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F.O.R. San Bernard Activity
Update
January - February 2007
"Catching Up"
Summary of News, Accomplishments and Events:
January 4
- Executive Committee meeting - Set
January 11 Board meeting agenda / discussed Feb.
24 Town Hall meeting
January 6 – Second monthly
“Breakfast on the Bernard” held at Dido’s -
over 50 members attended the breakfast. Girl
Scout Troop 113 served beverages, earning their
Community Service Badges.
January 9
– F.O.R was represented at Brazoria County
Day Planning Meeting in Alvin.
January 10
– F.O.R. was represented at the monthly
Brazoria County Shoreline Restoration Task Force
Meeting where Brazoria County Day in Austin
was discussed. Details of CIAP grant
applications is still unknown due to the fact
the Minerals Management Service has not yet
distributed the funds to the states.
January 11 –
F.O.R. Board of Directors monthly meeting.
Agenda items: Management, Executive Committee
reports, Christmas parade update, by Vanessa
Taylor, Parade Chairman. Boat ramp lighting
update, Brazoria County Day update, Appreciation
letters/certificates. Mailing list and
Newsletter progress.
Grant writer position discussion, Annual public
meeting for February, 2007, Web site and data
base discussion, F.O.R. representation in civic
organizations. Budget for 2007 planning.
January 12 –
F.O.R. members interviewed for an article in the
upcoming Image magazine.
January 17 –
F.O.R. was represented at the
Brazoria County Day Planning meeting
in Lake
Jackson.
January 22
- Grant
writing "Start to Finish" classes began at
Brazosport College.
Perry Stroud and David Pope have volunteered to
attend
these
classes for Friends Of the River.
January 22 -
Lions Club River
Mouth Presentation-meeting
January
24 - Darrell
Powell, F.O.R.'s webmaster,
volunteered to become the Official Historian
for Friends Of the River San Bernard. A special,
fire proof container, has been purchased to safe
guard these photos, and other items. If
you have photos, or any other F.O.R. related
material, that you feel should be included in
this collection, or if you would like copies of
any photos,
please contact Darrell
.
January 27
- Environmental Committee
meeting.
February
1 - Executive Committee
meeting. Set February 8
Board meeting agenda /discussed Feb.24 Town
Hall meeting
February 3 -
Breakfast on the Bernard
at Dido's. Over 70 members attended. Girl
Scout Troop 113 served beverages to earn
their Community Service Badges.
February
6 - F.O.R. members
attended the Brazoria Chamber of
Commerce luncheon held at the American
Legion Hall. Mike Williams of The Port of
Freeport was the guest speaker.
February
7 - F.O.R. was represented at the
Brazoria County Day planning
meeting in Angleton.
February
8 - Board of Directors monthly
meeting. Agenda items: Budget discussion.
Daniel Aplins board position resignation
(due to conflict of work schedule)was
accepted by the Board. The Executive meeting
was changed to the fourth Monday of the
month. Annual meeting discussion.
A Heritage
Day booth discussed. Mr. Gideon James,
F.O.R. member, addressed the Board about
river concerns, Fred Kanter will follow
up on these issues. New F.O.R. Brochure
presented.
February
12 - Executive
Committee meeting. Finalized plans for
Feb.24 Town Hall meeting.
February
12 - Environmental Committee
meeting.
February
15 - Clean-Team Meeting held at
Dido's.
February 16 –
Robin and Keith
Hardwicke, were in Washington,
D.C.representing F.O.R. on the opening of
the mouth of the San Bernard, met with
Assistant Secretary of the Army, John Paul
Woodley, Jr. and Tom Lizardo (chief of
staff for Congressman Ron
Paul). The possibility of funding the
opening of the mouth and ways to get to that
point were discussed.
February
17 –
F.O.R. Board of Directors
had a conference call with Pete Levigne.
