COLUMBUS, Ind. — The Bartholomew County 4-H Fair board of directors has changed its leadership for 2021.
Just two months after retiring from the Wayne Township Fire & Rescue after 40 years of service, Rick Trimpe was chosen to succeed Mark Case as fair board president. Other officers elected include Corey Jenkins as vice-president, Susan Arnholt as secretary, and Nathan Downey as treasurer.
When Case was selected in 2017 to succeed Larry Fisher, who had been board president for 10 years, Trimpe was named vice-president. It’s a position he has held ever since.
Trimpe, 58, is taking the helm while the fair remains on shaky financial ground after last summer’s fair was canceled due to the pandemic.
“If we don’t have a fair this year, I don’t know how we can sustain everything,” Trimpe said. “It’s going to be tough.”
Besides the substantial loss of revenue from last July’s fair cancellation, the board has also lost money because few people are renting facilities at the fairgrounds south of Garden City, Arnholt said.
“Due to all the COVID restrictions, a lot of people are not renting because they are not having big weddings and other get-togethers,” she said.
