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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R22-1005.01 Andrew Webster x2044 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR22-1018 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1018 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF COLORADO STATE101 |
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| 14 | 14 | | IGHWAY 14 FROM MILE MARKER 153 TO MILE MARKER 154102 |
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| 15 | 15 | | IN WELD COUNTY AS THE "COLONEL STAN CASS MEMORIAL103 |
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| 17 | 17 | | IGHWAY".104 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, United States Army Colonel Stan Cass was born in1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Briggsdale, Colorado, on July 29, 1933; and2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Stan Cass attended Briggsdale High School and3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | worked on his family's farm until he graduated and applied to the United4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | States Military Academy at West Point; and5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, He was accepted to West Point after taking classes6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | at what is now Colorado State University, but at the time was known as7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; and8 |
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| 33 | | - | Van Beber, Holtorf, Amabile, Bacon, Baisley, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld, |
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| 34 | | - | Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Duran, Esgar, Exum, |
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| 35 | | - | Froelich, Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Herod, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy, Kipp, |
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| 36 | | - | Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, McLachlan, |
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| 37 | | - | Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pelton, Pico, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, Sandridge, |
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| 38 | | - | Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Winkle, |
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| 39 | | - | Weissman, Will, Williams, Woog, Young |
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| 27 | + | Van Beber, Holtorf |
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| 41 | | - | Sonnenberg, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Coram, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, |
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| 42 | | - | Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, |
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| 43 | | - | Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lee, Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, |
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| 44 | | - | Scott, Simpson, Smallwood, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger |
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| 29 | + | Sonnenberg, |
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| 45 | 30 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 46 | 31 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute. |
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| 47 | 32 | | Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. WHEREAS, After graduating from West Point in 1957, Colonel1 |
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| 48 | 33 | | Cass was first stationed in France and Germany, but was later transferred2 |
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| 49 | 34 | | to Vietnam in 1966 to command a helicopter unit in the Vietnam War;3 |
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| 50 | 35 | | and4 |
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| 51 | 36 | | WHEREAS, It was in Vietnam in 1972 where he met his future5 |
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| 52 | 37 | | wife, Cecily, who was working for the Central Intelligence Agency at the6 |
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| 53 | 38 | | time; and7 |
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| 54 | 39 | | WHEREAS, They weren't able to marry until years later, after8 |
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| 55 | 40 | | Cecily was transferred to Italy and Colonel Cass returned to the United9 |
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| 56 | 41 | | States to work for the Pentagon, where he developed the first Hellfire10 |
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| 57 | 42 | | air-to-surface missile, which is still the primary missile system used by11 |
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| 58 | 43 | | United States military helicopters today; and12 |
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| 59 | 44 | | WHEREAS, In 1986, Colonel Cass retired from the armed13 |
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| 60 | 45 | | services so that he and Cecily could move back to Weld County to tend14 |
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| 61 | 46 | | to the family farm when his father was no longer able to; and15 |
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| 62 | 47 | | WHEREAS, Stan Cass, all while continuing to preserve the land16 |
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| 63 | 48 | | his family had cultivated for decades, began serving his fellow veterans17 |
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| 64 | 49 | | first by offering his own money to the Weld County Veterans Memorial18 |
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| 65 | 50 | | when it appeared that it wouldn't be completed, and then by helping to19 |
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| 66 | 51 | | form the Honor Flight Northern Colorado program in 2008; and20 |
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| 67 | 52 | | WHEREAS, Honor Flight Northern Colorado, a nonprofit21 |
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| 68 | 53 | | volunteer organization, flies veterans of World War II, terminally ill22 |
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| 69 | 54 | | veterans, Purple Heart recipients, and veterans of the Korean and Vietnam23 |
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| 70 | 55 | | Wars from all over the United States to Washington, D.C. so they can24 |
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| 71 | 56 | | visit the World War II Memorial there; and25 |
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| 72 | 57 | | WHEREAS, Through his passion to serve his fellow veterans, Stan26 |
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| 73 | 58 | | Cass helped over 1,500 veterans make the pilgrimage to the World War27 |
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| 74 | 59 | | II Memorial through the Honor Flight Northern Colorado program, which28 |
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| 75 | 60 | | continues to this day; and29 |
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| 76 | 61 | | WHEREAS, Stan Cass will always be remembered for his quick30 |
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| 77 | 62 | | smile, his commanding presence, his military precision, and his generous31 |
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| 78 | 63 | | spirit that he devoted to his family, his country, and his fellow veterans;32 |
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| 79 | 64 | | now, therefore,33 |
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| 81 | 66 | | -2- Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third1 |
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| 82 | 67 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:2 |
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| 83 | 68 | | (1) That the portion of Colorado State Highway 14 in Weld3 |
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| 84 | 69 | | County from Mile Marker 153 to Mile Marker 154 be designated as the4 |
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| 85 | 70 | | "Colonel Stan Cass Memorial Highway".5 |
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| 86 | 71 | | (2) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept6 |
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| 87 | 72 | | and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of the initial7 |
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| 88 | 73 | | placement of signs to mark Colorado State Highway 14 in Weld County8 |
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| 89 | 74 | | from Mile Marker 153 to Mile Marker 154 as the "Colonel Stan Cass9 |
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| 90 | 75 | | Memorial Highway".10 |
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| 91 | 76 | | (3) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore11 |
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| 92 | 77 | | a cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for12 |
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| 93 | 78 | | Weld County for the maintenance of the signs marking the "Colonel Stan13 |
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| 94 | 79 | | Cass Memorial Highway".14 |
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| 95 | 80 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent15 |
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| 96 | 81 | | to the family of Stan Cass, Ault Mayor Rob Piotrowski and the Ault16 |
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| 97 | 82 | | Board of Trustees, the Weld County Board of County Commissioners,17 |
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| 98 | 83 | | and the West Greeley Conservation District.18 |
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