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State Representative Dale DeWitt Honored at Oklahoma Pork Congress
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 7:11:44 CDT
The Oklahoma Pork Council selected Representative Dale DeWitt to receive their 2010 Outstanding Legislator Award. OPC presented the award to DeWitt on Thursday, March 25, during the Oklahoma Pork Congress awards banquet.
DeWitt has been a friend to the pork industry and Oklahoma agriculture for his entire tenure in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. A retired teacher and farmer/rancher DeWitt represents the 38th District in north-central Oklahoma.
DeWitt's background with the hog industry began early as a hog buyer for John Morell. He then moved into teaching agriculture at Brahman and Helena-Goltry public schools where he was instrumental in shaping the agriculture background of the youth in those areas. DeWitt is actively engaged in his farming operation near Brahman.
DeWitt helped carry pork industry legislation his first term and has been the architect of the industry's efforts to revise some of the environmental regulations and has had a hand in every piece of OPC legislation since he was elected.
DeWitt currently serves on the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee and chairs the Natural Resources and Regulatory Services section of the House Appropriations Committee. He has supported the pork industry and Oklahoma agriculture one-hundred percent of the time.
"In Oklahoma politics, the divide between Democrats and Republicans pales in comparison to the divide between rural and urban legislators," said James McSpadden of McSpadden and Associates. "Representative DeWitt has always stood up for rural Oklahoma and it is crucial we continue to elect leaders like him that will represent us well."
This is the first year OPC has presented the Outstanding Legislator Award. The award was established to honor members of the Oklahoma legislature for supporting Oklahoma's pork industry.
"It is fitting that Representative DeWitt be the first person to receive this award because OPC's legislative success over the past few years is due to Dale and the leadership he's shown at the Capitol," said Roy Lee Lindsey, Jr., Oklahoma Pork Council executive director.
"Representative DeWitt makes such a great legislator, because he's such a great man," said McSpadden. "Rural, urban, Democrats and Republicans all trust Representative DeWitt. They trust him, because he works hard, knows his facts and treats people fairly."
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