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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the many people who |
| 4 | | make up the Kankakee County Farm Bureau, on the Bureau's 100th |
| 5 | | anniversary; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Kankakee County Soil and Crop Improvement |
| 7 | | Association was born at a public meeting in the Supervisor's |
| 8 | | Room of the Kankakee County Courthouse on May 29, 1912; the |
| 9 | | articles of incorporation were originally filed with the State |
| 10 | | of Illinois Office of the Secretary of State on June 3, 1912 as |
| 11 | | one of the first such agricultural organizations in the State |
| 12 | | of Illinois; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, The organization officially changed its name on |
| 14 | | December 14, 1933 to the Kankakee County Farm Bureau; the Farm |
| 15 | | Bureau is a voluntary membership organization whose mission is |
| 16 | | to "improve the economic well-being of agriculture and enrich |
| 17 | | the quality of farm family life"; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS,
The Farm Bureau recognizes freedom, the dignity |
| 19 | | and worth of the individual, equal opportunity, initiative, and |
| 20 | | compensation for accomplishment, as basic concepts responsible |
| 21 | | for the country's progress and stature among the nations of the |
| 22 | | world; the Farm Bureau represents the thinking of the majority |
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| 1 | | of its members so the organization can achieve maximum |
| 2 | | effectiveness and influence; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Kankakee County Farm Bureau has been, and |
| 4 | | continues to be, a service organization to not only its members |
| 5 | | but to agriculture and Kankakee County; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS,
The Kankakee County Farm Bureau is governed by 17 |
| 7 | | Directors; the current Directors of the Kankakee County Farm |
| 8 | | Bureau Board include:
District 1: Rockville Township, Jon |
| 9 | | Whitten; Manteno Township, Greg St. Aubin;
District 2: Sumner |
| 10 | | Township, Gene Rademacher; Yellowhead Township, Keith Mussman, |
| 11 | | President;
District 3: Essex Township, Marty Joyce; Salina |
| 12 | | Township, Patrick Joyce;
District 4: Bourbonnais Township, |
| 13 | | Gary Paarlberg; Limestone Township, Mark Tanner;
District 5: |
| 14 | | Norton Township, Patrick Koerner; Pilot Township, Sterling |
| 15 | | Bouchard;
District 6: Kankakee Township, Steve Benoit; Otto |
| 16 | | Township, Bret Perreault;
District 7: Aroma Township, Mike |
| 17 | | Bourgeois; Saint Anne Township, Duane Oosterhoff;
District 8: |
| 18 | | Ganeer Township, Kevin Yohnka, Vice President; Momence |
| 19 | | Township, Paula Karlock, Secretary-Treasurer; and Pembroke |
| 20 | | Township, Brian Dandurand; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Since 1912, the Kankakee County Farm Bureau has |
| 22 | | been working for the agriculture community to improve |
| 23 | | efficiency, profitability, safety, and quality of life; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On March 15, 2012 the Kankakee County Farm Bureau |
| 2 | | will celebrate its Centennial milestone at its 100th Annual |
| 3 | | Meeting; therefore, be it
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| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 6 | | we congratulate the many people who make up the Kankakee County |
| 7 | | Farm Bureau, on the Bureau's 100th anniversary; and be it |
| 8 | | further
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| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 10 | | presented to the Kankakee County Farm Bureau as a symbol of our |
| 11 | | respect and esteem.
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