HM 71 — NAME STATE HWY 50 AFTER REP. LUCKY VARELA

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 71REQUESTING 53RDTHE LEGISLATURESTATE -TRANSPORTATION STATECOMMISSION TO NAME A PORTION OF NEW MEXICO -STATE SECONDHIGHWAY SESSION,50 2018NEAR INTRODUCEDPECOS, BYNEW PatriciaMEXICO, A.AFTER REPRESENTATIVE LUCIANO "LUCKY" VARELA.

Lundstrom6 andWHEREAS, Brianrequests Egolffor andthe Debbiedesignation A.or dedication by name of any department of transportation interchange or highway are submitted to the state transportation commission for approval;

Rodella and CarlWHEREAS, Trujilloa 7requested 9designation Aby MEMORIALname REQUESTINGis THEintended STATEas TRANSPORTATIONa COMMISSIONmemorial TOto NAMEan Aevent, PORTIONa OFperson NEWor MEXICOpersons STATEof HIGHWAYhistorical 50significance NEARor PECOS,is NEWintended MEXICO,as AFTERan REPRESENTATIVEhonor LUCIANOto "LUCKY"a VARELA.person of national esteem;

15and WHEREAS, requestsLuciano for"Lucky" theVarela designationwas orborn dedicationin byPecos, nameNew ofMexico, anyon departmentFebruary of17, transportation1935 interchange or highway e t 17 are submitted to theCatalina stateand transportationCelestino commissionVarela; for w l n d 18 approval;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, aLucky requestedwas designationraised byin namePecos, isgraduated intendedfrom asPecos ahigh ischool, awas eenrolled rat 20the memorialuniversity to an event, a person or persons of historicalNew aMexico tand, min m1957, 21joined significancethe orUnited isStates intendedarmy; as an honor to a person of national d r e 22 esteem;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, Luciano "Lucky" Varela was born in Pecos, New e a n b 24 Mexico, on February 17, 1935 to Catalina and Celestino Varela;

u [ and .210109.1 WHEREAS, Lucky was raised in Pecos, graduated from Pecos high school, was enrolled at the university of New Mexico and, in 1957, joined the United States army;

and WHEREAS, Lucky gave many decades of service to the state and retired from the department of finance and administration HM 71 in 1986;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, in 1987, Lucky was elected to represent house district forty-eight in the house of representatives;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, Representative Varela retired in 2016 after a e e n d 18 thirty-year-long career in the legislature;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, Representative Varela died on September 7, 2017;

a l r i 20 and t e a t WHEREAS, Representative Varela is held in national esteem m m 21 e d r e 22 for his illustrious career in public service;

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, a fitting honor to recognize Representative e a n b 24 Luciano "Lucky" Varela for his many decades of public service u [ would be to have a portion of New Mexico highway 50, near his .210109.1 - 2 - birthplace of Pecos, New Mexico, named after him;

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