| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 641 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Dierschke of San Angelo retired as president |
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| 3 | 3 | | of the Texas Farm Bureau and its affiliated companies in December |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2014, concluding a distinguished tenure that spanned 12 years; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Elected to the Texas Farm Bureau board of |
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| 6 | 6 | | directors in 1996, Mr. Dierschke was named vice president in 2000 |
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| 7 | 7 | | and president in 2002; he has also served on the boards of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | American Farm Bureau Federation, Southern Farm Bureau Life |
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| 9 | 9 | | Insurance Company, and Farm Bureau Bank, and on the executive |
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| 10 | 10 | | committee of the Farm Bureau Bank; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Dierschke was previously a member of the Tom |
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| 12 | 12 | | Green County Farm Bureau board for more than two decades, and he |
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| 13 | 13 | | served two terms as its president; over the years, he gave further of |
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| 14 | 14 | | his time and talents to the Texas Farm Bureau as a member of its Blue |
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| 15 | 15 | | Ribbon Goals, State Resolutions, and Cotton Advisory Committees; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan has been a member of the United |
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| 17 | 17 | | States Trade Representatives Advisory Council, and since 1998, |
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| 18 | 18 | | he has served as agricultural representative on the Region F |
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| 19 | 19 | | Water Planning Group; in addition, he has served on the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Conservation Task Force for the Texas Water Development Board and |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Cotton Board and its executive committee; moreover, he has |
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| 22 | 22 | | been a director of the Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers |
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| 23 | 23 | | Association and a member of the United States Department of |
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| 24 | 24 | | Agriculture Trade Representative Advisory Committee and of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | American Farm Bureau Trade Advisory Committee; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, A fourth-generation farmer, Mr. Dierschke raises |
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| 27 | 27 | | cotton and milo, and he was selected as the Concho Soil and Water |
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| 28 | 28 | | ConservationDistrict FarmeroftheYear;heistherecipientof |
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| 29 | 29 | | the Area Chapter Farmer Award from the Wall FFA as well; a |
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| 30 | 30 | | graduate of Wall High School, he attended San Angelo College; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Dierschke has greatly benefited the Texas |
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| 32 | 32 | | Farm Bureau through his dedicated leadership, and he may indeed |
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| 33 | 33 | | reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature, hereby honor Kenneth Dierschke for his outstanding |
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| 36 | 36 | | contributions as president of the Texas Farm Bureau and extend to |
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| 37 | 37 | | him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be prepared |
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| 39 | 39 | | for Mr. Dierschke as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Perry |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 44 | 44 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate on April 28, 2015. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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