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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING DAVID J. LANNI ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Kazarian, Amore, Cunha, Hearn, and Regunberg

     Date Introduced: June 13, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The dictionary defines a barber as one whose business is cutting and

dressing hair, and shaving and trimming beards, and while there is no definition for a successful

shop, David Lanni discovered that the way to keeping his customers returning month after month,

and year after year, was by offering a great haircut at a reasonable price; and

     WHEREAS, The haircutting business has been a Lanni family tradition, started by Dave's

father and shared with his seven brothers and sisters; and

     WHEREAS, Lanni's Rumford Barber Salon was founded in 1963, and located on Circle

Street in Rumford; and while a shave and a haircut may no longer cost “two bits”, with the

standard barbershop accoutrements and his well-honed barbering skills, Dave was an old-

fashioned barber whose longevity is indicative of the kind of successful symbiotic relationship

that can form between a neighborhood and a small business; and

     WHEREAS, A longtime resident of Rumford, Dave has been a contributor and active

with numerous community groups for more than 60 years; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout the decades, the multiple generations of customers who have

entered Lanni's Rumford Barber Salon have been greeted as longtime friends and entertained with

witty banter and, oftentimes, interesting debates that range from religion to politics, with the ills,

thrills, and mysteries of the world unraveled and regularly solved or resolved on any given

afternoon; and

     WHEREAS, On June 2nd of 2018, after fifty-five years in business, Dave closed shop to

spend some well-earned leisure time. He will most assuredly be missed; now, therefore be it

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

honors and thanks Dave Lanni for keeping many in the East Providence area well-trimmed and

looking good. We furthermore wish him many years of good health, and much happiness; 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. David J. Lanni.

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