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| | HR0182 | | LRB098 11494 GRL 43683 r |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the |
| 4 | | Monroe County Electric Co-Operative on the 75th anniversary of |
| 5 | | their cooperative; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Monroe County Electric Co-Operative was |
| 7 | | officially organized on June 2, 1938, in Waterloo, Illinois, |
| 8 | | through the hard work and dedication of a handful of local |
| 9 | | residents wanting to improve living and farming conditions for |
| 10 | | themselves and their neighbors; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not |
| 12 | | possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving |
| 13 | | rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric |
| 14 | | line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification |
| 15 | | Administration, these rural people banded together to form |
| 16 | | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; |
| 17 | | and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door |
| 19 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of the Monroe |
| 20 | | County Electric Co-Operative and convincing them that a |
| 21 | | cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and the Monroe County |
| 2 | | Electric Co-Operative's lines were first energized on October |
| 3 | | 20, 1939, initially serving 383 member-owners in 3 counties; |
| 4 | | and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Monroe County Electric Co-Operative continues |
| 6 | | to provides reliable electric service to member-owners in |
| 7 | | Monroe, Randolph, and St. Clair counties; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the Monroe County Electric |
| 9 | | Co-Operative has served its member-owners based on 7 guiding |
| 10 | | principles: voluntary and open membership, member-elected and |
| 11 | | controlled boards of directors, members' economic |
| 12 | | participation, autonomy and independence, education and |
| 13 | | training, cooperation among cooperatives, and concern for |
| 14 | | community; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 16 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 17 | | we congratulate the Monroe County Electric Co-Operative on its |
| 18 | | 75th anniversary; and be it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the Monroe County Electric Co-Operative as a |
| 21 | | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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