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COASTAL BEND SIERRA CLUB November 2008 Meeting Minutes

The Coastal Bend Sierra Club (CBSC) met on Tuesday, November 4, from 11:30 am until 1:00 pm at the Central Library, 805 Comanche St. Chairperson Pat Suter welcomed members and mentioned that minutes of the October meeting had been posted on the CBSC website. Pat then asked for the treasurer’s report from Teresa Carrillo, who reported that the checking account balance was $1411 and that three CD’s are invested at the Navy Army Credit Union.

Teresa and Pat reminded the group that the garage sale will be held on November 15 at 1002 Chamberlain St. Priced items should be brought to that address during the afternoon of the 14^th. They stated that the goal is to add $400 to the treasury. Volunteers are needed for Friday afternoon and again on Saturday morning.

In other announcements, Pat Suter stated that the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation (CBBF) awards dinner will be held at the Texas State Aquarium at 6:00 pm on November 6. Banquet tickets are $50 each and can be obtained on site prior to the dinner. Our CBSC treasurer, Teresa Carrillo, will receive the Citizen Volunteer award from CBBF this year. On November 10, CBBF’s monthly meeting program will be on the topic of carbon dioxide creation and collection.

Political chair Hal Suter reminded members to watch for the next issue of the Lone Star Sierran, which will contain the ballot for voting on members of the Lone Star Executive Committee. Coastal Bend Sierran Teresa Carrillo is running for one of the four open positions in a field of six candidates. Teresa’s election would give South Texas an additional voice in setting Lone Star’s environmental priorities.

Mina Williams and Venice Scheurich briefed members on recent developments in the area of uranium exploration and mining. They emphasized that the Alliance of Texans for Uranium Research and Action (ALTURA) was officially launched in Austin on October 8. They encouraged members to keep up with uranium news by clicking on ALTURA’s impressive new website: http://www.uraniuminfo.org
or by typing "ALTURA uranium" into Google.

Hal and Pat Suter reported on their participation in local efforts to study the proposed Las Brisas Energy Center, which would use petroleum coke and could possibly double the total pollution emissions now released by the local area’s industrial district. The company has applied for an air pollution permit from the TCEQ. Concerned local and area citizens have formed the Clean Economy Coalition to answer questions about the Las Brisas proposal. Hal represents our group in the coalition.

Member Linda May has been asked by Pat Suter to look into the possibility of CBSC’s participation in a wetland’s project near Palacios. Linda agreed and will report on this at our next meeting.

Submitted by Venice Scheurich

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COASTAL BEND GROUP

                       EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Pat Suter	852-7938	Chairman
phsuter@stx.rr.com
Mina Williams	882-1179	V.Chairman
Teresa Carrillo	361-672-4703	Treasurer
Venice Scheurich	241-4289	Secretary
Hal Suter	852-7938	Lone Star Chapter   Represent.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Recycling	993-3737	Kenn Jobe
Venice Scheurich  & Mina Williams	241-4289 882-1179	Uranium Mining
Bill Alling	289-9090	Air Quality
Kathy Griffith	578-5291	Membership/Publicity/Audubon Club Liason
Hal Suter and Mina Williams	852-7938	Political
Hal Suter	852-7938	Walks
Hal Suter Teresa Carrillo	852-7938	Representataive to Lone Star Chapter
Joyce Jarmon		Refinery Emissions & Community Advisory Council/Long Term Health Care
Edie Cosgrove		Refinery Emissions
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