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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY ALONS, MERTZ, STRUYK, HUSEMAN, RAYHONS, GREIMANN,
1 3 WILDERDYKE, JONES, GREINER, WHITAKER, HUTTER, LUKAN,
1 4 LALK, ROBERTS, DE BOEF, SCHICKEL, BOGGESS, MILLER,
1 5 GASKILL, HEDDENS, SANDS, EICHHORN, D. HANSON,
1 6 D. OLSON, FREVERT, and REASONER
1 7 A Resolution honoring the Iowa State University of
1 8 Science and Technology Extension for 100 years of
1 9 service to Iowa.
1 10 WHEREAS, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension
1 11 began at the request of the people of Iowa, when in
1 12 1903, Sioux County farmers from Hull, Iowa, cooperated
1 13 with the university to bring the land-grant college's
1 14 programs and services to the people of this state; and
1 15 WHEREAS, ISU Extension became the model for
1 16 cooperative extension work that was adopted nationwide
1 17 in 1914 with the passing of the federal Smith-Lever
1 18 Act; and
1 19 WHEREAS, ISU Extension partners with Iowans,
1 20 including 900 locally elected Extension Council
1 21 members, to provide research-based learning
1 22 opportunities to improve quality of life in Iowa; and
1 23 WHEREAS, ISU Extension embraces the university's
1 24 strategic goals of learning, discovery, and
1 25 engagement, and, through an active partnership and
1 26 presence in every county, provides Iowans with access
1 27 to the resources of the university and communicates
1 28 the priorities of the citizens to the university; and
1 29 WHEREAS, in 2002, more than 665,000 clients had
1 30 individual contact with extension programs, the
2 1 extension distributed more than two million
2 2 publications in hard copy and three million copies
2 3 digitally, and extension information was accessed from
2 4 extension web sites approximately 20 million times,
2 5 evidence that ISU Extension is well-positioned to
2 6 support the growth and development of Iowa in the
2 7 knowledge-based economy and society of the 21st
2 8 century; and
2 9 WHEREAS, for the past 100 years, Iowa State
2 10 University has been helping Iowans become their best
2 11 and is ready and anxious to begin its next 100 years
2 12 of service to the state; NOW THEREFORE,
2 13 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 14 That the House of Representatives honors Iowa State
2 15 University Extension for 100 years of cooperative
2 16 services and programs to Iowa and joins in celebrating
2 17 April 7, 2003, as the kickoff date for Iowa State
2 18 University Extension's inaugural celebration of its
2 19 creation 100 years ago.
2 20 LSB 3129HH 80
2 21 kh/sh/8
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