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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS
Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, and Chippendale
Date Introduced: February 16, 2023
Referred To: House read and passed
WHEREAS, It has been made known to the House that certain persons and organizations 1
are deserving of commendation; and 2
John Hope Settlement House; your many years of providing leadership through 3
comprehensive and dynamic human services, community outreach and advocacy for children, 4
youth and families in the West End of City of Providence; 5
Representative Sanchez 6
Garry Williams and Frank Manfredi, the Strand, The Fish Co. and Studio Lounge; your 7
outstanding commitment and hard work in the City of Providence; 8
Representative Sanchez 9
King Jarvis; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the City of Providence; 10
Representative Sanchez 11
Paris Bistro Café & Lounge; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the North 12
End of City of Providence; 13
Representative Sanchez 14
Chip Doug, WBRU 360 101.1 FM; your hard work and dedication to the radio audience 15
in the City of Providence; 16
Representative Sanchez 17
DJ Franchise, WBRU 360 101.1 FM; your hard work and dedication to the radio 18
audience in the City of Providence; 19
Representative Sanchez 20
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Bad Lad, WBRU 360 101.1 FM; your hard work and dedication to the radio audience in 1
the City of Providence; 2
Representative Sanchez 3
Ms. Rhodey, WBRU 360 101.1 FM; your hard work and dedication to the radio audience 4
in the City of Providence; 5
Representative Sanchez 6
South Side Community Land Trust; South Side Community Land Trust and the Healthy 7
Food Hub on the Upper South Side and recognizing your commitment & dedication to building a 8
marketplace of fresh, healthy and affordable food for the people of our city; 9
Representative Sanchez 10
The Babcock Family, honoring Sergeant William James Babcock (posthumously) 11
Congregational Medal of Honor recipient, 2
nd
Rhode Island Infantry, U.S. Army (American Civil 12
War) at the 300
th
Anniversary of the Town of South Kingstown; 13
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 14
The Fournier Family, honoring Sergeant William Grant Fournier (posthumously) 15
Congregational Medal of Honor recipient, 25th Rhode Island Infantry Division, U.S. Army 16
(World War II) at the 300
th
Anniversary of the Town of South Kingstown; 17
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 18
The Champagne Family, honoring Corporal David Bernard Champagne (posthumously) 19
Congregational Medal of Honor recipient, 1
st
Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps (Korean War) 20
at the 300
th
Anniversary of the Town of South Kingstown; 21
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 22
The McNulty Family, honoring the memory of 1
st
Lieutenant Richard Lee McNulty (Lost 23
on January 16, 1952) of 80
th
Fighter Bomber Squadron, U.S. Air Force (Korean War) at the 300
th
24
Anniversary of the Town of South Kingstown; 25
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 26
The Hazard Family, honoring the memory of Lieutenant Peter Hamilton Hazard (Lost on 27
March 27, 1945) of Composite Squadron 9, U.S. Navy (World War II) at the 300
th
Anniversary of 28
the Town of South Kingstown; 29
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 30
The McNulty Family, honoring the memory of 1
st
Lieutenant Richard Lee McNulty (Lost 31
on January 16, 1952) of 80
th
Fighter Bomber Squadron, U.S. Air Force (Korean War) at the 300
th
32
Anniversary of the Town of South Kingstown; 33
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 34
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The Gadrow Family, honoring the memory of Lieutenant Victor Marvin Gadrow (Lost on 1
December 22, 1941) of Fighter Squadron 3, U.S. Navy (World War II) at the 300
th
Anniversary of 2
the Town of South Kingstown; 3
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 4
The Eaton Family, honoring the memory of Colonel Curtis Abbot Eaton (Lost on August 5
14, 1966) of 357
th
Tactical Fighter Squadron, U.S. Air Force (MIA-Vietnam War) at the 300
th
6
Anniversary of the Town of South Kingstown; 7
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 8
The Cooper Family, honoring the memory of Lieutenant Stuart Trumble Cooper (Lost on 9
February 14, 1943) of Bombing Squadron 101, U.S. Navy (MIA-World War II) at the 300
th
10
Anniversary of the Town of South Kingstown; 11
Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 12
Josephine Byrd; your 20 years of dedicated social service and advocacy on behalf of the 13
citizens in the City of Woonsocket; 14
Speaker Shekarchi 15
Kim Smith, Little Compton - Wilbur McMahon School; the distinguished honor of being 16
named as the "2023 Teacher of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 17
Representative Edwards 18
Carla Woodhouse, Little Compton - Wilbur McMahon School; the distinguished honor of 19
being named as the "2023 Teacher of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition 20
Night; 21
Representative Edwards 22
Sergeant Ryan LeClaire, Little Compton Police; the distinguished honor of being named 23
as the "2023 Police Officer or the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 24
Representative Edwards 25
Firefighter Jonathan Bednarz, Little Compton Fire Department; the distinguished honor 26
of being named as the "2023 Firefighter or the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions 27
Recognition Night; 28
Representative Edwards 29
Joe Perry; the distinguished honor of receiving the "2023 Heart of the Lion Award" at the 30
10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 31
Representative Edwards 32
Lee Cusumano, Tiverton High School; the distinguished honor of being named as the 33
"2023 Teacher of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 34
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Representative Edwards 1
Shana Roper, Tiverton Middle School; the distinguished honor of being named as the 2
"2023 Teacher of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 3
Representative Edwards 4
Christine Kraus, Tiverton Ft. Barton School; the distinguished honor of being named as 5
the "2023 Teacher of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 6
Representative Edwards 7
Samantha Reimels, Tiverton Pocassett School; the distinguished honor of being named as 8
the "2023 Teacher of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 9
Representative Edwards 10
Jill Godbout, Tiverton Pocassett School; the distinguished honor of being named as the 11
"2023 Teacher of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 12
Representative Edwards 13
Judy Ferreira, Tiverton Fire Department; the distinguished honor of being named as the 14
"2023 Citizen or the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions Recognition Night; 15
Representative Edwards 16
