Both houses hold memorial services today

Today is the day that both the House and Senate will devote all or a portion of their floor sessions to a memorial service for those former members who have died in the past year. The House will honor 10 former state representatives, including the late Hilde Kellogg, who served 10 terms; and the Senate will honor five, including the late Sen. Atwell Parry, former co-chairman of the joint budget committee. The late Sen. Clint Stennett, D-Ketchum, will be memorialized by both houses; he served two terms in the House before moving to the Senate, where he served eight terms. Also being memorialized in both houses today: Gary Gould of Bannock County, who served in both.

The House service begins at 10 a.m.; the Senate’s at 11 a.m.