Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SJR0297 Latest Draft

Bill / Draft Version Filed 03/19/2025

                             
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 297 
By Bailey 
 
 
SJR0297 
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A RESOLUTION to congratulate the board, staff, and volunteers 
of the White County Fair upon being named the 
2025 Class A Division State Champion Fair by 
the Tennessee Association of Fairs. 
 
 WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly should pay tribute to 
those events that promote local business, entertain and educate our citizens, and celebrate the 
history and culture of the State of Tennessee; and 
 WHEREAS, the White County Fair is one such estimable event, which recently received 
the prestigious honor of being named the 2025 State Champion Fair in the Class A Division at 
the 103
rd
 Tennessee Association of Fairs Convention held January 16-18, 2025, in 
Murfreesboro; and 
 WHEREAS, nearly 1,000 individuals attended the 103
rd
 Tennessee Association of Fairs 
Convention, where the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Association of 
Fairs presented awards to the top county, regional, and State agricultural fairs for the 2024 
season; and 
 WHEREAS, the 2024 White County Fair greatly benefited from the stalwart leadership 
and vision of the White County Fair Board, including President Mike Wilson, Vice President Paul 
Flatt, Secretary Sara Farris, and Treasurer Albert R. Dicus; and 
 WHEREAS, the success of the White County Fair and its well-earned recognition bring 
great pride to the citizens of White County, who every year unite with tireless dedication to 
celebrate and promote local business, agriculture, competition, and history with this time-
honored event; now, therefore, 
 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF   
 
 
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REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we congratul ate the board, staff, and volunteers of 
the White County Fair upon being named the 2025 State Champion Fair in the Class A Division 
by the Tennessee Association of Fairs, thank them for their tremendous service to the people of 
White County, and extend to them our best wishes for every future success. 
 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared 
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to 
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear 
without House or Senate designation.