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🌱 No. 19 Sports Award Finalist + Chop Chop Makes Noodles, Not Hate

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Hey, everybody! It's me, Gabriela Couvillion, your host of the Daily. Keep reading for the most important things going on in town...

First, today's weather:

Some rain and a thunderstorm. High: 81 Low: 60.

Here are the top stories in Austin today:

  1. Ivan Melendez, No. 19 on Texas Baseball's team, was recently selected as "a semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and the NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy." Melendez "is the Division I leader in home runs, and ranks second in batting average and runs batted in." He also "tied the program record with 28 home runs this season and has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week a league record five times." On Wednesday, June 8, all finalists will be announced and the vote for the winner will take place. "The 44th Golden Spikes Award" winner will be announced "on Friday, June 24, on ESPN." (TexasSports.com)
  2. Unfortunately, "violence against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community which erupted over the last several years continues to happen" today. To encourage "positive connections to Asian American culture through food," Chop Chop, in partnership with other Asian restaurants, is participating in the "Make Noodles, Not Hate" campaign. The event, which "highlights noodle dishes as something that unites us all, regardless of cuisine," will donate $3,000 worth of products "to the Central Texas Food Bank." Chop Chop, "founded in Austin by Eugen Lin and Steve Har," features "innovative frozen street noodle products" sold at "local retail outlets." For more information visit: (FOX 7 Austin)
  3. Recently ZACH Theatre representatives announced the cast of "The Sound of Music" musical, playing from June 15-July 24" at the venue located at 202 South Lamar. Tickets for the event will start at $25 per person and will be sold at ZACH's box office. For more information, please call 512-476-0541, ext. 1 or visit zachtheatre.org, and for event details visit: (Broadway World)
  4. This year Foley & Lardner LLP, located at 600 Congress Ave., 3000 One American Center, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Austin office was opened in 2002 by Kim Yelkin, office managing partner, who "has spent the past 20 years cultivating valuable relationships with colleagues, clients, and the Texas state government." For more information on the company, please visit: (Foley & Lardner LLP)
  5. In March of this year, the documentary "Bad Axe" by "filmmaker David Siev" premiered at South Lamar's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema during South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin. Since then, it has won several awards, and continues to do so "at film festivals around the country." To add to the excitement, "the film is expected to debut in theaters and on video-on-demand services later this year." For more on the documentary and filmmakers, visit: (Huron Daily Tribune)

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Today in Austin:

From my notebook:

  • Austin Parks and Recreation Department Families, have you visit the new Montopolis Recreation and Community Center? Located at 1200 Montopolis Drive, this building provides over 33,000 square feet of new space, including a commercial kitchen, gymnasium, fitness room, computer lab, conference rooms and educational programming areas! See it at
    https://www.austintexas.gov." (Facebook)
  • "The Texas Women's Golf team thanks the Longhorn Nation, their teammates, coaches and staff for an incredible season! Big 12 champions for the fourth time in 5 years, sixth-straight NCAA appearance and fifth-straight top-15 finish. Hook Em!" (Facebook)
  • "Texas Student TV students, that's a wrap for our semester! Here are some photos from our banquet we celebrated a few weeks back. We are so thankful for our wonderful staff and all the volunteers who helped make it yet another great year!" (Facebook)
  • "This week's Variety Texas Fun Friday celebrates the end of school year! Will you be joining their pool party? Don't forget to sign up at bit.ly/FunFriday527." (Facebook)
  • "The Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club welcomes Jayne Whisnant of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Read about it here." (Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Gabriela Couvillion

About me: I'm an active mom of two grown sons and lifelong San Antonio resident. I received a BA in Spanish from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and in my free time I immerse myself in creative writing. Thanks for reading Patch, and feel free to reach out if you have any news and happenings you think may appeal to our readers!

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