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Senate committee hears competing accounts, tables bill to name new Petit Jean visitor center for Dr. T. W. Hardison
Summary
Senate Bill 8 would statutorily name the new Petit Jean visitor center for Dr. T. W. Hardison. Supporters cited local sentiment and history; the Department of Parks described rules and legal constraints. After discussion, the committee voted to table the bill.
Senate Bill 8, introduced by Senator Mark Johnson, would name the new Petit Jean State Park visitor center for Dr. T. W. Hardison. Supporters told the Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee the change responds to a strong local preference to honor Hardison and to correct a prior commission action that they said left the founder’s name off the new facility.
“...this is just appropriate honor, really just a reinstatement of an existing honor to the gentleman who was probably more responsible than anybody else for the wonderful state parks we…
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