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IHHA Directors Election

May 27, 2008

The annual meeting and election of directors of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association will be held Saturday, August 16, 2008 at Balmoral Race Track, 26435 S. Dixie Highway in Crete, Illinois beginning at 12:00 noon. Balloting will be conducted from 12:00 noon to 12:30 p.m. To be elected at the annual meeting will be five (5) directors to serve terms of three (3) years each.

Directors currently on the Board who must seek re-election if they wish to remain on the Board are: George Bonomo, Hosea Williams, Darcy Pletcher, Richard Schrock, Nelson Willis.

To be placed on the ballot for the election, candidates must file a notice of intent to be a candidate for election with the signatures of a least twenty (20) members in good standing. The notice of intent (Nominating Petition), must be filed via registered mail or by delivery to the IHHA main office, and received at the office of the Association (15 Spinning Wheel Road, Suite 432, Hinsdale, IL 60521), petitions may be circulated beginning Saturday, June 7, 2008 through the close of business (5:00 p.m.), Friday, June 27, 2008.

Nominating petitions are available at the Association office. To request a petition, write the Association at the above address or call (630) 323-0808 or (800) 572-0213 within Illinois.

Absentee ballots will be mailed to the membership on Thursday, July 17, 2008 with the deadline for receipt of those ballots being Friday, August 15, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. at the offices of McGladrey and Pullen, LLP., Certified Public Accountants, Suite 300, 570 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL 60015, which has been retained as the official Election Supervisor in conjunction with Article III of the IHHA By-Laws.

Only members in good standing the last day of June 2008 are entitled to vote.