Full Text of HR0135 94th General Assembly
HR0135 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois congratulate the Lyle and Joy Michael family | 4 |
| on being named Clinton County's 2004 Farm Family of the Year; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, This award recognizes an outstanding farm family | 7 |
| who has distinguished itself through participation in family | 8 |
| activities, community and civic service, as well as displaying | 9 |
| good farm operation management; and
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| WHEREAS, The Michael's have four children, Clinton, | 11 |
| Austin, Landon, and Kali; and
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| WHEREAS, The Michael family lives on a small dairy farm | 13 |
| located in Brookside Township Section 17 on the Southeast | 14 |
| corner of Clinton County; the farm is located west of Centralia | 15 |
| along the south side of State Route 161; the farm was bought in | 16 |
| 1933 by Lyle's grandparents, Henry and Clara Michael; in 1956, | 17 |
| Lyle's parents, Elmer and Marilyn managed the family farm, so | 18 |
| it was fitting that in 1992, Lyle and Joy became the farm's | 19 |
| next generation; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyle and Joy milk approximately 100 head of | 21 |
| Holstein cows on the 40-acre home farm; in addition to the home | 22 |
| farm, they own or operate a total of 520 acres of farmland; | 23 |
| conservation stewardship is evident with the | 24 |
| corn-soybean-wheat with alfalfa rotation and the chisel/disk | 25 |
| tillage systems used to reduce erosion; Lyle's father was the | 26 |
| first in the area to buy a chisel plow; and
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| WHEREAS, The Michael's have incorporated No-till into | 28 |
| their tillage system on their highly erodible ground; they have | 29 |
| 135 acres that have remained in a No-till tillage system for | 30 |
| the past 15 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyle and Joy are members of the Clinton County | 2 |
| Farm Bureau, Prairie Farms Coop., and Young Cooperative where | 3 |
| he served as Treasurer, Vice President, and President; Lyle has | 4 |
| also served as a past Elder and Chairman for the Board of | 5 |
| Education at the Trinity Lutheran School in Hoffmann; Joy has | 6 |
| served on the Board of Parish Education church board and has | 7 |
| been Vice-President of the Parent Teacher League; therefore, be | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we congratulate the Michael's family on being named the 2004 | 12 |
| Farm Family of the Year
in Clinton County and commend their | 13 |
| efforts in land management practices; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the Michael's family as an expression of our | 16 |
| esteem.
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