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92_HR1127
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to say farewell to Representative Ron
4 Lawfer of the 74th District; and
5 WHEREAS, Representative Lawfer was elected in 1992 and is
6 now serving his fifth term in the Illinois General Assembly;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, Representative Lawfer has lived in northwestern
9 Illinois all of his life; he and his wife, Pat, are the proud
10 parents of five children; Ron and Pat were dairy farmers from
11 1957 to 1987 and now reside in Stockton where they own and
12 operate a grain farm; and
13 WHEREAS, Representative Lawfer graduated from Stockton
14 High School and the University of Illinois; he served as an
15 infantry officer in Korea; after the military, he became
16 involved with local government; he served as Wards Grove
17 Township Supervisor for 8 years and served 10 years on the Jo
18 Daviess County Board; and
19 WHEREAS, He was one of five Illinoisans appointed by
20 Governor Jim Thompson to serve as a Commissioner of the
21 Illinois Rural Bond Bank; he has been an active participant
22 in economic development efforts as a member of the Overall
23 Economic Development Committee for Jo Daviess County, and as
24 a member of the Illinois Trade Mission to Mexico; and
25 WHEREAS, He has been the recipient of many awards and
26 honors including the "Voice of Employers Award" from the
27 Management Association, the "Friend of Agriculture" from the
28 Farm Bureau Activator, "the Master Farmer" award from the
29 Prairie Farmer Magazine; he was named a top ranking freshmen
30 legislator by Illinois Politics Magazine; he was the first
31 recipient of the "Friends of Dairymen" award given by the
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1 Illinois Milk Producers' Association for his legislative
2 achievements, which included changes in how fines are levied
3 for adulterated milk; he received the Governor's "Legislative
4 Friend of Tourism" award; in 1998, the Association of
5 Illinois Electric Cooperatives chose him to receive their
6 Public Service Award for service to the rural electrification
7 program; and
8 WHEREAS, He worked to ensure that Adkins Energy LLC near
9 Lena, the first functioning farmer-owned ethanol plant in
10 Illinois, became a reality; in addition, he was an alternate
11 co-sponsor and supported the creation of the Illinois
12 AgriFIRST program; and he was a supporter of the Council on
13 Food and Agricultural Research; and
14 WHEREAS, Currently, he is serving as minority spokesman
15 for the Agriculture & Conservation committee, and
16 vice-spokesman for both the Appropriations-Elementary &
17 Secondary Education committee, and the Tourism committee; he
18 also serves on committees for Counties and Townships,
19 Environment & Energy, and Aging; and
20 WHEREAS, Representative Lawfer looks forward to using his
21 experience to continue to serve as a "Citizen Legislator" for
22 his Northwest Illinois district; he plans to retire and spend
23 his time concentrating on his grain farm and his 9
24 grandchildren; therefore, be it
25 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
27 we thank Representative Ron Lawfer for his hard work and
28 dedication to the people of the State of Illinois and wish
29 him well in his future endeavors; and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
31 presented to Representative Ron Lawfer as an expression of
32 our respect and esteem.