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March 31, 2009 City of College Station Page 1 of 3 HERITAGE PROGRAMS PROGRESS REPORT Parks & Recreation Department Anne Boykin March 1 -31, 2009 EXTERNAL Acquisitions for Project HOLD
– 733 pages scanned Note: Scanning issues have slowed us down. This high number of pages scanned is due to items being “dropped in” as PDFs and not scanned. • El Camino Real de los Tejas
meeting photos • “The King’s Highway, The Great Strategic Military Highway” by Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell, 1945 • Link to “Women in Texas History” to be placed on home page Contacts – 5 •
Julie Hostak, Grants Coordinator, City of Arlington, Texas – The City of Arlington asked if they could use our Historic Marker Application packet as a guideline for their program. •
Stephanie McMillen and Gregg Rivera, George Bush School of Government and Public Service – Are analyzing city government policies on historic preservation and will be using the City
of College Station as a model. • Brad Stafford, Navasota City Manager, interested in heritage programs on a shoestring • Wanda Colvin, Cleveland Historical Society Chairman, is interested
in starting a website for their city like Project HOLD. Presentations – 7 • March 6 – Hosted 2nd planning meeting for El Camino Real de los Tejas Committee. • March 9 – Spoke on behalf
of the Heritage Programs assistance with “100 Years of Class” event to the combined City Council and CSISD Board Meeting. • March 12 – KBTX spot on the “Morning Show” • March 16 – Presented
El Camino Real to the Honorable Randy Sims • March 18 – Exploring History Lunch Lecture Series, “Texas Aggies Go to War: In Service of their Country,” with Dr. Henry Dethloff, 81 guests,
6 comp’d (9 speaker and staff), donations $385, meal cost $790.90. • March 20-21 – Worked at the Museum of the American G.I. Open House and WWII Battle Re-Enactment. • March 25 – Hosted
first meeting of Evolution of Local Government – Focus on Women. Research Requests – 3 • Ross Delong, San Antonio – requested historical information on a vintage car he was restoring
that had had “A&M Donut Shop” painted on the side. Answer: Was able to document the original owner, address of shop, and next owners of shop and vehicle • Cody Welch, home school high
school student –Won an award from History Fair and is pursuing another level of award. His topic: Earl Rudder. Wanted interviews with Dr. Henry Dethloff , Col. Jim Woodall and Tom Turbiville.
Answer: Gave out contact info on Dethloff, Woodall and Turbiville. Also suggested the Honorable Tom
March 31, 2009 City of College Station Page 2 of 3 McDonald whose father was instrumental in advising Rudder on admitting women to A&M. Also recommended several items in Project HOLD
and secured a DVD of “Golden Memories” which has an interview with Mrs. Margaret Rudder. Also put him in touch with Bud Rudder. • Laurie Virkstis -I am considering a move to College
Station and would like to know where to start looking for a home in preservation sensitive neighborhoods. Are there any tax incentives for making improvements to properties ID'd as "historic?"
Answer: Gave her a brief rundown on our newly formed Landmark Commission and referred her to Hillary Jessup. Publicity –1 mailing; 2 articles; 16 viewings • Sent email to Heritage Programs
database and media contacts regarding the Exploring History Lunch Lecture Series. • Exploring History Lunch Lecture Series date and topic appeared in “The Eagle” numerous times in the
calendar • Project HOLD screenshot was used to illustrate an article in the Texas Historical Commission magazine, April/May 2009 edition (This will be the issue featured at the THC Conference
in April.) • Article appeared in “The Eagle” following the Exploring History Lunch Lecture Series featuring “Texas Aggies Go to War” and Dr. Henry Dethloff • Exploring History Lunch
Lecture showing on CSTV-19 on Tuesdays, 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. Oral History Interviews – 9 • Charles Gross , Fire Control Technician USN, 1966-1968, served on the USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 • Toby
Chandler ‘55 – Secret Service, Presidential Detail from Eisenhower through Reagan • Gerry Hince • Howard Nash –MP USA 1967 – 1969 • Eldon Gurley – USMC 1945 – 1946 • Dana Reynard – USA
1977-1981 • Capt. Luke Reynard – USA 1st Air Cav Brigade • Harold Federwisch – MP USA • Linda Libasci – USA 1974-2003 Publications –2 • Wrote two articles for Public Communications to
use in an upcoming magazine publication • Wrote the Proclamation read by Mayor White to the CSISD on their upcoming “100 Years of Class” celebration Historic Markers – 0 • Currently,
85 Historic Home Markers, 8 Building Markers and 2 Historic Subject Markers
March 31, 2009 City of College Station Page 3 of 3 Community Outreach -6 • March 9 – Attended Brazos County Historical Commission meeting. • March 11 – Attended Brazos Valley Veterans
Memorial Board meeting • March 25 – Attended Burleson County presentation in Caldwell by Dr. Al McGraw, author of “El Camino Real Historic Survey” for TxDOT • March 28 – Worked with
the Big Event students to paint the historic street markers • March 30 – Attended the Medal of Honor Ceremony at the Corps Center honoring 2nd Lt. Lloyd “Pete” Hughes, ’43. • March 31
– Attended Historic Preservation meeting hosted by City of Bryan INTERNAL Intern –0 hours No intern at this time. Volunteers – 14 hours • Meredith Waller – Scanning (1.25) • Susan Irza
– Scanning (4.75) • Jessica Bunyavong – Scanning (2.0) • Earl Apgar – Painting street markers (3.5) • Colleen Risinger – Scanning (2.5) Equipment Status -• Skittles (large format scanner)
– Up and running • FiFi (NEW Fujitsu 6230 desktop scanner) – Out of commission • FuFu (old Fujitsu 6230 scanner) – Up and running but very slow • PastPerfect Software – In progress KUDOS
WOW!!! I'm really impressed. There is no way they pay you enough. I could not find even a mention of the donut shop after 2 weeks of searching on the internet. You have been able to
find the address, owners, and time frame of this "mythical" place. Thank you so much. Again, thank you. I look forward to hearing more of "the rest of the story"..... Ross Delong, A&M
Donut Shop vehicle owner, San Antonio What a delight to hear back from you with such great info about College Station! All of it is most appreciated. I look forward to visiting, interviewing,
and hopefully moving to CS. I will keep you posted on my outcome. Previously, I also served on the City of Austin -Board of Adjustment (granting /denying variances) for many years and
appreciate the fine work that you are doing for the City of College Station. I look forward to meeting you in the future. Laurie Virkstis, Austin, Texas I love your post cards. Mark
McAuliffe, Land Agent, City of CS I love looking at the flyer/postcards that you create! They are great! Jennifer Prochazka, Senior Planner, City of CS GREAT program on Friday. Thanks
for inviting me! The broadness of the areas represented is a huge deal so I think this is a big step forward for all of the interested parties. Fran Lamb, Brazos Heritage Society Thank
you for providing these wonderful lectures to our community. Melanie Welch, home school teacher