Calhoun County runway grant study to be reviewed at GCCOG meeting
The Golden Crescent Council of Governments executive committee will review a grant request for Calhoun County Airport reconstructing runway taxiway and apron with 315 000 federal 50 000 state funds and 55 000 county participation. Also on the agenda are multiple grant applications regional plans and advisory committee appointments.
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Calhoun County
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
la Salle
Victoria Bank and Trust
Texas Airport Systems
San Antonio State Hospital
Texas Commission On Alcoholism
Criminal Justice Division
GCCOG
Island status discussed at Houston meeting
Houston lawmakers and officials including Rep Joe Wyatt Col Sid Ward and Calhoun Chamber president attend a 7 p m meeting at the San Jacinto Lung Association Auditorium to review Matagorda Island status The program lists Marcus Nelson Frank Johnson and Mark Goseen among participants as the DoD considers an air base disposal following the November base closure decision by the Armed Services Committee in the House
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Joe Wyatt
D-Bloomington
Sid Ward
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
Matagorda Island
Citizens Environmental Coalition of Houston
San Jacinto Lung Association
Dallas St
Marcus C. Nelson
Albuquerque N.M
U.S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Frank Johnson
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Mark Goseen
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Department of Defense
Armed Services Committee
House
Matagorda Island to be subject of organization of Representatives
Matagorda Island may come under a new organizational review by Representatives. If the disposal order is approved, the General Services Administration would assume control of disposition. The Interior Department is believed to be involved in the process.
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Matagorda Island
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Interior
GSA
State of Texas
Shrimp Dispute at Port O Connor Reaches Court
A small claims case filed by Vonnie Lewis against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was heard before Justice of the Peace James Dworaczyk. The suit claimed officials declared a load of shrimp abandoned and seized it from the docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port O’connor
Vonnie Lewis
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Justice of the Peace
James Dworaczyk
Lewis
Department
Food futures involve leaves fish and single cell protein
For years tales warned of global hunger as crops fail. Now scientists say when traditional crops wane we will feed on leaves fish oil seeds and single cell protein. Research expands options and new products to sustain the world’s food supply.
Single Cell Protein Faces Future Food Supply
The article discusses diet for astronauts and the rising importance of protein in food business. It explains micro organisms like bacteria producing protein dried into single cell protein, led by a French team. Organisms can grow on petroleum paraffin wax, with plants making hundreds of thousands of tons yearly, signaling global production growth. The writer jokes about solving the world food crisis and eating a hamburger.
Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures and Showers
Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with isolated afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers. Southerly winds 8 to 16 mph, gusty at times. Highs in the low 90s, nights in the upper 70s. 20 percent precipitation chance later today tonight and Saturday. Recreation forecast notes southeast winds 12 to 20 knots with isolated showers. Seas 4 to 8 ft, then 1 to 3 or 5 ft Saturday night. Tides list today’s low tide at 6:53 p.m. high at 3:00 a.m. low at 10:51 a.m. and low at 9:39 p.m.
Calhoun County Court Meets Monday for Space Fee Talks
Commissioners' Court sets regular meeting Monday at 1 p.m. in Port Lavaca. Items include revising utility and janitorial charges for county buildings, renewing the USDA APHIS space agreement for the Agriculture Building, an agreement with the Texas Department of Public Welfare for Annex space, and permits for Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority pipeline work on county roads. Real estate purchase discussed in closed session.
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Calhoun County Commissioners’ Court
Port Lavaca
U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
Calhoun County
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Annex
Guadalupe-Blanco
Texas farmers to receive acreage and production survey
About 24 700 Texas farmers including Calhoun County residents will get an acreage and production questionnaire from Charles Caudill, Agricultural Statistician. The survey determines harvested acreage and production of early crops for Texas and each county. Returns are requested by mail with confidentiality maintained. the survey is a joint effort of USDA’s Statistical Reporting Service and the Texas Department of Agriculture.
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Texas
Calhoun County
Charles Caudill
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Austin
USDA
Statistical Reporting Service
Texas Department of Agriculture
Student tour of Germany enriches study with music and history
Dallas music major Charles Coward and six classmates plus two Southwestern University teachers toured Germany for three weeks. They visited Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg, Bayreuth, Bayreuth Wagner sites, Rothenburg, Ludwig II castles, Ettal Monastery, Oberammergau potential, Garmisch, Mittenwald, Lindau and St Gall Switzerland. The trip mixed opera, concerts, history, and Bavarian landscapes, ending with a return to Munich and homeward bound.
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Charles Coward
Richard Wagner
Germany
Richard Strauss
Nuremberg
Bamburg
Wurzburg
Bayreuth
Wagner
Wagner Opera Theater
Charles
Rothenburg
Herrgottskercke
Tilman Riemenschneider
Bavarian Alps
Fussen
Ludwig II
Neuschwanstein
Hohenschwangau
Nymphenburg
Linderhof
Ettal
Oberammergau
Die Wies
Garmisch
Zugspitze
Mittenwald
Lindeau
Bodensee
Switzerland
St. Gall
Munich
Port Lavaca Council to Hear Gas Rate Hike and Dog O
The Port Lavaca City Council will hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the City Hall Annex to first read three ordinances including a dog at large ban, and consider an Houston Natural Gas rate increase without advisory input. Other items include sewer maintenance for Brookhollow, lot condition complaints, Disaster Aid, and appointments to housing and electrical boards.
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Port Lavaca
City Hall Annex
Paul Gary
Daryl Smith
The
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
Citizens’ Advisory
Brookhollow
Livingston
Alamo Heights
Georgetown
Renner named Alcoa head in board shakeup
William B. Renner, 54, vice president sales mill products since 1973, was elected president and director of Aluminum Company of America. W. H. Krome George, 57, was elected chairman, succeeding John D. Harper as chair. Harper remains director and chair of the executive committee. Three new executive vice presidents were named Marvin E. Gantz Jr., Frederick C. Irving Jr., and T. H. Kerry. Ronald Hoffman and Fred J. Resch received officer roles. George and Renner outlined long histories with Alcoa and noted promotions across mill products and allied fields.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
W.H. Krome George
Alcoa
John D. Harper
William B. Renner
George
Marvin E. Gantz Jr
Frederick C. Irving Jr
T.H. Kerry
Ronald Hoffman
Fred J. Resch
Gantz
George Said
Renner
Wittenberg University
Middletown
Ohio
New York
Garden City
N.Y
Newark
N.J
Cincinnati
Eastern Field Sales
Cheir
Seadrift board probes eight tax valuations
Eight Seadrift residents appeared before the Board of Equalization to challenge home valuations for this year. The panel agreed to visit four residences to check for unfair assessments, noting improvements and mobile homes affected values. The city taxes 75 percent of assessed value with a $1.50 per $100 rate. funds may be used to improve drainage.
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Seadrift
Board of Equalization
Glen Cunningham
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Attorney General's Office
Parks and Wildlife Committee
Texas House
Senate
Wyatt
Dick Fisher
Commissioners Court
Dallas
Southwestern University
Cologne
Astoria
Schwabing
Die Meistersinger
Bavarian State Opera
Munich Philharmonic
Alven Berg
Stanley Smith
Charles Just
Bavaria
Alcoa Head
Equalization Board
San Antonio
Jerry Amason
Amason
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