2019-08-05 Logan Mills PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
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LOGAN MILLS
Winner of the 2019 Virginia FFA State Star Farmer Award
VIRGINIA: At the Business Meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors held on August
20, 2019, in the General District Courtroom of the Edwin R. Shields Courthouse Addition, the following
Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, Logan Mills, son of Robert and Cindy Mills, is a Pittsylvania County (the "County")
resident, and an 18-year-old, second generation farmer in the Callands Community; and
WHEREAS, during the Virginia the Future Farmers of America ("FFA") Convention, held June 17-20,
2019 at Virginia Tech, Logan was presented with the prestigious Virginia FFA State Star Farmer Award; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia FFA presents its Star Awards to the "best of the best" according to their
website,www.vaffa.org, and,to qualify, FFA Members must earn their FFA Degree; and
WHEREAS, for the Star Farmer Award, six (6) State Finalists are chosen, one (1) from each area of
Virginia, and then the Award is then presented to one(1)of the six(6)Finalists; and
WHEREAS, this Award recognizes achievement in both Career and Leadership Development and is
one of the highest achievable Awards in the Virginia FFA; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the Star Farmer Award, Logan won the Diversified Crop Production
Proficiency Award for obacco, hemp, grain, and hay, and is the first person to win an FFA Award for tobacco
since 2008, and the first for hemp; and
WHEREAS, through his efforts and dedication, Logan was granted the 2019 Virginia FFA State Star
Farmer Award; and
WHEREAS, Logan carries on a Mills family tradition of FFA membership, and in winning FFA
sponsored competitions, he performed admirably, bringing recognition not only to himself, but to his family's
tradition,his school, and its FFA Program, and to the County; then
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors expresses its congratulations
and admiration to Logan Mills on being granted the 2019 Virginia FFA State Star Farmer Award; and
Given under my hand this 20th day of August,2019.
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Dt L,Jo . Davis,Chairman
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