February 23 –
F.O.R. Board of Directors and Committee
Chairmen met and greeted Pete Levigne at an
informal dinner at 2J’s Café
February
24 - 2nd Annual Town Hall meeting
held at Dido's. Guest speaker, Pete Lavigne.
Over 170 members in attendance.
F.O.R.Volunteers and Girl scout Troop 113
assisted.
Roy Edwards was
presented with the 2nd Annual
Ralph Primeau Memorial Award.
February
26 - Executive Committee meeting.
Set March 8 Board meeting agenda. Develop
"Brainstorming Session" categories.
Accounting
Nancy
Kanter
February-F.O.R.
San Bernard currently has $19,529.28
deposited in Lone Star Bank. Nancy has
arranged for a money market account for the
majority of the treasury funds.
January-February
donations over $100: Clyde Cone, (Memorial
donation) made by Sue Gregory.
Friends Of The River thanks you for your
donations, and support.
F.O.R. San Bernard Committees
Any organization is only as strong as the
resolve of it's members and supporters.
If you'd like to help us in helping the San
Bernard River, there are a many options open
to individuals and companies. Whether it's
time, expertise or something else you can
offer, we need your contribution.
If you are interested in chairing a committee,
or would like to volunteer on a committee ,
please contact any Board Member, or Committee
Chairman.
Clean
Team
David
Pope
At the suggestion of our Clean Team
Chairman, ConocoPhillips donated materials
from two demolished piers from the San
Bernard Terminal to Brazoria County for use
to maintain parks, boat ramps, and fishing
piers.*Through
the
efforts of David
Pope, and many others, the Spirit C
was removed from the river.
*Clean Team members
presented Ms.
Yetta Hustead with a framed sign, created
from parts of
the Spirit C.*The
grant for reconstruction of
the boat
ramp/dock facilities at Hwy. 35 has been
accepted, according to a report from Mark
Hansen, Director Brazoria County Parks
Dept. Announcements should be made soon for
a possible start date. *
Research is underway with National River
groups and
Keep Texas Beautiful,
concerning Youth
Educational programs
and activities.*David
was invited as a speaker, and asked to
assist the Keep Brazoria Beautiful
Association with two projects: One is a
county wide effort to Clean Up Waterways,
based on the successful clean-ups of the San
Bernard River. The other is an effort
similar to the Adopt A Highway, but
is for county roads that lead to parks and
boat ramp areas.
April 21
Earth Day
Event
from 10 a.m.- 2 pm -
F.O.R San Bernard's Clean Team,
Environmental, and River Mouth Committees
will man a booth at the Environment-fest at
Brazos Mall. please contact a committee
chairman to volunteer to help.
April
28th Spring
Clean will be held on the San Bernard -
planning meetings are
now being held regularly. Stay updated on
meeting times, dates- by checking the
Spring Clean Tab on the website.
Environmental
Fred
Kanter
Committee
members include Suzie Alford, Bruce
Barner, Barbara Fritilla, Brian Meaghar,
Elizabeth Moore, Vanessa Taylor, Our
first meeting was held January 26th
.Assignments were given to committee
members to investigate present river
water testing done by governmental
agencies and industry. Some reports
came back at the February 12th
meeting. Also, some information was
obtained about Texas Watch, which is a
citizens group to help with
environmental studies. Possible
contaminates discussed include
Pesticides, Hydrocarbons, Brine
concentration, Fertilizers, Home sewage,
Home "gray water". Barbara is looking
into laws concering gray water. (It is
not our intention to be a watch dog, but
to inform you.) Suzie has taken on the
project of compiling a detailed map and
incorporating that with an environmental
board that will possibly be located at
our boat ramps. It is felt that
Community Awareness and Education may be
a good goal for our committee. A way to
achieve community awareness might be to
enlist assistance of high school
students to conduct river water
sampling. Elizabeth has agreed to look
into that. Bruce and I were welcomed
into the CAPS organization; thanks to
Vanessa's help and we have attended each
meeting with ConocoPhillips and Chevron
Phillips. A river drill will be coming
up in April. More to come on this
later, so stay tuned.
