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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING JACK COTTRELL ON BEING NAMED THE 2012 RICHMOND

GRANGE #6 "GRANGER OF THE YEAR"

     

     

     Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: May 03, 2012

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, The Grange is the nation’s oldest general agricultural and rural advocacy

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organization, with grassroots units in 3,600 local communities in 39 states, and nearly 300,000

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members serving farm, non-farm, rural families, and communities on a wide variety of economic,

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educational, legislative, and family issues; and

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     WHEREAS, Jack Cottrell, an active member of the Richmond Grange #6 for over fifty

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years, has been recognized as the 2012 Richmond Grange #6 “Granger of the Year”; and

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     WHEREAS, During Jack’s many years with the Grange, he has served on countless

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committees and held numerous offices, including Master of Richmond, Washington County

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Pomona, and the Rhode Island State Grange; and

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     WHEREAS, Jack has been an outstanding and enthusiastic Granger on the national level,

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as well, representing Rhode Island with his wonderful wife, Patty, at the National Grange

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Sessions. He was named one of the Heroes of the Grange for his key contributions during the

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Tyson battle; and

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     WHEREAS, Jack has served as Chairman of the Washington County Fair for ten years

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and has been an integral part of the Washington County Fair Committee since its inception, where

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he has toiled away in every capacity, from advertising chairman and entertainment chairman to

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helping out with the parking lot and concessions; and

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     WHEREAS, With boundless energy and five decades of leadership experience at the

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Grange, Jack led the Richmond Grange #6 to second place in the nation for community projects

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during 2011, and continues to be active as store manager for the Big E Grange Building and as a

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Big E trustee; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby honors and congratulates Jack Cottrell on being named the 2012 Richmond Grange #6

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“Granger of the Year”; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Jack Cottrell.

     

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