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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Blake Twenhafel on being | ||||||
| 4 | awarded the 2025 American STAR in Agribusiness by the National | ||||||
| 5 | Future Farmers of America (FFA) at the 98th National FFA | ||||||
| 6 | Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, The American STAR Awards represent the best among | ||||||
| 8 | thousands of American FFA Degree recipients, recognizing FFA | ||||||
| 9 | members who have developed outstanding agricultural skills and | ||||||
| 10 | competencies by completing a Supervised Agricultural | ||||||
| 11 | Experience (SAE) program; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Blake Twenhafel, a member of the Wesclin FFA in | ||||||
| 13 | Trenton and a graduate of Kaskaskia College, is currently a | ||||||
| 14 | junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where | ||||||
| 15 | he majors in crop science; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Blake Twenhafel began BT Lawn Care by push mowing | ||||||
| 17 | his first lawn in 2018, which he followed with utilizing | ||||||
| 18 | extensive marketing strategies on Facebook and generating | ||||||
| 19 | professional advertising materials; his business was part of | ||||||
| 20 | his Turf Grass Management SAE, through which the FFA provided | ||||||
| 21 | him with business development guidance and experience; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Blake Twenhafel has led BT Lawn Care as it | ||||||
| 2 | continues to grow year after year, having built a quality | ||||||
| 3 | reputation throughout the community and maintained customer | ||||||
| 4 | satisfaction while further developing BT Lawn Care's brand | ||||||
| 5 | through strategic marketing; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Blake Twenhafel has also undertaken employee | ||||||
| 7 | management as part of the process of owning and operating BT | ||||||
| 8 | Lawn Care to continue meeting customer demand, hiring his | ||||||
| 9 | first employees, who were fellow Wesclin FFA members, in 2021; | ||||||
| 10 | and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Over the course of seven lawn care seasons, Blake | ||||||
| 12 | Twenhafel has continued to expand BT Lawn Care, a business | ||||||
| 13 | that serviced over 50 commercial and residential properties | ||||||
| 14 | throughout Clinton County and the surrounding areas in 2024 | ||||||
| 15 | alone; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we congratulate Blake Twenhafel on being awarded the 2025 | ||||||
| 19 | American STAR in Agribusiness by the National Future Farmers | ||||||
| 20 | of America (FFA), and we wish him continued success in his | ||||||
| 21 | endeavors; and be it further | ||||||
| 22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to Blake Twenhafel as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 2 | esteem. | ||||||