[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING KEITH AND PATTI JENNINGS

 Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today I wish to recognize Keith 
and Patti Jennings as they celebrate their ranch's 100-year 
anniversary. The Jennings family has the unique distinction of being 
one of the few functioning farm and ranch operations able to trace 
their roots back to family members who were the original homesteaders 
on the land. This is a truly impressive accomplishment for the Jennings 
family and the State of South Dakota.
  This milestone celebration is a tribute not only to Keith and Patti 
Jennings but to their grandparents Robert and Lucille and their parents 
Darrell and Mary. The family can certainly take pride in the 
perseverance and fortitude that enabled three generations of Jennings 
to stay on and operate the same ranch for the past 100 years.
  Keith and Patti Jennings should also be very proud of the 
contributions their children are making to the great State of South 
Dakota, Brian as executive director of the American Coalition for 
Ethanol, Barry as executive director of the South Dakota Beef Industry 
Council, Marla with the construction industry in Sioux Falls, and Byron 
as a student at South Dakota State University.
  I would like to commend Keith and Patti for their 32 years operating 
the Jennings Ranch and for its 100 years of operation. South Dakota is 
fortunate to have the Jennings as lifelong residents. Families like 
theirs are the backbone of South Dakota's economy and future. I wish 
them continued success in the years to come.

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