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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 Place
Date Introduced: May 11, 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 McGuinness, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement 3
of finishing in 1
st
place for the statewide Financial Literacy Challenge and moving on to the 4
National Competition in Cleveland Ohio on June 4
th
and 5
th
, 2023; 5
Representative Casimiro 6
Joshua Chen, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 7
finishing in 1
st
place for the statewide Financial Literacy Challenge and moving on to the 8
National Competition in Cleveland Ohio on June 4
th
and 5
th
, 2023; 9
Representative Casimiro 10
Daniel Blanco, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 11
finishing in 1
st
place for the statewide Financial Literacy Challenge and moving on to the 12
National Competition in Cleveland Ohio on June 4
th
and 5
th
, 2023; 13
Representative Casimiro 14
Jake Pezza, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 15
finishing in 1
st
place for the statewide Financial Literacy Challenge and moving on to the 16
National Competition in Cleveland Ohio on June 4
th
and 5
th
, 2023; 17
Representative Casimiro 18
Ronald A. Tracy, 2
nd
Class Petty Officer, E-5, United States Navy (1966-1970); the 19
distinguished honor of your participation in the Honor Flight "Freedom" sponsored by The Rhode 20
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Island Fire Chiefs' Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 1
America; 2
Representative Craven 3
The Point Bar and Grill Team; the joyous and momentous celebration of your Grand 4
Opening in the Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood of Providence; 5
Representative Morales 6
Frank Mancini; the joyous, momentous occasion and celebration of your 100
th
Birthday; 7
Representative Fenton-Fung 8
Paola Fonseca-Fernandez; the outstanding accomplishment of winning the Junior 9
Achievement of Rhode Island's Dr. Morris J.W. Gaebe Profile in Excellence award; 10
Representative Fenton-Fung 11
Logan Brennan; your student leadership and helping to influence, motivate and guide 12
others toward achievement of their goals; 13
Representative Fellela 14
Cameron Ferrera; your student leadership and helping to influence, motivate and guide 15
others toward achievement of their goals; 16
Representative Fellela 17
Rosemary Costigan; the distinction and honor of being named Interim President at the 18
Community College of Rhode Island; 19
Representative Messier 20
Jenna A. Lisi, Rhode Island College; the outstanding academic and athletic achievement 21
of being named as Rhode Island College Outstanding Senior Female Student Athlete for 2023; 22
Representative Fenton-Fung 23
Shanon Ahearn, Correctional Officer Hospital, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 24
Officers; your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 25
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 26
Speaker Shekarchi 27
Joseph Angelone, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 28
Officers; your retirement after 15 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 29
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 30
Speaker Shekarchi 31
Paul Bartholomy, Correctional Officer Captain, Rhode Island Brotherhood of 32
Correctional Officers; your retirement after 38 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting 33
the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of 34
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Corrections; 1
Speaker Shekarchi 2
Byron Blackmar, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 3
Officers; your retirement after 33 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 4
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 5
Speaker Shekarchi 6
Thomas Blais, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 7
your retirement after 39 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 8
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 9
Speaker Shekarchi 10
Kary Cappelli, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 11
your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 12
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 13
Speaker Shekarchi 14
Michael Clukey, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 15
Officers; your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 16
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 17
Speaker Shekarchi 18
Phillip Colasante, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 19
Officers; your retirement after 8 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 20
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 21
Speaker Shekarchi 22
John Coleman, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 23
your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 24
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 25
Speaker Shekarchi 26
Brian Craig, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 27
your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 28
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 29
Speaker Shekarchi 30
Phillip Cummings, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 31
Officers; your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 32
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 33
Speaker Shekarchi 34
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John Cunningham, Correctional Officer Steward, Rhode Island Brotherhood of 1
Correctional Officers; your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting 2
the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of 3
Corrections; 4
Speaker Shekarchi 5
Daniel Desrochers, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 6
Officers; your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 7
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 8
Speaker Shekarchi 9
Thomas DiRaimo, Community Program Counselor, Rhode Island Brotherhood of 10
Correctional Officers; your retirement after 30 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting 11
the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of 12
Corrections; 13
Speaker Shekarchi 14
Michael Fonseca, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 15
Officers; your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 16
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 17
Speaker Shekarchi 18
Neil Kando, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 19
your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 20
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 21
Speaker Shekarchi 22
David Lee, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 23
your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 24
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 25
Speaker Shekarchi 26
David Lepage, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 27
your retirement after 23 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 28
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 29
Speaker Shekarchi 30
David Lineman, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 31
Officers; your retirement after 34 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 32
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 33
Speaker Shekarchi 34
