76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 4098 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. ----------