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<br />Whereas, the La Porte Livestock Show and Rodeo Association was formed as a supportive group of citizens <br />and parents, when the Vocational Agriculture program was added to the La Porte ISD curriculum in 1976; and <br />Whereas, the first La Porte FFA show was held in March of 1977 and it has continued every year since then. <br />These shows enable the association to provide scholarships for graduating seniors involved in FFA or 4-H, <br />by raising funds through the annual bar-b-que cook-off, providing as much as $30,000.00 each year to <br />graduating seniors for the past twenty-two years, and up to $196,000.00 a year to the La Porte FFA and 4-H <br />group, for show animals shown at the Houston rodeo; and <br /> <br />Whereas, by maintaining the facilities and equipment needed for the training and preparation for the <br />show and rodeo, students experience the benefits of the daily care and working with their own animals, <br />learning about responsibility and seeing the results of their efforts. This partnership between La Porte <br />ISD and the La Porte Livestock Show and Rodeo Association has been rewarding for both parties and <br />will continue to enrich the La Porte student body; and <br /> <br /> Now, Therefore, I, Louis R. Rigby, Mayor, along with members of the La Porte City Council, do hereby invite <br />everyone to the cook-off on March 28 and 29, the livestock show April 7 through April 9, and the auction <br />thththth <br />to be held on April 10, 2014, and hereby proclaim this fun filled event as <br /> <br />La Porte Livestock Show and <br /> <br />Rodeo Association Days <br /> <br />IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed <br /> <br /> <br /> hereto, this the 24 day of March 2014. <br />th <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br /> <br /> <br />___________________________ <br />Louis R. Rigby, Mayor <br /> <br />