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Introduced Version
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
Department of Transportation to rename that portion of State
Road 5 from State Road 218 to State Road 22 the "Ralph
Duckwall Memorial Highway".
Goss-Reaves, Manning, Criswell
_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename that portion of State
3 Road 5 from State Road 218 to State Road 22 the "Ralph
4 Duckwall Memorial Highway".
5 Whereas, Ralph Duckwall was a lifelong resident of Van
6 Buren, Indiana, graduating from Van Buren High School in
7 1943 and attending services at the Van Buren United Methodist
8 Church his entire life;
9 Whereas, He was a farmer in Van Buren Township and an
10 active community member, serving as State Representative for
11 the Grant County area from 1976 to 1986, where he was
12 chairman of the Natural Resources Committee and member of
13 the Agriculture and Education Committees;
14 Whereas, He also served on the Grant County Council, Van
15 Buren Township Advisory Board, Eastbrook School
16 Corporation School Board, Grant County 4-H Board, and he
17 was the former director and Board President for
18 Grant-Blackford Farmers Mutual Insurance Company;
19 Whereas, He received the Sagamore of the Wabash award,
20 which was selected by Governor Robert Orr; and
21 Whereas, Ralph was adamant and persistent in keeping State
22 Highway 5 through Van Buren to Upland open as a State
23 Highway, so it is only fitting it be named after him: Therefore,
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1 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
2 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
3 the Senate concurring:
4 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
5 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of
6 State Road 5 from State Road 218 to State Road 22 the "Ralph
7 Duckwall Memorial Highway".
8 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
9 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to the
10 Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation.
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