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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, and Filippi

     Date Introduced: June 04, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, It has been made known to the House that certain persons and organizations

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are deserving of commendation; and

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     Cynthia F. Davidson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on

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March 27, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Kathleen A. Thompson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on

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March 5, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Andrea L. Clark; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on March

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27, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     John V. Daily; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on January

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17, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Timothy M. Jones; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on

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January 24, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Mary Eleanor Hodges; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on

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January 9, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

 

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     Brenda L. Cahoon; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on

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January 31, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     David F. Smith; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on March

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21, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Robin B. Bressette; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April

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22, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Bidney J. Cervera; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 100th Birthday on

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January 17, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Emery G. Mako; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on January

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18, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Sharon A. Keefe; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on

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February 3, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Susan R. Fitzgerald; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on

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March 28, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Rosemary L. Dumas; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on

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January 23, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Donna Jean Church; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on

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January 4, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Joseph E. Anderson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on

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March 22, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     William J. Gray; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on

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February 15, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Evelyn B. Chaffee; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on

 

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January 7, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Joseph J. Overend; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on

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February 6, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Carol A. Schwaab; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on

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January 30, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy;

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     Geoffrey M. Hart; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on March

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6, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Sherry J. Hull; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on February

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24, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Elizabeth L. Bailey; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on

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February 10, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Charles W. Prellwitz; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on

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February 8, 2019;

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      Representative Kennedy

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     Molly Andrade, Miss Rhode Island 2019; the distinguished honor of your visit to the

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Rhode Island State House and the Rhode Island House of Representatives and celebrating your

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success and being crowned as the Miss Rhode Island 2019, Best Wishes in the Miss America

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Competition;

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      Representative Cortvriend

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     Kenny Davie Rodriguez Torres, Darwin Castano Hernandez, Valeria Castilla Divasto,

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Anwar Garcia Acevedo, Ivan Pereira Durango, Sergio Miranda Ortega, Melissa Pontiers Mancilla

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(teacher), Ivan Enrique Pereira (teacher), Magalis Morales Perez (teacher), Elder Lino Traslavina

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(teacher), Michele Hanley (teacher), Juan Pablo Barrera; the distinguished honor of your visit to

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the Rhode Island State House and the Rhode Island House of Representative on May 28, 2019;

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      Representatives Tobon and Barros

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     Pierce Abosso, Jordan Ballata, Kiera Dowding, William Durfee, Brianna Falco,

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Nathaniel Guilmette, Peter Henry, Raymond Hill, Shelby Lewis, Alex Morgan, Gabriel Richter,

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Antwone Brown, John Vigue, J.P. Sergi, Christopher Chappell, Mitchell Gomes, Megan Gavin,

 

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Keisha Whitmier, Emily Gauvin, Luke Fallon, Anthony Ramirez, Michael Goldberg, Jada Fry,

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Jasmine Fry, Xochith Garcia, Rosemarie Marabella, Breanna Brown, Michaela Baker (Assistant

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Coach), Heather Bishop (Assistant Coach), Jonathan Mathews (Assistant Coach), Kristin Bruno

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(Assistant Coach), Zachary Zazzera (Assistant Coach), John Mathews (Head Coach), Westerly

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High School Unified Basketball Team; the outstanding athletic achievement of winning the

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Rhode Island Interscholastic League 2019 Division III Unified Basketball State Championships

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"Undefeated Season";

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      Speaker Mattiello and Representative Azzinaro

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     Kavana Girish, Brant Wei, Jonathan Yao, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding

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academic achievement of being a medal winner in the 2019 On-Line U.S. Academic Decathlon

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Nationals;

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      Speaker Mattiello and Representative Shekarchi

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     Josina Patricia Dos Santos Soscia BA, Rhode Island College; the outstanding academic

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achievement of your graduation from Rhode Island College and receiving the John Silva

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Memorial Scholarship Award;

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      Representative Shanley

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     Donna M. MacRae Daigle; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 50th Birthday

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on May 31, 2019;

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      Representative Shanley

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     William Brigham, Tiverton High School; the distinguished honor and outstanding

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academic achievement of being named Valedictorian of the Tiverton High School Class of 2019;

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      Representatives Edwards and Canario

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     Samantha Bond, Tiverton High School; the distinguished honor and outstanding

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academic achievement of being named Salutatorian of the Tiverton High School Class of 2019;

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      Representatives Edwards and Canario

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     Jackson Zmich, Kayana Urrego, Chandni Patel, Sascha Duggan, Maximus Piscani-

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Daugherty, Crystal Murray, Chase Peirson, Danika Bebe, Tiverton High School; the

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distinguished honor and outstanding academic achievement of being named as a Tiverton High

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School Class of 2019 Top Ten Student;

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      Representatives Edwards and Canario

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     Dick Ellsworth; the distinguished honor of serving as the Grand Marshall of the 2019

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150th Annual South Kingstown Memorial Day Parade;

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      Representatives McEntee, Fogarty and Tanzi

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     Bill Forbes; the distinguished honor of serving as the Grand Marshall of the 2019 150th

 

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Annual South Kingstown Memorial Day Parade;

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      Representatives McEntee, Fogarty and Tanzi

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     Richard Grant, President, Narrow River Preservation Association; the distinct honor of

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being awarded the Environmental Law Institute's 30th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award

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for 47 years of outstanding service as President of the Narrow River Preservation Association;

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      Representative McEntee

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     2LT Jake Angelo Pare, United States Army; the distinction and honor of your graduation

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on May 25, 2019, from the United States Military Academy at West Point;

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      Speaker Mattiello and Representative Azzinaro

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     Robert Speaker, Building Inspector, Barrington; your 34 years of outstanding and

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dedicated service to the town and its citizens as Building Inspector in Barrington;

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      Representatives Knight and Cassar

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     Henry De La Cruz, Cristobal Espital, Aydin García, Celia Gómez, Sucely Hernández,

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Elder Herrera, Jordania Leger, Jolanny López, Ygnacio Penalo, Arlyn Rosales, Enmanuel

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Rosario, Juan Carlos Salazar, Yeison De La Rosa, Yris Pérez, Pedro Urizar, Jose Valladares,

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Karla García, Deysy Delgado; the outstanding academic achievement of your graduation from the

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Providence Community Library's Spanish Language GED Class of 2019;

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      Representative Diaz

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     David Barillas, Jostin Blanco, Luke Brown, Julia Butcher, Mary Conant, Fiona Crawford,

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Julia Gasner, John "Riley" Hobe, Laura Johnson, Tyler Mack, Andrew McGarry, Avery

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McGinnes, Gerson Menendez Hernandez, Sawyer Milstead, Maya Veldman-Wilson, Block

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Island School; the outstanding academic achievement of your graduation from the Block Island

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School Class of 2019 on June 16, 2019;

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      Representative Filippi

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     Connor Lally, University of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic achievement of your

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graduation from the University of Rhode Island Class of 2019 on May 19, 2019;

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      Representative McEntee

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     Will Lurgio, University of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic achievement of your

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graduation from the University of Rhode Island Class of 2019 on May 19, 2019;

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      Representative McEntee

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     Lauren Burgess, University of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic achievement of

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your graduation from the University of Rhode Island Class of 2019 on May 19, 2019;

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      Representative McEntee

 

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     Sawyer Duran, University of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic achievement of

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your graduation from the University of Rhode Island Class of 2019 on May 19, 2019;

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      Representative McEntee

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     Henry McGreen, Fairfield University; the outstanding academic achievement of your

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graduation from the Fairfield University Class of 2019 on May 19, 2019;

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      Representative McEntee

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     Brook McGreen, Sacred Heart University; the outstanding academic achievement of your

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graduation from the Sacred Heart University Class of 2019 on May 12, 2019;

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      Representative McEntee

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     Christiana Tucker, University of Virginia; the outstanding academic achievement of your

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graduation from the University of Virginia Class of 2019 on May 18, 2019;

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      Representative McEntee

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     Kyle Wilson, Burrillville Middle School; the distinguished honor of being named as the

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Burrillville Public Schools 2019 Teacher of the Year for your commitment and dedication to

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student engagement, community outreach and professional development;

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      Representative Place

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     Ena Agbenya, Benison Aguocha, Francesca Albanese, Cristina Alcala, Isabella Anelundi,

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Abby Angell, Edem Apaloo, Victoria Arena, Sydney Austin, Jake Barlow, Matthew Bourke,

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Makenzie Caffrey, Kaylin Chase, Mason Daignault, Lauren DeAngelis, Madison DeFreitas,

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Sophia DeWornu, Ericka Duverge, Caleb Estrada, Gabriella Fiore, Jaiden Florio, Isabella

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Gemma, Kyle Giammarco, Karla Guzman, Michael Houle, Alicia Kyei, Laiba Liaqat, Samuel

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Loranger, Isabella Marotti, Adriana Nedvidek, Sydney Nguyen, Olivia Noyes, Jordan Olobri,

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Chukwuebuka Osondu, Carl Picerno, Joseph Pinkrah, Jaiden Pulliman, Alena Rizzo, Adam

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Salem, Jasmin Santiago, Michael Scetta, Stephen Sequira, Benjamin St Laurent, Lianne Tran,

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Vanessa Vargas-Pagan, Trinity Varr, Ryan Vukas, Gabriella Wiggins, Indra Winangun, Dr. E.A.

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Ricci Middle School; the outstanding academic achievement of being inducted into the "2019

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National Junior Honor Society" on June 10, 2019;

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      Representative O'Brien

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     Brigadier General Javier A. Reina, Rhode Island Air National Guard; the distinction and

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honor of being promoted to the rank of Brigadier General on the Rhode Island Air National

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Guard;

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      Speaker Mattiello and Representative Azzinaro

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     Derek Paquin, Damon Bedford, Kenneth Card, Boy Scout Troop 20, Johnston; the

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distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your

 

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commitment and dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness;

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      Representative Ucci

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     Representative Stephen M. and Debra Casey; the prestigious honor of receiving the

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Preservation Society of Newport County 2019 Laurel Award for Volunteerism for your

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contributions to historic preservation in the areas of artisanship, horticulture and volunteerism

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      Representative Morin

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     Louis J. Spremulli, Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training; your retirement

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after many years of dedicated and faithful service to the people of the state of Rhode Island

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Department of Labor and Training;

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      Representative Ucci

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     iXblue Defense Systems; celebrating the Grand Opening of iXblue Defense Systems in

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Lincoln, and your commitment to being a global High-tech company specializing in the design of

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autonomous, marine and photonics technologies;

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      Representative Ucci

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     Robert "Bobby" Thompson; your outstanding achievements as a student/athlete at Central

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High School and being a member of the Rhode Island Athletic Hall of Fame as one of Rhode

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Island's Greatest athletes in football; Outdoor and Indoor Track;

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      Representative Williams

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     David Marszalkowski, Woonsocket High School Class of 2019; the outstanding

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academic achievement of being named as the Salutatorian of the Woonsocket High School Class

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of 2019;

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      Representative Marszalkowski

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     Bridget Hope Whitty; your outstanding performance in The Waitress at PPAC as Lulu.

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You showed great talent and stage presence dancing with the cast on stage at the young age of 4

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years old! When you win your first Tony Award we can all say "we knew you when";

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      Representative Ruggiero

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     Adam Orwiler, Boy Scout Troop 6, Bristol; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank

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of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the values

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of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness;

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      Representatives Donovan and Speakman

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     Kimberly Komocar; the outstanding academic achievement of receiving a Master's

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Degree from the Johnson & Wales University Class of 2018 and completion of the PRN Program

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      Representative Fellela

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     Kassia Almeida, Lara Almeida Cardoso, Kaylin Fortes, Katie Ni, Shreena Patel, Grace

 

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Ruilova; congratulations on being inducted into the 2019 Pawtucket Teen Hall of Fame;

