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Amador Creek Bridge To Be Named After Pfc. Ornsby-Adkins |
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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The Amador Creek
Bridge on Hwy 49 will be named after
Pfc. JayD Ornsby-Adkins, a
21-year old Ione native who was killed in Iraq resolution to name the new Hwy 49 Bypass
Bridge over Sutter Creek in honor of Ornsby-Adkins. The Allen family owns the
ranch property on both sides of the
By-pass bridge requested that the proposed renaming of the bridge should honor
all fallen veterans. An Allen family member who was killed in World War II is
buried near the By-pass
Bridge, according to
Supervisor Rich Forster, in discussion at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors
meeting. Forster, who sponsored the original resolution, said at the meeting
that Private Ornsby-Adkins mother would have no objection to the change. An inquiry with CalTrans revealed that the Amador
Creek bridge was named the Veteran’s Memorial
Bridge in 1997 but no
sign was placed on the bridge at the time. The supervisors voted unanimously
Monday to rescind their earlier resolution and to name the Amador Creek
Bridge after Jaydee
Ornsby-Adkins. The resolution will be sent to Senator Cox’s office to make the
request to the state. last year. At the end of last
year, supervisors passed a
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