Lone Star Review February 2010 : Page 2
Carrier of the Year Awards On Thursday, April 8, 2010, the 2010 Carrier of the Year Award Banquet will take place as a part of the 2010 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. This year’s winners will receive a commendation from the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry. The finalists were awarded $200.00 in December 2009. The win- ners will receive an additional $300.00 from TCMA. After the Conference, the videos used in the judg- ing will be posted on the TCMA Carrier of the Year web page. In addition, the videos will be uploaded to the YouTube Internet web site. The previous years, 2007, 2008 and 2009, are also posted on You- Tube. There will be links to the YouTube site on the TCMA COTY web page. 2009 COTY Winners First Vice-President, Marti Christiansen, (Austin American-Statesman), announced the finalists for the 2010 competition. The finalists were notified in December, 2009, and each finalist’s newspa- per submitted a five minute DVD for the TCMA Board of Directors to review at the February, 2010 board meeting. The winners will be announced at the 2010 Conference. Marti provided a list of the finalists for this years competition: Carrier Orville Hart Verna Franklin Carrier Judy Heitter Robert Blair Carrier Richard Perez Eric Enim Manager/Contractor Tom Friedrick Barry Veanueva Newspaper Carrier Under 200 Route Size Category Newspaper Austin American-Statesman Fort Worth Star-Telegram Newspaper Carrier Over 200 Route Size Category Newspaper McKinney Courier-Gazette Bryan Eagle Single Copy Category Newspaper Fort Worth Star-Telegram Corpus Christi Caller Times Newspaper District Manager/Contractor Category Newspaper Austin American Statesman Denton Record-Chronicle Page 2
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