At the December meeting in Seguin, the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) Board of Directors re-elected current board officers for 2012. Grace Kunde of Guadalupe County, will continue as chair, Oscar Fogle of Caldwell County as vice-chair, and Arlene Marshall of Calhoun County as secretary/treasurer.

Kunde, Fogle, and Marshall are appointees of Governor Rick Perry.

Other members of the GBRA board of directors are Rusty Brockman, Comal County; Myrna McLeroy, Gonzales County; Tommy Mathews, Kendall County; James L. Powers, Hays County; Dennis Patillo, Victoria County and Frank Pagel, Refugio County.

The GBRA was established by the Texas Legislature in 1933 as a water conservation and reclamation district. GBRA provides stewardship for the water resources in its 10-county statutory district, which begins near the headwaters of the Guadalupe and Blanco rivers, ends at San Antonio Bay, and includes Kendall, Comal, Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Gonzales, DeWitt, Victoria, Calhoun, and Refugio counties.