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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Taylorville Future | ||||||
| 4 | Farmers of America (FFA) of Illinois on being named the 2023 | ||||||
| 5 | Premier National Chapter in Strengthening Agriculture; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, The Taylorville FFA of Illinois attendees of | ||||||
| 7 | today include, Chloe Grant, Jay Bliler, Tucker Winans, Tanner | ||||||
| 8 | and Drew Mickey, Stephen Franklin, Abby Norris, Audrey Curtin, | ||||||
| 9 | Abby Erlenbush, Liam Steward, and Jake Whetsell; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, The Taylorville FFA of Illinois awardees include | ||||||
| 11 | Jay Bliler, who received the National Proficiency Award in | ||||||
| 12 | Agriculture Research, Drew Mickey and Jay Bliler, who placed | ||||||
| 13 | 2nd in National FFA Agriscience Fair Animal Systems, Abby | ||||||
| 14 | Norris and Abby Erlenbush, who placed 4th in National FFA | ||||||
| 15 | Agriscience Fair Social Systems, and Tanner Mickey, who was a | ||||||
| 16 | finalist for Star Farmer Over America; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, The National FFA Organization is a school-based | ||||||
| 18 | national youth leadership development organization of more | ||||||
| 19 | than 945,000 student members as part of 9,163 local FFA | ||||||
| 20 | chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin | ||||||
| 21 | Islands; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The National FFA recognizes the top chapters with | ||||||
| 2 | innovative activities in three divisions, which include | ||||||
| 3 | growing leaders, building communities, and strengthening | ||||||
| 4 | agriculture; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, The Taylorville FFA of Illinois identified the | ||||||
| 6 | need for adult role models and established a program named My | ||||||
| 7 | Mentor, outshining the rest of the chapters to win the sixth | ||||||
| 8 | general session of the 96th National FFA Convention & Expo in | ||||||
| 9 | Indianapolis; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, The Taylorville FFA of Illinois is filled with | ||||||
| 11 | bright and exceptional future leaders of America, and their | ||||||
| 12 | continued determination will lead Illinois agriculture into | ||||||
| 13 | another generation of prosperity; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we congratulate the Taylorville FFA of Illinois on being named | ||||||
| 17 | the 2023 Premier National Chapter in Strengthening | ||||||
| 18 | Agriculture; and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the Taylorville FFA of Illinois members as a | ||||||
| 21 | symbol of our respect and esteem. | ||||||