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“HONORING JERRY PRIETO, JR.” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E826-E827 on May 6, 2008.
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HONORING JERRY PRIETO, JR.
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HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH
of california
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Jerry Prieto, Jr. upon being honored with the ``Fresno County Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award'' at the Fresno County Farm Bureau's Annual Banquet to be held on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
Jerry Prieto, Jr. is a native of Corcoran, California. He is the son of a former migrant farm worker and was raised in a small town with a small family. Mr. Prieto attended California State University, Fresno and obtained his Bachelor's of Science degree in Plant Science. In 1974 he began working for the Fresno County Department of Agriculture and six years later he obtained the position of Deputy Agricultural Commissioner. After nine years he went to work for Fresno County Personnel Department as a Senior Personnel Analyst. In 1993, Mr. Prieto was appointed Fresno County Resource Manager. He was responsible for solid waste issues throughout the county and operated the American Avenue Regional Landfill, the Southeast Regional Landfill and the Coalinga Landfill. He was also responsible for providing road maintenance, street lighting, garbage collection, parks, sewer and water services to ninety special districts.
In 1999, Mr. Prieto was appointed to the position of Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weight and Measures exactly twenty-
five years after he began working for the department. He was responsible for promoting and regulating the nation's number one agriculture producing area. Mr. Prieto also served as a member of Governor Gray Davis' State Committee on Terrorism and the Western Weights and Measures Association Board of Directors. He served as the first Chairman of the California Agriculture Commissioners and Sealers Association's Food Safety and Agriculture Security Committee. For four years he served as Chairman of the Fresno County Department Heads Council. Currently, Mr. Prieto is a member of the Fresno County Farm Bureau, the Fresno County Council of Governments Farmland Conservation Steering Committee, Chairman of the Fresno County Council of Governments Farmland Preservation Advisory Committee, and the Fresno County Land Conservation Committee. He is the immediate President of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association and was the first Agricultural Commissioner to serve two terms as President. Mr. Prieto is the Chairman of Secretary Kawamura's AB 771 Honeybee/Seedless Mandarin Co-Existence Working Group.
Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Jerry Prieto upon being awarded with the ``Fresno County Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award.'' I invite my colleagues to join me in wishing Mr. Prieto many years of continued success.
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