75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session

                            Enrolled

                 Senate Concurrent Resolution 21

Sponsored by Senator WINTERS; Senators BONAMICI, DEVLIN,
  FERRIOLI, GIROD, JOHNSON, NELSON, ROSENBAUM, SCHRADER, VERGER
  (Presession filed.)

  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., a Salem pediatrician, has been
practicing medicine and improving the health of Salem's children
for nearly 30 years; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., was honored as the 49th recipient
of the Oregon Medical Association's Doctor-Citizen of the Year in
2006; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., has contributed to the development
of multiple orphanages since 2002 in areas of Tanzania that lack
adequate health-related resources, including Arusha, Arumeru, Dar
es Salaam, Kikatiti, and Lengast in the Masai lands; and
  Whereas these orphanages now provide medical treatment to
several hundred orphaned and vulnerable children annually; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., established the Yatima Group Fund
and the Orphans Foundation Fund to fund improvements to these
orphanages, including the development of sources of clean water,
agriculture products, indoor kitchens, sanitary facilities,
classrooms and dormitories; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., currently works with Oregon Health
and Science University and Mount Meru Hospital in Arusha,
Tanzania, to facilitate a doctor exchange program; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., currently works with Western
Oregon University to facilitate the development of a project that
allows students to work with Orphans Foundation Fund projects in
Tanzania; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., continues his work in support of a
vision for shared self-help that promotes self-sufficiency for
emerging leaders in villages in Tanzania; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., volunteered with Northwest Medical
Teams International to serve in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami
that ravaged southeast Asia; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., as the chair of the Legislative
Committee of the Oregon Medical Association, has helped pass
numerous bills that improve and protect the health of Oregon's
children; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D, has provided leadership and
legislative advocacy in establishing the Healthy Kids program,
which provides free or low-cost health care coverage to Oregon
children who do not have health insurance; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., was honored by the Oregon
Pediatric Society when it established the James K. Lace Award for
Pediatric Advocacy, which is given to the pediatric resident at
Oregon Health and Science University who has demonstrated
interest in children's issues in the area of state or national
politics; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., was awarded the President's
Achievement Award in January 2010 by the Marion-Polk County
Medical Society for his multiple international humanitarian
missions, his many years representing medicine at the state and

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federal government levels and his lifetime commitment to the art
and science of medicine; and
  Whereas James K. Lace, M.D., is an active member of the Oregon
Health Plan Advisory Task Force and the Oregon Medical
Association's Amphetamine Task Force and was the president of the
Oregon Pediatric Society; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly,
in special legislative session assembled, commend Dr. James K.
Lace, M.D., for his dedication and tireless service on behalf of
children locally and internationally.
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                                  Adopted by Senate February 9,
                                              2010

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                                       Secretary of Senate

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                                       President of Senate

                                  Adopted by House February 16,
                                              2010

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                                        Speaker of House

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