75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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 LC 2278
 
                    Senate Joint Resolution 8
 
Sponsored by Senator METSGER; Senator JOHNSON
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Designates airstrip at Aurora State Airport as Wes Lematta
Field at Aurora State Airport.
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas Wes Lematta founded Columbia Helicopters in 1957; and
  Whereas Wes Lematta once saved 15 seamen from a sinking ship
off Coos Bay, Oregon, an act of bravery for which he was awarded
the Army Air Medal by the United States Army Corps of Engineers;
and
  Whereas Wes Lematta proved the feasibility of helicopter
logging in 1971; and
  Whereas Columbia Helicopters is recognized as the world leader
in heavy-lift helicopter operations; and
  Whereas Columbia Helicopters is now also engaged in servicing
United States Armed Forces' helicopters; and
  Whereas Columbia Helicopters has had its global headquarters
located at Aurora State Airport since 1976; and
  Whereas Columbia Helicopters is the largest year-round employer
in the Aurora community; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That the airstrip at the Aurora State Airport be named the Wes
Lematta Field at Aurora State Airport.
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