House Resolution 31 PAG LIN 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