Full Text of HR0422 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 | | Adams Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | 5 | | cooperative; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Adams Electric Cooperative was officially formed | 7 | | on May 11, 1938 in
Quincy, Illinois, through the hard work and | 8 | | dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to improve | 9 | | 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 Adams 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 Adams Electric | 2 | | Cooperative's lines were first energized on March 27, 1939, | 3 | | initially serving 1,400 member-owners in Adams County; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Adams Electric Cooperative continues to provides | 5 | | reliable electric
service to member-owners in Adams, Brown, | 6 | | Hancock, McDonough, Pike, and Schuyler counties; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served its | 8 | | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | 9 | | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | 10 | | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | 11 | | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | 12 | | concern for community; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate the members of the Adams Electric Cooperative | 16 | | on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Adams Electric Cooperative as a symbol of our | 19 | | esteem and respect.
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