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Gail Lufkin, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 1
your retirement after 14 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 2
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 3
Speaker Shekarchi 4
Michael Martineau, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 5
Officers; your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 6
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 7
Speaker Shekarchi 8
Roger Martins, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 9
your retirement after 41 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 10
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 11
Speaker Shekarchi 12
Yandy Mendez, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 13
Officers; your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 14
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 15
Speaker Shekarchi 16
Harley Monteiro, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 17
Officers; your retirement after 38 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 18
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 19
Speaker Shekarchi 20
Joseph Mullensky, Correctional Officer Lieutenant, Rhode Island Brotherhood of 21
Correctional Officers; your retirement after 33 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting 22
the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of 23
Corrections; 24
Speaker Shekarchi 25
Bruce Oden, Correctional Officer Lieutenant, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 26
Officers; your retirement after 33 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 27
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 28
Speaker Shekarchi 29
Debra Ouimette, Correctional Officer Hospital II, Rhode Island Brotherhood of 30
Correctional Officers; your retirement after 20 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting 31
the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of 32
Corrections; 33
Speaker Shekarchi 34
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Robert Palumbo, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 1
Officers; your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 2
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 3
Speaker Shekarchi 4
Richard Patenaude, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 5
Officers; your retirement after 24 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 6
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 7
Speaker Shekarchi 8
Vincent Petronelli, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 9
Officers; your retirement after 24 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 10
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 11
Speaker Shekarchi 12
Michael Porter, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 13
your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 14
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 15
Speaker Shekarchi 16
David Principe, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 17
your retirement after 23 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 18
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 19
Speaker Shekarchi 20
Richard Prouix, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 21
your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 22
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 23
Speaker Shekarchi 24
Debra Ann Sabalewski, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 25
Officers; your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 26
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 27
Speaker Shekarchi 28
Armando Spears, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 29
Officers; your retirement after 25 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 30
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 31
Speaker Shekarchi 32
Allan Staton, Records & Identification Lieutenant, Rhode Island Brotherhood of 33
Correctional Officers; your retirement after 34 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting 34
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the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of 1
Corrections; 2
Speaker Shekarchi 3
Christopher Travers, Correctional Officer Lieutenant, Rhode Island Brotherhood of 4
Correctional Officers; your retirement after 39 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting 5
the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of 6
Corrections; 7
Speaker Shekarchi 8
Billy Tucket, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 9
your retirement after 32 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 10
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 11
Speaker Shekarchi 12
Ralph Tundis, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 13
your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 14
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 15
Speaker Shekarchi 16
Roger Turcotte, Correctional Officer, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 17
your retirement after 25 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State 18
of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 19
Speaker Shekarchi 20
Lori Ventetuolo, Medical Records Technician, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 21
Officers; your retirement after 31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 22
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 23
Speaker Shekarchi 24
Marianne Warren, Physician Extender, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 25
Officers; your retirement after 10 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of 26
the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections; 27
Speaker Shekarchi 28
Lt. James Glendinning, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the 29
distinguished honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections Supervisor of 30
the Year; 31
Speaker Shekarchi 32
Evan Williams, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the distinguished 33
honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections Correctional Officer 34
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Hospital of the Year; 1
Speaker Shekarchi 2
Matthew Laythe, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the distinguished 3
honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections officer Steward of the Year; 4
Speaker Shekarchi 5
Joseph Pelletier, High Security, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the 6
distinguished honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections Correctional 7
Officer of the Year; 8
Speaker Shekarchi 9
Antonio Carvalho, Intake Service Center, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional 10
Officers; the distinguished honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections 11
Correctional Officer of the Year; 12
Speaker Shekarchi 13
Jason Norberg, Maximum Security, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 14
the distinguished honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections 15
Correctional Officer of the Year; 16
Speaker Shekarchi 17
Brandon Satchell, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the distinguished 18
honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections Correctional Officer of the 19
Year; 20
Speaker Shekarchi 21
John J. Moran, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the distinguished 22
honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections Correctional Officer of the 23
Year; 24
Speaker Shekarchi 25
Anthony Bomba, Minimum Security, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 26
the distinguished honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections 27
Correctional Officer of the Year; 28
Speaker Shekarchi 29
Yolette Perkins, Women's Division, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; 30
the distinguished honor of being named 2023 Rhode Island Department of Corrections 31
Correctional Officer of the Year; 32
Speaker Shekarchi 33
Fernando Torres, Head Coach, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; coaching 34
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the North Providence High School Boys Basketball Team to the Rhode Island Interscholastic 1
League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 Division III State Championship; 2
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 3
Tim Keefe, Assistant Coach, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; coaching 4
the North Providence High School Boys Basketball Team to the Rhode Island Interscholastic 5
League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 Division III State Championship; 6
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 7
Derek Libbey, Assistant Coach, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; 8
coaching the North Providence High School Boys Basketball Team to the Rhode Island 9
Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 Division III State Championship; 10
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 11
Matt Rohelia, Assistant Coach, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; coaching 12
the North Providence High School Boys Basketball Team to the Rhode Island Interscholastic 13
League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 Division III State Championship; 14
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 15
Ryan Rodriguez, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding 16
athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-17
2023 Division III State Championship; 18
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 19
David Tejada, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 20
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 21
Division III State Championship; 22
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 23
Jeremiah Lenus, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 24
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 25
Division III State Championship; 26
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 27
Matthew Pernorio, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding 28
athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-29
2023 Division III State Championship; 30
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 31
Mitchell Duhamel, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding 32
athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-33
2023 Division III State Championship; 34
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Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 1
Denzel Allotey, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 2
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 3
Division III State Championship; 4
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 5
Jack Spinella, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 6
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 7
Division III State Championship; 8
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 9
Anthony Afriyie, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding 10
athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-11
2023 Division III State Championship; 12
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 13
Kyle Prete, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 14
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 15
Division III State Championship; 16
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 17
Larenz Brantley, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 18
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 19
Division III State Championship; 20
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 21
Ronald Vincent, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 22
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 23
Division III State Championship; 24
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 25
Kaleb Drane, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 26
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 27
Division III State Championship; 28
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 29
Kenny Zheng, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding athletic 30
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-2023 31
Division III State Championship; 32
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 33
Christopher Robinson, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding 34
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athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-1
2023 Division III State Championship; 2
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 3
Andrew Karageorgos, North Providence High School Boys Basketball; the outstanding 4
athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2022-5
2023 Division III State Championship; 6
Representatives Corvese and O'Brien 7
Ingrid Berreondo; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode 8
Island; 9
Representative Sanchez 10
Aury Solares; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 11
Representative Sanchez 12
Mildred Zuniga; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 13
Representative Sanchez 14
Etelvina Ramos; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 15
Representative Sanchez 16
Antonia Garcia; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 17
Representative Sanchez 18
Juana Ramos; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 19
Representative Sanchez 20
Kendy Ramos; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 21
Representative Sanchez 22
Yomara Perez; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 23
Representative Sanchez 24
Paola Ramos; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 25
Representative Sanchez 26
Martina Reyes; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 27
Representative Sanchez 28
Silvia Arevalo; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 29
Representative Sanchez 30
Susy Morales; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 31
Representative Sanchez 32
Iris De Leon; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 33
Representative Sanchez 34
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Oralia Gomez; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 1
Representative Sanchez 2
Marina De Leon; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 3
Representative Sanchez 4
Mariela Reyes; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 5
Representative Sanchez 6
Dayana Tino; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 7
