SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 85
(By Senators Bowman and McKenzie)
Requesting the Division of Highways name the bridge on State Route
2 crossing Buffalo Creek at Wellsburg, Brooke County, the
"John G. Chernenko Bridge".
Whereas, John G. Chernenko served this country with great
courage as a soldier in the United States Army during World War II.
He endured great hardship and sacrifice as a prisoner of war and
received the Purple Heart with cluster, and Bronze Star (five
campaigns) as the result of heroism he exhibited on the
battlefield; and
Whereas, In 1961, John G. Chernenko was appointed by President
John F. Kennedy as United States Marshal for the Northern District
of West Virginia. He was reappointed by President Lyndon B.
Johnson in 1965 and held the position until 1969; and
Whereas, John G. Chernenko was elected to the West Virginia
Senate in 1982 and was reelected in 1986 and 1990; and
Whereas, As a state Senator, the Honorable John G. Chernenko
served as Majority Whip, Chairman of the Labor Committee and member
of the committees on Energy, Industry and Mining, Finance,
Government Organization, Health and Human Resources and Military,
as well as the Select Committee on Redistricting; and
Whereas, It is fitting that the bridge crossing Buffalo Creek at Wellsburg, Brooke County, be named the "John G. Chernenko
Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
name the bridge on State Route 2 which crosses Buffalo Creek at
Wellsburg, Brooke County, the "John G. Chernenko Bridge"; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge
as the "John G. Chernenko Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation and John G. Chernenko, in care of Marc
B. Chernenko.
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