BILL REQ. #:  H-3335.1 

Read first time 04/05/2007.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     TO THE HONORABLE DIRK KEMPTHORNE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND TO MARY BOMAR, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND TO CHRIS GREGOIRE, GOVERNOR, AND TO REX DERR, DIRECTOR OF STATE PARKS:
     We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds was born on December 11, 1927, in Dillon, Montana; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds moved with his family to Monroe, Washington while he was still in high school; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds served honorably in the United States Navy from 1946 to 1947; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds graduated from Everett Junior College in 1950 and then owned and operated a gas station in Monroe for four years; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds earned his law degree from Gonzaga University in 1958; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds was elected Snohomish County prosecutor in 1962 where he served before winning election to Congress in 1964; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds served as a distinguished member of the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1979; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds represented the Second Congressional District of Washington as a Democrat; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds served on the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee as well as the Labor and Education Committee; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds was well known for his diligent work on conservation and education issues; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds helped create the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area and the North Cascades National Park; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds retired from the United States House of Representatives to return to practicing law in 1979; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds died at his Church Creek, Maryland home on August 17, 2005; and
     WHEREAS, Lloyd Meeds devoted his life to his wife of more than 35 years, Mary, and his three children and eight grandchildren;
     NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the United States Department of the Interior commence proceedings to dedicate a portal facility at the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area in honor of Lloyd Meeds.
     BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the Honorable Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, Mary Bomar, Director of the National Park Service, to Chris Gregoire, Governor, and to Rex Derr, Director of State Parks.