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Battalion/Page 3 August 12, 1982 local / state sia YES, IT'S CUSTO/IARY TO START THE FESTIVAL EACH YEAR from SCRATCH... LT) J — ■Planations, f America^ -'icans have J nade this '•y- theybii melting poi iat proptlfj ;eal and it was thu. at memonj ' ed the AcJ 't was their] ied the base'] m in thisc# oday contiis very qualtj °f this an • Not only an pie left will tselfisthreu can no tivated ngth.theyvi [th. And the ’itably becoii Funtimes swarm at Clute’s festival by Colette Hutchings Battalion Staff Buzzzzzzzzzz. Swat! That’s one of the familar sounds in Clute, home of mass quantities of mosquitoes. So many in fact, the town celebrates its most prolific inhabitant in a festival. The Second Annual Great Texas Mosquito Festival will be held Friday and Saturday in the Clute Municipal Park. The festival opens Friday at 5:30 p.m. with an “Anything Goes Parade” led by the “Bug Brigade” — Volkswagens deco rated like mosquitoes. Featured in the festival will be a “Ms. Squito” beauty pageant and mosquito chases as well as “Larvae Land,” where most of the children’s activities will take place. A men’s “Mr. Mosquito Legs” contest and the “Buzz Off’ — a mosquito calling contest is plan ned as well as a bed race. And if you have the perfect mosquito ode buzzing around in your head, you can enter the song writing contest. For competition in the food area, a chili cook-off and the Ice Cream Crank-off is planned. A “Game of Clute” tourna ment will be featured and the first-place winner will receive a $100 cash prize and the title of mayor of Clute for a day. Clute “Swat Team” members are trying to produce the world’s largest mosquito. A “Name the Mosquito Contest” will be held after the debut of the big bug. Providing entertainment for the festival are two bands: Asleep at the Wheel and the Lost Highway Band, both scheduled to play at the Street Dance be ginning at 8 p.m. Saturday. So for more fun, buzz on over to Clute. It’s located 50 miles south of Houston on Highway 288. For information on festival activities contact Clute City Hall, at (713) 265-2541. Texas has growing )pulation of gays 7/' United Press International :xas, which takes pride in rugged image of its lanky ys and oilfield rough- has become a national a to 1.5 million homosex giving it the third largest population in the United s. ays have made major strides lexas in the last several years litically, socially and econo- lly — but they say they are beginning to fight what be the civil rights battle of 1980s. National Gay Leadership inference will open a three- meeting Friday in Dallas, e gays have made umental progress in the last ears. The conference will ict about 500 national lead- jincluding the board of dire- of the National Gay Task :e. will be the first time the task : board has met outside York City. New York and fornia have the largest gay lulations. ask force, officials say it is ossible to arrive at an exact re on the number of gays in as since many remain “clo- Id” because a National Gay its Bill has not been passed, he group says, however, it the 10 percent yardstick of iKinsey Report is an accurate sure. Texas has a popula- of about 15 million, which leaders say places the num- Hof gays in the state at about ion. oving from within Texas without, Houston and Dal- |have become the focal point of the new gay vanguard, with distinct gay communities and lifestyles almost on a par with New York City and Los Angeles. An estimated 250,000 gays live in Houston, which has tbe largest homosexual population in the state. The Dallas-Fort Worth area has an estimated gay population of more than 200,000, San Antonio 90,000 and Austin 40,000. Real gay power remains a phenomenon of the cities be cause many gays leave rural areas as soon as possible for the relative freedom of an urban en vironment, especially if they live “open” lifestyles. Gay leaders say Texas’ grow ing popularity among gays from throughout the nation is not only because of the gay com munity’s strength, but is also attributable to housing, jobs and other factors that have boosted Sun Belt population. Austin’s gay community is politically potent and already has obtained passage of city civil rights ordinances forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual preference in housing, employment and public acco modations. In San Antonio, gay leaders say the city is so comfortable for homosexuals—with virtually no repression to serve as a focal point for change — that there isn’t a great deal of push for any one to come out of the closet. Don Baker, 35, a Vietnam veteran and president of the Dallas Gay Alliance, says: “We’ve come a long way. In the last 10 years Dallas has come from the point of zero to almost full-fledged development. We have one of the most organized communities in the country.” Larry Bagneris, 34, president of the Houston Gay Political Caucus, says: “We’ve got momentum. We’ve got economic clout. Houston also has a powerful gay business community which has risen up to service the commun ity. The whole thing is like a spiral. “We are an explosive force in Houston politics. We put together a tough machine.” ^ .. "different spokes for different folks” 03 University (Northgate) 10-7 Mon.-Fri. 10-5 Sat. 846-BIKE The Best Pizza In Town! Honest. WE DELIVER 846-3412 Mr. Gatti's Pizzamat AFTER 5 P.M. — MIN. $5.00 ORDER *rrh* "Candle Light Village" J^lOah Haven coivnoiniwirMS on village homes I OP®* 1 ous® ^ GREEN & BROWNE- DoubkTVec CONDOMINIUMS The largest selection of fine condominiums in Bryan-College Station are offered by one company...Green & Browne Realty. 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