GOV. RITTER ISSUES FLAG-LOWERING ORDERS
By the authority vested in the Governor of the State of Colorado Bill Ritter today has ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff to mark the following occasions on the following dates:
1) Gov. Ritter has granted a request from the City of Colorado Springs to lower U.S. and Colorado flags on state buildings within the City of Colorado Springs
2) Gov. Ritter has ordered U.S. and Colorado flags lowered to half-staff on state buildings across Colorado
a. Capt. Shane Stewart, Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District, who died Feb. 23, 2008, while responding to a medical emergency call.
b. Chief Terry DeVore, Olney Springs Volunteer Fire Department, who died April 15, 2008, while responding to a brush fire.
c. Firefighter John Schwartz Jr., Olney Springs Volunteer Fire Department, who died April 15, 2008, while responding to a brush fire.
d. Pilot Gert Marais, Aero Applicators of Sterling, who died April 15, 2008, when his single-engine air tanker crashed while fighting a wild land fire.
3) Gov. Ritter has ordered U.S. and Colorado flags lowered to half-staff on state and federal buildings across Colorado Iraq
4) Gov. Ritter has ordered U.S. and Colorado flags lowered to half-staff on state and federal buildings across Colorado Iraq
