Governor orders flags at half-staff in honor of State Treasurer Ben Westlund

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Flags to be lowered on Tuesday, March 9th until Sunday, March 14th, 2010

CENTRAL OREGONIAN

Governor orders flags to be flown at half-staff.

Governor Ted Kulongoski today ordered all flags at public institutions be flown at half-staff from sunrise on Tuesday, March 9th to sunset on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 to honor State Treasurer Ben Westlund, who passed away this weekend.

“Ben Westlund was a friend, a husband, a father and an eternal optimist who never stopped fighting to make Oregon a better place for us all to live,” Governor Ted Kulongoski said. “His legacy will serve as an inspiration to us today and generations into the future.”