Bill Text: OR HCR206 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: In memoriam: Officer Buddy Ray Herron, 1969-2011.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-29 - Filed with Secretary of State. [HCR206 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-HCR206-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                 House Concurrent Resolution 206

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES

  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was born August 25, 1969, and
killed on November 28, 2011; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was born in Chicago, Illinois;
and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron attended Tolleson Union High
School in Arizona; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron joined the United States Navy
in 1988 and was honorably discharged in 1996; and
  Whereas in 1990 Officer Buddy Ray Herron married Kim Reeves,
the love of his life, and was the father of James, Joshua, Jacob
and Jenna; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron began his career as a
correctional officer with the Arizona Department of Corrections
in 1999; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron moved to Helix, Oregon, and
went to work with the Department of Corrections in 2007, working
at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution; and
  Whereas on November 28, 2011, Officer Buddy Ray Herron stopped
to assist a stranded motorist on his way to work; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was then tragically killed
while providing that assistance and in the performance of his
duties as a public safety officer; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was a hardworking correctional
officer with the Department of Corrections, a loving and loyal
family man and a wonderful father and husband; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron's greatest joys were his wife
and children; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron was able to fix anything
broken or in disrepair, had an incredible sense of humor and was
active with his local church of Latter-day Saints; and
  Whereas in his spare time, Officer Buddy Ray Herron volunteered
with his local rural fire district; and
  Whereas Officer Buddy Ray Herron especially enjoyed activities
with his family and camping at their favorite spot on the north
rim of the Grand Canyon; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly,
honor and express our appreciation for Officer Buddy Ray Herron
and his service to the residents of the State of Oregon; and be
it further
  Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be presented with our
condolences to Officer Buddy Ray Herron's family.
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Enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 206 (HCR 206-INTRO)   Page 1

                                  Adopted by House February 23,
                                              2012

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                                 Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk
                                            of House

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                                  Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

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                                 Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

                                 Adopted by Senate February 27,
                                              2012

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                                  Peter Courtney, President of
                                             Senate

Enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 206 (HCR 206-INTRO)   Page 2