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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: March 07, 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
Anthony Capezza, President, International Brotherhood of Police Officers; your 3
retirement after many years of dedicated and faithful service and your commitment to improving 4
the working conditions of law enforcement officers and the safety of those you serve; 5
Representative Bennett 6
Johana Vietry, President, Friends of the Waterfront; your retirement after many years of 7
faithful service as President of the Friends of the Waterfront and your commitment to help foster 8
the development of Newport's shoreline and harbor front areas in ways that maximize public 9
access; 10
Representative Carson 11
Josh and Michelle Anne Gaumond; the joyous and momentous occasion of the birth of 12
your triplets Hailey Marie, Olivia Rose and Lily Fleur; 13
Representative Fenton-Fung 14
Philip Tretton; the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Arthur Stanley 15
Firefighter of the Year award from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 16
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 17
Brennan Reynolds; the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Robert 18
Stanley Volunteer of the Year award from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 19
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 20
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Matthew Heroux; the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Stanley 1
Napper Dedicated Service award from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 2
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 3
Garrett Kemble; the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Joseph 4
Brusseau Rookie of the Year award from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 5
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 6
Brian Mayer; the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Community 7
Service Award recipient from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 8
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 9
Phillip Burdick the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Community 10
Service Award recipient from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 11
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 12
Camp Yawgoog-Yawgoog Scout Reservation; the distinguished honor of your selection 13
as the 2022-2023 Community Service Award recipient from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire 14
District; 15
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 16
Gracie Vuono; the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Junior 17
Firefighter of the year Award recipient from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 18
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 19
Joseph Godbout; the distinguished honor of your selection as the 2022-2023 Special 20
Service Award recipient from the Hope Valley-Wyoming Fire District; 21
Representatives Kennedy and Cotter 22
Dee Speaks; showcasing your thoughtful photography and visual work for neighborhoods 23
to enjoy at the Mt. Pleasant Community Library; 24
Representative Morales 25
Leyna Mulligan, Agnes Little elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual 26
Women's History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and 27
Non-Violence and your commitment to academic excellence; 28
Representative Alzate 29
Chanel Mowry, Baldwin elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual Women's 30
History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and Non-Violence 31
and your commitment to academic excellence; 32
Representative Alzate 33
Kasandra Chen-Gomez, Potter-Burns elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual 34
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Women's History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and 1
Non-Violence and your commitment to academic excellence; 2
Representative Alzate 3
Dae'lyn Howard, Curtis elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual Women's 4
History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and Non-Violence 5
and your commitment to academic excellence; 6
Representative Alzate 7
Kennedy Bleich, Curvin-McCabe elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual 8
Women's History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and 9
Non-Violence and your commitment to academic excellence; 10
Representative Alzate 11
Melissa Dos Santos, Winters elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual 12
Women's History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and 13
Non-Violence and your commitment to academic excellence; 14
Representative Alzate 15
Ariana Patino, Fallon elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual Women's 16
History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and Non-Violence 17
and your commitment to academic excellence; 18
Representative Alzate 19
Janeffa Da Cruz Lomba, Cunningham elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual 20
Women's History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and 21
Non-Violence and your commitment to academic excellence; 22
Representative Alzate 23
Mariana Garcia, Nathanael Greene elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual 24
Women's History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and 25
Non-Violence and your commitment to academic excellence; 26
Representative Alzate 27
Jannelle Velez, Varieur elementary school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual Women's 28
History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and Non-Violence 29
and your commitment to academic excellence; 30
Representative Alzate 31
Alexandria Greenman, Goff middle school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual Women's 32
History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and Non-Violence 33
and your commitment to academic excellence; 34
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Representative Alzate 1
Kehinde Daramola, Slater middle school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual Women's 2
History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and Non-Violence 3
and your commitment to academic excellence; 4
Representative Alzate 5
Cassandra Morais, Jenks middle school; being honored at the 5
th
Annual Women's 6
History Month Celebration on March 8, 2023 for your winning essay on Peace and Non-Violence 7
and your commitment to academic excellence; 8
Representative Alzate 9
Kenny Arias, Loveras VIP; your outstanding commitment and hard work at Loveras VIP 10
in the city of Providence; 11
Representative Sanchez 12
Jose Luis Telemin, Loveras VIP; your outstanding commitment and hard work at Loveras 13
VIP in the city of Providence; 14
Representative Sanchez 15
Classical High School Decathlon Team; your outstanding academic achievements and 16
success during the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon Season; 17
Representative Sanchez 18
DJ Coroking; the outstanding commitment and hard work in the Music Industry in the 19
State of Rhode Island; 20
Representative Sanchez 21
DJ OT; the outstanding commitment and hard work in the Music Industry in the State of 22
Rhode Island; 23
Representative Sanchez 24
Marco McWilliams, Providence BJJ; celebrating the opening of " Providence BJJ" and 25
