Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22–Senators Coffin, Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

March 21, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Dini, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes long-time lobbyist, John W. Riggs, Sr. (BDR R‑1323)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing long-time lobbyist, John W.Riggs, Sr.

 

1-1     Whereas, The members of the Nevada Legislature were deeply

1-2  saddened by the passing of long-time Reno resident and lobbyist, John W.

1-3  Riggs, Sr., on January 30, 2001; and

1-4     Whereas, John Riggs was born on September 12, 1923, to Elwood and

1-5  Mabel Anderson Riggs in Hollywood, California; and

1-6     Whereas, In the early 1960s, after serving his country in the United

1-7  States Army during World War II, John Riggs left California and moved to

1-8  Reno, Nevada, where he worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad; and

1-9     Whereas, During the next 40 years, John Riggs contributed much to

1-10  his community through his involvement in various fraternal organizations

1-11  and his service as a lobbyist during several sessions of the Nevada

1-12  Legislature; and

1-13     Whereas, As a member of and lobbyist for the Nevada State Rifle and

1-14  Pistol Association, John Riggs was a strong believer in the constitutional

2-1  right to keep and bear arms and was a proponent in 1995 of statutory

2-2  revisions regarding the ability to carry a concealed weapon; and

2-3     Whereas, John Riggs was a long-standing member of and achieved

2-4  recognition as Clamp Patriarch of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E

2-5  Clampus Vitus and was a moving force behind the designation of E

2-6  Clampus Vitus Day at the Nevada Legislature since the 1997 session; and

2-7     Whereas, John Riggs’ outstanding service to others is further

2-8  evidenced by his affiliations with Washoe Lodge No. 35, Free and

2-9  Accepted Masons, the Kerak Temple and the Knights Templar; and

2-10     Whereas, John Riggs is survived by his wife, Mildred, and son, John

2-11  Jr., both of Reno, a son, Woody of Clackamas, Oregon, and two

2-12  grandchildren; now, therefore, be it

2-13     Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

2-14  Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

2-15  Legislature do hereby extend their sincere condolences to the family and

2-16  friends of John W. Riggs, Sr.; and be it further

2-17     Resolved, That John Riggs will long be remembered for his

2-18  outstanding community service and his advocacy for the recognition,

2-19  commemoration and preservation of historical places, people and events

2-20  throughout the West; and be it further

2-21     Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

2-22  of this resolution to John Riggs’ loving wife, Mildred.

 

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