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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 23, 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
Coach Andy Carr, South Kingstown High School Tennis; your retirement after many 3
years of dedicated and faithful service, coaching and inspiring many student/athletes to reach 4
their full potential on and off the court at South Kingstown High School; 5
Representative McEntee 6
Elizabeth Bruno, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 7
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 8
Championship; 9
Speaker Shekarchi 10
Deanna Cook, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the outstanding 11
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National Championship; 12
Speaker Shekarchi 13
Andrea Gabriel, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 14
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 15
Championship; 16
Speaker Shekarchi 17
Mackenzie Mahar, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 18
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 19
Championship; 20
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Speaker Shekarchi 1
Ashley Monteiro Lim, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 2
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 3
Championship; 4
Speaker Shekarchi 5
Michelle Moreno, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 6
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 7
Championship; 8
Speaker Shekarchi 9
Alissia Ohagan, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 10
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 11
Championship; 12
Speaker Shekarchi 13
Nysia Ortiz, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the outstanding 14
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National Championship; 15
Speaker Shekarchi 16
Chloe Rayko, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the outstanding 17
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National Championship; 18
Speaker Shekarchi 19
Maggie Schwab, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 20
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 21
Championship; 22
Speaker Shekarchi 23
Taylor Stande, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; the 24
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 NJCAA Division III National 25
Championship; 26
Speaker Shekarchi 27
Head Coach Doug Haynes, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; 28
coaching the Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball Team to the 2022-2023 29
NJCAA Division III National Championship; 30
Speaker Shekarchi 31
Assistant Coach Joel Tuoni, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; 32
coaching the Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball Team to the 2022-2023 33
NJCAA Division III National Championship; 34
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Speaker Shekarchi 1
Assistant Coach Kat Raposo, Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball; 2
coaching the Community College of Rhode Island Women's Basketball Team to the 2022-2023 3
NJCAA Division III National Championship; 4
Speaker Shekarchi 5
Jane Colombo, Maury Loontjens Memorial Library in Narragansett; your 50 years of 6
faithful service to the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library in Narragansett and your commitment 7
to enrich our community culturally, intellectually, technologically, recreationally and socially; 8
Representative McEntee 9
Pure Lounge; your outstanding service in the hospitality industry for the people in the 10
State of Rhode Island; 11
Representative Sanchez 12
Shawndell Burney-Speaks; your great work and outstanding service for the people of the 13
city of Providence; 14
Representative Sanchez 15
James Vincent; your great work and outstanding service for the people of the State of 16
Rhode Island; 17
Representative Sanchez 18
Stanley Bowen Hopkins; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80
th
Birthday; 19
Representative Chippendale 20
Athena Andrade, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 21
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 22
Cheerleading State Championship; 23
Representative O'Brien 24
Angelina Atkinson, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 25
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 26
Cheerleading State Championship; 27
Representative O'Brien 28
Ava Barlow, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 29
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 30
Cheerleading State Championship; 31
Representative O'Brien 32
Arielle Bey, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 33
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 34
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Cheerleading State Championship; 1
Representative O'Brien 2
Madeline Carroll, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 3
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 4
Cheerleading State Championship; 5
Representative O'Brien 6
Juliana Catelli, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 7
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 8
Cheerleading State Championship; 9
Representative O'Brien 10
Olivia Catelli, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 11
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 12
Cheerleading State Championship; 13
Representative O'Brien 14
Ariana Cordova, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 15
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 16
Cheerleading State Championship; 17
Representative O'Brien 18
Jada Costa Cortes, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 19
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 20
Cheerleading State Championship; 21
Representative O'Brien 22
