Bill Text: OR SCR16 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Concurrent Resolution 16 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Honoring D.E. "Denny" Jones for his services to the Legislative Assembly and the State of Oregon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SCR16 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SCR16-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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                 Senate Concurrent Resolution 16

Sponsored by Senator FERRIOLI

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Honors D.E. 'Denny' Jones for his services to Legislative
Assembly and State of Oregon and for his many contributions to
family, friends, community and country.

                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas D.E. 'Denny' Jones was born September 21, 1910, in
Ione, Oregon; and
  Whereas D.E. 'Denny' Jones married Mildred Altnow, and together
they have two children, eight grandchildren, fourteen
great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and
  Whereas D.E. 'Denny' Jones was elected to the House of
Representatives in 1972 and served 13 terms with distinction
until 1999, including service on the Joint Committee on Ways and
Means, the Emergency Board and the committees for agriculture,
transportation and education; and
  Whereas in 1995 D.E. 'Denny' Jones served as cochair of the
Joint Committee on Ways and Means, and as cochair, he strove to
protect Oregonians' hard-earned tax dollars; and
  Whereas D.E. 'Denny' Jones has worked as a jockey, buckaroo and
ranch owner; and
  Whereas D.E. 'Denny' Jones entertained countless guests at each
of his eastern Oregon dinners with his famous rendition of
Strawberry Roan; and
  Whereas D.E. 'Denny' Jones was the director of the Oregon
Cattlemen's Association and received the Malheur County Cattleman
of the Year Award, the Harney County Livestock Association
Citizenship Award and the Ontario Jaycees' Citizenship Award; and
  Whereas D.E. 'Denny' Jones turned 100 years old on September
21, 2010; 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 D.E. 'Denny' Jones for his services to the Legislative
Assembly and the State of Oregon and for his many contributions
to his family, friends, community and country.
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