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Article: Horse owners approve checkoff
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- October 9, 2003
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Checkoff votes Illinois horse owners approved creation of a
checkoff program to fund educational and research programs.
Pantagraph area owners also approved the program.
COUNTY
YES
NO
DeWitt
2
5
Ford-Iroquois
9
8
Livingston
2
1
Logan
3
6
McLean
15
8
Tazewell
1
1
Woodford
0
0
Illinois
285
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BLOOMINGTON -- Illinois' estimated 77,000 horse owners will begin
paying into a statewide checkoff program next year.
A majority of 544 owners voting Tuesday at county Extension
offices approved creation of the checkoff program. While 285 horse
owners approved the program, 259 opposed it.
Pantagraph area voters cast a total of 61 ballots. Thirty-two
owners approved the referendum, while 29 ...