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91_HR0069
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The agriculture industry in the great State of
3 Illinois is of primary importance to the economy of the State
4 and is an integral part of the educational process of our
5 State's youth; and
6 WHEREAS, The youth of our State need current, up-to-date,
7 technological background in the importance of agriculture in
8 their everyday lives and of the vast array of career
9 opportunities available to them in the agriculture industry;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, The educational staff of our schoools desire and
12 need opportunities for personal and professional experiences
13 of and about the agriculture industry in Illinois, and
14 furthermore can then share these experiences with all of
15 their students; and
16 WHEREAS, John Kellogg, Yorkville and past director of the
17 Illinois Pork Producers Association, was instrumental in
18 developing the first "TEACHERS ON AN AGRISCIENCE BUS" program
19 in 1991, with the total sponsorship of the initial two-day
20 program provided by the Illinois Pork Producers Association;
21 and
22 WHEREAS, The "FIRST ANNUAL TEACHERS ON AN AGRISCIENCE
23 BUS" program was received with such enthusiasm and recognized
24 as a program providing great educational value to teaching
25 staff in Dupage County, that the Illinois Pork Producers
26 Association has provided primary sponsorship for similar
27 programs in succeeding years through 1999; and
28 WHEREAS, 330 teachers, school administrators, and
29 counselors have participated in the first eight years of the
30 program, reaching an estimated 35,000 elementary through high
31 school students, with new experiences and background in the
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1 field of today's agriculture; and
2 WHEREAS, Additional co-sponsorship is currently being
3 provided by agriculture education advocates, including the
4 American Dairy Association of Illinois, the Dupage County
5 Fair Association, the Dupage County Farm Bureau, the Dupage
6 County Regional Office of Education, the Illinois Beef
7 Association, the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association,
8 Naperville Community Unit School District 203, and the
9 Wheatland Plowing Match Association; and
10 WHEREAS, John F. Bushman, Agriscience Instructor,
11 Naperville North High School, has served as the coordinator
12 of this program, with the assistance of Mary Ann Bobosky and
13 Skip Paulson of Naperville Community Unit School District
14 203, Mike Ashby of Dupage County Farm Bureau, Cindy Langemack
15 of Dupage County Regional Office of Education, and John
16 Kellogg of Kellogg Hog Farms; therefore, be it
17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19 we recognize the efforts of the sponsors and coordinators of
20 the "Teachers on an Agriscience Bus" program and commend them
21 for their contributions to agriculture education in Dupage
22 County; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
24 presented to the sponsors and coordinators of the "Teachers
25 on an Agriscience Bus" program.