SJ123: Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 123
Commending the Bath County High School volleyball team.
 
Agreed to by the Senate, January 26, 2012
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 10, 2012
 

WHEREAS, down two games to none in the Group A, Division 1 state volleyball tournament, the Bath County High School team refused to accept defeat, fighting back to win the final three games and claim its first-ever state championship in the 2011 Virginia High School League competition; and

WHEREAS, this victory for the Bath County High School Chargers was all the sweeter coming after losses the previous two years in the state tournament, including a heartbreaking defeat in the 2009 championship match, which continued to motivate the team two years later; and

WHEREAS, the Bath County High School girls’ volleyball team’s march to victory in November included wins over John I. Burton High School in the state quarterfinals; the Chargers then traveled to Richmond for the semi-final match-up against Riverheads High School; and

WHEREAS, with those victories in hand, the Bath County High School Chargers, who are coached by Dave McGee, faced the Colonels of Altavista High School at the Stuart C. Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University in the fight for the ultimate victory; and

WHEREAS, Coach McGee attributed the Bath County High School team’s victory (23–25, 16–25, 25–14, 25–22, 15–11) to the strong competition the group faced in the regular season and to the group’s intense focus on each individual game; and

WHEREAS, contributions from the entire team helped propel the Bath County High School Chargers to victory in the state championship match, with Katelyn Rice’s three straight kills in game four helping to move the Chargers forward; Amanda Shifflett also had two kills in game five and her ace in that game sealed the victory; and

WHEREAS, the entire team—Jordan Fry, Mary McCoy, Allison Williams, Whitney Shifflett, Allyson Cutlip, Kendal Woodzell, Mikayla Miller, Chelsea Dudley, Bekkah Pauey, Katelyn Rice, Amanda Shifflett, Alexa Faraone, Ashley Rice, and Jessica O’Conner—led by Head Coach Dave McGee, worked hard throughout the entire season and tournament play; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Bath County High School volleyball team on its 2011 Virginia High School League Group A, Division 1 state championship; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Dave McGee, coach of the Bath County High School volleyball team, as an expression of the General Assembly’s congratulations and admiration for the team’s championship season.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 123

Offered February 5, 2014
Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award.
Patrons-- Hanger and Puckett; Delegate: Scott

WHEREAS, the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts provide farmers throughout the Commonwealth with education, technical assistance, and incentive programs to encourage nutrient reduction and water quality improvement; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly passed legislation in 1998 to establish the Clean Water Farm Award Program, which is administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation; and

WHEREAS, the Clean Water Farm Award Program furthers the Commonwealth’s water quality goals by recognizing farmers actively engaged in implementing important conservation practices that control nutrients, sediment, and other agricultural nonpoint source pollutants; and

WHEREAS, the Soil and Water Conservation Districts selected local farms across the Commonwealth for recognition in 2013 as winners of the Clean Water Farm Award; and

WHEREAS, ten of those farms were selected and announced at the December 2013 meeting of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to represent the Commonwealth’s 10 major river basins and to recognize the exemplary efforts of such farms in implementing best management practices; and

WHEREAS, those 10 winners are:

J. Bill Montgomery, Lee County, for the Big Sandy/Tennessee River Basin;

Seven Springs Farm, Inc., M. J. Moore, Lunenburg County, for the Chowan River Basin;

Sanns Farm, Sue and John Sanns, Accomack County, for the Coastal Basin;

C-Stock Farm, Paul and Virginia Coleman and Paul Coleman, Jr., Albemarle County, for the James River Basin;

Little River Ranch, Earl and Jackie Frith, Floyd County, for the New River Basin;

Dutchland Farm, Inc., Prince William County, for the Potomac River Basin;

Chapman Farm, Claude Chapman, Jr., and Carla Jean Chapman, Fauquier County, for the Rappahannock River Basin;

Kunath Farms, Kerwin Kunath, Charlotte County, for the Roanoke River Basin;

Home Place Dairy, Inc., Rockingham County, for the Shenandoah River Basin; and

James and Kate Kean, Louisa County, for the York River Basin; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend and congratulate the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare copies of this resolution for presentation to the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for their commitment to conserving the Commonwealth’s natural resources and their outstanding conservation achievements.