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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 members of | ||||||
4 | Norris Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | ||||||
5 | cooperative; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Norris Electric Cooperative was officially formed | ||||||
7 | on September 18, 1938, in Newton, Illinois, through the hard | ||||||
8 | work and dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to | ||||||
9 | improve living and farming condition for themselves and their | ||||||
10 | neighbors; and
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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
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18 | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | ||||||
19 | signing up their neighbors to become members of Norris 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 Norris Electric | ||||||
2 | Cooperative's lines were first energized on December 24, 1939, | ||||||
3 | initially serving 550 member-owners in 6 counties; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Norris Electric Cooperative continues to provides | ||||||
5 | reliable electric service to member-owners in Clark, Crawford, | ||||||
6 | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, and Wabash | ||||||
7 | counties; and
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8 | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served their | ||||||
9 | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | ||||||
10 | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | ||||||
11 | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | ||||||
12 | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | ||||||
13 | concern for community; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
15 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
16 | we congratulate the members of the Norris Electric Cooperative | ||||||
17 | on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to Norris Electric Cooperative as a symbol of our | ||||||
20 | esteem and respect.
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