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IN HR0013

Resolution

Status

Prefiled

N/A

Primary Sponsor

Robert Heaton

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of State Road 59 between U.S. Highway 40 and State Road 42 the "Orville Redenbacher Memorial Highway"

  • Honors Orville Redenbacher, born in Brazil, Indiana in 1907, who developed the Orville Redenbacher brand of gourmet popcorn that became the leading national popcorn within five years of its 1970 launch

  • Recognizes Redenbacher's experimentation with thousands of hybrid popcorn strains and his journey from growing popcorn as a child to purchasing a corn seed business in 1951 with partner Charles Bowman

  • Directs the Principal Clerk of the House to transmit copies of the resolution to the Redenbacher family and the Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner

Legislative Description

Urging INDOT to rename part of SR 59 the Orville Redenbacher Highway.

Last Action

Referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation

1/25/2012

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