Bill Text: IL HR0685 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors the Cowser family on being named as the Illinois Pork Producers Association's 2020 Family of the Year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0685 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0685-Introduced.html
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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 Cowser family | ||||||
| 4 | of Bradford for being recognized as the 2020 Family of the Year | ||||||
| 5 | by the Illinois Pork Producers Association; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Delbert and his wife Eva, with their children | ||||||
| 7 | Rodger and Phyllis Cowser, started building their farm in 1932 | ||||||
| 8 | with 80 acres of land, four horses, and a herd of swine; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, After four generations, Rodger and his wife | ||||||
| 10 | Annetta, with their children Steve, Andy, Marc, Darin, Vonnie, | ||||||
| 11 | and Paula Cowser, moved to the Elmore Stock Farm and have | ||||||
| 12 | helped it grow to thousands of acres today, with pigs, cows, | ||||||
| 13 | corn, soybeans, and more; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, We remember those family members they have lost, | ||||||
| 15 | including Rodger, who passed away in August 2019, and Mike, son | ||||||
| 16 | of Steve and Charlotte, who loved to work alongside his family | ||||||
| 17 | on the farm and died in an accident at the age of 14; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The core values of the Cowser pork business are | ||||||
| 19 | family and faith; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The family has been, and still is, actively | ||||||
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| 1 | involved and engaged in the farming and agriculture community | ||||||
| 2 | in central Illinois, with service to the Illinois Farm Bureau | ||||||
| 3 | through education of the public and 4-H; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Cowser family regularly donates pork to local | ||||||
| 5 | organizations for fundraising meals; they also serve their | ||||||
| 6 | respective communities through holding township and school | ||||||
| 7 | board offices; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we honor the Cowser family on being named as the Illinois Pork | ||||||
| 11 | Producers Association's 2020 Family of the Year; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the Cowser family as an expression of our esteem.
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