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Council. Minutes of PEDC Regular Meeting August 22, 2001 Page 5 Mr. Vest reported on a meeting with the Silgan people as they were in a situation of closing down some machinery and shipping it out. He advised that he met with Dwayne Burch and Dale Routton to see if there was anything that PEDC could do to keep that machinery working here in Paris. Mr. Vest said one of the things he did find out was that to replace one piece of machinery would cost about five million dollars, and Silgan needed three machines. Mr. Vest advised that Mr. Burch said he was going to talk to the Silgan people and come back with some ways that PEDC could help them retain some of their workforce. Mr. Vest said that part of the discussion with Mr. Burch was about how PEDC can help to expand the plant, not only to provide products for Campbell Soup, but to provide products to other Silgan plants. Director Wall said another problem is the transportation issue. He was in Austin last week and had people working on a solution to this problem. Mr. Vest reported that the staff is working on a postcard. They plan to take a picture ora tombstone in Evergreen Cemetery at night time and use it to design a postcard. There will be this tombstone and a company name on it; but on the back, they will put terminology about high energy cost, the lack of available kilowatts, and things of that nature, with a statement such as, %houldn't you consider Paris, Texas?" Mr. Vest said thirty two thousand of these postcards will be mailed into California. Mr. Vest said they were in the process of updating their website and they were wondering if the Board Members would like that type of exposure. Eric thought about possibly having the Board Members' photographs and information about them placed on the web. President Rhodes told Mr. Vest that it was totally up to him. Director Guest suggested using a video on the website. A discussion ensued concerning the insuring of buildings such as Oliver