2013
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 13-001
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Carroll, Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner, Brophy, Cadman,
       Crowder, Giron, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey, Heath, Hill, Hodge, Hudak, Jahn,
       Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, King, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Newell, Nicholson,
       Renfroe, Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz, Steadman, Tochtrop, Todd, Ulibarri,
       Morse;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Ryden, Buck, Buckner, Conti, Coram, Court,
       DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Everett, Exum, Fields, Fischer, Foote, Garcia,
       Gardner, Gerou, Ginal, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst, Humphrey, Joshi,
       Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, Levy, May, McCann,
       McLachlan, McNulty, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Murray, Navarro,
       Nordberg, Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal,
       Saine, Salazar, Schafer, Scott, Singer, Stephens, Swalm, Szabo, Tyler, Vigil,
       Waller, Williams, Wilson, Wright, Young, Ferrandino.
       
       
          MEMORIALIZING FORMER SENATOR FRANK WEDDIG. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague, Franklin Otto "Frank"
       Weddig, a past member of the Colorado Senate and the Colorado House
       of Representatives, departed this life on October 26, 2012, at the age of
       67; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Weddig was born November 1, 1944, in West
       Bend, Wisconsin; and
       
          WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Senator Weddig
       joined the United States Air Force at the age of 17, and worked on B-47
       bombers in Kansas, Alaska, and Idaho before being honorably discharged
       in 1966; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Weddig married Patricia May Ineck in 1966, and
       in 1971 they moved their family to Colorado; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Weddig completed an apprenticeship program
       for commercial electricians and joined the International Brotherhood of
       Electrical Workers, and worked as an electrician for thirty-five years; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1977, Senator Weddig was appointed to the Aurora
       Planning Commission, and he was elected to the Aurora City Council in
       1981, serving as a council member until 1993; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Wedding was appointed to the Colorado State
       Senate in 1995 and served in the Senate for six years, from 1995 to 2000,
       representing Arapahoe County and the city of Aurora for Senate District
       29, and was the first legislator to be term-limited due to the newly passed
       limits; and
       
          WHEREAS, After being term-limited in the Senate, Senator Weddig
       was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, where he served
       for four years, from 2001 to 2004, representing House District 43 and
       then House District 36 for Arapahoe County and the city of Aurora; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Wedding served on the Local Government
       Committee and the State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee
       during his tenure in both the House and Senate, and he also served one
       year on the Senate Health, Environment, Welfare, and Institutions
       Committee and on the interim committee for the State Capitol Centennial
       Celebration in 1995; and
       
          WHEREAS, In November 2004, Senator Weddig was elected to the
       Arapahoe Board of County Commissioners, where he served as a
       commissioner until his retirement in 2012; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Weddig served his community in many
       capacities, including as a member of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce
       Board of Directors, Developmental Pathways Board of Directors, E-470
       Public Highway Authority Board, National Association of Counties Labor
       and Employment Steering Committee, and as Treasurer of Colorado
       Counties, Inc.; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Weddig is remembered as being gregarious,
       cordial, and passionate about serving his community; and
       
          WHEREAS, It is fitting that we, the members of the Sixty-ninth
       General Assembly, pay tribute to the dedicated service of Senator Frank
       Weddig and express our deep regret and sorrow occasioned by his death;
       now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That, in the death of Franklin Otto Weddig, the people of the state of
       Colorado have lost a dedicated public servant and outstanding citizen, and
       that we, the members of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly, do hereby
       extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family and
       pay tribute to a man who served his state well and faithfully.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Memorial be sent to
       Senator Weddig's wife, Patricia Weddig, his daughters, Frances Thomson,
       Pamela Williams, and Patrice Thoresen, the Board of County
       Commissioners for Arapahoe County, the Aurora City Council, United
       States Representatives Mike Coffman and Ed Perlmutter, United States
       Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, and Governor John
       Hickenlooper.
       
       
       
       
       
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       John P. Morse                        Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES