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In the spring of 1987, Bob
Phillips, television host for
"Texas Country Reporter,"
stumbled upon one of the few
remaining cable suspension
bridges in Texas. The bridge
spanned the Colorado River
near the ghost town of Regency
between Goldthwaite and
San Saba. When he began
using the Regency Bridge
in the opening of his show,
Phillips said people began call-
ing to find its whereabouts.
The phones, he said, "have not
stopped ringing since." The
Dallas Morning News reports
since August the bridge has been
closed for more than $1 million
in repairs, forcing ranchers and
tourists on both sides of the river
to drive 40 miles out of their way.
The 1939 structure reopened last
month in grand style as bands
from area schools lined the banks
of the river to play the "Texas
Country Reporter" theme song
while Bob Phillips once again
drove his Suburban across
Regency Bridge. "What once
was merely a functional bridge
for ranchers now is a tourist
attraction," The News said.
F A C E S
Linda Fort was selected as new
executive director of the Lub-
bock C&VB. Linda previously
served as vice president of
tourism for the Denver Metro
C&VB, where she directed all
tourism marketing efforts. She
began her tourism career in
Kerrville, working ten years as
sales and marketing manager and
general manager in the hotel
industry. Welcome Linda back
to Texas by calling 806/747-
5232. Or send her an email at
lfort@lubbocklegends.com.
The Texas Association of
Convention and Visitor
Bureaus let us know about a
few other new faces. Jim Clark,
formerly of the Tampa/HilLs-borough C&VB, has joined the
Irving C&VB as its executive
director.... David Lee is the
new president and CEO of the
Brownsville C&VB.... Don
Raulie, previously with the Hot
Springs Advertising and Promo-
tion Commission, has accepted
the position of director at the
Laredo C&VB.... Rebecca
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SVX. 0FORECAST OF SHOWERS The Texas
Coastal Bend Regional Tour-
ism Council reports several
Coastal Bend communi-
ties will share nearly
$432,000 in federal
grants that will help pay
- - for projects ranging from sea-
walls to showers. Work beginsthis summer to improve beaches in
Aransas, Kleberg and Nueces counties.Ybarra was promoted to director
of the San Marcos C&VB....
Pam Fitch was selected as
director of the Nacogdoches
C&VB.
W I L D L I F E
An expansive, two-acre wooded
area near the heart of the Fort
Worth Zoo became the home of
American bison, Mexican wolves
and wild turkeys with the open-
ing last month of Thundering
Plains. The exhibit focuses on
the struggle for survival faced by
native wildlife. The Mexican
wolf once roamed throughout
northern Mexico, the southern
regions of Arizona and New
Mexico, and West Texas. Now
there are fewer than 200 Mexican
wolves in captivity and none in
the wild. The zoo, which partici-
pates in a national Species
Survival Plan, hopes to help bring
back this species from the brink
of extinction. The American
bison, on the other hand, repre-
sents one of the nation's most
successful conservation efforts.
The Fort Worth Zoo is currently
working to help 34 endangered
species through American Zoo
and Aquarium Association
Species Survival Plans. Open
daily on Colonial Parkway. Call
17/87 1-7050 for more info.EVENTS
Douglas Granville Chandor
of England was already an inter-
nationally acclaimed portraitist
when he fell in love and married
a woman named Ina from
Weatherford. They settled in
Ina's hometown in the early
1930s, where Chandor created a
living masterpiece of Chinese and
English gardens in tribute to his
young wife. When Charles
and Melody Bradford bought
the Chandor home in 1994, the
only thing left of the gardens
were a few old trees. With a
handful of color photographs to
go by, the Bradfords lovingly
restored the gardens to their orig-
inal splendor, a project that took
four years. The Chandor
Celebration, April 24 through
June 27, will showcase the 3.5
acres of formal gardens with its
waterfalls, fountains, grottoes
and an English bowling green.
Twenty of Chandor's paintings
will be on view in Texas Hall on
the Weatherford College campus.
An extensive collection of memo-
rabilia can be seen at the city
library in Heritage Gallery.
Chandor Gardens are also open
Sunday afternoons, March 1
through November 14, and at
other times by appointment.
For details, call 817/0 13- 1700.i
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