GOV. RITTER ORDERS FLAGS LOWERED TO HONOR
FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT RAY POWERS
Gov. Bill Ritter today ordered the lowering of U.S. and Colorado flags to half-staff on all Colorado state government buildings on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, to honor former Colorado Senate President Ray Powers of Colorado Springs .
Powers passed away on Friday. He was 79. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Springs First Church of the Nazarene,4120 E. Fountain Road , Colorado Springs .
Powers served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1979 to 1980, and in the Senate from 1981 to 2000. He was Senate president his final two years.