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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 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
Nancy Costello, RN; your retirement after 31 years of nursing and recently as the Health 3
Care Manager and Nurse at Raytheon Technologies in Portsmouth. We wish you happiness and 4
relaxation in retirement; 5
Representative Fogarty 6
Yvette Mendez; the honor of receiving the Woman Development Institute - International 7
Woman's Day "2023 Extraordinary Woman Award" for your dedication in fighting and 8
advocating for justice, equity and inclusion; 9
Representative Diaz 10
Genesis Sanchez; the honor of receiving the Woman Development Institute - 11
International Woman's Day "2023 Extraordinary Woman Award" for your dedication in fighting 12
and advocating for justice, equity and inclusion; 13
Representative Diaz 14
Helena Foulkes; the honor of receiving the Woman Development Institute - International 15
Woman's Day "2023 Extraordinary Woman Award" for your dedication in fighting and 16
advocating for justice, equity and inclusion; 17
Representative Diaz 18
Mayor Maria Rivera; the honor of receiving the Woman Development Institute - 19
International Woman's Day "2023 Extraordinary Woman Award" for your dedication in fighting 20
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and advocating for justice, equity and inclusion; 1
Representative Diaz 2
Rosa Perez; the honor of receiving the Woman Development Institute - International 3
Woman's Day "2023 Extraordinary Woman Award" for your dedication in fighting and 4
advocating for justice, equity and inclusion; 5
Representative Diaz 6
Belkola Vasquez; the honor of receiving the Woman Development Institute - 7
International Woman's Day "2023 Extraordinary Woman Award" for your dedication in fighting 8
and advocating for justice, equity and inclusion; 9
Representative Diaz 10
Alicia Saldierna; the honor of receiving the Woman Development Institute - International 11
Woman's Day "2023 Extraordinary Woman Award" for your dedication in fighting and 12
advocating for justice, equity and inclusion; 13
Representative Diaz 14
Catherine A. Danie; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on 15
April 6, 2023; 16
Representative Kennedy 17
Robert N. Farrands; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on 18
April 26, 2023; 19
Representative Kennedy 20
Louise K. Gencarella; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on 21
April 10, 2023; 22
Representative Kennedy 23
Carolyn Jesse Hoxsie; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on 24
April 1, 2023; 25
Representative Kennedy 26
Kathryn G. Scott; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on April 27
26, 2023; 28
Representative Kennedy 29
Eileen M. Benoit; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th Birthday on April 30
11, 2023; 31
Representative Kennedy 32
Charles K. Hunter; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th Birthday on April 33
9, 2023; 34
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Representative Kennedy 1
Thomas Walter Keena; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th Birthday on 2
April 22, 2023; 3
Representative Kennedy 4
John R. Restelli; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th Birthday on April 5
27, 2023; 6
Representative Kennedy 7
Joseph P. Serra; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th Birthday on April 7, 8
2023; 9
Representative Kennedy 10
Sharon Ann Bridge; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on 11
April 23, 2023; 12
Representative Kennedy 13
Joanne Elizabeth Gonsalves; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th 14
Birthday on April 20, 2023; 15
Representative Kennedy 16
Adrian C. Matthews; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on 17
April 27, 2023; 18
Representative Kennedy 19
Carol Ann May; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on April 20
20, 2023; 21
Representative Kennedy 22
Salvatore Neri Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on April 23
10, 2023; 24
Representative Kennedy 25
Susan E. Ferreira; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 26
4, 2023; 27
Representative Kennedy 28
Robert Thomas Greene; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 29
April 8, 2023; 30
Representative Kennedy 31
Joseph Jerry Gregory; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 32
April 1, 2023; 33
Representative Kennedy 34
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Mary L. Lamothe; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 1
9, 2023; 2
Representative Kennedy 3
William E. Morrone; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 4
April 7, 2023; 5
Representative Kennedy 6
Susan I. Perreault; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 7
5, 2023; 8
Representative Kennedy 9
Gary T. Rawlinson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 10
April 17, 2023; 11
Representative Kennedy 12
