KXO RADIO - County & IID Boards Remember Lloyd Allen

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Written by George Gale
Tuesday, 06 June 2006
(BOTH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT DIRECTORS REMEMBER LLOYD ALLEN)…BOTH ENTITYS MET TUESDAY, AND MEMBERS OF EACH BOARD TOOK TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LEGACY OF DIVISION 3 IID DIRECTOR LLOYD ALLEN. ALLEN PASSED AWAY A WEEK AGO SUNDAY. SATURDAY A MEMORIAL WAS HELD FOR THE LONG TIME PUBLIC SERVANT AT CALIPATRIA HIGH SCHOOL. HUNDREDS OF LOCAL, STATE AND OUT OF STATE DIGNATARIES, AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ATTENDED IT. IID DIRECTOR STELLA MENDOZA REMEMBERED ALLEN AS SOMEONE YOU LISTENED AND LEARNED FROM, WHETHER YOU AGREED WITH HIM OR NOT. BOARD PRESIDENT ANDY HORNE SAID HE WAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, AND ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN. DIRECTOR JOHN PIERRE MENVIELLE SAID THE LOSS OF LLOYD ALLEN WAS A GREAT LOSS TO THE IMPERIAL VALLEY. COUNTY SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN VICTOR CARRILLO ASKED THAT A PROCLOMATION BE DEVELOPED DESCRIBING THE LEGACY OF ALLEN AND ALL HE HAD DONE FOR THE COUNTY, THE DISTRICT AND HIS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. CARRILLO SAID THE PROCLAMATION SHOULD BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND PRESENTED TO ALLENS FAMILY, WHEN THEY ARE READY.