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Ohio U.S. Rep. Ralph Regula vowed to fight the name change, and did, through measures or language included in bills until his retirement in January 2009. The park's name, however, eventually was changed to Denali National Park and Preserve. Crystal Patterson, a spokeswoman for Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, said keeping the mountain's name is important to honor President McKinley. Patterson said Regula asked Ryan to continue the fight against a name change. The Board on Geographic Names has taken the position that it won't address a geographic feature name pending before Congress. The board, comprised of representatives of some federal agencies, is involved in formally naming features and gets as many as 300 proposals a year to change a name or name an unnamed feature, the board's executive secretary, Lou Yost, said Friday. The dispute over Mount McKinley is unusual, he said. "Some names will cause some emotions and some consternation, but I don't think we've had any that have gone on this long, or (at) that high of a level," he said.
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