Ava Fallon, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 23
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 24
Cheerleading State Championship; 25
Representative O'Brien 26
Janiah Garcia, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 27
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 28
Cheerleading State Championship; 29
Representative O'Brien 30
Karina Hinton, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 31
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 32
Cheerleading State Championship; 33
Representative O'Brien 34
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Kaelyn Kohanski, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 1
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 2
Cheerleading State Championship; 3
Representative O'Brien 4
Kylie Lapierre, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 5
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 6
Cheerleading State Championship; 7
Representative O'Brien 8
Margaret Martin, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 9
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 10
Cheerleading State Championship; 11
Representative O'Brien 12
Kayla Martinelli, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 13
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 14
Cheerleading State Championship; 15
Representative O'Brien 16
Kaylee McCaughey, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding 17
athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 18
Competition Cheerleading State Championship; 19
Representative O'Brien 20
Olivia Miele, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 21
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 22
Cheerleading State Championship; 23
Representative O'Brien 24
Kylie Murray, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 25
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 26
Cheerleading State Championship; 27
Representative O'Brien 28
Aidyn Pace, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 29
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 30
Cheerleading State Championship; 31
Representative O'Brien 32
Chloe Porcelli, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 33
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 34
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Cheerleading State Championship; 1
Representative O'Brien 2
Alisandra Santana, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 3
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 4
Cheerleading State Championship; 5
Representative O'Brien 6
Victoria Villella, North Providence High School Cheerleading; the outstanding athletic 7
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition 8
Cheerleading State Championship; 9
Representative O'Brien 10
Head Coach Giana Nassi, North Providence High School Varsity Cheerleading; coaching 11
the North Providence High School Cheerleading Team to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League 12
Division II 2023 Competition Cheerleading State Championship; 13
Representative O'Brien 14
Assistant Coach Abigail Hopkins, North Providence High School Varsity Cheerleading; 15
coaching the North Providence High School Cheerleading Team to the Rhode Island 16
Interscholastic League Division II 2023 Competition Cheerleading State Championship; 17
Representative O'Brien 18
Anthony W. Neal, Jr. 2HL Entertainment LLC; your committed and honor first 19
entertainment media in the state licensed producing excellent fun safe events in Rhode Island and 20
throughout the music industry; 21
Representative Sanchez 22
Carmen Cortez, JC International Travel and Tours; your commitment and hard work in 23
the travel industry in the State of Rhode Island; 24
Representative Sanchez 25
Lisa Ranglin and Team, Rhode Island Black Business Association (RIBBA); your 26
excellent work and service to the small business community in the State of Rhode Island; 27
Representative Sanchez 28
Madellyn Barraza and Family; celebrating the Grand Opening of your business in the city 29
of Providence; 30
Representative Sanchez 31
Clare Carroll, North Kingstown High School Swimming; the outstanding athletic 32
achievement of Placing 1
st
in the 200 IM at the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I 33
State Swim Championships; 34
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Representative Casimiro 1
Zach Szabo, North Kingstown High School Swimming; the outstanding athletic 2
achievement of Placing 1
st
in the 500 Freestyle & 100 Backstroke at the Rhode Island 3
Interscholastic League Division I State Swim Championships; 4
Representative Casimiro 5
Josie Wagner, North Kingstown High School Swimming; the outstanding athletic 6
achievement of Placing 1
st
in the 200 Freestyle Unified Relay at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 7
League Division I State Swim Championships; 8
Representative Casimiro 9
Sawyer O'Brien, North Kingstown High School Swimming; the outstanding athletic 10
achievement of Placing 1
st
in the 200 Freestyle Unified Relay at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 11
League Division I State Swim Championships; 12
Representative Casimiro 13
Sam Rudman, North Kingstown High School Swimming; the outstanding athletic 14
achievement of Placing 1
st
in the 200 Freestyle Unified Relay at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 15
League Division I State Swim Championships; 16
Representative Casimiro 17
Henry Fleury, North Kingstown High School Swimming; the outstanding athletic 18
achievement of Placing 1
st
in the 200 Freestyle Unified Relay at the Rhode Island Interscholastic 19
League Division I State Swim Championships; 20
Representative Casimiro 21
Cameron Hanf, Boy Scout Troop 16, Westerly; the distinction and honor of attaining the 22
rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and recognizing your Eagle Scout Project, 23
