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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Rochelle
4 Township High School 2008 Dairy Foods Team on the occasion of
5 winning the State championship at the 2008 State FFA Dairy
6 Foods Career Development Event on December 13, 2008 at the
7 University of Illinois; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The members of the Rochelle Township High School
9 2008 Dairy Foods Team are seniors Lauren Schabacker and Riley
10 Hintzsche, junior Brooke Smith, and sophomore Jessica Keys; the
11 team's coaches are FFA advisor John Hintzsche and horticulture
12 teacher Donna Page; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The team successfully completed a variety of taste
14 and evaluation tests involving milk, cheese, other dairy
15 products, and artificial dairy products; the team also
16 performed equipment evaluations and written examinations; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Great amounts of time and energy were required in
18 preparing for the competition; the Rochelle Township High
19 School Dairy Foods Team spent the fall tasting and comparing
20 dairy products, learning about the processing that creates the
21 differences in dairy products, milking equipment operations,
22 and synthetics; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Despite the fact that three of the four team
2 members had never competed in dairy judging before, the team
3 performed admirably, with Jessica Keys winning Top Individual
4 in the contest, Lauren Schabacker winning 7th Place Individual,
5 and Brooke Smith winning 12th Place Individual; therefore, be
6 it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 congratulations are extended to the Rochelle Township High
10 School 2008 Dairy Foods Team on the occasion of winning the
11 State championship at the 2008 State FFA Dairy Foods Career
12 Development Event; and be it further
 
13     RESOLVED, That we give our best wishes for the team's
14 success in competing at the National FFA Convention in October;
15 and be it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the Rochelle Township High School 2008 Dairy Foods
18 Team as a symbol of our esteem and respect.