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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 the | ||||||
4 | Monroe County Electric Co-Operative on the 75th anniversary of | ||||||
5 | their cooperative; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Monroe County Electric Co-Operative was | ||||||
7 | officially organized on June 2, 1938, in Waterloo, Illinois, | ||||||
8 | through the hard work and dedication of a handful of local | ||||||
9 | residents wanting to improve living and farming conditions for | ||||||
10 | themselves and their neighbors; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not | ||||||
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, these rural people banded together to form | ||||||
16 | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; | ||||||
17 | 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 the Monroe | ||||||
20 | County Electric Co-Operative and convincing them that a | ||||||
21 | cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and the Monroe County | ||||||
2 | Electric Co-Operative's lines were first energized on October | ||||||
3 | 20, 1939, initially serving 383 member-owners in 3 counties; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Monroe County Electric Co-Operative continues | ||||||
6 | to provides reliable electric service to member-owners in | ||||||
7 | Monroe, Randolph, and St. Clair counties; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the Monroe County Electric | ||||||
9 | Co-Operative has served its member-owners based on 7 guiding | ||||||
10 | principles: voluntary and open membership, member-elected and | ||||||
11 | controlled boards of directors, members' economic | ||||||
12 | participation, autonomy and independence, education and | ||||||
13 | training, cooperation among cooperatives, and concern for | ||||||
14 | community; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
16 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
17 | we congratulate the Monroe County Electric Co-Operative on its | ||||||
18 | 75th anniversary; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to the Monroe County Electric Co-Operative as a | ||||||
21 | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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