your commitment to providing our community members with accessible and affordable Jiu Jitsu 26
Training; 27
Representative Morales 28
Mickey Zacchilli, Providence BJJ; celebrating the opening of " Providence BJJ" and your 29
commitment to providing our community members with accessible and affordable Jiu Jitsu 30
Training; 31
Representative Morales 32
Captain Luke Morin, Woonsocket Fire Department; your retirement after many years of 33
dedicated and faithful service to the people of the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island as a member 34
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of the Woonsocket Fire Department; 1
Representative Casey 2
Lieutenant Richard Coutu, Woonsocket Fire Department; your retirement after many 3
years of dedicated and faithful service to the people of the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island as a 4
member of the Woonsocket Fire Department; 5
Representative Casey 6
Lieutenant Daniel Dubois, Woonsocket Fire Department; your retirement after many 7
years of dedicated and faithful service to the people of the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island as a 8
member of the Woonsocket Fire Department; 9
Representative Casey 10
Captain Michael Lataille, Woonsocket Fire Department; your retirement after many years 11
of dedicated and faithful service to the people of the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island as a 12
member of the Woonsocket Fire Department; 13
Representative Casey 14
Chief Robert Masse, Woonsocket Fire Department; your retirement after many years of 15
dedicated and faithful service to the people of the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island as a member 16
of the Woonsocket Fire Department; 17
Representative Casey 18
Celebrated; celebrating the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of 19
"Celebrated" at 5 Stilson Road in Richmond, on March 4, 2023; 20
Representative Cotter 21
Becky Morris, Owner and Head Bakery Artist, Celebrated; celebrating the Grand 22
Opening and Ribbon Cutting ceremony on March 4, 2023 and recognizing your commitment to 23
create decadent treats and passion to delivering happiness with dessert; 24
Representative Cotter 25
Marykate Hanus, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2
nd
place at the Rhode 26
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Apparel & Accessories 27
Marketing Series, Category Individual Series Events; 28
Representative Casimiro 29
Koda Capistran, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3
rd
place at the Rhode 30
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Business Law and 31
Ethics Team Decision Making, Category Team Decisions Making Events; 32
Representative Casimiro 33
Ariana Godinez, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3
rd
place at the Rhode 34
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Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Business Law and 1
Ethics Team Decision Making, Category Team Decisions Making Events; 2
Representative Casimiro 3
Leila Macera, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3
rd
place at the Rhode 4
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Business Services 5
Marketing, Category Individual Series Event; 6
Representative Casimiro 7
Avreet Kaur, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1
st
place at the Rhode Island 8
DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Business Services Operations, 9
Category Business Operations Research Events; 10
Representative Casimiro 11
Natalie Wicker, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1
st
place at the Rhode 12
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Business Services 13
Operations, Category Business Operations Research Events; 14
Representative Casimiro 15
Dylaney Sugerman, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1
st
place at the Rhode 16
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Buying and 17
Merchandising Team Decision Making, Category Team Decision Making Events; 18
Representative Casimiro 19
Lydia Turner, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1
st
place at the Rhode 20
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Buying and 21
Merchandising Team Decision Making, Category Team Decision Making Events; 22
Representative Casimiro 23
William Draper, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3
rd
place at the Rhode 24
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Entrepreneurship Series 25
Category Individual Series Event; 26
Representative Casimiro 27
Ethan Ringler, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3
rd
place at the Rhode 28
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Entrepreneurship Team 29
Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 30
Representative Casimiro 31
Andrew Thibeault, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3
rd
place at the Rhode 32
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Entrepreneurship Team 33
Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 34
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Representative Casimiro 1
Aiden Hageman, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 2
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Finance Operations 3
Category Business Operations Research Events; 4
Representative Casimiro 5
Zachary Hageman, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 6
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Finance Operations 7
Category Business Operations Research Events; 8
Representative Casimiro 9
Rhys Raupp, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 10
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Finance Operations 11
Category Business Operations Research Events; 12
Representative Casimiro 13
Lily Cushman, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 14
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Finance Operations 15
Category Business Operations Research Events; 16
Representative Casimiro 17
Alyssa Dibenedetto, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the 18
Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Finance 19
Operations Category Business Operations Research Events; 20
Representative Casimiro 21
Charles Wright, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 22
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Finance Operations 23
Category Business Operations Research Events; 24
Representative Casimiro 25
Joshua Chen, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 26
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Financial Literacy 27
Project Category Project Management Event; 28
Representative Casimiro 29
Katherine Maloney, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the 30
Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Financial 31
Literacy Project Category Project Management Event; 32
Representative Casimiro 33
John McGuinness, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 34
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Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Financial Literacy 1
Project Category Project Management Event; 2
Representative Casimiro 3
Andrew Auclair, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode 4
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Financial Services Team 5
Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 6
Representative Casimiro 7
Logan Edge, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode Island 8
DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Financial Services Team 9
Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 10
Representative Casimiro 11
William Harrington, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the 12
Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Financial 13
Services Team Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 14
Representative Casimiro 15
Zachary Horwitz-Smith, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the 16
Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Financial 17
Services Team Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 18
Representative Casimiro 19
Jacob Hall, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode Island 20
DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Franchise Business Plan 21
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 22
Representative Casimiro 23
Benjamin Napoli, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 24
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Franchise Business Plan 25
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 26
Representative Casimiro 27
Luke Berthelot, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 28
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Franchise Business Plan 29
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 30
Representative Casimiro 31
Andrew Ciarniello, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 32
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Franchise Business Plan 33
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 34
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Representative Casimiro 1
John Renzulli, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 2
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Franchise Business Plan 3
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 4
Representative Casimiro 5
Mackenzie North, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 6
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Hospitality and Tourism 7
Professional Selling Event Category Professional Selling Events and Consulting Events; 8
Representative Casimiro 9
Linden Rogers, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 10
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Hotel and Lodging 11
Management Category Individual Series Events; 12
Representative Casimiro 13
Kamea Escher, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 14
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Human Resource 15
Management Series Event Category Individual Series Events; 16
Representative Casimiro 17
Aria Carnevale, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode 18
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Innovation Plan 19
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 20
Representative Casimiro 21
Amelie Gregoire, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode 22
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Innovation Plan 23
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 24
Representative Casimiro 25
Morgan Martucci, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode 26
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Innovation Plan 27
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 28
Representative Casimiro 29
Brendan Donaghey, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the 30
Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Integrated 31
Marketing Campaign- Event, Category Integrated Marketing Campaign Events; 32
Representative Casimiro 33
Liam McCarthy, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 34
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Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Integrated Marketing 1
Campaign- Event, Category Integrated Marketing Campaign Events; 2
Representative Casimiro 3
Sophia Tikoian, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 4
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Integrated Marketing 5
Campaign- Event, Category Integrated Marketing Campaign Events; 6
Representative Casimiro 7
Aroo Jang, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode Island 8
DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Integrated Marketing 9
Campaign- Service, Category Integrated Marketing Campaign Events; 10
Representative Casimiro 11
Bonnie O'Flaherty, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 12
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Integrated Marketing 13
Campaign- Service, Category Integrated Marketing Campaign Events; 14
Representative Casimiro 15
Audrey Paxton, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 16
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Integrated Marketing 17
Campaign- Service, Category Integrated Marketing Campaign Events; 18
Representative Casimiro 19
Sydney Allen, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 20
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Marketing 21
Communications, Category Individual Series Events; 22
Representative Casimiro 23
Alexandria Blanchette, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the 24
Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of 25
Business Management and Administration Category Principles of Business Administration; 26
Representative Casimiro 27
Jenna Clark, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 28
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of Business 29
Management and Administration Category Principles of Business Administration; 30
Representative Casimiro 31
Thea Carr, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode Island 32
DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of Business 33
Management and Administration Category Principles of Business Administration; 34
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Representative Casimiro 1
Ella Calise, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode Island 2
DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of Hospitality and 3
Tourism Category Principles of Business Administration; 4
Representative Casimiro 5
Thomas Mallery, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 6
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of Hospitality 7
and Tourism Category Principles of Business Administration; 8
Representative Casimiro 9
Sophia Bigelli, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode 10
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of Marketing 11
Category Principles of Business Administration; 12
Representative Casimiro 13
Sofia Torrado Severinkangas, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at 14
the Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of 15
Marketing Category Principles of Business Administration; 16
Representative Casimiro 17
Jacqueline Blair, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 18
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Principles of Marketing 19
Category Principles of Business Administration; 20
Representative Casimiro 21
Isabella Jodoin, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 22
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Professional Selling 23
Event Category Professional Selling Events and Consulting Events; 24
Representative Casimiro 25
Hannah Heidari, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 2nd place at the Rhode 26
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Quick Service 27
Restaurant Management Category Individual Series Events; 28
