Full Text of HR0397 98th 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 members of | 4 | | Shelby Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | 5 | | cooperative; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Shelby Electric Cooperative was officially formed | 7 | | on January 18, 1938 in
Shelbyville, Illinois, through the hard | 8 | | work and dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to | 9 | | improve living and farming conditions for themselves and their | 10 | | neighbors; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply wasn't | 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 (REA), the people living in these rural areas | 16 | | banded together to form member-owned and member-governed | 17 | | electric cooperatives; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | 19 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of Shelby Electric | 20 | | Cooperative and convincing them that a cooperative would bring | 21 | | lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and Shelby Electric | 2 | | Cooperative's lines were first energized on January 1, 1939, | 3 | | initially serving 481 member-owners in Christian, Macon, and | 4 | | Shelby counties; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Shelby Electric Cooperative continues to provides | 6 | | reliable electric
service to member-owners in Christian, | 7 | | Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Macon, Montgomery, Moultrie, | 8 | | Sangamon, and Shelby counties; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served its | 10 | | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | 11 | | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | 12 | | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | 13 | | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | 14 | | concern for community; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate the members of the Shelby Electric Cooperative | 18 | | on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Shelby Electric Cooperative as a symbol of our | 21 | | esteem and respect.
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