Lieutenant Christopher Dyson, Tiverton Police Department; the distinguished honor of 17
being named as the "2023 Police Officer of the Year" at the 10
th
Annual Tiverton Lions 18
Recognition Night; 19
Representative Edwards 20
Enzo Falcone, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 21
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 22
Wrestling State Championship; 23
Representative Cotter 24
Cian Archer, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 25
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 26
Wrestling State Championship; 27
Representative Cotter 28
Aaron Rice, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 29
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 30
Wrestling State Championship; 31
Representative Cotter 32
Michael Newton, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 33
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 34
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Wrestling State Championship; 1
Representative Cotter 2
Landon Charette, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 3
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 4
Wrestling State Championship; 5
Representative Cotter 6
Dustin Peno, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 7
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 8
Wrestling State Championship; 9
Representative Cotter 10
Brayden Craig, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 11
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 12
Wrestling State Championship; 13
Representative Cotter 14
Collin Collet, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 15
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 16
Wrestling State Championship; 17
Representative Cotter 18
Reilly Porter, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 19
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 20
Wrestling State Championship; 21
Representative Cotter 22
Jacoby Dove, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 23
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 24
Wrestling State Championship; 25
Representative Cotter 26
Aidan Fahlman, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 27
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 28
Wrestling State Championship; 29
Representative Cotter 30
Jackson Nickerson, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 31
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 32
Wrestling State Championship; 33
Representative Cotter 34
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Evan Fahlman, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 1
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 2
Wrestling State Championship; 3
Representative Cotter 4
Ezrah Schonrog, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 5
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 6
Wrestling State Championship; 7
Representative Cotter 8
Aaron Carrasquillo, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding athletic 9
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 10
Wrestling State Championship; 11
Representative Cotter 12
Coach Josh Merritt, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding 13
achievement of coaching the Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team to the Rhode Island 14
Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 Wrestling State Championship; 15
Representative Cotter 16
Coach Terry Thomas, Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team; the outstanding 17
achievement of coaching the Chariho Middle School Wrestling Team to the Rhode Island 18
Principal's Committee on Athletics 6 - 8 2023 Wrestling State Championship; 19
Representative Cotter 20
Fire Chief Richard Andrews, Town of Lincoln; your retirement after many years of 21
dedicated and faithful service protecting the life and property of the people of Lincoln; 22
Representative Shallcross Smith 23
Josh Levels Lounge; the joyous and momentous occasion of 2023 celebration weekend at 24
Levels Lounge; 25
Representative Morales 26
Josh, Saul and DJ Riggs, Touch Lounge; celebrating the joyous and momentous occasion 27
of Grand Opening of the Touch Lounge at 961 Dyer Avenue in Cranston; 28
Representative Morales 29
Junior Rua, Red Lounge Restaurant; your outstanding commitment and hard work at the 30
Red Lounge Restaurant; 31
Representative Morales 32
Jorge Delgadillo & Victor Delgadillo, Red Lounge Restaurant; the joyous and 33
momentous celebration of your 7
th
anniversary at the Red Lounge Restaurant; 34
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Representative Morales 1
Marito; the joyous and momentous celebrating a Happy Birthday on February 11, 2023 at 2
Levels Lounge; 3
Representative Morales 4
Garo Emdjian; the distinguished honor of receiving the Cares Award from Meals on 5
Wheels for your commitment and dedication as an on-site volunteer at the Fox Point Manor; 6
Majority Leader Christopher Blazejewski 7
Dereck and Andrea Cabrera, Café Ave; celebrating the opening of your new business 8
"Cafe Ava" in Rolfe Square providing delicious coffees and pastries for the people of the City of 9
Cranston; 10
Representative Potter 11
Justin Dalton - Ameenthe; joyous and momentous celebration of your 40
th
Birthday on 12
February 14, 2023; 13
Representative McEntee 14
One Neighborhood Builders; your outstanding commitment and dedication to develop 15
affordable housing and engage neighbors across the Olneyville Community and Greater 16
Providence to cultivate healthy, vibrant and safe communities; 17
Representative Sanchez 18
Alex Mega, East Greenwich High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 19
achievement of setting the new girls basketball school scoring record during the game against 20
Wheeler Academy on February 13, 2023; 21
Representative Caldwell 22
Sanchez Cleaning Services; your commitment and dedication to providing the best of 23
cleaning services for the people of the State of Rhode Island; 24
Representative Sanchez 25
"Sound", Club Ambition Podcast; your commitment and dedication to producing 26
excellent work in the media industry here in the State of Rhode Island; 27
Representative Sanchez 28
Cass Entertainment; your commitment and dedication to producing excellent work in the 29
music industry here in the State of Rhode Island; 30
Representative Sanchez 31
Jordon Mercedes, Owner and Founder Model Up Next 401; your commitment and 32
dedication to bringing people together and giving them an opportunity to learn the modeling 33
industry and being a positive influence in the City of Providence, Rhode Island; 34
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Representative Sanchez 1
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 2
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 3
and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 4
continued good fortune; and be it further 5
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 6
transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid. 7
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