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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 | Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary | ||||||
5 | of their cooperative; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative was | ||||||
7 | officially formed on October 25, 1938 in Anna, 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 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 Southern | ||||||
20 | Illinois Electric Cooperative 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 Southern Illinois | ||||||
2 | Electric Cooperative's lines were first energized on March 22, | ||||||
3 | 1939, initially serving 600 member-owners in Pulaski and Union | ||||||
4 | counties; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative continues | ||||||
6 | to provides reliable electric
service to member-owners in | ||||||
7 | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, and Union counties; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served its | ||||||
10 | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | ||||||
11 | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | ||||||
12 | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | ||||||
13 | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | ||||||
14 | concern for 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 members of the Southern Illinois Electric | ||||||
18 | Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative; and | ||||||
19 | be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative as a symbol | ||||||
22 | of our esteem and respect.
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