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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mike Kiefer on his |
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| retirement from the United States Department of Agriculture; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mike Kiefer was raised on a farm in Jefferson |
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| County, near Mt Vernon; he attended Southern Illinois |
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| University from 1964 to 1967, where he received a Bachelor of |
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| Science degree with a major in agronomy; he was employed by the |
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| USDA, SCS starting July 18, 1967 as an engineering aid until |
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| October of 1967 when he was appointed as a Soil Scientist in |
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| the Carbondale Area Office; and
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| WHEREAS, Mike Kiefer was drafted into the United States |
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| Army in March, 1968; he married Mary Ann Boscarine on December |
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| 21, 1968; he was then assigned to the 2nd Engineer Group in |
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| Korea as a Soils Analyst and as Senior Construction Surveyor; |
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| he also served as chemical-biological-radiological NCO for 2nd |
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| Engineer Group; he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant E-5; he |
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| received the Army commendation medal for his work with the 2nd, |
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| and was discharged in March, 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, He returned to the SCS as a soil scientist |
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| assigned to the Harrisburg soil survey office until 1983 when |
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| he was assigned to the Springfield soil survey office, serving |
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| there until accepting a promotion to be the Survey Leader for |
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| the Iroquois county Soil Survey; during his assignment in |
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| Watseka, he completed his Masters Degree in Public |
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| Administration at the University Of Oklahoma through the SCS |
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| executive development program; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1983, he was assigned to Iroquois county as |
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| District Conservationist; while living and working in Iroquois |
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| County, he and his wife became the proud parents of two |
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| wonderful children, Michele and Christopher; they have one |
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| grandchild, Macy Anna; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon retirement, Mike Kiefer and his wife
have 280 |
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| acres downstate that they will manage; he will be spending more |
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| time on the farm, and would like to do some soils and agronomy |
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| consulting; he will be doing more turkey and dear hunting on |
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| the farms in southern Illinois; he will also be going to garage |
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| sales and auctions; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Mike Kiefer on his retirement and wish him |
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| continued success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |