AJR11: Joint Resolution Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly JOINT RESOLUTION 11

January 16, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Albers, Wade, Boyle, Freese, Gronemus, Hahn, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Ladwig, McCormick, Miller, Nass, Owens, Plouff, Powers, Rhoades, Ryba, Sykora, Turner, Vrakas, Walker and Williams, cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Breske, Darling, Farrow, Plache and Welch. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AJR11,1,1 Relating to: the life and public service of LeRoy Pete Litscher.

AJR11,1,4 Whereas, LeRoy Pete Litscher was born on January 15, 1922, in the Town of Troy, Sauk County, Wisconsin, and died on October 15, 2000, at St. Clare Hospital, Baraboo, Wisconsin, at the age of 78; and

AJR11,1,5 Whereas, he graduated from Prairie du Sac High School in 1940; and

AJR11,1,7 Whereas, he was an enthusiastic farmer and was dedicated to public service; and

AJR11,1,11 Whereas, Mr. Litscher served on the local board of directors of the Farmer's Union Co-op (now Cenex) for 26 years, the Wisconsin Farmers Union state board for many years, the board of the Baraboo Milk Producers, and the board of the Wisconsin Association of Drainage Districts; and

AJR11,1,13 Whereas, he served on the Lower Narrows School Board, the Baraboo School Board, and the Sauk County Board for many years; and

AJR11,1,15 Whereas, he was appointed by Governor Patrick Lucey to serve on the Cable Television Study Commission in 1971; and

AJR11,2,2 Whereas, he was elected to the Wisconsin assembly in a November 1975 special election and reelected in 1976; and

AJR11,2,6 Whereas, Mr. Litscher served as vice chairperson of the assembly committees on revenue and natural resources, as a member of the assembly Committee on Agriculture, and on the Legislative Council Natural Resources Committee and its subcommittee on floodplains; and

AJR11,2,11 Whereas, he felt an abiding responsibility to leave the land in better condition than he found it and had a hard time believing that anyone was all bad, as expressed in this greeting: "There is a destiny that makes us brothers. None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own."; now, therefore, be it

AJR11,2,15 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin legislature does hereby commend the life and exemplary public service of LeRoy Pete Litscher, and extends its sympathies to his wife, his children and their families, and his brothers and sisters and their families; and, be it further

AJR11,2,18 Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide copies of this joint resolution to Mr. Litscher's wife, Joan, his daughter, Laurie Seifert of Hartland, and his son, Patrick Litscher of Madison.

AJR11,2,19 (End)