Full Text of HR0685 101st 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 Cowser family | 4 | | of Bradford for being recognized as the 2020 Family of the Year | 5 | | by the Illinois Pork Producers Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Delbert and his wife Eva, with their children | 7 | | Rodger and Phyllis Cowser, started building their farm in 1932 | 8 | | with 80 acres of land, four horses, and a herd of swine; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After four generations, Rodger and his wife | 10 | | Annetta, with their children Steve, Andy, Marc, Darin, Vonnie, | 11 | | and Paula Cowser, moved to the Elmore Stock Farm and have | 12 | | helped it grow to thousands of acres today, with pigs, cows, | 13 | | corn, soybeans, and more; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, We remember those family members they have lost, | 15 | | including Rodger, who passed away in August 2019, and Mike, son | 16 | | of Steve and Charlotte, who loved to work alongside his family | 17 | | on the farm and died in an accident at the age of 14; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The core values of the Cowser pork business are | 19 | | family and faith; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The family has been, and still is, actively |
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| 1 | | involved and engaged in the farming and agriculture community | 2 | | in central Illinois, with service to the Illinois Farm Bureau | 3 | | through education of the public and 4-H; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Cowser family regularly donates pork to local | 5 | | organizations for fundraising meals; they also serve their | 6 | | respective communities through holding township and school | 7 | | board offices; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we honor the Cowser family on being named as the Illinois Pork | 11 | | Producers Association's 2020 Family of the Year; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the Cowser family as an expression of our esteem.
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