Bill Text: WV HCR76 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Naming a waterfall located on North Branch of Short Creek, White Angel Falls

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources [HCR76 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2020-HCR76-Introduced.html

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 76

(By Delegates Fluharty, Diserio, Canestraro, Zukoff, Lovejoy and Storch)

[Introduced February 11, 2020]

 

Requesting the Division of Natural Resources name the waterfall located on North Branch of Short Creek across North Fork Road, County Route 9, from Short Creek United Methodist Church cemetery in Ohio County, West Virginia, “White Angel Falls”.

Whereas, Erin Jo Brookes, was born on September 26, 1972, to parents Brian and Debbie Brookes, and died on March 24, 2009, from cancer; and

Whereas, Her gravestone has a “White Angel” beside it and is in direct line of sight to the waterfall; and

Whereas, To some, the waterfall symbolizes eternal life and hope, as everyday water either trickles or gushes over it; and

Whereas, It is fitting to name this waterfall, “White Angel Falls”; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Natural Resources is hereby requested to name the waterfall located on North Branch of Short Creek across North Fork Road, County Route 9, from Short Creek United Methodist Church cemetery “White Angel Falls”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Natural Resources is hereby requested to have made and place a sign near the waterfall the “White Angel Falls” waterfall; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the Director of the Division of Natural Resources.