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PUBLIC MEETINGSCity Council - The

Portland City Councilmeets for their regularmeetings the first and thirdTuesday of the month. Thenext regular meeting isscheduled for Oct. 16. Thecouncil meets on the sec-ond floor, at 1900 Billy G.Webb Drive.

Commissioners’ Court -The San Patricio CountyCommissioners meet at 9a.m. every Monday at theSan Patricio CountyCourthouse. Their nextmeeting is Oct. 8.

Alcoholics Anonymous -

Alcoholics Anonymousmeets at noon everyTuesday at 215 Sodville(Annex) in Sinton. For moreinformation, call 361-522-1542.

Overeaters Anonymous -The group meets at 7:30p.m. each Monday at 627 S.Houston St., Aransas Pass(First Baptist Church). Call361-882-1165 http://www.overeatersanonymus.org.

City Council - TheGregory City Council willbegin meeting the first andthird Monday’s of themonth in October, in the

City of Gregory HousingAuthority building at 6:30p.m. Special meetings willbe held in the councilchambers at a time to beannounced.

The next regular sched-uled council meeting isOct. 15, at 6:30 p.m.

School Board - TheG r e g o r y - P o r t l a n dIndependent SchoolDistrict Board meets thethird Tuesday of everymonth at the district’soffices at 608 College St.

The next regular meetingis Tuesday, Oct. 16.

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New locationT&H Sales and Service celebrated the grand re-opening of business, at the new location at 341 Highway35 in Gregory Wednesday morning, with the Portland Chamber of Commerce and many of its memberson hand to help celebrate. Pictured (l-r) are Portland Chamber of Commerce Executive Director SueZimmermann, Dick Myers, Crystal Castro, Leslie Acosta, Teri Owen, John McQuery, Marcia Tesauro, TeresaTurner (owner), Tiffany Anzaldua, Nick Turner (owner), Pat Farias, Oscar Cisneros (worker), Nathan East,Jay Wheless, Brandon Doyle (worker), Glenda Witman, and Leroy Cornelius. If you have any questionsplease let me know. POLLY TAYLOR/ News photo

Farm Bureau leadersPictured (l-r) are San Patricio County Farm Bureau President of the Board of Directors Travis Adams; GuestSpeaker Jim Sartwell, Director of Public Policy for Texas Farm Bureau and Matt Setliff, San Patricio CountyFarm Bureau Vice President of the Board of Directors. SARAH WHETSTONE / News photo

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Fewer pavement repairsand seeding were required,wich reduced the amount ofthe contract with Coym,Rehmet & GutierrezEngineering by $5,224.

The council unanimouslyapproved the change orderrequest.

DeLatte also asked thecouncil to approve two pay-ments, for the completion ofenergy efficiency and con-servation projects, retro-fitting lighting fixtures andthe heating, ventilation andair conditioning (HVAC) sys-

tem, at the CommunityCenter.

During the projects, 139light fixtures were replaced,and should reduce the city’senergy bill 10 to 12 percentover the next few years.

The council unanimouslyapproved both of DeLatte’srequests.

Portland Fire Chief TimVanlandingham asked thecouncil to considerResolution No. 657, whichwould adopt the Coastal BenMitigation Plan.

The plan is designed to

help reduce losses in thefuture from hurricanes, highwinds, flooding and drought.

The resolution wouldadopt the updated CoastalBend Mitigation Action Plan(CBMAP), which is reviewedperiodically and updated,and covers a seven countyregion. Before the State ofTexas will accept the plan, allof the participating juridic-tions and municipalitiesmust adopt it.

The city council unani-mously approved adoptionof Resolution No. 657.

control and the use of pre-scribed burns.

• We support requiringRMA adjusters to have suffi-cient experience with thecrop they are adjusting,whether by college educationor on-farm experience.

• RMA should encourageharvest incentives.

• We encourage the state todevelop a database to trackthe serial numbers of tires inorder to discourage illegaldumping.

• We support a mandatorydeposit on all new tires. Thefees should be graduatedbased on the size of the tire.

The state should also give arefund of deposit on returnedtires.

The evening’s speaker wasJames Sartwell, Director ofPublic Policy for Texas FarmBureau, headquartered inWaco, who gave a presenta-tion on the increasing diffi-culty of managing waterinfrastructure needs in Texasto support 1,000 people perday moving into the state. Hetalked about the challengesCorpus Christi-area farmersface in a growing urban andsuburban atmosphere andways modern farmers areaddressing the changing pop-

ulation landscape. He alsoaddressed the political arenaand upcoming election peri-od, noting that CongressmanBlake Farenthold was one ofonly two representatives whoreceived a perfect 100 on vot-ing record when the agencyscored politicians.

Current Directors include:Matt Setliff, Nick Pinkston,Bobby Rieder, Marvin Beyer,Dennis Brezina, ClarenceChopelas, Bob Dillon, LynnDrawe, David Krebs, AndyMiller, Troy Nedbalek,Charles Ring, WesleySchmidt, Erich Schneider andJeff Stapper.