PRINTER'S NO. 2334
No. 1544 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge on State Route 655 on Main Street,
2 Belleville, Union Township, Mifflin County as the Curt Zook
3 Memorial Bridge.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Curt Zook Memorial Bridge.
7 (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and
8 declares as follows:
9 (1) Charles Curtis Zook's dedication and service to his
10 community led to the formation of Village Pride in February
11 1998. As Chairman of Project Impact, a sub-committee of
12 Village Pride, Mr. Zook orchestrated the improvement of
13 downtown Belleville to lessen the flood damage and erosion on
14 the Kishacoquillas Creek. Though a tremendous volunteer
15 effort, Mr. Zook and the association received over $780,000
16 in grant funding to enlarge the creek's flood plain, provide
17 open space and expand the bridge that will now honor him and
18 further protect the community from future flooding; and
1 (2) Born in Belleville, Mifflin County, Mr. Zook
2 graduated from Mercersburg Academy, attended Lafayette
3 College and served in the United States Marines during the
4 Korean War;
5 (3) Mr. Zook was married to Patricia Womeldorf Zook and
6 had three daughters, Lisa, Laurie, and Letitia; and
7 (4) After his military service, Mr. Zook was President
8 of Ka-Vee Dairy, founded by his father and also worked for
9 Keystone Food Service, Womeldorf Trucking Company and Rich
10 Coast Coffee Company; and
11 (5) Mr. Zook was a member of the Belleville Lions Club,
12 Lewistown Rotary Club, Marine Corp League, Ka-Vee Kamp and
13 West Kishocoquillas Presbyterian Church, and served on the
14 Village Pride Association and Mifflin County Industrial
15 Development Corporation; and
16 (6) Charles Curtis Zook died on July 16, 2008, at 79
17 years of age.
18 (b) Designation.--The State Route 655 Bridge on Main Street
19 in Union Township, Mifflin County is designated and shall be
20 known as the Curt Zook Memorial Bridge.
21 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
22 maintain appropriate signs which shall display the name of the
23 bridge designated under subsection (b) at each end of the
24 bridge.
25 Section 2. Effective date.
26 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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