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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Glenn and Carol
4Meyer of Steeleville on being the recipients of the Illinois
5Farm Bureau Eagle Award for Excellence; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Glenn Meyer joined the Illinois Farm Bureau more
7than 50 years ago; he has served on the Randolph County Farm
8Bureau Board since 1958, holding numerous leadership
9positions, including 5 years as president; he represented
10District 16 on the Illinois Farm Bureau Board of Directors from
111992 to 2004, during which time he also sat on the IAA
12Foundation Board of Trustees and the Country Trust Bank Board,
13and served as the interlocking member of the Board for the
14Illinois Specialty Growers Association; and
 
15    WHEREAS, He has served on Boards for the Illinois Soybean
16Association, the Randolph County Pork Producers, the Farmers
17Home Administration, the Soil and Water Conservation District.
18and church and school boards as well; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Carol Meyer has served on the State Women's
20Committee; she was a voting delegate at the American Farm
21Bureau Federation (AFBF) annual meeting; she was a delegate at
22the Illinois Farm Bureau's annual meeting; she participated in

 

 

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1Ag in the Classroom; and she participated in a Market Study
2Tour to Argentina and Brazil in 2002; and
 
3    WHEREAS, She is a graduate of Agriculture Leaders of
4Tomorrow (ALOT); for more than ten years, she served various
5roles on the Land of Lincoln Soybean Association; she serves on
6the ag advisory committee for U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello
7and is vice president of the County Farm Bureau Foundation; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The award was presented at the Illinois Farm
9Bureau's annual meeting in St. Louis, held from December 4 to
107, 2010; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13congratulate Glenn and Carol Meyer and wish them continued
14success in the future; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to Glenn and Carol Meyer as a symbol of our respect
17and esteem.