MARCH NEWS 2001
       
         GLOBAL WARMING - WHAT MUST BE DONE by Pat Suter - see Feb. 2001 News
          Environmentalists Are Worried  by Pat Suter 
          Packery Channel News:  See September News& SIGN THE PETITION FOR A VOTE. Check
               a copy of The Observer for a list of locations.
            CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DOUBLE STANDARD READY TO UNFOLD by Pat Suter - see November News
        ABOUT THE ELECTION by Bill Alling
         KEMPS RIDLEY TURTLE UPDATE by Mina Williams &Venice Scheurich
         The Corpus Christi Experiment VX Nerve Agent Disposal by Bill Alling
                  Should This City Be the Waste Dump
              for Chemical Weapons Residue?? 
                Bill Alling's Letter to The Caller-Times
            COASTAL DEVELOPMENT by Pat Suter
           Email Paul Hammerschmidt to facilitate proposed Southern Closure Regulations   
             Governor George Bush: His Environmental Legacy by Pat Suter
             EARTH DAY 2000 by Pat Suter

PLEASE EMAIL SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON TO EXPRESS YOUR UNFAVORABLE OPINION
ON HER BILL TO DO BEACH RESTORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT BY DREDGING PACKERY CHANNEL

      
                                        COASTAL BEND GROUP

Next Meeting: Tuesday March  20, 2001

• The next meeting is scheduled for March 20, and will be held at the
  Art Community Center as usual.
  TOPIC: BILL ALLING: DISCUSS ENERGY CONSERVATION
  Art Community Center, 100 Shoreline
  Lunch 11:15; Business meeting, 12:15 p.m.
  (You may bring your lunch to the business meeting if your
  time is limited.)
  
• COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR
  
  This group is very involved in the Packery Channel dredging proposal.   
  Because of the time factor, the Garage Sale scheduled for March 31 will be
  postponed until April.  So keep collecting your stuff.  Hopefully, a
  newsletter will get printed by the end of March or early next month.
  
  
• MINUTES OF MEETING JANUARY 16 by Frank Hankins, Secretary
  
  The meeting convened at 12:30 pm with 14 members in attendance. Some items
  discussed were:

  Garage Sale was tentatively set for Saturday, March 31.
  Please save items.

  Shrimp and turtle issues. Mina Williams reported
  that the U.S. has finally signed on to an international treaty requiring
  shrimp boats to use turtle excluder devices.

  Recycling: Ken Jobe said
  that a tribute is being planned for former member, the late Janet Harte, at
  the library named for her in Flour Bluff to co-inside with EARTH DAY. She and
  Joan Allison organized the recycling effort in Corpus Christi in 1990.

  Water: The city of Corpus Christi is trying to modify water releases to
  Nueces Bay. The proposal is being discussed at the Nueces Bay Advisory
  Committee and will finally be presented to the City Council and the Texas
  Natural Resources Committee for action.

 

• DATES TO PLAN FOR:

   

                                          COASTAL BEND GROUP
  

  • EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

           * Pat Suter                   852-7938              Chairman
              PHSUTER@aol.com

           * Randy Berryhill        883-0586        Vice Chairman

           * Judy Tor                  241-2605                Treasurer

           * Frank Hankins          991-4637               Secretary
  

  •   COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
    
    * Henry Berryhill     883-0586            Conservation
    
    * Elaine Giessel       578-5291            Conservation (mid coast)
     
    * Randy Berryhill    883-0586             Membership
    
    * Ken Jobe             993-3737             Recycling
    
    * Edith Cosgrove   241-2960             Air Quality
    
    * Frank Hankins     991-4637             Coastal
    
    * Cheryl McGrath                                 Web Master
      csmcgrath@earthlink.net
    

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