My State Senator, Gary Simpson, has introduced a bill to name a local nature preserve after an old friend. Senate Bill 268 would name a nature preserve of 599 acres on Angola Neck the "Til Purnell Nature Preserve" to honor a woman I've known for almost as long as I've lived in Delaware.
I have shared in the past my great respect for Til and for her husband Skipper. I think that this act by the legislature would be a fitting tribute.
I was interested to see that Senate Bill 268 quotes (apparently verbatim) the Cape Gazette article about Til that I linked to in my post about her in July of 2005. I don't know that I've ever seen a bill that is mostly text from a newspaper story.
Unusual, but I think it works in this context.
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Thanks for the heads up on this one I will be making contacts to ask that this bill be voted in!!!
What a great honor for a great woman.
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