HR1254 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR1254 LRB093 24019 CSA 54147 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Glenn R. Meyer of Steeleville is completing 12 years of service as Director of District 16 of the Illinois Agricultural Association; and

WHEREAS, Glenn Meyer was elected to the Illinois Farm Bureau Board of Directors in 1992 to represent District 16, which includes St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Monroe, Randolph, and Perry counties; Glenn serves on the Board's Illinois Government Committee, the ACTIVATOR Executive Committee, and the IAA Foundation Board of Trustees; he also serves on the Country Trust Bank Board, and as the interlocking member on the board of the Illinois Specialty Growers Association; and

WHEREAS, He is a 40-year Farm Bureau member; he joined the Randolph County Farm Bureau Board in 1958, serving on the Young Farmers, Local Affairs, Public Relations, Sports, Legislative, and Viewpoint Committees; Glenn was county Farm Bureau President for five years, and a delegate to the annual IFB meetings; and

WHEREAS, He served on the Illinois Soybean Association Board from 1989 to 1993, acting as Vice President and Secretary, as well as Chairman of the Domestic Promotions Committee; he served two years as President of the Randolph County Pork Producers Board and received the Superior Pork Award; he was named Master Farmer by Prairie Farmer Magazine in 1989; and

WHEREAS, He has participated in American Farm Bureau's Adopt-A-Scientist program; he has served as a county board member on the Farmers Home Administration; he has also served on the Randolph County Soil Conservation Service Board; he is a former leader of the Wine Hill Toppers 4-H Club, having led for 25 years; he is a member of St. Mark's Luthern Church in Steeleville and was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran School Board for six years and a 13-year member of the Steeleville Community Unit School District; and

WHEREAS, In 2004, Glenn retired from his farming operation of 1,300 acres of corn, soybeans, and wheat; he and his wife of 44 years, Carol, continue to grow and operate their greenhouse and raise small fruits and vegetables, as well as bedding plants for the public; they are well known locally for their strawberries, blackberries, and seasonal vegetables; and

WHEREAS, Glenn's family circle, in addition to his loving and long-supporting partner and spouse, Carol, includes a son, Glenn, Jr., and grandchildren, Brittany, John, Matthew, and Kaitlin Meyer, and a daughter, Annette and husband, Kelly Heisdorffer, and grandchildren, Julieann and Isaac Heisdorffer; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we honor Glenn Meyer upon the occasion of his completion of 12 years of exemplary service as Director of District 16 of the Illinois Agricultural Association and we commend him for his long and distinguished work in support of agriculture; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Glenn Meyer as an expression of our respect and esteem.