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Texas Corn Producers Board swears in new membersTexas In the eighth statewide election since the Texas Corn Producers Board became a statewide entity in 1990, five board members were elected or re-elected in elections held in January. Each person elected will serve a six year term, or until the year 2014. Prior to the elections, TCPB had divided the state into five separate "Voting Regions" so board members would more closely represent the corn interests of a particular region of the state, and all Texas corn producers would have representation on the Board. As there are 15 board seats on TCPB, the voting regions are designed for each seat to represent 1/15th of the total corn production in Texas as reported by the Texas Crop Reporting Service. The Texas Department of Agriculture approved the voting region plan. Winning seats in Voting Region One, which consists of Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Hartley, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Roberts, Sherman and Wheeler counties were Robert Gordon of Dalhart, Wesley Spurlock of Stratford, Dee Vaughn of Dumas and Steve Yoder of Dalhart. Winning the seat in Voting Region Four, which consists of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Madison, Matagorda, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, Refugio, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Tyler, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton and Wilson counties was Gary Obenhaus of Eagle Lake. The five new board members were sworn in on Feb. 11 during TCPB's quarterly board meeting in San Antonio by Lance Williams, producer relations specialist with the Texas Department of Agriculture. Press releases and legal notices on the election were sent to all major newspapers in the state where elections were to occur. The voting period was from Dec. 31, 2007 to Jan. 14. The next election will be in the spring of 2010 with five seats up for election. 3/10/08 Date: 3/4/08 Advertisement
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