Logo
Promotion
Connie
Webb
*A display case
of logo items was placed at 2J's.
*A lighted glass display cabinet
was donated by Bob and Judy Cribbs, and
placed at Dido's. All F.O.R. logo
items can be seen at Dido's and
2J's Restaurants, Quality Power
in Brazoria, and on the website. F.O.R.'s Design
Diva's -Judy Burnett, Gloria Powell,
Peggy Davidson and Jeanette Swatloski
-created a Valentine's Day window display at
Quality Power, in Brazoria..
*The F.O.R. logo team held
a Saturday work day, creating logo pots for
centerpieces for the February l meeting.
These centerpieces were given away, to
F.O.R. members, following the annual
meeting. Flower arrangements were by
Brazoria Florists and Gifts. *New
logo shirts, designed by Judy Burnett,
printed by Xpressions Tshirts &More
were introduced at the annual meeting and
are available now. These are 100%cotton,
available in black, kahki, and white.
Friends of the River appreciates your
support!
River
Mouth
Roy
Edwards
The River Mouth
Chairman and committee works daily,
researching, attending meetings and
following up on progress concerning the
reopening of the San Bernard.
*Members
volunteered to help with Sand Dune
restoration at Surfside beach.
*Roy
Edwards was invited to
give a presentation to
the Brazoria
County Lions Club and
presented them
with an informational book on
the San Bernard River.
*Roy
gave a presentation to
the Natural Resources Advisory Committee
of the Houston Galveston Area Council.
*Plans are being made
with a Boy Scout troop wishing
to make an overnight
camping-educational trip
to the mouth of the San
Bernard.
*The mouth committee has
volunteered
to attend and help with
all Brazoria County
Day activiities.
*Members of
F.O.R. Mouth Committee met with Commissioner
(Pct. 1) Dude Payne and delivered 3 binders
(which contained the latest GICA and TxDot
reports on the San Bernard’s affect on the
west gates of the Brazos) to be delivered to
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Rep. Nick
Lampson, and Rep. John Cornyn during his
Washington D.C. visit in March.
*Roy
Edwards was presented with the 2nd
Annual Ralph Primeau Memorial Award.
Nomination
Keith
Hardwicke
Newly formed,
this committee will be ongoing, working to
present a qualified slate of nominees for
future F.O.R. Board of
Directors. If you would like to be a part of
this committee or have a name to submit for
nomination Please email Keith at
nominate@sanbernardriver.com for
more information.
Parade
Vanessa
Taylor
F.O.R. San
Bernard's Parade Committee was very, very
active in December 2006, with a successful
Christmas parade -Home Decorating Contest
and Awards Dinner.
*January
and February finds this committee already
planning for the upcoming Memorial Day
parade - *Vanessa attended
the January Board of Directors meeting to
recap the Christmas 2006 parade, and to
discuss plans for the upcoming Memorial Day
parade.
Website
/ Historian
Darrell
Powell
Visits in 2007- January 9,891; February
8,551 ; YTD -18,442
2006
web visits:
106,985
see weekly web stats
http://www.sanbernardriver.com
Website advertising is available, please
contact:
webmaster@sanbernardriver.com or
nancy@sanbernardriver.com
for more information. Proceeds from
web advertising helps to support our website !
Front Page Articles in January-February 2007
January 2007
Jan 31: Adventures in Migration
Jan 30: 1st Saturday Breakfast Feb 3rd
Jan 29: Environmental News
Jan 26: Boating Etiquette and Responsibilities
Jan 24: F.O.R. Names Historian
Jan. 22:
Nominations for F.O.R. San Bernard Board of
Directors Requested
Jan. 19: What a Difference a Year Makes!
Jan 17: It Can be Dune!
Jan 15: Clean Team News
Jan 12: Are you too a "Redneck"?
Jan 10: The Lesser Snow Goose
Jan. 08;Public
Comment Deadline Near
Jan 05 :
Stay Up To Date in 2007
Jan 03: A Great Start for 2007!
