NEWS

JANUARY 2010                             

TVE BOARD CHANGES

THE TRINITY VALLEY EXPOSITION BOARD OF DIRECTORS SET THEIR DATES FOR THIS YEARS FAIR AND RODEO AND MOVED THOSE DATES TO ONE WEEK LATER THAN RECENT YEARS. THE NEW DATES FOR THE MAIN WEEK IS OCTOBER 19^TH THROUGH THE 23^RD. AT THEIR REGUALR MONTHLY MEETING THE TVE TRUSTEES ALSO HELD THEIR ANNUAL BOARD ELECTION. THEIR MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. THREE ACTIVE MEMBERS TVE TRUSTEES WERE RE-ELECTED - CHIP GREEN OF CLEVELAND, BRADY HANSON OF DAYTON AND MANDI SIMEON OF LIBERTY ALL EARNED NEW 2- YEAR TERMS. SINCE THREE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAD REACHED THEIR MAXIMUM PERIOD OF SERVICE THREE NEW MEMBERS WILL JOIN THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY. THOSE ARE ERNIE PICKETT OF HARDIN, JIM BOB EVANS. OF DEVERS, AND CLINT FANCHER OF ANAHUAC. THE BOARD ALSO CHOSE A SUPER LONG TIME ACTIVE TVE VOLUNTEER, DENNIS THRELKELD, AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. THRELKELD HAS SERVED IN EVERY CAPACITY OF TVE SERVICE. HE HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER, A COMMITTEE MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER, THEN HE HAS BEEN GENERAL MANAGER, AND PRESIDENT…NOW HE BRINGS THAT EXPERIENCE TO SERVE AS BOARD CHAIR.. REPEATING THE BOARD SET DATES FOR THE 20-10 TRINITY VALLEY EXPOSITION FAIR AND RODEO TO ONE YEAR LATER THAN RECENT YEARS. THE NEW DATE IS OCTOBER 19^TH THROUGH THE 23^RD. THAT DECISION WAS MADE DUE TO DATE CONFLICTS WITH SOME NEIGHBORING FAIRS AND RODEOS TO GET THE BEST CARNIVAL PLUS THE BEST COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS TO COMPETE HERE FOR THE 102^ND TRINITY VALLEY EXPOSITION. SO NOTE THAT ON YOUR PALNNNG CALENDAR . FOUR BOARD MEMBERS ENDED THEIR PERIOD OF TVE SERVICE. THEY WERE OUTGOING CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD NEAL IVERSON. GEORGIA CABLE OF DAYTON, AND DONNIE BURK OF ANAHUAC. THOSE THREE WERE PRESENTED PLAQUES FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE BY TVE PRESIDENT DONNY SMITH.