Full Text of HR0429 98th General Assembly
HR0429 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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