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Saturday, December 27, 2014
WEEKEND EDITION
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for Excelerate to move forward,”
Hausmann said in a press release.
The decision by Exelerate,
Hausmann said, took him by surprise.
“The current liquefaction market
in North America, specifically the U.S.
Gulf of Mexico, is becoming saturated
with the number of projects approved
or under construction, exceeding the
global demand for U.S.-sourced LNG,”
he added.
Excelerate announced in October
2012 that the $2.1 billion project
would have been the country’s first
LNG export facility The project was
to include a Floating Liquefaction
Storage and Offloading vessel, or
FLSO, that would have been fabricated
in South Korea and then be brought
by barge to the United States with
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Members of the Port of Port
Lavaca-Point Comfort announced
Tuesday that natural gas export
facility will no longer be headed to
Calhoun County
The port was notified Dec. 16 that
Excelerate Energy, L.P. has chosen to
“suspend all activities” regarding the
Lavaca Bay liquid natural gas (LNG)
project, said Port Director Charles
Hausmann.
“Despite having made excellent
progress in the development of the
project, Excelerate has at this time
determined that the Lavaca Bay
LNG Project no longer meets the
financial criteria necessary in order
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After more than 10 years
of service as the Calhoun
County clerk, Anita Fricke is
passing down the role at the
beginning of next year.
Fricke became county
clerk in 2003, but the road to
office was a long one. After
graduating from high school
in Edna, Fricke moved to
Calhoun County in 1966 and
began working for the clerks
shortly after.
“I started doing part
time work for the clerk at
that time who was Mary Lois
McMahan,” Fricke said. “My
husband (Michael Fricke)
had been elected as the first
county court at law judge, so
he had to close his law office
and he came on up to the
second floor to set up court
since there wasn’t one at that
time. I helped him until he got
his court reporter.
“I knew Ms. McMahan
because I used to work for
a title company across the
street. That was my first job,
it was across the street with
the title company, and so she
knew I had done some title
work with real estate, and she
asked me if I wanted to work
part time and I said sure. In
about 1987, she hired me full
time, and I was here with her.
The office got pretty busy with
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members approved an agreement
with the company for the funding
of an study done by the US. Army
Corps of Engineers. The study was
an assumption of maintenance for
the widening and deepening the
Matagorda Ship Channel.
Hausmann said by phone Tuesday
that it is “too soon to tell” what impact
this will have on port operations.
“Right now it’s too soon to tell.
We’re financially stable and don’t need
the project to continue to operate,
but we will need more time to see
how this will affect the port and it’s
operations,” Hausmann said. “There
is no effect on what we currently do.”
Attempts to reach Excelerate
representatives by phone were not
returned as of press time this week.
Acts of vandalism at the
Russell Cain Real Estate office
could potentially cost the
business thousands of dollars
in revenue, according to the
owner.
Last Friday, employees of
the real estate office located
at the 200 block of North
Highway 35 were unable to
turn on any electronics that
morning and an Internet
connection could not be
established, said Cain.
According to the incident
report provided by the Port
Lavaca Police Department,
Cain informed PLPD Officer
James Alderete that the
power to the building had
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You are in a rush and fast
food is the only alternative for
breakfast. A male McDonald’s
employee takes your order of
an Egg McMuffin and a coffee.
Once the order is complete,
this same male voice says,
“Have a magical day”
James Dunnell, 30, of
Port Lavaca, believes in
magic.
Magic as an adjective is
defined as something that is
“wonderful or exciting.”
Dunnell, who has
worked the drive through at
McDonald’s of Port Lavaca
since 2011, does not let a
customer drive off without
James Dunnell, of Port Lavaca,
takes customers orders
at the McDonald’s drive
through and ends most of the
transactions with the phrase,
“Have a magical day.” (Melony
Overton/Wave photo)
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land-based construction also taking
place at the port. The project was to be
completed by December 2017.
In March 2013, the Calhoun
Port Authority board approved an
option to lease with Excelerate for
approximately 25 acres located on
the south peninsula parallel to an 85-
acre option that had previously been
approved by the board.
During that same month,
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission held a public scoping
meeting, and in August, the Point
Comfort board voted to allow
surveying on city property along FM
1493 in preparation for a pipeline that
would run from close to Edna to the
port.
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Chris Hines, 42, of Lee’s
Summit, Mo., is the new Port
Lavaca Chamber of Commerce
director.
Hines’ official first day is
Jan. 5.
“I had the chance to look
at places with potential and
a place where I would like to
live for the next 10 years, and I
looked at Port Lavaca,” Hines
said. “Port Lavaca is the kind
of place I feel is untapped, but
I don’t think it’s been because
of a lack of excitement or
motivation on the part of the
chamber board. It is a board
who is ready to get moving,
and you can’t ask for anything
more than that as a chamber
leader.”
Hines feels Port Lavaca is
ready for growth.
“Communities all over
the country have challenges,
not just Port Lavaca, but its
assets are its access to a large
population base, education
and quality of life factors.
Folks all around the country
are moving away from the big
metros to small towns that
have these amenities,” he said.
Chris Wall, chamber
board president, said Hines
brings chamber experience,
enthusiasm and excitement to
the position of director.
“He (Hines) will do a great
job promoting the chamber
and creating value for its
current members and future
members,” Wall said. “He will
bring new ideas and different
ways of doing things. He is not
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French, Tania. The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 27, 2014, newspaper, December 27, 2014; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1301403/m1/1/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.