Carl H. Rosen; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 17, 13
2023; 14
Representative Kennedy 15
John J. Stanczyk; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 16
21, 2023; 17
Representative Kennedy 18
John S. Syren; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 21, 19
2023; 20
Representative Kennedy 21
Edward T. Vigue Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 22
April 30, 2023; 23
Representative Kennedy 24
Gary T. Williams; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 25
4, 2023; 26
Representative Kennedy 27
Glenna Crowell Wilson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 28
April 7, 2023; 29
Representative Kennedy 30
Joyce A. Chalifoux; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 31
April 1, 2023; 32
Representative Kennedy 33
Thomas C. Duell; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on April 34
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26, 2023; 1
Representative Kennedy 2
Eric Franklin Blackwell; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 3
April 30, 2023; 4
Representative Kennedy 5
Mark E. Cassidy; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on April 6
29, 2023; 7
Representative Kennedy 8
Ms. Beth E. Derestie; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 9
April 26, 2023; 10
Representative Kennedy 11
Mary F. Diniz; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on April 16, 12
2023; 13
Representative Kennedy 14
Martha L. Emond; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on April 15
27, 2023; 16
Representative Kennedy 17
Denis McAuliffe III; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 18
April 10, 2023; 19
Representative Kennedy 20
Barbara A. Murphy; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 21
April 23, 2023; 22
Representative Kennedy 23
Ms. Susan M. Perry; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 24
April 10, 2023; 25
Representative Kennedy 26
Paul J. Posillo; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on April 23, 27
2023; 28
Representative Kennedy 29
Lisa F. Schmitz; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on April 30
22, 2023; 31
Representative Kennedy 32
Holly A. Schneider; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 33
April 26, 2023; 34
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Representative Kennedy 1
Judy L. Tefft; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on April 22, 2
2023; 3
Representative Kennedy 4
Richard B. Thompson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 5
April 22, 2023; 6
Representative Kennedy 7
Cathy Campbell; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 8
22, 2023; 9
Representative Kennedy 10
Gerard A. Corneau; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 11
April 16, 2023; 12
Representative Kennedy 13
James E. Curry; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 14
29, 2023; 15
Representative Kennedy 16
Linda J. Loomis Desantis; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday 17
on April 10, 2023; 18
Representative Kennedy 19
Scott K. Gardiner; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 20
7, 2023; 21
Representative Kennedy 22
Janet Wilcox Gerbutavich; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday 23
on April 8, 2023; 24
Representative Kennedy 25
George S. Gray; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 26
26, 2023; 27
Representative Kennedy 28
Luis A. Henriques; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 29
22, 2023; 30
Representative Kennedy 31
Charles Edward Johnson I; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday 32
on April 30, 2023; 33
Representative Kennedy 34
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Carol A. Klang-Peterson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday 1
on April 23, 2023; 2
Representative Kennedy 3
Charles E. Lafoe; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 4
22, 2023; 5
Representative Kennedy 6
Angeline E. Lallo; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 7
18, 2023; 8
Representative Kennedy 9
Kristen I. Latimer; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 10
20, 2023; 11
Representative Kennedy 12
Richard C. Lorenson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 13
April 2, 2023; 14
Representative Kennedy 15
Linda A. Matteson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 16
April 7, 2023; 17
Representative Kennedy 18
Bonnie Jean Moriarty; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 19
April 15, 2023; 20
Representative Kennedy 21
Susan A. Petrarca; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 22
23, 2023; 23
Representative Kennedy 24
Ms. Sun Tae Prezioso; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 25
April 18, 2023; 26
Representative Kennedy 27
Ms. Terri L. Saunders; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 28
April 14, 2023; 29
Representative Kennedy 30
Janice Tucker; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on April 22, 31
2023; 32
Representative Kennedy 33
