Full Text of HR0884 98th General Assembly
HR0884 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 the | 4 | | Clinton County Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of | 5 | | their cooperative; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Clinton County Electric Cooperative was | 7 | | officially organized on December 31, 1939 in Breeze, Illinois, | 8 | | through the hard work and dedication of a handful of local | 9 | | residents wanting to improve living and farming conditions for | 10 | | themselves and their neighbors; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not | 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, these rural people banded together to form | 16 | | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | 19 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of the Clinton | 20 | | County Electric Cooperative and convincing them that a | 21 | | cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and the Clinton County | 2 | | Electric Cooperative's lines were first energized on March 26, | 3 | | 1940, initially serving 684 member-owners in Clinton County; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Clinton County Electric Cooperative continues | 6 | | to provides reliable electric service to member-owners in | 7 | | Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, St. Clair, and Washington | 8 | | counties; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the Clinton County Electric | 10 | | Cooperative has served its member-owners based on 7 guiding | 11 | | principles: voluntary and open membership, member-elected and | 12 | | controlled boards of directors, members' economic | 13 | | participation, autonomy and independence, education and | 14 | | training, cooperation among cooperatives, and concern for | 15 | | community; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate the Clinton County Electric Cooperative on its | 19 | | 75th anniversary; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the Clinton County Electric Cooperative as a | 22 | | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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