SR 90 — Celebrating the life of Evelyn Flengas.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108237DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 27, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Evelyn Flengas.

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and WHEREAS, over the course of her threecareer, children;Evelyn Flengas trained at least 30 volunteer rehabilitators, incWHEREAS, Evelyn Flengas authored her memoir, A Ride on the Wildside, in 2011, and she was 2017;

and numerousfeatured otherin familya membersNational andGeographic friends;documentary titled "Backyard Bandit" in 2015;

now,and therefore,WHEREAS, Evelyn Flengas will be itJames;fondly remembered and greatly missed by her husband, James;

RESOLVED,herRESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Evelyn Flengas;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 34memory.ation presentation to the family of Evelyn Flengas as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for her 35 memory.