Jean A. Ziegenfuss; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 34
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April 15, 2023; 1
Representative Kennedy 2
Alice Callahan Flanagan; the privilege and honor of being the Grand Marshal of the 41
st
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Pawtucket St. Patrick's Day Parade; 4
Representative Messier 5
The National Association of Women in Construction Rhode Island Chapter 52; the 6
Celebration of "Women in Construction Week" from March 5 - 11, 2023 and your dedication and 7
steadfast efforts in supporting women in construction; 8
Representative McEntee 9
John Houle, JH Communications, LLC; celebrating the publishing of your new book 10
"The King - Makers of Providence"; 11
Representative McNamara 12
The Grand Salon; your commitment and hard work in the small business community in 13
the city of Providence; 14
Representative Sanchez 15
Head Coach Ron Sposato, Westerly High School; the distinguished honor of being 16
named as the Rhode Island Interscholastic Athletic Administrators' Association 2023 Male Coach 17
of the Year; 18
Representative Azzinaro 19
Jamey Vetelino, Athletic Director, Westerly High School; the distinguished honor of 20
being named as the Rhode Island Interscholastic Athletic Administrators' Association 2023 21
Athletic Director of the Year; 22
Representative Azzinaro 23
Vincenzo Cornevale; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday; 24
Speaker Shekarchi 25
Kathryn & David Hartley; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 50
th
Wedding 26
Anniversary; 27
Representative Shallcross Smith 28
The Office PVD; celebrating the Grand Opening of The Office PVD at 22 Olneyville 29
Square in Providence, providing the Olneyville Community with a venue space that offers 30
excellent cuisine and great atmosphere; 31
Representative Sanchez 32
Josie Wagner, Captain, North Kingstown High School Swimming; the outstanding 33
athletic achievement of competing in a relay event at the Rhode Island Interscholastic League 34
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Swimming State Championships; 1
Representative Casimiro 2
Connor Swaim, Captain, North Kingstown High School Wrestling; the outstanding 3
athletic achievement of being the first North Kingstown High School wrestler to qualify for the 4
New England Wrestling Championship; 5
Representative Casimiro 6
Caden Hughes, North Kingstown High School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic 7
achievement of placing in the 5
th
place, 106 lb. weight class at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 8
League Wrestling State Championships; 9
Representative Casimiro 10
Kaz Morosetti, North Kingstown High School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic 11
achievement of placing in the 5
th
place, 220 lb. weight class at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 12
League Wrestling State Championships; 13
Representative Casimiro 14
Tyler Schartner, North Kingstown High School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic 15
achievement of placing in the 4
th
place, 138 lb. weight class at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 16
League Wrestling State Championships; 17
Representative Casimiro 18
Connor Swaim, North Kingstown High School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic 19
achievement of placing in the 2
nd
place, 132 lb. weight class at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 20
League Wrestling State Championships; 21
Representative Casimiro 22
Maddox Hopkins, North Kingstown High School; your quick response and going above 23
and beyond in saving the life of your classmate Joe Walsh who was choking on a piece of 24
watermelon during lunchtime; 25
Representative Casimiro 26
Jack Pezza, North Kingstown High School; your quick response and going above and 27
beyond in saving the life of your classmate Joe Walsh who was choking on a piece of watermelon 28
during lunchtime; 29
Representative Casimiro 30
Frederick Newton; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th Birthday; 31
Speaker Shekarchi 32
West End Boxing Club; your commitment and dedication to providing excellent service 33
to the people of Providence; 34
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Representative Sanchez 1
Viva Mexico Cantina and Grill; your commitment and dedication to providing excellent 2
service to the people of Rhode Island; 3
Representative Sanchez 4
Patrick T. Burke; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 60th Birthday on March 5
17, 2023; 6
Representative Lombardi 7
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 8
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 9
and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 10
continued good fortune; and be it further 11
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 12
transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid. 13
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