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Douglas Boyd Anderson and Jeannie Michele Anderson are being honored as 2022 Parade Marshals by the Starr County Fair Association and will lead the annual Fair Parade on Saturday, February 19. The parade will proceed East on Main Street into
Fort Ringgold in Rio Grande City at 10:00 a.m. with lineup on South Britton Avenue and Water Street beginning at 8:00 a.m. Doug is president of the Starr County Fair Association Board of Directors since 2016, and Jeannie has served on the Board
since 2017. In 2012, Douglas was honored as the Starr County Fair’s Volunteer of the Year, and Jeannie received the honor in 2017 because of their dedication to the Fair. Douglas is also president of the Starr County Farm Bureau, which is being honored as Group Volunteer of the Year 2022. Douglas grew up at the Starr County Fair, as his parents, Kenny and Vangie Anderson were very committed to serving the Fair, and he was a competitor throughout his school years, representing Starr Grande 4-H Club. He currently serves as chairman of the Livestock Committee, the Carnival, and Parking and Traffic, as well as all other duties of the president. The couple moved their family to Rio Grande City in 2002 and began volunteering with the Youth Scrambles at the 2003 Fair. Jeannie currently serves as chair of the Academic Rodeo, the Website, Add-ons, Public School Days at the Starr County Fair, and OPEN MON-SUN 7AM-7PM
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is School Liaison. She also serves on the Daytime Entertainment, Parade, and Media Publicity Committees. Helping with the Fair is a tradition in the Anderson family. Kenny Anderson served as president of the SCFA, and the judging arena is named in his memory. Vangie is still active with the Fair, serving as a Director and chairing the Awards Committee. She also serves on the Parade Committee. Doug and Jeannie’s children, Ethan Douglas and Natalie Michele, graduates of RGCHS, both showed at the Fair with Rattler 4-H and Rio FFA, and now a granddaughter, Kennedy Grace, will someday be involved. The family is active in the community and in St. John United Methodist Church, where they both serve on Administrative Council, and Douglas also serves as a Lay Leader. She is a member of GFWC Florence J. Scott Woman’s Club and Beta Eta Tau of Beta Sigma Phi.
Doug and Jeannie state that they have seen the Fair grow tremendously over the past 19 years. “The number of student participants has steadily increased. “We’ve seen the addition of events that allow students who are unable to participate with an animal project participate in the Fair through the Academic Rodeo, School Days, Ag Product ID, and Food Challenge.” The honorees stated that they are so honored and humble to have been selected as Parade Marshals this year. Anyone wishing to enter in the parade may call or text Parade Chairman Tissa Peterson at 956/500-1430 before Saturday, or get in line on Water Street that morning and come to the mailboxes with $30 entry fee for a windshield registration card.