Representative Casimiro 29
Liliana Faherty, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 3rd place at the Rhode 30
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Restaurant and Food 31
Service Management Category Individual Series Events; 32
Representative Casimiro 33
Zachary Szabo, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 34
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Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Sports and 1
Entertainment Marketing Series Category Individual Series Events; 2
Representative Casimiro 3
Samantha Haun, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 4
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Start Up Business Plan 5
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 6
Representative Casimiro 7
Sean Roberts, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 8
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Start Up Business Plan 9
Category Entrepreneurship Events; 10
Representative Casimiro 11
Valerie Auclair, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 12
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Travel & Tourism 13
Marketing Team Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 14
Representative Casimiro 15
Georgia Roy, North Kingstown High School DECA; placing 1st place at the Rhode 16
Island DECA Career Development Conference in the Competitive Event Travel & Tourism 17
Marketing Team Decision Making Category Team Decision Making Events; 18
Representative Casimiro 19
The Honorable Jim Seveney; your many years of dedicated service as a State Senator 20
representing the people of Bristol, Portsmouth and Tiverton and your faithful service to the 21
people of the United States as a member of the United States Navy; 22
Representatives Cortvriend and McGaw 23
Daniela Franco Castro; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of 24
instruction in health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 25
Representative Sanchez 26
Sayda Arriaza; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 27
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 28
Representative Sanchez 29
Luisa Ganeto; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 30
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 31
Representative Sanchez 32
Altagracia Gonzalez; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction 33
in health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 34
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Representative Sanchez 1
Lucely Garcia Vargas; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction 2
in health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 3
Representative Sanchez 4
Cruz M. Toledo; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 5
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 6
Representative Sanchez 7
Digna Ester Zayas Vasquez; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of 8
instruction in health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 9
Representative Sanchez 10
Kimberly Haas; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 11
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 12
Representative Sanchez 13
Deborah Love; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 14
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 15
Representative Sanchez 16
Marquis Brown; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 17
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 18
Representative Sanchez 19
Alfred Quinones; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 20
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 21
Representative Sanchez 22
Leah C. Stuckey; the outstanding achievement of completing 40 hours of instruction in 23
health care and social service through a 5 week Pre-Apprenticeship Program; 24
Representative Sanchez 25
Central High School Basketball Team; your outstanding athletic achievements and great 26
success during the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Basketball Season; 27
Representative Sanchez 28
Karen Zuniga, ONE Neighborhood Builders; your outstanding commitment and hard 29
work as the Assitant Director of Community Health Integration at ONE Neighborhood Builders; 30
Representative Sanchez 31
Hawawou Barry, Tolman High School; the distinguished honor of being selected for your 32
outstanding academic achievements at The 2023 International Women's Day Event as "Legislator 33
for the Day" at the Rhode Island State House; 34
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Representatives Alzate, Cruz, Messier, Stewart, Henries, Shallcross-Smith and Felix 1
Catherine Nobre, Shea High School; the distinguished honor of being selected for your 2
outstanding academic achievements at The 2023 International Women's Day Event as "Legislator 3
for the Day" at the Rhode Island State House; 4
Representatives Alzate, Cruz, Messier, Stewart, Henries, Shallcross-Smith and Felix 5
Princess Appiah, Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the performing and Visual arts; the 6
distinguished honor of being selected for your outstanding academic achievements at The 2023 7
International Women's Day Event as "Legislator for the Day" at the Rhode Island State House; 8
Representatives Alzate, Cruz, Messier, Stewart, Henries, Shallcross-Smith and Felix 9
Melody R. Asselin, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 10
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 11
Fall Semester; 12
Representative Serpa 13
Natasha F. Benitez, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 14
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 15
Fall Semester; 16
Representative Serpa 17
Valerie A. Cabral, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 18
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 19
Fall Semester; 20
Representative Serpa 21
Kayla J. Caramante, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 22
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 23
Fall Semester; 24
Representative Serpa 25
Nikkayla A. Chapdelaine, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding 26
academic achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for 27
the 2022 Fall Semester; 28
Representative Serpa 29
Brooke J. DeTonnancourt, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding 30
academic achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for 31
the 2022 Fall Semester; 32
Representative Serpa 33
Hannah M. Eisa, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 34
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achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 1
Fall Semester; 2
Representative Serpa 3
Emily R. Flyntz, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 4
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 5
Fall Semester; 6
Representative Serpa 7
Samuel J. Flyntz, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 8
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 9
Fall Semester; 10
Representative Serpa 11
Joslyn M. Galluccio, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 12
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 13
Fall Semester; 14
Representative Serpa 15
Brandon Garcia, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 16
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 17
Fall Semester; 18
Representative Serpa 19
Hunter Grace, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 20
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 21
