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T H E O F F I C E O F T H E G O V E R N O R EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2004-11 MEMORIALIZING THE SERVICE OF Richard W. Jones, Administrator of Veterans Services AND DEDICATING THE Secure Care Unit within the Idaho STATE Veterans Home LOCATED AT 320 Collins Road, in the City of Boise, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO, IN HIS HONOR |
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WHEREAS, Richard W. Jones as
Administrator of Veterans Services has had a distinguished public service career
with the State of Idaho; and WHEREAS, he has been an unwavering advocate and leader for Idaho’s veterans; and WHEREAS, his steadfast leadership and commitment to Idaho veterans brought unity and direction to the Division of Veteran Services; and WHEREAS, he oversaw the building of the Secure Care Unit in the Idaho State Veterans Home, the remodeling of the Idaho Veterans Home in Boise, the addition of the Activities Wing at the Pocatello Veterans Home, and the construction of the Idaho Veterans Cemetery; and WHEREAS, his dedication to our state and veterans is worthy of lasting recognition and to preserve his place in Idaho's distinguished history; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Governor of the State of Idaho, by the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of this state do hereby order that the Secure Care Unit of the Idaho State Veterans Home in the City of Boise be named in honor of Richard W. Jones and that a plaque commemorating his service to our state be placed therein.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this twenty-third day of
December in the year of our Lord two thousand and four, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred twenty-ninth and of the
Statehood of Idaho the one hundred fifteenth.
