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Brazoria County
briefs for April 4, 2008
Published April
4, 2008
BRAZORIA
River group honored
The founders of Friends of the River
San Bernard, a group dedicated to
resurrecting the San Bernard River,
were honored with the Smithsonian
Institute and Dow Chemical Co.’s
Community Catalyst Award.
In the first presentation of the
award, Jan and Roy Edwards of
Brazoria won out among 200 other
applicants across the country,
Edwards said.
The couple was featured in this
month’s edition of Smithsonian
magazine. They put the $1,000 prize
toward improving the Friends of the
River Community Center along the
banks of the San Bernard. Jan
Edwards said they were able to
purchase the materials for five
well-made picnic tables.
Group members assembled and welded
the aluminum and treated-wood tables
at the center, she said.
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