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       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 13-1009
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Coram, Buck, Buckner, Conti, Court,
       DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Everett, Exum, Fields, Fischer, Foote,
       Garcia, Gardner, Gerou, Ginal, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst,
       Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Labuda, Landgraf, Lebsock,
       Lee, Levy, May, McCann, McLachlan, McNulty, Melton, Mitsch
       Bush, Murray, Navarro, Nordberg, Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen,
       Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden, Saine, Salazar,
       Schafer, Scott, Singer, Sonnenberg, Stephens, Swalm, Szabo, Tyler,
       Vigil, Waller, Williams, Wilson, Wright, Young;
       
       also SENATOR(S) Roberts, Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner, Brophy,
       Cadman, Carroll, Crowder, Giron, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey,
       Heath, Hill, Hodge, Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, King,
       Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe, Scheffel,
       Schwartz, Steadman, Tochtrop, Todd, Ulibarri, Morse.
       
       CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF THE LEOPARD     
            CREEK BRIDGE IN PLACERVILLE AS THE              
      "PFC. PAUL L. HAINING MEMORIAL BRIDGE".
       
          WHEREAS, Paul Linn Haining was born on September 12, 1949; and
       
          WHEREAS, Paul Haining attended Telluride High School and
       graduated in 1967; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1970, Paul Haining, then 20 years old, enlisted in the
       United States Army and was sent overseas to Vietnam, where he served
       as Private First Class with the Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
       Regiment; and
       
          
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, On July 23, 1970, Pfc. Haining was killed in a landmine
       explosion in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam; and
       
          WHEREAS, For his service, Pfc. Haining earned two Bronze Star
       Medals and an Air Medal; and
       
          WHEREAS, Pfc. Haining is buried in the Placerville Cemetery and his
       name can be found on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall as casualty
       number 51,981; and
       
          WHEREAS, The veterans of the American Legion Austin A. Hiett
       Post #12, named for San Miguel County resident Austin Hiett who was
       killed in World War I, and the veterans of San Miguel County at large
       consider Pfc. Haining to be a "native son of Placerville"; and
       
          WHEREAS, Pfc. Haining is the only known casualty of the Vietnam
       War who was a resident of San Miguel County, and it is fitting that he
       should be honored and remembered in his home county for his service to
       the nation; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That the Leopard Creek bridge in Placerville, Colorado, be
       renamed the "Pfc. Paul L. Haining Memorial Bridge";
       
          (2)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept and
       expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of the initial
       placement of signs to mark the Leopard Creek bridge as the "Pfc. Paul L.
       Haining Memorial Bridge" and to erect a memorial plaque, which shall
       include reference to his highest military award, to be placed in an
       appropriate location; and
       
          (3)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore a
       cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for San
       Miguel County for the maintenance of the markings and the plaque for
       the "Pfc. Paul L. Haining Memorial Bridge".
       
       
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Pfc. Haining's brothers Glen and Daniel Haining of Redvale, Colorado,
       and Leonard Haining of Mesquite, Nevada; American Legion Austin A.
       Hiett Post #12 Commander Brian Ahern; San Miguel County Sheriff Bill
       Masters; veteran and sculptor Richard Arnold; Road Supervisor for the
       Road and Bridge Department of San Miguel County Mike Horner;
       Veterans Coordinator for San Miguel County Jim Botenhagen; and the
       San Miguel County Board of County Commissioners.
       
       
       
       
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       Mark Ferrandino                       John P. Morse 
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Cindi Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE