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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING WADE JOHNSON FOR HIS 1ST PLACE FINISH IN THE 2017

     SKILLSUSA RHODE ISLAND COMPETITION IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE

TECHNOLOGY

     Introduced By: Senators Kettle, Raptakis, Metts, Lombardi, and Quezada

     Date Introduced: May 11, 2017

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, According to his mother Dawn Johnson, Wade Johnson has been

mechanically inclined since he was a youngster. As a child, Wade loved taking things apart and

then putting them back together, including a lawnmower and a 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass; and

     WHEREAS, Wade first attended High School in Foster, where he resides, but soon

transferred to Coventry High School to take part in its automotive program within the school's

Regional Career Center; and

     WHEREAS, Wade first heard about the SkillsUSA competition as a sophomore. By his

senior year, he was rearing to take part in the event, held at New England Tech. During the

competition, Wade, and all other participants were required to go from station to station,

completing various tasks in the presence of judges, who gave grades to each competitor based

upon a criteria that included following proper procedures and taking proper safety measures; and

     WHEREAS, Later, at the awards ceremony held at the Providence Veterans Memorial

Auditorium, Wade, to the joy of his family, teachers, and friends, was announced as the 1st place

winner in the competition. Wade was awarded scholarship money to be used to attend the

institution of higher learning of his choice. Andrew Wessner, Wade's automotive teacher, credits

his victory in part to the fact that Wade has only missed one day of school this year. Mr. Wessner

stated that "There's a direct correlation between attendance and grades," and added "that he tells

other students about Johnson and how important it is to be in class"; now, therefore be it

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

hereby congratulates Wade Johnson for finishing in 1st place in the 2017 SkillsUSA Rhode Island

Competition in Automotive Service Technology. We furthermore, wish him continued success in

Louisville, Kentucky, at the national competition to be held in June; 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. Wade Johnson.

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