Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. I rise today to recognize. The presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Boozman i ask that it is dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today to recognize a remarkable arkansan at the end of a 38year army career. Lieutenant general andrei pigey who will retire in september is the deputy chief of staff for army logistics. His nearly fourdecade career has taken him literally all over the world but his roots are and always have been in arkansas. The general was born in stamps, arkansas, a small town in Lafayette County with less than 3,000 people. The son of a World War Ii Army veteran, the general didnt have his sights set on a career of military service from a young age. After he graduated from high school, he chose to go to the university of arkansas pine bluff, about two and a half
Townley and State Senator Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, are working on bills this session that would not only fix up state parks but would make it easier for the state Tourism Department to purchase things they need promptly instead of waiting for a central state purchasing agency to approve of the purchase, which can sometimes take weeks.
A water treatment plant at Greenleaf State Park in Muskogee County is among the top priorities, as are cabin upgrades at Lake Murray State Park near Ardmore.