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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 | MJM Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | ||||||
5 | cooperative; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The MJM Electric Cooperative was officially | ||||||
7 | organized on April 5, 1939 in Carlinville, Illinois, through | ||||||
8 | the hard work and dedication of a handful of local residents | ||||||
9 | wanting to improve living and farming conditions for themselves | ||||||
10 | 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 MJM | ||||||
20 | Electric Cooperative and convincing them that a cooperative | ||||||
21 | would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and the MJM Electric | ||||||
2 | Cooperative's lines were first energized on April 11, 1940, | ||||||
3 | initially serving 224 member-owners in Macoupin County; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The MJM Electric Cooperative continues to | ||||||
5 | provides reliable electric service to member-owners in | ||||||
6 | Macoupin, Jersey, Montgomery, Bond, Fayette, Greene, and | ||||||
7 | Madison counties; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the MJM Electric Cooperative has | ||||||
9 | served its member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: | ||||||
10 | voluntary and open membership, member-elected and controlled | ||||||
11 | boards of directors, members' economic participation, autonomy | ||||||
12 | and independence, education and training, cooperation among | ||||||
13 | cooperatives, and 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 MJM Electric Cooperative on its 75th | ||||||
17 | anniversary; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the MJM Electric Cooperative as a symbol of our | ||||||
20 | esteem and respect.
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