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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 13, 2015, TO BE "ALEXANDRA CURTIS DAY" IN THE

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND CONGRATULATING HER ON WINNING THE 2015

MISS RHODE ISLAND PAGEANT

     

     Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Gallo, Paiva Weed, Algiere, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: June 10, 2015

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Accomplished young women from across Rhode Island participated in the

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2015 annual Miss Rhode Island Pageant. Competing as Miss West Warwick, Alexandra Curtis

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took top honors and was crowned as the 2015 Miss Rhode Island. In September, she will

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represent our state at the National Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey; and

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     WHEREAS, No stranger to winning pageants, Alexandra was selected as Miss East

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Greenwich in 2014, was named Miss West Warwick in 2015, and was selected as a 2015 Cherry

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Blossom Princess, representing Rhode Island in the National Cherry Blossom Festival; and

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     WHEREAS, Alexandra is doubly blessed. She is not only a celebrated beauty, but also

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possesses amazing brainpower. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Public Affairs program

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at Brown University and is a 2014 honors graduate of Syracuse University; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition, as part of the preliminary for the Miss Rhode Island Pageant,

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Alexandra held fundraisers in West Warwick, collecting over $2,000 in donations for the

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Children’s Miracle Network; and

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     WHEREAS, The daughter of Kathi and Mark Curtis, Alexandra's accomplishments have

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not only brought great pride and recognition to her parents and the Town of West Warwick, but

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also to our state; 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 proclaims September 13th of 2015 to be "Alexandra Curtis Day." We moreover

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congratulate her on being named Miss Rhode Island 2015, and wish her much happiness, good

 

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health, and continued success at the Miss America Pageant; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Miss Alexandra Curtis.

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