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<br />13. RESOLUTIONS HONORING: CARL E. BENTRUP. RONALD <br />OLOMON. and J. WILLIAM McDONALD. <br /> <br />The following three resolutions were adopted by the Administration at <br />its Annual Meeting on December 10, 1990 in honor of the members <br />who retired during Compact Year 1990. Each served with distinction <br />in their own way, however Me. Bentrup's service was most <br />extraordinary in its 33 year len9th and his devotion to the Arkansas <br />River Compact and spirit of interstate cooperation. This 1990 Annual <br />Report is dedicated to all three gentleman as a way of remembering <br />their efforts on behalf of water users throughout the Arkansas River <br />Valley and expressing the appreciation of the Administration and the <br />States of Colorado and Kansas for their skillful service, <br /> <br />RESOLUTION HONORING CARL E. BENTRUP <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Carl E, Bentrup served on the Arkansas River Compact <br />Administration as a Representative of the State of Kansas from 1957 <br />through 1990, a total of 33 years of distinguished service; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, he was born in a house next to the Deerfield Bridge and his <br />roots have been inextricably entwined with the lifeblood of the <br />Arkansas River since that time; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, he has lived at his present location near the Arkansas River <br />since 1947 where he has been a successful irrigator under the Amazon <br />Ditch and one of southwest Kansas' leading sheep ranchers; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Me. Bentrup has selfiessly devoted many hours of time to <br />diligently representing the interests of the Arkansas River Valley water <br />userS and State of Kansas in the Arkansas River Compact <br />Administration; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, he has ably and fairiy served as Vice,Chairrnan of the <br />Arkansas River Compact Administration; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Carl Bentrup's devotion to the Compact, the Compact <br />Administration, and the welfare of the Arkansas River were widely <br />known and appreciated by all those who came in contact with him; and <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />A~c...'no <br />