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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMENDING JAN SLEE, RHODYLIGHTS, AND THE MYRIAD VOLUNTEERS AND

CONTRIBUTORS FOR THEIR BOUNDLESS EFFORTS TO PRESERVE RHODE ISLAND'S

LIGHTHOUSES

     Introduced By: Representatives Carson, Ruggiero, and Handy

     Date Introduced: May 20, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Lighthouses offer comfort and the promise of safety. They are the beacons

in a dark night that guide us home, and at one time in our state's history, there were as many as 30

of these extraordinary structures posted along the state's expansive coastline, tucked into inlets,

and rising skyward on promontories and islands; and

     WHEREAS, Rhode Island's lighthouses are "distinguished by their iconic architecture,"

some built from granite quarried locally, others are wood-frame lighthouses with mansard roofs,

and some are spark plug caisson lighthouses. The oldest, the Beavertail Lighthouse, was built in

1749, and the youngest is the Plum Beach Lighthouse, erected in 1897; and

     WHEREAS, Over the decades, Rhode Island has sadly lost nine of these beautiful

lighthouses through acts of nature and economic difficulties; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 2014, Jan Slee founded RhodyLights – The Rhode Island

Lighthouse Association, in order to educate, organize, and help the state and various non-profit

organization’s in their efforts to protect and preserve Rhode Island’s lighthouses; and

     WHEREAS, Efforts have included building a scale model lighthouse that toured the state

including being exhibited at the Newport Visitor Center and the Rhody Preservation Awards. In

addition, Mr. Slee created a Monopoly-type board game called RhodyLightopoly, the sales from

which will be used to "generate seed money to start fundraising for lighthouse restoration"; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby commends Jan Slee, founder of Rhodylights, and the many friends

of our Ocean State's Lighthouses for their tireless efforts to preserve these historic Rhode Island

treasures; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Jan Slee.

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