Kenny Stanley (in Scooter) & PALS (Peer
Assistant Leadership)
Bruce, his son and a friend
from Austin High School in Ft. Bend County
Thank You Notes
By Teresa Schlumpberger
Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors for
Friends Of the River (F.O.R.) San Bernard, we
are proud to announce that because of the efforts of all
our friends, the San Bernard River is cleaner by
(best guess estimate) 32,200 pounds of trash and heavy
debris. We all came back from the clean-up safe and now
live and play on a safer, cleaner river. That could not
have been accomplished without the help each of you
willingly gave the river - and there were 214 of you
with 57 different boats of all sizes and shapes. Last
year, 164 volunteers with 53 boats cleaned up 26,000
pounds of trash from the San Bernard River and
its banks.
But we would be remiss without sending out a special
thanks to David Pope for coordinating the event and the
following companies, law enforcement, state and county
agencies and friends who went out of their way to make
the clean-up an unqualified success!
Thank you (in no special order) friends:
ConocoPhillips,
BEARS, Republic Waste, Keep Texas
Beautiful, Quality Copier, Dido’s,
2J’s Café and Marina, the Brazoria Co. Sheriff’s
Dept. Marine Unit, Brazoria Co. Health Dept. –
Environmental, Brazoria Co. Parks Dept.,
Texas Parks and Wildlife – Law Enforcement Marine Unit,
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. – Fisheries,
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Nelson and
Vanessa Taylor (who hosted the thank you dinner and
worked on the Heavy Debris Team), Tommy Davidson
and his tractor, Peggy Davidson and her cooking for the
Heavy Debris Team; Mickey Goolsby, Larry Vasek,
Bob Bartosh and Billy Bob (who cooked for the
appreciation dinner); Gail Brinson, Emily Brinson, Mike
Demland, Roy Edwards, Jan Edwards, Darrell Powell, David
Hooker, Bob Bartosh, Larry Vacek, Gene Davis, Marilyn
Shockley, Neal Graham, Larry Cavaness, Bob Bailey, Mack
Minshew, Daniel Aplin, Terry Brown (Brazoria Councilman
who donated the soft drinks for the event), and Louie
and Chinna Yaklin (who donated a Port-a-let to F.O.R.).
And to every person who donated time, effort, gasoline -
THANK YOU! Together, this community has accomplished
something to be proud of and our beloved river is better
for all your efforts!
