Full Text of HR1254 93rd General Assembly
HR1254 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Glenn R. Meyer of Steeleville is completing 12 | 3 |
| years of service as Director of District 16 of the Illinois | 4 |
| Agricultural Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Glenn Meyer was elected to the Illinois Farm | 6 |
| Bureau Board of Directors in 1992 to represent District 16, | 7 |
| which includes St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Monroe, | 8 |
| Randolph, and Perry counties; Glenn serves on the Board's | 9 |
| Illinois Government Committee, the ACTIVATOR Executive | 10 |
| Committee, and the IAA Foundation Board of Trustees; he also | 11 |
| serves on the Country Trust Bank Board, and as the interlocking | 12 |
| member on the board of the Illinois Specialty Growers | 13 |
| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a 40-year Farm Bureau member; he joined the | 15 |
| Randolph County Farm Bureau Board in 1958, serving on the Young | 16 |
| Farmers, Local Affairs, Public Relations, Sports, Legislative, | 17 |
| and Viewpoint Committees; Glenn was county Farm Bureau | 18 |
| President for five years, and a delegate to the annual IFB | 19 |
| meetings; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the Illinois Soybean Association | 21 |
| Board from 1989 to 1993, acting as Vice President and | 22 |
| Secretary, as well as Chairman of the Domestic Promotions | 23 |
| Committee; he served two years as President of the Randolph | 24 |
| County Pork Producers Board and received the Superior Pork | 25 |
| Award; he was named Master Farmer by Prairie Farmer Magazine in | 26 |
| 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, He has participated in American Farm Bureau's | 28 |
| Adopt-A-Scientist program; he has served as a county board | 29 |
| member on the Farmers Home Administration; he has also served | 30 |
| on the Randolph County Soil Conservation Service Board; he is a | 31 |
| former leader of the Wine Hill Toppers 4-H Club, having led for |
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| 25 years; he is a member of St. Mark's Luthern Church in | 2 |
| Steeleville and was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran School | 3 |
| Board for six years and a 13-year member of the Steeleville | 4 |
| Community Unit School District; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2004, Glenn retired from his farming operation | 6 |
| of 1,300 acres of corn, soybeans, and wheat; he and his wife of | 7 |
| 44 years, Carol, continue to grow and operate their greenhouse | 8 |
| and raise small fruits and vegetables, as well as bedding | 9 |
| plants for the public; they are well known locally for their | 10 |
| strawberries, blackberries, and seasonal vegetables; and
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| WHEREAS, Glenn's family circle, in addition to his loving | 12 |
| and long-supporting partner and spouse, Carol, includes a son, | 13 |
| Glenn, Jr., and grandchildren, Brittany, John, Matthew, and | 14 |
| Kaitlin Meyer, and a daughter, Annette and husband, Kelly | 15 |
| Heisdorffer, and grandchildren, Julieann and Isaac | 16 |
| Heisdorffer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| honor Glenn Meyer upon the occasion of his completion of 12 | 20 |
| years of exemplary service as Director of District 16 of the | 21 |
| Illinois Agricultural Association and we commend him for his | 22 |
| long and distinguished work in support of agriculture; and be | 23 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to Glenn Meyer as an expression of our respect and | 26 |
| esteem.
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