Full Text of HR0765 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the many people who | 4 | | make up the Kankakee County Farm Bureau, on the Bureau's 100th | 5 | | anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Kankakee County Soil and Crop Improvement | 7 | | Association was born at a public meeting in the Supervisor's | 8 | | Room of the Kankakee County Courthouse on May 29, 1912; the | 9 | | articles of incorporation were originally filed with the State | 10 | | of Illinois Office of the Secretary of State on June 3, 1912 as | 11 | | one of the first such agricultural organizations in the State | 12 | | of Illinois; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The organization officially changed its name on | 14 | | December 14, 1933 to the Kankakee County Farm Bureau; the Farm | 15 | | Bureau is a voluntary membership organization whose mission is | 16 | | to "improve the economic well-being of agriculture and enrich | 17 | | the quality of farm family life"; and | 18 | | WHEREAS,
The Farm Bureau recognizes freedom, the dignity | 19 | | and worth of the individual, equal opportunity, initiative, and | 20 | | compensation for accomplishment, as basic concepts responsible | 21 | | for the country's progress and stature among the nations of the | 22 | | world; the Farm Bureau represents the thinking of the majority |
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| 1 | | of its members so the organization can achieve maximum | 2 | | effectiveness and influence; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Kankakee County Farm Bureau has been, and | 4 | | continues to be, a service organization to not only its members | 5 | | but to agriculture and Kankakee County; and | 6 | | WHEREAS,
The Kankakee County Farm Bureau is governed by 17 | 7 | | Directors; the current Directors of the Kankakee County Farm | 8 | | Bureau Board include:
District 1: Rockville Township, Jon | 9 | | Whitten; Manteno Township, Greg St. Aubin;
District 2: Sumner | 10 | | Township, Gene Rademacher; Yellowhead Township, Keith Mussman, | 11 | | President;
District 3: Essex Township, Marty Joyce; Salina | 12 | | Township, Patrick Joyce;
District 4: Bourbonnais Township, | 13 | | Gary Paarlberg; Limestone Township, Mark Tanner;
District 5: | 14 | | Norton Township, Patrick Koerner; Pilot Township, Sterling | 15 | | Bouchard;
District 6: Kankakee Township, Steve Benoit; Otto | 16 | | Township, Bret Perreault;
District 7: Aroma Township, Mike | 17 | | Bourgeois; Saint Anne Township, Duane Oosterhoff;
District 8: | 18 | | Ganeer Township, Kevin Yohnka, Vice President; Momence | 19 | | Township, Paula Karlock, Secretary-Treasurer; and Pembroke | 20 | | Township, Brian Dandurand; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Since 1912, the Kankakee County Farm Bureau has | 22 | | been working for the agriculture community to improve | 23 | | efficiency, profitability, safety, and quality of life; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On March 15, 2012 the Kankakee County Farm Bureau | 2 | | will celebrate its Centennial milestone at its 100th Annual | 3 | | Meeting; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate the many people who make up the Kankakee County | 7 | | Farm Bureau, on the Bureau's 100th anniversary; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the Kankakee County Farm Bureau as a symbol of our | 11 | | respect and esteem.
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