Representative Sanchez 8
Wilma Ramos; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 9
Representative Sanchez 10
Sheila De Leon; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 11
Representative Sanchez 12
Katerine Beteta; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 13
Representative Sanchez 14
Darlis Giron; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 15
Representative Sanchez 16
Mayde Giron; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 17
Representative Sanchez 18
Marina De Leon; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 19
Representative Sanchez 20
Mariela Reyes; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 21
Representative Sanchez 22
Maria Jose Bailon; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode 23
Island; 24
Representative Sanchez 25
Paula Hernandez; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode 26
Island; 27
Representative Sanchez 28
Lizbeth Chingo Hernandez; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of 29
Rhode Island; 30
Representative Sanchez 31
Griselda Lemus; your involvement in the traditional convite in the State of Rhode Island; 32
Representative Sanchez 33
Edgewood Yacht Club; celebrating the 135
th
Commissioning of the Edgewood Yacht 34
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Club on May 13, 2023; 1
Representative McNamara 2
Aidan T. Hurlock; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the 3
Boy Scouts of America, for your commitment and dedication to the values of Citizenship, 4
Scouting, Character and Fitness; 5
Representative Boylan 6
Reid Wemple; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy 7
Scouts of America, for your commitment and dedication to the values of Citizenship, Scouting, 8
Character and Fitness; 9
Representative Boylan 10
Quincy Burke; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy 11
Scouts of America, for your commitment and dedication to the values of Citizenship, Scouting, 12
Character and Fitness; 13
Representative Boylan 14
Dan Lemos; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy 15
Scouts of America, for your commitment and dedication to the values of Citizenship, Scouting, 16
Character and Fitness; 17
Representative Boylan 18
Drew Helms; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy 19
Scouts of America, for your commitment and dedication to the values of Citizenship, Scouting, 20
Character and Fitness; 21
Representative Boylan 22
Kieran Ward; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy 23
Scouts of America, for your commitment and dedication to the values of Citizenship, Scouting, 24
Character and Fitness; 25
Representative Boylan 26
Abraham "Josie" Riesman; authoring your new book "Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and 27
the Unmaking of America" and hosting a Q&A with "Books on the Square" in Providence; 28
Representative Morales 29
Kees de Groot, Ph.D.; your outstanding efforts organizing The State of Rhode Island's 30
first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 31
Competition; 32
Representative Morales 33
Dolores Pvd; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 34
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Representative Sanchez 1
Christian Johnson; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode 2
Island; 3
Representative Sanchez 4
DJ Chelz; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 5
Representative Sanchez 6
Liseth Montes; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode 7
Island; 8
Representative Sanchez 9
DJ Flahko; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 10
Representative Sanchez 11
Mr. Barros; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 12
Representative Sanchez 13
Tomas Avila; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 14
Representative Sanchez 15
Alicia Lynn Petrarca; your outstanding commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode 16
Island; 17
Representative Sanchez 18
Shirley Dos Santos; your retirement on February 21, 2023 after 36 years of dedicated and 19
faithful service to the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island 20
Department of Business Regulations; 21
Representative Slater 22
Daniel White; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic achievement of being 23
named Valedictorian of the North Smithfield High School Class of 2023; 24
Representatives Newberry and Brien 25
Lauren Mania; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic achievement of being 26
named Salutatorian of the North Smithfield High School Class of 2023; 27
Representatives Newberry and Brien 28
Aidan Weiss, Bishop Hendricken High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 29
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 30
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 31
Speaker Shekarchi 32
Richard Vigliotti, Bishop Hendricken High School; the outstanding achievement of being 33
a "2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 34
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Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 1
Speaker Shekarchi 2
Emerson Bassen-Alexander, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement 3
of being a "2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging 4
Rhode Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 5
Speaker Shekarchi 6
Zalmay Ahmad, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 7
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 8
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 9
Speaker Shekarchi 10
Raj Vishnu, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement of being a "2023 11
Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode Island's top 12
high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 13
Speaker Shekarchi 14
Bridget Wexler, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 15
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 16
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 17
Speaker Shekarchi 18
Cooper Jones, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 19
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 20
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 21
Speaker Shekarchi 22
Will Penhall, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 23
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 24
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 25
Speaker Shekarchi 26
Fiona Chang, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 27
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 28
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 29
Speaker Shekarchi 30
Annika Eriksen, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 31
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 32
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 33
Speaker Shekarchi 34
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Dominic Intrieri, North Providence High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 1
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 2
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 3
Speaker Shekarchi 4
Nicolas Camacho, North Providence High School; the outstanding achievement of being 5
a "2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 6
