[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23423-23424]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   IN CELEBRATION OF THE OUTSTANDING TEACHING CAREER OF JULIAN SMITH

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                           HON. BOB ETHERIDGE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 7, 2004

  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praise a great North 
Carolinian and teacher in the Chatham County public schools, Mr. Julian 
Smith.
  Mr. Smith received a B.S. degree in Agriculture Education from the 
University of North Carolina in 1965. In July of 1965 he began teaching 
in the Chatham County Schools where he remains to this day. He 
augmented his education with a Masters degree in Agriculture Education 
from North Carolina State University in 1971. This is truly a man who 
gathers knowledge in order to impart more to his students.
  Mr. Smith has taught and continues to teach horticulture and 
floriculture to Chatham county students. He is well-liked, admired and 
respected by the students, parents and faculty of Chatham Central High 
School and throughout the county's schools because he has tremendous 
knowledge about his field of teaching. He began winning first place 
awards for Horticulture and Floriculture in 1975 and is still winning. 
I will submit his list of awards so that Congress can see his many, 
many awards!
  In addition, Mr. Smith has been recognized county-wide by Chatham 
County public schools as their Teacher of the Year for the school 
years, 1980-1981, 1981-1982 and 1986-1987. He has been named Chatham 
County Central High School Teacher of the Year for the school years 
1980-1981, 1981-1982, 1986-1987 and 1993-1994. In 1995 he was one of 
only 6 teachers to be recognized as a National Regional Teacher of the 
Year.
  His principal at Bear Creek Central High School had this high praise 
for him, ``Mr. Smith is one of the educators that will come along once 
in a lifetime. He is a mentor, and an innovator. He is humble, yet 
driven to succeed. His students will fondly remember the impact that he 
made for several years after they leave Chatham Central High School. 
They will realize that they weren't simply taught the subjects of 
horticulture and floriculture; they were trained for the real world 
application of both.''
  Mr. Speaker, North Carolina is truly blessed to have the abilities 
and talents of a teacher like Julian Smith teaching and shaping its 
young minds. I am pleased that Chatham County recognizes the talents of 
this wonderful teacher, and I am pleased to be able to recognize him in 
the U.S. House of Representatives.

                          JULIAN SMITH RESUME


                                 HONORS

     1997 North Carolina State Outstanding Alumni from Agriculture 
           Education
     1995 National Regional Agriculture Teacher of the Year (Six 
           in the U.S.)
     1980-1981; 1981-1982; 1986-1987 Chatham County Teacher of the 
           Year
     1980-1981; 1981-1982; 1986-1987; 1993-1994 Chatham Central 
           High School Teacher of the Year Tarheel of the Week--
           Raleigh News & Observer--January, 2000

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                    NORTH CAROLINA STATE FFA TITLES

     1965 First Place Tool Identification
     1966 First Place Tool Identification
     1970 North Carolina State FFA Officer
     1971 First Place Parliamentary Procedure
     1974 First Place Horticulture
     1977 First Place Horticulture
     1978 First Place Horticulture
     1979 First Place Floriculture & Nursery/Landscape Landscape
     1980 First Place Nursery/Landscape
     1981 First Place Floriculture
     1982 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1983 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1984 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1985 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1986 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1987 First Place in Prepared Public Speaking
     1988 First Place Nursery/Landscape
     1989 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1990 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1991 Second Place Floriculture and Second Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1992 First Place Floriculture and First Place Tool 
           Identification
     1993 First Place Nursery/Landscape, First Place Tool 
           Identification, First Place in Creed
     1994 First Place Floriculture
     1995 First Place Floriculture
     1996 First Place Floriculture, First Place Nursery/Landscape, 
           First Place Forestry
     1997 First Place Floriculture, First Place Nursery/Landscape, 
           First Place Extemporaneous Public Speaking, First Place 
           Tool Identification, Seventh Place Forestry and North 
           Carolina State FFA Officer
     1998 First Place Floriculture
     1999 First Place Nursery
     2000 First Place Tool Identification
     2001 First Place Floriculture
     2002 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     2003 First Place Floriculture
     2004 First Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape


                          NATIONAL FFA TITLES:

     1974 Tenth Place Horticulture
     1977 Fifth Place Horticulture
     1978 First Place Horticulture
     1979 Ninth Place Floriculture and Nursery/Landscape
     1980 Third Place Nursery/Landscape
     1981 Second Place Floriculture
     1982 Third Place Floriculture and Third Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1983 Ninth Place Floriculture and Fifth Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1984 First Place Floriculture and Second Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1985 First Place Floriculture--students also placed First, 
           Second and Third individually--and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1986 First Place Floriculture and Second Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1987 Second Place Prepared Public Speaking
     1988 Second Place Nursery/Landscape
     1989 Second Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1990 Fifth Place Floriculture and Third Place Nursery/
           Landscape
     1992 First Place Floriculture
     1993 First Place Nursery/Landscape
     1994 Fifth Place Floriculture
     1995 First Place Floriculture
     1996 First Place Floriculture and Second Place Nursery/
           Landscape and Eighth Place Forestry
     1997 Second Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape (students also placed First, Second and Third 
           individually)
     1998 First Place Floriculture (high individual)
     1999 First Place Nursery/Landscape
     2001 Second Place Floriculture
     2002 Fourth Place Floriculture and First Place Nursery/
           Landscape (top two individuals)
     2003 Second Place Floriculture Team
     2004 Yet to be determined

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