ISU Extension 100 Year Resolution
by Sioux County Board of Supervisors

Motion by Bouma and supported by Beernink to approve the following County Extension Support Resolution:

RESOLUTION NO. 2003-03

WHEREAS, in Sioux County, cooperative agricultural extension work as now conducted throughout the United States was first established; and

WHEREAS, this plan was conceived by Perry G. Holden of Iowa State College, the Sioux County Farmers' Institute and the Sioux County Board of Supervisors on February 18, 1903; and

WHEREAS, the first work undertaken was the farmers' seed corn which the first mass effort to improve corn that started as a movement that spread over Iowa and the corn belt; and

WHEREAS, the Sioux County Board of Supervisors wishes to recognize the historical significance of this one hundred year anniversary of the establishment of County Extension Services;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Sioux County Board of Supervisors supports participation in this historical event by celebrating with the Sioux County Extension Service, Iowa State University and other interested entities and individuals this milestone on April 7, 2003 at 6:00 o'clock p.m. in the Hull Community Center;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the purpose of this celebration is to acknowledge the profound effect that the Extension Service has had on the progress made in agriculture and improving the quality of life in rural Iowa over the past one hundred years.

APPROVED AND SIGNED this 4th day of March, 2003.

/s/ Mark Sybesma,
Chairman
Sioux County Board of Supervisors

ATTEST: /s/ Dennis Lange
Sioux County Auditor

Updated May 7, 2003 4:16 PM
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