PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release Contact: Ann Galassi

February 28, 2006 Sabine River Authority of Texas

(409) 746-2192

Governor Perry Appoints Mathews to

SRA Board of Directors

(Orange, TX) Governor Rick Perry recently announced the appointment of Stanley N. (Stan) Mathews of Pinehurst, Texas to the Sabine River Authority of Texas Board of Directors. The appointment is for a six-year term to expire July 6, 2011.

Mr. Mathews owns and operates Mathews Jewelers, Inc., first established in Orange, Texas in 1984 and expanded to Beaumont in 2002. Born and raised in Orange as the son of J. L. and Laverne Mathews, he is very active in his community. He has served as Board Member, Vice President of Economic Development and Life Ambassador for the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Mathews was named Small Business Person of the Year in 1997. He previously served as a school board member of Little Cypress Mauriceville ISD and as an advisory board member for Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital. Mr. Mathews is currently the secretary of the Texas Jewelers Association, a member of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Lamar University Cardinal Club Board of Directors and a 20 year member of the Orange Rotary Club. In his leisure time, he enjoys golf, fishing and travel. Stan and his wife, Linda, have two children Mandy and Clay and one grandchild Vincent and reside in Pinehurst, Texas.

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The Sabine River Authority of Texas is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors appointed by the Governor of Texas. Board members of the Sabine River Authority are leaders in their communities and must reside in a county connected to the basin. Created by the Legislature in 1949, the Sabine River Authority is an official agency of the State of Texas. The Authority was created as a conservation and reclamation district with responsibilities to control, store, preserve, and distribute the waters of the Sabine River and its tributary streams for useful purposes.

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