West Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, August 10th at the Capitol Complex and in Kanawha County in honor of Dr. Michael Lewis.
According to the office of the governor:
In 2010, Gov. Tomblin appointed Dr. Lewis as Cabinet Secretary for DHHR, where he served until he resigned due to illness in June 2012.
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West Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, August 9th in honor of former Delegate and Mayor Joe F. Smith.
According to the office of the governor:
Joe F. Smith was elected to the Charleston City Council in 1967 and then as Charleston City Treasurer in 1975. While serving in this capacity he was appointed to fulfill the unexpired mayoral term of John Hutchison. Smith later served as a member of the House of Delegates for the 30th District.
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Pennyslvania Flags to fly at half-staff Sunday, August 11th through Tuesday, August 13th at the Capitol Complex and in Monroe County in honor the victims of the Saylorsburg township shooting. James LaGuardia, Gerard Kozic and David Fleetwood were all three killed when a gunman opened fire during a town meeting.
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American Flags and Hawaii Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 8th in the State of Hawaii in honor of former state Rep. Ernest Heen. Rep. Heen served in the state Legislature for three terms in the 1960s and was the recipient of the Democratic Party of Hawaii 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award.
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American Flags and Michigan Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, August 7th through Thursday, August 8th in the State of Michigan in honor of former state Sen. David Plawecki. Plawecki served as state senator for the 12th Senate District from 1971-82, and also served as the majority floor leader. He was the youngest state senator elected in Michigan history at the age of 22. He was influential in the adoption of the state’s Open Meetings Act, Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act, and Freedom of Information Act. Plawecki later went on to serve as deputy director of the former state Department of Labor and Economic Growth.
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American Flags and Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 8th at the Capitol complex in Virginia in honor of US Army Sergeant Caryn Nouv.
Flags are also authorized for display at half-staff in the City of Newport News, the County of York, and in any other locality as deemed appropriate.
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American Flags and Montana Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 8th in the State of Montana in honor of former First Lady Betty Babcock.
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American Flags and New York Flags to fly at half-staff Tuesday, August 6th in the State of New York in honor of US Army Sgt. Dominick Licari. Sgt. Licari served in World War II and was last heard from in 1944, when the A-20G Havoc Bomber on which he was a gunner crashed into a mountainside in New Guinea. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1942. After numerous search efforts spanning multiple decades, Sgt. Licari’s remains were recently identified by the U.S. military.
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American Flags and Arizona Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, August 5th in the State of Arizona in honor of US Army First Lieutenant Jonam Russell. First Lieutenant Russell was killed in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, and was based at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
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Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, August 2nd through Saturday, August 3rd in the Commonwealth of Virginia in honor of former US Senator Harry Byrd Jr.
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