Jan 01: Tales from River’s End – Passport to
Adventure
February
2007
Feb.28: Rise and
Shine Breakfast on
the Bernard
Feb 26: Senator Kyle Janek letter
Feb 21: Happy Birthday "Friends Of the River "
Feb 19: The Raising of the Spirit C
Feb 16: F.O.R. has been together a year now!
Feb 14: Tales from River’s End – Passport to
Adventure - River Treasure
Feb 12: Clean Team's Spring Clean Presentation
Scheduled
Feb 09: Friends Of the River San Bernard
Celebrate 1st Anniversary
Feb 07: F.O.R. San Bernard Gourmet Sauces and
Seasonings
Feb 05: Bon Voyage, 2J’s
Feb 02: Sundance, the Poole Ranch, and Brazoria
Heritage Day
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F.O.R. San Bernard
would like to hear from you !
Email
webmaster@sanbernardriver.com
for more information.
F.O.R. San
Bernard Discussion Forum
Tim and Rita Ellerd
The forum is being
enjoyed by all. Fun thing is the new avatars
being used. The forum is a great way to stay
abreast of the latest happenings on the river,
and with each other! A new birthday catagory has
been added. If you have not registered, please
do so, and join in the fun!
In The News
Jan Edwards,
P.R.
*Jan
Edwards and Linda Wright created and finalized a
F.O.R. Brochure which promotes the river and the
organization, to be distributed at meetings,
Chambers of Commerce, and public places.
Contact any board
member if you would like to obtain Brochures.
*January-During
the month of January, no known stories were
published about the river or F.O.R. in local
publications. However, January 12, Friends of
the River San Bernard was interviewed for an
article in Image Magazine which will be
distributed statewide in the next publication.
(This magazine has historically been published
quarterly, but may now be published every other
month, so that will determine the publication
date.) The same interview may be used to create
stories for alternative magazines. In addition,
event dates were sent in to A Guide to
Brazoria County (published by The Facts
in March and used all year round by Chambers of
Commerce and the Economic Alliance. Scheduled
events were also sent to the calendars of the
Texas Co-Op Power magazine, Texas
Country Reporter, the Brazoria, Sweeny, and
West Columbia Chambers of Commerce and Texas
Highways magazine.
All F.O.R. Events now posted on
calendars at:
http://grovesite.com/page.asp?o=tamu&s=TMN&p=41672 / thank
you to Neal McLain
February-
During the month of
February, 8 stories were published about the
river or F.O.R. in The Facts,
Brazoria County News and Angleton
Times Community.
The F.O.R. Brochure which
promotes the river and the organization was
distributed in numerous locations in the
county.
One of
F.O.R.'s primary functions is to educate the
public regarding the issues concerning the
San Bernard River and it's
Communities. Contact Pat Webb
pat@sanbernardriver.com to
schedule a Guest Speaker for your group or
special event.
This
update was prepared and sent by Connie Webb,
with approval of the Board of Directors.
Visit our website
http://www.sanbernardriver.com
F.O.R. San Bernard P.O.Box 93 Brazoria.Tx. 77422
Board Of Directors:
Pat Webb
pat@sanbernardriver.com
Tom Valliere
tom@sanbernardriver.com
Nancy Kanter
nancy@sanbernardriver.com
Marie Breakiron
marie@sanbernardriver.com
Artie Burnett
artie@sanbernardriver.com
Perry Stroud
perry@sanbernardriver.com
Jan Edwards
jan@sanbernardriver.com
Bruce Barner
bruce@sanbernardriver.com
Ken Corley
ken@sanbernardriver.com
Chaney Moore
chaney@sanbernardriver.com
Bob Bailey
bob@sanbernardriver.com
Linda Wright
linda@sanbernardriver.com
Mike Demland
mike@sanbernardriver.com Teresa
Schlumpberger
teresa@sanbernardriver.com
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