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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the
4Calhoun County Farm Bureau on the occasion of the
5organization's 90th anniversary; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Calhoun County Farm Bureau held its first
7annual meeting in 1921; the organization's first president was
8Albert Frank, who served from 1921 to 1931; from 1921 to 2011,
9the organization has had 21 presidents; the organization's
10current president, Robert Reed, has served as president since
111995; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Calhoun County Farm Bureau has been
13instrumental in numerous improvements in Calhoun County in the
14last 90 years; the bureau wrote the grant and solicited funds
15to bring an ambulance to Calhoun County in 1974; the county's
16first EMT class was held in the Farm Bureau building in the
17fall of 1974; the bureau was responsible for bringing a doctor
18to Calhoun County over 30 years ago; the bureau worked with
19John Block for seven years to get the Farmland Assessment Bill
20written, passed, and implemented; the bureau curtailed the
21Scenic Byway from coming into Calhoun County; the bureau was
22also responsible for the drafting of House Bill 704, which
23allowed Calhoun County and two other counties to go from three

 

 

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1county commissioners to five; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Calhoun County Farm Bureau and its members
3serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the
4people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7we congratulate the members of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau
8on the occasion of the organization's 90th anniversary and wish
9them continued success in the future; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the Calhoun County Farm Bureau as a symbol of our
12esteem and respect.