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State lawmakers back bills honoring area servicemen

By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer

CUYAHOGA FALLS: Renaming a portion of state Route 59 for two fallen U.S. servicemen is closer to becoming a reality.

Last June, a bill passed the Ohio House with an amendment that would have named the highway between Howe Avenue and Broad Boulevard for U.S. Marine Sgt. Justin Walsh and U.S. Army Sgt. Bryan Large, both of Cuyahoga Falls. However, no action was taken on the legislation in the Ohio Senate.

Earlier this month, state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, R-Cuyahoga Falls, introduced Senate Bill 327, solely designed to rename the highway for Walsh and Large.

Coughlin said he hopes the Senate will pass the legislation this week and send it to the House for action.

He said a number of renaming bills have been introduced and he didn't know why the initial Large and Walsh bill was not acted upon.

State Rep. John Widowfield, R-Cuyahoga Falls, who last year was behind the move to rename Route 59, said he was anxious to see the bill passed so Walsh and Large could be recognized.

Large, 31, a 1992 graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School, was killed on Oct. 3, 2005, in a roadside bombing in Iraq.

Walsh, 24, a 2001 Cuyahoga Falls High School graduate, was injured on Oct. 5, 2006, in an Iraq roadside bombing and died six days later at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

Coughlin's bill designates the southbound section of Route 59 as the Sergeant Justin T. Walsh Memorial Highway. The northbound portion would be the Sergeant Bryan W. Large Memorial Highway.

Meanwhile, state Sen. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron, has introduced Senate Bill 262, which would rename a section of Interstate 76 in Portage County's Brimfield Township for two fallen sailors, Navy Hospitalman Lucas W.A. Emch and Navy Hospitalman Matthew Conte, who died in roadside bombings in Iraq.

Conte, 22, of Streetsboro, was killed on Feb. 1, 2007.

Emch, 21, of Brimfield Township, was killed on March 2, 2007.

The interstate would be renamed the Luke ''Doc'' Emch and Matt ''Doc'' Conte Corpsmen Memorial Highway through Sawyer's legislation.


Jim Carney can be reached at 330-996-3576 or jcarney@thebeaconjournal.com.

 

CUYAHOGA FALLS: Renaming a portion of state Route 59 for two fallen U.S. servicemen is closer to becoming a reality.

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