• May 2012

    BONES IN SCHOOLS UPDATE The Houston Geological Society (HGS) has approved an initial $21,000 budget for the Bones in Schools program. We will be supplying bones to them and they will be buying murals from us for displays. We are happy to carry on Owen Hopkins’ vision to expand the Bones in Schools program to […]

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  • April 2012

    FLASH!! “BONES IN SCHOOLS” IS CONTAGIOUS! Many of you may be wondering what the status of our Bones in Schools program is since the loss of Owen Hopkins. Now that Phase Two is winding down, (Phase One was Maps in Schools), we must thank the financial contributions of our members for making “Bones” a success. […]

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  • March 2012

    JOSEPH VINCENT MCCULLOUGH 1928 – 2012 We mourn the passing of another CCGS member, Joe McCullough. Joe was a member of the “greatest generation”. He was 83 years old and a man of incredible character with unwavering values. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in San Antonio and received a BS at Texas A&M […]

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  • February 2012

    VOLUNTEERISM As part of this year’s New Year’s resolution to all the members, I suggest that a renewed commitment to the CCGS be adopted. I have talked with many members and there seems to be (several) groups within our CCGS membership. In no particular order: Category 1: These are long-time members that had been active […]

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  • January 2012

    HEADQUARTER’S OPENING A GRAND SUCCESS! The Grand Opening of the CCGS & CBGS attracted approximately 45 attendees. We had wine, beer, shrimp and sausage and everyone enjoyed themselves. We would like all members of our societies to eventually see the facility. They could contact any Board Member and we would all be accommodating. For those […]

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  • December 2011

    OPEN HOUSE at the new CCGS Headquarters I am so pleased to announce that we have completed the “move-in” to our new Headquarters. This is a first for the Society and the Coastal Bend Geophysical Society (CBGS) will also be users of this facility. Previously, our Society had ALL OF OUR STUFF in various “storage […]

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  • November 2011

      Moonlight in the Gardens – Owen Hopkins Rock Garden South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center Michael Lucente CCGS President, 2011-12

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  • October 2011

    So much news, so little space. We are coming close to a November grand opening of our new headquarters. We are seeing it shape up into our first “combined space.” Sebastian Wiedmann, Rick Paige, and I have been organizing to a compulsive degree. Let me give a little history on this move. Of course, it […]

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  • September 2011

    Welcome to the first bulletin of the Corpus Christi Geological Society for the 2011 – 2012 year. I want to thank last year’s President, Rick Paige, for his great contribution as our last year’s President. We have a great group of officers and chairpersons this year, all dedicated to doing a great job. Don’t miss […]

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