Florida Federation Makes An Impact! The Florida Federation of Fairs through the leadership of the
Legislative Committee and Committee Chairman Terry Atchley made its second trip to Tallahassee to meet with state senators
Back: Ronnie Hull, Volusia, Terry Atchley, Hardee, Lisa Hinton, Keith Wingate, NE Florida Fair, Fran Crone, SW FL & Lee County, Tom Umiker, Hillsborough County, Happy Norris, Lake County. Front: Dawn Rowe, KVLS, Rhonda Ward, Pat Cookson, Collier County, Peggy John- son, Paulette Kirkland, NE Florida Fair.
Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agri- culture and Rory Martin, Pres/CEO Sarasota County Fair
and representatives about the importance of the Fair industry to our state and to our communities. The concept began 2 years ago when Dan West initiated a
meeting with Florida Farm Bureau in an effort to strengthen our ties with other agricultural groups in Florida. During the meet- ing, we confirmed that Farm Bureau and Fairs have many com- mon ties but that each should be more active in the other’s activities. As a result, the Florida Federation of Fairs encour- aged all Fairs in Florida to join their local Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau asked our Florida Fairs to join them on their legis- late trip to Tallahassee. On January 29th and 30th, 14 Florida Federation members
Terry Atchley, Legislative Chair, Hardee County Fair, Ronnie Hull, Volusia County Fair, Rep. Jake Rayburn ( R ), Dist. 57
(Hillsborough County), Pat Cookson, Collier County Fair, Happy Norris, Lake County Fair, Rhonda Ward, Collier County Fair. Front: Lisa Hinton, FFF Ex. Dir., Dawn Rowe, FFF President.
representing Fairs from across the state met with many of our elected officials. Among the elected officials the group met with or did a “stop by” at their office were: Senator Denise Grimsley; Senator Kathleen Passidomo; Representative Jake Raburn; Representative Byron Donalds; Senator Victor Torres; Senator Greg Steube; Senator Dennis Baxley; Senator Bill Gal- vano; Senator Dorothy Hukill, Senator Dana Young; Senator Tom Lee; Representative Joe Gruters; Representative Jim Boyd; Representative Ray Rodriquez; Representative Julio Gonzalez; Senator Rob Bradley, Senator Lauren Book, Senator Aaron Bean; Representative Matt Caldwell; Representative W. Travis Cummings, Representative Jay Fant; Representative Lawrence McClure; Representative Paul Renner; Representative Charlie Stone; along with Commissioner Adam Putnam and Grace Lovett with the FDACS. The Federation group included: Dawn Rowe, Federation President from the Osceola County Fair; Terry Atchley, Legislative Committee Chair from the Hardee County Fair; Dan West from the Manatee County Fair, , Happy Norris from the Lake County Fair, Paulette Kirkland, Keith Wingate, and Peggy Johnson from the Northeast FL Fair; Rhonda Ward and Pat Cookson, from the Collier County Fair; Fran Crone from the Southwest FL and Lee County Fair; Ronnie Hull from the Volusia County Fair; Rory Martin from the Sarasota County Fair; Tom Umiker from the Hillsborough County Fair; and Lisa Hin- ton, Federation Executive Director. A special thanks also to Jim Spratt with CAS Governmental Services LLC for helping us set up these appointments.
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Alan Edwards, Deputy Commissioner Of Agriculture; Dawn Rowe Federation President; Grace Lovett, FDACS Legislative Affairs
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The NE Florida Fair group Keith Wingate, Peggy Johnson, Paulette Kirkland, with Mark Anderson, Anderson Consulting
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