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Annual Meeting & Election of Directors Held
Posted on Sep 15th, 2019
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FOR President Kirk Wardlaw may tell a different tale of tangling with a sailfish but the one jumping over his head at the FOR Annual Meeting is probably the closest he’s ever gotten to landing one. That's a door prize raffle ticket he's holding, winners are pictured below
President Wardlaw welcomed the over-fifty crowd (age and number) attending the meeting held at Dido’s Restaurant. He also introduced the FOR Board of Directors including Mike Goodson, George Harris, Gary Kersh, Brett McManus, Vanessa Taylor, Elena Berger Vazques and Linda Wright.
Meeting speakers included two Brazoria County Commissioners, one Coastal Programs Manager and one Port CEO
 Donald Dude Payne
Brazoria County Commissioner
Precinct 1
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 David Linder
Brazoria County Commissioner
Precinct 4
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Chris Sallese
Coastal Programs Mgr,
Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation
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Commissioners Payne and Linder and Chris Sallese reported discouraging news about timing of reopening of the mouth. The Army Corp of Engineers is saying there is a major shortage of dredges due to the 2019 flooding of the Mississippi River area that will probably cause a delay of work starting on the mouth. Sallese said it in all probability it will push back the Spring dredging to Fall of next year.
 Phyllis Saathoff
Executive Director/CEO, Port Freeport
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 Suzanne Goodson
Fundraiser Auction Chairman
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 Leanne & Doug Finlayson
Port Freeport Gift Basket Winner
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It was during Port Freeport CEO Phyllis Saathoff’s discussion of the port’s planned $295 million dredging project to deepen the port, that she mentioned the ro-ro (roll on - roll off) vessel The Golden Ray. It had overturned in the shipping channel off the coast of Georgia. It had recently paid a visit to the Port of Freeport. Saathoff stated that dredging Port Freeport to a deeper depth would not only make it the deepest Port in Texas but safer for larger vessels like the Golden Ray.
Upon completion of speaker messages, the two new FOR Director nominees, David Roquemore and John Swanson, spoke briefly about their history on the river and their goals for the FOR organization. Meeting attendees voted unanimously for them and the three Directors, Kevin Henry, Gary Kersh and Brett McManus who are returning for another three year term.
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