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Photos: Hundreds honor Rep. Mike McLachlan at memorial

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Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021 6:42 PM MT

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More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. McLachlan, who died June 23 at age 75, had a storied career as a lawyer and politician, representing Colorado before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 and 78,000 people in La Plata and other Southwest Colorado counties in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. McLachlan, who died June 23 at age 75, had a storied career as a lawyer and politician, representing Colorado before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 and 78,000 people in La Plata and other Southwest Colorado counties in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. McLachlan, who died June 23 at age 75, had a storied career as a lawyer and politician, representing Colorado before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 and 78,000 people in La Plata and other Southwest Colorado counties in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. McLachlan, who died June 23 at age 75, had a storied career as a lawyer and politician, representing Colorado before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 and 78,000 people in La Plata and other Southwest Colorado counties in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
More than 200 people attended a memorial service for former state Rep. Mike McLachlan on Saturday at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

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