Fall Semester; 22
Representative Serpa 23
Jason Herchuk, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 24
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 25
Fall Semester; 26
Representative Serpa 27
Jessica M. Lambert, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 28
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 29
Fall Semester; 30
Representative Serpa 31
Dylana F. Massey, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 32
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 33
Fall Semester; 34
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Representative Serpa 1
Victoria Paradis, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 2
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 3
Fall Semester; 4
Representative Serpa 5
Natalie J. Raynor, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 6
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 7
Fall Semester; 8
Representative Serpa 9
Tiara Rochon, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 10
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 11
Fall Semester; 12
Representative Serpa 13
Jessica L. Senior, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 14
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 15
Fall Semester; 16
Representative Serpa 17
Jason R. Serapiglia, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 18
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 19
Fall Semester; 20
Representative Serpa 21
Elaine A. Sorto-Justiniano, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding 22
academic achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for 23
the 2022 Fall Semester; 24
Representative Serpa 25
Jonathan M. Boisvert, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 26
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 27
Fall Semester; 28
Representative Brien 29
Meghann L. Gilchrist, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 30
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 31
Fall Semester; 32
Representative Brien 33
Paige F. Gouin, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 34
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achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 1
Fall Semester; 2
Representative Brien 3
Yesenia Griffin, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 4
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 5
Fall Semester; 6
Representative Brien 7
Omoye C. Iria, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 8
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 9
Fall Semester; 10
Representative Brien 11
Tamara Ledesma-Ponce, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 12
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 13
Fall Semester; 14
Representative Brien 15
Tapanga M. Masiello, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 16
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 17
Fall Semester; 18
Representative Brien 19
Fatma Syll, Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic achievement 20
of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 Fall 21
Semester; 22
Representative Brien 23
Anabella R. Willette Community College of Rhode Island; the outstanding academic 24
achievement of being named to the Community College of Rhode Island Dean's List for the 2022 25
Fall Semester; 26
Representative Brien 27
Richard Addison, Sr.; being honored at the Rhode Island House of Representatives 28
during Black History Month for your outstanding military service, athletic achievements and 29
commitment to volunteerism; 30
Representative Cruz 31
Chef David Burke; celebrating the Ribbon cutting and Press Conference Ceremony on 32
March1, 2023 of the Double Barrel Steak by Chef David Burke at the Preserve Sporting Club & 33
Residences; 34
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Representative Cotter 1
Paul Mihalides, Chairman; celebrating the Ribbon cutting and Press Conference 2
Ceremony on March1, 2023 of the Double Barrel Steak by Chef David Burke at the Preserve 3
Sporting Club & Residences; 4
Representative Cotter 5
Joshua Franco; being the recipient of the Black Political Action Education Committee for 6
Bringing Education and Awareness to the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island about 7
Low-Income Housing; 8
Representative Sanchez 9
Matthew Cabrera, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement 10
of being named Valedictorian of the North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 and Class of 11
2023 Top Ten Student; 12
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 13
Aroo Jang, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 14
being named Salutatorian of the North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 and Class of 2023 15
Top Ten Student; 16
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 17
James Borkman, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement 18
of being named a National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist; 19
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 20
Ethan Wordell, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 21
being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student and National Merit 22
Scholarship Program Finalist; 23
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 24
Fiona Chang, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 25
being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 26
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 27
Julia DeGenova, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement 28
of being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 29
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 30
Annika Eriksen, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement 31
of being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 32
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 33
Ava Giguere, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 34
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being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 1
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 2
Emma Michaud, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement 3
of being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 4
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 5
Tanner Mitchell, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement 6
of being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 7
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 8
Rachel Tagen, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 9
being named a North Kingstown High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 10
Representatives Casimiro and Craven 11
Empress; your hard work as a singer, writer, creator and advocate for the arts and culture 12
community in the State of Rhode Island; 13
Representative Sanchez 14
Christine Paige (Miss Bliss), Bliss Gives Foundation; your outstanding commitment and 15
hard work in the business community in the State of Rhode Island; 16
Representative Sanchez 17
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 18
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 19
and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 20
continued good fortune; and be it further 21
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 22
transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid. 23
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