[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING MR. TIM TESCONI

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2016

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Tim 
Tesconi upon his induction into the Sonoma County Farm Bureau's Hall of 
Fame for his 43 years of service to our local agriculture community and 
commitment to preserving agricultural land throughout our county.
  A third generation Sonoma County resident, Mr. Tesconi grew up on a 
dairy farm in Santa Rosa and was a Future Farmer of America (FFA) 
during his time at Santa Rosa High School. He later went on to earn his 
Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Chico and 
completed graduate work in Journalism at the University of Missouri, 
Columbia before dedicating his professional life to Sonoma County's 
agriculture community.
  Mr. Tesconi has held a number of positions during his impressive 
career that spanned over four decades. For 33 years Mr. Tesconi worked 
as an agriculture reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Mr. 
Tesconi's outstanding coverage of the North Bay farming community made 
him a household name and led to his appointment to multiple local 
boards including the 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County, Sonoma County 
Farm Trails, and the Santa Rosa Junior College Ag. Trust. For the last 
10 years of his career, Mr. Tesconi worked as the Community Relations 
Coordinator and later the Executive Director of the Sonoma County Farm 
Bureau. His dedication to our agricultural and wine communities has 
strengthened our Sonoma County community as a whole.
  Mr. Tesconi is admired by his peers for his unrivaled depth of 
knowledge, passion, and unwavering advocacy on behalf of our 
agriculture community.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Tesconi has spent his entire career working to 
strengthen and preserve agriculture's role as the backbone of our local 
economy, natural landscapes, and way of life in Sonoma County. 
Therefore, it is fitting and proper that we honor him here today.

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