SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 22

(By Senators Caldwell, Rowe, McKenzie, Oliverio, Ross, Redd, Love and Facemyer)

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[Originating in the Committee on Transportation;

reported March 22, 2001.]

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Requesting the Commissioner of the Division of Highways name that certain bridge which crosses Kitchen Creek at Gap Mills, West Virginia, on State Route 3, the "Gap Mills Ruritan Memorial Bridge".

Whereas, The Ruritan Club at Gap Mills, West Virginia, is the oldest Ruritan Club in the state, having been established in 1933; and

Whereas, The Gap Mills Ruritan Club is a community-service organization which funds scholarships for high school seniors, offers free home repairs for those in need, sponsors the "Adopt a Highway" program and the "Meet Your Candidate" meetings and whose
members volunteer for a broad range of service projects; and
Whereas, The oldest charter member of a West Virginia Ruritan Club, James Frasier, who was a member of the Gap Mills Ruritan Club, recently passed away; and

Whereas, It is fitting that the contributions of the Gap Mills Ruritan Club and the memory of its original charter members, who are all deceased now, be recognized; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Legislature hereby requests the Commissioner of the Division of Highways name that certain bridge which crosses Kitchen Creek at Gap Mills, West Virginia, on State Route 3, the "Gap Mills Ruritan Memorial Bridge"; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner is requested to have made and be placed, at either end of the bridge, signs identifying the bridge as the "Gap Mills Ruritan Memorial Bridge"; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Division of Highways and the Gap Mills Ruritan Club.