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Full Text of HR0560  100th General Assembly

HR0560 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the students, faculty,
4researchers, and staff of the Orr Agricultural Research Center
5on the occasion of the Center's 40th Anniversary and its
6tradition of providing reliable and beneficial research to
7local communities, the State and the Midwest as a whole; and
 
8    WHEREAS, In 1972 the Two Rivers Resource Conservation and
9Development Council believed that the region of Western
10Illinois was in need of an agricultural research center; and
 
11    WHEREAS, After a long process by the Council of advocating
12for an agricultural research center, then Governor Jim Thompson
13approved an appropriation for the creation of the Orr Center in
141977; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Ralph Orr sold 278 acres of farm land for the
16creation of the original agricultural research facility; and
 
17    WHEREAS, In 1990, the Center added a beef research farm to
18its operations; and
 
19    WHEREAS, the Orr Center represents one of the only
20collaborative agreements between a land grant university and a

 

 

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1community college whereby the students and researchers of the
2University of Illinois share the facilities and fields of the
3Orr Center with the students and faculty of the John Wood
4Community College; even working together on research projects;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, During any given year, the facility has up to 50
7different agronomic and animal science research projects; all
8of which ultimately benefit farmers, agribusinesses, and
9students; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Orr Agricultural Center has become an
11indispensable asset to the agricultural community of Illinois
12and the Midwest; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
14HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
15congratulate the students, faculty, researchers and staff of
16the Orr Agricultural Research Center on the occasion of the
1740th year anniversary of the Orr Agricultural Research Center
18and its continuing efforts to provide farmers and
19agribusinesses with the most up to date research and data; and
20be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent
22to the director of the Orr Agricultural Research Center as a

 

 

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1token of our esteem and appreciation.