Tennessee HJR 828: Memorials, Recognition - Pellissippi State Community College's Video Production Technology Program -

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 828
By Matlock

A RESOLUTION to recognize and congratulate the students of
Pellissippi State Community College's Video
Production Technology program.

WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly recognize those
students whose acumen and dedication are a credit to their institutions and this State; and
WHEREAS, the students of Pellissippi State Community College's Video Production
Technology program recently produced a public service announcement (PSA) that aired on the
West Palm Beach affiliate of NBC on Sunday, February 4, 2018, moments before the kickoff of
Super Bowl LII; and
WHEREAS, the students were tasked with producing the video by Steve Eimers of
Lenoir City; Mr. Eimers's daughter, Hannah, was tragically killed in November 2016 when her
car struck a Lindsay Corporation X-Lite guardrail. In the months since the accident, he has led
a national movement to investigate the failure of the X-Lite guardrail and the resultant deaths, a
movement that has led to the removal of these guardrails from state highways across the
country; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Eimers bought a PSA spot during the Super Bowl in West Palm Beach
in an attempt to reach the President of the United States with his message; with little time to put
the PSA together, he called on Hannah's former classmates at Pellissippi State Community
College to help film and produce the spot; and
WHEREAS, classmates Colby Wester, Braxton Adams, Makenzie Nuls, and Laurel
Robinson, under the guidance of instructor Russ Harper and program coordinator Ella Ruggles,
filmed Mr. Eimers speaking directly into the camera to the President; after it aired, the thirty-
second production was picked up by news agencies all over the nation; and

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WHEREAS, through this PSA, Mr. Eimers has been able to further his efforts to
advocate for safer roadways; the national exposure garnered by this ad would not have been
possible without the efforts of those students of Pellissippi State Community College's Video
Production Technology program; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
TENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we hereby congratulate Colby Wester, Braxton Adams, Makenzie Nuls,
and Laurel Robinson of Pellissippi State Community College's Video Production Technology
program for their production of a public service announcement that has reached a national
audience, extending our best wishes for their continued success in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy.