Friends of the Flag
Creative Team
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Friends of Conroe
Sub-Committee
- Leo Hewitt
- Russell Miller
- Debbie Glenn
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The Sons of the Republic of Texas
Lone Star Chapter #58 |
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Bronze Sculptor |
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In 2005-2006 emerging Texas sculptor Craig Campobella burst onto the
Houston/SE Texas art scene winning 11 awards for his figurative
sculpture including BEST OF SHOW from the Houston Art Society. In
2007, he has garnered 5 more awards including 1st place in the
professional sculpture division at the Lone Star Art Guild State
Judged Show and Convention. He has received a yearly commission to
depict the roots of Texas music for the highly acclaimed "Sounds of
Texas Music Series" held in Conroe. He is currently working on his
"Texian" collection and is involved with several groups in the
planning stages of the life size bronze monument for the Lone Star
Monument and Historical Flag Park. In September The International
Channel produced a 30 minute interview featuring the work of Mr. Campobella that will be broadcast in Europe, north Africa and the
Middle East. Notable people that have currently been featured on
the broadcast include actress Lyndsay Wagner, Madonna, Millard
Fuller, Desmond Tutu and environmentalist Severn Suzuki.
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Official Photographer |
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Dave Clements is a freelance photographer who resides in Montgomery
County in the Bentwater subdivision. Dave is married, with three grown
children and four grandchildren. Dave is a 1970 graduate of Virginia
Commonwealth University with a degree in Advertising/Mass
Communications. After graduation he worked for Exxon Mobil
Corporation for 33 years in a variety of Sales, Marketing, and Human
Resources positions retiring as one of their HR managers in December,
2003. He started DWC Photography
dwcphotography.com in 2000 and among others his clients
include the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Texas Bowl, East-West Shrine
Game, Grand Prix of Houston, Gold Cup Soccer, Conroe Storm, K Star
Country Radio, and Growth Magazine. Dave is involved in the music
industry managing country singer Kevin Black, brother of Clint Black. He
is also very active in fundraising for the International Rett Syndrome
Foundation. His hobbies include golf, biking, and running having
completed three Houston Marathons.
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Web Design/Webmaster |
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Karen Strong is a Catholic married mother of seven children.
She
was born in Germany, is half Spanish, and though born abroad, has
federal citizenship through her father's then active military status.
Her mother, a native Panamanian, became a naturalized citizen of the USA
in Texas, where Karen received state recognition in the naturalization
paperwork of her mother. While not officially a citizen of the
state of Texas, she has maintained residency in Texas for nearly half
her life and currently resides within the city limits
of Conroe on seven acres. Karen has spent the last 15 years
home schooling and looks forward to the next 14 doing the same. As
part of her efforts to educate her children in Texas history and it's
Catholic origins, Karen spent three years researching Texas history,
culminating her work with a self-published
educational Catholic Texas history course for home schoolers
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Texas History for the Young Catholic. It was available in
print for seven years but due to demands of family and other factors, it
is now unavailable. Her hopes are to once again offer her
publication as an online course. Karen attended college in New
Mexico, completing four years in the area of
computer science. She has for 10 years designed and maintained
various Web presences on the Internet. Her other interests include art, reading, and theatre.
She has assisted in several plays at the Crighton Theatre
in downtown Conroe, appeared in two, and is a member of the Crighton Players' theatrical organization. Back to
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Kathleen Rowland |
Donations and Recognition
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Kathleen Rowland moved to Montgomery County after
retiring from a career in the early childhood education field. She
held a variety of positions from child care director to instructor at
San Jacinto College where she developed the Child Development program.
She later served in management positions in several not-for-profit
organizations before leaving to establish a child care resource and
referral program known as Initiatives for Children, Inc. Through
this organization, Kathleen and her staff
worked with parents, child care centers, and many Houston corporations
to improve the quality of child care throughout the city and region.
She has an annual award given in her name by the organization that is
now known as Collaboratives for Children. Kathleen has had a life long
interest in art, but only began painting in earnest after retirement.
After moving to Montgomery County and the Lake Conroe area, she became
active in the Conroe Art League where she has served in many officer
positions. She has studied with several area watercolor artists as well
as attended many workshops over the past ten
years. She has won many first place ribbons
including Best of Show and Best Floral. She just recently
completed a term as president of the Lone Star Art Guild. This
organization includes 25 art leagues in the southeast Texas
area. Kathleen has benefited artistically and personally from the
association with many fine artists throughout the area. This new project
will allow Kathleen to work with a wider
variety of artists and citizens who appreciate creative endeavors and
the enhancement of the community that is an outcome of the artistic
process. Kathleen and her husband live on Lake Conroe in the Corinthian
Point subdivision where they enjoy time to paint, fish, travel, and
entertain 11 grand children.
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Flags and Historical Accuracy |
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Jim Walker was born and raised in West Texas, Lamesa, and Pecos.
Except for a two year job transfer and three years in the Air Force,
Jim has lived in Texas all his life.
He has always been interested in the history and culture of Texas,
especially the Texas Revolution. He spent ten years in Dallas
and Conroe as an independent iceman, delivering ice to grocery
stores and around the lake. He was living in Dallas in 1963
when John Kennedy was assassinated, standing only one and a half
blocks from the spot where Kennedy was shot. His eleven pictures of
the parade, Kennedy, and several of the sites after the shooting
have been donated to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza in
Dallas, where two of them are currently displayed. His picture of
the Texas Theater is for sale in the museum gift shop, being the
only photograph in the collection ever offered for sale. In 1981,
Jim went to work for Gulf States Utilities (now Entergy) and stayed
twenty one years until his retirement in 2002. Retirement gave Jim
the opportunity to visit every major battle site in the Texas
Revolution and meet some very interesting authors and historians.
His predominate interest is Goliad and the Goliad Massacre,
considering this area of Texas History as the best kept secret in
the Texas Revolution. At Goliad, three hundred and forty two Texans
died in a revenge killing under the orders of the dictator Antonio
Lopez de Santa Anna that became part of the battle cry shouted by
Texians at San Jacinto: Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo!
Jim has given presentations to seventh graders and civic groups on
the Goliad Massacre. Every year in March, the Presidio La Bahia puts
on a reenactment of that historic event where Jim has assisted for
the past five. He is currently on the Advisory board at the presidio
to help redesign and upgrade the museum. Jim has also been
involved with the Crighton Theatre in Conroe as a member of the
Crighton Players for over thirty years. He has participated in about
80 plays both onstage and off. Since 1991, he has directed twelve
plays. Currently, Jim is on the Conroe Commission on Arts and
Culture. Back to Top
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