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 7
Speaker Shekarchi 8
Noah Ramsey, Pilgrim High School; the outstanding achievement of being a "2023 9
Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode Island's top 10
high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 11
Speaker Shekarchi 12
Sean Hoyle, Pilgrim High School; the outstanding achievement of being a "2023 Senior 13
Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode Island's top high 14
school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 15
Speaker Shekarchi 16
Emma Nazario, South Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 17
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 18
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 19
Speaker Shekarchi 20
Jesse Williams, South Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being a 21
"2023 Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode 22
Island's top high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 23
Speaker Shekarchi 24
Ella Lysik, South Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being a "2023 25
Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode Island's top 26
high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 27
Speaker Shekarchi 28
Cooper Payne, Toll Gate High School; the outstanding achievement of being a "2023 29
Senior Gold Medalist" at the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon challenging Rhode Island's top 30
high school seniors who best demonstrate the spirit of academic excellence; 31
Speaker Shekarchi 32
Antonio Faella, United States Navy; your dedicated and faithful service to the United 33
States of America as a member of the United States Navy; 34
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Representative McEntee 1
Antonio Faella; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 100th birthday and 2
recognizing your faithful service to the United States of America as a member of the United 3
States Navy; 4
Representatives Spears and Tanzi 5
Camden Kelly, Westerly High School; the distinguished honor of receiving the 2023 6
Civic Leadership Award for your commitment and dedication to civic engagement, community 7
service and academic achievement; 8
Representative Spears 9
Eric Fusaro, Westerly High School; the distinguished honor of receiving the 2023 Civic 10
Leadership Award for your commitment and dedication to civic engagement, community service 11
and academic achievement; 12
Representative Spears 13
Aida Patricia Crosson, RI Ambassador, Lupus Foundation of New England; welcome to 14
the Rhode Island House of Representatives on May 9, 2023, and recognizing 2023 Lupus Day in 15
Rhode Island and your continued commitment to educate and support people with Lupus; 16
Representative Diaz 17
Head Coach, Thomas Kiernan, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding 18
athletic achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics 19
Western Division Girls Basketball Championship; 20
Representative Noret 21
Assistant Coach, Michael Petrarca, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the 22
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on 23
Athletics Western Division Girls Basketball Championship; 24
Representative Noret 25
Calla Davide, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 26
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 27
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 28
Representative Noret 29
Alexa Foley, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 30
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 31
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 32
Representative Noret 33
Kylie Lavallee, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 34
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achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 1
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 2
Representative Noret 3
Sophia Hipsman, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 4
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 5
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 6
Representative Noret 7
Brea Lima, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 8
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 9
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 10
Representative Noret 11
McKenzie Roll, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 12
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 13
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 14
Representative Noret 15
Abriana Cordeiro, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 16
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 17
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 18
Representative Noret 19
Jarah Bodington, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 20
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 21
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 22
Representative Noret 23
Gabrielle Carmo, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 24
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 25
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 26
Representative Noret 27
Sophia Muschiano, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 28
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 29
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 30
Representative Noret 31
Abigail Silva, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 32
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 33
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 34
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Representative Noret 1
Zayda Dacruz, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 2
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 3
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 4
Representative Noret 5
Carsyn Marso, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 6
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 7
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 8
Representative Noret 9
Adeline Caetano, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 10
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 11
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 12
Representative Noret 13
Lillian Silva, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 14
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 15
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 16
Representative Noret 17
Kiyomi Grajales, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 18
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 19
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 20
Representative Noret 21
Charlotte Lapierre, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 22
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 23
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 24
Representative Noret 25
Rylie Gatta, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 26
achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics Western 27
Division Girls Basketball Championship; 28
Representative Noret 29
Rachelly Castillo Mateo, Deering Middle School Girls Basketball; the outstanding 30
athletic achievement of winning the 2023 Rhode Island Principals' Committee on Athletics 31
Western Division Girls Basketball Championship; 32
