Full Text of HR0887 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate John Kabat, Mt.
Vernon | 4 | | Township High School (MVTHS) agriculture teacher, on receiving | 5 | | the National Agriculture Service
Citation Award; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Only 6 people in the nation are selected for the | 7 | | honor each year; the award recognizes John Kabat for
his work | 8 | | as a teacher and FFA advisor, as well as his community service | 9 | | and commitment to agriculture; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Kabat traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana with | 11 | | his family to accept the award at a conference
for the National | 12 | | Association of Agriculture Educators; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Kabat was encouraged to apply for the award | 14 | | by MVTHS agriculture teacher, Cherie Rogier; his
application | 15 | | was judged in State and regional
competitions before he was | 16 | | selected as one of this year's winners; the winners can be from | 17 | | a wide range of agricultural backgrounds and can come from a | 18 | | high
school, a community college, a university, or the | 19 | | agriculture industry; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, John Kabat is a farmer and lives in Scheller with | 21 | | his wife, Marcia; they have 3 children, Jacob,
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| 1 | | Alicia; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, John Kabat has taught at MVTHS since 1985 in | 3 | | various agriculture-related subjects, as well as cooperative
| 4 | | education; he also taught a semester at Rend Lake College while | 5 | | he was getting his master's degree; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In addition, John Kabat is involved with numerous | 7 | | professional organizations, including the Illinois
and | 8 | | National Corn Growers Association and the Illinois and American | 9 | | Soybean Association; he has also
worked to promote the | 10 | | interests of agriculture by staying in touch with senators, | 11 | | representatives, and the
governor; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, John Kabat is the past President and past | 13 | | Vice-President of the Illinois Association of Vocational
| 14 | | Agriculture Teachers; he also served on the Curriculum | 15 | | Committee at the University of Illinois and the
Agriculture | 16 | | Leadership Board at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, John Kabat also serves on the Rend Lake College | 19 | | Agriculture Advisory Council and the Rend Lake College Board of
| 20 | | Trustees and had previously served on the Waltonville Community | 21 | | High School Board of Education; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, John Kabat serves as an example of hard work, | 2 | | passion, and dedication; his work throughout his
career has | 3 | | benefited many in the agriculture community; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | congratulate John Kabat, Mt.
Vernon Township High School | 7 | | agriculture teacher, on receiving the National Agriculture | 8 | | Service
Citation Award and we wish him the best in all his | 9 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to John Kabat as an expression of our
congratulations | 12 | | and appreciation for a job well done.
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