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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Delbert Mundt
3 of rural Dieterich has been named the 2003 Effingham Daily
4 News Citizen of the Year; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Mundt is a retired farmer and insurance
6 agent and has lived in the Dieterich area for most of his
7 life; he has taken a lead role in making sure Dieterich
8 survives the inevitable changes of time; and
9 WHEREAS, Mr. Mundt attended Southern Illinois University
10 at Carbondale and graduated from the University of Illinois;
11 he then served in the U.S. Air Force; following his military
12 service, he returned to the Dieterich community; and
13 WHEREAS, Agriculture is a priority for Mr. Mundt; he is a
14 member of the Farm Bureau and he was the first regional
15 director of the newly established Farm Bureau Young People;
16 he has been involved with the University of Illinois
17 Extension Council, was a 4-H leader, and was a founder and
18 first treasurer of Effingham County Pork Producers; and
19 WHEREAS, Mr. Mundt is an active and energetic civic
20 leader; he served as a school board member for 10 years for
21 Dieterich Unit 30 School District, was vice president of the
22 Wabash Valley School Board Association, served on advisory
23 boards for Lake Land College in Mattoon, and was president of
24 the local Parent Teacher Organization; he has served on
25 various advisory boards, and is a founding member and
26 president of countless community organizations; and
27 WHEREAS, One of the most important contributions Mr.
28 Mundt has made to the community was founding and serving as
29 the first president of E J Water Corporation, which has
30 brought safe water to rural areas in six counties; he founded
31 the Illinois Rural Water Roundtable and was founder and
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1 president of Eastgate Regional Water Corporation; therefore,
2 be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we congratulate Delbert Mundt on being named the 2003
6 Effingham Daily News Citizen of the Year and commend him for
7 the extensive work he has done for his community; and be it
8 further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Delbert Mundt as a token of our respect and
11 esteem.