April 2014

The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. April 16) will be Robert Shoup, Subsurface Consultants and Associates. His topic will be “What Are Global Temperatures Doing, and Why Are They Doing It?”

The Board voted on March 5 to give Complimentary Memberships to the following dedicated volunteers of the CCGS that have given their time to the society but do not qualify for the other categories of membership:

Dorothy Jordan – Membership Committee
Marian Wiedmann – Bulletin Editor
Linda & Jerrold Simpson – Bones in Schools
Dinah Bowman – Ice Age Mural

The CCGS documentary, “Oilmen: Tales from the South Texas Oil Patch” was shown to the San Antonio TV station KLRN audience on March 5, 2014. The movie was the largest revenue grossing film in the history of Corpus Christi based TV station KEDT.

CCGS events for April and July:

  • April 12 – Earth Day – Heritage Park
  • April 24 – CCGS/CBGS Shrimp Boil – Art Center
  • April 25 – Seismic Interpretation Class – EOG 3rd floor conference room
  • July 25 – CCGS/CBGS Fishing Tournament – Port Aransas

Nominations for CCGS officers for the 2014-15 year are still open. If you want to run for an office or know someone that may want to run for office, please let me know. We currently have candidates running for the following positions:

President – Leighton Devine President-Elect – Open Vice-President – Randy Bissell Secretary – Allison Corcoran Treasurer – Zach Corcoran

The officer election will be held at the April Meeting.

Bob Critchlow
CCGS President 2013 – 2014