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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Mr. John Jay of Mahomet was recently named the
3 2006 News Gazette Farm Leader of the Year; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Mr. Jay has lived in western Champaign County all
5 of his life; he has spent much of his life managing farmland
6 for others; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He attended Champaign schools and graduated from
8 Central High School, where he took vocational agriculture
9 classes and participated in a parliamentary procedures team;
10 and
 
11     WHEREAS, Throughout the years, Mr. Jay has grown wheat,
12 corn, and soybeans; for a while, he raised Berkshire gilts, a
13 breed of hogs; and
 
14     WHEREAS, As he farmed full-time, he gradually became
15 involved in local government, first as Mahomet Township clerk;
16 eventually he was elected as a trustee and supervisor, a
17 position he still holds today; he has spent 38 years working
18 for the township; he also served on the board of the Champaign
19 County Soil and Water Conservation District and has spent 35
20 years with the Cornbelt Fire Protection District; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Mr. Jay is retired, but still manages some
22 farmland; he helps his son, Bill Jay, who is also a farmer,
23 during harvest and works full-time as fire chief; he represents
24 District 1 on the Champaign County Board, and he is the Mahomet
25 Township supervisor; he and his wife, Sunny, live in Mahomet;
26 therefore, be it
 
27     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we congratulate Mr. John Jay of Mahomet on being named the 2006

 

 

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1 News Gazette Farm Leader of the Year; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Mr. Jay as an expression of our esteem.