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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of
4Adams Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their
5cooperative; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Adams Electric Cooperative was officially formed
7on May 11, 1938 in Quincy, Illinois, through the hard work and
8dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to improve
9living and farming conditions for themselves and their
10neighbors; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply wasn't
12possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving
13rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric
14line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification
15Administration (REA), the people living in these rural areas
16banded together to form member-owned and member-governed
17electric cooperatives; and
 
18    WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door
19signing up their neighbors to become members of Adams Electric
20Cooperative and convincing them that a cooperative would bring
21lights and power to the rural area; and
 

 

 

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