[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ROBIN ROGERS-DALE

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 5, 2010

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and 
congratulate Robin Rogers-Dale upon being named as a 2010 Common 
Threads honoree. Mrs. Rogers-Dale will be honored by California State 
University, Fresno at the 2010 Common Threads Award luncheon to be held 
on Friday, April 16, 2010.
  Growing up as the fifth generation on the family farm, Mrs. Rogers-
Dale learned about agriculture, work ethic, family values, family 
traditions and how to drive a tractor. Her love of the land and 
outdoors was instilled by her father and her passion for volunteer 
service came from her mother. Mrs. Rogers-Dale graduated from Cal Poly, 
San Luis Obispo. Upon completing her degree, she moved to Sanger, 
California, to volunteer with the local chapter of the California Women 
for Agriculture. She assisted the group by hanging Medfly traps during 
a Medfly outbreak in the region. Her volunteer work led to a full-time 
job with the Fresno County Department of Agriculture. Mrs. Rogers-Dale 
has been working for the county for twenty-seven years. Today, she is 
an Ag Standards Specialist, and works with producers and packing houses 
to ensure compliance with agriculture chemical application regulations 
and certifications.
  Mrs. Rogers-Dale has been an active member of the Fresno-Kings 
Counties CattleWomen for the past twenty years, where she has served in 
various leadership positions over the years, including scholarship 
chair, President, 1998-2000, Board of Directors and Secretary, 1985-
present. She was instrumental in developing a scholarship fundraiser 
program with that organization. Mrs. Rogers-Dale has been involved with 
California CattleWomen since 1994 and has served as the central 
director and state nominating chair. She is a volunteer judge at the 
Big Fresno Fair and is a regular participant in the Fresno County Farm 
and Nutrition Day and Kings County Farm Day. Mrs. Rogers-Dale also 
assists with the Westside Ag Tourney, Ducks Unlimited and the Clovis 
Rodeo Blood Drive.
  Mrs. Rogers-Dale is a generous member of the First Baptist Church of 
Reedley, the California Rangeland Trust, Sanger 4-H, Hanford Future 
Farmers of America, Sanger Community Church and Cal Poly, San Luis 
Obispo. For her volunteerism and generosity Mrs. Rogers-Dale was named 
``Cowbelle of the Year'' in 1998. She and her husband, Ken, live in 
Reedley, California with their eight-year-old son.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Robin Rogers-
Dale upon her achievements. I invite my colleagues to join me in 
wishing Mrs. Rogers-Dale many years of continued success.

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