{"id":11995,"date":"2020-08-13T17:08:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11995"},"modified":"2020-08-13T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:08:55","slug":"los-fresnos-cdc-approves-tentative-funding-for-rodeo-livestock-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11995","title":{"rendered":"Los Fresnos CDC approves tentative funding for rodeo, livestock show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A cowgirl rides her horse during this past February\u2019s Los Fresnos Rodeo. The fate of next year\u2019s event remains in question due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/strong> Photo: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By TONY VINDELL
<\/strong>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOS FRESNOS – The Los Fresnos Community Development Corp. recently approved funding for both the 2021 Los Fresnos Rodeo and the Cameron County Livestock Fair & Livestock Show. However, it remains to be seen if the two events will be held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two are held simultaneously and are scheduled to take place on Feb. 19-21 of next year. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge of coronavirus cases here and elsewhere in the Rio Grande Valley, having the two events are up in limbo until a decision is made later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its last meeting held on Aug. 3, the CDC approved allocating $9,000 to the livestock show & fair, and $12,500 to the rodeo in sponsorship money. The amounts were the same allocated in 2019, which were recommended by City Manager Mark Milum to stay within budget and CDC guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valerie Arizmendi, the CCLFLS president, said its event provides thousands of dollars to participating youngsters in the form of scholarships and premium money for winning show animal entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the meeting, she told the board the annual event is up in the air, adding they will wait for what the Mercedes-based Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show will decide for its 2021 event in light of today\u2019s pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the 32th annual rodeo also set for next year, its situation is almost identical. The CDC allocated $10,000 for the rodeo, $1,500 for the sky boxes and $1,000 for the concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Gomez, a longtime member of the rodeo committee, said they welcome the money but, at the same time, they don\u2019t know if the event will be held considering today\u2019s heath situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the committee will meet in November and will decide then if it will have next year\u2019s rodeo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enrique Juarez, the CDC board president, made a motion to approve the funding, subject to what both organizations decide to do with their respective events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other action, the CDC board approved a new service agreement with the local chamber of commerce. The agreement calls for allocating $800 a month. It will take effect on Oct. 1 and run through the last day of September 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By TONY VINDELLLFN LOS FRESNOS – The Los Fresnos Community Development Corp. recently approved funding for both the 2021 Los Fresnos Rodeo and the Cameron County Livestock Fair & Livestock Show. However, it remains to be seen if the two events will be held. The two are held simultaneously and are scheduled to take place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-11995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12000,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions\/12000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}