House Resolution 106 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 106 BY HINSON , T. TAYLOR , STAED , RUNNING-MARQUARDT , BENNETT , RIZER , ZUMBACH , and JACOBSEN A Resolution honoring Eugene C. Kellogg of Cedar 1 Rapids, Iowa, for nearly a half century of voluntary 2 service to Iowa in emergency services. 3 WHEREAS, for over a quarter century, Eugene C. 4 Kellogg volunteered his time and talent to Iowa through 5 his service with the Civil Air Patrol by providing 6 search and rescue and other emergency services, 7 managing many air and ground searches as incident 8 commander, and serving as the Iowa Wing Commander of 9 the Civil Air Patrol from 1986 to 1988; and 10 WHEREAS, in 2008, Mr. Kellogg enrolled in the 11 United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and brought his 12 extensive talents to Iowans in the floods of 2008 and 13 was deployed twice to staff the Coast Guard’s flood 14 operation at the North Dakota Emergency Operations 15 Center, once in 2009 and again in 2011; and 16 WHEREAS, on behalf of the Coast Guard, Mr. Kellogg 17 has used his considerable radio communication skills 18 and acted as a radio monitoring facility, monitoring 19 during times of imminent danger high-frequency 20 short-wave ship-to-shore communications to ensure the 21 availability of back-up communications; and 22 WHEREAS, for the last three years, Mr. Kellogg 23 has assisted the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary 24 by providing communications support to the Iowa 25 National Guard during its high-frequency communication 26 exercise; and 27 -1- LSB 6225HH (1) 87 js/jh 1/ 2
H.R. 106 WHEREAS, Mr. Kellogg has provided his service, time, 1 and talent without compensation and at considerable 2 personal expense; NOW THEREFORE, 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 4 That the House of Representatives hereby honors and 5 recognizes the significance of Eugene C. Kellogg’s 6 contribution and service to Iowa and is grateful and 7 thankful for his many years of service in the Civil Air 8 Patrol and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. 9 -2- LSB 6225HH (1) 87 js/jh 2/ 2