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      Representative Tobon

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     Maliyha Pereira; the outstanding academic achievement of being named Valedictorian of

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the Central Falls High School Class of 2019;

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      Representative Maldonado

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     Hector Batres; the outstanding academic achievement of being named Salutatorian of the

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Central Falls High School Class of 2019;

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      Representative Maldonado

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     Pator Chris Abhulime, King's Tabernacle Church; the distinguished honor and

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outstanding achievement of receiving Special Beautification Honors from the Apple Blossom

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Garden Club;

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      Representative Fellela

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     Lauren R. Malouin, Scituate High School class of 2019; the outstanding academic

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achievement of your graduation from Scituate High School c lass of 2019 on May 31, 2019;

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      Representative Lombardi

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     Catherine Hernandez, Benjamin Marroquin, Yeudy Belliard, Lilliana Perez, Ethan

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McCarty, Janelle Johnson, Gilbert Alvira, Alexis Ryl; Congratulations on successfully

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completing all of the requirements necessary to earn your High School diploma. Best Wishes and

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continued success in your journey;

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      Representative Ranglin-Vassell

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     Naomi Akinyode, Nicholas Andruchow, Marolyn Antigua Betances, Franchesca Cuozzo,

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Brandon Dellatore, Iszeah Fontaine-Carlow, Daniel Garcia, Bella Grimshaw, Orisel Hidalgo,

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Samantha LaCasse, Anna Lancellotta, Nathan Lao, Brea Lima, Ryan Marro, Layla Nunez, Bryce

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Principe, Kaiya Raposa, Canela Rodriguez, McKenzie Roll, James Sanford, Brandon Sarlo,

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Andre Silva, Joshua Spencer, Trevor Thibault, Aakansha Vittal, Christopher Wright, Emily

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Zhang, Evan Alfonso, Christian Bourdon, Elaina Castro Souza, Janessa Chapman-Loftis,

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Jameson Healey, Charlotte Horak, Mason Hunt, Lorenzo L'Europa, Shazeena Laltaprasad, Caleb

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Malo, Nevaeh Mazzariello, Delaney Natal, Anthony Olaes, Samia Pacheco, Karmen Paul, Lillian

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Peter, Jack Proulx, Alex Sarlo, Kaidyn Skowron, Ryan Stanley, Madison Stephens, Jestina

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Stokes, Hayden Szerlag, Jacob Vaudry, Juliah Wieselquist, Genesis Zavala Cardenas, Lydia

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Allen, Brian Andrade, Kendyll Briggs, Gavin Bruneau, Elise Conceicao, Ian Degnan, Shyla

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Dumont, Alexandria Espinosa, Isabel Estrada, Thomas Fantozzi, Alexa Foley, Valerie Fratus,

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Xzavier Hammond, Ava Kowalski, Caden LaPointe, Emma Manni, Jobe Merida, Colin Milburn,

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Colby Nunes, Zoe Overton, Alexander Pelopida, Olivia Praileau, Angel Richmond, Jayden Ruge-

 

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Couchon, Alana Voisard, Nattapol Vongvilay, Coryn Washburn, Jake Anzivino, Mya Bizier,

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Hannah Dabeck, Dominici Yarielis, Alison Dube, Landon Eberle, Ava Erban, Blaze Fiske,

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Emiliana Georges, Jayden Hairabedian, Jordan Hammond, Harper Jones, Abigayle Masello,

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Corzette Matteson, Xander McIntosh, Aryana Namias, Maxwell Pacitti, Damiano Palasciano,

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Parker Reyes, Aidan Rodriguez, Kayla Rodriguez, Leilani Rodriguez, Shelby Ruge, Jocelyn

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Snyder, Emma Spaziano, Gavin Walsh, Greenbush Elementary School; the outstanding academic

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achievement and celebrating your successful completion of the 4th Grade at Greenbush

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Elementary School "Moving Up Ceremony" on June 11, 2019;

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      Representative Serpa

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     NOW, THEREFORE BE IT

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     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons

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and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for

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continued good fortune; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to

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transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid.

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