Representative Noret 33
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Beth Berman; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 34
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45th Wedding Anniversary on May 7, 2023; 1
Representative Ackerman 2
Brianna Sheahan, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being 3
named to the Rhode Island Music Education Association Senior All-State Orchestra (cello); 4
Representative Casimiro 5
Jenna Clark, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being named 6
to the Rhode Island Music Education Association Senior All-State Orchestra (cello); 7
Representative Casimiro 8
Tiffani Tan, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being named 9
to the Rhode Island Music Education Association Senior All-State Orchestra (violin II); 10
Representative Casimiro 11
Jason Wahl, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being named 12
to the Rhode Island Music Education Association Senior All-State Orchestra (viola); 13
Representative Casimiro 14
Caroline Ranucci, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being 15
named to the Rhode Island Music Education Association Senior All-State Band (baritone 16
saxophone); 17
Representative Casimiro 18
Olivia Rohrback, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being 19
named to the Rhode Island Music Education Association Junior All-State Mixed Chorus 20
(soprano); 21
Representative Casimiro 22
Elijah Prescott, North Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement of being 23
named to the Rhode Island Music Education Association Junior All-State Jazz Ensemble (tenor 24
saxophone); 25
Representative Casimiro 26
Caden Bruno, Cranston High School West; the outstanding achievement of being named 27
to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Wrestling 2023 Academic All-State Team; 28
Representative Fenton-Fung 29
Boy Scouts of America Troop 6, Cranston, Rhode Island; the 100th Year of Boy Scouts 30
of America Troop 6, Cranston and the commitment to prepare young people to make ethical and 31
moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling the values of the Scout Oath and Law; 32
Representative Fenton-Fung 33
The Honorable Michael A. Traficante; the distinguished honor of receiving the 2023 34
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Rhode Island Chapter of the National Football Foundation "Distinguished American Award" for 1
your life of service to the community and the betterment of amateur football; 2
Representative Fenton-Fung 3
The Warwick Career Center Carpentry and Electrical Students; the outstanding 4
achievement and distinguished honor of receiving the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources 5
2023 "Lead by Example" Clean Energy Award; 6
Speaker Shekarchi 7
The City of Warwick; the distinguished honor of your nomination to receive the Rhode 8
Island Office of Energy Resources 2023 "Lead by Example" Clean Energy Award; 9
Speaker Shekarchi 10
Moses Fofano aka Zau (@whoknowzay); for all his work in the State of Rhode Island; 11
Representative Sanchez 12
Gorditossnocones; for all their hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 13
Representative Sanchez 14
Young Voices RI; for their hard work with our youth and community in the State of 15
Rhode Island; 16
Representative Sanchez 17
Teresa Guaba; for all her hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 18
Representative Sanchez 19
Yeison Berdugo (YaYoo); for all his hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 20
Representative Sanchez 21
Gloves Up Guns Down; for all their hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 22
Representative Sanchez 23
Edwin Martinez-Ico; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 24
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 25
Competition; 26
Representative Morales 27
Gabriela Cornelio; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 28
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 29
Competition; 30
Representative Morales 31
Franco Ruiz; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode Island's 32
first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 33
Competition; 34
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Representative Morales 1
Kai Brown; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode Island's 2
first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 3
Competition; 4
Representative Morales 5
Alison Cristales; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 6
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 7
Competition; 8
Representative Morales 9
Ariana Ruiz-Lopez; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 10
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 11
Competition; 12
Representative Morales 13
Gabriella Cruz Monge; representing your High School and competing in the State of 14
Rhode Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and 15
State Competition; 16
Representative Morales 17
Ashley Esteban; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 18
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 19
Competition; 20
Representative Morales 21
Berenice Trejo-Zamudio; representing your High School and competing in the State of 22
Rhode Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and 23
State Competition; 24
Representative Morales 25
Joel Depina; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode Island's 26
first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 27
Competition; 28
Representative Morales 29
Le'Roi Horne; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 30
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 31
Competition; 32
Representative Morales 33
Victor Lajara; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 34
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Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 1
Competition; 2
Representative Morales 3
Odair Teixeira da Rosa; representing your High School and competing in the State of 4
Rhode Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and 5
State Competition; 6
Representative Morales 7
Eduardo Castro Rivera; representing your High School and competing in the State of 8
Rhode Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and 9
State Competition; 10
Representative Morales 11
Yair Espinoza; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 12
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 13
Competition; 14
Representative Morales 15
Indis Hernandez; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 16
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 17
Competition; 18
Representative Morales 19
Nariel Cerasuolo; representing your High School and competing in the State of Rhode 20
Island's first ever MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and State 21
Competition; 22
Representative Morales 23
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 24
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 25
and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 26
continued good fortune; and be it further 27
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 28
transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid. 29
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