Bill Text: WV HCR39 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Coach Kenny Wright Road
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-20 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [HCR39 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HCR39-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 39
(By Delegates Barnhart, D. Kelly, Azinger, J. Kelly, Anderson and Criss)
[Introduced January 27, 2020]
Requesting the Division of Highways name a portion of Ritchie CR 16/35, known locally as School Road, beginning at the junction of WV 16 (MP 0,00) and ending at the junction of US 50 (MP.0.75) Ritchie County, the “Coach Kenny Wright Road”.
Whereas, Kenny Wright spent 42 years coaching and teaching prior to his retirement in 2001; and
Whereas, He worked six years at Van High School in Boone County, 21 years at Pennsboro High School where he served as athletic director and football and basketball coach, and 15 years at Ritchie County High School as athletic director and football and basketball coach; and
Whereas, Coach Kenny Wright’s Ritchie County High School football teams were in the AA playoffs six times; and
Whereas, Coach Kenny Wright received many awards and honors; and
Whereas, Coach Wright was named Athletic Director of the Year in 1989-1990, received the Award of Merit from WVADA in 1998-1999, and was inducted into the first North-South Football Hall of Fame; and
Whereas, The Coach was Director of the North-South All Star Football Game for 19 years, was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Coaches Association for 15 years and received the National Distinguished Service Award from NHSACA in 2001. He was head coach of the North in the North-South Football Game in 1978. He also was a member of the Ohio Valley Hall of Fame committee and served as president of the Ritchie County Teachers Association and the Little Kanawha Conference. He was named Wayne Underwood Coach of the Year in 1969 and 1994, named St. Mary’s High School Alumni of the Year in 2005, and was inducted into the Mid Ohio Valley Hall of Fame in 2003; and
Whereas, Coach Kenny Wright began working as Sports Editor of the Pennsboro News in 1976; and
Whereas, Coach Kenny Wright is a member of the United Methodist Church in Pennsboro; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring recognition be established to commemorate Coach Kenny Wright and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name a portion of Ritchie CR 16/35, known locally as School Road, beginning at the junction of WV 16 (MP 0,00) and ending at the junction of US 50 (MP.0.75) in Ritchie County, the “Coach Kenny Wright Road”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs containing bold and prominent letters at both ends identifying the portion of road as the “Coach Kenny Wright Road”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
