan dailies at the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors' annual meeting over the weekend.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times won Newspaper of The Year and the Wichita Falls Times-Record News won best online paper among newspapers with circulations of 30,000 to 124,999. The San Angelo Standard-Times won both top honors among newspapers of 10,000 to 29,999 in circulation. In the small newspaper division, the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel was named Newspaper of The Year and the Plainview Daily Herald was cited as the best online paper.
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