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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Kenneth Dierschke of San Angelo retired as president |
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of the Texas Farm Bureau and its affiliated companies in December |
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2014, concluding a distinguished tenure that spanned 12 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Elected to the TFB board of directors in 1996, |
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Mr. Dierschke was named vice president in 2000 and president in |
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2002; he has also served on the boards of the American Farm Bureau |
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Federation, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, and Farm |
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Bureau Bank, and on the executive committee of the Farm Bureau Bank; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dierschke was previously a member of the Tom |
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Green County Farm Bureau board for more than two decades, and he |
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served two terms as its president; over the years, he gave further |
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of his time and talents to the TFB as a member of its Blue Ribbon |
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Goals, State Resolutions, and Cotton Advisory Committees; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan has been a member of the United |
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States Trade Representatives Advisory Council, and since 1998, he |
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has served as agricultural representative on the Region F Water |
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Planning Group; in addition, he has served on the Conservation Task |
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Force for the Texas Water Development Board and the Cotton Board and |
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its executive committee; moreover, he has been a director of the |
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Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association and a member of |
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the USDA Trade Representative Advisory Committee and of the |
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American Farm Bureau Trade Advisory Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, A fourth-generation farmer, Mr. Dierschke raises |
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cotton and milo, and he was selected as the Concho Soil and Water |
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Conservation District Farmer of the Year; he is the recipient of the |
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Area Chapter Farmer Award from the Wall FFA as well; a graduate of |
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Wall High School, he attended San Angelo College; and |
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WHEREAS, Kenneth Dierschke has greatly benefited the Texas |
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Farm Bureau through his dedicated leadership, and he may indeed |
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reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Kenneth Dierschke for his outstanding |
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contributions as president of the Texas Farm Bureau and extend to |
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him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Dierschke as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |