Honor Auto Tech Champions

Senate Resolution No. 3652 BY: Senator JACOBS CONGRATULATING Alex Prims and Kyle Huttenmaier upon the occasion of winning the Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association's 2018 Ron Smith Memorial Auto Tech Competition WHEREAS, Educational competitions which serve to better prepare our students for their future participation in the areas of Science and Technology are worthy of praise and support; and WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative Body to commend and pay tribute to those young people who, by achieving outstanding success in educational competition, have inspired and brought pride to our majestic Empire State; and WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to congratulate Alex Prims and Kyle Huttenmaier upon the occasion of winning the Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association's 2018 Ron Smith Memorial Auto Tech Competition on Saturday, January 13, 2018; and WHEREAS, Established in 1995, Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association's Ron Smith Memorial Auto Tech Competition is organized by the Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association (NFADA), and hosted by the Erie Community College Vehicle Technology Training Center in Orchard Park; and WHEREAS, Furthermore, the competition is supported by local dealerships, educational institutions and businesses, and is open to 11th and 12th-grade automotive students from across Western New York; and WHEREAS, Alex Prims, a senior at Tonawanda High School, and Kyle Huttenmaier, a senior at Grand Island High School, claimed the top spot in the competition, earning a three-day, all-expense paid trip to New York City to compete in the National Automotive Technology Competition; and WHEREAS, In addition, these remarkable young men received toolboxes full of tools and equipment, as well as $1,000 scholarships to be used toward furthering their automotive education; and WHEREAS, Alex Prims and Kyle Huttenmaier, representing the Erie 1 BOCES Kenton Career and Technical Center's senior team, worked to uncover hidden automotive bugs planted on test vehicles; the team went through a series of diagnostic, workstation and performance tests to measure their automotive technical skills and abilities; and WHEREAS, Poised eagerly with enthusiasm and determined purpose, these students now stand honorably, with just pride in their accomplishments and in eager anticipation of future challenges, understanding and appreciating the caring counsel and support provided by their teachers, coaches and parents; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to congratulate Alex Prims and Kyle Huttenmaier upon the occasion of winning the Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association's 2018 Ron Smith Memorial Auto Tech Competition; and be it further RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Alex Prims and Kyle Huttenmaier.