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Join Channel 11 and the Texas General Land Office for Adopt-A-Beach
11:35 AM CDT on Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Join Channel 11 and the Texas General Land Office for Adopt-A-Beach, a community cleanup effort to help keep Texas beaches clean. Adopt-A-Beach is set for April 28 at nine coastal sites in the Houston area. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and cleanup will be from 9 a.m. to noon.
Channel 11, caring for our community in the Spirit of Texas.
Nine coastal sites in the Houston area
•Horsepen Bayou—Harris County
Check-in: Clear Lake High School, 2929 Bay Area Blvd.
Contact: Steve Moncla, 409-789-5717 (daytime), 281-291-8641 (evening)
steve.moncla@texasadoptabeach.org
•Bolivar Peninsula—Galveston County
Check-in: Chamber of Commerce, 1760 Highway 87 at Crystal Beach, about 11 miles from ferry landing
Contact: Joyce Kennedy, 409-684-2992
joyce.kennedy@texasadoptabeach.org
Or Susan Free, 409-684-3721
susan.free@texasadoptabeach.org
•League City-Galveston County
Check-in: Walter Hall Park at the boat ramp, Hwy. 3
Contact: Rex Ward, 281-910-8774
•The John M. O’Quinn I-45 Estuarial Corridor—Galveston County
Check-in: Exit 6 off I-45 at Reitan Point
Contact: Evangeline Whorton, Chairman, Scenic Galveston and Friends of the Estuary, 979-234-2096, 409-744-7431, 409-789-4996 (Cell)
evangeline.whorton@texasadoptabeach.org
*Designated estuary sites—please call for reservations.
•Galveston Island—Galveston County
Check-in: Menard Park, 27th & Seawall Blvd.
Contact: Gary Schero, 409-762-3363
gary.schero@texasadoptabeach.org
•Surfside—Brazoria County
Check-in: Stahlman Park, C.R. 257 (Bluewater Highway)
Contact: Denise Grier, Brazoria County Parks Department,
979-864-1541
denise.grier@texasadoptabeach.org
•Quintana, Bryan Beach—Brazoria County
Check-in: Quintana Beach County Park, 5th Street
Contact: Rich Tillman, 979-864-1564
rich.tillman@texasadoptabeach.org
•Sargent Beach, Bay City—Matagorda County
Check-in: Sargent Beach entrance
Contact: Lamar Brown, 979-244-8806
lamar.brown@texasadoptabeach.org
Or Jim Freeman, 979-245-4281
•Matagorda Beach—Matagorda County
Check-in: Matagorda Jetty Park
Contact: Peggy Stanley, 979-863-2920, 979-216-6016 (Cell)
peggy.stanley@texasadoptabeach.org
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