Full Text of HR0250 95th General Assembly
HR0250 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Fred Bradshaw of | 4 |
| Griggsville for his many contributions to the rural economic | 5 |
| development of western Illinois and being honored by the | 6 |
| College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences | 7 |
| (ACES) and the ACES Alumni Association at the University of | 8 |
| Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been a farm owner and operator for over 40 | 10 |
| years, in partnership with his brother, Harvey in grain and | 11 |
| livestock farming; and
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| WHEREAS, He is the Two Rivers RC & D Director and has | 13 |
| served from 1972 to the present, and has served as Chairman for | 14 |
| several nonconsecutive terms; he is the Director and a founding | 15 |
| member of Orr Research and Demonstration Center Corporation, | 16 |
| 1972 to the present, as well as Past Chairman and Executive | 17 |
| Director; and
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| WHEREAS, His contributions to rural economic development | 19 |
| include: University of Illinois, College of Agriculture | 20 |
| Advisory Board, past member;
Farm Credit Services Director, | 21 |
| 1980-1992, Chairman of Board, 1991-1992; Pike County Farm | 22 |
| Bureau, member since 1964, Director 1990-present; Illinois |
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| Soybean Operating Board, 1996-2002, Assistant Treasurer, 2001; | 2 |
| National Biodiesel Board, Director, 1997-2002; Illinois | 3 |
| Coalition for Animal Agriculture, 1998-2002; C-FAR, Director, | 4 |
| 1999-2007; and Griggsville Rural Fire District Board, | 5 |
| 1994-present, current Treasurer;
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| WHEREAS, He is a member of the Griggsville United Methodist | 7 |
| Church and the Griggsville Masonic Lodge; he has served with | 8 |
| the Pike County Republican Central Committee as Vice Chairman | 9 |
| for 20 years and is presently a precinct committeeman; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw received the Two Rivers RC & D | 11 |
| Service Award in 1992; and the Gamma Sigma Delta, University of | 12 |
| Illinois, Award of Merit in 1986; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, He is a 1962 graduate of Western Illinois | 14 |
| University with a Bachelor's of Science degree; he served in | 15 |
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United States Army from 1955-57; he and his wife, Carole, | 16 |
| have been married 37 years; they have three sons, Jeffrey | 17 |
| Bradshaw (wife, Teresa), and granddaughters Jalyn and | 18 |
| Samantha; Eric Bradshaw (wife, Tara) and grandson Jacob; and | 19 |
| Matthew Bradshaw (wife, Lori) and grandsons Wesley, Cody, and | 20 |
| Kyle; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Fred Bradshaw on being honored by the College of | 2 |
| Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) and | 3 |
| the ACES Alumni Association at the University of Illinois at | 4 |
| Urbana-Champaign and wish him continued success in his future | 5 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Fred Bradshaw as a symbol of our respect.
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