building new dog beds out of recycled materials for the Stand Up for Animals Shelter in 24
Westerly; 25
Representative Kennedy 26
The Honorable Joanne Giannine; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 70
th
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Birthday on March 15, 2023; 28
Representative Slater 29
Dr. Richard Weiner, Rhode Island College; your retirement after many years of dedicated 30
and faithful service to the students and faculty members at Rhode Island College; 31
Representative Alzate 32
Francis Leazes, Rhode Island College; your retirement after many years of dedicated and 33
faithful service to the students and faculty members at Rhode Island College; 34
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Representative Alzate 1
Dr. John B. Stellitano; the prestigious honor of being inducted into the Rhode Island 2
Aviation Hall of Fame and recognizing your faithful service to the United States of America as a 3
member of the United States Army Air Corps; 4
Representative Azzinaro 5
Dr. John B. Stellitano; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 100
th
Birthday on 6
March 28, 2023; 7
Representative Azzinaro 8
Consul General Enrique Garcia Sanchez, Dominican Republic in Boston; the 9
distinguished honor of your visit to the Rhode Island State House and the Rhode Island House of 10
Representatives on March 16, 2023; 11
Representative Diaz 12
Nana Amma Ankrah, Roger Williams University; Thank you for dedicating your 2023 13
Spring Break to community service in the city of Central Falls; 14
Representative Batista 15
Rafael Rodriguez, Roger Williams University; Thank you for dedicating your 2023 16
Spring Break to community service in the city of Central Falls; 17
Representative Batista 18
Amand Rotimi, Roger Williams University; Thank you for dedicating your 2023 Spring 19
Break to community service in the city of Central Falls; 20
Representative Batista 21
Stacy Mensah, Beyond Beauty Medspa RI; celebrating the 1
st
Year Anniversary of your 22
business Beyond Beauty Medspa RI and recognizing your commitment to going above and 23
beyond to help your clients reach their esthetic and wellness goals; 24
Representative Alzate 25
Corella Antwi, Beyond Beauty Medspa RI; celebrating the 1
st
Year Anniversary of your 26
business Beyond Beauty Medspa RI and recognizing your commitment to going above and 27
beyond to help your clients reach their esthetic and wellness goals; 28
Representative Alzate 29
Hayden Brown, Johnson & Wales University Wrestling; the distinguished honor and 30
outstanding athletic achievement of being named a NCAA Division III Wrestling 2023 All-31
American (149 lb. Weight Class); 32
Representative Hull 33
Joziah Fry, Johnson & Wales University Wrestling; the distinguished honor and 34
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outstanding athletic achievement of being named a NCAA Division III Wrestling 2023 All-1
American (125 lb. Weight Class); 2
Representative Hull 3
DJ Bands; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the music industry in the city 4
of Providence; 5
Representative Sanchez 6
Yesenia Alvarado; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the development 7
industry in the city of Providence; 8
Representative Sanchez 9
Daniel Meyerson, Tufts University; the outstanding academic achievement of being 10
named to the Tufts University Dean's List for the 2022 Fall Semester; 11
Representative Fenton-Fung 12
Maria Caserta, Tufts University; the outstanding academic achievement of being named 13
to the Tufts University Dean's List for the 2022 Fall Semester; 14
Representative Fenton-Fung 15
Olivia Conti, Tufts University; the outstanding academic achievement of being named to 16
the Tufts University Dean's List for the 2022 Fall Semester; 17
Representative Fenton-Fung 18
Brenna Whittaker, Tufts University; the outstanding academic achievement of being 19
named to the Tufts University Dean's List for the 2022 Fall Semester; 20
Representative Fenton-Fung 21
Afrique D. Lounge; your outstanding and excellent service in the food industry in the city 22
of Providence; 23
Representative Sanchez 24
Columbus Theatre; your outstanding and excellent work in the arts and culture industry 25
throughout the State of Rhode Island; 26
Representative Sanchez 27
DJ Irving; your outstanding commitment and great work in the music industry in the 28
State of Rhode Island; 29
Representative Sanchez 30
Samira Monroe; your outstanding commitment and great work in the business 31
community in the State of Rhode Island; 32
Representative Sanchez 33
East Bay Citizens for Peace; celebrating 20 years of grass roots advocacy and community 34
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organizing efforts to promote peace; 1
Representatives Donovan and Morales 2
Ramona Boyd Foley; the prestigious honor and outstanding academic achievement of 3
receiving the Cooke College Scholarship and the distinction of being one of our nation's highest 4
achieving high school seniors; 5
Representative Morales 6
Liz Cowart, Tufts University; the outstanding academic achievement of being named to 7
the Tufts University Dean's List for the 2022 Fall Semester; 8
Representative Fenton-Fung 9
Ethan Quinn, Tufts University; the outstanding academic achievement of being named to 10
the Tufts University Dean's List for the 2022 Fall Semester; 11
Representative Fenton-Fung 12
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 13
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 14
and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 15
continued good fortune; and be it further 16
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 17
transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid. 18
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